Friends is an American sitcom created by David Crane and Marta Kauffman. It ran for ten seasons, from 1994 to 2004.

Courteney Cox portrayed Monica Geller. Jennifer Aniston played the role as Rachel Green, a fashion enthusiast and Monica Geller's best friend from childhood. Lisa Kudrow played Phoebe Buffay, an eccentric masseuse and self-taught musician.

The male characters were played by Matt LeBlanc, Matthew Perry, and David Schwimmer.

Harold Holt was an Australian politician and the 17th Prime Minister of Australia. He was Prime Minister for only 22 months before he disappeared in December 1967 while swimming, and was presumed drowned.

The historical and archaeological city Petra is located in the southern Jordan. Petra is also known as the Rose City due to the color of the stone out of which it is carved. In 1985, Petra was designated a World Heritage Site.

Eyes Wide Shut by Stanley Kubrick is a film from 1999. Avatar by James Cameron is from 2009. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by David Fincher is from 2011. Argo by Ben Affleck was released 2012.

Patrick Modiano is a French novelist and recipient of the 2014 Nobel Prize in Literature.

Cox's Orange Pippin is an apple cultivar first grown in 1830, at Colnbrook in Buckinghamshire, England, by the retired brewer and horticulturist Richard Cox.

The Latin words Alma mater bountiful mother.

Sake is an alcoholic beverage of Japanese origin that is made from fermented rice.

Margaret Mary Emily Anne Hyra is better known as Meg Ryan.

The Adventure of the Speckled Band is one of the 56 short Sherlock Holmes stories written by Scottish author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The speckled band is a venomous snake