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"All children, except one, grow up." What book starts with this whimsical sentence?
Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie
This unit of measurement is used to describe the acidity or alkalinity of a solution.
pH, stands for "potential of hydrogen."
He is best known for his roles as Bruno, Borat and Ali G.
Sacha Baron Cohen.
Among other things, he is credited with substantiating the unity of the laws of motion of bodies on Earth and the laws of celestial mechanics, as well as the mathematical derivation of Kepler's laws of motion.
Isaac Newton.
One of the first mentions of their use dates back to the beginning of the 19th century and is associated with their use in Babbage's "analytical engine".
Punched cards.
"All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way"—is one of the most quoted beginnings in literature. It sets the stage for the novel’s exploration of family, love, and tragedy.
"Anna Karenina" by Leo Tolstoy
This unit of measurement is used to describe the intensity of earthquakes and is named after a famous seismologist. What is it?
The Richter scale
The cartoon is based on a story by Tom McGowan and Tom Rowe, and revolves around a family of cats, and how an alley cat acquaintance helps them after a butler has kidnapped them to gain his mistress's fortune which was intended to go to them.
The Aristocats
HE was the permanent host of the program "Obvious - Incredible".
Sergei Petrovich Kapitsa.
In poker, THIS is the name for a combination of five cards that follow each other in rank.
Straight.
"It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen." What dystopian novel starts with this line?
1984 by George Orwell
In his treatise "On the Measurement of the Earth", HE proposed a method for determining the size of the Earth based on the simultaneous measurement of the height of the Sun in Syene and Alexandria, located approximately on the same meridian, at the time of the summer solstice.
Eratosthenes. The first known scientist to calculate the size of the Earth. Eratosthenes is called the "father of geography" for his merits in the development of geographical ideas, as well as for the fact that the term "geography" (land description) itself belongs to him.
The real surname of the director of the film "Dogville" - without a prefix. And it sounds exactly THIS way.
Trier. The prefix "von" was added by the Dane Lars von Trier himself.
During a flight in the bomb bay from Sweden to England in 1943, HE did not hear the pilot's command to "Switch on oxygen devices" (either the helmet was faulty or he put it on crookedly) and lost consciousness due to lack of oxygen.
Niels Bohr. After the occupation of Denmark in April 1940, there was a real danger of Bohr being arrested due to his half-Jewish origin. By the autumn of 1943, it became impossible to remain in Denmark, so Bohr and his son Aage were transported by the Resistance forces, first by boat to Sweden, and from there by bomber to England.
THIS is often called the "death card" and was historically used to signify high status or importance. During the Vietnam War, U.S. soldiers would leave the card on enemy soldiers as a psychological tactic.
The Ace of Spades
"It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife."
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen.
This is the name of a non-systemic unit of length used in navigation to measure relatively short distances, equal to 0.1 nautical mile.
Cable / cable length. Rounded off equal to 185 meters. From Dutch 'kabeltouw' — tow rope.
THIS actor played chess with death in Ingmar Bergman's The Seventh Seal.
Max von Sydow.
HE took the chair of the court physicist of the Duke of Tuscany after the death of Galileo Galilei.
Evangelista Torricelli. A holy place is never empty, because since ancient times it has been known that nature abhors a vacuum. The Torricelli vacuum is the airless space in the tube of a mercury barometer invented by Evangelista Torricelli.
The official tagline for THIS VIDEO GAME from Blizzard is "Deceptively simple and incredibly fun."
"Hearthstone". A collectible card game.
"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times." What book begins with this iconic line?
A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
THIS ter comes from the Latin word meaning "a thousand paces." It was originally based on the distance a Roman soldier could march in 1,000 steps!
a mile, "mille passus"
The plot of THIS 1955 cartoon is based on the short story "Happy Dan, the Cynical Dog" by Ward Greene.
"Lady and the Tramp".
In 1803-1804 THIS count, together with his brother Felice, presented two works to the Turin Academy of Sciences, devoted to the theory of electrical and electromagnetic phenomena, for which he was elected a corresponding member of this academy in 1804. Amedeo Avogadro, Count of Quareña and Cerreto.
Amedeo Avogadro, Count of Quareña and Cerreto.
THIS Witcher Card Game is a 2018 digital collectible card game by CD Projekt. THIS game is derived from the card game of the same name featured in Andrzej Sapkowski's The Witcher novels and playable in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt video game.
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