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How many gears do the motorcycles used in speedway have? | Motorcycle speedway
Motorcycle speedway, usually referred to as speedway, is a motorcycle sport involving four and sometimes up to six riders competing over four anti-clockwise laps of an oval circuit.
The motorcycles are specialist machines which use only one gear and have no brakes; racing takes place on a flat oval track usually consisting of dirt, loosely packed shale, or crushed rock (mostly used in Australia and New Zealand). Competitors use this surface to slide their machines sideways, powersliding or broadsiding into the bends. On | flat track racers.
Variants of the sport Grasstrack.
Grasstrack (also known as Grasbahn) racing takes place on a flat oval track usually constructed in a field. The motorcycles have two gears, rear suspension, no brakes, and are larger in length overall than speedway bikes.
Races usually take place over four laps from a standing start. Unlike Speedway, which has four riders per race, Grasstrack racing can have many riders in each heat and the circuit is normally longer, allowing higher speeds.
Variants of | 4,200 | triviaqa-train |
The Pogues lead singer Shane MacGowan was born on Christmas Day in 1957. Which female singer featured on their 1987 Christmas single? | Fairytale of New York
"Fairytale of New York" is a song written by Jem Finer and Shane MacGowan and recorded by their band the Pogues, featuring singer-songwriter Kirsty MacColl on vocals. The song is an Irish folk-style ballad and was written as a duet, with the Pogues' singer MacGowan taking the role of the male character and MacColl the female character. It was originally released as a single on 23 November 1987 and later featured on the Pogues' 1988 album "If I Should Fall from Grace | Waiting for Herb
Waiting for Herb is the sixth studio album by The Pogues, released in 1993, and their first without former lead singer Shane MacGowan.
Overview.
The album saw the band continue to expand their musical reach past the traditional Irish roots it had been founded on, and was only their second full-length album without a single traditional song. The album featured the track "Tuesday Morning", which was the band's first Top Twenty hit since "Fairytale of New York."
With | 4,201 | triviaqa-train |
On Christmas Day 1977, Menachem Begin of Israel met with Anwar Sadat of Egypt to start peace talks. Which one of them was celebrating their birthday that day? | collapse, the society became less free, and Nasser's appeal waned considerably.
History Republic (1953–present) Tenure of President Sadat (1970–1981).
In 1970, President Nasser died and was succeeded by Anwar Sadat. Sadat switched Egypt's Cold War allegiance from the Soviet Union to the United States, expelling Soviet advisors in 1972. He launched the Infitah economic reform policy, while clamping down on religious and secular opposition. In 1973, Egypt, along with Syria, launched the October War, a surprise attack to regain part of | a tractor from the port, who at every step meets various and sundry obstacles and adventures.
Joseph Klausner was critical of "The King of Flesh and Blood", whose central character is the Hasmonean king Alexander Jannæus. Menachem Begin recalled Klausner's words in a later day when Moshe Shamir, as a member of the Knesset, crossed the political lines from left to right to oppose the Israel-Egypt Peace Treaty. As the prime minister at the time, Begin spoke out against Shamir in the Knesset, indicating that | 4,202 | triviaqa-train |
Humphrey Bogart, who was born on Christmas Day 1899, said the line "Here's looking at you kid." In which film? | Casablanca (film)
Casablanca is a 1942 American romantic drama film directed by Michael Curtiz based on Murray Burnett and Joan Alison's unproduced stage play "Everybody Comes to Rick's". The film stars Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, and Paul Henreid; it also features Claude Rains, Conrad Veidt, Sydney Greenstreet, Peter Lorre, and Dooley Wilson. Set during World War II, it focuses on an American expatriate who must choose between his love for a woman and helping her and her husband, a Czech Resistance leader | friendship." Two weeks later, Wallis settled on the latter, which Bogart was recalled to dub a month after shooting had finished.
Bogart's line "Here's looking at you, kid", said four times, was not in the draft screenplays, but has been attributed to a comment he made to Bergman as he taught her poker between takes.
Despite the many writers, the film has what Ebert describes as a "wonderfully unified and consistent" script. Koch later claimed it was the tension between | 4,203 | triviaqa-train |
Charlie Chaplin who died on Christmas Day in 1977, co founded which film studio along with Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks? | Mary Pickford
Gladys Louise Smith (April 8, 1892 – May 29, 1979), known professionally as Mary Pickford, was a Canadian-born American film actress and producer. With a career spanning 50 years, she was a co-founder of both the Pickford–Fairbanks Studio (along with Douglas Fairbanks) and, later, the United Artists film studio (with Fairbanks, Charlie Chaplin and D. W. Griffith), and one of the original 36 founders of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences who | Post, "Collier's", "Liberty", "Photoplay" and other magazines. His series of articles on the film industry in "The Saturday Evening Post" resulted in the book "Film Folk" (1918), one of the first serious examinations of the movie business.
Motion Picture & Television Fund.
In 1921, Wagner, Douglas Fairbanks, Mary Pickford, Charlie Chaplin and D.W. Griffith co-founded the Motion Picture Relief Fund, which later became the Motion Picture & Television Fund, to | 4,204 | triviaqa-train |
Born on Christmas Day in 1944, by what stage name was the broadcaster Maurice Cole better known? | Kenny Everett
Kenny Everett (25 December 1944 – 4 April 1995) was a British comedian and radio disc jockey known for his irreverent, offbeat comedic style and easy-going personality. After spells on pirate radio and Radio Luxembourg in the mid 1960s, he was one of the first DJs to join BBC radio's newly-created Radio 1 in 1967. It was here he developed his trademark voices and surreal characters which he later adapted for TV.
Everett was dismissed from the BBC in 1970 after making remarks about | Zulma Faiad
Zulma Aurora Faiad (born February 21, 1944 in Buenos Aires, Argentina), better known by her stage name "Zulma Faiad", is an Argentinian vedette and actress.
Biography.
Zulma Faiad grew up with her sister Virginia Faiad in the bosom of an Argentine middle-class family. Her father was Jacinto Faiad. Her parents separated when she was still very young. Her father was an accountant, and worked several hours a day, so her mother, Aurora de Faiad was concerned to | 4,205 | triviaqa-train |
What is the more common name for the plant viscum album? | the "Gesta Danorum" version of the story, Baldr and Höðr are rival suitors, and Höðr kills Baldr with a sword named Mistilteinn (Old Norse "mistletoe"). In addition, a sword by the same name appears in various other Norse legends.
Culture, folklore and mythology Ancient Greece and Rome.
Mistletoe figured prominently in Greek mythology, and is believed to be the Golden Bough of Aeneas, ancestor of the Romans. Also in Greek mythology mistletoe was used by heroes to access the underworld. The Romans | once common and well known on the coastal plain around Perth, often remaining in remnant bushland and gardens, becoming more scarce as the extent and density of urban development increased.
See also.
- "Metrosideros excelsa", New Zealand Christmas tree
References.
- Association of Societies for Growing Australian Plants (ASGAP) "Nuytsia floribunda"
- Thomas Göbel: "Heilpflanzen gegen Krebs und Psychose, Nuytsia Floribunda und Viscum Album", Betrachtung und Beurteilung zweier polarer Pflanzencharaktere und ihre Anwendungsmöglichkeiten. Verlag Freies Geistesleben, | 4,206 | triviaqa-train |
Comedian Jerry Lewis formed a double act with which actor who died on Christmas Day in 1995? | "buddy movie" genre, with Abbott and Costello making the transition from stage to screen and the first of Bob Hope and Bing Crosby's "Road to..." series in 1940. Further acts soon followed; for example, the first pairing of Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis occurred in 1946. About the same time The Bickersons became popular on radio. Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner started their 2000 Year Old Man recordings and subsequent television appearances in 1961. The genre has continued to exist in cinema while making a successful transition | Muscular Dystrophy Association
The Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) is an American organization, formed in 1950, which combats muscular dystrophy and diseases of the nervous system and muscular system in general by funding research, providing medical and community services, and educating health professionals and the general public. MDA had also worked closely with comedian, actor and filmmaker Jerry Lewis, through his work serving as its national chairman from 1956 to 2011 and hosting its live annual telethon each Labor Day from 1966 to 2010. The partnership of MDA and Lewis | 4,207 | triviaqa-train |
Former communist dictator Nicolae Ceauşescu, was executed on Christmas Day in 1989. Which country did he once control? | Romanian Revolution
The Romanian Revolution () was a period of violent civil unrest in Romania during December 1989 as a part of the Revolutions of 1989 that occurred in several countries. The Romanian Revolution started in the city of Timișoara and soon spread throughout the country, ultimately culminating in the show trial and execution of longtime Communist Party General Secretary Nicolae Ceaușescu and his wife Elena, and the end of 42 years of Communist rule in Romania. It was also the last removal of a Marxist-Leninist government in a Warsaw Pact country | Lucky Jordan
Lucky Jordan is a 1942 film directed by Frank Tuttle, starring Alan Ladd in his first leading role, Helen Walker in her film debut, and Sheldon Leonard. The screenplay concerns a self-centered gangster who tangles with Nazi spies.
Plot.
Gangster Lucky Jordan (Alan Ladd) narrowly escapes death at the hands of an assassin hired by his ambitious right hand man, Slip Moran (Sheldon Leonard); his decoy double Eddie is killed instead.
Meanwhile, Lucky has been drafted. His | 4,208 | triviaqa-train |
If China is 1, India is 2, and USA is 3, who is 4? | . In the Indian Ocean, India is in the vicinity of Sri Lanka and the Maldives; its Andaman and Nicobar Islands share a maritime border with Thailand and Indonesia.
The Indian subcontinent was home to the Indus Valley Civilisation of the bronze age. In India's Iron Age, the oldest scriptures of Hinduism were composed, social stratification based on caste emerged, and Buddhism and Jainism arose. Political consolidations took place under the Maurya and Gupta Empires; the peninsular Middle Kingdoms influenced the cultures of Southeast Asia. In India's | THBT China represents a Threat to World Security.
3. THBT Russian Democracy is much sham as was Soviet Socialism.
4. THBT the USA is the greatest threat to the world's future Environment.
Past Motions *2009.
GRAND FINAL
THBT subsidizing the car industry will not solve the world economic crisis.
PRELIMINARY ROUNDS
1. THBT BRIC states (Brazil, India, China) are a menace to Europe.
2. THW punish Mugabe.
3. THBT the World Bank is an obstacle | 4,209 | triviaqa-train |
B.O.A.C. are the initials of which airline? | 1946 until 1974, BEA operated a network of internal German routes between West Berlin and West Germany as well.
Formed as the British European Airways division of British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) on 1 January 1946, BEA became a crown corporation in its own right on 1 August 1946.
Operations commenced from Croydon and Northolt airports, with DH89A Dragon Rapides and Douglas DC-3s.
Having established its main operating base at Northolt, BEA operated its first service from Heathrow in April 1950; by late 1954, all Northolt | of Singapore, the vast majority of international routes were in the hands of Singapore Airlines. In addition, MSA's headquarters, which was located in Singapore, became the headquarters of Singapore Airlines.
Malaysian Airline System, on the other hand, took all domestic routes within Malaysia and international routes out of the country, as well as the remaining fleet of Fokker F27 Friendships and Britten-Norman BN-2 Islanders. It began flights on 1 October 1972.
The initials MSA were well regarded as an airline icon and both carriers | 4,210 | triviaqa-train |
Concerned about the impact of uncontrolled development and industrialisation, what National Charity was founded in 1895 by three Victorian philanthropists, Miss Octavia Hill, Sir Robert Hunter and Canon Hardwicke Rawnsley? | Hardwicke Rawnsley
Canon Hardwicke Drummond Rawnsley (29 September 1851 – 28 May 1920) was a Church of England clergyman, poet, hymn writer, local politician, and conservationist. He was also one of the founders of the National Trust.
Living in the English Lake District for more than thirty years, he worked for the protection of the countryside and secured the support of people of influence for his campaigns.
Biography.
Biography Early years.
Rawnsley was born at the rectory, Shiplake, Oxfordshire, England, | Octavia Hill, Sir Robert Hunter, and Hardwicke Canon Rawnsley as the first organisation of its type in the world. Its formal purpose is: The preservation for the benefit of the Nation of lands and tenements (including buildings) of beauty or historic interest and, as regards lands, for the preservation of their natural aspect, features and animal and plant life. Also the preservation of furniture, pictures and chattels of any description having national and historic or artistic interest.
In the early days, the Trust was concerned primarily | 4,211 | triviaqa-train |
What famous make of motorcycle was Lawrence of Arabia riding when he was tragically killed in Dorset in 1936? | tender sent to their rescue was too slow in arriving. He worked with Hubert Scott-Paine, the founder of the British Power Boat Company (BPBC), to introduce the long ST 200 Seaplane Tender Mk1 into service. These boats had a range of 140 miles when cruising at 24 knots and could achieve a top speed of 29 knots.
Lawrence was a keen motorcyclist and owned eight Brough Superior motorcycles at different times. His last SS100 (Registration GW 2275) is privately owned but has been on loan to the | relinquish a propeller for the plane. He also gained a new passenger: Colonel T.E. Lawrence, later known as Lawrence of Arabia. Lawrence had been en route to Cairo in April when his plane crashed in Rome, killing his pilots and breaking his collarbone. He had left a Roman hospital and boarded a bomber to continue his journey, but his plane too had become stranded in Crete.
Taking off three times from Suda Bay because of a maladjusted carburetor, in a process Yates described as "riding a motorcycle around the | 4,212 | triviaqa-train |
Who were Tom and Barbara's neighbours in The Good Life? | cut their monetary requirements to the minimum, with varying success.
Their actions horrify their kindly but conventional neighbours, Margo and Jerry Leadbetter. Margo and Jerry were intended to be minor characters, but their relationship with one another and the Goods became an essential element. Under the influence of the Goods' homemade wine, called "peapod burgundy" (the strength of which becomes a running joke), their intermingled attractions to one another become apparent.
Characters.
Characters Tom Good.
Tom's career has been as | a whole can of beans. Drawn by Tom Paterson.
- "Good News Bad News (Jackpot)|Good News Bad News" comic strip
Drawn by Nigel Edwards. Half of the comic strip is titled Good News and half Bad news where the main character describes events of the day. The last issue No. 102 The readers voted the story 9th favourite in issue 11
- It's A Nice Life comic strip
This two page comic strip, lovingly drawn by Reg Parlett. The main characters were neighbours: Stan | 4,213 | triviaqa-train |
What is the river Ganga called in Bangladesh? | is thought that the Bhagirathi-Hooghly became increasingly choked with silt, causing the main flow of the Ganges to shift to the southeast and the Padma River. By the end of the 18th century the Padma had become the main distributary of the Ganges. One result of this shift to the Padma was that the Ganges joined the Meghna and Brahmaputra rivers before emptying into the Bay of Bengal, together instead of separately. The present confluence of the Ganges and Meghna formed about 150 years ago.
Also near the end of the | Ganges
The Ganges ( ), or Ganga (), is a trans-boundary river of Asia which flows through India and Bangladesh. The river rises in the western Himalayas in the Indian state of Uttarakhand, and flows south and east through the Gangetic Plain of India and Bangladesh, eventually emptying into the Bay of Bengal.
The Ganges is a lifeline to millions who live along its course. It is a most sacred river to Hindus, and worshiped as the goddess "Ganga" in Hinduism. It has been | 4,214 | triviaqa-train |
Winston Churchill married Clementine in 1908, but what was her maiden name? | Clementine Churchill
Clementine Ogilvy Spencer-Churchill, Baroness Spencer-Churchill, (' Hozier; 1 April 1885 – 12 December 1977) was the wife of Winston Churchill and a life peer in her own right.
Early life.
Although legally the daughter of Henry Montague Hozier and Lady Blanche Hozier (a daughter of David Ogilvy, 10th Earl of Airlie), her paternity is a subject of much debate, as Lady Blanche was well known for infidelity. After Sir Henry found Lady Blanche with a lover in | Mimi" (1934-2014), before they divorced. She married diplomat Edward Latham in 1937, a marriage which ended in divorce in 1939.
Bundles for Britain.
Shortly after Winston Churchill became Prime Minister in May 1940, Natalie Latham sent a telegram to his wife Clementine asking what the British needed to help fight the war; Clementine replied that they needed warm socks for British sailors. Latham set to work, organizing her society friends and carefully following British Navy regulations. "Hopelessly fond of organizing" as | 4,215 | triviaqa-train |
Who was murdered by Fitzurse, de Tracy, de Morville and Le Breton ? | William de Tracy
Sir William de Tracy (died ) was a knight and the feudal baron of Bradninch, Devon, with "caput" at the manor of Bradninch near Exeter, and was lord of the manors (amongst very many others) of Toddington, Gloucestershire and of Moretonhampstead, Devon. He is notorious as one of the four knights who assassinated Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, in December 1170.
Origins.
His grandfather, William de Tracy (died ), was an illegitimate son of King Henry | in Latin, who gives us "What miserable drones and traitors have I nourished and brought up in my household, who let their lord be treated with such shameful contempt by a low-born cleric?" Many variations have found their way into popular culture.
Whatever Henry said, it was interpreted as a royal command, and four knights, Reginald FitzUrse, Hugh de Morville, William de Tracy and Richard le Breton, set out to confront the Archbishop of Canterbury.
On 29 December 1170, they arrived at | 4,216 | triviaqa-train |
Michael Barratt was the presenter of which BBC current affairs programme in the 1970s? | Michael Barratt (television presenter)
Michael Fieldhouse Barratt (born 3 January 1928) is an English television presenter and announcer. He is mainly known for his lengthy period as the main presenter on "Nationwide".
Early life.
Michael Barratt was born in Leeds, West Riding of Yorkshire. His father was a civil servant. Barratt was educated at Rossall School, an independent boys' school near Fleetwood, Lancashire, and at Paisley Grammar School in Scotland. After leaving school, he became a journalist for Kemsley | on BBC South West's "Spotlight", Morris went on to join the BBC children's news show, "Newsround" in 1990. She left the show in 1995 to present "BBC Breakfast News" for three years. She has since presented the "Heaven and Earth Show". She was also the main presenter for the "Here and Now" current affairs programme and co-presented the programme "999", alongside Michael Buerk. She was also the presenter of BBC's 'The House Detectives' ( | 4,217 | triviaqa-train |
Who has presented Give Us A Clue, Child's Play, and Crackerjack? | Michael Aspel
Michael Terence Aspel (born 12 January 1933) is an English television presenter on programmes such as "Crackerjack", "Aspel & Company", "Give Us A Clue", "This is Your Life", "Strange but True?" and "Antiques Roadshow".
Early life.
Aspel was born in Battersea in London. During the Second World War, he was evacuated from the area and spent nearly five years in Chard, Somerset. He attended Emanuel School after passing his eleven | version were seen in the 1985 special called "TV's Funniest Game Show Moments #2".
External links.
- (1982-1983 US Version)
- (1984-1988 UK Version)
- (1985-2000/2001-2002 German version) (Gizmo/Whatsit)
- (2008 Spanish version) (Give Me A Clue)
- (1988-1992 Spain version)
- Child's Play @ pearsontv.com (via Internet Archive)
- description of "Dingsda" from its | 4,218 | triviaqa-train |
Which sitcom actor presents Scrapheap Challenge? | a short period of time to construct a carbon dioxide filter out of parts available on the space capsule. The show also draws its inspiration from the 1980s TV series "The Great Egg Race".
History and results.
The UK show was originally presented by Robert Llewellyn, joined in series 2-4 by producer Cathy Rogers, and in series 5-10 by Lisa Rogers (no relation). For series 11, both hosts were replaced with former "Scrapheap" contestant and judge Dick Strawbridge.
Series | "Crafty Tricks of War" of which he was the main presenter, "Planet Mechanics", and as a regular guest presenter on "Coast". Following his switch of career to television, Strawbridge often refers to himself as a "telly tart".
Television career "Scrapheap Challenge".
Strawbridge began his career in television as the 'Yellow Team Leader' for six episodes in the first series of 'Scrapheap'. He has to date appeared in over 30 programmes of "Scrapheap Challenge" and "Junkyard Wars | 4,219 | triviaqa-train |
Who has presented City Hospital, Departure Lounge and Last Choir Standing? | Last Choir Standing
Last Choir Standing is a 2008 talent show-themed television series produced by the BBC in the United Kingdom. Broadcast on BBC One in July and August 2008, the series saw amateur choirs competing each week to be the 'last choir standing'.
The series was presented by Myleene Klass and Nick Knowles, with judges Russell Watson, Sharon D. Clarke and Suzi Digby. In the final, following a public telephone vote, the winners were announced as Welsh male voice choir Only Men Aloud!. | also hosted several entertainment programmes for the BBC since signing an exclusive contract with them, including "Who Dares Wins", "Last Choir Standing", "Guesstimation", "Secret Fortune" and "Perfection".
Knowles has also presented programmes with a wildlife theme. In 2007, he fronted "Mission Africa", in which a team of volunteers constructed a game reserve in Kenya. During this project, Knowles fell from a Land Rover, dislocating his shoulder. He flew back to the UK to receive emergency | 4,220 | triviaqa-train |
Who presents Location, Location, Location with Phil Spencer? | Phil Spencer
Philip John Edward Spencer (born 11 December 1969) is a British media personality, television presenter and journalist, best known as the co-presenter of Channel 4 property show "Location, Location, Location" along with its spin-off "Relocation, Relocation" between 2004 and 2011 alongside Kirstie Allsopp.
Education.
Spencer was educated at Uppingham School, a co-educational independent school in the small market town of Uppingham, Rutland, in the Midlands, where he was Head Boy. | Phil Spencer: Secret Agent
Phil Spencer: Secret Agent is a Channel 4 television show, presented by property expert Phil Spencer of "Location, Location, Location".
Format.
Each episode features a house which the owners are struggling to sell. Spencer acts as their "secret agent", viewing the property without them present and preparing his own alternative set of sales particulars, entitled "The Brutal Truth", designed to show why the property is not selling. The owners then have a week to act | 4,221 | triviaqa-train |
Who presented Ask The Family in the 1970s? | Ask the Family
Ask the Family is a British game show that was first broadcast on BBC1 from 12 June 1967 to 22 October 1984 hosted by Robert Robinson and then on UK Gold from 6 June to 10 October 1999 hosted by Alan Titchmarsh and from 4 April to 5 May 2005 hosted by Dick & Dom on BBC Two.
The theme music, with its distinctive sitar, was "Acka Raga" by John Mayer and Joe Harriott.
Format.
The show took the form of a quiz contest between two | (radio critic and editor of "Atticus") and "The Sunday Telegraph" (film critic).
He began working on television as a journalist in 1955. During the 1960s and 1970s, he presented the series "Open House", "Picture Parade", "Points of View", the leading literary quiz "Take it or Leave it", "Ask the Family", "BBC-3" – including the discussion during which Kenneth Tynan became the first person to say "fuck" on British | 4,222 | triviaqa-train |
Who took over as presenter of Countdown from Des O`Connor in 2009? | end of 2006, Des O'Connor until the end of 2008, and Jeff Stelling until the end of 2011; Nick Hewer has presented the show since 2012. Carol Vorderman, the show's co-host, who had been on the programme since it began, left the show in December 2008, at the same time as Des O'Connor. She was replaced by Rachel Riley. Cathy Hytner originally placed letters on the board for the letters games, before this was taken over by Vorderman.
A celebrity guest features in every | , after a failed operation to correct a problem that had been detected in his heart. Channel 4 took the following show off the air as a mark of respect, and the next programme was preceded by a tearful tribute from Carol Vorderman. The final five shows Whiteley had filmed (the conclusion of Series 53) were aired, after which the show was placed on hiatus before returning in October 2005, with Des Lynam (who had featured on "Celebrity Countdown" in 1998) as the main presenter. On 30 September | 4,223 | triviaqa-train |
Who joined the Eggheads team in 2008, having won Are You An Egghead? | Are You an Egghead?
Are You an Egghead? is a BBC quiz show that was presented by Dermot Murnaghan. It is a spin-off from the quiz show "Eggheads", with its goal to find a further Egghead to complement the existing team. The first series was aired weekdays from 20 October to 2 December 2008 and was won by Barry Simmons. The second and final series was aired from 12 October to 23 November 2009 and was won by Pat Gibson. A similar show, "Make Me an | , but have still beaten five Eggheads. Occasionally, one remaining Egghead will beat five challengers. Only once have the Eggheads lost four games in succession and only four times has a team of all five challengers won the final round.
Occasional teams of celebrities challenge the Eggheads in short series, with their own rolling prize fund.
The show has resulted in three spinoff series: "Are You an Egghead?" (2008), "Revenge of the Egghead" (2014) and "Make Me an Egghead" | 4,224 | triviaqa-train |
What was the name of the first cloned mammal? | Dolly (sheep)
Dolly (5 July 1996 – 14 February 2003) was a female domestic sheep, and the first mammal cloned from an adult somatic cell, using the process of nuclear transfer.
Genesis.
Dolly was cloned by Keith Campbell, Ian Wilmut and colleagues at the Roslin Institute, part of the University of Edinburgh, Scotland, and the biotechnology company PPL Therapeutics, based near Edinburgh. The funding for Dolly's cloning was provided by PPL Therapeutics and the Ministry of Agriculture. She was born on | sheep" in "Scientific American", was the first mammal to be cloned from an adult somatic cell. Following this, Polly and Molly were the first mammals to be simultaneously cloned and transgenic.
As of 2008, the sheep genome has not been fully sequenced, although a detailed genetic map has been published, and a draft version of the complete genome produced by assembling sheep DNA sequences using information given by the genomes of other mammals. In 2012, a transgenic sheep named "Peng Peng" was cloned by Chinese | 4,225 | triviaqa-train |
In which country was the first FIFA World Cup held? | are the only team to have played in every tournament. The other World Cup winners are Germany and Italy, with four titles each; Argentina, France and inaugural winner Uruguay, with two titles each; and England and Spain with one title each.
The World Cup is the most prestigious association football tournament in the world, as well as the most widely viewed and followed sporting event in the world, exceeding even the Olympic Games; the cumulative viewership of all matches of the 2006 World Cup was estimated to be 26.29 | 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup
The 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup was the fourth edition of the FIFA Women's World Cup, the quadrennial championship of women's association football teams organized by FIFA. It was held in the United States from 20 September to 12 October 2003 at six venues in six cities across the country. The tournament was won by Germany, who became the first country to win both men's and women's World Cup.
China was originally awarded the right to host the tournament, which would | 4,226 | triviaqa-train |
Who is the present FIFA president? | List of presidents of FIFA
The following is a list of presidents of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the world association football governing body.
Presidents Daniel Burley Woolfall, Rodolphe Seeldrayers and Arthur Drewry died during their term in office.
The current president is Swiss-Italian Gianni Infantino, elected on 26 February 2016 during an extraordinary session of the FIFA Congress. Prior to his election, Cameroonian Issa Hayatou was acting president after the impeachment of Sepp Blatter on 8 October 2015, which was later followed | important being the Organising Committee headed by Tessema.
Abdel Halim Mohammad becomes president.
The capital city of Ethiopia, Addis Ababa, hosted the Eighth CAF General Assembly on January 10, 1968. General Moustafa was not present and so lost his position to Dr. Abdel Halim, who was voted unanimously after Dr. Ahmad Bakr of Egypt withdrew his own candidature. Rito Alcantara from Senegal became Vice-President and was elected to the FIFA Executive Committee, as a third member, in case it was approved by FIFA. Tessema was | 4,227 | triviaqa-train |
Which part of the ear is commonly known as the anvil? | Incus
The incus or anvil is a bone in the middle ear. The anvil-shaped small bone is one of three ossicles in the middle ear. The "incus" receives vibrations from the malleus, to which it is connected laterally, and transmits these to the stapes medially. The incus is so-called because of its resemblance to an anvil ().
Structure.
The incus is the second of the ossicles, three bones in the middle ear which act to transmit sound. It is shaped like | El Yunque National Forest
El Yunque National Forest (), formerly known as the Caribbean National Forest (), is a forest located in northeastern Puerto Rico. It is the only tropical rain forest in the United States National Forest System and the United States Forest Service
This forest is commonly known as "El Yunque", which may be attributed to either a Spanish approximation of the aboriginal Taíno word "yu-ke" which means "white lands", or the word "anvil," which is "yunque | 4,228 | triviaqa-train |
A chinese astronaut is known as what? | were often test pilots.
Once selected, NASA astronauts go through twenty months of training in a variety of areas, including training for extravehicular activity in a facility such as NASA's Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory. Astronauts-in-training (astronaut candidates) may also experience short periods of weightlessness (microgravity) in an aircraft called the "Vomit Comet," the nickname given to a pair of modified KC-135s (retired in 2000 and 2004, respectively, and replaced in 2005 with a C-9) which perform parabolic flights. Astronauts | of his own day and on the relation of human events to those in the natural order", and that the "Zuo zhuan" was written to clarify or even "decode" these hidden judgments.
From the Han dynasty (206AD 220) down to the present day, the "Zuo zhuan" has been viewed as a model of correct, elegant, and sophisticated Classical Chinese prose. The "Zuo zhuan"s great influence on the Chinese languageparticularly on Classical Chineseis evident from the fact that it is the source of more | 4,229 | triviaqa-train |
What was the name of the 1927 film that was directed by Fritz Lang and featured a robot called Maria that inspired George Lucas to create the character C-3PO? | Fritz Lang
Friedrich Christian Anton "Fritz" Lang (December 5, 1890 – August 2, 1976) was an Austrian-German-American filmmaker, screenwriter, and occasional film producer and actor. One of the best-known "émigrés" from Germany's school of Expressionism, he was dubbed the "Master of Darkness" by the British Film Institute.
Lang's most famous films include the groundbreaking futuristic "Metropolis" (1927) and the also influential "M" (1931), a film noir | in, each one of them understanding a Slavic language, the last one of them being a French speaker who understands Czech. An illustration of relay interpreting.
- 1977: "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" – Directed by Steven Spielberg. In the French version, the interpreter paraphrases what is said as he cannot interpret French into French.
- 1977 to 2008: "Star Wars" – Directed by George Lucas. The robot C-3PO speaks 6 million galactic languages fluently. "Don’t blame me! | 4,230 | triviaqa-train |
What is the name of the home planet of the Transformers? | ; O'Neil also created the name "Optimus Prime." Afterwards, Bob Budiansky created most of the Transformers characters, giving names and personalities to many unnamed Diaclone figures.
The primary concept of Generation One is that the heroic Optimus Prime, the villainous Megatron, and their finest soldiers crash land on pre-historic Earth in the "Ark" and the "Nemesis" before awakening in 1985, Cybertron hurtling through the Neutral zone as an effect of the war. The Marvel comic was originally part of the main Marvel Universe | planet Vehicon, who, in reality, was a rebuilt Megatron having been transformed into "Rebirth Megatron". They would all eventually be defeated, however, and the various Transformers returned to their own time.
Transformers: Robots In Disguise Toys.
- Robots in Disguise Tow-Line
- Destron Wrecker Hook (2004)
Transformers: Energon.
Tow-Line is the name of an Autobot who turns into a van. Tow-Line isn't the strongest Autobot, but what he lacks in muscle he | 4,231 | triviaqa-train |
Arnold Schwarzenegger, Robert Patrick and Kristanna Loken have all played terminators in movies, but which one played the T-1000 in Terminator 2: Judgement Day? | reform itself from any physical damage. It is further explained in the prologue of the film's novelization, that the T-1000 was created through nanotechnology, and is a 'Nanomorph', able to scan the molecular structure of whatever it is touching and visually mimic it.
In "Terminator 2", the T-1000's default form is portrayed by Robert Patrick, and in "Terminator Genisys", by Lee Byung-hun, while other actors portray the T-1000 in the disguise of specific characters. In "Terminator 2" | language film "Hollywood"
- R4-P17 and the Droid Army in "" (2002) and "" (2005)
- Arnold Schwarzenegger as the T-850 Terminator and Kristanna Loken as the T-X Terminatrix in "" (2003)
- G2 from "Inspector Gadget 2" (2003)
- The robot butler B166ER and the residents of the machine nation of Zero-One in the film shorts "The Second Renaissance Part I" and "The Second Renaissance Part II" from "The Animatrix" | 4,232 | triviaqa-train |
Which sci-fi author wrote the three laws of robotics? | originally to cover what we would today call "hard" science fiction, in which a conscientious attempt to be faithful to already known facts (as of the date of writing) was the substrate on which the story was to be built, and if the story was also to contain a miracle, it ought at least not to contain a whole arsenal of them."
Isaac Asimov said: "Science fiction can be defined as that branch of literature which deals with the reaction of human beings to changes in science and | movies, directed by Peter Jackson.
- William R. Forstchen (sci-fi/alternate history author) referred to as a fringe 'professor' who wrote an underground bio of J. Edgar Hoover.
- Bill O'Reilly and Jerry Springer are mentioned as both being United States senators in the 21st Century.
- Matthew Reilly (Australian action/sci-fi author) appears as a lieutenant on the "USS Leyte Gulf". Redshirted.
- S.M. Stirling (sci-fi/alternate history author), | 4,233 | triviaqa-train |
Johnny 5 was the central character in which film? | Short Circuit (1986 film)
Short Circuit is a 1986 US comic science fiction film directed by John Badham and written by S. S. Wilson and Brent Maddock. The film's plot centers upon an experimental military robot that is struck by lightning and gains a more humanlike intelligence, with which it embarks to explore its new state. "Short Circuit" stars Ally Sheedy, Steve Guttenberg, Fisher Stevens, Austin Pendleton and G. W. Bailey, with Tim Blaney as the voice of the robot named "Johnny 5". A | 's comedy drama "" in which he made his singing debut with "Johnny Mone Johnny". Both the song and the film became popular. Though the film received mixed reviews, his performance was well received by critics. Sify stated: "it is Dulquer Salmaan's show all the way and in all fairness the young actor has given his heart and soul into his character." He was also part of Amal Neerad's segment "Kullante Bharya" in the anthology film "5 Sundarikal" (2013). The | 4,234 | triviaqa-train |
Droids was a animated TV series that was a spin off of which movie franchise? | to other forms. Literary franchises are often transported to film, such as Nancy Drew, Miss Marple, and other popular detectives, as well as popular comic book superheroes. Television and film franchises are often expanded upon in novels, particularly those in the fantasy and science fiction genres, such as "The Twilight Zone", "Star Trek", "Doctor Who" and "Star Wars". Similarly, fantasy, science fiction films and television shows are frequently adapted into animated television series, video games, or both | The Lego Movie (franchise)
The Lego Movie is an American media franchise based on Lego construction toys. It began with the 2014 film of the same name, which was directed and written by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller. The success of the film led it to receiving two licensed video games, a , two spin-off films which were released in 2017, an animated series that also came out in the same year as well as a in 2019 among other pieces of media. A third spin-off film | 4,235 | triviaqa-train |
Who played the gunslinging cowboy robot 406 in the 1973 movie Westworld? | and Saturn awards. The film was well-received by critics.
The story is about amusement park robots that malfunction and begin killing visitors. It stars Yul Brynner as an android in a futuristic Western-themed amusement park, and Richard Benjamin and James Brolin as guests of the park.
Film series Films "Futureworld" (1976).
"Futureworld" is the sequel to the Michael Crichton film. The sequel stars Peter Fonda, Blythe Danner, Arthur Hill, Stuart Margolin, John Ryan, and Yul Brynner, who | -themed amusement park until his circuitry malfunctioned, turning him from a docile servant droid into a sadistic lawman who holds the park's tourists captive under his brutal enforcement. The character and plot are heavily based upon the 1973 science fiction film "Westworld". He is the primary antagonist of the episode "Cowboy Android Sheriff!".
- Überchaun (played by Dana Michael Woods) – A sinister blue-skinned leprechaun who lives on a golf course, the Überchaun impulsively places curses upon people who he perceives to have | 4,236 | triviaqa-train |
Brent Spiner played which character in Star Trek: The Next Generation? | Brent Spiner
Brent Jay Spiner (; born February 2, 1949) is an American actor, comedian, and singer best known for his portrayal of the android Lieutenant Commander Data in the television series "" and four subsequent films. In 1997, he won the Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of Data in "", and was nominated in the same category for portraying Dr. Brackish Okun in "Independence Day", a role he reprised in "". He has also enjoyed a career in the theatre | included voice acting by Brent Spiner as Data and Patrick Stewart as Captain Picard, with the plot a follow-up from the ninth "Star Trek" film "" (1998) which also starred both actor-character combinations. Patrick Stewart also voiced Picard and Locutus for the year 2000 computer game "".
Reception.
The character received critical acclaim among fans of "The Next Generation", and he is usually considered one of the top two captains in the "Star Trek" franchise – there are often | 4,237 | triviaqa-train |
What was the name of the robot in Forbidden Planet? | aspects of science fiction cinema. It was the first science fiction film to depict humans traveling in a faster-than-light starship of their own creation. It was also the first to be set entirely on another planet in interstellar space, far away from Earth. The Robby the Robot character is one of the first film robots that was more than just a mechanical "tin can" on legs; Robby displays a distinct personality and is an integral supporting character in the film. Outside science fiction, the film was groundbreaking | used for a mechanical likeness of Doc Savage used to confuse foes. The name is also used in Isaac Asimov's short story "Robbie" (1940) about a first-generation robot designed to care for children. In "Tom Swift on The Phantom Satellite" (1956), it is also the name given to a small four-foot robot designed by Tom Swift Jr., the boy inventor in the "Tom Swift Jr." science fiction novel series by Victor Appleton II.
"Forbidden Planet".
"Forbidden | 4,238 | triviaqa-train |
Who was the first man to swim the English Channel? | first aircraft to cross the Channel was a balloon in 1785, piloted by Jean Pierre François Blanchard (France) and John Jeffries (US).
Louis Blériot (France) piloted the first airplane to cross in 1909.
History of Channel crossings By swimming.
The sport of Channel swimming traces its origins to the latter part of the 19th century when Captain Matthew Webb made the first observed and unassisted swim across the Strait of Dover, swimming from England to France on 24–25 August 1875 in 21 hours 45 minutes | Tom Blower
Tom Blower (1914–1955) was a British man who on 27–28 July 1947 became the first to successfully swim the North Channel between Ireland and Scotland, completing the feat in 15 hours and 26 minutes. In spite of multiple attempts by others, the North Channel would not be successfully crossed by a swimmer again until 12 September 1970, when it was accomplished by Kevin Murphy. Blower also swam the English Channel several times, with a personal best speed of 13 hours and 29 minutes in 1937 that set a new | 4,239 | triviaqa-train |
Which industrialist born in Wirksworth in 1803 opened Matlock Hydro in 1853? | both the hydrotherapy industry and the cloth mills constructed on the river and its tributary Bentley Brook.
It was a relatively inconspicuous collection of villages in "Wirksworth Hundred" — composed of Matlock Town, Matlock Green, Matlock Bridge, Matlock Bank — until thermal springs were discovered in 1698. The population increased rapidly in the 1800s, largely because of the popular hydros which were being built. At one stage there were around twenty hydros, mostly on Matlock Bank, the largest built in 1853 by John Smedley. This closed in | weaving to knitting. Smedley the younger's plan was to produce a wide range of finished garments, rather than simply manufacture cloth.
In 1847 he married Caroline Harward, the second daughter of John Harward the Vicar of Wirksworth.
Smedley's success and growing wealth enabled other grand projects. He developed an interest in hydrotherapy, and built Smedley's Hydro in Matlock, a spa resort that attracted patrons from around the world. As a family home he also built the massive and ostentatious Riber Castle on a hilltop overlooking Matlock | 4,240 | triviaqa-train |
Born in Denby in 1646, who was the first Astronomer Royal? | John Flamsteed
John Flamsteed FRS (19 August 1646 – 31 December 1719) was an English astronomer and the first Astronomer Royal. His main achievements were the preparation of a 3,000-star catalogue, "Catalogus Britannicus", and a star atlas called "Atlas Coelestis", both published posthumously. He also made the first recorded observations of Uranus, although he mistakenly catalogued it as a star, and he laid the foundation stone for the Royal Greenwich Observatory.
Life.
Flamsteed was born in Denby, Derbyshire, England, | - Bombardier Charles Stone who was awarded the VC was born, and is buried, here
- Jedediah Strutt, inventor, opened his first mill in Belper (1777)
- Frank Swettenham, colonial ruler of Malaya, author, was born here in 1850
- Audley Bowdler Williamson, inventor of Swarfega and founder of Deb Ltd, once based in Belper, now in Denby
- Admiral Sir Trevor Alan Soar, a former Commander in Chief Fleet of the Royal Navy, was born in Belper.
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Christians pilgrims to which Spanish city returned wearing a scallop shell in their hat bands? | Today, it means a creamed casserole dish such as scalloped potatoes, which contains no seafood at all.
Human interaction Symbolism of the shell.
Human interaction Symbolism of the shell Shell of Saint James.
The scallop shell is the traditional emblem of St James the Great and is popular with pilgrims returning from the Way of St James (Camino de Santiago) and the apostle's shrine at Santiago de Compostela in Galicia, Spain. Medieval Christians would collect a scallop shell while at Compostela as evidence of having made the journey. The | was martyred by beheading in Jerusalem in 44 AD. According to Spanish legends, he had spent time preaching the gospel in Spain, but returned to Judaea upon seeing a vision of the Virgin Mary on the bank of the Ebro River.
From its connection to the Camino, the scallop shell came to represent pilgrimage, both to a specific shrine as well as heaven, recalling Hebrews 11:13, identifying that Christians "are pilgrims and strangers on the earth".
As the symbol of the Camino de Santiago, the shell | 4,242 | triviaqa-train |
FIFA's annual award for most beautiful goal is named after which Real Madrid player? | times in the space of seven years. This team, which consisted of players such as Alfredo Di Stéfano, Ferenc Puskás, Francisco Gento, and Raymond Kopa, is considered by some in the sport to be the greatest team of all time. In domestic football, the club has won 64 trophies; a record 33 La Liga titles, 19 Copa del Rey, 10 Supercopa de España, a Copa Eva Duarte, and a Copa de la Liga. In European and worldwide competitions, the club has won a record 26 | compatriot Wesley Sneijder. He has also been nominated for the prestigious Ballon d'Or award and the FIFA Puskás Award, which goes to the best goal of the year, and he has also been nominated for FIFA's FIFPro World XI 2010 squad thanks to his impressive season with Bayern Munich. He finished the 2010–11 season with 13 goals in 17 appearances.
Club career Bayern Munich 2011–12 season.
In the second leg of the semi-finals of the 2011–12 Champions League, against his former club Real Madrid, which was then managed by | 4,243 | triviaqa-train |
What is the nickname of Football Premiership club Bournemouth? | .
History Boscombe F.C..
Although the exact date of the club's foundation is not known, there is proof that it was formed in the autumn of 1899 out of the remains of the older Boscombe St. John's Institute F.C. The club was originally known as Boscombe F.C. The first president was Mr. J. C. Nutt.
In their first season, 1899–1900, Boscombe F.C. competed in the Bournemouth and District Junior League. They also played in the Hants Junior Cup. During the first two seasons, they played on a football | Marvin Bartley
Marvin Clement Bartley (born 4 July 1986) is an English professional footballer, who plays for Scottish Premiership club Livingston as a midfielder. Early in his career, Bartley played for English non-league clubs Burnham, Hayes, Didcot Town and Hampton & Richmond Borough. He broke into the professional leagues in 2007 with Bournemouth, where he made over 100 Football League appearances. Soon after Bournemouth manager Eddie Howe moved to Burnley in 2011, Bartley followed Howe to Turf Moor.
Bartley fell out of favour at | 4,244 | triviaqa-train |
Wakefield, Morley and Rothwell in Yorkshire are the three corners of which triangle? | local bands.
Two children's nursery rhymes with Wakefield connections are "Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush" which may have been sung by women inmates at Wakefield prison. and
"The Grand Old Duke of York" which may allude to the Battle of Wakefield in 1460, referring to Richard Plantagenet, the 3rd Duke of York. The lyrics of the popular hymn "Onward Christian Soldiers" were written at St Peter's Church in nearby Horbury.
Wakefield is known as the capital of the Rhubarb Triangle, | The constituency covered the West Yorkshire towns of Morley and Rothwell, the villages that surround the towns, and the old pit village of Middleton.
Boundaries Boundary review.
Following their review of parliamentary representation in West Yorkshire, the Boundary Commission for England have created a number of modified constituencies as a consequence of a falling population.
A new constituency of Elmet and Rothwell has been created to move Rothwell from this seat. The successor seat to Morley and Rothwell is Morley and Outwood, which attaches wards from Wakefield to the | 4,245 | triviaqa-train |
What is the Kiwi Fruit commonly called in New Zealand? | % water and 15% carbohydrates, with negligible protein and fat (table). It is particularly rich (20% or more of the Daily Value, DV) in vitamin C (112% DV) and vitamin K (38% DV), has a moderate content of vitamin E (10% DV), with no other micronutrients in significant content. Gold kiwifruit has similar nutritional value, although only vitamin C has high content in a 100 gram amount (194% DV, table).
Kiwifruit seed | New Zealand Climate Science Coalition
The New Zealand Climate Science Coalition was a group of individuals who set up a climate change denial organisation in New Zealand with the aim of "refuting what it believes were unfounded claims about anthropogenic global warming". The Coalition came to prominence in 2010 when it challenged the methodology and accuracy of NIWA's historical temperature records in court. The Coalition lost the case, could not afford to pay costs awarded against it and was forced into liquidation. There is an unrelated website called the New Zealand Climate | 4,246 | triviaqa-train |
What is the name of actress Gwyneth Paltrow's oldest child? | her father, Bruce Paltrow. They married on December 5, 2003, in a ceremony at a hotel in Southern California. Paltrow and Martin have two children together: a daughter named Apple, born in May 2004, and a son named Moses, born in April 2006. Moses' name was inspired by a song Chris Martin wrote for Paltrow. Simon Pegg and Martin's bandmate Jonny Buckland are Apple's godfathers.
Paltrow cut down on work after becoming a mother. She also suffered from postpartum depression after the 2006 | Coldplay Live 2003
Coldplay Live 2003 is a live/video album by British rock band Coldplay, first released in November 2003. The set features concerts filmed at Sydney's Hordern Pavilion on 21 and 22 July 2003.
It was nominated for Best Long Form Music Video at the 47th Annual Grammy Awards.
The song "Moses", exclusive to this album, was written about Chris Martin's wife Gwyneth Paltrow. The song inspired the name of Martin and Paltrow's second child, Moses Bruce Anthony Martin, born | 4,247 | triviaqa-train |
What is the oldest railway station in Liverpool? | a train shed. The station was demolished in 1836 as the Liverpool terminal station moved to Lime Street railway station. Crown Street station was converted to a goods station terminal.
The first stations had little in the way of buildings or amenities. The first stations in the modern sense were on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, opened in 1830. Manchester's "Liverpool Road Station", the second oldest terminal station in the world, is preserved as part of the Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester. It resembles a | steam locomotives. It is now the world's oldest surviving terminal railway station. The station closed to passenger services on 4 May 1844 when the line was extended to join the Manchester and Leeds Railway at Hunt's Bank. Liverpool Road was superseded by Manchester Victoria railway station. Since Liverpool Road ceased operation, the oldest railway station still in use is Earlestown railway station which also opened on 15 September 1830. However the station is still preserved by the Museum of Science and Industry.
Robert Angus Smith, a Scottish chemist visited | 4,248 | triviaqa-train |
Bowie's video for 'Let's Dance' was recorded in which country? | , entering the UK Singles Chart at No. 5 on its first week of release, staying at the top of the charts for three weeks. Soon afterwards, the single topped the "Billboard" Hot 100, becoming Bowie's second and last single to reach number-one in the U.S. In Oceania, it narrowly missed topping the Australian charts, peaking at No. 2 for three weeks but it topped the chart for 4 consecutive weeks in New Zealand. The single became one of the best selling of the year across | the material for 1984's "Milk and Honey" was recorded as well. Slick also joined Ono in the studio for her solo album, " Season of Glass".
In 1983, Slick rejoined David Bowie's touring band for the Serious Moonlight Tour, which supported the "Let's Dance" album. Stevie Ray Vaughan had played guitar on the album but left the band right before the tour due to a dispute between his and Bowie's management. Earl Slick was asked to step in as a last-minute | 4,249 | triviaqa-train |
Live Aid featured a video of Bowie duetting with which rock star? | the US ended at 04:05 BST 14 July (23:05 EDT). Thus, the concert continued for just over 16 hours, but since many artists' performances were conducted simultaneously in Wembley and JFK, the total concert's length was much longer.
Mick Jagger and David Bowie intended to perform an intercontinental duet, with Bowie in London and Jagger in Philadelphia. Problems of synchronisation meant the only practical solution was to have one artist, likely Bowie at Wembley, mime along to prerecorded vocals broadcast as part of the live sound | The stadium became a musical venue in August 1972 with The London Rock and Roll Show, an all star concert. It later played host to a number of concerts and events, most notably the British leg of Live Aid, which featured such acts as David Bowie, Queen, Paul McCartney, Elton John, The Who, Dire Straits and U2, held at the stadium on 13 July 1985. Phil Collins performed at Wembley, then boarded a helicopter to London Heathrow Airport and took a British Airways Concorde to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | 4,250 | triviaqa-train |
Any direct route from New York state to Wisconsin transects which Canadian province? | Niagara Falls
Niagara Falls is a group of three waterfalls at the southern end of Niagara Gorge, between the Canadian province of Ontario and the US state of New York. The largest is Horseshoe Falls, also known as Canadian Falls, which straddles the international border between Canada and the United States. The smaller American Falls and Bridal Veil Falls lie entirely within the United States. Bridal Veil Falls are separated from Horseshoe Falls by Goat Island and from American Falls by Luna Island.
Located on the Niagara River, which drains | . Another extreme example would be a load that picked up in Buffalo New York and delivered in Green Bay Wisconsin, not giving any consideration that three of America's Great Lakes lie between that load's origin and destination.
Other obvious obstacles would be mountains and canyons. Truck prohibited routes sometimes create this same phenomenon, requiring a driver to drive several truck legal routes and approaching a destination from behind (essentially driving a fish hook shaped route), because the most direct route cannot accommodate heavy truck traffic.
Some | 4,251 | triviaqa-train |
In 1886 Franz von Soxhlet suggested that which wine process could be applied to milk? | Pasteurization
Pasteurization or pasteurisation is a process in which water and certain packaged and non-packaged foods (such as milk and fruit juice) are treated with mild heat, usually to less than , to eliminate pathogens and extend shelf life. The process is intended to destroy or deactivate organisms and enzymes that contribute to spoilage or risk of disease, including vegetative bacteria, but not bacterial spores. Since pasteurization is not sterilization, and does not kill spores, a second "double" pasteurization will extend the quality by killing spores | a PhD at Leipzig in 1872. In 1879 he became a professor of agricultural chemistry at the Technical University of Munich.
References.
- Rosenau, M.J The Milk Question, Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1913.
- Soxhlet, F Die gewichtsanalytische Bestimmung des Milchfettes, Polytechnisches J. (Dingler's) 1879, 232, 461
- Rommel, Otto: Franz von Soxhlet Münchener Medizinische Wochenschrift 73 (1926) 994–995
- Österreichisches Biographisches Lexikon, XII. Band, [Schwarz] Marie – Spannagel | 4,252 | triviaqa-train |
'Paro' was the largest moai erected on which island? | Easter Island
Easter Island (, ) is a Chilean island in the southeastern Pacific Ocean, at the southeasternmost point of the Polynesian Triangle in Oceania. Easter Island is most famous for its nearly 1,000 extant monumental statues, called "moai", created by the early Rapa Nui people. In 1995, UNESCO named Easter Island a World Heritage Site, with much of the island protected within Rapa Nui National Park.
It is believed that Easter Island's Polynesian inhabitants arrived on Easter Island sometime near 1200 AD. They created | tepuna"). The statues still gazed inland across their clan lands when Europeans first visited the island in 1722, but all of them had fallen by the latter part of the 19th century.
The production and transportation of the more than 900 statues is considered a remarkable creative and physical feat. The tallest moai erected, called "Paro", was almost high and weighed 82 tonnes (90.4 short tons). The heaviest moai erected was a shorter but squatter moai at Ahu Tongariki, weighing 86 tonnes. One unfinished | 4,253 | triviaqa-train |
Deborah, Diana, Jessica and Pamela were some of the members of which family? | Deborah Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire
Deborah Vivien Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire, (born Deborah Vivien Freeman-Mitford and latterly Deborah, Dowager Duchess of Devonshire; 31 March 1920 – 24 September 2014) was an English aristocrat, writer, memoirist and socialite. She was the youngest and last surviving of the six Mitford sisters, who were prominent members of English society in the 1930s and 1940s.
Life.
Known to her family as "Debo", Deborah Mitford was born in Asthall Manor, Oxfordshire, England | married nephews of prime ministers Winston Churchill and Harold Macmillan, respectively. Deborah and Diana both married wealthy aristocrats. Unity and Diana were well known during the 1930s for being close to Adolf Hitler. Jessica turned her back on her inherited privileges and ran away to become a communist. Jessica's memoir, "Hons and Rebels", describes their upbringing, and Nancy obviously drew upon her family members for characters in her novels. In the early 1980s, Deborah became politically active when she and her husband Andrew Cavendish, 11th Duke | 4,254 | triviaqa-train |
The sisters of Dixon of Dock Green's Jack Warner performed as which characters? | .
Warner was born Horace John Waters. in Bromley, Poplar, London, the third child of Edward William Waters, master fulling maker and undertaker's warehouseman, and Maud Mary Best. His sisters Elsie and Doris Waters were well-known comedians who usually performed as "Gert and Daisy".
Warner attended the Coopers' Company's Grammar School for Boys in Mile End, while his sisters both attended the nearby sister school, Coborn School for Girls in Bow. The three children were choristers at St. Leonard's | episode. Dixon originally appeared in the Ealing Studios film "The Blue Lamp", in which he was shot and killed. Dixon, played by Jack Warner, subsequently went on to star in "Dixon of Dock Green" despite the paradox of the character already being dead.
Characters from The Blue Lamp, albeit not George Dixon, had previously received consideration as time travellers in the 1988 BBC Two drama "The Black and Blue Lamp", in which Dixon's murderer and a policeman were transposed between the 1950s and | 4,255 | triviaqa-train |
What colour is the directory to the National Gardens Scheme? | many more have joined. Over 3,700 gardens were open in 2013. County organisers are responsible for vetting gardens to make sure they are of sufficient interest.
Visitor information is published in a publication called "The Garden Visitor's Handbook" (formerly the Yellow Book). There is another Yellow Book for the separate Scotland's Gardens scheme.
Charities supported.
Originally the admission fees raised money for district nurses, although the creation of the National Health Service in 1948 changed the nature of the support required.
In | . It was replanted with flowers for the opening of the house under the National Trust in 1959.
As part of the 1990s restoration, Beth Rothschild led a team re-introducing Ferdinand's colour scheme of trees, shrubs and bedding plants. The carpet bedding is now designed on computer allowing the schemes to be quickly installed. The patterns change each year to reflect different themes.
The gardens are listed Grade I on the Register of Historic Parks and Gardens.
Gardens Garden trees.
Though the trees are not of | 4,256 | triviaqa-train |
Hadfield near Glossop became the fictional town of Royston Vasey in which TV series? | Royston Vasey
Royston Vasey is a fictional English town featured in the BBC television comedy series "The League of Gentlemen". The exterior shots for the series were filmed in Hadfield, Derbyshire and, according to the writers of the series, the town is based on Alston, Cumbria.
The preceding radio series "On the Town with the League of Gentlemen" was set in the equally fictional and almost identical town of Spent.
Origin and creation.
Royston Vasey draws on the upbringing of all the League of | League considered a number of filming locations before settling on Hadfield. Another town to feature prominently in the series was Bacup in Rossendale, and the West Yorkshire town of Todmorden was used for some later scenes.
Description.
The town as it appears in the TV show has a sign which ominously declares "Welcome to Royston Vasey. You'll never leave!" The first building many visitors come across is the "Local Shop". The Local Shop is located some distance from the town itself on a lonely hilltop moor | 4,257 | triviaqa-train |
Which actor, born in Hayfield in 1915, supplied the voices of the Mr Men on TV? | Arthur Lowe
Arthur Lowe (22 September 1915 – 15 April 1982) was an English actor. His acting career spanned nearly forty years, including starring roles in numerous theatre and television productions. He played Captain Mainwaring () in the British sitcom "Dad's Army" from 1968 until 1977, was nominated for seven BAFTAs and became one of the most recognised faces on television.
Lowe began his working life shortly before the Second World War (1939–1945) and he featured in many theatrical performances after the war. | intended for men.
In addition to his work on "The Friendly Giant", Coneybeare collaborated with Charles Winter on the radio program, "The Rod and Charles Show". With Robert Gibbons, producer of "Mr. Dressup", Coneybeare created the short-lived CBC TV series "The Bananas".
Coneybeare has also worked as a voice actor for several cartoons. He has supplied the voice of Avalanche in "X-Men" and voices several characters in "The Adventures of Tintin", "Babar | 4,258 | triviaqa-train |
In 2006 TV host Victoria Coren won half a million pounds playing which card game? | performed during the 2000 Edinburgh Festival at the Assembly Rooms, the Grace Theatre and the New End Theatre in London, before she adapted it again for a BBC Two docudrama with Neil Pearson, broadcast in 2001.
Victoria and Giles Coren wrote an introduction to "Chocolate and Cuckoo Clocks", an anthology of the best comic writing by their father Alan, published by Canongate in October 2008.
Her poker memoir "For Richer, For Poorer: A Love Affair with Poker" (the subtitle changed to "Confessions of | True Stories (TV series)
True Stories was an Australian biographical documentary series which explored the personal journeys of ordinary, and sometimes extraordinary Australians. It is based on the ABC's "Australian Story".
The 4-episode first season of the program rated well, attracting an average of over 1.7 million viewers per episode. As a result, Channel Seven announced a second season, consisting of over 20 episodes which aired from mid-2006. Original host Anna Coren did not front the entire second season as mid-way through production | 4,259 | triviaqa-train |
On 1st January 2014, which country became the 18th member of the Eurozone? | , Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, and Spain. Other EU states (except for Denmark and the United Kingdom) are obliged to join once they meet the criteria to do so. No state has left, and there are no provisions to do so or to be expelled. Andorra, Monaco, San Marino, and Vatican City have formal agreements with the EU to use the euro as their official currency and issue their own | push for a 'true economic government' that would involve twice-yearly eurozone leader summits and a financial transactions tax.
The European Fiscal Union is a proposal for a treaty about fiscal integration described in a decision adopted on 9 December 2011 by the European Council. The participants are the eurozone member states and all other EU members without the United Kingdom and the Czech Republic. The treaty entered into force on 1 January 2013 for the 16 states which completed ratification prior of this date and on 1 April 2014 entered into force | 4,260 | triviaqa-train |
Disney’s recent animated film Frozen is based on which tale by Hans Christian Andersen? | to children, but presenting lessons of virtue and resilience in the face of adversity for mature readers as well. His most famous fairy tales include "The Emperor's New Clothes," "The Little Mermaid," "The Nightingale," "The Snow Queen," "The Ugly Duckling," "The Little Match Girl," and "Thumbelina." His stories have inspired ballets, plays, and animated and live-action films. One of Copenhagen's widest and busiest boulevards, skirting Copenhagen City Hall Square | The Ugly Duckling (1939 film)
The Ugly Duckling is an animated film from 1939 by Walt Disney, based on the fairy tale "The Ugly Duckling" by Hans Christian Andersen. The film was directed by Jack Cutting and Clyde Geronimi, and released in theaters on April 7, 1939. Music was composed by Albert Hay Malotte, who was uncredited for the film. The animated short was first distributed by RKO Radio Pictures.
An earlier "Silly Symphony" animated short based on this fairy tale had been produced | 4,261 | triviaqa-train |
Which knighted actor directed the 2011 superhero movie Thor? | Thor (film)
Thor is a 2011 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name, produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Paramount Pictures. It is the fourth film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). The film was directed by Kenneth Branagh, written by the writing team of Ashley Edward Miller and Zack Stentz along with Don Payne, and stars Chris Hemsworth as the title character, alongside Natalie Portman, Tom Hiddleston, Stellan Skarsgård, Colm Feore, Ray Stevenson, Idris Elba, | Actor), and as Royal Navy Commander Bolton in the action-thriller "Dunkirk" (2017). He has directed such films as "Dead Again" (1991), in which he also starred, "Swan Song" (1992) (Academy Award nominated for Best Live Action Short Film), "Mary Shelley's Frankenstein" (1994) in which he also starred, "The Magic Flute" (2006), "Sleuth" (2007), the Marvel superhero film "Thor" (2011 | 4,262 | triviaqa-train |
Who was Joseph Stalin’s immediate successor as Premier of the Soviet Union? | Party of the Soviet Union listed according to the order of precedence presented formally on 5 March 1953: Georgy Malenkov, Lavrentiy Beria, Vyacheslav Molotov, Kliment Voroshilov, Nikita Khrushchev, Nikolai Bulganin, Lazar Kaganovich and Anastas Mikoyan. Reforms to the Soviet system were immediately implemented. Economic reform scaled back the mass construction projects, placed a new emphasis on house building, and eased the levels of taxation on the peasantry to stimulate production. The new leaders sought rapprochement with Yugoslavia and a less hostile relationship with the U.S., pursuing a | Paolo Iashvili
Paolo Iashvili (; 29 June 1894 – 22 July 1937) was a Georgian poet and one of the leaders of Georgian symbolist movement. Under the Soviet Union, his obligatory conformism and the loss of his friends at the height of Joseph Stalin’s Great Purge heavily affected Iashvili, who committed suicide at the Writers’ Union of Georgia.
Early life.
Born near Kutaisi, western Georgia (then part of Imperial Russia), he was educated at Kutaisi, Anapa, and Paris. Returning to Georgia in | 4,263 | triviaqa-train |
Which island is known to the French as Aurigny? | junction with Victoria Street at its highest point. The town area features an imposing church and an unevenly cobbled main street: Victoria Street (Rue Grosnez – the English name being adopted on the visit of Queen Victoria in 1854). There is a primary school, a secondary school, a post office, and hotels, as well as restaurants, banks and shops. Other settlements include Braye, Crabby, Longis, Mannez, La Banque, and Newtown.
History.
Alderney shares its prehistory with the other islands in | on the London Gatwick–Guernsey route (just two months before the Island Games). It employs 280 staff in the Channel Islands, France and the United Kingdom. Aurigny also operates charter services, and is a handling agent for various other airlines which fly into Guernsey, including Blue Islands.
In June 2006, a survey by market researchers islandopinion.com showed that Aurigny was the most popular airline which served Guernsey. On 21 June 2007, Aurigny got permission from its sole shareholder, the States of Guernsey, to raise a | 4,264 | triviaqa-train |
Helen Graham is the eponymous protagonist of which 19th-century novel? | Helen Graham (The Tenant of Wildfell Hall)
Helen Lawrence (married name is Helen Huntingdon but she is most commonly known under her alias Helen Graham) is the main female protagonist of Anne Brontë's 1848 novel "The Tenant of Wildfell Hall". Helen was portrayed by Janet Munro in the 1968 TV adaptation and Tara FitzGerald in the 1996 miniseries.
Biography.
Helen Lawrence was born in 1802 (or in the first half of 1803) at Wildfell Hall. Rachel, later her maid and friend, takes | depiction of alcoholism and debauchery was profoundly disturbing to 19th-century sensibilities. Helen Graham, the tenant of the title, intrigues Gilbert Markham and gradually she reveals her past as an artist and wife of the dissipated Arthur Huntingdon. The book's brilliance lies in its revelation of the position of women at the time, and its multi-layered plot.
It is easy today to underestimate the extent to which the novel challenged existing social and legal structures. May Sinclair, in 1913, said that the slamming of Helen Huntingdon | 4,265 | triviaqa-train |
Which restored castle in West Sussex is the seat of the Duke of Norfolk? | in the south-west is the county town and the only city in West Sussex; the largest towns are Crawley, Worthing and Horsham.
West Sussex has a range of scenery, including wealden, downland and coastal. The highest point of the county is Blackdown, at 280 metres (919 ft). It has a number of stately homes including Goodwood, Petworth House and Uppark, and castles such as Arundel Castle and Bramber Castle. Over half the county is protected countryside, offering walking, cycling and other | July 1784, the 4th Duke was created Earl of Norwich, in the County of Norfolk, and Baron Gordon, of Huntley in the County of Gloucester, in the Peerage of Great Britain. The principal family seat was Gordon Castle. The Dukedom became extinct in 1836, along with all the titles created in 1684 and 1784.
Most of the Gordon estates passed to the son of the 5th Duke's eldest sister, the 5th Duke of Richmond, whose main seat was Goodwood House in Sussex. In 1876 his son | 4,266 | triviaqa-train |
Which Derbyshire railway station has the three-letter code CMF? | Cromford railway station
Cromford railway station is a Grade II listed railway station owned by Network Rail and managed by East Midlands Trains. It is located in the village of Cromford in Derbyshire, England. The station is on the Derwent Valley Line north of Derby towards Matlock.
Description.
The station is unstaffed and served by East Midlands Trains, who operate services westbound to and eastbound to .
History.
Originally known as "Cromford Bridge", it was opened by the Manchester, Buxton, Matlock and Midlands | Shirehampton railway station
Shirehampton railway station is on the Severn Beach Line and serves the district of Shirehampton in Bristol, England. It is from . Its three letter station code is SHH. The station has a single platform which serves trains in both directions. it is managed by Great Western Railway, which is the third franchise to be responsible for the station since privatisation in 1997. They provide all train services at the station, mainly a train every forty minutes in each direction between and .
The station was opened in | 4,267 | triviaqa-train |
The Brooklyn Bridge connects Brooklyn to which other New York borough? | Boroughs of New York City
New York City encompasses five county-level administrative divisions called "boroughs": The Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, and Staten Island. All five boroughs are part of New York City, and each borough is coterminous with a respective county. The boroughs of Queens and The Bronx are concurrent with the counties of the same name, while the boroughs of Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Staten Island correspond to New York, Kings, and Richmond counties, respectively.
All five boroughs came | McGuinness Boulevard
McGuinness Boulevard is a boulevard in Greenpoint, a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. It runs between Interstate 278 to the south to the Pulaski Bridge in the north, which connects to Queens and Jackson Avenue (NY 25A). South of Driggs Avenue, it is called McGuinness Boulevard South.
A major street going through Greenpoint, it was formerly known as Oakland Street, which went from Driggs Avenue to the Newtown Creek. The road was widened considerably in 1954 after the Pulaski Bridge opened | 4,268 | triviaqa-train |
The Vasco da Gama Bridge, the longest in Europe, spans which river? | Vasco da Gama Bridge
The Vasco da Gama Bridge (; ) is a cable-stayed bridge flanked by viaducts and rangeviews that spans the Tagus River in Parque das Nações in Lisbon, the capital of Portugal.
It is the longest bridge in Europe after the Crimean Bridge with a total length of , including for the main bridge and in viaducts. The Bridge is served by of dedicated access roads. It was built to alleviate the congestion on Lisbon's 25 de Abril Bridge, and eliminate the need for traffic between the | 92. As a reminder of the site's industrial past, only a refinery tower was kept and repurposed.
To support the expected influx of visitors, an extensive access program was devised, including:
- a new bridge across the river, the Vasco da Gama Bridge (then the longest in Europe)
- a new line for the Lisbon Metro, with seven stations (five of which were ready for opening day)
- a new main multi-modal terminal, featuring trains, metro, buses, | 4,269 | triviaqa-train |
Which is the most southerly city to have hosted the Winter Olympics? | medal in four out of five cross-country events, becoming the most decorated Winter Olympian until then. Russia won the most events, with eleven gold medals, while Norway achieved 26 podium finishes, collecting the most medals overall on home ground. Juan Antonio Samaranch described Lillehammer as "the best Olympic Winter Games ever" in his closing ceremony speech.
The 1998 Winter Olympics were held in the Japanese city of Nagano and were the first Games to host more than 2,000 athletes. The men's ice hockey tournament was opened | Lake Placid Winter Olympic Museum
The Lake Placid Olympic Museum commemorates the 1932 Winter Olympics and 1980 Winter Olympics, which were based in the Olympic village of Lake Placid. It is one of few Olympic museums in the United States and is a part of the work of New York State Olympic Regional Development Authority in the Lake Placid Olympic Region. Lake Placid is the only North American city to have hosted two separate Winter Olympics.
The museum, which was opened by New York State in 1994, is located within the Olympic | 4,270 | triviaqa-train |
Which is the most southerly of the Met Office’s shipping forecast areas? | area equivalent to Forties after the Fladen bank, while Météo-France calls the English Channel sea areas Dover, Wight, Portland and Plymouth respectively Pas-de-Calais, Antifer, Casquets and Ouessant.
In the forecast, areas are named in a roughly clockwise direction, strictly following the order above. However, a forecast for Trafalgar is provided only in the 0048 forecast – other forecasts do, however, report when there are warnings of gales in Trafalgar.
Region names Origin of names.
- Viking, Forties | through each of the sea areas and create a painting inspired by each, to raise funds for Macmillan Cancer Support.
Influences on popular culture Bedtime story.
In March 2017, Peter Jefferson recorded a reinvented version of the Shipping Forecast as "a bedtime story for grown-ups".
Online.
The Shipping Forecast is published online by the Met Office and the BBC.
The daily 0048 forecast is available online via BBC iPlayer.
See also.
- Inshore coastal areas of the United Kingdom
- | 4,271 | triviaqa-train |
Spoken by Gloucester, what are the first seven words of Shakespeare’s Richard III? | as a benevolent Richard, and by mangling Shakespearean text ("Now is the summer of our sweet content made o'ercast winter by these Tudor clouds ...")
Richard Loncraine's 1995 film, starring Ian McKellen, is set in a fictional fascist England in the 1930s, and based on an earlier highly successful stage production. Only about half the text of the play is used. The first part of his "Now is the winter of our discontent..." soliloquy is a public speech, while the second part is a | is often pointed to as an expression of the Tudor myth. It is a speech by the character Carlisle, spoken just as Bolingbroke suggests that he will ascend the throne of England. Carlisle raises his voice to object, and ends with a vision of the future that seems to prophesy the civil wars that are the basis of Shakespeare’s English history plays:
Traditions in the histories of Richard III.
Conspicuous in this tradition of history writing and literature was the portrayal of Richard III of England (1452–1485; reigned, | 4,272 | triviaqa-train |
Which European language is spoken by a lusophone? | Indo-European languages
There are about 445 living Indo-European languages, according to the estimate by "Ethnologue", with over two thirds (313) of them belonging to the Indo-Iranian branch. The Indo-European languages with the greatest numbers of native speakers are Spanish, English, Hindustani (Hindi/Urdu), Portuguese, Bengali, Punjabi, and Russian, each with over 100 million speakers, with German, French, Marathi, Italian, and Persian also having more than 50 million. Today | Germanic)
Examples Romance languages.
- Catalan Countries (the Catalan-speaking part of Europe)
- List of territorial entities where French is an official language
- Hispanophone world (where Spanish is spoken)
- Latin Europe
- Lusofonia (the Lusophone world)
Examples Other Indo-European languages.
- Hindi belt
- Slavisphere
- Greater Iran (Persian and closely related languages)
Examples Other languages.
- Arab world
- Austronesia
- Malay world
- Sinophone (where various forms | 4,273 | triviaqa-train |
The song Diamonds are a Girl’s Best Friend comes from which musical? | Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend
"Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend" is a jazz song introduced by Carol Channing in the original Broadway production of "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" (1949), which was written by Jule Styne and Leo Robin. It was based on a novel by Anita Loos.
Marilyn Monroe version.
The song is perhaps most famously performed by Marilyn Monroe in the 1953 film "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes". Monroe's character, Lorelei Lee, has been followed on a Transatlantic ocean | Clocks – the only square-faced Mystery Clock in the world and the “Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil” clock – at the New York World's Fair. Black Starr & Frost was one of five jewelers invited to exhibit at the New York World's Fair that year.
1949: Carol Channing played Lorelei Lee, inspired by Peggy Hopkins Joyce, on Broadway and is the first to sing “Diamonds are a Girl’s Best Friend,” which mentions Black Starr & Frost.
1953: Marilyn Monroe | 4,274 | triviaqa-train |
The Malabar Coast is found in which country? | Dutch Malabar
Dutch Malabar, also known by the name of its main settlement Cochin, was the title of a commandment of the Dutch East India Company on the Malabar Coast between 1661 and 1795, and is part of what is today collectively referred to as Dutch India. Dutch presence in the region started with the capture of Portuguese Quilon, and ended with the occupation of Malabar by the British in 1795. They possessed military outposts in 11 locations: Alleppey, Ayacotta, Chendamangalam, Pappinivattom, Ponnani, Pallipuram, Cranganore ( | Christians in the Dominion of the King of Kanara, during the usurpation of that country by Tipu Sultan from an implacable hatred he had against them who professed Christianity.""
Tipu Sultan's invasion of the Malabar had an adverse impact on the Syrian Malabar Nasrani community of the Malabar coast. Many churches in the Malabar and Cochin were damaged. The old Syrian Nasrani seminary at Angamaly which had been the center of Catholic religious education for several centuries was razed to the ground by Tipu's soldiers. A lot of centuries old | 4,275 | triviaqa-train |
Which fictional division of the Jersey police employed the services of Jim Bergerac? | Bergerac (TV series)
Bergerac is a British television series set in Jersey, which ran from 18 October 1981 to 26 December 1991. Produced by the BBC in association with the Seven Network, and first screened on BBC1, it starred John Nettles as the title character Jim Bergerac, who initially is a detective sergeant in Le Bureau des Étrangers ("The Foreigners' Office", a fictional department dealing with non-Jersey residents), within the States of Jersey Police, but later left the force and became a | officers able to bring charges.
The fictional "Bureau des Étrangers" department of the States of Jersey Police featured in the British TV series "Bergerac".
Notable investigations.
An investigation into allegations of historical child abuse had begun in 2006. Several sites in the grounds of Haut de la Garenne, a former children's home, were excavated in 2008 and finds of human remains and other items were announced amid sensational international publicity. In September 2008, Detective Superintendent Mick Gradwell of Lancashire Police took over as Senior | 4,276 | triviaqa-train |
What is the name of the fictional island that provides the setting for Death in Paradise? | lead DI is tempted to return to the UK by the prospect of a job offer or personal relationship, but in the end, he decides to remain on the island. This format was subverted in the sixth series, when the two-part storyline in the fifth and sixth episodes saw the team travel to London to follow up on a current case, resulting in Goodman deciding to remain to be with his new girlfriend, Martha; Mooney travelled back to Saint-Marie, initially as a holiday, but decided to remain | Paradise City (disambiguation)
"Paradise City" is the name of a 1988 Guns N' Roses single and the video for it.
Paradise City may also refer to:
- Paradise City, a fictional city, used by James Hadley Chase in many of his novels
- "Paradise City" (novel), by Lorenzo Carcaterra, published in 2004
- "Paradise City", a 1998 N-Trance single
- Paradise City, a fictional city, the setting for the video game, | 4,277 | triviaqa-train |
Which island is the birthplace of Cristiano Ronaldo? | Sun" newspaper in 2008, Ronaldo donated the damages to a charity in Madeira. In 2009, Ronaldo donated £100,000 to the hospital that saved his mother's life in Madeira following her battle with cancer, so that they could build a cancer centre on the island. In support of the victims of the 2010 Madeira flood, Ronaldo pledged to play in a charity match in Madeira between Primeira Liga club Porto and players from Madeiran-based clubs Marítimo and Nacional.
In 2012, Ronaldo and his agent paid for specialist | Estádio dos Barreiros. The stadium is located within the Cidade Desportiva do C.D. Nacional (), which also includes training pitches and a youth campus Cristiano Ronaldo Campus Futebol (), named in honour of Cristiano Ronaldo. The Sport City is located in the north of Funchal, high in the mountains in the Choupana district.
In January 2007, after a period of construction costing €20 million, the stadium was expanded to 5,132 by the opening of another stand. The stadium currently has only two all-seated stands which | 4,278 | triviaqa-train |
What name is given to natives of the second-largest island of the Maltese archipelago? | megalithic temple builders then either supplanted or arose from this early period. Around the time of 3500 BC, these people built some of the oldest existing free-standing structures in the world in the form of the megalithic Ġgantija temples on Gozo; other early temples include those at Ħaġar Qim and Mnajdra.
The temples have distinctive architecture, typically a complex trefoil design, and were used from 4000 to 2500 BC. Animal bones and a knife found behind a removable altar stone suggest that temple rituals included animal sacrifice. Tentative information | Caprera
Caprera is an island in the Maddalena archipelago off the coast of Sardinia, Italy. In the area of La Maddalena island in the Strait of Bonifacio, it is a tourist destination and the place to which Giuseppe Garibaldi retired from 1854 until his death in 1882.
Features.
The island was probably given its name because of the numerous wild goats living on it ("capra" means "goat" in Italian). It is the second largest island in the archipelago and has an area of and of | 4,279 | triviaqa-train |
The island of Foulness lies off the coast of which English county? | of Wight, Northumberland and Rutland are ceremonial counties consisting of a non-metropolitan county of a single district, and are known as unitary authorities.
Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, Derbyshire, Devon, East Sussex, Essex, Gloucestershire, Hampshire, Kent, Lancashire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, North Yorkshire, Nottinghamshire, Somerset and Staffordshire are non-metropolitan counties with multiple districts and a county council, where one or more districts have been split off to form unitary authorities. The effect is that the corresponding ceremonial county is larger than | Pig's Bay
Pig's Bay is a coastal area in East Shoebury, a small beachland area in Shoeburyness. The main entrance to the site is at Blackgate Road, Shoeburyness. This is also the gateway to the island of Foulness, the fourth largest island off the coast of England.
The bay is the site of MoD Shoeburyness, a military installation established in 1849 and which is still used as a firing range.
One of the other uses of the site is the storage and scrapping of old railway vehicles | 4,280 | triviaqa-train |
Which guest chose a stuffed Michael Palin as his luxury to take to the Island? | and "The Illustrated Weekly Hudd". They collaborated in writing lyrics for an album by Barry Booth called Diversions. They were also in the team of writers working for "The Frost Report", whose other members included Frank Muir, Barry Cryer, Marty Feldman, Ronnie Barker, Ronnie Corbett, Dick Vosburgh and future Monty Python members Graham Chapman, John Cleese and Eric Idle. Although the members of Monty Python had already encountered each other over the years, "The Frost Report" was the first time all the British | Bach as particular favourites, although he once saw The Rolling Stones in concert and said "they blew me away". He was a guest on the BBC Radio 4 show "Desert Island Discs" on 6 January 2008. His favourite record of the eight he selected for the show was Elgar’s Cello Concerto; he chose the biggest poetry anthology possible as his book and, as his luxury item, a cello.
Humphrys' brother, Bob Humphrys, was a sports television presenter on BBC Wales Today. He died | 4,281 | triviaqa-train |
What title is currently held by Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger? | to the newspaper. "The only condition for the validity is the full freedom of the decision. Speculation about its invalidity is simply absurd," he wrote.
Pope Emeritus.
On the morning of 28 February 2013, Pope Benedict met with the full College of Cardinals and in the early afternoon flew by helicopter to the papal summer residence of Castel Gandolfo. He stayed there until refurbishment was completed on his retirement home, the Mater Ecclesiae monastery in the Vatican Gardens near St Peter's, formerly home to 12 nuns | Ratzinger
Ratzinger is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Pope Benedict XVI, born Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger
- Georg Ratzinger, a Catholic priest, musician, conductor, and brother of Pope Benedict XVI
- Georg Ratzinger (politician), a Catholic priest, author, politician, and great-uncle of Georg Ratzinger and Pope Benedict XVI
- Joseph Ratzinger, Sr., the father of Georg Ratzinger and Pope Benedict XVI
- Wumpscut, born Rudolf 'Rudy' Ratzinger
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Which bodily fluid is secreted by the parotid glands? | Clinical significance Salivary stones.
Salivary stones mainly occur within the main confluence of the ducts and within the main parotid duct. The patient usually complains of intense pain when salivating and tends to avoid foods which produce this symptom. In addition, the parotid gland may become enlarged upon trying to eat. The pain can be reproduced in clinic by squirting lemon juice into the mouth. Surgery depends upon the site of the stone: if within the anterior aspect of the duct, a simple incision into the buccal mucosa with sphinterotomy may | glands: These glands produce a secretion rich in water, electrolytes, and enzymes. A great example of a serous oral gland is the parotid gland.
- Mixed glands: These glands have both serous cells and mucous cells, and include sublingual and submandibular glands. Their secretion is mucinous and high in viscosity.
Stomach.
The enzymes that are secreted in the stomach are "gastric enzymes". The stomach plays a major role in digestion, both in a mechanical sense by mixing and crushing the food, and | 4,283 | triviaqa-train |
What trade name did Bayer give to the analgesic drug diamorphine? | conflicting claims. Most mainstream historians attribute the invention of aspirin to Hoffmann and/or Eichengrün.
Early history Heroin.
Heroin (diacetylmorphine), now illegal as an addictive drug, was introduced as a non-addictive substitute for morphine, and trademarked and marketed by Bayer from 1898 to 1910 as a cough suppressant and over-the-counter treatment for other common ailments, including pneumonia and tuberculosis. Bayer scientists were not the first to make heroin, but the company led the way in commercializing it. "Heroin" was a | of its era, it did not contain alcohol.
- Some herbal preparations included laxatives such as senna or diuretics, to give the compounds some obvious physical effects.
When journalists and physicians began focusing on the narcotic contents of the patent medicines, some of their makers began replacing the opium tincture laudanum with acetanilide, a particularly toxic non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug with analgesic as well as antipyretic properties that had been introduced into medical practice under the name "Antifebrin" by A. Cahn and P. Hepp in 1886. | 4,284 | triviaqa-train |
Which 1988 film was subtitled From the Files of Police Squad? | the late 1960s series "Felony Squad". Although canceled after six episodes, the show spawned "The Naked Gun" film series. In 2013, "TV Guide" ranked it #7 on their list of 60 shows that were "Cancelled Too Soon".
Overview.
"Police Squad!" was created by Zucker, Abrahams and Zucker, who had all previously worked together on "The Kentucky Fried Movie" and "Airplane!". Despite critical acclaim, the show was canceled by ABC after just | in the television series "Police Squad!" The core creative team behind "Police Squad!" and the film series includes the team of David Zucker, Jim Abrahams, and Jerry Zucker as well as Pat Proft in varying combinations.
Released on December 2, 1988, the film was a critical and commercial success, which led to two sequels: "" (1991) and "" (1994).
Plot.
Police Squad Lieutenant Frank Drebin, taking a vacation in Beirut, disrupts a conference of | 4,285 | triviaqa-train |
In which national park does the annual Green Man festival take place? | Green Man Festival
Green Man is an independent music and arts festival held annually in mid-August in the Brecon Beacons, Wales since 2003. It has evolved into a 20,000 capacity 4-day event, showcasing predominantly live music (in particular alternative, indie, rock, folk, dance and americana), with additional events showcasing literature, film, comedy, theatre and poetry. 2015 saw 1,500 multi-arts acts perform across 17 stages. The festival site is divided into 10 areas, each offering a unique festival experience. | the village, as are the business offices for the district.
The village centers around the Village Green, a park where many community events take place. Annual events on and around the Village Green include a summer farmers market, the Shopper's Stroll during the weekend after Thanksgiving, and the Clinton Art and Music festival in August. The Kirkland Art Center also hosts many activities throughout the year including the KAC Road Race. The historic Clinton Cider Mill, a local favorite on Elm Street, has been producing cider since the | 4,286 | triviaqa-train |
Which city stages the annual Celtic Connections festival? | Celtic Connections
The Celtic Connections festival started in 1994 in Glasgow, Scotland, and has since been held every January. Featuring over 300 concerts, ceilidhs, talks, free events, late night sessions and workshops, the festival focuses on the roots of traditional Scottish music and also features international folk, roots and world music artists. The festival is produced and promoted by Glasgow’s Concert Halls. Donald Shaw, a founding member of Capercaillie, was appointed Celtic Connections Artistic Director in 2006. Shaw announced in February 2018 that he | Leeds Asian Festival
- Music From A Foreign Land
- Southburgh World Music Festival
Annual festivals Folk.
- Acoustic Gathering Festival
- Bath Folk Festival
- Bromyard Folk Festival
- BunkFest
- Burnham-on-Sea Folkfest
- Cambridge Folk Festival
- Celtic Connections
- Chester Folk Festival
- Chippenham Folk Festival
- Crawley Folk Festival
- Cropredy Festival
- Folk by the Oak
- Fylde Folk Festival
- Gŵyl Pontardawe Festival
- Hop Farm Festival
- Hull International Sea | 4,287 | triviaqa-train |
Who was the first of the Mr Men characters to be created by Roger Hargreaves? | (Danish).
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W Mr. Worry.
Mr. Worry is the 32nd book in the "Mr. Men" series by Roger Hargreaves. Mr. Worry worries about everything. If it rains, he worries that his roof will leak, if there is no rain, he worries that all of his plants will die. He worries about the other Mr. Men, and he meets a wizard who suggests he make a list of all his worries and the wizard will make sure none of them happen. When there is | sales of over 100 million worldwide across 28 countries.
History.
History Roger Hargreaves.
The first six "Mr. Men" books were published in United Kingdom in 1971, priced at 20p each. Mr. Tickle was the first Mr. Men character created by Hargreaves, inspired by his son, Adam, who had asked him what a tickle looked like. Hargreaves responded with a round, orange figure with long, bendy arms.
Over the course of the 1970s Roger Hargreaves produced 38 more Mr. Men in addition to Mr. | 4,288 | triviaqa-train |
In which year did the USSR bring the dogs Belka and Strelka home safe from space? | Soviet space dogs
During the 1950s and 1960s the Soviet space program used dogs for sub-orbital and orbital space flights to determine whether human spaceflight was feasible. In this period, the Soviet Union launched missions with passenger slots for at least 57 dogs. The number of dogs in space is smaller, as some dogs flew more than once. Most survived; the few that died were lost mostly through technical failures, according to the parameters of the test.
A notable exception is Laika, the first dog to be | Venya the Rat was looking for coins. The crash broke the phone and Venya got all the money from the broken phone. After the crash Belka, Strelka and Venya were met by three other street dogs: a bulldog named Bula, a pug named Mula and a mutt named Pirate. Belka and Strelka ran from the other street dogs but the next morning all three of them were caught by the strange man.
After being caught the dogs are put on a train to Baikonur where they ended up at a Soviet space | 4,289 | triviaqa-train |
What is the traditional form of address when first meeting the Queen? | 's deposed king is often still styled "His Majesty King Constantine II", as a "personal" title, not as occupant of a constitutional office, since the abolition of the monarchy by the Hellenic Republic in 1974. Similarly, until his death, the last King of Italy, Umberto II, was widely referred to as "King Umberto II" and sometimes addressed as "Your Majesty". In contrast, Simeon of Bulgaria who, subsequent to the loss of his throne in 1947, was elected to and held | male form and by Mami Kingetsu in his female form. In the English dub, he is voiced by Greg Wolfe as a male and first by Stacie Lynn Renna in episodes 1-2 and for the rest of the series by Jessica Calvello as a female.
- is the name Gokudo often uses to address the Seer/Queen of the Magic World. She is the first character to show up in the anime series, when she warns Gokudo about his life being in danger. Instead of listening to her, Gokudo | 4,290 | triviaqa-train |
As PM, William Lamb, aka Viscount Melbourne, mentored and served which monarch? | of himself (and the Conservative Party) as "Imperialist", making grand gestures such as conferring the title "Empress of India" on Queen Victoria in 1876. Gladstone, who saw little value in the Empire, proposed an anti-Imperialist policy (later called "Little England"), and cultivated the image of himself (and the Liberal Party) as "man of the people" by circulating pictures of himself cutting down great oak trees with an axe as a hobby.
Gladstone went beyond image by appealing | his own reign, the power of the monarchy declined, and by the time of his successor, William IV, the monarch was no longer able to effectively interfere with parliamentary power. In 1834, William dismissed the Whig Prime Minister, William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne, and appointed a Tory, Sir Robert Peel. In the ensuing elections, however, Peel lost. The king had no choice but to recall Lord Melbourne. During William IV's reign, the Reform Act 1832, which reformed parliamentary representation, was passed | 4,291 | triviaqa-train |
Which London club did Holmes' brother Mycroft co-found? | The Greek Interpreter" as being "a much larger and stouter man". In "The Bruce-Partington Plans", the following description is given:
Mycroft spends most of his time at the Diogenes Club, which he co-founded.
He is the only character to refer to Sherlock exclusively by his first name.
In other media.
Mycroft Holmes has been portrayed many times in film, television, and radio adaptations of the Holmes stories.
In other media Radio.
- Mycroft appeared In | he starts his holiday, he is a curious slightly naive young man, but through the series of events that occur in the book Holmes matures and is changed profoundly, he has faced death, found love and defeated true evil. In terms of his relationships, he idolises his older brother Mycroft, he likes Matty who becomes his new sidekick, has developed confused feelings for Virginia, and is intrigued by the mysterious astute Crowe.
Characters Mycroft Holmes.
Sherlock's older brother who works for the Foreign Office in London. | 4,292 | triviaqa-train |
Although she represented the UK in ‘Eurovision’, what nationality was Gina G? | Gina G
Gina G (born Gina Mary Gardiner, 3 August 1970) is an Australian singer who represented the United Kingdom at the Eurovision Song Contest in Oslo 1996, with the song "Ooh Aah... Just a Little Bit", which reached #1 in the UK singles chart. The song remains (as of 2019) the last UK Eurovision entry to top the UK charts. The song also reached the US top 20 in 1997 and earned her a 1998 Grammy Award nomination for Best Dance Recording. Her other | discovered Cyndi after hearing her powerful vocals on a dance track recorded when she was just 14 years old. Allen was behind two previous Eurovision entries, Gina G with "Ooh Aah... Just a Little Bit" and the 1997 UK winning Eurovision entry in Dublin with "Love Shine a Light" by Katrina and the Waves.
In 2003, "Betcha Never" (that later appeared in the album "Cherie") was used as a part of the soundtrack of the 2003 film "". In 2004, Cyndi | 4,293 | triviaqa-train |
When Corporation Tax was first introduced in 1965, what was the basic rate? Was it 20%, 30% or 40% ? | provided it would have been able to set it off under the old imputation system. In order to keep the stream of payments associated with advance corporation tax payment, 'large' companies (comprising the majority of corporation tax receipts) were subjected to a quarterly instalments scheme for tax payment.
History Rates.
On its introduction in 1965, corporation tax was charged at 40%, rising to 45% in the 1969 Budget. The rate then fell to 42.5% in the second Budget of 1970 and 40% in 1971 | 1.2 m, a fall in income of 20%, because no tax would be reclaimable.
History Advance Corporation Tax Abolition of Advance Corporation Tax.
From 6 April 1999 ACT was abolished, and the tax credit on dividends was reduced to 10%. There was a matching reduction in the basic income tax rate on dividends to 10%, while a new higher-rate of 32.5% was introduced which led to an overall effective 25% tax rate for higher rate taxpayers on dividends (after setting this "notional" | 4,294 | triviaqa-train |
Which soft drink manufacturer launched a new formula version of its most popular product in 1985, but withdrew it three months later after a massively negative reaction from the public ? | the rum and coke, which may also contain lime juice. Some homemade fruit punch recipes, which may or may not contain alcohol, contain a mixture of various fruit juices and a soft drink (e.g. ginger ale). At ice cream parlors and 1950s-themed diners, ice cream floats, and specifically root beer floats, are often sold. Examples of brands include Coca-Cola, Pepsi, Sprite, Sierra Mist, Fanta, Sunkist, Mountain Dew, Dr. Pepper, and 7 UP.
Terminology. | holding company Cofidi and Eric Reynaud taking over the leadership of Teisseire. However, four generations of Reynaud family ownership came to an end the following year when Fruité Entreprises took a majority share in Teisseire. A 0% sugar version of some of Teisseire's most popular syrups was launched in 2007 further increasing their share of the soft drink market in France, and by 2012 the company was producing over 70 flavours of syrup.
In 2010 Teisseire and its owner Fruité Entreprises were acquired by the British soft drinks manufacturer and distributor Britvic | 4,295 | triviaqa-train |
Loreen, singing Euphoria, won the 2012 Europvision Song Contest for which country ? | Euphoria (Loreen song)
"Euphoria" is a song performed by Swedish recording artist and songwriter Loreen. It was released as the third single from her debut studio album "Heal" (2012). The song was written by , Peter Boström and produced by Boström and SeventyEight. It is best known as Sweden's winning entry at the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 held in Baku, Azerbaijan. The song won the competition with a total of 372 points, the then second-highest point total in the contest's history | 2012 in European music
2012 in continental European music in geographical order. See also 2012 in music.
Scandinavia.
- Loreen wins the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 with Euphoria which is also a top seller across Europe and the album Heal tops the Swedish charts for one week but her other singles don't even crack the Top 10 in her own country.
- Mando Diao rise to the top with their first Swedish album Infruset, so does 60- year old veteran Tomas Ledin with the compilation a href="Tomas%20Ledin%20discography"40/40: 40 År | 4,296 | triviaqa-train |
"""No more carefree laughter, Silence ever after"" are the opening lines of which Abba Number One hit ?" | four-disc box set comprising all the group's hits and stand-out album tracks, was released with the involvement of all four members. "By the end of the twentieth century", American critic Chuck Klosterman wrote a decade later, "it was far more contrarian to hate ABBA than to love them."
ABBA were soon recognised and embraced by other acts: Evan Dando of the Lemonheads recorded a cover version of "Knowing Me, Knowing You"; Sinéad O'Connor and Boyzone's Stephen Gately have recorded | Hit Wonderland", cites The Day Before You Came when commenting that despite the ABBA lyricists' genius, "there were occasions when [Benny and Bjorn] clearly had difficulty coming up with lines which provided the requisite number of syllables to complete a line", thereby causing the girls to sing things that no native English speaker would ever actually say. His "favourite line" due to its bizarreness is "there's not I think a single episode of "Dallas" that I didn't see", and responds with | 4,297 | triviaqa-train |
Released last month, People, Hell and Angels is a posthumous album made up of songs recorded by which artist in 1969 ? | People, Hell and Angels
People, Hell and Angels is a posthumous compilation album by the American rock musician Jimi Hendrix. The fourth release under the Experience Hendrix deal with Legacy Recordings, it contains twelve previously unreleased recordings of tracks he was working on for the planned follow-up to "Electric Ladyland". It was released on March 5, 2013.
Background.
The tracks featured on "People, Hell and Angels" are previously unreleased recordings of songs that Jimi Hendrix and fellow band members (mainly the | Love Man
Love Man is the third posthumous album by American soul recording artist Otis Redding. It was released in June 1969 and featured songs Redding had recorded in 1967. The album was produced by Steve Cropper, and featured Booker T. and the M.G.'s.
The album was a part of a series of posthumous releases by Atco Records after Redding's mainstream reputation skyrocketed in the wake of his 1967 death. "Love Man" charted at number 46 on the "Billboard" 200 and number 8 on the R&B Albums | 4,298 | triviaqa-train |
A cover of which Buddy Holly song gave glam rock band Mud their third and final UK Number One in 1975 ? | , Boy!", with "Not Fade Away" on the B-side. The single reached number 10 on the pop chart and 13 on the R&B chart. Holly and the Crickets performed "That'll Be the Day" and "Peggy Sue" on "The Ed Sullivan Show" on December 1, 1957. Following the appearance, Niki Sullivan left the group because of the intensive touring. On December 29, Holly and the Crickets performed "Peggy Sue" on "The Arthur Murray Party". | Lonely This Christmas
"Lonely This Christmas" is a popular Christmas song by the English glam rock band Mud, that
topped the UK Singles Chart in 1974, selling over 750,000 copies and reaching Christmas number one.
Song.
Written and produced by Nicky Chinn and Mike Chapman, "Lonely This Christmas" was Mud's second number one single in the UK, spending four weeks at the top in December 1974 and January 1975. It was the third number one single that year for the ChinniChap writing and production | 4,299 | triviaqa-train |
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