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Answer: pate

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There are indeed both several synonyms for 'head' and a number of related words. One of these is 'pate', most often encountered in the expression "bald pate", meaning both the head and, specifically, the crown of the head. Other head-related words are skull and cranium, while informal synonyms include noggin, nut and noodle.

Answer: Robin Williams

American comedian and actor Robin McLaurin Williams was born in Chicago, Illinois on July 21 1951, but lived in San Francisco from the age of sixteen. Though his genius for comedy showed itself early, he entered Claremont Men's College (now Claremont McKenna College) to study Political Science. While there, however, he took classes in improvisation, and his course was set. He went to the College of Marin to study acting, soon thereafter receiving a scholarship to the Julliard School in New York City. When he moved back to California in the early 1970s, he started appearing at comedy clubs. In a few years, he was appearing on such television programs as "The Richard Pryor Show" and "Laugh In".

After a stint on the popular prime time sit-com "Happy Days", Robin took his character of the alien Mork from Ork to his own show, "Mork & Mindy", co-starring Pam Dawber . The show ran for four years (1978 through 1982). After its conclusion, Robin embarked upon a successful film career, playing a wide variety of roles both comedic and dramatic. While continuing to act in movies until his untimely death (His final film "Boulevard" was released posthumously), in latter years he conquered Broadway, starring in "Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo", a surreal comic drama set during the Iraq War.

Through his work with the USO, Robin frequently traveled to entertain American troops stationed abroad. He was also active with several charities including Comic Relief, an organization that combats poverty. Robin Williams died by his own hand on August 11, 2014 at his home in Paradise Cay, California as a result of Lewy Body Dementia, a progressive form of dementia affecting speech, vision and memory. Though his hairline had begun to recede somewhat, upon his untimely death Robin had a healthy head of hair.

Born June 21, 1982 in London William Windsor, Prince of Wales, had abundant, blond hair as a youngster. It was not surprising, however, that he started losing his hair in his twenties. Male pattern baldness (androgenetic alopecia) is a hereditary condition, and Prince William came by it honestly. Both his father, King Charles, and his paternal grandfather, The Duke of Edinburgh had the condition, while his maternal grandfather, John, Earl Spencer was also distinctly thin on top. 66% of men with male pattern baldness will experience hair loss by the age of thirty-five, while in some cases effects of the condition may become apparent as early as twenty-one.

John Michael Stipe was born on January 4, 1960, in Decatur, Georgia, into an Army family. His father's military service meant the Stipes moved every two or three years. He got turned on to Punk Rock when he was fourteen and he was in at the formation of REM at twenty. By 1992, his hairline was receeding noticeably. He started shaving his head around that time, and he has been bald ever since. In November of 2007 he told Dorian Lynskey of "The Guardian", "The hair helped a lot to hide who I was. So that went away, and things got a little more difficult."

Pierluigi Collina, born February 13, 1960 in Bologna, was a respected and much-honored football (soccer) referee. Around the age of thirty, he developed alopecia universalis. Thought to be an auto-immune disease in which the immune system mistakenly attacks the hair follicles, alopecia universalis causes permanent loss of all scalp, facial and body hair. The condition does not affect the helth otherwise. It certainly did not impact Collina's career, except perhaps to make him instantly recognizable.

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Answer: The star turn or main attraction

A headliner is a performer who gets top billing, is at the top of a venue's program, and heads the lineup. The headliner is usually very well known (a star), with name recognition that will draw custom to the venue.

Answer: Master or mistress

Young readers all over the world are familiar with the terms 'headmaster' and 'headmistress' thanks to series such as "The Chalet School" by Elinor Brent-Dyer and "Harry Potter" by J.K. Rowling. Sometimes, as in "The Silver Chair" by C.S. Lewis, this person is simply referred to as 'the head'.

Answer: The Monkees

Released November 6, 1968, "Head" is a purportedly plotless experiment in pop art, a collection of musical encounters and adventures, including a wild west sequence, a desert war sequence, a Confederate war sequence, and a science fiction sequence. Yet there is a theme, if not a plot. Throughout the film Peter Tork, Davy Jones, Micky Dolenz and Mike Nesmith search for meaning in a world they cannot understand.

They disagree with much of what is happening around them, and try to figure out how to escape the oppression they feel, which is symbolized by a big black box in which they are seemingly imprisoned. Eventually they appear, seemingly from nowhere, to disrupt a bridge opening ceremony. Where did they come from? Why? There is no answer.

Answer: Costume design

Born Edith Claire Posener on October 28, 1897 in San Bernardino, California, Edith head is the most honored female costume designer in Academy Award history. She worked with most of the leading ladies of Hollywood's golden age, and some of the leading men. She designed Dorothy Lamour's trademark sarong, first seen in the 1936 film "The Jungle Princess".

When in 1967, after forty-four years, Paramount Pictures declined to renew her contract, Head accepted Alfred Hitchcock's invitation to work with him at Universal. In later years, she did television work, for example designing the costumes for the character of Endora (played by Agnes Moorehead) on the 1960s program "Bewitched". she earned her eighth and final Academy Award for her work on the 1973 film "The Sting", though her last film project was "Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid" starring Steve Martin and Carl Reiner, released in 1982.

In the late 1970s, she designed the women's uniform for the United States Coast Guard, an assignment she considered a highlight in her career and for which she received the Meritorious Public Service Award. Widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential costume designers in film history, Edith Head died October 24, 1981 in Los Angeles, California from myelofibrosis, an incurable bone marrow disease.

Answer: Yes

The head of a bone is a rounded, prominent extension that forms part of a joint. It is separated from the shaft of the bone by the neck. Usually covered in hyaline cartilage inside a synovial capsule, this head or ball is the main articulating surface with the adjacent bone, forming a "ball-and-socket" joint. Such synovial joints allow smooth movement between bones; the end of one bone within the joint being spherical, forming the ball, while the end of the other bone forms a rounded depression, the socket. The ball slides, rolls, and spins within the socket to allow movement of the joint in multiple directions. Because ball and socket joints move through three or more planes of movement, they are the most mobile joints in the body.

The human body includes four ball and socket joints: The right shoulder, left shoulder, right hip and left hip. The femur (thigh bone) fits into a cup-like socket in the pelvis called the acetabulum to form the hip joint, while the humerus (upper arm bone) fits into a shallow, comma-shaped cavity in the scapula, forming the shoulder joint.

Whereas the hip can perform six movements - flexion, extension, abduction, adduction, internal rotation and external rotation that combine to move the leg - the shoulder can perform eight - flexion, extension, abduction, adduction, internal rotation, external rotation, horizontal abduction and horizontal adduction that combine to move the arm. Hence, the shoulder is more complex than the hip. The shoulder is made up of three bones: the scapula (shoulder blade), clavicle (collarbone) and humerus (upper arm bone). Two joints in the shoulder allow it to move: the acromioclavicular joint, where the highest point of the scapula (acromion) meets the clavicle, and the glenohumeral joint. Because the ball and socket joint of the shoulder is the most mobile joint of the body, it is also the most unstable and at risk of dislocating.

Although rest, medication, ice and physical therapy can help reduce pain and improve strength and range of motion degraded by Injuries, for significant conditions such as osteoarthritis, autoimmune conditions, rotator cuff tears, labral tears and hip dysplasia, surgery may be needed.

Be sure to tell your healthcare provider if you notice difficulty moving your shoulders or hips. Joint stiffness is often a sign of arthritis, and all forms of arthritis tend to worsen over time without treatment. Regular movement and exercise are vital to reducing joint stiffness to keep your ball and socket joints moving properly.

Answer: False

In both baseball and softball, two outs (two offensive players being ruled out) made during the same play constitute a double play. This is most commonly made on a ground ball with a runner on first, though a double play can occur any time there is at least one baserunner and fewer than two outs.

Actually, a doubleheader is simply two games between the same teams on the same program; although the term can refer to two games between the same teams played on the same day, not necessarily back-to-back.

In 2012, folksinger Dan Bern released an album called "Doubleheader", consisting of eighteen baseball songs. That's a lot of baseball songs!
Thanks to player andymuenz for the info on the Dan Bern album.

Answer: Head of the Class

Premiering September 17, 1986, "Head of the Class" followed a group of gifted students in the Individualized Honors Program at the fictional Millard Fillmore High School in Manhattan, and their history teacher Charlie Moore, played by Howard Hesseman. Initially substitute and eventually permanent teacher Mr. Moore helped his students cope, not only with their studies, but with the larger problems of being teenagers. Hesseman left "Head of the Class" in 1990 and was replaced by Scottish comedian Billy Connolly (in his first major American production) as teacher Billy MacGregor for the final season. The series' final episode aired June 25, 1991.

A 2021 series reboot, which premiered November 4, lasted only ten episodes on the streaming service HBO Max. In December 2022, the service removed "Head of the Class" from its platform.

Answer: Sonic the Head Hedgehog

Though no doubt Sonic * is * the head hedgehog none of the games starring him, starting with "Sonic the Hedgehog" in 1991 has said so in their titles.

"Head On" was a pioneering arcade video game developed by Sega/Gremlin and released by Sega in 1979. The first maze game whose goal is to run over dots, not only was it successful at the time of release, it was also highly influential on subsequent games such as "Pacman".

"H.E.D.Z.: Head Extreme Destruction Zone" was a third person, action game set in a futuristic universe for Windows. It was published by Hasbro Interactive, Inc. in 1998.

"Plug Head" is a single-player, action-adventure game app developed and distributed by Sunday.gg, available on all platforms. Released in 2021, the game has garnered generally favorable reviews, although complaints that the game is too easy and, more seriously, that the version downloadable from Google Play has far too many in app ads are numerous.