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Name the Year: The musical My Fair Lady has its first performance on Broadway ; Elvis Presley has his first U.K. hit. | who would manage him for more than two decades. Presley's first RCA single, "Heartbreak Hotel", was released in January 1956 and became a number-one hit in the United States. With a series of successful network television appearances and chart-topping records, he became the leading figure of the newly popular sound of rock and roll. His energized interpretations of songs and sexually provocative performance style, combined with a singularly potent mix of influences across color lines during a transformative era in race relations, made him enormously | its kind. Olivier is later nominated for an Oscar for his performance.
- March 12
- The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes above 500 for the first time rising 2.40 points, or 0.48%, to 500.24.
- 96 U.S. Congressmen sign the Southern Manifesto, a protest against the 1954 Supreme Court ruling ("Brown v. Board of Education") desegregating public education.
- March 13 – Elvis Presley releases his first Gold Album titled "Elvis Presley".
- March 15 – The Broadway musical | 2,000 | triviaqa-train |
Which German composer wrote the music of the overture Rienzi, often heard in the concert hall ? | much longer musical works. During the late Romantic period, composers explored dramatic chromatic alterations of tonality, such as extended chords and altered chords, which created new sound "colours". Composers in the Romantic era increased the size of the orchestra by adding players and using new instruments, creating a more powerful sound. Some Wagnerian orchestras included multiple harps, massive string sections and Wagner tubas.
History 20th- and 21st-century music.
In the 19th century, one of the key ways that new compositions became known to the | Dame" overture was often heard in cinemas during the era of the silent film when deluxe screenings were preceded by an overture or other concert piece played by a live orchestra. The film music director and composer Hugo Riesenfeld listed it as one of the ten most frequently performed pieces of music in movie theaters of the era. D. W. Griffith's 1914 film "Judith of Bethulia" had a complete live sound track specified by Griffiths himself in which the "Pique Dame" overture, played in its entirety, opened the second reel | 2,001 | triviaqa-train |
Julia Gillard is the current Prime Minister of which country ? | making him the longest serving non-elected prime minister.
In monarchies and in republics.
The post of prime minister may be encountered both in constitutional monarchies (such as Belgium, Denmark, Japan, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Malaysia, Morocco, Spain, Sweden, Thailand, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom), and in parliamentary republics in which the head of state is an elected official (such as Finland, the Czech Republic, France, Greece, Hungary, India | years after her husband's death in office, while Lucy Turnbull served as Lord Mayor of Sydney over a decade before her husband became prime minister. Ethel Page held senior offices in the organisational wing of the Country Party.
All prime ministers except John McEwen and Julia Gillard were married for the duration of their term in office. McEwen was a widower during his short term, while Gillard had a domestic partner, Tim Mathieson. Until relatively recently it was uncommon for the spouse of a prime minister to have their own career | 2,002 | triviaqa-train |
In the British and American armies, what rank is between a General and a Major-General ? | the statement "Be My Little General." This is so that it makes it easier to learn which General outranks which. The rationale behind the statement is as follow: "Be" Brigadier General (1 star), "My" Major General (2 star), "Little" Lieutenant General (3 star), "General" General (4 star).
As armies grew bigger, heraldry and unit identification remained primarily a matter of the regiment. Brigades headed by brigadier generals were the units invented as | until 1917.
United Kingdom and some Commonwealth countries.
The British Army (in which these officers are called officers of field rank), and some others in the Commonwealth (including the Australian Army and New Zealand Army), also include the brigadier in this category: the equivalent in other armies is a general officer (the brigadier general).
United States.
Today, a field officer in the United States (here called field grade) Army, Marine Corps, and Air Force is typically a major | 2,003 | triviaqa-train |
Which Monty Python film features the exploding Mr Creosote ? | Mr Creosote
Mr. Creosote is a fictional character who appears in Monty Python's "The Meaning of Life". He is a monstrously obese, West Country accented restaurant patron who is served a vast amount of food whilst vomiting repeatedly. After being persuaded to eat an after-dinner mint, he explodes in a very graphic way. The sketch opens the film's segment titled "Part VI: The Autumn Years".
The character is played by Terry Jones, who directed the film.
Synopsis.
In | produced, and featured behind the scenes footage of the make-up process. It included interviews with the actor Ronald Pickup, John Hurt, talking about his make-up for "The Elephant Man", and Terry Jones talking about the make-up for Mr Creosote in the Monty Python film.
Bibliography.
Bibliography References.
- Official website | 2,004 | triviaqa-train |
Clara Petacci was the mistress of which dictator ? | Clara Petacci
Clara Petacci, known as Claretta Petacci (; 28 February 1912 – 28 April 1945), was a mistress of the Italian dictator Benito Mussolini, and was executed with him by partisans.
Family.
Clara Petacci's father was Dr. Francesco Petacci, primary physician of Pope Pius XI. Her sister was actress Miriam di San Servolo (31 May 1923 – 24 May 1991), also known as Miriam Petacci or Miriam Day. Petacci's brother, Marcello Petacci, was captured with Mussolini and Petacci. However | Petacci
Petacci is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Clara Petacci (1912–1945), Italian mistress
- Emilio Petacci (1886–1965), Italian film actor | 2,005 | triviaqa-train |
Which is the only London borough on both sides of the Thames ? | The 214 bridges and 17 tunnels that have been built to date have changed the dynamics and made cross-river development and shared responsibilities more practicable. In 1965, upon the creation of Greater London, the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames incorporated the former 'Middlesex and Surrey' banks, Spelthorne moved from Middlesex to Surrey; and further changes in 1974 moved some of the boundaries away from the river. For example, some areas were transferred from Berkshire to Oxfordshire, and from Buckinghamshire to Berkshire. On occasion – for example | Gallions Reach
Gallions Reach is a stretch of the River Thames between Woolwich and Thamesmead. The area is named for the Galyons, a 14th-century family who owned property along this stretch of the river, and there are various locations on both sides of the river named after it.
North side.
North of the Thames in the London Borough of Newham, there is Gallions Reach Shopping Park and the DLR station.
South side.
South of the Thames in the London Borough of Greenwich, Gallions Hill | 2,006 | triviaqa-train |
Which composer , when just 17, wrote the Overture A Midsummer Night's Dream ? | A Midsummer Night's Dream (Mendelssohn)
At two separate times, Felix Mendelssohn composed music for William Shakespeare's play "A Midsummer Night's Dream" (in German "Ein Sommernachtstraum"). First in 1826, near the start of his career, he wrote a concert overture (Op. 21). Later, in 1842, only a few years before his death, he wrote incidental music (Op. 61) for a production of the play, into which he incorporated the existing Overture. The incidental | E-flat major, a work which has been regarded as "mark[ing] the beginning of his maturity as a composer." This Octet and his Overture to Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream", which he wrote a year later in 1826, are the best-known of his early works. (Later, in 1843, he also wrote incidental music for the play, including the famous "Wedding March".) The Overture is perhaps the earliest example of a concert overture – that is, | 2,007 | triviaqa-train |
The drug digitalis comes from which plant ? | Digitalis
Digitalis ( or ) is a genus of about 20 species of herbaceous perennials, shrubs, and biennials commonly called foxgloves.
This genus was traditionally placed in the figwort family Scrophulariaceae, but recent phylogenetic research has placed it in the much enlarged family Plantaginaceae. This genus is native to western and southwestern Europe, western and central Asia and northwestern Africa. The scientific name means "finger-like" and refers to the ease with which a flower of "Digitalis purpurea" can be fitted over a human fingertip. | . No leaves are on the plant or offshoot from it. It reproduces from its seeds, which are produced from fruit that has two sections. Many seeds are produced from the plant's fruit.
The plant is parasitic, feeding off of other plants' root systems, often on the flowering plant genus "Sedum" which are also known as stonecrops. It does not produce chlorophyll, rather gaining its nutrients, such as carbohydrates, from other plant species. Due to not producing chlorophyll, the plant does not produce | 2,008 | triviaqa-train |
The novel Notre Dame de Paris, by Victor Hugo, is better known by what title in the English-speaking world ? | "The Hunchback Of Notre Dame". In reaction to the controversy, Walt Disney Feature Animation president Peter Schneider said, "The only controversy I've heard about the movie is certain people's opinion that, 'Well, it's OK for me, but it might disturb somebody else." Schneider also stated in his defense that the film was test-screened "all over the country, and I've heard nobody, parents or children, complain about any of the issues. I think, for example, the | European title "Le meilleur de Daniel Lavoie") was recorded in 1997.
In 1998 Lavoie was cast as priest Frollo in Richard Cocciante and Luc Plamondon's new musical "Notre-Dame de Paris", which was based on the eponymous novel by Victor Hugo. The musical became very successful ("Notre-Dame De Paris" won world's best-selling artist/group for 1998 at the World Music Awards on May 5, 1999) Albums were sold by the millions (certified triple-platinum by CRIA | 2,009 | triviaqa-train |
Which famous U.S. highway originally ran from Chicago to Los Angeles, covering 2,448 miles ? | U.S. Route 66
U.S. Route 66 or U.S. Highway 66 (US 66 or Route 66), also known as the Will Rogers Highway, the Main Street of America or the Mother Road, was one of the original highways in the U.S. Highway System. US 66 was established on November 11, 1926, with road signs erected the following year. The highway, which became one of the most famous roads in the United States, originally ran from Chicago, Illinois, through Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma | Chicago–Los Angeles highway if he would accept the number 62 which was originally assigned to their road. Avery disliked the number 62, found out 66 was not used, and designated the Chicago–Los Angeles highway as U.S. 66. In 1926, the Federal Highway System was approved by Congress. With this done, Congress also de-certified all the old "association" highways.
Avery and the creation of a national highway system Avery and the U.S. 66 Association.
In 1927, Avery pushed for the creation of | 2,010 | triviaqa-train |
Who, for a time, was the wife of Menelaus, king of Sparta ? | Menelaus
In Greek mythology, Menelaus (; , "Menelaos", from μένος "vigor, rage, power" and λαός "people," "wrath of the people") was a king of Mycenaean (pre-Dorian) Sparta, the husband of Helen of Troy, and the son of Atreus and Aerope. According to the "Iliad", Menelaus was a central figure in the Trojan War, leading the Spartan contingent of the Greek army, under his elder brother Agamemnon, king of Mycenae. Prominent in | . It was the 8th highest-grossing film of 2004.
Plot.
A battle between the armies of King Agamemnon of Mycenae and Triopas of Thessaly is averted when the great warrior Achilles, fighting for Agamemnon's army, defeats Thessaly's champion in single combat, forcing Thessaly to join Agamemnon's loose alliance of all the Greek kingdoms. Meanwhile, Prince Hector of Troy and his younger brother Paris negotiate a peace treaty with Menelaus, King of Sparta. However, Paris is having an affair with Menelaus' wife, | 2,011 | triviaqa-train |
Who is the hero of George Orwell's novel 1984 ? | use of "the politics of ellipsis":
If the book itself, "Animal Farm", had left any doubt of the matter, Orwell dispelled it in his essay "Why I Write": 'Every line of serious work that I've written since 1936 has been written directly or indirectly against Totalitarianism ... dot, dot, dot, dot.' "For Democratic Socialism" is vaporised, just like Winston Smith did it at the Ministry of Truth, and that's very much what happened at the | Paradyzja
Paradyzja (English: "Paradise, the World in Orbit") is a 1984 science fiction novel by Janusz A. Zajdel.
It is a dystopian novel similar to George Orwell's "Nineteen Eighty-Four". The space colonies are more or less federated with the Earth. Human rights are observed and respected everywhere, but Paradise has not been verified for sure.
The main hero, writer Rinah Devi, is sent from Earth to Paradise to research that and the tragic death of a Terran sent to | 2,012 | triviaqa-train |
Which composition by Thomas Tallis shot to the top of the classical charts after getting a mention in the book 50 Shades of Grey ? | Spem in alium
Spem in alium (Latin for "Hope in any other") is a 40-part Renaissance motet by Thomas Tallis, composed in c. 1570 for eight choirs of five voices each. It is considered by some critics to be the greatest piece of English early music. H. B. Collins described it in 1929 as Tallis's "crowning achievement", along with his "Lamentations".
History.
The early history of the work is obscure, although there are some clues as to where it may have | impressive." Destructoid complimented the "beautiful minimalistic cover. Both IGN and Destructoid found the book to be reasonably priced.
The book sold well. Preorders took the book to the top spot on Amazon.com's U.S. sales charts, moving "Fifty Shades of Grey" out of the top position. It reached the No. 1 position on Amazon.com's bestselling books list in August 2012 and January 2013. It spent three months in the top 100 books. It topped "The New York Times" Best Seller list in the | 2,013 | triviaqa-train |
In what academic discipline does Queen guitarist Brian May hold a PhD from Imperial College , London ? | Visiting Researcher in Imperial College and continues his interest in astronomy and involvement with the Imperial Astrophysics Group. He is co-author, with Sir Patrick Moore and Chris Lintott, of "Bang! – The Complete History of the Universe" and "The Cosmic Tourist". May appeared on the 700th episode of "The Sky at Night" hosted by Sir Patrick Moore, along with Chris Lintott, Jon Culshaw, Prof. Brian Cox, and the Astronomer Royal Martin Rees who on departing the panel, told Brian May, who | Tom Maibaum
Thomas Stephen Edward Maibaum FRSA (born 18 August 1947 in Hungary) is a computer scientist.
Tom Maibaum has an undergraduate degree in Pure Mathematics from the University of Toronto, Canada (1970), and a PhD in Computer Science from Queen Mary and Royal Holloway Colleges, University of London, England (1974).
Maibaum has held academic posts at Imperial College, London, King's College London (UK) and McMaster University (Canada). His research interests have concentrated on the theory of | 2,014 | triviaqa-train |
In Alexandre Dumas's novel The Man In the Iron Mask , the man is the twin brother of which king ? | including ), highlight the conditions of childbirth for the queen. It took place usually in public, in front of the main court's figures. But according to Marcel Pagnol, right after the birth of the future Louis XIV, King Louis XIII took his whole court to the "Château de Saint-Germain"'s chapel to celebrate a "Te Deum" in great pomp, in contrast to the common practice of celebrating it several days before childbirth.
To make the context clearer, it should be remembered that there | Fumi Hirano
- Coby: Naoki Tatsuta
- Narration: Toshiko Sawada
Comparison with the original novel.
Several changes were made in adapting the story by Alexandre Dumas for television. The action occurs in a matter of months, instead of years, exemplified by the "Man in the Iron Mask" story taking place much earlier than in Dumas's account. D'Artagnan is much younger in the television series, while Aramis becomes a woman who has disguised herself as a man to join the musketeers. | 2,015 | triviaqa-train |
Which of his sons succeeded King Alfred the Great ? | concern for judicial fairness. Alfred, according to Asser, insisted upon reviewing contested judgments made by his ealdormen and reeves and "would carefully look into nearly all the judgements which were passed [issued] in his absence anywhere in the realm to see whether they were just or unjust". A charter from the reign of his son Edward the Elder depicts Alfred as hearing one such appeal in his chamber while washing his hands.
Asser represents Alfred as a Solomonic judge, painstaking in his own judicial investigations and critical of royal | Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, the Danes battled the West Saxons nine times, including the Battle of Ashdown on 8 January 871, where Bagsecg was killed. Halfdan accepted a truce from the future Alfred the Great, newly crowned king of Wessex. Halfdan succeeded Bagsecg as King of most of Denmark (Jutland and Wendland) in about 871. Bjorn Ironside became King of Sweden and Uppsala in about 865, (the same year his father Ragnar is said to have died). Bjorn had two sons, Refil and Erik Björnsson. | 2,016 | triviaqa-train |
What rank in the British Army was abolished in 1904 ? | all members of the British Army are expected to swear (or affirm) allegiance to Elizabeth II as their commander-in-chief, the Bill of Rights of 1689 requires parliamentary consent for the Crown to maintain a peacetime standing army. Therefore, Parliament approves the army by passing an Armed Forces Act at least once every five years. The army is administered by the Ministry of Defence and commanded by the Chief of the General Staff.
The British Army has seen action in major wars between the world's great powers, | thus a Royal Marine captain ranked with and was paid the same as a British Army major. This historical remnant caused increasing confusion in multi-national operations and was abolished.
Air force rank.
While some air forces use the army rank system, the British Royal Air Force and many other Commonwealth air forces use another rank system in which flight lieutenant ranks with an army captain and naval lieutenant, a flying officer ranks with an army lieutenant and a pilot officer with an army second lieutenant.
In the US Air | 2,017 | triviaqa-train |
In which country was snooker invented ? | Snooker
Snooker (, ) is a cue sport which originated among British Army officers stationed in India in the later half of the 19th century. It is played on a rectangular table covered with a green cloth, or baize, with pockets at each of the four corners and in the middle of each long side. Using a cue and 21 coloured balls, players must strike the white ball (or "cue ball") to the remaining balls in the correct sequence, accumulating points for each pot. An individual game | in the 2016 biographical sports comedy-drama film "Eddie the Eagle".
A great number of major sports originated in the United Kingdom, including association football, golf, tennis, boxing, rugby league, rugby union, cricket, field hockey, snooker, darts, billiards, squash, curling and badminton, all of which are popular in Britain. Another sport invented in the UK was baseball, and its early form rounders is popular among children in Britain. Snooker and darts are popular indoor games: Stephen Hendry | 2,018 | triviaqa-train |
"An ""event horizon"" is the defining feature of which astronomical phenonmenon ?" | the photon spheres and ergospheres of the Kerr solution; particle and cosmological horizons relevant to cosmology; and isolated and dynamical horizons important in current black hole research.
Event horizon of a black hole.
One of the best-known examples of an event horizon derives from general relativity's description of a black hole, a celestial object so massive that no nearby matter or radiation can escape its gravitational field. Often, this is described as the boundary within which the black hole's escape velocity is greater than the speed of | " is a complex medieval analog computer that measures three sets of astronomical coordinates: the horizon, equatorial, and ecliptic. One of the defining attributes of the "torquetum" is its ability to interconvert between these three sets of coordinate dimensions without the use of calculations, as well as to demonstrate the relationship between the same coordinate sets. However, it is a device that heavily requires an understanding of the components and how they work together to make relative positional measurements of certain celestial objects. The anatomy of the torquetum involves many | 2,019 | triviaqa-train |
Who was the mother of King Henry VI of England ? | his father's death; he was the youngest person ever to succeed to the English throne. A few weeks later, on 21 October 1422, in accordance with the Treaty of Troyes of 1420, he became titular King of France upon his grandfather Charles VI's death. His mother, Catherine of Valois, was then 20 years old. As Charles VI's daughter, she was viewed with considerable suspicion by English nobles and was prevented from playing a full role in her son's upbringing.
On 28 September 1423, | Juliet".
- Prince Edward:
- Edward, the Black Prince (hist) the eldest son of King Edward III of England and Philippa of Hainault, and father to King Richard II of England. He appears in Edward III (play) and is referred to in Henry V.
- Prince Edward (hist) is the son of Henry VI, who joins his mother Queen Margaret as a leader of the Lancastrian forces in "Henry VI, Part 3". He is killed by the three Yorks ( | 2,020 | triviaqa-train |
What title did George Orwell give his book recalling his time as a soldier in the Spanish Civil War ? | Catalonia" (1938), an account of his experiences in the war) and Canadian thoracic surgeon Norman Bethune, who developed a mobile blood-transfusion service for front-line operations. Simone Weil added herself for a while to the anarchist columns of Buenaventura Durruti, though fellow fighters feared she might inadvertently shoot them because she was short-sighted, and tried to avoid taking her on missions. By the account of her biographer Simone Petrement, Weil was evacuated from the front after a matter of weeks because of an injury | attacking Martin. After attending the Soviet-sponsored World Congress of Intellectuals for Peace in Wrocław, Poland, Martin wrote a hostile account of the conference, entitled "Hyenas and other Reptiles". Kingsley Martin remained at the "New Statesman" until 1960 when he retired.
Dispute with Orwell.
Martin's editorship resulted in what D. J. Taylor called a "titanic feud" with contributor George Orwell.
Returning to the UK after fighting in the Spanish Civil War, Orwell contacted Martin and offered to give him an | 2,021 | triviaqa-train |
The Old Kent Road in London follows the line of which Roman road ? | Watling Street was wide while the Fosse Way was little more than half that. Several unnamed roads were wider than Watling Street, such as the Silchester to Chichester road at .
In the centre a carriageway was built on a raised "agger" after stripping off soft topsoil, using the best local materials, often sand or sandy gravel. The two strips of ground between the "agger" and the boundary ditches were used by pedestrians and animals, and were sometimes lightly metalled. The "agger" was sometimes, but | Old Kent Road railway station
Old Kent Road was a railway station on the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway line in south London which took its name from the Old Kent Road on which it was located. The station opened on 13 August 1866 on a viaduct and bridge crossing the road at a junction with a line to London Bridge station and what became Surrey Quays station on the East London Line and Queens Road Peckham station on the South London Line.
The station was renamed in 1870 to Old Kent Road and | 2,022 | triviaqa-train |
In which sport is the Stanley Cup awarded ? | the century. After the Portland Rosebuds, an American-based team, joined the PCHA in 1914, the trustees promptly issued a formal statement that the Cup was no longer for the best team in Canada, but now for the best team in the world. Ice hockey in Europe was still in its infancy at this time, so it was without much controversy that winners of the Stanley Cup continued styling themselves as the "world champions" just like in baseball. Two years later, the Rosebuds became the first American team | Sport.
- May 13 – Swift Current Broncos win their only Memorial Cup by defeating the Saskatoon Blades 4 to 3. The final game was played at Saskatchewan Place in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
- May 25 – Calgary Flames win their only Stanley Cup by defeating the Montreal Canadiens 4 games to 2. The deciding Game 6 is played at the Montreal Forum. Inverness, Nova Scotia's Al MacInnis is awarded the Conn Smythe Trophy
- June 5 – Toronto Blue Jays lose the first baseball game played at the SkyDome | 2,023 | triviaqa-train |
Which group's first UK hit was ' Virginia Plain ' in 1972 ? | Virginia Plain
"Virginia Plain" is a song by English rock band Roxy Music, released as their debut single in August 1972. Written by Roxy frontman Bryan Ferry, the song was recorded by the band in July 1972 at London's Command Studios. Backed with "The Numberer", an instrumental composed by Andy Mackay, as a single the song became a Top 10 hit in the UK, peaking at number four.
The song was not included on the band's original UK debut album, "Roxy Music | English lyrics for Michael Holm's self-penned hit "Nachts Scheint Die Sonne" (which he sang) but Moroder wrote the music on the original as confirmed on the sheet music for the song. Convinced of its potential, he secured the option to rush record the group's own cover version in competition with the original. The result was a number one hit in the UK Singles Chart for three weeks in February 1972. It was one of the first hit singles to feature a Moog synthesizer, which in this case | 2,024 | triviaqa-train |
Sean Connery's first Oscar was awarded for his role in which film ? | Never Say Never Again"), between 1962 and 1983. In 1988, Connery won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in "The Untouchables". His films also include "Marnie" (1964), "Murder on the Orient Express" (1974), "The Man Who Would Be King" (1975), "The Name of the Rose" (1986), "Highlander" (1986), "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade" (1989), "The Hunt | Ebert singled out the film's portrayal of Al Capone, who is depicted as arrogant and slightly childish to the point of misbehaving in public and in court, as the biggest disappointment of the film, while giving praise to Sean Connery's work. While he was voted first place in an "Empire" magazine historical poll for worst film accent (since despite playing an Irish-American, Connery's Scottish accent was still very noticeable), Connery was awarded the Academy Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for his | 2,025 | triviaqa-train |
The island of Rapa Nui is better known as what ? | Easter Island
Easter Island (, ) is a Chilean island in the southeastern Pacific Ocean, at the southeasternmost point of the Polynesian Triangle in Oceania. Easter Island is most famous for its nearly 1,000 extant monumental statues, called "moai", created by the early Rapa Nui people. In 1995, UNESCO named Easter Island a World Heritage Site, with much of the island protected within Rapa Nui National Park.
It is believed that Easter Island's Polynesian inhabitants arrived on Easter Island sometime near 1200 AD. They created | Children's Island Sanitarium
Children's Island Sanitarium was a sanitarium on Children's Island from 1886 until 1946 where many chronically ill children spent the summer, where the outdoor, ocean air might make them better.
Children's Island was for many years the location of a failed Island House (Lowell island house), and was finally donated by its final owner, Mr. Fredrick Rindge, to develop what became known as the "Children's Island Sanitarium, a corporation duly established...subject to the following conditions ‘That said | 2,026 | triviaqa-train |
Which actress became known as ' The Sweater Girl ' ? | Sweater girl
The term "sweater girl" was made popular in the 1940s and 1950s to describe Hollywood actresses like Lana Turner, Jayne Mansfield, and Jane Russell, who adopted the popular fashion of wearing tight, form-fitting sweaters that emphasized the woman's bustline.
The sweater girl trend was not confined to Hollywood and was viewed with alarm by some. In 1949 a Pittsburgh police superintendent even singled out the sweater girl as a symptom of the moral decline of postwar youth:
Fashion influence.
New, | which changes over time. As lingerie, women wear bras for sex appeal. Bras can also be used to make a social statement as evidenced by Jean-Paul Gaultier's designs and the cone-shaped bra Madonna wore outside her clothing on her Blond Ambition World Tour.
In the 1920s in the United States, the fashion was to flatten the breasts as typified in the flapper era. During the 1940s and 1950s, the sweater girl became fashionable, supported by a "bullet bra" (known also as a torpedo | 2,027 | triviaqa-train |
From which country does the drink Stella Artois originate? | Stella Artois
Stella Artois ( ) is a Belgian pilsner of between 4.8 and 5.2% ABV which was first brewed by "Brouwerij Artois" (the Artois Brewery) in Leuven, Belgium, in 1926. Since 2008, a 4% ABV version has also been sold in Britain, Ireland and Canada. Stella Artois is now owned by Interbrew International B.V. which is a subsidiary of the world's largest brewer, Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV.
History.
In 1708, Sébastien Artois became head brewer at | calling the bartender to give the doctor a Stella Artois, which sets the crowd murmuring. The priest shakes the doctor's hand and embraces him, proclaiming him uncontaminated. Nonetheless, the publican warily approaches and places the ordered drink on the floor in front of the doctor. As the doctor begins to drink, the opening strains of the theme from "Jean de Florette" play in the background. The crowd stares as the priest takes a swig from the same glass, and then passes it to the gun-toting man | 2,028 | triviaqa-train |
What did Earl John Montagu allegedly invent so that he could eat with one hand while playing cards with the other? | Sandwich
A sandwich is a food typically consisting of vegetables, sliced cheese or meat, placed on or between slices of bread, or more generally any dish wherein two or more pieces of bread serve as a container or wrapper for another food type. The sandwich began as a portable finger food in the Western world, though over time it has become prevalent worldwide.
Sandwiches are a popular type of lunch food, taken to work, school, or picnics to be eaten as part of a packed lunch. The bread | in the second day, and did leave him with a $500 chip before his comeback.
The bluff.
Straus is credited with one of the most celebrated bluffs of all time. While playing in a high-stakes no limit Texas Hold'em cash game, Straus had won several large pots in a row and so decided that he would raise the next hand pre-flop with any two cards. When he looked down he found that he had been dealt 7-2 offsuit, the worst starting hand in Texas | 2,029 | triviaqa-train |
Who founded Kentucky Fried Chicken? | KFC
KFC, also known as Kentucky Fried Chicken, is an American fast food restaurant chain headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky, that specializes in fried chicken. It is the world's second-largest restaurant chain (as measured by sales) after McDonald's, with 22,621 locations globally in 136 countries . The chain is a subsidiary of Yum! Brands, a restaurant company that also owns the Pizza Hut, Taco Bell, and WingStreet chains.
KFC was founded by Colonel Harland Sanders, an entrepreneur who began selling fried | Kenny Rogers Roasters
Kenny Rogers Roasters is a chain of chicken-based restaurants. It was founded in 1991 by country musician Kenny Rogers and former KFC CEO John Y. Brown, Jr., who is a former governor of the U.S. state of Kentucky. John Y. Brown Jr. had also been an investor in Kentucky Fried Chicken from 1964 to 1971. In addition to his successful music career, Kenny Rogers had also appeared in a number of commercials for the Dole Food Company before this restaurant chain was founded.
The menu of | 2,030 | triviaqa-train |
Which fruit was originally known as the love apple? | beefsteak tomatoes have a great number of smaller cavities, while paste tomatoes have very few, very small cavities.
For propagation, the seeds need to come from a mature fruit, and be dried or fermented before germination.
Botany Classification.
In 1753, Linnaeus placed the tomato in the genus "Solanum" (alongside the potato) as "Solanum lycopersicum". In 1768, Philip Miller moved it to its own genus, naming it "Lycopersicon esculentum". This name came into wide use, but was technically | Street with Shek Lung Street passing through it. The name of the market was originally Government Vegetables Market () which sold fruit and vegetables. Fish traders joined in the 1930s. With the opening of Cheung Sha Wan Vegetables Wholesaling Market () and Cheung Sha Wan Fishery Wholesaling Market () in Cheung Sha Wan in 1965, the vegetables and fish stalls moved out. From then on the market has operated as a specialist fruit wholesaling market. The market was then officially known as Kowloon Wholesale Fruit Market until the name was transferred | 2,031 | triviaqa-train |
Which drink is advertised with the slogan made in Scotland from girders? | "Iron Brew" name has continued to be used for many versions of the drink sold by rival manufacturers.)
Overview Recent developments.
1980 saw the introduction of Low Calorie Irn-Bru: this was re-launched in 1991 as Diet Irn-Bru and again in 2011 as Irn-Bru Sugar Free. The Irn-Bru 32 energy drink variant was launched in 2006.
It has long been the most popular soft drink in Scotland, with Coca-Cola second, but competition between the two brands has | Soder Cola
Soder Cola is a fictional carbonated soft drink sold in stores, restaurants, and vending machines throughout the world of the DC Comics universe. The company advertised with the slogan: "Sometimes even super-heroes get thirsty."
Fictional history.
Soder Cola is a soda drink, manufactured by the Soder Cola Company. Soder is the eternal competitor of Zesti Cola. It's America's most popular soft drink.
Booster Gold has gained and lost promotions for Soder on a number of occasions. For | 2,032 | triviaqa-train |
Founded in Switzerland in 1866 by a German pharmacist, what is the world's largest food company? | ). In 2017, average gross household income in Switzerland was 9,946 francs per month (equivalent to US$10,720 per month), though 61% of the population made less than the average income. Switzerland also has one of the world's largest account balances as a percentage of GDP.
Switzerland is home to several large multinational corporations. The largest Swiss companies by revenue are Glencore, Gunvor, Nestlé, Novartis, Hoffmann-La Roche, ABB, Mercuria Energy Group and Adecco. Also, notable are UBS AG, | Weifa
Weifa is a Norwegian pharmaceutical company headquartered in Oslo with production facilities in Kragerø.
Weifa is one of the world’s largest producers of Metformin hydrochloride and a leading producer of alkaloid opiates. Production facilities follow GMP standards.
History.
Weifa was founded by pharmacist Olaf Weider in 1940.
Therapeutic areas.
Weifa focuses on three therapeutic areas:
1. Pain management
2. Diabetes management
3. Food supplements
Products.
- bra!: Evening primrose oil.
- Bronkyl | 2,033 | triviaqa-train |
In what year was the Big Mac introduced into McDonalds? | Big Mac
The Big Mac is a hamburger sold by international fast food restaurant chain McDonald's. It was introduced in the Greater Pittsburgh area, United States, in 1967 and nationwide in 1968. It is one of the company's flagship products.
History.
The Big Mac was created by Jim Delligatti, an early Ray Kroc franchisee, who was operating several restaurants in the Pittsburgh area. It was invented in the kitchen of Delligatti's first McDonald's franchise, located on McKnight Road in suburban Ross Township. | Malaysian McDonald's menu, as the case of GCB Burger, first available briefly in 2010, it later constitute as a permanent item since 2013.
McDonalds Malaysia has also introduced seasonal menus to commemorate major festivals and celebration in the multiracial country. Since 1994, McDonalds Malaysia launched Prosperity Burger during the Chinese New Year festival, the menu was then adopted by its neighbours in Singapore and Indonesia. The burger come in beef and chicken varieties, with black pepper sauce, topped with fresh onions in a sesame seed bun. The | 2,034 | triviaqa-train |
Which 1981 film is the only Best Picture Oscar winner to contain all of the letters of Oscar in its title? | , 2018).
Only nine films wholly financed outside the United States have won Best Picture, eight of which were financed, in part or in whole, by the United Kingdom. Those films being: "Hamlet" (1948), "Tom Jones" (1963), "A Man for All Seasons" (1966), "Chariots of Fire" (1981), "Gandhi" (1982), "The Last Emperor" (1987), "Slumdog Millionaire" (2008), and | Academy Award for Best Film Editing
The Academy Award for Best Film Editing is one of the annual awards of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). Nominations for this award are closely correlated with the Academy Award for Best Picture. For 33 consecutive years, 1981 to 2013, every Best Picture winner had also been nominated for the Film Editing Oscar, and about two thirds of the Best Picture winners have also won for Film Editing. Only the principal, "above the line" editor(s) as listed | 2,035 | triviaqa-train |
In the TV show Little Britain what is the name of the only gay in the village? | : Radio Show; Series 1 onwardbr
Catchphrases: "Everybody knows I'm the only gay in the village", "Homophobe!", "Bacardi and Coke please, Myfanwy", "I don't think so", "I'm gay! Get over it!", "Gay Rights... For Gays!"
Daffyd Thomas, who lives in the small Welsh village of Llanddewi Brefi, is a self-proclaimed gay man who dresses in a vast variety of tight PVC and latex rubber clothing and | by Ptolemy's "Geography". The place names of Roman Britain were discussed by Rivet and Smith in their book of that name published in 1979. They show that the majority of names used were derived from Common Brittonic. Some English place names still contain elements derived from Common Brittonic. Some Brittonic personal names are also recorded.
Tacitus' "Agricola" noted that the language of Britain differed little from that of Gaul. Comparison with what is known of the Gaulish language suggests a close relationship with Brittonic.
History Pritenic | 2,036 | triviaqa-train |
Who lived in the top left-hand corner of Wales? | Ivor the Engine
Ivor the Engine is a British stop motion animated television series created by Oliver Postgate and Peter Firmin's Smallfilms company. It follows the adventures of a small green steam locomotive who lived in the "top left-hand corner of Wales" and worked for "The Merioneth and Llantisilly Railway Traction Company Limited". His friends included Jones the Steam, Evans the Song and Dai Station, among many other characters.
Background.
Having produced the live "Alexander the Mouse", and the stop motion | to speak English throughout the trial), and four other members were convicted; Cayo-Evans and Coslett spent 15 months in jail.
The Army's motto was ""Fe godwn ni eto"", Welsh for "We will rise again". Its crest was Eryr Wen, a stylised white eagle mounted on dark green shield, with the flag of Wales at the top left hand corner. The eagle represents the eagle of Snowdonia, which in Welsh mythology is said to protect Wales, mentioned in the poem | 2,037 | triviaqa-train |
What is the longest motorway in Great Britain? | M6 motorway
The M6 motorway runs from junction 19 of the M1 at the Catthorpe Interchange, near Rugby, Coventry via Birmingham then heads north, passing Stoke-on-Trent, Liverpool, Manchester, Preston, Lancaster, Carlisle and terminating at the Gretna junction (J45). Here, just short of the Scottish border it becomes the A74(M) which continues to Glasgow as the M74. Its busiest sections are J4-10a at Birmingham and J16-19 in Cheshire as this forms the main route from the East/ | in the tunnel is 160 kilometres per hour (99 mph).
Proposed and existing fixed sea links between Great Britain and France Second Channel Tunnel or Bridge.
- A second English channel tunnel with a road was proposed in 2000 by Eurotunnel, the motorway beneath the sea to link Britain and France could be built in the next 25 years under proposals. The ambitious project would involve the construction of the longest road tunnel in the world, containing two 46 km-long carriageways, one on top of the other | 2,038 | triviaqa-train |
On which BBC TV show did the plasticine character Morph first appear? | Morph (animation)
Morph is a series of clay stop-motion comedy animations, named after the main character. This character was initially seen interacting with Tony Hart, beginning in 1977, on several of his UK TV programmes, notably "Take Hart" and "Hartbeat".
History.
Morph was produced for the BBC by Aardman Animations, later famous for the "Sledgehammer" music video and Wallace and Gromit and Shaun the Sheep. Morph appeared mainly in one-minute "shorts" interspersed throughout the | five-inch-high presenter was made from a traditional British modelling clay called Plasticine. In 1977 they started on a series of animated films, again using modelling clay, but this time made for a more adult audience. The soundtrack for Down and Out was recorded in a Salvation Army Hostel and Plasticine puppets were animated to dramatise the dialogue. A second film, also for the BBC followed in 1978. A TV series The Amazing Adventures of Morph was aired in 1980.
Sand-coated puppet animation was used in | 2,039 | triviaqa-train |
Which shop did Anita Roddick open in Brighton in 1976, leading to a highly successful chain of stores now trading in over 40 countries worldwide? | Anita Roddick
Dame Anita Lucia Roddick, (23 October 1942 – 10 September 2007) was a British businesswoman, human rights activist and environmental campaigner, best known as the founder of The Body Shop, a cosmetics company producing and retailing natural beauty products that shaped ethical consumerism. The company was one of the first to prohibit the use of ingredients tested on animals and one of the first to promote fair trade with developing countries.
Roddick was involved in activism and campaigning for environmental and social issues, including involvement with Greenpeace | creating the business' refillable bottles policy. Labels were hand-written and Roddick did not advertise explicitly, preferring to rely on local press instead.
In 1977, Roddick purchased another shop through selling 50% of the business to a local garage owner. Roddick's partner, Gordon, returned to Brighton from America in this time, and suggested the business foster growth through franchising. By 1984, the business had 138 stores, 87 of which were not located in the United Kingdom; by 1994, 89% of the | 2,040 | triviaqa-train |
Zola Budd was blamed for the fall of which fellow athlete as they ran together in the 3000 metres final at the 1984 Olympic Games? | she was World Cross Country Champion (beating Ingrid Kristiansen), but then went on to several track defeats. The most significant of these was her rematch with Mary Decker-Slaney at Crystal Palace in July 1985, in which she finished fourth, some 13 seconds behind Decker-Slaney.
Budd's form improved significantly after this race, however, as she then went on to break the UK and Commonwealth records for the 1500 m (in 3:59.96), the mile (4:17.57), the 3000m (8:28.83) | Zola Budd
Zola Pieterse ("née" Budd; born 26 May 1966) is a middle-distance and long-distance runner. She competed at the 1984 Olympic Games for Great Britain and the 1992 Olympic Games for South Africa, both times in the 3000 metres. In 1984 (unratified) and 1985, she broke the world record in the women's 5000 metres. She was also a two-time winner at the World Cross Country Championships (1985–1986). Budd's career was unusual in that she mainly | 2,041 | triviaqa-train |
What was the title of Mariah Carey's debut single, which was a top ten hit in the UK and a number one in the USA? | . Soon after, Carey became the only artist ever to have their first five singles reach number one on the U.S. "Billboard" Hot 100 chart, from "Vision of Love" to "Emotions".
Following her marriage to Sony Music head Tommy Mottola, Carey achieved worldwide success with follow-up albums "Music Box" (1993), "Merry Christmas" (1994), and "Daydream" (1995). These albums spawned some of Carey's most successful singles, including "Hero", | ten hit and eighth number-one single. The single had an impressive debut at number 42 the week of October 20, 1990. Six weeks later it hit the number-one spot, ending Mariah Carey's three-week run at the top with "Love Takes Time". "I'm Your Baby Tonight" spent one week at number-one, being knocked off by Stevie B's "Because I Love You (The Postman Song)". Altogether, the single spent 9 weeks in the top- | 2,042 | triviaqa-train |
Which character did Hugo Weaving play in the film The Matrix? | Hugo Weaving
Hugo Wallace Weaving (born 4 April 1960) is an English-Australian film and stage actor. He is best known for playing Agent Smith in "The Matrix" trilogy (1999–2003), Elrond in "The Lord of the Rings" (2001–2003) and "The Hobbit" (2012–2014) film trilogies, V in "V for Vendetta" (2006), Red Skull in "" and Tom Doss in "Hacksaw Ridge".
Weaving's first television role was in the 1984 Australian television | our transness", saying that the themes of identity, self-image and transformation are apparent in "The Matrix", which is "about one person's struggle with and eventual acceptance of an identity that exists beyond the borders of a rigidly defined system".
Career Later work.
The Wachowskis' next feature film was "V for Vendetta", an adaptation of Alan Moore's graphic novel of the same name, starring Natalie Portman and Hugo Weaving. They wrote and produced the film with "Matrix" producer | 2,043 | triviaqa-train |
With which group did Tony Christie have a top ten hit with in 1999 with the song Walk Like A Panther? | especially so in Germany, with four albums recorded with German producer Jack White, especially their first album collaboration "Welcome to My Music", reaching number 7 in the German charts and going platinum. From 1991 to 2002, Christie recorded nine albums especially for the German market.
In 1999, he sang the Jarvis Cocker-penned UK Top Ten hit "Walk like a Panther", recorded by the Sheffield band All Seeing I. His influence on a new generation of singers was further demonstrated when indie pop band Rinaldi Sings | it features Christie singing his parts and culminates in others walking with their arms held high in time with the music, mimicking panthers.
Chart performance.
Walk like a Panther peaked in January 1999 at number 10 on the UK Singles Chart, becoming Christie's first hit in that country for twenty five years. It would be the band's only top ten single; The Beat Goes On and 1st Man in Space would peak at numbers 11 and 28 respectively.
Critical reception.
"NME" said of the | 2,044 | triviaqa-train |
What nationality was Robert Bunsen, of whom the Bunsen burner was named after? | Robert Bunsen
Robert Wilhelm Eberhard Bunsen (; ; 30 March 1811 – 16 August 1899) was a German chemist. He investigated emission spectra of heated elements, and discovered caesium (in 1860) and rubidium (in 1861) with the physicist Gustav Kirchhoff. Bunsen developed several gas-analytical methods, was a pioneer in photochemistry, and did early work in the field of organoarsenic chemistry. With his laboratory assistant, Peter Desaga, he developed the Bunsen burner, an improvement on the laboratory burners then in use. The Bunsen | Bunsen Honeydew
Dr. Bunsen Honeydew is a Muppet character from "The Muppet Show", performed by Dave Goelz. He is a bald, green-skinned, bespectacled, lab-coated scientist who would do periodic science segments from "Muppet Labs, where the future is being made today." The character has no eyes, only completely transparent, lensless glasses, giving the appearance of a stereotypical absent-minded intellectual. His first name is derived from Robert Bunsen, after whom the Bunsen Burner was named. His last | 2,045 | triviaqa-train |
What is the scientific name for the hip bone? | Pelvis
The pelvis (plural pelves or pelvises) is either the lower part of the trunk of the human body between the abdomen and the thighs (sometimes also called pelvic region of the trunk) or the skeleton embedded in it (sometimes also called bony pelvis, or pelvic skeleton).
The pelvic region of the trunk includes the bony pelvis, the pelvic cavity (the space enclosed by the bony pelvis), the pelvic floor, below the pelvic cavity, and the perineum, below the pelvic floor. The | was presumably found. The much-worn pseudotooth bird bone may also be such a reworked specimen.
The genus' scientific name references the type locality: it is derived from Ancient Greek "tympanon" (drum) + "nesiotes" (islander). The specific name honors the famous ornithologist Alexander Wetmore; thus the scientific name means roughly "Alexander Wetmore's Drum Island bird".
Description.
The bone is not very well preserved; for most of its length only the anterior surface remains. What remains | 2,046 | triviaqa-train |
In what branch of science would a unit of distance called a Parsec be used? | the Milky Way, multiples of parsecs are required for the larger scales in the universe, including kiloparsecs (kpc) for the more distant objects within and around the Milky Way, megaparsecs (Mpc) for mid-distance galaxies, and gigaparsecs (Gpc) for many quasars and the most distant galaxies.
In August 2015, the International Astronomical Union (IAU) passed Resolution B2, which, as part of the definition of a standardized absolute and apparent bolometric magnitude scale, mentioned an existing explicit definition of the parsec as | Parsec (disambiguation)
A parsec is a unit of distance.
Parsec may also refer to:
- PARSEC, a software package designed to perform electronic structure calculations of solids and molecules
- Parsec (parser), a Parser combinator library for Haskell
- Parsec (software), a desktop capturing application
- "Parsec" (video game), a 1982 video game for the TI-99/4A
- Parsec Awards, a set of awards for science fiction podcasts
- Princeton Application Repository for Shared-Memory | 2,047 | triviaqa-train |
How many minutes does it take the Hubble Space Telescope to complete one orbit around the earth? | geodesy, the exact shape that Earth's oceans would adopt in the absence of land and perturbations such as tides and winds is called the geoid. More precisely, the geoid is the surface of gravitational equipotential at mean sea level.
Physical characteristics Chemical composition.
Earth's mass is approximately (5,970 Yg). It is composed mostly of iron (32.1%), oxygen (30.1%), silicon (15.1%), magnesium (13.9%), sulfur (2.9%), nickel (1.8%) | The South Atlantic Anomaly is of great significance to astronomical satellites and other spacecraft that orbit the Earth at several hundred kilometers altitude; these orbits take satellites through the anomaly periodically, exposing them to several minutes of strong radiation, caused by the trapped protons in the inner Van Allen belt. The International Space Station, orbiting with an inclination of 51.6°, requires extra shielding to deal with this problem. The Hubble Space Telescope does not take observations while passing through the SAA. Astronauts are also affected by this region, which is | 2,048 | triviaqa-train |
In the 1994 film The Flintstones, which legendary actress played Fred Flintstone's mother-in-law? | Betty Rubble, along with Kyle MacLachlan as a villainous executive-vice president of Fred's company, Halle Berry as his seductive secretary and Elizabeth Taylor (in her final theatrical film appearance), as Pearl Slaghoople, Wilma's mother. The B-52's (as The BC-52's in the film) performed their version of the cartoon's theme song.
The film, shot in California, was theatrically released on May 27, 1994, and earned almost $342 million worldwide against a $46 million budget, making it | Verna Felton
Verna Felton (July 20, 1890December 14, 1966) was an American actress who was best known for providing many voices in numerous Disney animated films, as well as voicing Fred Flintstone's mother-in-law Pearl Slaghoople in Hanna-Barbera's "The Flintstones" (1962–1963).
She also had roles in live-action films; however, she was most active in radio programs. She was known for her husky voice and no-nonsense attitude. Two of her most famous roles were | 2,049 | triviaqa-train |
In The Lion King, what relation is Scar to Simba? | by Hercules, parodying the Nemean lion. This is also likely a reference to Zazu's remark (in the first film) that Scar would "make a very handsome throw rug". Scar's supervising animator Andreas Deja also served as the supervising animator of Hercules. The character appears in the 1994 video game "The Lion King." According to AllGame, Scar appears towards the end of video game as Simba finally "must defeat his Uncle Scar" and "stop Scar and reclaim what is rightfully his." Scar | and responsible leader, a gentle but firm father, and strong and fierce protector when sufficiently provoked. In "The Lion King", he teaches Simba on what a king is supposed to be, and how the king is responsible for protecting and maintaining the delicate balance of the ecosystem, and mediate problems between its creatures. However, Mufasa later dies after being thrown into a wildebeest stampede by Scar while rescuing Simba. He returns years later as a ghostly apparition in the clouds to help an older Simba return to the Pride | 2,050 | triviaqa-train |
Which Robert Louis Stevenson story became Disney's first non animated film in 1950? | Robert Louis Stevenson
Robert Louis Stevenson (13 November 1850 – 3 December 1894) was a Scottish novelist and travel writer, most noted for "Treasure Island", "Kidnapped", "Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde", and "A Child's Garden of Verses".
Born and educated in Edinburgh, Stevenson suffered from serious bronchial trouble for much of his life, but continued to write prolifically and travel widely, in defiance of his poor health. As a young man, he mixed in | The Nutty Professor (2008 film)
The Nutty Professor (also known as The Nutty Professor II: Facing the Fear) is a 2008 American-Canadian computer-animated comedy sequel to the 1963 Jerry Lewis comedy of the same name and based on the story "Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde" by Robert Louis Stevenson, produced by Rainmaker Entertainment and The Weinstein Company and distributed by Genius Products. Lewis reprises his role of Julius Kelp and produces the film. Drake Bell plays the voice of Harold Kelp, | 2,051 | triviaqa-train |
Who played Clarice Starling in the film Hannibal? | Clarice Starling
Clarice M. Starling is a fictional character who appears in the novels "The Silence of the Lambs" and "Hannibal" by Thomas Harris.
In the film adaptation of "The Silence of the Lambs", she was played by Jodie Foster, while in the film adaptation of "Hannibal", she was played by Julianne Moore.
Clarice Starling, as portrayed by Foster, was ranked the sixth greatest protagonist in film history on AFI's "100 Years...100 Heroes and Villains", making | has been starring as Robert Ford in the HBO sci-fi series "Westworld". Hopkins played Autobot ally Sir Edmund Burton in "", which was released in June 2017.
Acting career Role as Hannibal Lecter.
Perhaps Hopkins' most famous role is as the cannibalistic serial killer Hannibal Lecter in "The Silence of the Lambs", for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor in 1991, with Jodie Foster as Clarice Starling, who also won for Best Actress. The film won Best Picture, Best | 2,052 | triviaqa-train |
Which T. S. was the name of Dick Van Dyke's girlfriend in the film Chitty Chitty Bang Bang? | implore their father to buy the car, but Caractacus cannot afford it. While playing truant from school, they meet Truly Scrumptious, a beautiful upper-class woman with her own motor car, who brings them home to report their truancy to their father. After she leaves, Caractacus promises the children that he will save the car, but is taken aback at the cost he has committed himself to. He looks for ways to raise money to avoid letting them down.
Later that evening, Potts discovers that the | Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" (1968).
On television, he is known for his roles in "The New Dick Van Dyke Show" (1971–74), "" (1993-2001), and "Murder 101" (2006–08).
Performances.
Performances Film.
†Although he is not seen in the regular release of "Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian", Van Dyke's work can be seen in the "Deleted Scenes" section of the film's DVD, along with | 2,053 | triviaqa-train |
The film The Madness Of King George tells the story of which King of the United Kingdom? | The Madness of King George
The Madness of King George is a 1994 British biographical historical comedy-drama film directed by Nicholas Hytner and adapted by Alan Bennett from his own play, "The Madness of George III". It tells the true story of George III of Great Britain's deteriorating mental health, and his equally declining relationship with his eldest son, the Prince of Wales, particularly focusing on the period around the Regency Crisis of 1788–89. Modern medicine has suggested that the King's symptoms were the result of acute | version in the author's lifetime alone. A two-episode feature film "The Right Hand of the Grand Master" based on the novel and directed by Vakhtang Tabliashvili and Devi Abashidze was premiered in 1969.
Plot.
The story is based on the partially legendary story of renovation of Svetitskhoveli Cathedral in 1010s Kingdom of Georgia by a young enigmatic architect Constantine Arsukidze (stylized as "Constantine Arsakidze" in the book).
It is set during the 11th century and tells of the reign of King George I. George | 2,054 | triviaqa-train |
Which nation has won the Eurovision Song Contest more than any other? | year since its inauguration in 1956, making it the longest-running annual international television contest and one of the world's longest-running television programmes. It is also one of the most watched non-sporting events, with audience figures of between 100 million and 600 million internationally. It has been broadcast in several countries that do not compete, such as the United States, Canada, New Zealand, and China. Since 2000, it has been broadcast online via the Eurovision website.
Ireland holds the record | , when Norway was relegated from competing in the 2002 Contest after coming last the previous year.
Winners.
All winners of MGP have gone on to represent Norway at the Eurovision Song Contest. Norway has won it three times: in 1985, 1995 and 2009. However Norway has also come last 11 times, more than any other nation: in 1963, 1969, 1974, 1976, 1978, 1981, 1990, 1997, 2001, 2004 and 2012.
The following table lists those entries which finished fifth | 2,055 | triviaqa-train |
In 1978, which country became the first to receive nul points overall, with their entry Mil Etter Mil? | Mil etter mil
"Mil etter mil" was the Norwegian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1978, performed in Norwegian by Jahn Teigen.
The song is a ballad, with Teigen describing his long journey to find someone and telling this person that he simply cannot walk any further - having walked "mile after mile" already.
By all accounts, Teigen did not like Carsten Klouman's brass-dominated jazz arrangement; when the song was issued as a record a few weeks after the contest, it was | and caused a hateful relationship between him and the other members for several years - they finally reconciled in 1999.
Biography Eurovision Song Contest.
In 1978 in Paris Jahn Teigen made his first appearance on the Eurovision stage, performing the song "Mil etter mil" ("Mile after mile"), which became famous for not receiving a single point from any of the participating nations. This was the first occurrence of zero points with the new, and current, voting system of the Eurovision Song Contest. Despite the obvious | 2,056 | triviaqa-train |
With which country did Celine Dion win the Eurovision Song Contest in 1988 singing Ne Partez Pas Sans Moi? | Eurovision Song Contest 1988
The Eurovision Song Contest 1988 was the 33rd edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest. The contest took place on 30 April 1988 in Dublin, Ireland, following the country's win at the previous 1987 edition. The presenters were Pat Kenny and Michelle Rocca. The host broadcaster was Radio Telefís Éireann (RTÉ) which revamped the show's production style compared to its earlier editions, in order to appeal to a younger audience.
The winner was Switzerland with the song "Ne partez pas sans moi | The Best of Celine Dion
The Best of Celine Dion is the third French-language compilation album by Canadian singer Celine Dion, released by Carrere Records in selected European countries on 2 May 1988, preceded by the Eurovision-winning song, "Ne partez pas sans moi". The album was also released in few other European countries. In Germany, it was issued with a different cover and titled Vivre.
Background.
On 30 April 1988, Dion won the Eurovision Song Contest in Dublin, Ireland. She | 2,057 | triviaqa-train |
Who represented Russia in the 2003 Eurovision Song Contest after having a number one hit the previous year in the UK? | single word that would indicate any doubts, lack of trust or accusation." Ingrida Smite, head of press for the Eurovision Song Contest 2003, reaffirmed that the contest would take place in Riga despite reports to the contrary.
Incidents Controversies surrounding Russian artists.
Upon the selection of the Russian artists t.A.T.u., the duo gave an interview to German tabloid Bild in March 2003 where they claimed that they would win the contest without a doubt and criticised the German entrant Lou calling her a witch with duo member Julia | Alisa Kozhikina
Alisa Alekseyevna Kozhikina (, born 22 June 2003) is a Russian child singer, who in 2014 won the first season of TV singing contest "The Voice Kids Russia". Later that year she represented Russia at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2014 in Malta with her song "Dreamer."
Early life.
Alisa Kozhikina was born on 22 June 2003 in Uspenka, a rural village in Kursk Oblast. Alisa herself is no stranger to singing contests, thus having received a variety of awards. She | 2,058 | triviaqa-train |
Which comedian created and played Tony Ferrino, a Portuguese singer who had won the Eurovision Song Contest in 1980 with the song Papa Bendi? | Krypton Factor". In 1992, Coogan won the Perrier Award at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe for his performance with long-time collaborator John Thomson, and starred alongside Caroline Aherne and John Thomson in a one-off Granada TV sketch show "The Dead Good Show". His most prominent characters developed at this time were Paul Calf, a stereotypical working class Mancunian, and his sister Pauline, played by Coogan in drag.
Career Alan Partridge.
While working with Armando Iannucci and Chris Morris on the Radio 4 comedy " | Luxembourg in the Eurovision Song Contest 1980
Luxembourg was represented by French twins Sophie & Magaly, with the song '"Papa Pingouin", at the 1980 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 19 April in The Hague. The song was chosen internally by broadcaster RTL, and was written by Ralph Siegel and Bernd Meinunger, who also composed the 1980 German entry "Theater".
Despite the fact that the song is often considered a byword for Eurovision silliness, "Papa Pingouin" sold over a million copies in | 2,059 | triviaqa-train |
What was the name of the act comprising of Gemma Abbey and Chris Cromby who became the first UK act to receive no points overall? | Jemini
Jemini was a British pop group from Liverpool, best known for scoring "nul points" and finishing in last place with their performance of "Cry Baby" at the 2003 Eurovision Song Contest in Latvia.
Early career.
Chris Cromby and Gemma Abbey (born 1982) met in 1995 at Liverpool's Starlight Stage School and toured Liverpool's pubs and clubs with the academy's kids' roadshow. At 16, after leaving college, they formed Tricity, named after the brand of electrical appliances. They changed | she received three Grammys and became the first woman and fifth act overall to win Album of the Year twice. Its singles "Shake It Off", "Blank Space", and "Bad Blood" reached number one in the US, Australia, and Canada. Swift's sixth album, "Reputation" (2017), and its lead single, "Look What You Made Me Do", topped the UK and US charts; with "Reputation", she became the first act to have four albums sell one | 2,060 | triviaqa-train |
After the 2005 Eurovision Song Contest, how many times had the United Kingdom finished second? | After the defeat of France at the end of the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars (1792–1815), the United Kingdom emerged as the principal naval and imperial power of the 19th century (with London the largest city in the world from about 1830). Unchallenged at sea, British dominance was later described as "Pax Britannica" ("British Peace"), a period of relative peace among the Great Powers (1815–1914) during which the British Empire became the global hegemon and adopted the role of global policeman. By the | the Eurovision Song Contest 2005.On 21 May Malta performed 3rd, following United Kingdom and preceding the Romania, at the close of voting it had received 192 points and finished in 2nd place this was Malta's best result up to that point, and is still one of two second-place finishes for Malta, still being Malta's best results at Eurovision.Meaning that Malta automatically qualified for the final in the 2006 contest.
The spokesperson who revealed Malta's votes for other countries was TVM host Valerie Vella. | 2,061 | triviaqa-train |
How are twin sisters Monica and Gabriela Irimia better known in the music world? | The Cheeky Girls
The Cheeky Girls are a Romanian-born British-based recording act consisting of twin sisters Gabriela and Monica Irimia (born 31 October 1982), originally from Cluj-Napoca. After appearing as auditionees in "", they achieved success in the charts with four top 10 hits between 2002 and 2004. They are best known for their debut single, "Cheeky Song (Touch My Bum)", which has sold more than 1.2 million copies worldwide.
Biography.
Gabriela and Monica were | A" and believed the game to be over, until the real "A" returns. Shana's death affected Aria and Jenna majorly, with the former feeling guilt over killing her.
- Cindy and Mindy (Melanie and Monica Moreno) (seasons 5–6) are twin sisters who attend Rosewood High. The two twins are recruited by Mona to join her army against Alison, as they were bullied by her in the past. When Alison returns to Rosewood, she greets Cindy and Mindy, while Emily and the Liars | 2,062 | triviaqa-train |
Which Liverpool player is currently the record FA Cup final goalscorer, with 5 goals to his name? | 1958 and 1978. Ian Rush is the club's record goalscorer, scoring 346 goals in total."
"All statistics are correct as of 1 June 2019"
Honours.
Liverpool have won honours both domestically and in European cup competitions. They have won the English League Championship 18 times and the League Cup a record eight times. In their first season, 1892–93, they won the Lancashire League title and the Liverpool District Cup, and their most recent success came in 2019, when they won the UEFA Champions | between 1877 and 1888
- Record FA Cup Final goalscorer with 5 goals
- Joint record League Cup goalscorer with 49 goals (48 for Liverpool), shared with Geoff Hurst
- First player to pick up 5 League Cup winners medals
- Second highest Welsh international goalscorer with 28 goals
- Record Liverpool goalscorer with 346 goals
- Third top goalscorer in League football for Liverpool with 229 goals, behind Roger Hunt (245 goals) and Gordon Hodgson (233 goals)
- Record Merseyside derby goalscorer with 25 | 2,063 | triviaqa-train |
Which two word rhyming name is the common name for the plant called the Impatiens Walleriana? | Impatiens walleriana
Impatiens walleriana (syn. "Impatiens sultanii"), also known as busy Lizzie (British Isles), balsam, sultana, or simply impatiens, is a species of the genus "Impatiens", native to eastern Africa from Kenya to Mozambique. The Latin specific epithet "walleriana" honours a British missionary, Horace Waller (1833–1896).
Description.
It is a flowering herbaceous perennial plant growing to tall, with broad lanceolate leaves 3–12 cm long and 2–5 cm broad. Leaves are mostly alternate | The common name is "shíyiri" or "shísu" (lit. "shea tree") in the Bambara language of Mali. This is the origin of the English word, the primary pronunciation of which is (rhyming with "tea"), although the pronunciation (rhyming with "day") is common and is listed second in major dictionaries. The tree is called "ghariti" in the Wolof language of Senegal, which is the origin of the French name of the tree and the butter, "karité | 2,064 | triviaqa-train |
Which former Big Brother contestant who was famous for quotes such as what is the opposite of opposite? and do fish get thirsty? and later went on to present Braniac: Science Abuse on Sky television? | ", and each episode usually finishes with the destruction of a caravan.
The original presenters were Richard Hammond and Jon Tickle, who were joined in the second series by Charlotte Hudson. Hammond and the original production team left after the fourth season, and was replaced by Vic Reeves and Hudson left after the fifth, and was replaced by Thaila Zucchi. On 28 July 2008 Sky cancelled the show saying it had been taken as far as it could go.
History.
History Series 1 (2003).
Series | known for quotes she says on the show such as "tamping", "fuming", "raging", and also came up with "Valleywood", which she then went on to get tattooed.
On 7 June 2016, Grace entered the "Big Brother" house, to participate in the seventeenth series. She was never nominated for eviction, but was eliminated as part of an "Annihilation Week" twist on 12 July 2016, when contestant Jason Burrill was required to evict a fellow housemate.
In | 2,065 | triviaqa-train |
Which song gave Vic Reeves and The Wonder Stuff a number one hit in 1991? | single, their release of Dizzy with comedian Vic Reeves, 17 top-20 single hits, and three top-10 albums in the UK. The band also toured internationally, and had some success in the United States, where they had six songs on the Billboard Alternative Songs Chart.
History.
History Origins and "The Eight Legged Groove Machine" (1986–1989).
The original line-up of Miles Hunt (whose uncle Bill Hunt was keyboard player with ELO and Wizzard) on vocals and guitar; Malcolm Treece on guitar and | , either as a lead or featured artist. Of these, ten went on to record another hit single that year: C+C Music Factory, Color Me Badd, Dannii Minogue, Freedom Williams, James, Right Said Fred, Salt-N-Pepa, The Simpsons, Vic Reeves and The Wonder Stuff,
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The group Electronic was formed | 2,066 | triviaqa-train |
Which 1999 Oscar winning film was directed by Mike Leigh and starred Jim Broadbent as Gilbert of Gilbert and Sullivan fame? | (1885), which made fun of English bureaucracy, thinly disguised by a Japanese setting. Gilbert initially proposed a story for a new opera about a magic lozenge that would change the characters, which Sullivan found artificial and lacking in "human interest and probability", as well as being too similar to their earlier opera, "The Sorcerer". As dramatised in the film "Topsy-Turvy", the author and composer were at an impasse until 8 May 1884, when Gilbert dropped the lozenge idea and agreed to | directed by David Lean. The film was a popular and critical success, winning many awards including three BAFTAs, an Academy Award, a New York Critics Circle award and four National Board of Review awards. In interviews, Dinah spoke of how she was very happy to take a supporting role to Ann Todd in order to be directed by Lean. Sheridan then starred opposite Dirk Bogarde in "Appointment in London" (1952) and had a featured role as Grace Marston in "The Story of Gilbert and Sullivan" which was | 2,067 | triviaqa-train |
What two word phrase is Sweeney Todd Cockney rhyming slang for? | rhyming slang.
In rhyming slang, Sweeney Todd is the Flying Squad (a branch of the UK's Metropolitan Police), which inspired the television series "The Sweeney".
Further reading.
- "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street" edited by Robert Mack (2007). Oxford University Press.
- Robert Mack (2008) "The Wonderful and Surprising History of Sweeney Todd: The Life and Times of an Urban Legend". Continuum.
- Rothman, Irving N. " | Rhyming slang
Rhyming slang is a form of slang word construction in the English language. It is especially prevalent in the UK, Ireland and Australia. It started in the early 19th century in the East End of London; hence its alternative name, Cockney rhyming slang. In the United States, especially the criminal underworld of the West Coast between 1880 and 1920, rhyming slang has sometimes been known as Australian slang.
The construction of rhyming slang involves replacing a common word with a phrase of two or more words, | 2,068 | triviaqa-train |
Which word in the NATO Phonetic Alphabet would score the most points in a game of Scrabble? | , Uniform, Victor, Whiskey, X-ray, Yankee, Zulu.
Strict adherence to the prescribed spelling wordsincluding the apparently misspelled "Alfa" and "Juliett"is required in order to avoid the problems of confusion that the spelling alphabet is designed to overcome. As noted in a 1955 NATO memo:
International adoption.
After the phonetic alphabet was developed by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) (see history below) it was adopted by many other international and national organizations, including the International Telecommunication Union ( | Scrabble
Scrabble is a word game in which two to four players score points by placing tiles bearing a single letter onto a board divided into a 15×15 grid of squares. The tiles must form words that, in crossword fashion, read left to right in rows or downward in columns, and be included in a standard dictionary or lexicon.
The name is a trademark of Mattel in most of the world, but of Hasbro, Inc. in the United States and Canada. The game is sold in 121 countries and is | 2,069 | triviaqa-train |
Beelzebub is Hebrew for what phrase, which is also the title of a famous novel? | as the "Lord of the Flyers", or the "Lord of the Flies".
Hebrew Bible.
The source for the name "Beelzebub" is in , written "Ba'al Zəbûb", referring to a deity worshipped by the Philistines. The Hebrews called him Prince of Demons (Matt. 12:24: Luke 11:15). The title "Baal", meaning "Lord" in Ugaritic, was used in conjunction with a descriptive name of a specific god. Opinions differ on what the name means. | What Would Joey Do?
What Would Joey Do? is a 2003 novel in a series by Jack Gantos about the character, Joey Pigza. The title is a play on the Christian phrase "What would Jesus do?", which Mrs. Lapp, Joey's homeschooling tutor, asks him at her doorstep on every visit. The phrase is also a mirror to Joey's own trouble-filled life, as to which choice would be the best for "mopping up the messy corners of his life."
Plot | 2,070 | triviaqa-train |
In which year was the word homosexual first used? | Terminology of homosexuality
Terms used to describe homosexuality have gone through many changes since the emergence of the first terms in the mid-19th century. In English, some terms in widespread use have been sodomite, Sapphic, Uranian, homophile, lesbian, gay, and same-sex attracted. Some of these words are specific to women, some to men, and some can be used of either. Gay people may also be identified under the umbrella terms queer and LGBT.
"Homosexual" was coined in 1869. Academia continues | Following the initial meeting, the participants began plans for a new organization that would educate religious communities about gay and lesbian issues as well as enlist religious leaders to advocate for homosexual concerns. In July 1964, the participants, along with several other clergymen and homosexual activists, met and formed the Council on Religion and the Homosexual (CRH), which was incorporated in December of that year. The CRH was the first group in the U.S. to use the word "homosexual" in its name.
Activities.
Activities 1965 | 2,071 | triviaqa-train |
As at 2006, who are the only team to have played in every World Cup? | current format of the competition involves a qualification phase, which currently takes place over the preceding three years, to determine which teams qualify for the tournament phase, which is often called the "World Cup Finals". After this, 32 teams, including the automatically qualifying host nation(s), compete in the tournament phase for the title at venues within the host nation(s) over a period of about a month.
The 21 World Cup tournaments have been won by eight national teams. Brazil have won five times, and they | are the only team to have played in every tournament. The other World Cup winners are Germany and Italy, with four titles each; Argentina, France and inaugural winner Uruguay, with two titles each; and England and Spain with one title each.
The World Cup is the most prestigious association football tournament in the world, as well as the most widely viewed and followed sporting event in the world, exceeding even the Olympic Games; the cumulative viewership of all matches of the 2006 World Cup was estimated to be 26.29 | 2,072 | triviaqa-train |
In which year were 3 points for a win first introduced to the group stages of the World Cup finals? | and South American teams continue to dominate, e.g., the quarter-finalists in 1994, 1998, 2006 and 2018 were all from Europe or South America and so were the finalists of all tournaments so far.
Two hundred teams entered the 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds; 198 nations attempted to qualify for the 2006 FIFA World Cup, while a record 204 countries entered qualification for the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
History Expansion to 48 teams.
In October 2013, Sepp Blatter spoke of guaranteeing the Caribbean Football Union's | against Yugoslavia on 18 June 1974.
- 1978: Tunisia, first African country to win a match at the World Cup Finals, with 3–1 over Mexico
- 1978: Abdelmajid Chetali of Tunisia, first African coach at the World Cup Finals
- 1982: Algeria, first African team to win twice at the group stage (The first team eliminated after winning twice in the group stages of the Fifa World Cup)
- 1982: FIFA introduced a revised qualification system at subsequent World Cups in which the final two | 2,073 | triviaqa-train |
In which city did every match from the 1930 World Cup take place? | 1930 FIFA World Cup
The 1930 FIFA World Cup was the inaugural FIFA World Cup, the world championship for men's national association football teams. It took place in Uruguay from 13 to 30 July 1930. FIFA, football's international governing body, selected Uruguay as host nation, as the country would be celebrating the centenary of its first constitution, and the Uruguay national football team had successfully retained their football title at the 1928 Summer Olympics. All matches were played in the Uruguayan capital, Montevideo, the majority at the | . The group stage was notable for finishing without a draw. In doing so, it became the first major international football tournament since the 1930 FIFA World Cup to record a result for every group stage match. Additionally, it surpassed the record of consecutive results at a tournament – 18 – also set at the 1930 World Cup.
Knockout stage.
In all matches in the knockout stage, if the score were level at the end of 90 minutes, two 15-minute periods of extra time would take place. If the | 2,074 | triviaqa-train |
Which 40 year old captained the 1982 World Cup winners? | Brazil would have been through on goal difference, but in the 74th minute, a poor clearance from an Italian corner kick went back to the Brazilian six-yard line where Rossi and Francesco Graziani were waiting. Both aimed at the same shot, Rossi connecting to get a hat trick and sending Italy into the lead for good. In the 86th minute Giancarlo Antognoni scored an apparent fourth goal for Italy, but it was wrongly disallowed for offside. In the dying moments Dino Zoff made a miraculous save to deny Oscar a goal | respectable showing. In the 1978 FIFA World Cup qualifiers, the side finished only two points short of qualification, defeating France at home during that campaign.
Managing career Shamrock Rovers.
During his five and a half year spell in charge at Glenmalure Park Rovers won the FAI Cup in 1978, he scored 2 goals in 4 appearances in the European Cup Winners Cup and captained Ireland nine times, scoring once. Giles played his last game on 14 December 1980 at Milltown, he was 40 years of age.
He resigned | 2,075 | triviaqa-train |
Who played Alex Forrest, the editor of a publishing company, in the 1987 film Fatal Attraction? | Fatal Attraction
Fatal Attraction is a 1987 American psychological thriller film directed by Adrian Lyne from a screenplay written by James Dearden, based on his 1980 short film "Diversion". Starring Michael Douglas, Glenn Close and Anne Archer, the film centers on a married man who has a weekend affair with a woman who refuses to allow it to end and becomes obsessed with him.
"Fatal Attraction" was released on September 18, 1987 by Paramount Pictures. It received generally positive critical response and generated controversy at the time | .
In 1987, Close played the disturbed book editor Alex Forrest in "Fatal Attraction"; this was the role that propelled her into stardom. The movie became a huge box-office success, the highest-grossing film worldwide of that year. The character of Alex Forrest has been considered one of Close's most iconic roles; the phrase "bunny boiler" has even been added to the dictionary, referring to a scene from the movie.
During the re-shoot of the ending, Close suffered a | 2,076 | triviaqa-train |
In which Sheffield stadium do the events take place in the Channel 4 TV show The Games? | of the UK. The building of the Meadowhall Centre on the site of a former steelworks in 1990 was a mixed blessing, creating much-needed jobs but hastening the decline of the city centre. Attempts to regenerate the city were kick-started when the city hosted the 1991 World Student Games, which saw the construction of new sporting facilities such as the Sheffield Arena, Don Valley Stadium and the Ponds Forge complex.
Sheffield is changing rapidly as new projects regenerate some of the more run-down parts of the city | to 30.1 and added Movies! on 30.2. They also ceased airing the KMDF stations.
Programming.
KWWT airs mostly programs on all their subchannels from the national feeds. However they do take some time off each week to air high school football games from Ratliff Stadium from August through November. The games air Sunday at 9 p.m. on 30.1 and then air on Monday and Tuesday on 30.2 and 30.4.
See also.
- Channel 5 branded TV stations in the United States
- Channel 14 branded TV stations | 2,077 | triviaqa-train |
Who played Fusilier Dave Tucker in Soldier Soldier? | .
Although many well known and not so well known actors appeared in "Soldier Soldier" over the period it was broadcast, perhaps the best known are Robson Green and Jerome Flynn, who portrayed Fusilier Dave Tucker and Sergeant Paddy Garvey respectively. It was their performance of "Unchained Melody" in an episode of the 4th series that propelled them to stardom, giving them several number one songs and a best selling album. At the end of the fifth series in 1995, both actors left the show. After a decline | Walking on Locusts
Walking on Locusts is the thirteenth solo studio album by Welsh musician John Cale, released in 1996 by Hannibal Records. Cale worked with several guest musicians including David Byrne, Moe Tucker, Dave Soldier with the Soldier String Quartet, B. J. Cole and Erik Sanko.
Personnel.
- John Cale − acoustic guitar, keyboards, vocals
- David Byrne − guitar on "Crazy Egypt"
- Maureen Tucker − drums
- Erik Sanko − bass
- Dawn Buckholz − cello
- B. | 2,078 | triviaqa-train |
Who played Fagin in the original West End production of Oliver and in the 1968 film of the same name? | a Jew) was more sympathetic and featured many Jewish actors in leading roles: Ron Moody (Ronald Moodnick), Georgia Brown (Lilian Klot), and Martin Horsey.
Synopsis.
Synopsis Act I.
The musical opens in the workhouse, as the half-starved orphan boys are entering the enormous dining room for dinner. They are fed only gruel, but find some solace by imagining a richer menu, ("Food Glorious Food"). Oliver gathers up the courage to ask for more. He is immediately | Dickens. He created the role in the original West End production in 1960, and reprised it in the 1984 Broadway revival, garnering a Tony Award nomination for Best Actor in a Musical. For his performance in the 1968 film "Oliver!", he received the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor (Musical/Comedy), the Best Actor award at the 6th Moscow International Film Festival and an Academy Award nomination in the same category. Reflecting on the role, Moody states: "Fate destined me to play Fagin. | 2,079 | triviaqa-train |
Which mobile phone company was established in 2001 when a Japanese company merged with a Swedish company? | Sony Mobile
Sony Mobile Communications Inc. () is a multinational telecommunications company founded on October 1, 2001 as a joint venture between Sony and Ericsson, headquartered in Tokyo, Japan and wholly owned by Sony. It was originally incorporated as Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications, and headquartered in London, England, until Sony acquired Ericsson's share in the venture on February 16, 2012.
Sony Mobile has research and development facilities in Lund, Sweden; Beijing, China; Tokyo, Japan; and San Francisco, USA. At | Group, which was established in 1986 by David and Vicky Teoh, and SP Telemedia in 2008. In August 2018, TPG and Vodafone Hutchison Australia announced their intention to merge, with TPG holding a 49.9% stake in the merged company.
TPG provide five ranges of products and services including Internet access, networking, OEM services, mobile phone service and accounting software.
History.
Total Peripherals Group was established in 1986 by Malaysian-born Australian businessman David Teoh, as an IT company that sold OEM computers and | 2,080 | triviaqa-train |
How many pairs of ribs does a human have? 8, 10 or 12? | proceeded to colonize all the continents and larger islands, arriving in Eurasia 125,000–60,000 years ago, Australia around 40,000 years ago, the Americas around 15,000 years ago, and remote islands such as Hawaii, Easter Island, Madagascar, and New Zealand between the years 300 and 1280.
History Evolution and range Evidence from molecular biology.
The closest living relatives of humans are chimpanzees (genus "Pan") and gorillas (genus "Gorilla"). With the sequencing of the human and chimpanzee genomes, current estimates of similarity between human | pygidial axis has 9 to 11 rings, and the pleural areas to the sides have 5 to 8 pairs of recognizable ribs. Furrows between the ribs are deep, those that divide each rib in frontal and rear bands are very shallow, and the frontal bands are widest. The surface of the exoskeleton is covered in tubercles.
Description Camouflage.
There are specimens known of "Phacops rana" with many irregular black spots. Because similar spots in a specimen of "Greenops boothi" from the same site are arranged in rows | 2,081 | triviaqa-train |
How many different fences are jumped in the Aintree Grand National ? | :
- Fred Winter, who rode two National winners and trained two more;
- Carl Llewellyn, jockey who won two Nationals including on Party Politics in 1992, and Earth Summit in 1998, the latter being the only horse to have won the Grand National and the Scottish and Welsh Nationals;
- Fred Rimell, the trainer of four different National winning horses, including Nicolaus Silver, one of only three greys to have ever won the race;
- Michael Scudamore, rider in sixteen consecutive Grand Nationals from | has made it a target for animal rights activists. While course officials have repeatedly taken safety measures over the years, such as improving veterinary facilities and reducing the severity of fences, some have campaigned for further modifications or the abolition of the event that was inaugurated in 1839.
After the 1989 Grand National, in which two horses died in incidents at Becher's Brook (the sixth and 22nd fence on the course), Aintree began making significant changes to the fences that are jumped during the National. The brook on the | 2,082 | triviaqa-train |
Which Disney cartoon character was originally known as Dippy Dawg ? | a name used in his short film series. In his 1950s cartoons, he usually played a character called George Geef or G.G. Geef. Sources from the "Goof Troop" continuity give the character's full name as G. G. "Goofy" Goof, likely in reference to the 1950s name. In many other sources, both animated and comics, the surname Goof continues to be used. In other 2000s-era comics, the character's full name has occasionally been given as Goofus D. Dawg.
Background.
While | Mickey Mouse (film series)
Mickey Mouse (originally Mickey Mouse Sound Cartoons) is a character-based series of 130 animated short films produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios. The films, which introduced Disney's most famous cartoon character, were released on a regular basis from 1928 ("Plane Crazy") to 1953 with four additional shorts released between 1983 and 2013. The series is notable for its innovation with sound synchronization and character animation, and also introduced well-known characters such as Minnie Mouse, Pluto, | 2,083 | triviaqa-train |
Westminster Abbey is dedicated to which saint ? | Edward the Confessor starts rebuilding St Peter's Abbey.
Between 1042 and 1052, King Edward the Confessor began rebuilding St Peter's Abbey to provide himself with a royal burial church. It was the first church in England built in the Romanesque style. The building was completed around 1060 and was consecrated on 28 December 1065, only a week before Edward's death on 5 January 1066. A week later, he was buried in the church; and, nine years later, his wife Edith was buried alongside him. His | , best known for its fan vaulted ceiling which is an imitation of the Henry VII Chapel in Westminster Abbey. Sir Charles Brett stated: "It is as though a wedding cake has been turned inside out, so creamy, lacy and frothy is the plasterwork." There are two Side Altars in the Church, on either side of the Sanctuary. One is dedicated to Saint Joseph, the other to the Blessed Virgin Mary. The Church also has statues of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, Saint Francis of Assisi, Saint | 2,084 | triviaqa-train |
Whose first solo UK No. 1 single was ' I'm Still Waiting ' in 1971 ? | I'm Still Waiting (Diana Ross song)
"I'm Still Waiting" is a popular song, written and produced by Deke Richards and recorded by Diana Ross; it first appeared on Ross's 1970 album "Everything Is Everything". The song reached No. 1 on the UK Singles Chart in August 1971. It also reached number one in Ireland.
"I'm Still Waiting" continued the vein of sophisticated soul as heard on Ross's breakthrough solo hit "Ain't No Mountain High Enough". | High Enough", the latter becoming Ross' first number-one solo single. Follow-up albums, "Everything Is Everything" and "Surrender" came out shortly afterwards. In 1971, the ballad "I'm Still Waiting" became her first number-one single in the UK. Later in 1971, Ross starred in her first solo television special, "Diana!", which included the Jackson 5.
In 1972, the soundtrack to her film debut, "Lady Sings the Blues", reached | 2,085 | triviaqa-train |
Name the last film in which Sean Connery played the role of James Bond. | 2020, there have been twenty-four films in the Eon Productions series. The most recent Bond film, "Spectre" (2015), stars Daniel Craig in his fourth portrayal of Bond; he is the sixth actor to play Bond in the Eon series. There have also been two independent productions of Bond films: "Casino Royale" (a 1967 spoof) and "Never Say Never Again" (a 1983 remake of an earlier Eon-produced film, "Thunderball"). In 2015 the series was | Gen. Eisenhower went to Henry Grace, a set decorator with no acting experience but who had been in the film industry since the mid-1930s. He was a dead ringer for the younger Eisenhower, though his voice differed.
- The film marked the last film appearance of Sean Connery before he was cast in the role of James Bond. Gert Fröbe (Sgt. Kaffeekanne) and Curd Jürgens (Gen. Günther Blumentritt) later played Bond villains Auric Goldfinger ("Goldfinger (1964)") and Karl Stromberg ("The Spy | 2,086 | triviaqa-train |
In Horseracing , at which racecourse are all five of the Irish Classics held ? | Irish Classic Races
The Irish Classics are five Group One horse races run at The Curragh racecourse during the flat racing season. They mirror the British Classic Races, the original five "classics", with one minor exception. The Irish St. Leger is open to horses older than age three, unlike the British counterpart which is restricted to three-year-olds, and is open to geldings, which are barred from all other British and Irish classics.
Races.
The five Irish Classics are:
See also | extraordinary such as breaking a world record. Examples include judo, gliding, modern pentathlon, figure skating and sailing.
By sport Equestrian sports.
By sport Equestrian sports Horseracing.
Thoroughbred racing, which originated under Charles II of England as the "sport of kings", occupies a key place in British sport, probably ranking in the top four or five sports in terms of media coverage. There are sixty racecourses in Great Britain with annual racecourse attendance exceeding six million and roughly 13,500 races being held across Britain and Ireland each year | 2,087 | triviaqa-train |
In which building in central London was London Zoo housed before moving to Regent's Park ? | the London School of Economics.
"Scheme A" envisaged a central London borough, one of 25, consisting of the City of London, Westminster, Holborn, Finsbury and the inner parts of St Marylebone, St Pancras, Chelsea, Southwark and Lambeth. The boundary deviated from existing lines to include all central London railway stations, the Tower of London and the museums, such that it included small parts of Kensington, Shoreditch, Stepney and Bermondsey. It had an estimated population of 350,000 and occupied .
"Scheme | public parks, woodlands and gardens. The largest parks in the central area of London are three of the eight Royal Parks, namely Hyde Park and its neighbour Kensington Gardens in the west, and Regent's Park to the north. Hyde Park in particular is popular for sports and sometimes hosts open-air concerts. Regent's Park contains London Zoo, the world's oldest scientific zoo, and is near Madame Tussauds Wax Museum. Primrose Hill, immediately to the north of Regent's Park, at is a popular spot from | 2,088 | triviaqa-train |
The currency of which European country is the Kuna ? | would be ethnically and politically homogeneous. Serbs, Croats and Bosniaks insisted they were ethnically distinct although many communities had a long history of intermarriage. Presently Slovenia (89% Slovene), Croatia (90.4% Croat) and Serbia (83% Serb) could be classified as nation states per se, whereas North Macedonia (66% Macedonian), Montenegro (42% Montenegrin) and Bosnia and Herzegovina (50.1% Bosniak) are multinational states.
Belgium is a classic example of a state that is not a nation state | consumer spending. Inflation remained tame and the currency, the kuna, stable.
The country rebounded from a mild recession in 1998/1999 and achieved notable economic growth during the following years. The unemployment rate would continue to rise until 2001 when it finally started falling. Return of refugees accelerated as many homes were rebuilt by the government; most Croats had already returned (except for some in Vukovar), whereas only a third of the Serbs had done so, impeded by unfavorable property laws as well as ethnic and economic issues. | 2,089 | triviaqa-train |
What does J.I.T. mean , applied to production scheduling ? | prominent in industry in the 1960s and 1970s. Debates in professional meetings on JIT vs. MRP II were followed by published articles, one of them titled, "The Rise and Fall of Just-in-Time". Less confrontational was Walt Goddard's, "Kanban Versus MRP II—Which Is Best for You?" in 1982. Four years later, Goddard had answered his own question with a book advocating JIT. Among the best known of MRP II's advocates was George Plossl, who authored two articles questioning JIT | occupancy, what does it mean to be authentic and legitimate, and whose voices govern the determination? If Boulevard House must relocate, does it relocate to another Southwest location or elsewhere in the city - and what questions does that raise about the service constituency of Boulevard House or effective strategies around being a transformative partner?
Applied scholars affiliated with the Boulevard House actively engage with these questions and others as they move forward with programming and project development.
Applied Theories, Frameworks and Models.
Settlement houses are an approach to | 2,090 | triviaqa-train |
What is the name of Athens' seaport ? | following the Battle of Corinth (146 BC), Greece was absorbed into the Roman Republic as part of the Achaea Province. Athens remained a wealthy city with a brilliant cultural life, but after the Siege of Athens and Piraeus (87–86 BC) by Sulla ceased to be an independent power.
The City of Athens.
The City of Athens Overview.
Athens was in Attica, about 30 stadia from the sea, on the southwest slope of Mount Lycabettus, between the small rivers Cephissus to the west, Ilissos to | Air Service program.
Until May 23, 2008, the airport was served by twice-daily flights to Charlotte on Air Midwest operating as US Airways Express. SeaPort Airlines was the last airline providing scheduled service to the airport, with daily flights to Nashville. On September 28, 2012, the United States Department of Transportation (USDOT) awarded SeaPort Airlines with daily flights to Nashville replacing GeorgiaSkies. The Athens Airport Authority is currently in negotiations with an unnamed airline to start regional service to the New York City area and Baltimore | 2,091 | triviaqa-train |
Who painted ' The Surrender at Breda ' and ' Las Meninas ' ? | Las Meninas
Las Meninas (; Spanish for "The Ladies-in-waiting") is a 1656 painting in the Museo del Prado in Madrid, by Diego Velázquez, the leading artist of the Spanish Golden Age. Its complex and enigmatic composition raises questions about reality and illusion, and creates an uncertain relationship between the viewer and the figures depicted. Because of these complexities, "Las Meninas" has been one of the most widely analyzed works in Western painting.
The painting shows a large room in the Royal Alcazar | later in the century British collectors ventured to Spain in search of acquisitions. Since the popularity of Italian art was then at its height among British connoisseurs, they concentrated on paintings that showed obvious Italian influence, largely ignoring others such as "Las Meninas".
An almost immediate influence can be seen in the two portraits by Mazo of subjects depicted in "Las Meninas", which in some ways reverse the motif of that painting. Ten years later, in 1666, Mazo painted Infanta Margaret Theresa, who was then 15 | 2,092 | triviaqa-train |
"What product was advertised with the slogan "" Splash It All Over "" ?" | Brut (cologne)
Brut () is the brand name for a line of men's grooming and fragrance products first launched in 1964 by Fabergé, and now owned by the British-Dutch company Unilever. The Brut line would grow to include aftershave, balms, and deodorant. Packaged in a green glass bottle with a silver-coloured medallion, it is still sold as of 2019.
History.
In 1968, a budget range was marketed as Brut 33 because it contained 33% of the fragrance of the | slogan across Nintendo's entire product line, to market the wide range of games Nintendo offers. The idea behind the "Who Are You?" campaign was that "you are what you play"; the kind of game a person enjoys playing suggests something about that gamer's personality. The "Who Are You?" logo was designed in graffiti-style lettering. Most of the "Who Are You?" commercials advertised games developed or published by Nintendo, but some developers paid Nintendo to promote their games, using | 2,093 | triviaqa-train |
Of which famous vessel was Miles Standish the captain ? | Myles Standish
Myles Standish (c. 1584 – October 3, 1656) was an English military officer hired by the Pilgrims as military adviser for Plymouth Colony. He accompanied them on the "Mayflower" journey and played a leading role in the administration and defense of Plymouth Colony from its inception. On February 17, 1621, the Plymouth Colony militia elected him as its first commander and continued to re-elect him to that position for the remainder of his life. He served as an agent of Plymouth Colony in England, | " (1908)
Bibliography Nonfiction Biography Other.
- "Captain John Smith" (1904) (Internet Archive e-text)
- "Captain Miles Standish" (1905) (Google e-text)
Bibliography Nonfiction History.
- "The Book of Famous Sieges" (1909) (Google e-text) (Internet Archive e-text)
- "The Boys' Book of Explorations; true stories of the heroes of travel and discovery in Africa, Asia, Australia and the Americas. From the " | 2,094 | triviaqa-train |
What does T.Q.C. mean in manufacturing industry ? | Quality control
Quality control (QC) is a process by which entities review the quality of all factors involved in production. ISO 9000 defines quality control as "A part of quality management focused on fulfilling quality requirements".
This approach places on a emphasis on three aspects (enshrined in standards such as ISO 9001):
1. Elements such as controls, job management, defined and well managed processes, performance and integrity criteria, and identification of records
2. Competence, such as knowledge, skills, | Germany in effect has an undervalued currency relative to what it would have without the euro... But does this mean that the euro as a whole is undervalued against the dollar? Probably not." Boston University economist Laurence Kotlikoff described Navarro's accusation of Germany as a currency manipulator as "#stupideconomics".
Views on trade Manufacturing.
Navarro argues that the decline in US manufacturing jobs is chiefly due to "unfair trade practices and bad trade deals. And if you don't believe that, just go to the booming factories | 2,095 | triviaqa-train |
Who painted ' Supper at Emmaus ' and ' The Anatomy Lesson ' ? | The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp
The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp is a 1632 oil painting on canvas by Rembrandt housed in the Mauritshuis museum in The Hague, the Netherlands. The painting is regarded as one of Rembrandt's early masterpieces.
In the work, Dr. Nicolaes Tulp is pictured explaining the musculature of the arm to medical professionals. Some of the spectators are various doctors who paid commissions to be included in the painting. The painting is signed in the top-left hand corner "Rembrandt. f[ecit | Supper at Emmaus (Caravaggio, Milan)
Supper at Emmaus (1606) is a painting by the Italian master Caravaggio, housed in the Pinacoteca di Brera (Sala XXIX), Milan.
In the collection of Marchese Patrizi by 1624 and possibly commissioned by him, references by Caravaggio's early biographers Giulio Mancini and Giovanni Bellori suggest it was painted in the few months after May 1606 when the artist was in hiding on the estates of Prince Marzio Colonna following the death of Ranuccio Tomassoni (see main article, Caravaggio) | 2,096 | triviaqa-train |
Whose Law states that galaxies are moving apart at a rate that increases with their distance ? A telescope was named after him ? | . For example, the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope observes from wavelengths from 3 μm (0.003 mm) to 2000 μm (2 mm), but uses a parabolic aluminum antenna. On the other hand, the Spitzer Space Telescope, observing from about 3 μm (0.003 mm) to 180 μm (0.18 mm) uses a mirror (reflecting optics). Also using reflecting optics, the Hubble Space Telescope with Wide Field Camera 3 can observe in the frequency range from about 0.2 | (the fabric of existence) itself that was expanding, not the bodies in space that were simply moving further outward and apart into an infinitely larger preexisting empty void. It was this interpretation that led to the concept of the expanding universe. The law states that the greater the distance between any two galaxies, the greater their relative speed of separation. This discovery later resulted in the formulation of the Big Bang model.
In 1931, Lemaître proposed in his ""hypothèse de l'atome primitif"" (hypothesis of the | 2,097 | triviaqa-train |
Which museum was originally housed in a London mansion called Montague House ? | 0° longitude, and Greenwich Mean Time. Other landmarks include Buckingham Palace, the London Eye, Piccadilly Circus, St Paul's Cathedral, Tower Bridge, Trafalgar Square and The Shard. London has numerous museums, galleries, libraries and sporting events. These include the British Museum, National Gallery, Natural History Museum, Tate Modern, British Library and West End theatres. The London Underground is the oldest underground railway network in the world.
Toponymy.
"London" is an ancient name, attested already in the | school called Working with Artists.
- Casa Bonita, a local Mexican restaurant in Lakewood, where a South Park episode took place.
- Lakewood Cultural Center features a theater, gallery space, and art classrooms.
- Lakewood Heritage Center is a museum with several historic buildings and is located near Kountze Lake, which formerly housed the Belmar Mansion.
- Reed Art & Imaging at 8000 West Colfax Avenue is housed in what was originally the Lakewood movie theater dating from the early 1950s.
- William Fredrick Hayden | 2,098 | triviaqa-train |
"Which British astronomer , who wrote a science fiction novel called ""The Back Cloud"" , is particularly associated with the Steady State theory of the Universe ?" | ; the universe has no beginning and no end. This requires that matter be continually created in order to keep the universe's density from decreasing. Influential papers on steady state cosmologies were published by Hermann Bondi, Thomas Gold, and Fred Hoyle in 1948.
It is now known that Albert Einstein considered a steady state model of the expanding universe, as indicated in a 1931 manuscript, many years before Hoyle, Bondi and Gold. However, he quickly abandoned the idea.
Observational tests.
Observational tests Counts of radio | his work on the understanding of the creation of the elements through stellar nucleosynthesis, for developing the steady state theory of the universe and for coining the term "Big Bang" for the steady state theory's rival dynamic evolving model of the universe. Hoyle also had a taste for science fiction, having written a novel, "The Black Cloud" (1957), about a cloud of interstellar gas that threatens the Earth; this was adapted for radio and broadcast on 14 December 1957 by the BBC Home Service. The BBC | 2,099 | triviaqa-train |
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