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Who is the author of the Game of Thrones series of novels? | deaths.
Background Themes.
The series is generally praised for what is perceived as a sort of medieval realism. George R.R. Martin set out to make the story feel more like historical fiction than contemporary fantasy, with less emphasis on magic and sorcery and more on battles, political intrigue, and the characters, believing that magic should be used moderately in the epic fantasy genre. Martin has stated that "the true horrors of human history derive not from orcs and Dark Lords, but from ourselves."
A common theme | Starting methods.
Above a certain size, synchronous motors are not self-starting motors. This property is due to the inertia of the rotor; it cannot instantly follow the rotation of the magnetic field of the stator. Since a synchronous motor produces no inherent average torque at standstill, it cannot accelerate to synchronous speed without some supplemental mechanism.
Large motors operating on commercial power frequency include a squirrel-cage induction winding which provides sufficient torque for acceleration and which also serves to damp oscillations in motor speed in | 1,500 | triviaqa-train |
Who wrote the novella A Clockwork Orange? | A Clockwork Orange (film)
A Clockwork Orange is a 1971 dystopian crime film adapted, produced, and directed by Stanley Kubrick, based on Anthony Burgess's novel "A Clockwork Orange". It employs disturbing, violent images to comment on psychiatry, juvenile delinquency, youth gangs, and other social, political, and economic subjects in a dystopian near-future Britain.
Alex (Malcolm McDowell), the central character, is a charismatic, antisocial delinquent whose interests include classical music (including Beethoven), committing | in Eric Partridge's "Dictionary of Historical Slang".
- His second explanation was that it was a pun on the Malay word "orang", meaning "man," like in Orangutan. The novella contains no other Malay words or links.
- In a prefatory note to "A Clockwork Orange: A Play with Music", he wrote that the title was a metaphor for "an organic entity, full of juice and sweetness and agreeable odour, being turned into a mechanism."
- In | 1,501 | triviaqa-train |
What is the title of the play by Arthur Miller set around the Salem Witch trials of 1692? | Arthur Miller
Arthur Asher Miller (October 17, 1915 – February 10, 2005) was an American playwright, essayist, and a controversial figure in the twentieth-century American theater. Among his most popular plays are "All My Sons" (1947), "Death of a Salesman" (1949), "The Crucible" (1953) and "A View from the Bridge" (1955, revised 1956). He wrote several screenplays and was most noted for his work on "The Misfits" | to build their own South Church central to what is now Andover. Early on the general populace was concentrated together around the Old Center (North Andover) for protection from feared Indian attacks, but the Indians were fairly peaceful until the outbreak of King Philip's War. King Philip Six Indian raids occurred between 1676 and with the last in 1698 led by Chief Escumbuit.
History Witchcraft.
During the 1692 Salem witch trials, Andover resident Joseph Ballard asked for help for his wife from several girls in the neighboring Salem Village who | 1,502 | triviaqa-train |
Who won the Booker Prize in 1981 for Midnight's Children? | prize be given to him so that he could use the money to buy every copy of the longlisted books in Ireland and donate them to libraries, "thus ensuring that the books not only are bought but also read — surely a unique occurrence."
Judging for the 1983 award produced a draw between J. M. Coetzee's "Life & Times of Michael K" and Salman Rushdie's "Shame", leaving chair of judges Fay Weldon to choose between the two. According to Stephen Moss in "The Guardian" | which has a permanent secretary on the main committee, announced that there had been no requests to gauge possible Muslim reaction to the knighthood. It was noted that Rushdie's 13 books have won numerous awards, including the Booker Prize for "Midnight's Children" in 1981, the Booker of Bookers prize, the Whitbread novel award (twice), and the James Tait Black memorial prize.
PEN International had been a constant supporter of Rushdie being honoured, believing that awarding the author (born in India) would be " | 1,503 | triviaqa-train |
What year did prohibition start in the USA? | Prohibition in the United States
Prohibition in the United States was a nationwide constitutional ban on the production, importation, transportation, and sale of alcoholic beverages from 1920 to 1933.
During the 19th century, alcoholism, family violence, and saloon-based political corruption prompted prohibitionists, led by pietistic Protestants, to end the alcoholic beverage trade to cure the ill society and weaken the political opposition. One result was that many communities in the late-19th and early-20th centuries introduced alcohol prohibition, with the subsequent enforcement in law becoming a | The brewery burned down in the fires that followed the 1906 earthquake, but was rebuilt at a different location in 1907. There is no record of what Anchor did during Prohibition, but it resumed serving Steam Beer after Repeal, possibly as the only steam brewing company still in operation. However the brewery burned down yet again within the year, and it relocated once more, this time to a building a few blocks away.
The brewery continued operations into the late 1950s, but suffered heavily from the country's increasingly strong | 1,504 | triviaqa-train |
Which beer was advertised in the 1980s using scenes from the film Ice Cold in Alex? | scenes were shot at Elstree) and was "very tough" on Quayle and Mills. Syms said the producers got a good deal out of her for "£30 a week", adding: "But I made a lot more when they turned it into an advert for Carlsberg". She said there are "no false heroics in it" and that she had been told by desert war veterans it is a good picture of soldiers in that theatre of war, adding: "I am proud of it". | -film footage in a documentary film entitled "Sir John Mills' Moving Memories", with interviews with Mills, his children Hayley, Juliet and Jonathan and Richard Attenborough. The film was produced and written by Jonathan Mills, directed and edited by Marcus Dillistone, and features behind the scenes footage and stories from films such as "Ice Cold in Alex" and "Dunkirk". In addition the film also includes home footage of many of Mills's friends and fellow cast members including Laurence Olivier, Harry Andrews, Walt Disney | 1,505 | triviaqa-train |
In which year was the battle of the Alamo? | List of Alamo defenders
The Battle of the Alamo (February 23 – March 6, 1836) was a crucial conflict of the Texas Revolution. In 1835, colonists from the United States joined with Tejanos (Mexicans born in Texas) in putting up armed resistance to the centralization of the Mexican government. President Antonio López de Santa Anna and the government in Mexico City believed the United States had instigated the insurrection with a goal of annexing Texas.
In an effort to tamp down on the unrest, martial law was declared | .
For the 2011 school year, Travis Elementary was rated acceptable by the Texas Education Agency.
Schools Elementary Travis Elementary History.
Travis Elementary History
Travis Elementary was completed in 1959 to serve the influx of Baby Boomer families into Pampa after World War II. The school was named in honor of William Barret Travis, a hero of the Battle of the Alamo during the Texas Revolution. Each March 6, the schools flies the flag of the Constitution of 1824 which was the flag flown by the defenders in the Alamo. Travis | 1,506 | triviaqa-train |
Which U.S. state has borders with Michigan, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Kentucky and Indiana? | Lewis dealt the Shawnee Indians, under Hokoleskwa (or "Cornstalk"), a crushing blow during the Battle of Point Pleasant at the junction of the Kanawha and the Ohio rivers. At the Treaty of Camp Charlotte concluding Dunmore's War, Cornstalk agreed to recognize the Ohio River as the new boundary with the "Long Knives". By 1776, however, the Shawnee had returned to war, joining the Chickamauga, a band of Cherokee known for the area where they lived. Native American attacks on settlers continued until after | U.S. Route 421 in Virginia
U.S. Route 421 (US 421) is a part of the U.S. Highway System that runs from Fort Fisher, North Carolina to Michigan City, Indiana. In Virginia, the U.S. Highway runs from the Tennessee state line between the twin cities of Bristol, Tennessee and Bristol, Virginia north and west to the Kentucky state line near St. Charles. Between its endpoints, US 421 has lengthy concurrencies with US 23 and US 58 during its course through Bristol, Weber City, Gate City, Duffield | 1,507 | triviaqa-train |
Which actor in 2005 played the title role in the TV remake of Kojak? | Kojak (2005 TV series)
Kojak is an American television series starring Ving Rhames. It aired on the USA Network cable channel and on ITV4 in the United Kingdom. It was a remake of Kojak starring Telly Savalas.
Rhames portrays Lieutenant Theo Kojak of the New York City Police Department, a skilled plain clothes detective with a shaved head and an affinity for jazz, fine clothing, and lollipops. As with Kojak, he is fond of the catchphrase "Who loves ya, baby?" The series lasted for | Kojak (disambiguation)
Kojak may refer to:
- "Kojak", a 1973-1978 American crime drama TV series
- "Kojak" (2005 TV series), an American television series and remake of the original 1973 series
- Papa Kojak (born 1959), a Jamaican deejay, also known as "Kojak" or "Nigger Kojak"
- Kojak (vehicle), a Bolivian military dune-buggy | 1,508 | triviaqa-train |
Unveiled on May 11th 2007, a bronze statue of which famous figure now stands outside Wembley Stadium? It features the character with arms folded and one foot resting on a ball. | stadium had hosted football matches since the handover in March, the stadium was officially opened on Saturday 19 May, with the staging of the 2007 FA Cup Final. Eight days before that on Friday 11 May, the statue of Bobby Moore had been unveiled by Sir Bobby Charlton outside the stadium entrance, as the "finishing touch" to the completion of the stadium. The twice life-size bronze statue, sculpted by Philip Jackson, depicts England's 1966 World Cup winning captain Bobby Moore, looking down Wembley Way. | Statue of Captain Albert Ball
A statue of Captain Albert Ball stands in Nottingham Castle Gardens, in Nottingham, England. It comprises a bronze sculpture by Henry Poole which depicts the British fighter pilot Captain Albert Ball VC DSO & Two Bars, MC accompanied by an allegorical female figure, standing on a stone pedestal by the architect Edwin Alfred Rickards. The memorial was unveiled in 1921, was listed at Grade II in 1972, upgraded to Grade I in 2017.
Background.
Albert Ball was born in Nottingham in 1896 | 1,509 | triviaqa-train |
Which U.S. state has borders with Oklahoma,Colorado, Nebraska and Missouri? | Missouri
Missouri is a state in the Midwestern United States. With over six million residents, it is the 18th-most populous state of the Union. The largest urban areas are St. Louis, Kansas City, Springfield, and Columbia; the capital is Jefferson City. The state is the 21st-most extensive in area. Missouri is bordered by eight states (tied for the most with Tennessee): Iowa to the north, Illinois, Kentucky, and Tennessee (via the Mississippi River) to the east, Arkansas | –Ohio State, Ohio State–Missouri, Iowa–Ohio State, USC–Arizona State, Michigan State–Northwestern, Colorado–Texas, Oklahoma–Nebraska, Nebraska–Missouri, North Carolina–Clemson, Wisconsin–Penn State, Penn State–Michigan State and Nebraska–Texas A&M.
- Brad Nessler/Gary Danielson
- Fifteen games: Syracuse–Wisconsin, Washington–BYU, UCLA–Texas, Florida State–Clemson, Virginia–North Carolina, Notre Dame–Stanford, Oklahoma–Texas, Washington | 1,510 | triviaqa-train |
Which group in 1971 had a top ten hit with the record The Pushbike Song? | The Pushbike Song
"The Pushbike Song" is a song originally recorded by Australian band The Mixtures and released in 1970. The single was a chart success, reaching numbers one and two in the Australian and UK charts respectively. It has subsequently been covered by various artists.
History and chart success.
Written by brothers Idris and Evan Jones, "The Pushbike Song" was released in 1970 and reached the top-spot for two weeks in the Australian charts in March 1971. It also proved popular in the | the group disbanded.
Biography Solo career.
Brown continued to record for RCA Victor and had a number of country hits, starting in 1965 while still with his sisters. In 1967, he released his first solo top ten hit, "Pop a Top", which became his signature song. Beginning in 1969, he also gained his own syndicated TV series "The Country Place", which would become famous for introducing Crystal Gayle. The show ended in 1971. In 1970, he gained a crossover hit with " | 1,511 | triviaqa-train |
In English history, who was the legendary wife of King Leofric, Earl of Mercia? | Leofric, Earl of Mercia
Leofric (died 31 August or 30 September 1057) was an Earl of Mercia. He founded monasteries at Coventry and Much Wenlock. Leofric is most remembered as the husband of Lady Godiva.
Life.
Leofric was the son of Leofwine, Ealdorman of the Hwicce, who witnessed a charter in 997 for King Æthelred II. Leofric had three brothers: Northman, Edwin and Godwine. It is likely that Northman is the same as "Northman Miles" ("Northman the knight") | earl of East Anglia a number of times in the 1050s and was appointed earl of Mercia in "c". 1057, in succession of his father Earl Leofric. Ælfgar's wife Ælfgifu was probably her mother, and Eadwine, the later earl of Mercia, and Morcar, earl of Northumbria, were her brothers.
In 1055, Ælfgar was exiled on the charge of treason. He went to Ireland to muster troops and formed an alliance with Gruffudd ap Llywelyn, who had been king of Gwynedd (1039–1055) but | 1,512 | triviaqa-train |
Which film duo met The Invisble Man, The Mummy and Frankenstein? | lavish but cheesy special effects. Think "Night of the Living Dead" stripped of genuine horror and restaged as an Egyptian-theme Halloween pageant. Think "Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy" grafted onto a Bing Crosby-Bob Hope road picture ("The Road to Hamunaptra"?) and pumped up into an epic-size genre spoof." Publications like "The Austin Chronicle" and "Dallas Observer" came to the conclusion that despite good acting and special effects, the movie lacked cohesion; talking about the | which Spaihts wrote the latest draft of the script, which reimagined "The Mummy" in modern-day with new characters not seen in previous iterations and a protagonist imbued with a human personality. On July 16, 2014, Universal announced that they had tapped Alex Kurtzman and Chris Morgan to develop all classic movie monsters which include Frankenstein, Dracula, The Wolf Man, Creature from the Black Lagoon, The Invisible Man, Bride of Frankenstein, and The Mummy. The first film they will develop together will be "The Mummy | 1,513 | triviaqa-train |
Which far eastern city is served by Narita airport? | Narita International Airport
Narita is the predominant international airport in Japan, handling around 50% of the country's international passenger traffic and 60% of its international air cargo traffic. As of 2016, Narita was the second-busiest passenger airport in Japan (after Haneda Airport in Tokyo), and was the tenth-busiest air freight hub in the world. Its main runway shares the record for longest runway in Japan with the second runway at Kansai International Airport in Osaka.
Narita serves as the main international hub of | . On April 1, 1985 it was elevated to town status, and later was elevated to city status on April 1, 2002.
Economy.
Tomisato is a regional commercial center whose economy is primarily agricultural. The main crops are rice and watermelons. Traditionally, the area was known for horse ranching. The city is also a bedroom community for workers at Narita Airport.
Transportation.
Transportation Railway.
Tomisato itself is not currently served by railway. The Narita Railway Company's Yachimata Line operated from 1914- | 1,514 | triviaqa-train |
Who was the original performer of the song The Locomotion? | The Loco-Motion
"The Loco-Motion" is a 1962 pop song written by American songwriters Gerry Goffin and Carole King. "The Loco-Motion" was originally written for Dee Dee Sharp, but Sharp turned the song down. The song is notable for appearing in the American Top 5 three times, each time in a different decade: in 1962 by the American pop singer Little Eva (U.S. No. 1); in 1974 by the American band Grand Funk Railroad (also U.S. No. | "Locomotion" was recorded in the last week during the sessions at Montserrat before the drums were overdubbed at ICP Studios in Brussels. The original song was combined with a steel drum rhythm that Paul Humphreys had written the previous week and a bass line and piano that Gordian Troeller (the band's manager) contributed. The track was mixed and the brass added at Wisseloord Studios in the Netherlands; the brass arrangements were made by Tony Visconti. The song marries downcast lyrics with upbeat melodies.
Live recordings of "Locomotion | 1,515 | triviaqa-train |
Which city is served by Marco Polo airport? | Venice Marco Polo Airport
Venice Marco Polo Airport is the international airport of Venice, Italy. It is located on the mainland north of the city in Tessera, a "Frazione" of the Comune of Venice nearest to Mestre. Due to the importance of Venice as a leisure destination, it features flights to many European metropolitan areas as well as some partly seasonal long-haul routes to the United States, Canada, South Korea and the Middle East. The airport handled 11,184,608 passengers in 2018, making it the fourth busiest | for the Italian Resistance. She infiltrated meetings of the Black Shirts but was captured. After spells in prisons in Milan and Lazio she was sent to the Massa Martina detention camp but escaped and hid in the mountains around Perugia, where she worked with a local resistance group. She was recaptured, promptly escaped again and made her way to Venice. There, in October 1944, Koopman was caught spying on high-ranking German officers in the Danieli Hotel and quickly deported to the Ravensbrück concentration camp. Very shortly before the camp | 1,516 | triviaqa-train |
Which Greek mathematician is known as the Father of Geometry? | 6th century BC. By the 3rd century BC, geometry was put into an axiomatic form by Euclid, whose treatment, Euclid's "Elements", set a standard for many centuries to follow. Geometry arose independently in India, with texts providing rules for geometric constructions appearing as early as the 3rd century BC. Islamic scientists preserved Greek ideas and expanded on them during the Middle Ages. By the early 17th century, geometry had been put on a solid analytic footing by mathematicians such as René Descartes and Pierre de Fermat. | , He is from Lebanese descent (Maronite Christian).
- Elias James Corey, He won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, he is from Lebanese descent (Greek Orthodox Arab Christian).
- Tony Fadell, Lebanese American inventor and is known as "one of the fathers of the iPod" (Greek Orthodox ).
- Michael E. DeBakey, World-renowned American cardiac surgeon of Lebanese origin (Maronite Christian).
- Michael Atiyah, British mathematician specialising in geometry (Greek Orthodox Arab Christian). | 1,517 | triviaqa-train |
How many players are there on a basketball team? | League do not have the rule, and high-level minor league clubs connected to National League teams are not required to field a DH. In leagues that apply the designated hitter rule, a typical team has nine offensive regulars (including the DH), five starting pitchers, seven or eight relievers, a backup catcher, and two or three other reserve players.
Personnel Other.
The manager, or head coach, oversees the team's major strategic decisions, such as establishing the starting rotation, setting the lineup, | called "n choose k") can be found by the equation
But this is also the formula for a cell of Pascal's triangle. Rather than performing the calculation, one can simply look up the appropriate entry in the triangle. Provided we have the first row and the first entry in a row numbered 0, the answer will be located at entry "k" in row "n". For example, suppose a basketball team has 10 players and wants to know how many ways there are of selecting 8 | 1,518 | triviaqa-train |
"Which scientist and inventor became known as the ""Wizard of Menlo Park""?" | Thomas Edison
Thomas Alva Edison (February 11, 1847October 18, 1931) was an American inventor and businessman, who has been described as America's greatest inventor. He developed many devices in fields such as electric power generation, mass communication, sound recording, and motion pictures. These inventions, which include the phonograph, the motion picture camera, and the long-lasting, practical electric light bulb, had a widespread impact on the modern industrialized world. He was one of the first inventors to apply the principles of | in some way reside in the society's collections.
Life Career as an inventor.
As a scientist he studied heat and obtaining some thirty or more patents for applications of heat to steam engines, but was best known in his day as the inventor of the first stove for anthracite coal, which was named for him.
Life Career as a land speculator and developer.
Nott was an important land speculator and developer, who bought several farms on the Long Island shore of the East River, that became the sites of | 1,519 | triviaqa-train |
In which Yorkshire town is the Captain Cook Memorial Museum? | , mainly in the coal trade between the Tyne and London but including voyages to the Baltic and Dublin.
The Whitby historian George Young, ‘Life of Cook’ 1836, stated that during Cook's apprenticeship Walker retained Cook in Whitby on occasion and lodged him in the attic of the house in Grape Lane. There should be no difficulty in accepting this account even though Walker lived elsewhere at the time. Apprentices’ indentures of 1735 and 1758 (held in the Museum) show that shipowners tended to avoid obligation to lodge | museum with help from several charities and trusts including The Art Fund. The painting depicts Matavai Bay, Tahiti which Cook visited on his second voyage.
Welcome to Yorkshire (formally the Yorkshire Tourist Board) gave the museum a White Rose Award in 2005 and 2012 and it was a winner of a VisitEngland Gold Award for Excellence in 2013.
References.
- John Gascoigne, "Captain Cook: Voyager between Worlds", Hambleton Continuum, London (2007) ;
- Will of Captain John Walker (senior) | 1,520 | triviaqa-train |
Which composer wrote the scores for the Errol Flynn swashbucklers such as Captain Blood and The Adventures of Robin Hood? | a straight-grained cedar arrow from about 50 feet (the arrow only split along a third of its length), but split a hollow bamboo arrow from nock to arrowhead. This tends to support Wiles' statement.
Hill can also be seen as one of the Merry Men in the scene where Robin is rescued from the gallows. Concealed in a wagon, he shoots a mounted man-at-arms, whose horse is instantly mounted by the bound Robin Hood and ridden to the city gate.
Production Korngold's | portrayed priests like in "Little Lord Fauntleroy" and "Random Harvest", judges like in "This Land Is Mine" or doctors like in "They All Kissed the Bride". Simpson was also a frequent actor in the Errol Flynn movies, he appeared in "The Adventures of Robin Hood", "The Prince and the Pauper" and "Captain Blood".
Ivan F. Simpson starred in over 100 Hollywood films, his last was "My Girl Tisa" from 1948. He died three years later at | 1,521 | triviaqa-train |
In which year did Bjorn Borg become Men's Singles champion at Wimbledon for the first time? | wins, Borg had won 19 consecutive Davis Cup singles rubbers since 1973. That was already a record at the time. However, Borg never lost another Davis Cup singles rubber, and, by the end of his career, he had stretched that winning streak to 33.
Career 1976 – First Wimbledon title.
In early 1976, Borg won the World Championship Tennis year-end WCT Finals in Dallas, Texas, with a four-set victory over Guillermo Vilas in the final. At the 1976 French Open, Borg | 1977 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles
Björn Borg successfully defended his title, defeating Jimmy Connors in the final, 3–6, 6–2, 6–1, 5–7, 6–4 to win the Gentlemen's Singles tennis title at the 1977 Wimbledon Championships.
John McEnroe competed for the first time, entering as a qualifier and reaching the semifinals, losing to Connors, whilst former champion Rod Laver made his final Grand Slam appearance.
Seeds.
Jimmy Connors "(Final)" | 1,522 | triviaqa-train |
In Morse code, which letter of the alphabet is designated by a single dash? | Alphabet
An alphabet is a standard set of letters (basic written symbols or graphemes) that represent the phonemes (basic significant sounds) of any spoken language it is used to write. This is in contrast to other types of writing systems, such as syllabaries (in which each character represents a syllable) and logographic systems (in which each character represents a word, morpheme, or semantic unit).
The first fully phonemic script, the Proto-Canaanite script, later known as the Phoenician alphabet, is considered | in this plan, remained directly under the control of the monarch as part of the royal seigneury. In 1332, at the Campo de Arriaga the "Cofradía" ("brotherhood") of Álava formally recognized the royal seigneury over Treviño and its surrounding territories.
On 8 April 1366, Henry II of Castile ceded to Pedro Manrique I de Lara, for services rendered, a seigneury consisting of "Treviño de Uda" and its outlying villages. In 1453 it became the Condado de Treviño when Gómez Manrique (great- | 1,523 | triviaqa-train |
The name of which feature of a volcano comes from the Spanish for 'cooking pot'? | are said to have been formed in such a manner; so has the Snake River Plain, with the Yellowstone Caldera being the part of the North American plate above the hot spot. This theory, however, has been doubted.
Volcanic features.
The most common perception of a volcano is of a conical mountain, spewing lava and poisonous gases from a crater at its summit; however, this describes just one of the many types of volcano. The features of volcanoes are much more complicated and their structure and behavior | Cazuela
Cazuela () is the common name given to a variety of dishes, especially from South America. It receives its name from the "cazuela" (Spanish for cooking pot) in which it is cooked. The ingredients and preparation vary from region to region, but it is usually a mid-thick flavoured stock obtained from cooking several kinds of meats and vegetables mixed together.
Chilean Cazuelas.
The cazuela is a typical dish of Chile. The most common types are made of chicken or beef, but | 1,524 | triviaqa-train |
Which drug can be found in tonic water? | Tonic water
Tonic water (or Indian tonic water) is a carbonated soft drink in which quinine is dissolved. Originally used as a prophylactic against malaria, tonic water usually now has a significantly lower quinine content and is consumed for its distinctive bitter flavor, though it is nowadays often sweetened as well. It is often used in mixed drinks, particularly in gin and tonic.
History.
Quinine powder is so bitter that British officials stationed in early 19th century India and other tropical posts mixed the powder with soda and | minute quickly, in a matter of a few minutes. Additionally, water can function as a tonic, increasing both the speed of circulation and the overall temperature of the body. A hot bath accelerates one's pulse from 70 to 150 beats per minute in 15 minutes. Water is also useful as an anodyne since it can lower nervous sensibility and reduce pain when applied in the form of hot fomentation. Kellogg argues that this procedure will often give one relief where every other drug has failed to do so. He also believed | 1,525 | triviaqa-train |
On which place in Paris is the Arc de Triumphe from which several thoroughfares radiate? | Arc de Triomphe
The Arc de Triomphe de l'Étoile (; literal translation: "Triumphal Arch of the Star") is one of the most famous monuments in Paris, France, standing at the western end of the Champs-Élysées at the centre of Place Charles de Gaulle, formerly named Place de l'Étoile — the "étoile" or "star" of the juncture formed by its twelve radiating avenues. The location of the arc and the plaza is shared between three arrondissements, 16th (south and west), 17th ( | Wars, with the names of all French victories and generals inscribed on its inner and outer surfaces. Beneath its vault lies the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier from World War I. The Arc de Triomphe is the linchpin of the historic axis ("Axe historique") – a sequence of monuments and grand thoroughfares on a route which goes from the courtyard of the Louvre, to the Grande Arche de la Défense.
Tourist attractions Musée d'Orsay (Orsay Museum).
The Musée d'Orsay is a museum in Paris, France, on | 1,526 | triviaqa-train |
Dale Arden was the girlfriend of which science fiction hero? | Dale Arden
Dale Arden is a fictional character, the fellow adventurer and love interest of Flash Gordon and a prototypic heroine for later female characters, including Princess Leia and Padme Amidala in "Star Wars". Flash, Dale and Dr. Hans Zarkov fight together against Ming the Merciless.
Profile.
Dale is Flash Gordon's constant companion in his adventures, as well as his one true love. The emperor Ming the Merciless is immediately attracted to her and the early strips were basically based on Flash’s heroic efforts to | quickly becomes their enemy. He was not named at first, only being known as "the Emperor" until several issues later, when his name was revealed to be Ming.
The capital of his empire is named Mingo City in his honour. In addition to his army, Ming is shown to have access to a wide variety of science fiction gadgets, ranging from rocket ships to death rays to robots. Though evil, he has his weaknesses, which include a desire to marry Flash's beautiful companion, Dale Arden | 1,527 | triviaqa-train |
Feste is a jester in which of Shakespeare's comedies? | magic, and comic lowlife scenes. Shakespeare's next comedy, the equally romantic "Merchant of Venice", contains a portrayal of the vengeful Jewish moneylender Shylock, which reflects Elizabethan views but may appear derogatory to modern audiences. The wit and wordplay of "Much Ado About Nothing", the charming rural setting of "As You Like It", and the lively merrymaking of "Twelfth Night" complete Shakespeare's sequence of great comedies. After the lyrical "Richard II", written almost entirely in verse, Shakespeare introduced | in the game "League of Legends".
- Cicero – keeper from the Dark Brotherhood in "Skyrim", wears a jester's outfit and took on the persona of a jester after killing one.
- Feste – jester for the Duke's court in "Dragon's Dogma".
- Laughlyn – powerful spirit in Shadowrun RPG. He is a trickster spirit of technology in decay. Jake must bend Laughlyn to his will in order to defeat the dragon, Drake. Laughlyn however has other ideas... | 1,528 | triviaqa-train |
What special infantry brigade was founded in the Far East by Orde Wingate in World war II? | in Burma out of which the Chindits would conduct offensive patrol and blocking operations. A similar strategy would be used by the French in Indochina years later at Dien Bien Phu.
Burma Operation Thursday.
Wingate planned that part of 77 Brigade would land by glider in Burma and prepare airstrips into which 111 Brigade and the remainder of 77 Brigade would be flown by C-47 transport aircraft. Three landing sites, codenamed "Piccadilly", "Broadway" and "Chowringhee" were selected. On the evening of 5 March as Wingate, | of 16 he joined the Haganah. In 1936, Yoffe had joined the Special Night Squads, a joint British-Jewish counter-insurgency unit established by Orde Charles Wingate. Yoffe served as a squad leader in one of the squads, acting as Lt. Michael Grove second in command.
During World War II he served as a captain in the British Artillery Corps from 1940 until 1944.
During the 1948 war he was a battalion commander in the Golani brigade. On 12 May his battalion captured Beisan during Operation Gideon | 1,529 | triviaqa-train |
In which year did Steve Davis win his first World Professional Snooker championship title? | During the evening session the scores was tied at 16–16 before Thorburn made a 119 clearance in frame 33 and a break of 51 in frame 34 to win the championship.
History Steve Davis years (1981–1989).
Despite being the number 13 seed, Steve Davis was the favourite for the 1981 championship. Davis won a close match 10–8 against Jimmy White in the first round and beat three past world champions to meet 14th seed Doug Mountjoy in the final. Davis won the first six frames of the final but only led 10–8 | 1983 World Snooker Championship
The 1983 World Snooker Championship (also known as the 1983 Embassy World Snooker Championship for the purposes of sponsorship) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 16 April and 2 May 1983 at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England.
In the second round, Cliff Thorburn became the first player to make a maximum break in a World Championship match.
Steve Davis defeated Thorburn 18–6 in the final to win his second world title. The tournament was sponsored by Embassy.
Tournament summary | 1,530 | triviaqa-train |
What is the name of Superman's biological father? | ", the baby "Kal-L", and his biological parents "Jor-L" and "Lora"; their names were changed to "Jor-el", and "Lara" in a 1942 spinoff novel by George Lowther. The ship lands in the American countryside, where the baby is discovered by the Kents, a farming couple.
The Kents name the boy Clark and raise him in a farming community. A 1947 episode of the radio serial places this unnamed community in Iowa. It is | Dharmendra... Superman's Biological Father
- Ranjeeta Kaur... Superman's Biological Mother
- Ashok Kumar... Superman's Foster Father
- Urmila Bhatt
- Birbal... Birbal Chamcha
- Bob Christo... Bob
- Preeti Ganguli... Woman from Zambia
- Rajan Haksar... Goga
- Dinesh Hingoo... Rustom
- Jagdeep
- Jankidas
- Shakti Kapoor... Verma
- Lalita Kumari... Mrs. Jankidas
- Guddi Maruti... Guddi Jhunjhunwali
- Murad... Chief of the other planet
- Sudhir
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According to the Chinese, 2012 will be the year of which mythical creature? | , the unicorn was a metaphor for Christ. Unicorns represented the idea of innocence and purity. In the King James Bible, Psalm 92:10 states, "My horn shalt thou exalt like the horn of an unicorn." This is because the translators of the King James erroneously translated the Hebrew word re'em as unicorn. Later versions translate this as wild ox. The unicorn's small size signifies the humility of Christ.
Another common legendary creature which served allegorical functions within the Middle Ages was the dragon. Dragons were identified with | Xiezhi
The xiezhi (Chinese: 獬豸) or haetae (Korean: 해태, often spelled haitai or haechi) is a legendary creature in Chinese and Korean mythology.
China.
According to the legend, Emperor Shun's minister Gao Yao had a mythical creature called the "zhi" (廌), which he used in criminal proceedings, whenever he was in doubt. The animal instinctively knew the innocent from the guilty; it butted the latter with its horn.
Mentions of the "xiezhi" in Chinese | 1,532 | triviaqa-train |
Which composer wrote the scores for the Hitchcock thrillers Psycho and Vertigo? | , of course, be most important that the indication that Elster will be brought back for trial is sufficiently emphasized."
Hitchcock finally succeeded in fending off most of Shurlock's demands (which included toning down erotic allusions) and had the alternative ending dropped. The footage was discovered in Los Angeles in May 1993, and was added as an alternative ending on the laserdisc release, and later on DVD and Blu-ray releases.
Production Music.
The score was written by Bernard Herrmann. It was conducted by Muir | is closely associated with the director Alfred Hitchcock. He wrote the scores for seven Hitchcock films, from "The Trouble with Harry" (1955) to "Marnie" (1964), a period that included "Vertigo", "North by Northwest", and "Psycho". He was also credited as sound consultant on "The Birds" (1963), as there was no actual music in the film as such, only electronically made bird sounds.
The film score for the remake of "The Man | 1,533 | triviaqa-train |
Who famously stole the 'Mona Lisa' in 1911? | the Louvre. The missing painting was first noticed the next day by painter Louis Béroud. After some confusion as to whether the painting was being photographed somewhere, the Louvre was closed for a week for investigation.
French poet Guillaume Apollinaire came under suspicion and was arrested and imprisoned. Apollinaire implicated his friend Pablo Picasso, who was brought in for questioning. Both were later exonerated. The real culprit was Louvre employee Vincenzo Peruggia, who had helped construct the painting's glass case. He carried out the theft by entering the | adults, "The Day They Stole the Mona Lisa", written in 1981, is about the theft of the Mona Lisa from the Louvre in 1911. In the book, Reit asserted that there were "two" genuine "Mona Lisas" in the world: the one in the Louvre, and an earlier version of the work painted by Leonardo da Vinci which was being held in a bank vault in New Jersey (the so-called "Vernon Mona Lisa"). A long-planned movie adaptation of the | 1,534 | triviaqa-train |
Which of Beethoven's symphonies is also known as the Pastoral Symphony? | Symphony No. 6 (Beethoven)
The Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68, also known as the Pastoral Symphony (German: "Pastorale"), is a symphony composed by Ludwig van Beethoven and completed in 1808. One of Beethoven's few works containing explicitly programmatic content, the symphony was first performed in the Theater an der Wien on 22 December 1808 in a four-hour concert.
Background.
Beethoven was a lover of nature who spent a great deal of his time on | " (2005)
- Schumann's Symphonies No. 3 and No. 4 (2004)
- Schumann's Symphonies No. 1 and No. 2 (2004)
- Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 "Choral" (2003)
- Beethoven's Symphonies No. 2 and No. 7 (2003)
- Beethoven's Symphonies No. 4 and No. 8 (2003)
- Beethoven's Symphonies No. 1 and No. 6 "Pastoral" (2003)
- Beethoven's | 1,535 | triviaqa-train |
Edmond Dantes is the protagonist of which famous French novel? | by the aliases The Count of Monte Cristo (), Sinbad the Sailor ("Sinbad le Marin"), Abbé Busoni and Lord Wilmore.
History.
History Dantès, first mate.
When the reader is first introduced to Edmond Dantès, he arrives in Marseille as first mate aboard the merchant ship "Le Pharaon" (The Pharaoh). At only 19 years old, the young Dantès seems destined for success. Although the trip was successful, the former Captain, Leclère, has fallen ill and died. | attracts bird-watchers from far off places as hundreds of birds flock here during various seasons.
Approximately 100–200 m south of the beach there is a private island called Dharmadam Island (Pacha Thuruthu in Malayalam, which translates to Green Island in English). It is possible to walk to the island during low tide from the nearby Dharmadam beach.
Tourism.
Since the late 90's, the beach has seen a steady influx of European tourists during winter. A major share of foreign and domestic tourists are not | 1,536 | triviaqa-train |
Which substance, found in many fruits, makes jam and jellies set? | cookbook defines it as a cooked and jelled puree. The term "jam" refers to a product made of whole fruit cut into pieces or crushed, then heated with water and sugar to activate its pectin before being put into containers:
Pectin is mainly D-galacturonic acid connected by α (1–4) glycosidic linkages. The side chains of pectin may contain small amounts of other sugars such as L-fructose, D-glucose, D-mannose, and D-xylose. In jams, pectin is what thickens | .
"Tarte des Alpes" is made from a sweet shortcrust pastry and jam. Over time, the jams or jellies filling the pie have diversified and there are now many fruit flavours. The main ones are blueberry, raspberry, apricot, prune, strawberry, fig, lemoncurd, cherry, and forest fruits.
Preparation.
For the pastry, flour, butter, castor sugar, eggs, salt and yeast are needed. The choice of jam or jellies is a matter of taste; all that is advised | 1,537 | triviaqa-train |
Which of Dennis Potter's plays for television was about a group of 7 year old children playing in the woods, all of whom were played by adults? | Dennis Potter
Dennis Christopher George Potter (17 May 1935 – 7 June 1994) was an English television dramatist, screenwriter and journalist. He is best known for his BBC TV serials "Pennies from Heaven" (1978), "The Singing Detective" (1986), and the television plays "Blue Remembered Hills" (1979) and "Brimstone and Treacle" (1976). His television dramas mixed fantasy and reality, the personal and the social, and often used themes and images from popular culture. | , director Charles Crichton unusually cast Blakely in two different roles during the same run of episodes of the 1967 series "Man in a Suitcase".
In 1969, Blakely's controversial role as Jesus Christ in Dennis Potter's "Son of Man" gained him wide recognition. From that time onwards, he was a regular on British television, and in the same year played the leading role in a BBC adaptation of Anthony Trollope's "The Way We Live Now".
Among the many stage plays in which he | 1,538 | triviaqa-train |
Flourine, Chlorine, Bromine, Iodine and Astatine comprise which group of chemical elements? | Halogenated refrigerants, termed Freons in informal contexts, are identified by R-numbers that denote the amount of fluorine, chlorine, carbon, and hydrogen present. Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) like R-11, R-12, and R-114 once dominated organofluorines, peaking in production in the 1980s. Used for air conditioning systems, propellants and solvents, their production was below one-tenth of this peak by the early 2000s, after widespread international prohibition. Hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs) and hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) were designed as replacements; their synthesis consumes more | liquid (similar in appearance and weight to bromine). It reacts with HCl to form the strong acid HICl. The crystal structure of iodine monochloride consists of puckered zig-zag chains, with strong interactions between the chains.
- Astatine monochloride (AtCl) is made either by the direct combination of gas-phase astatine with chlorine or by the sequential addition of astatine and dichromate ion to an acidic chloride solution.
- Iodine monobromide (IBr) is made by the direct combination of the elements to form a dark | 1,539 | triviaqa-train |
Which English royal palace was largely destroyed by fire in 1698? | Palace of Whitehall
The Palace of Whitehall (or Palace of White Hall) at Westminster, Middlesex, was the main residence of the English monarchs from 1530 until 1698, when most of its structures, except for Inigo Jones's Banqueting House of 1622, were destroyed by fire. It had at one time been the largest palace in Europe, with more than 1,500 rooms, overtaking the Vatican, before itself being overtaken by the expanding Palace of Versailles, which was to reach 2,400 rooms. The palace gives its name, | Burning of Parliament
The Palace of Westminster, the medieval royal palace used as the home of the British parliament, was largely destroyed by fire on 16 October 1834. The blaze was caused by the burning of small wooden tally sticks which had been used as part of the accounting procedures of the Exchequer until 1826. The sticks were disposed of carelessly in the two furnaces under the House of Lords, which caused a chimney fire in the two flues that ran under the floor of the Lords' chamber and up through the walls | 1,540 | triviaqa-train |
As played by Bob Hoskins, what was the name of the sheet music salesman in the TV series Pennies from Heaven scripted by Dennis Potter? | later in the original BBC version of Dennis Potter's innovative 6-part fantasy-drama "Pennies from Heaven" (1978), in which he portrayed adulterous sheet music salesman Arthur Parker. He went on to play Iago in Jonathan Miller's BBC Television Shakespeare production of "Othello" (1981). In 1983 Hoskins voiced an advert for Weetabix and during the late 1980s and early 1990s, he appeared in advertising for British Gas and British Telecom (now BT Group). Other television work included "Flickers", portraying Wilkins | win high praise with "Pennies from Heaven" (1978), a drama serial featuring Bob Hoskins as a sheet music salesman (Hoskins' first performance to receive wide attention). It demonstrated the dramatic possibilities of actors miming to old recordings of popular songs. "Blue Remembered Hills", directed by Brian Gibson and first shown by the BBC on 30 January 1979, uses the dramatic device of adult actors playing children, including Helen Mirren, Janine Duvitski, Michael Elphick, Colin Jeavons, Colin Welland, John Bird, | 1,541 | triviaqa-train |
The adult male of which animal is known as a silverback? | , concluded under UNEP-administered Convention on Migratory Species. The Gorilla Agreement is the first legally binding instrument exclusively targeting gorilla conservation; it came into effect on 1 June 2008.
See also.
- Bili ape
- Gorilla suit
- List of apes – notable individual apes
- List of fictional apes
- Monkey Day
External links.
- Animal Diversity Web – includes photos, artwork, and skull specimens of Gorilla gorilla
- Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting International Gorilla Conservation Programme (Video) | . A silverback (alpha male) will start hooting, throwing, chest pounding, leg kicks, and sideways running when approached by another male. This is done to intimidate the opponent and show physical abilities without actually making any physical contact.
Threats.
Threat behaviour is any behaviour that signifies hostility or intent to attack another animal. Threat behaviour is meant to cause the opponent to back down and leave. While ritual display can be used for an array of reasons or communicative purposes, threat distinctly is meant for hostility | 1,542 | triviaqa-train |
To which song does Bill Murray wake up to each day in the film Groundhog Day? | . Phil makes no secret of his contempt for the assignment, the small town, and the "hicks" who live there.
The next day, Phil awakens at his Punxsutawney bed and breakfast to Sonny & Cher's "I Got You Babe" on the clock radio. He tapes a half-hearted report on Punxsutawney Phil and the town's festivities. Rita wants to stay and cover other events, but Phil wants to return to Pittsburgh. The blizzard blankets the region in snow, stranding them in Punxsutawney. | video tells the story of a young businessman getting ready for work and heading to the office. Throughout his day, he sees several stuffed rabbits or people in rabbit costumes. Fucked Up compared the video to the 1993 Bill Murray film "Groundhog Day", saying the video is loosely about a man who cannot escape the worst day of his life. Fucked Up guitarist Mike Haliechuk said the song is composed of audio loops, and the video in both theme and delivery reinforce this idea. He said, "The video | 1,543 | triviaqa-train |
During the reign of which Roman Emperor was Christ crucified? | . The first emperor, Augustus, resolutely refused recognition as a monarch. Although Augustus could claim that his power was authentically republican, his successor, Tiberius, could not convincingly make the same claim. Nonetheless, for the first three hundred years of Roman emperors, from Augustus until Diocletian, efforts were made to portray the emperors as leaders of a republic.
From Diocletian, whose tetrarchic reforms also divided the position into one emperor in the West and one in the East, until the end of the Empire, emperors ruled | bishop of the city of Durrës (Dyrrachium), during the time of the emperor Trajan (98–117). The saint once had a dream, a foreboding of his impending suffering and death for Christ. He was arrested by the Roman governor of Durrës, Agricola around the year 98. He was beaten with leaden rods and oxhide whips, but St Astius did not renounce Christ. They smeared his body with honey, so as to increase his suffering with the stings of hornets and flies, and crucified him for refusing to | 1,544 | triviaqa-train |
In which spoof science fiction film are the invading aliens repelled by Slim Whitman's recording of The Indian Love Call? | spanned over seven decades, and consisted of a prolific output of over 100 albums and around 500 recorded songs, that not only consisted of country music, but also of contemporary gospel, Broadway show tunes, love songs and standards. In the 1950s, Whitman toured with Elvis Presley as the opening act. In the 1990s a new generation was exposed to Whitman through his songs featured in the film "Mars Attacks!"; his iconic "Indian Love Call" would kill the invading Martians every time the record was played. | but discover a large group of Martians stationed there as they are preparing to take off, the ambassador among them. Byron creates a diversion by challenging them (mostly the ambassador) to a fistfight. While he succeeds in killing the ambassador, he is outnumbered and overwhelmed, but Tom, Barbara, and Cindy escape.
Billy-Glenn's brother Richie discovers that the Martians' heads explode when they hear Slim Whitman's "Indian Love Call" when he goes to rescue his grandmother, Florence. Richie and Florence then | 1,545 | triviaqa-train |
Which Roman Emperor was also known as Octavius? | with Vespasian did "imperator" (emperor) become the official title by which the ruler of the Roman Empire was known.
Classical period "Princeps".
The word "princeps" (plural "principes"), meaning "first", was a republican term used to denote the leading citizen(s) of the state. It was a purely honorific title with no attached duties or powers. It was the title most preferred by Caesar Augustus as its use implies only primacy, as opposed to another of his titles, " | Maximinus Thrax
Maximinus Thrax (; c. 173 – May 238), also known as Maximinus I, was Roman Emperor from 235 to 238.
A Thraco-Roman of low birth, Maximinus was the commander of the Legio IV "Italica" when Severus Alexander was assassinated by his own troops in 235. The Praetorian Guard then elected Maximinus emperor.
In the year 238 (which came to be known as the Year of the Six Emperors), a senatorial revolt broke out, leading to the successive proclamation of | 1,546 | triviaqa-train |
Which calamity in Ireland was a major factor in Sir Robert Peel's decision to repeal the Corn Laws in 1846? | He played a central role in making free trade a reality and set up a modern banking system. His government's major legislation included the Mines and Collieries Act 1842, the Income Tax Act 1842, the Factories Act 1844 and the Railway Regulation Act 1844. Peel's government was weakened by anti-Catholic sentiment following the controversial increase in the Maynooth Grant of 1845. After the outbreak of the Great Irish Famine, his decision to join with Whigs and Radicals to repeal the Corn Laws led to his resignation as Prime Minister in | re-sold for a penny a pound.
In 1846, Peel moved to repeal the Corn Laws, tariffs on grain which kept the price of bread artificially high. The famine situation worsened during 1846 and the repeal of the Corn Laws in that year did little to help the starving Irish; the measure split the Conservative Party, leading to the fall of Peel's ministry. In March, Peel set up a programme of public works in Ireland.
Despite this promising start, the measures undertaken by Peel's successor | 1,547 | triviaqa-train |
Which town in Hertfordshire was built in 1903 as England's first garden city? | In 1903, Letchworth became the world's first garden city and Stevenage became the first town to redevelop under the New Towns Act 1946.
From the 1920s until the late 1980s, the town of Borehamwood was home to one of the major British film studio complexes, including the MGM-British Studios. Many well-known films were made here including the first three "Star Wars" movies (IV, V, & VI). The studios generally used the name of Elstree. American director Stanley Kubrick not only used | Welwyn Garden City
Welwyn Garden City ( ) is a town in Hertfordshire, England. It is located approximately from Kings Cross, London. Welwyn Garden City was the second garden city in England (founded 1920) and one of the first new towns (designated 1948).
It is unique in being both a garden city and a new town and exemplifies the physical, social and cultural planning ideals of the periods in which it was built.
History.
Welwyn Garden City was founded by Sir Ebenezer Howard in | 1,548 | triviaqa-train |
Originally standing in front of Buckingham Palace, what was removed to Hyde Park in 1851? | Marble Arch
Marble Arch is a 19th-century white marble-faced triumphal arch in London, England. The structure was designed by John Nash in 1827 to be the state entrance to the cour d'honneur of Buckingham Palace; it stood near the site of what is today the three-bayed, central projection of the palace containing the well known balcony. In 1851 on the initiative of architect and urban planner, Decimus Burton, one time pupil of John Nash, it was relocated and following the widening of Park Lane in | triumphal monument, originally intended as the entrance to the palace, relocated to the north eastern corner of Hyde Park. He consulted on filling in the Buckingham Palace forecourt, creating new interiors and the palace Facade we know today. The Royal Family were able to move in to more spacious premises. Moving the arch, stone by stone, was left to the engineering skills of Thomas Cubitt and took four years. The siting at the Cumberland Gate entrance to the park was eventually completed in 1851.
During 1882, traffic congestion | 1,549 | triviaqa-train |
Which system of physical fitness that increases the strength and flexibility of the body was originally known by the term 'contrology'? | up to nine principles. Frank Philip Friedman and Gail Eisen, two students of Romana Kryzanowska, published the first modern book on Pilates, "The Pilates Method of Physical and Mental Conditioning", in 1980 and in it they outlined six "principles of Pilates". These have been widely adopted—and adapted—by the wider community. The original six principles were concentration, control, center, flow, precision, and breathing.
Principles Breathing.
Breathing is important in the Pilates method. In "Return to Life | Suspension training
The term suspension training refers to an approach to strength training that uses a system of ropes and webbing called a "suspension trainer" to allow users to work against their own body weight.
Description.
The field of suspension training is a form of resistance training that includes bodyweight exercises in which a variety of multi-planar, compound exercise movements can be performed. These are done with the aim of developing strength, balance, flexibility, and joint stability simultaneously. Suspension training develops physical strength while using | 1,550 | triviaqa-train |
Who played Scottish police officer Hamish Macbeth on TV in the 1990's? | .
Adaptations Television.
The Hamish Macbeth books were adapted into the BBC Scotland television series "Hamish Macbeth". Running for three series between 1995 and 1997, the titular police officer was played by Robert Carlyle. The first and second series comprised six episodes and the third had an additional two-part series finale to make eight episodes. The series bore little relation to the content of Beaton's novels. Macbeth and Lochdubh were retained, in name at least, but little else survived.
The author was not happy | Hamish Macbeth
Hamish Macbeth is a fictional police officer who serves as his town's 'bobby' in a series of mystery novels created by M. C. Beaton (Marion Chesney). The novels are published in the UK by Constable & Robinson and are set in the Scottish Highlands, in the fictitious town of Lochdubh.
Character.
Hamish Macbeth is the eldest of seven siblings and has three brothers and three sisters. His parents are crofters and as the eldest son, Hamish is expected to contribute to his family's | 1,551 | triviaqa-train |
What is the plural of mongoose? | mongooses in the family Viverridae, though subsequent publications considered them a separate family. In 1864, British zoologist John Edward Gray classified the herpestids into three subfamilies: Galiidinae, Herpestinae and Mungotinae. This grouping was supported by British zoologist Reginald Innes Pocock in his 1919 publication, in which he referred to the family as "Mungotidae". However, in the 2000s, genetic evidence from nuclear and mitochondrial analyses argued against placing the galidiines in the mongoose family; these species have been found to be more closely related to other Madagascar carnivores | answer is expected to be plural
- "What have big ears and trunks?"
When followed by a plural predicative complement, a plural verb must be used:
- "What are the main reasons?"
not
- *"What is the main reasons?"
Following "which", a singular verb suggests a singular answer, and a plural verb suggests a plural answer:
- "Which of these answers is correct?" (single choice)
- "Which of these | 1,552 | triviaqa-train |
No Mean City by Maggie Bell is the theme tune to which long running TV detective show? | was the theme music to the TV crime drama "Taggart". She also appeared in a single episode of "Taggart" called "Evil Eye" in 1990, playing a gypsy fortune teller named Effie Lambie who is murdered early in the episode.
In 1990 she appeared in four episodes of the BBC drama series Your Cheatin’ Heart.
In 2009 she provided the singing voice of rock singer Esme Ford (played by Joanna Lumley) in the episode "Counter Culture Blues" of the ITV series "Lewis" | Robertson on a cover version of "Hold Me" which reached No. 11 in the UK Singles Chart. Bell also performed at many charity gigs during this period.
Television.
While working with Stone the Crows, Bell was the subject of a BBC documentary in the 1972 Sounding Out series. Bell sang the end credits theme for the late 1970s ITV detective drama "Hazell", with lyrics written by Judy Forrest and music by Andy Mackay. Her song "No Mean City", written by Mike Moran, | 1,553 | triviaqa-train |
Which TV comedian has played characters including Stavros, Tim Nice But Dim and Wayne Slob? | Harry Enfield's Television Programme
Harry Enfield's Television Programme, later called Harry Enfield & Chums, is a British sketch show starring Harry Enfield and Paul Whitehouse. It first broadcast on BBC Two in 1990 in the 9 pm slot on Thursday nights which became the traditional time for alternative comedy on television.
Enfield was already an established name due to his 'Loadsamoney' character (which featured in a few entertainment programmes in the late 1980s), but the series gave greater presence to his frequent collaborators Paul Whitehouse and | . Enfield and his co-performers created another group of nationally recognised characters for these shows, such as "Stan and Pam Herbert", who use the catchphrase "We are considerably richer than you" (in an exaggerated West-Midlands accent), "Tim Nice-But-Dim", "The Scousers", "Smashie and Nicey", "Wayne and Waynetta Slob", "Annoying Kid Brother", who grew into "Kevin the Teenager", and two old-fashioned presenters, "Mr | 1,554 | triviaqa-train |
In a 2004 poll run by the BBC, which TV show won the title of Best British Sitcom? | of writers.
"Only Fools and Horses", one of the most successful of all British sitcoms, began in 1981 and was the most durable of several series written and created by John Sullivan. Other hits included the political satire "Yes Minister" (1980–84) and its sequel "Yes, Prime Minister" (1986–88), Esmonde and Larbey's suburban sitcom "Ever Decreasing Circles" (1984–89) and the sci-fi-comedy "Red Dwarf" (1988–). Other shows such as " | Bless This House (British TV series)
Bless This House is a British sitcom that aired on ITV from 2 February 1971 to 22 April 1976. Starring Sid James and Diana Coupland, it was created by Vince Powell and Harry Driver, but mainly written by other hands including Dave Freeman and Carla Lane. It was made for the ITV network by Thames Television. In 2004, "Bless This House" was ranked by a BBC poll as the 67th Best British Sitcom.
Production.
The show was produced & | 1,555 | triviaqa-train |
What was the nickname of Jimmy Nail's character in Auf Wiedersehen, Pet? | prison, to dismantle the Middlesbrough Transporter Bridge (a real-life industrial landmark) and sell it for reconstruction in the Far East. Persuading Oz to get the old gang back together to dismantle the bridge, he then plans to cheat them out of their share of the profits, until a Native American from Arizona named Joe Saugus (played by Gordon Tootoosis) arrives to buy the bridge for the benefit of his tribe's casino after seeing an advert placed online by Oz. The lads fly to his reservation to reconstruct the | ) sister in the second series of "Auf Wiedersehen, Pet". In real life, Val is fellow "AWP" star Jimmy Nail's sister. Other television roles include a role as a secretary in "Our Friends in the North".
Stage roles include Florrie in "Andy Capp: The Musical" at the Aldwych Theatre. She usually appears in the biannual benefit concert "Sunday for Sammy". She appeared in the films "Wish You Were Here" and "Purely Belter". She also appeared | 1,556 | triviaqa-train |
Who was the original presenter of Juke Box Jury? | series in 1979 and a further two series in 1989/1990.
Format.
"Juke Box Jury" took a format where a guest panel reviewed new record releases in a 25-minute programme, extended to an hour for some Christmas shows. The format was drawn from that of the US TV series, "Jukebox Jury". Host David Jacobs each week asked four celebrities (the 'Jurors') to judge newly released records on his jukebox (a Rock-Ola Tempo II) and forecast which would be declared a " | announcer for the BBC in the 1950s. A decade later she became a television personality, regularly appearing on panel games and programmes such as "What's My Line?" and "Juke Box Jury". Boyle was the presenter for the 1960, 1963, 1968 and 1974 Eurovision Song Contests, all of which were hosted in the UK. She hosted the 1974 contest wearing no underwear; it had been cut off from under her satin dress moments before the broadcast began. She also hosted the UK qualifying heat, " | 1,557 | triviaqa-train |
What is the name of the fictional borough in which Eastenders is set? | characters appear, mirrors the real "Hackney Gazette".
Walford East is a fictional tube station for Walford, and a tube map that was first seen on air in 1996 showed Walford East between Bow Road and West Ham, in the actual location of Bromley-by-Bow on the District and Hammersmith & City lines.
Walford has the postal district of E20. The postcode district was selected as if it were part of the actual E postcode area which covers much of east London although the next unused postcode district | Sesame Street (fictional location)
Sesame Street is a fictional street (a borough in New York City). The street serves as the location for the American children's television series of the same name, which is centered around 123 Sesame Street, a fictional brownstone building.
Location.
The fictional Sesame Street is set to represent a neighborhood of New York City. The specific neighborhood that it is supposed to represent is disagreed upon. Art director Victor DiNapoli has stated that it is supposed to be located on the | 1,558 | triviaqa-train |
What was the name of the bar in which the TV show Cheers was set? | Cheers
Cheers is an American sitcom that ran on NBC from September 30, 1982, to May 20, 1993, with a total of 275 half-hour episodes for eleven seasons. The show was produced by Charles/Burrows/Charles Productions in association with Paramount Network Television. The show was created by the team of James Burrows, Glen Charles, and Les Charles. The show is set in a bar named Cheers in Boston, Massachusetts, where a group of locals meet to drink, relax, and socialize. | other areas of Maryhill.
The area's name is preserved by a local bar which has been named "The Botany".
Maryhill in the media.
Maryhill has been the location for a number of television programmes and films, namely:
- A short-lived 1960s TV soap "High Living" created by (then) Cowcaddens-based Scottish Television was set in a tower block in the Wyndford area of Maryhill, however as a totally studio-based drama, it relied of pictures of the flats | 1,559 | triviaqa-train |
Which actress famously stripped off her bikini top in slow motion in the 1982 film Fast Times At Ridgemont High? | (Phoebe Cates) and Mike Damone (Robert Romanus), both of whom believe themselves wiser in the ways of romance than their younger counterparts. The ensemble cast of characters form two subplots with Jeff Spicoli (Sean Penn), a perpetually stoned surfer, facing off against uptight history teacher Mr. Hand (Ray Walston), and Stacy's older brother, Brad (Judge Reinhold), a senior who works at a series of entry-level jobs in order to pay off his car and ponders ending his two-year | (1982), it became "the most memorable bikini-drop in cinema history." The bikini scenes in "B.C." and "Fast Times" were ranked 86 and 84 in Channel 4 (UK)'s list of the 100 Greatest Sexy Moments in Film. In 2011, "Time" listed both Welch's "B.C." and Cates' "Ridgemont High" bikinis in the "Top Ten Bikinis in Pop Culture".
In the 1983 film "Return of the Jedi", Princess Leia (played | 1,560 | triviaqa-train |
Which female tennis player won the French Open and U.S. Open in both 1991 and 1992, but didn't compete in either of these events in 1993 or 1994? | by many modern players. No matter which grip is used, most forehands are generally executed with one hand holding the racket, but there have been fine players with two-handed forehands. In the 1940s and 50s, the Ecuadorian/American player Pancho Segura used a two-handed forehand to achieve a devastating effect against larger, more powerful players. Players such as Monica Seles or France's Fabrice Santoro and Marion Bartoli are also notable players known for their two-handed forehands.
Shots Backhand.
For right-handed | Another successful tennis player was Ukrainian-born Larisa Neiland, one of the top female doubles players from the late 1980s until the early 1990s. Partnering Natasha Zvereva, she has won two Grand Slam doubles tournaments (1989 French Open and 1991 Wimbledon). In singles her highest achievements are quarterfinals at the 1994 Wimbledon and the 1988 U.S. Open. Her best position in WTA singles ranking was 58th, which she reached in 1996, while in beginning of 1992 she was 1st in doubles ranking.
The Latvian team has been | 1,561 | triviaqa-train |
How many golden stars appear in the circle on the blue background of the flag of the European Union? | Flag of Europe
The European Flag or Flag of Europe is an official symbol of two separate international organisations, the Council of Europe (CoE) and the European Union (EU). It consists of a circle of twelve five-pointed yellow ("or") stars on a blue ("azure") field.
The flag was designed in 1955, and officially launched later that year by the Council of Europe as a symbol for the whole of Europe. The Council of Europe urged it to be adopted | 1: 3). six-pointed golden stars appear"
The colors of the emblem have been established with advice from the Archives Directorate Stuttgart in the council meeting on December 15, 1933. The Landratsamt Reutlingen has awarded the flag on March 9, 1982.
On a blue background there are two interlocking rings that symbolize the confluence of Zwiefalter-Aach and the Kessel-Aach. The seven golden stars are from the arms of the former counts of Achalm.
Twinning.
Zwiefalten is twinned with La Tessoualle | 1,562 | triviaqa-train |
How many points does a Star of David have? | Jewish usage Kabbalistic use.
A hexagram has been noted on a Jewish tombstone in Taranto, Apulia in Southern Italy, which may date as early as the third century CE. The Jews of Apulia were noted for their scholarship in Kabbalah, which has been connected to the use of the Star of David.
Medieval Kabbalistic grimoires show hexagrams among the tables of segulot, but without identifying them as "Shield of David".
In the Renaissance Period, in the 16th-century Land of Israel, the book Ets Khayim | Integer points in convex polyhedra
The study of integer points in convex polyhedra is motivated by questions such as "how many nonnegative integer-valued solutions does a system of linear equations with nonnegative coefficients have" or "how many solutions does an integer linear program have". Counting integer points in polyhedra or other questions about them arise in representation theory, commutative algebra, algebraic geometry, statistics, and computer science.
The set of integer points, or, more generally, the set of points of an affine lattice, | 1,563 | triviaqa-train |
Who became the first women to win an Oscar for Best Original Song when she did so in 1976 with the film A Star Is Born? | . However, this version adapted the story to the music business. For example, the 1937 and 1954 films each portrayed the lead female character winning an Academy Award, while the 1976 and 2018 versions depicted the heroine winning a Grammy Award instead.
"A Star Is Born" was co-produced by Streisand and her then-partner Jon Peters for Barwood Films and Warner Brothers, with Peters as the main producer and Streisand as executive. Among actors considered for the male lead were Neil Diamond and Marlon Brando. Streisand | was Sophia Loren when she won for "Two Women" in 1961. Best Actor winner Dustin Hoffman was the fifth person to win the aforementioned category twice. Sigourney Weaver became the fifth performer to receive two acting nominations in the same year but did not win in either category. John Lasseter and William Reeves won Best Animated Short Film for "Tin Toy", which was Pixar's first Oscar ever and was the first CGI film to win an Oscar.
Winners and nominees Awards.
Winners are listed first, highlighted in | 1,564 | triviaqa-train |
How many white stripes are there on the flag of the USA? | and a raw simplicity of composition, arrangement, and performance. The duo were also noted for their fashion and design aesthetic which featured a simple color scheme of red, white, and black—which was used on every album and single cover the band released—as well as the band's fascination with the number three. The band's discography consists of six studio albums, two live albums, one extended play (EP), one concert film, one tour documentary, 26 singles, and 14 music videos. Their | and widespread flag design, and white and red being the most popular colors used on flags,
there are many flags worldwide that are similar or near identical to the flag of Poland despite being unrelated to it. For example, the historical flag of Bohemia, the major historical region of Poland's southern neighbor, the Czech Republic, consists of two horizontal stripes, white on top and red on bottom. Similarly to the flag of Poland, it is of heraldic origin, the coat of arms of Bohemia being "Gules | 1,565 | triviaqa-train |
The White Stripes 2003 hit single I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself was originally a hit in 1964 for which female singer? | chart. The song served as the title track for Hunt's sole album release on Scepter released in April 1963. The success in the UK of the Dusty Springfield version of "I Just Don't Know..." in the summer of 1964 led to Scepter's re-releasing the original, at which time it reached the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart in "Billboard" with a #119 peak. It would appear however that the first version of this song to be recorded was not by Hunt but by Chuck Jackson | UK solo hit to chart higher than "I Just Don't Know...".
A concurrent US release of Springfield's "I Just Don't Know What to Do with Myself" was preempted by the presence of Springfield's "Wishin' and Hopin'" in the US Top Ten over the summer of 1964. Springfield's "I Just Don't Know..." received a belated US release in October 1965 featured on a single with Springfield's current UK hit "Some of Your Lovin'"; that month Springfield | 1,566 | triviaqa-train |
How many times has the flag known as the stars and stripes been changed since it was first adopted by 13 American states? | of five stars. The 50 stars on the flag represent the 50 states of the United States of America, and the 13 stripes represent the thirteen British colonies that declared independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain, and became the first states in the U.S. Nicknames for the flag include the Stars and Stripes, Old Glory, and the Star-Spangled Banner.
History.
The current design of the U.S. flag is its 27th; the design of the flag has been modified officially 26 times since 1777. The 48-star flag | 21 September and the Battle of Germantown on 4 October.
The 7th Pennsylvania Flag may have been one of the first American flags to feature stars and stripes, although it was a militia company's flag, not a flag of Washington's army. The Flag Resolution of 1777 defined the official flag of the United States as having 13 stripes and 13 stars, although the specific pattern of the stars was not specified. Many variations existed. The flag shown in the canton of the Brandywine Flag uses a 4-5- | 1,567 | triviaqa-train |
Born in 1908, which author is best remembered for his series of novels on James Bond? | James Bond
The James Bond series focuses on a fictional British Secret Service agent created in 1953 by writer Ian Fleming, who featured him in twelve novels and two short-story collections. Since Fleming's death in 1964, eight other authors have written authorised Bond novels or novelizations: Kingsley Amis, Christopher Wood, John Gardner, Raymond Benson, Sebastian Faulks, Jeffery Deaver, William Boyd and Anthony Horowitz. The latest novel is "Forever and a Day" by Anthony Horowitz, published in May 2018. Additionally Charlie Higson | James Ryder Randall
James Ryder Randall (January 1, 1839 – January 15, 1908) was an American journalist and poet. He is best remembered as the author of "Maryland, My Maryland".
Biography.
Randall was born on January 1, 1839 in Baltimore, Maryland. He was named after Father James A. Ryder S.J., the 20th President of Georgetown University.
He is most remembered for writing the poem "Maryland, My Maryland," which is also the reason for his being called the | 1,568 | triviaqa-train |
In Brad Anderson's comic strip Marmaduke, what type of dog is Marmaduke? | Marmaduke
Marmaduke is a newspaper comic strip revolving around the Winslow family and their Great Dane, Marmaduke, drawn by Brad Anderson from June 1954 to 2015.
Publication history.
The strip was created by Anderson, and sold to the John F. Dille Co. (later known as the National Newspaper Syndicate) in 1954. Anderson said he drew on Laurel and Hardy routines for his ideas. Anderson illustrated the strip, writing it with help from Phil Leeming (1955–1962) and later Dorothy Leeming (1963–1969), and, | Marmaduke (film)
Marmaduke is a 2010 American family comedy film adaptation of Brad Anderson's comic strip of the same name. The film is directed by Tom Dey, produced by John Davis, and written by Tim Rasmussen and Vince Di Meglio. It stars Owen Wilson, George Lopez, Emma Stone, Lee Pace, Judy Greer, William H. Macy, Steve Coogan, Sam Elliott, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Kiefer Sutherland, and Fergie. The film was released on June 4, 2010, to 3,213 theaters nationwide | 1,569 | triviaqa-train |
Which artist caused controversy with their installation called My Bed in the 1999 Turner Prize exhibition? | in formaldehyde by Damien Hirst – and "My Bed", a dishevelled bed by Tracey Emin. Controversy has also come from other directions, including Culture Minister Kim Howells criticising exhibits, a guest of honour (Madonna) swearing, prize judge Lynn Barber writing in the press, and a speech by Sir Nicholas Serota about the purchase of a trustee's work.
Background.
The prize was named after Turner because while he is now considered one of the country's greatest artists, while he was active his work was | Lehmann Maupin ended their working relationship.
Charles Saatchi, who was best known as the most high-profile, high-spending collector of contemporary British art, bought "My Bed" (1998) for £150,000 ($248,000) from Lehmann Maupin's "Every Part of Me's Bleeding," the exhibition that won the artist a nomination for the 1999 Turner Prize. In 2013, on the occasion of a Christie's London sale that raised a total of 3.1 million pounds ($5 million) | 1,570 | triviaqa-train |
Which author created the character of Miss Marple? | Miss Marple
Miss Marple is a fictional character in Agatha Christie's crime novels and short stories. An elderly spinster who lives in the village of St. Mary Mead and acts as an amateur consulting detective, she is one of the best known of Christie's characters and has been portrayed numerous times on screen. Her first appearance was in a short story published in "The Royal Magazine" in December 1927, "The Tuesday Night Club", which later became the first chapter of "The Thirteen Problems" (1932) | finds the writing to have "energy and eccentricity" but with "formal cadences [that] can sometimes slide into a languid drone". The author writes "about the variety and resilience of a nation to which Smith seems utterly devoted." The main character "Mma Ramotswe acts as much like Miss Manners as Miss Marple." Other reviews note that Mma Ramotswe is "a remarkably original character" and that McCall Smith's writing style is deceptively simple and direct, marked by "passages that have the power to amuse | 1,571 | triviaqa-train |
Who painted Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I which reportedly sold for a record 135 million dollars in June 2006? | Gustav Klimt
Gustav Klimt (July 14, 1862 – February 6, 1918) was an Austrian symbolist painter and one of the most prominent members of the Vienna Secession movement. Klimt is noted for his paintings, murals, sketches, and other objets d'art. Klimt's primary subject was the female body, and his works are marked by a frank eroticism. In addition to his figurative works, which include allegories and portraits, he painted landscapes. Among the artists of the Vienna Secession, Klimt was the most influenced by | me that they are seen by anybody who wants to see them, because that would have been the wish of my aunt." In June 2006 the "Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I" was sold to Ronald Lauder for $135 million, at the time a record price for a painting. Eileen Kinsella, the editor of "ARTnews", considered the high price was due to several factors, particularly the painting's provenance, the increasing demand for Austrian Expressionism, rising prices in the art world and " | 1,572 | triviaqa-train |
In golf, the U.S. Masters is played at Augusta, but in which state is Augusta? | are the four most prestigious men's tournaments of the year. In chronological order they are: The Masters, the U.S. Open, The Open Championship (referred to in North America as the British Open) and the PGA Championship.
The fields for these events include the top several dozen golfers from all over the world. The Masters has been played at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia, since its inception in 1934. It is the only major championship that is played at the same course each year. The | Drew Kittleson
Drew Kittleson (born April 2, 1989) is an American professional golfer from Scottsdale, Arizona.
Kittleson played college golf at Florida State University. As a member of the Seminoles lineup, he helped the team win its first ever Atlantic Coast Conference golf championship.
Kittleson advanced to the finals of the 2008 U.S. Amateur at Pinehurst before falling to Danny Lee, 5 & 4. With the second-place finish, he qualified to play in the 2009 Masters Tournament at Augusta National and the 2009 U.S. | 1,573 | triviaqa-train |
On a darts board, what number is diagonally opposite 19? | concave, has formula_1 diagonals, as each vertex has diagonals to all other vertices except itself and the two adjacent vertices, or "n" − 3 diagonals, and each diagonal is shared by two vertices.
Polygons Regions formed by diagonals.
In a convex polygon, if no three diagonals are concurrent at a single point in the interior, the number of regions that the diagonals divide the interior into is given by
For "n"-gons with "n"=3, 4, ... the number of regions is
This | had chosen a five piece column on the lower left quadrant of the board, then the second player must choose a five piece column on the diagonally opposite quadrant of the board, and in this case it is the upper right quadrant; b) similarly if, on the other hand, the first player had chosen a five piece column on the lower right quadrant of the board, then the second player must choose a five piece column on the upper left quadrant of the board; c) if, however, the first | 1,574 | triviaqa-train |
Which sport, of Celtic origin, uses a ball called a sliotar? | Hurling
Hurling (, ') is an outdoor team game of ancient Gaelic and Irish origin. It is administered by the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA). The game has prehistoric origins, and has been played for 4,000 years. One of Ireland's native Gaelic games, it shares a number of features with Gaelic football, such as the field and goals, the number of players, and much terminology. There is a similar game for women called camogie ('). It shares a common Gaelic root with the | games, there is often a custom of using a sliotar in one half and a shinty ball in the other. Each half lasts 35 minutes.
History.
The first games played were challenge matches between London Camanachd and London GAA in 1896 and Glasgow Cowal and Dublin Celtic in 1897 and 1898, with the first game played at Celtic Park. However, there was then a hiatus until Scottish representative teams and Irish sides took place in the 1920s. Following intermittent international games between Scotland and an all-Ireland team before | 1,575 | triviaqa-train |
The first set of rules for the sport of Boxing, the London Prize Ring rules, were introduced in which year? | manual of wrestling and fencing, "Progymnasmata: The inn-play, or Cornish-hugg wrestler", described a system of headbutting, punching, eye-gouging, chokes, and hard throws, not recognized in boxing today.
The first boxing rules, called the Broughton's rules, were introduced by champion Jack Broughton in 1743 to protect fighters in the ring where deaths sometimes occurred. Under these rules, if a man went down and could not continue after a count of 30 seconds, the fight was over | as Brighton Bill, the London Prize Ring Rules were introduced to more clearly define the rules of prize fighting and to introduce certain safety measures, rules that still form the basis for the modern sport of boxing.
Early 19th-century English boxing.
During the first half of the 19th century pugilism, better known as prize-fighting, held a curious position in British society. Although supported by members of the establishment from the royal princes downwards, it was considered illegal under the terms of the Riot Act of 1715 | 1,576 | triviaqa-train |
In Greek legend, what is the name given to the creature that is half man and half bull? | masks made from real skulls were worn in rites. Bull-masked terracotta figurines and Neolithic bull-horned stone altars have been found in Cyprus.
In antiquity Levant.
The Canaanite (and later Carthaginian) statue to which sacrifices were burnt, either as a deity or a type of sacrifice – Moloch – was referred to as a horned man, and likened to Cronus by the Romans. There may be a connection between sacrifice to the Cretan horned man Minotaur and Cronus' himself. Both Baʿal and El were associated with | legs.
- Hippocampus (or Hippocamp) – A Greek mythological creature that is half-horse half-fish.
- Hippogriff – A creature that has the front quarters of an eagle and hind quarters of a horse.
- Kelpie - A creature that is half horse half fish.
- Longma – A winged horse with dragon scales.
- Merlion – A creature with the head of a lion and the body of a fish.
- Ophiotaurus – A creature that is half-bull half- | 1,577 | triviaqa-train |
According to legend, who rid Ireland of snakes? | [string instrument]]s) was transmitted orally, but the [[Irish harp]], in particular, was of such significance that it became Ireland's national symbol. Classical music following European models first developed in urban areas, in establishments of Anglo-Irish rule such as [[Dublin Castle]], [[St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin|St Patrick's Cathedral]] and [[Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin|Christ Church]] as well as the country houses of the Anglo-Irish ascendancy, with the first performance | (chapter 3.23), written in the late seventh or early eighth century. The earliest written record of a legend about Patrick ridding Ireland of venomous creatures date to the thirteenth century by Gerald of Wales, who expressed scepticism about the veracity of the story. The more familiar version of the legend is given by Jocelyn of Furness, who says that the snakes had all been banished by Patrick chasing them into the sea after they attacked him during a 40-day fast he was undertaking on top of a hill. The hagiographic theme of | 1,578 | triviaqa-train |
According to Roman mythology, which twins founded Rome? | identify their own gods with those of the Greeks ("interpretatio graeca"), and to reinterpret stories about Greek deities under the names of their Roman counterparts. Rome's early myths and legends also have a dynamic relationship with Etruscan religion, less documented than that of the Greeks.
While Roman mythology may lack a body of divine narratives as extensive as that found in Greek literature, Romulus and Remus suckling the she-wolf is as famous as any image from Greek mythology except for the Trojan Horse. Because Latin literature | Legend and history.
According to Roman mythology, which links Lavinium more securely to Rome, the city was named by Aeneas in honor of Lavinia, daughter of Latinus, king of the Latins, and his wife, Amata. Aeneas reached Italy and there fought a war against Turnus, the leader of the local Rutuli people. Aeneas founded not Rome but rather Lavinium, the main centre of the Latin league, from which the people of Rome sprang. Aeneas thus links the royal house of Troy with the early Roman | 1,579 | triviaqa-train |
According to legend, who rode through the streets of Coventry naked and was seen by someone called Tom, leading to the phrase Peeping Tom? | UK City of Culture 2021, after beating Paisley, Stoke-on-Trent, Swansea and Sunderland to the title. They will be the third title holder, of the quadrennial award which began in 2013.
History.
The Romans founded a settlement in Baginton, next to the River Sowe, and another formed around a Saxon nunnery, founded by St Osburga, that was later left in ruins by King Canute's invading Danish army in 1016. Earl Leofric of Mercia and his wife Lady Godiva built on the remains | . In
September 1982, Nagy became a charter member of the
Defense Intelligence Senior Executive Service. In 1985,
Nagy was appointed to the position of Assistant Deputy
Director for Research. In this capacity, he held the position
of chief of the Directorate for Research (DB), DIA’s
largest single military intelligence production organization.
He also served as the General Defense Intelligence
Program (GDIP) functional manager for general
military intelligence and as the chairman of the Council
of Defense Intelligence | 1,580 | triviaqa-train |
In Greek mythology who died when he flew too close to the sun and the wax holding together his artificial wings melted? | Icarus
In Greek mythology, Icarus (the Latin spelling, conventionally adopted in English; , "Íkaros", Etruscan: "Vikare") is the son of the master craftsman Daedalus, the creator of the Labyrinth. Icarus and his father attempt to escape from Crete by means of wings that his father constructed from feathers and wax. Icarus' father warns him first of complacency and then of hubris, asking that he fly neither too low nor too high, so the sea's dampness would not clog his wings nor | particular at backgammon, and was an enthusiastic hunter, even by medieval standards. He liked music, although not songs. John would become a "connoisseur of jewels", building up a large collection, and became famous for his opulent clothes and also, according to French chroniclers, for his fondness for bad wine. As John grew up, he became known for sometimes being "genial, witty, generous and hospitable"; at other moments, he could be jealous, over-sensitive and prone to fits of rage | 1,581 | triviaqa-train |
What was the name of the 1963 Disney film that featured the legendary characters of Merlin and King Arthur? | (1932) is concerned with both the Holy Grail and the legend that Arthur is buried at Glastonbury.
The romance Arthur has become popular in film and theatre as well. T. H. White's novel was adapted into the Lerner and Loewe stage musical "Camelot" (1960) and Walt Disney's animated film "The Sword in the Stone" (1963); "Camelot", with its focus on the love of Lancelot and Guinevere and the cuckolding of Arthur, was itself made into a film of the same | Merlin (miniseries)
Merlin is a 1998 television miniseries which originally aired on NBC that retells the legend of King Arthur from the perspective of the wizard Merlin.
Sam Neill stars in the title role in a story that covers not only the rise and fall of Camelot but also the phase in the legendary history of Britain that precedes it.
The film deviates from more traditional versions of the legend, notably by including new characters such as Queen Mab and by keeping Merlin through the whole reign of King Arthur over Britain | 1,582 | triviaqa-train |
Who was the chief God in Norse mythology? | thunder-god Thor, who relentlessly fights his foes; the one-eyed, raven-flanked god Odin, who craftily pursues knowledge throughout the worlds and bestowed among humanity the runic alphabet; the beautiful, seiðr-working, feathered cloak-clad goddess Freya who rides to battle to choose among the slain; the vengeful, skiing goddess Skaði, who prefers the wolf howls of the winter mountains to the seashore; the powerful god Njörð, who may calm both sea and fire and grant wealth and land; the god | who or what created the universe. In later Puranic period, equate the Brahman to Brahma, Vishnu, Shiva or Devi, and each major sub-tradition of Hinduism calls them respectively as the creator deity.
- European contexts:
- The sons of slaying the primeval giant in Norse mythology
- in Slavic mythology
- or (Radien Father) in Sámi mythology
- Oceanic contexts:
- , creator of humanity, the god of fertility and the chief god of the "" or "bird- | 1,583 | triviaqa-train |
Who wrote the lyrics to the songs in The Sound Of Music? Rogers or Hammerstein? | The Sound of Music
The Sound of Music is a musical with music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, and a book by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse. It is based on the memoir of Maria von Trapp, "The Story of the Trapp Family Singers". Set in Austria on the eve of the "Anschluss" in 1938, the musical tells the story of Maria, who takes a job as governess to a large family while she decides whether to become a nun. She falls in love | Rihanna herself. The album's closing tracks were written by Rogers, Sturken and Rihanna, who co-wrote the album's title track "A Girl like Me". Rogers and Sturken produced and wrote eight of the album's sixteen tracks.
Music and lyrics.
Musically, "A Girl like Me" reveals new types of musical genres compared to Rihanna's light and uptempo debut effort, "Music of the Sun". Her goal on the album was to find songs that express the many things young women | 1,584 | triviaqa-train |
Who wrote the musical We Will Rock You in collaboration with Queen members Brian May and Roger Taylor? | You", opened at the Dominion Theatre on London's West End. The musical was written by British comedian and author Ben Elton in collaboration with Brian May and Roger Taylor, and produced by Robert De Niro. It has since been staged in many cities around the world. The launch of the musical coincided with Queen Elizabeth II's Golden Jubilee. As part of the Jubilee celebrations, Brian May performed a guitar solo of "God Save the Queen", as featured on Queen's "A Night at the Opera" | , premiered at the theatre.
On January 24, 2008 the musical "We Will Rock You" featuring the music of Queen opened at the Raimund with its largest ever advance ticket sale of 90,000. Original Queen members Roger Taylor and Brian May joined the cast on stage for the finale.
After "We will rock You", The Musical "Rebecca" came back for a short season from September until the end of December 2008. On 26 February 2009, the theatre opened with a new production of the " | 1,585 | triviaqa-train |
George Bernard Shaw's play Pygmalion was adapted to become which musical? | presented in 1871. Shaw would also have been familiar with the burlesque version, "Galatea, or Pygmalion Reversed". Shaw's play has been adapted numerous times, most notably as the musical "My Fair Lady" and its film version.
Shaw mentioned that the character of Professor Henry Higgins was inspired by several British professors of phonetics: Alexander Melville Bell, Alexander J. Ellis, Tito Pagliardini, but above all, the cantankerous Henry Sweet.
First productions.
Shaw wrote the play in early 1912 and read | ) has been adapted into plays by Jean-Jacques Rousseau ("Pygmalion", 1762), W.S. Gilbert ("Pygmalion and Galatea, an Original Mythological Comedy", 1871) and George Bernard Shaw ("Pygmalion", premiered October 1913). Gilbert's play was parodied in the musical burlesque "Galatea, or Pygmalion Reversed" (1883) Shaw's play—in which phonetics professor Henry Higgins makes a bet that he can train a Cockney flower girl to pass for a duchess by improving her speech—was | 1,586 | triviaqa-train |
Premiering in New York in 1967, which musical became famous for the amount of nudity involved? | side of the body, including the buttocks, is exposed, or a side-view from any other direction.
History.
Hair probably evolved in mammals before about 220 million years ago. The closest living genetic relatives of humans, apes and especially chimpanzees, possess an almost complete covering of fur.
Humans are today the only naked primate in nature, that is, most of the body is not naturally covered by fur. Reliable information on the development of nudity and the passage of time are not yet possible | prompting the latter to write music in the basement of the club. He also fired a Dustin Hoffman for providing poor table service. Playwright Sam Shepard once bused tables.
D'Lugoff styled himself on the famous showman Sol Hurok. His avant-garde programming also set the stage for theatrical nudity in New York - the 1974 musical review "Let My People Come" featured a fully nude co-ed cast.
Financial reverses led D'Lugoff to declare bankruptcy in 1991. He closed the club in 1994. In the wake of | 1,587 | triviaqa-train |
Who wrote the book on which the musical Les Miserables is based? | Les Misérables (musical)
Les Misérables (; ), colloquially known in English-speaking countries as Les Mis (), is a sung-through musical adapted from French poet and novelist Victor Hugo's 1862 novel of the same name by Claude-Michel Schönberg (music), Alain Boublil and Jean-Marc Natel (original French lyrics), and Herbert Kretzmer (English lyrics). The original French musical premiered in Paris in 1980 with direction by Robert Hossein. Its English-language adaptation by producer Cameron Mackintosh ran | play was written by a member of staff and was nominated for a Bord Gáis Energy Student Theatre Award for Best Overall Play. The play was based on the book "Children of The Rising" by Joe Duffy.
2017 saw the international musical "Les Miserables" return to the O’Reilly Theatre for the third time.
Other activities.
The school has debating societies in the English, Irish, Spanish, German, and French languages. Belvedere has won the all-Ireland schools debating competition (2005 among other years | 1,588 | triviaqa-train |
Which song from Joseph And The Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat gave Jason Donovan a number one hit single in 1991? | released in some countries as "Prisoners of the Sun").
Biography 1991–93: Stage career and "The Face" lawsuit.
In 1991, Donovan accepted the lead role in the restaged London Palladium version of "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat", directed by Steven Pimlott. Donovan had his third solo UK No. 1 single with one of its songs, "Any Dream Will Do". Donovan left the production in early 1992.
In 1992, Donovan launched a libel action against "The Face" | at theatre and took over the role of Joseph in "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat" from Jason Donovan on the West End stage in 1991. The second musical he performed in was the title role of "Doctor Dolittle" at the Hammersmith Apollo in London, before touring the UK. In March 2018, Schofield reprised his role as Joseph for an episode of "Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway".
Other interests.
Other interests Music.
While appearing in "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat" | 1,589 | triviaqa-train |
Who played Fanny Brice in the movie version of the musical Funny Girl? | popular standards, including "Hello, Dolly!", "We Need a Little Christmas", "I Am What I Am", "Mame", "The Best of Times", "Before the Parade Passes By", "Put On Your Sunday Clothes", "It Only Takes a Moment", "Bosom Buddies" and "I Won't Send Roses", recorded by such artists as Louis Armstrong, Eydie Gormé, Barbra Streisand, Petula Clark and Bernadette Peters. Herman's songbook has been | lyrics by Bean and book by fellow CCM graduate Eydie Faye.
In 2015, Bean portrayed the role of CeeCee Bloom in the musical adaptation of the book and movie "Beaches" at the Drury Lane Theater in Chicago, for which she was nominated for a Jeff Award for Best Lead Actress in a Musical. She won an IRNE Award in 2017 for her performance as Fanny Brice in North Shore Music Theatre's production of "Funny Girl". In 2018, she performed in the NY City Center Encores! production of | 1,590 | triviaqa-train |
First performed in 1948, which musical is based on Shakespeare's The Taming Of The Shrew? | " has been adapted numerous times for stage, screen, opera, ballet, and musical theatre; perhaps the most famous adaptations being Cole Porter's "Kiss Me, Kate" and the 1967 film of the play, starring Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton. The 1999 high school comedy film "10 Things I Hate About You" is also loosely based on the play.
Characters.
- Katherina (Kate) Minola – the "shrew" of the title
- Bianca Minola – sister of Katherina; the " | Kate - la bisbetica domata
Kate - the Taming of the Shrew ["Kate – La bisbetica domata"] is a 2004 stop-motion-musical adaptation film of Shakespeare's "The Taming of the Shrew", directed by Roberto Lione. The film, which uses a stop motion animation based on paper cut-out figures that Lione called "papermotion", claims to be Italy's first feature-length stop-motion animation film.
Background.
After four years in the making for a budget expenditure | 1,591 | triviaqa-train |
Miss Saigon premiered in Drury Lane, London in 1989, but how many performances were put on there before it closed? | / "Little God of My Heart" (Reprise) – Kim
- "Finale" – Chris and Kim
Production history.
Production history West End (1989–1999).
"Miss Saigon" premiered in the West End at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane on 20 September 1989 and closed after 4,264 performances on 30 October 1999. The director was Nicholas Hytner with musical staging by Bob Avian and scenic design by John Napier. In December 1994 the London production became the Theatre Royal's (Drury Lane) longest running | a seventeen-year-old South Vietnamese bargirl.
The musical was premièred at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London, on 20 September 1989, closing after 4,092 performances on 30 October 1999. It opened on Broadway at the Broadway Theatre on April 11, 1991, and subsequently played in many other cities and embarked on tours. Prior to the opening of the 2014 London revival, it was claimed that Miss Saigon had set a world record for opening day ticket sales, with sales in excess of £4m | 1,592 | triviaqa-train |
Which reality TV show was won by MC Harvey, Azra Akin and Terri Dwyer in 2003, and by Jarrod Batchelor, Shane Lynch and Lady Isabella Hervey in 2004? | "The Games" and went on to win a gold medal. In that same year, she appeared on Lily Savage's Blankety Blank.
In 2003, Dwyer briefly returned to Hollyoaks and also became a regular presenter on the ITV programme "Loose Women" (2003–2006). In 2005, she joined the cast of "Grange Hill", playing the part of school teacher, Miss Adams. In June 2006, Terri helped ITV Play launch a new show: "Rovers Return Quiz Night". She was one | took place in which the top two male and female competitors from Team 2003, Team 2004 and Team 2005 competed against each other in weightlifting, hammer throwing and finally the relay race. From Team 2003, James Hewitt, Harvey, Terri Dwyer and Josie D'Arby competed. From Team 2004, Romeo, Jarrod Batchelor, Katy Hill and Lady Isabella Hervey competed. From Team 2005, Kevin Simm, Philip Olivier, Lisa Maffia and Kirsty Gallacher, competed. Team 2005 narrowly beat the team from the first series overall.
Series | 1,593 | triviaqa-train |
Which political party changed it's name from the Ecology Party in 1985? | the Green parties are formed to win elections, and so organize themselves by the presented electoral or political districts. But that does not apply universally: The Green Party of Alaska is organized along bioregional lines to practice bioregional democracy.
History Support.
Academic research has uncovered striking international consistency in the typical demographic and attitudinal profile of Green party supporters. In particular, Green voters tend to be young, highly educated, disproportionately female, and employed in the social and cultural services (healthcare, teaching, the arts etc.) | Roy Jenkins leaving the Labour Party to form the Social Democratic Party (SDP), and the inability of the party to absorb the rapid increase in membership, the early 1980s were extremely tough for the Ecology Party. Nonetheless, the party prepared for the 1983 General Election, spurred on by the success of Die Grünen in Germany. In the 1983 election, the Ecology Party stood over 100 candidates and gained 54,299 votes.
History Name change and internal strife, 1985–1986.
1985 was a time of political change in the | 1,594 | triviaqa-train |
Which film features Tom Cruise dancing in his underwear to Old Time Rock 'n' Roll by Bob Seger? | , peaked at #28 on the Hot 100, but achieved greater popularity after being featured in the 1983 Tom Cruise film "Risky Business", in which Tom Cruise's character dances in his underwear to the song. It has since been ranked the second-most played Jukebox Single of all time, behind Patsy Cline's "Crazy". "Old Time Rock and Roll" was named one of the Songs of the Century in 2001. Seger has since remarked that not taking one-third writing credit on his recording | called the film a "sharp satire of privileged suburban teens", portraying the "soul-crushing pressure to be perfect."
In the years since the film's release, the scene featuring Cruise's character dancing in his pink dress shirt and white briefs to "Old Time Rock and Roll" by Bob Seger has been recreated in episodes of many television series, as well as in films, parodies, and advertisements. The song was #100 on AFI's 100 Years ... 100 Songs list.
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Who had top ten hits in 1970 with Give Me Just A Little More Time and You've Got Me Dangling On A String? | (You've Got Me) Dangling on a String
"(You've Got Me) Dangling on a String" is a 1970 soul music song by the Chairmen of the Board. The single reached #38 on the US "Billboard" Hot 100, #19 on the US "Billboard" R&B chart, and #5 on the UK Singles Chart. The song was written by Ronald Dunbar and Edythe Wayne.
Live performances.
The group performed "Dangling on a String" on American Bandstand on May | actually been with Gordy since before the formation of Motown Records. In late 1960, the group recorded their first hit single, "Shop Around", which became Motown's first million-selling hit record. Between 1960 and 1970, Robinson would produce 26 top forty hits with the Miracles as lead singer, chief songwriter and producer, including several top ten hits such as "You've Really Got a Hold on Me", "Mickey's Monkey", "I Second That Emotion", "Baby Baby Don't | 1,596 | triviaqa-train |
The first line of the song Do They Know It's Christmas? by Band Aid was originally intended for which singer, who finally got to sing it during Live Aid? | the US ended at 04:05 BST 14 July (23:05 EDT). Thus, the concert continued for just over 16 hours, but since many artists' performances were conducted simultaneously in Wembley and JFK, the total concert's length was much longer.
Mick Jagger and David Bowie intended to perform an intercontinental duet, with Bowie in London and Jagger in Philadelphia. Problems of synchronisation meant the only practical solution was to have one artist, likely Bowie at Wembley, mime along to prerecorded vocals broadcast as part of the live sound | .
With Scott in the line-up as the lead guitarist, Chaplin had to play the acoustic guitar. Since Scott left in 2001, he primarily takes lead vocals, but also plays the organ on "Hamburg Song" during some live gigs, as well as a distorted piano for newer songs on their second album.
He also took part in Band Aid 20's re-recording of "Do They Know It's Christmas?" in November 2004 doing a solo on the line "feed the world" | 1,597 | triviaqa-train |
In 1987, the Pogues featuring Kirsty MacColl were denied a Christmas Number One with the song Fairytale Of New York. Which song kept them at number 2 with Pogues singer Shane McGowan saying we were beaten by two queens and a drum machine? | with God".
Originally begun in 1985, the song had a troubled two-year development history, undergoing rewrites and aborted attempts at recording, and losing its original female vocalist along the way, before finally being completed in August 1987. Although the single never reached the coveted UK Christmas number one, being kept at number two on its original release in 1987 by the Pet Shop Boys' cover version of "Always on My Mind", it has proved enduringly popular with both music critics and the public: to | Fairytale of New York
"Fairytale of New York" is a song written by Jem Finer and Shane MacGowan and recorded by their band the Pogues, featuring singer-songwriter Kirsty MacColl on vocals. The song is an Irish folk-style ballad and was written as a duet, with the Pogues' singer MacGowan taking the role of the male character and MacColl the female character. It was originally released as a single on 23 November 1987 and later featured on the Pogues' 1988 album "If I Should Fall from Grace | 1,598 | triviaqa-train |
From which animated short film does the song Walking In The Air come? | Walking in the Air
"Walking in the Air" is a song written by Howard Blake for the 1982 animated film of Raymond Briggs' 1978 children's book "The Snowman". The song forms the centrepiece of "The Snowman", which has become a seasonal favourite on British and Finnish television. The story relates the fleeting adventures of a young boy and a snowman who has come to life. In the second part of the story, the boy and the snowman fly to the North Pole. "Walking in | Mel Smith's death in 2013, when the Bowie introduction returned, returning the film to its original aspect ratio. The 30th anniversary Blu-ray does not use any of the openings but includes all three openings as a bonus feature.
Animated television special Production notes.
The song "Walking in the Air" is sung in the film by chorister Peter Auty, who was not credited in the original version. He was given a credit on the 20th anniversary version. The song was covered three years later by Welsh chorister | 1,599 | triviaqa-train |
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