There is a crater on the moon named Chaucer. It is named after Geoffrey Chaucer.
One of actor Paul Bettany’s first major film roles was as a fictionalized version of poet Geoffrey Chaucer in the 2001 film A Knight’s Tale. In the film, Chaucer is a companion and announcer for William Thatcher (played by Heath Ledger), a commoner who poses as a noble in order to compete in jousting tournaments.
Heath Ledger won a posthumous Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as The Joker in The Dark Knight.
A lot of people thought that movie should have been nominated for Best Picture as well, but it was snubbed. This led to an expanded number of selections in future years.
In addition to staring in that modern adaption of Chaucer, Ledger also starred in an updated version of Shakespeare’s Taming of the Shrew, called 10 Things I Hate About You.
The website theTopTens.com lists the Top 10 Hottest Women in the World. On this list are https://www.thetoptens.com/people/hottest-women
- Adriana Lima — NSFW: https://is.gd/MEXI3D
- Angelina Jolie — https://i.pinimg.com/originals/1a/b3/59/1ab359d8c66c705372f7812d3608982d.jpg
- Katy Perry — https://is.gd/EaJmjy
- Mila Kunis — https://is.gd/ocX7bm
- Shakira — https://is.gd/hF3v6V
- Selena Gomez — https://is.gd/yse9P9
- Jessica Alba — NSFW: https://is.gd/YOlsc4
- Megan Fox — https://is.gd/PiRoDr
- Kate Upton — NSFW: https://is.gd/3ajQSB
- Scarlett Johansson — https://is.gd/2pDyE8
Off topic: any list like this that doesn’t include Sela Ward is automatically suspect.
Your list, as I’m sure everyone has noticed, counts from 10 through 19. It should count from 10 down to 1.
In play:
Kate Upton is one of seven models who have appeared on the cover of Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition three times. The other six are Elle Macpherson, Christie Brinkley, Cheryl Tiegs, Kathy Ireland, Daniela Pestova, and Tyra Banks. Macpherson has actually appeared on the cover five times.
Upton, of course, is married to MLB pitcher Justin Verlander.
Justin Timberlake was the most popular member of the boy band N’SYNC when the band decided to take a hiatus in 2002. Justin recorded several solo hits before opting to leave N’SYNC; one of his songs, “I’m Lovin’ It”, was used as a jingle for McDonalds restaurants. In 2004, Justin joined Janet Jackson onstage at Super Bowl XXXVIII to sing a duet. Near the end of the song, Justin was supposed to dramatically rip off part of the black rubber suit which covered Janet’s breast, exposing the red lace bra beneath; both parts of the costume came off, exposing Janet’s breast for a second.
Likewise Keira Knightley.
In play:
2002 was the first calendar year of President George W. Bush’s first term. Bush, a Republican of Texas, had two daughters, as did his successor, Barack Obama, Democrat of Illinois.
That is strange. I did number the list, 10 down to 1.
The state sport of Texas is the rodeo. It was adopted as the state sport in 1997.
I just tried the same thing. Discourse insisted on increasing the number.
- ten
- nine
very strange
All three NBA teams from the state of Texas have been champions. The Houston Rockets were the first to accomplish this, in 1994 and '95. The San Antonio Spurs won in 1999, 2003, 2005, 2007, and 2014. The Dallas Mavericks won in 2011.
Glad it’s not just me. Strange…
Befitting the Lone Star State, a single five-pointed star appears on both the state seal and the state flag of Texas.
The US tradition of barnstars, decorative five-pointed stars attached to buildings, appears to have arisen in Pennsylvania after the Civil War, and became widespread by the 1930s. Barnstars are especially common in Pennsylvania and frequently seen in German-American farming communities. They are also found in Canada, particularly in the province of Ontario.
By the 1730s, there were over 20,000 German speakers living in the colony of Pennsylvania. Because of the demand, the first newspaper in America printed in German was the Philadelphische Zeitung, started in 1732 by Benjamin Franklin. However, due to questionable content and poor translation, the newspaper was not a success and folded in 1733.
The Pennsylvania custom of barnstars has been adopted by the Wikipedia community. Editors can award another editor with a virtual barnstars, with varying degrees of specificity for the nature of the award.
At the end of World War I the US government sold off its fleet of Curtiss JN-4 “Jenny” biplanes, mostly to the servicemen who flew them during the war. Flying was still very much a novelty, and these flyers worked as mail carriers or stunt performers, also called “barnstormers.” Charles Lindbergh was an early barnstormer before joining the US Army Air Service in 1923.
American aviation pioneer Charles Lindbergh, although married to Anne Morrow Lindbergh, also fathered children by two German sisters, which did not become public knowledge until after his death in 1974.