HomeFactopediaBrainoffsRankingsGoodiesCommunity



login or register
You know 0 facts





As


Play a Quiz on As  (it's free)    



William Shakespeare
   wrote   
As You Like It
Arts & Literature > Plays


As You Like It
   is a   
Comedic Play
Arts & Literature > Shakespeare Plays


Goodfellas (1990)
   contains the line   
"As Far Back As I Can Remember, I Always Wanted to Be a Gangster"
Henry Hill, played by Ray Liotta

Movies > Movie Quotes


The Cable Guy (1996)
   has the tagline   
There's No Such Thing As Free Cable.
Movies > Movie Taglines


Fairy Liquid
   used the slogan   
"Hands That Do Dishes Can Feel Soft As Your Face, With Mild Green..."
P & G dishwashing liquid first went on sale in the UK in 1960

Entertainment > Advertising Slogans


Hoover
   used the slogan   
"It Beats - As It Sweeps - As It Cleans"
The Hoover vacuum cleaner, 1926

Entertainment > Advertising Slogans


Aide-de-camp
   means   
A Military Officer That Serves As Personal Assistant to a Higher Ranking Officer
Language > French used in English


Core
   can be described as   
To Remove the Inedible Center of Fruits Such As Pineapples
Misc > Cookery Terms


Direct Heat
   can be described as   
A Cooking Method That Allows Heat to Meet Food Directly Such As Grilling, Broiling or Toasting
Misc > Cookery Terms


Drizzle
   can be described as   
To Pour a Liquid Such As a Sweet Glaze or Melted Butter in a Slow Light Trickle over Food
Misc > Cookery Terms


Jerk or Jamaican Jerk Seasoning
   can be described as   
A Dry Mixture of Various Spices Such As Chilies, Thyme, Garlic, Onions and Cinnamon or Cloves.
Used to season meats such as chicken or pork

Misc > Cookery Terms


Meringue
   can be described as   
Egg Whites Beaten Until They Are Stiff, then Sweetened. It Can Be Used As a Topping for Pies or Baked As Cookies
Misc > Cookery Terms


Reconstitute
   can be described as   
To Take a Dried Food Such As Milk Back to Its Original State by Adding Liquid
Misc > Cookery Terms


Skim
   can be described as   
To Remove the Top Fat Layer from Stocks, Soups, Sauces or Other Liquids Such As Cream from Milk
Misc > Cookery Terms


Tan Pronto Como Sea Posible
   is translated as   
As Soon As Posible
Language > English - Spanish


As the Old Cock Crows the
      
Young Cock Learns
Language > Irish Proverbs


A Nod is As Good As
      
A Wink to a Blind Horse
Language > Irish Proverbs


En Masse
   means   
As a Group
Language > French used in English


Vintage
   is described as   
The Year of a Grape’s Harvest, As Labeled on a Bottle of Wine
Misc > Wine and Wine Terms


Bent As a Nine Bob Note
   means   
Illegal
Language > British Slang


Douglas MacArthur
   said   
"A General is Just As Good or Just As Bad As the Troops Under His Command Make Him"
US WWII general & war hero

Language > Quotations


Pablo Picasso
   said   
"I Paint Objects As I Think Them, Not As I See Them"
Spanish cubist painter

Language > Quotations


Nosferatu, the Vampire (1922)
   has the last line:   
“And at That Moment, As if by a Miracle, the Sick No Longer Died, and the Stifling Shadow of the Vampire Vanished With the Morning Sun.”
German

Movies > Films - Last Lines


Where's the Toilet
   in Luxembourgish is   
Wou As Toilette
Language > English - Luxembourgish


Statute of Limitations
   is the legal term for   
Legal Limits As to How Long Legal Action Can Be Brought Forward
Language > Legal Terms - U.S.A.


Conceptualism
   believes in the theory   
Universal Truths Exist As Mental Concepts
Misc > Philosophy - isms


Fit As A Fiddle
   means   
In Fine Shape
Language > U.S. Slang - Southern


Snug As A Bug
   means   
Comfortable, Cozy
Language > U.S. Slang - Southern


How Green Was My Valley (1941)
   has the last line:   
“Men Like My Father Cannot Die. They Are With Me Still, Real in Memory As They Were in Flesh, Loving and Beloved Forever. How Green Was My Valley Then.”
Movies > Films - Last Lines


Mary Todd Lincoln
      
Was Abe Lincoln’s Wife Who Was Scorned by Fellow Southerners As a Traitor to Her Birth.
History & Mythology > U.S. Civil War Women


Mad As a Mars Hare (1963)
   featured   
Marvin the Martian
Also featuring Bugs Bunny

Entertainment > Looney Tunes Short Films


Pawn
   is   
Deposit an Item As Security for Money Borrowed
Language > Four-letter Words


Mint
   is   
As if New
E.g. The coin was in mint condition.

Language > Four-letter Words


Race With the Devil (1975)
   has the tagline   
If You're Going to Race With the Devil, You've Got to Be As Fast As Hell!
Movies > Movie Taglines


Pulls Her Hair Back
      
As She Screams
“Meet Virginia” by Train

Music > Finish the Lyric


Forrest Gump (1994)
   contains the line   
"Mama Says, "Stupid is As Stupid Does.""
Movies > Movie Quotes


Condoleezza Rice
   was/were the first   
African American Woman to Serve As US Secretary of State
2005

History & Mythology > Historical Firsts


Al Arabiyah As Suudiyah
   is the native name for   
Saudi Arabia
In Arabic - السعودية

Language > Endonyms


Al-Mamlaka Al Arabiyah As Suudiyah
   is the native name for   
Saudi Arabia
Translates as 'The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia' which is the country's formal title.

Language > Endonyms


America's Cartoonists
   is an anagram of   
No Artists Are As Comic
Language > Anagrams


Transgressions
   is an anagram of   
As Stronger Sins
Language > Anagrams


Bathythermograph
   is used for   
Recording Water Temperature As Compared to Depth
Science & Nature > Scientific Instruments


Freezing Rain
   is   
Rain Which Falls As Liquid then Freezes Upon Impact
Resulting in a coating of ice on exposed objects.

Science & Nature > Weather


Refraction
   means   
The Deflection of a Wave As It Passes from One Medium to Another
Science & Nature > General Scientific Terms


A Bat is Born Named and Blind and Pale…
   ends with   
All the Bright Day, As the Mother Sleeps, She Folds Her Wings About Her Sleeping Child.
Bats by Randall Jarrell

Arts & Literature > Poetry - Opening and Closing Lines


You Know My Love Goes With You As Your Love Stays With Me
      
It's Just the Way It Changes Like the Shoreline and the Sea
That's No Way To Say goodbye -- Leonard Cohen

Music > Finish the Lyric


Tony
   is   
A Cartoon Tiger Used As Mascot for Kellogg's Frosted Flakes Cereal
Entertainment > Fictional Animals


"My Brother Need Not Be Idealized, or Enlarged in Death Beyond What He Was in Life; to Be Remembered Simply As a Good and Decent Man...."
   is an extract from the   
Edward Kennedy Eulogy for Robert F. Kennedy (1968)
"...who saw wrong and tried to right it, saw suffering and tried to heal it, saw war and tried to stop it."

History & Mythology > Famous Speeches


Bender
   said   
"I Am Bender. Please Insert Girder."
Futurama

Entertainment > Animated Cartoon Quotes


Texas Hill Country
   is situated in   
Texas
Misc > Wine Appellations - U.S.A.








   About - Terms - Privacy Log In