Everything you have to konw to be a perfect
GentlemanPresent by Sir Matthieu MOREAU and helped by Sir Ben SCHOTT
Introduction
Goal : give some informations that may introduce you as a perfect gentleman in meeting, dinner…
List of subject, question…
List
How convert Celsius to Fahrenheit
Golf Scoring Elizabeth TALOR & her
husbands Arobas Decathlon tracks United State Note Some lefthanded
personnalities US president oath ABRACADABRA
The colors of the empire state building
Victorian mourning The Hofstadter’s law Santa Claus & Coca Cola The Vatica telephony system The fifteen decisives battle of
the World Rond Table Knights The english longest word Poker frequency & probability The six wives of Henry VIII
Celsius and Fahrenheit
Celsius to Fahrenheit : multiply by 1.8 and add 32
Fahrenheit to Celsius : Substract 32 and divide by 1.8
exemples : 16°C = 61°F 28°C = 82°F
Golf Scoring
Term on a scoreboard
Specific Term
- 4 Condore
- 3 Albatross
- 2 Eagle
- 1 Birdie
0 Par
+ 1 Bogey
+ 2 Double bogey
+ 3 Triple Bogey
The « PAR » : the number of strokes a skilled golfer should require to complete play to the hole
Elizabeth TAYLOR & her husbands
Elizabeth TAYLOR is famous english actress (seventh greatest female stars of all time accring to the American Film Institute)
Her 8 husbands : Conrad "Nicky" Hilton (May 6, 1950 - January 29, 1951) (divorced) Michael Wilding (February 21, 1952 - January 26, 1957) (divorced) Michael Todd (February 2, 1957 - March 22, 1958) (widowed) Eddie Fisher (May 12, 1959 - March 6, 1964) (divorced) Richard Burton (March 15, 1964 - June 26, 1974) (divorced) Richard Burton (again) (October 10, 1975 - July 29, 1976) (divorced) John Warner (December 4, 1976 - November 7, 1982) (divorced) Larry Fortensky (October 6, 1991 - October 31, 1996) (divorced)
Arobas
Invented in th XVIIe century by the spanish salesmen (weight unit = 12,78kg)
Used in the XIXe century : abreviation of « at the rate of » in accounting and commercial invoices
In 1972 Ray Tomilson (inventor of email) chose this symbol because it did not appear in any name
Decathlon Tracks
10 tracks in 2 days
Day One Day Two100m 110m hurdles
Long jump Discus throwing
Shot put Pole vault
High jump Javelin throwing
400m 1500m
United State NotePresident ValueGeorges Washington ( 1789 - 1797) $ 1
Thomas Jefferson (1801 - 1809) $ 2
Abraham Lincoln (1861 - 1865) $ 5
Alexander Hamilton (1st Secretary of the Treasury)
$ 10
Andrew Jackson (1829 - 1837) $ 20
Ulysse S. Grant (1869 - 1877) $ 50
Benjamin Franklin (1st ambassador in France)
$ 100
William McKinley (1897 - 1901) $ 500
Grover Cleveland (1885 - 1889) $ 1 000
James Madison (1809 - 1817) $ 5 000
Salmon P. Chase (Secretary of the treasure under Lincoln)
$ 10 000
Woodrow Wilson (1913 - 1921) $ 50 000
Some lefthanded personnality
Lewis Caroll Cesar Leonardo Vinci H.G. Wells
J.S. Bach Jack The Ripper
Nelson Bill Clinton
Albert Einstein Nietzsche Prince Charles Bismarck
Bill Gates Fidel Castro Goethe Marylin Monroe
Cole Porter Pelé Paul McCartney
Jimi Hendrix
Greta Garbo Napoléon Bob Dylan Paul Klee
Charlie Chaplin
Phil Colins M.C. Escher Elizabeth II
US President oath
Before assuming office, the president-elect is constitutionally required to take the presidential oath:
« I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States so help me God. »
Although it is not required, Presidents traditionally used a Bible to take oath of office Exceptions : Chester A. Arthur in 1881 and Theodore Roosevelt in 1901
did not use a Bible, while Lyndon B. Johnson in 1963 used a Roman Catholic missal, because there were no Bibles aboard Air Force One
The Colors of the Empire State Building
In 1964, floodlights were added to illuminate the top of the building at night, in colors chosen to match seasonal and other events :
Red : valentine day, fireman memorial day Blue : plice memorial day Black, yellow, red : german unification Red, black, green : Martin Luther King memorial day Red, white, green : colombus day Red, white, blue : president day, army force day,
independance day Royal purple, gold : Elizabeth II No lights : AIDS day
Victorian Mourning
At the death of her husband, in 1861, queen Victoria made rules about the time of a perfect mourning:
Husband : 2-3 years Wife : 3 month Parent/Child : 1 year Brother/sister : 6 month Grand parent : 6 month Aunt/Uncle : 3 month
Hofstadter's law
Hofstadter's Law is a self-referencing time-related adage, coined by Douglas Hofstadter and named by himself.
« It always takes longer than you expect, even when you take into account Hofstadter's Law. »
Santa Claus & Coca-Cola
Created by Clement Clark Moore in 1823 in the poem : The Night Before Christmas
The first artist to define Santa Claus was Thomas Nast to illustrate the poem
Haddon H. Sundblom (ilustrator for Coca Cola) define the red color in its advertising
Vatican telephony system
In 1886 the first automatic telephone system was install in the Vatican by Giovanni Battista Marzi (10 phones)
In 1932 the first wireless telephone line was build to link directly the Vatican and the Pope’s summer house.
To obtain the standard : dial the 00 39 06 69 82
The fifteen decisive battles of the World
In 1851 Sir Edward Shepherd Creasy define the the fifteen decisive battles of the World:
- 490 : Marathon (Greeks defeat Perses) - 413 : Syracuse (Athena first defeat) - 331 : Arbles (Alexander the great defeat Darius III) - 207 : Metaure (Roman’s Army defeat Hasburdal Army) 9 : Teutoburg forest (Arminus defeat roman’s army) 415 : Chalon (Aetius defeat Attila) 732 : Poitier (Charles Martel) 1006 : Hasting (William of Normandy conquier the UK) 1429 : Orlean (Jeanne D’Arc defeat the british) 1588 : Invicible Armada (the british defeat the spanish naval ships 1704 : Blenheim (Malborough defeat Tallard) 1709 : Poltava (Russian army defeat the wweden army) 1777 : Saragota (amarican independantist defeat the british) 1792 : Valmy (the french army defeat prussian and austrian army) 1815 : Waterloo (Wellington defeat Napoleon)
Rond table knights
According John Dryden, the rond table knights were 10 :
Lancelot Tristan Lamorat Tor Gallaad Gauvain Palamede Keu Marc Mordret
ABRACADABRA
The first case => in the poem Praecepta de Medicina in 2nd century
When it was write as a triangle and wear as a necklace => healing power
ABRA = Ab, Ben & Ruach Acadosh => the father, the son and the holly spirit
The english longest word
The name of a tobacco mosaïc virus Nickame : "Coat Protein, Tobacco mosaic virus, Dahlemense Strain" The chemical name contains 1185 lettersacetylseryltyrosylserylisoleucylthreonylserylprolylserylglutaminylphenylalanylvalylphenylalanylleucylserylserylvalyltryptophylalanylaspartylprolylisoleucylglutamylleucylleucylasparaginylvalylcysteinylthreonylserylserylleucylglycylasparaginylglutaminylphenylalanylglutaminylthreonylglutaminylglutaminylalanylarginylthreonylthreonylglutaminylvalylglutaminylglutaminylphenylalanylserylglutaminylvalyltryptophyllysylprolylphenylalanylprolylglutaminylserylthreonylvalylarginylphenylalanylprolylglycylaspartylvalyltyrosyllysylvalyltyrosylarginyltyrosylasparaginylalanylvalylleucylaspartylprolylleucylisoleucylthreonylalanylleucylleucylglycylthreonylphenylalanylaspartylthreonylarginylasparaginylarginylisoleucylisoleucylglutamylvalylglutamylasparaginylglutaminylglutaminylserylprolylthreonylthreonylalanylglutamylthreonylleucylaspartylalanylthreonylarginylarginylvalylaspartylaspartylalanylthreonylvalylalanylisoleucylarginylserylalanylasparaginylisoleucylasparaginylleucylvalylasparaginylglutamylleucylvalylarginylglycylthreonylglycylleucyltyrosylasparaginylglutaminylasparaginylthreonylphenylalanylglutamylserylmethionylserylglycylleucylvalyltryptophylthreonylserylalanylprolylalanylserine
The letter combination yl appears in the word 166 times.
Poker frequency & probability
Frequency Hand Probabilities1 098 240 One Pair 42.3%
123 552 Two Pair 4.75%
54,912 Three of a kind 2.11%
10 200 Straight 0.392%
5 108 Flush 0.197%
3 744 Full house 0.00144%
624 Four of a kind 0.0240%
36 Straight flush 0.00139%
4 Royal flush 0.000154%