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Who stars in the TV NHS black-comedy Getting On and has appeared on QI 29 times? | special "24 Hour Panel People" featuring David Walliams, who appeared in various old and new panel game shows throughout a 24-hour period. The shows were streamed live on the Red Nose Day website, and parts of each show were shown during five half-hour specials on Comic Relief. The "QI" episode featured panellists Sue Perkins, Jo Brand, Russell Tovey and David Walliams. Davies admitted through Twitter that he was asked to host the episode when it was not certain if Fry would be available, but Davies declined | Billy Nelson (actor)
Billy Nelson (1903–1973) born William Nelson in Brooklyn, New York, was an American vaudeville comedian and actor who appeared in over 80 films and television programs. He was featured several times on one of the iconic black and white TV series of the 1950's "Adventures of Superman"; his appearances are still seen on television today.
He also played roles in the historic Hal Roach short comedy films as one of Hal Roach's All-Stars in the two-reel films often | 2,900 | triviaqa-train |
By what name did the Germans call the Polish port of Gdansk? | Port of Gdańsk
The Port of Gdańsk is a seaport located on the southern coast of Gdańsk Bay in the city of Gdańsk, extending along the Vistula estuary Martwa Wisła (Dead Vistula), Port Channel and Kashubia Canal. It is one of the largest seaports on the Baltic Sea.
The Port of Gdańsk is divided into two parts, the Inner and Exterior Port.
Inner Port.
- Port of Gdansk Cargo Logistics S.A. - universal port operator providing handling and storage services for bulk and general cargo
- | naming service; everything from printers to windows could be accessed by name through the file system. This is an extension of the original Unix concept, one which had slowly disappeared as more and more functionality had been added over the years.
Mach did not have a naming service of any sort for its ports. This proved to be a serious problem, because programs had to know in advance what servers they had to call in order to ask the kernel to provide a port. This meant that replacing functionality was much more | 2,901 | triviaqa-train |
Which Neopagan religion is often called ‘witchcraft’ or simply ‘the craft’? | Eclectic Wiccan" movement of individuals and groups who share key Wiccan beliefs but have no initiatory connection or affiliation with traditional Wicca. Wiccan writings and ritual show borrowings from a number of sources including 19th and 20th-century ceremonial magic, the medieval grimoire known as the Key of Solomon, Aleister Crowley's Ordo Templi Orientis and pre-Christian religions. right now there are just over 200,000 people who practice Wicca in the United States.
Overview Neoshamanism Witchcraft, Feminism, and Media.
Wiccan literature has been described as aiding the empowerment | -Hungarian Religion") as it is called in the local Neopagan discourse, defines the movements which seek to rebuild a purely Hungarian ethnic religion, inspired to Hungarian mythology and folklore. This drift has roots in the ethnological studies of the early 20th century, while the elaboration of a national Hungarian religion was endorsed in the interwar Turanist circles (1930s-40s), finally blossoming alongside other Pagan religions since the fall of the Soviet Union. The difference between Hungarian Neopagan groups is often determined by their differing ideas about the historical origins of | 2,902 | triviaqa-train |
In a Roman house what activity took place in the triclinium? | guests into the formal dining room, called "andrōn", while everyday meals were taken with the rest of the family in the "oikos", the Etruscans seem to not have restricted the use of the "klinē" to the male gender. The Romans may have seen the first dining "klinai" as used by the Etruscans but may have refined the practice when they later came to closer contact with the Greek culture.
Dining was the defining ritual in Roman domestic life, lasting from late afternoon through late at | a permanent Roman settlement at Watton, however archaeological finds suggest Roman activity, possibly a market place close to the crossroads. A battle between the Danes and Saxons took place nearby in 1016. In later years, the natural springs in the area once made the village a popular spa town.
The village has a number of dwellings dating from early Tudor, such as "Watton House", through to late Georgian constructions.
History Church of St Mary and St Andrew.
The parish church is dedicated to St Andrew and | 2,903 | triviaqa-train |
What religion was accepted in the Roman Empire in AD313 by the Edict of Milan? | cent in the United States. The largest Jewish religious movements are Orthodox Judaism (Haredi Judaism and Modern Orthodox Judaism), Conservative Judaism and Reform Judaism.
Specific religions Abrahamic Christianity.
Christianity is based on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth (1st century) as presented in the New Testament. The Christian faith is essentially faith in Jesus as the Christ, the Son of God, and as Savior and Lord. Almost all Christians believe in the Trinity, which teaches the unity of Father, Son (Jesus Christ) | persecution, torture and death in the Roman Empire because it was against their beliefs to worship the Emperor.
In 311, Emperor Galerius, on his deathbed, declared a religious indulgence to Christians throughout the Roman Empire, focusing on the ending of anti-Christian persecution. Constantine I and Licinius, the two "Augusti", by the Edict of Milan of 313, enacted a law allowing religious freedom to everyone within the Roman Empire. Furthermore, the Edict of Milan cited that Christians may openly practice their religion unmolested and | 2,904 | triviaqa-train |
Which organisation refers to God as ‘The Great Architect of the Universe’? | he had built several towns and palaces for the gods. Among them were, in chronological order, Svarga(Heaven) in the Satya Yuga, Lanka in the Treta Yuga, and Dwarka (Krishna's capital) in the Dwapara Yuga.
Freemasonry.
Masonic historians such as William Bissey Gary Leazer (quoting "Coil's Masonic Encyclopaedia"), and S. Brent Morris, assert that "the Masonic abbreviation G.A.O.T.U., meaning the Great Architect of the Universe, continues a long tradition of using an allegorical name for the Deity. | Universe", and in his commentary on Psalm 19 refers to the Christian God as the "Great Architect" or "Architect of the Universe".
The concept of a Great Architect of the Universe also occurs in Martinism. Martinist doctrine is that the Great Architect must not be worshipped. Martinists hold that while it is possible to "invoque" him, it is not to adore him.
Hinduism.
In the Hindu mythology, Lord Vishvakarman is regarded as the “God of Architecture”. He is the | 2,905 | triviaqa-train |
In Sikhism men take the last name Singh – what name do women take? | point and the child is named using the first letter on the top left hand corner of the left page. All boys are given the last name Singh, and all girls are given the last name Kaur (this was once a title which was conferred on an individual upon joining the Khalsa).
The Sikh marriage ritual includes the "anand kāraj" ceremony. The marriage ceremony is performed in front of the Guru Granth Sahib by a baptized Khalsa, Granthi of the Gurdwara. The tradition of circling the Guru Granth Sahib | a person (man, woman, and sometimes child) to change their name. However, men encounter more difficulties in changing their last names. There were some early cases in the USA which held that under common law, a woman was required to take her husband's name, but newer cases overturned that (see "Retain the birth name" below). Currently, American women do not have to change their names by law. "Lindon v. First National Bank", 10 F. 894 (W.D. Pa. 1882) | 2,906 | triviaqa-train |
Which term is commonly used for members of the Unification Church? | Unification movement
The Unification movement, also known as the Unification Church (UC), is a worldwide new religious movement whose members are sometimes colloquially called "Moonies". It was officially founded in 1954 under the name Holy Spirit Association for the Unification of World Christianity (HSA-UWC) in Seoul, South Korea by Sun Myung Moon, a Korean religious leader also known for his business ventures and engagement in social and political causes. In 1994 the HSA-UWC was replaced by Moon with a new organization, the | Kurtz, there was an element of truth to many of these stories, but these things happen in many organizations and the coverage of the church was very negative.
Atrocity stories served as justification for deprogramming of Unification Church members. The term is also used for stories about other new religious movements and cults.
Atrocity propaganda in history 21st century.
Atrocity propaganda in history 21st century Iraq War.
In the runup to the 2003 Invasion of Iraq, press stories appeared in the United Kingdom and United States of a plastic shredder or | 2,907 | triviaqa-train |
What was the native language of Jesus Christ? | historian Josephus comments on learning Greek in first century Judea:
In the first century AD, the Aramaic language was widespread throughout the Middle East, as is supported by the testimony of Josephus's "The Jewish War".
Josephus chose to inform people from what are now Iran, Iraq, and remote parts of the Arabian Peninsula about the war of the Jews against the Romans through books he wrote "in the language of our country", prior to translating into Greek for the benefit of the Greeks and Romans: | Mennonite and Moravian Church were the first to settle in the US, spreading their faith in the new country. Notwithstanding this commonplace timeline, scholars of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints assert that Christianity was first introduced to the Americas approximately 34 A.D., according to what is recorded in 3 Nephi Chapter 43, which chronicles the appearance of Jesus Christ to the Native Americans.
Today most Christians in the United States are Mainline Protestant, Evangelical, or Roman Catholic.
Early Colonial era.
Because the | 2,908 | triviaqa-train |
Which British actress appeared as a teenager in a 1950’s Gas Board commercial? | Joan Collins
Dame Joan Henrietta Collins, (born 23 May 1933) is an English actress, author, and columnist. She made her stage debut at the age of nine, trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) in London, entered British films in 1951 and went to Hollywood under contract to 20th Century Fox in 1955. In 1981, she landed the role of Alexis Carrington, the vengeful and scheming ex-wife of John Forsythe's character, in the 1980s soap opera "Dynasty", | in "David Copperfield" (1986), and Derek, a troubled teenager in an episode of the schools' series "Starting Out" (1986). In 2001 he was interviewed for the documentary "The Unforgettable Yootha Joyce" during which he reminisced about working with the actress Yootha Joyce.
Bond-Owen also appeared in television adverts for McDonald's, Barclays, Halifax Building Society, Cadbury's Flake and British Gas.
In 1987 aged 19 he left acting and for nearly 17 years worked for Penguin | 2,909 | triviaqa-train |
Which US President’s name can be found on the Apollo 11 moon plaque? | their PLSS backpacks, lunar overshoes, an empty Hasselblad camera, and other equipment. The hatch was closed again at 05:11:13. They then pressurized the LM and settled down to sleep.
Presidential speech writer William Safire had prepared an "In Event of Moon Disaster" announcement for Nixon to read in the event the Apollo 11 astronauts were stranded on the Moon. The remarks were in a memo from Safire to Nixon's White House Chief of Staff H. R. Haldeman, in which Safire suggested a protocol the administration might follow in | that NASA was "taking steps to authenticate" the display it received from attorney Wright. If found to be the authentic Nicaragua Apollo 11 "goodwill Moon rocks" commemorative podium plaque display, it would be returned to the government of Nicaragua by NASA. The Apollo 11 Moon Rock was returned to the people of Nicaragua in November 2012.
External links.
- Partial list of Apollo 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, and 17 sample locations, NASA Johnson Space Center | 2,910 | triviaqa-train |
In humans, nephrosis is the degeneration of which organ? | Nephrosis
Nephrosis is any of various forms of kidney disease (nephropathy). In an old and broad sense of the term, it is any nephropathy, but in current usage the term is usually restricted to a narrower sense of nephropathy without inflammation or neoplasia, in which sense it is distinguished from nephritis, which involves inflammation. It is also defined as any purely degenerative disease of the renal tubules. Nephrosis is characterized by a set of signs called the nephrotic syndrome. Nephrosis can be a primary disorder or can be secondary | Cerebellar degeneration
Cerebellar degeneration is a condition in which cerebellar cells, otherwise known as neurons, become damaged and progressively weaken in the cerebellum. There are two types of cerebellar degeneration; paraneoplastic cerebellar degeneration, and alcoholic or nutritional cerebellar degeneration. As the cerebellum contributes to the coordination and regulation of motor activities, as well as controlling equilibrium of the human body, any degeneration to this part of the organ can be life-threatening. Cerebellar degeneration can result in disorders in fine movement, posture, and motor learning in humans | 2,911 | triviaqa-train |
Achille Maramotti founded which Italian fashion house in 1951? | now art directored by Zhu Chongyun), Max Mara (created by Laura Lusuardi), Miu Miu (founded and directed by Miuccia Prada), Philosophy (directed by Lorenzo Serafini), Emilio Pucci, Simonetta Ravizza, Mila Schon and Twin-set Milano whilst the most important luxury houses which focus only on menswear and accessories for men are Brioni, Canali, Caruso, Corneliani, Lardini, MP Massimo Piombo, Stefano Ricci, Ermenegildo Zegna (directed by Alessandro Sartori) and Pal Zileri (created by Rocco Iannone). | Maria Antonelli (fashion designer)
Maria Antonelli (1903-1969) was a pioneer of Italian fashion design who took part in the first Italian fashion shows.
Early life.
Maria Antonelli was born in 1903. She was apprenticed at Battilocchi tailoring in Rome.
Career.
Antonelli founded her eponymous fashion house in 1930. In July 1951 she took part in the show organised by Giovanni Battista Giorgini in Florence that attempted to establish Italian fashion as a rival to France. Her designs have been described as having | 2,912 | triviaqa-train |
Who is the only driver in Formula One history to win the championship in a car which he built himself? | the traditional space-frame design, was the dominant car, and in 1968, the team broke new boundaries, when they were the first to carry advertising on their cars.
History Technological developments.
The first major technological development, Bugatti's re-introduction of mid-engined cars (following Ferdinand Porsche's pioneering Auto Unions of the 1930s), occurred with the Type 251, which was unsuccessful. Australian Jack Brabham, world champion during , , and , soon proved the mid-engined design's superiority. By | 1967 Belgian Grand Prix
The 1967 Belgian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Spa-Francorchamps on 18 June 1967. It was race 4 of 11 in both the 1967 World Championship of Drivers and the 1967 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers. The 28-lap race was won by Eagle driver Dan Gurney after he started from second position. Jackie Stewart finished second for the BRM team and Ferrari driver Chris Amon came in third. Excluding the Indianapolis 500, this is the only win for a USA-built car | 2,913 | triviaqa-train |
In which British city is the University of Strathclyde? | University of Strathclyde
The University of Strathclyde is a public research university located in Glasgow, Scotland. Founded in 1796 as the Andersonian Institute, it is Glasgow's second-oldest university, with the university receiving its royal charter in 1964 as the UK's first technological university. It takes its name from the historic Kingdom of Strathclyde.
The University of Strathclyde is Scotland's third-largest university by number of students, with students and staff from over 100 countries. The institution was awarded University of the Year 2012 and | of Economics and Political Science and visiting professor in the Government Department and is also visiting professor in the Institute of Contemporary British History at King's College London. He is also honorary professor in the Department of Politics and International Studies at Warwick University. Earlier he was visiting professor in the Graduate Centre for Journalism at City University and in the Department of Marketing at Strathclyde University. He is the Chancellor's Lecturer and adjunct professor of political science at the University of Kansas.
Worcester was principal investigator for the World Values Survey in | 2,914 | triviaqa-train |
Which comedian played Kevin Turvey in the British tv sketch series ‘A Kick Up the Eighties? | Kevin Turvey
Kevin Turvey was a British television comedy character, created by actor and comedian Rik Mayall, who featured in the BBC sketch show "A Kick Up the Eighties" in 1981.
"A Kick Up the Eighties".
Turvey, an awkward and socially inept character who spoke with a broad West Midlands accent, was a self-styled "investigative journalist" who still lived with his mother, wore a shapeless blue anorak, fancied a local girl called Theresa Kelly (who was never depicted), and | credited in the cast list (Mad Gerald was billed as ‘Himself’); as with his appearances as Kevin Turvey in "A Kick Up the Eighties" (1982), Mayall liked to experiment at this time with a form of performance which blurred the boundaries between fact and fiction, and encouraged the audience to believe the action was really happening. His appearance marked his first collaboration with Rowan Atkinson, and it was noted that their work together took on a competitive edge; Mayall would dominate the set and preferred to | 2,915 | triviaqa-train |
What is the name of the small light ball of woven flax swung rhythmically at the end of a string in Maori songs and dances? | use vigorous protest to push Mana Māori. Young urban radicals beat up a group of University students taking a comical view of Māori dance. Protestors occupied Bastion Point which was claimed as Māori land and resisted police arrest. In Raglan local Māori protesters reclaimed ownership of land used as an airstrip and golf course.
From the early 1970s a new generation of radicals arose demanding more Māori influence. Amongst the demands were for increased "tino rangatiratanga". The expression, an abstraction of the word for aristocracy, had been coined by | pre-European Maori deployed seine nets which could be over one thousand metres long. The nets were woven from green flax, with stone weights and light wood or gourd floats, and could require hundreds of men to haul.
Fishing nets are well documented in antiquity. They appear in Egyptian tomb paintings from 3000 BC. In ancient Greek literature, Ovid makes many references to fishing nets, including the use of cork floats and lead weights. Pictorial evidence of Roman fishing comes from mosaics which show nets. In a parody | 2,916 | triviaqa-train |
Titania, Miranda and Bianca are all moons of which planet in our solar system? | , hurricanes, tectonics, and even hydrology.
Planets are generally divided into two main types: large low-density giant planets, and smaller rocky terrestrials. There are eight planets in the Solar System. In order of increasing distance from the Sun, they are the four terrestrials, Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars, then the four giant planets, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. Six of the planets are orbited by one or more natural satellites.
Several thousands of planets around other stars | longer sustain our numbers; we were so many. We found a new Solar system, dozens of planets and hundreds of moons."
All of the following bodies were terraformed and made to have a standard atmosphere and gravity in order to be capable of supporting human life. During the movie "Serenity", the planet Miranda is speculated to be a "black rock" – a planet where no life exists or is possible. A generic explanation (that the terraforming did not hold) is offered to explain it, | 2,917 | triviaqa-train |
The resort of Costa Smeralda is on which Mediterranean island? | Costa Smeralda
The Costa Smeralda (, ; ; ) is a coastal area and tourist destination in northern Sardinia, Italy, with a length of some 20 km, although the term originally designated only a small stretch in the commune of Arzachena. With white sand beaches, golf clubs, private jet and helicopter services, and exclusive hotels, the area has drawn celebrities, business leaders, and other affluent visitors.
Costa Smeralda is the most expensive location in Europe. House prices reach up to 300,000 euros ($ | Aga Khan in Costa Smeralda at the municipality of Arzachena, which became the symbol of tourism development for the island. Architects such as Luigi Vietti, Michele Busiri Vici and Jacques Couelle contributed to the realization of the various developments. Porto Cervo was soon followed by Porto Rotondo, Romazzino, Cala di Volpe and Porto Raphael. As Costa Smeralda became more established among the international jet set, the race for the construction of tourist resorts began in many coastal towns on the island.
A myriad of other nearby developments with similar offerings | 2,918 | triviaqa-train |
Which Greek goddess is the muse of erotic poetry? | , only fragmentary descriptions of Aristarchus' idea survive. Eratosthenes, using the angles of shadows created at widely separated regions, estimated the circumference of the Earth with great accuracy. In the 2nd century BC Hipparchus of Nicea made a number of contributions, including the first measurement of precession and the compilation of the first star catalog in which he proposed the modern system of apparent magnitudes.
The Antikythera mechanism, a device for calculating the movements of planets, dates from about 80 BC, and was the first ancestor of the astronomical | In various forms of Wicca, her masculine consort is the Horned God.
The Triple Goddess was the subject of much of the writing of the prominent early and middle 20th-century poet, novelist and mythographer Robert Graves, in his books "The White Goddess" and "The Greek Myths" as well as in his poetry and novels. Modern neopagan conceptions of the Triple Goddess have been heavily influenced by Graves, who regarded her as the continuing muse of all true poetry, and who speculatively reconstructed her ancient worship, | 2,919 | triviaqa-train |
A lucky clover is supposed to have how many leaves? | Four-leaf clover
The four-leaf clover is a rare variation of the common three-leaf clover. According to traditional superstition, such clovers bring good luck, though it is not clear when or how this superstition began. The earliest mention of "Fower-leafed or purple grasse" is from 1640 and simply says that it was kept in gardens because it was "good for the purples in children or others". A description from 1869 says that four-leaf clovers were "gathered at night-time | unable to save most of the Ryusei School students from a massacre caused by Smart Brain's Lucky Clover member Kitazaki/Dragon Orphnoch, with some like Mari, Kusaka and Shuji Mihara being a few of the survivors, turning Takumi into a dreamless lone wolf. When he re-encountered Mari, now a young adult, and thus learning of Smart Brain's warring schemes, Takumi found an opportunity to redeem himself by stopping the organization's evil, and enact peace between humans and Orphnochs.
Originally supposed to have died as | 2,920 | triviaqa-train |
The Copihue is the national flower of which South American country? | Lapageria
Lapageria is a genus of flowering plants with only one known species, Lapageria rosea, commonly known as Chilean bellflower or copihue ("co-pee-way" < Mapudungun "kopiwe"). "Lapageria rosea" is the national flower of Chile. It grows in forests in the southern part of Chile, being part of the Valdivian temperate rain forests flora.
Botany.
"Lapageria rosea" is related to "Philesia magellanica" (syn. "P. buxifolia"), another plant from the | has 16 regions, 56 provinces and 348 communes.
Each region is designated by a name and a Roman numeral assigned from north to south, except for the Santiago Metropolitan Region, which does not have a number. The creation of two new regions in 2007, Arica and Parinacota (XV) and Los Ríos (XIV), and a third region in 2018, Ñuble (XVI) made this numbering lose its original order meaning.
Government and politics National symbols.
The national flower is the copihue ("Lapageria | 2,921 | triviaqa-train |
Which US disc jockey is credited with coining the phrase ‘Rock and Roll’ during the 1950’s? | Inn" in South Merchantville, New Jersey, was established as a music venue. In 1951, Cleveland, Ohio, disc jockey Alan Freed began playing this music style while popularizing the phrase to describe it.
Early rock and roll.
Early rock and roll Origins.
The origins of rock and roll have been fiercely debated by commentators and historians of music. There is general agreement that it arose in the Southern United States – a region that would produce most of the major early rock and roll acts – through the | , disc jockey, widely credited for coining the term "Rock and Roll"
- Patricia Heaton, Emmy Award-winning actress on "Everybody Loves Raymond" (B.A., 1980)
- Eileen Heckart, Academy Award, Emmy Award, and Golden Globe Award-winning actress (B.A., 1942)
- Pee Wee Hunt, jazz trombonist, who had a number one hit with the "Twelfth Street Rag" in 1948
- Toni-Leslie James, Costume Designer.(BFA 1979)
- Jim Jinkins, animator | 2,922 | triviaqa-train |
The Java Trench is part of which ocean? | Sunda Trench
The Sunda Trench, earlier known as and sometimes still indicated as the Java Trench, is an oceanic trench located in the Indian Ocean near Sumatra, formed where the Australian-Capricorn plates subduct under a part of the Eurasian Plate. It is long. Its maximum depth is the deepest point in the Indian Ocean. The trench stretches from the Lesser Sunda Islands past Java, around the southern coast of Sumatra on to the Andaman Islands, and forms the boundary between Indo-Australian Plate and Eurasian plate (more | up into what are called tectonic plates. Underneath the Bay of Bengal, which is part of the great Indo-Australian Plate and is slowly moving north east. This plate meets the Burma Microplate at the Sunda Trench. The Nicobar Islands and the Andaman Islands are part of the Burma Microplate. The India Plate subducts beneath the Burma Plate at the Sunda Trench or Java Trench. Here, the pressure of the two plates on each other increase pressure and temperature resulting in the formation of volcanoes such as the volcanoes in Myanmar, | 2,923 | triviaqa-train |
Which planet in our solar system is known is ‘The Morning Star’ when it appears in the eastern sky before sunrise? | , hurricanes, tectonics, and even hydrology.
Planets are generally divided into two main types: large low-density giant planets, and smaller rocky terrestrials. There are eight planets in the Solar System. In order of increasing distance from the Sun, they are the four terrestrials, Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars, then the four giant planets, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. Six of the planets are orbited by one or more natural satellites.
Several thousands of planets around other stars | : "By the observation of the most eminent Astronomers in Europe it appears that the new star, which I had the honour of pointing out to them in March 1781, is a Primary Planet of our Solar System." In recognition of his achievement, King George III gave Herschel an annual stipend of £200 on condition that he move to Windsor so that the Royal Family could look through his telescopes ().
History Name.
The name of Uranus references the ancient Greek deity of the sky Uranus (), | 2,924 | triviaqa-train |
In British politics, who succeeded Jeremy Thorpe as acting leader of the Liberal Party in 1976? | the condition was that he gave up his parliamentary candidature, he declined.
Through the later 1950s Thorpe juggled his legal and television work with his political duties in North Devon, where he worked tirelessly to build up support. From September 1956 the Liberal Party was led by Jo Grimond, a more up-to-date figure than his elderly predecessor Davies, and more in tune with the ideas of Thorpe and the Radical Reform Group. After an uncertain beginning—the Liberals lost one of their six seats to Labour in | Jeremy Thorpe
John Jeremy Thorpe (29 April 1929 – 4 December 2014) was a British politician who served as the Member of Parliament for North Devon from 1959 to 1979, and as leader of the Liberal Party between 1967 and 1976. In May 1979 he was tried at the Old Bailey on charges of conspiracy and incitement to murder, arising from an earlier relationship with Norman Scott, a former model. Thorpe was acquitted on all charges, but the case, and the furore surrounding it, ended his political career | 2,925 | triviaqa-train |
Who played Father Noel Furlong in the British tv series ‘Father Ted’? | worst advertisement.
Later in 2001, Ardal O'Hanlon returned to the role of Father Dougal for a series of PBS advertisements to coincide with "Father Ted"s American broadcast; these segments were included on later DVD releases as "Fundraising with Father Dougal".
In 2012, Frank Kelly made a brief appearance as Father Jack on an episode of "The One Show" with Graham Norton.
In 2014, guest star Ben Keaton returned to the role of Father Austin Purcell, performing a stand-up routine and hosting the | Nicola Furlong
- Noel Furlong (born 1937), Irish poker player
- Oscar Furlong (1927–2018), Argentine basketball player
- Paul Furlong (born 1968), English footballer
- Rob Furlong (born 1976), Canadian sniper who holds the record for the longest sniper kill in combat
Fictional characters.
- , from "Swat Kats"
- Father Noel Furlong, from the sitcom "Father Ted"
See also.
- Furlonge | 2,926 | triviaqa-train |
Which Biblical figure destroyed the Temple of the Philistines? | simply "non-Israelites of the Promised Land" when used in the context of Samson, Saul and David.
A few biblical texts, such as the Ark Narrative and stories reflecting the importance of Gath, seem to portray Late Iron I and Early Iron II memories. They are mentioned more than 250 times, the majority in the Deuteronomistic history, and are depicted as among the arch-enemies of the Israelites, a serious and recurring threat before being subdued by David.
The Bible paints the Philistines as the | within the Canaanite population during the 12th century BCE. The Philistines seem to have been present in the southern valley during the 11th century, which may relate to the biblical account of their victory at the Battle of Gilboa.
History Roman period.
In the late Second Temple period, Josephus refers to both the Jezreel Valley and the Beit Netofa Valley as the "Great Plain".
History Ottoman era.
In 1852 the American writer Bayard Taylor traveled across the Jezreel Valley, which he described in his 1854 book " ' | 2,927 | triviaqa-train |
Domingo Liotta MD, of Argentina, designed and developed the first artificial what, which was successfully implanted in a human in 1969? | Service. Then, he trained in thoracic and cardiac surgery, with Professors Paul Santy and Pierre Marion in Lyon France. His early works in the artificial heart are from 1958 in Córdoba, Argentina, where he developed an early prototype successfully used in small animals. After publishing the results of his studies, Dr. Liotta was hired at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston Texas as Director of the Artificial Heart Program by Dr. Michael E. DeBakey in 1961.
Selected chronology of the 1960s.
1961(December): First conception of the | . The dog lived for 90 minutes.
In 1958, Domingo Liotta initiated the studies of TAH replacement at Lyon, France, and in 1959–60 at the National University of Córdoba, Argentina. He presented his work at the meeting of the American Society for Artificial Internal Organs held in Atlantic City in March 1961. At that meeting, Liotta described the implantation of three types of orthotopic (inside the pericardial sac) TAHs in dogs, each of which used a different source of external energy: an implantable electric motor, an | 2,928 | triviaqa-train |
In which 2000 film starring Jude Law does former boxer Ricky Grover make a cameo appearance? | Love, Honour and Obey
Love, Honour and Obey is a 2000 mock gangster film starring several members of the Primrose Hill set. It was jointly written and directed by Dominic Anciano and Ray Burdis (who also appear in the film) as a follow-up to their 1998 film "Final Cut". As with "Final Cut", most of the characters have the same name as the actors who play them. The film also features a cameo appearance from former East London boxer turned comedian, Ricky Grover. | The Last Message
The Last Message is a 1975 Hong Kong comedy film directed by and starring Michael Hui, and co-starring Samuel Hui, with a cameo appearance by Ricky Hui. This is the second film of the Hui Brothers.
Plot.
Tim (Michael Hui) and Lee (Samuel Hui) are employees of a mental hospital working as an orderly and nurse respectively. One day a crazy man named Cheng Ming (Roy Chiao) is institutionalized who carries a bag of trash. Tim and Lee discover | 2,929 | triviaqa-train |
‘The First Lord of the Treasury’ is inscribed on the letterbox of which address in London? | unusual "hood" designed to protect them from the wind and cold and a drawer underneath where hot coals were placed to provide warmth. Scratches on the right arm were caused by their pistols rubbing up against the leather.
No. 10 Downing Street has a lift.
Couse also added a bow front to the small cottage—formerly Mr. Chicken's house—incorporated into Number 10 in Walpole's time. "(See The Entrance Door c1930: As seen from inside showing the black and white marble floor and the | letterbox still bears the legend "First Lord of the Treasury". The original door was put on display in the Churchill Museum at the Cabinet War Rooms.
The door cannot be opened from the outside; there is always someone inside to unlock the door.
Beyond the door, Couse installed black and white marble tiles in the entrance hall that are still in use. A guard's chair designed by Chippendale sits in one corner. Once used when policemen sat on watch outside in the street, it has an | 2,930 | triviaqa-train |
How many goals were scored in the 2006 FIFA World Cup? | It was also Italy's first world title in 24 years, and their fourth overall, making them the second most successful World Cup team ever. The victory also helped Italy top the FIFA World Rankings in February 2007 for the first time since November 1993.
Statistics.
Statistics Goalscorers.
Miroslav Klose received the Golden Boot for scoring five goals in the World Cup. In total, 147 goals were scored by 110 players, with four of them credited as own goals.
Statistics Awards.
FIFA's Technical Study | qualification.
Ahmed has made a total of four appearances in the 2006 FIFA World Cup qualifiers, six in the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifiers and fourteen in the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifiers.
In the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifiers, he scored one goal in a 1−1 draw against Japan.
He scored three goals in the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifiers. The first one came in the second round of the FIFA World Cup qualifiers in a 2−0 win over Myanmar, and the other two goals were scored in the | 2,931 | triviaqa-train |
What is the title of the 1983 film in which teenager Tom Cruise turns his parents home into a brothel? | in the comedy "Risky Business" (1983) and the action drama "Top Gun" (1986). Critical acclaim came with his roles in the dramas "The Color of Money" (1986), "Rain Man" (1988), and "Born on the Fourth of July" (1989). For portraying Ron Kovic in the latter, he won a Golden Globe Award and received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor. As a leading Hollywood star in the 1990s, Cruise starred in | a small role as a piano player in a Tijuana brothel in the 1983 film "Losin' It" which featured an early performance by Tom Cruise.
Personal life.
Valby is married to his wife Ann; together they have six children. As of August 2012, he lived in a house in Clarence, New York; the house burned down due to suspected arson that month. As of 2016, he still lived in Clarence.
References.
- Richard A. Reuss, "An Annotated Field Collection of | 2,932 | triviaqa-train |
In which year was the Battle of Bannockburn, between Scotland and England? | Battle of Bannockburn
The Battle of Bannockburn ( or ) on 23 and 24 June 1314 was a Scottish victory by King of Scots Robert the Bruce against the army of King Edward II of England in the First War of Scottish Independence. Though it did not bring overall victory in the war, which would go on for 14 more years, it was a landmark in Scottish history.
King Edward invaded Scotland after Bruce demanded in 1313 that all supporters still loyal to ousted Scottish king John Balliol acknowledge Bruce as their king or | of Scotland and England. A large monument and visitor centre is located near the site of the battle. In previous generations tourists came to visit the site and look at the Borestone. The dignity of the barony of Bannockburn is currently held by Hope Vere Anderson, a descendant of the Sandilands and Vere families of Sandilands and Lesmahagow, Lanarkshire who were the original Barons of Bannockburn in the 14th. century. In the year of 1746, after the Battle of Culloden, Bonny Prince Charlie stayed in Bannockburn House where he met the | 2,933 | triviaqa-train |
Which Canadian island lies to the east of the Gulf of St Lawrence? | China, and the Soviet Union. Despite another Conscription Crisis in Quebec in 1944, Canada finished the war with a large army and strong economy.
History Contemporary era.
The financial crisis of the Great Depression had led the Dominion of Newfoundland to relinquish responsible government in 1934 and become a crown colony ruled by a British governor. After two bitter referendums, Newfoundlanders voted to join Canada in 1949 as a province.
Canada's post-war economic growth, combined with the policies of successive Liberal governments, led to the | Goose River, Prince Edward Island
Goose River is an unincorporated place in Kings County, Prince Edward Island, Canada. It lies on the north shore of the province along Prince Edward Island Route 16 between Cable Head East to the southwest and Monticello to the northeast. Goose River is part of the township of Lot 42, in St Patrick's Parish, and thus is part of Lot 42 for Statistics Canada census data.
The Goose River, a short tributary of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence, is in the community | 2,934 | triviaqa-train |
What is the capital of Switzerland? | Bern
Bern or Berne ( ; ; ; ; ) is the de facto capital of Switzerland, referred to by the Swiss as their "federal city", in German "Bundesstadt", French "ville fédérale", and Italian "città federale". With a population of about 140,000 (as of 2019), Bern is the fifth-most populous city in Switzerland. The Bern agglomeration, which includes 36 municipalities, had a population of 406,900 in 2014. The metropolitan area had a population of 660,000 in 2000 | was bounded on its east by the Rhine and extended all the way from the North Sea to Lake Constance ("Lacus Brigantinus"), including parts of what is now western Switzerland, with its capital at the city of the Remi (Reims). Under Diocletian, "Belgica Prima" (capital Augusta Trevirorum, Trier) and "Belgica Secunda" (capital Reims) formed part of the diocese of Gaul.
Belgae outside Gaul.
Belgae outside Gaul Britain.
The Belgae had made their way across the English | 2,935 | triviaqa-train |
Mycroft is the older brother of which fictional detective? | Mycroft Holmes
Mycroft Holmes is a fictional character appearing in stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. He is the elder brother (by seven years) of detective Sherlock Holmes. He is described as having abilities of deduction and knowledge exceeding even those of his brother, though their practical use is limited by his poor physique and dislike of fieldwork.
The character has been adapted in various pieces of literature and media, including television series, movies, radio, and comics. He is also popular in culture, being mentioned | adaptation of Doyle's detective. Louis Hector was cast as Holmes with William Podmore as Watson.
Almost sixty years later, the story was again adapted for television. Jeremy Brett was taken ill during the production of the Granada Television adaptation of this story (which was also a conflation with "The Adventure of the Mazarin Stone" and transmitted under the latter title) and so Holmes's role in the plot was taken by Mycroft Holmes with Charles Gray called in at short notice to reprise his role as Sherlock's older brother | 2,936 | triviaqa-train |
In which year were women allowed to compete in athletics events for the first time in the Olympic Games? | initial 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens, when a number of companies paid for advertising, including Kodak. In 1908, Oxo, Odol mouthwash and Indian Foot Powder became official sponsors of the London Olympic Games. Coca-Cola sponsored the 1928 Summer Olympics, and has subsequently remained a sponsor to the current time. Before the IOC took control of sponsorship, national organising committees were responsible for negotiating their own contracts for sponsorship and the use of the Olympic symbols.
Commercialisation Under IOC control.
The IOC originally resisted funding by corporate | 1934 Women's World Games
The 1934 Women's World Games () were the fourth edition of the international games for women. The tournament was held between 9–11 August at the White City Stadium in London, United Kingdom. These were the last athletic games exclusively for women, a planned fifth tournament for 1938 in Vienna was cancelled as women were allowed to compete in all regular athletics events at the Olympic Games and other international events. The first major tournament were the 1938 European Athletics Championships even though the tournament was split up | 2,937 | triviaqa-train |
How many wives did ‘Coronation Street’s ‘ Mike Baldwin have? | Jed Stone (Kenneth Cope) made his first appearance and returned the following year in 1962. He left in 1963, but returned three years later in 1966. He left again and then returned 42 years later in 2008.
In March 1961, "Coronation Street" reached No. 1 in the television ratings and remained there for the rest of the year. Earlier in 1961, a Television Audience Measurement (TAM) showed that 75% of available viewers (15 million) tuned into "Corrie", and | , and Hayley Patterson (Julie Hesmondhalgh) ultimately "marrying" bookish nerd Roy Cropper, proved immensely popular, and was praised by transgender groups, not least in how it highlighted transgender issues, such as how she remained registered for tax purposes as a man called "Harold", leading to ridicule from her boss, Mike Baldwin.
"Coronation Street" did not feature a gay resident until 2003, unlike "EastEnders" which had gay-themed storylines in the 1980s, and "Emmerdale" which has a lesbian | 2,938 | triviaqa-train |
What nationality is tennis player Goran Ivanisevic? | Goran Ivanišević
Goran Ivanišević (; born 13 September 1971) is a Croatian former professional tennis player and current tennis coach. He is the only person to win the men's singles title at Wimbledon as a wildcard. He achieved this in 2001, having previously been runner-up at the championships in 1992, 1994 and 1998. Before the 2001 tournament, he was ranked 125th and after his victory he was 16th. His career-high singles ranking was world No. 2 (behind Pete Sampras) in 1994. He | He supports West Bromwich Albion, and is responsible for turning the tennis player Goran Ivanisevic into a fan of the club.In 2011, he took Ivanisevic to his first WBA match at Loftus Road, home of Queen's Park Rangers.In 2013, he took Ivanisevic to WBA's home ground, The Hawthorns, for a match against Manchester City.
External links.
- The Tennis Podcast | 2,939 | triviaqa-train |
Who did Franklin D. Roosevelt defeat in the 1944 US Presidential elections? | 1944 United States presidential election
The 1944 United States presidential election was the 40th quadrennial presidential election. It was held on Tuesday, November 7, 1944. The election took place during World War II. Incumbent Democratic President Franklin D. Roosevelt defeated Republican Thomas E. Dewey to win an unprecedented fourth term.
Roosevelt had become the first president to win a third term with his victory in the 1940 presidential election, and there was little doubt that he would seek a fourth term. Unlike in 1940, Roosevelt faced little opposition within | correctly predicted the outcome of the four earlier presidential elections. The magazine's 1936 poll suggested that Alfred Landon would defeat Franklin D. Roosevelt by an overwhelming margin. In fact, the opposite happened. Later studies suggested that the main reason for the error was that Roosevelt's opponents were more vocal and thus more willing to respond to the magazine, compared to the silent majority who supported Roosevelt. By contrast, scientific opinion polls taken by George Gallup correctly showed a clear lead for Roosevelt, albeit still noticeably lower than what he achieved | 2,940 | triviaqa-train |
Which English football club became temporary ground-sharing tenants with Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park in 1991? | in the city. Teams in the Welsh Premier Women's Football League are Cardiff Met. Ladies, Cyncoed Ladies and Cardiff City.
During the 1990s, London-based football club Wimbledon FC expressed interest in relocating to Cardiff, having been without a home of their own since exiting Plough Lane stadium in 1991 and sharing with Crystal Palace FC at Selhurst Park. The relocation of the club to Cardiff did not happen; in 2003, the club moved to Milton Keynes and a year later rebranded as Milton Keynes Dons. | Palace grew substantially in the mid-1980s, when the Addicks left their traditional home at The Valley because of safety concerns and played their home fixtures at The Eagles' Selhurst Park stadium. The ground-sharing arrangement – although seen by Crystal Palace chairman Ron Noades as essential for the future of football – was unpopular with both sets of fans. Indeed, the Charlton fans campaigned for a return to The Valley throughout the club's time at Selhurst Park.
Charlton left Selhurst Park in 1991, and the rivalry between the teams once | 2,941 | triviaqa-train |
Who plays the Wolf Man in the 1941 horror film ‘The Wolf Man’? | Hull was unwilling to spend long hours being made up by makeup artist Jack Pierce. Universal Studios drew on a Balkan tale of a plant associated with lycanthropy as there was no literary work to draw upon, unlike the case with vampires. There is no reference to silver nor other aspects of werewolf lore such as cannibalism.
A more tragic character is Lawrence Talbot, played by Lon Chaney Jr. in 1941's "The Wolf Man". With Pierce's makeup more elaborate this time, the movie catapulted the werewolf into public | references the classic 1941 film "The Wolf Man".
- "Metropolis" is a reference to Fritz Lang's German Expressionist 1927 film of the same name.
- "Elizabeth Dane" is the name of the clipper which plays a prominent role on John Carpenter's 1980 film "The Fog".
- "Horror of Antarctica" references in its lyrics H. P. Lovecraft's 1931 novella "At the Mountains of Madness".
- The album's title itself references Alvin Rakoff's 1980 film "Death | 2,942 | triviaqa-train |
Buffalo, Bermuda, Fescue and Carpet are all types of what? | other plants and persisting over several years, and so is often used in soil erosion control programs. Tall fescue ("F. arundinacea") is good for this purpose, and one cultivar, 'Kentucky 31', was used in land reclamation during the Dust Bowl of the 1930s in the US. Fescues have been used as building material, as rope and as a variety of other things in indigenous Ethiopian communities, in particular the Guassa Community Conservation Area where it is referred to as 'Guassa Grass'. The grasses | color. Other types of carpet beetle are regularly 1/4 to 1 inch (6 to 25 mm) long and covered with dark setae. Certain species have distinctive tufts of setae extending from their posterior end. These beetles are attracted to soiled fabrics and crevices where dead insects may serve as a food source. The larvae of the carpet beetle are often referred to as "woolly bears" or "buffalo moths".
Selected taxa Black carpet beetle.
The black carpet beetle, "Attagenus megatoma", is a | 2,943 | triviaqa-train |
Inactive volcano Mount Sabalan is in which country? | Sabalan
Sabalan (Persian: سبلان , Savalan ) is an inactive stratovolcano in the Alborz mountain range and Ardabil Province of northwestern Iran.
At in elevation, it is the second highest mountain in Iran. It has a permanent crater lake formed at its summit. On one of its slopes around in elevation there are large rock formations of eroded volcanic outcrops which resemble animals, birds, and insects.
Mount Sabalan.
Located in the extreme northwest of Iran, Sabalan is the country's third highest peak after Damavand | Mount Erebus
Mount Erebus () is the second-highest volcano in Antarctica (after Mount Sidley) and the southernmost active volcano on Earth. It is the sixth-highest ultra mountain on the continent. With a summit elevation of , it is located in the Ross Dependency on Ross Island, which is also home to three inactive volcanoes: Mount Terror, Mount Bird, and Mount Terra Nova.
The volcano has been active since about 1.3 million years ago and is the site of the Mount Erebus Volcano Observatory run | 2,944 | triviaqa-train |
What is the US state capital of Oregon? | Salem, Oregon
Salem is the capital of the U.S. state of Oregon, and the county seat of Marion County. It is located in the center of the Willamette Valley alongside the Willamette River, which runs north through the city. The river forms the boundary between Marion and Polk counties, and the city neighborhood of West Salem is in Polk County. Salem was founded in 1842, became the capital of the Oregon Territory in 1851, and was incorporated in 1857.
Salem had a population of 169,798 in 2017, | Vermont and Utah. (Capital "V" Capital "T" and Capital "U" Capital "T")
- Give the two states whose largest cities are Portland. (Maine, and Oregon)
- Give the 4 countries that are in The United Kingdom. (Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and England)
Sample First and Fourth Quarter Questions World History.
- What did the Albany Plan of Union do? (Set up an army for the US, provided councils for each colony to deal | 2,945 | triviaqa-train |
Ronald Reagan was governor of which US state? | Ronald Reagan
Ronald Wilson Reagan (; February 6, 1911June 5, 2004) was an American politician who served as the 40th president of the United States from 1981 to 1989. Prior to his presidency, he was a Hollywood actor and union leader before serving as the 33rd governor of California from 1967 to 1975.
Reagan was raised in a poor family in small towns of northern Illinois. He graduated from Eureka College in 1932 and worked as a sports announcer on several regional radio stations. After moving to California in 1937 | He holds a PhD from Columbia University and an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Orleans, France, which was awarded to him for his contributions to economic sciences. Ehrlich also served as a member of the US Presidential Health Policy Advisory group and the Transition Team on Health Policy for President Ronald Reagan, the Hong Kong Government's Health Services Research Committee headed by Secretary Elizabeth Wong, and the Council of Economic Advisors of New York State Governor David A. Paterson.
External links.
- https://www.nber.org/authors/isaac_ehrlich
- https://ideas.repec.org/e/peh1.html
- http://ssrn.com/author=188351 | 2,946 | triviaqa-train |
In November 1935, Parker Brothers released which board game in the US? | messenger boy could ascend the corporate ladder to its topmost rung. Such games insinuated that the accumulation of wealth brought increased social status. Competitive capitalistic games culminated in 1935 with "Monopoly", the most commercially successful board game in U.S. history.
McLoughlin Brothers published similar games based on the telegraph boy theme including "Game of the Telegraph Boy, or Merit Rewarded" (1888). Greg Downey notes in his essay, "Information Networks and Urban Spaces: The Case of the Telegraph Messenger Boy", that families who | game, it bought the rights to Magie's patent for just $500.
Parker Brothers began selling the game on February 6, 1935. Cartoonist F. O. Alexander contributed the design. U. S. patent number US 2026082 A was issued to Charles Darrow on December 31, 1935, for the game board design and was assigned to Parker Brothers Inc. The original version of the game in this format was based on the streets of Atlantic City, New Jersey.
History 1936–1970.
In 1936, Parker Brothers began licensing the game | 2,947 | triviaqa-train |
Which band released a 1977 album entitled ‘Aja’? | Aja (album)
Aja (, pronounced "Asia") is the sixth studio album by the jazz rock band Steely Dan. Originally released in 1977 on ABC Records, the album peaked at number three on the US charts and number five in the UK. It was the band's first platinum album and ultimately became their best-selling studio release, eventually selling over 5 million copies. It spawned a number of hit singles, including "Peg", "Deacon Blues", and "Josie". In | her debut in the band and helped complete the album ("World's Only Female Tribute to Iron Maiden"), which was released in June 2005.
After the album's release, Draven left the band. In February 2007, Heather Baker joined to replace Draven. In May, the band released its second album "Route 666", which features a guest appearance by Motörhead guitarist Phil Campbell.
In summer 2008, Heather Baker and Aja Kim left the band to pursue solo careers. The two were replaced | 2,948 | triviaqa-train |
Who invented the Miners Safety Lamp in 1815? | the Geordie lamp, and the Davy lamp, invented by Sir Humphry Davy. Subsequently, Clanny incorporated aspects of both lamps and produced the ancestor of all modern oil safety lamps.
George Stephenson came from a mining family and by 1804 had secured the post of brakesman at Killingworth colliery. He was present at both the 1806 and 1809 explosions in the pit. By 1810, he was engineman and responsible for machinery both above and below ground. The pit was a gassy pit and Stephenson took the lead in work to extinguish | home to over 70 per cent of the population of Tyne and Wear; Sunderland and Washington form the separate Wearside conurbation, although the latter has a Newcastle Upon Tyne postcode.
Geordies.
The people of the Tyneside area, called "Geordies", have a reputation for their distinctive dialect and accent. Tynesiders may have been given this name, a local diminutive of the name "George", because their miners used George Stephenson's safety lamp (invented in 1815 and called a "Georgie lamp") to prevent | 2,949 | triviaqa-train |
What is the highest range of the female singing voice? | "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing", and the even higher treble solo in the "Nunc dimittis" from Tippett's evening canticles written for St John's College, Cambridge. Many trebles are also able to reach higher notes by use of the whistle register but this practice is rarely called for in performance.
Female voices.
Female voices Soprano.
Soprano range: The soprano is the highest singing voice. The typical soprano voice lies between C4 (middle C) and C6 ("high C"). | of vocal range.
While the broadest definition of "vocal range" is simply the span from the lowest to the highest note a particular voice can produce, this broad definition is often not what is meant when "vocal range" is discussed in the context of singing. Vocal pedagogists tend to define the vocal range as the total span of "musically useful" pitches that a singer can produce. This is because some of the notes a voice can produce may not be considered usable by the singer within performance for various | 2,950 | triviaqa-train |
Dublin, in Ireland, lies on which river? | River Liffey
The River Liffey (Irish: "An Life") is a river in Ireland, which flows through the centre of Dublin. Its major tributaries include the River Dodder, the River Poddle and the River Camac. The river supplies much of Dublin's water and a range of recreational activities.
Name.
Ptolemy's "Geography" (2nd century AD) described a river, perhaps the Liffey, which he labelled Οβοκα ("Oboka"). Ultimately this led to the name of the River | Clonturk
Clonturk () is an area on the Northside of Dublin, in Ireland. It is located in the south of the suburb of Drumcondra, just north of the River Tolka, but previously, Clonturk has been an alternative name for Drumcondra and the wider area. Clonturk lies within the Dublin 9 postal district.
History.
Drumcondra was previously part of the civil parish of Clonturk which translates from the Irish as "Meadow of the Swine".
Clonturk House on Ormond Road was built in 1830 by the | 2,951 | triviaqa-train |
Which playing card is known as ‘The Death Card’? | Ace of spades
The ace of spades (also known as the spadille and Death Card ) is traditionally the highest and most valued card in the deck of playing cards in English-speaking countries. The actual value of the card varies from game to game.
Design.
The ornate design of the ace of spades, common in packs today, stems from the 17th century, when James I and later Queen Anne imposed laws requiring the ace of spades to bear an insignia of the printing house. Stamp duty, | War (card game)
War (also known as Battle in the United Kingdom) is a card game typically played by two players. It uses a standard playing card deck. Due to its simplicity, it is played most often by children. There are many variations, including the German 32-card variant Tod und Leben ("Life and Death").
Gameplay.
The objective of the game is to win all of the cards.
The deck is divided evenly among the players, giving each a down | 2,952 | triviaqa-train |
Mirin is a type of wine used for flavouring the cuisine of which country? | day of "hon-mirin" by the "mirin" industry, because in Japanese wordplay, the date words sound like '11' (, good) and '30' (, "mirin").
Uses.
"Mirin" is also used to make other sauces:
- "Kabayaki "sauce (eel sauce): "mirin", soy sauce, eel or fish bones
- "Nikiri mirin "sauce: soy sauce, dashi, mirin, sake, in a ratio of | crops of edible berries, rich in vitamin C, but with a sharp acid flavour. In Europe for many centuries the berries were used for culinary purposes much as citrus peel is used. Today in Europe they are very infrequently used. The country in which they are used the most is Iran, where they are referred to as "zereshk" () in Persian. The berries are common in Persian cuisine such as in rice pilaf ("zereshk polo") and as a flavouring for poultry. Because of their sour | 2,953 | triviaqa-train |
Emerald and aquamarine are varieties of which gemstone? | the Bennett Quarry in Buckfield, Maine, US. The crystal, originally somewhat orange in hue, was long and about across, and weighed (along with its matrix) just over .
Varieties Red beryl.
Red beryl (formerly known as "bixbite" and marketed as "red emerald" or "scarlet emerald" but note that both latter terms involving "Emerald" terminology are now prohibited in the United States under Federal Trade Commission Regulations) is a red variety of beryl. It was first described in 1904 for | including coal, copper, gold, chromite, mineral salt, bauxite and several other minerals. There are also a variety of precious and semi-precious minerals that are also mined. These include peridot, aquamarine, topaz, ruby, emerald, rare-earth minerals bastnaesite and xenotime, sphene, tourmaline, and many varieties and types of quartz.
The Pakistan Mineral Development Corporation is the responsible authority for the support and development of the mining industry. Gemstones Corporation of Pakistan looks after the interests of stake holders in gemstone | 2,954 | triviaqa-train |
What is a district called which is under the pastoral care of a bishop in the Christian church? | , denominations.
The traditional role of a bishop is as pastor of a diocese (also called a bishopric, synod, eparchy or see), and so to serve as a "diocesan bishop," or "eparch" as it is called in many Eastern Christian churches. Dioceses vary considerably in size, geographically and population-wise. Some dioceses around the Mediterranean Sea which were Christianised early are rather compact, whereas dioceses in areas of rapid modern growth in Christian commitment—as in some parts of Sub-Saharan | .
An "Elder" - sometimes called a "Presbyter" - is someone who has been ordained by a bishop to the ministry of Word, Sacrament, Order, and Service. Their responsibilities are to preach and teach, preside at the celebration of the sacraments, administer the church through pastoral guidance, and lead the congregations under their care in service ministry to the world. The office of "Elder", then, is what most people tend to think of as the pastoral, priestly, clergy office within the | 2,955 | triviaqa-train |
Which World War ll criminal died of suicide by asphyxiation in Spandau Prison in 1987? | Spandau Prison
Spandau Prison was located in the borough of Spandau in western Berlin. It was constructed in 1876 and demolished in August 1987 after the death of its last prisoner, Rudolf Hess who had died from a suspected suicide aged 93, to prevent it from becoming a neo-Nazi shrine. The site was later rebuilt as a shopping centre for the British forces stationed in Germany.
History.
Spandau Prison was built in 1876 on Wilhelmstraße. It initially served as a military detention center. From 1919 it was | some had even read the manuscripts and encouraged him with the project.
After the publication of the book, Bird campaigned to have Hess released from what had effectively become permanent solitary confinement after Albert Speer and Baldur von Schirach were released in 1966.
Hess allegedly committed suicide in 1987 in Spandau Prison and Bird publicly voiced his concern that Hess may have been murdered.
Bird died in his Berlin home on October 28, 2005. He was survived by his wife and two daughters and was buried at the Waldfriedhof Cemetery in | 2,956 | triviaqa-train |
Who is the narrator at the beginning and end of each episode of the children’s tv programme ‘Roary the Racing Car’? | . The majority of the action takes place at the track's pits and workshop, although we often follow the cars on their laps around the track. Occasionally, the characters venture to external locations such as the nearby beach.
Overview Narration.
Each story begins and ends with a brief narration from racing car driver Sir Stirling Moss. He is also used as a voice-over. The US version is narrated by American stock car driver Sam Hornish Jr.
Characters.
- Roary (from the United Kingdom) is | - Chip, additional voices
- The Rubbadubbers - Amelia, Sploshy and Winona
- Boj - Bibi
- Driver Dan's Story Train - Selected female characters
- Roary the Racing Car - Roary, Marsha, Cici and Mamma Mia
- Percy the Park Keeper (Audiobooks) - Narrator (replacing Richard Briers)
- Franny's Feet - Franny (UK dub)
- Elmer the Patchwork Elephant (2007 TV series) - Narrator
- Bob the Builder - Dizzy, Roley (US version) | 2,957 | triviaqa-train |
Who wrote the books ‘The Good Companions’ and ‘An Inspector Calls’? | An Inspector Calls
An Inspector Calls is a play written by English dramatist J. B. Priestley, first performed in the Soviet Union in 1945, and first performed in English at the Old Vic the following year. It is one of Priestley's best-known works for the stage and is considered to be one of the classics of mid-20th century English theatre. The play's success and reputation have been boosted by a successful revival by English director Stephen Daldry for the National Theatre in 1992 and a tour of the UK in 2011–2012 | The threesome get together to help each other and other needy people in the community and, hence, get in the bad books of a local gangster who calls himself DK. Tragedy strikes Govinda when his mom passes away. At the time of the funeral, Govinda is reunited with his dad, Advocate Verma, who has been missing for years. Then a police inspector gets Johny to meet his biological mother, Mary.
The three friends rejoice over this good fortune. Then Johnny finds out that Verma was behind the atrocities | 2,958 | triviaqa-train |
Who played the title role in the 1977 film ‘Annie Hall’? | Annie Hall
Annie Hall is a 1977 American romantic comedy film directed by Woody Allen from a screenplay he co-wrote with Marshall Brickman. Produced by Allen's manager, Charles H. Joffe, the film stars the director as Alvy Singer, who tries to figure out the reasons for the failure of his relationship with the film's eponymous female lead, played by Diane Keaton in a role written specifically for her.
Principal photography for the film began on May 19, 1976 on the South Fork of Long Island, and | 1974.
In the 1977 film "Which Way Is Up?", directed by Michael Schultz, Avery gave a comedic performance as Annie Mae, the wife of Richard Pryor's character. That same year, she played Belle Joplin, wife of the ragtime composer Scott Joplin, opposite Billy Dee Williams in the title role.
In 1992, Avery starred in "" as Martha Scruse, mother of Katherine Jackson, who was played by Angela Bassett.
She has also made guest appearances on TV, including " | 2,959 | triviaqa-train |
Navigator Fred Noonan disappeared with who, after taking off in their plane from New Guinea? | Fred Noonan
Frederick Joseph "Fred" Noonan (born April 4, 1893; disappeared July 2, 1937) was an American flight navigator, sea captain and aviation pioneer who first charted many commercial airline routes across the Pacific Ocean during the 1930s. He was last seen in Lae, New Guinea, on July 2, 1937, on the last land stop with famed aviator Amelia Earhart (1897-1937), as her navigator when they disappeared somewhere over the Central Pacific Ocean during one of the last legs of their | was repainted to resemble a Lockheed Model 10 which was the aircraft in which Earhart and her navigator Fred Noonan were flying when they disappeared in 1937. The owner and restorer of the latter aircraft, pilot Joe Sheppard, flew the plane during filming and he had to shave off his moustache and wear a wig in order to resemble Swank.
Lockheed Hudson.
Lockheed Hudsons appeared in the films "A Yank in the RAF" (1941) and "Captains of the Clouds" (1942).
A vintage flying | 2,960 | triviaqa-train |
In the UK, in which year did the Life Peerage Act entitled women to sit in the House of Lords for the first time? | Life peer
In the United Kingdom, life peers are appointed members of the peerage whose titles cannot be inherited, in contrast to hereditary peers. In modern times, life peerages, always created at the rank of baron, are created under the Life Peerages Act 1958 and entitle the holders to seats in the House of Lords, presuming they meet qualifications such as age and citizenship. The legitimate children of a life peer are entitled to style themselves with the prefix "The Honourable", although they cannot inherit the | sit in the House of Lords and the election procedure was abolished.
Also, from the 1801 Act of Union to Irish independence, 28 representative peers were elected from and by the Peerage of Ireland to sit in the British House of Lords. Like current hereditary peers, these representative peers sat for life terms and deceased peers were replaced in by-elections. Unlike modern hereditary peer by-elections, all peers in the Peerage of Ireland, even those who did not sit in the House of Lords, were entitled to | 2,961 | triviaqa-train |
What is the name of the river on which Bakewell stands? | Bakewell
Bakewell is a small market town and civil parish in the Derbyshire Dales district of Derbyshire, England, well known for the local confection Bakewell pudding. It is located on the River Wye, about thirteen miles (21 km) southwest of Sheffield. In the 2011 census the civil parish of Bakewell had a population of 3,949. The town is close to the tourist attractions of Chatsworth House and Haddon Hall.
History.
Although there is evidence of earlier settlements in the area, Bakewell itself was probably founded | Baslow and Bubnell
Baslow and Bubnell is a civil parish in the Derbyshire Dales district of Derbyshire in England. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 1,185, falling slightly to 1,178 at the 2011 Census. The parish is in the Peak District National Park and covers Baslow and Bubnell.
Baslow and Bubnell may also be known as 'Bakewell' due to its chapelry with the Bakewell parish.
John Marius described Baslow and Bubnell between 1870–72 as: "The village stands on the river Derwent, in the | 2,962 | triviaqa-train |
Who wrote the novels The Sicilian and The Last Don? | The Last Don
The Last Don is a 1996 novel by American author Mario Puzo, best known as the author of "The Godfather". The story follows an aging Mafia Don and his family as they try to keep in power.
The story alternates between the film industry and the Las Vegas Strip casinos, and how the American Mafia is linked to both.
Plot.
The last plan of Don Domenico Clericuzio, an aging Mafia boss, is to eventually have his family enter the legitimate world and assimilate | of the last McGee novels and "Pet Sematary" in the last McGee novel, "The Lonely Silver Rain."
In 1987, King's Philtrum Press published Don Robertson's novel "The Ideal, Genuine Man". In his forenote to the novel, King wrote, "Don Robertson was and is one of the three writers who influenced me as a young man who was trying to 'become' a novelist (the other two being Richard Matheson and John D. MacDonald)." Robert A. Heinlein's book | 2,963 | triviaqa-train |
The St. Leger and the Lincoln Handicap are both run at which racecourse? | Lincoln Handicap
The Lincoln Handicap is a flat handicap horse race in Great Britain open to horses aged four years or older. It is run over a distance of 1 mile (1,609 metres) at Doncaster in late March or early April.
It is traditionally the feature event on the first Saturday of Britain's turf flat racing season. It usually takes place one or two weeks before the Grand National, and for betting purposes the two races form the Spring Double. The only jockey to have ever won both | in 1901 when Salford Docks expanded and built its Dock 9. Castle Irwell later staged a Classic – the 1941 St. Leger Stakes, and was most famous as home of the Lancashire Oaks (nowadays run at Haydock Park Racecourse) and the November Handicap, which was traditionally the last major race of the British flat season. Both the Castle Irwell and New Barnes sites were named the "Manchester Racecourse" even though they were entirely within the borders of Salford. Through the late 1950s and early 1960s the track saw jockeys such | 2,964 | triviaqa-train |
Planktology, malacology and primatology are all branches of which science? | proposta a' curiosi delle opere della natura, &c." In 1868, the German Malacological Society was founded.
Zoological methods are used in malacological research. Malacological field methods and laboratory methods (such as collecting, documenting and archiving, and molecular techniques) were summarized by Sturm et al. (2006).
Malacologists.
Those who study malacology are known as malacologists. Those who study primarily or exclusively the shells of mollusks are known as conchologists.
Societies.
- American Malacological Society
- Association | - Herpetology
- Ichthyology (outline)
- Mammalogy
- Malacology
- Conchology
- Myrmecology (outline)
- Nematology
- Neuroethology
- Oology
- Ornithology (outline)
- Planktology
- Primatology
- Zootomy
- Zoosemiotics
Natural sciences Chemistry.
- Agrochemistry
- Analytical chemistry
- Astrochemistry
- Atmospheric chemistry
- Biochemistry (outline)
- Chemical engineering (outline)
- Chemical biology
- Cheminformatics
- Computational chemistry
- Cosmochemistry
- Electrochemistry | 2,965 | triviaqa-train |
Who became the first Earl of Chatham in 1766? | William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham
William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham, (15 November 170811 May 1778) was a British statesman of the Whig group who served as Prime Minister of Great Britain in the middle of the 18th century. Historians call him Pitt of Chatham, or William Pitt the Elder, to distinguish him from his son, William Pitt the Younger, who also was a prime minister. Pitt was also known as The Great Commoner, because of his long-standing refusal to accept a title until | Hester Pitt, Countess of Chatham
Hester Pitt, Countess of Chatham, 1st Baroness Chatham (; 8 November 1720 – 9 April 1803), who was Baroness Chatham in her own right, was the wife of William Pitt (the Elder), 1st Earl of Chatham, who was Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1766 to 1768.
The sister of George Grenville, who was Prime Minister from 1763 to 1765, she was also the mother of Prime Minister William Pitt the Younger and a niece of the noted Whig politician | 2,966 | triviaqa-train |
In 1990, Barbara Castle became Baroness Castle of where? | Barbara Castle
Barbara Anne Castle, Baroness Castle of Blackburn, PC, GCOT ("née" Betts; 6 October 1910 – 3 May 2002) was a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament for Blackburn from 1945 to 1979, making her the longest-serving female MP in the history of the House of Commons until that record was broken in 2007 by Gwyneth Dunwoody. She later became the Member of the European Parliament for Greater Manchester from 1979 to 1989 and subsequently a member of the House of Lords | Development – Barbara Castle – 1964
- Minister for Transport – Barbara Castle – 1965
- First Secretary of State – Barbara Castle – 1968
- Secretary of State for Social Services (Health) – Barbara Castle – 1974
- Leader of the Opposition – Margaret Thatcher – 1975
- Prime Minister – Margaret Thatcher – 1979
- Leader of the House of Lords – Janet Young, Baroness Young – 1981
- Speaker of the House of Commons – Betty Boothroyd – 1992
- Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and | 2,967 | triviaqa-train |
Born in 1898, which important figure did M.E. Clifton James closely resemble? | additional elements of comedy, danger and intrigue were added. James also appeared in a short cameo (and non-speaking) appearance as Field Marshal Montgomery in the 1957 film "High Flight", starring Ray Milland.
On 20 January 1959, James appeared on an episode of the TV series "To Tell the Truth".
Since 2010, the name 'Monty's Double' has been adopted by the actor Colin Brooks-Williams as the identity for his popular Field-Marshal Montgomery lookalike and impersonation act, | James Taylor Middleton
James Taylor Middleton (November 28, 1840 – 1926) was an Ontario businessman and political figure. He represented Hamilton East in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1894 to 1898 as a Liberal member.
He was born in Alloa, Scotland, the son of Arthur Middleton, and educated in Edinburgh. Middleton came with his family to Canada West in 1851 and studied in St. Catharines and Stamford. His uncle G.W. Taylor was mayor of Clifton (later Niagara Falls) and also served as warden for Welland | 2,968 | triviaqa-train |
Who was the first British monarch to live in Buckingham Palace? | Buckingham Palace
Buckingham Palace () is the London residence and administrative headquarters of the monarch of the United Kingdom. Located in the City of Westminster, the palace is often at the centre of state occasions and royal hospitality. It has been a focal point for the British people at times of national rejoicing and mourning.
Originally known as Buckingham House, the building at the core of today's palace was a large townhouse built for the Duke of Buckingham in 1703 on a site that had been in private ownership for at | routes until being purchased by the War Office in 1914. B43 served in France and Belgium until 1919 when it was repurchased by the LGOC. On 14 February 1920 B43 was inspected by King George V at Buckingham Palace, becoming the first bus the monarch had ever boarded. During the early 1920s the bus was retired from service and preserved by the Auxiliary Omnibus Companies Association, who renamed it "Ole Bill" after Bruce Bairnsfather's celebrated caricature of a British soldier. "Ole Bill" continued to appear in commemorative parades, | 2,969 | triviaqa-train |
In 1984, who topped the US charts, and got to no. 9 in the UK, with ‘Missing You’? | Missing You (John Waite song)
"Missing You" is a song co-written and recorded by English musician John Waite. It was released in June 1984 as the lead single from his second album, "No Brakes". It reached #1 on "Billboard"s Album Rock Tracks and on the Hot 100 as well as #9 on the UK Singles Chart. "Missing You" was the only record from 1984 to spend only one week at the top of the Hot 100. The song was nominated for | Turner in 1996, and was released as the third single from the album "Wildest Dreams". When Waite's original version of "Missing You" topped Billboard's Hot 100 in late 1984, it ended the reign of Tina Turner's "What's Love Got to Do with It". Turner's version of Waite's "Missing You" hit No. 12 in the UK and No. 84 in the U.S in 1996.
The single "Missing You" included an edited single version of the track, | 2,970 | triviaqa-train |
Who topped the charts with ‘He’s Not Heavy, He’s My Brother’ in 1969? | He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother
"He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother" is a ballad written by Bobby Scott and Bob Russell. Originally recorded by Kelly Gordon in 1969, the song became a worldwide hit for The Hollies later that year and again for Neil Diamond in 1970. It has been recorded by many artists in subsequent years. The Hollies' and Rufus Wainwright's versions of the song were featured in the film "Zoolander".
Origin of the song.
Scott and | Blair as the next door widowed neighbour, Laura Miles. This series was created by Eric Chappell.
Series 1.
Series 1 (Episode 1) He’s not Heavy, he’s my Brother-in-law.
Howard Booth, a smoothly plausible former investment manager, emerges from prison after serving two years for fraud. Having nowhere to go and no funds, he imposes himself on his trusting younger sister Mary and her cynical estate agent husband, Trevor Mountjoy.
Series 1 (Episode 2) Howard at the Majestic. | 2,971 | triviaqa-train |
Which King was killed by Neoptolemus at the fall of Troy? | Euripides, in his play "Hekabe" (also known as "Hecuba"), has a moving scene (ll 566–575) which shows Neoptolemos as a compassionate young man who kills Polyxena, Hekabe's daughter with ambivalent feelings and in the least painful way.
Neoptolemos was held by some to be brutal. He killed six men on the field of battle. During and after the war, he killed Priam, Eurypylus, Polyxena, Polites and Astyanax (Hector and Andromache's infant son) among others, captured Helenos | , Helenus's sister-in-law, and Hector's widow, as a slave and concubine after the fall of Troy, and fathered Molossus, Pielus and Pergamus with her. After the fall of Troy, Helenus went with Neoptolemus, according to Apollodorus' Epitome 6.13. He traveled with Neoptolemus, Andromache and their children to Epirus, where Neoptolemus permitted him to found the city of Buthrotum. After Neoptolemus left Epirus, he left Andromache and their sons in Helenus's care. Neoptolemus was killed by Orestes, Agamemmon's | 2,972 | triviaqa-train |
Which ‘C’ was the Roman version of the Greek goddess Demeter? | , Pales the pasture, Saturn the sowing, Ceres the growth of the grain, Pomona the fruit, and Consus and Ops the harvest. Even the majestic Jupiter, the ruler of the gods, was honored for the aid his rains might give to the farms and vineyards. In his more encompassing character he was considered, through his weapon of lightning, the director of human activity. Due to his widespread domain, the Romans regarded him as their protector in their military activities beyond the borders of their own community. Prominent | god Achelous and wrenched off one of his horns; river gods were sometimes depicted as horned. This version is represented in the "Achelous and Hercules" mural painting by the American Regionalist artist Thomas Hart Benton.
The cornucopia became the attribute of several Greek and Roman deities, particularly those associated with the harvest, prosperity, or spiritual abundance, such as personifications of Earth (Gaia or Terra); the child Plutus, god of riches and son of the grain goddess Demeter; the nymph Maia; and Fortuna, the | 2,973 | triviaqa-train |
Born in 1941, which legendary (and now retired) squash player lives in Morwenstow? | dominated by relatively few players: F.D. Amr Bey (Egypt) in the 1930s; Mahmoud Karim (Egypt) in the 1940s; brothers Hashim Khan and Azam Khan (Pakistan) in the 1950s and 1960s; Jonah Barrington (Great Britain and Ireland) and Geoff Hunt (Australia) in the 1960s and 1970s, Jahangir Khan (Pakistan) 1980s ; Jansher Khan (Pakistan) in the 1990s and more recently, David Palmer and Nick Matthew.
The World Open professional championship was inaugurated in 1976 and serves as the main | Sharif Khan
Sharif Khan (born 1945) is a Pakistani-Canadian retired professional squash player. He is widely considered to be one of the all-time great players of hardball squash (a North American variant of squash played with a faster-moving ball and on slightly smaller courts than the international "softball" squash game). He was the dominant player on the hardball squash circuit throughout the 1970s. Sharif was born in Pakistan, and is the son of the legendary squash player Hashim Khan (who dominated the | 2,974 | triviaqa-train |
Born in Newquay in 1911, who is the author of ‘The Spire’ and ‘Pincher Martin’? | Pincher Martin
Pincher Martin (published in America as Pincher Martin: The Two Deaths of Christopher Martin), is a novel by British writer William Golding, first published in 1956. It is Golding's third novel, following "The Inheritors" and his debut "Lord of the Flies".
The novel is one of Golding's best-known novels, and is noted for being existential and minimalistic in setting.
Plot.
The plot of "Pincher Martin" surrounds the survival and psychophysical, spiritual and | Cubert
Cubert () is a village in Cornwall, United Kingdom. It is three miles (5 km) south-southwest of Newquay and is in the civil parish of Cubert ().
Once known as St Cubert, the village is dominated by the spire of its 14th-century church which was enlarged by the addition of a south aisle a century later.
The village is named after the Welsh missionary St Cubert who, as a companion of St Carantoc, brought the Christian faith to this part | 2,975 | triviaqa-train |
What was the name of the prostitute in the 1986/7 Jeffrey Archer scandal? | were simply unwilling to find work. At the time of Archer's comment, unemployment in the UK stood at a record 3.4 million. Archer was later forced to apologise for the remark, saying that his words had been "taken out of context". Archer resigned as deputy chairman in October 1986 due to a scandal caused by an article in "The News of the World", which led on the story "Tory boss Archer pays vice-girl" and claimed Archer had paid Monica Coghlan, a prostitute, £ | Jeffrey Archer
Jeffrey Howard Archer (born 15 April 1940) is an English novelist, former politician, and peer of the realm.
Before becoming an author, Archer was a Member of Parliament (1969–1974), but did not seek re-election after a financial scandal that left him almost bankrupt. He revived his fortunes as a best-selling novelist; his books have sold around 330 million copies worldwide.
Archer became deputy chairman of the Conservative Party (1985–1986) before resigning after a newspaper accused him of | 2,976 | triviaqa-train |
What is the name of the only lake in the Lake District? | List of lakes in the Lake District
This list contains the lakes, tarns and reservoirs in the Lake District National Park in Cumbria, England.
Only one body of water, Bassenthwaite Lake, is traditionally named a "lake". Larger bodies of water in the Lake District are generally named as "mere" or "water", whilst smaller ones are denoted by "tarn". Some writers, particularly in the media, refer to "Lake Windermere" though this use is deprecated.
Physical characteristics of | Jumping Cariboo Lake
Jumping Caribou Lake, sometimes incorrectly spelled Jumping Cariboo Lake, is a lake located within the Municipality of Temagami, in the Nipissing District, Ontario, Canada. It contains small islands and hidden bays. Ojibwa natives of the area have given the lake its name.
Jumping Caribou Lake played an important role in the logging industry from the early 1900s until the late 1920s. The first cabins on the lake were logging cabins located on what is now called Byers Bay off the old Ferguson Highway (now realigned | 2,977 | triviaqa-train |
What is the alternative name for Puck, in ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’? | Puck (A Midsummer Night's Dream)
Puck, also known as Robin Goodfellow, is a character in William Shakespeare's play "A Midsummer Night's Dream", based on the ancient figure of Puck found in English mythology.
Puck is a clever, mischievous fairy, sprite, or jester. He is the first of the main fairy characters to appear, and creates the drama of the human lovers' story by splitting up a young couple lost in an enchanted forest. As a "shrewd and knavish sprite | comedy with style"; Cripple Billy in "The Cripple of Inishmaan" for The Court Theatre; Puck in Mendelssohn’s "A Midsummer Night’s Dream" for Christchurch Arts Festival ("As Puck, in semblance of a naughty Welsh faun, Kristian Lavercombe was a ball of energy"); and The Dark Lady in the New Zealand tour of "This Holy Fire of Love" with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. In 2018 Lavercombe joined the Australian tour of "The Rocky Horror Show" as Riff Raff opposite Craig | 2,978 | triviaqa-train |
What was the first name of Don Warrington’s character in ‘Rising Damp’? | Frances de la Tour played Ruth Jones, a fey, whimsical spinster and college administrator who rents another room, with whom Rigsby is in love and to whom he proposes in the last episode.
In the pilot episode, a new tenant arrives. Philip Smith (Don Warrington) is a planning student who claims to be the son of an African Chief. As a black man, he brings out the ill-informed fears and knee-jerk suspicions of Rigsby. However, the landlord quickly accepts his new tenant and | poem by Stephen Spender
- Vienna, Rigsby's cat in "Rising Damp"
- Vienna, a character in the 1954 film "Johnny Guitar"
- Vienna, well known computer virus that first appeared in 1987
People with the name.
- Vienna Teng (born 1978), singer-songwriter
Treaties, conventions and diplomatic conferences.
- Treaty of Vienna (1738)
- Vienna Convention (disambiguation)
- Congress of Vienna (1814–1815)
- Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations ( | 2,979 | triviaqa-train |
Who painted ‘Luncheon of the Boating Party’, 1880-1? | Luncheon of the Boating Party
Luncheon of the Boating Party (1881; ) is a painting by French impressionist Pierre-Auguste Renoir. Included in the Seventh Impressionist Exhibition in 1882, it was identified as the best painting in the show by three critics. It was purchased from the artist by the dealer-patron Paul Durand-Ruel and bought in 1923 (for $125,000) from his son by industrialist Duncan Phillips, who spent a decade in pursuit of the work. It is now in The Phillips Collection in Washington | pretty she is and finds himself intrigued with the box.
Time passes, and Amélie's search for Bredoteau isn't working out. One day, she speaks to her neighbor, Julien Dufayel—an artist who suffers from a brittle bone disease, giving him the nickname 'The Glass Man'—and, possibly recognizing the box, tells her that Bredoteau is the incorrect name. The man was really called Bretodeau. Dufayel then shows Amélie his recreation of the painting "The Luncheon of the Boating Party", remarking on Amélie's | 2,980 | triviaqa-train |
What is the chemical formula for the substance commonly known as ‘laughing gas’? | such as sodium hydroxide) can remove this, decreasing the corrosive properties observed when is further oxidised during combustion into sulfuric acid, making emissions cleaner.
Uses Aerosol propellant.
The gas is approved for use as a food additive (also known as E942), specifically as an aerosol spray propellant. Its most common uses in this context are in aerosol whipped cream canisters and cooking sprays.
The gas is extremely soluble in fatty compounds. In aerosol whipped cream, it is dissolved in the fatty cream until it leaves the | Magnesium monohydride
Magnesium monohydride is a molecular gas with formula MgH that exists at high temperatures, such as the atmospheres of the Sun and stars. It was originally known as magnesium hydride, although that name is now more commonly used when referring to the similar chemical magnesium dihydride.
History.
George Downing Liveing and James Dewar are claimed to be the first to make and observe a spectral line from MgH in 1878. However they did not realise what the substance was.
Formation.
A laser can evaporate magnesium | 2,981 | triviaqa-train |
Charles Darwin was born on Feb. 12th, 1809. Which US president was born on that day? | President of the United States
The president of the United States (POTUS) is the head of state and head of government of the United States of America. The president directs the executive branch of the federal government and is the commander-in-chief of the United States Armed Forces.
In contemporary times, the president is looked upon as one of the world's most powerful political figures as the leader of the only remaining global superpower. The role includes responsibility for the world's most expensive military, which has | The Mount, Shrewsbury
The Mount is the site in Shrewsbury on which stands the Georgian house, officially known as Mount House but often itself described simply as The Mount, which was the birthplace of Charles Darwin.
Overview.
The large Georgian house was built in 1800 by Charles Darwin's father, the local very successful doctor Robert Darwin. His son Charles was born there on 12 February 1809. Robert Darwin died in the house on 13 November 1848, followed by his unmarried daughters Catherine and Susan. Since there | 2,982 | triviaqa-train |
Who took over from Jeff Stelling as the host of ‘Countdown’? | Countdown (game show)
Countdown is a British television show involving word and number tasks. It is broadcast on Channel 4 and is currently presented by Nick Hewer, assisted by Rachel Riley, with regular lexicographer Susie Dent. It was the first programme to be aired on Channel 4, and 80 series have been broadcast since its debut on 2 November 1982. With over 7,000 episodes, "Countdown" is one of the longest-running game shows in the world, along with the original French version, "Des chiffres | .
Riley's appointment to "Countdown" was announced at the same time as the announcement of a new main host, Jeff Stelling, replacing Des O'Connor; the duo of Stelling and Riley was in place for the new series beginning in January 2009. Although she had no ambition to be a television presenter, she was encouraged to apply by her mother, and decided to do so because she was interested in the numbers part of the game. Having beaten 1,000 applicants for the role, she commented, "There's | 2,983 | triviaqa-train |
Who composed the Oscar-winning song, ‘Moon River’? | Moon River
"Moon River" is a song composed by Henry Mancini with lyrics by Johnny Mercer. It was originally performed by Audrey Hepburn in the 1961 movie "Breakfast at Tiffany's", winning an Academy Award for Best Original Song. The song also won the 1962 Grammy Awards for Record of the Year and Song of the Year.
The song has been covered by many other artists. It became the theme song for Andy Williams, who first recorded it in 1962 (and performed it at the Academy Awards | Lover, Come Back to Me
"Lover, Come Back to Me" is a popular song composed by Sigmund Romberg with lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II for the Broadway show "The New Moon", where the song was introduced by Evelyn Herbert and Robert Halliday (as Robert Misson). The song was published in 1928.
Film versions.
The song was performed by Lawrence Tibbett and Grace Moore in "New Moon", the 1930 film adaptation of "The New Moon", and by Jeanette MacDonald and | 2,984 | triviaqa-train |
Khaki Campbell and Rouen are types of which farmyard creature? | Khaki Campbell
The Campbell is a British breed of domestic duck. It was developed at Uley, in Gloucestershire, England, at the turn of the 20th century; being introduced to the public in 1898 and the Khaki variety in 1901.
History.
Mrs Adele Campbell commenced poultry-keeping around 1887 and later purchased an Indian Runner Duck of indiscriminate type which was an exceptional layer (182 eggs in 196 days), and which formed the basis in developing the "Campbell Ducks"; in her own words " | usage is now very rare.
Types.
There are in the 21st century three main classes of manures used in soil management:
Types Animal manure.
Most animal manure consists of feces. Common forms of animal manure include farmyard manure (FYM) or farm slurry (liquid manure). FYM also contains plant material (often straw), which has been used as bedding for animals and has absorbed the feces and urine. Agricultural manure in liquid form, known as slurry, is produced by more intensive livestock rearing | 2,985 | triviaqa-train |
The Great Schism was a split within the Catholic church in what century? | , into the prominent universities of Europe. Scholastic theologians and philosophers such as the Dominican priest Thomas Aquinas studied and taught at these studia. Aquinas' "Summa Theologica" was an intellectual milestone in its synthesis of the legacy of Ancient Greek philosophers such as Plato and Aristotle with the content of Christian revelation.
A growing sense of church-state conflicts marked the 14th century. To escape instability in Rome, Clement V in 1309 became the first of seven popes to reside in the fortified city of Avignon in southern France during | History Great Schism (1054).
In the 11th century what was recognised as the Great Schism took place between Rome and Constantinople, which led to separation between the Church of the West, the Catholic Church, and the Eastern Byzantine Churches, now the Orthodox. There were doctrinal issues like the filioque clause and the authority of the Roman Pope involved in the split, but these were greatly exacerbated by political factors of both Church and state, and by cultural and linguistic differences between Latins and Greeks. Regarding papal supremacy, | 2,986 | triviaqa-train |
Which gas, indicating the presence of possible life forms, has been discovered on Mars? | with traces of oxygen and water. The atmosphere is quite dusty, containing particulates about 1.5 µm in diameter which give the Martian sky a tawny color when seen from the surface. It may take on a pink hue due to iron oxide particles suspended in it.
Physical characteristics Atmosphere Methane.
Methane has been detected in the Martian atmosphere; it occurs in extended plumes, and the profiles imply that the methane is released from discrete regions. The concentration of methane fluctuates from about 0.24 ppb during the northern winter to about | identified evidence that microbial life has existed on Mars. An experiment on the two Viking Mars landers reported gas emissions from heated Martian soil samples that some scientists argue are consistent with the presence of living microorganisms. Lack of corroborating evidence from other experiments on the same samples suggests that a non-biological reaction is a more likely hypothesis. In 1996, a controversial report stated that structures resembling nanobacteria were discovered in a meteorite, ALH84001, formed of rock ejected from Mars.
In February 2005, NASA scientists reported that they may | 2,987 | triviaqa-train |
Francis II 1792-1835 was the last person to hold which 1000-year-old title? | Waldensians burnt in Steyr alone, now remembered in a 1997 monument.
Middle Ages The establishment of the Habsburg dynasty: Duchy of Austria (1278–1453) Duchy and Kingdom.
During the Habsburg Duchy, there were 13 consecutive Dukes, of whom four were also crowned King of Germany, Rudolf I, Albert I, Frederick the Fair, and Albert V (Albert II as King of Germany), although none were recognised as Holy Roman Emperors by the Pope.
When Duke Albert V (1404–1439) was elected as emperor in 1438 | as "the great Reformer"
- Leopold II 1790–1792 from 1765 to 1790 "Grandduke of Tuscany"
- Francis II 1792–1835 correctly written "Franz" (became Emperor Francis I of Austria in 1804, at which point numbering starts anew)
- Ferdinand I 1835–1848 known as "Ferdinand the Good" German: "Ferdinand der Gütige"
- Francis Joseph I 1848–1916 Brother of Emperor Maximilian of Mexico (ruled 1864–1867)
- Charles I 1916–1918 last reigning Monarch of Austria-Hungary
- Otto von Habsburg- | 2,988 | triviaqa-train |
Which creature was used as a symbol of Christianity in the early days of persecution? | tradition for Christians to trace repeatedly on their foreheads the sign of the cross.
While early Christians used the T-shape to represent the cross in writing and gesture, the use of the Greek cross and Latin cross, i.e. crosses with intersecting beams, appears in Christian art towards the end of Late Antiquity. An early example of the cruciform halo, used to identify Christ in paintings, is found in the "Miracles of the Loaves and Fishes" mosaic of Sant'Apollinare Nuovo, Ravenna (dated c. 504). | -eating great white shark, is central, too, to Steven Spielberg's 1974 thriller "Jaws".
In poetry, Ted Hughes's vigorous writings on animals, such as "Pike", imaginatively explore a predator's consciousness.
In mythology and folk fable, predators such as the fox and wolf have mixed reputations. The fox was a symbol of fertility in ancient Greece, but a weather demon in northern Europe, and a creature of the devil in early Christianity; the fox is sly, greedy, | 2,989 | triviaqa-train |
In Jaws what was the name of the shark-hunting captain of the boat Orca? | mayor's theory that Chrissie was killed in a boating accident. Brody reluctantly accepts their conclusion until another fatal shark attack occurs shortly thereafter. A bounty is placed on the shark, prompting an amateur shark-hunting frenzy. Local professional shark hunter Quint offers his services for $10,000. Meanwhile, consulting oceanographer Matt Hooper examines Chrissie's remains, and confirms her death was caused by a shark—an unusually large one.
When local fishermen catch a tiger shark, the mayor proclaims the beaches safe. Hooper disputes that it | having the intelligence needed both for vengeance and at the film's end, seemingly for forgiveness. In contrast, the 1974 Walt Disney produced motion picture "The Island at the Top of the World" portrayed killer whales as bloodthirsty hunters of the protagonists in one particularly brutal scene. In "Jaws" (1975), the name of the boat used to hunt the great white shark is the "Orca", given the killer whale's status as a known predator of the shark. However, in the sequel "Jaws | 2,990 | triviaqa-train |
Chalcopyrite is a major ore of which metal? | deposits of Broken Hill, the American cordillera and the Andes. The largest deposit of nearly pure chalcopyrite ever discovered in Canada was at the southern end of the Temagami Greenstone Belt where Copperfields Mine extracted the high-grade copper.
Chalcopyrite is present in the supergiant Olympic Dam Cu-Au-U deposit in South Australia.
Chalcopyrite may also be found in coal seams associated with pyrite nodules, and as disseminations in carbonate sedimentary rocks.
Structure.
Crystallographically the structure of chalcopyrite is closely related to that of zinc | million years between 86 million years ago and 89.5 MYA.
Metallic minerals identified at Pebble include pyrite, chalcopyrite, molybdenite, and bornite, along with minor covellite, chalcocite, digenite and magnetite.
Background Geology Reserves.
In 2008, Pebble was estimated to be the second-largest ore deposit of its type in the world in terms of the value of the contained metal, slightly smaller than Indonesia's Grasberg Mine, which contains more metal in a smaller amount of ore than Pebble. Estimates have grown throughout the history of | 2,991 | triviaqa-train |
Nephrite is one of the two forms of which ornamental rock? | of these two types of artifacts was nephrite jade from Taiwan called Fengtian nephrite. Evidence recovered from multiple sites from Taiwan, the Philippines, and the mainland southeast Asia suggests that Taiwan was the main source of the exchange of this kind of jade. During the Iron Age of Southeast Asia, there may have been skilled craftsmen traveling from Taiwan to southeast Asia along the coastline of the South China Sea, making jade ornaments for local inhabitants.
History Māori.
Nephrite jade in New Zealand is known as "pounamu" in the | leaves turn from green to dark purple (black) and can grow to tall and 1/4 inch wide. The flowers are white to pale lilac. This plant is commonly used in rock gardens or raised beds as an ornamental plant; owing to its dwarf qualities it can be lost in borders. It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.
There is also two variegated forms called 'Little Tabby' and 'Silver Ribbon'. These are green with white borders around the leaves.
Propagation | 2,992 | triviaqa-train |
What is the scientific name for brown coal? | Lignite
Lignite, often referred to as brown coal, is a soft, brown, combustible, sedimentary rock formed from naturally compressed peat. It is considered the lowest rank of coal due to its relatively low heat content. It has a carbon content around 60–70 percent. It is mined all around the world, is used almost exclusively as a fuel for steam-electric power generation, and is the coal which is most harmful to health.
Characteristics.
Lignite is brownish-black in color and has a carbon | oceanographic literature in the 1970s. Fram Strait is named after the Norwegian ship "Fram". In an 1893 expedition led by Fridtjof Nansen, the Fram drifted for two years across the Arctic before exiting the Arctic through what is now known as Fram Strait. According to glaciologist and geographer Moira Dunbar, an early adopter of the name, the name "Fram Strait" originated in the Russian scientific literature. While in common use, particularly in the oceanographic scientific literature, the name appears to be unofficial.
Oceanography. | 2,993 | triviaqa-train |
To which secret society did Gavrilo Princip, Archduke Franz Ferdinand’s assassin belong? | carried out by Gavrilo Princip, a Serbian national and a member of the Serbian nationalist insurgents (The Black Hand), is blamed for igniting World War I after a succession of minor conflicts, while belligerents on both sides in World War II used operatives specifically trained for assassination. Reinhard Heydrich died after an attack by British-trained Czechoslovak soldiers on behalf of the Czechoslovak government in exile in Operation Anthropoid, and knowledge from decoded transmissions allowed the United States to carry out a targeted attack, killing Japanese Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto while he | known as "Principov most", namesake of Archduke Franz Ferdinand's assassin Gavrilo Princip). The famous assassination carried out by Princip, which lead to World War I, took place at the entrance on this bridge. Gavrilo's co-conspirator Nedeljko Čabrinović, another member of the Bosnia-Herzegovinian Mlada Bosna movement, just seconds after throwing a grenade toward the archduke's car jumped into the river Miljacka from the bridge, in an attempt to hide underneath and thus buy enough time so that he could take and swallow a | 2,994 | triviaqa-train |
The kakapo is the world’s only flightless type of which bird? | temperature changes and usually occurs when the normal territories also become inhospitable due to lack of food. Some species may also be nomadic, holding no fixed territory and moving according to weather and food availability. Parrots as a family are overwhelmingly neither migratory nor sedentary but considered to either be dispersive, irruptive, nomadic or undertake small and irregular migrations.
The ability of birds to return to precise locations across vast distances has been known for some time; in an experiment conducted in the 1950s, a Manx shearwater released in Boston in | , Europeans introduced many more species, including large herbivores and mammalian predators.
The three extant species of this family occupy rather different ecological niches, a result of the phylogeographical dynamics of this family. The kakapo is a flightless, nocturnal species, well camouflaged to avoid the large diurnal birds of prey on the island, while the local owls are too small to prey on the kakapo at night. The kakapo is the only flightless bird in the world to use a lek-breeding system. Usually, they breed only every | 2,995 | triviaqa-train |
Which cowboy was played by Ty Hardin? | Bronco (TV series)
Bronco is a Western series on ABC from 1958 through 1962. It was shown by the BBC in the United Kingdom. The program starred Ty Hardin as Bronco Layne, a former Confederate officer who wandered the Old West, meeting such well-known individuals as Wild Bill Hickok, Billy the Kid, Jesse James, Theodore Roosevelt, Belle Starr, Cole Younger, and John Wesley Hardin (the last played by Scott Marlowe).
Overview.
"Bronco" premiered in the fall of | and ACU
- Ty O'Neal, rodeo cowboy and film actor
- Terry Orr, tight end for the Washington Redskins — played for CHS
- Fess Parker (1924–2010), actor, hotel and winery owner, attended Hardin–Simmons University, played football at HSU before transferring to University of Texas, starred in TV as "Davy Crockett" and "Daniel Boone"
- Lee Roy Parnell, country musician
- Vinnie Paul (1964–2018), born in Abilene; musician, co-founder, and drummer | 2,996 | triviaqa-train |
The Stoop is the home of which Premiership club? | Leagues were formed — a league pyramid with roughly 1000 clubs playing in 108 leagues each with promotion and relegation.
In the first season, clubs were expected to arrange the fixtures on mutually convenient dates. The clubs involved were Bath, Bristol, Coventry, Gloucester, Harlequins, Leicester, Moseley, Nottingham, Orrell, Sale, Wasps and Waterloo. That first season was an unqualified success, with clubs in the upper echelons of the national leagues reporting increased crowds, interest from both local backers and national companies, and higher | of this operation, the airfield near Elâzığ road was used.
However, according to the British Air Ministry there are few reports on the use of Turkish airplanes in suppressing the Sheikh Said rebellion. The reports originate from the British Air Command at Mosul, which was in charge of intelligence for all of Iraq.
At the beginning of the rebellion the Turks had one squadron (filo) consisting of seven airplanes. Of these only 2 were serviceable. Later four more arrived. The Turkish Air Force deployed a total of | 2,997 | triviaqa-train |
Who drinks poison to save Peter Pan? | ). The stage directions specify that no one does so throughout the play. Wendy approaches Peter to give him a "kiss" (thimble), but is prevented by Tinker Bell. However, John Caird and Trevor Nunn's introduction to the script for the 1997 Royal National Theatre production, states that this was never Barrie's original intention, and was only added for a production in 1927, where Jean Forbes-Robertson took the title role, and played the part with a lighter, more fairy-like, physicality | " who claims he is the nephew of Leonardo; with Geoffroi's help, he completes a steam boat, with which he sails the Seine and arrives to the castle of de Peuple.
Geoffroi finds the Duke of Guise holding a feast and Juliette forcing to serve the drinks. With her help, they poison the participants, causing them to leave for the restroom. Geoffroi finds a secret passage and confronts the Cardinal who attempts to create an undead army to save France and then rule it. The ritual fails as he | 2,998 | triviaqa-train |
Who had a backing group called The Jordanaires? | The Jordanaires
The Jordanaires were an American vocal quartet that formed as a gospel group in 1948. They are known for providing background vocals for Elvis Presley, in live appearances and recordings from 1956 to 1972. The group has also worked in the recording studio, on stage, and on television with many other country and rock and roll artists.
Group history.
Group history Early years.
The history of the Jordanaires can be traced back to the early 1940s, and the original Foggy River Boys, which were made | would release. Such permission was needed in order to appear as a group without Presley.
During Presley's 1957 tour of Canada, the concert promoter Oscar Davis offered to represent them as his manager. Moore and Black, who had seen Presley become a millionaire while still earning $200 a week themselves, were willing to work with Davis but the backing vocalists, the Jordanaires, were not, because they did not trust him.
Tension came to a climax right after the September 1957 sessions for Presley's first Christmas | 2,999 | triviaqa-train |
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