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What is the name of Blackadder’s servant in the UK television show ‘Blackadder’? | dressing highwayman (Miranda Richardson); and a duel with the Duke of Wellington (Stephen Fry).
Episodes Series 4: "Blackadder Goes Forth".
This series is set in 1917, on the Western Front in the trenches of the First World War. Another "big push" is planned, and Captain Blackadder's one goal is to avoid being killed, but his schemes always land him back in the trenches. Blackadder is joined by his batman Private S. Baldrick (Tony Robinson) and idealistic Edwardian twit Lieutenant | Blackadder (disambiguation)
Blackadder is a British television show starring Rowan Atkinson.
Blackadder or Blackader may also refer to:
- Blackadder, Scottish Borders, a Scottish village
- "Blackadder" (clipper), a clipper ship built in 1870
- Blackadder Water, a river in the Scottish Borders
- Clan Blackadder, a Scottish clan
- Blackadder baronets, a Scottish baronetcy
- Blackadder ITC, an OpenType font
- Blackadder (whisky bottler), an independent bottler of Scotch whisky
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Which vegetable is Blackadder’s servant obsessed with in the UK television series ‘Blackadder II’? | in the series (the first one has a Phrygian cap, the second has a Tudor bonnet, the third has a tricorne hat and the fourth has a Lenin-inspired trench cap). Some Baldricks are also fascinated with turnips, although mainly the third one. The second Baldrick mainly cooked it for dinner and while also finding an amusingly shaped turnip funny while the fourth was in a "Turnip Street Workhouse". However, only the third Baldrick had no other goal in life but the acquisition of turnips. Baldrick proves | evolution follows naturally from the character's situation. "The Black Adder" is the title that Edmund adopts during the first episode (after first considering "The Black Vegetable"). Presumably one of his descendants adopted it as a surname before "Blackadder II", in which the title character becomes "Edmund Blackadder". Furthermore, Baldrick is shown in more favourable and intelligent light here - his 'cunning plans' are typically superior and more workable than Edmund's own. Starting from the second series, the characters' | 2,301 | triviaqa-train |
How does Baldrick describe his ‘plans’ in the UK television series ‘Blackadder’? | that, since the series went out on such a good "high", a film might not be a good idea.
During his June 2007 stage performance, chronicled on the Tony Robinson's Cunning Night Out DVD, Robinson states that, after filming the "Back & Forth special", the general idea was to reunite for another special in 2010. Robinson jokingly remarked that Hugh Laurie's success on "House" may make that difficult.
At the end of "Blackadder Rides Again", Robinson asked Tim | Baldrick
Baldrick is the name of several fictional characters featured in the long-running BBC historic comedy television series "Blackadder". Each one serves as Edmund Blackadder's servant and sidekick and acts as a foil to the lead character. Each series of "Blackadder" is set in a different period in British history, and each Baldrick character (as with the character of Edmund) is a descendant of the Baldrick from the preceding series. Just as Blackadder exists in many incarnations throughout the ages, so does Baldrick; whenever | 2,302 | triviaqa-train |
What is the name of the Captain, played by Tim McInnerny, in the UK television series ‘Blackadder Goes Forth’? | Tim McInnerny
Tim McInnerny ( ; born 18 September 1956) is an English actor. He is known for his many roles on television and stage. Early in his career he featured as Lord Percy Percy and Captain Darling in the "Blackadder" series.
Early life.
McInnerny was born in Cheadle Hulme, Cheshire, the son of Mary Joan (née Gibbings) and William Ronald McInnerny. He was brought up in Cheadle Hulme, and Stroud, Gloucestershire, and educated at Marling School, a grammar school in | were featured in the opening and closing sequences of BBC historical sitcom "Blackadder Goes Forth" with the band, men and actors Rowan Atkinson, Hugh Laurie, Stephen Fry, Tony Robinson and Tim McInnerny dressed in World War I period uniforms marching to "The British Grenadiers" and the "Blackadder" theme song. It was shot on location at the former Colchester Cavalry Barracks.
External links.
- The Royal Anglian Regiment (British Army)
- The Royal Anglian Regiment Portal (Independent)
- The Royal | 2,303 | triviaqa-train |
In the UK television series ‘Blackadder the Third’ who shoots the Prince Regent when he is disguised as Blackadder? | dressing highwayman (Miranda Richardson); and a duel with the Duke of Wellington (Stephen Fry).
Episodes Series 4: "Blackadder Goes Forth".
This series is set in 1917, on the Western Front in the trenches of the First World War. Another "big push" is planned, and Captain Blackadder's one goal is to avoid being killed, but his schemes always land him back in the trenches. Blackadder is joined by his batman Private S. Baldrick (Tony Robinson) and idealistic Edwardian twit Lieutenant | the blow, but when he realises that he must have left the case at home, promptly falls dead again in Baldrick's arms; Blackadder, disguised as the Prince Regent in order to take his place in the duel with Wellington, takes George's place to become George IV.
George's incarnation as Lieutenant The Honourable George Colthurst St. Barleigh MC, in "Blackadder Goes Forth", is a frontline officer. His character draws a lot of similarities to the naive 2nd Lt. Raleigh from R C Sherriff's 1928 | 2,304 | triviaqa-train |
In the UK television series ‘Blackadder II’ what does Melchett plan to smoke after it was discovered by Sir Walter Raleigh on his voyages? | scenes were Blackadder's courting scene in "Bells" and the end title sequences. Studio recordings shot in front of a live audience began on Sunday 9 June 1985 with the recording of "Head". Subsequent episodes were filmed on a weekly basis in the sequence "Bells", "Potato", "Money", "Beer" and "Chains". Director Mandie Fletcher was keen for the action to be shot spontaneously and was averse to complex costume changes or special effects which required recording to be halted. She | as Lord Edmund Blackadder
- Tim McInnerny as Lord Percy Percy
- Tony Robinson as Baldrick
- Miranda Richardson as Queen Elizabeth I
- Stephen Fry as Lord Melchett
- Patsy Byrne as Nursie
- Tom Baker as Captain Redbeard Rum
- Simon Jones as Sir Walter Raleigh
Notes.
Tom Baker has claimed to dislike his own performance in this episode, referring to it as "appalling". Baker was quoted: "Someone should have taken away my Equity Card. It was terrible and the buggers | 2,305 | triviaqa-train |
‘Dish and Dishonesty’ and ‘Sense and Senility’ are titles of episodes of which Blackadder television series? | episodes. The first series, made in 1983, was called "The Black Adder" and was set in the fictional reign of "Richard IV". The second series, "Blackadder II" (1986), was set during the reign of Elizabeth I. "Blackadder the Third" (1987) was set during the late 18th and early 19th centuries in the reign of George III, and "Blackadder Goes Forth" (1989) was set in 1917 in the trenches of the Great War.
Episodes. | Sense and Senility
"Sense and Senility" is the fourth episode of the third series of the BBC sitcom "Blackadder". It aired on 8 October 1987.
Plot.
Blackadder is ruefully preparing to attend the theatre with Prince George, who he believes to have no grasp of the concept of fiction; for example, at a performance of "Julius Caesar", the Prince shouted, "Look behind you, Mr. Caesar!" during the assassination scene. At the play, an anarchist (played by | 2,306 | triviaqa-train |
Who owns the coffee shop in the UK television series ‘Blackadder the Third’? | dialogue, often adapted for comic effect; the end credits featured the words "Additional Dialogue by William Shakespeare".
Episodes Series 2: "Blackadder II".
"Blackadder II" is set in England during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I (1558–1603), who is portrayed by Miranda Richardson. The principal character is Edmund, Lord Blackadder, the great-grandson of the original Black Adder. During the series, he regularly deals with the Queen, her obsequious Lord Chamberlain Lord Melchett (Stephen Fry) – his | over and dubbing artiste. She debuted in television as the lead of ”GupShup Coffee Shop“ on SAB TV.
She is from Mumbai and holds a degree in information technology is also an entrepreneur who owns a salon “ALOHAA” in bandra west, Mumbai . | 2,307 | triviaqa-train |
Who plays Dr Johnson in the UK television series ‘Blackadder the Third’? | of the series feature a number of contemporary issues and personalities, such as rotten boroughs, Dr. Samuel Johnson (played by Robbie Coltrane), the French Revolution (featuring Chris Barrie) and the Scarlet Pimpernel, over-the-top theatrical actors, squirrel-hating female highwaymen, the practice of settling quarrels with a duel and discussing tactics with Duke of Wellington (played by Stephen Fry).
The last episode of the series also features Rowan Atkinson in the role of Blackadder's Scottish cousin MacAdder, supposedly a fierce | Pitt is caricatured as a boy-prime minister in the third series of the television comedy "Blackadder", in which Simon Osborne plays a fictionalized Pitt as a petulant teenager who has just come to power "right in the middle of [his] exams". In the series of prime ministerial biographies "Number 10", produced by Yorkshire Television, Pitt was portrayed by Jeremy Brett. In the first episode of the 2016 ITV TV series "Victoria", written by Daisy Goodwin, Lord Melbourne cites Pitt the Younger | 2,308 | triviaqa-train |
Which actor narrated ‘Blackadder’s Christmas Carol’, a one-off episode of UK television show ‘Blackadder’? | Blackadder's Christmas Carol
Blackadder's Christmas Carol is a one-off episode of "Blackadder", a parody of Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol". It is set between "Blackadder the Third" (1987) and "Blackadder Goes Forth" (1989), and is narrated by Hugh Laurie. Produced by the BBC, it was first broadcast on BBC1 on 23 December 1988.
Plot.
Ebenezer Blackadder (Rowan Atkinson), the Victorian proprietor of a "moustache shop", is the | The Armstrongs
The Armstrongs s a British television drama/documentary series broadcast on the BBC in the UK. The Armstrongs s an access-all-areas insight into the unorthodox and sometimes ruthless business antics that are routine at "U-Fit", Coventry's third-biggest double glazing company. The show is narrated by actor Bill Nighy.
This was the second TV outing for the Armstrongs. The first was in a one-off documentary in 2003 called "The Office Christmas Party", which showed the | 2,309 | triviaqa-train |
Which English county was represented by the ‘Nine children of honour’ at the coronation of King Henry VIII? | , differenced by a "label of three points ermine". He was further honoured, on 9 February 1506, by Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I who made him a Knight of the Golden Fleece.
In 1502, Arthur died at the age of 15, possibly of sweating sickness, just 20 weeks after his marriage to Catherine. Arthur's death thrust all his duties upon his younger brother, the 10-year-old Henry. After a little debate, Henry became the new Duke of Cornwall in October 1502, and the | mark the coronation of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth. It also commemorates that, in 1445, Henry VI granted the manor of Kettlebaston to William de la Pole, 1st Marquess of Suffolk, in return for the service of carrying a golden sceptre at the coronation of all the future Kings of England, and an ivory sceptre to carry at the coronation of Margaret of Anjou, and all future Queens. This honour continued until Henry VIII resumed the manor, although it was later regranted it was without the royal service. | 2,310 | triviaqa-train |
In humans, Daltonism is better known by what name? | Color blindness
Color blindness, also known as color vision deficiency, is the decreased ability to see color or differences in color. Simple tasks such as selecting ripe fruit, choosing clothing, and reading traffic lights can be more challenging. Color blindness may also make some educational activities more difficult. However, problems are generally minor, and most people find that they can adapt. People with total color blindness (achromatopsia) may also have decreased visual acuity and be uncomfortable in bright environments.
The most common cause of color | and his natural philosophy are grounded in the distinction between what is "better known to us" and things "better known in themselves," or what is "first for us" and what is "first by nature" (discussed, among other places, at "Metaphysics" Z.3, 1029b3–12), a distinction that is deliberately discarded by Spinoza and other modern philosophers.
Usage.
Thomas Nagel, in "The Absurd", wrote:
Yet humans have the special capacity to step back and survey themselves | 2,311 | triviaqa-train |
Who plays Detective Inspector Dave Creegan in the UK television series ‘Touching Evil’? | and 1999, although not written by Abbott or Davies. The first episode aired on 29 April 1997, and the last on 6 June 1999, after 16 episodes and 3 seasons.
The serial stars Robson Green as D.I. Dave Creegan, with Nicola Walker co-starring as his colleague D.I. Susan Taylor. The third season was co-produced by Green's own independent production company Coastal Productions.
Cast.
Cast Main cast.
- Robson Green as D.I. Dave Creegan (series 1–3; 16 episodes)
- | Touching Evil (American TV series)
Touching Evil is an American crime drama television series, based on the British series of the same name created by Paul Abbott. It starred Jeffrey Donovan as Detective David Creegan and Vera Farmiga as Creegan's partner Detective Susan Branca. Brian Markinson, Kevin Durand and Zach Grenier co-starred. The premise of this adaptation was somewhat different to the UK series' storyline. Rather than acquiring the ability to sense criminals, Creegan's recovery from a gunshot wound to the head instead strips him | 2,312 | triviaqa-train |
Secret Island, a former gunpowder mill, is situated in which English county? | of Wight, Northumberland and Rutland are ceremonial counties consisting of a non-metropolitan county of a single district, and are known as unitary authorities.
Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, Derbyshire, Devon, East Sussex, Essex, Gloucestershire, Hampshire, Kent, Lancashire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, North Yorkshire, Nottinghamshire, Somerset and Staffordshire are non-metropolitan counties with multiple districts and a county council, where one or more districts have been split off to form unitary authorities. The effect is that the corresponding ceremonial county is larger than | Calcot Mill
Calcot Mill is an historic former watermill on the Holy Brook, a channel of the River Kennet in the English county of Berkshire. The mill is situated in the civil parish of Holybrook and to the south of Calcot, a suburb of Reading.
The original mill belonged to Reading Abbey, whose monks are believed to have created the Holy Brook as a water supply to this and other mills owned by them.
Between 1876 and 1928 the GWR operated a siding serving the mill which was shunted by a | 2,313 | triviaqa-train |
Singer Dan Reynolds is the frontman of US band ‘Imagine’ what’? | Dan Reynolds (singer)
Daniel Coulter Reynolds (born July 14, 1987) is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer. He is the lead vocalist and only remaining original member of the pop rock band Imagine Dragons. Reynolds also released an EP in 2011, titled "Egyptian – EP," as a duo with his wife Aja Volkman under the moniker Egyptian. He is a recipient of the Songwriters Hall of Fame Hal David Starlight Award.
Early life.
Reynolds was born on July 14, | , approved the establishment of the Community College of the Air Force. The Secretary of the Air Force approved the plan 25 January 1972, and the college was officially established on 1 April 1972, at Randolph AFB, TX.
Until the mid-1970s, the CCAF offered only certificate programs. It became apparent that CCAF standards exceeded the minimum requirements of associate degree programs in civilian community colleges. Therefore, in 1975 the Air Force sought degree-granting authority for the college from Congress. President Gerald R. Ford signed Public Law 94 | 2,314 | triviaqa-train |
‘International ‘what’ is the official colour of the paint on the Golden Gate Bridge in California? | citizen commission to redraw districts for both local politicians and Congress. After the 2012 elections, when the new system took effect, Democrats gained 4 seats and held a 38–15 majority in the delegation. Following the 2018 midterm House elections, Democrats won 46 out of 53 congressional house seats in California, leaving Republicans with 7.
In general, Democratic strength is centered in the populous coastal regions of the Los Angeles metropolitan area and the San Francisco Bay Area. Republican strength is still greatest in eastern parts of the state. Orange | Kevin Briggs
Sergeant Kevin Briggs (also known as the Guardian of the Golden Gate Bridge) is a California Highway Patrol officer noted for his work in suicide intervention, having dissuaded more than two hundred people from jumping off of the Golden Gate Bridge into San Francisco Bay. Recently, Briggs announced his retirement from the California Highway Patrol to focus his efforts on suicide prevention.
Biography.
Briggs originally applied to the California Highway Patrol for employment when his friend applied and he wanted to see what it was about. In | 2,315 | triviaqa-train |
In the game of chess which move is also known as ‘Fool’s Mate’? | Fool's mate
In chess, Fool's Mate, also known as the Two-Move Checkmate, is the checkmate in the fewest possible number of moves from the start of the game. This can be achieved only by Black, who can deliver checkmate on move 2 with the queen. Fool's Mate received its name because it can only occur if White commits an extraordinary blunder. Even among rank beginners, the mate almost never occurs in practice.
Example.
An example of Fool's Mate consists of the | Back-rank checkmate
In chess, a back-rank checkmate (also known as the corridor mate) is a checkmate delivered by a rook or queen along a back rank (that is, the row on which the pieces [not pawns] stand at the start of the game) in which the mated king is unable to move up the board because the king is blocked by friendly pieces (usually pawns) on the second rank . A typical position is shown to the right.
Introduction.
Back- | 2,316 | triviaqa-train |
Who wrote the 1870 novel ‘Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea’? | Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea: A Tour of the Underwater World (, "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the "Seas": A Tour of the Underwater World") is a classic science fiction adventure novel by French writer Jules Verne published in 1870.
The novel was originally serialized from March 1869 through June 1870 in Pierre-Jules Hetzel's periodical, the . The deluxe illustrated edition, published by Hetzel in November 1871, included 111 illustrations by Alphonse de Neuville and Édouard Riou | . Because of the lack of diversity in the newspaper industry, the Norwegian Government took action, affecting the true freedom of speech. In 1969, Norwegian government started to provide press subsidies to small local newspapers. But this method was not able to solve the problem completely. In 1997, compelled by the concern of the media ownership concentration, Norwegian legislators passed the Media Ownership Act entrusting the Norwegian Media Authority the power to interfere the media cases when the press freedom and media plurality was threatened. The Act was amended in 2005 | 2,317 | triviaqa-train |
Algophobia is the persistent fear of what? | an elderly person who hears about all of their friends suffering from various ailments and pains. This person will begin to anticipate the problems and experience the results before anything actually happens to them. People suffering from this probably have hyperalgesia.
The Fear of Pain Questionnaire (currently the FPQ-III) has been used to test for Algophobia in the past and was found to have good internal consistency and test-retest reliability.
See also.
- Dental phobia
- List of phobias | "Public image manager" (sometimes related to above, children warned to not disclose what fights, abuse, or damage happens at home, or face severe punishment ""Don't tell anyone what goes on in this family"".)
- "The paranoid parent" (a parent having persistent and irrational fear accompanied by anger and false accusations that their child is up to no good or others are plotting harm.)
- "No friends allowed" (parents discourage, prohibit, or interfere with their | 2,318 | triviaqa-train |
What is the surname of Woody, the assistant bartender, in the US television comedy series ‘Cheers’? | , were featured; later revisions added them as among the regular characters of the series.
In later years, Woody Boyd replaces Coach, who dies off-screen in season four (1985–86) due to actor Nicholas Colasanto's death. Frasier Crane starts as a recurring character and becomes a permanent character. In season six (1987–88), they added a new character Rebecca Howe, who was written into the show after the finale of the previous season (1986–87). Lilith Sternin starts as a one-time character | Sam and Diane
Sam Malone and Diane Chambers, collectively known as Sam and Diane, are fictional characters in the American situation comedy television series "Cheers". Sam Malone is a working-class, retired baseball player-turned-bartender played by Ted Danson; Diane Chambers is a college-graduate cocktail waitress played by Shelley Long. Danson appeared on "Cheers" for its entire run of the series; Long was part of the regular cast from the 1982 series premiere ("Give Me a Ring Sometime") | 2,319 | triviaqa-train |
Craniates are animals which have what? | Craniate
A craniate is a member of the Craniata (sometimes called the Craniota), a proposed clade of chordate animals with a skull of hard bone or cartilage. Living representatives are the Myxini (hagfishes), Hyperoartia (including lampreys), and the much more numerous Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates). Formerly distinct from vertebrates by excluding hagfish, molecular and anatomical research in the 21st century has led to the reinclusion of hagfish, making living craniates synonymous with living vertebrates.
The clade was conceived largely on the basis of | : ABLIM, CRP, ENIGMA, EPLIN, LASP, LHX, LMO, LIMK, LMO7, MICAL, PXN, PINCH, TES, and ZYX. Six of these classes (i.e., ABLIM, MICAL, ENIGMA, ZYX, LHX, LM07) originated in the stem lineage of animals, and this expansion is thought to have made a major contribution to the origin of animal multicellularity.
LIM domains are also found in various bacterial lineages where they are typically fused to a metallopeptidase domain. Some versions show fusions to | 2,320 | triviaqa-train |
Governor Ratcliffe, Nakoma and Grandmother Willow are all characters in which Disney film? | Pocahontas (1995 film)
Pocahontas is a 1995 American animated musical romantic drama film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation for Walt Disney Pictures. The 33rd Disney animated feature film and the sixth animated film produced and released during the period known as the Disney Renaissance, it was directed by Mike Gabriel and Eric Goldberg and is loosely based on the life of the Native American woman of the same name. It portrays a fictionalized account of her historical encounter with Englishman John Smith and the Jamestown settlers that arrived from the Virginia Company. | Carroll – Ursula
- Susan Blakeslee – Cruella de Vil
- Jonathan Freeman – Jafar
- Jim Cummings – Scar
- Linda Hunt – Grandmother Willow
- David Ogden Stiers – Governor Ratcliffe
- James Woods – Hades
Japanese version (Tokyo DisneySea):
- Takashi Aoyagi – Mickey Mouse
- Kyoko Satomi – Evil Queen/Old Hag
- Tamio Ōki – Magic Mirror
- Toshiko Sawada – Maleficent
- Kujira – Ursula
- Koichi Yamadera – Genie, Stitch
See also. | 2,321 | triviaqa-train |
What was the first name of of American homeopathic physician and wife-murderer Dr Crippen? | Hawley Harvey Crippen
Hawley Harvey Crippen (September 11, 1862 – November 23, 1910), usually known as Dr. Crippen, was an American homeopath, ear and eye specialist and medicine dispenser. He was hanged in Pentonville Prison in London for the murder of his wife Cora Henrietta Crippen, and was the first suspect to be captured with the aid of wireless telegraphy.
In 2007, DNA evidence questioned the identification of the body found in Crippen's cellar that was supposed to be Crippen's wife. This evidence suggested | Henry Bury (1859–1889) was executed in Dundee, Scotland, for the murder of his wife Ellen in 1889. He was suspected by some of being Jack the Ripper.
- Dr Crippen (1862–1910) was an American homeopathic physician hanged in Pentonville Prison, London, England, on 23 November 1910, for the murder of his wife, Cora Henrietta Crippen.
- George Joseph Smith (1872–1915), the "Brides in the Bath Murderer", was convicted and subsequently hanged for drowning three women, all of | 2,322 | triviaqa-train |
Adi Granth is the principal sacred scripture of which religion? | partially translated the text for inclusion in his six-volume "The Sikh Religion", published by Oxford University Press in 1909. His translations are closer to the Sikhs' own interpretation of the holy scripture, and were received well by them.
The first complete English translation of Guru Granth Sahib, by Gopal Singh, was published in 1960. A revised version published in 1978 removed the obsolete English words like "thee" and "thou". In 1962, an eight-volume translation into English and Punjabi by | Sikh scriptures
The principal Sikh scripture is the "Adi Granth" (First Scripture), more commonly called the "Guru Granth Sahib". The Sikhs do not regard this as their "holy book" but as their perpetual and current "guru", guide or master. It was called "Adi Granth" until Guru Gobind Singh, the tenth and final guru in human form, conferred on it the title of the guru in 1708, after which it was called "Sri Guru Granth Sahib", or " | 2,323 | triviaqa-train |
In November 1994 who became the oldest heavyweight boxing champion in history by defeating Michael Moorer? | George Foreman, Rocky Marciano, Julio César Chávez, Roberto Duran, Danny García, Wilfredo Gómez, Sonny Liston, John L. Sullivan, Max Baer, Prince Naseem Hamed, Ray Mancini, David Tua, Arturo Gatti, Micky Ward, Brandon Ríos, Ruslan Provodnikov, Michael Katsidis, James Kirkland, Marcos Maidana, Jake LaMotta, Manny Pacquiao, and Ireland's John Duddy. This style of boxing was also used by fictional boxers Rocky Balboa and James "Clubber" Lang.
Brawlers tend to be more predictable and easy | Evander Holyfield vs. Michael Moorer
Evander Holyfield vs. Michael Moorer was a professional boxing match contested on April 22, 1994, for the WBA, IBF and "Lineal" Heavyweight Championships.
Background.
After defeating Riddick Bowe in a closely contested rematch to regain his WBA, IBF and "Lineal" Heavyweight titles, Holyfield had hoped for a unification match with the WBC Heavyweight Champion Lennox Lewis. Instead, the WBA and IBF demanded Holyfield face the mandatory challenger, undefeated southpaw Michael Moorer.
The fight.
In | 2,324 | triviaqa-train |
What is the US state capital of West Virginia? | West Virginia State Capitol
The West Virginia State Capitol is the seat of government for the U.S. state of West Virginia, and houses the West Virginia Legislature and the office of the Governor of West Virginia. Located in Charleston, West Virginia, the building was dedicated in 1932. Along with the West Virginia Executive Mansion it is part of the West Virginia Capitol Complex, a historic district listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Background.
Prior to the American Civil War, the counties that would ultimately form West | U.S. Route 30 in West Virginia
U.S. Route 30 (US 30) is the portion of an east–west highway that travels across the state of West Virginia along what was previously WV 79.
Route description.
US 30 in West Virginia starts off at the corner of the Ohio River, where it immediately runs into Chester. After about , the highway has an interchange with West Virginia Route 2 (WV 2). The freeway portion that was carried over from Ohio ends shortly after. After an intersection | 2,325 | triviaqa-train |
A douroucouli is what type of animal? | Man is known as “Night Monkey” in Prague
Taxonomy.
Until 1983, all night monkeys were placed into only one ("A. lemurimus") or two species ("A. lemurinus" and "A. azarae"). Chromosome variability showed that there was more than one species in the genus and Hershkovitz (1983) used morphological and karyological evidence to propose nine species, one of which is now recognised as a junior synonym. He split "Aotus" into two groups: a northern, gray-necked | Zetatorquevirus
Zetatorquevirus is a recently discovered genus in the new family of Anelloviridae, in group . It encompasses the single type species of the Torque Teno Douroucouli Virus.
External links.
- ICTV Virus Taxonomy 2009
- UniProt Taxonomy
- ICTVdb
- ViralZone: Zetatorquevirus | 2,326 | triviaqa-train |
The towns of Bishop’s Stortford and Berkhamsted are in which English county? | Braintree, Colchester, the A12 and Harwich.
Other key routes in the town include:
- A1060 to the Hatfield Heath, the Rodings and Chelmsford
- A1184 to Sawbridgeworth and Harlow
- A1250 east-west route through the town centre
- B1383 to Stansted Mountfitchet and Saffron Walden
Transport Road Air Pollution.
East Herts District Council monitors nitrogen dioxide (NO) levels at Hockerill Junction in the town centre. There are four diffusion tubes around the junction for air quality monitoring. In 2017, three out of | Langley), Kingsbury Brewery (St Albans)
1898 - Healey’s King Street Brewery (Watford), Hawkes & Co Brewery (Bishop’s Stortford), Down & Needham (Woburn Sands)
1913 - Locke & Smith’s Brewery (Berkhamsted)
1915 - Bailey’s Fox Brewery (Bishop’s Stortford), Barber’s Brewery (Aston Clinton), Taylor’s Brewery (Saffron Walden)
1920 - Pryor, Reid & Co Brewery (Hatfield)
1923 - Sedgwick's (Watford)
1927 - | 2,327 | triviaqa-train |
In March 1974 a picture of which US actress was on the cover of the first issue of ‘People’ magazine? | Initially, the magazine was sold primarily on newsstands and in supermarkets. To get the magazine out each week, founding staff members regularly slept on the floor of their offices two or three nights each week and severely limited all non-essential outside engagements. The premier edition for the week ending March 4, 1974 featured actress Mia Farrow, then starring in the film "The Great Gatsby", on the cover. That issue also featured stories on Gloria Vanderbilt, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn and the wives of U.S. Vietnam veterans who were Missing | Laura Lydall
Laura Lydall is an Australian model and actress who has featured on the cover of Maxim, Fuse Magazine and Iron Man Magazine.
Career.
Laura has featured on the cover of Maxim several times including Maxim Australia for the July 2016 issue and the March 2015 issue alongside Joanna Hill. In August 2016, Laura won the Miss Jetset Magazine International Cover Competition, in which 10,000 international models competed. In September 2016 Laura was on the cover of Maxim Middle East. In October 2016 she was on the first | 2,328 | triviaqa-train |
What is the first name of Scrooge’s former fiancee in the novel ‘A Christmas Carol’ by Charles Dickens? | and a Christmas party hosted by his first employer, Mr Fezziwig, who treated him like a son. Scrooge's neglected fiancée Belle is shown ending their relationship, as she realises that he will never love her as much as he loves money. Finally, they visit a now-married Belle with her large, happy family on the Christmas Eve that Marley died. Scrooge, upset by hearing Belle's description of the man that he has become, demands that the ghost remove him from the house.
Plot Stave three. | A Flintstones Christmas Carol
A Flintstones Christmas Carol (also known as The Flintstones: A Christmas Carol or The Flintstones: in Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol) is a 1994 American animated made-for-television film featuring characters from "The Flintstones" franchise, and based on the novel "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens. Produced by Hanna-Barbera, it features the voices of Henry Corden, Jean Vander Pyl and Frank Welker. It first aired November 21, 1994 on ABC.
The special followed | 2,329 | triviaqa-train |
Which English monarch was known as ‘Brandy Nan’? | to repeal the Alien Act, and new commissioners were appointed by Queen Anne in early 1706 to negotiate the terms of a union. The articles of union approved by the commissioners were presented to Anne on 23 July 1706 and ratified by the Scottish and English Parliaments on 16 January and 6 March 1707, respectively. Under the Acts of Union, England and Scotland were united into a single kingdom called Great Britain, with one parliament, on 1 May 1707. Anne, a consistent and ardent supporter of union despite opposition on both | of Cheshire, areas that later became part of Wales, including the two hundreds of Atiscross and Exestan, and the southern part of Duddestan Hundred (as it was known as the time), which later became known as Maelor Saesneg, and (later still) "Flintshire Detached". Parts of the March of Wales, which after the Norman conquest had been administered by Marcher Lords largely independently of the English monarch, were incorporated into the English counties of Shropshire, Herefordshire and Gloucestershire in 1535.
There was historic ambiguity | 2,330 | triviaqa-train |
John Wayne played Ethan Edwards, who sets out to find his abducted niece, in which classic 1956 western film? | and he starred in 142 motion pictures altogether. According to one biographer, "John Wayne personified for millions the nation's frontier heritage."
Wayne's other roles in Westerns include a cattleman driving his herd on the Chisholm Trail in "Red River" (1948), a Civil War veteran whose niece is abducted by a tribe of Comanches in "The Searchers" (1956), a troubled rancher competing with a lawyer (James Stewart) for a woman's hand in "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance" | and when Captain Clayton leads Ethan and a group of Rangers to recover them, they discover that the theft was a Comanche ploy to draw the men away from their families. When they return, they find the Edwards homestead in flames. Aaron, his wife Martha, and their son Ben are dead, and Debbie and her older sister Lucy have been abducted.
After a brief funeral, the men set out in pursuit. They come upon a burial ground of Comanches who were killed during the raid. Ethan mutilates one | 2,331 | triviaqa-train |
A pyroclastic flow comes from which natural structure? | it cannot move across the surface of water. One flow reached the Sumatran coast as much as 48 km (30 mi) away.
A 2006 BBC documentary film, "Ten Things You Didn't Know About Volcanoes", demonstrated tests by a research team at Kiel University, Germany, of pyroclastic flows moving over water. When the reconstructed pyroclastic flow (stream of mostly hot ash with varying densities) hit the water, two things happened: the heavier material fell into the water, precipitating out from | body, being the oldest body of the felsic alkaline magmatism of this area, and is clearly different from the lava flows overlying the eroded surface of the syenite.
Geological discussion Pyroclastic flow.
Klein & Vieira (1980a; b), Klein et al. (1984), Geraldes & Netto (2004a), Silveira et al. (2005), Valente et al. (2005), etc., concluded the pyroclastic rocks and their neighbours present at the Contenda Rock are pyroclastic flows, using the layered structure | 2,332 | triviaqa-train |
The 1992 Summer Olympic Games were hosted by which European country? | Games, even as these stands came to be seen as incongruous with the realities of modern sports. The advent of the state-sponsored athlete of the Eastern Bloc countries further eroded the ideology of the pure amateur, as it put self-financed amateurs of the Western countries at a disadvantage. Brundage was accused of both racism, for resisting exclusion of apartheid South Africa, and antisemitism. Under the Samaranch presidency, the office was accused of both nepotism and corruption. Samaranch's ties with the Franco regime in Spain were also | Croatia hosted several major sport competitions, including the 2009 World Men's Handball Championship, the 2007 World Table Tennis Championships, the 2000 World Rowing Championships, the 1987 Summer Universiade, the 1979 Mediterranean Games and several European Championships. The governing sports authority in the country is the Croatian Olympic Committee (), founded on 10 September 1991 and recognised by the International Olympic Committee since 17 January 1992, in time to permit the Croatian athletes to appear at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, France representing the newly independent nation for | 2,333 | triviaqa-train |
In January 1986 US politician Bill Nelson was aboard which space shuttle when he became the second sitting member of the United States Congress to fly in space? | and in 1986 Rep. Bill Nelson of Florida became the second sitting member of Congress to travel into space aboard Space Shuttle Columbia's STS-61-C mission, also as a payload specialist. In 2012, shuttle astronaut José M. Hernández ran for Congress in California's 10th District, he won the Democratic nomination, but lost to incumbent Jeff Denham. On February 12, 2019, four-time shuttle astronaut Mark Kelly announced that he was running for Arizona's Senate seat.
America Canada.
Canadian astronaut Marc Garneau became the first Canadian in | Jake Garn
Edwin Jacob "Jake" Garn (born October 12, 1932) is an American astronaut, politician, and member of the Republican Party, who served as a U.S. Senator representing Utah from 1974 to 1993. Garn became the first sitting member of the United States Congress to fly in space when he flew aboard the Space Shuttle "Discovery" as a Payload Specialist during NASA mission STS-51-D (April 12–19, 1985).
Early life.
Born in Richfield, Utah, Garn earned a Bachelor of Science | 2,334 | triviaqa-train |
What are the first names of the characters played by Adrian Edmonson and Rik Mayall in the UK television comedy series ‘Bottom’? | vote. In May, Mayall became the eponymous 'Bombardier' in a TV advertising campaign for Bombardier Bitter in the UK. The adverts landed broadcaster UKTV Dave in trouble with Ofcom when they were found to breach the Ofcom code for linking alcohol with sexual attractiveness or success.
On 23 August 2012, the BBC announced that Edmondson and Mayall's characters of Richie and Eddie would be returning in 2013 in "Hooligan's Island", a television adaptation of their 1997 tour of the same name. However, on 15 October | Guest House Paradiso
Guest House Paradiso is a 1999 British slapstick black comedy film written by and starring comic duo Rik Mayall and Adrian Edmondson, and directed by Edmondson—his directorial debut for a feature film.
The film is semi-officially based on their comedy television series "Bottom" (in some territories, the DVD cover refers to it as "The Bottom Movie"). The key difference in the characters is in their surnames: Mayall's character, known as "Richard Richard" in the TV show | 2,335 | triviaqa-train |
Who presented the original run of the UK television quiz show ‘Ask the Family’? | Ask the Family
Ask the Family is a British game show that was first broadcast on BBC1 from 12 June 1967 to 22 October 1984 hosted by Robert Robinson and then on UK Gold from 6 June to 10 October 1999 hosted by Alan Titchmarsh and from 4 April to 5 May 2005 hosted by Dick & Dom on BBC Two.
The theme music, with its distinctive sitar, was "Acka Raga" by John Mayer and Joe Harriott.
Format.
The show took the form of a quiz contest between two | Fifteen to One
Fifteen to One is a British general knowledge quiz show broadcast on Channel 4. It originally ran from 11 January 1988 to 19 December 2003 and had a reputation for being one of the toughest quizzes on TV. Throughout the show's original run, it was presented and produced by William G. Stewart. Thousands of contestants appeared on the programme, which had very little of the chatting between host and contestants that is often a feature of other television quiz shows.
The basis of the show was devised by | 2,336 | triviaqa-train |
Who became the first socialist Prime Minister of Greece in 1981? | The former prime minister Konstantinos Karamanlis was invited back from Paris where he had lived in self-exile since 1963, marking the beginning of the Metapolitefsi era. The first multiparty elections since 1964 were held on the first anniversary of the Polytechnic uprising. A democratic and republican constitution was promulgated on 11 June 1975 following a referendum which chose to not restore the monarchy.
Meanwhile, Andreas Papandreou, George Papandreou's son, founded the Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK) in response to Karamanlis's conservative New Democracy party, with the | approved by parliament on 19 June 1975. Parliament elected Constantine Tsatsos as President of the Republic. In the parliamentary elections of 1977, New Democracy again won a majority of seats. In May 1980, Prime Minister Karamanlis was elected to succeed Tsatsos as President. George Rallis succeeded Karamanlis as Prime Minister.
On 1 January 1981, Greece became the tenth member of the European Community (now the European Union). In parliamentary elections held on 18 October 1981, Greece elected its first socialist government when the Panhellenic Socialist Movement ( | 2,337 | triviaqa-train |
What was the first name of former US First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt? | Eleanor Roosevelt
Anna Eleanor Roosevelt (; October 11, 1884 – November 7, 1962) was an American political figure, diplomat and activist. She served as the First Lady of the United States from March 4, 1933 to April 12, 1945 during her husband President Franklin D. Roosevelt's four terms in office, making her the longest serving First Lady of the United States. Roosevelt served as United States Delegate to the United Nations General Assembly from 1945 to 1952. President Harry S. Truman later called her the "First Lady | country".
US First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt also worked on Waller's behalf. Historian Richard B. Sherman states that she became involved after receiving a letter from Murray, which prompted her to write Governor Price requesting that he investigate whether Waller had received a fair trial and delay the execution. Roosevelt biographer Doris Kearns Goodwin, in contrast, holds that the First Lady intervened after receiving a handwritten note from Waller himself saying "I have heard lots of people speak of what a nice lady you are and what I can hear is | 2,338 | triviaqa-train |
Lanix is the largest domestically owned manufacturer of consumer and professional electronics in which country? | Lanix
Lanix is a multinational computer and mobile phone manufacturer company based in Hermosillo, Mexico. Lanix primarily markets and sells it's products in Mexico and the Latin American export market. The company has international certifications that represent a commitment to quality and assurance.
History.
Lanix was founded in Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico in 1990, and released its first computer, the PC 286 the same year.
By 2006 Lanix had gained a market share of 5% of Mexico's electronics market and began diversifying its product | -continent. LG Electronics owns Zenith and controls 37.9 percent of LG Display
and since 2008, LG Electronics remains the world's second-largest LCD television manufacturer. The company has 128 operations worldwide, employing 83,000 people.
History.
History 19581960s.
In 1958, LG Electronics was founded as "GoldStar" (Hangul:금성). It was established in the aftermath of the Korean War to provide the rebuilding nation with domestically-produced consumer electronics and home appliances. LG Electronics produced South Korea's first radios, TVs | 2,339 | triviaqa-train |
In March 2013, an English Heritage Blue Plaque was unveiled to commemorate which iconic design by Harry Beck on the 80th anniversary of its first public appearance? | design of the 20th century in the Great British Design Quest. The winner was Concorde.
In January 2009 the Royal Mail issued a set of postage stamps celebrating British design classics, among them was the contemporary version of the London Underground diagram.
In March 2013 a blue plaque was unveiled on the house where Beck was born, in Wesley Road in Leyton, to mark the 80th anniversary of the Tube map. GB Railfreight named locomotive 66721 after Beck in January 2007.
Influence.
Beck's idea has been | In 2003, Chapman was inducted into the English Football Hall of Fame in recognition of his impact as a manager. An English Heritage blue plaque commemorating Chapman was unveiled in March 2005, at the house in Hendon where Chapman lived from 1926 until his death. Chapman was the first footballer or football manager to be commemorated in this way by English Heritage. In 2004, on the seventieth anniversary of his death, "The Sunday Times" named him the greatest British manager of all time in a poll.
In tribute | 2,340 | triviaqa-train |
A foehn is what type of weather condition? | conditions. This type of warming is particularly important in cold regions where snow or ice melt is a concern or avalanches are a risk.
Effects.
Winds of this type are also called "snow-eaters" for their ability to make snow and ice melt or sublimate rapidly. This is a result not only of the warmth of foehn air, but also its low relative humidity. Accordingly, foehn winds are known to contribute to the disintegration of ice shelves in the polar regions.
Foehn winds are notorious among | effects of excessive stimulation of a specific receptor type. Cognitive visual illusions are the result of unconscious inferences and are perhaps those most widely known.
Pathological visual illusions arise from pathological changes in the physiological visual perception mechanisms causing the aforementioned types of illusions; they are discussed e.g. under visual hallucinations.
Physical visual illusions.
A familiar phenomenon an example for a physical visual illusion are when mountains appear to be much nearer in clear weather with low humidity (Foehn) than they are. This is because haze is a cue | 2,341 | triviaqa-train |
Which Formula One Grand Prix Circuit has corners named Anthony Noghes and La Rascasse? | circuit racing cars ever. To reduce engine power output and thus speeds, the FIA limited fuel tank capacity in , and boost pressures in , before banning turbocharged engines completely in .
The development of electronic driver aids began during the 1980s. Lotus began to develop a system of active suspension, which first appeared during 1982 on the Lotus 91. By 1987, this system had been perfected and was driven to victory by Ayrton Senna in the Monaco Grand Prix that year. In the early 1990s other teams followed suit and semi | same circuit every time it has been run over such a long period – only the Italian Grand Prix, which has been held at Autodromo Nazionale Monza during every Formula One regulated year except 1980, has a similarly lengthy and close relationship with a single circuit.
The race circuit has many elevation changes, tight corners, and a narrow course that makes it one of the most demanding tracks in Formula One racing. , two drivers have crashed and ended up in the harbour, the most famous being Alberto Ascari in 1955 | 2,342 | triviaqa-train |
In December 1937 which long-running children’s comic was first published in the UK? | Hours" (a comic strip about the adventures of the writers of "The Dandy") appeared, and two supposedly new ones also started, though they were actually revivals from a few years earlier ("Jak" and "Dreadlock Holmes").
In August 2007 (issue 3426), "The Dandy" had another update, becoming the fortnightly comic-magazine hybrid "Dandy Xtreme", priced at £2.50. Unlike previous incarnations, "Dandy" characters did not necessarily grace the cover every issue; | Quality Comics
Quality Comics was an American comic book publishing company which operated from 1937 to 1956 and was a creative, influential force in what historians and fans call the Golden Age of Comic Books.
Notable, long-running titles published by Quality include "Blackhawk", "Feature Comics", "G.I. Combat", "Heart Throbs", "Military Comics", "Modern Comics", "Plastic Man", "Police Comics", "Smash Comics", and "The Spirit". While | 2,343 | triviaqa-train |
Mwai Kibaki became President of which African country in 2002? | Mwai Kibaki
Mwai Kibaki, C.G.H. (born 15 November 1931) is a Kenyan politician who was the third President of Kenya, serving from December 2002 until April 2013.
Kibaki was previously Vice-President of Kenya for ten years from 1978 to 1988 under President Daniel arap Moi. He also held cabinet ministerial positions in the Kenyatta and Moi governments, including time as minister for Finance (1969–1981) under Kenyatta, and Minister for Home Affairs (1982–1988) and Minister for Health (1988–1991) under Moi.
Kibaki | was later to serve as National Vice-Chairman with Mwai Kibaki as Chairman. Nyamweya demonstrated his extraordinary qualities as a tactful politician when he mobilised the DP campaign so well in Kisii during the 1992 elections, which enabled Mwai Kibaki to get the highest number of votes in Kisii in comparison to other presidential candidates.
Nyamweya's son (George) became Secretary General of the Democratic Party and later formed Party of National Unity (PNU) with President Mwai Kibaki and subsequently became party National Vice-Chairman and nominated Member of Parliament | 2,344 | triviaqa-train |
Which famous actor played Roy Slater? | Roy Slater
Roy Slater (born 15 May 1945) is a recurring character in the British sitcom "Only Fools and Horses". He was played by Jim Broadbent, and in the prequel "Rock and Chips", by Calum MacNab.
"Only Fools and Horses".
"Only Fools and Horses" Background.
Despite only making three on-screen appearances, Slater's background is revealed in some detail during the course of the show's history.
As a child, Slater longed to be part of Del Boy | John Drainie
John Robert Roy Drainie (April 1, 1916 – October 30, 1966) was a Canadian actor and television presenter, who was called "the greatest radio actor in the world" by Orson Welles.
Drainie was most famous in Canada for two long-running roles: the lead role of Jake in the radio adaptation of W. O. Mitchell's "Jake and the Kid", and a popular one-man stage show in which he played humourist Stephen Leacock. As well, he played Matthew Cuthbert | 2,345 | triviaqa-train |
At which stadium do Scotland play their home football matches? | Scotland national football team
The Scotland national football team represents Scotland in international football and is controlled by the Scottish Football Association. It competes in the three major professional tournaments, the FIFA World Cup, UEFA Nations League and the UEFA European Championship. Scotland, as a country of the United Kingdom, is not a member of the International Olympic Committee and therefore the national team does not compete in the Olympic Games. The majority of Scotland's home matches are played at the national stadium, Hampden Park.
Scotland is the | out to UEFA members, Gibraltar's application was voted by UEFA's member associations to be rejected. Only the Home Nations of England, Wales and Scotland voted in favour of them joining.
Football.
Victoria Stadium is mostly used for association football matches. All clubs in the Gibraltar Football League play their matches at Victoria Stadium. As such it is also used to host the final of the Rock Cup. Prior to membership of FIFA, it has been used as the Gibraltar national football team's home ground for unofficial | 2,346 | triviaqa-train |
Which English county town stands on the river Lune? | Lancaster, Lancashire
Lancaster (, ) is the county town of Lancashire, England. It is on the River Lune and has a population of 52,234; the wider City of Lancaster local government district has a population of 138,375.
Long a commercial, cultural and educational centre, Lancaster gives Lancashire its name. The House of Lancaster was a branch of the English royal family, whilst the Duchy of Lancaster holds large estates on behalf of Elizabeth II, who is also the Duke of Lancaster.
Lancaster is an ancient | Brundon
Brundon is a hamlet in the Babergh district, in the English county of Suffolk. It is located on the River Stour near the town of Sudbury (its post town). For transport there is the A131 road nearby. Brundon was recorded in the Domesday Book as "Branduna".
Brundon Hall is a grade II* listed 18th century building which stands near the former Brundon water mill.
See also.
- Ballingdon | 2,347 | triviaqa-train |
Which cowboy showman's real name was Willaim Cody? | nod to tradition and showmanship. Modern riders in "rough stock" events such as saddle bronc or bull riding may add safety equipment such as kevlar vests or a neck brace, but use of safety helmets in lieu of the cowboy hat is yet to be accepted, in spite of constant risk of injury.
In popular culture.
As the frontier ended, the cowboy life came to be highly romanticized. Exhibitions such as those of Buffalo Bill Cody's Wild West Show helped to popularize the image of the cowboy as | half brother. He was born in December at River Bend Ranch during a snow storm in "Run Away Home" while Gram and Wyatt are trapped in town by the storm. Stranded alone at river bend with a labouring Brynna, Sam calls Maxine Ely to come and help. Almost immediately after calling Maxine, the phone line goes down. Together Sam and Maxine help deliver the baby. Cody was an early Christmas present for Sam and her family. Sam thinks Cody is the name of a strong cowboy, and she loves | 2,348 | triviaqa-train |
Which sci-fi series was the basis of the film Serenity and created by Buffy creator Joss Wheadon? | the showrunner, supervising the writing and all aspects of production. Marti Noxon took on the role for seasons six and seven (2001–2003), but Whedon continued to be involved with writing and directing "Buffy" alongside projects such as "Angel", "Fray", and "Firefly". Fran Rubel Kuzui and her husband, Kaz Kuzui, were credited as executive producers but were not involved in the show. Their credit, rights, and royalties over the franchise relate to their funding, producing, and directing of | -based musical "Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog" (created by Joss Whedon, who also created "Dollhouse" and "Buffy the Vampire Slayer", in which Day had parts). Day was featured as a patient in the episode "Not Cancer" of the medical drama "House", and had a guest starring role in the sci-fi drama "Dollhouse"s unaired episode "Epitaph One", as well as its series finale "." Also in 2008, Day was featured in a series | 2,349 | triviaqa-train |
Which fruit grows on palm trees? | palaea". Evidence can also be found in samples of petrified palmwood.
Uses.
Human use of palms is as old or older than human civilization itself, starting with the cultivation of the date palm by Mesopotamians and other Middle Eastern peoples 5000 years or more ago. Date wood, pits for storing dates, and other remains of the date palm have been found in Mesopotamian sites. The date palm had a tremendous effect on the history of the Middle East. W.H. Barreveld wrote:
An indication of the importance | Attalea maripa
Attalea maripa, commonly called maripa palm is a palm native to tropical South America and Trinidad and Tobago. It grows up tall and can have leaves or fronds long. This plant has a yellow edible fruit which is oblong ovoid and cream. An edible oil can be extracted from the pulp of the fruit and from the kernel of the seed.
Description.
"Attalea maripa" is a large palm that grows from tall. Stems range from in diameter, occasionally reaching up to . Trees have 10 | 2,350 | triviaqa-train |
What is the capital of the U.S. state of Hawaii? | the national median home value was . Hawaii home values were the highest of all states, including California with a median home value of . Research from the National Association of Realtors places the 2010 median sale price of a single family home in Honolulu, Hawaii, at and the U.S. median sales price at . The sale price of single family homes in Hawaii was the highest of any U.S. city in 2010, just above that of the Silicon Valley area of California ().
Hawaii's very high cost of living is the | Geography of Alaska
Alaska is one of two U.S. states not bordered by another state; Hawaii is the other. Alaska has more ocean coastline than all of the other U.S. states combined. About of Canadian territory separate Alaska from Washington State. Alaska is thus an exclave of the United States that is part of the continental U.S. and the U.S. West Coast, but is not part of the contiguous U.S. Alaska is also the only state, other than Hawaii, whose capital city is accessible only via ship or air, because no | 2,351 | triviaqa-train |
Saint Lucia is an island holiday destination in which sea? | Saint Lucia
Saint Lucia (; ) is a sovereign island country in the West Indies in the eastern Caribbean Sea on the boundary with the Atlantic Ocean. The island was previously called Iyonola, the name given to the island by the native Amerindians and later, Hewanorra, the name given by the native Caribs. Part of the Lesser Antilles, it is located north/northeast of the island of Saint Vincent, northwest of Barbados and south of Martinique. It covers a land area of and reported a population of 165,595 in the | was a member of the Federation of the West Indies. Finally, on February 22, 1979, Saint Lucia became an independent state of the Commonwealth of Nations. The island nation celebrates this every year with a public holiday.
General reference.
- Pronunciation:
- Common English country name: Saint Lucia
- Official English country name: Saint Lucia
- Common endonym(s):
- Official endonym(s):
- Adjectival(s):
- Demonym(s):
- Etymology: Name of Saint Lucia | 2,352 | triviaqa-train |
Which actress played Summer in the TV show The OC? | "
Rachel Bilson portrays Summer Roberts, a pretty and popular socialite who is the love interest of Seth and best friend to Marissa. Bilson's character was originally scheduled to appear in only a few episodes, but her character quickly became popular amongst viewers, and ended up being part of the main cast for the rest of the series. Summer's mother left when her parents divorced after her mother abandons them and she has had no contact with her since. Her stepmother, nicknamed the "step-monster," is | hit TV drama The OC. The latter soundtracked a now infamous lesbian kiss between Olivia Wilde and Mischa Barton and was selected for inclusion on the compilation "The OC Mix 4". Looking to capitalise on this, the band played their first ever US shows in New York’s Mercury Lounge and the Viper Room in Los Angeles in 2003. 2004 also saw Bell X1 open for former bandmate Damien Rice on one of the singer-songwriter’s New York dates.
History "Flock".
Summer 2004 saw Bell X1 return to | 2,353 | triviaqa-train |
In which month does midsummer's day occur? | Midsummer
Midsummer is the period of time centered upon the summer solstice, and more specifically the northern European celebrations that accompany the actual solstice or take place on a day between June 19 and June 25 and the preceding evening. The exact dates vary between different cultures. The celebration predates Christianity, and existed under different names and traditions around the world.
The undivided Christian Church designated June 24 as the feast day of the early Christian martyr St John the Baptist, and the observance of St John's Day begins the evening | pm of Midsummer eve until 9 pm of Midsummer's day. This is done to symbolize the fact that the darkness does not come to any part of Finland during Midsummer's Night. Midsummer is also celebrated as the day of the Finnish flag.
Legal definition Colours.
The colours are defined in both CIE 1931 and CIE 1976 standards, Swedish standard and by the Pantone Matching System:
There is no official RGB definition for the colors, because its color gamut is too narrow. From the CIE L*a*b* colors | 2,354 | triviaqa-train |
How many players compete in a professional beach volleyball game? | goals or opposition, which has stirred some debate on whether these should be considered "games" or "toys". (Crawford specifically mentions Will Wright's "SimCity" as an example of a toy.)
Types Video games Online games.
Online games have been part of culture from the very earliest days of networked and time-shared computers. Early commercial systems such as Plato were at least as widely famous for their games as for their strictly educational value. In 1958, "Tennis for Two" dominated Visitor's | three Grand Tours along with the Tour de France and the Vuelta a España, each of which last approximately three weeks.
Tennis has a significant following near courts and on television. Italian professional tennis players are almost always in the top 100 world ranking of male and female players. Beach tennis with paddle racquet was invented by Italians, and is practised by many people across the country.
Volleyball is played by a lot of amateur players and professional players compete in the Italian Volleyball League, regarded as the best and most | 2,355 | triviaqa-train |
The Costa del Sol is a region of which country? | Costa del Sol
The Costa del Sol (; literally, "Coast of the Sun" or "Sun Coast") is a region in the south of Spain, in the autonomous community of Andalusia, comprising the coastal towns and communities along the coastline of the Province of Málaga.
The Costa del Sol is situated between two lesser known coastal regions, the Costa de la Luz and the Costa Tropical. Formerly made up only of a series of small fishing settlements, today the region is a world-renowned tourist destination | Costa del Sol Airport
Costa del Sol Airport (), is an airport serving communities on the west shore of Rapel Lake in the O'Higgins Region of Chile. The airport is upstream of the Rapel Dam.
There is rising terrain north through east. The southeast end of the runway is from the water, which is lower.
See also.
- Transport in Chile
- List of airports in Chile
External links.
- OpenStreetMap - Costa del Sol
- OurAirports - Costa del Sol
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Who had a summer hit in 2008 with Sweet About Me? | Sweet About Me
"Sweet About Me" is the second single by Australian singer-songwriter Gabriella Cilmi from her debut album, "Lessons to Be Learned" (2008). The song was used in commercials for Sure and Dove Bodywash in Europe, as well as a commercial for Rexona Roll On in Brazil. It additionally was used in a Hair Cuttery commercial in the U.S. for a short period of time. The song appears on the international soundtrack to the Brazilian telenovela "A Favorita" and on the soundtrack to | singer songwriter of Arab origin who grew up in Ølstykke before moving to Copenhagen. He started as a vocalist putting out various songs notably "D' Forbi" in 2007 featuring Camilla Lund and "Summer Makes Me Sing" in 2008. He took part in the group project "Gazasangen" contributing some verses for "Sænke Slagskib" about the 2009 Gaza War. He also co-wrote with Patrick Spiegelberg and Kasper Svenstrup the hit "Jeg er også en perle", a single for Perlekæden.
- Mario (full | 2,357 | triviaqa-train |
In a hit film from the summer of 2008, Robert Downey Jr. played a man made of what? | Detective". Downey's performance in that film paved the way for his return to feature films including a role in the black comedy crime film "Kiss Kiss Bang Bang" (2005), the mystery thriller "Zodiac" (2007), and the satirical action comedy "Tropic Thunder" (2008); for the latter he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. Downey went on to star as the Marvel Comics superhero Iron Man in ten films within the Marvel Cinematic Universe, beginning with "Iron | Kazuma Sano
Sano is represented with Stardust Promotion's Section 3.
Biography.
While he was in his third-year junior high school, Sano was scouted in Shibuya Station. He is a former member of Stardust Promotion's young actor dance unit Jamming Flow.
In March 2007, Sano appeared in the Tokyo Broadcasting System Ai no Gekijō "Sand Chronicles" as Daigo Kitamura in his middle school years, and later in July he appeared in the drama "Katagoshi no Koibito" on the same channel. In | 2,358 | triviaqa-train |
Which London football team earned the nickname the crazy gang? | Crazy Gang
The Crazy Gang is a nickname used by the English media to describe Wimbledon F.C. during the 1980s and 90s. The name, originally that of a well known group of British comedy entertainers popular in the late 1930s, was used because of the often cheeky and boisterously macho behaviour of Wimbledon's players, who were in the habit of playing frequent and outrageous practical jokes on each other and on the club's manager Dave Bassett (later Bobby Gould and later still Joe Kinnear). Their general approach to the game | Luis Islas
Luis Alberto Islas Ranieri (born 22 December 1965 in Buenos Aires, Argentina) is an Argentine former football goalkeeper. He played for the Argentina national team, Independiente, Estudiantes de La Plata and León.
Playing career.
Playing career Club.
Islas started his career as a goalkeeper in Chacarita Juniors in the early 1980s. He earned his nickname "el loco" ("crazy") because of his flair and temperament.
In late 1982 Islas was transferred to Estudiantes. There, he alternated | 2,359 | triviaqa-train |
Which player was involved in Britain's first million pound transfer? | Progression of the British football transfer fee record
The progression of the British football transfer fee record tracks the increases in the record for the highest transfer fee paid or received by British association football clubs. A transfer fee is the sum of money paid by one club to purchase the contract, and therefore the playing services, of a professional footballer. Fees are not generally formally disclosed by the clubs involved, and discrepancies can occur in figures quoted in the press. Trevor Francis, for example, is regarded as Britain's first | managers, and so in 1979, Ron Atkinson paid £516,000 to take him to West Bromwich Albion, breaking the English transfer record and making Mills Britain's first half million pound footballer.
Playing career Other Clubs.
Mills scored on his first full appearance for West Brom, but despite the huge sum of money invested in him he was not given many opportunities to prove himself, with injuries, loss of form and a switch to midfield limiting his goals. After scoring only six goals in 59 appearances, he was loaned | 2,360 | triviaqa-train |
Who did Alan Shearer play for before he joined Blackburn Rovers? | Alan Shearer
Alan Shearer, CBE, DL (born 13 August 1970) is an English retired footballer. He played as a striker in the top level of English league football for Southampton, Blackburn Rovers, Newcastle United and the England national team. He is Newcastle's and the Premier League's record goalscorer. He was named Football Writers' Association Player of the Year in 1994 and won the PFA Player of the Year award in 1995. In 1996, he was third in the FIFA World Player of the Year awards | of the Year for Division Two.
Playing career Blackburn Rovers.
In March 1992 Shearer was sold to Blackburn Rovers for £800,000. Despite scoring on his debut, he only played six games for Rovers under his boyhood hero, manager Kenny Dalglish, helping the club reach the playoffs where they were ultimately promoted, before he returned to Scotland at the end of the season, to be replaced at Rovers by his namesake Alan. Although officially signed due to an injury to Mike Newell (who coincidentally also later played for Aberdeen | 2,361 | triviaqa-train |
Who joined Liverpool from Nottingham Forest for over £8 million in 1995? | from the Fourth Division with Leyton Orient in 1989. Clark convinced Stuart Pearce to remain at the club and also signed Stan Collymore, Lars Bohinen and Colin Cooper. Clark brought immediate return to the Premier League when the club finished Division One runners-up at the end of the 1993–94 season.
Forest finished third in 1994–95 and qualified for the UEFA Cup – their first entry to European competition in the post-Heysel era. Collymore then transferred in the 1995–96 close season to Liverpool for a national record fee of £8.5million | League, paid a club-record £1.2 million for Sheffield United striker Nathan Blake.
23 December 1995: Coventry City defeated Everton 2-1 at home. Robbie Fowler scored a hat-trick for Liverpool at home against Arsenal for the second season running in a 3-1 win. Newcastle United extended their lead to 10 points with a 3-1 win over Nottingham Forest.
24 December 1995: Newcastle remained 10 points ahead as their nearest rivals, Manchester United, lost 3-1 at Leeds United | 2,362 | triviaqa-train |
Which team used to play their home matches at Filbert Street? | Filbert Street
Filbert Street was a football stadium in Leicester, England, which served as the home of Leicester City FC from 1891 until 2002. Although officially titled the "City Business Stadium" in the early 1990s, it remained known almost exclusively by its address, like many English football stadiums
History.
History Early years.
Leicester City was formed in 1884. The club was then named "Leicester Fosse", as its founders mostly lived in the west end of the city, through which the Fosse Way ran | the club's youth system. After progressing through the YTS ranks at the club, he signed his first professional contract in January 2001. He made his first-team debut for Leicester in the Premier League in March 2002, playing the whole match in a 2–0 defeat to Leeds United at Filbert Street. Ashton went on to play a further six matches towards the latter stages of the 2001–02 season. Although the club were relegated to the First Division, Ashton signed a new three-year deal at the end of the season | 2,363 | triviaqa-train |
Which football team are nicknamed the tractor boys? | Ipswich Town F.C.
Ipswich Town Football Club (also known as Ipswich, The Blues, Town, or The Tractor Boys) is a professional association football club based in Ipswich, Suffolk, England. They play in League One, the third tier of the English football league system, having been relegated from the Championship in the 2018/19 season.
The club was founded in 1878 but did not turn professional until 1936, and was subsequently elected to join the Football League in 1938. They play their home games at Portman Road | has competed in all Olympic Men's Football competitions since 1988.
There are also a number of national youth teams: Under-17 team, nicknamed the "Joeys"; Under-20 team, nicknamed the "Young Socceroos"; and the Under-23 team, nicknamed the "Olyroos". The latter is considered to be a feeder team for the national team.
In addition there is a beach team, nicknamed the "Beach Socceroos", which represents Australia in international beach soccer and a Paralympic team, nicknamed the "Pararoos" | 2,364 | triviaqa-train |
Who was the manager of Portsmouth before Paul Hart took over? | de Guimarães in the first round on 18 September. Portsmouth went on to win the tie 4–2 on aggregate, progressing to the group stage. On 25 October 2008, Redknapp suddenly left Portsmouth for a second time, leaving his assistant Tony Adams to be promoted to the managerial role. On 27 November 2008, Portsmouth drew 2–2 with Milan, going 2–0 up through goals from Younès Kaboul and Nwankwo Kanu, but conceding two goals later in the game. Adams was dismissed in February 2009. Youth team coach Paul Hart took over | He left Grimsby during the summer of 2004 and signed for York City as a player.
Management and coaching career Portsmouth.
In July 2006, he joined the coaching staff at Portsmouth. He was appointed as caretaker manager at Portsmouth alongside Ian Woan on 24 November 2009 after Paul Hart left the club, before the appointment of Avram Grant two days later on 26 November.
Management and coaching career West Ham United.
In July 2010, Groves joined West Ham United as senior coach working under manager Avram Grant having previously worked | 2,365 | triviaqa-train |
In which African country was Michael Essien born? | Michael Essien
Michael Kojo Essien (born 3 December 1982) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays for Sabail in the Azerbaijan Premier League, as a midfielder. He has also been capped for the Ghana national team more than 50 times.
Essien started his career playing for Liberty Professionals in Ghana. In 2000, he moved to France to join Bastia, where he would spend three seasons and appear in over 60 matches before joining Ligue 1 title holders Lyon in 2003. At Lyon, Essien won back-to- | Michael Essien.
The youth teams have been successful as well. The U-17 team regularly competes in the FIFA U-17 World Cup and has won it twice and were runners-up twice. The U-20 team were runners-up twice in the FIFA U-20 World Cup, and in 2009 the "Black Satellites" completed the double by winning the 2009 African Youth Championship and being crowned 2009 U-20 World Cup Champions thus becoming the first African Country to win the U-20 World Cup Championship. In 1992, Olympic U-23 team became the first | 2,366 | triviaqa-train |
Which children's TV show started with the words Here is a box, a musical box, wound up and ready to play? | small, picturesque (and fictitious) village of Camberwick Green, Trumptonshire, which is inhabited by such characters as Police Constable McGarry (Number 452), and the iconic Windy Miller, owner of a clanking old – but nevertheless efficiently functional – windmill and a firm believer in old-fashioned farming methods.
The series mixes contemporary technology with Edwardian costume and social attitudes. Almost all the characters have their own theme songs and travelling songs. There are other characters who never appear in the stories, including Mr Honeyman who | Letter Box (TV series)
Letter Box is an Australian television series which aired in 1962 on what would eventually become the Seven Network. It was a game show in which contestants tried to build words using a series of letters supplied by the host.
The series was hosted by Bill Acfield, who was assisted by Myra Roper. It aired in a 30-minute time-slot (running time excluding commercials is not known), in black-and-white.
It was followed-up the following year with | 2,367 | triviaqa-train |
Which character was dressed as a jester in Rentaghost? | Michael Staniforth's Claypole the sole original ghost. Davenport's and Mumford's absences were explained at the start of the series by the pair having gone on an extended tour of stately-home hauntings. After Mumford's departure, the business was taken over by Harold Meaker and his wife Ethel, who suffered from the various problems the ghosts brought to their lives.
The long-suffering neighbours of Rentaghost are the Perkinses, who appear from Series 4 onwards and think the Meakers are mad.
Running jokes.
In | popular culture.
In the children's TV series "Rentaghost", the stick was referred to as a "Tiny Timothy".
In Verdi's opera Rigoletto, the singer of the title-role—who is a jester—carries a marotte, which often has on it the faces of comedy and tragedy.
See also.
- Cap and bells | 2,368 | triviaqa-train |
When Burgess Meredith was the special guest villain in Batman, which character did he play? | himself as a leading man in Hollywood with critically acclaimed performances as George Milton in "Of Mice and Men" (1939), Ernie Pyle in "The Story of G.I. Joe" (1945), and the narrator of "A Walk in the Sun" (1945).
Meredith was known later in his career for his appearances on "The Twilight Zone" and for portraying arch-villain The Penguin on the 1960s TV series "Batman" and boxing trainer Mickey Goldmill in the "Rocky" film series. | situation; only after they unanimously confess their inability to challenge the Riddler does Gordon reluctantly decide to summon Batman. In later episodes, he and Chief O'Hara go to the Batphone without a second thought.
- Some sources credit the TV series makers as the creators of the Aunt Harriet character; she actually first appeared in the comic books in 1964, two years before the television show.
- The actor who played the villain would always be credited as the "Special Guest Villain"
- Each main villain had their | 2,369 | triviaqa-train |
Brinsley Forde who went on to become the lead singer of Aswad starred in which children's TV series of the 1970s? | Brinsley Forde
Brinsley Forde MBE (born 16 October 1953, Islington, North London) is best known as the founder member of the reggae band Aswad and as a child actor in the children's television series "Here Come the Double Deckers" (1970–71).
Forde appeared as Herman in two episodes of the sitcom "Please Sir!". He appeared as Wesley in the feature film of the same name in 1971. Forde's feature film debut had come a year earlier when he played a substantial role in | Red October", "Tess", "Pearl Harbor" and "Spooks" (known in some territories as "MI-5"). Co-star Brinsley Forde later became the lead singer in Aswad.
The programme made its US debut on 12 September 1970 at 10:30 am ET on ABC, and at 4:55 pm on 1 January 1971 in UK on BBC1. In the US, the series was repeated on Sunday mornings during the 1971-72 TV season on ABC from 12 September 1971 to 3 September 1972, | 2,370 | triviaqa-train |
What is the unofficial national anthem of Australia? | the first seeking lyrics and the second music, each having an A$5,000 prize for the winning entry. On the recommendation of the Council for the Arts, none of the new entries were felt worthy enough, so the contest ended with the suggestions for "Advance Australia Fair", "Waltzing Matilda" and "The Song of Australia".
In 1974 the Whitlam government then performed a nationwide opinion survey to determine the song to be sung on occasions of national significance. Conducted through the Australian Bureau of Statistics, it | a National Party senator Sandy Macdonald who in 2001 said that "Advance Australia Fair" is so boring that the nation risks singing itself to sleep, with boring music and words impossible to understand.
Political sentiment is divided. Craig Emerson of the Australian Labor Party has critiqued the anthem, former MP Peter Slipper has said that Australia should consider another anthem, in 2011 former Victorian Premier Jeff Kennett suggested "I Am Australian", while former Australian Labor Party leader Kim Beazley defended it.
Unofficial Christian variant.
A | 2,371 | triviaqa-train |
Which royal house succeeded the Tudors? | in the female line.) The Tudors succeeded the House of Plantagenet as rulers of the Kingdom of England, and were succeeded by the House of Stuart. The first Tudor monarch, Henry VII of England, descended through his mother from a legitimised branch of the English royal House of Lancaster. The Tudor family rose to power in the wake of the Wars of the Roses (1455-1487), which left the House of Lancaster, to which the Tudors were aligned, extinct in the male line.
Henry Tudor | valuable tool to bargain for England's aid in conflicts with France and kept the Tudors under his protection.
Edward IV died 12 years after Tewkesbury on 9 April 1483. His 12-year-old elder son succeeded him as King Edward V; the younger son, nine-year-old Richard of Shrewsbury, was next in line to the throne. Edward V was too young to rule and a Royal Council was established to rule the country until the king's coming of age. Some among the council were worried when it | 2,372 | triviaqa-train |
Name the space shuttle that exploded in 1986 | well as the three deceased Apollo 1 astronauts. Julian Harris Elementary School is located on McAuliffe Drive, and its mascot is the Challengers.
The Squadron "Challenger" 17 is an Air Force unit in the Texas A&M Corps of Cadets that emphasizes athletic and academic success in honor of the "Challenger" crew. The unit was established in 1992.
In San Antonio, Texas, Scobee Elementary School opened in 1987, the year after the disaster. Students at the school are referred to as "Challengers". An | for Afghanistan
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Other.
- McNamara–O'Hara Service Contract Act
- Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, two Boeing 747 aircraft modified to transport the Space Shuttle
- Small craft advisory
- Spectrum Continuation Analysis
- Stored Communications Act, Title II of the US Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986
- Subsidiary Communications Authority, the Federal Communications Commission's name for subcarrier channels transmitted on a broadcast FM station
- Sustainable competitive advantage, in business: an advantage that is preserved over long term | 2,373 | triviaqa-train |
Ross Kemp plays which Eastenders character? | Ross Kemp
Ross James Kemp (born 21 July 1964) is an English actor, author and investigative journalist. He rose to prominence in the role of Grant Mitchell in the BBC soap opera "EastEnders". Since 2004, Kemp has received international recognition as a journalist for the BAFTA Award-winning documentary series "Ross Kemp on Gangs".
Acting career.
Acting career Early career.
After training at Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art, Kemp received his Equity card when appearing alongside John Thaw and Richard Wilson | episodes, and countless amazing storylines. Peggy Mitchell is a truly iconic character, and along with Steve McFadden and Ross Kemp, Barbara has made the Mitchells the premier family of British soap." Windsor filmed her final scene on 16 July 2010. Peggy's final episode, which aired on 10 September 2010, was preceded by a number of television trailers in August and a new section on the "EastEnders" website dedicated to the character. The episode ended with a special reworking of the piano version of the "EastEnders" | 2,374 | triviaqa-train |
Which British statesman's ancestral home was Blenheim Palace? | fall from influence of his duchy and lasting damage to the reputation of the architect Sir John Vanbrugh.
Designed in the rare, and short-lived, English Baroque style, architectural appreciation of the palace is as divided today as it was in the 1720s. It is unique in its combined use as a family home, mausoleum and national monument. The palace is notable as the birthplace and ancestral home of Sir Winston Churchill.
Following the palace's completion, it became the home of the Churchill (later Spencer- | from the Duke of Malboroughs ancestral home, Blenheim Palace, featured Spike Milligan and Gary Glitter. The show broadcast the near- death of show regular Glenn Robbins who was flying overhead in a two-seater ultra light aircraft at about 2000 feet, when his scarf became caught in the single propeller. The resulting crash landing in the Blenheim lake was broadcast live across Australia.
In a 1992 show from Barcelona, Spain, Vizards crew surprised him by arranging for him to fight a bull. Vizard dressed in his matador outfit which | 2,375 | triviaqa-train |
Phil Collins played drums with which band? | Elbow, Dream Theater, Genesis, Jethro Tull, The Zombies, The Animals, Bon Jovi, Yes, Fleetwood Mac, Marilyn Manson and Deep Purple, all of which consist of a vocalist, guitarist, bassist, keyboardist, and a drummer) or with a turntablist such as Deftones, Hed PE, Incubus or Limp Bizkit.
Alternatives include a keyboardist, guitarist, drummer, bassist, and saxophonist, such as The Sonics, The Dave Clark 5, and Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs. Another alternative | mate from the Flaming Youth days Ronnie Caryl on guitar, Mike Piggott (violin) and John Howitt (bass).
In 1973, Banks tried to form a new band, with singer and soon-to-be-wife, Sidney Foxx (real name Sidonie Jordan). Named Empire, Banks, Foxx, and various other band members recorded three albums up to 1979 which were unreleased. Phil Collins played the drums (on one track), And Preston Heyman (Later to join Kate Bush) played Drums | 2,376 | triviaqa-train |
Who was the last woman executed in the UK? | Ruth Ellis
Ruth Ellis (9 October 1926 – 13 July 1955) was a British model and nightclub hostess. She was the last woman to be hanged in the United Kingdom, after being convicted of the murder of her lover, David Blakely.
During her childhood, her family moved from Rhyl, to Basingstoke in Hampshire, and, in 1941, to Hampstead in London. Then, in her teens, Ellis entered the world of London nightclub hostessing, which led to a chaotic life that included various relationships with | time of her suicide.
Last execution Last execution of a woman.
The last woman executed was Anna Månsdotter, who was executed on 7 August 1890 by decapitation with an axe. Månsdotter and her son Per Nilsson had murdered Per's wife, Hanna Johansdotter. Månsdotter was also involved in an incestuous relationship with her son, who was sentenced to life imprisonment and who was released in 1914. The last woman executed in the capital of Stockholm was Helena Katarina Löv, who was decapitated for the murder of a child on 19 | 2,377 | triviaqa-train |
Epiphany is known by what other name in some countries? | since 1893 the feast of the Holy Family, and Christmastide was reckoned as the twelve days ending on January 5, followed by the January 6–13 octave. The 1969 revision of the General Roman Calendar made the date to some extent variable, stating: "The Epiphany of the Lord is celebrated on 6 January, unless, where it is not observed as a holy day of obligation, it has been assigned to the Sunday occurring between 2 and 8 January." It also made the Feast of the Epiphany part of Christmas Time | List of country names in various languages
onlyincludeMost countries of the world have different names in different languages. Some countries have also undergone name changes for political or other reasons. This article attempts to give all known alternative names for all nations, countries and sovereign states. It does not offer any opinion about what the "original", "official", "real", or "correct" name of any country is or was.
Countries are listed alphabetically by their current best-known name in English. Each | 2,378 | triviaqa-train |
Who founded ChildLine and presented That's Life? | That's Life!
That's Life! was a magazine-style television series on BBC1 between 26 May 1973 and 19 June 1994, presented by Esther Rantzen throughout the entire run, with various changes of co-presenters. The show was notable for presenting hard-hitting investigations alongside satire and occasional light entertainment. The show was generally recorded about an hour prior to transmission, which was originally on Saturday nights and then on Sunday nights. In its latter days, in an attempt to win back falling ratings, it | Sgt. Pepper Knew My Father
Sgt. Pepper Knew My Father is a 1988 multi-artist compilation of 1980s artists recording new versions of the songs on The Beatles album "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band". The album was produced by the "New Musical Express" to raise money for Childline, the charity founded by the now-defunct BBC1 consumer programme "That's Life!" It was also intended to celebrate the 21st anniversary of the original release of "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club | 2,379 | triviaqa-train |
Which three characters have advertised Kellogs Rice Krispies since 1903? | their products. Kellogg's once released "Mission Nutrition", a PC game that came free with special packs of cereal. It played in a similar fashion as "Donkey Kong Country"; users could play as Tony the Tiger, Coco the Monkey, or Snap, Crackle, and Pop. Kellogg's has also released "Talking" games. The two current versions are Talking Tony and Talking Sam. In these games, a microphone is used to play games and create voice commands for their computers. In Talking Tony | on television in 1960; before that it was advertised by Woody Woodpecker. They are the first and longest-running cartoon characters to represent a Kellogg's product.
Marketing history Taglines.
- Snap! Crackle! Pop! Rice Krispies! (1966–present)
- It's Going to Be a Rice Day (1960s)
- The taste that tickles (Early 1990s, Canadian)
- Snap! Crackle! Pop! Nutritious! (Late 1997-1999, Canadian)
- What do your Rice Krispies say | 2,380 | triviaqa-train |
What was the name of Britney Spears` first hit single? | Britney Spears
Britney Jean Spears (born December 2, 1981) is an American singer, songwriter, dancer, and actress. Born in McComb, Mississippi and raised in Kentwood, Louisiana, she appeared in stage productions and television series, before signing with Jive Records in 1997. Spears's first two studio albums, "...Baby One More Time" (1999) and "Oops!... I Did It Again" (2000), were global successes and made her the best-selling teenage artist of all- | the final album, with "Boys" later recorded by Britney Spears and "What It Is" recorded by Kelis. Spears released "Boys" as a single in remix form with Pharrell Williams, referencing Jackson's hit "Nasty" during several lines and citing it as her favorite song to perform. Additionally, Spears' single "I'm a Slave 4 U" was originally written and produced for the album. "My Big Secret" was later recorded for Spears' "In the Zone" album, though was | 2,381 | triviaqa-train |
What is the first book of the Bible attributed to a prophet? | commandments ("taryag mitzvot").
Hebrew Bible Nevi'im.
"Nevi'im" (, "Prophets") is the second main division of the Tanakh, between the "Torah" and "Ketuvim." It contains two sub-groups, the Former Prophets ( , the narrative books of Joshua, Judges, Samuel and Kings) and the Latter Prophets ( , the books of Isaiah, Jeremiah and Ezekiel and the Twelve Minor Prophets).
The Nevi'im tell the story of the rise of the Hebrew monarchy and | Jeremiah 1
Jeremiah 1 is the first chapter of the Book of Jeremiah in the Hebrew Bible or the Old Testament of the Christian Bible. This book, one of the Nevi'im or Books of the Prophets, contains the prophecies attributed to the prophet Jeremiah. This chapter serves as an introduction to the Book of Jeremiah and relates Jeremiah's calling as a prophet.
Text.
The original text of this chapter, as with the rest of the Book of Jeremiah, was written in Hebrew. Since the division of the | 2,382 | triviaqa-train |
Prior to his death in 1976 what was John Wayne's last film? | (1962), and a cantankerous one-eyed marshal in "True Grit" (1969), for which he received the Academy Award for Best Actor. He is also remembered for his roles in "The Quiet Man" (1952), "Rio Bravo" (1959) with Dean Martin, and "The Longest Day" (1962). In his final screen performance, he starred as an aging gunfighter battling cancer in "The Shootist" (1976). He appeared with many important Hollywood stars of | and the Badman", until John Wayne's character convinces him to share the water. It was after this latter role that Republic Pictures signed him as the comic sidekick in Monte Hale's Western series. His last film was John Ford's "The Sun Shines Bright".
Death.
Hurst was diagnosed with terminal cancer in late 1952, and committed suicide in February 1953. He is buried in Reedley Cemetery in Reedley, California.
Partial filmography.
Partial filmography As actor.
- "Shannon of the | 2,383 | triviaqa-train |
Which famous Indian became known as Rebecca Rolfe and died in Gravesend in Kent? | this statue in 1957 and again on 4 May 2007, while visiting Jamestown on the 400th anniversary of foundation, it being the first successful English colonial settlement in America.
On 5 October 1958, an exact replica of Partridge's statue was dedicated as a memorial to Pocohontas at St George's Parish Church. The Governor of Virginia presented the statue as a gift to the British people in 1958, a gesture prompted by The Queen's visit to the USA in the previous year.
In 2017, US Ambassador Matthew Barzun | Rosherville Halt railway station
Rosherville Halt was a railway station on the Gravesend West Line which was built to serve the popular Rosherville Gardens, a pleasure garden in Gravesend, Kent which closed in 1910. The station survived a further 23 years before itself closing in 1933.
History.
The route of the Gravesend West branch through Gravesend adjoined the famous Rosherville Pleasure Gardens which had opened in 1839 on land leased by the Rosher family who gave their name to the popular attraction. Although the Gardens were already served by steamer, | 2,384 | triviaqa-train |
What was the name of the Cartwright's ranch in Bonanza? | Comstock Lode of rich silver ore mines under the town of Virginia City, not far from the fictional Ponderosa Ranch that the Cartwright family operated. The show's theme song, also titled "Bonanza", became a hit song. Only instrumental renditions, absent Ray Evans' lyrics, were used during the series's long run.
In 2002, "Bonanza" was ranked No. 43 on "TV Guide"s 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time, and in 2013 "TV Guide" included it in its list of | the film's classic structure; his engaging outlaw, Sam Boone, counterpoints Scott's granite-faced Ben Brigade, maintaining the tension of whether they will work together or clash. He similarly played off James Coburn, who was making his film debut as Boone's quiet sidekick, Whit." The same year, he was cast in "Bonanza".
"Bonanza".
Roberts played Ben Cartwright's urbane eldest son Adam, in the Western television series "Bonanza". Unlike his brothers, Adam was a university | 2,385 | triviaqa-train |
Which Indian tribe did Sitting Bull belong to? | They surrounded the house, knocked and entered. Lt. Bullhead told Sitting Bull that he was under arrest and led him outside. Sitting Bull and his wife noisily stalled for time, the camp awakened and men converged at the house. As Lt. Bullhead ordered Sitting Bull to mount a horse, he said the Indian Affairs agent needed to see the chief, and then he could return to his house. When Sitting Bull refused to comply, the police used force on him. The Sioux in the village were enraged. | Pacific Northwest and move to an Indian reservation in Idaho. This forced removal was in violation of the 1855 Treaty of Walla Walla, which granted the tribe 7.5 million acres in their ancestral lands and the right to hunt and fish in lands ceded to the government.
After the first armed engagements in June, the Nez Perce embarked on an arduous trek north initially to seek help with the Crow tribe. After the Crows' refusal of aid, they sought sanctuary with the Lakota led by Sitting Bull, who had fled to | 2,386 | triviaqa-train |
What started at Fort Sumter in April 1861? | Battle of Fort Sumter
The Battle of Fort Sumter (April 12–13, 1861) was the bombardment of Fort Sumter near Charleston, South Carolina by the Confederate States Army, and the return gunfire and subsequent surrender by the United States Army, that started the American Civil War. Following the declaration of secession by South Carolina on December 20, 1860, its authorities demanded that the U.S. Army abandon its facilities in Charleston Harbor. On December 26, Major Robert Anderson of the U.S. Army surreptitiously moved his small command from the vulnerable | was also at this time that O&D produced documentary photographs of the city and its vicinity, including their singularly historic, antebellum scenes of plantations and slave life. Following the Federal surrender of Fort Sumter on April 14, 1861, Osborn would visit the fort and its surrounds on at least two occasions, taking at least 43 stereo images of the battle's aftermath, in what is the largest known group of Confederate images of the war, and which is considered the most comprehensive photographic record of a Civil War engagement ever made. | 2,387 | triviaqa-train |
In which territory, now US state, was the Battle of Little Bighorn fought? | , along the Little Bighorn River in the Crow Indian Reservation in southeastern Montana Territory.
The fight was an overwhelming victory for the Lakota, Northern Cheyenne, and Arapaho, who were led by several major war leaders, including Crazy Horse and Chief Gall, and had been inspired by the visions of Sitting Bull ("Tȟatȟáŋka Íyotake"). The U.S. 7th Cavalry, a force of 700 men, suffered a major defeat while under the command of Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer (formerly a brevetted major general during the American | station and convenience store, a Subway sandwich franchise, an arts & crafts store called "The Trading Post," and the Custer Battlefield Museum, a private museum whose exhibits focus on the battle and the period of the Indian Wars. Garryowen is traditional Apsáalooke territory.
History of Garryowen.
In 1895, the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy (now BNSF) Railroad established a tiny station on the Little Bighorn River, where water was taken on and US Army troops, supplies and mail were off-loaded for delivery | 2,388 | triviaqa-train |
Known as "The Singing Cowboy" who had his biggest hit record with the original recording of "Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer"? | Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (song)
"Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer" is a song by songwriter Johnny Marks based on the 1939 story "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" published by the Montgomery Ward Company. Gene Autry's recording hit No. 1 on the U.S. charts the week of Christmas 1949.
History.
In 1939 Marks's brother-in-law, Robert L. May, created the character Rudolph as an assignment for Montgomery Ward and Marks decided to adapt the story of | the group's biggest hit, "Speedoo", Carroll's nickname. Lavern Drake left the group in 1956 and was replaced by J. R. Bailey.
That same year the Cadillacs released a doo-wop version of "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" that peaked at No. 11 on "Billboard" magazine's Rhythm & Blues Records chart.
In 1957 differences in opinion caused the group to split. One group was initially known as The Four Cadillacs, with current bass J. R. Bailey, former bass Lavern | 2,389 | triviaqa-train |
In James Fenimore Cooper's classic story, how is the character Uncas referred to in the novel's title? | The Last of the Mohicans
The Last of the Mohicans: A Narrative of 1757 is a historical novel written by James Fenimore Cooper in 1826.
It is the second book of the "Leatherstocking Tales" pentalogy and the best known to contemporary audiences. "The Pathfinder", published 14 years later in 1840, is its sequel. "The Last of the Mohicans" is set in 1757, during the French and Indian War (the Seven Years' War), when France and Great Britain battled for control of | Natty Bumppo
Nathaniel "Natty" Bumppo is a fictional character and the protagonist of James Fenimore Cooper's pentalogy of novels known as the "Leatherstocking Tales".
Fictional biography.
Natty Bumppo, the child of white parents, grew up among Delaware Indians and was educated by Moravian Christians. In adulthood, he is a near-fearless warrior skilled in many weapons, chiefly the long rifle. He is most often shown alongside his Mohican foster brother Chingachgook and nephew Uncas.
Novels.
Bumppo is featured in | 2,390 | triviaqa-train |
Who succeeded General Joseph Johnston as the Commander of the Army of Northern Virginia? | E. Lee in command the following day.
Command under General R. E. Lee.
On June 1, 1862, its most famous and final leader, General Robert E. Lee, took command after Johnston was wounded, and Smith suffered what may have been a nervous breakdown, at the Battle of Seven Pines. William Whiting received permanent command of Smith's division, while Richard Anderson reverted to brigade command. Longstreet served as a wing commander for part of the Seven Days Battles and Anderson had operational command of the division at | Lee's army evacuated Richmond, Virginia, and Confederate President Jefferson Davis and his cabinet retired into the Deep South in the hope of continuing the struggle. However, Lee surrendered the Army of Northern Virginia on the 9th and General Joseph E. Johnston realized that his army, the only significant body of Confederate troops left in the field, could not prevail.
On the 25th, Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman informed Rear Admiral John A. Dahlgren that he expected General Johnston to surrender the next day and asked the commander of the South Atlantic | 2,391 | triviaqa-train |
The Gunfight at the O.K. Corral took place in which city? | Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
The Gunfight at the O.K. Corral was a 30-second shootout between lawmen and members of a loosely organized group of outlaws called the Cowboys that took place at about 3:00 p.m. on Wednesday, October 26, 1881, in Tombstone, Arizona Territory. It is generally regarded as the most famous shootout in the history of the American Wild West. The gunfight was the result of a long-simmering feud, with Cowboys Billy Claiborne, Ike and Billy Clanton, and Tom and Frank McLaury on one side | and the 1957 film "Gunfight at the O.K. Corral", after which the shootout became known by that name. Since then, the conflict has been portrayed with varying degrees of accuracy in numerous Western films and books, and has become an archetype for much of the popular imagery associated with the Old West.
Despite its name, the gunfight did not take place within or next to the O.K. Corral, which fronted Allen Street and had a rear entrance lined with horse stalls on Fremont Street. The shootout actually took place | 2,392 | triviaqa-train |
Which country is situated on the west coast of Africa between Ghana and Liberia? | Liberia
Liberia (), officially the Republic of Liberia, is a country on the West African coast. It is bordered by Sierra Leone to its northwest, Guinea to its north, Ivory Coast to its east, and the Atlantic Ocean to its south-southwest. It covers an area of and has a population of around 4,900,000. English is the official language, but over 20 indigenous languages are spoken, representing the numerous ethnic groups who make up more than 95% of the population. The country's capital and | where he stated that he had used an extract from a university-approved book on the Malayalam language, and that his opponents did not give him an opportunity to explain the situation. He said that the naming of the village madcap as Muhammad had been done to represent the original author, P. T. Kunju Muhammed. Joseph's family made a statement that they forgive the attackers.
On 24 July 2010, his suspension from the college was revoked by the Mahatma Gandhi University which described the issue as an "unintentional error" | 2,393 | triviaqa-train |
What song has provided hit singles for the Rolling Stones, Melanie and Rod Stewart? | was a new deal with Decca to be made ... and he said he could do it." The US version included the double A-side single "Let's Spend the Night Together" and "Ruby Tuesday", which went to No. 1 in the US and No. 3 in the UK. When the band went to New York to perform the numbers on "The Ed Sullivan Show" in January, they were ordered to change the lyrics of the refrain of "Let's Spend the Night | Steve Young's "Seven Bridges Road," Jimmie Rodgers' "T for Texas," and Shel Silverstein's "The Leaving Coming On," Jennings opted for the Fritts tune, which would go on to be recorded and performed by Rod Stewart, Ray Charles, Bob Dylan, the Rolling Stones. Released as a single, "We Had it All", peaked at number 28 in "Billboard"'s Country Singles. Jennings and Shaver also collaborated on the hit single "You Asked Me To," which | 2,394 | triviaqa-train |
Which alloy is created using copper and tin? | copper and bronze alloys date to 3000 BC. The Bronze Age began in Southeastern Europe around 3700–3300 BC, in Northwestern Europe about 2500 BC. It ended with the beginning of the Iron Age, 2000–1000 BC in the Near East, and 600 BC in Northern Europe. The transition between the Neolithic period and the Bronze Age was formerly termed the Chalcolithic period (copper-stone), when copper tools were used with stone tools. The term has gradually fallen out of favor because in some parts of the world, the Chalcolithic | punches are ready a mold could then be created from the punch by using the punch on a softer metal (such as copper) to create a matrix. Then, type metal, an alloy of lead, antimony, and tin, flows into the matrix to produce a single piece of type, ready for typesetting.
One characteristic of type metal that makes it valuable for this use is that it expands as it cools (water, silicon and bismuth are other substances that expand on freezing), keeping the accurate dimensions | 2,395 | triviaqa-train |
Which 1989 film starred Julia Roberts and was mainly set in a beauty salon run by a character played by Dolly Parton? | "9 to 5" (1980) and "The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas" (1982), for which she earned Golden Globe nominations for Best Actress, as well as "Rhinestone" (1984), "Steel Magnolias" (1989), "Straight Talk" (1992) and "Joyful Noise" (2012).
Early life and career.
Dolly Rebecca Parton was born January 19, 1946, in a one-room cabin on the banks of the Little Pigeon River in Pittman Center | of Snow White in the animated feature film "Shrek the Third".
In 2008, Hilty joined Allison Janney, Stephanie J. Block, and Marc Kudisch in the musical adaptation of the 1980 film "9 to 5". The production was directed by Joe Mantello, with a pre-Broadway run at the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles, which opened on September 9, 2008. Hilty had participated in workshops and readings as the character Doralee Rhodes (the character Dolly Parton had played in the film version). The | 2,396 | triviaqa-train |
Last night I dreamed I went to Mandalay again. | Rebecca (novel)
Rebecca is a Gothic novel by English author Dame Daphne du Maurier. A best-seller, "Rebecca" sold 2.8 million copies between its publication in 1938 and 1965, and the book has never gone out of print.
Plot.
While working as the companion to a rich American woman on holiday in Monte Carlo, the unnamed narrator, a naïve young woman in her early 20s, becomes acquainted with a wealthy Englishman, George Fortescue Maximilian "Maxim" de Winter, a 42-year | Couldn't Keep from Crying
- I Do Believe
- I Don't Believe You Wanted To Leave
- I Don't Hurt Anymore
- I Don't Know Where I'm Bound
- I Don't Think I Could Take You Back Again
- I Dreamed About Mama Last Night
- I Feel Better All Over
- I Forgot More Than You'll Ever Know
- I Forgot To Remember To Forget
- I Got A Boy (And His Name Is John)
- I Got a | 2,397 | triviaqa-train |
What is the name of Liverpool's main railway station? | Liverpool Central railway station
Liverpool Central railway station in Liverpool, England, forms a central hub of the Merseyrail network, being on both the Northern Line and the Wirral Line. The station is located underground on two levels, below the site of a former mainline terminus. It is the busiest station in Liverpool, though considerably smaller than Lime Street station, the mainline terminus, and the busiest station to operate fully the Merseyrail network. In terms of passenger entries and exits between April 2010 and March 2011, Liverpool Central is | .
St Michaels railway station to serve northern Aigburth, and Aigburth railway station to server central Aigburth both opened 1864, were both originally part of the Garston and Liverpool Railway and later became part of the Cheshire Lines Committee. Cressington railway station that serves southern Aigburth and Hunts Cross railway station, are representative of the fine suburban railway stations built in 1873 for the Cheshire Lines Committee. 1886 would see the creation of Liverpool's first underground railway stations List of underground stations of the Merseyrail network, as part of what is now | 2,398 | triviaqa-train |
What is the name of the John Lennon memorial garden in Central Park, New York? | Directly facing the southeastern shore of the Lake is a bi-level hall called Bethesda Terrace, which contains an elaborate fountain on its lower level. Bethesda Terrace connects to Central Park Mall, a landscaped walkway and the only formal feature in the Greensward Plan. Near the southwestern shore of the lake is Strawberry Fields, a memorial to John Lennon who was killed nearby; Sheep Meadow, a lawn originally intended for use as a parade ground; and Tavern on the Green, a restaurant. The southern border of Central Park contains | a 10K road race), which was the first strictly women-only road race. Lebow was also president of New York Road Runners for twenty years.
His memorial service at the finish line of the New York City Marathon attracted a crowd of more than 3,000 mourners, which at that time was the largest memorial gathering in Central Park since the death of John Lennon.
Legacy.
In 1991, Lebow established Fred's Friends as the first official charity of the New York Marathon. The program uses marathon | 2,399 | triviaqa-train |
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