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Which Greek philosopher is popularly known as 'The Weeping Philosopher' because of his melancholy nature? | is the "arche" of everything. Pythagoreanism also incorporated ascetic ideals, emphasizing purgation, metempsychosis, and consequently a respect for all animal life; much was made of the correspondence between mathematics and the cosmos in a musical harmony. Pythagoras believed that behind the appearance of things, there was the permanent principle of mathematics, and that the forms were based on a transcendental mathematical relation.
Pre-Socratic philosophy Heraclitus.
Heraclitus must have lived after Xenophanes and Pythagoras, as he condemns them along with Homer as proving that much | Leo of Phlius
Leo was a tyrant of the ancient Greek city of Phlius. He is best known for his participation in a story in which the word philosopher was first coined, in 518 BC.
story.
According to Cicero (Tusculanae Disputationes V-III). Pythagoras was in the court of Leo when he (Leo) asked Pythagoras what was his favorite art. Pythagoras said he had none, but that he was a philosopher:
"From whence all who occupied themselves in the contemplation of nature | 51,500 | triviaqa-train |
Named after two bodies of water, what name was given to the provisional border between Poland and East Germany that was agreed at the Potsdam Conference following World War II? | , the USSR gave Poland former German populated territories in Pomerania, Silesia, and Brandenburg east of the Oder–Neisse line, plus the southern half of East Prussia. These awards were confirmed at the Tripartite Conference of Berlin, otherwise known as the Potsdam Conference in August 1945 after the end of the war in Europe. Stalin was determined that Poland's new government would become his tool towards making Poland a Soviet puppet state controlled by the communists. He had severed relations with the Polish government-in-exile in London in | War I, Liegnitz was part of the newly created Province of Lower Silesia from 1919 to 1938, then of the Province of Silesia from 1938 to 1941, and again of the Province of Lower Silesia from 1941 to 1945.
After the defeat of Nazi Germany during World War II, Liegnitz and all of Silesia east of the Neisse was transferred to Poland following the Potsdam Conference in 1945. The German population was expelled from their home town between 1945 and 1947 and Poles took their place. As the medieval Polish name " | 51,501 | triviaqa-train |
Who won a gold medal for Great Britain in the Men's 1000k K-1 canoeing event at the Beijing Olympics? | , of 35 medals, was passed on 20 August when they claimed their 36th medal – a bronze in the women's RS:X, won by Bryony Shaw. The total medal target was equalled when canoeist Tim Brabants took gold in the men's 1000 m K-1 claiming Britain's 41st physical medal (three further medals were guaranteed in boxing at the time). They later exceeded the total number of targeted medals when Heather Fell secured the silver in women's modern pentathlon.
The medals claimed were not all ones | Lennox Lewis won the super heavyweight gold medal in Seoul, before competing for his native Great Britain as a professional.
Canoeing and kayaking.
Canoeing and kayaking Slalom.
Canada has never won an Olympic medal in a whitewater event. Their best finish was fourth in the men's K-1 competition at the 2004 games.
Canoeing and kayaking Sprint.
Adam van Koeverden and Caroline Brunet are recent multiple medal winners for Canada.
Cycling.
Canada's only gold medal in cycling was won by Lori-Ann Muenzer in | 51,502 | triviaqa-train |
Which is the heaviest planet in our solar system? | , hurricanes, tectonics, and even hydrology.
Planets are generally divided into two main types: large low-density giant planets, and smaller rocky terrestrials. There are eight planets in the Solar System. In order of increasing distance from the Sun, they are the four terrestrials, Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars, then the four giant planets, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. Six of the planets are orbited by one or more natural satellites.
Several thousands of planets around other stars | ", "Moon", and "The Absolute":
- The heaviest/last level - "The Absolute"
- Earth's satellite - "The Moon"
- Our planet - "Earth"
- All of the planets in the solar system to which Earth belongs to - "All Planets"
- The planets belong to the "Sun" or the solar system
- The Sun belongs to the Milky Way galaxy or the "All Suns" combined
- All galaxies put together belong | 51,503 | triviaqa-train |
In which 1998 film does Ewan McGregor co-star as the fictional rock star 'Curt Wild'? | young glam rock fan and reporter, Arthur Stuart, and Toni Collette as Slade's wife, Mandy, who is based on Bowie's first wife, Angela. Eddie Izzard stars as Slade's manager, Jerry Devine.
The tale strongly parallels Bowie's relationships with Reed and Pop in the 1970s and 1980s. Brian Slade's gradually overwhelming on-stage persona of "Maxwell Demon" and his backing band, "Venus in Furs", likewise bear a resemblance to Bowie's persona and backing band. The album, | : "Allen is notorious for not giving his actors explicit instructions, and yet somehow this worked wonders for Farrell, who has never seemed so naked, so clear and so unencumbered as he does here." Manohla Dargis concurred in the "New York Times", adding that she thought Farrell was well-matched with co-star Ewan McGregor.
Farrell's next film, Martin McDonagh's first full-length feature "In Bruges", opened the 2008 Sundance Film Festival. While the "New Yorker" and | 51,504 | triviaqa-train |
Who wrote the music for the ballet 'The Three-Cornered Hat'? | de Falla worked separately on the choreography, sets/costumes, and music for the ballet over subsequent months; after some delays, the ballet was eventually premiered in London at the Alhambra Theatre on 22 July 1919. De Falla was called home to Granada at the last moment to see his dying mother; the premiere was conducted in his stead by Ernest Ansermet.
Form.
The story, of a magistrate infatuated with a miller's faithful wife who attempts to seduce her, derives from the novella of the same name | her elegance. When the American Ballet Theatre visited the Royal Opera House in 1946, Fonteyn became a close friend of the New York dancer Nora Kaye. Fonteyn appeared on television in 1946, to mark the re-opening of Alexandra Palace after the War. Her television appearances were followed by a performance with the choreographer Léonide Massine as the miller's wife in his "The Three-Cornered Hat" and as the lead in the abstract debut of "Scènes de ballet" which Ashton wrote for her.
In 1948, | 51,505 | triviaqa-train |
What papal name was taken by Nicholas Breakspear, the only English Pope? | Pope Adrian IV
Pope Adrian IV (; born Nicholas Breakspear; 1 September 1159), also known as Hadrian IV, was Pope from 4 December 1154 to his death in 1159.
Adrian IV is both the only Englishman and the only inhabitant of the British Isles to have occupied the papal throne. It is believed that he was born in Bedmond in the parish of Abbots Langley in Hertfordshire and received his early education at Merton Priory and the Abbey School, St Albans.
Breakspeare became a canon regular of St Rufus | for Calasanz as administrator of the order, Father Stefano was the son and the brother of powerful papal lawyers; no one wanted to offend the Cherubini family. Father Stefano pointed out that if allegations of his abuse of his boys became public, actions would be taken to destroy the Piarists. Calasanz, therefore, promoted Father Stefano, to get him away from the scene of the crime, citing only his luxurious diet and failure to attend prayers. However, he knew what Cherubini had really been up to, and he wrote | 51,506 | triviaqa-train |
Which opera by Sergei Prokofiev is based on a novel by Leo Tolstoy? | Peter and the Wolf," "Romeo and Juliet," and perhaps above all with "Alexander Nevsky."
The Nazi invasion of the USSR spurred him to compose his most ambitious work, an operatic version of Leo Tolstoy's "War and Peace". In 1948, Prokofiev was attacked for producing "anti-democratic formalism." Nevertheless, he enjoyed personal and artistic support from a new generation of Russian performers, notably Sviatoslav Richter and Mstislav Rostropovich: he wrote his ninth piano sonata for the former and his | and Peace" (Sergei Prokofiev). Prokofiev returned to the tradition of Russian historical opera for this epic work based on Leo Tolstoy's novel.
- 1946 "Betrothal in a Monastery" (Prokofiev). A romantic comedy with music drawing on the "opera buffa" style of Rossini.
- 1946 "The Medium" (Gian Carlo Menotti). Considered by many to be Menotti's finest work.
- 1946 "The Rape of Lucretia" (Britten). Britten's first chamber opera. | 51,507 | triviaqa-train |
Which county shares borders with Devon, Somerset, Wiltshire and Hampshire? | Wiltshire
Wiltshire (; abbreviated Wilts) is a county in South West England with an area of . It is landlocked and borders the counties of Dorset, Somerset, Hampshire, Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire. The county town was originally Wilton, after which the county is named, but Wiltshire Council is now based in the county town of Trowbridge.
Wiltshire is characterised by its high downland and wide valleys. Salisbury Plain is noted for being the location of the Stonehenge and Avebury stone circles and other ancient landmarks, and as | Mid Devon
Mid Devon is a local government district in Devon, England. Its council is based in Tiverton.
The district was formed under the Local Government Act 1972, on 1 April 1974 by the merger of the borough of Tiverton and Crediton urban district together with Tiverton Rural District, and Crediton Rural District. It was originally called Tiverton District, but was renamed in 1978 by resolution of the district council.
Geography.
Mid Devon shares borders with several other Devon districts as well as the county of Somerset | 51,508 | triviaqa-train |
Which hit for 'The Fugees' was the biggest-selling single in Britain in 1996? | , the song was most successful in Europe, particularly in Iceland and the United Kingdom, where it topped the charts. It remained at that position for two weeks, becoming their second chart-topping single of 1996 in Britain, following "Killing Me Softly". Enya was prepared to sue the group for copyright infringement, because she had not permitted the group to sample "Boadicea". She eventually settled out of court.
Barack Obama listed this as his favorite song. The song is used in the first theatrical | topped the charts in the United Kingdom, where it became the country's biggest-selling single of 1996. It has since sold 1.36 million copies in Britain. The Fugees recording won the 1997 Grammy for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal and their video earned the MTV Video Music Award for Best R&B Video.
This version sampled the 90’s song "Bonita Applebum" by A Tribe Called Quest (ATCQ) from their debut album "People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm". ATCQ | 51,509 | triviaqa-train |
Drawing on the story of the meeting between the baby Jesus and John the Baptist on the flight into Egypt, what name is given to either of two almost identical paintings by Leonardo da Vinci housed in the Louvre and the National Gallery in London? | be identified as preparatory to particular works such as "The Adoration of the Magi", "The Virgin of the Rocks" and "The Last Supper".
His earliest dated drawing is a "Landscape of the Arno Valley", 1473, which shows the river, the mountains, Montelupo Castle and the farmlands beyond it in great detail. According to art historian Ludwig Heydenreich, this is "The first true landscape in art." Massimo Polidoro says that it was the first landscape "not to be the background | their plan to rob the travellers, and a date palm tree bends down to allow them to pluck the fruit.
Another subject is the meeting of the infant Jesus with his cousin, the infant John the Baptist, who, according to legend was rescued from Bethlehem before the massacre by the Archangel Uriel, and joined the Holy Family in Egypt. This meeting of the two Holy Children was to be painted many artists during the Renaissance period, after being popularized by Leonardo da Vinci and then Raphael.
History of the | 51,510 | triviaqa-train |
Which team defeated the Indianapolis Colts to win the 2010 Super Bowl? | 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 | York Jets, but Lee again won the NFL punting title. In 1970, the year in which the Colts defeated the Dallas Cowboys to win Super Bowl V, Lee uncorked a 76-yard punt, the longest in Colts history.
In 1973, Lee's friend, the Colts' quarterback Johnny Unitas, went to the San Diego Chargers after concluding his Baltimore career as the NFL's all-time leader in passing yardage. Six years after Lee retired from the Colts, the team relocated to Indianapolis.
During his sports | 51,511 | triviaqa-train |
Which French physicist gave the first successful theoretical account of heat engines, now known as his namesake cycle, thereby laying the foundations of the second law of thermodynamics? | and the asymmetry between future and past.
Historically, the second law was an empirical finding that was accepted as an axiom of thermodynamic theory. Statistical mechanics, classical or quantum, explains the microscopic origin of the law.
The second law has been expressed in many ways. Its first formulation is credited to the French scientist Sadi Carnot, who in 1824 showed that there is an upper limit to the efficiency of conversion of heat to work, in a heat engine.
Introduction.
The first law of thermodynamics | the second law of thermodynamics. The most well-known ideal cycle is the Carnot cycle, although a useful "Carnot engine" is not known to have been invented.
The theoretical efficiencies for both, Ericsson and Stirling cycles acting in the same limits are equal to the Carnot Efficiency for same limits.
Ideal Ericsson cycle Comparison with the Brayton cycle.
The first cycle Ericsson developed is now called the "Brayton cycle", commonly applied to the rotary jet engines for airplanes.
The second Ericsson cycle is the | 51,512 | triviaqa-train |
Which thermodynamic concept, defined as the unavailability of a system's energy to do work, or more crudely, the measure of disorder within a system, was introduced by the German physicist Rudolf Clausius? | , provided their environment's entropy increases by at least that amount so that the total entropy increases. Entropy is a function of the state of the system, so the change in entropy of a system is determined by its initial and final states. In the idealization that a process is reversible, the entropy does not change, while irreversible processes always increase the total entropy.
Because it is determined by the number of random microstates, entropy is related to the amount of additional information needed to specify the exact physical state of | studied the system which he called the "working substance" (typically a body of water vapor) in steam engines, in regards to the system's ability to do work when heat is applied to it. The working substance could be put in contact with either a boiler, a cold reservoir (a stream of cold water), or a piston (on which the working body could do work by pushing on it). In 1850, the German physicist Rudolf Clausius generalized this picture to include the concept of the surroundings | 51,513 | triviaqa-train |
Housed in the Louvre in Paris, which enormous oil on canvas painted by Paolo Veronese depicts the moment when Jesus turned the water into wine? | Paolo Veronese
Paolo Caliari, known as Paolo Veronese (1528 – 19 April 1588), was an Italian Renaissance painter, based in Venice, known for large-format history paintings of religion and mythology, such as "The Wedding at Cana" (1563) and "The Feast in the House of Levi" (1573). Included with Titian, a generation older, and Tintoretto, a decade senior, Veronese is one of the "great trio that dominated Venetian painting of the "cinquecento"" and the | Adoration of the Magi (Veronese)
The Adoration of the Magi by the Venetian artist Paolo Veronese is a large oil painting on canvas dated to 1573 which has been in the National Gallery, London since 1855, shortly after it was sold by the Venetian church for which it was commissioned. It shows the common subject in the Nativity art of the visit by the Three Kings to the infant Jesus, here given a grandly theatrical treatment typical of Veronese's mature works. It was not an altarpiece, having been painted to | 51,514 | triviaqa-train |
Which 1991 Disney movie was the first animated film to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture? | , and "The Secret of Kells" (Irish-French-Belgian, 2009).
Techniques Traditional animation Full animation.
Full animation refers to the process of producing high-quality traditionally animated films that regularly use detailed drawings and plausible movement, having a smooth animation. Fully animated films can be made in a variety of styles, from more realistically animated works like those produced by the Walt Disney studio ("The Little Mermaid", "Beauty and the Beast", "Aladdin", "The Lion King" | Best Original Screenplay at the 81st Academy Awards. Walt Disney Pictures pushed for an Academy Award for Best Picture nomination, but it was not nominated, provoking controversy about the Academy deliberately restricting "WALL-E" to the Best Animated Feature category. American film critic Peter Travers commented that "If there was ever a time where an animated feature deserved to be nominated for best picture it's Wall-E."
The feature has won Best Picture from the Boston Society of Film Critics, the Chicago Film Critics Association, the | 51,515 | triviaqa-train |
Which year saw the end of the Korean War, the death of Josef Stalin and the first televised Academy Awards Ceremony? | Korean War
The Korean War (in South Korean , "Korean War"; in North Korean , "Fatherland Liberation War"; 25 June 1950 – 27 July 1953) was a war between North Korea (with the support of China and the Soviet Union) and South Korea (with the support of the United Nations, principally from the United States). The war began on 25 June 1950 when North Korea invaded South Korea following a series of clashes along the border.
As a product of the Cold War | intones that "Stalin must one day meet his judgment". Stalin dies one week later.
- March 17 – Patrick Troughton becomes television's first Robin Hood, playing the eponymous folk hero in the first of six half-hour episodes of "Robin Hood", shown weekly until April 21 on the BBC Television Service.
- March 19 - The 25th Academy Awards is broadcast by NBC. Ths becomes the first Academy Awards ceremony to be televised.
- March 25 – CBS concedes victory to RCA in the | 51,516 | triviaqa-train |
The fashion designer John Galliano was born in which British overseas territory? | British Overseas Territories
The British Overseas Territories (BOTs) or United Kingdom Overseas Territories (UKOTs) are 14 territories under the jurisdiction and sovereignty of the United Kingdom. They are remnants of the British Empire that have not been granted independence or have voted to remain British territories. These territories do not form part of the United Kingdom and, with the exception of Gibraltar, are not part of the European Union. Most of the permanently inhabited territories are internally self-governing, with the UK retaining responsibility for defence and foreign | Galliano (surname)
Galliano is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Giuseppe Galliano (1846–1896), Italian army officer
- John Galliano (born 1960), British fashion designer
- Richard Galliano (born 1950), French accordion player | 51,517 | triviaqa-train |
Which year saw the resignation of John Profumo, the Great Train Robbery and the assassination of John F. Kennedy? | John Profumo
John Dennis Profumo, ( ; 30 January 1915 – 9 March 2006) was a British politician whose career ended in 1963 after a sexual relationship with the 19-year-old model Christine Keeler in 1961. The scandal, which became known as the Profumo affair, led to his resignation from the Conservative government of Harold Macmillan.
After his resignation, Profumo worked as a volunteer at Toynbee Hall, a charity in East London, and became its chief fundraiser. These charitable activities helped to restore his reputation and he | publicised his drinking, but it later became apparent when Brown was invited on Associated-Rediffusion television to pay tribute to John F. Kennedy after his assassination (Brown was probably the closest Labour politician to Kennedy). Brown had come from a dinner in Shoreditch where he had already drunk a great deal, and drank more while preparing to go on air – having a row with actor Eli Wallach which became physical. When Brown went on air, millions of viewers saw him interpret a fair question as an accusation of his having overstated | 51,518 | triviaqa-train |
Released in 1995, which was the first fully computer- animated feature film? | the series followed the adventures of characters who lived inside a computer. The first feature-length computer animated film was "Toy Story" (1995), which was made by Pixar. It followed an adventure centered around toys and their owners. This groundbreaking film was also the first of many fully computer-animated movies.
Animation methods.
In most 3D computer animation systems, an animator creates a simplified representation of a character's anatomy, which is analogous to a skeleton or stick figure. They are by default | also animated and directed the short film "Gas Planet", which won Ottawa International Animation Festival Special Jury Prize. In 1995, he left PDI to join DreamWorks and work on research and development for "The Prince of Egypt". In 1996, when DreamWorks merged with PDI, he was assigned to direct his first feature film "Antz". The film, released in 1998, marked the studio's first computer-animated feature film, and the second computer-animated feature film ever. He then worked as story | 51,519 | triviaqa-train |
What is the name of the central character, a Harvard professor of religious iconology and symbology, in Dan Brown's novels 'Angels And Demons' and 'The Da Vinci Code'? | Robert Langdon
Professor Robert Langdon is a fictional character created by author Dan Brown for his "Robert Langdon" book series: "Angels & Demons" (2000), "The Da Vinci Code" (2003), "The Lost Symbol" (2009), "Inferno" (2013) and "Origin" (2017). He is a Harvard University professor of history of art and "symbology" (a fictional field related to the study of historic symbols, which is not methodologically connected to the actual | thought that the novel "has more the feel of a thriller than science fiction" but that "Not so many thrillers, either, are as character-driven as this one. ... Fast-paced, suspenseful, and intellectually engaging, "Dante's Equation" is thoroughly enjoyable reading. Anyone who was tempted to hurl Dan Brown's wooden and overhyped "The Da Vinci Code" across the room might want to give this book a try; if you're looking for a well-written thriller full of religious symbology | 51,520 | triviaqa-train |
Who was the Commander of the Luftwaffe who avoided execution by committing suicide by cyanide ingestion the night before he was due to be hanged in October 1946? | ceased to be an effective fighting force.
After the defeat of Germany, the "Luftwaffe" was disbanded in 1946. During World War II, German pilots claimed roughly 70,000 aerial victories, while over 75,000 "Luftwaffe" aircraft were destroyed or significantly damaged. Of these, nearly 40,000 were lost entirely. The "Luftwaffe" had only two commanders-in-chief throughout its history: Hermann Göring and later "Generalfeldmarschall" Robert Ritter von Greim for the last two weeks of the war.
The "Luftwaffe" | assassination attempt had failed, Kluge committed suicide by taking cyanide poison on 17 August 1944. Witzleben was to have become Commander-in-Chief of the Wehrmacht if the attempt had succeeded. He was arrested, stripped of his rank and expelled from the Army so that he could be tried in a civilian ourt, and sentenced to death; the execution was carried out on 8 August 1944. On 4 May 1945, less than a week before Nazi Germany surrendered, Bock died of wounds afflicted the day before by a strafing | 51,521 | triviaqa-train |
What is the name of the capital and largest city in Brunei? | ) and 38 subdistricts ("mukims").
The daerah of Temburong is physically separated from the rest of Brunei by the Malaysian state of Sarawak.
The daerah of Brunei-Muara includes Brunei's capital city, Bandar Seri Begawan, whose suburbs dominate 15 of the 18 mukims in this daerah.
Over 90% of Brunei's total population lives in 15 of the 38 mukims:
Legal system.
Brunei has numerous courts in its judicial branch. The highest court is the Supreme Court, which consists | Sarawak
Sarawak (; ) is a state of Malaysia. The largest among the 13 states, with an area almost equal to that of Peninsular Malaysia, Sarawak is located in northwest Borneo Island, and is bordered by the Malaysian state of Sabah to the northeast, Kalimantan (the Indonesian portion of Borneo) to the south, and Brunei in the north. The capital city, Kuching, is the largest city in Sarawak, the economic centre of the state, and the seat of the Sarawak state government. Other cities and | 51,522 | triviaqa-train |
Who had a number one hit in June 2010 with 'Dirtee Disco'? | Dirtee Disco
"Dirtee Disco" is the fifth single from English rapper Dizzee Rascal's fourth studio album "Tongue n' Cheek," although the song only appears in the deluxe edition of the album. It features background vocals from former One True Voice member Daniel Pearce and samples The Staple Singers' 1972 track, "I'll Take You There". It was released on 23 May 2010 by digital download.
Critical reception.
Robert Copsey of Digital Spy gave the song a negative review, stating: | the United Kingdom and number twenty-four in Ireland. The album, "Tongue N' Cheek", was re-issued in June 2010 to include the collaboration and celebrate the platinum certification of the album itself. The 'Dirtee Deluxe' edition of the album included the single "Dirtee Disco", which gave the rapper a fourth solo number-one single when it topped the chart in May 2010.
The rapper returned to the charts in 2012 following the release of "Scream", which featured "Must | 51,523 | triviaqa-train |
'Operation Anthropoid' was the codename given to the successful plot to assassinate which senior Nazi? | for their support, the Nazis would permit the restoration of the monarchy.
There were factions within the Nazi Party, both conservative and radical. The conservative Nazi Hermann Göring urged Hitler to conciliate with capitalists and reactionaries. Other prominent conservative Nazis included Heinrich Himmler and Reinhard Heydrich. Meanwhile, the radical Nazi Joseph Goebbels opposed capitalism, viewing it as having Jews at its core and he stressed the need for the party to emphasize both a proletarian and a national character. Those views were shared by Otto Strasser, who later left | ; but Skorzeny stewarded the Italian leader right in front of the cameras.
After a pro-SS propaganda coup at the behest of "Reichsführer-SS" Heinrich Himmler and propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels, Skorzeny and his Special Forces ("SS-Sonderverband z. b. V. "Friedenthal"") of the "Waffen-SS" were granted the majority of the credit for the operation.
Operations by Skorzeny Operation Long Jump.
"Operation Long Jump" was the alleged codename given to a plot to assassinate the " | 51,524 | triviaqa-train |
Located in Kanagawa Prefecture on Honshu, which is Japan's second largest city by population? | of Japan during the Kamakura period (1185–1333).
During the Edo period, the western part of Sagami Province was governed by the "daimyō" of Odawara Castle, while the eastern part was directly governed by the Tokugawa shogunate in Edo (modern-day Tokyo).
Commodore Matthew Perry landed in Kanagawa in 1853 and 1854 and signed the Convention of Kanagawa to force open Japanese ports to the United States. Yokohama, the largest deep-water port in Tokyo Bay, was opened to foreign traders in 1859 after | Toyama Shogyo High School
Region.
Toyama Shogyo is located in Toyama City. Toyama City is the capital of Toyama Prefecture, which is in the Hokuriku area of the Chubu region on Honshu, Japan's largest island. The school can be reached via tram from Toyama station, which is served by JR’s Takayama, Takaoka, and Hokuriku lines, as well as various express trains for those coming from farther-abroad. The school is located near the Shin-Toyama stop on the Toyama city tram line, as | 51,525 | triviaqa-train |
What was the disorder afflicting the protagonist in Mark Haddon's 'The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time'? | , with a garden fork sticking out of him.
Themes.
Themes Social disability.
In a June 2003 interview with NPR's Terry Gross on her program "Fresh Air", Haddon said about Christopher:
Haddon states on his website that, although he had read "a handful of newspaper and magazine articles about, or by, people with Asperger's and autism" in preparation for writing the book, he knows "very little" about Asperger's syndrome and that Christopher Boone is inspired by two different people | . Inspiration for "I Love You, Apple, I Love You, Orange" was drawn from a variety of sources including, Mark Haddon's novel "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time", Kristen Kosmas's play "The Mayor of Baltimore", and the films "The Hole", "What Time Is It There?", "Alice", "The Sweet Hereafter", "Punch-Drunk Love", and "Brief Encounter". Real foods were used as stop | 51,526 | triviaqa-train |
Killikrates and Iktinos were the architects of which building completed on the 5th century BC? | Ictinus
Ictinus (; , "Iktinos") was an architect active in the mid 5th century BC. Ancient sources identify Ictinus and Callicrates as co-architects of the Parthenon. He co-wrote a book on the project – which is now lost – in collaboration with Carpion.
Pausanias identifies Ictinus as architect of the Temple of Apollo at Bassae. That temple was Doric on the exterior, Ionic on the interior, and incorporated a Corinthian column, the earliest known, at the center rear of the cella. Sources | and is not quite tall. At its base are three cylindrical parts whose diameters decrease and terminate in a dome. At the lower cylinder, to the corners of the square base plates, four lions decorate the building, which may not have been completed. Excavations of the burial chambers east of the towers has uncovered finds dated back as far as the 5th century BC. Plain limestone and clay sarcophagus were found arranged in cassette-like formation within the chambers. Other tombs are located south of the Nahr al-Qubli, | 51,527 | triviaqa-train |
What was the name of the gymnastics group who won this year's 'Britain's Got Talent' final? | cancelled before this could happen. Owing to illness, Cowell was unable to attend the Birmingham auditions, which led to Louis Walsh being in brought in as a guest judge for these. The series was won by gymnastic troupe Spelbound, with dancing duo Twist and Pulse coming in second, and drummer Kieran Gaffney placing third.
Series overview Series 5 (2011).
The fifth series was aired during 2011, between 16 April to 4 June, and was the first to be broadcast completely in high-definition; like before | him from the start. He's got the talent and he'll give everyone a run for their money. He wasn't just another vent act, he injected new life into this art form. I've got no hint of what he'll do in the final but he'll pull out all the stops."
"Britain's Got Talent" Final.
The final was broadcast live on 17 June 2007. Scott returned with Bubbles to the delight of the judges, however opera singer Paul Potts won.
"Britain's Got | 51,528 | triviaqa-train |
Initially ruling as part of a troika with Lavrentiy Beria and Vyacheslav Molotov, who became Premier of the Soviet Union upon the death of Josef Stalin in 1953? | 5 March 1953. Without a mutually agreeable successor, the highest Communist Party officials initially opted to rule the Soviet Union jointly through a troika headed by Georgy Malenkov. This did not last, however, and Nikita Khrushchev eventually won the ensuing power struggle by the mid-1950s. In 1956 he denounced Stalin's use of repression and proceeded to ease controls over party and society. This was known as de-Stalinization.
Moscow considered Eastern Europe to be a critically vital buffer zone for the forward defense of its western borders, in | - Courtney Hodges - American commander of U.S. First Army who replaced Bradley
- Dwight D. Eisenhower - Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces in Europe
- Bernard Montgomery - British field marshal and commander of the 21st Army Group
Soviets:
- Joseph Stalin - Soviet Premier
- Vyacheslav Molotov - Soviet Foreign Minister
- Georgy Zhukov - Marshal of the Soviet Union
- Nikolai Bulganin - politician
- Lavrentiy Beria - chief of the NKVD
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- "Fox on the Rhine" on Barnes | 51,529 | triviaqa-train |
An aria sung by the unknown prince 'Calaf' in Puccini's 'Turandot', how does 'Nessum Dorma' translate into English? | Nessun dorma
"" (; English: "None shall sleep") is an aria from the final act of Giacomo Puccini's opera "Turandot" and one of the best-known tenor arias in all opera. It is sung by Calaf, (the unknown prince), who falls in love at first sight with the beautiful but cold Princess Turandot. Any man who wishes to wed Turandot must first answer her three riddles; if he fails, he will be beheaded. In the aria, Calaf expresses his | In questa reggia
"In questa reggia" ("In this palace") is an aria from Giacomo Puccini's opera "Turandot" set to a libretto in Italian by Giuseppe Adami and Renato Simoni. The text is based on Friedrich Schiller's adaptation of the play "Turandot" by Carlo Gozzi. The aria takes place in scene two of the second act, and is sung mostly by the Princess Turandot (soprano), but with a reply from Calaf (tenor), which is a key point of the | 51,530 | triviaqa-train |
Made up of the top members of the Central Committee, what was the name of the elected body that functioned as the central policymaking body of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union? | Politburo. Operations were handled by the separate Ministry of Foreign Affairs. It was known as the People's Commissariat for Foreign Affairs (or Narkomindel), until 1946. The most influential spokesmen were Georgy Chicherin (1872–1936), Maxim Litvinov (1876–1951), Vyacheslav Molotov (1890–1986), Andrey Vyshinsky (1883–1954) and Andrei Gromyko (1909–1989). Intellectuals were based in the Moscow State Institute of International Relations.
- Comintern (1919–1943), or Communist International, was an international communist organization based in the Kremlin that | Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
The Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union was the executive leadership of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, acting between sessions of Congress. According to own party statutes, the committee directed all party and governmental activities. Its members were elected by the Party Congress.
During Vladimir Lenin's leadership of the Communist Party, the Central Committee functioned as the highest party authority between Congresses. However, the 8th Party Congress (held in 1919) established | 51,531 | triviaqa-train |
How does Rossini's opera 'La Gazza Ladra' translate into English? | La gazza ladra
La gazza ladra (, The Thieving Magpie) is a "melodramma" or opera semiseria in two acts by Gioachino Rossini, with a libretto by Giovanni Gherardini based on "La pie voleuse" by Théodore Baudouin d'Aubigny and Louis-Charles Caigniez.
The composer Gioachino Rossini wrote quickly, and "La gazza ladra" was no exception. According to legend, before the first performance of the opera, the producer assured the composition of the overture by locking Rossini in a room, from the window of | opera manager I would leap at the chance of reviving Rossini's "Otello", once having heard Miss von Stade sing Desdemona's Willow Song and Prayer as eloquently as she does here. Listen how her voice runs delicately through 'Salce d'amor delizia' ending with a heartrending diminuendo, ... or how affectingly she touches in the recitative, or how she rightly allows a little harshness into her lovely tone on the word 'l'ingrato' or covers it for the Prayer. Happy Cinderella ... is as clearly defined, as are her | 51,532 | triviaqa-train |
Which great modernist architect designed the Seagram Building in New York in collaboration with Philip Johnson? | modernist building, and the Wainwright Building, a 10-story office building built 1890–91, in St. Louis, Missouri, United States, is among the first skyscrapers in the world. Ludwig Mies van der Rohe's Seagram Building in New York (1956–1958) is often regarded as the pinnacle of this modernist high-rise architecture. Many aspects of modernist design still persist within the mainstream of contemporary architecture, though previous dogmatism has given way to a more playful use of decoration, historical quotation, and spatial drama.
In 1913—which was | Seagram. The commission resulted in the iconic bronze-and-glass tower on Park Avenue. The building was designed by Mies.The interiors of the Four Seasons and Brasserie restaurants were designed by Johnson
The Modernist Period (1949–1979) Further development.
Following the Seagram Building He built several smaller projects in a more personal, expressive style, with ornament touches and features far from the sobriety of the modernist style; the Synagogue of Port Chester New York, with a plaster vaulted ceiling and narrow colored windows (1954–56); the | 51,533 | triviaqa-train |
Which football team have recently been crowned Portuguese League Champions? | them, the "Big Three" – Benfica (37 titles), Porto (28) and Sporting CP (18) – have won all but two Primeira Liga titles; the other winners are Belenenses (1945–46) and Boavista (2000–01).
The Primeira Liga has increased its reputation in the last few years, occupying as of February 2017, the 7th place of UEFA's league ranking. It broke into the top five for the first time in the 2011–12 season, passing the French Ligue 1, one of | cricket all experience success from under-age to senior level.
Castle Villa, whose grounds are at Mullarney Park, are one of the most successful and well-known soccer teams in Leinster. Two of the club's most successful teams of the past were the 1979 team which won the Counties Cup and the Sheeran Cup winners of 1984. Most recently they have been crowned Lumsden League Cup Champions in 2016 and have been Kildare Senior League champions on several occasions. They have competed with the elite clubs of both Leinster and | 51,534 | triviaqa-train |
Which Portuguese navigator is widely regarded as the first European to discoverer of Brazil? | variety of ecological systems, and extensive natural resources spanning numerous protected habitats. This unique environmental heritage makes Brazil one of 17 megadiverse countries, and is the subject of significant global interest and debate regarding deforestation and environmental protection.
Brazil was inhabited by numerous tribal nations prior to the landing in 1500 of explorer Pedro Álvares Cabral, who claimed the area for the Portuguese Empire. Brazil remained a Portuguese colony until 1808, when the capital of the empire was transferred from Lisbon to Rio de Janeiro. In 1815, the colony was | Theory of the Portuguese discovery of Australia
The theory of Portuguese discovery of Australia claims that early Portuguese navigators were the first Europeans to sight Australia between 1521 and 1524, well before the arrival of Dutch navigator Willem Janszoon in 1606 on board the "Duyfken" who is generally considered to be the first European discoverer. This is based on the following elements:
- The Dieppe maps, a group of 16th-century French world maps, which depict a large landmass between Indonesia and Antarctica. Labelled as Java la Grande, | 51,535 | triviaqa-train |
What is the name of the cooking technique used in Japanese cuisine, in which foods are broiled or grilled in a sweet soy sauce marinade? | Teriyaki
Teriyaki (kanji: 照り焼き) is a cooking technique used in Japanese cuisine in which foods are broiled or grilled with a glaze of soy sauce, mirin, and sugar.
Fish – yellowtail, marlin, skipjack tuna, salmon, trout, and mackerel – is mainly used in Japan, while white and red meat – chicken, pork, lamb, and beef – is more often used in the West. Other ingredients sometimes used in Japan include squid, hamburger steak, and meatballs.
The word " | Sweet soy sauce is an important marinade for barbecued meat and fish, such as satay and grilled fishes. Sweet soy sauce is also an important ingredient for "semur", Indonesian stew.
Spices and other flavourings Peanut sauce.
One of the main characteristics of Indonesian cuisine is the wide application of peanuts in many Indonesian signature dishes, such as "satay", "gado-gado", "karedok", "ketoprak", and "pecel". All of these dishes applied ample of "bumbu kacang" | 51,536 | triviaqa-train |
Which American adventurer, the first man to fly non-stop around the world in a balloon, died in 2007 after the plane he was flying crashed in the Sierra Nevada Mountains in California? | Steve Fossett
James Stephen "Steve" Fossett (April 22, 1944 – September 3, 2007) was an American businessman and a record-setting aviator, sailor, and adventurer. He was the first person to fly solo nonstop around the world in a balloon and in a fixed-wing aircraft. He made his fortune in the financial services industry and was best known for many world records, including five nonstop circumnavigations of the Earth: as a long-distance solo balloonist, as a sailor, and as a | the plane her step-dad was flying crashed in the Trinity Alps of California in March 1967. He was lost and died in the woods looking for rescue.
- The winter 1969 search for the Hawthorne Nevada Airlines Flight 708 "Gamblers' Special" DC-3 that crashed on February 18, 1969 in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. Five aircraft crashed and five searchers were killed while trying to find Flight 708.
- Carriage requirements for emergency locator beacons on most US non-jet powered fixed-wing civil aircraft became law | 51,537 | triviaqa-train |
Often used in sushi, which Japanese delicacy consists of very fresh raw seafood, sliced into thin pieces and served with a dipping sauce? | Sashimi
Origin.
The word "sashimi" means "pierced body", i.e. "刺身" = "sashimi", where 刺 し = "sashi" (pierced, stuck) and 身 = "mi" (body, meat). This word dates from the Muromachi period and was possibly coined when the word "切る" = "kiru" (cut), the culinary step, was considered too inauspicious to be used by anyone other than samurai. This word may derive from the culinary practice of | Sōmen
, somyeon (), or sùmiàn () are very thin noodles made of wheat flour, less than 1.3 mm in diameter. It is used extensively throughout East Asian cuisines. The most common example is Japanese sōmen and the noodles are usually served cold with soy sauce and "dashi" dipping sauce, similar to "mori-soba" ("盛り蕎麦") noodles style. The difference between sōmen and another thin Japanese noodles "hiyamugi" ("冷麦)" are, "hiyamugi" is sliced | 51,538 | triviaqa-train |
Which dog that was originally bred in the Congo, is sometimes known as 'The Barkless Dog' as it produces an unusual yodel-like sound due to its unusually shaped larynx? | Basenji
The Basenji is a breed of hunting dog. It was bred from stock that originated in central Africa. Most of the major kennel clubs in the English-speaking world place the breed in the hound group—more specifically, in the sighthound type. The Fédération Cynologique Internationale places the breed in its group five (spitz and primitive types), and the United Kennel Club (US) places the breed in its Sighthound and pariah group.
The Basenji produces an unusual yodel-like sound (commonly called a | Telomian
The Telomian is a breed of dog native to Malaysia. Though rare, it remains the only known Malaysian dog breed to live outside its homeland. Malaysian used to called this dog breed Anjing Kampung which means "Village dog" in Malay. This dog breed still remains one of the rarest in the world.
History.
Telomians were originally bred as vermin-controlling hunting dogs by the Orang Asli indigenous people of Malaysia. Telomians developed an unusual climbing ability, as the Orang Asli built their houses on stilts | 51,539 | triviaqa-train |
What was the first name of Mr. Diesel, the inventor of the Diesel engine? | Diesel engine
The diesel engine (also known as a compression-ignition or CI engine), named after Rudolf Diesel, is an internal combustion engine in which ignition of the fuel, which is injected into the combustion chamber, is caused by the elevated temperature of the air in the cylinder due to the mechanical compression (adiabatic compression). This contrasts with spark-ignition engines such as a petrol engine (gasoline engine) or gas engine (using a gaseous fuel as opposed to petrol), which use a spark | R. Tom Sawyer
Robert Thomas Sawyer, known as R. Tom Sawyer, (June 20, 1901 – January 19, 1986) was the inventor of the first successful gas turbine locomotive. He also assisted in development of the diesel locomotive while he worked for General Electric, which led him to be known as the "Father of the Diesel Locomotive". Sawyer was the founder of what is now the modern-day "International Gas Turbine Institute" (IGTI), and among industry professionals was known as "Mr. Gas | 51,540 | triviaqa-train |
What is the name of the Italian tennis player who defeated Samantha Stosur to win the Women's French Open title earlier this month? | 1 team of Cara Black and Liezel Huber. In Indian Wells, Stosur defeated Francesca Schiavone in the first round before she was eliminated in the second round by seventh seed Agnieszka Radwańska in three sets. In doubles, Stosur and Stubbs lost to Vera Zvonareva and Victoria Azarenka in the second round. At the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami, Stosur defeated Sofia Arvidsson and Sybille Bammer before having the biggest win of her career against world No. 2, Dinara Safina, in the third round. Safina would have reached the No. | the Internazionali d'Italia. Seeded fourth, she received a bye in the first round. She won her opening match against Lourdes Domínguez Lino and defeated Jarmila Gajdošová and Gréta Arn in the next two rounds en route to back-to-back semifinals on clay. However, she lost to Samantha Stosur in two sets.
Li won her first major title at the French Open on June 4; by doing so she made history and became the first tennis player from an East Asian and Asian country to win a Grand Slam singles | 51,541 | triviaqa-train |
Which English monarch wrestled with Francis I of France at 'The Field of the Cloth of Gold'? | Henry VIII of England
Henry VIII (28 June 1491 – 28 January 1547) was King of England from 1509 until his death in 1547. He was the second Tudor monarch, succeeding his father Henry VII. Henry is best known for his six marriages, in particular his efforts to have his first marriage (to Catherine of Aragon) annulled. His disagreement with the Pope on the question of such an annulment led Henry to initiate the English Reformation, separating the Church of England from papal authority. He appointed himself the | heavy bronze cannon, allowing for a broadside. In all, she mounted 43 heavy guns and 141 light guns. She was the first English two-decker, and when launched she was the largest and most powerful warship in Europe, but she saw little action. She was present at the Battle of the Solent against Francis I of France in 1545 (in which "Mary Rose" sank) but appears to have been more of a diplomatic vessel, sailing on occasion with sails of gold cloth. Indeed, the great | 51,542 | triviaqa-train |
What was the first name of Mr. Braille, who devised a system allowing blind people to read and write? | , in the face of changes in education policy and screen reader software, braille usage has declined in recent decades, despite the fact that technologies such as braille displays have also made braille more accessible and practical.
Braille is named after its creator, Louis Braille, a Frenchman who lost his sight as a result of a childhood accident. In 1824, at the age of fifteen, he developed a code for the French alphabet as an improvement on night writing. He published his system, which subsequently included musical notation, | The English/Moon system or Moon type is easy to learn for the newly blind as it has a strong resemblance to the familiar written alphabet, but Braille has such great advantages over the Moon system for regular usage that it quickly eclipsed the Moon system. Braille with its "slate and stylus" was unique in that it was the first and, until computers with screen readers, the only method a blind person could write and read themselves what had been written.
The earliest systematic attempt to provide a method to " | 51,543 | triviaqa-train |
Which English king was overthrown after 'The Glorious Revolution'? | Glorious Revolution
The Glorious Revolution, or Revolution of 1688, , or , refers to the November 1688 deposition and subsequent replacement of James II and VII as ruler of England, Scotland and Ireland by his daughter Mary II and her Dutch husband William III of Orange. The outcome of events in all three kingdoms and Europe, the Revolution was quick and relatively bloodless, though establishing the new regime took much longer and led to significant casualties. The term was first used by John Hampden in late 1689.
Despite his Catholicism | of resistance and self-preservation, when the sanctions of society and laws are found insufficient to restrain the violence of oppression."
The English Bill of Rights of 1689 emerged from a tempestuous period in English politics during which two issues were major sources of conflict: the authority of the King to govern without the consent of Parliament, and the role of Catholics in a country that was becoming ever more Protestant. Ultimately, the Catholic James II was overthrown in the Glorious Revolution, and his successors, the Protestants William | 51,544 | triviaqa-train |
Thought to be the strongest of all dog breeds and certainly the strongest swimmer, which dog, originally bred in Canada, is noteable for its waterproof coat and webbed feet? | China, and the Soviet Union. Despite another Conscription Crisis in Quebec in 1944, Canada finished the war with a large army and strong economy.
History Contemporary era.
The financial crisis of the Great Depression had led the Dominion of Newfoundland to relinquish responsible government in 1934 and become a crown colony ruled by a British governor. After two bitter referendums, Newfoundlanders voted to join Canada in 1949 as a province.
Canada's post-war economic growth, combined with the policies of successive Liberal governments, led to the | Water dog
A water dog is a type of gundog bred to flush and retrieve game from water. Water dogs are considered the progenitors of most modern retriever dog breeds.
Description.
Water dogs are usually medium sized, active dogs, their most distinctive feature are their tight waterproof coats and their strong desire to swim. Traditionally many long haired water dogs breeds have their coats clipped with a bare midriff and hindquarters to assist in swimming by reducing drag, whilst retaining a long coat around their torso to prevent thermal shock | 51,545 | triviaqa-train |
Also the name of a popular TV character, who was the father of the apostles John the Evangelist and James the Greater? | 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 | Holy Kinship
Holy Kinship was a popular theme in religious art throughout Germany and the Low Countries, especially during the late 15th and early 16th centuries. The Holy Kin were the extended family of Jesus descended from his maternal grandmother Saint Anne. According to this tradition, St. Anne, the mother of the Virgin Mary, was grandmother not just to Jesus but also to five of the twelve apostles: John the Evangelist, James the Greater, James the Less, Simon and Jude. These apostles, together with John the Baptist | 51,546 | triviaqa-train |
Mount Cook is the highest point in which Commonwealth country? | Aoraki / Mount Cook
Aoraki / Mount Cook is the highest mountain in New Zealand. Its height since 2014 is listed as , down from before December 1991, due to a rockslide and subsequent erosion. It lies in the Southern Alps, the mountain range which runs the length of the South Island. A popular tourist destination, it is also a favourite challenge for mountain climbers. Aoraki / Mount Cook consists of three summits, from South to North the Low Peak (), Middle Peak () and High Peak. | Mount Rogers
Mount Rogers is the highest natural point in the Commonwealth of Virginia, United States, with a summit elevation of above mean sea level. The summit straddles the border of Grayson and Smyth Counties, Virginia, about WSW of Troutdale, Virginia. Most of the mountain is contained within the Lewis Fork Wilderness, while the entire area is part of the Mount Rogers National Recreation Area, which itself is a part of the Jefferson National Forest.
The mountain is named for William Barton Rogers, a Virginian educated at | 51,547 | triviaqa-train |
Colin Firth was nominated for an 'Oscar' for Best Actor this year for his role as 'George Falconer' in which film? | actors, it was not until his portrayal of Fitzwilliam Darcy in the 1995 television adaptation of Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice" that he received more widespread attention. This led to roles in films, such as "The English Patient", "Bridget Jones's Diary," for which he was nominated for a BAFTA Award, "Shakespeare in Love", and "Love Actually". In 2009, Firth received widespread critical acclaim for his leading role in "A Single Man", for which he gained his | nominated for top award the Golden Lion. Colin Firth was awarded the Volpi Cup as Best Actor for his performance. He won a BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role, and was nominated for an Academy Award, Golden Globe, Independent Spirit Award and Screen Actors Guild Award and won AFI Film of the Year and the GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Film – Wide Release.
Other nominations for the film included two further Golden Globe categories: Julianne Moore for Best Supporting Actress, and Abel Korzeniowski for Best Original Score | 51,548 | triviaqa-train |
Mount Logan is the highest point in which Commonwealth country? | Empire. That role was no longer militarily or financially feasible, as Britain's withdrawal from Greece in 1947 had painfully demonstrated. Britain itself was now just one part of the NATO military alliance in which the Commonwealth had no role apart from Canada. The ANZUS treaty of 1955 linked Australia, New Zealand, and the United States in a defensive alliance, with Britain and the Commonwealth left out. The second major function of the Empire made London the financial centre of the system. After the Second World War, the British treasury | GNIS as a ridge with Signal Hill as its summit. "Mount Magazine" is the name used by the Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism, which follows what the locals have used since the area was first settled.
Mount Magazine is often called "the highest point between the Alleghenies and the Rockies", but there are many parts of Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota, and North Dakota with higher elevations.
Location.
Mount Magazine is located due north of Blue Mountain Lake in Logan | 51,549 | triviaqa-train |
The 2001 film 'Blackhawk Down' told the story of a US | amid the civil war in Somalia, the United Nations Security Council authorizes a military operation with a peacekeeping mandate. After the bulk of the peacekeepers were withdrawn, the Mogadishu-based militia loyal to Mohamed Farrah Aidid declared war on the remaining UN personnel. In response, the U.S. Army deploys three of its special operations forces – 75th Rangers, Delta Force counter-terrorist operators, and 160th SOAR - Night Stalkers aviators – to Mogadishu to capture Aidid, who has proclaimed himself president.
To consolidate his power and subdue the | 2005)
- Safari Style (2004) Lifestyle, Fine Living
- (2003) Documentary Film, MSNBC
- (2003) Documentary, Fox News
- The True Story of Blackhawk Down (2002) Documentary, History Channel
- Tip of the Spear (2001) Reality, MSNBC
- (2001) Reality, A&E
- Lockup: Inside America's Prisons (2000) Documentary, MSNBC
- Headliners and Legends: Stephen King (2000) Documentary, MSNBC
- (1997) Documentary | 51,550 | triviaqa-train |
Which British architect designed the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg? | European countries are now well established democracies with good reputation of human rights: while international human rights institutions may help new emerging democracies make credible commitments to human rights while they are still weak and seek approval, once consolidated democracies already have credibly established domestic protections they have fewer reasons to put up with interventionist supranational institutions.
Architecture.
The building, which houses the court chambers and Registry (administration and référendaires), was designed by the Richard Rogers Partnership and completed in 1995. The design is meant to reflect, amongst | rights. The United Kingdom ratified the European Convention on Human Rights in 1951, and accepted the right of individual petition to the European Court of Human Rights, Strasbourg, in 1966. The Human Rights Act 1998 made most Convention rights directly enforceable in a British court for the first time. Excluded are Articles 1 and 13, which the government argued were fulfilled by the Act itself, and therefore were not relevant to rights enforced under it. The Human Rights Act has had a considerable effect on British law, and remains an | 51,551 | triviaqa-train |
Which English queen is said to haunt the library at Windsor Castle? | Henry VIII and Elizabeth I made increasing use of the castle as a royal court and centre for diplomatic entertainment.
Windsor Castle survived the tumultuous period of the English Civil War, when it was used as a military headquarters by Parliamentary forces and a prison for Charles I. At the Restoration of the monarchy in 1660, Charles II rebuilt much of Windsor Castle with the help of the architect Hugh May, creating a set of extravagant Baroque interiors that are still admired. After a period of neglect during the 18th century, George | Tchaikovsky conductors in his long experience. Wood also successfully challenged the widespread belief that Englishmen were not capable of conducting Wagner. When Wood and the Queen's Hall Orchestra performed at Windsor Castle in November 1898, Queen Victoria chose Tchaikovsky and Wagner for the programme. Wood, who modelled his appearance on Nikisch, took it as a compliment that the queen said to him, "Tell me, Mr Wood, are you quite English?"
In 1898, Wood married one of his singing pupils, Olga Michailoff, a divorcée | 51,552 | triviaqa-train |
The British Open Championships of which sport are held annually at Cowdray Park in West Sussex? | Cowdray Park, West Sussex
Cowdray Park is a country house at the centre of the Cowdray Estate in Midhurst, West Sussex.
Overview.
The park lies in the South Downs National Park. The estate belongs to Viscount Cowdray, whose family have owned it since 1908. It has a golf course, and it offers clay pigeon shooting and corporate activity days, as well as the more traditional activities of agriculture, forestry and property lets.
Overview Cowdray Park Polo Club.
The estate is home to the Cowdray | Midhurst in the County of Sussex, in 1910. His son, the second Viscount, sat as a Liberal Member of Parliament for Eye. His son, the third Viscount, after serving in World War II where he lost an arm, was Chairman of the family firm of Pearson Plc from 1954 to 1977. The titles are held by the latter's son, the fourth Viscount, who succeeded in 1995.
The family seat is Cowdray Park, West Sussex, near Midhurst, Sussex, which the 4th Viscount put | 51,553 | triviaqa-train |
Who was the pirate leader in the novel Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson? | an idea for Long John Silver from which I promised myself funds of entertainment; to take an admired friend of mine... to deprive him of all his finer qualities and higher graces of temperament, and to leave him with nothing but his strength, his courage, his quickness, and his magnificent geniality, and to try to express these in terms of the culture of a raw tarpaulin."
Completing 15 chapters in as many days, Stevenson was interrupted by illness and, after leaving Scotland, continued working on the first | featured a search for buried treasure hidden by Captain William Kidd and found by following an elaborate code on a scrap of parchment.
- "Fanny Campbell, the Female Pirate Captain", a novel about a woman who goes to sea dressed as a man to rescue her fiancé and becomes a pirate captain
- "Treasure Island" (1883), a novel by Robert Louis Stevenson.
- "The Black Corsair" (1898), first in a series of pirate novels by Emilio Salgari.
- " | 51,554 | triviaqa-train |
On Aug 2, 1943, what PT boat was run down by the Japanese destroyer Amagiri, resulting in a 5 day evasion scenario for future president John F. Kennedy and his remaining crew? | held together by thousands of copper rivets and bronze screws. The overall result was an extremely light and strong hull which could be easily repaired at the front lines when battle damage was sustained.
As a testament to the strength of this type of construction, several PT boats withstood catastrophic battle damage and still remained afloat. For example, the forward half of future President John F. Kennedy's "PT-109" (Elco) stayed afloat for 12 hours after she was cut in half by the Japanese destroyer "Amagiri". " | 1947)
- "The Kenton Era" (Capitol, 1940–54, [1955])
With King Pleasure
- 1954 "King Pleasure Sings/Annie Ross Sings"
- 1954 "The Original Moody's Mood"
- 1955 "King Pleasure"
With Pete Rugolo
- "Rugolomania" (Columbia, 1955)
- "New Sounds by Pete Rugolo" (Harmony, 1954–55, [1957])
With Zoot Sims
- 1949 "The Brothers"
- 1952 "Zoot Sims | 51,555 | triviaqa-train |
In the 1967 Disney movie The Jungle Book, who taught Mowgli The Bare Necessities? | The Jungle Book
The Jungle Book (1894) is a collection of stories by the English author Rudyard Kipling. Most of the characters are animals such as Shere Khan the tiger and Baloo the bear, though a principal character is the boy or "man-cub" Mowgli, who is raised in the jungle by wolves. The stories are set in a forest in India; one place mentioned repeatedly is "Seonee" (Seoni), in the central
state of Madhya Pradesh.
A major theme in the | , Bruce Reitherman, as Mowgli.
"The Jungle Book" was released on October 18, 1967, to positive reception, with acclaim for its soundtrack, featuring five songs by the Sherman Brothers and one by Gilkyson, "The Bare Necessities". The film initially became Disney's second highest-grossing animated film in the United States and Canada, and was also successful during its re-releases. The film was also successful throughout the world, becoming Germany's highest-grossing film by number of admissions. Disney | 51,556 | triviaqa-train |
What is the name of the membership only warehouse club owned and operated by Wal-Mart that ranks second to Costco in sales volume? | Walmart
Walmart Inc. (; formerly Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.) is an American multinational retail corporation that operates a chain of hypermarkets, discount department stores, and grocery stores, headquartered in Bentonville, Arkansas. The company was founded by Sam Walton in 1962 and incorporated on October 31, 1969. It also owns and operates Sam's Club retail warehouses. Walmart has 11,368 stores and clubs in 27countries, operating under 55 differentnames. The company operates under the name Walmart in the United States and Canada, as Walmart de México | exists from warehouse clubs such as Costco that offer savings to customers buying in bulk quantities. Superstores, such as those operated by Wal-Mart and Asda, often offer a wide range of goods and services in addition to foods. In Australia, ALDI, Woolworths and Coles are the major players running the industry with fierce competition among all the three. The rising market share of ALDI has forced the other two to slash prices and increase their private label product ranges. The proliferation of such warehouse and superstores has contributed to the | 51,557 | triviaqa-train |
In what sport (also in the Olympics) do the participants use a foil or a sabre? | fencing are regulated by national sporting associations—in the United States, the United States Fencing Association (USFA) and internationally by the International Fencing Federation, or "Fédération Internationale d'Escrime" (FIE).
The detailed rules for foil are listed in the USFA Rulebook.
Rules for the sport of fencing date back to the 19th century. The current international rules for foil were adopted by the FIE Committee for Foil on 12 June 1914. They are based on previous sets of rules adopted by national associations. The rules | in 1988, 32 years after foil and 52 years after the épée. In 2004, immediately following the Athens Summer Olympics, the timing for recording a touch was shortened from its previous setting, dramatically altering the sport and method in which a touch is scored.
Unlike the other two weapons, there is very little difference between an electric sabre and a steam or dry (non-electric) one. The blade itself is the same in steam and electric sabres, as there is no need for a blade wire or | 51,558 | triviaqa-train |
In woodworking joints, what do you insert into your mortise? | initially leaves room to insert the tenon. The wedge, after the tenon is engaged, prevents its withdrawal.
- Through-wedged half-dovetail:a wedged half-dovetail mortise that passes entirely through the piece.
Types Tenons.
A tenon is a projection on the end of a timber for insertion into a mortise. Usually the tenon is taller than it is wide. There are several kinds of tenon:
- Stub tenon:short, the depth of which depends on the size of the timber; | You tell him thanks, you're okay, you're just looking. But he hovers and looms, finds ways to insert himself into your activity, and is a general annoyance. That's what typical marketing feels like: intrusive and disruptive. Engagement Marketing is the opposite. It's a salesperson who hangs back and engages you if/when you need help. Who can sense what you want to do, and help you arrive at that decision. Who will contact you directly with exclusive sales information, if—and | 51,559 | triviaqa-train |
What famed and Nobel prize winning economist, born on July 31, 1912, wrote books such as Money Mischief: Episodes in Monetary History and The Tyranny of the Status Quo, and a series of Newsweek articles entitled “There’s No Such Thing as a Free Lunch”? | Milton Friedman
Milton Friedman (; July 31, 1912 – November 16, 2006) was an American economist who received the 1976 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for his research on consumption analysis, monetary history and theory and the complexity of stabilization policy. With George Stigler and others, Friedman was among the intellectual leaders of the second generation of Chicago school of economics, a methodological movement at the University of Chicago's Department of Economics, Law School and Graduate School of Business from the 1940s onward. Several students and young professors | other Scripps-Howard newspapers about the same time), entitled "Economics in Eight Words".
In 1945, "There ain't no such thing as a free lunch" appeared in the "Columbia Law Review", and "there is no free lunch" appeared in a 1942 article in the "Oelwein Daily Register" (in a quote attributed to economist Harley L. Lutz) and in a 1947 column by economist Merryle S. Rukeyser.
In 1949, the phrase appeared in an article by Walter Morrow in | 51,560 | triviaqa-train |
On Aug 3, 1492, who set sail from Palos de la Frontera, Spain, in a carrack and two caravels, on his way to Asia? | Miguel Corte-Real, and by Christopher Columbus. They were agile and easier to navigate than the barca and barinel, with a tonnage of 50 to 160 tons and 1 to 3 masts, with lateen triangular sails allowing beating.
Being smaller and having a shallow keel, the caravel could sail upriver in shallow coastal waters. With the lateen sails attached, it was highly maneuverable and could sail much nearer the shore, while with the square Atlantic-type sails attached, it was very fast. Its economy, | by travelling west. Twice before, in 1485 and 1488, Columbus had presented the project to king John II of Portugal, who rejected it.
On the evening of 3 August 1492, Columbus departed from Palos de la Frontera with three ships; one larger carrack, "Santa María", nicknamed "Gallega" ("the Galician"), and two smaller caravels, "Pinta" ("the Painted") and "Santa Clara", nicknamed "Niña". Columbus first sailed to the Canary Islands | 51,561 | triviaqa-train |
Who has been the “head” elf in the Keebler Cookie Tree since 1970? | $1.3 billion. The acquisition closed on July 29, 2019.
Keebler Elves.
The animated Keebler Elves, led by "Ernest J. 'Ernie' Keebler", rank among the best-known characters from commercials . Ernest is the head elf and the most friendly of the bunch. The elves have appeared in countless television advertisements throughout the years, shown baking their unique products. In the commercials, The Keebler tree logo is often turned into the tree in which the elves reside.
Leo Burnett Worldwide, | the company picnic. His grandson called her the mean kid with the big boobies. Bernadette is horrified when she realizes how everyone perceives her. Her father had taught her to be tough and she can be cruel with some of her comments without even knowing it. She says she thought she was the sweetest person she knew, and should be in a tree baking cookies like a Keebler elf. She goes to apologize to Dan and discovers that, owing to everyone's fear of her, they have been paying for her daily | 51,562 | triviaqa-train |
What can be a bandage company, a Doctor Who companion (the 7th Dr), and a hardware company? | , the "Family Guy" episodes "Blue Harvest" and "420", and the game "RuneScape". It has also be referenced in "Destroy All Humans! 2", by civilians in the game's variation of England, and multiple times throughout the "Ace Attorney" series.
"Doctor Who" has been a reference in several political cartoons, from a 1964 cartoon in the "Daily Mail" depicting Charles de Gaulle as a Dalek to a 2008 edition of "This Modern World" by | the artefacts. She is portrayed by Hattie Morahan.
S Izzy Sinclair.
Isabelle (Izzy) Sinclair is a companion of Eighth Doctor, appearing in the "Doctor Who Magazine" comic strip. The character also appears in the Big Finish Productions audio drama "The Company of Friends", where she is portrayed by Jemima Rooper.
S Evelyn Smythe.
Dr. Evelyn Smythe is a companion of the Sixth Doctor, appearing in the series of Doctor Who audio plays produced by Big Finish Productions. The character was played by | 51,563 | triviaqa-train |
"Video Killed the Radio Star" by the Buggles, was the first video aired on what cable channel on Aug 1, 1981? | as well as via IPTV providers such as Verizon FIOS and AT&T U-verse is referred to as a "satellite channel". Alternative terms include "non-broadcast channel" or "programming service", the latter being mainly used in legal contexts. Examples of cable/satellite channels/cable networks available in many countries are HBO, Cinemax, MTV, Cartoon Network, AXN, E!, FX, Discovery Channel, Canal+, Eurosport, Fox Sports, Disney Channel, Nickelodeon, CNN International, and ESPN. | wave format making it the first time this format has aired in the Albuquerque market since KKOB-FM dropped the format in late 2002. The last song on "Kool 94.5" was "Hold On" by Wilson Phillips, while the first song on "94.5 The 80's Channel" was "Video Killed the Radio Star" by The Buggles. Originally, the new format had a large emphasis on music from the New Wave genre from artists like Duran Duran, The Police, and Blondie as well as early alternative rock | 51,564 | triviaqa-train |
From the Latin for "to become pale", what element with an atomic number of 4, uses the symbol Be? | Beryllium
Beryllium is a chemical element with the symbol Be and atomic number 4. It is a relatively rare element in the universe, usually occurring as a product of the spallation of larger atomic nuclei that have collided with cosmic rays. Within the cores of stars, beryllium is depleted as it is fused into heavier elements. It is a divalent element which occurs naturally only in combination with other elements in minerals. Notable gemstones which contain beryllium include beryl (aquamarine, emerald) and chrysoberyl. As a free element it is | also an element in the 6th period and in the 4th group.
d-block elements Hafnium.
Hafnium is a chemical element with the symbol Hf and atomic number 72. A lustrous, silvery gray, tetravalent transition metal, hafnium chemically resembles zirconium and is found in zirconium minerals. Its existence was predicted by Dmitri Mendeleev in 1869. Hafnium was the penultimate stable isotope element to be discovered (rhenium was identified two years later). Hafnium is named for "Hafnia", the Latin name for "Copenhagen", | 51,565 | triviaqa-train |
The poker hand known as dead man's hand, as it was supposedly the cards held by Wild West legend Wild Bill Hickok, consists of 2 pairs of what cards? | Jack McCall on August 2, 1876, in Nuttal & Mann's Saloon at Deadwood, Dakota Territory. Reportedly, Hickok's final hand included the aces and eights of both black suits.
According to a book by Western historian Carl W. Breihan, the cards were retrieved from the floor by a man named Neil Christy, who then passed them on to his son. The son, in turn, told Mr. Breihan of the composition of the hand. "Here is an exact identity of these cards as told to me | Jack McCall
John “Jack” McCall (); (1852/1853 – March 1, 1877), also known as "Crooked Nose" or "Broken Nose Jack", was the murderer of Old West legend Wild Bill Hickok. McCall shot Hickok from behind as he played poker at Nuttal & Mann's Saloon in Deadwood, Dakota Territory on August 2, 1876. McCall was executed for the murder on March 1, 1877.
Early life.
Many details of McCall's life are unknown. He was born | 51,566 | triviaqa-train |
According to the World Health Organization, what is the leading mosquito-borne disease in the world? | five, with an estimated 207 million cases and more than half a million deaths in 2012, according to the World Malaria Report 2013 published by WHO. The death toll increased to one million as of 2018 according to the American Mosquito Control Association.
Types Myiasis.
Botflies are known to parazitise humans or other mammalians, causing myiasis, and to use mosquitoes as intermediate vector agents to deposit eggs on a host. The human botfly "Dermatobia hominis" attaches its eggs to the underside of a mosquito, and when the mosquito | vaccine are greater for individuals over 60 years of age. In addition, the vaccine is not usually administered to babies under nine months of age, pregnant women, people with allergies to egg protein, and individuals living with AIDS/HIV. The World Health Organization (WHO) reports that 105 million people have been vaccinated for yellow fever in West Africa from 2000 to 2015.
To date, there are relatively few vaccines against mosquito-borne diseases. The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease (NIAID) began Phase | 51,567 | triviaqa-train |
August 6, 1945 saw the US bomber Enola Gay drop the first atomic bomb on what Japanese city? | membership in the Axis alliance and the conquest of a large part of the Asia-Pacific in World War II.
Japan's armed forces initially achieved large-scale military successes during the Second Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945) and the Pacific War. However, after many Allied victories and following the Soviet Union's declaration of war against Japan on August 9, 1945, and subsequent invasion of Manchuria and other territories, and the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Empire surrendered to the Allies on August 15, | "
2000 Scarface – "The Last of a Dying Breed".
- 04. "It Ain't Part II"
2000 Xzibit – "Restless".
- 06. "Alkaholik" (featuring Erick Sermon, J-Ro & Tash)
- 09. "Double Time"
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- 05. "Even If" - performed by Method Man
- 14. "Off the Wall" - performed by Eminem and Redman
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2001 Redman – "Malpractice | 51,568 | triviaqa-train |
What is the name of the NFL team that calls Philadelphia home? | has its own unique collection of neologisms and slang terms.
Sports.
Philadelphia's first professional sports team was baseball's Athletics, organized in 1860. The Athletics were initially an amateur league team that turned professional in 1871, and then became a founding team of the current National League in 1876. The city is one of 13 U.S. cities to have teams in all four major league sports: the Philadelphia Phillies in the National League of Major League Baseball, the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League, the Philadelphia Flyers | in the World Series of Football in 1902 at Madison Square Garden. He played on a team that consisted of former players from the football Athletics and the football Philadelphia Phillies of the NFL. The name of their team was simply called the "New York" team by Series organizer, Tom O'Rourke, expected to give his patrons the pleasure of watching a "home team" win. Syracuse defeated Wallace and the "New York" club in what has been called the first indoor pro football game. However Blondy would get a | 51,569 | triviaqa-train |
What SNL cast member is the host of this years Shark Week? | Hader, Jason Sudeikis, and Fred Armisen.
As of Season 44, "SNL" has featured 151 cast members including, besides the above-mentioned players, Rachel Dratch, Amy Poehler, Chris Rock, David Spade, Will Forte, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Tracy Morgan, Chris Parnell, Maya Rudolph, Andy Samberg, Kristen Wiig, and many others. Darrell Hammond was the longest-serving cast member until 2017, having been a part of the cast for fourteen years between 1995 and 2009, and returned | now the second longest-tenured current cast member, after Thompson.
- Some milestones include:
- John Mulaney (who was a writer on SNL for 5 years: 2008-2013), came back to host this season, making him the third former SNL writer who was never a cast member to come back and host the show, after Conan O'Brien (who wrote for the show from 1988 to 1991) and Dick Ebersol-era writer Larry David (who hosted the show earlier in the season). | 51,570 | triviaqa-train |
Begining the end of July, what war was known as The War to End All Wars? | The war to end war
"The war to end war" (also called "The war to end all wars") was a term for the First World War of 1914–1918. Originally idealistic, it is now used mainly sardonically.
Origin.
During August 1914, immediately after the outbreak of the war, British author and social commentator H. G. Wells published a number of articles in London newspapers that subsequently appeared as a book entitled "The War That Will End War". Wells blamed the Central Powers for | erupted in West Africa, in what is now Ghana, and this developed into the final campaign of the Ashanti Wars, known as the War of the Golden Stool.
The initial thrust of the campaign was to relieve the fort at Kumasi, which was achieved by the end of July. Cobbe was then sent out with a column of 300 men to help clear the surrounding area. In the dense bush he came across a large body of the enemy protected by stout stockades. After heavy fighting Cobbe managed to outflank the | 51,571 | triviaqa-train |
Known as The Badger State or America's Dairyland, what was the 30th state to join the Union on May 29, 1848? | University of Wisconsin–Madison's school of agriculture, which offered education to dairy farmers and researched ways to produce better dairy products. The first test of butterfat content in milk was developed at the university, which allowed for consistency in the quality of butter and cheese. By 1899, over ninety percent of Wisconsin farms raised dairy cows and by 1915, Wisconsin had become the leading producer of dairy products in the United States, a position it held until the 1990s. The term "America's Dairyland" appeared in newspapers as | elected a member of the Frankfurt Parliament when it convened in May 1848.
Because of his participation in the Frankfurt Parliament in 1848/49 he was unable to return to the Saxony Landtag. Instead he remained in Frankfurt. He did not join in the popular uprising later in 1848, but was still a member of the Frankfurt parliament when it relocated to , and was still a member of what came to be known as the "Stuttgart Rump Parliament" when it was closed down at gunpoint in June 1849. After the year of | 51,572 | triviaqa-train |
On August 5, 1981, Ronald Reagan fired 11,359 striking members of what profession over their refusal to return to work? | He recovered and was released from the hospital on April 11, becoming the first serving U.S. president to survive being shot in an assassination attempt. The attempt had great influence on Reagan's popularity; polls indicated his approval rating to be around 73%. Reagan believed that God had spared his life so that he might go on to fulfill a greater purpose.
Presidency (1981–1989) First term Air traffic controllers' strike.
In August 1981, PATCO, the union of federal air traffic controllers, went on strike, violating a federal | between Napoleon and Pope Pius VII, Ypres was incorporated into the Diocese of Ghent, and Saint Martin's lost its status as a cathedral.
Cornelius Jansen, the father of the theological movement Jansenism, was Bishop of Ypres from 1635 to 1638.
Bishops.
- Martin Rythovius 1561–1583
- Petrus Simons 1584–1605
- Charles Maes 1607–1610, also bishop of Ghent
- Jean de Visscher 1611–1613
- Antoine de Haynin 1614–1626
- George Chamberlain 1627–1634
- Cornelius Jansen ("Jansenius") 1635–1638
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Multi-billionaire industrialist Tony Stark is the secret identity behind what Marvel super hero? | , Stan Lee, Jack Kirby and many others. The Marvel brand had been used over the years, but solidified as the company's only brand within a couple of years.
Marvel counts among its characters such well-known superheroes as Spider-Man, the Hulk, Iron Man, Thor, Captain America, Wolverine, Daredevil, the Punisher and Silver Surfer, such teams as the Avengers, the X-Men, the Fantastic Four, the Defenders, and the Guardians of the Galaxy, and supervillains including Doctor | Superman" mythos, the Clark Kent persona was described as a "Fortress of Solitude", in that it allowed him to live as the ordinary person he saw himself as and leave the world-famous super-hero behind. This concept was often invoked in later stories, and one story featured Superman hiding his secret identity from a telepath behind a door identical to that of the pre-"Crisis" Fortress. By that time, however, a more physical Fortress had been reintroduced.
In "Action Comics Annual" #2 | 51,574 | triviaqa-train |
Anchored by the star Regulus, what animal does the constellation Leo represent? | Biblical scholar E. W. Bullinger interpreted some of the creatures mentioned in the books of Ezekiel and Revelation as the middle signs of the four quarters of the Zodiac, with the Lion as Leo, the Bull as Taurus, the Man representing Aquarius and the Eagle standing in for Scorpio. The biblical Book of Job also makes reference to a number of constellations, including "bier", "fool" and "heap" (Job 9:9, 38:31-32), rendered as "Arcturus, Orion and Pleiades" by the KJV | the star, because it is the brightest star in the Leo constellation, which are what all celestial spirits are based on.
- "Harry Potter" (1997–2007), fantasy novels written by J. K. Rowling. Regulus Black was a Death Eater. Members of the Black family were commonly named after stars.
Psi Cassiopeiae Ross catalog of stars.
The Ross stars in this list (but not all stars in the Ross catalog) are red dwarfs, and they are among the closest stars to the Solar System. | 51,575 | triviaqa-train |
What is the highest rank a boy scout can obtain, after earning a minimum of 21 badges and demonstrating Scout Spirit, service, and leadership? | Eagle Scout (Boy Scouts of America)
Eagle Scout is the highest achievement or rank attainable in the Scouts BSA program of the Boy Scouts of America (BSA). Since its inception in 1911, only four percent of Scouts have earned this rank after a lengthy review process. The Eagle Scout rank has been earned by over 2.5 million youth.
Requirements include earning at least 21 merit badges. The Eagle Scout must demonstrate Scout Spirit, an ideal attitude based upon the Scout Oath and Law, service, and | . Later ranks were originally recognitions of earning merit badges beyond First Class, and not properly ranks. Now these additional ranks form a second tier where Scouts can further develop leadership skills and explore potential vocations and avocations through the merit badge program.
Although Eagle is the highest rank and one all Scouts should strive for, the number of Scouts achieving First Class within one year of joining is still one of the key measures of unit effectiveness. Studies purportedly have shown that if a Scout achieves First Class within a year of joining | 51,576 | triviaqa-train |
What was it that Prometheus stole from Zeus and gave to mankind, angering the king of the gods to such a degree that he chained Prometheus to a rock, wherein an eagle would eat his liver each day, only to have it grow back at night? | in Hesiod, frees the Titan in the trilogy's second play, "Prometheus Unbound". It is apparently not until Prometheus reveals this secret of Zeus's potential downfall that the two reconcile in the final play, "Prometheus the Fire-Bringer" or "Prometheus Pyrphoros", a lost tragedy by Aeschylus.
"Prometheus Bound" also includes two mythic innovations of omission. The first is the absence of Pandora's story in connection with Prometheus' own. Instead, Aeschylus includes this one oblique allusion to Pandora and | one of the Titans and was often in conflict with Zeus. Eventually, he angered Zeus so much that decided to punish him for all of eternity. He ordered that Prometheus be chained to a rock in the Caucasus Mountains. Bia and her brother, Kratos, were sent to carry out this task, but Bia was the only one strong enough to actually bind Prometheus to the rock with the unbreakable chains. Each day, an eagle would pluck out Prometheus's liver and eat it in front of him. Each night his | 51,577 | triviaqa-train |
What is the smallest denomination of bill available form our neighbors to the north, Canada? | country's average household disposable income per capita is "well above" the OECD average. Furthermore, the Toronto Stock Exchange is the seventh-largest stock exchange in the world by market capitalization, listing over 1,500 companies with a combined market capitalization of over US$2 trillion .
In 2014, Canada's exports totalled over C$528 billion, while its imported goods were worth over $524 billion, of which approximately $351 billion originated from the United States, $49 billion from the European Union | €2.6 billion. Despite the extreme success of this bill on forcing tax payment, many citizens still find ways to stay away from paying for it. When moving to Germany, one must fill out a form declaring religious affiliation and denomination. One can also manage to opt out of the tax at a later date, if they are a non-practicing member of their faith. This has led to many people declaring they have abandoned the religion of their birth. There is currently no data available regarding what proportion of those | 51,578 | triviaqa-train |
Tomorrow marks the birthday of our Commander in Chief, Barack Obama. How old will he be? | volunteer registrars; it achieved its goal of registering 150,000 of 400,000 unregistered African Americans in the state, leading "Crain's Chicago Business" to name Obama to its 1993 list of "40 under Forty" powers to be.
He joined Davis, Miner, Barnhill & Galland, a 13-attorney law firm specializing in civil rights litigation and neighborhood economic development, where he was an associate for three years from 1993 to 1996, then of counsel from 1996 to 2004. In 1994, he was listed as one of the lawyers | Democratic National Convention. On 27 August, she delivered her text, an endorsement of then-Senator Barack Obama. In her speech, she shared her projection of how Obama would serve as commander-in-chief of the military, supporting the common soldier. She said, "He'll fully fund the VA, so all our returning heroes get the quality care they deserve. And when it comes to the national shame of too many homeless veterans, Barack Obama has one simple policy: Zero tolerance."
On | 51,579 | triviaqa-train |
In terms of sales, Lowe's is the world's second-largest hardware store chain, behind which retailer? | Lowe's
Lowe's Companies, Inc. (), doing business as Lowe's, is an American retail company specializing in home improvement. Headquartered in Mooresville, North Carolina the company operates a chain of retail stores in the United States and Canada. , Lowe's and its related businesses operate 2,002 home improvement and hardware stores and employ almost 300,000 people in North America.
Lowe's is the second-largest hardware chain in the United States behind The Home Depot and ahead of Menards. Globally, Lowe's is also | also an experienced supermarket retailer who maintains controlling interest in Loblaw Companies, Canada's largest food retailer, through a family holding company. Weston is also head of the world's second largest luxury goods retailer as Chairman of Holt Renfrew in Canada and the Selfridges Group, owner of Selfridges in the United Kingdom, Brown Thomas in Ireland, the De Bijenkorf department store chain in the Netherlands, and the recently acquired Ogilvy department store in Montreal. Weston is Chairman of The W. Garfield Weston Foundation, a family-based private charitable foundation | 51,580 | triviaqa-train |
What city does Spiderman spend his spare time protecting? | raised by his Aunt May and Uncle Ben in New York City after his parents Richard and Mary Parker were killed in a plane crash. Lee and Ditko had the character deal with the struggles of adolescence and financial issues, and accompanied him with many supporting characters, such as J. Jonah Jameson, Harry Osborn, Max Modell, romantic interests Gwen Stacy and Mary Jane Watson, and foes such as Doctor Octopus, Green Goblin and Venom. His origin story has him acquiring spider-related abilities after a bite from a radioactive spider | they are very excited. However, their excitement gets in the way of their better judgement about how their bot mods could hurt Flip City instead of help it; and their antics have caused trouble for the FCPD on a few occasions. Bug dreams of someday becoming Tensai chief, and is secretly building an anti-matter force field trax system in his spare time. Zilla, on the other hand is secretly reading up on how to be a Zobo'shi and likes to try to figure out what Bug does in his free time | 51,581 | triviaqa-train |
What type of internal combustion engine uses the heat of compression to initiate fuel ignition as opposed to requiring an external spark source? | Ideal Diesel Cycle 1-2 Isentropic compression
Ideal Brayton Cycle 1-2 Isentropic compression in a compressor
Ideal Vapor-compression refrigeration Cycle 1-2 Isentropic compression in a compressor
NOTE: The isentropic assumptions are only applicable with ideal cycles. Real world cycles have inherent losses due to inefficient compressors and turbines. The real world system are not truly isentropic but are rather idealized as isentropic for calculation purposes.
Temperature.
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A stratified charge engine describes a certain type of internal combustion engine, usually spark ignition (SI) engine that can be used in trucks, automobiles, portable and stationary equipment. The term "stratified charge" refers to the working fluids and fuel vapors entering the cylinder. Usually the fuel is injected into the cylinder or enters as a fuel rich vapor where a spark or other means are used to initiate ignition where the fuel rich zone interacts with the air to promote complete combustion. A stratified charge can | 51,582 | triviaqa-train |
The Seattle Seahawks opened training camp on Saturday, starting a new season. In what year did they play their first ever game (a 27-20 preseason loss to San Francisco)? | Seattle Seahawks
The Seattle Seahawks are a professional American football franchise based in Seattle, Washington. The Seahawks compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's National Football Conference (NFC) West division. They joined the NFL in 1976 as an expansion team. The Seahawks are coached by Pete Carroll. Since 2002, they have played their home games at CenturyLink Field (formerly Qwest Field), located south of downtown Seattle. They previously played home games in the Kingdome (1976–1999) | the starting quarterback heading into training camp. On April 18, 2016, Keenum signed a one-year first round restricted free-agent tender with the Los Angeles Rams. On August 6, 2016, Keenum was named as the starter in the preseason opener against the Dallas Cowboys. After the preseason, Keenum began the regular season as the starting quarterback. After a 28-0 loss to the San Francisco 49ers in the opener, he led the team to 3 straight wins over the Seattle Seahawks, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, | 51,583 | triviaqa-train |
There is a move afoot by the governor of the great state of New Mexico to issue a pardon to old west legend William H. Bonney. By what name is he more commonly known? | Jesse James, Billy the Kid, the Dalton Gang, Black Bart, Butch Cassidy and the Wild Bunch and hundreds of others who preyed on banks, trains, stagecoaches, and in some cases even armed government transports such as the Wham Paymaster Robbery and the Skeleton Canyon Robbery. Some of the outlaws, such as Jesse James, were products of the violence of the Civil War (James had ridden with Quantrill's Raiders) and others became outlaws during hard times in the cattle industry. Many were misfits and drifters who roamed | span in 1967.
The Lesner Bridge was named after John A. Lesner, a Democratic Virginia State Senator who had earlier represented Norfolk County and the City of Norfolk, beginning in 1908.
In February 2016, a move was afoot, supported by the local newspaper, to rename the bridge in honor of US Navy Admiral Jeremiah Denton or change it to its commonly known name of Lynnhaven Inlet Bridge. Local residents and the Lesner family oppose the change and a public poll resulted in no support for the name change. | 51,584 | triviaqa-train |
Now displayed at the National Air and Space Museum, what was the name of the B-29, piloted by Colonel Paul Tibbets, that dropped the first atomic bomb? | Demolishing the building and erecting a new structure would cost $2 billion, the agency claimed.
History Controversies.
Controversy erupted in March 1994 over a proposed commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Japan. The centerpiece of the exhibit was the "Enola Gay", the B-29 bomber that dropped Little Boy on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. When the first draft of the script for the exhibit was leaked by 'Air Force Magazine, the responses were very critical. Two sentences described as infamous that sparked controversy | animals and fish. The arrival of the First Fleet in 1788 had a devastating effect on the local people, mainly from the introduction of smallpox, to which the indigenous people had little resistance.
History Early British settlement.
By 1790, a rough track had been built between the colony's two settlements at Sydney Cove and Parramatta. This route later became the main artery of the expanding Greater Sydney and, as the northern boundary of what is now Ashfield, dictated early British settlement in the area. The first land grant | 51,585 | triviaqa-train |
Born August 2, 1950, what Los Angeles County Superior Court judge, achieved fame by presiding over the trial of Charles H. Keating, and may have been noticed as the judge in charge of the OJ Simpson trial? | a pool of 250 potential jurors. Over the course of the trial, ten were dismissed for a wide variety of reasons. Only four of the original jurors remained on the final panel. During the middle of the trial, a number of the jurors staged what the media called a "revolt". After being sequestered for 101 days, thirteen of the eighteen jurors refused to enter the courtroom until they were granted a meeting with Judge Ito. Eventually, the jury returned with thirteen members wearing black or dark-colored clothing | Kentucky").
District Attorney Garcetti's supporters noted that the decision to move the trial was made by the Los Angeles Superior Court Presiding Judge, and not by Garcetti. The trial was moved due to security concerns at the smaller facility and the poor physical condition of the Santa Monica Courthouse. In a 2010 review, the "Metropolitan News-Enterprise" said that Garcetti had "micromanaged" the trial, and that he had decided to have Simpson try on the gloves in open court that had been recovered at the | 51,586 | triviaqa-train |
Margaretha Geertruida Zelle MacLeod, born on August 7, 1876, was executed by a French firing squad for passing secrets to the Germans while performing as an exotic dancer under what stage name? | Mata Hari
Margaretha Geertruida "Margreet" MacLeod ("née" Zelle; 7 August 187615 October 1917), better known by the stage name Mata Hari (), was a Dutch exotic dancer and courtesan who was convicted of being a spy for Germany during World War I and executed by firing squad in France.
Early life.
Margaretha Zelle was born 7 August 1876, in Leeuwarden, Netherlands. She was the eldest of four children of Adam Zelle (2 October 1840 – 13 March 1910) and | of France in 1940. The fort was again occupied by the Germans and used as a prison for French Resistance fighters. A total of 69 people were executed at the fort. In the most notable event, seven employees of the French national railways were arrested and accused of sabotage, spying and armed resistance. The six male prisoners were executed by firing squad at the Fort de Seclin on 7 June 1944. A monument commemorates the dead.
Following the war it continued in use as an ammunition depot until the French Army | 51,587 | triviaqa-train |
What singer/songwriter's backup band is known as the Heartbreakers? | Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers (alternately Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers) were an American rock band from Gainesville, Florida. Formed in 1976, the band originally comprised Tom Petty (lead singer, guitar), Mike Campbell (lead guitarist), Ron Blair (bass guitar), Stan Lynch (drums), and Benmont Tench (keyboards). In 1981, Blair, weary of the touring lifestyle, departed the band. His replacement, Howie Epstein, stayed with the band for the | David Clayton-Thomas
David Clayton-Thomas (born David Henry Thomsett, 13 September 1941) is a Grammy Award-winning Canadian musician, singer, and songwriter, best known as the lead vocalist of the American band Blood, Sweat & Tears. Clayton-Thomas has been inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame and in 2007 his jazz/rock composition "Spinning Wheel" was enshrined in the Canadian Songwriter's Hall of Fame. In 2010 Clayton-Thomas received his star on Canada's Walk of Fame. | 51,588 | triviaqa-train |
On August 2 and 4, 1964, the US destroyers USS Maddox and USS Turner Joy (currently on display in Bremerton), reported coming under attack in teh Gulf of Tonkin, sparking America's entry into what? | in the 1964 Gulf of Tonkin incident that further escalated U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War with the Congressional passage of the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, allowing President Lyndon B. Johnson to send fighting troops in addition to the "advisors" already on the ground in Vietnam.
In 2000, Bremerton saw the opening of the waterfront multimodal bus/ferry terminal and a hotel/conference center complex in 2004. The high-rise Norm Dicks Government Center also opened that year, housing City Hall and other government offices. The Waterfront Fountain | On his third summer cruise in 1964, he was a midshipman aboard the destroyer "USS Blue" while serving on Yankee Station. The Blue and another destroyer were relieved by the "Maddox" and "Turner Joy" just before the famous Tonkin Gulf incident.
For five years of active duty, from July 1965 until July 1970, Mills had three tours of about 20 months each on the "Dyess" (DD 880), DESRON 2 staff aboard the "Blandy" (DD 943) and the "McMorris | 51,589 | triviaqa-train |
Hosted by The Late Late Shows Craig Ferguson, what week is it? | ", which aired on 22 March 2009.
British television comedy drama "Doc Martin" was based on a character from Ferguson's film "Saving Grace" – with Ferguson getting writing credits for 12 episodes. On 6 November 2009, Ferguson appeared as himself in a "SpongeBob SquarePants" special titled "SpongeBob's Truth or Square". He hosted Discovery Channel's 23rd season of Shark Week in 2010. Ferguson briefly appeared in Toby Keith's "Red Solo Cup" music video released on 10 October 2011. | The Late Late Show (American talk show)
The Late Late Show is an American late-night television talk and variety comedy show on CBS. It first aired in January 1995, with host Tom Snyder, followed by Craig Kilborn and Craig Ferguson. It is currently hosted by James Corden. The show originates from CBS Television City in Los Angeles.
Format.
The show differed from most of the other extant late-night talk shows during its first two decades on air in that it did not use a | 51,590 | triviaqa-train |
Operation Desert Storm was the name given to the U.N. authorized attempt to oust Iraq from what country they illegally occupied? | Iraq
Iraq (, or ; '; '), officially the Republic of Iraq ( '; '), is a country in Western Asia, bordered by Turkey to the north, Iran to the east, Kuwait to the southeast, Saudi Arabia to the south, Jordan to the southwest and Syria to the west. The capital, and largest city, is Baghdad. Iraq is home to diverse ethnic groups including Arabs, Kurds, Chaldeans, Assyrians, Turkmen, Shabakis, Yazidis, Armenians, Mandeans, Circassians | to service in a 16 October 1989 ceremony.
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"Samuel B. Roberts" made her second deployment in 1990 for Operation Desert Storm and Operation Desert Shield. The frigate operated as part of the Red Sea Maritime Interception Force, an international force of ships that enforced U.N. sanctions against Iraq. The frigate's sailors boarded more than 100 merchant ships in efforts to prevent cargo shipments to or from Iraq. On 28 March 1991, she returned to Newport.
""Sammy B"", as the | 51,591 | triviaqa-train |
In what nursery rhyme does the monkey chase the weasel? | Pop Goes the Weasel
"Pop! Goes the Weasel" is an English nursery rhyme and singing game. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 5249. It is often used in Jack-in-the-box toys.
Lyrics.
There are many different versions of the lyrics to the song. In England, most share the basic verse:
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Half4 a8 pound4 of8 | rebuilt as a music hall in 1825, and rebuilt again in 1901 as a public house, still extant. This public house bears a plaque with this interpretation of the nursery rhyme and the pub's history.
A spinner's weasel consists of a wheel which is revolved by the spinner in order to measure off thread or yarn after it has been produced on the spinning wheel. The weasel is usually built so that the circumference is six feet, so that 40 revolutions produces 80 yards of yarn, which is a skein | 51,592 | triviaqa-train |
What company advertises "We bring good things to life."? | We Bring Good Things to Life
"We Bring Good Things to Life" was an advertising slogan used by General Electric between 1979 and 2003. It was designed by the advertising firm BBDO led by project manager Richard Costello, who would later go on to become head of advertising at General Electric. The slogan was designed to highlight the diversity of the products and services the company offered. The slogan, after its many appearances in GE advertising, was responsible for increased popularity and a new image for the company.
Overview | of Lower Saxony to provide traffic services, had outsourced these services to intalliance. 1900 üstra employees and 285 DB Regio employees were transferred over to intalliance.
The intalliance AG owned 318 Stadtbahn vehicles, 138 buses and 46 S-Bahn trainsets.
See also.
- Hanover Stadtbahn
- Hanover S-Bahn
External links.
- intalliance.de | 51,593 | triviaqa-train |
What syndicated TV tabloid show, hosted by the former mayor of Cincinnati, focuses on troubled or dysfunctional families, and has been voted “the Worst TV Show Ever Made” by TV Guide? | " created by TV judge Judith Sheindlin.
First-run syndication in the U.S. 1970s and 1980s Stripped talk shows.
The dominant form of first-run syndication in the U.S. for the last three decades has been the "stripped" (or "strip") talk show, such as "Donahue", "Oprah Winfrey", "The Tyra Banks Show", and "The Jerry Springer Show". Strip programming is a technique used for scheduling television and radio programming to ensure consistency and coherency. Strip | Okna (TV series)
Okna (Russian "Окна" - "The Windows" in English) is a Russian television tabloid talk show, hosted by Dmitry Nagiyev. "Okna" is ostensibly a talk show where troubled or dysfunctional families come to discuss their problems before a studio audience so that the audience or host can offer suggestions on what can be done to resolve their situations.
The show has become very popular on Russian television. It received attention in the UK after a fight was televised on Tarrant On TV | 51,594 | triviaqa-train |
What cocktail, named for a Scottish folk hero, consists of Scotch, Sweet vermouth, with a dash of Angostura bitters? | bartenders as a key ingredient in many classic cocktails that have survived to date, such as the Martini, the Manhattan, the Rob Roy, and the Negroni. In addition to being consumed as an aperitif or cocktail ingredient, vermouth is sometimes used as an alternative white wine in cooking.
Historically, there have been two main types of vermouth: sweet and dry. Responding to demand and competition, vermouth manufacturers have created additional styles, including extra-dry white, sweet white (blanc or bianco), red, | and strain into a cocktail glass. Garnish with a twist of lemon, if desired.
- Manhattan
- 5 parts American whiskey
- 1 part Italian (sweet) vermouth
- dash of Angostura bitters to each drink
Stir with ice, strain into a cocktail glass and serve garnished with a Maraschino cherry.
- Martini
- 7 parts English gin
- 1 part French (dry) vermouth
Stir with ice, strain into a cocktail glass, twist lemon peel over the top and serve garnished | 51,595 | triviaqa-train |
According to English folklore, and William Shakespeare in A Midsummer Night's Dream, what is the elf called Robin Goodfellow better known as? | and literature, at least, it also became associated with diminutive supernatural beings like Puck, hobgoblins, Robin Goodfellow, the English and Scots brownie, and the Northumbrian English hob.
However, in Scotland and parts of northern England near the Scottish border, beliefs in elves remained prominent into the nineteenth century. James VI of Scotland and Robert Kirk discussed elves seriously; elf-beliefs are prominently attested in the Scottish witchcraft trials, particularly the trial of Issobel Gowdie; and related stories also appear in folktales, There is a | Alfred the Great.
The sense "pupil" appears to be the meaning Shakespeare used in his 1590s play "A Midsummer Night's Dream". In the play, the fairy character Robin Goodfellow has acquired a flower that was once hit by Cupid's arrow, imbuing it with magical love-arousing properties, and drops juice of this flower into a young sleeping man's eyes, saying "Flower of this purple dye, / Hit with Cupid's archery, / Sink in apple of his eye".
Use | 51,596 | triviaqa-train |
Public Law 62-5, which was passed on August 8, 1911 set the membership of the House of Representatives to what number? | in 1789, all representatives have been directly elected. The total number of voting representatives is fixed by law at 435. As of the 2010 Census, the largest delegation is that of California, with fifty-three representatives. Seven states have only one representative: Alaska, Delaware, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Vermont, and Wyoming.
The House is charged with the passage of federal legislation, known as bills, which, after concurrence by the Senate, are sent to the president for consideration. In | their abuse of the public trust and interests.
Madison also addressed Anti-Federalist claims that the representation would be inadequate, arguing that the major inadequacies are of minimal inconvenience since these will be cured rather quickly by virtue of decennial reapportionment. He noted, however,
Madison argued against the assumption that more is better:
Number of members Membership cap.
The Apportionment Act of 1911 (Public Law 62-5) raised the membership of the U.S. House to 433 and provided for an apportionment. It also provided for | 51,597 | triviaqa-train |
In which U.S. state is Grand Teton National Park located? | Grand Teton National Park
Grand Teton National Park is an American national park in northwestern Wyoming. At approximately , the park includes the major peaks of the Teton Range as well as most of the northern sections of the valley known as Jackson Hole. Grand Teton National Park is only south of Yellowstone National Park, to which it is connected by the National Park Service-managed John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Memorial Parkway. Along with surrounding national forests, these three protected areas constitute the almost Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, one of the world | as an attractive woman, the "Right hand" of Catherine. Catherine called her "Brussja" and entrusted her with her most intimate personal affairs. Catherine said of her that she was "the person to whom I can say everything, without fear of the consequences", and she is described as her closest confidant in her private affairs. Bruce is best known in history as the ""l'éprouveuse"", the role she played in Catherine's love life. According to legend, Bruce was to "test" | 51,598 | triviaqa-train |
What is the name of the evil puppeteer in the 1940s Disney movie Pinocchio | the night, a Blue Fairy visits the workshop and brings Pinocchio to life, although he still remains a puppet. She informs him that if he proves himself brave, truthful, and selfless, he will become a real boy, and assigns Jiminy to be his conscience.
Geppetto discovers that his wish has come true, and is filled with joy. However, on his way to school, Pinocchio is led astray by Honest John the Fox and his companion, Gideon the Cat, who convince him to join Stromboli's | good and repays her kindness by doing the good things.
In "", the Fairy is actually called the "Blues Fairy" (voiced by Della Reese) and is like her Disney counterpart who tells Pinocchio a.k.a. Pinoak what is right and what is wrong.
In the TV musical "Geppetto", the Fairy makes an appearance (played by Julia Louis-Dreyfus) and is portrayed like her Disney counterpart under the name "Blue Fairy".
In Steven Spielberg's 2001 movie "" (2001 | 51,599 | triviaqa-train |
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