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In which city would you find Frederic Chopin airport ? | Frédéric Chopin
Frédéric François Chopin (, , , , ; 1 March 181017 October 1849) was a Polish composer and virtuoso pianist of the Romantic era who wrote primarily for solo piano. He has maintained worldwide renown as a leading musician of his era, one whose "poetic genius was based on a professional technique that was without equal in his generation."
Chopin was born Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin in the Duchy of Warsaw and grew up in Warsaw, which in 1815 became part of Congress Poland. A child prodigy, | specially equipped iPads, which are used particularly in weekly field studies around Chicago.
In 2014 GEMS World Academy-Chicago instituted the citywide $50,000 GEMS Education Chicago Teacher Award. The inaugural winner, in June 2014, was Matthew Cunningham, a teacher at Frederic Chopin Elementary School in Ukrainian Village in Chicago's West Side.
In 2013 GEMS Education sought to find a location to build a school on the Upper East Side of New York City; however proceedings were eventually abandoned amidst litigation relating to property contracts.
In | 3,200 | triviaqa-train |
"What Chinese dish is described as ""meat-filled dumplings"" ?" | soup and made with a meat or shrimp filling. The skin wrapping for wontons is different—thinner and less elastic—than that used for jiaozi . Wontons are more popular in Southern China (Shanghai, Guangdong, Hong Kong etc.), whereas in Northern China, jiaozi are more popular. Jiaozi, wonton and potstickers are each wrapped differently.
Another type of Chinese dumpling is made with glutinous rice. Usually, the glutinous rice dumplings, zongzi (粽子), are triangle or cone shaped, can be filled | Mongolian cuisine
Mongolian cuisine predominantly consists of dairy products, meat, and animal fats. The most common rural dish is cooked mutton. In the city, steamed dumplings filled with meat—"buuz"— are popular.
The extreme continental climate of Mongolia has influenced the traditional diet. Use of vegetables and spices are limited. Due to geographic proximity and deep historic ties with China and Russia, Mongolian cuisine is also influenced by Chinese and Russian cuisine.
Features.
The nomads of Mongolia sustain their lives directly from the products | 3,201 | triviaqa-train |
Alphabetically speaking, which British prime minister of the 20th century would come first ? | from 1940 to 1955, but from 1904 to 1924 was a member of the Liberal Party.
Of mixed English and American parentage, Churchill was born in Oxfordshire to a wealthy, aristocratic family. Joining the British Army, he saw action in British India, the Anglo–Sudan War, and the Second Boer War, gaining fame as a war correspondent and writing books about his campaigns. Elected an MP in 1900, initially as a Conservative, he defected to the Liberals in 1904. In H. H. Asquith's Liberal | "Korea", so that "Japan" would appear first alphabetically. Both major English-speaking governments of the time (i.e. the United States and the United Kingdom [and its empire]) used both "Korea" and "Corea" until the early part of the colonial period. English-language publications in the 19th century generally used the spelling Corea, which was also used at the founding of the UK's embassy in Seoul in 1890. However, the U.S. minister and consul general to Korea, Horace Newton | 3,202 | triviaqa-train |
Which Welsh town is near to the old Roman fort of Segontium ? | Segontium
Segontium () is a Roman fort on the outskirts of Caernarfon in Gwynedd, North Wales. The fort, which survived until the end of the Roman occupation of Britain, was garrisoned by Roman auxiliaries from present-day Belgium and Germany. It was the most important military base and administrative centre in this part of Britain.
Etymology.
The fort probably takes its name either directly from the Afon Seiont or from a British settlement itself named for the river. It is possible, however, that it is | . The Roman fort of Segontium and the Dinorwig hill fort were located there. The main defensive fortress in the era of the Welsh princes was Dolbadarn Castle, near modern Llanberis.
Important ecclesiastical centres were to be found in Bangor and Clynnog Fawr. The bishops of Bangor, the successors of St Deiniol, had an extensive holding of land in the north-east of the cantref. This was known as Maenol Bangor, but its status as an administrative unit within Arfon is uncertain. Clynnog owned broad lands in Llŷn and | 3,203 | triviaqa-train |
Tennis - How many Wimbledon singles titles did Billie Jean King win? | Rolex, which provides timekeeping technology during matches.
In 2009, Wimbledon's Centre Court was fitted with a retractable roof to lessen the loss of playing time due to rain. A roof was operational over No1 Court from 2019, when a number of other improvements were made, including adding cushioned seating and a table.
History.
History Beginning.
The All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club is a private club founded on 23 July 1868, originally as "The All England Croquet Club". Its first ground was | 1975 Wimbledon Championships
The 1975 Wimbledon Championships was a tennis tournament that took place on the outdoor grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom. The tournament was held from Monday 23 June until Saturday 5 July 1975. It was the 89th staging of the Wimbledon Championships, and the second Grand Slam tennis event of 1975. Arthur Ashe and Billie Jean King won the singles titles.
Prize money.
The total prize money for 1975 championships was £114,875. The winner | 3,204 | triviaqa-train |
"Which Roman poet's most famous work is known simply as ""ODES"" ?" | , Nero Claudius Drusus and Germanicus much respect from the populace and the legions. Augustus intended to extend the Roman Empire to the whole known world, and in his reign, Rome conquered Cantabria, Aquitania, Raetia, Dalmatia, Illyricum and Pannonia.
Under Augustus's reign, Roman literature grew steadily in what is known as the Golden Age of Latin Literature. Poets like Virgil, Horace, Ovid and Rufus developed a rich literature, and were close friends of Augustus. Along with Maecenas, he stimulated patriotic poems, as | became successful, fueled by innovations in search engine technology. Most importantly, Nelson had devised algorithms that encapsulated much of the complexity of Medline's lexicon, enabling end-users to achieve a high level of search precision without the need to master Medline's intricate taxonomy. The company's first Microsoft Windows interface to MEDLINE was named Ovid and released in 1992. Nelson, who had majored in English Literature and minored in classical languages, chose the name Ovid as a homage to the ancient Roman poet's most famous work, Metamorphoses | 3,205 | triviaqa-train |
"Which Italian composer who lived from 1678 to 1741 was nicknamed ""The Red Priest"" after taking holy orders in 1703 ?" | Red Priest
Red Priest is a British Baroque instrumental group that was formed in 1997, originally with eleven members. Currently it is composed of four performers: Piers Adams - recorder, Adam Summerhayes - violin, Angela East - cello and David Wright - harpsichord. The group is named after the red-haired Italian priest and Baroque composer, Antonio Vivaldi.
The quartet plays in a flamboyant, theatrical and virtuosic style making use of props, costumes, dramatic lighting and other effects. The pieces they perform are generally their | the Balkans, Northern Europe and the Middle East. The college prepared them for taking holy orders, after which they were to return to their homelands as missionaries. Between 1633 and 1703 a total of 451 students attended the college. Of these, 48 were Armenian, 42 Dutch, 34 Dalmatian, 33 Greek, 25 Syrian, 25 Valtellinese, 22 German, 17 Indian, 10 Ethiopian, 8 Persian and one from New Spain. In the first half of the nineteenth century the College had as its spiritual director Saint Vincent | 3,206 | triviaqa-train |
The Co-operative acquired which building society in 2009 ? | in 2007 giving building societies greater powers to merge with other companies. These powers have been used by the Britannia in 2009 and Kent Reliance in 2011 leading to their demutualisation.
Prior to 31 December 2010, deposits with building societies of up to £50,000 per individual, per institution, were normally protected by the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS), but Nationwide and Yorkshire Building Societies negotiated a temporary change to the terms of the FSCS to protect members of the societies they acquired in late 2008/early 2009. The | view to merging the two Societies' operations but these talks ended without a merger going ahead.
Highburton Co-operative closed for business on 27 February 2009.
The Highburton Industrial and Provident Society (Highburton Co-op) voted to go into liquidation on 23 March 2010.
The former Highburton Industrial and Provident Society (Highburton Co-op) building was acquired on 17 May 2010 by Property Compliance Solutions Limited. From 2010, and following building refurbishment, the property was divided into two leased units, the ground | 3,207 | triviaqa-train |
Tennis - How many Wimbledon singles titles did Steffi Graf win? | modern style of play that has come to dominate today's game. She won six French Open singles titles (second to Evert), seven Wimbledon singles titles, four Australian Open titles, and five U.S. Open singles titles. She is the only singles player (male or female) to have achieved a Grand Slam since hard court was introduced as a surface at the US Open in 1978. Consequently, Graf's Grand Slam was achieved on grass, clay, and hard court while the previous five Grand Slams were decided on | 1990 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles
Martina Navratilova defeated Zina Garrison in the final, 6–4, 6–1 to win the Ladies' Singles tennis title at the 1990 Wimbledon Championships. This was Navratilova's ninth singles title at Wimbledon, which would be her 18th and final Grand Slam singles title, tying the then - Open Era record of Chris Evert. Steffi Graf was the defending champion, but lost in the semifinals to Zina Garrison. This was the first time since the 1986 US Open that Graf did not reach a Grand | 3,208 | triviaqa-train |
"Which Roman poet's famous work is known simply as ""SATIRES"" ?" | continued to be written. Derek Walcott won a Nobel prize to a great extent on the basis of his epic, "Omeros".
Genres Satirical poetry.
Poetry can be a powerful vehicle for satire. The Romans had a strong tradition of satirical poetry, often written for political purposes. A notable example is the Roman poet Juvenal's satires.
The same is true of the English satirical tradition. John Dryden (a Tory), the first Poet Laureate, produced in 1682 "Mac Flecknoe", subtitled " | of Valerius Probus, no doubt a learned edition of Persius like those of Virgil and Horace by this same famous "grammarian" of Berytus, the poet's contemporary. The only case in which it seems to conflict with the "Satires" () themselves is in its statement as to the death of Persius's father. The declaiming of a "suasoria" in his presence (Sat. 3.4 sqq.) implies a more mature age than that of six in the performer. But "pater" might here mean " | 3,209 | triviaqa-train |
Who wrote tyhe Barchester novels ? | Chronicles of Barsetshire
The Chronicles of Barsetshire is a series of six novels by the English author Anthony Trollope, set in the fictitious English county of Barsetshire and its cathedral town of Barchester. The novels concern the dealings of the clergy and the gentry, and the political, amatory, and social manœuvrings that go on among and between them. Of the six novels, the second in the series, "Barchester Towers", is generally the best known, while the last was Trollope's own favourite. Together, the series | ", by "The Times", and by Mrs. Oliphant. The "Saturday Review" complained that "[a] sort of savageness pervades the book", and that "[n]obody is pleasant", and described the novel as "third-rate" and as a "not very satisfactory book". This was in keeping with the reaction of many readers and reviewers who had grown accustomed to the wholesome tone and genteel characters of the Barchester novels, and were not happy with the darker and more pessimistic tone | 3,210 | triviaqa-train |
Which 73 year old King of Munster was killed at the Battleof Clontarf, near Dublin, on this day in 1014 ? | Battle of Clontarf
The Battle of Clontarf () took place on 23 April 1014 by the River Tolka, from Clontarf inland, near the then-small Dublin. It pitted forces led by Brian Boru, High King of Ireland, against a Norse-Irish alliance comprising the forces of Sigtrygg Silkbeard, King of Dublin; Máel Mórda mac Murchada, King of Leinster; and an external Viking contingent led by Sigurd, of Orkney; and Brodir of Mann. It lasted from sunrise to sunset, and ended in a rout | five days later, on Good Friday, 23 April 1014 just north of the city of Dublin, at Clontarf.
All of the accounts state that the Battle of Clontarf lasted all day. This may be an exaggeration, or it may suggest a long-drawn-out fight.
There are many accounts of how Brian was killed, from dying in heroic man-to-man combat to being killed by the fleeing Viking mercenary Brodir while praying in his tent at Clontarf. After his death, his body was | 3,211 | triviaqa-train |
On this day in 1993, in a UN backed referendum, Eritreans voted overwhelmingly in favour of independence from which country ? | Eritrea
Eritrea (; ; Tigrinya: ኤርትራ")", officially the State of Eritrea, is a country in the Horn of Africa, with its capital at Asmara. It is bordered by Sudan in the west, Ethiopia in the south, and Djibouti in the southeast. The northeastern and eastern parts of Eritrea have an extensive coastline along the Red Sea. The nation has a total area of approximately , and includes the Dahlak Archipelago and several of the Hanish Islands. Its toponym "Eritrea" is based on the Greek | ) to administer Eritrean affairs until a referendum was held on independence and a permanent government established. EPLF leader Afewerki became the head of the PGE, and the EPLF Central Committee served as its legislative body.
Eritreans voted overwhelmingly in favour of independence between 23 and 25 April 1993 in a UN-monitored referendum. The result of the referendum was 99.83% for Eritrea's independence.
However, questions remain on the characterization of the referendum as was presented to the people of Eritrea leading up to and during the voting day | 3,212 | triviaqa-train |
What was the name of the son of Ethelred the Unready who was crowned King of England on this day in 1016, but died in November the same year, shortly after being defeated in battle by hios successor, Canute ? | with its sizable Danish population, sided with Sweyn. By 1013, London, Oxford, and Winchester had fallen to the Danes. Æthelred fled to Normandy and Sweyn seized the throne. Sweyn suddenly died in 1014, and Æthelred returned to England, confronted by Sweyn's successor, Cnut. However, in 1016, Æthelred also suddenly died. Cnut swiftly defeated the remaining Saxons, killing Æthelred's son Edmund in the process. Cnut seized the throne, crowning himself King of England.
English unification.
Alfred of Wessex | Danish rule since Cnut (better known as Canute) conquered England in 1016. When Edward died in 1066, he was succeeded by Harold Godwinson, who was defeated and killed in the same year by the Normans under William the Conqueror at the Battle of Hastings. Edgar the Ætheling, who was of the House of Wessex, was proclaimed king after the Battle of Hastings in 1066, but never ruled and was deposed after about eight weeks.
Historians disagree about Edward's fairly long (24-year) reign. His nickname reflects | 3,213 | triviaqa-train |
On this day in 1941 the reigning monarch, King George II and his government left which European country as German troops invaded ? | February 1941, the German "Afrika Korps" arrived in Libya to aid the Italians in the North African Campaign. On 6 April, Germany launched an invasion of Yugoslavia and Greece. All of Yugoslavia and parts of Greece were subsequently divided between Germany, Hungary, Italy, and Bulgaria.
History World War II Invasion of the Soviet Union.
On 22 June 1941, contravening the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact, about 3.8 million Axis troops attacked the Soviet Union. In addition to Hitler's stated purpose of acquiring "Lebensraum", | , in 1919 and 1941; and King George VI was the first reigning monarch to reside at Government House when he and his wife, Queen Elizabeth, stopped in Winnipeg during their cross-country tour of Canada in 1939; from Government House, the King broadcast over the radio a speech to the British Commonwealth, the table at which he sat still in the residence. Their daughter, Queen Elizabeth II, her husband, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, and each of their children have also stayed at Government House over | 3,214 | triviaqa-train |
Born on this day in 1775, what was the first name of the painter JMW Turner? | J. M. W. Turner
Joseph Mallord William Turner (23 April 177519 December 1851), known contemporarily as William Turner, was an English Romantic painter, printmaker and watercolourist. He is known for his expressive colourisations, imaginative landscapes and turbulent, often violent marine paintings.
Turner was born in Maiden Lane, Covent Garden, London, to a modest lower middle-class family. He lived in London all his life, retaining his Cockney accent and assiduously avoiding the trappings of success and fame.
A child prodigy, | still under construction.
- sketchbook drawings held by Museum of Fine Art in Boston
- JMW Turner (English 1775-1851) produced 300 sketchbooks and around 30,000 sketches and watercolours on his travels. Five years after his death, the majority of his art was bequeathed to the nation and is housed at Tate Britain
- Turner sketchbooks, Turner Bequest, Tate Britain This link provides access to all 300 sketchbooks.
- John Constable (English 1776–1837) believed in the importance of working from life and based his paintings | 3,215 | triviaqa-train |
Based in Swindon, which is thge largest building society in the world ? | of Swindon are known as Swindonians. Swindon is home to the Bodleian Library's book depository, the English Heritage National Monument Record Centre, the headquarters of the National Trust, on the site of the former Great Western Railway works, and the Nationwide Building Society, and a Honda car manufacturing plant, which is due to close in 2021.
History.
History Early history.
The original Anglo-Saxon settlement of Swindon sat in a defensible position atop a limestone hill. It is referred to in the "Domesday Book | Stroud & Swindon Building Society
Stroud & Swindon Building Society was the 10th largest building society in the United Kingdom, with headquarters in Stroud, Gloucestershire and total assets of £2.7 billion as at 31 December 2009. It was a member of the Building Societies Association until its merger with the Coventry Building Society in 2010.
Stroud & Swindon Building Society operated through a branch network of 22 offices and 22 agencies in Gloucestershire, Wiltshire, Somerset, Monmouthshire, Devon and Cornwall complemented by a contact centre based in Gloucester | 3,216 | triviaqa-train |
Which U.S. Serial Killer was nicknamed The Killer Clown? | kind and unlikely to hurt anyone. Ted Bundy and John Wayne Gacy are examples of organized serial killers. In general, the IQs of organized serial killers tend to be near normal range, with a mean of 94.7. Organized nonsocial offenders tend to be on the higher end of the average, with a mean IQ of 99.2.
Disorganized serial killers are usually far more impulsive, often committing their murders with a random weapon available at the time, and usually do not attempt to hide the body. They are likely to | his own sister, Ethel Rosenberg, and her husband, Julius Rosenberg.
- The Baptist Bible Fellowship was organized.
- Born:
- William P. Barr, U.S. Attorney General, 1991–1993, in New York City
- Richard Chase, American serial killer nicknamed "The Vampire of Sacramento" (committed suicide, 1980)
May 24, 1950 (Wednesday).
- The U.S. Maritime Administration was created as an agency of the U.S. Department of Commerce).
- Ingrid Bergman and Roberto Rossellini were | 3,217 | triviaqa-train |
From which plant do we derive the drug Digitalis? | Digitalis
Digitalis ( or ) is a genus of about 20 species of herbaceous perennials, shrubs, and biennials commonly called foxgloves.
This genus was traditionally placed in the figwort family Scrophulariaceae, but recent phylogenetic research has placed it in the much enlarged family Plantaginaceae. This genus is native to western and southwestern Europe, western and central Asia and northwestern Africa. The scientific name means "finger-like" and refers to the ease with which a flower of "Digitalis purpurea" can be fitted over a human fingertip. | drug smuggling were also returned to the United States.
- October 28 - Vice Presidential candidate George Bush campaigned with William Clay Ford and William Milliken on the assembly line at Ford's Dearborn engine plant. Bush told auto workers, "We can do better than Carter. We can't do any worse."
- October 31 – The Detroit City Council approved a plan to send relocation offers to Poletown residents to make room for General Motors' planned assembly plant. Poletown residents accused the council of selling out to GM | 3,218 | triviaqa-train |
How many centimetres are there in a 'Hand', the measurement used on horses? | . Thus proto-horses changed from leaf-eating forest-dwellers to grass-eating inhabitants of semi-arid regions worldwide, including the steppes of Eurasia and the Great Plains of North America.
By about 15,000 years ago, "Equus ferus" was a widespread holarctic species. Horse bones from this time period, the late Pleistocene, are found in Europe, Eurasia, Beringia, and North America. Yet between 10,000 and 7,600 years ago, the horse became extinct in North America and rare elsewhere. The reasons | information about the state. Such a set of observations is sometimes called a quorum.
In quantum process tomography on the other hand, known quantum states are used to probe a quantum process to find out how the process can be described. Similarly, quantum measurement tomography works to find out what measurement is being performed.
The general principle behind quantum state tomography is that by repeatedly performing many different measurements on quantum systems described by identical density matrices, frequency counts can be used to infer probabilities, and these probabilities are combined | 3,219 | triviaqa-train |
Which traditional Irish loaf is made using flour, bicarbonate of soda and buttermilk | Buttermilk
Buttermilk is a fermented dairy drink. Traditionally, it was the liquid left behind after churning butter out of cultured cream. However, most modern buttermilk is cultured. It is common in warm climates (including the Balkans, South Asia, the Middle East and the Southern United States) where unrefrigerated fresh milk sours quickly.
Buttermilk can be drunk straight, and it can also be used in cooking. In making Soda bread, the acid in buttermilk reacts with the raising agent, sodium bicarbonate, to produce carbon | " recipe, butter is melted in warm buttermilk and then poured into a well of flour and beaten. The mixture is meant to stand for a few hours. A second mixture is made using sugar, bicarbonate of soda, vinegar and beaten eggs. The mixtures are then combined to make a smooth, dense batter.
The thick batter is poured onto a hot bakestone or griddle, over a moderate heat. The "crempog" is cooked until golden on both sides and served in a stack with butter spread on each | 3,220 | triviaqa-train |
Which traditional dessert is made from strawberries, broken meringue and cream | is "forgotten cookies", as they can be left in an oven for a long time after the cooking is done. They are not supposed to become tan at all, but they need to be very crisp and dry. They will keep for at least a week if stored in an airtight container.
Uses Desserts.
Meringue can be used as the basis for various desserts including baked Alaska, bruttiboni, dacquoise, Esterházy torte, Eton mess, floating island, key lime pie, Kyiv cake, lemon meringue pie | of avoiding the heat of the oven. Seafood such as prawns, lobster, oysters and crayfish are common, as are barbecued cuts of steak or chicken breasts, drumsticks and wings. In summer, Australians are also fond of pavlova, a dessert composed of fruit such as Strawberries, Kiwi Fruit and Passionfruit atop a baked meringue, with whipped cream. Trifle is also a favourite in Australia at Christmas time. Fresh fruits of the season include cherries and mangoes, plums, nectarine and peaches.
Introduced by Italian Australians, | 3,221 | triviaqa-train |
Which Scottish soup is made from smoked haddock, potatoes and onions | , and also in the Scottish dish Cullen skink, a chowder-like soup.
Other references.
- Alan Davidson, "North Atlantic Seafood", 1979, .
- Haddock "NOAA FishWatch". Retrieved 5 November 2012. | its creamier American counterparts.
Types.
Chowder is a soup with cream or milk mixed with ingredients such as potatoes, sweet corn, smoked haddock, clams and prawns, etc. Some cream-style chowders do not use cream, and are instead prepared using milk and a roux to thicken them. Some of the popular variations are clam chowder and potatoes; seafood chowder; spiced haddock chowder; Irish fish chowder with soda bread; crayfish chowder; clam chowder with cod; British seaside chowder with saffron; thick smoked | 3,222 | triviaqa-train |
In which TV series did the Muppets first appear? | 1960s, the Muppets began appearing on "Sesame Street" in 1969. The Muppets attained celebrity status and international recognition through "The Muppet Show" (1976–1981), which received four Primetime Emmy Award wins and twenty-one nominations during its five-year run.
During the 1970s and 1980s, the Muppets diversified into theatrical films, including "The Muppet Movie" (1979); "The Great Muppet Caper" (1981); and "The Muppets Take Manhattan" (1984). The Walt Disney Company | , and various other Muppet specials. Sweetums was performed by Matt Vogel in 2011's "The Muppets" and "Muppets Most Wanted". The character also appears at Walt Disney World's Disney's Hollywood Studios and the Disneyland Resort's Disney California Adventure Park in "Muppet*Vision 3D". He is the only Muppet to appear "live" in the show. All other Muppets that appear in the theater are audio-animatronics. The character was seen in an episode of "". In the 2015 TV series, Sweetums | 3,223 | triviaqa-train |
What is the name of the dog in Punch and Judy? | Horse
- Pretty Polly
- The Hangman (a.k.a. Jack Ketch)
- The Devil
- The Beadle
- Jim Crow ("The Black Man")
- Mr. Scaramouche
- The Servant (or "The Minstrel")
- The Blind Man
Other characters included Boxers, Chinese Plate Spinners, topical figures, a trick puppet with an extending neck (the "Courtier"), and a monkey. A live Toby the Dog was once a regular featured novelty routine, sitting on | Judy
Judy is a short form of the name Judith.
Judy may refer to:
Places.
- Judy, Kentucky, village in Montgomery County
- Judy Woods, woodlands in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England
Animals.
- Judy (dog) (1936–1950), Royal Navy Second World War ship's dog awarded the Dickin Medal
- Judy of Punch and Judy (dogs) (fl. 1946), British dog awarded the Dickin Medal
- Judy the Beauty (foaled 2009) | 3,224 | triviaqa-train |
In which Gerry Anderson TV series did Mike Mercury appear? | Supercar (TV series)
Supercar was a British children's TV show produced by Gerry Anderson and Arthur Provis' AP Films for ATV and ITC Entertainment. Thirty-nine episodes were produced between 1961 and 1962, and it was Anderson's first half-hour series. In the UK it was seen on ITV and in the US in syndication (the first Anderson series to be shown overseas) debuting in January 1962. The series uses Supermarionation, based on the complex and difficult Czech style of marionette puppetry. The creation | Mighty Jack
Reportedly, Eiji Tsuburaya considered this series his masterwork because the focus was on the people, rather than on the vehicles and special effects (the show never had any monsters or aliens, as his more famous shows "Ultra Q", "Ultraman" and "Ultra Seven" did). This focus on the people was similar to the works of Gerry Anderson, of which Tsuburaya was a big fan. The Mighty Jack mecha/HQ featured in this series also has some similarities to Tsuburaya's previous TV | 3,225 | triviaqa-train |
Who wrote and performed as Captain Kremmen | Captain Kremmen
Captain Kremmen was a science fiction radio serial set in the early 21st Century. (The pilot opens in 2005.) It was written and performed for Capital Radio by the DJ Kenny Everett, and was also broadcast on Liverpool's Radio City and Nottingham's Radio Trent. It featured the eponymous vain and dimwitted spaceship captain. Everett took the name Kremmen from a record label owned by the son of comedian Mel Blanc. Each episode began with a recap by Everett's fellow DJ, Tommy Vance.
The | Nazi who fought Tom Strong
- Super Stormtrooper - A Big Bang Comics character, a Waffen-SS soldier
- Hitler Youth - Another Big Bang Comics character
- Oberst Max Radl - Appears in "The Eagle Has Landed", organized the supposed kidnapping of Winston Churchill
- Franz Leibkind - A Neo-Nazi who wrote "Springtime for Hitler"
- Heinrich von Gitfinger - A Neo-Nazi featured in Captain Kremmen
- Captain Nazi - A DC Comics villain
- Baron Blitzkrieg - Foe of the | 3,226 | triviaqa-train |
Who captained the whaling ship Pequod | Pequod (Moby-Dick)
Pequod is a fictional 19th-century Nantucket whaling ship that appears in the 1851 novel "Moby-Dick" by American author Herman Melville. "Pequod" and her crew, commanded by Captain Ahab, are central to the story, which, after the initial chapters, takes place almost entirely aboard the ship during a three-year whaling expedition in the Atlantic, Indian and South Pacific oceans. Most of the characters in the novel are part of "Pequod"s crew, including the narrator | even when he thinks Ahab is mad. The captain refuses to assist another ship who has lost that captain's son at sea. The crew pulls the "Pequod" over ice and survives a massive storm. Despite the raving and orders of the mad captain, the crew will not mutiny and die whaling sailors if necessary.
The white whale Moby Dick is found and the hunt is on. The whale is harpooned but it sinks the chase boat. Ahab harpoons the whale but he drowns as Moby Dick dives and takes | 3,227 | triviaqa-train |
Captain Cook is a geographical area which grows coffee on which island | had become "insolent" even with threats to fire upon them. Cook attempted to kidnap and ransom the King of Hawaiʻi, Kalaniʻōpuʻu.
The following day, 14 February 1779, Cook marched through the village to retrieve the king. Cook took the king (aliʻi nui) by his own hand and led him willingly away. One of Kalaniʻōpuʻu's favourite wives, Kanekapolei, and two chiefs approached the group as they were heading to boats. They pleaded with the king not to go. An old kahuna (priest) | Cape North (South Georgia)
Cape North is a headland marking the northernmost point of South Georgia, near the west end of the island. This name was first applied to the northwest tip of South Georgia on a map by Captain James Cook in 1775. Since 1912 it has become established for the northernmost point of the island, which is in keeping with the geographical position implied by the name. | 3,228 | triviaqa-train |
Which Belgian cartoonist created Captain Haddock | Captain Haddock
Captain Archibald Haddock () is a fictional character in "The Adventures of Tintin", the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. He is one of Tintin's best friends, a seafaring pipe-smoking Merchant Marine Captain.
Haddock is initially depicted as a weak and alcoholic character under the control of his treacherous first mate Allan, who keeps him drunk and runs his freighter. He regains his command and his dignity, even rising to president of the Society of Sober Sailors ("The Shooting Star" | for tourism development in the Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise from 2008 to 2010.
She was a member of Oppland county council from 1995 to 2007, and chaired Oppland Centre Party from 2001 to 2006. In 1997 and 2005 she was a member of the party platform committee. In 2011 she was appointed State Secretary in the Ministry of Petroleum and Energy as a part of Stoltenberg's Second Cabinet. She was replaced in 2012. Soon after she was elected new deputy leader of No to the EU. In early 2013 she was | 3,229 | triviaqa-train |
What is the name of Captain Mainwaring's wife | the highlight of my day". It is frequently implied that he is trapped in a loveless and unhappy marriage to Elizabeth, his unseen wife, who is domineering, neurotic and withholding of affection. For example, in the 5th series episode "If the Cap Fits..." Mainwaring reveals he learned to play the bagpipes on his honeymoon in Scotland because "there was nothing else to do". Captain Mainwaring's home address was 23 Lime Crescent, Walmington-on-Sea and he lived there with his wife. It | the captain. Mainwaring's name gets put on the U-Boat Captain's ominous "List" – a collection of names of those who have upset him, who will be brought to account once the war ends, prompting a childish exchange of "Oh no, you're not!" "Oh yes we are!" between Mainwaring and the U-Boat Captain as to which side is actually going to "win" the war. Pike, who foolishly opts to sing a song in which Hitler is called a | 3,230 | triviaqa-train |
Captain John Francis McIntyre is a fictional TV character, better known by what name | List of M*A*S*H characters
This is a list of characters from the "M*A*S*H" franchise, covering the various fictional characters appearing in the novel "" and its sequels, the 1970 film adaptation of the novel, and the television series "M*A*S*H", "AfterMASH", "W*A*L*T*E*R", and "Trapper John, M.D.".
"M*A*S*H" is a popular media franchise revolving around the staff of the 4077th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital as they attempt to maintain sanity during the harshness of the Korean War. | Man of Mystery" and a NATO soldier in "The Spy Who Shagged Me") appears as the royal guard.
Production Characters Goldmember.
Johan van der Smut, better known as Goldmember, is a fictional villain played by Myers (John Travolta plays the character in a cameo at the end of the film). The name was inspired by the James Bond villain Auric Goldfinger. Goldmember's Dutch origins and character traits were, according to Myers, inspired by an episode of the HBO TV series "Real Sex" featuring | 3,231 | triviaqa-train |
Who played the title character in the film Hook | Hook (film)
Hook is a 1991 American fantasy adventure film directed by Steven Spielberg and written by James V. Hart and Malia Scotch Marmo. It stars Dustin Hoffman as Captain Hook, Robin Williams as Peter Banning / Peter Pan, Julia Roberts as Tinker Bell, Bob Hoskins as Mr. Smee and Maggie Smith as Granny Wendy. It acts as a sequel to J. M. Barrie's 1911 novel "Peter and Wendy" focusing on an adult Peter Pan who has forgotten all about his childhood. In his new life, he | Wendy"
- "Hook" (video game), four video games based on the film
- Hook ("Transformers"), several characters in the "Transformers" universe
- Captain Hook, a fictional pirate in J. M. Barrie's play "Peter Pan" and other works
- the title character of "Trooper Hook", a 1957 Western film, played by Joel McCrea
- Mr. Hook, a character in several 1940s American animated cartoon shorts produced for the US Navy
- "The | 3,232 | triviaqa-train |
Who was captain of HMS Bounty at the time of the famous mutiny | Mutiny on the Bounty
The mutiny on the Royal Navy vessel occurred in the south Pacific on 28 April 1789. Disaffected crewmen, led by Acting Lieutenant Fletcher Christian, seized control of the ship from their captain Lieutenant William Bligh and set him and 18 loyalists adrift in the ship's open launch. The mutineers variously settled on Tahiti or on Pitcairn Island. Bligh meanwhile completed a voyage of more than in the launch to reach safety, and began the process of bringing the mutineers to justice.
"Bounty" had left | Mutiny and Romance in the South Seas", suggests that there was a narrowly missed chance to rescue one or more of the survivors in 1791.
In November 1790, Captain Edward Edwards – in command of HMS "Pandora" – had sailed from England with orders to comb the Pacific for the mutineers of HMS "Bounty". In March of the following year, "Pandora" arrived at Tahiti and picked up 14 "Bounty" men who had stayed on that island. Although some of the 14 had not joined | 3,233 | triviaqa-train |
What is the name of the inn where Jim Hawkins lives at the start of Trwasure Island? | is one of the most frequently dramatised of all novels. It was originally serialised in the children's magazine "Young Folks" from 1881 through 1882 under the title Treasure Island, or the mutiny of the Hispaniola, credited to the pseudonym "Captain George North". It was first published as a book on 14 November 1883, by Cassell & Co.
Plot.
An old sailor named Billy Bones comes to lodge in the rural Admiral Benbow Inn on the West English coast. He tells the innkeeper's son, Jim | Jim Hawkins (character)
James Hawkins is a fictional character and the main protagonist in Robert Louis Stevenson's novel "Treasure Island". He is both the protagonist and main narrator of the story.
Appearances.
At the start of the novel, Jim works at his family's inn. A patron of the inn, former swashbuckler Billy Bones, receives the Black Spot, a pirates' summons, with the warning that he has until ten o'clock, and he drops dead of apoplexy on the spot. In | 3,234 | triviaqa-train |
This Cornish pub is the name of a Daphne du Maurier novel and Alfred Hitchcock film. | "Jamaica Inn", and the short stories "The Birds" and "Don't Look Now/Not After Midnight".
Du Maurier spent much of her life in Cornwall, where most of her works are set. As her fame increased, she became more reclusive.
Her parents were the actor/manager Sir Gerald du Maurier and stage actress Muriel Beaumont, and her grandfather was the cartoonist and writer George du Maurier.
Early life.
Daphne du Maurier was born in London, the middle of | Rebecca (1940 film)
Rebecca is a 1940 American romantic psychological thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock. It was Hitchcock's first American project, and his first film under contract with producer David O. Selznick. The screenplay by Robert E. Sherwood and Joan Harrison, and adaptation by Philip MacDonald and Michael Hogan, were based on the 1938 novel of the same name by Daphne du Maurier. The film stars Laurence Olivier as the brooding, aristocratic widower Maxim de Winter and Joan Fontaine as the young woman who becomes his second wife | 3,235 | triviaqa-train |
What is the name of the Edinburgh pub favoured by Ian Rankin's Inspector Rebus? | example, the Pilmuir estate is a conflation of the two real Edinburgh locations Pilton and Muirhouse. Other locations, such as the Oxford Bar, Arden Street, and St Leonards police station, are real. Frequent references to real places, or local politics firmly ground the Rebus series in the real world.
Another strong feature of the series is the continual linking between the books. This may be in reference to background, previous cases and storylines, or through the characters Rebus encounters, for example, the notorious Edinburgh crime | The Royal Oak (Edinburgh Pub)
The Royal Oak is a 200 year old pub and folk music venue in the Scottish capital city, Edinburgh. It is well known for its live music sessions and counts various high profile Scottish musicians amongst its former resident performers, such as Kris Drever, Bobby Eaglesham, Danny Kyle and Karine Polwart. The Royal Oak features in Ian Rankin's 'Set in Darkness', an Inspector Rebus novel. The scene is – according to Rankin – his favourite of all the pub scenes in | 3,236 | triviaqa-train |
Shaun of the Dead and Minder featured watering holes with what name common to both? | Bush/Ladbroke Grove/Fulham/Acton), and was largely responsible for putting the word , meaning personal bodyguard, into the UK popular lexicon. The characters often drank at the local members-only Winchester Club, where owner and barman Dave (Glynn Edwards) acted, often unwillingly, as a message service for Arthur, and turned a blind eye to his shady deals.
Like many British sitcoms, the show is set firmly within a certain social class, in this case working class West London. It shares | of grass multiply keeping the lawn thick and deeply rooted as the holes become engorged with roots. Lawn thatch is a layer of dead organic tissue that can protect the lawn by moderating temperature and reducing evapotranspiration when it is a reasonable thickness, but too much thatch can limit soil oxygenation and reduce watering effectiveness. Soil compaction makes it difficult for grass to develop long roots and disturbs both natural rainwater and artificial irrigation.
Types of aerators.
There are two types of lawn aerators:
1. spike aerators use wedge shaped | 3,237 | triviaqa-train |
What is the second book of the bible? | and Protestant (see Protestant Bible) churches, with the Protestant movement accepting only those books contained in the Hebrew Bible, while Catholic and Orthodox traditions have wider canons. A few groups consider particular translations to be divinely inspired, notably the Greek Septuagint and the Aramaic Peshitta. The Old Testament consists of many distinct books produced over a period of centuries: The first five books – Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, book of Numbers and Deuteronomy – reached their present form in the Persian period (538–332 BC), and their authors | The Second Angel
The Second Angel is a science fiction novel by Scottish author Philip Kerr. The title of the book comes from a Bible quote, 'And the second angel poured out his vial upon the sea; and it became as the blood of a dead man' (Revelation 16:3). Historical myths about blood such as this play a big part in "The Second Angel", as well as many factual blood related quotes and incidents through history. "The Second Angel" is in part what is known | 3,238 | triviaqa-train |
What is the second book in the Harry Potter series? | Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets is a fantasy novel written by British author J. K. Rowling and the second novel in the "Harry Potter" series. The plot follows Harry's second year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, during which a series of messages on the walls of the school's corridors warn that the "Chamber of Secrets" has been opened and that the "heir of Slytherin" would kill all pupils who do not come from all-magical families. | the Deathly Hallows – Part 2" the highest-grossing film in the series and one of 41 films to gross over $1 billion, ranking at number eleven. Without inflation adjustment, it is the third highest-grossing film series with $7.7 billion in worldwide receipts.
Origins.
Late in 1997, film producer David Heyman's London offices received a copy of the first book in what would become Rowling's series of seven "Harry Potter" novels. The book, "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's | 3,239 | triviaqa-train |
Who was the second president of the USA? | start on March 4, 1789, Adams did not become Vice President of the United States until April 21, because Congress could not initially achieve a quorum.
Vice presidency, 1789–97 Tenure.
The sole constitutionally prescribed responsibility of the vice president is to preside over the Senate, where he can cast a tie-breaking vote. Early in his term, Adams became deeply involved in a lengthy Senate controversy over the official titles for the president and executive officers of the new government. Although the House agreed that the president should | that launched the career of director James Cameron, who went on to direct the blockbuster hit "Titanic". In 1989, he became the second major stockholder chairman and CEO of Cannon Pictures Inc. (USA).
In 1990 Assonitis assigned to Universal Pictures the remake of the European classic "Scent of a Woman", which was released worldwide in 1993, starring Al Pacino and directed by Martin Brest. Since his resignation as CEO of Cannon Inc., Assonitis has produced six films, become President of Titan Inc (USA | 3,240 | triviaqa-train |
What is the second planet from the sun? | Venus
Venus is the second planet from the Sun, orbiting it every 224.7 Earth days. It has the longest rotation period (243 Earth days) of any planet in the Solar System and rotates in the opposite direction to most other planets (meaning the Sun rises in the west and sets in the east). It does not have any natural satellites. It is named after the Roman goddess of love and beauty. It is the second-brightest natural object in the night sky after the Moon, reaching an apparent | Career Collegiate.
As a multi-awarded high school volleyball player, he was recruited by Ateneo De Manila University to play for its men's varsity volleyball team. Espejo won the 2014 GUIDON-Moro Lorenzo Sportsman of The Year award.
Career Collegiate UAAP.
In the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP) Volleyball Championship, Espejo led Ateneo's team to win three consecutive championships in thefrom UAAP Season 77 to UAAP Season 79.
In UAAP Season 76 where Ateneo finished as runner ups, Espejo was hailed as | 3,241 | triviaqa-train |
What is the second letter of the Greek alphabet? | College of William and Mary in 1776. The name of this fraternal organization is an acronym for the ancient Greek phrase Φιλοσοφία Βίου Κυβερνήτης ("Philosophia Biou Kybernētēs"), which means "Love of wisdom, the guide of life" and serves as the organization's motto. Sometimes early fraternal organizations were known by their Greek letter names because the mottos that these names stood for were secret and revealed only to members of the fraternity. The Greek letter names of most fraternal organizations today are meaningless and do not stand for anything | know what it is.
- FEUDALISM. No need to have one single precise notion about it: thunder against.
- OMEGA. Second letter of the Greek alphabet.
- THIRTEEN. Avoid being thirteen at table; it brings bad luck. The sceptics should not fail to crack jokes: "What is the difference? I'll eat enough for two!" Or again, if there are ladies, ask if any is pregnant.
- WALTZ. Wax indignant about. A lascivious, impure dance that | 3,242 | triviaqa-train |
What is the second film in the Indiana Jones franchise? | Quan). The trio crash-land in India, where they come across a village whose children have been kidnapped. The Thuggee led by Mola Ram (Amrish Puri) has also taken the holy Sankara Stones, which they will use to take over the world. Indiana manages to overcome Mola Ram's evil power, rescues the children and returns the stones to their rightful place, overcoming his own mercenary nature. The film has been noted as an outlier in the franchise, as it does not feature Indy's university or | , Disney planned to expand the presence of "Star Wars" throughout their theme parks (though it was initially unclear which parks) and could also create an entire theme park area dedicated to the film franchise. Disney Chairman and CEO Bob Iger indicated that plans were to match what Universal Orlando did when they expanded and added a Harry Potter themed section to two of their theme parks. In 2012, Disney acquired Lucasfilm, which includes the rights to the "Star Wars" franchise and "Indiana Jones" franchise (which is | 3,243 | triviaqa-train |
Which British film company produced many vampire movies in the 1960's and 70's? | obtain permission to do so from Stoker's widow, and had to alter many aspects of the film. Universal's "Dracula" (1931), starring Béla Lugosi as the Count, was the first talking film to portray Dracula. The decade saw several more vampire films, most notably "Dracula's Daughter" in 1936.
The legend of the vampire continued through the film industry when Dracula was reincarnated in the pertinent Hammer Horror series of films, starring Christopher Lee as the Count. The successful 1958 "Dracula" | a full fairing, called the Vampire. However, although the company had produced a motorcycle with export potential in mind, the Vampire retained too many of the V1000's faults and only 40 were produced before the company closed again in 1984.
In 1994 Hesketh helped set up British Mediterranean Airways, later known as BMED. He also became chairman of the new airline – a role in which he continued until early 2007, when BMED was purchased for £30 million by UK Airline BMI. He subsequently served as an " | 3,244 | triviaqa-train |
Which famous horror movie star was buried in his Dracula costume? | history including Dracula, Frankenstein, The Mummy, The Invisible Man, and The Wolf Man. Each movie starring these monsters would go on to make sequels and each of them would go on to cross-over with one another in a cinematic shared universe. The films would retroactively be classified together as part of the Universal Classic Monsters series.
Universal Pictures created a monopoly on the mainstream horror film, producing stars such as Bela Lugosi and Boris Karloff, and grossing large sums of money at the box office in the process | was named as the 33rd greatest movie villain by the AFI. In 2013, "Empire" magazine ranked Lee's portrayal as Dracula the 7th Greatest Horror Movie Character of All Time.
The character is closely associated with the western cultural archetype of the vampire, and remains a popular Halloween costume.
- Count Dracula appears in "Mad Monster Party?" voiced by Allen Swift. This version is shown to be wearing a monocle. Count Dracula is among the monsters that Baron Boris von Frankenstein invites to the Isle of | 3,245 | triviaqa-train |
What was the first name of Bond Villan Mr Scaramanga from 'The Man With The Golden Gun'? | The Man with the Golden Gun (film)
The Man with the Golden Gun is a 1974 British spy film, the ninth in the "James Bond" series produced by Eon Productions, and the second to star Roger Moore as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond. A loose adaptation of Ian Fleming's novel of the same name, the film has Bond sent after the Solex Agitator, a device that can harness the power of the sun, while facing the assassin Francisco Scaramanga, the "Man with the Golden Gun | and Q.
- Alotta Fagina is a parody, in name, of the Bond girl Pussy Galore.
- Goldmember, like Auric Goldfinger, also had a passion for gold; he also possessed a golden gun similar to that used by Scaramanga, the villain of "The Man with the Golden Gun".
- Colonel Rosa Klebb in the Bond film "From Russia with Love" and Irma Bunt from "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" are said to be the prototypes of Frau Farbissina, a top villain | 3,246 | triviaqa-train |
Grace Jones played May Day in which film? | .
Jones appeared in some low-budget films in the US during the 1970s and early 1980s. In 1984, she made her first mainstream appearance as Zula in the fantasy-action film "Conan the Destroyer" alongside Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sarah Douglas, and subsequently appeared in the 1985 James Bond movie "A View to a Kill" as May Day. In 1986, she played a vampire in "Vamp", and acted in and contributed a song to the 1992 Eddie Murphy film "Boomerang". She appeared | 7 Day Weekend (song)
"7 Day Weekend" is a song by Jamaican singer Grace Jones.
Background and recording.
"7 Day Weekend" was recorded by Jones in 1992 for the soundtrack album for the 1992 film "Boomerang", in which Jones played the character Helen Strangé. The song was written by Dallas Austin, Jones and Satch Hoyt, and produced by Austin with Randy Ran, with executive production by L.A. Reid and Babyface. The single featured remixes by Austin and Ben Liebrand, among | 3,247 | triviaqa-train |
Who sang the theme song in the film 'From Russia with Love'? | . The theme song was composed by Lionel Bart of "Oliver!" fame and sung by Matt Monro.
Production.
Following the decision of the producers not to use Monty Norman, though keeping his "James Bond Theme", Harry Saltzman decided on using the then popular Lionel Bart of "Oliver!" fame. Bart was unable to read or write music, but he offered to compose the music and lyrics for a title song to the film.
The producers chose John Barry to score the film. | An original soundtrack double album for the film was also released on Warner Bros., which contained instrumental music from the film, Boone's versions of "California" and "Come Share My Love", and other songs performed by studio musicians including male vocalist Jamie Carr (who sang the theme song in the film). The album did not contain Flack's version of the theme song or any other contributions by Flack.
Soundtrack Track listing.
Side 1:
1. "If Ever I See You Again" | 3,248 | triviaqa-train |
George Lazenby's only Bond film was 'On Her Majesty's Secret Service'. Who played Blofeld in that film? | he would play the role of Bond only once.
In the film, Bond faces Blofeld (Telly Savalas), who is planning to hold the world ransom by the threat of sterilising the world's food supply through a group of brainwashed "angels of death". Along the way Bond meets, falls in love with, and eventually marries Contessa Teresa di Vicenzo (Diana Rigg).
It is the only "Bond" film to have been directed by Peter R. Hunt, who had served as a film editor | a martini for Bond and says, "That's, um, stirred not shaken. That was right, wasn't it?" To which Bond replies politely, "Perfect."
Variations in the Bond novels and films Film George Lazenby.
In George Lazenby's only film as Bond, "On Her Majesty's Secret Service," Bond never actually orders himself a drink, but when he meets Marc-Ange Draco for the first time, Draco tells his assistant, Olympe, to get a dry martini for Bond | 3,249 | triviaqa-train |
Which character has been played among others by Jack Lord, Cec Linder, David Hedison and Jeffrey Wright? | "Cry Murder". In 1957, Lord starred in "", which has run daily at Colonial Williamsburg since then. In 1958, Lord co-starred as Buck Walden in "God's Little Acre", the film adaptation of Erskine Caldwell's 1933 novel.
Lord was the first actor to play the character Felix Leiter in the James Bond film series, introduced in 1962 in the first Bond film, "Dr. No". According to screenwriter Richard Maibaum, Lord then demanded co-star billing, a | nine Eon films in which Leiter makes an appearance, there have been seven actors playing the role. Only two actors have played the part twice: David Hedison and Jeffrey Wright. Wright's first appearances also made him the first African-American actor to play the part in the Eon series, although Leiter was also played by Afro-American actor Bernie Casey in one of the non-Eon films, "Never Say Never Again".
Plot elements Chase scenes.
Keeping with the greater Hollywood tradition, every Bond film | 3,250 | triviaqa-train |
Which singer had a cameo as a fencing instructor in 'Die Another Day'? | "Die Another Day" was co-written and co-produced by Mirwais Ahmadzai and performed by Madonna, who also had a cameo in the film as Verity, a fencing instructor. The concept of the title sequence is to represent Bond trying to survive 14 months of torture at the hands of the North Koreans. Critics' opinions of the song were sharply divided—it was nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Original Song and the 2004 Grammy Award for Best Dance Recording, but also for a Golden Raspberry Award for | reviews and was described as "the evening's biggest disappointment" by one. That October, she released "Die Another Day", the title song of the James Bond film "Die Another Day", in which she had a cameo role, described by Peter Bradshaw from "The Guardian" as "incredibly wooden". The song reached number eight on the "Billboard" Hot 100 and was nominated for both a Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song and a Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Original Song.
Life | 3,251 | triviaqa-train |
Which was the last film in which Desmond Llewelyn played Q? | to have worked alongside five of the actors who played the spy, who were Sean Connery, George Lazenby, Roger Moore, Timothy Dalton and Pierce Brosnan.
His last appearance as Q prior to his death was in "The World Is Not Enough" in 1999. During his briefing of 007 in the film, Q introduces John Cleese's character, , as his heir presumptive, and the film alludes to Q's retirement, to which Bond, after seeing Q, expresses his hope that it will not be any | led the producers to recast the role. At the last minute, Cec Linder switched roles with Austin Willis who played cards with Goldfinger.
- Martin Benson as Mr Solo: The lone gangster who refuses to take part in Operation Grand Slam and is later killed by Oddjob and crushed in the car in which he is riding.
- Desmond Llewelyn as Q: The head of Q-Branch, he supplies 007 with a modified Aston Martin DB5. Hamilton told Llewelyn to inject humour into the character, thus beginning the | 3,252 | triviaqa-train |
Which Olympic silver medallist played Oddjob in Goldfinger? | Oddjob
Oddjob (often written as "Odd Job") is a fictional character in the espionage novels and films featuring James Bond. He is a henchman to the villain Auric Goldfinger in the 1959 James Bond novel "Goldfinger" and its 1964 film adaptation. In the film, he was played by the Japanese-American actor and professional wrestler Harold Sakata. Oddjob, who also appears in the "James Bond" animated series and in several video games, is one of the most popular characters in the Bond series. | novel and film, Goldfinger is aided in his crimes by his manservant, Oddjob, a mute, monstrously strong Korean who ruthlessly eliminates any threat to his employer's affairs.
Goldfinger is the owner of "Enterprises Auric A.G." in Switzerland, maker of metal furniture, which is purchased by many airlines including Air India. Twice a year, Goldfinger drives his vintage Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost car from England to Enterprises Auric. Bond learns that Goldfinger makes dead drops of gold bars for SMERSH along the way, and that | 3,253 | triviaqa-train |
Which was the first James Bond film directed by Sam Mendes? | on 22 March, before concluding at Pinewood Studios in May.
With worldwide box office earnings of $141.2 million "Thunderball" became the highest-grossing instalment and retained the record until it was surpassed by "The Spy Who Loved Me" twelve years later; adjusted for inflation it remained the most successful entry until "Skyfall" was released in 2012. As part of the contract with Eon, McClory received 20% of the film's profits and undertook not to produce any other films based on the "Thunderball" story | Aston Martin DB10
The Aston Martin DB10 is a bespoke sports car specially developed for the "James Bond" film "Spectre" by the British luxury car manufacturer Aston Martin.
The car was unveiled by Sam Mendes and Barbara Broccoli, the director and producer of "Spectre" respectively, the 24th James Bond film produced by Eon Productions. The unveiling took place as part of the official press launch of the film on the 007 Stage at Pinewood Studios, near London, on 4 December 2014. Mendes introduced the car | 3,254 | triviaqa-train |
Sean Connery returned as 007 in 'Never Say Never Again' but on which of Ian Fleming's books was the film based? | be 'civilised' in every respect and forget its romantic origins."
Fleming followed the disappointment of "For Your Eyes Only" with "Thunderball", the novelization of a film script on which he had worked with others. The work had started in 1958 when Fleming's friend Ivar Bryce introduced him to a young Irish writer and director, Kevin McClory, and the three, together with Fleming and Bryce's friend Ernest Cuneo, worked on a script. In October McClory introduced experienced screenwriter Jack Whittingham to the newly | never a Beatles reunion ... but here, by God, is Sean Connery as Sir James Bond. Good work, 007."
Release and reception Reflective reviews.
Because "Never Say Never Again" is not an Eon-produced film, it has not been included in a number of subsequent reviews. Norman Wilner of MSN said that 1967's "Casino Royale" and "Never Say Never Again" "exist outside the 'official' continuity, [and] are excluded from this list, just as they | 3,255 | triviaqa-train |
What is the capital city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands? | Capital of the Netherlands
Amsterdam is the capital of the Netherlands according to the Constitution of the Netherlands, although the States General and the Executive Branch have been situated in The Hague since 1588, along with the Supreme Court and the Council of State. Since the 1983 revision of the Constitution of the Netherlands, Article 32 mentions that "the King shall be sworn in and inaugurated as soon as possible in the capital city, Amsterdam". It is the only reference in the document stating that Amsterdam is the capital. | conquered the city at what is known as the Second French Siege of Maastricht, during the War of Austrian Succession. The French took the city for the last time in 1794, when the condominium was dissolved and Maastricht was annexed to the First French Empire (1794–1814). For twenty years Maastricht remained the capital of the French département of Meuse-Inférieure.
History 19th and early 20th century.
After the Napoleonic era, Maastricht became part of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands in 1815. It was made the capital of | 3,256 | triviaqa-train |
Which river traditionally forms the border between England and Scotland ? | king, Edgar the Peaceful, at his council in Chester. After Kenneth had reportedly done homage, Edgar rewarded Kenneth by granting him Lothian. Despite this transaction, the control of Lothian was not finally settled and the region was taken by the Scots at the Battle of Carham in 1018 and the River Tweed became the "de facto" Anglo-Scottish border. The Solway–Tweed line was legally established in 1237 by the Treaty of York between England and Scotland. It remains the border today, with the exception of the | Duntroon, New Zealand
Duntroon (from ) is a small farming-town in the Waitaki District of New Zealand's South Island. Although traditionally considered a North Otago town, it is located within the farthest southern reaches of Canterbury. Just north of the town runs the Waitaki River, which forms the traditional border between the two regions, although the official border has moved south to put most of Waitaki District within Canterbury, including Duntroon. To the east of the village runs the Maerewhenua River. Near the village are the | 3,257 | triviaqa-train |
Which actress played Samantha in the comedy series Bewitched | and five. The show continues to be seen throughout the world in syndication and on recorded media.
"Bewitched" was created by Sol Saks under executive director Harry Ackerman, and starred Elizabeth Montgomery as Samantha Stephens; Dick York (1964–1969) as Darrin Stephens, her husband; Agnes Moorehead as Endora, Samantha's mother; David White as Larry Tate, Darrin's boss; Irene Vernon (1964-1966) and later Kasey Rogers (1966-1972) as Louise Tate, Larry's wife; Alice Pearce ( | Hitchcock Presents", Alfred Hitchcock had her in mind to play the sister-in-law of Sean Connery, who sees herself as a rival to the troubled heroine in the movie "Marnie" (1964), but Montgomery was unavailable.
Career 1964–1972: "Bewitched".
In the ABC situation comedy "Bewitched", Montgomery played the central role of lovable witch Samantha Stephens, with Dick York (and later with Dick Sargent) as her husband. Starting in the second season of the series, she also | 3,258 | triviaqa-train |
Which sports stadium has the highest seating capacity in the world (at 247,000) | Seating capacity
Seating capacity is the number of people who can be seated in a specific space, in terms of both the physical space available, and limitations set by law. Seating capacity can be used in the description of anything ranging from an automobile that seats two to a stadium that seats hundreds of thousands of people. The largest sporting venue in the world, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, has a permanent seating capacity for more than 235,000 people and infield seating that raises capacity to an approximate 400,000.
In venues. | before kickoff. The roof remains open unless precipitation or lightning is within the vicinity of the stadium, the temperature drops below , or wind gusts are greater than , in which case the roof operators will close the roof.
Stadium characteristics Seating.
With a peak capacity of over 100,000 spectators, AT&T Stadium has the highest capacity of any NFL stadium, while MetLife Stadium has the highest listed seating capacity at 82,500. The smallest stadium is Dignity Health Sports Park, which is hosting the Los Angeles Chargers for the 2017–2019 seasons, | 3,259 | triviaqa-train |
Which car manufacturer's current range includes the Navigator, MKX & MKC models | Lincoln MKX
The Lincoln MKX is a luxury SUV marketed by the Lincoln division of Ford. In production since 2007, the MKX ("X" stands for "crossover") is the first crossover SUV offered by the Lincoln brand; it is currently in its second generation. Initially the smallest Lincoln SUV, it is now slotted between the MKC and the MKT. The Lincoln counterpart of the Ford Edge CUV across both generations, the MKX has been the best-selling Lincoln model line since 2016.
The first | What is still unknown is how exactly iron bacteria extract iron from rock. It is accepted that some mechanism exists that eats away at the rock, perhaps through specialized enzymes or compounds that bring more FeO to the surface. It has been long debated about how much of the weathering of the rock is due to biotic components and how much can be attributed to abiotic components.
- Hydrothermal vents also release large quantities of dissolved iron into the deep ocean, allowing bacteria to survive. In addition, the high thermal gradient around | 3,260 | triviaqa-train |
What was the character name of Commander Shore's daughter in the 60's series Stingray (voiced by Lois Maxwell) | TV series and in films outside the Bond series in both the UK and Canada. She also guest-starred in "The Saint", in which she played the part of Helen Allardyce in the episode "Interlude in Venice", and The Persuaders, both of which she appeared in alongside the future James Bond, Roger Moore.
She provided the voice of Atlanta for the Supermarionation science-fiction children's series "Stingray" and was the star of "Adventures in Rainbow Country" in the 1970s.
Maxwell | comic book series of the same name.
Animated films DC Universe Animated Original Movies "Superman/Batman: Public Enemies".
Lois has a cameo in the 2009 animated film "".
Animated films DC Universe Animated Original Movies "All-Star Superman".
Christina Hendricks voiced Lois Lane in the 2011 animated feature film "All-Star Superman", based on the acclaimed comic book series of the same name by Grant Morrison.
Animated films DC Universe Animated Original Movies "Justice League: Doom".
Grey DeLisle voiced the character in | 3,261 | triviaqa-train |
Who had hits with Wishin' and Hopin and You don't have to say you love me | Wishin' and Hopin'
"Wishin' and Hopin'" is a song, written by Hal David and Burt Bacharach, which was a Top 10 hit for Dusty Springfield in 1964.
History.
The song was first recorded by Dionne Warwick in the fall of 1962, and was the B-side of Warwick's single "This Empty Place" (also recorded in the fall of 1962) in the spring of 1963; the track was also featured on Warwick's debut album "Presenting Dionne Warwick" | Lana Sisters, and two years later formed a pop-folk vocal trio, The Springfields, with her brother Tom Springfield and Tim Field. They became the UK's top selling act. Her solo career began in 1963 with the upbeat pop hit, "I Only Want to Be with You". Among the hits that followed were "Wishin' and Hopin' " (1964), "I Just Don't Know What to Do with Myself" (1964), "You Don't Have to Say You | 3,262 | triviaqa-train |
Which English alternate rock band released the album called "Tilt" in 1999? | Tilt (The Lightning Seeds album)
Tilt is the fifth studio album from British alternative rock band The Lightning Seeds. It was released in 1999.
After The Lightning Seeds had become a full band in 1996 with the release of the hugely successful single "Three Lions" and the album "Dizzy Heights" that November, numerous members left the band whilst Zak Starkey joined the group on drums in time for their successful greatest hits album "Like You Do... Best of The Lightning Seeds" (1997). The | -piece; Pearcy occasionally played guitar during this tour.
The band issued a compilation album called "Collage" in July 1997, which consisted of B-sides, alternate recordings, and new versions of songs from the Mickey Ratt period. In 1998, Ratt secured a worldwide record deal with Sony. The self-titled "Ratt" album, released in July 1999, featured new material with a more conventional blues rock feel.
With A&R guru John Kalodner in control over how the album turned out, bringing | 3,263 | triviaqa-train |
Which children's cartoon series featured characters called Lion-O, Cheetara, Panthro and Tygra? | .
In the 2011 series, the Berbils are shown to be more bear-like and have an ability to roll up into balls. The Berbils made themselves known to the ThunderCats when they helped to repair the Thunder Tank and give them food. Panthro was against their cute appearance first until it came to repairing Ro-Bear-Bill following an attack by the Conquedor (who had been abducting Berbils and selling them as slaves). The ThunderCats managed to help the Berbils drive away the Conquedor along with his Trollog and | who sent Panthro and Grune to find the Book of Omens. When Lion-O was fighting off some Thunderians who were beating up two imprisoned Lizards (where Lion-O was assisted by Tygra and Cheetara), Claudus arrived to break up the fight. He was convinced by Lion-O to let the Lizards go free and back to their homeland. When Thundera was being attacked by the Lizards, Claudus is murdered by Mumm-Ra (who was disguised as Panthro). Lion-O, Cheetara, and Tygra | 3,264 | triviaqa-train |
Who was the first woman in Space? | Valentina Tereshkova
Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova (; born 6 March 1937) is a member of the Russian State Duma, engineer, and former cosmonaut. She is the first and youngest woman to have flown in space with a solo mission on the Vostok 6 on 16 June 1963. She orbited the Earth 48 times, spent almost three days in space, and remains the only woman to have been on a solo space mission.
Before her selection for the Soviet space program, Tereshkova was a textile factory worker and an amateur skydiver | Richard Branson?
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Who was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize? | out by "New Scientist", she was voted the "most inspirational woman in science". Curie received 25.1 per cent of all votes cast, nearly twice as many as second-place Rosalind Franklin (14.2 per cent).
Poland and France declared 2011 the Year of Marie Curie, and the United Nations declared that this would be the International Year of Chemistry. An artistic installation celebrating "Madame Curie" filled the Jacobs Gallery at San Diego's Museum of Contemporary Art. On 7 November, Google celebrated the | ten Israeli Nobel laureates, the first woman from the Middle East to win a Nobel prize in the sciences, and the first woman in 45 years to win the Nobel Prize for Chemistry.
Biography.
Yonath (née Lifshitz) was born in the Geula quarter of Jerusalem. Her parents, Hillel and Esther Lifshitz, were Zionist Jews who immigrated to Palestine from Zduńska Wola, Poland in 1933 before the establishment of Israel. Her father was a rabbi and came from a rabbinical family. They settled in Jerusalem and ran | 3,266 | triviaqa-train |
Which country was the first to grant all adult women the right to vote for it's Parliament? | first to acknowledge women's right to vote in 1893 when it was a self-governing British colony. Unrestricted women's suffrage in terms of voting rights (women were not initially permitted to stand for election) was adopted in New Zealand in 1893. Following a successful movement led by Kate Sheppard, the women's suffrage bill was adopted weeks before the general election of that year. The women of the British protectorate of Cook Islands obtained the same right soon after and beat New Zealand's women to the polls in 1893. | of Finland, was the second country in the world to implement both the right to vote and the right to run for office. Finland was also the first country in Europe to give women the right to vote. The world's first female members of parliament were elected in Finland the following year. In Europe, the last jurisdiction to grant women the right to vote was the Swiss canton of Appenzell Innerrhoden (AI), in 1991; AI is the smallest Swiss canton with 14,100 inhabitants in 1990. Women in Switzerland obtained | 3,267 | triviaqa-train |
Bruce Willis is best known for his role of John McCain in which film series? | ", due to his portrayal of John McClane in the "Die Hard" franchise (1988–2013), and other such roles.
His credits also include "Death Becomes Her" (1992), "Pulp Fiction" (1994), "12 Monkeys" (1995), "The Fifth Element" (1997), "Armageddon" (1998), "The Sixth Sense" (1999), "Sin City" (2005), "Red" (2010), "Moonrise Kingdom" ( | Bruce Harwood
Bruce Harwood (born April 29, 1963) is a Canadian character actor best known for his role of John Fitzgerald Byers, one of The Lone Gunmen on the television series "The X-Files". In addition to "The X-Files", Harwood portrayed Byers in the spin-off series "The Lone Gunmen", which aired thirteen episodes in 2001. He has also played other roles with a strong similarity to Byers, such as Willis, a technician from the Phoenix Foundation in " | 3,268 | triviaqa-train |
In British politics, who had the nickname ‘The Beast of Bolsover’? | Dennis Skinner
Dennis Edward Skinner (born 11 February 1932) is a British politician of the Labour Party serving as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Bolsover since 1970. Skinner became the longest continuously serving Labour MP on 16 December 2017. He was Chairman of the Labour Party for one year from 1988 to 1989 and served as a member of Labour's National Executive Committee, with brief breaks, for thirty years.
He is known for his left-wing views and an acerbic wit. He is a member | The 'Die Hards' subsequently became the West Middlesex’s regimental nickname.
The term was later used to deride several senior officers of the Army who sought to maintain the system bequeathed to them by the Duke of Wellington and who strenuously resisted military reforms enacted by Parliament starting in the late 1860s.
British political uses.
In British politics the adjective "die-hard" (best written with a hyphen) was first
used to describe those who, during the crisis caused by the Lords' rejection of David | 3,269 | triviaqa-train |
Avian influenza affects which type of creatures? | Avian influenza
Avian influenza—known informally as avian flu or bird flu is a variety of influenza caused by viruses adapted to birds. The type with the greatest risk is highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI). Bird flu is similar to swine flu, dog flu, horse flu and human flu as an illness caused by strains of influenza viruses that have adapted to a specific host. Out of the three types of influenza viruses (A, B, and C), influenza A virus is a zoonotic infection with a | Avian influenza in cats
Cats with Avian Influenza exhibit symptoms that can result in death. They are one of the few species that can get Avian Influenza. The specific virus that they get is H5N1, which is a subtype of Avian Influenza. In order to get the virus, cats need to be in contact with waterfowl, poultry, or uncooked poultry that are infected. Two of the main organs that the virus affects are the lungs and liver.
History.
The H5N1 virus has been found in China, | 3,270 | triviaqa-train |
What is the profession of Bill Murray’s character in the 1993 film ‘Groundhog Day’? | the best comedy films. The term "groundhog day" is now used to describe a recurring situation in government and military arenas. In 2006, the film was added to the United States National Film Registry as being deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". A stage musical adaptation premiered in 2016.
Plot.
Weatherman Phil Connors reassures Pittsburgh viewers that an approaching blizzard will miss Western Pennsylvania. He goes with news producer Rita Hanson and cameraman Larry to Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, to cover the Groundhog Day festivities | Crystal Lake Community Consolidated School District 47 and Community Unit School District 300.
Trinity Oaks Christian Academy, a non-denominational Christian school, is located in Cary, as well as Saints Peter and Paul, a Roman Catholic school and parish.
Popular culture.
The interior of the bed and breakfast room that Bill Murray's character stays in, in the 1993 film Groundhog Day, was built in a warehouse in Cary.
Suzanne Evenson of Cary was featured on HGTV's show House Hunters International on December 8 | 3,271 | triviaqa-train |
The controversial Boruca Dam is in which South American country? | Boruca
The Boruca (also known as the Brunca or the Brunka) are an indigenous people living in Costa Rica. The tribe has about 2,660 members, most of whom live on a reservation in the Puntarenas Province in southwestern Costa Rica, a few miles away from the Pan-American Highway where it follows the Rio Terraba. The ancestors of the modern Boruca made up a group of chiefdoms that ruled most of Costa Rica's Pacific coast, from Quepos to what is now the Panamanian border, including the Osa Peninsula. | , significant watersheds and puts at-risk species at further risk while destroying habitats, peace and hopes of these communities creating eco-tourism and cultural tourism.
The previous version of this mega-dam was under development for over 30 years, first called the Boruca Dam. The Boruca Dam included an Aluminum smelting operation. The Boruca and Térraba peoples fought and won a decision against the dam and the industry. Then ICE moved the project upstream to the west to the neighboring Térraba Indigenous peoples lands. Instead, the Diquís | 3,272 | triviaqa-train |
The ‘Hats’ and the ‘Caps’ were political factions during the 18th Century ‘Age of Liberty’ in which European country? | Age of Liberty
In Swedish and Finnish history, the Age of Liberty () () is a half-century-long period of parliamentary governance and increasing civil rights, beginning with Charles XII's death in 1718 and ending with Gustav III's self-coup in 1772. The shift of power from monarch to parliament was a direct effect of the Great Northern War, which was disastrous for Sweden.
Suffrage under the parliamentary government of the Age of Liberty was not universal. Although the taxed peasantry was represented in | the late 19th century. During the 1680s and 1690s, the salon of countess Magdalena Stenbock became a meeting where foreign ambassadors in Stockholm came to make contacts, and her gambling table was described as a center of Swedish foreign policy.
During the Swedish age of liberty (1718-1772), women participated in political debate and promoted their favorites in the struggle between the
Caps (party) and the Hats (party) through political salons. These forums were regarded influential enough for foreign powers to engage some of these | 3,273 | triviaqa-train |
What was the first scheduled television programme to be shown in the UK on BBC2? | of this bulletin, but a videotape was discovered in early 2003.
By 11:00 on 21 April, power had been restored to the studios and programming began, thus making "Play School" the first programme to be shown officially on the channel. The launch schedule, postponed from the night before, was then successfully shown that evening, albeit with minor changes. In reference to the power cut, the transmission opened with a shot of a lit candle which was then sarcastically blown out by presenter Denis Tuohy.
To | The programme includes regular news summaries and is the first time the BBC has broadcast a scheduled news bulletin at breakfast and comes three months ahead of the launch of the BBC's breakfast television programme "Breakfast Time".
- 10 October – "Boys from the Blackstuff" premieres on BBC2 (last episode was shown on 7 November).
- 17 October – First showing on British television of "Lord of the Flies" on BBC2.
- 24 October – British television premiere of George Lucas' 1977 science- | 3,274 | triviaqa-train |
Which English agriculturalist developed a horse-drawn seed drill in 1701? | Jethro Tull (agriculturist)
Jethro Tull (1674 – 21 February 1741, New Style) was an English agricultural pioneer from Berkshire who helped bring about the British Agricultural Revolution. He perfected a horse-drawn seed drill in 1700 that economically sowed the seeds in neat rows. He later developed a horse-drawn hoe. Tull's methods were adopted by many great landowners and helped to provide the basis for modern agriculture.
Biography.
Tull was probably born in Basildon, Berkshire, to Jethro Tull, Sr, | invented the horse-drawn seed drill that revolutionized agriculture. Robson's reasoning was that the name "had a nice grubby farmer sound to it".
- Deputy U.S. Secretary of Defense Paul H. Nitze inaugurated a program to curtail the growing use of marijuana among U.S. troops fighting in the Vietnam War.
- U.S. and North Korean officials met for the first time at Panmunjom regarding the recent seizure of the USS Pueblo by North Korean forces.
- Born: Kenny Albert, American sportscaster, in New York
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British comedian Michael Joseph Pennington is better known by what name? | Johnny Vegas
Michael Joseph Pennington (born 5 September 1970), known professionally as Johnny Vegas, is an English actor and comedian, known for his portly figure and his alter-egos' angry rants, surreal humour and husky voice.
His television roles have included playing Al in the ITV Digital and PG Tips adverts, drug dealer Moz in the BBC black comedy "Ideal", Geoff Maltby in the ITV comedy series "Benidorm" and Eric Agnew in the BBC sitcom "Still Open All Hours". | Skepta
Joseph Junior Adenuga Jr. (born 19 September 1982), better known by his stage name Skepta, is a British grime MC, rapper, songwriter, record producer and music video director from Tottenham, North London. Skepta, alongside his younger brother Jme, joined Roll Deep for a short period of time before becoming founding members of Boy Better Know in 2006.
With Boy Better Know, Skepta clashed with fellow MC Devilman for the video release "Lord of the Mics 2", in what is remembered as | 3,276 | triviaqa-train |
The National Art Library is in which London museum? | , in 1753. Originally containing antiquities, natural history specimens, and the national library, the museum now has 7 million artefacts from around the globe. In 1824, the National Gallery was founded to house the British national collection of Western paintings; this now occupies a prominent position in Trafalgar Square.
In the latter half of the 19th century the locale of South Kensington was developed as "Albertopolis", a cultural and scientific quarter. Three major national museums are there: the Victoria and Albert Museum (for the | community, she focused on her time on botany and painting. She studied local flora and fauna in watercolour, which she painted from nature. These were exhibited at the Museum of Science and Art, Dublin in 1894. 196 of her studies of the life stages of Jamaican lepidoptera are in the entomology library of the Natural History Museum, London, and more of her work is held by the National Botanic Gardens, Dublin. It is said that whilst in the Bahamas she was painted with a pet snake wrapped around her waist | 3,277 | triviaqa-train |
Which King of Sparta was the husband of Helen of Troy? | Trojan War
In Greek mythology, the Trojan War (; ) was waged against the city of Troy by the Achaeans (Greeks) after Paris of Troy took Helen from her husband Menelaus, king of Sparta. The war is one of the most important events in Greek mythology and has been narrated through many works of Greek literature, most notably Homer's "Iliad". The core of the "Iliad" (Books II – XXIII) describes a period of four days and two nights in the tenth year of the decade | and ran off with it. With no security in sight and only three bases, umpire crew chief Jim Honochick forfeited the game to the New York Yankees. The nation's capital went with out Major League Baseball for 33 years until the relocation of the National League's Montreal Expos who became the Washington Nationals.
History Texas Rangers (1972–present).
History Texas Rangers (1972–present) First years in Texas (1972–1984).
Prior to the 1972 season, improvements were made to Turnpike Stadium, which reopened as Arlington Stadium, in | 3,278 | triviaqa-train |
Which famous monument stands in the centre of the ‘Place Charles de Gaulle’ in Paris? | la Cité; the Eiffel Tower, constructed for the Paris Universal Exposition of 1889; the Grand Palais and Petit Palais, built for the Paris Universal Exposition of 1900; the Arc de Triomphe on the Champs-Élysées, and the Basilica of Sacré-Coeur on the hill of Montmartre. Paris received 23 million visitors in 2017, measured by hotel stays, with the largest numbers of foreign visitors coming from the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany and China. It was ranked as the third most visited travel destination in | Place Charles de Gaulle
The Place Charles de Gaulle (), historically known as the Place de l'Étoile (), is a large road junction in Paris, France, the meeting point of twelve straight avenues (hence its historic name, which translates as "Square of the Star") including the Champs-Élysées. It was renamed in 1970 following the death of President Charles de Gaulle. It is still often referred to by its original name; the nearby Métro and RER station retains the designation Charles de Gaulle– | 3,279 | triviaqa-train |
Which US musician launched ‘Mansinthe’, his own brand of Absinthe in 2007? | actress Sharon Tate, as well as several others; and served a life sentence on murder and conspiracy charges until his death in 2017.
Manson has mentioned on at least two occasions that he trademarked the name. In an interview at the 2015 Cannes Lions Festival, he said: "I trademarked the name 'Marilyn Manson' the same way as Walt Disney and Mickey Mouse. It's not a stage name. It's not my legal name ... Marilyn Manson is owned by Brian Warner, my real name." | the Absinthe Museum, Auvers-sur-Oise, France, he launched his own brand, La Fée Absinthe, the first traditional distilled absinthe commercially produced in France since the 1915 ban.
In 2010, with Marie-Claude Delahaye, he presented evidence to the FFS in support of the repeal of the French Absinthe ban of 1915.
External links.
- LaFeeAbsinthe.com — Official La Fée Absinthe website.
- Daily Telegraph Article June 2001 - An article in one of the UK's top daily newspapers about the | 3,280 | triviaqa-train |
How many bones are in the human neck? | ear.
The Greek word for bone is ὀστέον ("osteon"), hence the many terms that use it as a prefix – such as osteopathy.
Structure.
Bone is not uniformly solid, but consists of a flexible matrix (about 30%) and bound minerals (about 70%) which are intricately woven and endlessly remodeled by a group of specialized bone cells. Their unique composition and design allows bones to be relatively hard and strong, while remaining lightweight.
Bone matrix is 90 to 95 | the total body weight, and half of this weight is water.
Fused bones include those of the pelvis and the cranium. Not all bones are interconnected directly: There are three bones in each middle ear called the ossicles that articulate only with each other. The hyoid bone, which is located in the neck and serves as the point of attachment for the tongue, does not articulate with any other bones in the body, being supported by muscles and ligaments.
There are 206 bones in the adult human skeleton, | 3,281 | triviaqa-train |
Which chemical element is also know as ‘Inflammable Air’? | Hydrogen
Hydrogen is the chemical element with the symbol H and atomic number 1. With a standard atomic weight of , hydrogen is the lightest element in the periodic table. Hydrogen is the most abundant chemical substance in the Universe, constituting roughly 75% of all baryonic mass. Non-remnant stars are mainly composed of hydrogen in the plasma state. The most common isotope of hydrogen, termed "protium" (name rarely used, symbol H), has one proton and no neutrons.
The universal emergence of | 's constant.
The following year, 1876, chemical engineer Willard Gibbs published an obscure 300-page paper titled: "On the Equilibrium of Heterogeneous Substances", wherein he formulated one grand equality, the Gibbs free energy equation, which suggested a measure of the amount of "useful work" attainable in reacting systems. Gibbs also originated the concept we now know as enthalpy H, calling it "a heat function for constant pressure".
The modern word "enthalpy" would be coined many years later by Heike Kamerlingh Onnes | 3,282 | triviaqa-train |
In which European city was writer and poet Oscar Wilde born? | Oscar Wilde
Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde (16 October 185430 November 1900) was an Irish poet and playwright. After writing in different forms throughout the 1880s, he became one of London's most popular playwrights in the early 1890s. He is best remembered for his epigrams and plays, his novel "The Picture of Dorian Gray", and the circumstances of his criminal conviction for "gross indecency", imprisonment, and early death at age 46.
Wilde's parents were successful Anglo-Irish intellectuals in Dublin. | Alicia Morel
Alicia Morel Chaigneau (26 July 1921 – 1 March 2017) was a Chilean writer, novelist, storyteller, poet, and essayist best known for her work in the field of children's literature and theater for children and puppets.
Biography.
Biography Early years.
Alicia Morel was born on 26 July 1921, to a very well-educated family in which she was the eldest of six children. From a very young age she was extremely interested in literature. Her favorite authors were Oscar Wilde, | 3,283 | triviaqa-train |
What do the interior angles of an octagon add up to in degrees? | Octagon
In geometry, an octagon (from the Greek ὀκτάγωνον "oktágōnon", "eight angles"). Is an eight-sided polygon or 8-gon.
A "regular octagon" has Schläfli symbol {8} and can also be constructed as a quasiregular truncated square, t{4}, which alternates two types of edges. A truncated octagon, t{8} is a hexadecagon, t{16}.
Properties of the general octagon.
The sum of all the internal angles of any octagon is 1080°. As | property of the real numbers. Starting with Moritz Pasch in 1882, many improved axiomatic systems for geometry have been proposed, the best known being those of Hilbert, George Birkhoff, and Tarski.
Later work 20th century and general relativity.
Einstein's theory of general relativity shows that the true geometry of spacetime is not Euclidean geometry. For example, if a triangle is constructed out of three rays of light, then in general the interior angles do not add up to 180 degrees due to gravity. A relatively weak gravitational | 3,284 | triviaqa-train |
What is the title of the theme tune to BBC radio’s ‘Desert Island Discs’? | ", which has "Barwick Green"; "Desert Island Discs" which has "By the Sleepy Lagoon", and "The Rush Limbaugh Show", which uses the instrumental from "My City Was Gone."
In talk radio, a different theme song is often used to introduce each segment, and the music (usually popular music of some sort) will often relate to the topic being discussed. John Batchelor is noted for his use of highly dramatic orchestral scores leading in and out of each segment of | musical composition can be heard as the theme tune to Desert Island Discs on BBC Radio 4.
Air Commodore Edward 'Teddy' Mortlock Donaldson CB, CBE, DSO, AFC and Bar, LoM (USA) (1912–1992) who set a new world air speed record of 616 mph in September 1946, also breaking the barrier for the first time in the Star Meteor IV. Donaldson lived at Iron Latch Cottage and there is a blue plaque on the beach at the bottom of Park Lane to mark the event. | 3,285 | triviaqa-train |
In Greek mythology, who was condemned to the eternal task of rolling a large stone up to the top of a hill, from which it always rolled down again? | Sisyphus
In Greek mythology Sisyphus or Sisyphos (; Ancient Greek: Σίσυφος "Sísuphos") was the king of Ephyra (now known as Corinth). He was punished for his self-aggrandizing craftiness and deceitfulness by being forced to roll an immense boulder up a hill only for it to roll down when it nears the top, repeating this action for eternity. Through the classical influence on modern culture, tasks that are both laborious and futile are therefore described as Sisyphean ().
Etymology.
Linguistics Professor R. S. | solo clarinet ends this large idyll-movement, an expression of vegetative (idle, thoughtless) Nature.
Although Nielsen asserted that the symphony is non-programmatic, he once expressed his views on it thus:
I'm rolling a stone up a hill, I'm using the powers in me to bring the stone to the top. The stone lies there so still, powers are wrapped in it, until I give it a kick and the same powers are released and the stone rolls down again. But you | 3,286 | triviaqa-train |
Which member of The Beatles used the pseudonym L’Angelo Misterioso? | was too good for its original purpose as a B-side and asked for a full album. The LP, "Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1", was released in October 1988 and recorded under pseudonyms as half-brothers, supposed sons of Charles Truscott Wilbury, Sr. It reached number 16 in the UK and number 3 in the US, where it was certified triple platinum. Harrison's pseudonym on the album was "Nelson Wilbury"; he used the name "Spike Wilbury" for their second album. | Los Beatles en Cuba: Un viaje mágico y misterioso
The Beatles never visited Cuba, so the title is a reference to the presence of The Beatles as a social and cultural phenomenon in the Caribbean island, where they were banned in the 1960s and 1970s after government officials considered Beatlemania a bad example for the Cuban youth. "Los Beatles en Cuba: un viaje mágico y misterioso" was the first book about The Beatles ever published in Cuba. According to scholar Cameron Zywina, the book is an introduction “to the | 3,287 | triviaqa-train |
Which energy drink is advertised with the slogan ‘…..gives you wings’? | combination of the two in college students is correlated to students experiencing alcohol-related consequences, and several health risks.
There is no reliable evidence that other ingredients in energy drinks provide further benefits, even though the drinks are frequently advertised in a way that suggests they have unique benefits. The dietary supplements in energy drinks may be purported to provide produce benefits, such as for vitamin B12, but no claims of using supplements to enhance health in otherwise normal people have been verified scientifically. Various marketing organizations such as Red Bull | Soder Cola
Soder Cola is a fictional carbonated soft drink sold in stores, restaurants, and vending machines throughout the world of the DC Comics universe. The company advertised with the slogan: "Sometimes even super-heroes get thirsty."
Fictional history.
Soder Cola is a soda drink, manufactured by the Soder Cola Company. Soder is the eternal competitor of Zesti Cola. It's America's most popular soft drink.
Booster Gold has gained and lost promotions for Soder on a number of occasions. For | 3,288 | triviaqa-train |
A pontil is a metal rod used in the process of what? | was carried on in Europe from the medieval period through the Middle Ages to the Renaissance in the demise of the Roman Empire in the 5th century AD. During the early medieval period, the Franks manipulated the technique of glassblowing by creating the simple corrugated molds and developing the claws decoration techniques. Blown glass objects, such as the drinking vessels that imitated the shape of the animal horn were produced in the Rhine and Meuse valleys, as well as in Belgium. The Byzantine glassworkers made mold-blown glass decorated with Christian and Jewish | continuous piece of metal. Also used heavily in Oxy-fuel sculpture creation is forging. Forging is the process of heating metal to a certain point to soften it enough to be shaped into different forms. One very common example is heating the end of a steel rod and hitting the red heated tip with a hammer while on an anvil to form a point. In between hammer swings, the forger rotates the rod and gradually forms a sharpened point from the blunt end of a steel rod.
Materials and techniques Glass. | 3,289 | triviaqa-train |
Jafar, Abu and Iago are all characters in which Disney film? | with "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" in 1988, Disney's flagship animation studio enjoyed a series of commercial and critical successes with such films as "The Little Mermaid" (1989), "Beauty and the Beast" (1991), "Aladdin" (1992) and "The Lion King" (1994). In addition, the company successfully entered the field of television animation with a number of lavishly budgeted and acclaimed series such as "Adventures of the Gummi Bears", "DuckTales", "", | Callaway as Princess Jasmine (singing voice)
- Gilbert Gottfried as Iago
- Jerry Orbach as Sa'luk
- Frank Welker as Abu
- Val Bettin as Sultan
- Jim Cummings as Razoul
- C. C. H. Pounder as The Oracle
Production.
Following the success of "The Return of Jafar" and the television series, Disney announced in January 1995 that a third film was in production, and later in June, that it was scheduled for a home video release in 1996. In September 1995, | 3,290 | triviaqa-train |
Who became the Mayor of New York City in 2002? | the authority to choose the mayor. An amendment to the New York State Constitution in 1834 provided for the direct popular election of the mayor. Cornelius W. Lawrence, a Democrat, was elected that year.
Gracie Mansion has been the official residence of the mayor since Fiorello La Guardia's administration in 1942. Its main floor is open to the public and serves as a small museum.
The mayor is entitled to a salary of $258,750 a year. Michael Bloomberg, mayor of the city from 2002 to 2013 and | as dishonest spreaders of AIDS led to a letter-writing campaign by the New York Area Bisexual Network (NYABN). Cosmopolitan has printed no articles defaming bisexuals since the campaign.
20th century 1990–1999.
In 1990, Deborah Glick, who is lesbian, became the first openly LGBT member of the State House of Representatives.
New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani signed recognition of a municipal domestic partnerships registry into law in 1997.
21st century.
21st century 2000–2010.
In 2002, the Sexual Orientation Non-Discrimination | 3,291 | triviaqa-train |
The Scales represent which sign of the Zodiac? | two-pan, beam balance) are one of the traditional symbols of justice, as wielded by statues of Lady Justice. This corresponds to the use in metaphor of matters being "held in the balance". It has its origins in ancient Egypt.
Scales are also the symbol for the astrological sign Libra.
Force-measuring (weight) scales.
Force-measuring (weight) scales History.
Although records dating to the 1700s refer to spring scales for measuring mass, the earliest design for such a | Barrett Browning's poetic works:
In popular culture.
In the January 1970 edition of the "Avengers" (No. 72), the supervillain group Zodiac introduced the member "Pisces" whose abilities allowed him to live underwater, which included fins, scales and gills.
In the 1979 sports fantasy film "The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh", the fictitious basketball team the "Pittsburgh Pythons" turn to astrology after a continuous losing streak, and fill the roster with players born under the astrological sign of Pisces | 3,292 | triviaqa-train |
Who plays the politician who becomes the boyfriend of Jennifer Lopez in the 2003 film ‘Maid in Manhattan’? | Maid in Manhattan
Maid in Manhattan is a 2002 American romantic comedy-drama film directed by Wayne Wang and based on a story by John Hughes, who is credited using a pseudonym. It stars Jennifer Lopez, Ralph Fiennes, and Natasha Richardson. In the film, a hotel maid and a high-profile politician fall in love. The film was released on December 13, 2002, by Columbia Pictures and was a box office success, grossing nearly $100 million more than its budget.
Plot.
Marisa | including "Booty Call", "Above the Rim", and "Maid in Manhattan".
In early 2009, Benny Medina formed another company called the Medina Company.
Management clients.
Medina is best known for managing actress/singer/dancer Jennifer Lopez. Along with Lopez and then-head of Sony Music, Tommy Mottola, Medina launched Lopez's pop music career in 1999, after which he and Lopez worked intensively together building a dominant film, music, fragrance and clothing empire. In 2003, | 3,293 | triviaqa-train |
What was jazz musician Bix Beiderbecke’s first name? | Bix Beiderbecke
Leon Bismark "Bix" Beiderbecke (March 10, 1903 – August 6, 1931) was an American jazz cornetist, pianist, and composer.
Beiderbecke was one of the most influential jazz soloists of the 1920s, a cornet player noted for an inventive lyrical approach and purity of tone. His solos on seminal recordings such as "Singin' the Blues" and "I'm Coming, Virginia" (both 1927) demonstrate a gift for extended improvisation that heralded the jazz ballad style, in which jazz | Iowa: "His name and face are still a huge part of the city's identity. There's an annual Bix Beiderbecke Memorial Jazz Festival, and a Bix 7 road race with tens of thousands of runners, Bix T-shirts, bumper stickers, bobble-head dolls, the whole works." In 1971, on the 40th anniversary of Beiderbecke's death, the Bix Beiderbecke Memorial Jazz Festival was founded in Davenport, Iowa, to honor the musician. In 1974, Sudhalter and Evans published their biography, " | 3,294 | triviaqa-train |
Which 20th Century American artist was well known for his unique style of ‘Drip Painting’? | over a horizontal canvas.
Drip painting was however to find particular expression in the work of the mid-twentieth-century artists Janet Sobel and Jackson Pollock. Pollock found drip painting to his liking; later using the technique almost exclusively, he would make use of such unconventional tools as sticks, hardened brushes and even basting syringes to create large and energetic abstract works. Pollock used house or industrial paint to create his paintings—Pollock's wife Lee Krasner described his palette as "typically a can or two of … enamel | federal buildings be used to pay for artists to decorate them.
The post office was completed in 1940. A mural by Creek-Pawnee artist Acee Blue Eagle was commissioned, which he completed in 1942. The post office is one of only three in Oklahoma to have a mural painted directly onto its plaster wall. Blue Eagle was a significant Native American painter who helped to establish the style known as Traditional Indian Painting, which was the predominant style of Native American art in Oklahoma through the 20th century. The post office | 3,295 | triviaqa-train |
Gary Burrell and Min Kao founded which US-based navigation systems company in 1989? | Min Kao
Min H. Kao () is a Taiwanese-born American electrical engineer, businessman and philanthropist. He is the co-founder of Garmin Corporation with Gary Burrell. As of August 2017, his personal wealth was estimated at $3 billion.
Early life.
Min H. Kao was born in 1949 in a small town in Taiwan called Zhushan in Nantou. He graduated from the National Taiwan University in Taiwan and earned a doctorate in electrical engineering from the University of Tennessee in 1977.
Career. | Etak
Etak, Inc. was an independent US-based vendor of automotive navigation system equipment, digital maps, and mapping software. It was founded in 1983.
Its original headquarters were in Sunnyvale, but the company later moved to 1430 O'Brien Drive (View on OpenStreetMap) in Menlo Park, California. The company finally ceased to exist under the name "Etak" shortly after its acquisition by Tele Atlas in 2000. In its time, it was a pioneer in commercializing automotive navigation systems and digital mapping, technologies that | 3,296 | triviaqa-train |
Morty and Ferdie are the nephews of which cartoon character? | 's Nephews" by almost six months. The names were devised by Disney gag man Dana Coty, who took them from Huey Long, Thomas Dewey, and Louis Schmitt, an animator at the Disney Studio in the 1930s and 1940s. Taliaferro's introduction of the nephews emulated the three nephews in the Happy Hooligan comic strip and was also influenced by Mickey Mouse's nephews, Morty and Ferdie Fieldmouse.
In translations of Disney works the nephews have different local-sounding names that often follow the repetition (parachesis) of the | Steam Roller", is the first to show Mickey with only two nephews, who can be presumed to be Morty and Ferdie, although they are unnamed in the film itself. This was two years after the twins debuted in the comic strip. Morty and Ferdie also make a cameo towards the end of 1938's "Boat Builders" and appear again in 1983's "Mickey's Christmas Carol" in speaking roles, albeit at different ages as one of the twins took on the role of Tiny Tim. In 1999 they | 3,297 | triviaqa-train |
The city of Samara is in which European country? | religious groups, including an Orthodox Christian majority and minorities of Armenian Apostolic Christians, Catholics, Protestants, Muslims, and Jews.
However, since 2009, a Russian "anti-extremism" law has led to an increase in repression of religious minorities. Local authorities and courts in Samara have targeted Jehovah's Witnesses by liquidating the group's legal entity ("Local Religious Organization" or "LRO") and designating it as an "extremist" organization. In November 2016, "the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation | can find such a long and beautiful embankment."
History.
History Early history.
Samara is named after the Samara River, which probably means "summer water" (signifying that it froze in winter) in the Indo-Iranian language which was spoken here 2000 years ago. The Samara city gives its name to the Samara culture, a neolithic culture of the 5th millennium BC, and the Kurgan hypothesis associates the region with the original homeland (urheimat) of the Proto-Indo-European language.
Samara | 3,298 | triviaqa-train |
Pruritus is the medical name for which skin condition in humans? | Itch
Itch (also known as pruritus) is a that causes the desire or reflex to scratch. Itch has resisted many attempts to be classified as any one type of sensory experience. Itch has many similarities to pain, and while both are unpleasant sensory experiences, their behavioral response patterns are different. Pain creates a withdrawal reflex, whereas itch leads to a scratch reflex.
Unmyelinated nerve fibers for itch and pain both originate in the skin; however, information for them is conveyed centrally in two distinct systems that both | cause of a physical or emotional condition through the use of insight rather than modern medicine. Other terms for such a person include medical clairvoyant, medical psychic or intuitive counselor. In 2009 Steven Novella, writing on Science Based Medicine, calls medical intuitive diagnosis as "purely magical thinking" and refers to a Huffington Post article about it as "a promotion of a dubious pseudoscientific medical claim".
- Morgellons – is the informal name of a self-diagnosed, unexplained skin condition in which individuals have sores that they believe | 3,299 | triviaqa-train |
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