![]() You see, we live in the past … 20 Caddie’s bagful : TEES No, it’s not just the different spelling of aluminum (“aluminium”). On the other side of the pond, aluminum foil has a different name. Tin foil isn’t a great choice for wrapping food though, as it imparts a tinny taste. 17 *Mind reader’s obstacle, some believe : TIN-FOIL HATīefore thin sheets of aluminum metal were available as aluminum foil, thin sheets of tin were used in various applications. ![]() The official name of the country since the Iranian Revolution of 1979 is the “Islamic Republic of Iran”. 16 Turkey neighbor : IRANīefore 1935, the country we know today as Iran was referred to as Persia by the Western world. The state takes the name of Oaxaca, its largest city. Oaxaca is a state in the southern part of Mexico on the Pacific coast. In Spanish, an athlete in the Olympics goes for “el oro” (the gold). It features the celebrated “melting clocks”, and you can see them in the painting in the MoMA in New York City. “The Persistence of Memory” is probably Salvador Dalí’s most famous work. “Referee” is a derivative of the verb “to refer”, and literally describes someone who has the authority to make a decision by “referring to” a book, archive etc. We started using the same term for a person presiding over a sporting event in the 1820s. 6 Officiates : REFSīack in the early 17th century, a referee was someone who examined patent applications. It was this agreement that largely led to Sadat’s assassination three years later. Sadat won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1978 along with Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin for the role played in crafting the Israel-Egypt Peace Treaty of 1978 at Camp David. Today’s Wiki-est Amazonian Googlies AcrossĪnwar Sadat was the third President of Egypt right up to the time of his assassination in 1981. ![]()
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