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In which country of the UK was designer Laura Ashley born? | in Wales at her grandmother's home, 31 Station Terrace, She was raised in a civil service family as a Strict Baptist. The chapel she attended in Dowlais (Hebron) was Welsh language and although she could not understand it, she loved it, especially the singing. Educated at Marshall's School in Merthyr Tydfil until 1932, she was then sent to the Elmwood School, Croydon. She was evacuated back to Wales aged 13, but with so many World War II evacuees there were no school places left and she | Laura Ashley
Laura Ashley (7 September 1925 – 17 September 1985) was a Welsh fashion designer and businesswoman. She originally made furnishing materials in the 1950s, expanding the business into clothing design and manufacture in the 1960s. The Laura Ashley style is characterised by Romantic English designs — often with a 19th-century rural feel — and the use of natural fabrics.
Early life.
Born in Dowlais, Merthyr Tydfil, her Welsh parents lived in London, her mother returned home to allow Laura Mountney to be born | 1,200 | triviaqa-train |
If something is sigmate, it is in the shape of which letter of the English alphabet? | Latin alphabet
The Latin or Roman alphabet, is the writing system originally used by the ancient Romans to write the Latin language.
Etymology.
Due to its use in writing Germanic, Romance and other languages first in Europe and then in other parts of the world and due to its use in Romanizing writing of other languages, it has become widespread (see Latin script). It is also used officially in China (separate from its ideographic writing) and has been adopted by Baltic and some Slavic states. | PledgeMusic.com issued statements via their website but the situation continues. PledgeMusic.com continues to invite artists to start new projects and for fans to make pledges to those projects.
Fraud Trial.
On February 15, 2019, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission began a court case in the United States district court against Joshua Sason in the southern district of New York for fraud in which it was alleged that Sason, the Magna Group and others took part in schemes to illegally obtain shares from small penny-stock companies. | 1,201 | triviaqa-train |
On an Ordnance Survey map, what does ‘PA’ represent? | out of date. The scale and detail of this mapping project is unique. By 2009, around 440 million TOIDs had been assigned, and the database stood at 600 gigabytes in size. Currently (March 2011), OS claims 450 million TOIDs. As of 2005, "OS MasterMap" was at version 6; 2010's version 8 includes provision for Urban Paths (an extension of the "integrated transport network" layer) and pre-build address layer. All these versions have a similar GML schema.
GB | map of 1890 shows "The Gate" public house).
- T P. TF466217. (also 1834-6)
The six digit National grid References of the marked positions on the 1824 map are taken from an equivalent modern map. The four digit references are much less accurate, being taken from an Ordnance Survey map by inspection of Wright Fig.3. The Ordnance Survey does not note the Friars Bar toll gate but in the Exeter Estate book, the position is called Friers Bar though no obstruction of the road by | 1,202 | triviaqa-train |
Who became Speaker of the House of Commons in June 2009? | 2009 Speaker of the British House of Commons election
The 2009 election of the Speaker of the House of Commons occurred on 22 June 2009 following the resignation of Michael Martin as Speaker during the parliamentary expenses scandal. Martin was the first Speaker since Sir John Trevor in 1695 to be forced out of office. It was the first Speaker election since 11 May 2005, and the first contested election of a Speaker since 23 October 2000.
Conservative MP John Bercow was elected as the new speaker, after three rounds of voting. | Williams was the last parliamentary survivor of those who were elected in Wilson's 1964 election win. As Father of the House, Williams presided over the Commons Speaker election on 22 June 2009. He stood down from the Commons at the 2010 general election.
Personal life.
He married (Mary) Patricia Rees in June 1957 in Bedwellty. They had two sons and a daughter, Sian.
Death.
He died at the age of 84 on 21 December 2014. He was in a nursing home in | 1,203 | triviaqa-train |
Which US Vice President had a pet Cocker Spaniel called Checkers? | this capacity, four vice presidents have been able to announce their own election to the presidency: John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Martin Van Buren, and George H. W. Bush. Conversely, John C. Breckinridge, in 1861, Richard Nixon, in 1961, and Al Gore, in 2001, all had to announce their opponent's election. In 1969, Vice President Hubert Humphrey would have done so as well, following his 1968 loss to Richard Nixon; however, on the date of the Congressional joint session, Humphrey was | were mostly Lutheran pastors and their wives. Her poetic talents grew in the cultural circles of the pastors' houses. Her poems grew large followings which brought connections, enough to support her family's financial struggles. In January 1760 Karsch arranged for her abusive, alcoholic husband to be pressed into the Prussian Army. This left Anna Luise Karsch with the freedom to achieve higher. At the time of the Prussian campaign against Austria in Silesia, known as the Silesian Wars, Karsch wrote positively on the Prussian King — Frederick. Karsch | 1,204 | triviaqa-train |
What was a member or supporter of the Parliamentary Party called during the English Civil War? | kingdom. Many English Parliamentarians were suspicious of such a move, fearing that such a new kingdom might destroy old English traditions which had bound the English monarchy. As Charles shared his father's position on the power of the crown (James had described kings as "little gods on Earth", chosen by God to rule in accordance with the doctrine of the "Divine Right of Kings"), the suspicions of the Parliamentarians had some justification.
Background Parliament in an English constitutional framework.
At the time, the Parliament | O'Neill, earl of Tyrone, but this proved a vain errand. At length, after many entreaties, he was allowed to resign the treasurership, but before he could arrange to leave Ireland he died.
Wallop's eldest son, Sir Henry Wallop (1568-1642), who acted as his father's deputy in Ireland, left an only son, Robert Wallop (1601-1667). A member of parliament for nearly 40 years, and a supporter of the parliamentary party during the English Civil War, Robert | 1,205 | triviaqa-train |
What was the first name of Paddy Maguire’s wife in the UK tv series ‘Shameless’? | 2007 until 27 February 2007. It featured the biggest cast change in the show's nine-year run, with many characters from the first three series departing and many new characters introduced to replace them. Most notably, the series saw the introduction of the Maguire family as main characters rather than the antagonists that they were in the early series. From Series 4, the Maguires would gradually become the focus of the show during its final years. Alongside Tina Malone (Mimi), Sean Gilder (Paddy) and Samantha Siddall | List of Shameless (American TV series) characters
The following is a list of the fictional characters appearing in the American comedy-drama television series "Shameless", created by Paul Abbott. The series was first broadcast on January 9, 2011 on the Showtime network. It is based on the UK series of the same name.
"Shameless" is set in Chicago's South Side. It tells the story of an alcoholic father, Frank Gallagher and his six children, who strive to take care of each other | 1,206 | triviaqa-train |
What are the patterns called which are applied to the hands of Indian women using Henna? | Henna
Henna (), also known as Mehndi in Hindi, and Chinah in Hebrew, is a dye prepared from the plant "Lawsonia inermis", also known as hina, the henna tree, the mignonette tree, and the Egyptian privet , the sole species of the genus "Lawsonia".
"Henna" can also refer to the temporary body art resulting from the staining of the skin from the dyes (see also mehndi). Henna has been used since antiquity to dye skin, hair and fingernails, | ancient Indian subcontinent. It is typically applied during weddings - for brides. In Rajasthan, the grooms are given designs that are often as elaborate as those for brides. In Assam, apart from marriage, it is broadly used by unmarried women during Rongali bihu.
Muslims in Afghanistan also started to use it as an indication of coming of age. In the Middle East and Africa, it is common for women to apply henna to their fingernails and toenails and to their hands.
Process.
Henna paste is usually | 1,207 | triviaqa-train |
Who wrote the 1885 novel ‘King Solomon’s Mines’? | King Solomon's Mines
King Solomon's Mines (1885) is a popular novel by the English Victorian adventure writer and fabulist Sir H. Rider Haggard. It tells of a search of an unexplored region of Africa by a group of adventurers led by Allan Quatermain for the missing brother of one of the party. It is the first English adventure novel set in Africa, and is considered to be the genesis of the lost world literary genre.
Background.
The book was first published in September 1885 amid considerable fanfare, | In Search of King Solomon's Mines
In Search of King Solomon's Mines is a travel book by Anglo-Afghan author, Tahir Shah.
Overview.
Shah's search began with a map in Jerusalem. The map showed a trail leading to the fabled mines of King Solomon, who built the first temple of Israel out of gold, mined from the land of Ophir. Solomon’s Mines have enthralled and tormented all those who have searched for them and superstition whispers of terrible curses that will befall anyone that finds | 1,208 | triviaqa-train |
The meadow flower ‘Ranunculus acris’ is better known by what name? | Ranunculus acris
Ranunculus acris is a species of flowering plant in the family Ranunculaceae, and is one of the more common buttercups across Europe and temperate Eurasia. Common names include meadow buttercup, tall buttercup, common buttercup and giant buttercup.
Description.
Ranunculus acris is a herbaceous perennial plant that grows to a height of 30 - 70 cm, with ungrooved flowing stems bearing glossy yellow flowers about 25 mm across. There are five overlapping petals borne above five green sepals that soon turn yellow as the flower | of construction in 1794 . As built, the canal severed the course of a brook and a culvert was made below the canal to accommodate this. A landslip blocked this and the waters were impounded on the offside of the canal. The new lake and canal became one and the lake was officially known as Crime Bank Reservoir, but it is far better known by its later name of Crime Lake. The name 'Crime' may have come from a local word for "meadow" or a local name for a particular meadow | 1,209 | triviaqa-train |
Which animal is the symbol of the Rastafari religion? | there are various Rastas who went from believing that Haile Selassie was both God incarnate and the Second Coming of Jesus to seeing him as something distinct.
On being crowned, Haile Selassie was given the title of "King of Kings and Lord of Lords, Conquering Lion of the Tribe of Judah". Rastas use this title for Haile Selassie alongside others, such as "Almighty God", "Judge and Avenger", "King Alpha and Queen Omega", "Returned Messiah", "Elect of God", | could assist this campaign. The Obama Administration declined to pardon Garvey in 2011, writing that its policy is not to consider requests for posthumous pardons.
There have been several proposals to make a biopic of Garvey's life. Those mentioned in connection with the role of Garvey have included the Jamaican-born actor Kevin Navayne and the British-born actor of Jamaican descent Delroy Lindo.
Reception and legacy Garvey as religious symbol.
Reception and legacy Garvey as religious symbol Rastafari.
According to the scholar of religion Maboula Soumahoro, the | 1,210 | triviaqa-train |
How many times has jockey Richard Dunwoody won the English Grand National? | laps of 16 fences, the first 14 of which are jumped twice. Horses completing the race cover a distance of , the longest of any National Hunt race in Britain. As part of a review of safety following the 2012 running of the event, from 2013 to 2015 the start was moved forward away from the crowds and grandstands, reducing the race distance by from the historical . The course has one of the longest run-ins from the final fence of any steeplechase, at .
The Grand National was designed as | 1981 Grand National;
- West Tip, who ran in six consecutive Nationals and won once in 1986;
- Richard Dunwoody, the jockey who rode West Tip and Miinnehoma to victory and who competed in 14 Grand Nationals, being placed in eight;
- Brian Fletcher, a jockey who won the race three times (including Red Rum's first victory in 1973, and finished second once and third three times);
- Vincent O'Brien, who trained three consecutive winners of the race in the 1950s; | 1,211 | triviaqa-train |
What is the name of the spirit who serves Prospero in Shakespeare’s ‘The Tempest’? | The Tempest
The Tempest is a play by William Shakespeare, probably written in 1610–1611, and thought to be one of the last plays that Shakespeare wrote alone. After the first scene, which takes place on a ship at sea during a tempest, the rest of the story is set on a remote island, where the sorcerer Prospero, a complex and contradictory character, lives with his daughter Miranda, and his two servants — Caliban, a savage monster figure, and Ariel, an airy spirit. The play contains music | and songs that evoke the spirit of enchantment on the island. It explores many themes including magic, betrayal, revenge, and family. In act four, a wedding masque serves as a play-within-the play, and contributes spectacle, allegory, and elevated language. Though "The Tempest" is listed in the First Folio as the first of Shakespeare’s comedies, it deals with both tragic and comic themes, and modern criticism has created a category of romance for this and others of Shakespeare’s late plays. | 1,212 | triviaqa-train |
What was the name of the airship that burst into flames at Lakenhurst Naval Station, New Jersey in 1937? | Zinc mines were also a major industry, especially the Sterling Hill Mine.
History 20th century.
New Jersey prospered through the Roaring Twenties. The first Miss America Pageant was held in 1921 in Atlantic City, the Holland Tunnel connecting Jersey City to Manhattan opened in 1927, and the first drive-in movie was shown in 1933 in Camden. During the Great Depression of the 1930s, the state offered begging licenses to unemployed residents, the zeppelin airship Hindenburg crashed in flames over Lakehurst, and the SS "Morro Castle" | until it was destroyed by fire 14 months later on May 6, 1937 while attempting to land at Lakehurst Naval Air Station in Manchester Township, New Jersey, at the end of the first North American transatlantic journey of its second season of service with the loss of 36 lives. This was the last of the great airship disasters; it was preceded by the crashes of the British R38 in 1921 (44 dead), the US airship "Roma" in 1922 (34 dead), the French "Dixmude" in 1923 | 1,213 | triviaqa-train |
In Greek mythology, what was Arachne turned into after beating Athena in a weaving contest? | spider. Spiders are the largest order in the class, which also includes scorpions, ticks, mites, harvestmen, and solifuges. In 2019, a molecular phylogenetic study also placed horseshoe crabs in Arachnida.
Almost all extant arachnids are terrestrial, living mainly on land. However, some inhabit freshwater environments and, with the exception of the pelagic zone, marine environments as well. They comprise over 100,000 named species.
Morphology.
Almost all adult arachnids have eight legs, and arachnids may be easily distinguished from insects | ) was the daughter of a famous dyer in Tyrian purple in Hypaipa of Lydia, and a weaving student of Athena. She became so conceited of her skill as a weaver that she began claiming that her skill was greater than that of Athena herself. Athena gave Arachne a chance to redeem herself by assuming the form of an old woman and warning Arachne not to offend the deities. Arachne scoffed and wished for a weaving contest, so she could prove her skill.
Athena wove the scene of her victory over Poseidon in | 1,214 | triviaqa-train |
Which British poet had a relationship with Fanny Brawne? | 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 | love sonnet "Bright Star" (perhaps revised for her) as a declaration. It was a work in progress which he continued at until the last months of his life, and the poem came to be associated with their relationship. "All his desires were concentrated on Fanny". From this point there is no further documented mention of Isabella Jones. Sometime before the end of June, he arrived at some sort of understanding with Brawne, far from a formal engagement as he still had too little to offer, with | 1,215 | triviaqa-train |
What type of gas was used by the Germans against the French for the first time, at the Second Battle of Ypres in 1915? | - Action of Hooge 19 and 30 July, 9 August
Battle Battle of Gravenstafel Ridge (22–23 April 1915).
On 22 April 1915 at about , the German Army released of chlorine gas over a front between the hamlets of Langemark () and Gravenstafel () on the Allied line held by French Territorial and Moroccan and Algerian troops of the French 45th and 87th divisions. The French troops in the path of the gas cloud sustained about 6,000 casualties. Many died within ten minutes and others were blinded. Chlorine gas | salient of ground, held at great cost at the First Battle of Ypres five months earlier. On 22 April 1915 the Germans used poison gas on the Western Front for the first time, and heavy casualties were sustained by the British and French troops.
On 27 April 1915, with a French counterattack to the north of the salient materializing later and on a smaller-scale than promised, Smith-Dorrien recommended withdrawal to the more defensible "GHQ Line". French privately agreed with this analysis, but was angered that | 1,216 | triviaqa-train |
Who wrote the novel ‘Tess of the D’Urbervilles’? | Tess of the d'Urbervilles
Tess of the d'Urbervilles: A Pure Woman Faithfully Presented is a novel by Thomas Hardy. It initially appeared in a censored and serialised version, published by the British illustrated newspaper "The Graphic" in 1891, then in book form in three volumes in 1891, and as a single volume in 1892. Though now considered a major nineteenth-century English novel and possibly Hardy's fictional masterpiece, "Tess of the d'Urbervilles" received mixed reviews when it first appeared, in part because it challenged the | d'Urbervilles" (1891).
"Tess of the d’Urbervilles" displays many highly illusionist qualities, which is typical of realist fiction. The novel presents a primarily believable and highly detailed account of rural people and rural life at the end of the 19th century and is situated in Hardy’s semi-fictional "Wessex". This is exemplified by the first paragraph of the first chapter in the novel:On an evening in the latter part of May a middle-aged man was walking homeward from Shaston to the village of | 1,217 | triviaqa-train |
The perfume L’Interdit by Givenchy was created in 1957 for which actress? | , ties, tableware, upholstery and kimonos. Hubert de Givenchy was chosen to design the interior of Hilton hotels around the world, and even a car (the Continental Mark V).
In 1976, Givenchy Inc. (offices and showrooms) arrived on New York’s Fifth Avenue.
History 1979–1985: LVMH era.
Later, Hubert de Givenchy was elected the personality of the year 1979 and the most elegant man of the year by The Best Magazine.
In 1982, a retrospective presided by Audrey Hepburn was organized | Xeryus
Xeryus is a men's "eau de toilette" manufactured by Givenchy.
The cologne was introduced in 1986 and comes in a spray bottle.
Its scent is a blend of citrus, violet, jasmine, spices, musk and amber.
A follow-up perfume "Xeryus Rouge" created by Firmenich was introduced in 1996.
See also.
- Parfums Givenchy
- Perfume
- List of perfumes
External links.
- Givenchy web site. | 1,218 | triviaqa-train |
Who starred as mathematician John Nash in the 2001 film ‘A Beautiful Mind’? | A Beautiful Mind (film)
A Beautiful Mind is a 2001 American biographical drama film based on the life of John Nash, a Nobel Laureate in Economics. The film was directed by Ron Howard, from a screenplay written by Akiva Goldsman. It was inspired by a bestselling, Pulitzer Prize-nominated 1998 book of the same name by Sylvia Nasar. The film stars Russell Crowe, along with Ed Harris, Jennifer Connelly, Paul Bettany, Adam Goldberg, Judd Hirsch, Josh Lucas, Anthony Rapp, and Christopher Plummer | Alicia Nash
Alicia Esther Nash (née Lardé Lopez-Harrison; January 1, 1933 – May 23, 2015) was a Salvadoran-American physicist. The wife of mathematician John Forbes Nash, Jr., she was a mental-health care advocate, who gave up her professional aspirations to support her husband and son who were both diagnosed with schizophrenia.
Her life with Nash was chronicled in the 1998 book, "A Beautiful Mind" by Sylvia Nasar, as well as in the 2001 film of the same title | 1,219 | triviaqa-train |
What is the first day of Lent called? | councils attempted to set things "right". Caesarius of Arles (470–542) protested around 500 CE in his sermons against the pagan practices. Centuries later, his statements were adapted as the building blocks of the "Indiculus superstitionum et paganiarum" ("small index of superstitious and pagan practices"), which was drafted by the Synod of Leptines in 742. It condemned the "Spurcalibus en februario".
Pope Gregory the Great (590–604) decided that fasting would start on Ash Wednesday. The whole Carnival event was | for what is called by most churches "Sunday School."
In common with other Christian denominations derived from the 16th century Puritanism, many Friends do not observe religious festivals (e.g. Christmas, Lent, or Easter), but instead believe that Christ's birth, crucifixion, and resurrection, should be commemorated every day of the year. For example, many Quakers feel that fasting at Lent, but then eating in excess at other times of the year is hypocrisy and therefore many Quakers, rather than observing Lent, live | 1,220 | triviaqa-train |
The Clee hills are in which English county? | the non-metropolitan county of the same name and the county council is responsible for providing services in only part of the county. In Cornwall, Dorset, Durham, East Riding of Yorkshire, Shropshire and Wiltshire the bulk of the area is a unitary authority which shares the name of the ceremonial county and the rest of county is part of one or more other unitary authorities.
In total, there are 39 unitary authorities that do not share the names of any of the ceremonial counties. Bedfordshire and Cheshire are counties that | Severn Valley Railway runs from Bridgnorth into Worcestershire along the Severn Valley, terminating at Kidderminster Town.
Because of its valley location and character, Church Stretton is sometimes referred to as "Little Switzerland". Nearby are the old mining and quarrying communities on the Clee Hills, notable geological features in the Onny Valley and Wenlock Edge and fertile farmland in the Corve Dale. The River Teme drains this part of the county, before flowing into Worcestershire to the south and joining the River Severn.
One of the Clee Hills, | 1,221 | triviaqa-train |
Which men’s sport was transferred permanently from the Summer Olympics to the Winter Olympic Games from 1924? | to NHL players for the first time. Canada and the United States were favoured to win the tournament as they both fielded more NHL players than European countries, but surprisingly neither team won any medals and it was the Czech Republic who prevailed. The Czech team was mainly composed of domestic pros with some additions from the NHL The tournament was played under the IHHF rules, which were unfamiliar to many NHLers. Women's ice hockey made its debut and the United States won the gold medal. Bjørn Dæhlie of Norway won three gold | History.
Figure skating was first contested as an Olympic sport at the 1908 Summer Olympics, in London, United Kingdom. As this traditional winter sport could be conducted indoors, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) approved its inclusion in the Summer Olympics program. It was featured a second time at the Antwerp Games, after which it was permanently transferred to the program of the Winter Olympic Games, first held in 1924 in Chamonix, France.
In London, figure skating was presented in four events: men's | 1,222 | triviaqa-train |
In 1930, Australian cricketer Don Bradman scored a world record how many runs in 415 minutes at Sydney Cricket Ground? | to the ground in the 1920–21 season to watch the Fifth Test of the Australia and England series. In that game Charlie Macartney scored 170 to help seal a win for Australia.
Bradman scored the highest ever first-class innings of 452 at the SCG for New South Wales against Queensland in 1928–29. This record was surpassed by Hanif Mohammad who scored 499 run out. It was further bettered by the West Indian Brian Lara who scored 501 in 1994.
The 1928–29 season was a big one for cricket. On 15 | Don Bradman.
- Youngest Australian batsman and fourth youngest in the world to reach 6000 runs in Test cricket.
- Fastest Australian batsman to reach 3,000 One Day International (ODI) runs.
- Fifth player to win the Allan Border Medal more than once.
- First cricketer to win the McGilvray Medal four times.
- Only the second batsman after Bradman to score four consecutive Test centuries in four matches at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, and lasted 1,093 days (or 455 runs) between two fallen wickets | 1,223 | triviaqa-train |
The dairy product ‘Skyr’ originated in which country? | Skyr
Skyr is an Icelandic cultured dairy product. It has the consistency of Greek yogurt, but a milder flavor. Skyr can be classified as a fresh sour milk cheese (similar to curd cheese eaten in Germany and Russia) but is consumed like a yogurt. It has been a part of Icelandic cuisine for centuries.
Skyr has a slightly sour dairy flavor, with a hint of residual sweetness. It is traditionally served cold with milk and a topping of sugar. Commercial manufacturers of skyr have added flavors such as | Ymer (dairy product)
Ymer is a Danish soured milk product which has been known since 1930. It is made by fermenting whole milk with the bacterial culture "Lactococcus lactis". When producing fermented milk products such as yogurt, ymer, filmjölk, skyr, qvark and A-38, and also when producing cheese, one can add lactic acid bacteria which convert milk sugar in the milk into lactic acid and other substances. Acidity makes the milk thicker, gives it a tart flavor, and increases the shelf life by several | 1,224 | triviaqa-train |
The cocktail ‘Death in the Afternoon’, consisting of Absinthe and Champagne, was invented by which American author? | Death in the Afternoon (cocktail)
Death in the Afternoon, also called the Hemingway or the Hemingway Champagne, is a cocktail made up of absinthe and Champagne, invented by Ernest Hemingway. The cocktail shares a name with Hemingway's book "Death in the Afternoon", and the recipe was published in "So Red the Nose, or Breath in the Afternoon", 1935 cocktail book with contributions from famous authors. Hemingway's original instructions were:
"Pour one jigger absinthe into a Champagne glass. Add iced | to absinthe are sometimes given a different name, but are also sometimes still referred to as Death in the Afternoon. Some recipes direct the person making the cocktail to use ingredients in addition to the Champagne and absinthe; Valerie Mellma recommends that a sugar cube and several dashes of bitters be added to the glass prior to the main ingredients.
The cocktail is milky in appearance on account of the spontaneous emulsification of the absinthe (or substitute), and bubbly, which it takes from the Champagne. After the first sip, | 1,225 | triviaqa-train |
Lactuca Sativa is the Latin name for which common vegetable? | of the world. Plants generally have a height and spread of . The leaves are colorful, mainly in the green and red color spectrums, with some variegated varieties. There are also a few varieties with yellow, gold or blue-teal leaves. Lettuces have a wide range of shapes and textures, from the dense heads of the iceberg type to the notched, scalloped, frilly or ruffly leaves of leaf varieties. Lettuce plants have a root system that includes a main taproot and smaller secondary roots. Some varieties, especially | Oleic acid
Oleic acid is a fatty acid that occurs naturally in various animal and vegetable fats and oils. It is an odorless, colorless oil, although commercial samples may be yellowish. In chemical terms, oleic acid is classified as a monounsaturated omega-9 fatty acid, abbreviated with a lipid number of 18:1 "cis"-9. It has the formula CH(CH)CH=CH(CH)COOH. The name derives from the Latin word "oleum", which means oil. It is the most common fatty acid in nature. Salts of oleic acid are called | 1,226 | triviaqa-train |
Halloumi cheese originated on which Mediterranean island? | . The dish may be ancient: dried beans of Neolithic age have been found near Nazareth.
Cooking Ottoman.
Ottoman cuisine has given rise to the cuisines of modern Turkey, parts of the Balkans, Cyprus, and Greece. A distinctive element is the family of small flaky pastries called börek. These are popular and widespread across the Eastern Mediterranean region, and date as far back as ancient Roman times. Börek are made of thin sheets of filo pastry, filled with mixtures such as meat, caramelised onion and sweet peppers | curds are a main ingredient in poutine, which originated in the 1950s in rural Quebec, Canada. It consists of french fries topped with fresh cheese curds, covered with brown gravy and sometimes additional ingredients.
See also.
- Cottage Cheese
- Fried cheese
- Halloumi
- Leipäjuusto (Finnish squeaky cheese)
- List of cheeses | 1,227 | triviaqa-train |
What is the favourite food of fictional characters Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles? | pouch of Pizza Crunchabungas, pizza-flavored corn snacks in the shape of pizzas (the commercial starred the Ninja Turtles as Will Vinton-created claymations); Hostess Ninja Turtles Pudding Pies, featuring a green sugar crust and vanilla pudding inside; and Royal OOZE Gelatin Desserts, distributed by Nabisco under "Royal Gelatin" in three different flavors: orange, strawberry, and lime. Shreddies used to give out TMNT toys in their boxes when the cereal advertising was still geared toward children. One example of a TMNT prize was rings | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014 film)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is a 2014 American superhero film based on the fictional superhero team of the same name. It is the fifth film in the "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" film series and the first in the reboot series. It features the main characters portrayed by a new cast, and stars Megan Fox, Will Arnett, William Fichtner, Danny Woodburn, Abby Elliott, Noel Fisher, Jeremy Howard, Pete Ploszek, Alan Ritchson and Tohoru Masamune , featuring the voices of | 1,228 | triviaqa-train |
‘The Dream of Gerontius’ is the 1900 work of which English composer? | The Dream of Gerontius
The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38, is a work for voices and orchestra in two parts composed by Edward Elgar in 1900, to text from the poem by John Henry Newman. It relates the journey of a pious man's soul from his deathbed to his judgment before God and settling into Purgatory. Elgar disapproved of the use of the term "oratorio" for the work (and the term occurs nowhere in the score), though his wishes are not always followed. The piece is | Television Networks.
The headquarters of the Kabul Soccer Club is located in Concord.
Points of interest.
- Baldwin Community Park and the Concord Senior Center
- Blue Devils Drum and Bugle Corps
- Buchanan Field Airport
- Camp Concord at South Lake Tahoe, a family-oriented summer camp, although not located in Concord, is operated by the city.
- Concord Pavilion – amphitheater, a major regional concert venue formerly known as the Sleep Train Pavilion and as the Chronicle Pavilion at Concord. | 1,229 | triviaqa-train |
Who played Davy Crockett in the 1960 film ‘The Alamo’? | The Alamo (1960 film)
The Alamo is a 1960 American historical epic war film about the 1836 Battle of the Alamo produced and directed by John Wayne and starring Wayne as Davy Crockett. The picture also stars Richard Widmark as Jim Bowie and Laurence Harvey as William B. Travis, and the supporting cast features Frankie Avalon, Patrick Wayne, Linda Cristal, Joan O'Brien, Chill Wills, Joseph Calleia, Ken Curtis, Ruben Padilla as Santa Anna, and guest star Richard Boone as Sam Houston. The motion picture was photographed | three-episode 1988–89 revival was made entitled "The New Adventures of Davy Crockett", in which Tim Dunigan took over Fess Parker's famous role. Johnny Cash played an older Davy in a few scenes set before he went to Texas.
In 2002, Disney (under its Touchstone Pictures label) would revisit the subject of Davy Crockett and the Alamo, with the film "The Alamo". The film, however, was a significant box-office failure. | 1,230 | triviaqa-train |
Which 18th Century author wrote ‘Clarissa’ (or ‘The History of a Young Lady), said to be the longest novel in the English language? | Clarissa
Clarissa, or, the History of a Young Lady is an epistolary novel by English writer Samuel Richardson, published in 1748. It tells the tragic story of a young woman, Clarissa Harlowe, whose quest for virtue is continually thwarted by her family. The Harlowes are a recently wealthy family whose preoccupation with increasing their standing in society leads to obsessive control of their daughter, Clarissa, who ultimately dies as a result. It is considered one of the longest novels in the English language (based on estimated word count | Sophia Briscoe
Sophia Briscoe (fl. 1770s) was the 18th-century English author of two epistolary novels. Little is known of her life.
Novels.
Briscoe was the author of the epistolary novels "Miss Melmoth; or the New Clarissa" (1771) and "The Fine Lady: A Novel" (sometimes "The Fine Lady; or a history of Mrs. Montague", 1772). Briscoe was paid 20 guineas for the copyright of "The Fine Lady". A German translation of " | 1,231 | triviaqa-train |
In 1951, Jean Lee was the last woman to be executed in which country? | HM Prison Pentridge
Her Majesty's Prison Pentridge was an Australian prison that was first established in 1851 in Coburg, Victoria. The first prisoners arrived in 1851. The prison officially closed on 1 May 1997.
Pentridge was often referred to as the "Bluestone College", "Coburg College" or "College of Knowledge". The grounds were originally landscaped by landscape gardener Hugh Linaker.
The site is currently split into two parts.
The northern part of the prison, referred to as the “Pentridge Coburg | Wanda Jean Allen
Wanda Jean Allen (August 17, 1959 – January 11, 2001) was sentenced to death in 1989 for the murder of Gloria Jean Leathers, 29, her longtime girlfriend. Allen was the first black woman to be executed in the United States since 1954. She was the sixth woman to be executed since executions resumed in Oklahoma in 1977. Her final appeals and the last three months of her life were chronicled by filmmaker Liz Garbus in the documentary "The Execution of Wanda Jean" (2002) | 1,232 | triviaqa-train |
Which country singer was known as ‘The Man in Black’? | was played by most country bands. Rockabilly was most popular with country fans in the 1950s, and 1956 could be called the year of rockabilly in country music, with Johnny Cash emerging as one of the most popular and enduring representatives of the rockabilly genre; rockabilly was also a starting point for eventual rock-and-roll superstar Elvis Presley, who would return to his country roots near the end of his life. Beginning in the mid-1950s, and reaching its peak during the early 1960s, the Nashville sound turned country music | Deep in the Heart of Texas (film)
Deep in the Heart of Texas is a 1942 black-and-white western released in the United States starring Johnny Mack Brown as a man instrumental in restoring Texas. It was directed by western director Elmer Clifton. The film is situated just after the close of the American Civil War in Texas.
The film is best known for its performance of American folk song "Deep in the Heart of Texas" which is sung by country singer Tex Ritter with Jimmy Wakely Trio | 1,233 | triviaqa-train |
The Rimac River is in which South American country? | Rímac River
The Rímac River is located in western Peru and is the most important source of potable water for the Lima and Callao Metropolitan Area.
The river is part of the Pacific watershed and has a length of 204 km. The river begins in the highlands of the Huarochirí Province in the Lima Region and its mouth is located in Callao, near Jorge Chávez International Airport.
The name "Rímac" is from the Quechua word "rimaq", meaning "speaker, speaking", leading to it being | direction is mainly to the northwest. Upstream it is the natural border between the districts of Chicla and San Mateo. The confluence with the Rimac River is south of Chicla.
The Yuraqmayu dam which was erected near the village of Yuraqmayu at was erected in 1995. It is high and long. It is operated by Edegel. The reservoir has a volume of and a capacity of . | 1,234 | triviaqa-train |
Which British Prime Minister declared ‘Peace in our time’ in September 1938? | island. The piece, as expected due to its subject matter, is unusual for its heavy tone, taking a darker approach than the comedic feel featured in most of Coward's plays.
The play takes its title from the common misquotation of Conservative leader Neville Chamberlain's phrase during a massively publicized speech after he arrived back from the Munich Conference of 1938. While the British Prime Minister referred to having "peace for our time", the saying is often remembered as "peace "in" our time". This | at Munich in September 1938, Dunglass accompanied him. Having gained a short-lived extension of peace by acceding to Hitler's territorial demands at the expense of Czechoslovakia, Chamberlain was welcomed back to London by cheering crowds. Ignoring Dunglass's urging he made an uncharacteristically grandiloquent speech, claiming to have brought back "Peace with Honour" and promising "peace for our time". These words were to haunt him when Hitler's continued aggression made war unavoidable less than a year later. Chamberlain remained Prime Minister from the outbreak of | 1,235 | triviaqa-train |
Which part of the body does a cariogenic affect? | Tooth decay
Tooth decay, also known as dental caries or cavities, is a breakdown of teeth due to acids made by bacteria. The cavities may be a number of different colors from yellow to black. Symptoms may include pain and difficulty with eating. Complications may include inflammation of the tissue around the tooth, tooth loss, and infection or abscess formation.
The cause of cavities is acid from bacteria dissolving the hard tissues of the teeth (enamel, dentin and cementum). The acid is produced by the bacteria | but is an area where significant clearcuts have occurred recently as timberland is converted to wreath brush production.
The other watersheds in Columbia contain the main stem of the Pleasant River in the northern part of town, including the Great Heath described below. The West Branch of the Pleasant River rises in two sub-watersheds in the southeastern part of Columbia and drains south toward Addison.
The portion of the watershed that has the greatest potential to affect a body of water is its direct watershed, or that part which does not | 1,236 | triviaqa-train |
Which BBC Radio 2 host includes ‘The Tracks of My Years’ in his weekday programme? | replaced by Ken Bruce and later Derek Jameson; Jimmy Young and his lunchtime news and current affairs show; David Hamilton on mid-afternoons, John Dunn at what became known as drivetime.
On Monday 6 January 1975, the broadcasting hours for BBC Radio 2 were reduced due to budget cuts at the BBC. The former 5am2am schedule was reduced to a 6am start up Mondays to Saturdays with a 6:55am start up on Sundays. The station closed down at around 12:30nbsp}}am each day. However from Monday 29 September 1975 the | Ride", "Late Night Extra" and, from March 1974, "The Early Show". Bates left BBC Radio 2 in January 1976 and joined BBC Radio 1 in May the same year standing in for Tom Browne to host the Sunday Top 20 show before presenting the Sunday morning show two months later
Broadcasting career.
Broadcasting career BBC Radio 1.
Initially a weekend presenter playing new pop records, Bates took over the weekday mid-morning programme in November 1977 and remained for 16 years, with up to | 1,237 | triviaqa-train |
In Sikhism, what is the practice of allowing one’s hair to grow naturally, as a symbol of respect for the perfection of God’s creation? | Kesh (Sikhism)
In Sikhism, Kesh (sometimes Kes) is the practice of allowing one's hair to grow naturally out of respect for the perfection of God's creation. The practice is one of The Five Kakaars, the outward symbols ordered by Guru Gobind Singh in 1699 as a means to profess the Sikh faith. The hair is combed twice daily with a Kanga, another of the Five Ks, and tied into a simple knot known as a "Joora" or "Rishi knot". This knot of | hair tidy, a symbol of not just accepting what God has given, but also an injunction to maintain it with grace. The Guru Granth Sahib said hair should be allowed to grow naturally; this precludes any shaving for both men and women. In the Guru's time, some holy men let their hair become tangled and dirty. The Guru said that this was not right; that hair should be allowed to grow but it should be kept clean and combed at least twice a day.
Kara.
The Sikhs | 1,238 | triviaqa-train |
In humans, glossitis is the inflammation of which part of the body? | Glossitis
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Glossitis can mean soreness of the tongue, or more usually inflammation with depapillation of the dorsal surface of the tongue (loss of the lingual papillae), leaving a smooth and erythematous (reddened) surface, (sometimes specifically termed atrophic glossitis). In a wider sense, glossitis can mean inflammation of the tongue generally. Glossitis is often caused by nutritional deficiencies and may be painless or cause discomfort. Glossitis usually responds well to treatment if the cause is identified and corrected. Tongue soreness caused by glossitis is | lesions and gives positive response with patch testing. Acute (short term) exposure to the allergen (the substance triggering the allergic response) causes non-specific inflammation and possibly mucosal ulceration. Chronic (long term) exposure to the allergen may appear as chronic inflammatory, lichenoid (lesions resembling oral lichen planus), or plasma cell gingivitis, which may be accompanied by glossitis and cheilitis. Apart from BMS itself, a full list of causes of an oral burning sensation is given below:
- Deficiency of iron, folic | 1,239 | triviaqa-train |
Tuber melanosporum is a variety of which luxury food? | black truffles are used to refine the taste of meat, fish, soups and risotto. Unlike white truffles, the aroma of black truffles does not diminish when they are heated, but becomes more intense.
In Spain, where black truffles are often used in cooking, one truffle dish is known as blanched eggs, or huevos escaldados in Spanish.
Physiology.
Truffles contain the endocannabinoid anandamide (AEA) and the major metabolic enzymes of the endocannabinoid system ECS. The anandamide content increases in the late stages of truffles | not appear to be conserved in Bacteria or Archaea. In all orthologs, the most-conserved region was near the end of the protein where the conserved domains are (see below). Orthologs for the human FAM214A protein were found as far back as Tuber melanosporum, Talaromyces stipitatus, and Aspergillus nidulans, which all diverged approximately 1215 million years ago.
Orthologs for the FAM214A Protein
Conservation Phylogeny.
An unrooted phylogenetic tree of 20 orthologs was generated by the CLUSTALW program on Biology Workbench to demonstrate the evolutionary relationship between FAM214A | 1,240 | triviaqa-train |
In which Scottish city is the Robert Gordon University? | , and there were doubts over the number of officially designated cities. The royal burghs of Edinburgh and Perth anciently used the title "civitas", but the term "city" does not seem to have been used before the 15th century. Unlike the situation in England, in Scotland there was no link between the presence of a cathedral and the title of "city". Aberdeen, Glasgow and Edinburgh were accepted as cities by ancient usage by the 18th century, while Perth and Elgin also used the title. In 1856 | in 1886, which is one of the oldest established colleges of art in the UK. The Scott Sutherland School of Architecture and the Built Environment, was one of the first architectural schools to have its training courses recognised by the Royal Institute of British Architects. Both are now part of Robert Gordon University and are based at its Garthdee campus. North East Scotland College has several campuses in the city and offers a wide variety of part-time and full-time courses leading to several different qualifications in science. The Scottish Agricultural | 1,241 | triviaqa-train |
The Davis Cup is a challenge trophy contested by men in which sport? | Davis Cup
The Davis Cup is the premier international team event in men's tennis. It is run by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and is contested annually between teams from competing countries in a knock-out format. It is described by the organisers as the "World Cup of Tennis", and the winners are referred to as the World Champion team. The competition began in 1900 as a challenge between Great Britain and the United States. By 2016, 135 nations entered teams into the competition. The most | .
Domestic cups Men Canadian Championship.
The Canadian Championship is contested by men's teams at the division 1 & 2 level.
Domestic cups Men Inter-Provincial Cup.
The Inter-Provincial Cup is a two-legged home-and-away series at the division 3 level played between the season champions of League1 Ontario and the Première Ligue de soccer du Québec.
CS Mont-Royal Outremont wins 3-2 on aggregate.
Domestic cups Men Challenge Trophy.
The Challenge Trophy is a national cup contested by men's | 1,242 | triviaqa-train |
How many stars are on the national flag of Turkey? | Flag of Turkey
The flag of the Republic of Turkey, often referred to as the Turkish flag () is a red flag featuring a white star and crescent. The flag is often called ' (the red flag), and is referred to as ' (the red banner) in the Turkish national anthem. The current design of the Turkish flag is directly derived from the late Ottoman flag, which had been adopted in the late 18th century and acquired its final form in 1844. The measures, geometric proportions, | , all five stars of the Southern Cross are presented on the Australian flag, and they are white with seven points, except for the additional smaller fifth star in the Southern Cross which has only five points on this flag. Some similarities to the United States flag with the red and white stripes are noted as well such as the flag of Malaysia and the flag of Liberia, the latter of which was an American resettlement colony.
Many other similarities may be found among current national flags, particularly if inversions of colour schemes | 1,243 | triviaqa-train |
Which animal is known as the ‘Earth Pig’? | Aardvark
The aardvark ( ; "Orycteropus afer") is a medium-sized, burrowing, nocturnal mammal native to Africa. It is the only living species of the order Tubulidentata, although other prehistoric species and genera of Tubulidentata are known. Unlike other insectivores, it has a long pig-like snout, which is used to sniff out food. It roams over most of the southern two-thirds of the African continent, avoiding areas that are mainly rocky. A nocturnal feeder, it subsists on ants and termites | production, as such, is not allowed in many northern European countries, such as in Finland. In Finland, giving feed, drink or other nutrition which is known to be dangerous to an animal which is being cared for is prohibited, as well as failing to give nutrients the lack of which is known to cause the animal to fall ill. The Finnish Animal Welfare Act of 1996 and the Finnish Animal Welfare Decree of 1996 provided general guidelines for the housing and care of animals, and effectively banned veal crates in Finland | 1,244 | triviaqa-train |
The ‘Pastry War’ of 1838 was an invasion of which country by France, after a French pastrycook accused local officers of looting his shop? | 1848. In 1852, the president of the French Republic, Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte, Napoleon I's nephew, was proclaimed emperor of the second Empire, as Napoleon III. He multiplied French interventions abroad, especially in Crimea, in Mexico and Italy which resulted in the annexation of the duchy of Savoy and the county of Nice, then part of the Kingdom of Sardinia. Napoleon III was unseated following defeat in the Franco-Prussian War of 1870 and his regime was replaced by the Third Republic. By 1875, the | Stéphane Tréand
Stéphane Tréand is a French pastry chef from Brignoles, France, Meilleur Ouvrier de France recipient, pastry instructor, and restaurateur residing in California, USA.
Career.
Tréand's career began in a bakery in Northern France when he was sixteen years old. While apprenticing at the local shop, he attended pastry courses one week per month in Vincennes, Paris. He worked in several bakeries and shops in Paris, opened his own shop in 1989. The Pâtisserie Tréand, his shop, was located in | 1,245 | triviaqa-train |
What is the national flower of South Africa? | king protea is the national flower of South Africa and as such lends its name to the national cricket team, whose nickname is "the Proteas" In the early 1990s there was a political debate as to how and if the flower should be incorporated onto the national rugby teams shirts, perhaps replacing the controversial springbok.
External links.
- Protea cynaroides info on PlantZAfrica.com - from the South African National Biodiversity Institute | the National flower of South Africa, and the Strelitzia, the flower of Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal).
Active Service.
1. South Africa, Anglo-Zulu War 1879
2. South Africa, Anglo-Boer War 18991902
3. Relief of Ladysmith 1900
4. Natal, Bambatha Rebellion 1906
5. South West Africa 19141915
6. East Africa 19161918
7. Rand Miners’ Revolt 1922
8. World War II
1. Western Desert 19411943 (See 1st SA | 1,246 | triviaqa-train |
Meles Zenawi became Prime Minister of which country in 1995? | Meles Zenawi
Meles Zenawi Asres (, "mäläs zenawi asräs"; , name by birth:- Legesse Zenawi Asres; 9 May 1955 – 20 August 2012) was an Ethiopian politician who was the 13th Prime Minister of Ethiopia from 1995 to his death in 2012. From 1989, he was the chairman of the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF), and the head of the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) since its formation in 1991. Before becoming Prime Minister in 1995, he served as President of | government, the other members being Meles Zenawi (President) and Siye Abraha (Minister of Defence). His position was Prime Minister of the Transitional Government, in which capacity he served from 6 June 1991 until 22 August 1995, when President Meles Zenawi succeeded him as Prime Minister. While in power, he realized that his communist-socialist ideology was mistaken. He staffed important government posts with friends and was known for dressing well and his numerous extramarital affairs. Tamrat became deputy prime minister until October 1996. Zenawi announced that | 1,247 | triviaqa-train |
The Burgos Cathedral is in which European country? | Gothic sculptural set of the 13th century in Spain. It is dedicated to the archaic theme of Christ in Majesty, but using an innovative plastic.
The central element and artistically most refined is the tympanum, whose execution is attributed to a French artist referred to as the Master of the Beau Dieu of Amiens. What is certain is the influence of the sculpture of the Cathedral of Amiens in the masterly Burgalese door. In this almost triangular space representing to seated Jesus as Pantocrator showing the Book of the Law and, surrounding | the Art Nouveau style far beyond its usual application as a surface decoration.
Design Plan.
While never intended to be a cathedral (seat of a bishop), the Sagrada Família was planned from the outset to be a cathedral-sized building. Its ground-plan has obvious links to earlier Spanish cathedrals such as Burgos Cathedral, León Cathedral and Seville Cathedral. In common with Catalan and many other European Gothic cathedrals, the Sagrada Família is short in comparison to its width, and has a great complexity of parts, | 1,248 | triviaqa-train |
Which champion racehorse, who died in 1932, was sometimes referred to as ‘Australia’s Wonder Horse’? | in 1834. Australia's first country racing club was established at Wallabadah in 1852 and the Wallabadah Cup is still held on New Year's Day (the current racecourse was built in 1898).
In Australia, the most famous racehorse was Phar Lap (bred in New Zealand), who raced from 1928 to 1932. Phar Lap carried to win the 1930 Melbourne Cup. Australian steeplechaser Crisp is remembered for his battle with Irish champion Red Rum in the 1973 Grand National. In 2003–2005 the mare Makybe Diva (bred in | was a strongly built bay horse with one white foot, standing 15.2 hands high. He was bred by William Etwall, of Longstock near the Hampshire town of Andover, after which the colt was named. He was sired by Bay Middleton, an unbeaten champion racehorse who won the 2000 Guineas and the Derby in 1836. He was also a highly successful stallion being Leading sire in Great Britain and Ireland in 1844 and 1849 and siring the Derby and St Leger winner The Flying Dutchman. Andover's dam (sometimes referred to as | 1,249 | triviaqa-train |
Mountjoy Prison is in which European city? | Mountjoy Prison
Mountjoy Prison (), founded as Mountjoy Gaol and nicknamed "The Joy", is a medium security prison located in Phibsborough in the centre of Dublin, Ireland. It has the largest prison population in Ireland.
The current prison warden is Brian Murphy.
History.
Mountjoy was designed by the British military engineering officer, Captain Joshua Jebb, Royal Engineers and opened in 1850, based on the design of London's Pentonville Prison also designed by Jebb. Originally intended as the first stop for men | felt under his lord, and thus shame him, was a common feature of early Irish society and this tactic was fully incorporated into the Brehon legal system. The tradition is ultimately most likely part of the still older Indo-European tradition of which the Irish were part.
The tactic was used by physical force republicans during the 1916–23 revolutionary period. Early use of hunger strikes was countered with force-feeding, culminating in 1917 in the death of Thomas Ashe in Mountjoy Prison. During the Anglo-Irish war, in | 1,250 | triviaqa-train |
Napoleon and Snowball appear in which 1945 novel? | 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 | before the revolution, the animals storm the farmhouse to overthrow Napoleon and avenge the deaths of Snowball, Boxer, and their compatriots. Napoleon tries to summon his guard dogs, but they are too drunk to respond, while the pigs in attendance are too scared to face the invading horde. The animals trample Napoleon and the pigs to death before reclaiming the farm, with Benjamin standing in grim triumph at their head.
Differences between the film and the novel.
- Old Major's death happens during the song, instead | 1,251 | triviaqa-train |
What is the US state capital of Illinois? | decades, Chicago's O'Hare International Airport has been ranked as one of the world's busiest airports. Illinois has long had a reputation as a bellwether both in social and cultural terms and, through the 1980s, in politics.
The capital of Illinois is Springfield, which is located in the central part of the state. Although today's Illinois' largest population center is in its northeast, the state's European population grew first in the west as the French settled the vast Mississippi of the Illinois Country of New France. | Columbus, Ohio
Columbus ( ) is the state capital and the largest city of and the most populous city in the U.S. State of Ohio. With a population of 892,533 as of 2018 estimates, it is the 14th-most populous city in the United States and one of the fastest growing large cities in the nation. This makes Columbus the third-most populous state capital in the US (after Phoenix, Arizona and Austin, Texas) and the second-most populous city in the Midwest (after Chicago, Illinois | 1,252 | triviaqa-train |
The Nigerian port of Lagos lies on which Gulf? | Nigeria
Nigeria (), officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa, bordering Niger in the north, Chad in the northeast, Cameroon in the east, and Benin in the west. Its coast in the south is located on the Gulf of Guinea in the Atlantic Ocean. The federation comprises 36 states and 1 Federal Capital Territory, where the capital, Abuja, is located. The constitution defines Nigeria as a democratic secular state.
Nigeria has been home to a number of ancient and | Nigerian Ports Authority
The Nigerian Ports Authority ("NPA") is a federal government agency that governs and operates the ports of Nigeria. The major ports controlled by the NPA include: the Lagos Port Complex and Tin Can Island Port in Lagos; Calabar Port, Delta Port, Rivers Port at Port Harcourt, and Onne Port. Operations of the NPA are carried out in affiliation with the Ministry of Transport and the Nigerian Shippers' Council. The Head office of the Nigerian Ports Authority is located in Marina, Lagos. | 1,253 | triviaqa-train |
In which English county is the town of Ashby-de-la-Zouch? | of Wight, Northumberland and Rutland are ceremonial counties consisting of a non-metropolitan county of a single district, and are known as unitary authorities.
Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, Derbyshire, Devon, East Sussex, Essex, Gloucestershire, Hampshire, Kent, Lancashire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, North Yorkshire, Nottinghamshire, Somerset and Staffordshire are non-metropolitan counties with multiple districts and a county council, where one or more districts have been split off to form unitary authorities. The effect is that the corresponding ceremonial county is larger than | novel is centred upon southern Yorkshire and northern Nottinghamshire in England. Castles mentioned within the story include Ashby de la Zouch Castle (now a ruin in the care of English Heritage), York (though the mention of Clifford's Tower, likewise an extant English Heritage property, is anachronistic, it not having been called that until later after various rebuilds) and 'Coningsburgh', which is based upon Conisbrough Castle, in the ancient town of Conisbrough near Doncaster (the castle also being a popular English Heritage site). Reference | 1,254 | triviaqa-train |
Who played hitman Martin Q Blank in the 1997 film ‘Grosse Pointe Blank’? | Grosse Pointe Blank
Grosse Pointe Blank is a 1997 American black comedy crime film directed by George Armitage and starring John Cusack, Minnie Driver, Alan Arkin and Dan Aykroyd. Cusack plays an assassin who returns to his hometown to attend a high school reunion. The film received positive reviews from critics and grossed $31,070,412.
Plot.
Hitman Martin Blank finds himself depressed and disillusioned with his work. Grocer, his chief rival, is attempting to "unionize" the hitman business but Martin refuses to join, putting the | who attends his high school reunion in the comedy film "Grosse Pointe Blank".
- In the 2008 political satire film "War, Inc.", Cusack plays Brand Hauser, a hitman posing as a trade show producer.
- Forest Whitaker portrayed a hitman influenced by Bushidō warriors in "".
- In the 2005 black comedy "The Matador", Pierce Brosnan portrays an experienced hitman who suffers a mental breakdown, causing him to freeze during the last seconds of the contract killing he was hired for. | 1,255 | triviaqa-train |
In surfing, ‘Men in Grey Suits’ is another name for what? | waves that are produced by reef breaks are some of the best in the world. Famous reef breaks are present in Padang Padang (Indonesia), Pipeline (Hawaii), Uluwatu (Bali), and Teahupo'o (Tahiti).
The physics of surfing Surf breaks Ledge break.
A ledge break is formed by steep rocks ledges that makes intense waves because the waves travel through deeper water then abruptly reach shallower water at the ledge. Shark Island, Australia is a location with a ledge break. Ledge breaks create difficult surfing conditions | in 1969. "But what it all comes down to is the weekly paycheck, isn't it?" Alexander Liberman, the editorial director of Condé Nast Publications, called Gunzburg "One of the most civilized men in Paris."
Known for his minimalist wardrobe of black, grey, and white—his grey suits were made by Knize & Co., the Viennese tailors— Gunzburg was named to Vanity Fair's International Best Dressed Hall of Fame in 1971.
One "Vogue" writer described him as: | 1,256 | triviaqa-train |
John Ridd is the hero of which novel by R D Blackmore? | . He has been described as "proud, shy, reticent, strong-willed, sweet-tempered, and self-centred." Apart from his novel "Lorna Doone", which has enjoyed continuing popularity, his work has gone out of print.
Biography.
Richard Doddridge Blackmore was born on 7 June 1825 at Longworth in Berkshire (now Oxfordshire), one year after his elder brother Henry (1824–1875), where his father, John Blackmore, was Curate-in-charge of the parish. | Alice Lorraine
Alice Lorraine: a tale of the South Downs is a sensation novel by R. D. Blackmore, published in 1875. Set in Sussex and Spain during the Napoleonic Wars, the novel recounts the divergent tales of the eponymous heroine and her brother in their efforts to save the noble Lorraine family from ruin.
Plot summary.
The story is set in the early years of the 19th century. The hero and heroine, brother and sister, are children of Sir Roland Lorraine, representative of a very ancient family | 1,257 | triviaqa-train |
What is the nickname of the Beijing National Stadium? | Beijing National Stadium
Beijing National Stadium, officially the National Stadium (), also known as the Bird's Nest (), is a stadium in Beijing. The stadium was jointly designed by architects Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron of Herzog & de Meuron, project architect Stefan Marbach, artist Ai Weiwei, and CADG, which was led by chief architect Li Xinggang. The stadium was designed for use throughout the 2008 Summer Olympics and Paralympics and will be used again in the 2022 Winter Olympics and Paralympics. The Bird's | Beijing National Aquatics Center
The Beijing National Aquatics Center (), also officially known as the National Aquatics Center, and colloquially known as the Water Cube (), is an aquatics center that was built alongside Beijing National Stadium in the Olympic Green for the swimming competitions of the 2008 Summer Olympics. Despite its nickname, the building is not an actual cube, but a cuboid (a rectangular box). Ground was broken on December 24, 2003, and the Center was completed and handed over for use on January 28 | 1,258 | triviaqa-train |
In January 1986 who did George Younger succeed as British Secretary of State for Defence? | for seven years. He subsequently succeeded Michael Heseltine as Secretary of State for Defence in 1986 when Heseltine resigned from the cabinet over a dispute about helicopters known as the Westland crisis.
Later years.
Younger quit the cabinet in 1989, and joined the Royal Bank of Scotland, becoming its chairman in 1992. He was created a life peer as Baron Younger of Prestwick, of Ayr in the District of Kyle and Carrick, on 7 July 1992, five years before succeeding to the viscountcy. As such, he continued | Defence (1983–1986)
2. George Younger, Secretary of State for Defence (1986–1989)
- Secretary of State for Trade and Industry
1. Leon Brittan, Secretary of State for Trade and Industry (1985–1986)
2. Paul Channon, Secretary of State for Trade and Industry (1986–1987)
- Secretary of State for Education and Science
1. Sir Keith Joseph, Bt., Secretary of State for Education and Science (1981–1986)
2. Kenneth Baker, Secretary of State for Education and | 1,259 | triviaqa-train |
An Aswang, or Asuwang, is a mythical vampire-like creature in the folklore of which Asian country? | this category as the weredog, though the creature does not necessarily transform into a dog. Ramos reasons that the werecreature of a given region is named after their most ferocious creature. As such, Europe has werewolves and India weretigers. The Philippines has no indigenous wolf population, thus making weredog the more appropriate term. Like the previous aswang, the weredog infiltrates villages and turns into a creature by night, around midnight. The creature is most commonly a dog, but a cat or boar is also possible. The weredog then | This episode uses a figure taken from Filipino folklore, the Aswang, a creature (someone with an evil side let loose) something like a cross between a vampire and a werewolf, a humanoid shape-shifter that feeds on unborn infants of pregnant women.
- "" (2015–2016), the fifth season of the FX anthology series "American Horror Story": The season focuses on the fictional Hotel Cortez and its inhabitants, vampire-like creatures that are immortal, feed on blood, and are adverse to sunlight | 1,260 | triviaqa-train |
An Izba is a type of log house traditional to which country? | Izba
An izba () is a traditional Russian countryside dwelling. Often a log house, it forms the living quarters of a conventional Russian farmstead. It is generally built close to the road and inside a yard, which also encloses a kitchen garden, hay shed, and barn within a simple woven stick fence. Traditional, old-style izba construction involved the use of simple tools, such as ropes, axes, knives, and spades. Nails were not generally used, as metal was relatively expensive, and neither | settles, allowances in plumbing, wiring, and ducting runs, and fasteners for the walls themselves to prevent uplift.
See also.
- Burdei
- Izba
- Kit house
- Log cabin
- Magoffin County Pioneer Village and Museum, Kentucky
- Carpathian Wooden Churches
- The Hess Homestead
External links.
- National Park Service information on log cabins
- International Log Builders Association
- NAHB Log & Timber Council
- Saving old Appalachian log homes
- Building a traditional log house | 1,261 | triviaqa-train |
Blinky, Pinky, Inky and Clyde are the enemies of which game character? | Dots, and includes four roving multi-colored ghosts: Blinky, Pinky, Inky, and Clyde. There is a passageway from the left side of the screen to the right side, one energizer in each of the four quadrants, and bonus fruits that appear in each level.
The objective of the game is to accumulate as many points as possible by eating dots, fruits, and blue ghosts. When all of the dots in a stage are eaten, that stage is completed, and the player will advance to | score as much as possible. If a player dies a respawn power up appears and if collected brings back one player into play.
The ghosts involved in gameplay are the traditional foursome of Blinky (red), Pinky (pink), Inky (cyan), and Clyde (orange); Sue (purple), Funky (green), and Spunky (gray); and a new ghost aptly named Glitchy that glitches like the game itself.
See also.
- "Outfolded"
External links. | 1,262 | triviaqa-train |
Jacob’s Creek wine comes from which country? | Jacobs Creek (Australia)
Jacobs Creek, formerly known as Jacob's Creek, is a small creek located in Mid North region of the Australian state of South Australia.
Course and features.
Jacobs Creek rises in the Barossa Ranges and flows westward through the wine-producing region of the Barossa Valley, approximately north of Adelaide. The creek is only several kilometres long and eventually meets the North Para River at . The watercourse is studded with ancient and picturesque River Red Gums.
It was first discovered (but | )
- Julia Child Cookbook Award (Wine, Beer & Spirits) 1996 ("Oz Clarke’s Wine Atlas")
- Le Prix Lanson 1997 ("Wine Guide" CD-ROM)
- Le Prix du Champagne Lanson Special Millennium Award 1999 (for outstanding contribution to wine education and communication during previous decade)
- Jacob’s Creek Silver Ladle 1999 ("Wine Guide" CD-ROM)
- Le Prix Lanson Wine Book of the Year 2002 ("Grapes & Wines")
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The Creamfields Dance Music Festival takes place annually in which English county? | Creamfields
Creamfields is a dance music festival series founded and organised by British club promoter Cream, with its UK edition taking place on August Bank Holiday weekend, with a number of international editions held across various territories worldwide.
First held in 1998 in Winchester, the festival moved to Cream's home city of Liverpool the following year, taking place on the old Liverpool airport, before moving to its current location on the Daresbury estate in Cheshire.
Having initially begun as a one-day event with 25,000 people in attendance | one of the most important musical events in Liverpool's calendar. It is Europe's largest free music event and takes place every August. Other well established festivals in the city include Africa Oyé and Brazilica which are the UK's largest free African and Brazilian music festivals respectively. The dance music festival Creamfields was established by the Liverpool-based Cream clubbing brand which started life as a weekly event at Nation nightclub. There are numerous music venues located across the city, however the Echo Arena is by far the largest. Opened in | 1,264 | triviaqa-train |
The London Bridge, built in 1831, was transported stone by stone to which US state? | As the bridge was taken apart, each piece was meticulously numbered. The blocks were then shipped via the Panama Canal to California and trucked from Long Beach to Arizona. The bridge was reconstructed by Sundt Construction at Lake Havasu City, Arizona, and re-dedicated on 10 October 1971. The reconstruction of Rennie's London Bridge spans the Bridgewater Channel canal that leads from the Uptown area of Lake Havasu City and follows McCulloch Boulevard onto an island that has yet to be named.
The London Bridge that was rebuilt at Lake | granite were more easily transported.
There were three major granite quarries on the moor: Haytor, Foggintor and Merrivale. The granite quarries around Haytor were the source of the stone used in several famous structures, including the New London Bridge, completed in 1831. This granite was transported from the moor via the Haytor Granite Tramway, stretches of which are still visible.
The extensive quarries at Foggintor provided granite for the construction of London's Nelson's Column in the early 1840s, and New Scotland Yard was faced with granite | 1,265 | triviaqa-train |
In which year was women’s football officially introduced into the Summer Olympics? | ETA terrorist organisation launched attacks in the region, including the 1991 Vic bombing that killed ten people in a town that would also hold events.
Terrorism affected the last two Olympic Games held in the United States. During the Summer Olympics in 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia, a bomb was detonated at the Centennial Olympic Park, which killed two and injured 111 others. The bomb was set by Eric Rudolph, an American domestic terrorist, who is currently serving a life sentence for the bombing. The 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt | It also introduced ice hockey to Sweden in 1920, before the 1922 establishment of the Swedish Ice Hockey Association. Before the 1925 establishment of the Swedish Bandy Association, the Swedish Football Association also administered organized bandy in Sweden.
In 1906 the name Svenska Fotbollförbundet (Swedish Football Association) was officially accepted and the following year SvFF was officially voted into FIFA. On 12 July 1908, Sweden's first international match was played in which Norway were defeated 11–3 in Gothenburg. However the Olympics were a disappointment for Sweden, losing 1–12 | 1,266 | triviaqa-train |
Which sea creature has been adopted as the symbol of the Parramatta Rugby League Club in Sydney, Australia? | union team competes in Sydney in international matches such as the Bledisloe Cup, Rugby Championship, and World Cup. Sydney is home to nine of the sixteen teams in the National Rugby League competition: Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs, Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks, Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles, Penrith Panthers, Parramatta Eels, South Sydney Rabbitohs, St George Illawarra Dragons, Sydney Roosters, and Wests Tigers. New South Wales contests the annual State of Origin series against Queensland.
Sydney FC and the Western Sydney Wanderers compete in the A | History of the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles
The history of the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles dates back to 1932 when the Manly-Warringah Junior Rugby Football League was founded. In 1947 the New South Wales Rugby Football League included two additional teams: Manly-Warringah DRLFC and Parramatta DRLFC. The new club adopted the nickname "Sea Eagles" and went on to compete in every season of top-level rugby league until merging with the nearby North Sydney Bears to form the Northern Eagles club at the end of 1999. After three | 1,267 | triviaqa-train |
What is the first name of Mildred’s sister in the UK television sitcom ‘George and Mildred’? | , Tristram, who gets on well with George, much to the chagrin of Jeffrey (particularly because Jeffrey supports the Conservative Party, while George puts socialist ideas into Tristram's head). In series three, Ann gives birth to a second child; Tarquin.
Mildred's snobbish sister Ethel and her rich husband Humphrey occasionally visit, as does Mildred's elderly mother. Having married wealth, Ethel enjoys trying to make Mildred feel inferior by showing off her latest car or fur coat, at which point Mildred often makes subtle | Sheila Fearn
Sheila Fearn (born 3 October 1940 in Leicester) is a retired British actress best known for playing Audrey, the sister of Terry Collier in BBC situation comedies "The Likely Lads" and "Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?", and also later on as Ann Fourmile, the next door neighbour in the Thames Television sitcom "George and Mildred".
Early life.
She attended Gateway Girls Grammar School on Elbow Lane in Leicester, which closed in 1960.
Career.
On film | 1,268 | triviaqa-train |
The Buckingham Fountain, built in 1927, is in which US city? | Buckingham Fountain
Buckingham Fountain is a Chicago landmark in the center of Grant Park. Dedicated in 1927, it is one of the largest fountains in the world. Built in a rococo wedding cake style and inspired by the Latona Fountain at the Palace of Versailles, it is meant to allegorically represent Lake Michigan. It operates from April to October, with regular water shows and evening color-light shows. During the winter, the fountain is decorated with festival lights.
History.
The fountain is considered Chicago's front | March "Phoenix" was at Saugor and by 4 May Malacca. She was in the 3rd division of transports, which sailed from Malacca on 14 June. By 5 July she was at Balambangan and by 4 August Batavia. She was back at Diamond Harbour on 19 October and Calcutta on 15 November. Homeward bound, she was at Saugor on 23 December and Madras on 8 February 1812. She reached St Helena on 11 May and arrived at The Downs on 21 July.
EIC voyage #4 (1814-1815 | 1,269 | triviaqa-train |
Euronext is an electronic stock exchange based in which European city? | .
However, shareholders were rewarded well for their investment. The company paid an average dividend of over 16% per year from 1602 to 1650. Financial innovation in Amsterdam took many forms. In 1609, investors led by Isaac Le Maire formed history's first bear market syndicate, but their coordinated trading had only a modest impact in driving down share prices, which tended to remain robust throughout the 17th century. By the 1620s, the company was expanding its securities issuance with the first use of corporate bonds.
Joseph | . The process is similar to the New York Stock Exchange. One or more NASDAQ market makers will always provide a bid and ask price at which they will always purchase or sell 'their' stock.
The Paris Bourse, now part of Euronext, is an order-driven, electronic stock exchange. It was automated in the late 1980s. Prior to the 1980s, it consisted of an open outcry exchange. Stockbrokers met on the trading floor of the Palais Brongniart. In 1986, the CATS trading system was introduced | 1,270 | triviaqa-train |
The alcoholic drink Absinthe originated in which European country? | Sinatra.
History Bans.
Absinthe became associated with violent crimes and social disorder, and one modern writer claims that this trend was spurred by fabricated claims and smear campaigns, which he claims were orchestrated by the temperance movement and the wine industry. One critic claimed:
Edgar Degas's 1876 painting "L'Absinthe" can be seen at the Musée d'Orsay epitomising the popular view of absinthe addicts as sodden and benumbed, and Émile Zola described its effects in his novel "L'Assommoir". Swiss farmer Jean Lanfray murdered his family in | in-cheek concoction that contributed to a 1935 collection of celebrity recipes. The directions are as follows: "Pour one jigger absinthe into a Champagne glass. Add iced Champagne until it attains the proper opalescent milkiness. Drink three to five of these slowly."
Styles.
Most categorical alcoholic beverages have regulations governing their classification and labelling, while those governing absinthe have always been conspicuously lacking. According to popular treatises from the 19th century, absinthe could be loosely categorised into several grades ("ordinaire", "demi | 1,271 | triviaqa-train |
The company ‘Longines’ are famous for manufacturing which luxury items? | Suisse de Microélectronique et d'Horlogerie" (SMH). SMH became the Swatch Group in 1988 and Longines continued without R&D and production activities of its own.
Motto and slogan.
The company motto/slogan of Longines is "Elegance is an attitude".
Watch manufacturing.
In December 2018, World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) released an official report giving environmental ratings for 15 major watch manufacturers and jewelers in Switzerland. Longines, along with 7 other manufacturers including Omega, Rolex and Tissot, was given | J. M. Weston
J.M. Weston is a French luxury shoe company founded by Édouard Blanchard in 1891, in Limoges. It is renowned for its handmade shoes for men. They also produce a full line of leather goods ranging from belts and briefcases to luggage items. The company's most famous models are the 677 Chasse (a sturdy outdoor shoe), 598 Demi-Chasse (a dressier version of the Chasse), and the 180 Mocassin (a classic penny loafer). J.M. Weston shoes are sold in its own boutiques | 1,272 | triviaqa-train |
Who became Prime Minister of New Zealand in August 1989? | Party. After graduating she lectured in political studies at the university. Clark entered local politics in 1974 in Auckland but was not elected to any position. Following one unsuccessful attempt, she was elected to Parliament in as the member for Mount Albert, an electorate she represented until 2009.
Clark held numerous Cabinet positions in the Fourth Labour Government, including Minister of Housing, Minister of Health and Minister of Conservation. She was Deputy Prime Minister from 1989 to 1990 under Prime Ministers Geoffrey Palmer and Mike Moore. After Labour's | David Lange
David Russell Lange ( ; 4 August 1942 – 13 August 2005) was a New Zealand politician who served as the 32nd Prime Minister of New Zealand from 1984 to 1989.
A lawyer by profession, Lange was first elected to the New Zealand Parliament in the Mangere by-election of 1977. He soon gained a reputation for cutting wit (sometimes directed against himself) and eloquence. Lange became the Leader of the Labour Party and Leader of the Opposition in 1983, succeeding Bill Rowling.
When Prime | 1,273 | triviaqa-train |
Nicole Kidman and Sandra Bullock play sisters from a long line of witches in which 1998 film? | of the same name, and starred in "The Peacemaker" (1997) as White House nuclear expert Dr. Julia Kelly, opposite George Clooney. The latter film grossed US$110 million worldwide. Kidman starred in comedy "Practical Magic" (1998) with Sandra Bullock as two witch sisters who face a curse which threatens to prevent them ever finding lasting love. While the film opened atop the chart on its North American opening weekend, it flopped at the box office. She returned to her work on stage the same year | in Terrence Malick's remake of "The Thin Red Line" (1998). Meanwhile, after numerous delays, "Lost Souls" (2000), which was filmed in 1998, was finally released.
He appeared as a low-level bank clerk who purchases a Russian mail-order bride (Nicole Kidman) in "Birthday Girl" (2001). He next played opposite Sandra Bullock as her relatively inexperienced partner in an investigation into a series of killings in "Murder by Numbers" (2002). | 1,274 | triviaqa-train |
Actress Audrey Hepburn won her only Oscar for which film? | ballet with Sonia Gaskell. She moved to London in 1948, where she continued her ballet training with Marie Rambert. She began performing as a chorus girl in West End musical theatre productions. Following minor appearances in several films, Hepburn starred in the 1951 Broadway play "Gigi" after being spotted by French novelist Colette, on whose work the play was based.
She rose to stardom after playing the lead role in "Roman Holiday" (1953), for which she was the first actress to win an Academy Award | in the months after it opened. Critic Pauline Kael praised Wyler's achievement:
Directing career 1960s.
In 1968 he directed Barbra Streisand in her debut film, "Funny Girl", costarring Omar Sharif, which became a huge financial success. It was nominated for eight Academy Awards, and like Audrey Hepburn in her first starring role, Streisand won as Best Actress, becoming the thirteenth actor to win an Oscar under his direction.
Streisand had already starred in the Broadway musical of "Funny Girl", with seven | 1,275 | triviaqa-train |
On a mobile phone keypad, the letters ‘tuv’ are on which number button? | because the discoverer did not know what they were
Definition and usage Classical definition.
The Consistori del Gay Saber was the first literary academy in the world and held the Floral Games to award the best troubadour with the "violeta d'aur" top prize. Guilhem Molinier, a member of the academy, gave a definition of the letter in his "Leys d'Amors" (1328–1337), a book aimed at regulating then-flourishing Occitan poetry:
Types of letters.
Types of letters Examples of alphabets and their letters. | screen.
- Nokia X3-01 is a Chinese specific release, which supports the country's CDMA/EV-DO wireless technology. The phone has a 2.4-inch QVGA-display, FM radio, 3.5mm headset jack, 3.2-megapixel camera with LED flash and support for a number of specific services in China.
- Nokia X3-02 offers both a touch screen and a traditional 12-button keypad. It is also the world's first mobile phone to run the Series 40 6th Edition operating system, optimized for slate devices | 1,276 | triviaqa-train |
What was the name of the tavern in London where the Masonic Grand Lodge of England was founded in the 18th Century? | "the Home Constitutions".
History.
History Moderns and Antients in English Freemasonry.
Prior to 1717 there were Freemasons' lodges in England, Scotland, and Ireland, with the earliest known admission of non-operative masons being in Scotland. On St John's Day, 24 June 1717, three existing London lodges and a Westminster lodge held a joint dinner at the Goose and Gridiron alehouse in St. Paul's Churchyard, elected Anthony Sayer to the chair as Grand Master, and called themselves the Grand Lodge of London | meeting place was the Spire Tavern c. 1814, and that the first R.W.M. was Lieut. Charles Durie.
In 1717 four Lodges in London agreed to form the Premier Grand Lodge of England. The Grand Lodge of Scotland was not established until 1736. When in the second quarter of the 18th century the Grand Lodge of England made changes to their ritual, this not only caused frictions between Grand Lodge and many unaffiliated lodges in England, but also took Freemasonry as practised in England and Wales out of step with the new Grand | 1,277 | triviaqa-train |
Actress Betty Joan Perske is better known by what name? | Lauren Bacall
Lauren Bacall (, born Betty Joan Perske; September 16, 1924 – August 12, 2014) was an American actress known for her distinctive voice and sultry looks. She was named the 20th greatest female star of classic Hollywood cinema by the American Film Institute and received an Academy Honorary Award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in 2009 "in recognition of her central place in the Golden Age of motion pictures".
Bacall began her career as a model before making her film debut as a | Gary Williams (wrestler)
Gary William Gallant (born June 2, 1972) better known by his ring name "Wildman" Gary Williams has been competing in Canadian independent wrestling circuits since the 1990s. Williams is also a musician, actor and a bodyguard for VIP artists and personnel. Williams first passion is professional wrestling and what he is better known for. He has had brief stints in World Championship Wrestling and the World Wrestling Federation. Prior to and in the earlier days of his wrestling career, Williams was the lead | 1,278 | triviaqa-train |
Which cigarette brand was launched in 1924 with the slogan ‘Mild As May’? | Marlboro (cigarette)
Marlboro (, ) is an American brand of cigarettes, currently owned and manufactured by Philip Morris USA (a branch of Altria) within the United States, and by Philip Morris International (now separate from Altria) outside the United States. Richmond, Virginia, is the location of the largest Marlboro cigarette manufacturing plant. Marlboro is the global best-selling cigarette brand since 1972. As of 2017, Marlboro had 40% market share in the United States, more than the next 7 competing brands | as the cigarette which "travels the smoke further", referencing the longer 85mm length. Their famous slogan during the '50s and early '60s was "OUTSTANDING..."and" they are MILD!"
In 1994, Pall Mall and Lucky Strike were purchased by Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation as the former American Tobacco company shed its tobacco brands. In 2001, Pall Mall was re-branded as a savings brand, and introduced several varieties of filtered cigarettes. Brown & Williamson merged with R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company | 1,279 | triviaqa-train |
‘On Stranger Tides’ and ‘Dead Man’s Chest’ are subtitles of which series of films? | plot device.
The story was also the inspiration for the "Monkey Island" video game series by LucasArts and for the fourth installment in the "Pirates of the Caribbean" film series, "".
Plot.
In 1718, French puppeteer John Chandagnac sails to Jamaica on the British ship "Vociferous Carmichael". He aims to confront his uncle Sebastian, who has apparently stolen a fortune that rightfully belonged to John's father and could have prevented his poverty-induced death. On board, he meets an | was successful at the box office, with each film grossing over $650 million, and all but "Dead Men Tell No Tales" at some point ranking among the fifty highest-grossing films of all time. It also became the first ever series to have multiple films passing the billion dollar mark in box office revenues with "Dead Man's Chest" and "On Stranger Tides", since followed by other film franchises.
"The Curse of the Black Pearl" was the third-highest-grossing 2003 | 1,280 | triviaqa-train |
How many pins are on a SCART connector, used to connect video equipment? | SCART
SCART (from , "Radio and Television Receiver Manufacturers' Association") is a French-originated standard and associated 21-pin connector for connecting audio-visual (AV) equipment.
It is also known as (or Peritelevision) (especially in France), 21-pin EuroSCART (Sharp's marketing term in Asia), Euroconector (in Spain), EuroAV or EXT. In the United States, another name is EIA Multiport (an EIA interface).
In Europe, SCART used to be the most common | range of audio and video equipment. Originally available in grey, all cables were replaced by black versions (which also differ in design) with the launch of the Xbox 360 S in June/July 2010.
All official cables (except for the HDMI cable) connect to the Xbox 360's AV connector and are compatible with all Xbox 360 models. Analog stereo audio is output by these cables by RCA connectors, with the exception of the "Advanced SCART AV Cable", where it is delivered via the SCART connector | 1,281 | triviaqa-train |
Pomiculture is the cultivation of what? | chief pomologist. An important focus of the division was to publish illustrated accounts of new varieties and to disseminate research findings to fruit growers and breeders through special publications and annual reports. During this period Andrew Jackson Downing and his brother Charles were prominent in Pomology and Horticulture, producing "The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America" (1845).
The introduction of new varieties required exact depiction of the fruit so that plant breeders could accurately document and disseminate their research results. Since the use of scientific photography was not widespread in | 0.3% are of other or undeclared nationalities.
History.
The first documentary record of the locality Covăsânț dates back to 1333.
Economy.
The commune's economy is mainly agricultural, characterized by livestock-breeding based on cattle-breeding, pomiculture and viticulture.
The main industry is agriculture.
Tourism.
Covăsânt commune is one of the most important access points to the Zărand Mountains' peaks, several touristic trailmarked
pathways leading to this territory.
Besides, the beautiful landscapes of Zărand Mountains | 1,282 | triviaqa-train |
In September 2011, who became the oldest living artist to have a number one album, with Duets II, in the US charts? | Duets II (Tony Bennett album)
Duets II is an album by Tony Bennett, released on September 20, 2011. It was released in conjunction with Bennett's 85th birthday and is a sequel to his previous duet album, "". "Don't Get Around Much Anymore" was released on iTunes as a free download on August 2, 2011.
Awards and honors.
"Duets II" debuted at No. 1 on the "Billboard" 200 chart, making it his first No. 1 album | Cheek to Cheek" won a Grammy for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album.
Commercial performance.
"Cheek to Cheek" debuted at number one on the "Billboard" 200 with 131,000 copies sold in its first week according to Nielsen SoundScan, earning Gaga her third consecutive number-one album and the second for Bennett. It also topped the Jazz Albums and Traditional Jazz Albums charts. Bennett beat his own record—previously achieved in 2011 with "Duets II"—as the oldest living act to earn a number one album in the | 1,283 | triviaqa-train |
Tom, Barbara, Jerry and Margo are all characters in which 1970’s UK television sitcom? | The Good Life (1975 TV series)
The Good Life is a British sitcom, produced by BBC television. It ran from 4 April 1975 to 10 June 1978 on BBC One and was written by Bob Larbey and John Esmonde. Opening with the midlife crisis of Tom Good, a 40-year-old London plastics designer, it relates the joys and miseries he and his wife Barbara experience when they attempt to escape modern commercial living by "becoming totally self-sufficient" in their home in Surbiton. In 2004, it | cut their monetary requirements to the minimum, with varying success.
Their actions horrify their kindly but conventional neighbours, Margo and Jerry Leadbetter. Margo and Jerry were intended to be minor characters, but their relationship with one another and the Goods became an essential element. Under the influence of the Goods' homemade wine, called "peapod burgundy" (the strength of which becomes a running joke), their intermingled attractions to one another become apparent.
Characters.
Characters Tom Good.
Tom's career has been as | 1,284 | triviaqa-train |
Russian dessert ‘Pashka’ is traditionally eaten during which religious holiday? | Paskha
Paskha (also spelled "pascha", or "pasha"; ; ; "Easter") is a Russian festive dish made in Eastern Orthodox countries which consists of food that is forbidden during the fast of Great Lent. It is made during Holy Week and then brought to Church on Great Saturday to be blessed after the Paschal Vigil. The name of the dish comes from Pascha, the Eastern Orthodox celebration of Easter. Besides Russia, Ukraine, etc., pasha is also often served in Finland. | Krayasat
Krayasat (, ; food for the Sat Rite), is a Thai dessert prepared for Buddhist religious events. It is commonly served during the Festival of Offerings to the Dead, a Thai holiday. It is made from peanuts, sugar cane, sticky rice, sesame and coconut. Krayasat is similar in appearance to a granola bar, but with a sweeter taste.
Festival of Offerings to the Dead.
Krayasat is traditionally served at the Festival of Offerings to the Dead, which is held on the new | 1,285 | triviaqa-train |
What is the name of the jockey who won the 2011 English Grand National on Ballabriggs? | Catterick on 18 January 2008, he was ridden for the first time by Jason Maguire who would go on to be the jockey with which he is most closely associated. At the sixth time of asking, and having finished runner up three times, he finally got off the mark as a chaser, winning a Class 4 Beginners' Chase at Bangor.
In 2010, the gelding came to the fore as a chaser, winning five races in succession, including the Fulke Walwyn Kim Muir Challenge Cup at the Cheltenham Festival at | Hunt jockey and won the 2011 Grand National on Ballabriggs. | 1,286 | triviaqa-train |
In the UK television series ‘Sharpe’, starring Sean Bean, what is Sharpe’s first name? | Sean Bean
Shaun Mark Bean (born 17 April 1959), credited professionally as Sean Bean (), is an English actor. After graduating from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, Bean made his professional debut in a theatre production of "Romeo and Juliet" in 1983. Retaining his Yorkshire accent, he first found mainstream success for his portrayal of Richard Sharpe in the ITV series "Sharpe".
Further roles followed, including "Patriot Games" (1992), "GoldenEye" (1995), " | late. However, Cornwell does not write as though they did, only a small detachment led by Sharpe, separated from the regiment during the hurried retreat of the previous year.
Adaptations.
A 1993 TV adaptation of the same name was produced by Central Independent Television for the ITV network in the UK starring Sean Bean as Sharpe, Daragh O'Malley as Harper, Assumpta Serna as Teresa Moreno, Brian Cox as Major Hogan, David Troughton as Wellesley, Daniel Craig as Lieutenant Berry, Gavan O'Herlihy as Captain Leroy and Michael | 1,287 | triviaqa-train |
The diameter of a standard CD measures how many centimetres? | pure spermaceti candle weighing one sixth of a pound and burning at a rate of 120 grains per hour. Germany, Austria and Scandinavia used the Hefnerkerze, a unit based on the output of a Hefner lamp.
It became clear that a better-defined unit was needed. Jules Violle had proposed a standard based on the light emitted by 1 cm of platinum at its melting point (or freezing point), calling this the Violle. The light intensity was due to the Planck radiator (a black body) | in the US) is a music single released on a mini Compact Disc that measures in diameter, rather than the standard . They are manufactured using the same methods as standard full-size CDs, and can be played in most standard audio CD players and CD-ROM disc drives.
The format was first released in the United States, United Kingdom, Japan, France, West Germany, and Hong Kong in 1987 as the replacement for the 7-inch single. While mini CDs have fallen out of popularity among most major | 1,288 | triviaqa-train |
Olympus is the highest peak on which Mediterranean island? | in clockwise order are Spain, France, Monaco, Italy, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Albania, Greece, Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, and Morocco; Malta and Cyprus are island countries in the sea. In addition, the Gaza Strip and the British Overseas Territories of Gibraltar and Akrotiri and Dhekelia have coastlines on the sea.
Names and etymology.
The Ancient Greeks called the Mediterranean simply ("hē thálassa"; "the Sea | , and west of Turkey. It has a long coastline with the Mediterranean Sea and the Aegean Sea, and includes the island of Crete and many smaller islands. Mainland Greece covers about 80% of the total territory and is largely mountainous. The largest mountain group is the Pindus Range which forms the spine of the Greek mainland, with the highest peak rising to above sea level. The country's tallest mountain, Mount Olympus is further east, and rises to above sea level. The large Peloponnese peninsula, in the south | 1,289 | triviaqa-train |
In the nursery rhyme, who met a Pieman going to the fair? | Simple Simon (nursery rhyme)
"Simple Simon" is a popular English language nursery rhyme. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 19777.
Lyrics.
The rhyme is as follows;
Origins.
The verses used today are the first of a longer chapbook history first published in 1764. The character of Simple Simon may have been in circulation much longer, possibly appearing in an Elizabethan chapbook and in a ballad, "Simple Simon's Misfortunes and his Wife Margery's Cruelty", from about | To market, to market
"To market, to market", "To market, to market, to buy a fat pig" or To market, to buy a fat pig is a nursery rhyme which is based upon the traditional rural activity of going to a market or fair where agricultural produce would be bought and sold. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 19708.
Lyrics.
The first complete recorded version of the rhyme appeared in 1805 in "Songs for the Nursery" with no reference | 1,290 | triviaqa-train |
Who became US Secretary of State in 2009? | the presidency, coming after the vice president, the speaker of the House of Representatives, and the president pro tempore of the Senate. Six secretaries of state have gone on to be elected president. Others, including Henry Clay, William Seward, James Blaine, William Jennings Bryan, John Kerry, and Hillary Clinton have been unsuccessful presidential candidates, either before or after their term of office as Secretary of State.
The nature of the position means that secretaries of state engage in travel around the world. The record for | died in Demopolis, Alabama, and was buried there in Riverside Cemetery's Glover Mausoleum. His daughter, Ida Ashe Lyon (1845-1912), married physician William Mecklenburg Polk, and was the mother of Frank Polk, who served as counselor to the Department of State through World War One and later became the first US Under Secretary of State.
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- Political Graveyard | 1,291 | triviaqa-train |
In Britain, ‘The Habeas Corpus Act’ of 1679 was passed during the reign of which monarch? | Habeas Corpus Act 1679
The Habeas Corpus Act 1679 is an Act of Parliament in England (31 Cha. 2 c. 2) during the reign of King Charles II. It was passed by what became known as the Habeas Corpus Parliament to define and strengthen the ancient prerogative writ of "habeas corpus", which required a court to examine the lawfulness of a prisoner's detention and thus prevent unlawful or arbitrary imprisonment.
Earlier and subsequent history.
The Act is often wrongly described as the origin of the writ of | "habeas corpus" was first codified by the Habeas Corpus Act 1679, following judicial rulings which had restricted the effectiveness of the writ. A previous act had been passed in 1640 to overturn a ruling that the command of the Queen was a sufficient answer to a petition of "habeas corpus". Winston Churchill, in his chapter on the English Common Law in "The Birth of Britain", explains the process thus:
The writ of "habeas corpus" was issued by a superior court in the name of the | 1,292 | triviaqa-train |
In which 1984 film did Johnny Depp make his debut film appearance? | A Nightmare on Elm Street
A Nightmare on Elm Street is a 1984 American slasher film written and directed by Wes Craven, and produced by Robert Shaye. It is the first installment of a series and stars Heather Langenkamp, John Saxon, Ronee Blakley, Amanda Wyss, Jsu Garcia, Robert Englund as Fred Krueger, and Johnny Depp in his film debut. The plot concerns four teenagers living on one street in the fictitious town of Springwood, Ohio, who are invaded and killed in their dreams, and thus killed in | to take place concurrently with the 1994 Northridge earthquake in Los Angeles. As such, the production team decided to incorporate real footage of the earthquake's structural damage into the film.
Craven had intended to ask Johnny Depp, whose feature film debut was in the first film, to make an appearance as himself, but was too timid to ask him. Upon running into each other after the film's release, Depp said he would have been happy to do it.
Craven kept most of the wardrobe from the first | 1,293 | triviaqa-train |
Which English actor played Pinhead in eight of the ‘Hellraiser’ series of films? | the Cenobite leader Pinhead (Doug Bradley). Pinhead decides to release her, but he and his followers are killed by Channard, who has become a Cenobite himself. With help of a teenage girl, Tiffany (Imogen Boorman), who unknowingly assisted Channard in opening the box, Kirsty and Tiffany escape the Cenobite world and close the gateway behind them.
In "" (1992), the revelation of Pinhead's humanity has resulted in a schism, splitting him in two—his human self, World War I | Hellraiser (franchise)
Hellraiser is a horror franchise that consists of ten films, a series of books, various comic books, and additional merchandise and media. The franchise is based on the novella "The Hellbound Heart" by English author Clive Barker, who would go on to write and direct the adaptation of his story, titled "Hellraiser". The films, as well as the comic book series, continually feature the Cenobite Pinhead.
The series’ storyline focuses on a puzzle box that opens a gateway to | 1,294 | triviaqa-train |
Which star of the US television series ‘Friends’ made their film debut in the 1993 film ‘Leprechaun’? | Leprechaun (film)
Leprechaun is a 1993 American comedy horror film written and directed by Mark Jones. It stars Warwick Davis in the title role and Jennifer Aniston in her film debut. Davis plays a vengeful leprechaun who believes a family has stolen his pot of gold. As he hunts them, they attempt to locate his gold to vanquish him. The film was originally meant to be more of a straight horror film, but Davis injected humor into his role. Re-shoots also added increased gore to appeal to older | a teenager going to summer camp in the made-for-television film "Camp Cucamonga" (1990), and as a spoiled daughter followed by a vengeful leprechaun in the horror film "Leprechaun" (1993). A 2014 retrospective from "Entertainment Weekly" identified "Leprechaun" as her worst role, and Aniston herself has expressed embarrassment over it.
Aniston also appeared in two more failed television comedy series, "The Edge" and "Muddling Through", and guest-starred in "Quantum Leap" | 1,295 | triviaqa-train |
What is the name of the hotel in the 1980 film ‘The Shining’, starring Jack Nicholson? | Jack's infamous typewriter scene when the invisible Buffy types "All work and no play makes Doris a dull girl" on an antagonistic social worker's word processor.
In the 2005 film "Hostel", the main characters stay in room 237 of the hostel in Slovakia.
Steven Spielberg, a close friend of Kubrick, included a sequence dedicated to the film in "Ready Player One" when they could not get rights to use "Blade Runner" for a similar sequence. The Overlook Hotel is recreated, including | Shining
Shining or The Shining may refer to:
Horror.
- "The Shining" (novel), a 1977 novel by Stephen King
- "The Shining" (film), a 1980 film by Stanley Kubrick starring Jack Nicholson
- "The Shining" (TV miniseries), a 1997 television miniseries
- "The Shining" (opera), a 2016 opera by Paul Moravec and Mark Campbell
Music.
Music Bands.
- Shining (Norwegian band), a Norwegian experimental jazz | 1,296 | triviaqa-train |
Who played the title roles in the 1941 film ‘Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde’? | Tracy in the lead, the studio bought the negative and the rights to both the Mamoulian version and the earlier 1920 silent version, paying $1,250,000. Every print of the 1931 film that could be located was recalled and destroyed and for decades the film was believed lost. The Tracy version was much less well received and March jokingly sent Tracy a telegram thanking him for the greatest boost to his reputation of his entire career.
The opening credits use "Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565" by Johann Sebastian | Hyde.
- 1989, TV UK, with Laura Dern and Anthony Andrews in the dual role. This version was adapted by J. Michael Straczynski.
- 1990, TV U.S., "Jekyll & Hyde", a made-for-television film starring Michael Caine in the title roles. Adds in the story Jekyll's sister-in-law character (Cheryl Ladd), who is raped by Hyde.
- 1999, TV film USA. "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" starring Adam Baldwin. In | 1,297 | triviaqa-train |
The 1953 film ‘House of Wax’, starring Vincent Price, is set in which city? | House of Wax (1953 film)
House of Wax is a 1953 American color 3-D horror thriller film, about a disfigured sculptor who repopulates his destroyed wax museum by murdering people and using their wax-coated corpses as displays. Directed by Andre DeToth and starring Vincent Price, it is a remake of Warner Bros.' "Mystery of the Wax Museum" (1933). It premiered in New York on April 10, 1953 and began a general release on April 25, 1953.
"House of Wax" was | House of Wax
House of Wax may refer to:
- a wax museum
- "House of Wax" (1953 film), a 1953 3D horror film starring Vincent Price
- "House of Wax" (2005 film), a 2005 horror film starring Elisha Cuthbert and Chad Michael Murray
- House of Wax (EP), an EP by Insane Clown Posse
- "House of Wax", a song on the 2007 album "Memory Almost Full" by Paul McCartney
See also. | 1,298 | triviaqa-train |
Which UK-based film company, founded in 1934, was best known for producing horror films between the mid 1950’s until the 1970’s? | Hammer Film Productions
Hammer Film Productions is a British film production company based in London. Founded in 1934, the company is best known for a series of gothic horror films made from the mid-1950s until the 1970s. Many of these involved classic horror characters such as Baron Frankenstein, Count Dracula, and The Mummy, which Hammer re-introduced to audiences by filming them in vivid colour for the first time. Hammer also produced science fiction, thrillers, film noir and comedies, as well as, in later years, television | few plays under the fatherly guidance of Kapoor.
Along with other films that Sagar himself directed, he wrote the story and screenplay for Raj Kapoor's superhit "Barsaat". He founded the film and television production company known as Sagar Films (Pvt. Ltd.) a.k.a. Sagar Arts in 1950. He produced and directed many films. He won the 1960 Filmfare Best Dialogue Award for "Paigham" which was directed by S. S. Vasan and starred Dilip Kumar, Vyjayanthimala and Raaj Kumar in lead roles. His successful directorial | 1,299 | triviaqa-train |
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