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Which tennis player won the 2005 Wimbledon Men’s Finals? | Men's Singles Final on 8 July 2012, between Roger Federer and Murray, was the first singles final to be partially played under the roof, which was activated during the third set.
A new 4000-seat No. 2 Court was built on the site of the old No. 13 Court in time for the 2009 Championships. A new 2000-seat No. 3 Court was built on the site of the old No. 2 and No. 3 Courts.
On 1 August 2011, the All England Club transferred all of | in singles tennis (male)
2. Most consecutive Men’s Grand Slam semi-finals
3. Most French Open Tennis Men's Singles Final defeats
4. Longest time consecutively ranked tennis world number one (male)
5. Most Wimbledon Men's singles tennis titles
6. Most tennis singles matches on grass won consecutively (male)
7. Most tennis Grand Slam singles matches won (male)
8. Highest annual earnings for a tennis player (male, current year)
9. | 3,300 | triviaqa-train |
In which 1979 film did Pierce Brosnan make his movie debut as an IRA hitman? | Williams, stating only "Thank God for you, my dear boy". In 1977 he was picked by Franco Zeffirelli to appear in the play "Filumena" by Eduardo De Filippo opposite Joan Plowright and Frank Finlay.
He continued his career making brief appearances in films such as "The Long Good Friday" (1980) and "The Mirror Crack'd" (1980), as well as early television performances in "The Professionals", "Murphy's Stroke", and "Play for Today". He became | who attends his high school reunion in the comedy film "Grosse Pointe Blank".
- In the 2008 political satire film "War, Inc.", Cusack plays Brand Hauser, a hitman posing as a trade show producer.
- Forest Whitaker portrayed a hitman influenced by Bushidō warriors in "".
- In the 2005 black comedy "The Matador", Pierce Brosnan portrays an experienced hitman who suffers a mental breakdown, causing him to freeze during the last seconds of the contract killing he was hired for. | 3,301 | triviaqa-train |
Who wrote the 1973 novel ‘A Fairy Tale of New York’? | J. P. Donleavy's 1973 novel "A Fairy Tale of New York", which Finer was reading at the time and had left lying around the recording studio. In the same "Melody Maker" interview MacGowan expressed regret that the song had not been completed in time to be released for Christmas that year, and hinted that the track would appear on an EP that the Pogues were due to record shortly. In January 1986 the group recorded the song during the sessions with Costello that would produce the "Poguetry in Motion" | spoken word recordings, "The Listener's Guide to Audio Books".
Magnus Books published Wynne's second novel "The Red Shoes" in July 2013. ""The Red Shoes", set in contemporary New York City, is a beautifully dark queer re-visioning of the Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale of the same title. Wynne immediately engages the reader with finely detailed descriptions, nuanced character development, and an air of mystery that makes the 428-page text read like a novella,” wrote Jamie Jones in " | 3,302 | triviaqa-train |
Flora, Merryweather and King Hubert are all characters in which Disney film? | known as "The Wonderful World of Disney".
Disney's film studios stayed busy as well, averaging five or six releases per year during this period. While the production of shorts slowed significantly during the 1950s and 1960s, the studio released a number of popular animated features, like "Lady and the Tramp" (1955), "Sleeping Beauty" (1959) and "One Hundred and One Dalmatians" (1961), which introduced a new xerography process to transfer the drawings to animation cels. Disney's | directing animators over the three good fairies: Flora, Fauna and Merryweather. Walt Disney urged for the fairies to be more homogeneous, which Thomas and Johnston objected to, with Thomas stating they "thought 'that's not going to be any fun'. So we started figuring the other way and worked on how we could develop them into special personalities." John Lounsbery animated the "Skumps" sequence between Kings Hubert and Stefan. Chuck Jones, known for his work as an animation director with Warner Bros. Cartoons, was | 3,303 | triviaqa-train |
Footvolley, a variation of football, originated in which country? | Footvolley
Footvolley (, in Brazil, "Futevólei" in Portugal) is a sport which combines aspects of beach volleyball and association football.
Footvolley was created by Octavio de Moraes in 1965 in Brazil. Footvolley combines field rules that are based on those of beach volleyball with ball-touch rules taken from association football. Essentially footvolley is beach volleyball except players are not allowed to use their hands and a football replaces the volleyball.
History.
Footvolley was created by Octavio de Moraes in 1965 in Rio de Janeiro | USA Footvolley
USA Footvolley is the national governing body for Footvolley in the United States. It is in charge of selecting the United States Footvolley team and any other teams which officially represent the United States, as well as the overall organization and operation of the sport within the country, in accordance with the Amateur Sports Act. The national headquarters is located in Sunny Isles Beach, Florida.
History.
Footvolley was created by Octavio de Moraes in 1965 in Rio de Janeiro's Copacabana Beach. The game of footvolley - | 3,304 | triviaqa-train |
In which country was actress Audrey Hepburn born? | Audrey Hepburn
Audrey Hepburn (born Audrey Kathleen Ruston; 4 May 192920 January 1993) was a British actress and humanitarian. Recognised as a film and fashion icon, Hepburn was active during Hollywood's Golden Age. She was ranked by the American Film Institute as the third-greatest female screen legend in Golden Age Hollywood, and was inducted into the International Best Dressed List Hall of Fame.
Born in Ixelles, Brussels, Hepburn spent her childhood between Belgium, England, and the Netherlands. In Amsterdam, she studied | The Audrey Hepburn Story
The Audrey Hepburn Story is a 2000 American biographical drama television film based on the filme of actress and humanitarian Audrey Hepburn. It stars Jennifer Love Hewitt, who also produced the film. Emmy Rossum and Sarah Hyland appear during the early scenes of the film playing Hepburn in her early years. The film was shot in Montreal, Canada, and premiered on ABC on March 27, 2000.
Plot.
The film spans from Hepburn's early childhood to the 1950s which details her life as a | 3,305 | triviaqa-train |
Pearl and Moonstone are traditional modern birthstones for which month of the year? | In 1912, in an effort to standardize birthstones, the (American) National Association of Jewelers (now called Jewelers of America) met in Kansas and officially adopted a list. The Jewelry Industry Council of America updated the list in 1952 by adding Alexandrite for June, citrine for November and "pink" tourmaline for October. They also replaced December's lapis with zircon and switched the primary/alternative gems for March. The American Gem Trade Association added tanzanite as a December birthstone in 2002. In 2016, the American | see below) "nothing but a piece of unfounded salesmanship."
History of birthstones Western custom Traditional birthstones.
Ancient traditional birthstones are society-based birthstones. The table below contains many stones which are popular choices, often reflecting Polish tradition.
There are poems which match each month of the Gregorian calendar with a birthstone. These are traditional stones of English-speaking societies. Tiffany & Co. published these poems "of unknown author" for the first time in a pamphlet in 1870.
History of birthstones Western custom Modern birthstones. | 3,306 | triviaqa-train |
In religion, what is the name of the place where Sikhs come together for congregational worship? | " emerged, but these fought between themselves. Ranjit Singh achieved a series of military victories and created a Sikh Empire in 1799.
The Sikh empire had its capital in Lahore, spread over almost comprising what is now northwestern Indian subcontinent. The Sikh Empire entered into a treaty with the colonial British powers, with each side recognizing Sutlej River as the line of control and agreeing not to invade the other side. Ranjit Singh's most lasting legacy was the restoration and expansion of the Harmandir Sahib, most revered Gurudwara of the | provided at Datu Mahawangsa Primary School where as Lambak Religious School provides the .
Religion.
Religion Place of worship.
There is a mosque in Lambak which provides a place of worship for its mainly Muslim residents, in particular the Jumu'ah or weekly congregational Friday prayers. Kampong Lambak Mosque was inaugurated in 1994 by Prince Sufri Bolkiah; it can accommodate 1,400 worshippers.
See also.
- Lambak Kanan
- Lambak Kiri | 3,307 | triviaqa-train |
The Sudirman Cup is a challenge trophy contested by mixed teams in which sport? | Sudirman Cup
The Sudirman Cup is the world mixed team badminton championship which takes place every two years. It is held in the same venue for the IBF World Championships in the same year until International Badminton Federation decided to split the two tournaments starting from 2003. There are five matches in every Sudirman Cup tie which consists of men and women's singles, men and women's doubles and mixed doubles. The cup is named after Dick Sudirman, a former Indonesian badminton player and the founder of the Badminton Association of Indonesia ( | , all of which are based in Canada. It is considered a Division 3 women's league in the Canadian soccer league system.
Domestic cups.
Domestic cups Canadian Championship.
The Canadian Championship is a national cup contested by men's teams in divisions 1 through 3.
Domestic cups Challenge Trophy.
The Challenge Trophy is a national cup contested by men's teams at the division 4 level and below.
Domestic cups Jubilee Trophy.
The Jubilee Trophy is a national cup contested by women's teams at the division | 3,308 | triviaqa-train |
Anthony Hopkins and Emma Thompson play the head butler and housekeeper in which 1993 film? | Hannibal Lecter in "The Silence of the Lambs," for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor, its sequel "Hannibal", and the prequel "Red Dragon". Hopkins was nominated for three other Academy Awards for the films, "The Remains of the Day" (1993), "Nixon" (1995), and "Amistad" (1997). Other notable films include: "84 Charing Cross Road" (1987), "The Elephant Man" (1980), "Howards | in 1993 and starring Anthony Hopkins and Emma Thompson, was nominated for eight Academy Awards.
Plot summary.
The novel tells, in first-person narration, the story of Stevens, an English butler who has dedicated his life to the loyal service of Lord Darlington (who is recently deceased, and whom Stevens describes in increasing detail in flashbacks). The novel begins in 1956, with Stevens receiving a letter from a former colleague, the housekeeper Miss Kenton, describing her married life, which Stevens believes hints at | 3,309 | triviaqa-train |
The European city of Rome lies on which river? | 753 BC on the banks of the river Tiber in central Italy, by the twin brothers Romulus and Remus, who descended from the Trojan prince Aeneas, and who were grandsons of the Latin King Numitor of Alba Longa. King Numitor was deposed by his brother, Amulius, while Numitor's daughter, Rhea Silvia, gave birth to the twins. Since Rhea Silvia had been raped and impregnated by Mars, the Roman god of war, the twins were considered half-divine.
The new king, Amulius, feared | Lenoir City, Tennessee
Lenoir City is a city in Loudon County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 8,642 at the 2010 Census, up from 6,418 in 2000. It is included in the Knoxville Metropolitan Area in the state's eastern region, along the Tennessee River southwest of Knoxville. Fort Loudoun Dam is nearby.
History.
Native Americans were living in the Lenoir City area for thousands of years before the arrival of the first European settlers. On Bussell Island, which lies across the Tennessee River to | 3,310 | triviaqa-train |
The 11th Century nobleman Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar was better known by what name? | now lies at the center of Burgos Cathedral.
Recall from exile Defeat.
After his demise, but still during the siege of Valencia, legend holds that Jimena ordered that the corpse of El Cid be fitted with his armour and set on his horse Babieca, to bolster the morale of his troops. In several variations of the story, the dead Rodrigo and his knights win a thundering charge against Valencia's besiegers, resulting in a war-is-lost-but-battle-is-won catharsis for generations of | , Vanderkindere (p.342) says that given his connection to Velm it is "not without some likelihood" that he is a member of the Regnarid family, where the name Rodolphe was familiar.
11th century.
In the 11th century, the counties become better known and those which survived can be the subjects of more specialized discussion.
11th century Eastern counties.
In the 11th century the "northwestern" Counties of Duras and Loon started appearing in records, and records show such counts were considered to have counties in | 3,311 | triviaqa-train |
Isaan is the northeast region of which Asian country? | Isan
Isan (Isan/, ; also written as Isaan, Isarn, Issarn, Issan, Esan, or Esarn; from Pali "īsāna" or Sanskrit ईशान "īśāna" "northeast") consists of 20 provinces in the northeastern region of Thailand. Isan is Thailand's largest region, located on the Khorat Plateau, bordered by the Mekong River (along the border with Laos) to the north and east, by Cambodia to the southeast and the Sankamphaeng Range south of Nakhon Ratchasima. To the west it is separated | (such as Songkran country wide and Rocket Festival) most celebrate in the Northeast region or the Isaan peoples living in other part of a country which favorite Rocket Festival in Roi Et province and Yasothon province to mark the coming of the rainy season.
- The "rainy season" from May to October has daytime temperatures in the low-30s with nighttime temperatures in the mid= to high-20s. Some areas have a relatively short rainy season, such as Ko Samui where it is typically only approximately six weeks, starting in October and running | 3,312 | triviaqa-train |
Which actress played Sid James’ wife in the UK television series ‘Bless This House’? | . Afterwards, he became known as a regular performer in the "Carry On" films, appearing in nineteen films of the series, with the top billing role in 17 (in the other two he was cast below Frankie Howerd). Meanwhile, his starring roles in television sitcoms continued for the rest of his life. He starred alongside Diana Coupland in the 1970s sitcom "Bless This House" until his death in 1976.
Remembered for a lascivious persona in the "Carry On" films, with the "Snopes | Venus" starring David Niven, and "Time Lock" in which Sean Connery made one of his earliest film appearances.
Rogers' other production ventures include the television series "Ivanhoe" with Roger Moore and the film adaptation of the long-running sitcom "Bless This House" with "Carry On" regular Sid James.
His wife was the film producer Betty Box, responsible for the "Doctor" series of films. They did not have any children, but their godson was actor and theatre producer Marc Sinden | 3,313 | triviaqa-train |
What was the name of the river by which Julius Caesar stood when he reputedly said ‘The die has been cast’? | found himself with no other options but to cross the Rubicon with the 13th Legion in 49 BC, leaving his province and illegally entering Roman Italy under arms. This began Caesar's civil war, and his victory in the war put him in an unrivalled position of power and influence.
After assuming control of government, Caesar began a program of social and governmental reforms, including the creation of the Julian calendar. He gave citizenship to many residents of far regions of the Roman Empire. He initiated land reform and support | it signifies the "elevation" or "augmentation" of what is already sacred or religious. Some Roman sources connected it to augury, and Rome was said to have been founded with the "august augury" of Romulus.
Title in Ancient Rome Imperial name or title.
The first true Roman Emperor known as "Augustus" (and first counted as a Roman Emperor) was Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus (Octavian). He was the adopted son and heir of Julius Caesar, who had been murdered for his seeming aspiration | 3,314 | triviaqa-train |
What 1997 film was the highest grossing film of the 90's decade? | difference of 5 million admissions, but LUMIERE do not include any UK data for 2002 while they do for other countries, which may explain the shortfall.
Re-releases also exacerbate the differences in some cases: both "Star Wars Episode I" and "Titanic" were successfully re-released in 2012, and while the LUMIERE dataset includes admissions from the reissues the BFI chart does not. While "The Lion King" did not generate 10 million admissions during its original release, it may have accumulated 10 million admissions | ".
Box office.
The film was the second highest grossing Hindi film of 1993 and the fourth highest grossing Hindi film of the 90's decade.
Remakes.
The film was remade in Telugu as "Khaidi No. 1" with Vinod Kumar playing Sanjay Dutt's role, Sukanya playing Madhuri Dixit's role and Raghuman appearing in Jackie Shroff's role.
External links.
- "Mumbai Mirror" - "When the Bad Guy Ruled the Box Office" | 3,315 | triviaqa-train |
What was Roger Moore's first film as James Bond? | Roger Moore
Sir Roger George Moore (14 October 1927 – 23 May 2017) was an English actor best known for playing British secret agent James Bond in seven feature films from 1973 to 1985, beginning with "Live and Let Die". He also played the main character, Simon Templar, in the British television series "The Saint" from 1962-1969 and had significant roles in some American television shows and films in the late 1950s and early 1960s, including replacing James Garner and portraying Beau Maverick in the " | murder victim Linnet Ridgeway Doyle, and in 1979, she appeared in what is perhaps her most famous role, that of NASA astronaut, scientist and Bond girl Dr. Holly Goodhead opposite Roger Moore's James Bond in "Moonraker". It was Moore´s fourth performance as Bond, the final 1970's Bond film and the third (and final) Bond film which Lewis Gilbert directed, as he had previously directed "You Only Live Twice" (1967, Sean Connery) and "The Spy Who Loved Me" (1977, | 3,316 | triviaqa-train |
What Disney film features the best belling song of 2014 Let It Go'? | Let It Go (Disney song)
"Let It Go" is a song from Disney's 2013 animated feature film "Frozen", whose music and lyrics were composed by husband-and-wife songwriting team Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez. The song was performed in its original show-tune version in the film by American actress and singer Idina Menzel in her vocal role as Queen Elsa. Anderson-Lopez and Lopez also composed a simplified pop version (with shorter lyrics and background chorus) which was performed | language video clip of "Let It Go" to the assembled shareholders. On March 31, 2014, an in-studio multi-language video of the song was released, showing singers of 25 different languages recording their versions of "Let It Go". On April 15, 2014 a studio recording of the multi-language version was released via digital download.
In 2015, a Hindi and an Indonesian version of the movie were aired on Disney Channel. The Indonesian version features a translated pop version of "Let | 3,317 | triviaqa-train |
Monica and Ross Geller were brother and sister in which long running American television series? | the "Billboard" 200 at number 46, and sold 500,000 copies in November 1995. In 1999, a second soundtrack album entitled "Friends Again" was released. Other merchandise includes a "Friends" version of the DVD game "Scene It?", and a quiz video game for PlayStation 2 and PC entitled "Friends: The One with All the Trivia". On September 28, 2009, a box set was released in the UK celebrating the series's 15th anniversary. The box set contained | series, Ross gets divorced 3 times.
A running theme in Ross's narrative is his competition with his younger sister, manifested through wrestling and paranoia. As children, they took part in an American football match for the Geller Cup every Thanksgiving. This tradition ended in its sixth year, after Monica "accidentally" broke Ross's nose. The siblings came up with a dance in primary school called "The Routine", which they performed as adults at Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve in a New | 3,318 | triviaqa-train |
Phil Redmond created with UK Television Soap Opera 18 years ago? | roughly 25% of the radio listening population of the UK at that time of the evening.
In the UK, soap operas are one of the most popular genres, with most being broadcast during prime time. Most UK soap operas focus on everyday, working-class communities, influenced by the conventions of the kitchen sink drama. The most popular British television programmes are "EastEnders", "Coronation Street", "Emmerdale", "Hollyoaks", "Doctors", and the Australian produced "Neighbours" and | The Squirrels (TV series)
The Squirrels is a British television sitcom, created by Eric Chappell, who went on to create the Yorkshire Television sitcoms "Rising Damp" and "Only When I Laugh". It ran for 3 series and 28 episodes and was made and broadcast from 1974 to 1977 on the ITV network, by ATV. Phil Redmond, the creator of the soap opera "Brookside", was also a writer for the series.
Plot.
The theme was office politics in the accounts department | 3,319 | triviaqa-train |
What Netflix exclusive programme chronicles the life of Piper Chapman and her experiences in an American State Prison? | Piper Chapman
Piper Elizabeth Chapman is a fictional character (played by Taylor Schilling) and the protagonist of the Netflix series "Orange Is the New Black". She is based on Piper Kerman, author of the non-fiction book "", upon which the series is based. Schilling was nominated for awards in both comedy and drama categories for this role.
Basis.
A Boston-bred Smith College grad, Piper Kerman got involved in a relationship with an international drug smuggler, Catherine Cleary Wolters. Chapman | prison along with the experiences of a diverse ensemble.
Main cast.
Main cast Piper Chapman.
Piper Chapman (played by Taylor Schilling) is a woman who was sentenced to 15 months in Litchfield Penitentiary for helping her former girlfriend Alex Vause smuggle drug money in Europe several years before the first episode. The first season shows Piper's journey through the prison system, beginning with her rough first week, during which she accidentally makes several enemies and struggles to adapt to life on the inside, as well as reuniting with | 3,320 | triviaqa-train |
Neighbours is set Melbourne in the fictional suburb of Erinsborough but what is the name of the road in which it is set? | he wanted to show three families who are friends living in a small street. The Robinsons and the Ramsays had a long history and were involved in an ongoing rivalry. Pin Oak Court, in Vermont South, is the real cul-de-sac that has doubled for Ramsay Street since 1985. All of the houses featured are real and the residents allow the production to shoot external scenes in their yards. The interior scenes are filmed at the Global Television studios in Forest Hill.
Through its entire run in Australia, | Paul Robinson (Neighbours)
Paul Robinson is a fictional character from the Australian television soap opera "Neighbours", a long-running serial drama about social life in the fictional Melbourne suburb of Erinsborough. He is played by Stefan Dennis. Paul was created by producer Reg Watson as one of "Neighbours"' original characters. He debuted in the first episode of the show broadcast on 18 March 1985 and is currently the sole remaining original cast member. Paul appeared on a regular basis until 1992 when Dennis quit "Neighbours | 3,321 | triviaqa-train |
In which reality show would you expect to find siblings Kim, Khloe, Kortney, Kendell, Kylie and Rob? | Khloé Kardashian
Khloé Alexandra Kardashian (born June 27, 1984) is an American media personality, socialite, model, businesswoman, and entrepreneur. Since 2007, she has starred with her family in the reality television series "Keeping Up with the Kardashians". Its success has led to the creation of spin-offs, including "Kourtney and Khloé Take Miami" (2009–2013) and "Kourtney and Khloé Take The Hamptons" (2014–2015).
From September 2009 to October 2016, she was married to basketball player | TV.
- Judd
- The country music vocal duo The Judds were made up of mother Naomi Judd and daughter Wynonna Judd. Naomi is the mother of actress Ashley Judd.
Families K.
- Kardashian-Jenner
- Reality stars Kim Kardashian, Kourtney Kardashian, Khloe Kardashian, and Rob Kardashian are the children of reality star Kris Jenner and attorney Robert Kardashian. They also have two half sisters, model Kendall Jenner and reality star Kylie Jenner, from their mother's second marriage to Olympic gold medalist Caitlyn Jenner ( | 3,322 | triviaqa-train |
Faulty Towers ran for a total of four years, but how many episodes were produced and released? | as an establishing shot.
Episodes.
The first episode of "Fawlty Towers" was recorded as a pilot on 24 December 1974, the rest of the series being recorded later in 1975. It was then originally broadcast on 19 September. The 12th and final episode was first shown on 25 October 1979. The first series was directed by John Howard Davies, the second by Bob Spiers. Both had their premieres on BBC2.
When originally transmitted, the individual episodes had no on-screen titles. The ones | Uncle Morty's Dub Shack
Uncle Morty's Dub Shack was a television series produced by the cable network ImaginAsian TV from 2004 through 2006. Written, directed by and starring Trevor Moore and James Matison ("Jimbo") and also starring John Chou, Aladdin Ullah and Patrick T. McGowan, the show ran for two seasons, though there is conflicting information about how many total episodes were produced. Moore left his role as writer/director for the majority of the second season, but returned for on-camera roles. | 3,323 | triviaqa-train |
What is a soldier or airman assigned to a commissioned officer as a personal servant called? | " Currently unsubstantiated rumors have it that Alfred was also Thomas Wayne's (Bruce Wayne's late father) batman when both men were in military service.
In the "Eagle" comic strip "Dan Dare" (first published in 1950), Digby is Dan's batman.
J. R. R. Tolkien took the relationship of his characters Samwise Gamgee and Frodo Baggins (introduced in "The Fellowship of the Ring" in 1954) from his observations while in military service during World War I of the relationship between a batman | Military training leader
A U.S. Air Force military training leader (MTL) is a non-commissioned officer with specific duties.They are assigned the duty of transitioning non-prior service airmen in the Air Force into the personal adjustment to military life. The MTLs' main responsibility is to continue the training the airman has learned in basic military training.
MTL history.
The military training leader (8B100) career field has undergone numerous changes to make it what it is today. Student training advisor (STA) first | 3,324 | triviaqa-train |
According to the poet Dante, for whom were the tortures of the sixth Circle of Hell reserved? | circles for fraud (Circles 8 and 9). As a Christian, Dante adds Circle 1 (Limbo) to Upper Hell and Circle 6 (Heresy) to Lower Hell, making 9 Circles in total; incorporating the Vestibule of the Futile, this leads to Hell containing 10 main divisions. This "9+1=10" structure is also found within the "Purgatorio" and "Paradiso". Lower Hell is further subdivided: Circle 7 (Violence) is divided into three rings, Circle 8 (Fraud) is divided | Ripheus in later works.
Ripheus in later works Dante.
In his "Divine Comedy", Dante placed Ripheus in Heaven, in the sixth sphere of Jupiter, the realm of those who personified justice.
Here, he provides an interesting foil to Virgil himself---whom Dante places in the first circle of Hell, with the pagans and the unbaptized---even though Virgil is a major character in the "Commedia" and for much of it remains Dante's guide through Hell and Purgatory. Although Ripheus would historically have | 3,325 | triviaqa-train |
What is the sixth letter of the Greek alphabet? | Zeta
Zeta (uppercase Ζ, lowercase ζ; , , classical or "zē̂ta"; "zíta") is the sixth letter of the Greek alphabet. In the system of Greek numerals, it has a value of 7. It was derived from the Phoenician letter zayin . Letters that arose from zeta include the Roman Z and Cyrillic З.
Name.
Unlike the other Greek letters, this letter did not take its name from the Phoenician letter from which it was derived; it was given a new name on | F
F (named "ef" ) is the sixth letter in the modern English alphabet and the ISO basic Latin alphabet.
History.
The origin of 'F' is the Semitic letter "vâv" (or "waw") that represented a sound like or . Graphically it originally probably depicted either a hook or a club. It may have been based on a comparable Egyptian hieroglyph such as (transliterated as ḥ(dj)): T3
The Phoenician form of the letter was adopted into Greek as a | 3,326 | triviaqa-train |
What is the sixth planet in our Solar System? | Late Middle Ages–Renaissance believed Earth to be stationary at the centre of the universe and categorically different from the divine or ethereal objects that moved through the sky. Although the Greek philosopher Aristarchus of Samos had speculated on a heliocentric reordering of the cosmos, Nicolaus Copernicus was the first to develop a mathematically predictive heliocentric system.
In the 17th century, Galileo discovered that the Sun was marked with sunspots, and that Jupiter had four satellites in orbit around it. Christiaan Huygens followed on from Galileo's discoveries by discovering Saturn's | be obvious signs of it.
Another active research area in astrobiology is planetary system formation. It has been suggested that the peculiarities of the Solar System (for example, the presence of Jupiter as a protective shield) may have greatly increased the probability of intelligent life arising on our planet.
Methodology Elements of astrobiology Biology.
Biology cannot state that a process or phenomenon, by being mathematically possible, has to exist forcibly in an extraterrestrial body. Biologists specify what is speculative and what is not. The discovery of extremophiles | 3,327 | triviaqa-train |
What is the name of the visit attraction in Bodelva, Cornwall, where biodomes house plants from around the world? | Bodelva
Bodelva () is a hamlet in south Cornwall, England, UK, in the civil parish of St Blaise. It is about west of St Blazey. Bodelva is the location of the Eden Project, opened in 2001, a horticultural visitor attraction built in a china clay quarry. | to build two transparent biomes in an old china clay pit near the village of Bodelva. The biomes contain different eco-climates; rainforest and Mediterranean. The outside area is also described as a biome and features areas such as "Wild Cornwall". Eden aims to educate people about environmental matters and encourages a greater understanding and empathy with these matters. Smit raised the needed funds and was the driving force, pulling the team of people together to build what has been described as 'the eighth wonder of the world' ; | 3,328 | triviaqa-train |
What was the name for the Zimbabwean Capital 'Harare' before 1982? | Rhodes used this document in 1890 to justify sending the Pioneer Column, a group of Europeans protected by well-armed British South Africa Police (BSAP) through Matabeleland and into Shona territory to establish Fort Salisbury (now Harare), and thereby establish company rule over the area. In 1893 and 1894, with the help of their new Maxim guns, the BSAP would go on to defeat the Ndebele in the First Matabele War. Rhodes additionally sought permission to negotiate similar concessions covering all territory between the Limpopo River and Lake Tanganyika | capital of Tanzania, called Samora Avenue. One of the largest streets in Harare, the capital of Zimbabwe, was renamed Samora Machel Avenue (from Jameson Avenue) after independence in a gesture of gratitude for Machel's support for black liberation activities before majority rule. Also, a street in Moscow bears his name and the Zimbabwean band R.U.N.N. family had a hit song that mourned his loss.
Legacy Printed sources.
- Munslow, Barry (ed.). "Samora Machel, An African Revolutionary: Selected Speeches and Writings | 3,329 | triviaqa-train |
What was the surname of the lead character in the 'Dirty Harry' series of movies? | Dirty Harry
Dirty Harry is a 1971 American action thriller film produced and directed by Don Siegel, the first in the "Dirty Harry" series. Clint Eastwood plays the title role, in his first outing as San Francisco Police Department (SFPD) Inspector "Dirty" Harry Callahan. The film drew upon the real life case of the Zodiac Killer as the Callahan character seeks out a similar vicious psychopath.
"Dirty Harry" was a critical and commercial success and set the style for a whole genre of police films | , fictional character from the "Harry Potter" series
- Colin Craven, fictional character from "The Secret Garden" by Frances Hodgson Burnett
- Colin Clout, fictional poetic folk figure, appearing first in the works of John Skelton and later in many works by Edmund Spenser, including his first major poetic work "The Shepheardes Calender"
- Colin the Vet
- Colin Robinson, fictional character from "What We Do in the Shadows (TV series)"
See also.
- Colin (surname) | 3,330 | triviaqa-train |
What is the name of the home ground of Queen of the South Football Club in Dumfries, Scotland? | own right within The Stewartry of Kirkcudbright (also known as Kirkcudbrightshire) until its incorporation into Dumfries in 1928; Summerhill, Troqueer, Lochside, Lincluden, Sandside are among other suburbs located on the Maxwelltown side of the river. Palmerston Park, home to the town's senior football team Queen of the South, is on Terregles Street, also on the Maxwelltown side of the river.
Queensberry Square and High Street are the central focal points of the town and this area hosts many of the historical, social and commercial enterprises | Nithsdale Wanderers F.C.
Nithsdale Wanderers Football Club are a senior football club based in Sanquhar in the Dumfries and Galloway area of Scotland. Their home ground is Lorimer Park and they currently play in the South of Scotland Football League. It was also the name of a previous club from the town, who were in membership of the Scottish Football League from 1923 to 1927.
History.
History Original club.
Nithsdale Wanderers originally formed in 1897 and enjoyed a measure of local success in their early years. The 1920s would see | 3,331 | triviaqa-train |
What is the name of the clerical detective created by G.K. Chesterton? | fictional priest-detective Father Brown, and for his reasoned apologetics. Even some of those who disagree with him have recognised the wide appeal of such works as "Orthodoxy" and "The Everlasting Man". Chesterton routinely referred to himself as an "orthodox" Christian, and came to identify this position more and more with Catholicism, eventually converting to Catholicism from High Church Anglicanism. George Bernard Shaw, his "friendly enemy", said of him, "He was a man of colossal genius." Biographers have identified | ".
The character, Horne Fisher, the protagonist of "The Man Who Knew Too Much", a collection of detective stories by G.K. Chesterton, "is generally thought to be based on Chesterton’s good friend, Maurice Baring." Although, while "Fisher fits Baring’s physical description, he is a respected member of the upper class, and he seems to know everybody and everything," the similarity ends there, Chesterton scholar, Dale Ahlquist notes: "By all accounts, the real Baring was a | 3,332 | triviaqa-train |
What is the real name of Actor/Comedian Robbie Coltrane? | Robbie Coltrane
Anthony Robert McMillan (born 30 March 1950), known professionally as Robbie Coltrane, is a Scottish actor and author. He is known for his roles as Rubeus Hagrid in the "Harry Potter" films, as Valentin Dmitrovich Zhukovsky in the James Bond films "GoldenEye" and "The World Is Not Enough," and as Dr. Eddie "Fitz" Fitzgerald in the British TV series "Cracker" during the 1990s.
Early life and education.
Coltrane was born Anthony Robert McMillan in Rutherglen, | Jeff Stevenson (comedian)
Jeff Stevenson (born 3 March 1961, Hammersmith, England) is an English comedian and actor.
Career.
Stevenson was born in 1961 in Hammersmith, London. He attended Barbara Speake Stage school in his teens and Phil Collins' mother June was his first agent.
A comedian and actor, Stevenson appeared in the 1976 film "Bugsy Malone", playing the part of Louis (under his real name Jeffrey Stevens).
He later played the Stag comedian at Rodney Trotter | 3,333 | triviaqa-train |
What was the real name of author George Orwell? | Life Early years.
Eric Arthur Blair was born on 25 June 1903 in Motihari, Bihar, British India. His great-grandfather, Charles Blair, was a wealthy country gentleman in Dorset who married Lady Mary Fane, daughter of the Earl of Westmorland, and had income as an absentee landlord of plantations in Jamaica. His grandfather, Thomas Richard Arthur Blair, was a clergyman. Although the gentility passed down the generations, the prosperity did not; Eric Blair described his family as "lower-upper-middle class" | Takayama Chogyū
, real name Takayama Rinjirō, was the pen name of a Japanese author and literary critic. He influenced Japanese literature in the late Meiji period with his blend of romantic individualism, concepts of self-realization, aesthetics, and nationalism. However, many of Chogyū's works seem cryptic to readers today, due to the archaic style he employed.
Early life.
Chogyū was born in what is now the city of Tsuruoka in Yamagata Prefecture. His father was a minor "samurai" of the Shōnai | 3,334 | triviaqa-train |
What links Gerry Rafferty to Sherlock Holmes? | stories in "The Strand Magazine", beginning with "A Scandal in Bohemia" in 1891; additional tales appeared from then until 1927, eventually totalling four novels and 56 short stories. All but one are set in the Victorian or Edwardian eras, between about 1880 and 1914. Most are narrated by the character of Holmes's friend and biographer Dr. Watson, who usually accompanies Holmes during his investigations and often shares quarters with him at the address of 221B Baker Street, London, where many of the stories begin. | 2002) &
- "The Brewer's Son" (short story, 2006)
- "The Magic Bullet: A Locked Room Mystery Featuring Shadwell Rafferty and Sherlock Holmes" (2011)
- "Strongwood: A Crime Dossier" (2014)
External links.
- Author's website | 3,335 | triviaqa-train |
Whose grave in Winchelsea bears the epitaph "I told you I was ill"? | Spike Milligan
Terence Alan Milligan (16 April 1918 – 27 February 2002), known as Spike Milligan, was a British-Irish comedian, writer, poet, playwright and actor. The son of an Irish father and an English mother, Milligan was born in India where he spent his childhood, relocating to live and work the majority of his life in the United Kingdom. Disliking his first name, he began to call himself "Spike" after hearing the band Spike Jones and his City Slickers on Radio Luxembourg | to St Thomas Church in Winchelsea, East Sussex, and was draped in the flag of Ireland. He had once quipped that he wanted his headstone to bear the words "I told you I was ill." He was buried at St Thomas' churchyard but the Chichester diocese refused to allow this epitaph. A compromise was reached with the Irish translation of "I told you I was ill", "Dúirt mé leat go raibh mé breoite" and in English, "Love, light, peace". The additional | 3,336 | triviaqa-train |
What fictional character lives at 32 Windsor Gardens? | Paddington Bear
Paddington Bear is a fictional character in children's literature. He first appeared on 13 October 1958 in the children's book "A Bear Called Paddington" and has been featured in more than twenty books written by British author Michael Bond and illustrated by Peggy Fortnum and other artists. The friendly bear from Peru—with his old hat, battered suitcase (complete with a secret compartment), duffel coat and love of marmalade—has become a classic character from English children's literature. Paddington books have been translated | Mike Delfino
Michael “Mike” Delfino is a fictional character on the ABC television series "Desperate Housewives". The character was played by actor James Denton from the show's inception, until the eighth and final season of the show.
History.
History Season 1.
Mike Delfino lives at 4356 Wisteria Lane, renting the Simms’s house, and poses as the friendly neighborhood plumber. He was quietly searching for his missing ex-girlfriend (Deirdre Taylor). Her father, Noah, wanted to know what | 3,337 | triviaqa-train |
What is the only London station to span the Thames, with entrances on both sides of the river? | were built in the 19th century, most conspicuously Tower Bridge, the only Bascule bridge on the river, designed to allow ocean-going ships to pass beneath it. The most recent road bridges are the bypasses at Isis Bridge and Marlow By-pass Bridge and the motorway bridges, most notably the two on the M25 route Queen Elizabeth II Bridge and M25 Runnymede Bridge.
Railway development in the 19th century resulted in a spate of bridge building including Blackfriars Railway Bridge and Charing Cross (Hungerford) Railway Bridge in central London | Gallions Reach
Gallions Reach is a stretch of the River Thames between Woolwich and Thamesmead. The area is named for the Galyons, a 14th-century family who owned property along this stretch of the river, and there are various locations on both sides of the river named after it.
North side.
North of the Thames in the London Borough of Newham, there is Gallions Reach Shopping Park and the DLR station.
South side.
South of the Thames in the London Borough of Greenwich, Gallions Hill | 3,338 | triviaqa-train |
Which city connects the headquarters of OPEC, the burial place of Beethoven, and Rigsby's cat in Rising Damp? | club. Rigsby is estranged from his wife, whom he still hates.
Seedy and furtive, Rigsby has poor interpersonal skills. His professed love of Miss Jones is mostly sexual. She rejects him due to him being married, until his marriage ends and Miss Jones accepts his proposal.
As he pries and spies upon his tenants, Rigsby often carries Vienna, his large, fluffy, long-haired, black-and-white tomcat. Rigsby's amiable pet, and confidant, is so named because - as | List of Rising Damp episodes
This list includes synopses and broadcast information for the 28 episodes of "Rising Damp", a British sitcom written by Eric Chappell. It stars Leonard Rossiter as landlord Rupert Rigsby, Richard Beckinsale as Alan Moore, Frances de la Tour as Ruth Jones, and Don Warrington as Philip Smith. Alan, Miss Jones, and Philip reside as tenants in Rigsby's house.
The original run of "Rising Damp" was transmitted on ITV in four series from 1974 to 1978. "Rising Damp | 3,339 | triviaqa-train |
Which skier spectacularly summersaulted through 2 barriers, landing on his head, in the downhill race at the winter Olympics in Nagano. Then went on to win 2 gold medals a few days later? | medals in Nordic skiing, becoming the most decorated Winter Olympic athlete, with eight gold medals and twelve medals overall. Austrian Hermann Maier survived a crash during the downhill competition and returned to win gold in the super-G and the giant slalom. Tara Lipinski of the United States, aged just 15, became the youngest ever female gold medallist in an individual event when she won the Ladies' Singles, a record that had stood since Sonja Henie of Norway won the same event, also aged 15, in St. Moritz in | , Austria. A year later in February 1997, he won his first World Cup event – a super-G race in Garmisch-Partenkirchen. He quickly established himself as an explosive and dynamic racer, well known for his strength, willingness to take risks, and strong work ethic.
Maier soon dominated alpine ski racing, winning the gold medal in the giant slalom and super-G at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, only a few days after a dramatic crash in the downhill race where he flew spectacularly off | 3,340 | triviaqa-train |
What is the significant total reached when all the numbers on a roulette wheel are added together? | found in the U.S., Canada, South America, and the Caribbean, while the single zero wheel is predominant elsewhere.
In 2016, The Venetian Las Vegas introduced the first triple-zero wheel, which has since spread to a few additional casinos.
The sum of all the numbers on the roulette wheel (from 0 to 36) is 666, which is the "Number of the Beast".
Rules of play against a casino.
Roulette players have a variety of betting options. Placing inside bets | €10,000. When the wheel stopped all the amounts won would be added together to make a total prize. In the second half of the series, from January to June, all "Golden Euros" had to be used in "Cash 'Em or Keep 'Em?". That meant that players with just the one they started with played Roulette, two, Diamond Dilemma, and so on. The player got just two balls to play with in Roulette.
Also in this series, all the other 95 | 3,341 | triviaqa-train |
Which sport features the terms cow corner, a featherbed, dibbly dobbly and a sticky dog? | Ashes' Strangest Moments", as the pitch at the Gabba began to dry, England declared their first innings at just 68/7, in order to exploit the conditions. Australia were even more extreme, declaring at 32/7. "...the ball proceeded to perform capers all against the laws of gravitation, and there came the craziest day's cricket imaginable, with twenty wickets falling for 130 runs and two declarations that must surely be unique in the annals of Test cricket."
"The Language of Cricket" (1934) | simulation of dream, only to reveal later on that the waking up was actually a falling asleep." Another review said that it was "one of the best and most clever episodes ever made – here we see the birth of Dwane Dibbly – 'nuff said." Rob Grant has described this episode as one of his favourites: "that was a show I was sorta in the director's chair for and personally it's a gobsmackingly good show in terms of RD shows."
At the end of 1992 the episode | 3,342 | triviaqa-train |
What will be the first city to host the summer and winter Olympics, after being chosen to stage the 2022 Winter Games? | ). Also, the Winter Olympic Games have been held just once each in Germany (1936), Yugoslavia (1984), Russia (2014) and South Korea (2018). The IOC has selected Beijing, China, to host the 2022 Winter Olympics and the Italian cities of Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo to host the 2026 Winter Olympics. , no city in the Southern Hemisphere has applied to host the cold-weather-dependent Winter Olympic Games, which are held in February at the height of the Southern Hemisphere's | August 10 – Henry Buker, 40, shortstop.
- September 17 – John Haldeman, 43, journalist and business manager for the "Louisville Courier-Journal", who played second base in one game for the 1877 Louisville Grays.
- November 2 – Tim McGinley, 45, catcher.
- December 1 – Ed Gastfield, 34, catcher.
- December 14 – Harry Dooms, 32, outfielder.
- December 16 – Fred Waterman, 54, third baseman, member of the 1869 Cincinnati | 3,343 | triviaqa-train |
Who was the first unseeded player to win the Men's Wimbledon Singles Title? | acknowledged paternity of a daughter, Anna, with Russian waitress Angela Ermakova, after media reported that he had a child as a result of a sexual encounter in 1999. The episode allegedly took place at London's Nobu restaurant. He had allegedly been drinking following his loss to Pat Rafter in the fourth round of the 1999 Wimbledon Championships. Becker initially denied paternity, claiming he only had oral sex with Ermakova. Subsequently he reversed his stance and accepted fatherhood. Some time after that, a DNA test confirmed he was the father | 1955 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles
In the 1956 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles event, Tony Trabert defeated Kurt Nielsen in the final, 6–3, 7–5, 6–1 to win the Gentlemen's Singles tennis title. Jaroslav Drobný was the defending champion but lost in the quarterfinals to Tony Trabert.
It was the second of two Men's Singles competitions at Wimbledon in which an unseeded Nielsen had progressed to the final, and he remains the only unseeded player to achieve this twice.
Seeds.
Tony Trabert | 3,344 | triviaqa-train |
Who played Gary's flatmate in the first series of Men Behaving Badly? | Men Behaving Badly
Men Behaving Badly is a British sitcom that was created and written by Simon Nye. It follows the lives of Gary Strang (Martin Clunes) and his flatmates Dermot Povey (Harry Enfield; series 1 only) and Tony Smart (Neil Morrissey; series 2 onwards). It was first broadcast on ITV in 1992. A total of six series were made, along with a Christmas special and a trilogy of episodes that make up the feature length "last orders".
The series was filmed in | herpes.
In Episode 3 ("Casualties"), Series 3, of the British sitcom "Men Behaving Badly", Gary (played by Martin Clunes) refers to the cheese impressions that he was discussing with his flatmate Tony (played by Neil Morrissey), pointing at Deborah (played by Leslie Ash) and blurting at her, "Lymeswold!"
See also.
- List of British cheeses | 3,345 | triviaqa-train |
Which sitcom actor and comedian fell off a treadmill in Peter Kay's version of Amarillo for Comic Relief? | younger than his years. References to his height frequently cropped up in his self-deprecating humour. In one of his earliest stage appearances, he was billed as "Ronald Corbett" at Cromer in "Take it Easy" in 1956, with Graham Stark. He appeared in "Crackerjack" as a regular in its early days, one episode with Winifred Atwell. He had a walk-on in an early episode of the 1960s series "The Saint" (as "Ronald Corbett") and appeared in films including | by Neil Sedaka and Howard Greenfield, recorded famously by Yorkshireman Tony Christie and Sedaka, and revived in the UK by comedian Peter Kay through performances in the comedy series "Peter Kay's Phoenix Nights" and in a charity performance for Comic Relief. Christie's version, which only managed to reach 18 when originally released in 1971, made it to the number 1 spot in the UK Singles Chart in 2005 for 7 weeks. In 2010, Damon Albarn wrote the song "Amarillo" whilst on tour in America with the Gorillaz | 3,346 | triviaqa-train |
In which sitcom did Nicolas Lindhurst first gain national recognition? | Nicholas Lyndhurst
Nicholas Simon Lyndhurst (born 20 April 1961) is an English actor. He played Rodney Trotter in "Only Fools and Horses", Gary Sparrow in "Goodnight Sweetheart", Dan Griffin in the BBC drama "New Tricks" and Adam Parkinson in Carla Lane's series "Butterflies". Lyndhurst also starred as Ashley Philips in "The Two of Us", as Fletch's son Raymond in "Going Straight", the sequel to the sitcom "Porridge", Jimmy Venables in "After You've | become a serious actress, she took acting lessons from a variety of teachers. Her first acting job was in a comedy pilot for NBC's "The Grady Nutt Show". More TV work and two supporting film roles soon followed. After a 1983 appearance on the popular sitcom "Family Ties", her first starring role in a feature film was "Valley Girl" (1983) with the then-little-known Nicolas Cage, which brought her national fame. Initially, a "New York Times" reviewer did | 3,347 | triviaqa-train |
Which company was founded in a draper's shop in Glasgow in 1849? | Fraser as chairman. A takeover bid by Lonrho was referred to the Monopolies and Mergers Commission and declared to be contrary to the public interest. Four new stores opened between 1980 and 1984, including D H Evans in Wood Green, North London in 1980, Dickins & Jones in Milton Keynes in 1981, Frasers in Perth in April 1984, and Dickins & Jones in Epsom, Surrey in May 1984.
The company, by then House of Fraser PLC, diversified into sports goods under the name of Astral Sports and Leisure | James Templeton & Co
James Templeton & Co was a Glasgow-based textile company that grew to become one of the leading carpet manufacturers in Britain during the 19th and 20th centuries.
History.
James Templeton was a farmer's son born in the Campbeltown area in 1802. As a youth he came to Glasgow to work in a draper's shop. In 1823 he moved to Liverpool, and soon after he obtained a lucrative post in Mexico where he made enough money to return to Scotland and start his | 3,348 | triviaqa-train |
What is the alcoholic beverage similar to cider which is made from fermented pears? | world.
Fermented drinks Cider.
Cider or cyder ( ) is a fermented alcoholic drink made from any fruit juice; apple juice (traditional and most common), peaches, pears ("Perry" cider) or other fruit. Cider alcohol content varies from 1.2% ABV to 8.5% or more in traditional English ciders. In some regions, cider may be called "apple wine".
Fermented drinks Mead.
Mead () is an alcoholic drink made by fermenting honey with water, sometimes with various fruits, | version of the juice is commonly known as "apple cider" in the United States and parts of Canada. Seeking to capitalize on this, some makers of filtered and clarified juice (including carbonated varieties) label and sell their product as "apple cider". Legal distinctions are not universal, and elusive to apply.
Elsewhere in the world, particularly in New Zealand, Australia and the United Kingdom, the simple term cider refers to fermented fruit juice, usually made from apples but also from pears; this alcoholic beverage | 3,349 | triviaqa-train |
What is the name of the pig in Animal Farm? | ' rise to pre-eminence mirrors the rise of a Stalinist bureaucracy in the USSR, just as Napoleon's emergence as the farm's sole leader reflects Stalin's emergence. The pigs' appropriation of milk and apples for their own use, "the turning point of the story" as Orwell termed it in a letter to Dwight Macdonald, stands as an analogy for the crushing of the left-wing 1921 Kronstadt revolt against the Bolsheviks, and the difficult efforts of the animals to build the windmill suggest the various Five Year | Hope Hodgson's "The House on the Borderland", the protagonist is attacked by swine-creatures.
- 's poem "What the Pig Mama Says" is about a pig mama's feeling about her three children being killed. It won the 3rd (global) of the Edwin Morgan International Poetry Competition 2008.
- In George Orwell's allegorical novel "Animal Farm", the central characters who represent different Soviet leaders are pigs.
- Paul Shipton's book "The Pig Scrolls" features Gryllus, a | 3,350 | triviaqa-train |
What was David Bowie's real name? | promote Bowie. The singer's debut single, "Liza Jane", credited to Davie Jones with the King Bees, was not commercially successful. Dissatisfied with the King Bees and their repertoire of Howlin' Wolf and Willie Dixon covers, Bowie quit the band less than a month later to join the Manish Boys, another blues outfit, who incorporated folk and soul—"I used to dream of being their Mick Jagger", Bowie was to recall. Their cover of Bobby Bland's "I Pity the Fool" was no more successful | Gabrels (David Bowie's Tin Machine), and Knox Chandler (the Psychedelic Furs).
1995's "2preciious" was a project record written with members of Sons of Freedom, in which she dropped the name "Lee Aaron" entirely and used her real name, Karen. Neither of these recordings was commercially successful, and shortly afterwards the Sons broke up.
Aaron studied acting for a year before beginning to perform jazz and blues in Toronto with Dennis Ziebart.
Career 2000s.
In 2000, Aaron released | 3,351 | triviaqa-train |
Which sports commentator wrote the autobiography Unless I'm Very Much Mistaken? | Murray Walker
Graeme Murray Walker, (born 10 October 1923) is an English semi-retired motorsport commentator and journalist. He provided television commentary of live Formula 1 coverage for the BBC between 1976 and 1996, after that of ITV between 1997 and 2001.
During his 23-year run as full-time commentator, Walker became known for his animated enthusiasm, authoritative voice and uttering would-be-famous comical blunders – dubbed “Murrayisms” by fans – during live races. He is regarded by many as the greatest | whom with the exception of MacLean attended the local school Eastbank Academy. Comedian Janey Godley wrote about her upbringing in 1960s/70s Shettleston in her autobiography "Handstands in the Dark", published in 2005. Sports journalist/football commentator Archie Macpherson was brought up in Shettleston.
Shettleston is the only place in the United Kingdom where life expectancy is falling. The reasons for the decline include poor diets and remarkably high smoking rates. Neighbouring Easterhouse does not fare much better. Shettleston F.C. is the local football team. 1089 (7th Glasgow | 3,352 | triviaqa-train |
Who replaced Anneka Rice in the TV programme Treasure Hunt? | tennis player Annabel Croft.
Rice hosted the BBC's Children in Need appeal in 1987 and tested an early version of her next project, "Challenge Anneka". This had been devised by Rice herself and was launched in 1989 on BBC One. It ran for a further five years.
Later she also presented "Holiday" for BBC One. In 1995, "Challenge Anneka" was axed by the BBC.
On 9 June 2006, it was announced that "Challenge Anneka" would return, but this | presenter James O'Brien hosted "The Treasure Hunt" on Wednesday lunchtimes as part of his weekday show. In this format, callers rang in and requested things they had been trying to get hold of, hoping that other listeners had the required items. Although otherwise unrelated to the original concept, the programme opened with the "Treasure Hunt" television series theme tune, and in August 2007, Anneka Rice recorded a voice-over lead-in for it.
External links.
- Anneka Rice
- Episode guide — | 3,353 | triviaqa-train |
Which is England's highest mountain? | Scafell Pike
Scafell Pike or is the highest mountain in England, at an elevation of above sea level. It is located in the Lake District National Park, in Cumbria, and is part of the Southern Fells.
Topography.
Scafell Pike is one of a horseshoe of high fells, open to the south, surrounding the head of Eskdale, Cumbria. It stands on the western side of the cirque, with Scafell to the south and Great End to the north. This ridge forms the watershed between Eskdale and | Great Dun Fell
At a height of 848 metres (2,782 feet), Great Dun Fell is the second-highest mountain in England's Pennines, lying two miles south along the watershed from Cross Fell, its higher neighbour. Together with its smaller twin, Little Dun Fell, which reaches 842 metres (2762 feet), it forms a stepping-stone for the Pennine Way on its long climb up from Dufton.
Radar station.
At the summit there is a radar station that is operated by National Air | 3,354 | triviaqa-train |
During the 1980s, which drink was promoted with the advertising slogan, 'the totally tropical taste'? | Lilt
Lilt is a brand of soft drink manufactured by The Coca-Cola Company and sold in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Gibraltar, and the Seychelles only. During the 1970s and 1980s, Lilt was promoted with the advertising slogan, "the totally tropical taste". Between 2008 and 2014, the Coca Cola company reduced the number of calories in the soda by 56% as part of its efforts to make healthier products in response to the British Government’s Public Health Responsibility Deal.
One advertisement in the late | again in 1996 to "Barrel Aged, Bold Taste" and currently notes "Barrel Aged 3 Years • Bold Taste". The apostrophe in the name "Vernor's" was dropped in the late 1950s. For a time in the mid-1980s, Vernors used the slogan "It's what we drink around here" in its advertising campaigns. The gnome mascot, named "Woody", was used from the start of the 20th century until 1987, when it was dropped by A&W Brands in favor of new packaging, but | 3,355 | triviaqa-train |
Which 70s band that has recently been reformed by lead singer Les McKeown? | Les McKeown
Leslie Richard McKeown (born 12 November 1955) is a Scottish pop singer who was the lead singer of the Bay City Rollers during their most successful period.
Biography.
McKeown was born in the Simpson Memorial Maternity Pavilion, Edinburgh, Scotland, to Irish parents. He joined the Bay City Rollers in late 1973 leaving in 1978.
Discography.
Discography Studio Solo albums.
- 1979 - "All Washed Up"
- 1980 - "The Face of Love"
- 1980 - " | Les Irrésistibles
Les Irrésistibles (The Irresistibles) were a boy band during the late 1960s and early 1970s, whose members were Americans living in France. The lineup consisted of lead singer Jim McMains on keyboards and rhythm guitar, his identical twin brother Steve McMains on bass, Tom Arena on lead guitar, and Andy Cornelius on drums.
The current whereabouts of Band members has been difficult to track. They returned to the US in the early 70's. Rumor has one brother currently living in Western North Carolina, the | 3,356 | triviaqa-train |
There have been 12 prime ministers during the queen's reign. How many of them were Conservative? | Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (informally abbreviated to PM), until 1801 known as the Prime Minister of Great Britain, is the head of government of the United Kingdom. The Prime Minister directs both the executive and the legislature, and together with their Cabinet (consisting of all the most senior ministers, most of whom are government department heads) are collectively accountable for their policies and actions to the Monarch, to Parliament, to their political party and ultimately to the electorate. | of offices of prime minister in colonies or sub-national entities such as states or provinces.
The Queen has had 171 individuals serve as her realms' prime ministers throughout her reign, the first new appointment being Dudley Senanayake as Prime Minister of Ceylon and the most recent being Boris Johnson as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom; some of these individuals have served multiple non-consecutive governments (within the same state) as prime minister. Several of the Queen's prime ministers from various realms have been appointed for life to | 3,357 | triviaqa-train |
What links a village in Oxfordshire, a game show that was presented by Jasper Carrott, and David Beckham? | a few summer shows too.
In summer 2007, Carrott hosted the Endemol-produced game show "Golden Balls" for ITV1. Promising ratings led to a second series in January 2008. A third series began in April 2008, and a fourth in October 2008. A fifth and six series were shown in 2009.
He hosted the Sunday night national pub quiz, "Cash Inn". He was 20th in Channel 4's 100 Greatest Stand-Up Comedians show.
Since then his work is noted under | as Andy, David Walliams as Lou, The Proclaimers and an audience of celebrity guests, comprising Johnny Ball, David Beckham, David Bellamy, Dusty Bin, Tony Blackburn, Stan Boardman, Basil Brush, Bob the Builder, Holly Willoughby, Bucks Fizz, Cannon and Ball, Bob Carolgees & Spit the Dog, Jasper Carrott, Keith Chegwin, Jimmy Cricket, Tess Daly, Bobby Davro (referred to in the lyrics), Carol Decker, Sally Dynevor, Lesley Garrett, Andy Gray, Clare Grogan, Paul Henry, | 3,358 | triviaqa-train |
Which sit com actor went on to play the original Phantom in the West End and Broadway? | London's West End at Her Majesty's Theatre in 1986, and on Broadway in 1988. It won the 1986 Olivier Award and the 1988 Tony Award for Best Musical, and Michael Crawford (in the title role) won the Olivier and Tony Awards for Best Actor in a Musical. It is the longest running show in Broadway history by a wide margin, and celebrated its 10,000th Broadway performance on 11 February 2012, the first production ever to do so. It is the second longest-running West End musical, after | the actor who originated the role of the Phantom both in the West End and on Broadway, the song has sold millions of copies worldwide and has been translated into many different languages. The Really Useful Group filmed a video starring Crawford and Sarah Brightman (who did not sing), which featured the original lyrics to the song. Crawford later recorded the song as a duet with Barbra Streisand for her album "Back to Broadway" (1993).
In the musical, it is sung after the Phantom lures Christine Daaé | 3,359 | triviaqa-train |
Which 80s pop act had their Grammy revoked for not singing the vocals on their album? | case of the controversial act Milli Vanilli, lip-syncing to tracks recorded by other uncredited singers.
While some bands use backup singers who only sing when they are onstage, it is common for backup singers in popular music to have other roles. In many rock and metal bands, the musicians doing backup vocals also play instruments, such as rhythm guitar, electric bass, or drums. In Latin or Afro-Cuban groups, backup singers may play percussion instruments or shakers while singing. In some pop and hip- | 30, 2008 "Reik" released their third studio album "Un Día Más", for which they won the Latin Grammy Award for Best Pop Album by a Duo or Group with Vocals in 2009.
Reik confirmed their participation in the Viña del Mar International Song Festival in February 2015, and won the Silver and Golden Seagull after their presentation.
Early life.
Jesus Alberto Navarro (singer) was born on July 9, 1986, in the city of Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico. He started singing | 3,360 | triviaqa-train |
Where did the Ossis and the Wessis meet for the first time in 28 years, in 1989? | of Berlin on 12 June 1987, U.S. President Ronald Reagan challenged Mikhail Gorbachev, then the General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, to tear down the Wall as a symbol of increasing freedom in the Eastern Bloc:
Fall of the Berlin Wall.
The fall of the communist government in neighboring Poland's 1989 Polish legislative election in June played a role in the fall of the Berlin Wall. Also in June 1989 the Hungarian government began dismantling the electrified fence along its border with Austria (with Western TV | West Germans often acted as if they had "won" and East Germans had "lost" in unification, leading many East Germans ("Ossis") to resent West Germans ("Wessis"). In 2004, Ascher Barnstone wrote, "East Germans resent the wealth possessed by West Germans; West Germans see the East Germans as lazy opportunists who want something for nothing. East Germans find 'Wessis' arrogant and pushy, West Germans think the 'Ossis' are lazy good-for-nothings." | 3,361 | triviaqa-train |
Charlotte, Desiree and Rooster are varieties of which type of vegetable? | The USDA Dietary Guidelines for Americans recommends consuming five to nine servings of fruit and vegetables daily. The total amount consumed will vary according to age and gender, and is determined based upon the standard portion sizes typically consumed, as well as general nutritional content. Potatoes are not included in the count as they are mainly providers of starch. For most vegetables and vegetable juices, one serving is half of a cup and can be eaten raw or cooked. For leafy greens, such as lettuce and spinach, a single serving | , for instance the famous "som tam", are also eaten as a meal or snack on their own.
Varieties.
Varieties Yam.
"Yam" (, ) literally means "mix" but in Thai cuisine it normally refers to a type of salad-like dishes in the culinary repertoire of Thailand. "Yam" can be made with a wide variety of ingredients as its main ingredient and nearly any type of protein, vegetable, fruit, herb, spice, and noodle, or combinations thereof, | 3,362 | triviaqa-train |
What rebellious event was organised in 1773 by the Sons of Liberty as a protest against taxation without representation? | matters, or operate by using the consent of the colonial Assemblies.
American Revolution Representative proposals before 1776 Heightening of tensions.
The Americans rejected the Stamp Act of 1765 brought in by British Prime Minister George Grenville, and violently rejected the remaining tax on tea imports, under the Tea Act passed in May 1773, at the Boston Tea Party on December 16, 1773. The Parliament considered this an illegal act because they believed it undermined the authority of the Crown-in-Parliament. When the British then used the military to | no right to levy taxes upon them, a view expressed by the slogan "No taxation without representation". After the Townshend Acts, some colonial essayists took this line of thinking even further, and began to question whether Parliament had any legitimate jurisdiction in the colonies at all. This question of the extent of Parliament's sovereignty in the colonies was the issue underlying what became the American Revolution.
Passage.
On December 16, 1773, a group of Patriot colonists associated with the Sons of Liberty destroyed 342 chests of | 3,363 | triviaqa-train |
What is the spirit that is used in the cocktails Mai Tai and Daiquiri? | liqueur (typically orange curaçao). Variants may include the addition of falernum, bitters, grenadine, orange and grapefruit juices, and so on. Various books from Victor Bergeron described using rum from Jamaica as well as from Martinique, which in modern usage is a Rhum Agricole. As noted in "Smuggler's Cove" by Martin Cate and Rebecca Cate, the Martinique rums used by Bergeron in the 1950s were most certainly not agricole rums. Overproof rums are sometimes added to make stronger versions, but Cate says references to such | Vic's Restaurant chain began to open small establishments called Mai Tai Bars that primarily serve cocktails and "pupus" (appetizers).
External links.
- The Cocktail Spirit with Robert Hess - Video demonstration for making a proper Mai Tai | 3,364 | triviaqa-train |
The rights to which children's book were bequeathed to the Great Ormond Street Hospital in 1929? | children's health in Europe.
In 1929, J. M. Barrie donated the copyright to "Peter Pan" to the hospital.
History.
History Origins.
The Hospital for Sick Children was founded on 14 February 1852 after a long campaign by Dr. Charles West, and was the first hospital in England to provide in-patient beds specifically for children.
Despite opening with just 10 beds, it grew into one of the world's leading children's hospitals through the patronage of Queen Victoria, counting Charles Dickens, | Great Ormond Street Hospital
Great Ormond Street Hospital (informally GOSH or Great Ormond Street, formerly the Hospital for Sick Children) is a children's hospital located in the Bloomsbury area of the London Borough of Camden, and a part of Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust.
The hospital is the largest centre for child heart surgery in the UK and one of the largest centres for heart transplantation in the world. In 1962 they developed the first heart and lung bypass machine for children. With children's book | 3,365 | triviaqa-train |
Kopi Luwak, produced mainly in Indonesia, and a waste product of the civet, is the most expensive variety of what? | wild from where a civet would defecate as a means to mark its territory. On farms, civets are either caged or allowed to roam within defined boundaries.
Coffee berries are eaten by a civet for their fruit pulp. After spending about a day and a half in the civet's digestive tract the beans are then defecated in clumps, having kept their shape and still covered with some of the fleshy berry's inner layers.
Despite being in contact with feces and pathogenic organisms, the beans contain negligible amounts of the | and Rice, both 4-0-0, met in Dallas, with SMU winning, 10-0.
TCU beat visiting Texas A&M 19-14 to stay unbeaten. California beat Santa Clara 6-0. Princeton beat Rutgers, 29-6.
Fordham beat Vanderbilt, 13-7
October 26
TCU won at Centenary, 27-7.
Stanford won at Washington 6-0, California beat visiting USC, 21-7, and UCLA beat Oregon, 33-6. | 3,366 | triviaqa-train |
Who had a hit song in the late 60s with Hazy Shade Of Winter? | A Hazy Shade of Winter
"A Hazy Shade of Winter" is a song by American music duo Simon & Garfunkel, released on October 22, 1966, initially as a stand-alone single, but was subsequently included on the duo's fourth studio album, "Bookends" (1968). It peaked at number 13 on the "Billboard" Hot 100.
In 1987, the Bangles recorded a cover version for the "Less Than Zero" soundtrack, which peaked at number two on the "Billboard" | the single being a hit via the music press. The dramatic success of the song prompted Simon to return to the US; the duo reformed, and they soon became one of the flagship acts of the folk-rock boom of the mid-1960s. Their next album, "Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme", went to No. 4 on the "Billboard" album chart. The duo subsequently had a Top 20 single, "A Hazy Shade of Winter", but progress slowed during 1966-67 as Simon | 3,367 | triviaqa-train |
Winterfell is the house of what family in Game of Thrones? | from lands and cultures, to the palace intrigue, feudal system, castles, and knightly tournaments. A principal inspiration for the novels is the English Wars of the Roses (1455–85) between the houses of Lancaster and York, reflected in Martin's houses of Lannister and Stark. The scheming Cersei Lannister evokes Isabella, the "she-wolf of France" (1295–1358). She and her family, as portrayed in Maurice Druon's historical novel series, "The Accursed Kings", were a main inspiration of Martin's | "
- "Fire and Blood"
- "Game of Thrones" Season 2
- "The North Remembers"
- "The Night Lands"
- "What Is Dead May Never Die"
- "Garden of Bones"
- "The Ghost of Harrenhal"
- "The Old Gods and the New"
- "A Man Without Honor"
- "The Prince of Winterfell"
- "Blackwater"
- "Valar Morghulis"
- "Game of Thrones" | 3,368 | triviaqa-train |
What cocktail's original recipe contains the spirits tequila, vodka, light rum, triple sec, and gin, and has an alcohol content of 22%? | a shot of Chambord and the cola replaced with lemonlime soda. The Adios Mother is considered a variation of the Long Island Ice Tea or a Blue Hawaiian.
If cranberry juice is substituted for cola, the result is a Long Beach Iced Tea. | List of sours.
- Daiquiri : rum, lime juice and sugar.
- Kamikaze vodka, triple sec, and lime juice, mixed in equal parts. It is also served as a shot.
- Margarita : tequila, Cointreau and lime juice.
- Sidecar : cognac, triple sec and lemon juice.
List of sours Gin sour.
The gin sour is a traditional mixed cocktail that predates prohibition in the United States. It is a simple combination of gin, lemon juice, and sugar. | 3,369 | triviaqa-train |
How many flakes of snow have to fall in the 24 hours of the 25th December anywhere in the UK to be classified as a White christmas? | places like Ushuaia, Argentina. The song, "White Christmas", written by Irving Berlin and sung by Bing Crosby (with the Ken Darby singers and JohnScoot Trotter and his orchestra) and featured in the 1942 Paramount Pictures film "Holiday Inn", is the best-selling single of all time and speaks nostalgically of a traditional white Christmas and has since became a seasonal standard. The opposite of a white Christmas, when there is no snow and thus the ground is bare, is traditionally known as a "green | on Christmas Day. In the United Kingdom, although for many a white Christmas simply means a complete covering of snow on Christmas Day, the official definition by the British Met Office and British bookmakers is for snow to be observed falling, however little (even if it melts before it reaches the ground), in the 24 hours of 25 December. Consequently, according to the Met Office and British bookmakers, even of snow on the ground at Christmas, because of a heavy snow fall a few days before, will not | 3,370 | triviaqa-train |
Which book was made into a 26 minute animated TV special in 1982, and had David Bowie as the narrator in the US version? | The Snowman
The Snowman is a wordless children's picture book by English author Raymond Briggs, first published in 1978 by Hamish Hamilton in the United Kingdom, and published by Random House in the United States in November of the same year. In the United Kingdom, it was the runner-up for the Kate Greenaway Medal from the Library Association, recognising the year's best children's book illustration by a British writer.
In the United States, it was named to the Lewis Carroll Shelf Award list in 1979. | worldwide. In a BBC Radio 2 poll in 2009, the book was voted as the UK's favourite bedtime story. The book has been adapted into a 27-minute animated film, which was broadcast on BBC One in the UK on 25 December 2009. This new version features Robbie Coltrane in the title role and James Corden as the mouse as well as Helena Bonham Carter as the mother squirrel narrator and Rob Brydon as the Snake. The production was animated at the award-winning Studio Soi in Germany and produced through Magic Light | 3,371 | triviaqa-train |
What sweet was first advertised 30 years ago featuring a polar bear? | . The Eisbären Berlin hockey team uses a roaring polar bear as their logo, and the Charlotte, North Carolina hockey team the Charlotte Checkers uses a polar bear named Chubby Checker as their mascot.
Coca-Cola has used images of the polar bear in its advertising, and Polar Beverages, Nelvana, Bundaberg Rum, Klondike bars, and Fox's Glacier Mints all feature polar bears in their logos.
In culture Fiction.
Polar bears are popular in fiction, particularly in books for children or teenagers. For example, | Mitchell Taylor
Mitchell Taylor, Ph.D., is a Canadian biologist specializing in polar bears who claims that Canada's polar bear population is higher now than it was 30 years ago and that polar bears are not currently threatened by climate change. He is currently a contract adjunct professor at Lakehead University , and he is affiliated with the Heartland Institute .
Taylor has been involved in research and management of polar bears for the Northwest Territories and Nunavut Territory since 1987. Dr. Taylor was a member of the Canada’s Federal–Provincial– | 3,372 | triviaqa-train |
Which 1983 film starring Glen Close, Jeff Goldbloom, Kevin Kline and Tom Berenger was nominated for 3 Oscars, including Best Picture? | followed by supporting roles in the films "The Big Chill" (1983) and "The Natural" (1984); all three earned her nominations for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Close went on to establish herself as a leading lady in Hollywood with roles in "Fatal Attraction" (1987) and "Dangerous Liaisons" (1988), both of which earned her nominations for the Academy Award for Best Actress.
Close won two more Tony Awards for "Death and the Maiden" in 1992 and | as associate producer on "Deliverance" (adapted from James Dickey's novel), directed by John Boorman, edited by Tom Priestley and starring Jon Voight, Burt Reynolds, Ned Beatty and Ronny Cox. "Deliverance" was a box office success in the United States, becoming the fifth highest-grossing film of 1972 after grossing a domestic total of over $46 million with only a $2 million budget. "Deliverance" was nominated for three Oscars, including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Film Editing. " | 3,373 | triviaqa-train |
A character in the sitcom Friends, or a provisioner of candles and soaps? | 1980s. During that decade, soap operas increasingly focused on younger characters and social issues, such as Erica Kane's drug addiction on "All My Children", the re-emergence of Viki Lord's multiple personality disorder on "One Life to Live", and Stuart Chandler dealing with his wife Cindy dying of AIDS on "All My Children". Other social issues included cancer, rape, abortion, homophobia, and racism.
Some shows during the 2000s incorporated supernatural and science fiction elements into their storylines. One | would be burned and destroyed if not heated in an even, lower temperature than solder or tar. Also, since soaps and candles are scented and colored, the tanks designed for melting these substances need to be specially polished so there is no cross-contamination between different scents of candles or soaps. Based on this challenge, there are melting tanks that are specially coated for candle wax melting, while some have created specially coated tanks for soap making. Obviously, tar and solder makers care very little about the scent of their | 3,374 | triviaqa-train |
Which is the only country to have played in every World Cup since it started in 1930? | one without qualification. Every country affiliated with FIFA was invited to compete, and given a deadline of 28 February 1930 to accept. Plenty of interest was shown by nations in the Americas; Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Chile, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru and the United States all entered. A total of seven South American teams participated, more than in any subsequent World Cup Finals. However, because of the long and costly trip by ship across the Atlantic Ocean, and the length of absence required for players, very | nations to have made it to at least the quarter-finals of every Rugby World Cup. Furthermore, South Africa have also done so since they started participating in 1995.
- France is the only non English-speaking country to have made it to a Rugby World Cup final - in 1987, 1999 and 2011. It is also the only country to reach a final without ever winning it.
- The only Tier Two countries to have participated in every Rugby World Cup are Canada, Japan and Romania, with | 3,375 | triviaqa-train |
In what year was the first penalty scored in an FA Cup final? | Co. It was stolen in 1895 and never recovered, and so was replaced by an exact replica, used until 1910. The FA decided to change the design after the 1909 winners, Manchester United, made their own replica, leading the FA to realise they did not own the copyright. This new, larger design was by Fattorini and Sons, and was used from 1911. In order to preserve this original, from 1992 it was replaced by an exact replica, although this had to be replaced after just over two decades | an FA Cup final outside England, when Arsenal lost against Liverpool in 2001 at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff. A year later, against Chelsea, he became the first player in 40 years to score in consecutive FA Cup Finals. He also scored a penalty in the shootout in Arsenal's 2005 FA Cup Final victory over Manchester United.
He was most comfortable on either wing in midfield, though he could play centrally in a 4–5–1 formation or as a second striker. Ljungberg became a regular in Arsenal's starting lineup following | 3,376 | triviaqa-train |
By what name is Graham McPherson better known as in the music world? | Suggs (singer)
Graham McPherson (born 13 January 1961), known by the stage name Suggs, is an English singer-songwriter, musician, radio personality and actor.
In a music career spanning 40 years, Suggs came to prominence in the late 1970s as the lead singer of the ska band Madness, which released fifteen singles that entered the Top 10 charts in the United Kingdom during the 1970s, 1980s and the 1990s, including "My Girl", "Baggy Trousers", "Embarrassment", | Driicky Graham
Nasir Frederick Graham (born November 23, 1991), better known by his stage name Driicky Graham, is an American rapper from Newark, New Jersey. He is currently signed to the independent record labels Nu World Era Music Group and E1 Music.
Early life.
Driicky Graham was born Nasir Frederick Graham in UMDNJ hospital. He is the son of Derrick "The Sharpshooter" Graham, a former light middleweight boxing champion, and Joylette Bullock, an educator. Graham and his family grew up in | 3,377 | triviaqa-train |
What was Blondie's first UK number one single? | Glass", "Call Me", "Rapture" and "The Tide Is High" and became noted for its eclectic mix of musical styles incorporating elements of disco, pop, reggae, and early rap music.
Blondie disbanded after the release of its sixth studio album "The Hunter" in 1982. Debbie Harry continued to pursue a solo career with varied results after taking a few years off to care for partner Chris Stein, who was diagnosed with pemphigus, a rare autoimmune disease of the skin. The band | Skin" (a track from the "No Exit" album), and their very first hit single "In the Flesh". Both were recorded during Blondie's No Exit Tour.
The song gave Blondie their sixth UK number-one single (and their first chart-topper in 18 years, after "The Tide Is High" in November 1980). Topping the singles chart in February 1999, the release of "Maria" came exactly 20 years after Blondie's first number-one hit, "Heart | 3,378 | triviaqa-train |
What single by Wet Wet Wet spent 15 weeks at number one in the UK charts in 1994? | (lead guitar, vocals), has been with them since 1983. The band were named Best British Newcomer at the 1988 Brit Awards.
They are best known for their 1994 cover of The Troggs' 1960s hit "Love Is All Around", which was used on the soundtrack to the film "Four Weddings and a Funeral". It was a huge international success and spent 15 weeks atop the British charts. One week before potentially equalling the record for the most consecutive weeks at number 1 on the UK singles | " series that same year. Wet Wet Wet's cover, for the soundtrack to the 1994 film "Four Weddings and a Funeral", was an international hit and spent 15 consecutive weeks at number one on the UK Singles Chart.
Charts.
On the UK Singles Chart top 50, the record debuted at number 50 on 18 October 1967 (using the Wednesday date system) (date derived from 21 October 1967 and 28 October 1967), peaked at number 5 on 22 November 1967 (using the Wednesday date | 3,379 | triviaqa-train |
Which comedy duo had a number one hit in the UK with The Stonk in 1991? | Hale and Pace
Hale and Pace were an English comedy double-act that performed in clubs and on radio and television in the United Kingdom in the 1980s-1990s. The duo was made up of Gareth Hale and Norman Pace, with the "Hale and Pace" television show running for ten years and 66 episodes, between 1988 and 1998.
Early career.
Gareth Hale (born 15 January 1953) and Norman Pace (born 17 February 1953) met at Avery Hill teacher training college in Eltham, South East London | Best British Single for "Love in the First Degree", and Best Music Video for their 1988 hit cover of The Supremes single "Nathan Jones".
Fahey left the group in 1988 and formed Shakespears Sister, best known for the UK number one "Stay" (1992). She was replaced by Jacquie O'Sullivan. This line-up had UK top five hits with "I Want You Back" (1988) and The Beatles track "Help!" (1989), recorded with comedy duo French and | 3,380 | triviaqa-train |
The Beatles' last live performance was at Candlestick Park in San Francisco. In what year was this? | failure was due to a broken splice, according to PG&E investigators.
Notable events.
Notable events The Beatles' final concert.
The Beatles famously gave their last full public concert at Candlestick Park on August 29, 1966. Songs performed at the show were "Rock and Roll Music", "She's a Woman", "If I Needed Someone", "Day Tripper", "Baby's in Black", "I Feel Fine", "Yesterday", "I Wanna Be Your Man" | off the main system, turned up the mixer, and Miss Garland was pleased with the added monitor sound. In the late 1960s the music scene was flourishing in San Francisco, and so was sound design itself. The Monterey Pop Festival and before that, the Beatles' last live concert performance, held at San Francisco's Candlestick Park, had sound systems provided by McCune Sound. During the Beatles' Candlestick concert the sound system could not be heard well over the screaming of the Beatles fans. Mort Feld of McCune Sound | 3,381 | triviaqa-train |
What organisation is also known as La Cosa Nostra? | Mafia
A mafia is a type of organized crime syndicate whose primary activities are protection racketeering, arbitrating disputes between criminals, and brokering and enforcing illegal agreements and transactions. Mafias often engage in secondary activities such as gambling, loan sharking, drug-trafficking, prostitution, and fraud.
The term "Mafia" was originally applied to the Sicilian Mafia and originates in Sicily, but it has since expanded to encompass other organizations of similar methods and purpose, e.g., "the Russian Mafia" or "the Japanese Mafia" | talked about the support of Cosa Nostra to Forza Italia at the Italian general election of 1994.
On 27 January 1994 in Milan the Graviano brothers, which were involved in the organisation of all the attempts, were arrested: from that moment the massacres strategy of Cosa Nostra stopped.
The "papello" and the requests of Cosa Nostra.
1. Revision of the Maxi Trial sentence;
2. Abrogation of Article 41-bis prison regime;
3. Revision of Rognoni-La Torre law (crime of " | 3,382 | triviaqa-train |
Which American president gave the order to withdraw from the Vietnam War? | Additionally, Gerald Ford, who served out the last two years and five months of Nixon's second term, sought a full term but was defeated by Jimmy Carter in the 1976 election.
Tenure Impeachment.
of the Constitution allows for the removal of high federal officials, including the president, from office for "treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors." authorizes the House of Representatives to serve as a "grand jury" with the power to impeach said officials by a majority vote. authorizes the | more pliable leader to gain control over South Vietnam.
- 16 November
President Kennedy's plans to withdraw 1,000 American soldiers from Vietnam became public. General Charles J. Timmes announced the plan in Saigon.
- 20 November
Secretary McNamara met with military and civilian leaders in Hawaii. The assessment of the progress of the war in South Vietnam was much more negative than in previous Hawaii meetings. The plan to withdraw 1,000 soldiers became "an accounting exercise" in which the replacement of personnel was slowed down to reduce temporarily | 3,383 | triviaqa-train |
Who wrote The old man of Lochnagar? | The Old Man of Lochnagar
The Old Man of Lochnagar is a children's book written by Charles, Prince of Wales, and illustrated by Sir Hugh Casson. The story revolves around an old man who lives in a cave in the cliffs surrounding the corrie loch under the Lochnagar, a mountain which overlooks the royal estate at Balmoral in Scotland where the Royal Family spend much of their summer holidays.
The story of the old man of Lochnagar was one Prince Charles had told some years earlier to entertain his brothers, Andrew | entertaining some bored children at Balmoral. He tells them about an old man who, in search of peace and quiet (and a hot bath), has made his way to a remote cave at Lochnagar. He comes across a cave and, dragging a bathtub inside, claims the place as his own. The old man makes a lot of noise and mentions that his neighbours used to complain about the banging and noise coming from his home late at night. He chats to an animal he names Maudie, the original occupant | 3,384 | triviaqa-train |
What type of headgear was named after a battle in the Crimean War? | voice was saved for posterity in a phonograph recording from 1890 preserved in the British Library Sound Archive. The recording, made in aid of the Light Brigade Relief Fund and available to hear online, says:
When I am no longer even a memory, just a name, I hope my voice may perpetuate the great work of my life. God bless my dear old comrades of Balaclava and bring them safe to shore. Florence Nightingale.
Legacy Theatre.
The first theatrical representation of Nightingale was Reginald Berkeley's "The | the spirit metaphorically.
On 20 September 1854 the Battle of Alma, named after the Alma River nearby, which was a war between the French, English, and Ottoman empires and the Russian empire was fought and ended. This battle is typically considered to be the first battle of the Crimean War. Alma is the Crimean Tatar word for "apple". The name had limited use for females prior to the war, and afterwards it began appearing in birth registers for both male and female, and in significantly higher frequency | 3,385 | triviaqa-train |
What nationality was Christopher Columbus? | Christopher Columbus
Christopher Columbus (; before 31 October 145120 May 1506) was an Italian explorer, navigator, and colonist who completed four voyages across the Atlantic Ocean under the auspices of the Catholic Monarchs of Spain. He led the first European expeditions to the Caribbean, Central America, and South America, initiating the permanent European colonization of the Americas. Columbus discovered a viable sailing route to the Americas, a continent that was then unknown to the Old World. While what he thought he had discovered was a route to the Far | argued, might explain why Columbus’s contemporaries and others considered him to be Genoese or Ligurian.
Another book written on his Greek origins is called "Christopher Columbus Was a Greek Prince and His real Name Was Nikolaos Ypsilantis from the Greek Island of Chios" by Spyros Cateras, New Hampshire, 1937. There is also a section in "The Secret Destiny of America" by Manly P. Hall, New York, 1944. pp 62–63.
Portuguese hypothesis.
The first author who claimed Portuguese nationality for Christopher Columbus was | 3,386 | triviaqa-train |
When women first got the vote in Britain in 1918, how old did they have to be? | Representation of the People Act 1918
The Representation of the People Act 1918 was an Act of Parliament passed to reform the electoral system in Great Britain and Ireland. It is sometimes known as the Fourth Reform Act. The Act extended the franchise in parliamentary elections, also known as the right to vote, to men aged 21 and over, whether or not they owned property, and to women aged 30 and over who resided in the constituency or occupied land or premises with a rateable value above £5, or whose husbands | temperance union and the pacifist movement.
Groeneweg was a member of the central committee of the social democratic party, SDAP, in 1917, when partial woman suffrage was introduced: women could be voted into office, but not vote themselves. In 1918, when the first elections after women's suffrage was held, she was elected to parliament as the first woman and sat in the chamber alongside 99 men.
As of 1 January, 1920, women in the Netherlands got the right to actively vote as well (which | 3,387 | triviaqa-train |
Who in 1961 made the first space flight? | Human spaceflight
Human spaceflight (also referred to as crewed spaceflight or manned spaceflight) is space travel with a crew or passengers aboard the spacecraft. Spacecraft carrying people may be operated directly, by human crew, or it may be either remotely operated from ground stations on Earth or be autonomous, able to carry out a specific mission with no human involvement.
The first human spaceflight was launched by the Soviet Union on 12 April 1961 as a part of the Vostok program, with cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin aboard. Humans have been | on board were killed.
March 23, 1965 (Tuesday).
- The United States launched Gemini 3, the nation's first space mission with two astronauts, and the first maneuverable spacecraft from any nation, from Cape Kennedy at 9:24 a.m. Carrying Gus Grissom and John Young, the Gemini capsule (named for the "Unsinkable Molly Brown" by Grissom, who managed to escape his Mercury-Redstone 4 capsule in 1961 before it sank) made three orbits around the Earth. During the flight, Grissom altered | 3,388 | triviaqa-train |
What was the Roman name for Scotland? | Scotland during the Roman Empire
Scotland during the Roman Empire refers to the protohistorical period during which the Roman Empire interacted with the area that is now Scotland, which was known to them as "Caledonia". Roman legions arrived around 71, having conquered the Celtic tribes of "Britain" (England and Wales) over the preceding three decades. Aiming to annex all of the island of "Albion", Romans under Q. Petilius Cerialis and Gn. Julius Agricola invaded the Caledonians in the 70s and 80s. | Dere Street
Dere Street or Deere Street is a modern designation of a Roman road which ran north from Eboracum (York), crossing the Stanegate at Corbridge (Hadrian's Wall was crossed at the Portgate, just to the north) and continuing beyond into what is now Scotland, later at least as far as the Antonine Wall. Portions of its route are still followed by modern roads, including the A1 (south of the River Tees) and the A68 north of Corbridge.
Name.
The Roman name for | 3,389 | triviaqa-train |
What was the first country to issue postage stamps? | of Llanbrynmair, Wales
- Francis Worrell Stevens, schoolmaster at Loughton
- Ferdinand Egarter of Spittal, Austria
- Curry Gabriel Treffenberg from Sweden
History.
Although a number of people laid claim to the concept of the postage stamp, it is well documented that stamps were first introduced in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland on 1 May 1840 as a part of postal reforms promoted by Sir Rowland Hill. With its introduction, the postage fee was paid by the sender and not the recipient, though it | Bull's Eye (postage stamp)
The Bull's Eye "(Portuguese Olho-de-boi)" postage stamps were the first stamps issued by Brazil, on 1 August 1843, having face values of 30, 60, and 90 réis. Brazil was the second country in the world, after the United Kingdom, to issue postage stamps valid within the entire country (as opposed to a local issue). Like the United Kingdoms's first stamps, the design does not include the country name.
The | 3,390 | triviaqa-train |
What famous building did John Nash rebuild in 1825? | Arch, and Buckingham Palace; his best known collaboration with James Burton is Regent Street; and his best-known collaborations with Decimus Burton are Regent's Park and its terraces and Carlton House Terrace. The majority of his buildings, including those to the design of which the Burtons did not contribute, were built by the company of James Burton.
Biography.
Biography Background and early career.
Nash was born during 1752 in Lambeth, south London, the son of a Welsh millwright also called John (1714–1772). | original building remained in much the same style until, Sir John Boughey bought the house in the late 18th century and in 1808 commissioned John Nash to rebuild it in the Gothic style.
The building was destroyed by fire on 28 November 1910. The present house, which incorporates some elements of the 17th-century house and of Nash's Gothic successor, was built between 1927 and 1930 by W. D. Caröe. An original range of gables by Nash joins the new house to an 18th-century stable block.
The | 3,391 | triviaqa-train |
Who was the first American President to resign from office? | President of the United States
The president of the United States (POTUS) is the head of state and head of government of the United States of America. The president directs the executive branch of the federal government and is the commander-in-chief of the United States Armed Forces.
In contemporary times, the president is looked upon as one of the world's most powerful political figures as the leader of the only remaining global superpower. The role includes responsibility for the world's most expensive military, which has | Vice President of Yugoslavia
The office of Vice President of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia existed from April 1963 to June 1967. It was established by the new Yugoslav Constitution adopted on 7 April 1963. The first to serve in the role was Aleksandar Ranković who assumed office on 30 June 1963. Due to an affair involving wire-tapping of Yugoslav president and general secretary of the League of Communists Josip Broz Tito, Ranković was forced to resign from the Central Committee and from the vice presidency on 1 July 1966. He | 3,392 | triviaqa-train |
For how many years did Louis XIV of France reign? | Louis XIV of France
Louis XIV (Louis Dieudonné; 5 September 16381 September 1715), known as Louis the Great (') or the Sun King ('), was King of France from 14 May 1643 until his death in 1715. His reign of 72 years and 110 days is the longest recorded of any monarch of a sovereign country in European history. In the age of absolutism in Europe, Louis XIV's France was a leader in the growing centralisation of power.
Louis began his personal rule of | ' tears and his supplications to his mother did not make her change her mind; the Spanish marriage was very important both for its role in ending the war between France and Spain, and because many of the claims and objectives of Louis' foreign policy in the next 50 years would be based on this marriage.
Personal reign and reforms.
Personal reign and reforms Coming of age and early reforms.
Louis XIV was declared to have reached the age of majority on 7 September 1651. On the death of Mazarin, | 3,393 | triviaqa-train |
In what country was the game of golf invented? | History of golf
The origins of golf are unclear and much debated. However, it is generally accepted that modern golf developed in Scotland from the Middle Ages onwards. The game did not find international popularity until the late 19th century, when it spread into the rest of the United Kingdom and then to the British Empire and the United States.
Origins.
A golf-like game is, apocryphally, recorded as taking place on February 26, 1297, in Loenen aan de Vecht, where the Dutch played a | established around the country, bringing in the best disc golfers from across the United States.
Origin and early history Creation of the modern game.
"Steady Ed" Headrick and Dave Dunipace are two inventors and players who greatly impacted how disc golf is played. In 1976 Headrick formalized the rules of the sport, founded the Disc Golf Association (DGA), the Professional Disc Golf Association (PDGA), the Recreational Disc Golf Association (RDGA) and invented the first formal disc golf target with chains and a basket. | 3,394 | triviaqa-train |
How many players in total get down in a normal rugby union scrum? | tournament took place in 1973 at Murrayfield, one of Scotland's biggest stadiums, as part of the Scottish Rugby Union centenary celebrations.
History World Cup and professionalism.
In 1987 the first Rugby World Cup was held in Australia and New Zealand, and the inaugural winners were New Zealand. The first World Cup Sevens tournament was held at Murrayfield in 1993. Rugby Sevens was introduced into the Commonwealth Games in 1998 and was added to the Olympic Games of 2016. Both men and women’s Sevens will again take place at the | Free kick (rugby union)
A free kick in rugby union is usually awarded to a team for a technical offence committed by the opposing side. Free kicks are awarded for technical offences such as playing too many players in a line-out or time wasting at a scrum. A free kick is also awarded for making a mark.
Once awarded a free kick the team must decide how they wish to play it. There are five options.
- The team may opt to play a place kick, where | 3,395 | triviaqa-train |
How many players make up a netball team? | Netball
Netball is a ball sport played by two teams of seven players. Netball is most popular in many Commonwealth nations, specifically in schools, and is predominantly played by women. According to the INF, netball is played by more than 20 million people in more than 80 countries. Major domestic leagues in the sport include the Netball Superleague in Great Britain, Suncorp Super Netball in Australia and the ANZ Premiership in New Zealand. Four major competitions take place internationally: the quadrennial World Netball Championships, the Commonwealth Games, and | largely to the high turnover of players from year to year and their status as a youth team. Despite this, they managed to record several victories against more experienced clubs, and repeatedly finished above Queensland's only team, the Queensland Firebirds. The Darters remained an important development ground for Australian netball, with many players subsequently moving on to careers with other Commonwealth Bank Trophy teams.
In 2008, when the ANZ Championship season began, Netball Australia created a league called the Australian Netball League for up and coming players not yet | 3,396 | triviaqa-train |
What is the maximum no of match points that can be held at one time in a tennis match at Wimbledon? | 19th century, in fact, the term "tennis" referred to real tennis, not lawn tennis.
The rules of modern tennis have changed little since the 1890s. Two exceptions are that from 1908 to 1961 the server had to keep one foot on the ground at all times, and the adoption of the tiebreak in the 1970s. A recent addition to professional tennis has been the adoption of electronic review technology coupled with a point-challenge system, which allows a player to contest the line call of a point, | . The week of July 13 marked the first time in WTA history that the No. 1 player had more than twice as many points as No. 2. Following her win at Wimbledon, Williams was awarded her 7th ESPY for Best Female Tennis Player.
Williams played one match at the Swedish Open in Båstad before withdrawing with an elbow injury. She was the defending champion at the Bank of the West Classic but withdrew from the tournament in order for her elbow to get better. Williams had her 19 match winning streak | 3,397 | triviaqa-train |
In what year was the first World Snooker Championship held? | 1919. It is now governed by the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA).
The World Snooker Championship has taken place since 1927, with Joe Davis becoming a key figure in the early growth of the sport winning the championship fifteen times from 1927 to 1946. The "modern era" began in 1969 after the BBC commissioned the snooker television show "Pot Black" and later began to air the World Championship in 1978, leading to the sport's new peak in popularity. Ray Reardon dominated the game in | 1970 World Snooker Championship
The 1970 World Snooker Championship (also known as the Player's No.6 World Snooker Championship for sponsorship reasons) was a snooker tournament that took place in 1970. Like the previous year the final was held at the Victoria Hall in London, from 6 to 11 April 1970. For the second and last time the event was sponsored by Player's No.6.
Ray Reardon won in the final 37–33 against John Pulman. This year was the first of Reardon's six world titles; he held the title | 3,398 | triviaqa-train |
In the novel 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea what was the name of the captain of the submarine Nautilus? | , where they meet its enigmatic creator and commander, Captain Nemo.
The rest of the story follows the adventures of the protagonists aboard the creature—the submarine, the "Nautilus—"which was built in secrecy and now roams the seas free from any land-based government. Captain Nemo's motivation is implied to be both a scientific thirst for knowledge and a desire for revenge upon (and self-imposed exile from) civilization. Nemo explains that his submarine is electrically powered and can perform advanced marine biology research; he also | . The DC Comics hero Aquaman had a pet octopus named Topo who assisted him in a variety of ways, often taking advantage of his multiple limbs.
Film.
"20,000 Leagues Under the Sea", based on the 1870 novel of that name by Jules Verne, is the best known representation of a giant cephalopod in cinema. The story's plot follows a group of humans who travel in a submarine called "Nautilus" (another cephalopod reference) and encounter a giant cephalopod. At least five film adaptions of | 3,399 | triviaqa-train |
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