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Yalda History & Culture Trivia
by:
Dr. Ali Taalebinezhaad([email protected])
Shirin Blog:Shirin.mit.edu/blog
Shirin Science Center:www.Shirin-Center.org
Copyright © 2006
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Question No. 1
•This fruit tree was first grown in ancient Persia about 4000 years ago and it is believed to be one of the first fruit trees grown in the Old World. This fruit tree came to Egypt about 500 years later.
•What is the NAME of that fruit?
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Question No. 2
•In 1492AD, after conquering the last Muslim stronghold in Andalusia, Queen Isabella of Spain gave that area an Spanish name.
•What is that Spanish NAME & what does it mean?
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Question No. 3• In 1983, during the presidency of
Ronald Reagan, the U.S. forces invaded a small Caribbean island country and replaced the four-year old socialist government of prime minister “Maurice Bishop” with one more to the U.S. liking.
•What is the NAME of that country & what does it mean?
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Question No. 4
•Between 2003 to 2006AD, the U.S. companies introduced about 1000 products, from martini to salad dressing, based on a single fruit!
•What is the NAME of that fruit?
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Question No. 5
•You know what "grenade" means in English. Yes, it is that military explosive device!
•But what does "grenade" mean in French?
Answers to Yalda History & Culture
Trivia
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Question No. 1
•This fruit tree was first grown in ancient Persia about 4000 years ago and it is believed to be one of the first fruit trees grown in the Old World. This fruit tree came to Egypt about 500 years later.
•What is the NAME of that fruit?
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Answer to Question No.1
Pomegranate (Anar)
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Question No. 2
•In 1492AD, after conquering the last Muslim stronghold in Andalusia, Queen Isabella of Spain gave that area an Spanish name.
•What is that Spanish NAME & what does it mean?
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Answer to Question No. 2
Granada [Pomegranate
(Anar)]
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Question No. 3• In 1983, during the presidency of
Ronald Reagan, the U.S. forces invaded a small Caribbean island country and replaced the four-year old socialist government of prime minister “Maurice Bishop” with one more to the U.S. liking.
•What is the NAME of that country & what does it mean?
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Answer to Question No. 3
Grenada or Granada[Pomegranate
(Anar)]
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Question No. 4
•Between 2003 to 2006AD, the U.S. companies introduced about 1000 products, from martini to salad dressing, based on a single fruit!
•What is the NAME of that fruit?
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Answer to Question No. 4
Pomegranate (Anar)
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Question No. 5
•You know what "grenade" means in English. Yes, it is that military explosive device!
•But what does "grenade" mean in French?
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Answer to Question No. 5
Pomegranate (Anar)
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It is all about another Persian icon, namely,
Pomegranate, the main Yalda fruit!
Anar (Persian),Pomegranate (English),
Granada/Grenada (Spanish), Grenade (French),
Grantapfel (German),Zakuro (Japanese).
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Happy Yalda!
Yalda is a major Iranian celebration.
It starts at Winter Solstice which happens around Dec. 22 that is the longest nightin Northern Hemisphere!
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Pomegranate (Anar), has been
the iconic fruit of Yalda for thousands of years!
It took about 4000 years for it to arrive from Persia
and become popular in the US.
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Glass Pomegranate VaseLate Bronze Age (3000-1000 BC)
Israel Museum (IDAM), JerusalemPhoto credit: Erich Lessing / Art Resource
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Marble Pomegranate BottleEgypt 18th Dynasty(1570-1314 BC)
Newark Museum, New JerseyPhoto credit: Newark Museum / Art Resource
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Glass Pomegranate VesselMycenean (1400-1200 BC)
British Museum, LondonPhoto credit: HIP / Art Resource
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Pomegranate Flower20th Century(2000 AD)!
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Sources:Pomegranate(Boston Globe,Dec.
10,2006)http://www.boston.com/business/articles/2006/12/10/
pomegranate_sows_seeds_of_popularity/
Art Resourceswww.artres.com
Wikipediawww.wikipedia.org
Googlewww.google.com
Websterwww.websters-online-dictionary.org
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Created by: Dr. Ali Taalebinezhaad([email protected])
Thanks to:
Mina Jafarpoor(for technical support)
Shirin Blog:Shirin.mit.edu/blog
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