Neither am I.
(No play here. Move along, move along…)
Hogget, besides mutton and lamb, also refers to sheep meat. A sheep in its first year is a lamb and its meat is also lamb. The meat from sheep in their second year is hogget. Older sheep meat is mutton.
Charles Lamb was an author and critic. His pen name “Elia” is familiar to all crossword puzzle fans
The $10,000 bill is no longer being printed or circulated. In fact, no bill larger than $100 has been printed by the Bureau of Engraving and Printing since 1989. While there may still some that are technically in circulation, i.e., not recalled and destroyed by the government, it is reasonable to assume that they are all being held by collectors or museums at this time.
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The very first crossword puzzle was published on the ‘Fun’ page of The New York World newspaper on 21 December 1913. It was invented by British journalist Arthur Wynne, who emigrated to the United States in the 1890’s.
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“The Fascinating Problem of Uncle Meleager’s Will” is a short story by Dorothy L. Sayers, featuring Lord Peter Wimsey. The story turns on the discovery of a hidden cross-word puzzle, which when solved, reveals where the deceased had hidden his will.
Will Shortz is the crossword puzzle editor for the New York Times. Shortz, who has worked at the Times since 1993, previously worked at Penny Press Magazine and Games Magazine. Shortz graduated from Indiana University in 1974, becoming the only known person to graduate with a degree in enigmatology, the study of puzzles. (Shortz designed his own curriculum.)
I went based on the claim in the post that there were 12 currency bills. That would include the higher denomination bills plus the $100,000 bill that was solely for Federal Reserve usage. That’s the only way that 12 of them makes sense.
In fact, wasn’t he the one that got the title changed to the current one?
In Play: Will Shortz is also an actor and producer. He starred in (among other things) the Crossword Mysteries TV movies.
I have both on hand. I can’t recall combining them, but after reading this exchange I tried it. It’s not bad, but not quite good either. My parents used to put black pepper on their cottage cheese, and it’s not bad.
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Will Shortz founded the American Crossword Puzzle Tournament in 1978 and has served as its emcee since the beginning. It is the oldest and largest crossword tournament held in the United States; the 2019 event set an attendance record with 741 competitors, including over 200 rookies.
Not in play (and maybe this topic deserves its own thread). My wife chops onions and tomatoes and mixes them into the cottage cheese. Quite tasty.
Carry on.
Actually, I said 12 pieces of currency. I was including coins. Sorry about that.
(Carry on.)
“Carry on” is a phrase that comes from Great Britain, where it has been used for hundreds of years. It seems to have come from the British Navy, where it was a direction to keep going on the same course and not change. “Keep Calm and Carry On” became extremely popular during World War II after posters with this saying were designed by Great Britain’s Ministry of Information in the summer of 1939.
In that case, there would be thirteen pieces …
coins – cent, nickel, dime, quarter-dollar, half-dollar, and dollar (six items)
bills – $1. $2. $5. $10, $20, $50, and $100 (seven items)
While the half-dollar and dollar coins are not in common usage (most examples are produced for government-issued mint and type sets, and other numismatic products), and neither is the $2 bill, they are still being produced and remain valid and legitimate forms of money.
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The most expensive coin minted in Britain is believed to be the King Henry III gold coin, which was minted in about 1257. Only 8 of these coins are known to exist, most of which are in museums. One of these coins which was recently discovered was sold at auction for a price of £648,000, which is about $800,000.00
Correct.
In play:
British actors Sir Laurence Olivier, Kenneth Branagh, Tom Hiddleston and Benedict Cumberpatch have all appeared in the title role in Shakespeare’s patriotic play, Henry V.
Kenneth Branagh played Sir Laurence Olivier in My Week with Marilyn. Eddie Redmayne also appeared in that movie; both he and Branagh have appeared in the Harry Potter franchise films.
After his retirement, Harry Truman kept occasional office hours in his presidential library in Independence, Missouri, and would sometimes greet visitors and school groups.
“library” in English and “librarie” in French are “false friends” / “faux amis”, a term used to mean words that look similar but have different meanings. “Librarie” means a bookstore. If you want to borrow a book, you go to a “bibliothèque”.
Possession of Ft. Duquesne, later Ft. Pitt, was a major strategic goal of the French and Indian War. The fort stood in what is now Point State Park in Pittsburgh, at the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers, and at the headwaters of the Ohio River.
Two pairs of British Prime Ministers have been father and son. William Pitt the elder held the office from 1766 to 1768. His son William Pitt the Younger was in office from 1783-1800 and 1804-1806; at the age of 24, he became Great Britain’s youngest Prime Minister ever. He was only 46 when he died.
The second father-son pair was George Grenville (in office 1763-65) and William Grenville (in office 1806-1807). The younger Grenville was a first cousin and political ally of Pitt the Younger. The most significant achievement of his short term was the abolition of the slave trade.
William has been a somewhat common first name of US President, including William Henry Harrison, William McKinley, William Howard Taft and William Jefferson Clinton.