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What is the national summer sport of Canada? | Lacrosse in Canada
Modern lacrosse in Canada has been a popular sport since the mid 1800s. Only field lacrosse was played until the 1930s, when box lacrosse was invented. Lacrosse was declared Canada's national game in 1859. However, in 1994, Canadian Parliament passed Canada's National Sport Act, which made lacrosse the national summer sport, and hockey the national winter sport.
History.
Lacrosse was played by First Nations peoples before the arrival of European colonists. The first documented description of the game was in 1637 | summer and winter events. Each summer games or winter games are held every four years. It is a national event with teams representing every province in Canada. The 1971 Canada Winter Games and the 1989 Canada Summer Games were both hosted in Saskatoon. The 2005 Canada Summer Games were hosted in Regina.
Multi-sport events Western Canada Summer Games.
The Western Canada Summer Games are a multi-sport event akin to the Olympic Games. Participants come from the three Western provinces (Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba; previously this | 4,800 | triviaqa-train |
Stone Mountain Park is in which US state? | Stone Mountain
Stone Mountain is a quartz monzonite dome monadnock and the site of Stone Mountain Park near Stone Mountain, Georgia. At its summit, the elevation is above sea level and above the surrounding area. Stone Mountain is well known for not only its geology, but also the enormous rock relief on its north face, the largest bas-relief in the world. The carving depicts three Confederate figures, Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson, and has been the subject of widespread controversy.
Stone Mountain | Stone Mountain State Park
Stone Mountain State Park is a North Carolina state park in Alleghany County and Wilkes County, North Carolina.
Stone Mountain.
The centerpiece of the park is Stone Mountain, a dome of exposed granite (specifically a quartz diorite to granodiorite) of Devonian age, which has intruded into the gneiss of the Precambrian Alligator Back Formation. It rises sharply over 600 feet (183 m) above the surrounding terrain. The mountain, which has an elevation of 2,305 feet (706 m | 4,801 | triviaqa-train |
Which river in Australia does the Narrows Bridge cross? | as Tasmania, in 1803, and it became a separate colony in 1825. The United Kingdom formally claimed the western part of Western Australia (the Swan River Colony) in 1828. Separate colonies were carved from parts of New South Wales: South Australia in 1836, Victoria in 1851, and Queensland in 1859. The Northern Territory was founded in 1911 when it was excised from South Australia. South Australia was founded as a "free province" — it was never a penal colony. Victoria and Western Australia were also founded | up to the completion of the Causeway and Narrows bridges, due to the time and distances to cross the river.
The river is a significant part of Perth culture, with many water sports such as rowing, sailing, and swimming all occurring in its waters.
It is also the site of the City of Perth Skyworks, a fireworks show held each year on Australia Day.
See also.
- Matagarup Bridge
- List of islands of Perth, Western Australia
Further reading.
- Thompson, | 4,802 | triviaqa-train |
Los Pumas is the nickname of which country’s national rugby union team? | Super Rugby in the Southern Hemisphere.
The Tri Nations, an annual international tournament involving Australia, New Zealand and South Africa, kicked off in 1996. In 2012, this competition was extended to include Argentina, a country whose impressive performances in international games (especially finishing in third place in the 2007 Rugby World Cup) was deemed to merit inclusion in the competition. As a result of the expansion to four teams, the tournament was renamed The Rugby Championship.
Teams and positions.
Each team starts the match | pretending to be a hockey stick while holding a ball.
The nickname also falls in line with an unwritten Argentine tradition of naming national teams after big cats: the men's field hockey team is called "Los Leones" ("The Lions"), the men's rugby union team is called "Los Pumas" ("The Pumas"), and the women's volleyball team is known as "Las Panteras" ("The Panthers").
Senior team.
Senior team Honours.
Since its | 4,803 | triviaqa-train |
Joe Pesci, Robert De Niro and Ray Liotta played gangsters in which 1990 film? | Joe Pesci
Joseph Frank Pesci ( , ; born February 9, 1943), known professional as Joe Pesci, is an American actor, comedian and singer who is known for portraying tough, volatile characters in a variety of genres and for his collaborations with Robert De Niro and Martin Scorsese in the films "Raging Bull" (1980), "Goodfellas" (1990), and "Casino" (1995) and the upcoming "The Irishman" (2019). He also appeared in "Once Upon a Time | " because two contemporary projects, the 1986 Brian De Palma film "Wise Guys" and the 1987–1990 TV series "Wiseguy" had used similar titles.
Production Casting.
Once Robert De Niro agreed to play Conway, Scorsese was able to secure the money needed to make the film. The director cast Ray Liotta after De Niro saw him in Jonathan Demme's "Something Wild" (1986), and Scorsese was surprised by "his explosive energy" in that film. Liotta had read Pileggi's book when it came | 4,804 | triviaqa-train |
The resort town of Whistler is in which Canadian province? | Spring Creek Elementary. There is one high school in the community, it is named Whistler Secondary School.
The "Conseil scolaire francophone de la Colombie-Britannique" operates one Francophone primary school in that city: the "école La Passerelle".
Media.
Media Print media.
Whistler has one weekly newspaper and one monthly community publication. The two newspapers, the "Whistler Question" and the "Pique Newsmagazine", were originally published every Thursday until they were both brought under the same ownership. They are | Svetlana Malahova-Shishkina
Svetlana Malahova-Shishkina (born March 27, 1977) is a Kazakhstani cross country skier who has competed since 1995. Her best World Cup finish was third in a 10 km event in China in 2007.
Malahova-Shishkina also competed in four Winter Olympics, earning her best finish of 10th in the 4 x 5 km relay at Vancouver in 2010. Her best individual finish was 10th in the 10 km event at Vancouver in 2010.
Malahova-Shishkina's best finish | 4,805 | triviaqa-train |
Which member of The Beatles appeared in a Japanese TV commercial for an apple drink? | The Beatles
The Beatles were an English rock band formed in Liverpool in 1960. The line-up of John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr led them to be regarded as the most influential band of all time. With a sound rooted in skiffle, beat and 1950s rock and roll, the group were integral to the evolution of pop music into an art form, and to the development of the counterculture of the 1960s. They often incorporated elements of classical music, older pop, and unconventional recording | Apple Corps, and Mardas (at great expense) was commissioned to create one of his ideas; an "artificial sun" which would light up the night-time sky, for the opening on 7 December 1967. When the time came for Mardas to demonstrate his artificial sun for the Beatles, he claimed that there was not a strong enough energy supply to power it; the Beatles accepted this explanation. Mardas appeared (uncredited) in the Beatles' TV movie "Magical Mystery Tour", which was first broadcast on | 4,806 | triviaqa-train |
Who played Bubble in the UK tv comedy series ‘Absolutely Fabulous’? | also stars June Whitfield as Edina's dotty, sarcastic and often thieving mother, and Jane Horrocks as Edina's utterly brainless personal assistant Bubble.
In 2000, the show was ranked number 17 on the 100 Greatest British Television Programmes by the British Film Institute.
"Absolutely Fabulous" returned for three special episodes which were originally aired on 25 December 2011, 1 January 2012 and 23 July 2012 to mark the show's 20th anniversary. The episode broadcast on 23 July 2012 featured the 2012 Summer Olympics which were being held | Fabulous
Awards and recognition Nominated.
- 1993: BAFTA Television Award for Best Light Entertainment Performance for - "Absolutely Fabulous"
- 1993: British Comedy Award for Best Comedy Actress - "Absolutely Fabulous"
- 1994: British Comedy Award for Best TV Comedy Actress - "Absolutely Fabulous"
- 1995: BAFTA Television Award for Best Comedy Series for - "Absolutely Fabulous" (shared with Jon Plowman and Bob Spiers)/ref
- 1996: BAFTA Television Award for Best Comedy Series for - "Absolutely Fabulous" ( | 4,807 | triviaqa-train |
Who invented the Miner’s Safety Lamp? | the Geordie lamp, and the Davy lamp, invented by Sir Humphry Davy. Subsequently, Clanny incorporated aspects of both lamps and produced the ancestor of all modern oil safety lamps.
George Stephenson came from a mining family and by 1804 had secured the post of brakesman at Killingworth colliery. He was present at both the 1806 and 1809 explosions in the pit. By 1810, he was engineman and responsible for machinery both above and below ground. The pit was a gassy pit and Stephenson took the lead in work to extinguish | Guides
(retired miners). Visitors experience a “typical day”
in the life of a miner, including the “Dry” where
visitors suit up with protective overalls, a hard hat,
and a miner’s lamp and battery pack, before walking
or taking the elevator into the depths of the mine to
begin their “shift”. During the tour, the retired miner
explained the various aspects of the mining
operation, equipment and safety features, while
visitors are led through | 4,808 | triviaqa-train |
Markswoman and entertainer Phoebe Anne Mozee (or Moses) was better known by what name? | Annie Oakley
Annie Oakley (born Phoebe Ann Mosey; August 13, 1860 – November 3, 1926) was an American sharpshooter and exhibition shooter. Her talent first came to light when at age 15 she won a shooting match against traveling-show marksman Frank E. Butler, whom she later married. The couple joined "Buffalo Bill's Wild West" show a few years later. Oakley became a renowned international star, performing before royalty and heads of state.
Oakley also was variously known as "Miss Annie Oakley | Samwell (entertainer)
Samuel Johnson, better known by his stage name Samwell is an entertainer whose hit video "What What (In the Butt)" made him an Internet celebrity.
Early years.
Samwell was born in Greenville, South Carolina. He has an undergraduate degree from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.
Career.
Samwell is unsigned, but for a time his "What What (In the Butt)" was licensed through Fatboy Slim's record label, Southern Fried Records. The | 4,809 | triviaqa-train |
What was the name of the clothes shop opened by Mary Quant on London’s King’s Road in 1955? | Bazaar, above "Alexander's", a basement restaurant run by Plunket Green. In 1957, they opened the second branch of Bazaar, which was designed by Terence Conran.
Successful designs from this early period included small white plastic collars to brighten up sweaters and dresses, bright stockings in colours matched to her knitwear, men's cardigans made long enough to be worn as dresses, and a pair of "mad" lounging pyjamas made by Quant herself, which were featured in "Harper's Bazaar" and purchased by | to make fame in the King's Road, Chelsea, with his Mr Freedom shop.
By the 1960s, Carnaby Street was popular with followers of the mod and hippie styles. Many independent fashion boutiques such as Ariella, and designers such as Mary Quant, Marion Foale and Sally Tuffin, Lord John, Merc, Take Six, and Irvine Sellars had premises in the street and various underground music bars such as the Roaring Twenties opened in the surrounding streets. Bands such as the Small Faces, The Who, and The | 4,810 | triviaqa-train |
In which African country is Lake George? | Lake George (Uganda)
Lake George or Lake Dweru is a lake in Uganda. It covers a total surface area of and is a part of Africa's Great Lakes system, although not itself considered one of the Great Lakes. Like the other lakes in the region, it was named after a member of the British royal family, in this case Prince George, later to become King George V of the United Kingdom. Lake George drains to the southwest into Lake Edward through the Kazinga Channel.
Explorer Henry M. | Party was first elected as MP in October 2015.
Education.
Public education in Lake Country is provided by School District 23 Central Okanagan. Three elementary schools are located in the Municipality: Davidson Road Elementary, Oyama Traditional School, and Peter Greer Elementary. All three cover Kindergarten to Grade 6. Lake Country is also home to George Elliot Secondary, which covers Grades 7 to 12.
The two largest institutions providing post-secondary education in the area of Lake Country are UBC Okanagan, the campus which lies in | 4,811 | triviaqa-train |
Who was the longest-serving Australian Prime Minister? | , Melbourne on 15 May 1978. Tributes from across the world were sent to the Menzies family. Notably among those were from HM Queen Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia: "I was distressed to hear of the death of Sir Robert Menzies. He was a distinguished Australian whose contribution to his country and the Commonwealth will long be remembered", and from Malcolm Fraser, Prime Minister of Australia: "All Australians will mourn his passing. Sir Robert leaves an enduring mark on Australian history."
Menzies was accorded a | Janette Howard
Janette Howard (née Parker; born 11 August 1944) is the wife of John Howard, who was the Prime Minister of Australia from 11 March 1996 to 3 December 2007 and the second longest serving Australian Prime Minister.
Early life, education, and personal life.
Janette Parker was born in the suburb of Kingsford, Sydney in 1944. Her father was an engineer with the New South Wales railways. The family later moved to Vaucluse. She was educated at Sydney Girls High School and trained as | 4,812 | triviaqa-train |
What was the former name of the Vietnamese city of Ho Chi Min? | Champa and the Khmer people of the Mekong Delta in the vicinity of present-day Ho Chi Minh City, also known as Saigon.
Vietnamese was primarily influenced by Chinese, which came to predominate politically in the 2nd century BC. After Vietnam achieved independence in the 10th century, the ruling class adopted Classical Chinese as the medium of government, scholarship and literature. With the dominance of Chinese came radical importation of Chinese vocabulary and grammatical influence. A portion of the Vietnamese lexicon in all realms consists of Sino-Vietnamese words | -Japan Rookie King Tournament in the featherweight division in February 1982. He went down a weight division to capture the Japanese super bantamweight title in November 1983, and defended that title seven times in total before returning it.
Muguruma dropped down one more weight class for the scheduled fight against Bernardo Piñango for the WBA bantamweight title. However, as Piñango gave up the title, Muguruma won over Panama's Azael Moran via a fifth-round knockout after flooring him twice, to capture the vacant WBA bantamweight title in Moriguchi, | 4,813 | triviaqa-train |
‘Do not go gentle into that good night…..Rage, rage against the dying of the light’ is from a poem by which British poet? | , including "Sandkings", "Nightflyers", "A Song for Lya", "The Way of Cross and Dragon" and the stories collected in "Tuf Voyaging".
Title.
The novel's title is drawn from Dylan Thomas' 1947 poem "Do not go gentle into that good night", which contains the lines:
Do not go gentle into that good night.br
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
Plot.
The novel takes place on the planet of Worlorn | was also included in "Collected Poems, 1934–1952", first published by Dent in 1952.
It has been suggested that the poem was written for Thomas' dying father, although he did not die until just before Christmas 1952. It has no title other than its first line, "Do not go gentle into that good night", a line that appears as a refrain throughout the poem along with its other refrain, "Rage, rage against the dying of the light". The poem currently remains under copyright | 4,814 | triviaqa-train |
In Greek mythology, who unwittingly became the wife of her son Oedipus, and hanged herself when the relationship was discovered? | . Oedipus represents two enduring themes of Greek myth and drama: the flawed nature of humanity and an individual's role in the course of destiny in a harsh universe.
In the best known version of the myth, Oedipus was born to King Laius and Queen Jocasta. Laius wished to thwart the prophecy, so he sent a shepherd-servant to leave Oedipus to die on a mountainside. However, the shepherd took pity on the baby and passed him to another shepherd who gave Oedipus to King Polybus and Queen Merope to | Cleite
In Greek mythology, the name Clite or Cleite ( means "renowned, famous") may refer to:
- Clite, daughter of Danaus and Memphis, married and killed Cleitus, son of Aegyptus and Tyria.
- Clite, a maenad who followed Dionysus on his Indian campaign.
- Clite, daughter of Merops of Percote and wife of Cyzicus. When her husband was unwittingly killed by the Argonauts, she hanged herself in grief. A spring was named Cleite after her.
- Clite, | 4,815 | triviaqa-train |
The 1999 film ’10 Things I Hate About You’ is based on which Shakespeare play? | 10 Things I Hate About You
10 Things I Hate About You is a 1999 American romantic comedy film directed by Gil Junger and starring Julia Stiles, Heath Ledger, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and Larisa Oleynik. The screenplay, written by Karen McCullah Lutz and Kirsten Smith, is a modernization of William Shakespeare's late-16th century comedy "The Taming of the Shrew", retold in a late-1990s American high school setting. In the story, new student Cameron (Gordon-Levitt) is smitten with Bianca (Oleynik) and | states it is a woman's duty to love and obey her husband, but with the requirement that he do precisely the same for her. Petruchio even willingly becomes a "house-husband" for their young children whilst Katherine is elected as Prime Minister. In 2009, ABC Family adapted the 1999 film "10 Things I Hate About You" as a sitcom of the same name, starring Lindsey Shaw and Ethan Peck.
In 2014, the play featured in an episode of "My Shakespeare" on Sky Arts. | 4,816 | triviaqa-train |
Which American comedian always ended his CBS variety show with the phrase ‘Say goodnight, Gracie’? | ), Al Jolson, George Burns & Gracie Allen, and Kate Smith, whom Paley personally selected for his family's "La Palina Hour" because she was not the type of woman to provoke jealousy in American wives. When, on a mid-ocean voyage, Paley heard a phonograph record of a young unknown crooner, he rushed to the ship's radio room and "cabled" New York to sign Bing Crosby immediately to a contract for a daily radio show.
While the CBS prime-time lineup featured | Gracie's fictional relatives (including "Death Valley Allen" the prospector, "Florence Allen" the nurse, "Casey Allen" the railroad man). Burns always ended the show with, "Say goodnight, Gracie", to which Allen simply replied, "Goodnight." She never said, "Goodnight, Gracie", as legend has it. Burns was once asked this question and said it would have been a funny line. Asked why he did not do it, Burns replied, "Incredibly enough, | 4,817 | triviaqa-train |
Who wrote the children’s series of ‘Mr Men’ books? | Roger Hargreaves
Charles Roger Hargreaves (9 May 1935 – 11 September 1988) was an English author and illustrator of children's books, best remembered for the "Mr. Men" and "Little Miss" series, intended for very young readers. The simple and humorous stories, with brightly coloured, boldly drawn illustrations, have been part of popular culture since 1971, with sales of over 85 million copies worldwide in 20 languages.
Lifetime.
Lifetime Birth.
Charles Roger Hargreaves was born in a private hospital at 201 | the Spice Girls to front a two-part Christmas television ad campaign in 2007, in a deal that reportedly earned each girl £1 million.
History 2019: Second reunion.
On April 30, 2019, the group teamed up with the famous children’s book franchise "Mr. Men", in order to create many derivative products such as books, cups, bags and coasters.
In conjunction with the beginning of the Spice World – 2019 Tour, the Spice Girls launched an advertising campaign with "Walkers" who | 4,818 | triviaqa-train |
Who played Mike Young in the Australian tv soap ‘Neighbours’? | celebrated its 7000th episode on 24 October 2014. In March 2015, "Neighbours" celebrated its 30th anniversary and twelve former cast members returned for the anniversary episodes that revolved around an Erinsborough Festival. Network Ten and Channel 5 aired a documentary special titled "Neighbours 30th: The Stars Reunite", which featured interviews with current and former cast members, including Kylie Minogue, Jason Donovan and Guy Pearce, reflecting on their time on the show. Natalie Lynch succeeded Wilson as producer in early 2016.
In 2017, there was | Jackie Woodburne
Jacqueline Anne Woodburne (born 5 February 1956) is a Northern Irish-born actress, who is notable for her career on Australian television, and who is best known for her role of Susan Kennedy in "Neighbours" (a role she has played for 25 years) and her previous TV soap opera roles in "The Young Doctors", "Cop Shop", "Sons and Daughters" and "Prisoner"
As of 2019, Along with Neighbours co-star Alan Fletcher she is the third | 4,819 | triviaqa-train |
The plant ‘Helianthus Annuus’ is more commonly known by what name? | are planted apart and deep.
Sunflower "whole seed" (fruit) are sold as a snack food, raw or after roasting in ovens, with or without salt and/or seasonings added. Sunflowers can be processed into a peanut butter alternative, sunflower butter. In Germany, it is mixed with rye flour to make "Sonnenblumenkernbrot" (literally: sunflower whole seed bread), which is quite popular in German-speaking Europe. It is also sold as food for birds and can be used directly in cooking and salads | Scleranthus annuus
Scleranthus annuus is a species of flowering plant in the pink family known by the common names German knotweed and annual knawel. It is native to Europe, Asia, and North Africa, and it is known throughout the rest of the temperate world as an introduced species and a common weed. It grows in many types of habitat, often in disturbed areas. It is an annual herb with low, spreading stems up to 15 centimeters long growing from a taproot. The leaves are needle-like or linear in | 4,820 | triviaqa-train |
In religion, which King is referred to as the ‘Conquering Lion of the Tribe of Judah’? | , according to Christian theology. The lion of Judah was also one of the titles of the Solomonic Emperors of Ethiopia. It was depicted on a map of the Upper Nile published in 1683 by the Italian Jobi Ludolfi describing the Lion of Judah symbol as the Royal Insignia of the Ethiopian empire. The Solomonic dynasty of Ethiopia lasted three thousand years according and has its patrilineal origin in the Israelite Royal House of Judah. The Lion of Judah served as the hereditary title of the Solomonic Ethiopian emperors including Menelik and Haile Selassie and was | (; "Elect of God"). The title "Moa Anbessa Ze Imnegede Yehuda" ("Conquering Lion of the Tribe of Judah") always preceded the titles of the Emperor. It was not a personal title but rather referred to the title of Jesus and placed the office of Christ ahead of the Emperor's name in an act of Imperial submission. Until the reign of Yohannes IV, the Emperor was also "Neguse Tsion" (, , "King of Zion"), whose seat was at Axum, | 4,821 | triviaqa-train |
In Shakespeare’s ‘Othello’, what is the name of Othello’s wife? | Roderigo, a wealthy and dissolute gentleman, complains to his friend Iago, an ensign, that Iago has not told him about the secret marriage between Desdemona, the daughter of a senator named Brabantio, and Othello, a Moorish general in the Venetian army. Roderigo is upset because he loves Desdemona and had asked her father, Brabantio, for her hand in marriage.
Iago hates Othello for promoting a younger man named Cassio above him, whom Iago considers a less capable soldier than himself, and tells Roderigo that he plans | his daughter. At the feet of Rip Van Winkle is his dog and at those of his daughter is the gnomes’ keg of liquor, the drinking of which had sent Van Winkle into his long slumber and freedom from his bothersome wife for 20 years!
The staircase hall is overlooked by a gallery that features statues made by Nicholls, having American literary associations, and a frieze in relief which features 82 characters from Shakespeare’s "Othello", "Henry VIII", "Antony and Cleopatra" and "Macbeth" | 4,822 | triviaqa-train |
‘Albrecht Discount’ supermarket is better known by what name? | , headquartered in Mülheim. In 1962, they introduced the name Aldi (a syllabic abbreviation for Albrecht Diskont), which is pronounced . In Germany, Aldi Nord and Aldi Süd have been financially and legally separate since 1966, although both divisions' names may appear as if they were a single enterprise with certain store brands or when negotiating with contractor companies. The formal business name is Aldi Einkauf GmbH & Compagnie, oHG.
Aldi's German operations consist of Aldi Nord's 35 individual regional companies with about 2,500 stores in | Jewel Food Stores (Australia)
Jewel Food Stores, (better known simply as trading name Jewel) was an Australian discount supermarket and frozen goods chain of 130 stores, now defunct. The company is now owned by Metcash and operates as IGA. The chain was originally owned and operated by the Fleming family. They are not related to the "Jewel" supermarket chain in the United States.
History.
The Fleming family sold their Sydney-based Flemings supermarkets chain to Woolworths Limited in June 1960. They continued | 4,823 | triviaqa-train |
The Forint is the basic monetary unit of which European country? | .
In Europe, during the 18th century, the classic non-national states were the "multiethnic" empires, the Austrian Empire, Kingdom of France, Kingdom of Hungary, the Russian Empire, the Ottoman Empire, the British Empire and smaller nations at what would now be called sub-state level. The multi-ethnic empire was an absolute monarchy ruled by a king, emperor or sultan. The population belonged to many ethnic groups, and they spoke many languages. The empire was dominated by one ethnic group | in June 1978 the basic features of the European Monetary System were outlined, including the creation of the ECU – "European Currency Unit", a basket of the Community's currencies used to determine exchange rates, and the forerunner of the euro.
The Irish government had to decide whether or not to participate in the EMS. If the EMS had included all the European Community's currencies, it would have provided stability for 75% of Ireland's external trade, but Britain, which still accounted for 50% of Ireland | 4,824 | triviaqa-train |
Abuja is the capital of which West African republic? | West Africa
West Africa is the westernmost region of Africa. The United Nations defines Western Africa as the 16 countries of Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, the Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone and Togo, as well as the United Kingdom Overseas Territory of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha. The population of West Africa is estimated at about /1e6 round 0 million people as of , and at | establishment of a government of national unity, the holding of elections by the end of March 1999, the opening of the airport and seaport in the capital Bissau, the removal of foreign troops and the deployment of the Economic Community of West African States Monitoring Group (ECOMOG) from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). The Council praised the role of ECOMOG, ECOWAS and the Community of Portuguese Language Countries for their efforts in Guinea-Bissau, including the implementation of the Abuja Agreement concerning the security of the | 4,825 | triviaqa-train |
Who wrote the children’s novel ‘Mary Poppins’? | Mary Poppins
Mary Poppins is a franchise based on the "Mary Poppins" series of children's books written by P. L. Travers.
Arts, entertainment, and media within the franchise include:
- "Mary Poppins" (book series), the original 1934–1988 children's fantasy novels that introduced the character
- Mary Poppins (character), the fictional nanny with magical powers who is the titular character in the series
- "Mary Poppins" (film), a 1964 Disney film starring Julie Andrews, | Mary Poppins 2
Mary Poppins 2 may refer to:
- "Mary Poppins Comes Back" (1935 novel) children's novel by P.L.Travers, second book in the "Mary Poppins" novel series
- "Mary Poppins Returns" (2018 film) children's musical film by Walt Disney Studios, second film in the "Mary Poppins" film series
- Emily Blunt, actress from "Mary Poppins Returns", who replaced Julie Andrews as the titular character
See also.
- Mary Poppins, set | 4,826 | triviaqa-train |
What was English author Graham Greene’s first name? | Graham Greene
Henry Graham Greene (2 October 1904 – 3 April 1991), better known by his pen name Graham Greene, was an English novelist regarded by many as one of the greatest writers of the 20th century. Combining literary acclaim with widespread popularity, Greene acquired a reputation early in his lifetime as a major writer, both of serious Catholic novels, and of thrillers (or "entertainments" as he termed them). He was shortlisted, in 1966 and 1967, for the Nobel Prize for Literature. | A Sense of Reality
A Sense of Reality is a collection of short stories by Graham Greene, first published in 1963. The book is composed of three short stories and a novella, "Under the Garden". These stories share a marked change of style from Greene’s usual format, with the author plunging into fantasy, dreams, false memories and imagination.
Stories.
- Under the Garden
- A Visit to Morin
- Dream of a Strange Land
- A Discovery in the Woods | 4,827 | triviaqa-train |
‘Pap’ is the town’s vagrant drunkard father of which fictional character created by Mark Twain? | . Their adventures together, along with Huck's solo adventures, comprise the core of the book.
In the end, however, Jim gains his freedom through Miss Watson's death, as she freed him in her will. Pap, it is revealed, has died in Huck's absence, and although he could safely return to St. Petersburg, Huck plans to flee west to Indian Territory.
In "Tom Sawyer Abroad" and "Tom Sawyer, Detective", the sequels to "Huck Finn", however | the first two books.
Characterization.
Huckleberry "Huck" Finn is the son of the town's vagrant drunkard, "Pap" Finn. Sleeping on doorsteps when the weather is fair, in empty hogsheads during storms, and living off of what he receives from others, Huck lives the life of a destitute vagabond. The author metaphorically names him "the juvenile pariah of the village" and describes Huck as "idle, and lawless, and vulgar, and bad", qualities for which he was admired by | 4,828 | triviaqa-train |
Who wrote ‘The Hitch-hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy’? | write the sixth instalment entitled "And Another Thing..." with the support of Jane Belson, Adams's widow. The book was published by Penguin Books in the UK and Hyperion in the US in October 2009.
The story begins as death rays bear down on Earth, and the characters awaken from a virtual reality. Zaphod picks them up shortly before they are killed, but completely fails to escape the death beams. They are then saved by Bowerick Wowbagger, the Infinitely Prolonged, whom they agree to help kill. | for small orchestra and tape, conducted by Pierre Boulez at the Roundhouse in 1974, and a Trumpet Concerto (1988) for John Wallace and the BBC National Orchestra of Wales .
In the 1980s and 1990s Souster wrote music for film and television, including music for "The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy", including the main theme, which was a re-arrangement of "Journey of the Sorcerer" by The Eagles . His music for the BBC drama miniseries "The Green Man", adapted from the Kingsley | 4,829 | triviaqa-train |
Who took the Leonard Cohen song Hallelujah to No.1 in 2008? | Cover versions Alexandra Burke.
Alexandra Burke, the winner of the fifth series of the reality television show "The X Factor", released a condensed cover version of the song as a prize for her victory. It reached Christmas number one on the UK Singles Chart on 21 December 2008.
- Background
The release of Burke's cover created interest in the previous versions of the song, including a Buckley fan campaign to take Buckley's cover to the top of the Christmas chart and therefore deny Burke the top spot | 's apartment, the music playing is the intro to Jeff Buckley's song "Last Goodbye", from his 1994 studio album "Grace".
Legacy Resurgence.
On March 7, 2008, Buckley's version of the Leonard Cohen song, "Hallelujah", went to No. 1 on the iTunes chart, selling 178,000 downloads for the week, after being performed by Jason Castro on the seventh season of the television series "American Idol". The song debuted at No. 1 that week on "Billboard"s Hot | 4,830 | triviaqa-train |
Who is lead singer with The Killers? | The Killers
The Killers are an American rock band formed in Las Vegas, Nevada, in 2001 by members Brandon Flowers (lead vocals, keyboards, bass) and Dave Keuning (lead guitar, backing vocals). Mark Stoermer (bass, rhythm guitar, backing vocals) and Ronnie Vannucci Jr. (drums, percussion) completed the current lineup of the band in 2002. The band's name is derived from a logo on the bass drum of a fictitious band portrayed in the music video for the New Order song " | Calamitiez
Calamitiez is a Spanish psychobilly band from Barcelona.
History.
Although the band “Calamities” appeared in Barcelona in the early nineties playing speeded-up covers of rockabilly classics, this project disappeared leaving no recorded material. It was the guitarist of these first “Calamities” that resurrected the project a decade later.br
The founding members of Calamitiez are Julio, lead guitarist (who played previously in Barcelona punk-rock band Hi-Fi Killers) and David, bass player and lead singer (who played previously | 4,831 | triviaqa-train |
Who played detectives Charley Farley and Piggy Malone? | Vincent.
Production Theme music.
The main theme music for the show was composed by Ronnie Hazlehurst. Although opening and closing credits appear to use different themes they are respectively the first & third sections of a longer piece.
Another track associated with the show is the stock track "The Detectives" by Alan Tew (also known as the theme to 1975 Yorkshire TV series "The Hanged Man"). This was used for the Charlie Farley & Piggy Malone story "Stop You're Killing Me".
Format | Lists of actors
The following are lists of actors:
Specific roles or genres.
- List of actresses who have played Irene Adler
- List of actors who have played the Doctor
- List of actors who have played Mycroft Holmes
- List of actors who have played Sherlock Holmes
- List of actors who have played Inspector Lestrade
- List of actors who have played Professor Moriarty
- List of actors who have played Elvis Presley
- List of actors who have played Dr. Watson
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Paul Cezanne, Paul Gaugin and Vincent van Gogh belonged to which school of painting? | raw power and simplicity of the so-called Primitive art of those foreign cultures.
Gauguin is also considered a Post-Impressionist painter. His bold, colorful and design oriented paintings significantly influenced Modern art. Artists and movements in the early 20th century inspired by him include Vincent van Gogh, Henri Matisse, Pablo Picasso, Georges Braque, André Derain, Fauvism, Cubism and Orphism, among others. Later he influenced Arthur Frank Mathews and the American Arts and Crafts Movement.
John Rewald, recognized as a foremost authority | "Décoration" for the Yellow House at Arles including the Arles "Sunflowers" series of paintings
- August 11 – James McNeill Whistler marries fellow-artist Beatrice ("Trixie") Godwin (née Beatrix Birnie Philip), widow of architect E. W. Godwin, and they spend a working honeymoon in France
- October 23 – Paul Gauguin joins van Gogh in Arles, bringing Émile Bernard's painting ""
- December 23 – Having quarrelled with Gaugin, van Gogh cuts off the lower part of his own left | 4,833 | triviaqa-train |
Which family was portrayed as the Magi in Botticelli’s Adoration of the Magi? | in some compositions (triptychs for example), the two scenes are contrasted or set as pendants to the central scene, usually a Nativity.
The "adoration" of the Magi at the crib is the usual subject, but their arrival, called the "Procession of the Magi", is often shown in the distant background of a Nativity scene (usual in Byzantine icons), or as a separate subject, for example in the Magi Chapel frescos by Benozzo Gozzoli in the Palazzo Medici Riccardi, Florence. Other subjects | described as the "Allendale group", after the "Allendale Nativity". This group includes another Washington painting, the "Holy Family", and an "Adoration of the Magi" predella panel in the National Gallery, London. This group, now often expanded to include another "Adoration of the Shepherds" in Vienna, and sometimes further, are usually included (increasingly) or excluded together from Giorgione's oeuvre.
Composition.
Giorgione portrayed the main scene on the right, in front of a dark grotto | 4,834 | triviaqa-train |
Who painted The Rokeby Venus? | Rokeby Venus
The Rokeby Venus (; also known as The Toilet of Venus, Venus at her Mirror, Venus and Cupid, or La Venus del espejo) is a painting by Diego Velázquez, the leading artist of the Spanish Golden Age. Completed between 1647 and 1651, and probably painted during the artist's visit to Italy, the work depicts the goddess Venus in a sensual pose, lying on a bed and looking into a mirror held by the Roman god of physical love, her son Cupid. The painting is in | stock market, customers, regulators, vendors, and other entities outside the company's formal boundaries. The annual report is an example of external communication around the company performance, financial statements, vision, goals and targets.
Definitions of selected entity-level controls organized into the COSO framework Monitoring.
- Ongoing Monitoring Activities : Periodic review of process and controls using relevant management reporting tools. For example, these would include monthly review of aging of accounts receivable to determine the extent of reserves required for doubtful debts.
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Which global company owes everything to an invention by Dr John S Pemberton? | John Stith Pemberton
John Stith Pemberton ( – ) was an American pharmacist who is best known as the inventor of Coca-Cola. In May 1886, he developed an early version of a beverage that would later become world-famous as Coca-Cola, but sold his rights to the drink shortly before his death.
Background.
Pemberton was born on , in Knoxville, Georgia, and spent most of his childhood in Rome, Georgia. His parents were James C. Pemberton and Martha L. Gant. He entered | imprint. Upon arrival in Atlanta, Robinson and David Doe approached Dr. John S. Pemberton, a chemist and pharmacist, and struck a deal. In 1886 Frank Robinson officially settled in Atlanta where a new business was made called the Pemberton Chemical Company consisting of Robinson, Pemberton, David Doe and Pemberton's old partner, Ed Holland.
Pemberton was experimenting with a medicinal formula which included coca leaves and kola nuts as sources of its ingredients. Robinson, who served as bookkeeper and partner to Pemberton, gave the syrup formula the | 4,836 | triviaqa-train |
What colour is the mineral malachite? | Common examples of halides include halite (NaCl, table salt), sylvite (KCl), fluorite (CaF). Halite and sylvite commonly form as evaporites, and can be dominant minerals in chemical sedimentary rocks. Cryolite, NaAlF, is a key mineral in the extraction of aluminium from bauxites; however, as the only significant occurrence at Ivittuut, Greenland, in a granitic pegmatite, was depleted, synthetic cryolite can be made from fluorite.
Classification Non-silicates Carbonates.
The carbonate minerals are those in which the main | Decrespignyite-(Y)
Decrespignyite-(Y) is a copper yttrium rare earth carbonate chloride hydrate;
Usually found as single pseudohexagonal platelets, often curved, and regularly measuring 10-50μm in size. It appears as royal blue to turquoise blue in colour, with a pale blue streak, and a pearly to vitreous lustre.
Regarded as a supergene mineral which is believed to be formed through by mildly carbonated ground waters precipitating through the ore body. It is often associated with malachite, kamphaugite-(Y), donnayite-(Y) and caysichite-(Y)
Discovery | 4,837 | triviaqa-train |
What do we call the layer of the Earth between its crust and its core? | onto the continental crust and preserved as ophiolite sequences.
Many rocks now making up Earth's crust formed less than 100 million (1) years ago; however, the oldest known mineral grains are about 4.4 billion (4.4) years old, indicating that Earth has had a solid crust for at least 4.4 billion years.
Structure Mantle.
Earth's mantle extends to a depth of 2,890 km, making it the thickest layer of Earth. The mantle is divided into upper and lower mantle, which are separated by | would have spread out across the Moon (in what would become its far side), adding a thick layer of highlands crust. The resulting mass irregularities would subsequently produce a gravity gradient that resulted in tidal locking of the Moon so that today, only the near side remains visible from Earth. However, mapping by the GRAIL mission has ruled out this scenario.
In 2019, a team at the University of Münster reported that the molybdenum isotopic composition of Earth's core originates from the outer Solar System, likely bringing water | 4,838 | triviaqa-train |
Wordsworth, Coleridge – who was the third of the Lake Poets? | Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Samuel Taylor Coleridge (; 21 October 177225 July 1834) was an English poet, literary critic, philosopher and theologian who, with his friend William Wordsworth, was a founder of the Romantic Movement in England and a member of the Lake Poets. He also shared volumes and collaborated with Charles Lamb, Robert Southey, and Charles Lloyd. He wrote the poems "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" and "Kubla Khan", as well as the major prose work "Biographia Literaria". His critical work | and three corresponding bed chambers above, and an adjoining byre or barn.
The poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge rented the cottage for three years from 1797. As well as writing poetry he was a literary critic and philosopher who, with his friend William Wordsworth, was a founder of the Romantic Movement in England and a member of the Lake Poets. It was while he was living in Nether Stowey that Coleridge wrote "This Lime-Tree Bower My Prison", "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner", part of " | 4,839 | triviaqa-train |
With which profession does one associate the Stanislawski Method? | In his later work, Stanislavski focused more intently on the underlying patterns of dramatic conflict. He developed a rehearsal technique that he called "active analysis" in which actors would improvise these conflictual dynamics. In the American developments of Stanislavski's system—such as that found in Uta Hagen's "Respect for Acting", for example—the forces opposing a characters' pursuit of their tasks are called "obstacles".
Method of Physical Action.
Stanislavski further elaborated his system with a more physically grounded rehearsal process | Movement Concept
Movement Concept is a modern system of learning and teaching with traditional roots which imparts inner and outer movement in the broadest sense.
Background.
Movement Concept was created by Ingo Taleb Rashid and derives its fundamental principles from dance and theatre methods from East and West (e.g. Butoh, Noh, Stanislawski Method), martial arts (e.g. Ninpo, Capoeira) and the ancient
tradition of Sufism, the spiritual principles of which are transferred into modern body work.
The idea behind Movement Concept is to tap | 4,840 | triviaqa-train |
In a top ten hit for Dusty Springfield who was Billy Ray? | Love Me" (1966), and "Son of a Preacher Man" (1968).
As a fan of US soul music, she brought many little-known soul singers to the attention of a wider UK record-buying audience by hosting the first national TV performance of many top-selling Motown artists beginning in 1965. Partly owing to these efforts, a year later she eventually became the best-selling female singer in the world and topped a number of popularity polls, including "Melody Maker"s Best International | Want to Hear It Anymore", a Randy Newman composition "that's the song that I [heard and] fell in love with Dusty", and also the shelved "Dusty in Memphis" track "Willie and Laura Mae Jones" (a 1969 single release by Springfield) which Lynne had known from its original recording by songwriter Tony Joe White who was a friend of Lynne's.
Although Lynne commented that the omission of a remake of Springfield's 1964 Top Ten hit "Wishin' and Hopin'" was | 4,841 | triviaqa-train |
What is the family name of the ruling dynasty of Monaco? | by 20 percent; in 2005, it had an area of only . Monaco is known to be the most expensive and the wealthiest place on Earth, Vatican City excluded, due to its tax laws. In 2014, it was noted that about 30% of the population was made up of millionaires.
Monaco is a principality governed under a form of constitutional monarchy, with Prince Albert II as head of state. Although Prince Albert II is a constitutional monarch, he wields immense political power. The House of Grimaldi has | in law suits, and Louise caused further debts to Monaco by her gambling debts and expensive wardrobe. The marriage between Louise and Honoré was unhappy, and they soon separated.
In March 1793, Monaco was annexed to Revolutionary France, and the members of the former ruling dynasty became French citizens. In parallel, her brother-in-law, Prince Joseph of Monaco spend most of his time abroad to negotiate foreign loans, which him a suspect of contra-revolutionary activities and thus placed made whole family suspected of being | 4,842 | triviaqa-train |
What word is used for the tail of a rabbit, hare or deer? | Tail
The tail is the section at the rear end of certain kinds of animals’ bodies; in general, the term refers to a distinct, flexible appendage to the torso. It is the part of the body that corresponds roughly to the sacrum and coccyx in mammals, reptiles, and birds. While tails are primarily a feature of vertebrates, some invertebrates including scorpions and springtails, as well as snails and slugs, have tail-like appendages that are sometimes referred to as tails. Tailed objects are sometimes referred to | name Gascon Saintongeois.
In the middle of the 20th century, hunters in the southwest of France selected smaller dogs from litters of Grand Gascon Saintongeois for hunting hare and other small game. These became the Petit Gascon Saintongeois.
The Grand Gascon Saintongeois is used for hunting big game including wild boar, roe deer and sometimes gray wolf, usually in a pack. The Petit Gascon Saintongeois is a versatile hunter, usually used on hare and rabbit, but it can also be used for big game.
See also. | 4,843 | triviaqa-train |
Which capital was burned by the British in 1814? | of British imperial policy. Forced to choose between alignment with the United States or Japan, Britain opted not to renew its Japanese alliance and instead signed the 1922 Washington Naval Treaty, where Britain accepted naval parity with the United States. This decision was the source of much debate in Britain during the 1930s as militaristic governments took hold in Germany and Japan helped in part by the Great Depression, for it was feared that the empire could not survive a simultaneous attack by both nations. The issue of the empire's security was a | war went very badly, so Madison turned to Monroe for help, appointing him Secretary of War in September 1814 after the British had invaded the national capital and burned the White House. Monroe resigned as Secretary of State on October 1 but no successor was ever appointed, so he handled both offices from October 1, 1814, to February 28, 1815. As Secretary of War, Monroe formulated plans to invade Canada a second time to win the war, but the peace treaty was ratified in February, 1815, before any | 4,844 | triviaqa-train |
Which British commander was killed at Corunna in 1808? | Battle of Corunna
The Battle of Corunna (or "A Coruña", "La Corunna", "La Coruña" or "La Corogne"), in Spain known as Battle of Elviña, took place on 16 January 1809, when a French corps under Marshal of the Empire Nicolas Jean de Dieu Soult attacked a British army under Lieutenant-General Sir John Moore. The battle took place amidst the Peninsular War, which was a part of the wider Napoleonic Wars. It was a result of a French campaign, | his leadership in the battle, he rose through the levels - commander of the Argot, the Dreadnought, and in Georgian England titled "defender of Madeira", led the fleet which rescued the British army at Corunna in the Peninsula war, and retired as a Rear Admiral, Commissioner of the Royal Navy. Captain Richard Bowen (1761–1797) James Bowen's younger brother, a British naval commander on the ship HMS "Terpsichore", served under Lord Nelson, and was killed at the battle of Santa Cruz de Tenerife. | 4,845 | triviaqa-train |
Australia has two flightless birds – the emu and which other? | in the Dja Dja Wurrung language, "myoure" in Gunai, and "courn" in Jardwadjali. The birds were known as "murawung" or "birabayin" to the local Eora and Darug inhabitants of the Sydney basin.
Taxonomy Systematics.
The emu was long classified, with its closest relatives the cassowaries, in the family Casuariidae, part of the ratite order Struthioniformes. However, an alternate classification was proposed in 2014 by Mitchell et al., based on analysis of mitochondrial DNA. This splits off the Casuariidae | Birds of Australia
Australia and its offshore islands and territories have 898 recorded bird species as of 2014. Of the recorded birds, 165 are considered vagrant or accidental visitors, of the remainder over 45% are classified as Australian endemics: found nowhere else on earth. It has been suggested that up to 10% of Australian bird species may go extinct by the year 2100 as a result of climate change.
Australian species range from the tiny 8 cm weebill to the huge, flightless emu. Many species of Australian | 4,846 | triviaqa-train |
What do the Germans call Donau? | .
Roman expansion along the Rhine and Danube rivers resulted in the incorporation of many indigenous Celtic societies into the Roman Empire. Lands to the north and east of the Rhine emerge in the Roman records under the name "Germania". Population groups from this area had a complex relationship with Rome; sometimes the peoples of "Germania" were at war with Rome, but at times they established trade relations, symbiotic military alliances, and cultural exchanges with one another. Nevertheless, the Romans made concerted efforts to divide the Germanic | to make it in Zagreb, where the events described in the play took place in 1942, under regime of ustaša (Croatian “quislings”), were made impossible from the very first moment. Actually, the play takes into consideration the history of the very theatre itself that in the seventies played two Šnajder's plays.
Šnajder’s Faust-play has something to do with what Germans call "“Aufarbeitung der Geschichte”" (workup of the history). Something like this is never an easy task, not | 4,847 | triviaqa-train |
In which country was the late actor Leo McKern born? | Leo McKern
Reginald McKern, AO (16 March 1920 – 23 July 2002), known professionally as Leo McKern, was an Australian actor who appeared in numerous British, Australian and American television programmes and films, and in more than 200 stage roles. Notable roles he portrayed include Clang in "Help!" (1965), Thomas Cromwell in "A Man for All Seasons" (1966), Tom Ryan in "Ryan's Daughter" (1970), Paddy Button in "The Blue Lagoon" ( | a holding company. In 1982, SBHU Holdings was renamed Smith Barney Inc. During the 1980s, the company was known for its television commercials featuring actor John Houseman, with the catchphrase, "They make money the old-fashioned way. They "earn" it." After Houseman stepped down, the campaign continued with various actors, such as, Leo McKern, Joel Higgins and George C. Scott.
In the late 1980s, the retail brokerage firm Smith Barney was owned by Sanford I. Weill's Primerica Corporation. Commercial | 4,848 | triviaqa-train |
Who composed the symphonic poem Scheherezade? | Asia" "powerful orchestral pictures, each unique in its composer's output". Titled a "musical portrait", "In the Steppes of Central Asia" evokes the journey of a caravan across the steppes. "Night on Bald Mountain", especially its original version, contains harmony that is often striking, sometimes pungent and highly abrasive; its initial stretches especially pull the listener into a world of uncompromisingly brutal directness and energy.
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov wrote only two orchestral works that rank as symphonic poems, his | Mazeppa (symphonic poem)
Mazeppa, S. 100, is a symphonic poem composed by Franz Liszt in 1851. It is the sixth in the cycle of thirteen symphonic poems written during his time in Weimar. It tells the story of Ivan Mazepa, who seduced a noble Polish lady, and was tied naked to a wild horse that carried him to Ukraine. There, he was released by the Cossack, which later made him Hetman (military leader).
Mazepa also had inspired Victor Hugo in "Les Orientales" | 4,849 | triviaqa-train |
Who is the Patron Saint of Spain? | James, son of Zebedee
James, son of Zebedee (Hebrew: , "Yaʿqob"; Latin: Iacomus Maximus; Greek: Ἰάκωβος; died 44 AD), also known as Saint James the Greater, was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus. James is described as one of the first disciples to join Jesus. The Synoptic Gospels state that James and John were with their father by the seashore when Jesus called them to follow him. Saint James is the patron saint of Spain and, according to legend | in many towns outside the former Crown of Aragon in Spain. Saint George has been the patron saint of Cáceres, since 1229 A.D. Celebration of Saint George's Day in Cáceres is strongly centred in the world of legends.
The saint, also is highly revered in the city of Alcoy, who is the patron saint. In his honor they are celebrated the festival of Moors and Christians. Celebrations include a parade featuring re-enactors of Moorish and Christian soldiers but the core of the commemoration focuses mainly on the legend of | 4,850 | triviaqa-train |
In which country was the late actor Sid James born? | Sid James
Sidney "Sid" James (born Solomon Joel Cohen; 8 May 1913 – 26 April 1976) was a British character and comic actor born into a middle-class Jewish family in South Africa.
Appearing in British films from 1947, he was cast in numerous small and supporting roles into the 1950s. His profile was raised as Tony Hancock's co-star in "Hancock's Half Hour", first in the radio series and later when it was adapted for television and ran from 1954 to 1961 | - Phil Silvers, comic
- Heltah Skeltah, hip hop group
- Jimmy Smits, actor
- Bern Nadette Stanis, actress
- Steele, hip hop artist
- Sid Tannenbaum (1925–1986), professional basketball player
- Mike Tyson (born 1966), boxer
- Dwayne "Pearl" Washington (1964–2016), late professional basketball player
- Allen Weisselberg, businessman and chief financial officer of The Trump Organization
- James "Fly" Williams, former NBA player
- Nicole Willis, | 4,851 | triviaqa-train |
Who composed the work Tales From the Vienna Woods? | Tales from the Vienna Woods
"Tales from the Vienna Woods" (, occasionally ) is a waltz by Johann Strauss II.
Composed in 1868, , Op. 325, was one of six Viennese waltzes by Johann Strauss II which featured a virtuoso part for zither. The title of Strauss' dance recalls the folk music of the inhabitants of the Vienna Woods.
The waltz's introduction is one of the longest he ever wrote for a waltz, 119 bars in the musical score. It starts in C major | been wiped, Willcox commented: "It's the best thing they could have done with it, really. It was the first time I ever sung in public, and I was shaking like a leaf... and I was so fat!" It was "Glitter", though, that launched Willcox's career: it was seen by Kate Milligan and Maximilian Schell, who offered her work with the National Theatre in London, where she got the part of Emma in "Tales from the Vienna Woods". "So | 4,852 | triviaqa-train |
Found in the body what substance is cerumen? | Earwax
Earwax, also known by the medical term cerumen, is a gray, orange, red or yellowish waxy substance secreted in the ear canal of humans and other mammals. It protects the skin of the human ear canal, assists in cleaning and lubrication, and also provides protection against bacteria, fungi, insects, and water.
Earwax consists of shed skin cells, hair, and the secretions of the ceruminous and sebaceous glands of the outside ear canal. Major components of earwax are long chain fatty acids, both | his students' later works.
Publications.
The “Anatomical Notes by the Great Alexander Achillinus of Bologna” demonstrate a detailed description of the human body. Achillini compares what he has found during his dissections to what others like Galen and Avicenna have found and notes their similarities and differences. Achillinus states there are seven features when examining the body instead of the believed six given in Galen’s book On Sects. These seven features are size, number, location, form, substance as in thin or thick, substance as | 4,853 | triviaqa-train |
In American criminal slang what is a ‘shamus’? | Private investigator
A private investigator (often abbreviated to PI and informally called a private eye), a private detective, or inquiry agent, is a person who can be hired by individuals or groups to undertake investigatory law services. Private investigators often work for attorneys in civil and criminal cases.
History.
In 1833, Eugène François Vidocq, a French soldier, criminal, and privateer, founded the first known private detective agency, "Le Bureau des Renseignements Universels pour le commerce et l'Industrie" ("The Office | Séamus
Variant spellings include ', ', ', ', "Shaymus", "Sheamus" and "Shamus". Diminutives include ', ' and "".
In the United States, the word "Shamus" is a derogatory slang misspelling of Séamus that arose during the 19th century as more than 4.5 million Irish immigrated to America, peaking at almost two million between 1845 and 1852 during the Great Irish Potato Famine (Irish: "An Gorta Mór"). Irish immigrants found employment in the police | 4,854 | triviaqa-train |
What is the missing first word in the title of Rose Macauley's novel '… By An Idiot'? | Lee Shore" (1912), "Potterism" (1920), "Dangerous Ages" (1921), "Told by an Idiot" (1923), "And No Man's Wit" (1940), "The World My Wilderness" (1950), and "The Towers of Trebizond" (1956). Her non-fiction work includes "They Went to Portugal", "Catchwords and Claptrap", a biography of John Milton, and "Pleasure of Ruins". Macaulay's fiction was | The Idiot
The Idiot (pre-reform Russian: ; post-reform ) is a novel by the 19th-century Russian author Fyodor Dostoevsky. It was first published serially in the journal "The Russian Messenger" in 1868–69.
The title is an ironic reference to the central character of the novel, Prince (Knyaz) Lev Nikolayevich Myshkin, a young man whose goodness, open-hearted simplicity and guilelessness lead many of the more worldly characters he encounters to mistakenly assume that he lacks intelligence and insight. In | 4,855 | triviaqa-train |
Who began her show-business career playing Sophie Tuckshop in ITMA on the wireless? | , who played the commercial traveller; the man from the ministry, Deryck Guyler; and Joan Harben (sister of Philip Harben) as Mona Lott. Hattie Jacques, who played Sophie Tuckshop (the earliest of Jacques' roles dependent upon her physical size) joined the cast towards the end of the run. The programme featured dozens of other characters, such as Mrs Mopp and Colonel Chinstrap. The speed at which the performances were delivered is still considered remarkable, even given later technical developments. Many gags were dependent on breaking | the series, which she did on 18 September, for a fee of five guineas. She became so nervous during the audition that Tommy Handley, the show's star, held her hand, which she found made her more nervous. Jacques joined the cast of "ITMA" as the greedy schoolgirl Sophie Tuckshop, where she "would regale listeners with terrifying accounts of epic binges", before finishing her stories with the catchphrase "But I'm all right now". Jacques started her run in "ITMA" in September | 4,856 | triviaqa-train |
Who played the fairy godmother in Adam Ant's 'Prince Charming' video? | doing the chores.
Sitting at a table in an old-style kitchen, Adam is surrounded by his band members, who are encouraging him: "Don't you ever/Don't you ever/Stop being dandy, showing me you're handsome." His Fairy Godmother, portrayed by Diana Dors, suddenly appears with five shirtless men dancing the "Prince Charming". With a wave of her magic wand, she transforms Adam's attire into flamboyant Regency clothes.
Adam makes a grand entrance onto the balcony at | the ball, and swings down on a chandelier. He, the Ants, his Fairy Godmother, her male attendant and the invited guests of the ball dance the "Prince Charming", which became a much imitated arm-crossing dance as the song rose up the charts. Choreographer Stephanie Coleman explained that each hand movement in the Prince Charming dance had a meaning (in order: Pride, Courage, Humour, Flair) each representing an element of Adam Ant’s personality. The video ends with Adam smashing a mirror, | 4,857 | triviaqa-train |
Ruth Jones played which part in 'Gavin and Stacey' on television? | . She also appeared in several BBC comedies, playing Myfanwy in "Little Britain", Magz in "Saxondale" and Linda in "Nighty Night".
Jones achieved prominence in 2008 with the BBC sitcom "Gavin & Stacey", which she co-wrote with James Corden, and in which she took a lead role as Nessa Jenkins. The programme became a hit for BBC 3 and moved to BBC 1. Jones has said of it, "It wasn't as deliberate as us saying, 'Right, | Hattie (film)
Hattie is a television film about the life of British comic actress Hattie Jacques, played by Ruth Jones, her marriage to John Le Mesurier (Robert Bathurst) and her affair with their lodger John Schofield (Aidan Turner). First broadcast in January 2011, it became the most watched programme on BBC Four ever and defeated biopic "The Curse of Steptoe", which had held the record since 2008. Jacques' son Robin Le Mesurier later described Jones' performance as "(having) captured my | 4,858 | triviaqa-train |
What is London's largest theatre, if its name has not already given it away? | to the east is Covent Garden, an area housing speciality shops. The city is the home of Andrew Lloyd Webber, whose musicals have dominated the West End theatre since the late 20th century. The United Kingdom's Royal Ballet, English National Ballet, Royal Opera, and English National Opera are based in London and perform at the Royal Opera House, the London Coliseum, Sadler's Wells Theatre, and the Royal Albert Hall, as well as touring the country.
Islington's long Upper Street, extending northwards from Angel | hoped to restore and return the theatre to the community, not just to Drama and Theatre groups, but also to schools and colleges. To rededicate it for the use it was given all those years ago by the German PoWs. Many school and college groups have already expressed an interest in showing possible future productions.
If and when restoration commences, it has been suggested that encasing one of the old interior panels in perspex would display the deplorable condition the hut was found in prior to restoration.
In its heyday, | 4,859 | triviaqa-train |
Pepsico dropped the Smith's Crisps brand in favour of which other? | Brisk, Quaker Foods, Cheetos, Mirinda, Ruffles, Aquafina, Naked, Kevita, Propel, Sobe, H2oh, Sabra, Starbucks (ready to Drink Beverages), Pepsi Max, Tostitos, Mist Twst, Fritos, and Walkers.
Business divisions.
The structure of PepsiCo's global operations has shifted multiple times in its history as a result of international expansion, and as of 2016 it is separated into six main divisions: "North America Beverages", "Frito-Lay North America", "Quaker | builders incentives to build houses; also the need to have workers living near the factories.
These factories included:
- Smith's Potato Crisps Ltd opened in 1927 (Brand now owned by Pepsico, acquired in 1989). Factory rebuilt and expanded in 1930 with colonnaded frontage.
- The Firestone Tyre Company. Built 1928, designed by Wallis, Gilbert and Partners. It was the first overseas factory built by the Firestone company of America. The building frontage was demolished during a public holiday in August 1980 shortly before | 4,860 | triviaqa-train |
Which gas is in a green fire extinguisher? | . It is a low-pressure gas that works by inhibiting the chain reaction of the fire and is the most toxic of the vaporizing liquids, used until the 1960s. The vapor and combustion by-products of all vaporizing liquids were highly toxic and could cause death in confined spaces.
In the 1970s, Halon 1211 came over to the United States from Europe where it had been used since the late 40s or early 50s. Halon 1301 had been developed by DuPont and the US Army in 1954. Both 1211 and | long, it starts from the 20th century. As same as gas carbon dioxide, it can be used in various areas, like using in carbon capture and storage technology, the extraction of virgin oil paste, fire extinguisher, coolant and others. In fact, the liquid carbon dioxide may be produced for very small amount as a homemade experiment by using the dry ice that is the solid phase of carbon dioxide
Properties.
Properties General Properties.
It is a type of liquid which is highly compressed and cooled from gas | 4,861 | triviaqa-train |
The actor David Garrick was mentored by which schoolmaster from Lichfield? | David Garrick
David Garrick (19 February 1717 – 20 January 1779) was an English actor, playwright, theatre manager and producer who influenced nearly all aspects of theatrical practice throughout the 18th century, and was a pupil and friend of Dr Samuel Johnson. He appeared in a number of amateur theatricals, and with his appearance in the title role of Shakespeare's "Richard III", audiences and managers began to take notice.
Impressed by his portrayals of Richard III and a number of other roles, Charles Fleetwood engaged | at Edial, near Lichfield. He had only three pupils: Lawrence Offley, George Garrick, and the 18-year-old David Garrick, who later became one of the most famous actors of his day. The venture was unsuccessful and cost Tetty a substantial portion of her fortune. Instead of trying to keep the failing school going, Johnson began to write his first major work, the historical tragedy "Irene". Biographer Robert DeMaria believed that Tourette syndrome likely made public occupations like schoolmaster or tutor almost impossible for Johnson. This | 4,862 | triviaqa-train |
Oscar Hammerstein mentored which librettist, who wrote the lyrics to 'West Side Story'? | West Side Story
West Side Story is a musical with book by Arthur Laurents, music by Leonard Bernstein and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim. It was inspired by William Shakespeare's play "Romeo and Juliet".
The story is set in the Upper West Side neighborhood in New York City in the mid 1950s, an ethnic, blue-collar neighborhood (in the early 1960s, much of the neighborhood was cleared in an urban renewal project for Lincoln Center, which changed the neighborhood's character). The musical explores the | music and lyrics by Tim Minchin and book by Danny Rubin (screenwriter of the film) with Sondheim's blessing.
As composer and lyricist Books.
Sondheim's 2010 "Finishing the Hat" annotates his lyrics "from productions dating 1954–1981. In addition to published and unpublished lyrics from "West Side Story", "Follies" and "Company", the tome finds Sondheim discussing his relationship with Oscar Hammerstein II and his collaborations with composers, actors and directors throughout his lengthy career". The book, first of a | 4,863 | triviaqa-train |
Wulfrunians are residents of which English city? | Saxon) origin, with a few exceptions such as Penn (pre-English Brittonic place name) and Parkfields, Park Village, Lanesfield etc. (modern place names of the last couple of hundred years).
Localities in the City of Wolverhampton include:
- Aldersley
- All Saints
- Ashmore Park†
- Bilston †
- Blakenhall
- Bradley†
- Bradmore
- Bushbury
- Castlecroft
- Chapel Ash
- Claregate
- Compton
- Coseley †
- Dunstall Hill
- | of citizens own cars.
The languages in Mabopane mostly are from the Bantu origins. Tswana, Sotho, Sepedi, Ndebele, Tsonga, Zulu and English are the languages spoken in Mabopane. The overwhelming majority of residents understand and speak Tswana.
Local government.
Mabopane falls under the City of Tshwane municipality (Pretoria) in Gauteng province.
Some of the counselors serving the district include struggle heroes MMC S. Nkhwashu, MMC D Lehobye, Couns. J Letebele and Couns. J Sindane who is the current counselor | 4,864 | triviaqa-train |
The Campsie Fells lie to the north of which Scottish city? | the Scottish Gaelic "cam", meaning crooked, and "sìth" meaning fairy. "Fell" originates from the Old Norse word "fjall", meaning hill.
Erosion along the line of a geological fault known as the Campsie Fault has left tiers of rock representing some 30 lava flows which date from the Carboniferous period. The headwaters of the River Carron rise in the Campsies.
The Campsie Fells have cemented their place in history as the birthplace of Scottish skiing, when W.W. Naismith of Glasgow skied the area | Campsie Fells
The Campsie Fells (also known as the Campsies; Scottish Gaelic: Monadh Chamaisidh) are a range of hills in central Scotland, stretching east to west from Denny Muir to Dumgoyne, in Stirlingshire and overlooking Strathkelvin to the south. The southern extent of the range fall within East Dunbartonshire. The range overlooks the villages of Strathblane, Blanefield and Lennoxtown to the south; Killearn to the west; Fintry and Strathendrick to the north. The Fintry Hills lie further to the north; Kilpatrick Hills lie to the west | 4,865 | triviaqa-train |
Which city would have been renamed 'Germania' if the Nazis had won World War 2? | Germania (city)
Germania () was the projected renewal of the German capital Berlin during the Nazi period, part of Adolf Hitler's vision for the future of Nazi Germany after the planned victory in World War II. Albert Speer, the "first architect of the Third Reich", produced many of the plans for the rebuilt city in his capacity as overseer of the project, only a small portion of which was realized between the years 1938 and 1943 when construction took place.
Some of the projects were completed | factory, which some say was supposed to supply the building blocks for Hitler's dream city, Welthauptstadt Germania, which was to be the capital of the world once the Nazis took over.
Prisoner abuses.
Camp punishments could be harsh. Some would be required to assume the "Sachsenhausen salute" where a prisoner would squat with his arms outstretched in front. There was a marching strip around the perimeter of the roll call ground, where prisoners had to march over a variety of surfaces, to test military footwear; | 4,866 | triviaqa-train |
Which European capital lies on the River Senne? | .
In total the Zenne is long.
In the centre of Brussels, the Zenne was completely covered up and major boulevards were built over top in the 19th and early 20th centuries. It is still visible in the outskirts of Brussels and outside the city, though within the city it now runs mostly underneath the small ring. The Zenne was notorious for being one of Belgium's worst polluted rivers, since all effluents from the Brussels Capital Region emptied into it without treatment. In March 2007, the completion of new | cities of the central and eastern Ruhrgebiet north of the River Ruhr in the southwest of the region and the cities of Münster in the centre, Gütersloh in the north and Paderborn on the eastern periphery. The city of Bielefeld itself lies outside the region over the other side of the Teutoburg Forest, however parts of the borough lies within the northern part of the basin (Brackwede, Senne, Sennestadt).
The most populous cities in the Westphalian Lowland are (in brackets their population in thousands):
- Dortmund ( | 4,867 | triviaqa-train |
Which Royal Naval vessel was the subject of the Yangtze Incident in 1949? | awarded the Dickin Medal (sometimes referred to as "the animals' Victoria Cross"). He remains the only cat so honoured.
Popular culture.
The American "Suspense" radio series included an episode entitled "'Log of the Marne" (22 October 1951), largely based on the events of the Yangtze incident.
Richard Todd starred as Kerans in the 1957 film "Yangtse Incident: The Story of HMS Amethyst" (in the US most commonly released as "Battle Hell", but also | John Kerans
Commander John Simon Kerans MP(30 June 1915 – 12 September 1985) was an officer in the Royal Navy and later a Conservative Party politician. He is also the author of the 1964 book "The World's Greatest Sea Adventures", Publisher: Odhams Books Ltd.
The Yangtze Incident.
As Assistant British Naval Attaché in then Nanking, China in 1949, Lieutenant-Commander Kerans took command of when the ship came under fire on the Yangtze River during the final stages of the Chinese Civil War after the captain | 4,868 | triviaqa-train |
In 1960 the first laser used which crystal as its lens, perhaps after 40 years of trying? | hobbyists use inexpensive means to obtain lasers, such as salvaging laser diodes from broken DVD players (red), Blu-ray players (violet), or even higher power laser diodes from CD or DVD burners.
Hobbyists also have been taking surplus pulsed lasers from retired military applications and modifying them for pulsed holography. Pulsed Ruby and pulsed YAG lasers have been used.
Uses Examples by power.
Different applications need lasers with different output powers. Lasers that produce a continuous beam or a series of short pulses can be | Nimrud lens
The Nimrud lens, also called Layard lens, is a 3000-year-old piece of rock crystal, which was unearthed in 1850 by Austen Henry Layard at the Assyrian palace of Nimrud, in modern-day Iraq. It may have been used as a magnifying glass, or as a burning-glass to start fires by concentrating sunlight, or it may have been a piece of decorative inlay.
Description.
The lens is slightly oval and was roughly ground, perhaps on a lapidary wheel. It has | 4,869 | triviaqa-train |
Which ITV company made the World In Action current affairs programme? | companies have merged, so currently the fifteen regional franchises are in the hands of two companies.
The ITV network is to be distinguished from ITV plc, the company that resulted from the merger of Granada plc and Carlton Communications in 2004 and which holds the Channel 3 broadcasting licences in England, Wales, southern Scotland, the Isle of Man, the Channel Islands and Northern Ireland. With the exception of Northern Ireland, the ITV brand is the brand used by ITV plc for the Channel 3 service in these areas. In | and cinema".
Career.
Career Journalism.
He first worked as a director in the 1980s, for the ITV current affairs programme "World in Action"; his investigation of timber-framed house construction has been cited as preventing its widespread adoption in Britain. At the same time he co-authored the book "Spycatcher" with Peter Wright, former assistant director of MI5, which contained enough sensitive information that the British Government made an unsuccessful attempt to ban it.
Career Film.
He then moved into | 4,870 | triviaqa-train |
In 1901 who became the last non-league winners of the FA Cup? | under normal conditions, although time is saved by engraving the year on during the match, and sketching the presumed winner. During the final, the trophy is decorated with ribbons in the colours of both finalists, with the loser's ribbons being removed at the end of the game. The tradition of tying ribbons started after Tottenham Hotspur won the 1901 FA Cup Final and the wife of a Spurs director decided to tie blue and white ribbons to the handles of the cup. Traditionally, at Wembley finals, the presentation is made | Senior Cup
- Winners (8): 1892–93, 1901–02, 1985–86, 1988–89, 1992–93, 2002–03, 2008–09, 2016–17
- Non-League Champions Cup
- Winners: 1971–72
Records.
- Best FA Cup performance: Fourth round, 1938–39
- Best FA Trophy performance: Semi-finals, 1969–70
- Record attendance:
- New Writtle Street: 16,807 vs Colchester United, Southern League, 10 September 1949
- Melbourne Stadium: 3,201 vs AFC Wimbledon, 15 March 2008
- Biggest victory | 4,871 | triviaqa-train |
Crombie overcoats and Harrington jackets clad which youth movement? | Skinhead
The skinhead subculture originated among working class youths in London, England in the 1960s and soon spread to other parts of the United Kingdom, with a second working class skinhead movement emerging worldwide in the 1980s. Motivated by social alienation and working class solidarity, skinheads (often shortened to "skins") are defined by their close-cropped or shaven heads and working-class clothing such as Dr. Martens and steel toe work boots, braces (or suspenders in American English), high rise and varying length straight- | wash, shirts with Aztec patterns, Mayan patterns, camouflage prints or animal prints, flannel shirts, high top sneakers, snapback hats, and gaudy wristwatches.
- In the Americas, the trend caught on in 2013. The Grunge look had made a comeback due to the influence of Steves Peeps, an artist from Boston. Common upper items of clothing include bomber jackets, black leather jackets, crombie overcoats, padded tartan overshirts, crewneck sweatshirts, oversized flannel shirts, throwback basketball or baseball uniforms, and preppy Nantucket Reds | 4,872 | triviaqa-train |
Mod girls wore what type of quilted jacket on their partners' scooters? | Merton Parkas and The Lambrettas.
Characteristics Amphetamines.
A notable part of the mod subculture was recreational amphetamine use, which was used to fuel all-night dances at clubs like Manchester's Twisted Wheel. Newspaper reports described dancers emerging from clubs at 5 a.m. with dilated pupils. Some mods consumed a combined amphetamine/barbiturate called Drinamyl, which was nicknamed "purple hearts". Due to this association with amphetamines, Pete Meaden's "clean living" aphorism about the mod subculture may seem contradictory, but the drug was still | The winter model is composed of a jacket, a jacket liner, trousers, their insulated lining and suspenders. The liners are buttoned into their respective garments, and the outer garments can be worn without the liners. The jacket liner bears the fur collar of the jacket, usually in fish fur but occasionally in real fur (on Officer's uniforms). The jacket and trousers are lined with a type of material that helps insulate by trapping warm air, whereas the liners are made of a quilted material similar to the | 4,873 | triviaqa-train |
'The Professor' was a novel by which of the Bronte sisters? | After several unlucky attempts to seek a new spouse, Patrick came to terms with widowerhood at the age of 47, and spent his time visiting the sick and the poor, giving sermons and administering communion, leaving the three sisters Emily, Charlotte, Anne, and their brother Branwell alone with their aunt and a maid, Tabitha Aykroyd (Tabby), who tirelessly recounted local legends in her Yorkshire dialect while preparing the meals. He survived his entire family, and six years after Charlotte's death he died in 1861 at the | Her book riffs a major life in a reflective minor key. I've got lost in Joyce's Dublin, Woolf's Bloomsbury, the Bronte Sisters' Yorkshire moors. Now I'm enthralled with Magda Szubanski's Croydon, Australia's own collective sub-conscious suburb, the architecture of which she deftly anoints as Bauhaus's "bastard child"…Reckoning is really a non-fiction novel – and its invitation into Magda's story is infectious."
The Premier's Award judges described "Reckoning" as 'warm, clear | 4,874 | triviaqa-train |
Arthur Conan Doyle sent who to the Lost World? | The Lost World (Conan Doyle novel)
The Lost World is a science fiction novel by British writer Arthur Conan Doyle, published in 1912, concerning an expedition to a plateau in the Amazon basin of South America where prehistoric animals still survive. It was originally published serially in the "Strand Magazine" and illustrated by New-Zealand-born artist Harry Rountree during the months of April–November 1912. The character of Professor Challenger was introduced in this book. The novel also describes a war between indigenous people and a | .
- Las Acacias (Republica popular de): Country located inside Argentinian territory, as seen in the famous Argentinian series "Telenoche".
- Mandoras: A South American country where Adolf Hitler's brain was hidden in "Madmen of Mandoras" and it's extended version, "They Saved Hitler's Brain".
- [[Maple White Land: land of [[Arthur Conan Doyle]]'s "[[The Lost World (Arthur Conan Doyle)|The Lost World]]".
- [ | 4,875 | triviaqa-train |
Professor Otto Lidenbrock followed Arne Saknussemm where? | Journey to the Center of the Earth
Journey to the Center of the Earth (, also translated under the titles A Journey to the Centre of the Earth and A Journey to the Interior of the Earth) is an 1864 science fiction novel by Jules Verne. The story involves German professor Otto Lidenbrock who believes there are volcanic tubes going toward the centre of the Earth. He, his nephew Axel, and their guide Hans descend into the Icelandic volcano Snæfellsjökull, encountering many adventures, including prehistoric animals and natural hazards, before | saga written by Snorri Sturluson (Snorre Tarleson in some versions of the story), "Heimskringla"; the chronicle of the Norwegian kings who ruled over Iceland. While looking through the book, Lidenbrock and his nephew Axel find a coded note written in runic script along with the name of a 16th-century Icelandic alchemist, Arne Saknussemm. (This was a first indication of Verne's love for cryptography. Coded, cryptic, or incomplete messages as a plot device would continue to appear in many of his works and in | 4,876 | triviaqa-train |
What is the address of the White House in Washington DC? | White House
The White House is the official residence and workplace of the president of the United States. It is located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington, D.C. and has been the residence of every U.S. president since John Adams in 1800. The term "White House" is often used as a metonym for the president and his advisers.
The residence was designed by Irish-born architect James Hoban in the neoclassical style. Hoban modelled the building on Leinster House in Dublin, a building which today houses the Oireachtas | inner city dilemmas could simultaneously increase America soft power abroad. A C-SPAN-covered Eisenhower Foundation forum in Washington, DC discussed how the media could more responsibly cover what works and better address poverty, inequality and race. A C-SPAN-covered Eisenhower Foundation forum in Washington, DC compared the success of "faith based" versus secular inner city programs. Participants debated how the Kerner Commission's call for "new will" could be addressed, in part by creating a new sense of public morality in America. | 4,877 | triviaqa-train |
In 1995 the Labour Party abandoned which part of its constitution? | for economic competence, and by the end of that year Labour had a comfortable lead over the Tories in the opinion polls. Although the recession was declared over in April 1993 and a period of strong and sustained economic growth followed, coupled with a relatively swift fall in unemployment, the Labour lead in the opinion polls remained strong. However, Smith died from a heart attack in May 1994.
History New Labour, 1994–2010.
Tony Blair continued to move the party further to the centre, abandoning the largely symbolic Clause Four | ILP’s "Irishman". But it was not to be. Only the three previous Labour councillors were re-elected. Sheehan finished mid-field in the list of candidates, his housing campaign hijacked by the larger party rivals Fianna Fáil and Cumann na nGaedheal.
The election epitomised the dilemma of the Labour Party. In contrast to Sheehan's policy of basic social change and political inclusiveness, the ILP confused voters with a mixed message. The party's new March constitution abandoned its working class character and diluted its objectives | 4,878 | triviaqa-train |
Which amendment to the US constitution protects against self-incrimination? | Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution
The Fifth Amendment (Amendment V) to the United States Constitution addresses criminal procedure and other aspects of the Constitution. It was ratified in 1791 as part of the Bill of Rights. The Fifth Amendment applies to every level of the government, including the federal, state, and local levels, as well as any corporation, private enterprise, group, or individual, or any foreign government in regard to a US citizen or resident of the US. The Supreme Court furthered the protections | to self-incrimination. The exclusionary rule also protects against violations of the Sixth Amendment, which guarantees the right to counsel.
Most states also have their own exclusionary remedies for illegally obtained evidence under their state constitutions and/or statutes, some of which predate the federal constitutional guarantees against unlawful searches and seizures and compelled self-incrimination.
This rule is occasionally referred to as a legal technicality because it allows defendants a defense that does not address whether the crime was actually committed. In this respect, it is similar to the | 4,879 | triviaqa-train |
Rolo, Aero, Kit Kat, and Roses were all introduced in which decade? | Kit Kat brand go back to 1911, when Rowntree's, a confectionery company based in York in the United Kingdom, trademarked the terms Kit Cat and Kit Kat. The names were not used immediately and Kit Kat first appeared in the 1920s, when Rowntree's launched a brand of boxed chocolates entitled Kit Cat. This continued into the 1930s, when Rowntree's shifted focus and production onto its Black Magic and Dairy Box brands. With the promotion of alternative products, the Kit Cat brand decreased and was eventually discontinued. The | Rowntree's
Rowntree's is a British confectionery business based in York, England. Rowntree developed the Kit Kat (introduced in 1935), Aero (introduced in 1935), Fruit Pastilles (introduced in 1881), Smarties (introduced in 1937) brands, and the Rolo and Quality Street brands when it merged with Mackintosh's in 1969 to form Rowntree Mackintosh Confectionery. Rowntree's also launched After Eight thin mint chocolates in 1962. The Yorkie and Lion bars were introduced in 1976.
Founded in 1862, the company | 4,880 | triviaqa-train |
The title First Level Nurse replaced Registered General Nurse, which replaced what? | Nursing in the United Kingdom
Nursing in the United Kingdom has a long history. The current form of nursing is often considered as beginning with Florence Nightingale who pioneered 'modern nursing'. Florence Nightingale initiated formal schools of nursing in the United Kingdom in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The role and perception of nursing has dramatically changed from that of 'handmaiden' to the doctor to professionals in their own right. There are over 300,000 nurses in the United Kingdom and they work in a variety of settings; hospitals | see different women or often sisters/couples looking for a partner/partners. This was at first represented by a title screen featuring a picture of the person, and their name and age. This then was replaced by that of a website page.
Irritating Flatmate – An irritating nurse who shares a flat with two of her colleagues. She emphasises everything, which often leads to her flatmates' doing something behind her back, such as adding soap and cleaning chemicals to her yoghurt.
The Fake Diabetic – A woman | 4,881 | triviaqa-train |
In 1917, which Queen received the first Damehood, the female equivalent of a knighthood? | was made to revive the use of robes for the wives of knights in ceremonies, but this did not occur. Queens consort have been made Ladies of the Garter since 1901 (Queens Alexandra in 1901, Mary in 1910 and Elizabeth in 1937). The first non-royal woman to be made Lady Companion of the Garter was The Duchess of Norfolk in 1990, the second was The Baroness Thatcher in 1995 (post-nominal: LG). On 30 November 1996, Lady Fraser was made Lady of the Thistle, | Dame
Dame is an honorific title and the feminine form of address for the honour of damehood in many Christian chivalric orders, as well as the British honours system and those of several other Commonwealth countries, such as Australia and New Zealand, with the masculine form of address being sir. It is the female equivalent for knighthood, which is traditionally granted to males.
A woman appointed to the grades of Dame Commander or Dame Grand Cross of the Order of Saint John, Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre, Most Honourable | 4,882 | triviaqa-train |
Which language gave us the word 'Germanic'? | dative), three genders (masculine, feminine, neuter), two numbers (singular, plural), and strong and weak verbs. German derives the majority of its vocabulary from the ancient Germanic branch of the Indo-European language family. A portion of German words are derived from Latin and Greek, and fewer are borrowed from French and Modern English. With slightly different standardized variants (German, Austrian and Swiss Standard German), German is a pluricentric language. It is also notable for its broad spectrum of dialects | breeds are not themselves landraces, since they are formal breeds maintained through selective breeding rather than natural selection. The establishment and spread of the Danish breed gave the word "landrace" to the English language (it had already existed in Danish, German, Dutch and some other Germanic languages). Sources from the mid-20th century often mean the Danish Landrace swine in particular when referring to "Landrace" pigs, as most of the others had not been developed yet.
List of Landrace pig breeds.
The most common Landrace | 4,883 | triviaqa-train |
In 1963 President Kennedy was shot in which square in Dallas? | living conditions, and the Mexican Revolution.
On November 22, 1963, President John F. Kennedy was assassinated on Elm Street while his motorcade passed through Dealey Plaza in Downtown Dallas. The upper two floors of the building from which alleged assassin Lee Harvey Oswald shot Kennedy, the Texas School Book Depository, have been converted into a historical museum covering the former president's life and accomplishments.
On July 7, 2016, multiple shots were fired at a peaceful protest in Downtown Dallas, held against the police killings of two | July 23, 1962 – the first live transatlantic television broadcast via the Telstar I satellite.
- November 24, 1963 – Lee Harvey Oswald (the assassin of U.S. President John F. Kennedy) was shot in Dallas, Texas, by nightclub owner Jack Ruby while being transferred to a county jail. Oswald was taken to Parkland Memorial Hospital, the same hospital in which President Kennedy and Governor Connally had been treated two days before, but died within approximately two hours of being shot.
- November 25, 1963 | 4,884 | triviaqa-train |
In 1901 Queen Victoria died in which building on the Isle of Wight? | to Newport.
There are two airfields for general aviation, Isle of Wight Airport at Sandown and Bembridge Airport.
The island has over of cycleways, many of which can be enjoyed off-road. The principal trails are:
- The Sunshine Trail, which is a circular route linking Sandown, Shanklin, Godshill, and Wroxall of ;
- The Troll Trail between Cowes and Sandown of , 90% off-road;
- The Round the Island Cycle Route of .
Economy Services Media.
The main | . On one occasion, while carrying the Queen, "Alberta" ran down and sank a schooner, causing a number of fatalities. "Alberta" was used to take the Queen to engagements along the south coast of England, and in 1896 she brought the body of Prince Henry of Battenberg to the Isle of Wight for burial.
"Alberta"s most prominent role was in the funeral of Queen Victoria. The Queen died on the Isle of Wight after a short illness in January 1901. The "Alberta" carried numerous | 4,885 | triviaqa-train |
'Elizabethan Serenade' was a pop hit for Boris Gardiner under what title? | Elizabethan Serenade
Elizabethan Serenade is a light music composition by Ronald Binge. When it was first played by the Mantovani orchestra in 1951, it was simply titled "Andante cantabile", although the original orchestral manuscript parts in Ronald Binge's own hand show the title "The Man in the Street" (possibly the title of an early television documentary). The name was altered by the composer to reflect the post-war optimism of a "new Elizabethan Age" that began with the accession of Queen Elizabeth II in February | the third single in the US, was on the B-side.) It was a hit, peaking in the UK Singles Chart at number 8 for 3 weeks in September 1972. The song's drum break was sampled in "Gonna Love Me" by Teyana Taylor from her second studio album "K.T.S.E.".
Boris Gardiner version.
"The Boris Gardiner Happening" recorded a version of "Ain't No Sunshine" in 1973 with Paul Douglas singing lead, and Boris Gardiner playing bass guitar, for | 4,886 | triviaqa-train |
Which team won the Aviva Premiership (rugby union) in 2009/10? | was considered secondary.
The 2011–12 season saw Harlequins add their name to the trophy on their first attempt, winning 30-23 against the nine-times champions Leicester. Leicester would have to wait until 2012–13 for their 10th championship, where they defeated Northampton in the final.
The 2013–14 Aviva Premiership season saw Northampton become the 8th different team to win the trophy. This was achieved when they defeated Leicester Tigers in the semi-final 21–20, thus denying Leicester a 10th Consecutive Final. In the final, they defeated | introduced to determine the winner of the British Rugby Football League Championship in 1904, though it only became a regular fixture from 1906 onwards. In 1973, the competition format was changed so that the championship was won by the team finishing top of the league table, with an end of season knock-out competition for the top teams that became known as the "Premiership" being created.
Starting in 2009–10, the rugby union competition historically known as the Celtic League, at the time involving teams from Ireland, Scotland and | 4,887 | triviaqa-train |
Who won the 2010 French Open Women's Singles final in June? | the No. 1 ATP ranking with this victory.
- Nadal's victory also completed a historic 'Clay Slam' for Nadal, seeing him become the first person in history to win all Masters 1000 tournaments on clay (Monte Carlo, Rome and Madrid), as well as the French Open, in the same calendar year.
- This was the second time Nadal had won the French Open without dropping a set.
Seniors Women's singles.
Francesca Schiavone defeated Samantha Stosur, 6–4, 7–6
- | 5 (2), India 4 (3).
Days of the month June 3, 2010 (Thursday) Tennis.
- Grand Slams:
- French Open in Paris, France:
- Women's singles, semifinals:
- Samantha Stosur [7] def. Jelena Janković [4] 6–1, 6–2
- Stosur reaches the final of a Grand Slam for the first time in singles, and becomes the first Australian woman to reach a Grand Slam singles final since Evonne Goolagong Cawley won the 1980 Wimbledon Championships | 4,888 | triviaqa-train |
Which team won Super Bowl XLIV in February 2010? | Super Bowl XLIV
Super Bowl XLIV was an American football game between the National Football Conference (NFC) champions New Orleans Saints and the American Football Conference (AFC) champions Indianapolis Colts to decide the National Football League (NFL) champion for the 2009 season. The Saints defeated the Colts by a score of 31–17, earning their first Super Bowl win. The game was played at Sun Life Stadium (now Hard Rock Stadium) in Miami Gardens, Florida, for the fifth time (and in South Florida for the tenth | saw more extensive action with the Saints. He was part of a three-man running back committee with Pierre Thomas and Reggie Bush. He led the team in carries with 172 and gained 654 rushing yards, good for 3.8 yards per carry. He scored 5 touchdowns. He had two carries for four yards in Super Bowl XLIV which the Saints won on February 7, 2010.
Professional career Philadelphia Eagles.
On March 16, 2010, Bell was tendered an offer sheet for a one-year contract worth $1.7 | 4,889 | triviaqa-train |
Which Red Bull driver was Formula One 2010 World Champion? | after the team mistakenly kept him in the pits too long resulting in him not being able to complete another qualifying lap.
Red Bull had a strong end to the season. Webber came close to victory at the Japanese Grand Prix, but he was involved in a crash with Sebastian Vettel. During the same race, Coulthard again demonstrated his wet-weather ability and finished 4th.
At the Chinese Grand Prix, Red Bull had a competitive qualifying session. Coulthard achieving 5th on the grid, along with Webber in 9th | was removed from the Red Bull Junior team.
On 11 November 2010, Ricciardo was confirmed as the single driver to represent Red Bull Racing at the end-of-season young drivers test at the Yas Marina Circuit, on 16–17 November. At the announcement, he commented, "I can't wait to get another crack at driving Red Bull Racing's amazing Formula One car." Ricciardo continued to show his one-lap prowess and dominated the event, with his fastest lap being 1.3 seconds faster than World Champion | 4,890 | triviaqa-train |
Who was the 2010 MotoGP champion? | ). For the whole season Bridgestone provided four different specifications of front tyre, six of rear, and a single wet specification—with no qualifying specification. For each round Bridgestone provided only two specifications for front and rear. Tyres are assigned to riders randomly to assure impartiality. Jorge Lorenzo has publicly supported the mono tyre rule.
At the end of the 2015 season, Bridgestone withdrew as tyre supplier of MotoGP. Following a formal tender, French tyre manufacturer Michelin became the official supplier for the 2016 season, and testing | former F1 driver
- Marc Márquez (born 1993), motorcycle racer; 2010 125cc GP World Champion; 2012 Moto2 World Champion; 2013, 2014, 2016, and 2017 MotoGP World Champion
Sports Swimming.
- Juan Antonio Samaranch (1920–2010), president of the IOC from 1980 to 2001
- Eduard Admetlla i Lázaro (born 1924), scuba diver pioneer who set the record of reaching 100m deep in 1957
- Manuel Estiarte (born 1961), former water polo player
- Gemma Mengual ( | 4,891 | triviaqa-train |
Who replaced David Tennant as Doctor Who in January? | Matt Smith (actor)
Matthew Robert Smith (born 28 October 1982) is an English actor. He is best known for his roles as the eleventh incarnation of the Doctor in the BBC series "Doctor Who" and Prince Philip in the Netflix series "The Crown", earning a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for the latter.
Smith initially aspired to be a professional footballer, but spondylolysis forced him out of the sport. After joining the National Youth Theatre and studying drama and creative writing at the University of East | in a story arc of the webcomic "PvP", in which character Brent Sienna hallucinates materialising in the TARDIS.
Appearances Audio drama.
As is the case with the BBC Books novels, the Tenth Doctor replaced the Ninth as the face of the "Doctor Who" audiobook series, beginning with "Pest Control" in May 2008 and ending with "Dead Air" in March 2010. The majority are read by David Tennant, save one read by Michelle Ryan and two by Catherine Tate. A number of Tenth Doctor | 4,892 | triviaqa-train |
In April, the BBC announced that who would be replacing Adrian Chiles on the One Show for Fridays, which ultimately led to him quitting the BBC for a four-year deal with ITV? | since 2014 the studio is in Broadcasting House, the BBC's headquarters in London.
Launched with a pilot series in 2006, leading to a full series from 2007, it has had various previous permanent and temporary hosts; the partnership of Jones and Baker began in 2011, with Chris Evans serving as the first Fridays only host from 2010 until 2015. Prior to the introduction of Evans, the longest presenting partnership was Adrian Chiles and Christine Bleakley from 2007 to 2010. Their easy and approachable on-screen chemistry is credited | but it is looking very likely."
- On 19 April 2010, it was announced BBC presenter Adrian Chiles was quitting his roles with the corporation, to join ITV plc on a six-year contract, co-presenting on GMTV and casting doubt over the futures of incumbent male hosts Andrew Castle and Ben Shephard.
- On 21 April 2010, it was confirmed that Ben Shephard was leaving GMTV after 10 years, after earlier telling management he would not be renewing his contract.
- On 7 May 2010 | 4,893 | triviaqa-train |
Which singer was given an eight-week sentence for crashing his car into a branch of photographic store Snappy Snaps while under the influence of cannabis in July. | George Michael drove into the front of the building in the early hours of Sunday 4 July 2010 whilst under the influence of cannabis and prescription medication. Following Michael's death on Christmas Day 2016, the shop became the site of a "shrine" to the late singer, with fans leaving flowers, cards, messages and toys outside the shop front, much to the annoyance of the store management. | for controlled substance possession.
In the early hours of Sunday 4 July 2010, Michael was returning from the Gay Pride parade, when he was spotted on CCTV crashing his car into the front of a Snappy Snaps store in Hampstead, north London, and was arrested on suspicion of being unfit to drive. On 12 August, London's Metropolitan Police said he was "charged with possession of cannabis and with driving while unfit through drink or drugs". It was reported that Michael had also been taking the prescription medication amitriptyline | 4,894 | triviaqa-train |
Haggis is a national delicacy of which country? | or cattle) the workmen were allowed to keep the offal as their share.
A joke sometimes maintained is that a haggis is a small Scottish animal with longer legs on one side, so that it can run around the steep hills of the Scottish highlands without falling over. According to one poll, 33 percent of American visitors to Scotland believed haggis to be an animal.
Modern use.
Haggis is traditionally served as part of the Burns supper on or near January 25, the birthday of Scotland's national poet | headed gull eggs
- Bottarga
- Casu marzu
- Caviar
- Cempedak
- Century egg
- Champagne
- Conpoy
- Droëwors
- Durian
- Escamol
- Escargot
- Filet mignon
- Foie gras
- Fried-brain sandwich
- Fried tarantula
- Fugu
- Gyromitra esculenta, although deadly when raw, is a delicacy in Scandinavia.
- Guinea pig – considered a delicacy in several areas of South America.
- Haggis
- Hákarl
- Huitlacoche | 4,895 | triviaqa-train |
Madeira Wine is a product of which country? | longer needed to stop off in Madeira, the island which was directly in the trade winds between Europe and America. The wine became known as The Forgotten Island Wine. The rest of the 20th century saw a downturn for Madeira, both in sales and reputation, as low quality "cooking wine" became primarily associated with the island—much as it had for Marsala.
In 1988, the Symington family of Portugal invested in the Madeira Wine Company which owned many of the Madeira brand names. They asked Bartholomew Broadbent to | Fortified wine
Fortified wine is a wine to which a distilled spirit, usually brandy, is added. Many different styles of fortified wine have been developed, including Port, Sherry, Madeira, Marsala, Commandaria wine, and the aromatised wine Vermouth.
Production.
One reason for fortifying wine was to preserve it, since ethanol is a natural antiseptic. Even though other preservation methods now exist, fortification continues to be used because the process can add distinct flavors to the finished product.
Although grape brandy is most | 4,896 | triviaqa-train |
In which country did chop suey originate? | Toisan), a county in Guangdong province, the home of many early Chinese immigrants to the United States. Hong Kong doctor Li Shu-fan likewise reported that he knew it in Toisan in the 1890s.
The long list of conflicting stories about the origin of chop suey is, in the words of food historian Kevin Bacon, "a prime example of culinary mythology" and typical of popular foods.
One account claims that it was invented by Chinese American cooks working on the transcontinental railroad in the 19th century. | little chop suey restaurant". His father was fluent in English and Korean, tutored in French, graduated with a degree in civil engineering from Occidental College, and opened a chop suey restaurant and market. As a twelve-year-old living near Los Angeles in 1932, Lee saw and was motivated by the many Olympics banners and souvenirs on display for the Summer Olympics being held in Los Angeles that year. Later that summer, he found that he could do somersaults much better than all of his friends, which led | 4,897 | triviaqa-train |
Red Stripe beer comes from which country? | Red Stripe
Red Stripe is a 4.7% ABV pale lager brewed by Desnoes & Geddes in Jamaica. It was first introduced in 1928 from a recipe developed by Paul H. Geddes, and Bill Martindale. It is brewed under license in the UK and USA. In 1993, Guinness Brewing Worldwide, now Diageo, acquired a controlling interest in Desnoes & Geddes, and took over international distribution in many markets. In 2015, Heineken acquired Diageo's stake and stated it would launch an offer for the shares it did not own | , Red Stripe continued to be the unofficial beer of the Notting Hill Carnival which it has been since 1976.
Writer and music festival PR Alex Lee Thomson also presented a series of web based interviews for the brand during their sponsorship periods of Camden Crawl and The Great Escape festivals in the UK, while editing their music-based website.
Red Stripe sponsors sports talk television program "Pardon the Interruption" during the summer months, alternating with Guinness. Also recently Red Stripe began sponsoring the International Festival of Thumb Wrestling held | 4,898 | triviaqa-train |
From which country does Stella Artois come? | Stella Artois
Stella Artois ( ) is a Belgian pilsner of between 4.8 and 5.2% ABV which was first brewed by "Brouwerij Artois" (the Artois Brewery) in Leuven, Belgium, in 1926. Since 2008, a 4% ABV version has also been sold in Britain, Ireland and Canada. Stella Artois is now owned by Interbrew International B.V. which is a subsidiary of the world's largest brewer, Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV.
History.
In 1708, Sébastien Artois became head brewer at | . They have used notable film directors such as Jonathan Glazer. Furthermore, the brand makes extensive use of the French language in its advertising campaigns, even though the beer brand originates from the monolingual Dutch-speaking city of Leuven. An example of this can be seen in the advertising campaign for Stella Artois Cidre, in which the tag-line "C'est cidre, not cider" is used, although this cider is produced in Zonhoven, which also lies in the Dutch-speaking Flemish Region.
Stella Artois is advertised | 4,899 | triviaqa-train |
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