The en passant rule ensures that a pawn cannot use its two-square move to safely skip past an enemy pawn. The enemy pawn is removed from the board. To make an en passant capture, the capturing pawn moves to the square that the enemy pawn passed over, as if the enemy pawn had only moved one square. “En passant” is a French term that means “in passing”, and describes a special pawn capture in chess.
The exact etymology of the name “Bangkok” seems unclear, although “bang” is a Thai word for “a village situated on a stream”. Siam was the official name of Thailand up to 1939 (and again from 1945 to 1949).īangkok is the capital city of Thailand. 43 _ Paragon: large shopping mall in Bangkok : SIAM The word “churl” comes from the Old English word “ceorl”, meaning a freeman of the lowest class. 42 Churlish : COARSEĪ churl is a rude, boorish person.
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A player with a handicap of 18, given that there are 18 holes in a full round, is known as a “bogey golfer”.
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“Girls” is an HBO comedy-drama series that was created by and stars Lena Dunham. condition exhibited by Hannah on “Girls” : OCDĪpparently, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is the fourth most commonly diagnosed mental disorder, making it about as prevalent as asthma. Booker is one of the few vegetarians in the US Congress. 33 Cory Booker, once : YALIEĬory Booker has been a US Senator for New Jersey since 2013, having previously served as the Mayor of Newark. In the 2015 film “The Revenant”, the war party that the trappers go up against comprises Arikara warriors. The Arikara (also “Ree”) are a Native-American tribe based in North Dakota. Ashburn started to call for the ball in Spanish “Yo la tengo!” (I’ve got it!), at which point he’d be run down by left fielder Frank Thomas who only understood English! 32 North Dakota Natives known as the Arikara : REE There’s a story that Mets center fielder Richie Ashburn was always running into Elio Chacon in the outfield, because he would call for the ball in English, and Chacon only understood Spanish. Elio Chacon was a baseball player from Venezuela, the seventh person to play in the Majors from that country. The band’s name translates from Spanish as “I have it”, and was chosen with reference to a baseball anecdote. Yo La Tengo is an indie rock band from Hoboken, New Jersey that formed in 1984 as the husband/wife duo Ira Kaplan and Georgia Hubley. German shepherds are the second-most popular breed in the US, after the Labrador retriever. The lovely German shepherd breed of dog isn’t one of the older breeds, and only dates back to 1899. Residents like to call the city the “Second Largest Paris in the World”. The city of Paris, Texas is in the northeast corner of the state. Bird became engaged to US soccer phenom Megan Rapinoe in 2020. The other is fellow WNBA star Diana Taurasi. WNBA player Sue Bird is one of only two basketball players, male or female, to have won five Olympic gold medals. 23 One of Sue Bird’s WNBA record 3,234 : ASSISTĥ5A Sue Bird’s WNBA career 6,803: Abbr. “Perm” is the common name given to a permanent wave, a chemical or thermal treatment of hair to produce waves or curls. They were originally worn by ancient Hawaiians as a symbol of their social status and to signify important events such as weddings and funerals.
Leis are traditional Hawaiian garlands that are made from various types of flowers, leaves, and other materials. 17 Wreath that may be stored in a fridge : LEI The most famous hill in modern-day Rome is probably Vatican Hill, but it lies outside of the ancient, walled city. Tradition dictates that Romulus founded Rome on one of these hills, namely Palatine Hill, and the city came to encompass all seven existing settlements. Supposedly, there were seven separate settlements on the top of seven hills east of the River Tiber, prior to the founding of the city of Rome. She also had a temple on the Palatine Hill in which a lamp remained lit, illuminating the night. Luna had a temple on the Aventine Hill in Rome but it was destroyed during the Great Fire that raged during the reign of Nero. “Luna” is the Latin word for “moon”, and is the name given to the Roman moon goddess. 16 Goddess whose temple on Palatine Hill glowed at night : LUNA Oliver won a Pulitzer for poetry in 1984 for her collection of poems called “American Primitive”. Mary Oliver is a writer, mainly of poetry, who has been described as America’s best-selling poet. Today’s Wiki-est Amazonian Googlies Across
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