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The Porcaro Brothers featured in which group? | Jeff Porcaro
Jeffrey Thomas Porcaro (; April 1, 1954 – August 5, 1992) was an American drummer, songwriter, and record producer. In a career that spanned more than 20 years, Porcaro was best known for his work with the rock band Toto. Porcaro is one of the most recorded session musicians in history, working on hundreds of albums and thousands of sessions. While already an established studio player in the 1970s, he came to prominence in the United States as the drummer on the Steely Dan album " | Recording.
Recording began early in 1981 without the Bee Gees band that recorded and toured with the group in the late 1970s. Barry felt that he could create the sound he wanted with sessions musicians instead of a band, and the album featured musicians including Don Felder, Jeff Porcaro, Richard Tee, George Terry and Steve Gadd. Also, the Bee Gees stated that they were trying to avoid being pigeonholed as a disco act, which was why the album also featured minimal falsetto vocals (which had become a Bee Gees | 1,100 | triviaqa-train |
Which city was called Leninakan until 1990? | production of building materials (tufa and basalt), hosiery and textile manufacturing, food processing and dairy products, alcoholic drinks, electronic machines, etc. The largest industrial plant in Gyumri is the "Gyumri-Beer" Brewery opened in 1972. The factory produces a variety of lager beer under the brands "Gyumri", "Ararat" and "Aleksandrapol". The city is also home to the "Factory of Bending Machinses" opened in 1912, the "Arshaluys" hosiery manufacturing enterprise established in 1926, the " | May 1990 - George Hannah, 61, played 372 league games as a forward for Newcastle United, Lincoln City, Manchester City, Notts County and Bradford City between 1949 and 1966.
- 7 May 1990 - Charlie Walker, 78, played 118 games as full-back for West Ham United during a career which was interrupted by World War II.
- 30 June 1990 – Brian Tiler, 47, who played for Aston Villa during the 1970s and was a director for Bournemouth from the mid-1980s, was killed in | 1,101 | triviaqa-train |
What is Iggy Pop's real name? | Iggy Pop
James Newell Osterberg Jr. (born April 21, 1947), better known as Iggy Pop, is an American singer, songwriter, musician, record producer, and actor. Designated the "Godfather of Punk", he was the vocalist of influential proto-punk band The Stooges, who were formed in 1967 and have disbanded and reunited multiple times since. He began a solo career with the 1977 albums "The Idiot" and "Lust for Life", recorded in collaboration with David Bowie. He is | Stuka Jr.
Stuka Jr. (born July 17, 1979) is a Mexican second-generation "luchador enmascarado", or masked professional wrestler, who works for the Mexican professional wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL). Stuka Jr. is not, despite what the name indicates, the son of "luchador" Stuka but is Stuka's younger brother. Stuka Jr.'s real name is not a matter of public record, as is often the case with masked wrestlers in Mexico where their private lives are kept a | 1,102 | triviaqa-train |
Dorval International airport is in which country? | Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport
Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport () or Montréal–Trudeau, formerly known as Montréal–Dorval International Airport ("Aéroport international Montréal-Dorval"), is an international airport serving Montreal, Quebec, Canada, located on the Island of Montreal, from Downtown Montreal. The airport terminals are located entirely in the suburb of Dorval, while one runway is located in the Montreal borough of Saint-Laurent. Air Canada, the country's flag carrier, also has its | the decision was made to consolidate Montreal's passenger traffic at one airport, Dorval was chosen, and Mirabel was relegated to the role of a cargo airport. Mirabel thus turned out to be a white elephant. Dorval Airport was renamed Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport, after the Canadian Prime Minister whose government initiated the Mirabel project, the aim of which was to close and replace the Dorval airport. By surface area, it was the largest airport in the world that had ever been envisioned, with a planned area of | 1,103 | triviaqa-train |
Who wrote the song Momma Told Me Not To Come? | Mama Told Me Not to Come
"Mama Told Me Not to Come", also written as "Mama Told Me (Not to Come)", is a song by American singer-songwriter Randy Newman written for Eric Burdon's first solo album in 1966. Three Dog Night's 1970 cover topped the US pop singles chart. Tom Jones and the Stereophonics' version also hit No. 4 on the UK Singles Chart in 2000.
Newman original and first recordings.
Newman says that the song was inspired by | effects film.
"I hope that my experience in the film industry has helped improve the picture and rectified some of the problems that losing a director caused," said Coppola.
By October 1999, MGM decided to sell the film.
The film was eventually released on January 17, 2000, almost two years later than planned.
Original cut and deleted scenes.
The infamous theatrical trailer of the film, featuring songs "Fly" by Sugar Ray and "Momma Told Me Not To Come" by | 1,104 | triviaqa-train |
Who founded the Organization of Afro American Unity? | public meeting in New York's Audubon Ballroom on June 28, 1964. He had written the group's charter with John Henrik Clarke, Albert Cleage, Jesse Gray, and Gloria Richardson, among others. In a memo dated July 2, 1964, FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover described the nascent OAAU as a threat to the national security of the United States.
Malcolm X, along with John Henrik Clarke, wrote the following into the Organization of Afro-American Unity (OAAU) Basic Unity Program:
1. | Organization of Afro-American Unity
The Organization of Afro-American Unity (OAAU) was a Pan-Africanist organization founded by Malcolm X in 1964. The OAAU was modeled on the Organisation of African Unity, which had impressed Malcolm X during his visit to Africa in April and May 1964. The purpose of the OAAU was to fight for the human rights of African Americans and promote cooperation among Africans and people of African descent in the Americas.
Malcolm X announced the establishment of the OAAU at a | 1,105 | triviaqa-train |
Which NASA space probe was launched to Venus in 1989? | first to be successfully landed on (by "Venera 7" in 1970). Venus's thick clouds render observation of its surface impossible in visible light, and the first detailed maps did not emerge until the arrival of the Magellan orbiter in 1991. Plans have been proposed for rovers or more complex missions, but they are hindered by Venus's hostile surface conditions.
Physical characteristics.
Venus is one of the four terrestrial planets in the Solar System, meaning that it is a rocky body like Earth. It is | Mariner 2
Mariner 2 (Mariner-Venus 1962), an American space probe to Venus, was the first robotic space probe to conduct a successful planetary encounter. The first successful spacecraft in the NASA Mariner program, it was a simplified version of the Block I spacecraft of the Ranger program and an exact copy of Mariner 1. The missions of the Mariner 1 and 2 spacecraft are sometimes known as the Mariner R missions. Original plans called for the probes to be launched on the Atlas-Centaur, but serious developmental | 1,106 | triviaqa-train |
Who directed Good Morning Vietnam? | -writer on Hoffman's 1982 hit comedy "Tootsie"). The film won the Silver Bear – Special Jury Prize at the 48th Berlin International Film Festival.
Levinson partnered with producer Mark Johnson to form the film production company Baltimore Pictures. The two parted ways in 1994. Levinson has been a producer or executive producer for such major productions as "The Perfect Storm" (2000), directed by Wolfgang Petersen; "Analyze That" (2002), starring De Niro as a neurotic mob boss and Billy Crystal | journalist named Matt Thompson, played by Jeffrey Nordling in his debut role.
It was made shortly after "Good Morning Vietnam" had been a success in theaters, and it borrowed two actors from the "Good Morning Vietnam" cast, Noble Willingham and Cu Ba Nguyen, as well as having a similar free-spirited protagonist who is constantly clashing with his superiors.
The television pilot was filmed on location in Thailand. David Hume Kennerly served as executive producer and writer. Gary Nelson directed the film.
Cast | 1,107 | triviaqa-train |
What was Bette Davis's real first name? | , where she died on October 6, 1989, at 11:35 PM, at the American Hospital in Neuilly-sur-Seine. Davis was 81 years old. A memorial tribute was held by invitation only at Burbank Studio's stage 18 where a work light was turned on signaling the end of production.
She was entombed in Forest Lawn-Hollywood Hills Cemetery in Los Angeles, alongside her mother Ruthie and sister Bobby, with her name in larger type size. On her tombstone is written: "She did it the | deaf. She couldn’t have heard the cues if I’d shouted them through a bullhorn." However, Gish admitted she actually had little trouble hearing her cues, but invented a subtle version of the silent treatment due to Davis's mistreatment of her. When Bette spoke a line, Gish often would look puzzled and gently protest: "I just can't hear what she's saying." Whereupon, while Davis sat seething, Anderson would repeat Davis's line in a ringing voice, and Gish instantly would pick up | 1,108 | triviaqa-train |
Who won Super Bowl XXV? | Super Bowl XXV
Super Bowl XXV was an American football game between the American Football Conference (AFC) champion Buffalo Bills and the National Football Conference (NFC) champion New York Giants to decide the National Football League (NFL) champion for the 1990 season. The Giants defeated the Bills by the score of 20–19, winning their second Super Bowl.
The game was held at Tampa Stadium in Tampa, Florida, on January 27, 1991, during the time of the Gulf War. It was preceded by a memorable | the final seconds. Super Bowl V was won on a last second kick by Jim O'Brien, Super Bowl XXV as Scott Norwood missed his field goal chance, and Super Bowl XXXVI as Adam Vinatieri made his.
It was the Panthers' only Super Bowl appearance until Super Bowl 50.
Cardiac Cats.
The Cardiac Cats were the 2003 Carolina Panthers, who were known for close games often decided in the final minutes or the final play of the game. After finishing the season 11–5, the Panthers captured their first | 1,109 | triviaqa-train |
Robert Mueller Municipal Airport is in which US state? | government and the rights of individuals.
The Constitution grants to Congress the authority to admit new states into the Union. Since the establishment of the United States in 1776, the number of states has expanded from the original 13 to 50. Alaska and Hawaii are the most recent states admitted, both in 1959. The Constitution is silent on the question of whether states have the power to secede (withdraw) from the Union. Shortly after the Civil War, the U.S. Supreme Court, in "Texas v. White", | itself continues north of FM 969 to cross I-35 and Spur 69 (leading to RM 2222) before terminating at Lamar Boulevard.
Loop 111 is named "Airport Boulevard" because it once formed the south boundary of Robert Mueller Municipal Airport, which was the main airport serving Austin until 1999. Mueller Airport was closed when Austin-Bergstrom International Airport was opened, and the former airport site is undergoing development into a mixed-use residential, retail and commercial district.
Route description.
Loop 111 is a four- and | 1,110 | triviaqa-train |
Who had 70s No 1 hit with Show and Tell? | Show and Tell (song)
"Show and Tell" is a popular song written by Jerry Fuller and first recorded by Johnny Mathis in 1972. This original version made it to #36 on the Easy Listening chart.
Al Wilson version.
A 1973 recording of the song by Al Wilson reached No. 1 on the "Billboard" Hot 100 for one week on January 19, 1974; it sold over two million copies and was named a "Cash Box" Number One Single of the Year. " | stealing the show.
Bonnie Tyler had major hits with "Total Eclipse of the Heart" and "Holding Out for a Hero", while Robert Palmer's had two iconic music videos for "Addicted to Love" and "Simply Irresistible". The Bee Gees 1987 single "You Win Again" reached number one, making them first group to score a UK #1 hit in each of three decades: the 1960s, '70s, and '80s. Other British artists who achieved success in the pop charts in | 1,111 | triviaqa-train |
Panama proclaimed independence in 1903 from which country? | Republic of New Granada". New Granada officially changed its name in 1858 to the Granadine Confederation. In 1863 the name was again changed, this time to United States of Colombia, before finally adopting its present name – the Republic of Colombia – in 1886.
To refer to this country, the Colombian government uses the terms "Colombia" and "República de Colombia".
History.
History Pre-Columbian era.
Owing to its location, the present territory of Colombia was a corridor of early human civilization | Urraca, 2008
Upon termination definitely the Court of the Audiencia of Panama by the Royal Decree of June 20, 1751, the country was ruled by a military government under the name of General Command of the mainland, which included the province of Veraguas.
On November 28, 1821 was proclaimed in Panama City, Panama Independence from Spain, on 4 December of that same year in the city of Santiago was proclaimed the Independence of the Veraguas province of Spanish power.
On November 9, 1903 at 3:30 pm, | 1,112 | triviaqa-train |
How old was Ronald Reagan when he became US President? | and earned him national attention as a new conservative spokesman. Building a network of supporters, he was elected governor of California in 1966. As governor, Reagan raised taxes, turned a state budget deficit to a surplus, challenged the protesters at the University of California, ordered in National Guard troops during a period of protest movements in 1969, and was re-elected in 1970. He twice ran unsuccessfully for the Republican presidential nomination, in 1968 and 1976. Four years later in 1980, he won the nomination and then | term impact when Richard Nixon became president, discarded containment, and began a policy of détente with China. The problem remained of how to deal simultaneously with the Chinese government on Taiwan after formal recognition was accorded to the Beijing government. The Committee drafted the Taiwan Relations Act (US, 1979) which enabled the United States both to maintain friendly relations with Taiwan and to develop fresh relations with China.
In response to conservative criticism that the state department lacked hardliners, President Ronald Reagan in 1981 nominated Ernest W. Lefever as Assistant | 1,113 | triviaqa-train |
Which Iowa-born artist painted American Gothic and Spring Turning? | American Gothic
American Gothic is a 1930 painting by Grant Wood in the collection of the Art Institute of Chicago. Wood was inspired to paint what is now known as the "American Gothic" House in Eldon, Iowa, along with "the kind of people I fancied should live in that house." It depicts a farmer standing beside his daughter - often mistakenly interpreted to be his wife.
The figures were modeled by Wood's sister Nan Wood Graham and their dentist Dr. Byron McKeeby. The woman is dressed in | Bernice Cross
Bernice Cross (1912–1996) was an American artist and art instructor born in Iowa City, Iowa, who was based in Washington, D.C. for most of her professional career. Known for her originality, creative imagination, sense of humor, and love of fantasy, she painted with a deceptive simplicity and handled color and form with subtlety and a sure touch.
Early life and education.
Cross was an only child. She was born on August 22, 1912, to Frank Wallace Cross, a lifelong | 1,114 | triviaqa-train |
Which country does the airline Garuda come from? | Garuda Indonesia
PT Garuda Indonesia (Persero) Tbk (doing business as Garuda Indonesia) () is the national airline of Indonesia. The airline is headquartered at Soekarno–Hatta International Airport in Tangerang, near Jakarta. In 2014, it was announced that the airline would be rated as a 5-star airline by the international airline review firm Skytrax. The air carrier was previously known as Garuda Indonesian Airways.
Founded in 1947 as KLM Interinsulair Bedrijf, the airline is now a major airline and the 20th member of the global | Garuda fleet for the years to come, outlasting the newer McDonnell Douglas MD-11s, before the type was finally retired in 2002. Afterwards, in 1980, the airline took delivery of the first Boeing 747-200, complementing the DC-10 on high-capacity or long-range routes.
On 21 June 1982, Garuda became the launch customer of the Airbus A300B4-220FFCC, which was the first variant of the A300 capable of being operated with two pilots instead of three. By 1984, nine of these were in service | 1,115 | triviaqa-train |
Sarah Vaughan first joined which band as singer? | recalled to Marian McPartland, was $10 and the promise of a week's engagement at the Apollo. On November 20, 1942, she returned to the Apollo to open for Ella Fitzgerald.
During her week of performances at the Apollo, Vaughan was introduced to bandleader and pianist Earl Hines, although the details of that introduction are disputed. Billy Eckstine, Hines' singer at the time, has been credited by Vaughan and others with hearing her at the Apollo and recommending her to Hines. Hines claimed later to have | First Symphony and his frequent use of syncopated rhythms. His frequent use of Robinson mutes in brass section seems to indicate the influence of Big band music.
Dutilleux was greatly enamoured of vocalists, especially the jazz singer Sarah Vaughan and the great French chanson singers.
Some of Dutilleux's trademarks include very refined orchestral textures; complex rhythms; a preference for atonality and modality over tonality; the use of pedal points that serve as atonal pitch centers; and "reverse variation," by which a theme is not exposed immediately | 1,116 | triviaqa-train |
Which pioneering aviator had a plane called Percival Gull? | Six (G-ADEP) from Gravesend to Oran (Algeria), returning to Croydon Airport the same day, and was later awarded the Oswald Watt Gold Medal in recognition of this flight.
New Zealander Jean Batten made at least two memorable flights in her Gull Six (G-ADPR). On 11 November 1935, she departed Lympne and flew two legs to Thiès, Senegal. After a 12 hr, 30 min crossing of the Atlantic on 13 November, she arrived at Port Natal, Brazil, and was | Bonney Gull
The Bonney Gull was an experimental aircraft that used variable incidence wings with bird-like shapes.
Development.
Leonard Warden Bonney was an early aviator, who flew with the Wright Exhibition Team as early as 1910. An experienced aviator with service in the First World War, Bonney set out to develop a plane with more efficient wings and controls than contemporary aircraft. Noting the gull's two to one lift to weight ratio, he set about molding gull wings for their shape. Construction took place over the | 1,117 | triviaqa-train |
Who was the first white music star to record on Atlantic, through its sister label Atco? | I Living For" by Chuck Willis, "I Cried a Tear" by LaVern Baker, "Splish Splash" by Bobby Darin, "Yakety Yak" by the Coasters and "What'd I Say" by Ray Charles. Although these were primarily 45rpm mono singles for much of the 1950s Dowd stockpiled his "parallel" stereo takes for future release. In 1968 the label issued "History of Rhythm and Blues, Volume 4" in stereo. Stereo versions of Ray Charles "What'd I Say" and "Night | Mirage Records
Mirage Records is the name of multiple music business entities, the most notable of which was an American record label founded by Jerry and Bob Greenberg in 1980. The label, also known as Mirage Music or simply Mirage, was distributed first by Atlantic Records and later by Atco Records. Artists who released records on this label included Godley & Creme, Rose Tattoo, Phoebe Snow, and Whitesnake. The first record on this imprint was released in 1980. The label’s catalogue is now controlled by Unidisc. | 1,118 | triviaqa-train |
Who took the assumed name Sebastian Melmoth when living in Paris? | request was denied, Wilde wept. "I intend to be received into the Catholic Church before long", Wilde told a journalist who asked about his religious intentions.
He spent his last three years impoverished and in exile. He took the name "Sebastian Melmoth", after Saint Sebastian and the titular character of "Melmoth the Wanderer" (a Gothic novel by Charles Maturin, Wilde's great-uncle). Wilde wrote two long letters to the editor of the "Daily Chronicle", describing the brutal conditions | Gerald appears to have more luck preventing Charles from entering Paris.
In April 846 Guntbold headed the council convened at Trier by Pope Sergius II to resolve the disputed legality of the election of Hincmar to the archdiocese of Reims while its previous bishop, Ebbo, was still living. When Hincmar, King Charles and the Papal legates did not show, Guntbold assumed the prerogative to call another council to met in Paris and summon Ebbo to appear there. When he did not, his deposition was confirmed.
Guntbold took part in | 1,119 | triviaqa-train |
Who founded the off-Broadway theater where Hair had its premier? | balance their young lives, loves, and the sexual revolution with their rebellion against the war and their conservative parents and society. Ultimately, Claude must decide whether to resist the draft as his friends have done, or to succumb to the pressures of his parents (and conservative America) to serve in Vietnam, compromising his pacifist principles and risking his life.
After an off-Broadway debut on October 17, 1967, at Joseph Papp's Public Theater and a subsequent run at the Cheetah nightclub from December 1967 through January | a journalist and drama teacher, who founded and continues to run the storied 13th Street Repertory Company in New York City. Her sister is actress Jenny O'Hara, and her singer/guitarist brother Jack O'Hara, grew up amid their mother's pursuit of a theatrical career. Edith O'Hara directed a children's theater in Warren, where the two daughters occasionally acted. Jill studied at the HB Studio in Greenwich Village.
Career.
O'Hara created the role of Sheila in the original Off-broadway production of "Hair" in | 1,120 | triviaqa-train |
Established in 1919, which is the world's oldest surviving airline? | Airboat Line. The four oldest non-dirigible airlines that still exist are Netherlands' KLM (1919), Colombia's Avianca (1919), Australia's Qantas (1921), and the Czech Republic's Czech Airlines (1923).
History European airline industry.
History European airline industry Beginnings.
The earliest fixed wing airline in Europe was Aircraft Transport and Travel, formed by George Holt Thomas in 1916; via a series of takeovers and mergers, this company is an ancestor of modern-day British Airways. Using a | A single male survives. This is the only surviving Mark I and the world's oldest surviving combat tank. It is part of the collection at the Bovington Tank Museum. It is painted to represent Number 705, C19, "Clan Leslie" although its identity and wartime history are unknown. There are indications that it may have served as a driver-training tank and it has been suggested it is Number 702, which would make it the second Mark I built. Between 1919 and 1970, it was sited in the | 1,121 | triviaqa-train |
"Which US First Lady said, ""No one can make you feel interior unless you consent?""" | with opportunities to play backstage political roles. Both Martha Washington and Abigail Adams were treated as if they were "ladies" of the British royal court.
Dolley Madison popularized the first ladyship by engaging in efforts to assist orphans and women, by dressing in elegant fashions and attracting newspaper coverage, and by risking her life to save iconic treasures during the War of 1812. Madison set the standard for the ladyship and her actions were the model for nearly every first lady until Eleanor Roosevelt in the 1930s. Roosevelt traveled widely and | 93) and "Wild Thing" (US R&B No. 97).
Track listing.
All tracks written by Narada Michael Walden and Jeffrey Cohen, unless otherwise noted.
1. "Divine Emotions" – 5:13
2. "Can't Get You Outta My Head" – 4:35
3. "That's the Way I Feel About Cha" – 4:26
4. "Wild Thing" – 5:02
5. "How Can I Make You Stay" – 4:30
6. "Explosion | 1,122 | triviaqa-train |
Who won super bowl X? | Super Bowl X
Super Bowl X was an American football game between the National Football Conference (NFC) champion Dallas Cowboys and the American Football Conference (AFC) champion Pittsburgh Steelers to decide the National Football League (NFL) champion for the 1975 season. The Steelers defeated the Cowboys by the score of 21–17 to win their second consecutive Super Bowl. They were the third team to win back-to-back Super Bowls. (The Miami Dolphins won Super Bowls VII and VIII, and the Green Bay Packers won Super | Asahi Beer Silver Star
The Asahi Beer Silver Star are an American football team located in Kawasaki City, Kanagawa, Japan. They are a member of the X-League.
Team History.
- 1970 Team Founded
- 1989 Won first Tokyo Super Bowl championship.
- 1993 Won first Rice Bowl National Championship.
- 1999 Won fourth Tokyo Super Bowl championship.
- 2009 Won Eastern divisional title. Advanced to the Final stage where they lost to eventual X-League runner up, the Fujitsu Frontiers | 1,123 | triviaqa-train |
Who brought to an end Jahangir Khan's long unbeaten run of success in squash in the 80s? | The unbeaten run finally came to end in the final of the World Open in 1986 in Toulouse, France, when Jahangir lost to New Zealand's Ross Norman. Norman had been in pursuit of Jahangir's unbeaten streak, being beaten time and time again. "One day Jahangir will be slightly off his game and I will get him", he vowed for five years.
Speaking about his unbeaten streak, Jahangir said: "It wasn't my plan to create such a record. All I did was put | in the late-1970s) in the final. That tournament marked the start of an unbeaten run which lasted for five years and 555 matches. The hallmark of his play was his incredible fitness and stamina, which Rehmat Khan helped him build up through a punishing training and conditioning regime. Jahangir was quite simply the fittest player in the game, and would wear his opponents down through long rallies played at a furious pace.
In 1982, Jahangir astonished everyone by winning the International Squash Players Association Championship without losing a single point. | 1,124 | triviaqa-train |
Jomo Kenyatta was born into which tribe? | .
Kenyatta was born to Kikuyu farmers in Kiambu, British East Africa. Educated at a mission school, he worked in various jobs before becoming politically engaged through the Kikuyu Central Association. In 1929, he travelled to London to lobby for Kikuyu land affairs. During the 1930s, he studied at Moscow's Communist University of the Toilers of the East, University College London, and the London School of Economics. In 1938, he published an anthropological study of Kikuyu life before working as a farm labourer in Sussex during the | as a possible contender for the presidency. The mostly tribal elite around Kenyatta has been blamed for his death, which has never been subject of a judicial inquiry. Others blame supporters of Jaramogi Oginga Odinga who feared that Mboya was attracting too much support from members of the Luo tribe away from him. During Mboya's burial, a mass demonstration against the attendance of President Jomo Kenyatta led to a big skirmish, with two people shot dead. The demonstrators believed that Kenyatta was involved in the death of Mboya, thus eliminating him | 1,125 | triviaqa-train |
Bryan Abrams, Sam Walters, Mark Calderon and Kevin Thornton formed which group? | Color Me Badd
Color Me Badd is an American contemporary R&B group that was formed in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The original members of the group were lead singer Bryan Abrams (born November 16, 1969), second tenor Mark Calderon (born September 27, 1970), second tenor Sam Watters (born July 23, 1970) and baritone Kevin Thornton (born June 17, 1969). They formed in 1985 and broke up in 1998 before reuniting in 2010, with various lineups since. As of 2016, they | Jebediah
Jebediah are an Australian alternative rock band formed in 1994 in Perth, Western Australia. They were formed by Chris Daymond on lead guitar, Kevin Mitchell (aka Bob Evans) on lead vocals and rhythm guitar, and Vanessa Thornton on bass guitar. They were joined a year later by Kevin's older brother, Brett Mitchell, on drums. After winning the National Campus Band Competition, the group were brought to national attention when their 1996 single "Jerks of Attention" received heavy airplay on Australian alternative radio station, | 1,126 | triviaqa-train |
When was the Scrabble World championship first held? | World Scrabble Championship
The World Scrabble Championship (WSC) is the most-prestigious title in competitive English-language Scrabble. It was held every second year after 1991 until 2013 when it began to be held annually. It has been an open event since 2014. Although the official brand name and organizations of the event have changed over recent years, many Scrabble enthusiasts from more than 30 countries compete to become World Scrabble Champion. The reigning World Scrabble Champion is Nigel Richards, who won his fourth title at the 2018 Mattel | Scrabble Champions Tournament 2014
The World Scrabble Championship 2014, renamed by Mattel to Scrabble Champions Tournament in 2013, was held at the ExCeL London Exhibition and Convention Centre, London in November 2014. It was the first time that the World
Championship had become an open event when MSI invited all players to compete. However, due to the high entry fee and high venue cost, only 108 players entered and the prize money had to be limited.
Results.
The winner was Craig Beevers of Guisborough, Middlesbrough, | 1,127 | triviaqa-train |
Arlanda international airport is in which country? | Stockholm Arlanda Airport
Stockholm Arlanda Airport is an international airport located in the Sigtuna Municipality of Sweden, near the town of Märsta, north of Stockholm and nearly south-east of Uppsala. The airport is located within Stockholm County and the province of Uppland. It is the largest airport in Sweden and the third-largest airport in the Nordic countries. The airport is the major gateway to international air travel for large parts of Sweden. Arlanda Airport was used by close to 27 million passengers in 2017, with 21.2 million international | for Scandinavian Airlines.
- Stockholm-Bromma Airport is located about west of Stockholm.
- Only international:
- Stockholm-Skavsta Airport is located south of Stockholm. It is located away from Södermanland County capital Nyköping.
- Stockholm-Västerås Airport is located west of Stockholm, in the city of Västerås.
Arlanda Express airport rail link runs between Arlanda Airport and central Stockholm. With a journey of 20 minutes, the train ride is the fastest way of traveling to the city center.
Arlanda Central | 1,128 | triviaqa-train |
What year was the centenary of Arkansas joining the Union? | August 10, 1936; the all-time record low is at Gravette, on February 13, 1905.
Arkansas is known for extreme weather and frequent storms. A typical year brings thunderstorms, tornadoes, hail, snow and ice storms. Between both the Great Plains and the Gulf States, Arkansas receives around 60 days of thunderstorms. Arkansas is located in Tornado Alley, and as a result, a few of the most destructive tornadoes in U.S. history have struck the state. While sufficiently far from the coast to avoid | Gas Road. Development work was carried out during the late 1980s to convert what was then St Paul's Methodist Church into Trinity Church by joining together St Paul's, the United Reformed Church, and the Primitive Methodist church.
Centenary Baptist Church, founded in 1700, is a member of the Baptist Union. Additionally, there is a Grace Baptist church, Providence Baptist, which was rebuilt in 1873.
An Elim Pentecostal Church meets in March Community Centre. March Evangelical Fellowship meets on Upwell Road. Fenland Community Church | 1,129 | triviaqa-train |
Who duetted with Barbra Streisand on Till I Loved You in 1988? | You Find Love" and Luther Vandross and Dionne Warwick among others added backing vocals to the track. Also, the title track (a Top 40 hit in the "Billboard" Hot 100) was a duet between Streisand and her then-boyfriend, actor Don Johnson. According to the liner notes of Barbra's retrospective box set: "Just for the Record", the album also received a record certification in the Netherlands and in New Zealand.
History.
After two successful projects with "The Broadway Album" | The Prayer" live at the 41st Annual Grammy Awards with Celine Dion. Marina Prior and Mark Vincent, both Australian vocalists, covered it for their 2016 collaborative effort, "Together".
Barbra Streisand version.
Barbra Streisand version Background and release.
American singer Barbra Streisand recorded a cover of "All I Ask of You" for her 29th studio album, "Till I Loved You" (1988). It was released as the album's second single on 15 December 1988 by Columbia Records. "Till I | 1,130 | triviaqa-train |
What finally knocked One Sweet Day off the No 1 position in the charts in the 90s? | unseated "Exhale (Shoop Shoop)" by Whitney Houston at number one on the "Billboard" Hot 100, and was knocked off by Celine Dion's "Because You Loved Me". The single also debuted at number one, making Carey the first artist to have more than one number-one debut, and one of the four artists ever to have two consecutive singles debut at the top of the chart, along with Britney Spears, with "3" (2009) and "Hold It Against Me" ( | song had once again climbed to its peak No. 2 position where it remained the whole month of April before finally reaching No. 1 on April 29. "Grande grande grande", arranged by Pino Presti, ruled the charts the first three weeks of May until "I giardini di marzo" by her collaborator Lucio Battisti, and her own hit "Parole parole" knocked it out of the top spot down to No. 3 the week of May 27. "Grande grande grande" remained in the top 10 until | 1,131 | triviaqa-train |
Which actor paid $93,500 for the baseball which rolled between Bill Buckner's legs in game six of the 1986 World Series? | are at peace knowing he is in the arms of his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ." Buckner's funeral service was held at Calvary Chapel in Boise, Idaho.
References in popular culture.
Charlie Sheen purchased the "Buckner Ball" at auction in for $93,000, and for a long time, it resided in the collection of songwriter Seth Swirsky, who refers to it as the "Mookie Ball." The ball was on loan for a time from Swirsky to the Mets to display in their Mets Hall | Mookie Wilson
William Hayward "Mookie" Wilson (born February 9, 1956) is a former Major League Baseball outfielder and coach remembered as the Met who hit the ground ball that rolled through Bill Buckner's legs in the bottom of the 10th inning of game six of the 1986 World Series.
A switch hitter with excellent speed, his positive attitude and hustle immediately endeared him to a New York Mets fan base with precious few stars to root for when he first came up in the early s. He was enshrined in | 1,132 | triviaqa-train |
What is the Alaskan terminus of the Alaskan Highway? | Route A, which starting at Prince George, went northwest to
Hazelton, along the Stikine River, by
Atlin, Teslin and Tabish Lakes, and from Whitehorse, Yukon to Fairbanks, Alaska via the Tanana Valley. However, the route was vulnerable to possible enemy attack from the sea, experienced steep grades, heavy snowfall and there were no airbases along the way.
The Canadians favored Route B, also starting at Prince George, but followed the Rocky Mountain Trench up the valleys of the Parsnip and Finlay Rivers | includes principal arterials that are needed to connect major communities in the state.
History.
SR 519 was codified in 1991 as a state highway and began at the western terminus of I-90, then at 4th Avenue S., and traveled west onto Royal Brougham Way and north on Alaskan Way to Colman Dock. The city streets in Seattle used by SR 519 were constructed after the series of regrades in the early 20th century filled a mudflat in SoDo. By 1916, Alaskan Way (then known as Railroad Avenue) | 1,133 | triviaqa-train |
What was Buster Keaton's actual first name? | Buster Keaton
Joseph Francis Keaton (October 4, 1895 – February 1, 1966), known professionally as Buster Keaton, was an American actor, comedian, film director, producer, screenwriter, and stunt performer. He was best known for his silent films, in which his trademark was physical comedy with a consistently stoic, deadpan expression that earned him the nickname "The Great Stone Face". Critic Roger Ebert wrote of Keaton's "extraordinary period from 1920 to 1929" when he "worked without interruption" on | acting at age 10. His first role was in Buster Keaton's 1926 film, "The General", before appearing in two 1927 Our Gang/Little Rascals silent shorts: "The Glorious Fourth" and "Olympic Games". He had what was characterized as a breakout performance in the 1929 William Wyler-directed part-talkie "The Shakedown", co-starring James Murray and Barbara Kent. He also had minor roles in "Romance", where as an uncredited extra he got his first on-screen | 1,134 | triviaqa-train |
From 1903 to 1958, every Pope--bar one--took which name? | grandparents were from Prussia and Hanover. Ruth Sr. worked a series of jobs that included lightning rod salesman and streetcar operator. The elder Ruth then became a counterman in a family-owned combination grocery and saloon business on Frederick Street. George Ruth Jr. was born in the house of his maternal grandfather, Pius Schamberger, a German immigrant and trade unionist. Only one of young George's seven siblings, his younger sister Mamie, survived infancy.
Many details of Ruth's childhood are unknown, including the date of his | as explained by Burgess in the second volume of his autobiography, "You've Had Your Time". These may be found on almost every page of the novel, and vary in subtlety from inaccuracies of German grammar to deliberately contrary re-writings of history.
- The fictional Carlo Campanati becomes Pope Gregory XVII. This name was allegedly the one to be adopted by Giuseppe Siri, who four times failed to be elected Pope in controversial circumstances. The dates of Carlo's papal election (1958) and death (3 | 1,135 | triviaqa-train |
What was the title of Kitty Kelley's book about Elizabeth Taylor? | ." Journalist Michael Crowley stated "Jackie Oh!" contained "core truths—including an unflinching look at JFK that showed him to have been 'more of a Romeo than has been previously revealed.'"
This book was followed by "Elizabeth Taylor: The Last Star" (1981).
Books "His Way".
Kelley's next book, "His Way: The Unauthorized Biography of Frank Sinatra" (1986), was declared "an act of bravery". Kelley discussed Sinatra's marriages, | , according to "The New York Times". One of her clients, celebrity biographer Kitty Kelley, sued her in 1983 over proceeds from foreign sales of Kelley's unauthorized biography on Elizabeth Taylor. Kelley ultimately won a judgment of $40,000, with the judge declaring that Goldberg was only guilty of "sloppy bookkeeping". Goldberg was also the U.S. agent for the memoirs of Prince Charles' former valet, which were blocked for publication in England by Queen Elizabeth. In the early 1990s Goldberg promoted a conspiracy theory book about | 1,136 | triviaqa-train |
What are the international registration letters for a vehicle form Jordan? | , meaning "across the Jordan", used to denote the lands east of the river. The Old Testament refers to the area as "the other side of the Jordan". Early Arab chronicles referred to the river as "Al-Urdunn", corresponding to the Semitic "Yarden". "Jund Al-Urdunn" was a military district around the river in the early Islamic era. Later, during the Crusades in the beginning of the second millennium, a lordship was established in the area under the name of | Vehicle registration plates of Sweden
Vehicle registration plates of Sweden are used for most types of vehicles in Sweden. They have three letters first, a space and two digits and one digit or letter after (e.g. ABC 123 or ABC 12A). The combination is simply a serial number and has no connection with a geographic location. The last digit is used to show what month the car has to undergo vehicle inspection. Vehicles like police cars, fire trucks, public buses and trolley buses use the same type of plate as | 1,137 | triviaqa-train |
In which country was Julie Christie born? | critical recognition for her work, including Oscar nominations for the independent films "Afterglow" (1997) and "Away from Her" (2007).
Early life.
Christie was born on 14 April 1940 at Singlijan Tea Estate, Chabua, Assam, British India. She has a younger brother, Clive, and an older (now deceased) half-sister, June, from her father's relationship with an Indian woman, who worked as a tea picker on his plantation. Her parents separated when Julie was | " (with Julie Christie, Leigh Lawson and Harriet Walter).
- Theatr Clwyd, "Old Times" (with Julie Christie and Leigh Lawson)
- Chichester Festival Theatre, "Hedda Gabler" (with Harriet Walter Nicholas Le Prevost and Phyllida Law)
- Chichester Festival Theatre, "Suzannah Andler" (with Julie Christie)
- Sydney Theatre Company, "Three Days of Rain, A Month in the Country" (Opera House), "Old Times"
- Bell Shakespeare Company:, | 1,138 | triviaqa-train |
Which artist created the Katzenjammer Kids? | The Katzenjammer Kids
The Katzenjammer Kids is an American comic strip created by Rudolph Dirks in 1897 and later drawn by Harold Knerr for 35 years (1914 to 1949). It debuted December 12, 1897, in the "American Humorist", the Sunday supplement of William Randolph Hearst's "New York Journal". Dirks was the first cartoonist to regularly express comic characters' dialogue using speech balloons. The comic strip was turned into a stage play in 1903. It inspired several animated cartoons and was one of 20 strips | The Abbott and Costello Show".
Wentworth also did the voices for Mama Katzenjammer in the Katzenjammer Kids adaptation of "The Captain and the Kids".
Later years and death.
She later became a film actress in the 1940s, starring in several Red Ryder Western films. She worked as a voice artist for Walt Disney Productions; as Nanny, Queenie the Cow and Lucy the Goose in "One Hundred and One Dalmatians" (1961) and as Madame Mim in "The Sword in the Stone" ( | 1,139 | triviaqa-train |
Who had a 60s No 1 hit with Johnny Angel? | Johnny Angel (song)
"Johnny Angel" is a song written and composed by Lyn Duddy and Lee Pockriss. The song was originally recorded by both Laurie Loman and Georgia Lee, but those two versions were not successful. It first became a popular hit single when it was recorded by Shelley Fabares in the fall of 1961; she took it to number one on the "Billboard" Hot 100 Chart when the song was released in 1962. In the same year, British singer Patti Lynn had a moderate hit on | oo... you-oo", had previously been heard in the Dominoes' #5 R&B cover of "These Foolish Things Remind Me Of You".
After "Earth Angel".
Coming off the success of "Earth Angel", the Penguins approached Buck Ram to manage them. Ram's primary interest was in managing The Platters, who at that point had no hit singles, but were a profitable touring group. With the Penguins in hand, Ram was able to swing a 2-for-1 deal with Mercury Records | 1,140 | triviaqa-train |
Which country does the airline VIASA come from? | Viasa
Venezolana Internacional de Aviación Sociedad Anónima (), or VIASA for short, was the Venezuelan flag carrier between 1960 and 1997. It was headquartered in the Torre Viasa in Caracas. Launched in 1960, it was nationalised in 1975 due to financial problems, and re-privatised in 1991, with the major stake going to Iberia. The company ceased operations in , and went into liquidation.
History.
History Early years.
Viasa was envisioned by the government of Venezuela in 1959 to create a new company that | When the company existed, the airline Viasa had its headquarters in the Torre Viasa.
Several international companies and embassies are located in El Rosal and Las Mercedes, in the north of the Baruta municipality and the south of the Chacao municipality.Small and medium-size industry contributes to the Caracas economy. The city provides communication and transportation infrastructure between the metropolitan area and the rest of the country. Important industries in Caracas include chemicals, textiles, leather, food, iron and wood products. There are also rubber and cement | 1,141 | triviaqa-train |
Who directed Back To The Future? | Back to the Future
Back to the Future is a 1985 American science fiction film directed by Robert Zemeckis and written by Zemeckis and Bob Gale. It stars Michael J. Fox as teenager Marty McFly, who accidentally travels back in time from 1985 to 1955, where he meets his future parents and becomes his mother's romantic interest. Christopher Lloyd portrays the eccentric scientist Dr. Emmett "Doc" Brown, inventor of the time-traveling DeLorean, who helps Marty repair history and return to 1985. The cast also includes Lea Thompson | Future X-Cops
Future X-Cops ("Mei loi ging chaat" 未來警察) is a 2010 science fiction action film directed by Wong Jing. The film is about terrorists Kalong (Louis Fan) and Feina (Tang Yifei) who travel back in time to attempt to assassinate Professor Ma (Ma Jingwu). The two are chased by the cyborg cop Zhou Zhihao (Andy Lau) who has also traveled back in time to stop them.
The film was delayed in post-production to work on the | 1,142 | triviaqa-train |
Where was Che Guevara killed? | a seminal manual on guerrilla warfare, along with a best-selling memoir about his youthful continental motorcycle journey. His experiences and studying of Marxism–Leninism led him to posit that the Third World's underdevelopment and dependence was an intrinsic result of imperialism, neocolonialism and monopoly capitalism, with the only remedy being proletarian internationalism and world revolution. Guevara left Cuba in 1965 to foment revolution abroad, first unsuccessfully in Congo-Kinshasa and later in Bolivia, where he was captured by CIA-assisted Bolivian forces and summarily executed. | by mule or on foot through rocky forested terrain – or in four-wheel-drive vehicles along unpaved roads. The trail visits places of historical interest including the site of Che's guerrilla camp, the school where after 11 months as a guerrilla he was captured and killed, and his former grave. Visitors also are able to meet local people who met or traveled with Guevara.
- Cuba also offers a '14-day "Che Guevara Tour", (organized in collaboration with the Ernesto Che Guevara center in Havana) | 1,143 | triviaqa-train |
Daryl Dragon used which name when he formed a 70s duo? | Daryl Dragon
Daryl Frank Dragon (August 27, 1942 – January 2, 2019) was an American musician and songwriter, known as Captain from the pop musical duo Captain & Tennille with his then-wife, Toni Tennille.
Career.
Born into a musical family, Dragon was the son of Eloise (Rawitzer) and conductor, composer, and arranger Carmen Dragon, and the elder brother of Dennis Dragon, a member of the 1960s pop combo The Dragons and the 1980s surf band the Surf Punks. | partly muted in final mix)
- John Conrad – electric guitar
- Daryl Dragon – harpsichord, tubular bells
- Stephen Desper – sound engineer, mixing
- Dennis Dragon – drums
- Gene Estes — chimes, bells
- Ray Pohlman – bass guitar
Covers.
- A version of this song which incorporated "Star Light, Star Bright" in the bridge was produced by Wilson for the pop duo American Spring in 1971
- Brian Wilson re-recorded the song for his 1995 soundtrack album | 1,144 | triviaqa-train |
Which has the highest population, Rode island or South Dakota? | is "The Ocean State", a reference to the large bays and inlets that amount to about 14 percent of its total area.
Origin of the name.
Despite its name, most of Rhode Island is located on the mainland of the United States. Its official name is "State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations", which is derived from the merger of four Colonial settlements. The settlements of Newport and Portsmouth were situated on what is commonly called Aquidneck Island today, but it was called "Rhode Island | Kennebec, South Dakota
Kennebec is a town in Lyman County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 240 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Lyman County.
History.
Kennebec was laid out in 1905. Kennebec has served as county seat of Lyman County since 1922. The courthouse dates from 1925.
Transportation.
The highways that run in or near Kennebec are east-west Interstate 90 and South Dakota State Highway 273, which is a north-south highway. | 1,145 | triviaqa-train |
What was Oliver Reed's real first name? | Oliver Reed
Robert Oliver Reed (13 February 1938 – 2 May 1999) was an English actor known for his upper-middle class, macho image and "hellraiser" lifestyle. Notable films include "The Trap" (1966), playing Bill Sikes in the Best Picture Oscar winner "Oliver!" (1968), "Women in Love" (1969), "Hannibal Brooks" (1969), "The Devils" (1971), portraying Athos in "The Three Musketeers" (1973) | . Visual effects supervisor John Nelson reflected on the decision to include the additional footage: "What we did was small compared to our other tasks on the film. What Oliver did was much greater. He gave an inspiring, moving performance. All we did was help him finish it." The film is dedicated to Reed's memory.
Historical authenticity.
Historical authenticity Development.
The film is loosely based on real events that occurred within the Roman Empire in the latter half of the 2nd century AD. As Ridley | 1,146 | triviaqa-train |
Who wrote the song Harper Valley PTA? | Harper Valley PTA
"Harper Valley PTA" is a country song written by Tom T. Hall which became, in 1968, a major international hit single for country singer Jeannie C. Riley. The song was originally recorded by Margie Singleton, on Ashley Records A 5000 in July, 1968. Riley's record sold over six million copies as a single. It made Riley the first woman to top both the "Billboard" Hot 100 and the U.S. Hot Country Singles charts with the same song, a feat that would go un | of a typewriter. Parton has stated in a number of interviews that when she wrote the song, she devised the clacking typewriter rhythm by running her acrylic fingernails back and forth against one another.
With "9 to 5", Parton became only the second woman to top both the U.S. country singles chart and the "Billboard" Hot 100 with the same single (the first being Jeannie C. Riley, who had done so with "Harper Valley PTA" in 1968).
This song is the 500th song to | 1,147 | triviaqa-train |
Who wrote the songs Camptown Races and Jeanie With The Light Brown Hair? | Camptown Races
"Gwine to Run All Night, or De Camptown Races" (popularly known as "Camptown Races") is a minstrel song by Stephen Foster (1826–1864). () It was published in February 1850 by F. D. Benteen of Baltimore, Maryland, and Benteen published a different version with guitar accompaniment in 1852 under the title "The Celebrated Ethiopian Song/Camptown Races". The song quickly entered the realm of popular Americana. In 1909, composer Charles Ives incorporated the tune and other vernacular American melodies | Swanson
The songs.
Norman "Buddy" Baker arranged a selection of songs chosen to represent a panoramic view of American music.
The songs Intro.
- "Yankee Doodle" – Eagle Sam
- "Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair" – Eagle Sam
- "Pop Goes the Weasel" – Ollie Owl and the weasel
The songs Act 1 – The Deep South.
- "Dixie" / "L'il Liza Jane" / "Camptown Races" – Geese Quartet
- "My Old Kentucky | 1,148 | triviaqa-train |
According to the old advert which beer ‘refreshes the parts other beers can’t reach’? | Dutch premium beer brand Grolsch in 2007. In 2008, when InBev (the second-largest) bought Anheuser-Busch (the third largest), the new Anheuser-Busch InBev company became again the largest brewer in the world. AB InBev remains the largest brewery, with SABMiller second, and Heineken International third.
A microbrewery, or craft brewery, produces a limited amount of beer. The maximum amount of beer a brewery can produce and still be classed as a microbrewery varies by region and by authority, though | in the late-1980s. The slogan "refreshes the parts other beers cannot reach" was confirmed in the advert as he stops shakin' after consuming the product.
In a "Record Collector" magazine feature, writer Kris Griffiths wrote: "This was Shaky at the very zenith of his powers and, perhaps, the breaking-point of marketing overload from which there is only decline. Such concentrated commercial success and ubiquity came with a price." The hits continued but chart placings declined throughout the later 1980s and early | 1,149 | triviaqa-train |
Who wrote the songs Keep The Home Fires Burning and We’ll Gather Lilacs? | Keep the Home Fires Burning (1914 song)
Keep the Home-Fires Burning (Till the Boys Come Home) is a British patriotic First World War song composed in 1914 by Ivor Novello with words by Lena Guilbert Ford (whose middle name was sometimes printed as "Gilbert").
The song was published first as "'Till the Boys Come Home" on 8 October 1914 by Ascherberg, Hopwood and Crew Ltd. in London.
A new edition was printed in 1915 with the name "Keep the Home | Songs.
Among Novello's well-known songs are "Keep the Home Fires Burning", "Fold Your Wings", "Shine Through My Dreams", "Rose of England", "I Can Give You the Starlight", "And Her Mother Came Too", "My Dearest Dear", "The Land of Might-Have-Been", "When I Curtsied to the King", "We'll Gather Lilacs", "Someday My Heart Will Awake", "Yesterday", | 1,150 | triviaqa-train |
In which county of Ireland would you find Blarney Castle, home of the Blarney Stone? | County Meath]], and [[Ballyclare]], [[County Antrim]]. Most of Ireland's gas comes through interconnectors between [[Twynholm]] in Scotland and [[Ballylumford power station|Ballylumford]], County Antrim and [[Loughshinny]], [[County Dublin]]. A decreasing supply is coming from the Kinsale gas field off the County Cork coast and the [[Corrib Gas Field]] off the coast of [[County Mayo]] has yet to come on- | 2011.
- University College Cork, a National University of Ireland, the grounds are popular with visitors due to the fact the River Lee flows through it.
- Blarney Castle, a medieval castle in Blarney, a town just west of Cork. The castle is now a partial ruin with some accessible rooms and battlements, and is the location of the Blarney Stone, a stone which is rumoured to give you the gift of eloquence when you kiss it.
- Spike Island, a former prison island located in | 1,151 | triviaqa-train |
At which establishment, famous in literature, was Benjamin a very sceptical donkey? | old. Mr. Jones, having moved away after giving up on reclaiming his farm, has also died. The pigs start to resemble humans, as they walk upright, carry whips, drink alcohol and wear clothes. The Seven Commandments are abridged to just two phrases: ""All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others."" and ""Four legs good, two legs better."" Napoleon holds a dinner party for the pigs and local farmers, with whom he celebrates a new | A gentle, caring female horse, who shows concern especially for Boxer, who often pushes himself too hard. Clover can read all the letters of the alphabet, but cannot "put words together". She seems to catch on to the sly tricks and schemes set up by Napoleon and Squealer.
- Benjamin – A donkey, one of the oldest, wisest animals on the farm, and one of the few who can read properly. He is sceptical, temperamental and cynical: his most frequent remark is, | 1,152 | triviaqa-train |
Which game show presenter was deputy headmaster of Caton School near Lancaster? | Jim Bowen
James Brown Whittaker (born Peter Williams; 20 August 1937 – 14 March 2018), known professionally as Jim Bowen, was an English stand-up comedian and television personality. He was the long-time host of the ITV game show "Bullseye", which he presented from its beginning in 1981 through to the end of its original run in 1995.
Bowen grew up in Clayton-le-Moors, Lancashire, and went to Accrington Grammar School. In his early adulthood, he became a | sent on a Physical Training course in Aldershot to become an instructor, and later became a school Physical Education teacher specialising in gymnastics. He studied at Chester Diocesan Training College, eventually becoming a deputy headmaster of Caton Primary School near Lancaster.
Television.
While teaching, Bowen became involved with the local dramatic society which kindled his interest in show business. In the 1960s, he worked part-time as a stand-up comedian on the northern club circuit, balancing his comedy career with his day job as a teacher | 1,153 | triviaqa-train |
Who wrote the 1516 work of fiction and political philosophy ‘Utopia’? | Utopia (book)
Utopia ("Libellus vere aureus, nec minus salutaris quam festivus, de optimo rei publicae statu deque nova insula Utopia", "A little, true book, both beneficial and enjoyable, about how things should be in the new island Utopia") is a work of fiction and socio-political satire by Thomas More (1478–1535), written in Latin and published in 1516. The book is a frame narrative primarily depicting a fictional island society and its religious, social, and political customs. | Act 1838 c. 63
- Duchess of Kent's Annuity Act 1838 c. 8
- Duchies of Lancaster and Cornwall (Accounts) Act 1838 c. 101
- Drouly Fund Act 1838 c. 89
- Ecclesiastical Appointments Suspension Act 1838 c. 108
- Entail Act 1838 c. 70
- Estates Vest in Heirs, etc., of Mortgages Act 1838 c. 69
- Exchequer Bills Act 1838 c. 12
- Exchequer Bills Act 1838 c. 26
- Exchequer Bills Act 1838 c. 93
- Fines, etc. ( | 1,154 | triviaqa-train |
On which Scottish island will you find Fingal’s Cave? | Fingal's Cave
Fingal's Cave is a sea cave on the uninhabited island of Staffa, in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland, known for its natural acoustics. The National Trust for Scotland owns the cave as part of a National Nature Reserve. It became known as Fingal's Cave after the eponymous hero of an epic poem by 18th-century Scots poet-historian James Macpherson.
Formation.
Fingal's Cave is formed entirely from hexagonally jointed basalt columns within a Paleocene lava flow, similar in structure to the Giant | /she was able to obtain a sextant during the island expedition). If you sail to the proper coordinates in the sea and search, you will find the item. The other way is that one of the islands will randomly contain a blocky, lo-res graphical dungeon (somewhat similar to the Clardy's earlier "Dungeon Campaign" game) whose corridors reveal themselves to you and are added to the map as you wander through them. The team runs into random hazard encounters along the way (such as cave- | 1,155 | triviaqa-train |
In 1969, who became Israel’s first woman Prime Minister? | Golda Meir
Golda Meir (born Golda Mabovitch; May 3, 1898 – December 8, 1978) was an Israeli teacher, "kibbutznik", stateswoman, politician and the fourth Prime Minister of Israel.
Born in Kiev, she immigrated to the United States as a child with her family in 1906, and was educated there, becoming a teacher. After marrying, she and her husband immigrated to then Mandatory Palestine in 1921, settling on a "kibbutz". Meir was elected prime minister of Israel on March | Mariko Bando
Early life and education.
Bando was born in Toyama Prefecture and attended Toyama Chubu High School. Bando completed her undergraduate education at the University of Tokyo. In 2001 she received an honorary doctorate from Queensland University of Technology.
Career.
After graduating from the University of Tokyo in 1969, Bando entered the Japanese civil service. She became the first woman in a career post in the office of the Prime Minister of Japan. Her civil service career included numerous posts in the office of the Prime Minister | 1,156 | triviaqa-train |
In which country is the Hryvnia the currency? | Ukrainian hryvnia
The hryvnia, sometimes hryvnya (, , abbr грн ("hrn" in the Latin alphabet)); sign: ₴, code: UAH), has been the national currency of Ukraine since 2 September 1996. The hryvnia is subdivided into 100 "kopiyok". It is named after a measure of weight used in medieval Kievan Rus'.
Name.
Name Etymology.
The currency of Kievan Rus' in the eleventh century was called "grivna". The word is thought to | ’ odna hryvnia" (двадцять одна гривня, "21 hryvnia"). An exception for this rule is numbers ending in 11, 12, 13 and 14 for which the genitive plural is also used, for example, "dvanadciat’ hryven’" (дванадцять гривень, "12 hryven’"). The singular for the subdivision is копійка ("kopiyka"), the nominative plural is копійки ("kopiyky") and the genitive is копійок ("kopiyok").
Currency sign.
The | 1,157 | triviaqa-train |
The last pair of which extinct flightless birds were killed in 1844? (Two words.) | Great auk
The great auk ("Pinguinus impennis") is an extinct species of flightless alcid that became extinct in the mid-19th century. It was the only modern species in the genus Pinguinus. It is not closely related to the birds now known as penguins, which were discovered later and so named by sailors because of their physical resemblance to the great auk.
It bred on rocky, isolated islands with easy access to the ocean and a plentiful food supply, a rarity in nature that provided only a few breeding | Pachyplichas
Pachyplichas is a genus containing two extinct species of New Zealand wren, a family of small birds endemic to New Zealand.
Species.
- †"P. yaldwyni" (stout-legged wren) – South Island, New Zealand
- †"P. jagmi" – North Island, New Zealand
Description.
The wrens formed a species pair. They had reduced wings and robust legs indicating that they were adapted to a terrestrial existence and were either flightless or nearly so. | 1,158 | triviaqa-train |
Zelda was the wife of which writer, born in Minnesota in 1896? | Ole Rolvaag and the "Little House" series of children's books by Laura Ingalls Wilder. Small-town life is portrayed grimly by Sinclair Lewis in the novel "Main Street", and more gently and affectionately by Garrison Keillor in his tales of Lake Wobegon. St. Paul native F. Scott Fitzgerald writes of the social insecurities and aspirations of the young city in stories such as "Winter Dreams" and "The Ice Palace" (published in "Flappers and Philosophers"). Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's epic poem "The | Dolores Zohrab Liebmann
Dolores Zohrab Liebmann (January 13, 1896 in Istanbul, Ottoman Empire – September 15, 1991 in New York City, US) was an American philanthropist of Armenian descent born in the Ottoman Empire. She established the Dolores Zohrab Liebmann Fund, which distributes fellowships to graduate students.
Life.
Dolores Zohrab was born in Constantinople, Ottoman Empire, a daughter of famed writer and a parliament member Krikor Zohrab and his wife Clara. At the age of 19, Dolores Zohrab Liebmann witnessed the arrest and | 1,159 | triviaqa-train |
Fanny Brawne was engaged to which noted British poet? | Fanny Brawne
Frances "Fanny" Brawne Lindon (9 August 1800 – 4 December 1865) was the fiancée and muse to English Romantic poet John Keats.
As Fanny Brawne, she met Keats, who was her neighbour in Hampstead, at the beginning of his brief period of intense creative activity in 1818. Although his first written impressions of Brawne were quite critical, his imagination seems to have turned her into the goddess-figure he needed to worship, as expressed in "Endymion", and scholars have | and a maximum of 15 °C. It starts snowing in the month of November and increases significantly day by day. By January it is a 4- to 7-foot-thick layer of snowfall. It is fully covered with snow during winters and during the same time, some of the routes going to Chopta are blocked. An alternative route to Chopta is from Deoria Tal, which is 10–12 km trek that starts from Deorial Tal. Deoria Tal can be approached from Saari Village. It can be taken during winter season | 1,160 | triviaqa-train |
Who played the part of Sybil Fawlty? | Sybil Fawlty
Sybil Fawlty is a fictional character from the BBC sitcom "Fawlty Towers". She is played by Prunella Scales. Her age is listed as 34 years old as seen on her medical chart in the 1975 episode "The Germans", presumably indicating she was born in 1941. Scales was 43 years old when "Fawlty Towers" began production.
Personality.
She is Basil Fawlty's wife, and the only regular character in the series who usually refers to him by his first name (Major Gowen | Sybil (cat)
Sybil (2006 – 27 July 2009) was a cat living at 11 and 10 Downing Street. Named after Sybil Fawlty from the television show "Fawlty Towers", she was the pet of then Chancellor of the Exchequer, Alistair Darling.
When introduced in September 2007, Sybil, who was black and white, was the first cat at Downing Street since Humphrey was reportedly removed in November 1997, due to Cherie Blair's aversion to cats. In January 2009, she returned to Edinburgh. | 1,161 | triviaqa-train |
What was the code name for the Normandy landings? | ), the British Special Operations Executive orchestrated a campaign of sabotage to be implemented by the French Resistance. The Allies developed four plans for the Resistance to execute on D-Day and the following days:
- Plan "Vert" was a 15-day operation to sabotage the rail system.
- Plan "Bleu" dealt with destroying electrical facilities.
- Plan "Tortue" was a delaying operation aimed at the enemy forces that would potentially reinforce Axis forces at Normandy.
- Plan "Violet" dealt with cutting | /Chi was the symbol and the code name of the Chiffrierdienst, i.e. the Cryptanalysis Department of Pers Z S. Although little is known about the organization, in the final analysis, Pers Z S labored at diplomatic cryptanalysis for a regime for which there were no diplomatic solutions.
Short name.
The abbreviation of "Chi" for the Chiffrierabteilung is, contrary to what one might expect, not the Greek letter Chi, nor anything to do with the chi test, a common cryptographic test used as part of deciphering an | 1,162 | triviaqa-train |
Whose book, ‘Dreams From My Father’, was published in 1995? | Dreams from My Father
Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance (1995) is a memoir by Barack Obama, who was elected as U.S. President in 2008. The memoir explores the events of Obama's early years in Honolulu and Chicago up until his entry into law school in 1988. Obama published the memoir in July 1995, when he was starting his political campaign for Illinois Senate. He had been elected as the first African-American president of the "Harvard Law Review" in 1990. According | My Education: A Book of Dreams
My Education: A Book of Dreams (1995) () is the final novel by William S. Burroughs to be published before his death in 1997. It is a collection of dreams, taken from various decades, along with a few comments about the War on Drugs and paragraphs created with the cut-up technique. The book is dedicated to Michael Emerton (January 18, 1966 - November 4, 1992).
Explanation of the novel's title.
The title is | 1,163 | triviaqa-train |
In Chesterfield, the crooked spire is that of St. who, and All the Saints? | (a Roman fort) and "feld" (grazing land). It has a street market of some 250 stalls three days a week. The town sits on a coalfield, which was economically important until the 1980s. Little visual evidence of mining remains. The best-known landmark is the Church of St Mary and All Saints with its crooked spire, originally built in the 14th century.
History.
Chesterfield was in the Hundred of Scarsdale. The town received its market charter in 1204 from King John. | and All Saints, commonly known as the Crooked Spire. The constituency borders the constituencies of Bolsover and Derbyshire North East.
History.
Chesterfield has mainly been a Labour seat, with periods when it has been held by other parties; it was gained by the Liberal Democrats in 2001 and held by them until 2010. Chesterfield was safe seat for Labour from 1935 until 2001. Andrew Cavendish, later the Duke of Devonshire, was the National Liberal candidate at the 1945 and 1950 elections.
The seat was held in | 1,164 | triviaqa-train |
Who wrote the play ‘Waiting For Godot’, which premiered in 1953? | Waiting for Godot
Waiting for Godot ( ) is a play by Samuel Beckett, in which two characters, Vladimir (Didi) and Estragon (Gogo), wait for the arrival of someone named Godot who never arrives, and while waiting they engage in a variety of discussions and encounter three other characters. "Waiting for Godot" is Beckett's translation of his own original French-language play, , and is subtitled (in English only) "a tragicomedy in two acts". The original French text was composed | been on 29 November 1953. He wrote to Beckett in October 1954: "You will be surprised to be receiving a letter about your play "Waiting for Godot", from a prison where so many thieves, forgers, toughs, homos, crazy men and killers spend this bitch of a life waiting ... and waiting ... and waiting. Waiting for what? Godot? Perhaps." Beckett was intensely moved and intended to visit the prison to see a last performance of the play but it never happened. This marked " | 1,165 | triviaqa-train |
Edward Bear is the alternative name for which character from children’s literature? | Edward Bear
Edward Bear was a Toronto-based Canadian pop-rock group. The band is best known for its chart-topping single, "Last Song," and "Close Your Eyes," used as the signing-off song for Delilah's radio show.
History.
The Edward Bear Revue, later Edward Bear, was formed in 1966 by singer and percussionist Larry Evoy and bassist Craig Hemming. The name is derived from A.A. Milne's Winnie the Pooh, whose "proper" name is " | Estonian Children’s Literature Centre
The Estonian Children’s Literature Centre (in ) is a centre devoted to children’s literature from Estonia. It is located at Pikk 73 in Tallinn's Old Town and is open daily for visitors. The history of the centre dates back to 1933.
The mascot of the centre is (in English: Bumpy), a character in a story by Estonian author Oskar Luts.
External links.
- The Estonian Children's Literature Centre - official site | 1,166 | triviaqa-train |
Which five-star luxury hotel on Park Lane has 250 rooms and 49 suites? | and the British prime minister Benjamin Disraeli at No. 93. Other historic properties include Dorchester House, Brook House and Dudley House. In the 20th century, Park Lane became well known for its luxury hotels, particularly The Dorchester, completed in 1931, which became closely associated with eminent writers and international film stars. Flats and shops began appearing on the road, including penthouse flats. Several buildings suffered damage during World War II, yet the road still attracted significant development, including the Park Lane Hotel and the London Hilton | Baglioni Hotel
Baglioni Hotel London by Baglioni Hotels is a luxury 5-star hotel in London, England. It is located at Hyde Park Gate in the Kensington area of London in a Georgian era building overlooking Hyde Park. It is owned by Baglioni, an Italian hotel firm which also has branches in Venice, Milan and several other places.
Interior.
The hotel contains Italian furnishings and has a fountain, stone floors and large gold vases. Baglioni hotel has 68 rooms, with 53 suites, including three executive suites and | 1,167 | triviaqa-train |
Which STD is colloquially known as ‘the clap’? | from people's faces, and led to death within a few months," rendering it far more fatal than it is today. Diamond concludes,"[B]y 1546, the disease had evolved into the disease with the symptoms so well known to us today." Gonorrhoeae is recorded at least up to 700 years ago and associated with a district in Paris formerly known as "Le Clapiers". This is where the prostitutes were to be found at that time.
Prior to the invention of modern medicines, sexually transmitted diseases were generally incurable | MIL-STD-1394
MIL-STD-1394 and MIL-STD-1394B are Defense Standards, assigned as "PROVISIONS FOR EVALUATING QUALITY OF CAP CROWNS" by the United States Department of Defense, which control and maintain the specification. Like most mil-specs, they are freely obtainable at government websites. The cap crown is a part of the Combination cap.
MIL-STD-1394 and MIL-STD-1394B are often confused as being variants of IEEE 1394b, otherwise known as FireWire. | 1,168 | triviaqa-train |
Who painted the portrait of Anne of Cleves that so impressed Henry VIII? | over Gelderland with Emperor Charles V made them suitable allies for England's King Henry VIII in the wake of the Truce of Nice. The match with Anne was urged on the King by his chief minister, Thomas Cromwell.
Early life Wedding preparations.
The artist Hans Holbein the Younger was dispatched to Düren to paint portraits of Anne and her younger sister, Amalia, each of whom Henry was considering as his fourth wife. Henry required the artist to be as accurate as possible, not to flatter the sisters. The two | VIII", which was released in 1933. Lanchester's husband Charles Laughton played Henry VIII and won an Academy Award for his portrayal.
- Elvi Hale in the episode "Anne of Cleves" in the 1971 television series "The Six Wives of Henry VIII". This series portrays Anne as a personally naive yet politically clever woman who convinces Henry against consummating the union so that he can get out of his alliance with the Germans should the need arise. When Anne's predictions prove true, it is she who suggests | 1,169 | triviaqa-train |
Who played the male human lead in the 1951 film, ‘Bedtime for Bonzo’? | strip (October 11, 1981), as well as in the Strontium Dog comic story "Bitch", published in "2000 AD", which featured President Ronald Reagan being kidnapped out of his own era and taken into the far flung future setting of the comic. Other notable references include the 1966 Stan Freberg comedy album "Freberg Underground", and the 1986 video of the British band Genesis's song "Land of Confusion". In the 1980s satirical British TV show "Spitting Image", Reagan was shown as | Raphael Blau
Raphael David Blau (August 11, 1912 – March 31, 1996) was an American screenwriter who co-wrote the story for "Bedtime for Bonzo" (1951), among other film productions.
Blau was raised in New York City and London. His first film credit was for "Mother Is a Freshman" (1949). Based on seeing research speculation that a chimpanzee might be able to be raised like a human child, he conceived of the "Bedtime for Bonzo" story. He | 1,170 | triviaqa-train |
Anna Mae Bullock is the real name of which singer, dancer, actress and author? | Tina Turner
Tina Turner (born Anna Mae Bullock, November 26, 1939) is an internationally recognized singer, songwriter, and actress. She is originally from the United States, and has been a Swiss citizen since 2013. Turner rose to prominence with Ike Turner's Kings of Rhythm before recording hit singles both with Ike and as a solo performer. One of the best-selling recording artists of all time, she has been referred to as The Queen of Rock 'n' Roll and has sold more than 100 | Piper (given name)
Piper is a given name which may refer to:
- Piper Campbell (born 1965), American diplomat
- Piper Curda (born 1997), American actress and singer
- Lorenzo Piper Davis (1917–1997), American Negro league baseball player
- Piper Gilles (born 1992), American-Canadian ice dancer
- Piper Harris (born 2000), American child actress
- Piper Kerman (born 1969), American memoirist and convicted money launderer and drug trafficker, author | 1,171 | triviaqa-train |
Na2SO4 is the chemical formula for what compound? | Sodium sulfate
Sodium sulfate (also known as sodium sulphate or sulfate of soda) is the inorganic compound with formula NaSO as well as several related hydrates. All forms are white solids that are highly soluble in water. With an annual production of 6 million tonnes, the decahydrate is a major commodity chemical product. It is mainly used for the manufacture of detergents and in the kraft process of paper pulping.
Forms.
- Anhydrous sodium sulfate, known as the rare mineral thenardite, used as a drying agent in | are analyzed in specific elemental analysis tests to determine what percent of a particular element the sample is composed of.
Examples.
- Glucose (), ribose (), acetic acid (), and formaldehyde () all have different molecular formulas but the same empirical formula: . This is the actual molecular formula for formaldehyde, but acetic acid has double the number of atoms, ribose has five times the number of atoms, and glucose has six times the number of atoms.
- The chemical compound n- | 1,172 | triviaqa-train |
What is the name of the professor of phonetics in G.B. Shaw’s play ‘Pygmalion’? | presented in 1871. Shaw would also have been familiar with the burlesque version, "Galatea, or Pygmalion Reversed". Shaw's play has been adapted numerous times, most notably as the musical "My Fair Lady" and its film version.
Shaw mentioned that the character of Professor Henry Higgins was inspired by several British professors of phonetics: Alexander Melville Bell, Alexander J. Ellis, Tito Pagliardini, but above all, the cantankerous Henry Sweet.
First productions.
Shaw wrote the play in early 1912 and read | fashion. Shaw’s theory of the problem play and discussion ideas align his plays with Ibsen’s, and distinguishes them from stale plays of the past. Crane observes that Shaw, by his own admission, learned dramatic structure from contemporary popular theatre which was then dominated by the well-made formula. Crane goes on to argue how that formula is present in "Pygmalion", "Man and Superman", and "The Doctor’s Dilemma".
Criticism Shaw and Ibsen The problem play.
Shaw discusses the notion of the | 1,173 | triviaqa-train |
How old was Nelson Mandela, when he passed away on the 5th? | ANC committed themselves to its overthrow. Mandela was appointed President of the ANC's Transvaal branch, rising to prominence for his involvement in the 1952 Defiance Campaign and the 1955 Congress of the People. He was repeatedly arrested for seditious activities and was unsuccessfully prosecuted in the 1956 Treason Trial. Influenced by Marxism, he secretly joined the banned South African Communist Party (SACP). Although initially committed to non-violent protest, in association with the SACP he co-founded the militant Umkhonto we Sizwe in 1961 and led a sabotage | Parliament and was subsequently elected as the first Black member of that Parliament in 1909. Researchers make the observation that what Nelson Mandela finished in 1994, was first pioneered by him and his contemporaries in the 1880s. His influence in Black politics faded with the radicalization of Black workers and the rise of the Communist Party of South Africa (founded in 1919), and the trade union movement and its involvement in the internal struggle against Apartheid. He gradually withdrew from public life and passed away on 19 April 1936.
Notable achievements | 1,174 | triviaqa-train |
Which British-American Oscar-winning actress died on the 15th, aged 96? | and was soon taking diction lessons alongside her elder sister. When she was 16 years old, deHavilland returned to Japan to live with her father. There she attended the Tokyo School for Foreign Children, graduating in 1935.
Career.
Fontaine made her stage debut in the West Coast production of "Call It a Day" (1935) and made her film debut in MGM's "No More Ladies" (1935) in which she was credited as Joan Burfield. She was Herman Brix's leading lady in a | English actress (died at age 59)
- Bette Davis, American Oscar-winning star actress (died at age 81)
- Jo Ann Davis, U.S. Representative from the State of Virginia (died at age 57)
- Priscilla Davis, American socialite (died at age 67)
- Martina Davis-Correia, American civil rights and anti-capital punishment activist (died at age 44)
- Linda Day, American television director (died at age 71)
- Shelagh Delaney, British playwright | 1,175 | triviaqa-train |
What was the name of the girl that Tom Sawyer loved? | all three uncompleted works were posthumously published, only "Tom Sawyer's Conspiracy" has a complete plot, as Twain abandoned the other two works after finishing only a few chapters.
Characterization.
Tom Sawyer is a boy of about 12 years of age, who resides in the fictional town of St. Petersburg, Missouri, in about the year 1845. Tom Sawyer's best friends include Joe Harper and Huckleberry Finn. In "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer", Tom's infatuation with classmate Becky Thatcher is apparent as he | with their importance and worth. He ... did a splendid job ... and that says a lot about him as a person."
Similarly, Tom Sawyer, later the chief executive officer of the hospital, described Kirkpatrick as "very compassionate [with] a great empathy for people, and he really loved hospital work. ... He viewed his job as more of a ministry than a job. That was the kind of outlook he had on things."
After leaving the hospital position, Kirkpatrick established three shopping centers | 1,176 | triviaqa-train |
Whom did Colin Firth play when he won the Best Actor Oscar in 2011? | Award, Golden Globe, Screen Actors' Guild, BAFTA, and BFCA nominations; he won the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role in February 2010.
Firth starred in the 2010 film "The King's Speech" as Prince Albert, Duke of York/King George VI. The film details his working to overcome his speech impediment while becoming monarch of the United Kingdom at the end of 1936. At the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), the film was met with a standing ovation. The | , were critically praised. Bridges lost to Colin Firth, whom he had beaten for the Oscar in the same category the previous year. In 2016, Bridges appeared in the film "Hell or High Water", for which he received his seventh Academy Award nomination.
Career Music.
Referring to his career as an actor and his passion for music, Bridges says, "I dug what an actor did, but it took me a while to feel it, to truly appreciate the craft and the preparation. Plus, | 1,177 | triviaqa-train |
‘Everybody’s Talkin’ featured prominently in the music for which 1969 film? | "Pandemonium Shadow Show", followed by a variety of releases that include a collaboration with Randy Newman ("Nilsson Sings Newman", 1970) and the original children's story "The Point!" (1971). His most commercially successful album, "Nilsson Schmilsson" (1971) produced the international top 10 singles "Without You" and "Coconut". His other top 10 hit, "Everybody's Talkin'" (1968), was a prominent song in the 1969 film "Midnight Cowboy". | ", which saw Lulu reunited with her first husband Maurice Gibb for a live performance of "First of May".
In 2000, Lulu sat on the 5,387,862nd and final classic Mini that came off the production line, bringing to an end a chapter in British motoring history. In a ceremony at the Birmingham factory, Lulu drove a red Mini Cooper, registration 1959–2000, off of the track to music from "The Italian Job", the 1969 film in which several Mini Coopers featured prominently.
In 2004, | 1,178 | triviaqa-train |
Which genus of 422 species of flowering plants are often known as cranesbills? | Geranium
Geranium is a genus of 422 species of flowering annual, biennial, and perennial plants that are commonly known as the cranesbills. They are found throughout the temperate regions of the world and the mountains of the tropics, but mostly in the eastern part of the Mediterranean region.
The long, palmately cleft leaves are broadly circular in form. The flowers have five petals and are coloured white, pink, purple or blue, often with distinctive veining. Geraniums will grow in any soil as long as it is not | Ancistrocarphus
Ancistrocarphus is a genus of flowering plants in the aster family. It contains two known species, both native to western North America. These plants are often treated as members of genus "Stylocline", but they are not as closely related to "Stylocline" species as they are to plants of other genera, especially "Hesperevax".
The better-known species in this genus is "Ancistrocarphus filagineus", which is known by the common names woolly fishhooks and false neststraw. It is found in Idaho, | 1,179 | triviaqa-train |
Who was only 19 when he became the Stones’ manager and producer? | back-cover photo on the original US picture sleeve depicted the group satirically dressed in drag. The song was accompanied by one of the first official music videos, directed by Peter Whitehead.
January 1967 saw the release of "Between the Buttons", which reached No. 3 in the UK and No. 2 in the US. It was Andrew Oldham's last venture as the Rolling Stones' producer. Allen Klein took over his role as the band's manager in 1965. Richards recalled, "There | Exodus into Unheard Rhythms
Exodus Into Unheard Rhythms is the second studio album by Oh No, an American hip hop rapper and producer. It was released on Stones Throw Records in 2006. Oh No produced the album using only samples from Galt MacDermot. Oh No started working on the album when Stones Throw's manager Eothen "Egon" Alapatt asked him to compose two tracks for his series called Fan Club 45s, but Oh No instead recorded 27 beats in three days. Overall he made around 50 beats for the album, | 1,180 | triviaqa-train |
Tinca Tinca is the Latin name for which fish? | Tench
The tench or doctor fish ("Tinca tinca") is a fresh- and brackish-water fish of the cyprinid family found throughout Eurasia from Western Europe including the British Isles east into Asia as far as the Ob and Yenisei Rivers. It is also found in Lake Baikal. It normally inhabits slow-moving freshwater habitats, particularly lakes and lowland rivers. In Germany, Austria and Switzerland, the tench is called "Schlei".
Ecology.
The tench is most often found in still waters with a | , skimming the surface, before striking their targets.
The oldest known fossil of a flying or gliding fish, "Potanichthys xingyiensis", dates back to the Middle Triassic, 235–242 million years ago. However, this fossil is not related to modern flying fish, which evolved independently about 66 million years ago.
Etymology.
The term Exocoetidae is both the scientific name and the general name in Latin for a flying fish. The suffix "-idae", common for indicating a family, follows the root | 1,181 | triviaqa-train |
Shrub Hill station serves which English town or city? | Worcester Shrub Hill railway station
Worcester Shrub Hill railway station is one of two railway stations serving the city of Worcester in Worcestershire, England. It is managed by West Midlands Trains, operating here under the West Midlands Railway brand, and it is also served by Great Western Railway. The platform 2B waiting room of Worcester Shrub Hill is Grade II* listed and reopened in 2015 after a ten-year refurbishment project.
The city's other station, Worcester Foregate Street, is situated in the city centre; Shrub Hill | King's Cross and to . Totteridge and Whetstone Underground station serves the affluent areas bearing the same name south west of High Barnet town centre. Oakleigh Park railway station serves the eastern extremity of the town. The Barnet Tunnel is also in the area.
Public services.
Barnet is served by Barnet Hospital, which is run by The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust as part of the English National Health Service. There is also an NHS clinic in Vale Drive (near Barnet Hill and High Barnet station). London | 1,182 | triviaqa-train |
The Jagger-Richard song ‘As Tears Go By’ was the first hit for whom? | As Tears Go By (song)
"As Tears Go By" is a song written by Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, and Rolling Stones' manager Andrew Loog Oldham. It was released as a single by Marianne Faithfull in 1964 and peaked at number 9 in the United Kingdom. The Rolling Stones recorded their own version later, releasing the track in late 1965 on the album "December's Children (And Everybody's)" and subsequently as a single in North America.
History.
"As Tears Go | contradicted herself by referring to the record as "the song that Mick Jagger and Keith Richard wrote for me", concludes Hodkinson.
However, in her own autobiography, "Faithfull" (1994), written together with David Dalton, she says "As Tears Go By was not, contrary to popular folklore, written for me, but it fitted me so perfectly it might as well had been". Originally, the A-side of her first record should have been a song written by Lionel Bart, " | 1,183 | triviaqa-train |
Which actress played the lead role in the 1988 film ‘Gorillas in the Mist’? | Gorillas in the Mist
Gorillas in the Mist is a 1988 American drama film directed by Michael Apted and starring Sigourney Weaver as the naturalist Dian Fossey. It tells the true story of her work in Rwanda with mountain gorillas and was nominated for five Academy Awards.
Plot.
Occupational therapist Dian Fossey (Sigourney Weaver) is inspired by anthropologist Louis Leakey (Iain Cuthbertson) to devote her life to the study of primates. She writes ceaselessly to Leakey for a job cataloguing and studying the rare mountain gorillas of Africa. | Hurlyburly. A seven-time Golden Globe Award nominee, in 1988 she won both Best Actress in Drama and Best Supporting Actress for her work in the films "Gorillas in the Mist" and "Working Girl", becoming the first person to win two acting Golden Globes in the same year. She also received Academy Award nominations for both films. For her role in the film "The Ice Storm" (1997), she won the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role.
Weaver's other popular | 1,184 | triviaqa-train |
Which of the Canary Islands has the nickname ‘windy island’? | the two on the African mainland.
The seven main islands are (from largest to smallest in area) Tenerife, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, Lanzarote, La Palma, La Gomera and El Hierro. The archipelago includes many smaller islands and islets: La Graciosa, Alegranza, Isla de Lobos, Montaña Clara, Roque del Oeste and Roque del Este. It also includes a series of adjacent roques (those of Salmor, Fasnia, Bonanza, Garachico and Anaga). In ancient times, the island chain was often referred | Canaries
Canaries may refer to:
- Canary Islands, an archipelago in the Atlantic belonging to Spain
- Canaries, Saint Lucia, a village on the Caribbean island of Saint Lucia
- "The Canaries", the nickname of several football teams
- Norwich City F.C., from England
- Hitchin Town F.C., from England
- FK Novi Sad, from Serbia
- FC Nantes, from France
- PFC Botev Plovdiv, from Bulgaria
- Several species of birds, including
- Atlantic canary | 1,185 | triviaqa-train |
Which failed venture was led by the Duke of Medina Sidonia? | Duke of Medina Sidonia
The Duke of Medina Sidonia is a grandee of Spain in Medina-Sidonia, holding the oldest extant dukedom in the kingdom, first awarded by King John II of Castile in 1445. They were once the most prominent magnate family of the Andalusian region, the best-known of whom, Don Alonso de Guzmán El Bueno, 7th Duke of Medina Sidonia, commanded the Spanish Armada at the end of the 16th century. The defeat at the hands of weather and the English in 1588 brought disgrace to | Tenth Siege of Gibraltar
The Tenth Siege of Gibraltar in 1506 was a minor military action in which the Duke of Medina Sidonia, Juan Alfonso Pérez de Guzmán tried but failed to recover the fortress of Gibraltar from the troops who were holding it in the name of the newly united crowns of Castile and Aragon.
Background.
On 3 June 1469 King Henry IV of Castile made a gift of Gibraltar to Enrique de Guzmán, 2nd Duke of Medina Sidonia in return for the effort and expense that his family had put into | 1,186 | triviaqa-train |
Which Kathryn Bigelow directed film, centred on the hunt for Osama Bin Laden? | Kathryn Bigelow
Kathryn Ann Bigelow (; born November 27, 1951) is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter. Covering a wide range of genres, her films include "Near Dark" (1987), "Point Break" (1991), "Strange Days" (1995), "" (2002), "The Hurt Locker" (2008), "Zero Dark Thirty" (2012), and "Detroit" (2017).
With "The Hurt Locker", Bigelow became | Pfarrer, a former Navy SEAL, that disputed the accounts by the DoD of how the events occurred the night of the raid on the compound. Finally, in 2012, the book No Easy Day was released. The book was written by a DEVGRU Red Squadron operator writing under the pseudonym "Mark Owen", who was part of Operation Neptune Spear and claimed to be one of the two operators who engaged Bin Laden. Then, in 2012, a film directed by Kathryn Bigelow and written by Mark Boal was released called | 1,187 | triviaqa-train |
Ergophobia is an inordinate fear of what? | films.
Works of dystopian and (post)apocalyptic fiction convey the fears and anxieties of societies.
The fear of the world's end is about as old as civilization itself. In a 1967 study Frank Kermode suggests that the failure of religious prophecies led to a shift in how society apprehends this ancient mode. Scientific and critical thought supplanting religious and mythical thought as well as a public emancipation may be the cause of eschatology becoming replaced by more realistic scenarios. Such might constructively provoke discussion and steps to be taken to prevent depicted | , capitulation, or peace negotiations. The course he will follow will almost certainly be the road to ideological immortality, resulting in the greatest vengeance on a world he despises.
- From what we know of his psychology, the most likely possibility is that he will commit suicide in the event of defeat. It's probably true he has an inordinate fear of death, but possibly being a psychopath he would undoubtedly weigh his options and perform the deed.
History of the report.
The wartime report was commissioned by | 1,188 | triviaqa-train |
Ivy League member Brown University is situated in which US state? | Brown University
Brown University is a private Ivy League research university in Providence, Rhode Island. Founded in 1764 as the "College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations", it is the seventh-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and one of the nine colonial colleges chartered before the American Revolution.
At its foundation, Brown was the first college in the U.S. to accept students regardless of their religious affiliation. Its engineering program was established in 1847. It was one of the early | high school diplomas. This was modelled after University-style degrees.
Their team name is the Westport Wildcats who have won multiple championships in the Mayflower League. The Wildcats are one of the few teams in the Mayflower League who have won multiple championships in every sport. Their mascot is the Wildcat, and their colors are brown, white and yellow (a legacy of when Westport was in a different league that used Ivy League colors – Westport using brown and white after Brown University). The school is a member | 1,189 | triviaqa-train |
What artistic term was given to the music of Debussy, Ravel and Delius? | 1912) and "La boîte à joujoux" (1913), were left with the orchestration incomplete, and were completed by Charles Koechlin and Caplet, respectively.
Style.
Style Debussy and Impressionism.
The application of the term "Impressionist" to Debussy and the music he influenced has been much debated, both in the composer's lifetime and subsequently. The analyst Richard Langham Smith writes that Impressionism was originally a term coined to describe a style of late 19th-century French painting, typically scenes suffused with reflected light | Ulanov wrote of this relationship:
"From Vodery, as he (Ellington) says himself, he drew his chromatic convictions, his uses of the tones ordinarily extraneous to the diatonic scale, with the consequent alteration of the harmonic character of his music, its broadening, The deepening of his resources. It has become customary to ascribe the classical influences upon Duke – Delius, Debussy and Ravel – to direct contact with their music. Actually his serious appreciation of those and other modern composers, came after his meeting with Vodery | 1,190 | triviaqa-train |
Premiered in 1834, Who composed Harold In Italy? | Harold en Italie
Harold en Italie, Symphonie en quatre parties avec un alto principal (English: Harold in Italy, Symphony in Four Parts with Viola Obbligato), Op. 16, H. 68, a symphony with soloistic viola by Hector Berlioz, written in 1834.
Creation.
Niccolò Paganini (1782–1840) encouraged Berlioz (1803–1869) to write "Harold en Italie". The two first met after a concert of Berlioz’s works conducted by Narcisse Girard on 22 December 1833, three years after the premiere of | his stay in Italy. In the year of his arrival, his opéra bouffe "La finta Zingara" was premiered here. In 1834 Gasse retired with a pension; his exact date of death is not known. In addition to several other operas, Gasse composed mainly works for the violin.
It is assumed that Gasse was the father of Edme-Hippolyte Gasse. The pupil of François-Joseph Fétis and Henri Montan Berton taught solfège at the Conservatoire de Paris and died early on 11 January 1831.
Operas. | 1,191 | triviaqa-train |
Whose patron was Ludwig II of Bavaria? | had written Sophie that "The main substance of our relationship has always been … Richard Wagner's remarkable and deeply moving destiny."
However, Ludwig repeatedly postponed the wedding date, and finally cancelled the engagement in October. After the engagement was broken off, Ludwig wrote to his former fiancée, "My beloved Elsa! Your cruel father has torn us apart. Eternally yours, Heinrich." (The names Elsa and Heinrich came from characters in Wagner's opera Lohengrin.) Sophie later married Prince Ferdinand, Duke of | Lucy Russell, Countess of Bedford "the Universal Patroness of Poets"
- Saint Ludmila "the Saint"
- Ludovico Sforza "the Force of Destiny", "the Moor"
- Ludovico III Gonzaga "the Turkified", "the Turk", "the Turned-Turk"
- Ludwig I of Bavaria "the Patron", "der Kunstmäzen"
- Ludwig I of Thuringia "the Bearded"
- Ludwig II of Bavaria "the Romantic on the Throne", "the Mad" | 1,192 | triviaqa-train |
The villain Emilio Largo features in which film? | Emilio Largo
Emilio Largo is a fictional character and the main antagonist from the 1961 James Bond novel "Thunderball". He appears in the 1965 film adaptation, again as the main antagonist, with Italian actor Adolfo Celi filling the role. Largo is also the main antagonist in the 1983 unofficial James Bond movie "Never Say Never Again", a remake of "Thunderball". In "Never Say Never Again", the character's name, however, was changed to Maximillian Largo and he was portrayed by the Austrian | to a 1965 "Forbes" article and "The New York Times", the Goldfinger persona was based on gold mining magnate Charles W. Engelhard, Jr.
In 2003, the American Film Institute declared Auric Goldfinger the 49th greatest villain in the past 100 years of film. In a poll on IMDb, Auric Goldfinger was voted the most sinister James Bond villain, beating out in order Ernst Stavro Blofeld, Dr. No, Max Zorin and Emilio Largo. The sequence where Goldfinger has Bond strapped to a table with a laser and | 1,193 | triviaqa-train |
Who made a cameo appearance in Die Another Day as Verity a fencing instructor? | "Die Another Day" was co-written and co-produced by Mirwais Ahmadzai and performed by Madonna, who also had a cameo in the film as Verity, a fencing instructor. The concept of the title sequence is to represent Bond trying to survive 14 months of torture at the hands of the North Koreans. Critics' opinions of the song were sharply divided—it was nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Original Song and the 2004 Grammy Award for Best Dance Recording, but also for a Golden Raspberry Award for | Secret Life of Ian Fleming" and later made a cameo appearance as a flight attendant in the 2002 Bond film, "Die Another Day", which was Pierce Brosnan´s fourth and final Bond film. She also appeared in the 1998 TV movie "", opposite Jason Connery, son of former Bond Sean Connery. Her godfather was the late actor Robert Brown, her father's co-star in the television series "Ivanhoe" and 3 Bond films.
In 2006, Moore made the film "Provoked". Jagmohan | 1,194 | triviaqa-train |
The third day of the Hindu festival of Diwali honours which Goddess of Fortune? | , offer "puja" (worship) to Lakshmi, the goddess of prosperity and wealth, light fireworks, and partake in family feasts, where "mithai" (sweets) and gifts are shared. Diwali is also a major cultural event for the Hindu, Sikh, Jain, and Buddhist diaspora from the Indian subcontinent.
The five-day festival originated in the Indian subcontinent and is mentioned in early Sanskrit texts. The names of the festive days of Diwali, documented by Qa Kishore, as well as the rituals | festivals of Diwali and Sharad Purnima (Kojagiri Purnima) are celebrated in her honor.
Examples Saraswati.
Saraswati, is the Hindu goddess of knowledge, music, arts, wisdom and learning. She is the consort of Brahma.
The earliest known mention of Saraswati as a goddess is in Rigveda. She has remained significant as a goddess from the Vedic age through modern times of Hindu traditions. Some Hindus celebrate the festival of Vasant Panchami (the fifth day of spring) in her honour, and mark the day by | 1,195 | triviaqa-train |
In which month does Rio’s Mardi Gras nearly always take place? | balls on Thanksgiving, then New Year's Eve, followed by parades and balls in January and February, celebrating up to midnight before Ash Wednesday. In earlier times, parades were held on New Year's Day. Other cities famous for Mardi Gras celebrations include Rio de Janeiro; Barranquilla, Colombia; George Town, Cayman Islands; Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago; Quebec City, Quebec, Canada; and Mazatlán, Sinaloa, Mexico.
Carnival is an important celebration in Anglican and Catholic European nations. In the | Epiphany, and ends on Fat Tuesday. The season is peppered with various parades celebrating the city's rich French Catholic heritage.
Costumes.
Mardi Gras, as a celebration of life before the more-somber occasion of Ash Wednesday, nearly always involves the use of masks and costumes by its participants. In New Orleans, for example, these often take the shape of fairies, animals, people from myths, or various Medieval costumes as well as clowns and Indians (Native Americans). However, many costumes today | 1,196 | triviaqa-train |
The condition Ketosis would result from an inadequacy of what in the diet? | medical intervention in cases of intractable epilepsy. Other uses of low-carbohydrate diets remain controversial. Carbohydrate deprivation to the point of ketosis has been argued to have both negative and positive effects on health. Ketosis can also be induced following periods of fasting (starvation), and after consumption of ketogenic fats (such as medium chain triglycerides ) or exogenous ketones.
Mechanism.
The two sources of ketone bodies in the body are fatty acids in adipose tissue and ketogenic amino acids. The main formation of ketone bodies is through | to treat diabetes. He noticed that adding meat to the diet of diabetic individuals sometimes exacerbated or induced ketosis, whereas a diet with a high fat content reduced ketosis. He demonstrated that if protein intake was limited, and the amount of fat in the diet was large enough, ketosis in diabetes could be eliminated.
In 1901, Petrén published an important treatise on gait disorders titled "Uber den Zusammenhang zwischen anatomisch bedingter und functioneller gangstorung im Greisenalter", in which he describes a condition called "trepidant abasia" or | 1,197 | triviaqa-train |
In June 1938, Dr Douglas Hyde was elected the first President of which European country? | Douglas Hyde
Douglas Ross Hyde (; 17 January 1860 – 12 July 1949), known as An Craoibhín Aoibhinn (lit. "the pleasant little branch"), was an Irish academic, linguist, scholar of the Irish language, politician and diplomat who served as the first President of Ireland from June 1938 to June 1945. He was a leading figure in the Gaelic revival, and the first President of the Gaelic League, one of the most influential cultural organisations in Ireland at the time.
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Hyde | - "The Junkies" trailer on Shooting People
- "The Junkies" at NOTBBC
- "The Junkies" at Cook'd and Bomb'd
- "Off The Telly" - Hey, Hey We're The Junkies | 1,198 | triviaqa-train |
Euphrasia is used as a herbal or homeopathic remedy for infections in which part of the body? | used to treat bad memory and vertigo.
In the Elizabethan era the plant was used in ales and Gervase Markham's "Countrie Farm" (1616) recommended that one should "Drinke everie morning a small draught of Eyebright wine."
Herbalists use eyebright as a poultice with or without concurrent administration of a tea for the redness, swelling, and visual disturbances caused by blepharitis and conjunctivitis. The herb is also used for eyestrain and to relieve inflammation caused by colds, coughs, sinus infections, sore throats and hay | .
In herbal medicine, aqueous extracts of bay laurel have been used as an astringent and salve for open wounds. It is also used in massage therapy and aromatherapy. A traditional folk remedy for rashes caused by poison ivy, poison oak, and stinging nettle is a poultice soaked in boiled bay leaves. The Roman naturalist Pliny the Elder listed a variety of conditions which laurel oil was supposed to treat: paralysis, spasms, sciatica, bruises, headaches, catarrhs, ear infections, and rheumatism.
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