![]() But still, Arthur Andersen collapsed under the weight of the scandal and 85,000 people lost their jobs (despite only a handful being directly involved with Enron). The accounting firm Arthur Andersen was found guilty of obstruction of justice for shredding thousands of pertinent documents and deleting emails and files (a decision that the Supreme Court later overturned on a technicality). Kenneth Lay (CEO) died in 2006 after he had been found guilty but before he could be sentenced. Jeffrey Skilling (ex-CEO) was sentenced to 24 years and 4 months. Even Fastow’s wife was involved and she was sentenced to one year for helping her husband hide money. He plea-bargained and received ten years without parole, and became the key witness in the trials of others. Andrew Fastow was the Chief Financial Officer. 61 Scandal-plagued energy company : ENRONĪfter all the trials following the exposure of fraud at Enron, several of the key players ended up in jail. “Lager” is the German word for “storage”. Lager is so called because of the tradition of cold-storing the beer during fermentation. “Just Kids” won that year’s National Book Award for Nonfiction. According to Smith, she wrote the book after vowing to do so as Mapplethorope lay on his deathbed in 1989. Punk singer Patti Smith penned a 2010 memoir “Just Kids”, which mainly dealt with her relationship with photographer Robert Mapplethorpe. Too much information (TMI) 57 Rock icon Smith who wrote the memoir “Just Kids” : PATTI Filmed around Wilmington, North Carolina, the show is set in the fictional North Carolina town of Tree Hill. “One Tree HIll” is a TV drama that first aired from 2003 until 2012. 51 Chad Michael Murray teen drama set in North Carolina : ONE TREE HILL We’ve imported the plural term “panini” into English to describe a single pressed and toasted sandwich. In Italy, a sandwich made from sliced bread is called a “tramezzino”, while sandwiches made from non-sliced breads are called “panini” (singular “panino”). 49 Food word that is plural in Italian but singular in English : PANINI The name “edamame” translates as “twig bean”. The pods are boiled and then salted before serving, usually as a snack or side dish. 48 Edamame units : PODSĮdamame is a simple dish made of immature soybeans still in the pod. The Old English word “cypa”, meaning “basket”, evolved in the 14th century to the word “coop” to describe a small cage for poultry. And yes, Campbell’s stage name was inspired by the character in Charles Dickens’ novel “The Old Curiosity Shop”. Her most famous role was Columbia in both the original stage play and the 1975 film adaptation of “The Rocky Horror Picture Show”. “Little Nell” is the stage name of Australian actress and singer Nell Campbell. 31 “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” actress Little _ : NELL “Adiós” comes from the phrase “a Dios vos acomiendo” meaning “I commend you to God”. The term “adiós” is Spanish for “goodbye”. Radner left her first husband to marry comedic actor Gene Wilder, whom she met while they were both filming the Sidney Poitier movie “Hanky Panky”. ![]() Gilda Radner was a comedian and actress, and one of the original cast members of the hit television show “Saturday Night Live”. The term “album” was applied to long-playing gramophone records in the early 1950s, because the record sleeves resembled large photographic albums. By the end of the 19th century, albums were used to collect photographs. Over time, the term “album” came to be used in English for a blank book created to collect signatures or other mementos. Back in the 17th century, public notices and lists of names were written on a board painted white, or in a souvenir book with white pages known as an “albo” (from “album”). ![]() The Latin word “album” translates as “white”. ![]() The song’s accompanying music video was the most-viewed video of all time on YouTube from 2017 to 2020. “Despacito” is a 2017 song released by Puerto Rican singer Luis Fonsi, featuring Puerto Rican rapper Daddy Yankee. The former First Family chose the Portuguese water dog largely because it is a hypoallergenic breed, and Malia Obama suffers from an allergy to most dogs. Sunny and Bo are Portuguese water dogs owned by the Obama family. 15 Tax pro : CPAĬertified public accountant (CPA) 16 Surname of Bo and Sunny : OBAMA The company opened its doors in 1978 and is based in Blaine, Minnesota. Horst Rechelbacher was traveling in India in 1970 when he was introduced to the Hindu science of longevity called Ayurveda, which inspired him to set up his own company of skin and hair care products that he called Aveda. Today’s Wiki-est Amazonian Googlies Across
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