# Aphabetic Pairs -- interesting facts **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [April 6, 2017, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-pairs-interesting-facts/783877 "2017-04-06T12:40:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 15
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2017, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-pairs-interesting-facts/783877/281 "2017-05-19T21:47:33Z")
KK - King Kong. You know the name of King Kong. You know the fame of King Kong, ten times as big as a man! One day a boy too young to know the danger, made a friend of this awesome stranger. ---
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2017, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-pairs-interesting-facts/783877/282 "2017-05-19T22:51:26Z")
KL - Kuala Lumpur, informally known as “KL”, is one of two capitals of Malaysia, the other being Putrajaya. In the Malay language, “lumpur” means “muddy”. ---
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KM = Kennesaw Mountain Kennesaw Mountain, now within metropolitan Atlanta, was the site of one of the bloodiest battles in the Civil War. Kennesaw Mountain Lands, the first commissioner of Major League Baseball, was named after the battle, in which his father was severely wounded. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2017, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-pairs-interesting-facts/783877/284 "2017-05-20T12:38:25Z")
KN = Klein–Nishina formula, a formula for prediction of the angular distribution of x-rays and gamma rays incident upon a single electron ---
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KO is the New York Stock Exchange’s designation for The Coca-Cola Company ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2017, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-pairs-interesting-facts/783877/286 "2017-05-20T22:32:09Z")
KP-When actor Kal Penn left the TV series _ **House** _ to take a PR job with the Obama administration, the show’s writers had his character, Dr. Lawrence Kutner, commit suicide. ---
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KQ = Kink Quotient. On a scale of 1-9 (10 being seriously frowned upon by the law) A numerical evaluation of an individuals penchant for deviant sex or otherwise. ---
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KR = Kaiser Roll The kaiser roll originated in Austria, and is believed to have been named after Kaiser Franz Joseph I. ---
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KS = Keyser Söze, who doesn’t exist. Really. Ask Verbal Kint. He’s just an urban legend, “a spook story that criminals tell their kids at night”. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2017, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-pairs-interesting-facts/783877/290 "2017-05-22T15:40:09Z")
KT- English jazz pianist Keith Tippett played on three King Crimson albums (\*\*\*In the Wake of \*\*\*_ **Poseidon** _, _ **Lizard** _ and _ **Islands** _), but turned down several requests by Robert Fripp to become a full-time member of the band. ---
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KU = Karl Urban, actor known for playing Eomer in _LOTR_, Julius Caesar in _Xena: Warrior Princess_, Judge Dredd in _Dredd_ and Bones in the new Star Trek series of movies. A native New Zealander, his first acting role came at age eight, when he had a single line in one episode of the New Zealand television series _Pioneer Woman_. ---
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KV- Kurt Vonnegut was one of the first staff writers hired by the newly formed _ **Sports Illustrated** _ magazine, in 1954. Vonnegut knew little about sports and cared less, but came highly recommended as a talented writer. His first assignment was to come up with funny, clever captions for sports-themed photographs. The first photo in his stack showed a thoroughbred racehorse who had tossed his jockey, jumped over the track railing, and taken off running. Vonnegut stared at the photo for half an hour, typed one sentence, turned in his work, and immediately quit his job. The only thing he ever wrote for\*\*\* Sports Illustrated\*\*\*: “A horse jumped over a fucking fence.” ---
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KW - King Wenceslas Good King Wenceslas was a tenth-century Bohemian duke (_not_ a king, though there was a King W. a few centuries later) who was widely known for his piety and charity. He was acclaimed as a martyr and saint from shortly after his death. The Holy Roman emperor Otto I posthumously granted him the title of King, and in the fifteenth century, Pope Pius II affirmed the truth of his legend. The song we know was written in the mid-1800s. ---
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KX - The Missouri band King’s X was ranked #83 on VH1’s all-time greatest artists of Hard Rock. Their other-worldly lyrics led many people to classify them as “Christian Rockers,” but they have always rejected that label. ---
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KY = Kristi Yamaguchi, Olympic Gold Medalist. She also played Jasmine in _Aladdin on Ice_, and won the sixth season of _Dancing with the Stars._ ---
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KZ - Korean zodiac, which is based on the Chinese zodiac: [http://koreanzodiac.com/](http://koreanzodiac.com/) [http://www.korea4expats.com/article-zodiac-animals-signs-sibijisin.html](http://www.korea4expats.com/article-zodiac-animals-signs-sibijisin.html) The twelve signs are Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Sheep, Monkey, Rooster, Dog and Pig ---
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LA- Hall of Famer Lance Alworth, alumnus of the University of Arkansas, spent most of his pro career as a wide receiver for the San Diego Chargers- but he won his only Super Bowl ring while playing for the Dallas Cowboys (he caught a touchdown pass in their 24-3 win over the Miami Dolphins in Super Bowl VI). ---
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LB = Lima Beans Lima beans were first cultivated in South America going back as far as 2000 BC. When the beans were first shipped to Europe, they often came in box crates labeled “Lima, Peru.” The name stuck, correct pronunciation not withstanding. ---
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LC = Library of Congress, the largest library in the world. When the British burned the core collection in the War of 1812, Congress purchased Thomas Jefferson’s personal library of some 3,000 volumes to start over. ---
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LD- Peter Allen created and starred in the Broadway musical _ **Legs Diamond** _, based on the life of a notorious Irish-American bootlegger and gangster. The show was an epic flop. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-pairs-interesting-facts/783877.md?page=14) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-pairs-interesting-facts/783877.md?page=16)