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Who is the oldest of Prince Andrew's daughters? | the first child born to a reigning monarch since the birth in 1857 of Queen Victoria's youngest child, Princess Beatrice. As with his older siblings, Andrew was looked after by a governess, who was responsible for his early education at Buckingham Palace. He was sent to Heatherdown School near Ascot in Berkshire. In September 1973, he entered Gordonstoun, in northern Scotland, which his father and elder brother had attended before him. While there, he spent six months—from January to June 1977—participating in an exchange programme to | 1979), Badr (born 1980), Mohammed, Saud, Ahmad, Nawwaf, Abdullah, Mishaal, Mansour, Fawwaz, Abdulmajid and Abdul Ilah.
Prince Sultan had fifteen daughters, the oldest of whom is Nawf bint Sultan. One of his daughters, Reema, is married to Muhammad bin Nayef, son of the late Crown Prince Nayef bin Abdulaziz. His other daughter, Noura bint Sultan, is married to Turki bin Nasser. Another daughter, Munira bint Sultan, who was late Faisal bin Fahd's spouse | 2,400 | triviaqa-train |
Who was the last monarch of England only? | French claims and lost all their land on the continent, except for Calais. After the turmoils of the Wars of the Roses, the Tudor dynasty ruled during the English Renaissance and again extended English monarchical power beyond England proper, achieving the full union of England and the Principality of Wales in 1542. Henry VIII oversaw the English Reformation, and his daughter Elizabeth I (reigned 1558–1603) the Elizabethan Religious Settlement, meanwhile establishing England as a great power and laying the foundations of the British Empire by claiming possessions in the New World | II and William III, who became joint rulers in 1689. James made one serious attempt to recover his crowns, which ended with defeat at the Battle of the Boyne in 1690.
Formation of the Union.
Formation of the Union Acts of Union 1707.
Deeper political integration was a key policy of Queen Anne (1702–14), who succeeded to the throne in 1702 as the last Stuart monarch of England and Scotland (she was also the only Stuart monarch of Great Britain). The Queen appointed Commissioners for the | 2,401 | triviaqa-train |
Commissioned by Queen Victoria in memory of her husband, in which Royal park would you find the Albert Memorial? | Bushy Park,
- Green Park,
- Greenwich Park,
- Hyde Park,
- Kensington Gardens,
- Regent's Park,
- Richmond Park, 955 hectares ()
- St. James's Park,
Of these, Regent's Park, Hyde Park and Kensington Gardens (which are adjacent), Green Park and St James's Park (also close to each other) are the largest green spaces in central London. Bushy Park, Greenwich Park and Richmond Park are in the outer boroughs | style might emerge.
Between 1864 and 1876, the Albert Memorial, designed by Scott, was constructed in Hyde Park. It was a commission on behalf of Queen Victoria in memory of her husband, Prince Albert.
Scott advocated the use of Gothic architecture for secular buildings, rejecting what he called "the absurd supposition that Gothic architecture is exclusively and intrinsically ecclesiastical." He was the winner of a competition to design new buildings in Whitehall to house the Foreign Office and War Office. Before work began, however, | 2,402 | triviaqa-train |
Which royal establishment was moved from London to Llantrisant in South Wales in 1968? | . In 2000, services contributed 66% to GVA, the manufacturing sector contributed 32%, while agriculture, forestry and fishing together contributed 1.5%.
As in the rest of the United Kingdom, the currency used in Wales is the Pound, represented by the symbol "£". The Bank of England is the central bank, responsible for issuing currency, and retains responsibility for monetary policy and is the central bank of the UK. The Royal Mint, which issues the coinage circulated over the whole of the UK | Royal Glamorgan Hospital
The Royal Glamorgan Hospital (), is a District General Hospital in Ynysmaerdy, Talbot Green, near Llantrisant, Rhondda Cynon Taf, South Wales. It is managed by the Cwm Taf University Health Board.
History.
The hospital was commissioned to replace the aging East Glamorgan General Hospital. It was built at a cost of £103 million and was opened at Ely Meadow () in 1999. In 2017 the Hospital Board announced that the Special Care Baby Unit would be moved to Prince Charles Hospital | 2,403 | triviaqa-train |
What event takes place on the official birthday of the sovereign? | ceremony of Trooping the Colour, which is also known as the Queen's Birthday Parade. The list of Birthday Honours is also announced at the time of the Official Birthday celebrations. In British diplomatic missions, the day is treated as the National Day of the United Kingdom. Although it is not celebrated as a specific public holiday in the UK, some civil servants are given a "privilege day" at this time of year, which is often merged with the Spring Bank Holiday (last Monday in May) to create a | Different realms have different constitutional arrangements governing who acts in place of the governor-general in the event of his or her death, resignation, or incapacity.
- In Australia, an Administrator of the Commonwealth may be appointed to perform the necessary official functions, pending a decision by the sovereign, on the advice of the prime minister, about a permanent replacement as governor-general. The administrator has usually been the senior state governor. Each state governor normally holds what is known as a dormant commission. There have been | 2,404 | triviaqa-train |
What is the name of the Scottish home of the British Royal Family? | List of British royal residences
British royal residences are palaces, castles and houses occupied by members of the British royal family in the United Kingdom. Some, like Buckingham Palace and Windsor Castle, are owned by the British monarch by virtue of his or her position as king or queen, while others like Balmoral Castle and Sandringham House are personally owned, and they have been passed down for generations. Some royal palaces are no longer residences (e.g., the Palace of Westminster and the Palace of Whitehall). Some remain in | annex, which is also home to what remains of the original locomotive.
Other locomotives.
London, Midland & Scottish Railway Royal Scot Class 4-6-0 locomotive 6126 was originally named "Sans Pareil". This loco was built by the North British Locomotive Company at Glasgow in September 1927 and withdrawn in October 1963 as 46126 "Royal Army Service Corps". An AL6 electric locomotive built at Doncaster Works in 1965, number E3106 (later numbered 86214) carried the name 'Sans Pareil' between 1981 and | 2,405 | triviaqa-train |
How many dwarf planets are there in our solar system? | discoveries of objects farther away from the Sun than Neptune that rivaled Pluto in size, and finally precipitated by the discovery of an even more massive object, Eris. The exclusion of dwarf planets from the roster of planets by the IAU has been both praised and criticized.
As of July 2008 the International Astronomical Union (IAU) recognizes five dwarf planets: in the asteroid belt, and Pluto, , , and in the outer Solar System.
Only two of these bodies, Ceres and Pluto, have been observed in | links.
- How many dwarf planets are there in the outer solar system?, "Michael Brown", Caltech
- OSSOS TNODB by the "Outer Solar System Origins Survey"
- Minor Planet Center: List of Transneptunian Objects
- Minor Planet Center: List of Centaurs and Scattered-Disk Objects
- Johnston's Archive: List of Known trans-Neptunian Objects
- Johnston's Archive: Trans-Neptunian Objects
- Known extreme outer solar system objects, Scott Sheppard, "Carnegie Science Center" | 2,406 | triviaqa-train |
Absolute zero is a temperature defined as 0 on what scale? | the Fahrenheit scale (United States customary units or Imperial units). The corresponding Kelvin and Rankine temperature scales set their zero points at absolute zero by definition.
It is commonly thought of as the lowest temperature possible, but it is not the lowest "enthalpy" state possible, because all real substances begin to depart from the ideal gas when cooled as they approach the change of state to liquid, and then to solid; and the sum of the enthalpy of vaporization (gas to liquid) and enthalpy of fusion ( | Also, defining water's triple point at 273.16 K precisely defined the magnitude of each 1 °C increment in terms of the absolute thermodynamic temperature scale (referencing absolute zero). Now decoupled from the actual boiling point of water, the value "100 °C" is hotter than 0 °C – in absolute terms – by a factor of "precisely" (approximately 36.61% thermodynamically hotter). When adhering "strictly" to the two-point definition for calibration, the boiling point of VSMOW | 2,407 | triviaqa-train |
Oology is the study of what? | . This was found to cause the link between the use by farmers of pesticides such as DDT and dieldrin, and the decline of British populations of birds of prey.
History As a hobby.
Egg collecting was still popular in the early 20th century, even as its scientific value became less prominent. Egg collectors built large collections and traded with one another. Frequently, collectors would go to extreme lengths to obtain eggs of rare birds. For example, Charles Bendire was willing to have his teeth broken to remove a rare | became Swan, Brewer & Tileston. As an editor, he published Alexander Wilson's "Birds of America".
In 1857, Brewer completed his first of several volumes of "North American Oology". However, Brewer is best known as a joint author, with Spencer Fullerton Baird and Robert Ridgway, of "A History of North American Birds" (3 volumes, 1874), which was the first attempt since John James Audubon's (thirty years prior) to complete the study of American ornithology.
Brewer | 2,408 | triviaqa-train |
Nephrology is the study of which organs? | an artificial method of replacing some kidney function to prolong life. Renal transplantation replaces kidney function by inserting into the body a healthier kidney from an organ donor and inducing immunologic tolerance of that organ with immunosuppression. At present, renal transplantation is the most effective treatment for end-stage kidney failure although its worldwide availability is limited by lack of availability of donor organs.
Most kidney conditions are chronic conditions and so long term followup with a nephrologist is usually necessary.
Organizations.
The world's first society of nephrology was | American Society for Artificial Internal Organs
American Society for Artificial Internal Organs (ASAIO) is an organization of individuals and groups that are interested in artificial internal organs and their development.
It supports research into artificial internal organs and holds an annual meeting, which attracts industry, researchers and government officials. ASAIO's most heavily represented areas are nephrology, cardiopulmonary devices (artificial hearts, heart-lung machines) and biomaterials. It publishes a peer-reviewed publication, the ASAIO Journal, six times a year.
External links | 2,409 | triviaqa-train |
Which famous building has the address of 1600 Pennysylvania Avenue? | White House
The White House is the official residence and workplace of the president of the United States. It is located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington, D.C. and has been the residence of every U.S. president since John Adams in 1800. The term "White House" is often used as a metonym for the president and his advisers.
The residence was designed by Irish-born architect James Hoban in the neoclassical style. Hoban modelled the building on Leinster House in Dublin, a building which today houses the Oireachtas | been demolished in 1926 and replaced with a 12-story office building by developer Benjamin Winter.
The new building was designed by Carson & Lundin, who also simultaneously worked on 600 Fifth Avenue in the nearby Rockefeller Center, and the building was called the Tishman Building. One of its most famous exterior features was the prominent 666 address emblazoned on the top of the building. The other distinctive exterior features are embossed aluminum panels which were originally lit by the "Tower of Light" designed by Abe Feder. The original design included lobby | 2,410 | triviaqa-train |
Which international charity is registered at John Smith Drive, Cowley, Oxford? | former Oxford Military College buildings was redeveloped in the late 1990s into housing.
The business park has attracted a large David Lloyd Leisure centre and offices of numerous companies including the European headquarters of Harley-Davidson Motorcycles and the headquarters of international aid charity Oxfam GB.
Cowley is an ethnically diverse community, with significant black and South Asian communities .
Sports and leisure.
Cowley has a strong sporting tradition. In 1938 Oxford Stadium was built to host the sport of greyhound racing. In 1939 motorcycle speedway moved to Oxford | , also near Oxford, which had been purchased by his mother in 1933.
In 1972, The Memorandum and Articles of Association of The Association for the Study of Human Nutrition Limited were signed, the subscribers being Professor Hugh Sinclair, Professor Francis Aylward, Professor Sir Richard Doll, FRS, Mr. Arthur Elliott-Smith, FRCS, Sir David Paton Cuthbertson, FRSE, Professor Herbert Kay, FRS, and John Talbot, Solicitor. The Association was subsequently registered as a charity. Sinclair became its Director. Soon the name | 2,411 | triviaqa-train |
Which public service moved from Bracknell in Berkshire, to Exeter in Devon in 2003? | 's ethnic minority population live in the central, north western and eastern suburbs of the city. Outlying areas such as Pinhoe, Cowick and the expensive suburb of Topsham are all 95% White British as of 2011.
Economy.
The Met Office, the main weather forecasting organisation for the United Kingdom and one of the most significant in the world, relocated from Bracknell in Berkshire to Exeter in early 2004. It is one of the largest employers in the area (together with the University of Exeter, Devon County Council | Exeter in the city of Exeter in Devon. Extensive shooting was also done in West Bay in Dorset, where the production used the Station Road Car Park for its production trailers and offices. A car park next to the West Bay Hotel in Bridport served as the production's base camp while filming in that area, while the Rivermead Leisure Centre car park served as production headquarters in Reading, Berkshire. The John Nike Leisuresport Complex served as production headquarters in Bracknell, Berkshire.
On 20 December 2014, Chibnall revealed that a | 2,412 | triviaqa-train |
Which historic event would you associate with Pudding Lane in London? | Pudding Lane
Pudding Lane is a small street in London widely known as the location of Thomas Farriner's bakery where the Great Fire of London started in 1666. It is off Eastcheap, near London Bridge and the Monument, in the historic City of London.
The site of Farriner's bakery on Pudding Lane is within the roadway of Monument Street (created 1886-7), on the east side of Pudding Lane. The oven and the small yard where Farriner stored the brushwood for the oven were at the back | pudding
Places.
- Pudding Butte, Oates Land, Antarctica
- Pudding Lane, a street in London
- Pudding Mill Lane DLR station
- Pudding River, Oregon, a tributary of the Molalla River
Arts, entertainment, and media.
- Pudding (character), a fictional reporter
- "Christmas Pudding" (novel), a novel by Nancy Mitford, first published in 1932
- "If you don't eat your meat, you can't have any pudding! How can | 2,413 | triviaqa-train |
Which English Victorian author was born in 1812 in Old Commercial Rd, Landport, Portsmouth? | Charles Dickens
Charles John Huffam Dickens (; 7 February 1812 – 9 June 1870) was an English writer and social critic. He created some of the world's best-known fictional characters and is regarded by many as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era. His works enjoyed unprecedented popularity during his lifetime, and by the 20th century critics and scholars had recognised him as a literary genius. His novels and short stories are still widely read today.
Born in Portsmouth, Dickens left school to work in a factory | Landport Drapery Bazaar
Landport Drapery Bazaar was a department store located on Commercial Road, Portsmouth.
History.
In 1870 Robert E Davies, the three time Mayor of Portsmouth opened a department store on what is now called Commercial Road (previously Union Road and Landport Road). He called his new enterprise the Landport Drapery Bazaar after the district that the store was located in. The store was also known to locals as the "LDB".
The original store was destroyed by fire in 1908, and subsequently rebuilt | 2,414 | triviaqa-train |
The postal address of which famous building is simply, PO Box 995, Kentucky, USA? | .
Fort Knox, a United States Army post best known as the site of the United States Bullion Depository, which is used to house a large portion of the United States official gold reserves, is located in Kentucky between Louisville and Elizabethtown. In May 2010, the Army Human Resource Center of Excellence, the largest office building in the state at nearly opened at Fort Knox. The new complex employs nearly 4,300 soldiers and civilians.
Kentucky contains two of the twenty U.S. Federal Penitentiaries – USP Big Sandy (in the | , the last two digits of the postcode indicate the mode of delivery. The digits "01" indicate a street address and "00" a PO Box or Private Bag address, with addresses in Port Elizabeth, for example, using the following format:
In Pretoria, however, a different format is used, with "02" indicating a street address, and "01" indicating a PO Box or Private Bag address.
A feature of South African postal addresses, also common to Australia, is that it | 2,415 | triviaqa-train |
Albany and Camp Hill are two of the three prisons outside Newport on the Isle of Wight. What is the third? | Dorset and West Sussex.
Prisons.
The Isle of Wight is near the densely populated south of England, yet separated from the mainland. This position led to it hosting three prisons: Albany, Camp Hill and Parkhurst, all located outside Newport near the main road to Cowes. Albany and Parkhurst were among the few Category A prisons in the UK until they were downgraded in the 1990s. The downgrading of Parkhurst was precipitated by a major escape: three prisoners (two murderers and a blackmailer) escaped from the prison | Early life.
King was born and brought up in Cowes, Isle of Wight, off the south coast of England. His father, Raymond King, was a dairyman, and the family lived in a tied dairy house. King recalled in a 2006 newspaper interview, "it was post-war, with one brass tap, an outside toilet and a zinc bath in front of the fire". He later lived on the Camp Hill and Albany prison estates on the outskirts of Newport. He attended Kitbridge Middle School | 2,416 | triviaqa-train |
Who killed John F Kennedy? | November 22, 1963, Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas. Vice President Lyndon Johnson upon Kennedy's death. Marxist Lee Harvey Oswald was arrested for the state crime, but he was shot to death by Jack Ruby two days later. The FBI and the Warren Commission both concluded Oswald had acted alone in the assassination, but various groups contested the Warren Report and believed that Kennedy was the victim of a conspiracy. After Kennedy's death, Congress enacted many of his proposals, including the Civil Rights Act and the Revenue | de Janeiro was later suspended from the police force after being accused of accepting a bribe to free Sarti and Helena Ferreira, his girlfriend, from jail earlier in 1972. In January 1975, four French citizens alleged to have supplied heroin to Sarti were among a group of 19 indicted by a federal grand jury in Brooklyn.
Allegations of involvement in the assassination of John F. Kennedy.
Allegations of involvement in the assassination of John F. Kennedy "The Murderers of John F. Kennedy" and "The Men Who Killed Kennedy". | 2,417 | triviaqa-train |
Who killed Martin Luther King? | James Earl Ray
James Earl Ray (March 10, 1928 – April 23, 1998) was an American fugitive and felon convicted of assassinating Martin Luther King Jr. in Memphis, Tennessee. Ray was convicted on his 41st birthday after entering a guilty plea to forgo a jury trial. Had he been found guilty by jury trial, he would have been eligible for the death penalty.
Early life and education.
Ray was born to a poor family on March 10, 1928, in Alton, Illinois, the | New York: Shapolsky Publishers, 1991). Paperback edition, 1994.
- "The Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr." (New York: SPI Books, 1991). Paperback edition, 1994.
- "Who Killed Martin Luther King?" (Berkeley, Cal Odonian Press, 1991).
- "Who Killed Robert Kennedy?" (Berkeley, Cal Odonian Press, 1991).
- "Shadow Play: The Killing of Robert Kennedy, The Trial of Sirhan Sirhan, | 2,418 | triviaqa-train |
Name the follow up to the Clint Eastwood film 'Every Which Way But Loose'. | of police officers and an entire motorcycle gang (the Black Widows), who end up pursuing him for revenge.
Eastwood's appearance in the film, after his string of spaghetti western and "Dirty Harry" roles, somewhat startled the film industry and he was reportedly advised against making it. Although it was poorly reviewed by critics, the film went on to become an enormous success and became, along with its 1980 sequel "Any Which Way You Can", two of the highest grossing Eastwood films. When adjusted | Every Which Way but Loose
Every Which Way but Loose may refer to:
- "Every Which Way but Loose" (film), a 1978 movie starring Clint Eastwood
- "Every Which Way but Loose" (song), the title song from the movie, performed by country singer Eddie Rabbitt
See also.
- "Every Which Way But Lose", an "American Dad!" episode
- "Every Which Way But Zeus", a "Venture Bros." episode | 2,419 | triviaqa-train |
Which seaside resort is the setting for the Only Fools And Horses 'Jolly Boys Outing'? | Margate
Margate is a seaside town in Thanet, Kent, South East England, north-east of Canterbury, which includes Cliftonville, Garlinge, Palm Bay and Westbrook.
History.
Margate was recorded as "Meregate" in 1264 and as "Margate" in 1299, but the spelling continued to vary into modern times. The name is thought to refer to a pool gate or gap in a cliff where pools of water are found, often allowing swimmers to jump in. The cliffs of the Isle of | Winner Is...
- Three Men, a Woman and a Baby
- Stage Fright
- Mother Nature's Son
- Heroes and Villains
- Time On Our Hands
- From Prussia With Love
The Best Of Christmas Only Fools and Horses
- Christmas Crackers
- Dates
- The Jolly Boys' Outing
- Mother Nature's Son
- Fatal Extraction
- Heroes and Villains
- Modern Men
- Time On Our Hands
Only Fools and Horses: Classic Del Boy Episodes
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Inspector 'Dirty' Harry Callaghan attempted to clean up the streets of which US City? | in the last game of the season and thought the eerie Greek amphitheater-like setting would be an excellent location for shooting one of the scenes where Callahan encounters Scorpio.
In San Francisco, California
- 555 California Street, The Bank of America Building
- California Hall, 625 Polk Street (formerly the California Culinary Academy)
- San Francisco City Hall, 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place
- Hall of Justice – 850 Bryant Street
- Forest Hill Station
- Holiday Inn Chinatown, 750 Kearny Street | Carl Pingitore and composer Dee Barton, made up part of the filming team. Meticulous planning and efficient directorship by Eastwood saw the film fall nearly $50,000 short of its $1 million budget and the film was completed four or five days ahead of schedule.
"Dirty Harry" (1971).
The script to "Dirty Harry" was originally written by Harry Julian and Rita M. Fink, a story about a hard-edged New York City police inspector Harry Callahan, determined to stop a psychotic killer by any means | 2,421 | triviaqa-train |
Dr Egon Spengler appears in which film? | per day, leaving him "a lot of time to work."
Appearances.
Appearances Film.
Appearances Film "Ghostbusters" (1984).
Egon was very interested in paranormal phenomena, even while working with Ray Stantz and Peter Venkman at the University. He and Ray Stantz studied paranormal literature in their spare time and were interested in theories of reincarnation.
Egon was usually the first to interview case subjects, adding to their mantra, "we're ready to believe you." Examples were Dana Barrett from her Zuul | film is a reboot, the film's marketing confirms that a version of Egon Spengler does exist in the film's fictional universe. According to a tie-in video to the film, Kate McKinnon's character Dr. Jillian Holtzmann and Harold Ramis' character Dr. Egon Spengler created the film's proton packs. The paragraph accompanying the video read:
"Engineers at Sony Corporation developed the 2016 Proton Pack™ in collaboration with nuclear engineer and munitions expert Dr. Jillian Holtzmann. Sony President and CEO Kazuo Hirai commented “The perfection of | 2,422 | triviaqa-train |
Richard Harris plays which charcter in the Harry Potter films? | favourite character is not Harry. My favourite character is Hermione.' And I think for some weird reason, from that moment on, she sort of trusted me."
Production Cast and crew.
Aside from the three lead actors, other notable cast members include Robbie Coltrane as Rubeus Hagrid, Tom Felton as Draco Malfoy, Alan Rickman as Severus Snape, and Dame Maggie Smith as Minerva McGonagall. Richard Harris, who played the role of Professor Albus Dumbledore, died on 25 October 2002 causing the role to be re | , "Harry Potter" films
- Brian Gleeson – actor
- Domhnall Gleeson – actor
- Richard Harris – actor, "Harry Potter" films
- Forrester Harvey – Hollywood actor
- Amy Joyce Hastings – actress
- Amy Huberman – actress
- Valene Kane – actress, "The Fading Light"
- Brendan Kelly – actor
- David Kelly – actor
- J. M. Kerrigan – Abbey actor
- Joanne King – actress
- Dervla Kirwan – actress, "Ballykissangel", " | 2,423 | triviaqa-train |
In which year was the film Casablanca premiered? | Casablanca (film)
Casablanca is a 1942 American romantic drama film directed by Michael Curtiz based on Murray Burnett and Joan Alison's unproduced stage play "Everybody Comes to Rick's". The film stars Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, and Paul Henreid; it also features Claude Rains, Conrad Veidt, Sydney Greenstreet, Peter Lorre, and Dooley Wilson. Set during World War II, it focuses on an American expatriate who must choose between his love for a woman and helping her and her husband, a Czech Resistance leader | 1962 movie "The Miracle Worker".
The film was screened at the Casablanca Film Festival and the International Film Festival of India. It won the Filmfare Award for best film. "Time Magazine" (Europe) selected the film as one of the 10 Best Movies of the Year 2005 from around the globe. The movie was positioned at number five. "Indiatimes Movies" ranks the movie amongst the "25 Must See Bollywood Films". The film was premiered in the Marché du Film section of the 2005 Cannes | 2,424 | triviaqa-train |
Comedian Steve Coogan provided the voice for which animal in the 1996 film Wind In The Willows? | The Wind in the Willows (1996 film)
The Wind in the Willows (released in the United States as Mr Toad's Wild Ride) is a 1996 British children's comedy film written and directed by Terry Jones, and produced by Jake Eberts and John Goldstone. The film stars Steve Coogan, Eric Idle and Terry Jones. The film was released in the United Kingdom on 18 October 1996. The film is based on Kenneth Grahame's novel "The Wind in the Willows".
Plot.
Mole's | the film "Notting Hill" (1999), as Honey, the younger sister of Hugh Grant's character.
She was cast as Martha Thompson in "Take a Girl Like You" (2000), a made-for-TV drama based on the Kingsley Amis novel and a remake of the 1970 film. Chambers worked as a voice performer in the animated made-for-TV film "The Wind in the Willows" (1995) and provided the voice of Spotty for two episodes in the CBeebies series | 2,425 | triviaqa-train |
How many ounces are there in a pound? | Pound (mass)
The pound or pound-mass is a unit of mass
used in the imperial, United States customary and other systems of measurement. Various definitions have been used; the most common today is the international avoirdupois pound, which is legally defined as exactly , and which is divided into 16 avoirdupois ounces. The international standard symbol for the avoirdupois pound is lb; an alternative symbol is lb (for most pound definitions), # (chiefly in the U.S.), and ℔ or ″̶ (specifically | pounds, 4 ounces. The International Game Fish Association officially declared the world record for largemouth bass tied in 2010, following Manabu Kurita's catch (in July 2009) of a 22 pound, 4 ounce largemouth taken from Lake Biwa in Japan.
There are some fifteen invasive species of fish which inhabit the river basin. According to a Georgia Department of Natural Resources report, "many of these species are well-established and are detrimental to native fish populations. The fifteen invasives are threadfin shad ("Dorosoma petenense" | 2,426 | triviaqa-train |
How many pints are there in a gallon? | Pint
The pint (symbol pt, sometimes abbreviated as "p") is a unit of volume or capacity in both the imperial and United States customary measurement systems. In both of those systems it is traditionally one-eighth of a gallon. The British imperial pint is about 20% larger than the American pint because the two systems are defined differently. Almost all other countries have standardized on the metric system, so the size of what may be called a pint varies depending on local custom.
The imperial pint | defined as 231 cubic inches, which is exactly . A US liquid gallon of water weighs about at , making it about 16.6% lighter than the imperial gallon. There are four quarts in a gallon, two pints in a quart and 16 US fluid ounces in a US pint, which makes the US fluid ounce equal to of a US gallon. In order to overcome the effects of expansion and contraction with temperature when using a gallon to specify a quantity of material for purposes of trade, it is common to define the | 2,427 | triviaqa-train |
How many yards are there in a mile? | Mile
The mile is an English unit of length of linear measure equal to 5,280 feet, or 1,760 yards, and standardised as exactly 1,609.344 metres by international agreement in 1959.
With qualifiers, "mile" is also used to describe or translate a wide range of units derived from or roughly equivalent to the Roman mile, such as the nautical mile (now 1.852 km exactly), the Italian mile (roughly 1.852 km), and the Chinese mile (now 500 m | Oulton Dyke
Oulton Dyke is a freshwater stretch of water in The Broads National Park, located in Suffolk within the United Kingdom. The dyke connects Oulton Broad near Lowestoft to the River Waveney by means of a confluence near the village of Burgh St Peter.
Oulton Dyke is approximately a mile long, and from Oulton Broad heads west then after some 400 yards makes a sharp turn to the north to join with the River Waveney. The name Oulton Dyke however is rarely used, because there are many misconceptions that it is | 2,428 | triviaqa-train |
How many feet are there in a fathom? | Fathom
A fathom is a unit of length in the imperial and the U.S. customary systems equal to , used especially for measuring the depth of water.
There are two yards (6 feet) in an imperial fathom. Originally the span of a man's outstretched arms, the size of a fathom has varied slightly depending on whether it was defined as a thousandth of an (Admiralty) nautical mile or as a multiple of the imperial yard. Formerly, the term was used for any of several units of length varying | of mine community development as a club organizer and it was in the same year that he found his feet and became a lynchpin at Wanderers. He earned the nickname "Zoom" when a Wanderers fan who could not fathom how easily he dribbled past defenders started calling him ‘Sumu’ instead of ‘Sam.’ This eventually changed to "Zoom" which would become one of the most famous nicknames in Zambian soccer history. It virtually became part of his name with many referring to him simply as ‘Zoom Ndhlovu’. | 2,429 | triviaqa-train |
How many yards are there in a chain? | to a keyring
- Chain sinnet, a method of shortening a rope or other cable while in use or for storage
- Chain stitch, a sewing and embroidery technique
Invention.
The metal link chain has been in use since at least 225 BC.
Symbolism.
The prevalent modern symbolism is oppression, due to the use for a mechanical restriction of the liberty of a human or animal.
Chains can also symbolize interconnectivity or interdependence. Unicode, in versions 6.x, contains the , which may | 's first crowdsourced movie. The movie was extensively shot in and directed by Bangalore teams.
Fitness and Sports: There are many sports facility aggregators where consumers can book indoor courts or swimming pool slots like Playo. Many entrepreneurs are setting up sports facilities due higher interest in fitness. There is a fitness chain called CureFit, invested in by early entrepreneurs and restaurants attached like EatFit.
Agriculture: Many wine yards are springing up around the city due to interest among a globally aware community of people residing in the city. | 2,430 | triviaqa-train |
How many gallons are there in a firkin? | civilian middle classes; the troops drank their beer the same way they drank it back home, from flagons filled direct from the cask. But as beer developed and became paler and lower in alcohol, so it became more difficult to keep it fresh tasting in the cask, especially in countries with warmer climates. By the late 19th century commercial refrigeration and Louis Pasteur's flash heating method of sterilisation prolonged the life of beer. In Britain's cooler climate these methods did not catch on at this time.
Traditionally draught beer | threshed wheat by stricken measure (first statutory mention of Troy weight as standard weight for bullion, bread, spices &c).
- 1527 Hen VIII Abolished the Tower pound
- 1531 23 Hen VIII c4 Barrel to contain 36 gallons of beer or 32 of ale; kilderkin in half of this; firkin half again
- 1532 24 Hen VIII c3 First statutory references to use of avoirdupoi weight
- 1536 28 Hen VIII c4 Added the tierce (41 gallons)
- 1588 (Elizabeth I) A new | 2,431 | triviaqa-train |
How many sheets of paper are there in a quire? | quality: of a ream of 500 sheets. Quires of 25 sheets are often used for machine-made paper, while quires of 24 sheets are often used for handmade or specialised paper of 480-sheet reams. (As an old UK and US measure, in some sources, a quire was originally 24 sheets.) Quires of 15, 18 or 20 sheets have also been used, depending on the type of paper.
Quire Nomenclature.
The current word "quire" derives from OE "quair" or "guaer" | Units of paper quantity
Various measures of paper quantity have been and are in use. Although there are no S.I. units such as quires and bales, there are ISO and DIN standards for the ream. Expressions used here include U.S. Customary units.
Units.
- Writing paper measurements
- 'Short' paper measurements
- Posters and printing measurements
- Cover and Index paper
Quire.
A quire of paper is a measure of paper quantity. The usual meaning is 25 sheets of the same size and | 2,432 | triviaqa-train |
The Neverland Ranch is in which US state? | In 2013, there were a total of 7,383 legislators in the 50 state legislative bodies. They earned from $0 annually (New Mexico) to $90,526 (California). There were various per diem and mileage compensation.
Governments Constitutions Judicial.
States can also organize their judicial systems differently from the federal judiciary, as long as they protect the federal constitutional right of their citizens to procedural due process. Most have a trial level court, generally called a District Court, Superior Court or Circuit Court, a first- | million in the US, Jackson complained to the Independent Television Commission and the Broadcasting Standards Commission, accusing Bashir of yellow journalism. In response, Jackson and his personal cameraman released a rebuttal interview, which showed Bashir complimenting Jackson for the "spiritual" quality of the Neverland Ranch.
Bashir defended the documentary, stating, "I don't believe that I've betrayed Michael Jackson at all. I agreed that we would make an honest film about his life. The film was fair to his musical achievement and gave him every | 2,433 | triviaqa-train |
Which Jackson has starred in Star Wars and Pulp Fiction? | Pulp Fiction
Pulp Fiction is a 1994 American crime film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino, who conceived it with Roger Avary. Starring John Travolta, Samuel L. Jackson, Bruce Willis, Tim Roth, Ving Rhames, and Uma Thurman, it tells several stories of criminal Los Angeles. The film's title refers to the pulp magazines and hardboiled crime novels popular during the mid-20th century, known for their graphic violence and punchy dialogue.
Tarantino wrote "Pulp Fiction" in 1992 and 1993, incorporating scenes that Avary originally | The Adventures of Lando Calrissian
The Adventures of Lando Calrissian is a 1983 trilogy of science-fiction novels by L. Neil Smith. Set in the "Star Wars" Expanded Universe, the novels chronicle the smuggling days of Lando Calrissian before his introduction in the original "Star Wars" trilogy.
The series has been described as "space pulp", and highlights the differences between Lando and Han Solo.
The books were released in July, October, and December 1983, and were the first "Star Wars" | 2,434 | triviaqa-train |
Which song written by Michael Jackson & Lionel Ritchie was recorded by a group of 45 singers? | parts of the song were recorded without any problems. The final version of "We Are the World" was completed at 8 am.
Music and vocal arrangements.
"We Are the World" is sung from a first person viewpoint, allowing the audience to "internalize" the message by singing the word "we" together. It has been described as "an appeal to human compassion". The first lines in the song's repetitive chorus proclaim, "We are the world, we are the children | Praise Generation Dancers which went on to perform with major artists in Nigeria such as Gbenga Adenuga.
He started out imitating moves from legends such as Michael Jackson, before fashioning his steps.
In July 2002, David moved to Manchester, UK to live with his mother and completed his education there. Later that year, he recorded his first song written by himself, titled 'First Love' – produced by James Ritchie. During this time, David started a dance group, NuGen in his local church in Manchester – | 2,435 | triviaqa-train |
Which of Michael Jackson's singles spent the longest at number one in the UK? | Music catalog with Sony's music publishing division, creating Sony/ATV Music Publishing. He retained ownership of half the company, earning $95 million up front as well as the rights to more songs.
"Earth Song" was the third single released from "HIStory", and topped the UK Singles Chart for six weeks over Christmas 1995. It became the 87th-best selling single in the nation. At the 1996 Brit Awards, Jackson's performance of "Earth Song" was disrupted by a drunken Jarvis Cocker | consecutive weeks, exceeding Michael Jackson's seven-week record with "Billie Jean" (1983) and "Black or White" (1991) to become the longest-running number one by an Epic Records artist. It peaked atop the UK Singles Chart, where it stayed for four consecutive weeks and made British chart history by becoming the first single to enter the top 40 without any contributing physical or digital sales. "All About That Bass" topped the national charts of 58 countries, and went on to sell 11 | 2,436 | triviaqa-train |
Name the Jackson who is a judge on American Idol? | , and Laine Hardy respectively.
"American Idol" employs a panel of vocal judges who critique the contestants' performances. The original judges, for the first through eighth seasons, were record producer and music manager Randy Jackson, singer and choreographer Paula Abdul, and music executive and manager Simon Cowell. The judging panel for the last three seasons on Fox consisted of singers Keith Urban, Jennifer Lopez, and Harry Connick, Jr. The sixteenth season brought three new judges: singers Lionel Richie, Katy Perry, and Luke Bryan | and Connick Jr. were officially announced as judges for this season along with the confirmation of Jackson being the new mentor. Lopez is the first "American Idol" judge to return after leaving at the end of the eleventh season. It was also later reported that Idol alumni Adam Lambert and Chris Daughtry would be assisting Jackson in mentoring the contestants.
In a rules change from past seasons, semifinalists from the twelfth season (but not previous seasons) who were not in the top 10, nor on the tour and the age | 2,437 | triviaqa-train |
In 1986 Jackson signed a $15 million deal with which company - it was the largest ever endorsement for product promotion? | new product acceptance, creation of brand equity, positioning, competitive retaliations, or creation of a corporate image.
The term 'promotion' tends to be used internally by the marketing function. To the public or the market, phrases like "special offer" are more common. Examples of a fully integrated, long-term, and large-scale promotion are My Coke Rewards in the USA or Coke Zone in the UK and Pepsi Stuff.
Types.
There have been different ways to promote a product in | US Open: W (2004)
Tennis career Nike Deal.
In 2001, Evans signed a 5-year endorsement deal with Nike at the age of 15 for a reported $1.25 million. At the time, the deal was one of the largest endorsement contracts for any junior tennis player.
Tennis career Pro tour.
After turning pro in 2004, Evans has competed on the ATP Challenger Tour and the ATP World Tour, both in singles and doubles. He reached his highest ATP singles ranking of World No. 117 in | 2,438 | triviaqa-train |
Prince & Prince Michael II are two of Jackson's children, name the third? | d the pregnant Rowe on November 13, 1996, in Sydney, Australia. From the marriage, two of Jackson's three children were produced: son Michael Joseph "Prince" Jackson, Jr. (born February 13, 1997) and daughter Paris Michael Katherine Jackson (born April 3, 1998). Jackson and Rowe divorced on October 8, 1999, with Rowe giving full custody rights of the children to Jackson. His third and final child, son Prince Michael Jackson II, was born to an unnamed surrogate mother on | bog lying over much of the countryside, formed in cool and very wet climates
- Ejecta blanket, in geology, a layer of ejected material that surrounds an impact crater
Other uses.
- "Blanket", nickname of Prince Michael Jackson II, Michael Jackson's third child
- Blanket fort, a childhood construction of blankets, bed sheets, pillows, and sofa cushions
- Blanket stitch, a sewing stitch, typically used to edge blankets
- Blanketing, interference caused by strong radio signals
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Which artist was known as Jack the Dripper' because of his technique of dripping & pouring paint onto a canvas? | this way, Pollock moved away from figurative representation, and challenged the Western tradition of using easel and brush. He used the force of his whole body to paint, which was expressed on the large canvases. In 1956, "Time" magazine dubbed Pollock "Jack the Dripper", due to his painting style.
Pollock observed American Indian sandpainting demonstrations in the 1940s. Referring to his style of painting on the floor, Pollock stated, "I feel nearer, more a part of the painting, since this way | exhibited at the Betty Parsons Gallery in November–December, 1951. Pollock's technique in the painting, like others made during this part of his career, involved working on unprimed canvas laid on the floor of his studio, pouring paint from cans or using sticks, heavily loaded brushes and other implements to control a stream of paint as he dripped and flung it onto the canvas. At 17 feet wide and 8 feet high", Autumn Rhythm" is among Pollock's largest pictures.
The creation of "Autumn Rhythm | 2,440 | triviaqa-train |
Whose 'wings are like a shield of steel'? | screen hotline buzzing into life), Batfink and Karate getting into the Battillac, the Battillac going round mountain bends, the Battillac going over a bridge, Batfink's radar and others. Sometimes the repeated scenes would be cut short so that sections could be re-used to fit the storyline more closely.
Cast.
Cast Batfink.
Batfink (Frank Buxton) is a superpowered anthropomorphic grey bat in a yellow costume with a big red "B" on the chest and red gauntlets and boots. He uses his super | Akkaya as Captain America. Secret identity Steven Rogers, an action star, Captain is little more faithfully depicted. He also has a girlfriend with him whose identity is never explained in the movie. Just like he is shown in the poster, he doesn't have his shield and his mask lacks the wings on the side of his head.
- Tevfik Şen as Spider-Man. The main villain, whose real identity is Peter Parker. His costume is vastly different from both the comics and his depiction on the poster | 2,441 | triviaqa-train |
Phil Collins won an Oscar for Best Original Song for which Disney film? | known for a distinctive gated reverb drum sound on many of his recordings. In 1996, Collins left Genesis to focus on solo work; this included writing songs for Disney’s "Tarzan" (1999) for which he received an Oscar for Best Original Song for “You'll Be in My Heart”. He rejoined Genesis for their in 2007. Following a five-year retirement to focus on his family life, Collins released an autobiography and began his Not Dead Yet Tour, which runs from June 2017 until October 2019 | soundtrack were composed by Phil Collins, and the instrumental score by Mark Mancina. The song "You'll Be in My Heart" won both an Oscar and a Golden Globe for Best Original Song and received a Grammy Award nomination for Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media while the soundtrack album received a Grammy Award for Best Soundtrack Album. For his contribution to the soundtrack, Collins received an American Music Award for Favorite Adult Contemporary Artist.
- "You'll Be in My Heart" | 2,442 | triviaqa-train |
In the Disney cartoon what was the name of The Little Mermaid? | The Little Mermaid (1989 film)
The Little Mermaid is a 1989 American animated musical romantic fantasy film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and Walt Disney Pictures. The 28th Disney animated feature film and first film in "The Little Mermaid" franchise, the film is loosely based on the Danish fairy tale of the same name by Hans Christian Andersen. The film tells the story of a mermaid princess named Ariel who dreams of becoming human, after falling in love with a human prince named Eric. Written and directed by Ron | 1968, it earned Disney an Academy Award in the Short Subject (Cartoon) category, awarded posthumously. After Disney's death, his studios continued to produce live-action films prolifically but largely abandoned animation until the late 1980s, after which there was what "The New York Times" describes as the "Disney Renaissance" that began with "The Little Mermaid" (1989). Disney's companies continue to produce successful film, television and stage entertainment.
Disney's plans for the futuristic city of EPCOT did not | 2,443 | triviaqa-train |
In the Lion King, what was the name of Simba's father? | series, "Timon and Pumbaa" and "The Lion Guard"; a 3D re-release in 2011; and a photorealistic computer-animated remake in 2019.
In 2016, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".
Plot.
In the Pride Lands of Africa, a pride of lions rule over the animal kingdom from Pride Rock. King Mufasa's and Queen Sarabi's newborn son, | the first season of "The West Wing", and the voice of Simba's love interest Nala in "The Lion King" and its sequels "" and "The Lion King 1 1/2". She also played Hetty Kelly and Oona O'Neill in "Chaplin".
Early life.
Kelly was born in Queens, New York, a daughter of Irish immigrants. Her father, Peter, was trained as a concert violinist, and her mother, Anne, is a nurse. Kelly is the third of six | 2,444 | triviaqa-train |
The childrens TV character Prince Adam of Eternia is better known by what name? | He-Man
He-Man is the principal superhero of a series of comic books and several animated television series, characterized by his superhuman strength. In most variations, he is the alter ego of Prince Adam. He-Man and his friends attempt to defend the realm of Eternia and the secrets of Castle Grayskull from the evil forces of Skeletor.
Origin.
In 1976, Mattel's CEO Ray Wagner declined a deal to produce a toyline of action figures based on the characters from the George Lucas film " | Jimmy Guieu during a weekly French TV Live Show which, at the time, was entitled "Ciel, mon mardi !". It was broadcast by TF1, one of the three national TV channels in France. Besides mentioning Majestic 12, Jimmy Guieu described the existence of what he called ""the little greys"" which, later on, became better known in French under the following name: "les Petits-Gris".
In the early 1990s, the same ufologist Jimmy Guieu wrote two docu-dramas | 2,445 | triviaqa-train |
Who was described as an old, saggy cloth cat, baggy, and a bit loose at the seams? | Bagpuss
Bagpuss is a British children's television series, made by Peter Firmin and Oliver Postgate through their company Smallfilms. The series of 13 episodes was first broadcast from 12 February 1974 to 7 May 1974. The title character was "a saggy, old cloth cat, baggy, and a bit loose at the seams". Although only 13 episodes were made, it remains fondly remembered, and was frequently repeated in the UK for 13 years. In 1999 "Bagpuss" topped a BBC poll for the UK's favourite | the hairstyle of some rock grandad or other. It's all there for the taking.
The trick is to find something which hasn't been recycled so often it loses its original shape and starts to get a bit baggy at the seams, so you end up having to basically remake the whole thing from scratch (Glee people, I am looking at you).
Credit to wiley old Mr Wiley then, for finding a sample of a late '90s hit which itself contains a sample of an old song from | 2,446 | triviaqa-train |
What was the name of SuperTed's sidekick? | being acquired by the newly formed Abbey Home Entertainment with Young retaining the other 25%. The ownership nowadays is through AHE's successor company Abbey Home Media alongside Mike Young.
Creation Premise.
The story follows an ordinary teddy bear who, upon his creation at a toy factory, was deemed defective and thrown away into an old dark storeroom. By chance, he is discovered by Spotty, a visiting alien from the Planet Spot, who decides to bring the bear to life using his cosmic dust. Spotty then brings the | Leon Weiss of Gary, Indiana, who won $10. The company went on to become the first candy manufacturer to use full-color TV commercials.
In 1972, the company introduced a candy bar named for what it did not include rather than what it did, the 15-cent (Peanut Butter with) No Jelly bar, also called the Sidekick bar. In 1977, they changed the name to the 20-cent Peanut Butter Bar. It was discontinued in 1979.
Peter Paul acquired the York Cone Company in July | 2,447 | triviaqa-train |
Half the world's pistachio nuts are grown in which country? | is from late Middle English "pistace", from Old French, superseded in the 16th century by forms from Italian "pistacchio", via Latin from Greek "pistakion", from Middle Persian "pistak" (the New Persian variant being "pista").
History.
The Pistachio tree has been variously described as being native to Central Asia, Iran and Western Asia. Archaeology shows that pistachio seeds were a common food as early as 6750 BC. Pliny the Elder writes in his "Natural History" that | and nuts on the region's fertile river plains. The province of Samangan is second only to the northwestern Afghan province of Badghis in terms of pistachio production. As of 2005, 10 Agricultural cooperatives were functioning in the province with 665 enrolled members controlling an area of 5532 ha which brought prosperity to its members. The staple food crops grown in the province are wheat, barley and potato and flax. The horticultural or garden crops grown are grapes, pomegranates and other fruit and nut trees. Cash crops grown in a few villages | 2,448 | triviaqa-train |
Apart from Del Boy, Rodney and Grandad, which other regular character appeared in the first ever episode? Boycie, Mickey Pearce or Trigger? | black market.
Initially, Del Boy, Rodney and Grandad were the only regulars, along with the occasional appearances of roadsweeper Trigger (Roger Lloyd-Pack) and pretentious used car salesman Boycie (John Challis). Over time, the cast expanded, mostly in the form of regulars at the local pub "The Nag's Head". These included pub landlord Mike Fisher (Kenneth MacDonald), lorry driver Denzil (Paul Barber), youthful spiv Mickey Pearce (Patrick Murray) and Boycie's flirtatious wife Marlene ( | Watching the Girls Go By
"Watching the Girls Go By" is an episode of the BBC sitcom, "Only Fools and Horses". It was the sixth episode of series 4 and first broadcast on 28 March 1985. In the episode Rodney, egged on by Del, bets Mickey Pearce that he can find a date for an upcoming party and Del decides to help him win the bet.
Synopsis.
At the "Nag's Head", as Albert plays the piano, Del Boy is beating Boycie | 2,449 | triviaqa-train |
What was the name of the episode in which Rodney first met Cassandra? | Cassandra Trotter
Cassandra Louise Trotter (née Parry; born 16 June 1966) is a fictional character from the British sitcom "Only Fools and Horses". She was portrayed by Gwyneth Strong.
Biography.
The intelligent, slightly spoiled daughter of the owner of a successful printing business, Alan (Denis Lill) and his wife Pam (Wanda Ventham), Cassandra was an ambitious employee of the local bank. She made her first "Only Fools and Horses" appearance in the episode "Yuppy Love", in | Del out of the bar as the credits roll.
Story arc.
- This episode makes the first mention of Elsie Partridge, which foreshadows her appearance in the next episode, "Sickness and Wealth", and the events of this episode are mentioned in "The Jolly Boys' Outing", "Time On Our Hands", and the Sport Relief 2014 Special. These episodes are what Rodney recalls when Del has mistreated him (and Cassandra in 'The Jolly Boys’ Outing' because she is involved in this | 2,450 | triviaqa-train |
What was the nickname of Rodney's real dad? | states that Rodney's birthday is 26 February; but this is contradicted in "Sleepless in Peckham", when Cassandra mistakes Freddie the Frog in an old 1960s photo of the first Jolly Boys' Outing for Rodney. Rodney corrects her, claiming that the photo was taken in July 1960 before he was born (according to Rodney), thus making Rodney's date of birth the date he reveals it to be in "The Unlucky Winner Is...", 2 November. This is confirmed when Rodney's birth is shown in | antics, including lying to girls they want to date. In "Yuppy Love", he lied to a new girlfriend, Cassandra, that he lived in the posh King’s Avenue in order to impress her; however, she later found out where he lived when she phoned Nelson Mandela House. Del often asks Rodney questions, saying 'You're the one with GCEs!'. It is implied in "The Frog's Legacy", that Freddie Robdal is Rodney's real dad, when rumours start to emerge about | 2,451 | triviaqa-train |
In which episode did Del Boy first meet Raquel? | in which he calls Albert "the finest little sailor this country has produced since Nelson lost the Armada"). He believes the term "yuppie" to be a compliment, and unintentionally causes considerable offence when he calls a person a yuppie to their face.
Del Boy is not always honest when expressing his love for his family and others, but this side of his nature is shown in numerous episodes, such as "Diamonds Are for Heather", "Strained Relations", "Dates", "The Yellow | Fatal Extraction
"Fatal Extraction" is the twelfth Christmas special episode of the BBC sitcom, "Only Fools and Horses", first broadcast on 25 December 1993. In the episode, Raquel leaves Del so in response he asks out another woman. When he and Raquel are reconciled, Del becomes convinced that the woman is stalking him.
Synopsis.
With Christmas coming to Peckham, which is suffering from recent riots, Del Boy has been drinking every night at the Nag's Head as well as ending up with | 2,452 | triviaqa-train |
Who played Aunt Renee in The Frogs Legacy? | ". Whilst there, Trigger's Aunt Reenie (Joan Sims) tells Del about a known local gentleman thief, Freddie "The Frog" Robdal.
It transpires that Del and Rodney's mother met Robdal and "befriended" him (a euphemism for Del's mother having had a brief affair with him, as was revealed she had done many times with a number of men throughout the series' development) before Rodney was born and while she and her husband Reg were having marital troubles. Reenie describes Robdal as a | Judi Shekoni
Judith Shekoni is a British actress, model and television presenter from Gorton, Manchester, England.
Career.
Shekoni began her career on LIVE TV as an agony aunt. In 2002, she played the role of gangster's wife Marjorie "Precious" Hudson (née Hulton) in the BBC1 soap "EastEnders". Shekoni has also appeared in films including "Garfield 2" "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" as Renee and "Ali G Indahouse" Shekoni has also made guest | 2,453 | triviaqa-train |
Before the most recent Christmas specials, how may episodes were there in which neither Uncle Albert or Grandad appeared? None, two or nine? | Uncle Albert
Albert Gladstone Trotter, better known as Uncle Albert, was a fictional character in the BBC sitcom "Only Fools and Horses". He was introduced during the fourth series as a replacement for the character of Grandad due to the sudden death of Lennard Pearce in 1984. He was portrayed by Buster Merryfield.
Fictional character biography.
Albert was born on 19 November 1920 on Tobacco Road in London, close to the Docks, where he lived with his brothers Edward, George, and Jack. Albert joined | them apart. Big Bird himself also appeared in one episode of "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood" in the Neighborhood of Make-Believe.
Episodes.
Specials.
A prime time Christmas special, "Christmastime with Mister Rogers", first aired in 1977. This special had François Clemmons introducing a storyteller and flutist friend to Rogers. They filmed several narrated segments of the stories François' friend told. The special also had the Neighborhood of Make-Believe segment which shows how they celebrated Christmas. The trolley had a | 2,454 | triviaqa-train |
Who was the British Prime Minister who reluctantly involved his country in the Crimean War and was subsequently blamed for its mismanagement and obliged to resign? | war fever among the public in both the UK and France had been whipped up by the press in both countries to the degree that politicians found it untenable to propose ending the war at this point. The coalition government of George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen fell on 30 January 1855 on a no-confidence vote as Parliament voted to appoint a committee to investigate mismanagement of the war.
French and British officers and engineers were sent on 20 July on HMS "Fury", a wooden Bulldog-class paddle | prospect of going to war), backbench members may engineer a vote. It was a vote on a motion for the adjournment which brought down British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain's government during World War II – the so-called Norway Debate. Though Chamberlain won the vote (with the Government voting 'Aye', their opponents 'No'), his government's majority was considerably reduced to the point that his credibility was fatally undermined and he felt obliged to resign two days later.
In the House of Commons of | 2,455 | triviaqa-train |
"Which British composer wrote the music used as the theme for the BBC coverage of the London Marathon? He also composed ""633 Squadron"" and the Miss Marple theme." | the aerial scenes were considered spectacular and with Ron Goodwin's music remained the main attraction. Walter Mirisch recalled that the film earned nearly its entire cost of US$1.3 million out of Eady Levy receipts in the UK making the film practically cost free when Mirisch released the film throughout the world. The great success of the film worldwide led to Mirisch making a series of UK based Oakmont Productions World War II productions shot mostly in the UK
The film was re-released several times throughout the 1960s, sometimes on a double bill | Alan Tew
Alan Tew is a British composer and arranger.
He got his start in the 1950s as the pianist and arranger for the Len Turner Band based in London.
Tew is known as a composer of library music, including the theme tunes for British television programmes, "Doctor in the House" called "Bond Street Parade", and "...And Mother Makes Three". He also composed all the music for the 1975 series, "The Hanged Man", some of which was used as incidental | 2,456 | triviaqa-train |
"Which French artist painted ""Haystacks"", ""Rouen Cathedral"" and ""Sunrise""?" | déjeuner sur l'herbe", aiming to present it for hanging at the Salon, which had rejected Manet's "Le déjeuner sur l'herbe" two years earlier. Monet's painting was very large and could not be completed in time. (It was later cut up, with parts now in different galleries.) Monet submitted instead a painting of "Camille" or "The Woman in the Green Dress" ("La femme à la robe verte"), one of many works using his future wife, Camille Doncieux, | the Houses of Parliament, Waterloo Bridge and Charing Cross Bridge over and over, as he had earlier done with haystacks and Rouen Cathedral, dashing off paintings to capture fleeting atmospheric effects. He was extremely prolific, beginning nearly 100 paintings in London. Thirty-seven of the canvases were of Charing Cross Bridge, only twelve of which he finished in London; the rest he took back to his Giverny studio for completion.
Locations.
The "Charing Cross Bridge" paintings are scattered in collections all around the world. | 2,457 | triviaqa-train |
"Which insect acts as the transmitting agent in the spread of the infectious disease ""Sleeping Sickness""?" | clothing, avoiding tsetse-dense areas, implementing bush clearance methods and wild game culling are the best options to avoid infection available for local residents of affected areas.
In July 2000, a resolution was passed to form the Pan African Tsetse and Trypanosomiasis Eradication Campaign (PATTEC). The campaign works to eradicate the tsetse vector population levels and subsequently the protozoan disease, by use of insecticide-impregnated targets, fly traps, insecticide-treated cattle, ultra-low dose aerial/ground spraying (SAT) of tsetse resting | African horse sickness
African horse sickness (AHS) is a highly infectious and deadly disease caused by African horse sickness virus. It commonly affects horses, mules, and donkeys. It is caused by a virus of the genus "Orbivirus" belonging to the family "Reoviridae". This disease can be caused by any of the nine serotypes of this virus. AHS is not directly contagious, but is known to be spread by insect vectors.
Epidemiology.
AHS virus was first recorded south of the Sahara Desert in | 2,458 | triviaqa-train |
Football - former Italian star Paulo de Canio became manager of which football club in 2011 ? | European Under-21 Championship under manager Cesare Maldini, but was never capped for the senior team.
Among the individual awards he received as a player, Di Canio was named SPFA Players' Player of the Year in 1997 and West Ham's player of the season in 2000. However, his career was at times characterised by controversy: he received an eleven-match ban in 1998 for pushing a referee and attracted negative publicity over his self allegiance to fascism.
In 2011, Di Canio entered football management in England with Swindon | 2008–09 Queens Park Rangers F.C. season
During the 2008–09 season, Queens Park Rangers played in the Football League Championship, their fifth consecutive season at this level.
Pre-season.
Pre-season New managerial team.
Ian Dowie was announced as the replacement for Luigi De Canio as manager on 14 May 2008. Tim Flowers was later named Dowie's assistant, reprising his former role with Dowie at Coventry City. Paulo Sousa was named as manager after Ian Dowie was fired. When Sousa was fired, Gareth Ainsworth became | 2,459 | triviaqa-train |
What was the name of the Italian terrorist gang of the 1970s and 80s? With a Marxist ideology they committed many crimes and murders, including that of Prime Minister Aldo Moro. | refused to negotiate, despite demands by family, friends and Pope Paul VI. In fact, Paul VI "offered himself in exchange ... for Aldo Moro".
During the investigation of Moro's kidnapping, General Carlo Alberto Dalla Chiesa reportedly responded to a member of the security services who suggested torturing a suspected "brigatista", "Italy can survive the loss of Aldo Moro. It would not survive the introduction of torture." The Red Brigades initiated a secret trial where Moro was found guilty and sentenced to death. | his criminal career was always in contact with Sicilian Mafiosi and Neapolitan Camorristi. He was a close ally of the Nuova Camorra Organizzata (NCO), headed by Raffaele Cutolo. He was also a trusted friend of Luciano Leggio, the head of the Corleonesi faction of the Sicilian Mafia. Leggio put Turatello in charge of all drug trade in the region of Milan. Turatello has also been linked to many murky incidents of the history of Italy in the 1970s, including the abduction and murder of former Italian prime minister, Aldo Moro | 2,460 | triviaqa-train |
One of the most successful children's TV shows of all time was The Magic Roundabout. Which French animator created the show? | The Magic Roundabout
The Magic Roundabout is an English-language children's television programme that ran from 1965 to 1977. It used the video of the French stop motion animation show "Le Manège enchanté", but with completely different scripts and characters.
The French series, created by Serge Danot with the help of Ivor Wood and Wood's French wife, Josiane, was broadcast from 1964 to 1974 on ORTF (Office de Radiodiffusion Télévision Française). The BBC originally rejected translating the series because it was "charming... | One of its innovations was a rotating team of diverse presenters with as many men as women. According to Samira Ahmed, Whitby found Brian Cant's "unpretentious charm" at his audition ideal for the new show. The presenters were not all English. Paul Danquah is thought to have been the first black presenter of a children's programme. Rick Jones was Canadian and Marla Landi, Italian. Eric Thompson soon adapted and created all the voices for "The Magic Roundabout" which was based on the French series, " | 2,461 | triviaqa-train |
Who created several children's shows for TV, including Bagpuss, Ivor the Engine and Noggin the Nog? | Bagpuss
Bagpuss is a British children's television series, made by Peter Firmin and Oliver Postgate through their company Smallfilms. The series of 13 episodes was first broadcast from 12 February 1974 to 7 May 1974. The title character was "a saggy, old cloth cat, baggy, and a bit loose at the seams". Although only 13 episodes were made, it remains fondly remembered, and was frequently repeated in the UK for 13 years. In 1999 "Bagpuss" topped a BBC poll for the UK's favourite | "Noggin the Nog", "Ivor the Engine", "Clangers" and "Bagpuss".
She grew up in Blean, Kent, before moving to London to attend Chelsea College of Art, and then The Royal College of Art in 1981. Since then she has worked as a freelance illustrator for books, magazines, newspapers and for advertising and design companies.
In 2004 Firmin was awarded the award for "best book cover" at the British Book Awards for her work on Alexander McCall Smith's " | 2,462 | triviaqa-train |
"The pop group ""Madness"" had over 20 hit records in the top twenty. What was their only Number One?" | the 1980s UK singles charts. However, Madness did so in a shorter time period (1980–1986).
Madness have had 15 singles reach the UK top ten, which include "One Step Beyond", "Baggy Trousers" and "It Must Be Love", one UK number one single ("House of Fun") and two number ones in Ireland, "House of Fun" and "Wings of a Dove". "Our House" was their biggest US hit. In 2000 the band received the | Chess Records.
Career Success.
Their first Chess single, "Sincerely", led by Lester, reached number one on the "Billboard" R&B chart and the top 20 of the pop chart. The song was later a crossover success in a cover version by the McGuire Sisters. In 1955, the band picked the guitarist Billy Johnson to be their fifth member after Wayne Bennett left the group following their engagement at the Apollo Theater. That same year, the group had another R&B hit with "Most of All" | 2,463 | triviaqa-train |
"The pop group ""Simply Red"" had over 20 hit records in the top twenty. What was their only Number One?" | off five top 40 singles in the UK, and the singles "Something Got Me Started" and "Stars" were also significant chart hits throughout all of Europe, North America, Australia and New Zealand. After the tour, Tim Kellett left to form dance band Olive.
After touring and promoting "Stars" for two years, Simply Red returned in 1995 with "Fairground", a dance-influenced track prominently featuring a sample from Zki & Dobri's Goodmen project. A massive radio hit, "Fairground" | Chess Records.
Career Success.
Their first Chess single, "Sincerely", led by Lester, reached number one on the "Billboard" R&B chart and the top 20 of the pop chart. The song was later a crossover success in a cover version by the McGuire Sisters. In 1955, the band picked the guitarist Billy Johnson to be their fifth member after Wayne Bennett left the group following their engagement at the Apollo Theater. That same year, the group had another R&B hit with "Most of All" | 2,464 | triviaqa-train |
Bourbon whiskey is named after a county in which US state? | County (United States)
In the United States, a county is an administrative or political subdivision of a state that consists of a geographic region with specific boundaries and usually some level of governmental authority. The term "county" is used in 48 U.S. states, while Louisiana and Alaska have functionally equivalent subdivisions called parishes and boroughs, respectively.
Most counties have subdivisions which may include municipalities and unincorporated areas. Others have no further divisions, or may serve as a consolidated city-county. Some municipalities are in multiple | Bourbon, Missouri
Bourbon is a city in Crawford County, Missouri, United States. The population was 1,632 at the 2010 census.
History.
A post office called Bourbon has been in operation since 1853. The name Bourbon refers to bourbon whiskey and is believed to be the only town in the United States to be named after bourbon whiskey.
Geography.
The city is located in northern Crawford County on I-44 between Sullivan to the northeast and Cuba to the southwest.
According to the United States Census | 2,465 | triviaqa-train |
Who developed the first suvvessful vaccine for Smallpox ? | example, vaccines that have proven effective include the influenza vaccine, the HPV vaccine, and the chicken pox vaccine. The World Health Organization (WHO) reports that licensed vaccines are currently available for twenty-five different preventable infections.
The terms "vaccine" and "vaccination" are derived from "Variolae vaccinae" (smallpox of the cow), the term devised by Edward Jenner to denote cowpox. He used it in 1798 in the long title of his "Inquiry into the Variolae vaccinae known as the Cow Pox | Vaccinia immune globulin
Vaccinia immune globulin (VIG) is made from the pooled blood of individuals who have been inoculated with the smallpox vaccine. The antibodies these individuals developed in response to the smallpox vaccine are removed and purified. This results in VIG. It can be administered intravenously. It is used to treat individuals who have developed progressive vaccinia after smallpox vaccination. It was also used along with cidofovirinfor the 2003 Midwest monkeypox outbreak as concomitant therapy to reduce the serious side effects of smallpox vaccine.
Adverse effects of smallpox vaccine | 2,466 | triviaqa-train |
Who was the chief executive of RBS bank who resigned in 2009, a month before RBS announced a loss of £24 billion, the largest loss in UK corporate history ? | rule", accepted on the spot rising to chief executive of National Australia's British banking operations in 1996. Around this time he gained the moniker "Fred the Shred" from City financiers, reflecting a reputation for ruthlessly generating cost savings and efficiencies whilst at Clydesdale. He was later described as "a corporate Attila", having gained a reputation in the City for being a fearsome outsider – being Scottish, and not educated at a public school or at Oxbridge – who made raids in the south and abroad when it suited | in 2008. On 11 October 2008, Goodwin officially announced his resignation as chief executive and an early retirement, effective from 31 January 2009 – a month before RBS announced that its 2008 loss totalled £24.1 billion, the largest annual loss in UK corporate history.
From January 2010, he was employed as a senior adviser to RMJM, an international architecture firm. He left the position after less than a year.
Goodwin was knighted in 2004 for his services to banking, but in a highly unusual move the | 2,467 | triviaqa-train |
The classic novel by Emile Zola about a French coalminers strike in the 1860's had what title ? | Germinal (novel)
Germinal is the thirteenth novel in Émile Zola's twenty-volume series "Les Rougon-Macquart". Often considered Zola's masterpiece and one of the most significant novels in the French tradition, the novel – an uncompromisingly harsh and realistic story of a coalminers' strike in northern France in the 1860s – has been published and translated in over one hundred countries and has additionally inspired five film adaptations and two television productions.
"Germinal" was written between April 1884 and January 1885. | Au Bonheur des Dames (band)
Au Bonheur des Dames is a group of french rock from the 1970s led by Ramon Pipin . His name is likely inspired from the title of the classic novel Au Bonheur des Dames of Émile Zola .
The band is very notable for their song "Oh les filles" that reached the Top 10 in France, which appears on their debut album, Twist, released in 1974. The group had performed its first concert in January 1972, at the Golf-Drouot. In 1977 | 2,468 | triviaqa-train |
Who was the chief executive of Barclays bank who resigned in July 2012 after Barclays had been severely fined for fixing LIBOR rates ? | .
To ward off the effects of Brexit, Barclays borrowed £6bn from the Bank of England between April and June 2017, as part of a post-referendum stimulus package launched in August 2016. The former boss of Barclays, Bob Diamond, opined in an interview with "The Independent" in September 2017 that the City of London would feel a stronger negative impact from Brexit than generally expected. Diamond argued that both banking jobs and legal and support operations would eventually relocate to the Continent.
Operations.
Barclays | "The New York Times" published July 16, 2012, a former senior Barclays executive claimed he had received instructions from Robert Diamond to lower Libor rates after Diamond's discussions with Paul Tucker, deputy governor of the Bank of England, in which they had discussed the bank's financial position at the height of the 2008 financial crisis. Diamond, who reported that he was "sickened" by news of the Libor scandal, was surprised since Barclays had taken the advice of its lawyers to cooperate in the investigation and be first | 2,469 | triviaqa-train |
Who developed the first successful vaccine for Polio ? | certainty, although a complete series is thought to provide protection for many years.
Medical uses Attenuated.
Oral polio vaccines proved to be superior in administration, eliminating the need for sterile syringes and making the vaccine more suitable for mass vaccination campaigns. OPV also provided longer-lasting immunity than the Salk vaccine, as it provides both humoral immunity and cell-mediated immunity.
One dose of OPV produces immunity to all three poliovirus serotypes in roughly 50% of recipients. Three doses of live-attenuated OPV produce protective antibodies | and testicles. Cox eschewed the technique because of the danger monkey virus represented. In October, 1952, Cox reported that he had grown the Lansing strain of polio virus in fertile hens' eggs, and in 1961, he announced an oral polio vaccine. Meanwhile, human trials of Albert Sabin's successful oral vaccine had begun in 1957, and it would be licensed for general use in 1961.
Within Lederle Laboratories, Cox competed with co-worker Hilary Koprowski, as each had developed a successful polio vaccine. | 2,470 | triviaqa-train |
"The pop group ""The Small Faces"" had 11 top twenty records in the 60s and 70s but only one number one hit - what was it ?" | Small Faces
Small Faces were an English rock band from East London. The group was founded in 1965 by members Steve Marriott, Ronnie Lane, Kenney Jones, and Jimmy Winston, although by 1966 Winston was replaced by Ian McLagan as the band's keyboardist.
The band is remembered as one of the most acclaimed and influential mod groups of the 1960s with memorable hit songs such as "Itchycoo Park", "Lazy Sunday", "All or Nothing", and "Tin Soldier", as well as their | reached number one on the Billboard R&B chart but failed to top the Hot 100 pop chart.
The label started as Platinum Records but the prefix of 'All' was added to avoid confusion with a Miami label. The company, with Sylvia helming the creative operations as well as producing or co-producing many releases, racked up a series of R&B and Pop hits during the 70s, despite being only a small independent concern.
The company's mainstay act was the all-male group, The Moments (later | 2,471 | triviaqa-train |
What is the second biggest city in Libya ? | country in the world. Libya has the 10th-largest proven oil reserves of any country in the world. The largest city and capital, Tripoli, is located in western Libya and contains over one million of Libya's six million people. The second-largest city is Benghazi, which is located in eastern Libya.
Libya has been inhabited by Berbers since the late Bronze Age. The Phoenicians established trading posts in western Libya, and ancient Greek colonists established city-states in eastern Libya. Libya was variously ruled by | History of the Jews in Kairouan
The Tunisian city of Kairouan (, ""), also known as "Kirwan" or "al-Qayrawan" was a world center of Talmudic and Halakhic scholarship for at least three generations.
Early history.
The first Jews arrived in Kairouan with its founders from the Cyrenaica region of what is today Libya, and a second wave of Jewish settlers arrived at the end of the 7th century. The community's golden era began in the late 8th century and lasted until the early | 2,472 | triviaqa-train |
In what year was the first Eurovision Song Contest held ? | year since its inauguration in 1956, making it the longest-running annual international television contest and one of the world's longest-running television programmes. It is also one of the most watched non-sporting events, with audience figures of between 100 million and 600 million internationally. It has been broadcast in several countries that do not compete, such as the United States, Canada, New Zealand, and China. Since 2000, it has been broadcast online via the Eurovision website.
Ireland holds the record | Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1975
Ireland was represented by The Swarbriggs, with the song '"That's What Friends Are For", at the 1975 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 22 March in Stockholm. "That's What Friends Are For" was chosen as the Irish entry at the national final on 9 February.
Final.
The final was held at the studios of broadcaster RTÉ in Dublin, hosted by Mike Murphy. For a second year, RTÉ pre-selected their representatives and | 2,473 | triviaqa-train |
Which French scientist (1736 -1806) is best known for his law of electrostatic force and gives his name to the unit of electric charge ? | Coulomb's law
Coulomb's law, or Coulomb's inverse-square law, is an experimental law of physics that quantifies the amount of force between two stationary, electrically charged particles. The electric force between charged bodies at rest is conventionally called "electrostatic force" or Coulomb force. The quantity of electrostatic force between stationary charges is always described by Coulomb's law. The law was first published in 1785 by French physicist Charles-Augustin de Coulomb, and was essential to the development of the theory of electromagnetism, maybe | . Power-to-weight ratio for batteries is therefore less meaningful without reference to corresponding energy-to-weight ratio and cell temperature. This relationship is known as Peukert's law.
Examples Electrochemical (galvanic) and electrostatic cell systems Electrostatic, electrolytic and electrochemical capacitors.
Capacitors store electric charge onto two electrodes separated by an electric field semi-insulating (dielectric) medium. Electrostatic capacitors feature planar electrodes onto which electric charge accumulates. Electrolytic capacitors use a liquid electrolyte as one of the electrodes and the electric double layer effect | 2,474 | triviaqa-train |
In what year was the first BBC Sports Personality if theYear held ? | BBC Sports Personality of the Year
The BBC Sports Personality of the Year is an awards ceremony that takes place annually in December. Devised by Paul Fox in 1954, it originally consisted of just one, the BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award. Several new awards have been introduced, and currently eight awards are presented. The first awards to be added were the Team of the Year and Overseas Personality awards, which were introduced in 1960. A Lifetime Achievement Award was first given in 1995 and again in 1996, and | this University Challenge Cup. The "London Challenge Cup"—which anyone could enter—was won by Arne Hoel of Oslo.
The event attracted a huge crowd—the BBC report says "tens of thousands of people"—and was so successful that plans were discussed for it to be repeated the following year. However, the BBC report says "The ski-jump competition was never held again, despite several attempts to revive it."
External links.
- http://skisprungschanzen.com/e_index.htm?/gbr/gbre_london.htm
- https://web.archive.org/web/20090325010806/http://www.potatoacademy.com/overview.asp?theyear=1950 | 2,475 | triviaqa-train |
"Which author created the fictional character ""Allan Quartermain"" ?" | Allan Quatermain
Allan Quatermain is the protagonist of H. Rider Haggard's 1885 novel "King Solomon's Mines" and its sequels. "Allan Quatermain" was also the title of a book in this sequence. An English big game hunter and adventurer, in film and television he has been portrayed by Richard Chamberlain, Sean Connery, Cedric Hardwicke, Patrick Swayze and Stewart Granger among others.
History.
The character Quatermain is an English-born professional big game hunter and occasional trader in southern Africa, who supports colonial | Allan Quartermain (disambiguation)
Allan Quatermain is a fictional character, the protagonist in the novel "King Solomon's Mines".
Al(l)an Qua(r)termain(e) may also refer to:
- "Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold", a 1986 film based on the character in "King Solomon's Mines" and its sequels
- "Allan Quatermain and the Temple of Skulls", another film based on the same character
- Alan Quartermaine ("General Hospital"), a character on the soap opera | 2,476 | triviaqa-train |
"The species name ""Fagus"" as in Fagus Sylvatica and Fagus Purpurea has the common English name for which tree ?" | . One of the most beautiful European beech forests called Sonian Forest ("Forêt de Soignes/Zoniënwoud") is found in the southeast of Brussels, Belgium. Beech is a dominant tree species in France and constitutes about 10% of French forests. The largest virgin forests made of beech trees are Uholka-Shyrokyi Luh () in Ukraine and Izvoarele Nerei ( in one forest body) in Semenic-Cheile Carașului National Park, Romania. These habitats are home of Europe's largest predators (the brown bear, the grey | The space of bounded operators on "H", with the topology induced by operator norm, is not separable. For example, consider the Hilbert space "L"[0,1]. For 0 < "t" ≤ 1, let Ω be the characteristic function of [0,"t"], and "P" be the multiplication operator given by Ω, i.e.
Then each "P" is a bounded operator with operator norm 1 and
But {"P"} is an uncountable set. This implies the space of bounded | 2,477 | triviaqa-train |
"The record ""Red Red Wine"" was a huge hit for the group UB40 reaching number one in the charts in both the UK and USA. Which singer wrote the song ?" | the US. The album featured the song "Red Red Wine", a cover version of a Neil Diamond song (in an arrangement similar to that of Tony Tribe's version); it stayed on the charts for over 100 weeks. Three years later UB40 performed at the Birmingham Heart Beat Charity Concert 1986. In 1987 Ray "Pablo" Falconer, producer of UB40 music, died in a car crash. His brother, Earl Falconer, the band's bassist, was driving with nearly twice the legal limit of alcohol | Free". It entered the UK charts at number 9 and went gold. This was the first top ten entry for Campbell for a new studio album since UB40s "Labour of Love 3" album, which was released 10 years prior to "Running Free".
On 24 January 2008, it was reported that Campbell was to quit the group after almost 30 years. Campbell, who was a founding member of UB40, songwriter and lead vocalist who sang on hits such as "Red Red Wine", finally quit | 2,478 | triviaqa-train |
John Newcombe was one half of a famous tennis pairing who were Wimbledon Doubles Champions three times. Who was his partner ? | period 1965–2005.
Biography.
Newcombe played several sports as a boy before devoting himself to tennis. He was the Australian junior champion from 1961 to 1963 and was a member of Australia's Davis Cup winning team in 1964. He won his first Grand Slam title in 1965 by taking the Australian Championships doubles title with fellow Australian Tony Roche. That same year, the duo won the Wimbledon doubles title. They teamed to win the Australian doubles championship three more times, Wimbledon another four times and the US Championships in 1967 | was put out in the second round of the men's singles; in '65 by John Newcombe who, several years later, would become a 3-time Wimbledon champion. He played Men's Doubles those years, also, with (respectively) Hugh Stewart and Gene Scott. Both were first round losses, the '64 event lost to Arthur Ashe and partner.
Kramer wrote in his 1979 autobiography "The Game, My 40 Years in Tennis", that Brown "was known as 'The Frisco Flailer' (we | 2,479 | triviaqa-train |
"Shakespeare coined which three word phrase in the play ""Othello"" which has become a commonly used cliche for Jealousy ?" | , and, while its authenticity was once challenged, is now regarded as genuine (as authenticated by A.E. Stamp in 1930). Based on its style, the play is usually dated 1603 or 1604, but arguments have been made for dates as early as 1601 or 1602.
The play was entered into the Register of the Stationers Company on 6 October 1621, by Thomas Walkley, and was first published in quarto format by him in 1622:
Themes.
Themes Jealousy.
Othello is renowned amongst literary scholars for | dynamics between the two main characters, Othello and Desdemona, are a particularly well-known example of the error in practice.
History.
The phrase Othello error was first used in the book "Telling Lies" by Paul Ekman in 1985. The name was coined from Shakespeare's play "Othello", which provides an "excellent and famous example" of what can happen when fear and distress upon confrontation do not signal deception. In Shakespeare's "Othello", Othello falsely believes that his wife, Desdemona, | 2,480 | triviaqa-train |
Golf - Which Australian golfer won the 1960 British Open, beating Arnold Palmer into second place ? | , Palmer, Nicklaus - The Big Three (1959–1974).
In 1959, Gary Player, a young South African, won the first of his three Opens. Only four Americans had entered, but in 1960 Arnold Palmer travelled to Scotland after winning the Masters and U.S. Open, in an attempt to emulate Hogan's 1953 feat of winning all three tournaments in a single year. Although he finished second to Kel Nagle, he returned and won the Open in 1961 and 1962. Palmer was hugely popular in America, and | Webb Simpson
James Frederick Webb Simpson (born August 8, 1985) is an American professional golfer on the PGA Tour who won the 2012 U.S. Open and the 2018 Players Championship.
As an amateur, he was a member of the United States' victorious 2007 Walker Cup and 2007 Palmer Cup teams. In college, Simpson played on the Wake Forest University golf team on the Arnold Palmer scholarship.
After turning professional, Simpson played on the Nationwide Tour where he finished in second place twice. Simpson qualified for the | 2,481 | triviaqa-train |
The species name Picea as in Picea Abies and Picea Sitchensis has the common English name for which tree ? | Trees over tall may still be seen in Pacific Rim National Park and Carmanah Walbran Provincial Park on Vancouver Island, British Columbia (the Carmanah Giant, at tall, is the tallest tree in Canada), and in Olympic National Park, Washington and Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park, California (United States); two at the last site are just over 96 m tall. The Queets Spruce is the largest in the world with a trunk volume of , a height of , and a dbh. It is located near the | Canthium inerme
Canthium inerme (Turkey-berry) is a tough, adaptable medium-sized tree from South Africa. It bears small edible fruits and has a variety of uses in traditional medicine.
Name.
The Latin species name of this plant, ""inerme"", actually means ""unarmed"", which is an unusual (possibly ironic) name for a tree that does in fact have thorns.
Its common name in English refers to how much birds of all kinds enjoy eating the | 2,482 | triviaqa-train |
Which general, famous for his military exploits against the French in the Napoleonic Wars, was born in St Petersburg in 1745 and died in Russia in 1813 ? | (25 September – 20 October) Napoleon surrounded Mack's army, forcing its surrender without significant losses.
With the main Austrian army north of the Alps defeated (another army under Archduke Charles fought against André Masséna's French army in Italy), Napoleon occupied Vienna on 13 November. Far from his supply lines, he faced a larger Austro-Russian army under the command of Mikhail Kutuzov, with the Emperor Alexander I of Russia personally present. On 2 December, Napoleon crushed the Austro-Russian force in Moravia | Jean-Baptiste Meynier
Jean-Baptiste Meynier, born 22 April 1749 – died 3 December 1813, was a French soldier who served during the American Revolutionary War, the French Revolutionary Wars, and the Napoleonic Wars. Between 1792 and 1793, he rose from a captain to a general of division. During the Montenotte Campaign in 1796, he commanded a division under Napoleon Bonaparte, who had a low opinion of his military talent. In 1803 he was appointed to command the fortress of Mainz. He died there in 1813 | 2,483 | triviaqa-train |
Which region of France is bordered by Spain to the south and by the Bay of Biscay to the west ? | Touraine, then progressively built an "empire" that spanned from England to the Pyrenees and covering half of modern France. Tensions between the kingdom of France and the Plantagenet empire would last a hundred years, until Philip Augustus of France conquered between 1202 and 1214 most of the continental possessions of the empire, leaving England and Aquitaine to the Plantagenets. Following the Battle of Bouvines, the Angevin court retreated to England, but persistent Capetian–Plantagenet rivalry would paved the way for another conflict.
Charles IV the Fair died without | Spain is located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Its mainland is bordered to the south and east by the Mediterranean Sea except for a small land boundary with Gibraltar; to the north by France, Andorra, and the Bay of Biscay; and to the northwest and west by the Atlantic Ocean and Portugal.
Spain was a monarchy established by Queen Isabella and King Fernando in the union of the Kingdom of Castile with the Kingdom of Aragon. Their marriage was in 1469. Spanish forces completed the reconquest in 1492, | 2,484 | triviaqa-train |
"In 2012, who was elected as ""General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party"" and will serve as the leader of China until 2022, arguably becoming the most powerful man in the world ?" | facto" top decision-making body. Since 1989, the holder of the post has been, except for transitional periods, the Chairman of the Central Military Commission, making the holder the Supreme Military Command of the People's Liberation Army.
The current General Secretary is Xi Jinping, who took office on 15 November 2012 and was re-elected on 25 October 2017. Afterwards, he was given the ability to have no limit to the amount of terms as a General Secretary.
Powers and position.
Since | common destiny between Chinese people and other people around the world with a "peaceful international environment".
14. Improve party discipline in the Communist Party of China.
History.
The first official mention of the term was at the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China and it has gradually been developed since 2012 after Xi became General Secretary of the Communist Party of China (China's paramount leader).
The 19th Congress affirmed the ideology as a guiding political and military ideology of the Communist Party of | 2,485 | triviaqa-train |
"Which poet laureate wrote the poems ""Mount Zion"", ""New bats in old belfries"" and ""A nip in the air"" ?" | John Betjeman
Sir John Betjeman (; 28 August 190619 May 1984) was an English poet, writer, and broadcaster who described himself in "Who's Who" as a "poet and hack". He was Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom from 1972 until his death.
He was a founding member of the Victorian Society and a passionate defender of Victorian architecture. He began his career as a journalist and ended it as one of the most popular British Poets Laureate and a much-loved figure on British television. | .
Works.
Some works include:
- "Mount Zion". 1932.
- "Continual Dew". 1937.
- "An Oxford University Chest". 1938.
- "New Bats in Old Belfries". 1945.
- "A Few Late Chrysanthemums". 1954.
- "Poems in the Porch". 1954.
- "High and Low". 1966.
- "A Nip in the Air". 1974.
- edited by Candida Lycett | 2,486 | triviaqa-train |
"Which poet laureate wrote the poems ""the hawk in the rain"", Moortown"" and ""Birthday letters"" ?" | Birthday Letters
Birthday Letters, published in 1998, is a collection of poetry by English poet and children's writer Ted Hughes. Released only months before Hughes's death, the collection won multiple prestigious literary awards. This collection of eighty-eight poems is widely considered to be Hughes's most explicit response to the suicide of his estranged wife Sylvia Plath in 1963, and to their widely discussed, politicized and "explosive" marriage.
Background.
Until the publication of this book, 35 years after Plath's suicide | later suggested that the time spent writing prose was directly responsible for a decline in his health. Also in 1992, Hughes published "Rain Charm for the Duchy", collecting together for the first time his Laureate works, including poems celebrating important royal occasions. The book also contained a section of notes throwing light on the context and genesis of each poem.
In 1998, his "Tales from Ovid" won the Whitbread Book Of The Year Award. In "Birthday Letters", his last collection, Hughes broke his | 2,487 | triviaqa-train |
Who is the Prime Minister of Italy ? | May 2008. In November 2011, Berlusconi lost his majority in the Chamber of Deputies and resigned. His successor Mario Monti formed a new government, composed by "technicians" and supported by both the center-left and the center-right. In April 2013 after the general election in February, the Vice Secretary of the Democratic Party (PD) Enrico Letta led a government composed by both center-left and the center-right.
On 22 February 2014, after tensions in the Democratic Party the PD's Secretary | Deputy Prime Minister of Italy
The Deputy Prime Minister of Italy, officially Vice-President of the Council of Ministers of the Italian Republic (Italian: "Vicepresidente del Consiglio dei ministri della Repubblica Italiana"), is a senior member of the Italian Cabinet. Moreover, it is often colloquially known as "Vicepremier". The office of the Deputy Prime Minister is not a permanent position, existing only at the discretion of the Prime Minister, who may appoint to other offices to give seniority to a particular Cabinet minister. | 2,488 | triviaqa-train |
"Which Italian composer wrote the film music for the movies ""A fistful of dollars"", ""The good, the bad and the ugly"" and ""The mission"" ?" | widescreen cinematography, and Ennio Morricone composed the film's score including its main theme. It is an Italian-led production with co-producers in Spain, West Germany and the United States.
The film is known for Leone's use of long shots and close-up cinematography, as well as his distinctive use of violence, tension, and stylistic gunfights. The plot revolves around three gunslingers competing to find fortune in a buried cache of Confederate gold amid the violent chaos of the American Civil War (specifically the New | the movies as a trilogy. Eastwood's character does indeed have a name (albeit a nickname) and a different one in each film: "Joe", "Manco" and "Blondie", respectively.
Development.
"A Fistful of Dollars" is an unofficial remake of Akira Kurosawa's 1961 film "Yojimbo" starring Toshiro Mifune, which resulted in a successful lawsuit by Toho.
"The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" is considered a prequel, since it depicts Eastwood's character gradually | 2,489 | triviaqa-train |
"In 1958 what was the first airline to fly a jet airliner ""The Comet"" across the Atlantic ?" | term for passenger jet aircraft.
These first jet airliners were followed some years later by the Sud Aviation Caravelle from France, the Tupolev Tu-104 from the Soviet Union (2nd in service), and the Boeing 707, Douglas DC-8 and Convair 880 from the United States. National prestige was attached to developing prototypes and bringing these early designs into service. There was also a strong nationalism in purchasing policy, so that US Boeing and Douglas aircraft became closely associated with Pan Am, while BOAC ordered British Comets.
Pan Am | the world's only jet airliner in operation between 1956 and 1958 (after which the Comet 4 and Boeing 707 entered service). The plane was operated by Aeroflot (from 1956) and Czech Airlines ČSA (from 1957). ČSA became the first airline in the world to fly jet-only routes, using the Tu-104A variant.
The first western jet airliner with significant commercial success was the Boeing 707. It began service on the New York to London route in 1958, the first year that more trans-Atlantic | 2,490 | triviaqa-train |
"In which sport would you find a ""brakeman"" ?" | Bobsleigh
Bobsleigh or bobsled is a winter sport in which teams of two or four teammates make timed runs down narrow, twisting, banked, iced tracks in a gravity-powered sleigh. The timed runs are combined to calculate the final score.
The various types of sleds came several years before the first tracks were built in St. Moritz, Switzerland, where the original bobsleds were adapted upsized luge/skeleton sleds designed by the adventurously wealthy to carry passengers. All three types were adapted from boys' delivery sleds and toboggans | Grand Prix were overshadowed by the withdrawal of the Michelin-shod teams, and by the inability to find a solution which would have allowed them to race.
Bernie Ecclestone, in answer to a question by ITV's Martin Brundle in an interview just before the start of the race, described the future of Formula One in the United States and the future of Michelin in the sport as "not good". He also said that the "incident's not the fault of the teams, to be honest with you. | 2,491 | triviaqa-train |
Which is the only Shakespeare play with an animal on the title ? | "Henry VI", written in the early 1590s during a vogue for historical drama. Shakespeare's plays are difficult to date precisely, however, and studies of the texts suggest that "Titus Andronicus", "The Comedy of Errors", "The Taming of the Shrew," and "The Two Gentlemen of Verona" may also belong to Shakespeare's earliest period. His first histories, which draw heavily on the 1587 edition of Raphael Holinshed's "Chronicles of England, Scotland, and Ireland", dramatise the | The Passionate Pilgrim
The Passionate Pilgrim (1599) is an anthology of 20 poems collected and published by William Jaggard that were attributed to "W. Shakespeare" on the title page, only five of which are considered authentically Shakespearean. These are two sonnets, later to be published in the 1609 collection of "Shakespeare's Sonnets", and three poems extracted from the play "Love's Labour's Lost". Internal and external evidence contradicts the title page attribution to Shakespeare. Five were attributed to other poets during his lifetime | 2,492 | triviaqa-train |
In 1958 a film called 'The Matchmaker' was released starring Anthony Perkins and Shirley McLaine. Based on a Thornton Wilder play it was later remade, in 1969, as what musical ? | 486 performances with Ruth Gordon in the title role, winning a Tony Award for Guthrie, its director. It became the basis for the hit 1964 musical "Hello, Dolly!", with a book by Michael Stewart and score by Jerry Herman.
In 1962 and 1963, Wilder lived twenty months in the small town of Douglas, Arizona, apart from family and friends. There he started his longest novel, "The Eighth Day", which went on to win the National Book Award. According to Harold Augenbraum | The Matchmaker (1958 film)
The Matchmaker is a 1958 American comedy film directed by Joseph Anthony. The film stars Shirley Booth in her final film, Anthony Perkins, and Shirley MacLaine. The screenplay by John Michael Hayes is based on the 1955 play of the same name by Thornton Wilder. The costumes were by Edith Head.
Plot.
Set in 1884, the story focuses on Dolly Gallagher Levi, a widow who supports herself by a variety of means, with matchmaking as her primary source of income. | 2,493 | triviaqa-train |
In 1940 a film called 'The Philadelphia Story' was released starring Cary Grant, Katherine Hepburn and James Stewart. Based on a Philip Barry play it was later remade, in 1956, as what musical ? | appeal, so Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's Louis B. Mayer took an unusual precaution by casting two A-list male stars (Grant and Stewart) to support Hepburn.
Nominated for six Academy Awards, the film won two: James Stewart for Best Actor, and Donald Ogden Stewart for Best Adapted Screenplay. It was remade in 1956 as a musical, retitled "High Society", starring Bing Crosby, Grace Kelly, and Frank Sinatra.
"The Philadelphia Story" was produced by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, and | The Philadelphia Story (film)
The Philadelphia Story is a 1940 American romantic comedy film directed by George Cukor, starring Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn, and James Stewart, and featuring Ruth Hussey. Based on the Broadway play of the same name by Philip Barry, the film is about a socialite whose wedding plans are complicated by the simultaneous arrival of her ex-husband and a tabloid magazine journalist. The socialite character of the play—performed by Hepburn in the film—was inspired by Helen Hope Montgomery Scott (1904–1995 | 2,494 | triviaqa-train |
Cricket - which West Indian was the first to play in 100 test matches ? | From the mid-late 1970s to the early 1990s, the West Indies team was the strongest in the world in both Test and One Day International cricket. A number of cricketers who were considered among the best in the world have hailed from the West Indies: Sir Garfield Sobers, Lance Gibbs, George Headley, Brian Lara, Clive Lloyd, Malcolm Marshall, Sir Andy Roberts, Rohan Kanhai, Sir Frank Worrell, Sir Clyde Walcott, Sir Everton Weekes, Sir Curtly Ambrose, Michael Holding, Courtney Walsh, Joel | West Indian cricket team in England in 1939
The West Indies cricket team toured England in the 1939 season to play a three-match Test series against England. England won the series 1–0 with two matches drawn. A total of 25 first-class matches were played and the West Indian side won eight of them and lost six, with the others drawn. The tour was abandoned a few days after the final test match because of the worsening international situation with World War II imminent. The last six matches from 26 August | 2,495 | triviaqa-train |
"The ""Goldwing"" is a famous motor-cycle model, produced by which company ?" | , the three top motorcycle producers globally by volume were Honda, Yamaha (both from Japan), and Hero MotoCorp (India).
In developing countries, motorcycles are considered utilitarian due to lower prices and greater fuel economy. Of all the motorcycles in the world, 58% are in the Asia-Pacific and Southern and Eastern Asia regions, excluding car-centric Japan.
According to the US Department of Transportation the number of fatalities per vehicle mile traveled was 37 times higher for motorcycles than for cars. | at the same time executed for a Scottish millionaire. Friswell's influence culminated in supplying seventy 4-cylinder 16 hp cars for King George V and his entourage, including the Viceroy of India, at the 1911 Delhi Durbar. In 1912 Friswell sold his interest in Standard to C. J. Band and Siegfried Bettmann, the founder of the Triumph Motor Cycle Company (which became the Triumph Motor Company). During the same year the first commercial vehicle was produced, and the 4-cylinder model "S" was introduced at £195, the | 2,496 | triviaqa-train |
Which T.V. Quiz show host used the catchphrase :- I mean that most sincerely, friends ? | of Hughie Green and Paula Yates."
On 2 April 2008 a TV film about Green's life was broadcast on BBC Four. In the film, entitled "Hughie Green, Most Sincerely", Trevor Eve was cast in the lead role. In "The Sunday Telegraph" of 3 February 2008, his daughter Linda Plentl said the new BBC drama about her father would reopen intolerable wounds. She told of her struggle with his legacy and her three meetings with half-sister Paula Yates.
References.
- | the "Opportunity Knocks" theme in Ireland, Australia and one show in the USSR.
Green provided the voice for Tony the Tiger in the 1970s TV adverts for Frosties.
Style.
Green was often mocked for his permanent door-to-door salesman's smile and Canadian accent. His catchphrase "I mean that most sincerely" was also mocked, to such an extent that it is sometimes mistakenly believed to have been invented by the impressionist Mike Yarwood, who was known for his impersonation of Green. Green | 2,497 | triviaqa-train |
The capital of Morocco is Rabat. What was its former capital ? | tourists in Morocco, Marrakech in central Morocco is a popular tourist destination, but is more popular among tourists for one- and two-day excursions that provide a taste of Morocco's history and culture. The Majorelle botanical garden in Marrakech is a popular tourist attraction. It was bought by the fashion designer Yves Saint-Laurent and Pierre Bergé in 1980. Their presence in the city helped to boost the city's profile as a tourist destination.
, activity and adventure tourism in the Atlas and Rif Mountains are the fastest growth | textile, food processing and construction industries. In addition, tourism and the presence of all foreign embassies in Morocco serve to make Rabat one of the most important cities in the country. The Moroccan capital was ranked at second place by CNN in its "Top Travel Destinations of 2013". It is one of four Imperial cities of Morocco, and the medina of Rabat is listed as a World Heritage Site. Rabat is accessible by train through the ONCF system and by plane through the nearby Rabat–Salé Airport.
History | 2,498 | triviaqa-train |
What is the world's largest poisonous snake, at up to 5 metres long ? | . King cobras and the Australian bandy-bandy consume other snakes. Snakes of the family Pareidae have more teeth on the right side of their mouths than on the left, as the shells of their prey usually spiral clockwise.
Some snakes have a venomous bite, which they use to kill their prey before eating it. Other snakes kill their prey by constriction. Still others swallow their prey whole and alive.
After eating, snakes become dormant while the process of digestion takes place. Digestion is an intense activity, | The World's Largest Lobster
The World's Largest Lobster () is a concrete and reinforced steel statue by Canadian artist Winston Bronnum. The statue is 11 metres long and 5 metres tall, weighing 90 tonnes. The sculpture was commissioned by the Shediac Rotary Club as a tribute to the town's lobster fishing industry The sculpture took three years to complete, at a cost of $170,000. It attracts 500,000 visitors per year. Contrary to popular belief, this is not not actually the "World's Largest Lobster" as | 2,499 | triviaqa-train |
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