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What famed Italian based fashion house has been struggling ever since major asshat Andrew Cunanan gunned down the founder and creative genius outside his Miami Beach mansion on July 15, 1997? | Andrew Cunanan
Andrew Phillip Cunanan (August 31, 1969 – July 23, 1997) was an American serial killer known to have murdered five people, including Italian fashion designer Gianni Versace and Chicago real estate developer Lee Miglin, during a three-month period in mid-1997. Cunanan's string of murders ended on July 23 of that year with his suicide by firearm.
In his final years, Cunanan lived in the greater San Diego area without a job. He befriended wealthy older men and spent their money | Jump
- Simone Bianchi
Men's Shot Put
- Paolo Dal Soglio
- Corrado Fantini
- Giorgio Venturi
Men's Discus Throw
- Diego Fortuna
Men's Hammer Throw
- Enrico Sgrulletti
- Loris Paoluzzi
Men's Decathlon
- Beniamino Poserina
Men's 20 kilometres Walk
- Giovanni Perricelli
- Giovanni De Benedictis
- Michele Didoni
Men's 50 kilometres Walk
- Arturo Di Mezza — 3'44:52 (→ 4th place)
- Giovanni Perricelli — 3'52:31 (→ 13th place | 52,100 | triviaqa-train |
Which stock market trend is associated with increased investor confidence? Bull? Or Bear? | has broad support throughout the entire market (most sectors) and lasts for a year or more.
Primary trends Bull market.
A bull market is a period of generally rising prices. The start of a bull market is marked by widespread pessimism. This point is when the "crowd" is the most "bearish". The feeling of despondency changes to hope, "optimism", and eventually euphoria, as the bull runs its course. This often leads the economic cycle, for example in a full recession, | counterfeiting, bribery and corruption, fraudulent bankruptcy and major general fraud.
RCMP services in Quebec Financial Integrity Integrated Market Enforcement Team (IMET).
The mandate of the Integrated Market Enforcement Team (IMET) is to investigate major cases of financial fraud involving large-cap companies for which allegations of fraud could significantly shake or undermine investor confidence in Canadian financial markets. Investigations deal with major financial crime offences, i.e. fraud, fraudulent manipulation of stock market operations, false financial statements, fraudulent bankruptcies, secret commissions, etc.
RCMP | 52,101 | triviaqa-train |
July 17, 1890 marked the death of what Scottish moral philosopher, considered the father of modern economics, who wrote such classics as An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations and The Theory of Moral Sentiments? | The Theory of Moral Sentiments
The Theory of Moral Sentiments is a 1759 book by Adam Smith. It provided the ethical, philosophical, psychological, and methodological underpinnings to Smith's later works, including "The Wealth of Nations" (1776), "Essays on Philosophical Subjects" (1795), and "Lectures on Justice, Police, Revenue, and Arms" (1763) (first published in 1896).
Overview.
Broadly speaking, Smith followed the views of his mentor, Francis Hutcheson of the | literature:
- "An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations", 1776
- "The Theory of Moral Sentiments", 1759
From Locke to Mill Immanuel Kant.
Immanuel Kant (Germany, 1724–1804)
- Some literature:
- "Grundlegung zur Metaphysik der Sitten", 1785 (Fundamental Principles of the Metaphysic of Morals )
- "Kritik der praktischen Vernunft", 1788 (Critique of Practical Reason )
- "Über den Gemeinspruch: Das mag in der Theorie richtig | 52,102 | triviaqa-train |
In what country did the Sandinista National Liberation Front overthrow the Somoza regime in 1979? | Sandinista National Liberation Front
The Sandinista National Liberation Front (, FSLN) is a socialist political party in Nicaragua. Its members are called Sandinistas in both English and Spanish. The party is named after Augusto César Sandino, who led the Nicaraguan resistance against the United States occupation of Nicaragua in the 1930s.
The FSLN overthrew Anastasio Somoza DeBayle in 1979, ending the Somoza dynasty, and established a revolutionary government in its place. Having seized power, the Sandinistas ruled Nicaragua from 1979 to 1990, first as part of a | type in C).
Support.
The following programming languages provide runtime support for symbols:
Support Lisp.
A symbol in Lisp is unique in a namespace (or "package" in Common Lisp). Symbols can be tested for equality with the function EQ. Lisp programs can generate new symbols at runtime. When Lisp reads data that contains textual represented symbols, existing symbols are referenced. If a symbol is unknown, the Lisp reader creates a new symbol.
In Common Lisp symbols have the following attributes | 52,103 | triviaqa-train |
July 15, 1951 marked the birth of what famed professional wrestler, known as The Body, who also spent 4 years as the governor of Minnesota? | that it appears in other media (Hulk Hogan and El Santo) or even gives the performer enough visibility to enter politics (Antonio Inoki and Jesse Ventura).
Typically, matches are staged between a protagonist (historically an audience favorite, known as a babyface, or "the good guy") and an antagonist (historically a villain with arrogance, a tendency to break rules, or other unlikable qualities, called a heel). In recent years, however, antiheroes have also become prominent in professional wrestling. There | Janet Wolfe
Janet Boyer Wolfe (June 13, 1933 – July 28, 1951), also known as Jeanette Wolfe, was an American professional wrestler who had a very short but promising wrestling career, being booked to come out on top of Mae Young on several occasions.
Death.
On July 27, 1951, Wolfe was body-slammed hard on the mat by Ella Waldek, to whom she lost the match in approximately seven minutes, which might have ruptured a vein in her stomach. Later that same | 52,104 | triviaqa-train |
Commercial tuna fishing no longer uses nets, but mostly switched to using lines, due to public outcry over the accidental netting and subsequent killing of what marine animals? | relies heavily on fishing. Despite this, Nauru does not permit whaling in its own waters and does not allow other fishing vessels to take or intentionally interact with marine mammals in its Exclusive Economic Zone. In 2010 and 2011 Nauru supported Australian proposals for a western Pacific-wide ban on tuna purse-seining in the vicinity of marine mammals – a measure which was agreed by the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission at its eighth meeting in March 2012.
Fishing industry Association with dolphins.
Dolphins swim beside several tuna species | by humans indirectly. They are unintentionally caught in fishing nets by commercial fisheries and accidentally swallow fishing hooks. Gillnetting and Seine netting is a significant cause of mortality in seals and other marine mammals. Species commonly entangled include California sea lions, Hawaiian monk seals, northern fur seals and brown fur seals. Pinnipeds are also affected by marine pollution. High levels of organic chemicals accumulate in these animals since they are near the top of food chains and have large reserves of blubber. Lactating mothers can pass the toxins on to their young | 52,105 | triviaqa-train |
What comic strip, introduced by Chester Gould in 1931, features the adventures of a hard hitting, fast-shooting, and intelligent police detective? | . Examples include "The Phantom", "Prince Valiant", "Dick Tracy", "Mary Worth", "Modesty Blaise", "Little Orphan Annie", "Flash Gordon", and "Tarzan". Sometimes these are spin-offs from comic books, for example "Superman", "Batman", and "The Amazing Spider-Man".
A number of strips have featured animals ('funny animals') as main characters. Some are non-verbal ("Marmaduke" | square-jawed, fast-shooting, hard-hitting, and intelligent police detective sporting a yellow overcoat and fedora. He is heavily committed to break the organized crime that infests the city. In addition, Tracy is in line to become the chief of police, which he scorns as a "desk job".
- Al Pacino as Alphonse "Big Boy" Caprice: the leading crime boss of the city. Although he is involved with numerous criminal activities, they remain unproven, as Tracy has never been able | 52,106 | triviaqa-train |
What famed fashion designer was gunned down outside his Miami home by certified asshat Andrew Cunanan on July 15, 1997? | Andrew Cunanan
Andrew Phillip Cunanan (August 31, 1969 – July 23, 1997) was an American serial killer known to have murdered five people, including Italian fashion designer Gianni Versace and Chicago real estate developer Lee Miglin, during a three-month period in mid-1997. Cunanan's string of murders ended on July 23 of that year with his suicide by firearm.
In his final years, Cunanan lived in the greater San Diego area without a job. He befriended wealthy older men and spent their money | a bar, a library, 4 living rooms and central air conditioning. In 1993 Versace bought the adjoining Revere Hotel (built in 1950) to the south for $3.7 million and tore it down to make a pool and garden area. The English art historian and landscape gardener Roy Strong worked on the grounds of the villa for Versace. Strong had also created gardens at Versace's Villa Fontanelle on Lake Como.
On July 15, 1997, Versace was shot dead in front of this house by Andrew Cunanan. | 52,107 | triviaqa-train |
In what traditional nursery rhyme do we see 4 and 20 blackbirds baked in a pie? | Sing a Song of Sixpence
"Sing a Song of Sixpence" is a well-known English nursery rhyme, perhaps originating in the 18th century. It is listed in the Roud Folk Song Index as number 13191.
Origins.
The rhyme's origins are uncertain. References have been inferred in Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night" (c. 1602), (Act II, Scene iii), where Sir Toby Belch tells a clown: "Come on; there is sixpence for you: let's have a song | poem
Ride a cock-horse
To Banbury Cross,
To see what Tommy can buy;
A penny white loaf,
A penny white cake,
And a two-penny apple-pie./poem
A reference in 1725 to 'Now on Cock-horse does he ride' may allude to this or the more famous rhyme, and is the earliest indication we have that they existed. The earliest surviving version of the modern rhyme in "Gammer Gurton's Garland or The Nursery Parnassus", printed in | 52,108 | triviaqa-train |
According to the fictional sea shanty, were do we find 15 men, yo-ho-ho and a bottle of rum? | Dead Man's Chest
"Dead Man's Chest" (also known as "Fifteen Men On The Dead Man's Chest" or "Derelict") is a fictional sea song, originally from Robert Louis Stevenson's novel "Treasure Island" (1883). It was expanded in a poem, titled "Derelict" by Young E. Allison, published in the "Louisville Courier-Journal" in 1891. It has since been used in many later works of art in various forms.
Background.
Stevenson found | to 9 July 2007.
11. Return of the Gun-gi.
12. Yabba Dabba Don't!
13. Yo Ho Ho and a Bottle of Gunge
14. Kentucky Fried Charlie
15. Invasion of the Richie Snatchers
15. Beauty and the Yeast
17. Are We There Yeti?
18. Rock'em Sock'em.
19. Insert Coin Here.
20. Send Out the Clowns
Episode list Series 3 (2008).
Series 3 ran from 15 July to 2 | 52,109 | triviaqa-train |
The Trinity test site, outside of Alamogordo, NM, saw the first test of the atomic bomb on July 16, 1945. Headed by J. Robert Oppenheimer, what was the name of the project that developed the bomb? | had been isolated had been produced in cyclotrons in microgram amounts, whereas weapons required kilograms. In April 1944, physicist Emilio Segrè, the head of the Los Alamos Laboratory's P-5 (Radioactivity) Group, received the first sample of reactor-bred plutonium from the X-10 Graphite Reactor at Oak Ridge. He discovered that, in addition to the plutonium-239 isotope, it also contained significant amounts of plutonium-240. The Manhattan Project produced plutonium in nuclear reactors at the Hanford Engineer Works near Hanford, Washington.
The longer the plutonium remained | 1945, Bush became part of the Interim Committee formed to advise the new president, Harry S. Truman, on nuclear weapons. It advised that the atomic bomb should be used against an industrial target in Japan as soon as possible and without warning. Bush was present at the Alamogordo Bombing and Gunnery Range on July 16, 1945, for the Trinity nuclear test, the first detonation of an atomic bomb. Afterwards, he took his hat off to Oppenheimer in tribute.
Before the end of the Second World War, Bush | 52,110 | triviaqa-train |
"Ladies and gentlemen: the story you are about to hear is true. Only the names have been changed to protect the innocent." | Dragnet (franchise)
Dragnet was an American radio, television, and motion-picture series, enacting the cases of a dedicated Los Angeles police detective, Sergeant Joe Friday, and his partners. The show took its name from the police term "dragnet", meaning a system of coordinated measures for apprehending criminals or suspects.
"Dragnet" is perhaps the most famous and influential police procedural drama in media history. The series gave audience members a feel for the danger and heroism of police work. "Dragnet" | The story you are about to see is true. The names have been changed to protect the innocent." while Stephenson would be heard at the end of the episode describing the court trials and verdicts.
He was the principal commercial announcer for the radio version of "Gunsmoke", and frequently introduced "Matt Dillon" (William Conrad) after the episode to extoll the virtues of L&M or Chesterfield cigarettes.
He appeared on screen in the 1951 film "The Thing from Another World" and the 1967 film adaptation | 52,111 | triviaqa-train |
“Following in his father’s footsteps as a naval aviator, Lieutenant Commander Harmon Rabb, Jr. suffered a crash while landing his Tomcat on a storm tossed carrier at sea. Diagnosed with night-blindness, Harm transferred to the Navy’s Judge Advocate General Corps which investigates, defends and prosecutes the law of the sea. There, with fellow JAG lawyer Major Sarah McKenzie, he now fights in and out of the courtroom with the same daring and tenacity that made him a Top Gun in the air.” | Harmon Rabb
Harmon 'Harm' Rabb, Jr. is a fictional character and lead role in the American television series "JAG". The character was created by Donald P. Bellisario, as a work for hire for Paramount Television, in the script for the "JAG" pilot episode, which was filmed and then aired by NBC on 23 September, 1995.
Harm is introduced as a lieutenant in the United States Navy serving as a judge advocate, but it is revealed that he has a background as a naval aviator | Tenacious lawyer Lieutenant Colonel Sarah "Mac" MacKenzie (Catherine Bell), a by-the-book Marine, is tasked with prosecuting, defending, and enforcing the laws of the sea as a member of the Navy's elite Judge Advocate General Corps. Along with her partner Commander Harmon "Harm" Rabb, Jr. (David James Elliott) - a former Tomcat pilot - Mac investigates a plethora of cases including desertion ("The Promised Land"), oxygen deprivation ("In Thin Air"), sexual | 52,112 | triviaqa-train |
You got big dreams? You want fame? Well, fame costs. And right here is where you start paying–in sweat.” | Debbie Allen
Deborah Kaye Allen (born January 16, 1950) is an American actress, dancer, choreographer, television director, television producer, and a member of the President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities. She is perhaps best known for her work on the 1982 musical-drama television series "Fame", where she portrayed dance teacher Lydia Grant, and served as the series' principal choreographer. She currently portrays Catherine Fox on "Grey's Anatomy". She is the younger sister of actress/director | out of Miami Beach.
Business strategy.
Ratner's motto was "you can sell anything if you use radio to introduce it." In 1951, he outlined his business strategy as follows:
1. Mail order is the only way to start a new product that you want to get in the big time. With the right dramatized appeal, distribution can be forced by arousing public demand.
2. Once you've got a brand started, get out of mail order.
3. Spend money | 52,113 | triviaqa-train |
Here’s how it is: Earth got used up, so we terraformed a whole new galaxy of Earths, some rich and flush with the new technologies, some, not so much. Central Planets, them as formed The Alliance, waged war to bring everyone under their rule. A few idiots tried to fight it, among them, myself. I’m Malcolm Reynolds, Captain of Serenity. Got a good crew: fighters, pilot, mechanic. We even picked up a preacher and a bona fide companion. There’s a doctor, too. Took his genius sister outta some Alliance camp, so they’re keeping a low profile. You got a job, we can do it, don’t much care what it is. | Malcolm Reynolds
Malcolm "Mal" Reynolds is a fictional character and the protagonist of the "Firefly" franchise. Mal is played by actor Nathan Fillion in the 2002 TV series "Firefly" and the 2005 film "Serenity". In the series, Mal is a former Browncoat sergeant and the captain of the ""Firefly"-class" spaceship "Serenity". The character was named #18 in "TV Guide" Greatest Sci-Fi Legends list in 2004.
Production details.
Conceived by Joss Whedon, the | of new Earths were terraformed and colonized. The central planets formed the Alliance, and decided all the planets had to join under their rule. There was some disagreement on that point. After the war, many of the Independents who had fought and lost drifted to the edges of the system, far from Alliance control. Out here, people struggle to get by with the most basic technologies. A ship would bring you work. A gun would help you keep it. A captain’s goal was simple: Find a crew | 52,114 | triviaqa-train |
What you are about to witness is real. The participants are not actors. They are the actual people who have already either filed suit or been served a summons to appear in a California municipal court. Both parties in the suit have agreed to dismiss their court cases and have their disputes settled here, in our forum: The People's Court. | Marilyn Milian has been the judge.
First version (1981-93).
"The People's Court" pilot episode was taped on October 23, 1980, with a second pilot episode taped on January 13, 1981. It debuted in syndication on September 14, 1981.
The judge from the show's original 12 years (including the 1980 pilot), was Joseph Wapner. Rusty Burrell was his bailiff, Jack Harrell was the announcer, and Doug Llewelyn was the host and court reporter, who announced | series Jury Duty, listed in below section)."
Modern TV court show genre (1996–present).
Modern TV court show genre (1996–present) Arbitration-based reality court show.
Far more realistic than their dramatized predecessors, arbitration-based reality versions do not use actors, scripts, or recreations. Rather, they feature litigants who have legitimately been served and filed lawsuits, presenting their cases to an adjudicator (in exchange for agreeing to appear on the show, the litigants must agree to dismiss their genuine cases with | 52,115 | triviaqa-train |
Housed in a distinctive red case, July 12, 1960 saw the introduction of what popular toy, manufactered by The Ohio Art Company, which was originally called "The Magic Screen"? | Ohio Art Company
The Ohio Art Company is an American toy manufacturing company founded in 1908. Based in Bryan, Ohio, the company is principally engaged in two lines of business. The first line of business is the sales, marketing, and distribution of toys including the Etch A Sketch, and Nanoblock. (The Etch A Sketch and Doodle Sketch brands were sold in early 2016 to Canadian-based company Spin Master.) The second line of business is the company's Diversified Products segment which manufactures custom metal lithography products | it became even more successful with its Cupid Awake/Cupid Asleep picture frames. The Ohio Art Company then installed metal lithography equipment. This was used to produce picture frames made out of wood-grained metal sheets. In 1917, the Ohio Art Company began manufacturing toys such as the windmills and climbing monkey. After World War I, the toy company grew exponentially, leading to the introduction of colorful tea sets and drums. In the late 1950s, a French electrician named André Cassagnes created a drawing toy that used a joystick | 52,116 | triviaqa-train |
The Nobel Prize in Literature 1954 was awarded to Ernest Hemingway for "his mastery of the art of narrative, most recently demonstrated in what novella, featuring as a main character a tired gentleman named Santiago, and for the influence that he has exerted on contemporary style". | Civil War, where he had been a journalist. He based "For Whom the Bell Tolls" (1940) on his experience there. Martha Gellhorn became his third wife in 1940; they separated after he met Mary Welsh in London during World War II. He was present with the troops as a journalist at the Normandy landings and the liberation of Paris.
Hemingway went on safari to Africa shortly after the publication of "The Old Man and the Sea" (1952), where he was almost killed in two | Ernest Hemingway
Ernest Miller Hemingway (July 21, 1899 – July 2, 1961) was an American journalist, novelist, short-story writer, and sportsman. His economical and understated style—which he termed the iceberg theory—had a strong influence on 20th-century fiction, while his adventurous lifestyle and his public image brought him admiration from later generations. Hemingway produced most of his work between the mid-1920s and the mid-1950s, and he won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1954. He published seven novels, | 52,117 | triviaqa-train |
Former Governor-General of the Phillipines, who is the only person ever to hold the positions of both US President and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court? | President of the United States
The president of the United States (POTUS) is the head of state and head of government of the United States of America. The president directs the executive branch of the federal government and is the commander-in-chief of the United States Armed Forces.
In contemporary times, the president is looked upon as one of the world's most powerful political figures as the leader of the only remaining global superpower. The role includes responsibility for the world's most expensive military, which has | . He was the first and only Attorney-General to become both Colonial Secretary (and Chief Secretary) in Hong Kong. Never having been a judge before, he was appointed as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court in 1979 and was the first and only Colonial Secretary (and Chief Secretary) of Hong Kong to receive such appointment.
Roberts was the last non-Chinese person to hold the post of Chief Justice of Hong Kong. After retiring in 1988, he had served as President of the Court of Appeal of | 52,118 | triviaqa-train |
What city is missing from the following group: Phoenix, Houston, Chicago, Los Angeles? | Los Angeles
Los Angeles (; ; ), officially the City of Los Angeles and often known by its initials L.A., is the most populous city in California, the second most populous city in the United States, after New York City, and the third most populous city in North America. With an estimated population of nearly four million, Los Angeles is the cultural, financial, and commercial center of Southern California. The city is known for its Mediterranean climate, ethnic diversity, Hollywood, the entertainment industry, and its | Raúl Brindis
Raúl Brindis (born August 17, 1963 in Matamoros, Tamaulipas) is a Mexican radio and TV personality. His show, "El Show de Raul Brindis" runs weekday mornings on KLTN and UniMas in Houston, Texas. His show is broadcast through Univision Radio's network from 5:00 AM to 11:00 AM in the following cities: Austin, Albuquerque, Chicago, Dallas, El Paso, Fresno, Houston, Indianapolis, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, McAllen, Laredo, New York, Phoenix, San Antonio | 52,119 | triviaqa-train |
Burgess Meredith and Danny Devito have both played which Batman character? | Barry Levinson's "Tin Men", as a competitive rival salesman to Richard Dreyfuss' character; the comedies "Junior" (1994) and "Twins" (1988) with Arnold Schwarzenegger; playing the villain The Penguin in director Tim Burton's "Batman Returns" (1992); and the film adaptation "Matilda" (1996), where he played Matilda's father, the villainous car dealer Harry Wormwood.
Although generally a comic actor, DeVito expanded into dramatic roles with "The Rainmaker" (1997 | Batman (film)
Batman, in films, may refer to:
- "Batman" (1966 film): directed by Leslie H. Martinson; starring Adam West, Burt Ward, Cesar Romero, Burgess Meredith
- "Batman" (1989 film): directed by Tim Burton; starring Michael Keaton, Jack Nicholson, Kim Basinger, Jack Palance
- "Batman Returns" (1992): directed by Tim Burton; starring Michael Keaton, Danny DeVito, Michelle Pfeiffer, Christopher Walken
- "Batman | 52,120 | triviaqa-train |
Cesar Romero and Jack Nicholson have both played which Batman character? | . Many of them mirror aspects of the Batman's character and development, often having tragic origin stories that lead them to a life of crime. These foes are commonly referred to as Batman's "rogues gallery". Batman's "most implacable foe" is the Joker, a homicidal maniac with a clown-like appearance. The Joker is considered by critics to be his perfect adversary, since he is the antithesis of Batman in personality and appearance; the Joker has a maniacal demeanor with a colorful appearance, while Batman | Batman (film)
Batman, in films, may refer to:
- "Batman" (1966 film): directed by Leslie H. Martinson; starring Adam West, Burt Ward, Cesar Romero, Burgess Meredith
- "Batman" (1989 film): directed by Tim Burton; starring Michael Keaton, Jack Nicholson, Kim Basinger, Jack Palance
- "Batman Returns" (1992): directed by Tim Burton; starring Michael Keaton, Danny DeVito, Michelle Pfeiffer, Christopher Walken
- "Batman | 52,121 | triviaqa-train |
If a team at contract bridge wins a grand slam, how many tricks have they won? | a one-run victory; some baseball observers call this an "ultimate grand slam". Roberto Clemente is the only player to have hit a walk-off inside-the-park grand slam in a one-run victory; the Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the Chicago Cubs 9–8 on July 25, 1956 at Forbes Field, a park known for its spacious outfield.
On June 13–14, , the Minnesota Twins hit grand slams in consecutive games against the Boston Red Sox, including a walk-off grand slam by Jason | "drive-through"), equalling grand slam in Bridge.
If the contract is over 160, it is possible for the declarer side to play "läpiajo" and still not make the contract. In such a case, the declarer side gets negative points for not making the contract and the opponents get negative points for not taking any tricks.
The team that first gets at least 500 points wins. If both teams break the 500 limit in the same hand, the team that has more points wins. | 52,122 | triviaqa-train |
While filming the documentary Super Size Me, Morgan Spurlock ate at what fast food restaurant exclusively for 30 days? | 's food "(Pelman v. McDonald's Corp., 237 F. Supp. 2d 512)". Spurlock argued that although the lawsuit against McDonald's failed (and subsequently many state legislatures have legislated against product liability actions against producers and distributors of "fast food") as well as the McLibel case, much of the same criticism leveled against the tobacco companies applies to fast food franchises whose product is both physiologically addictive and physically harmful.
The documentary was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature and won Best Documentary | Super Size Me 2: Holy Chicken!
Super Size Me 2: Holy Chicken! is a 2017 American documentary film directed by Morgan Spurlock. A sequel to the 2004 film "Super Size Me", it explores the ways in which the fast food industry has rebranded itself as healthier since his original film through the process of Spurlock working to open his own fast food restaurant, thus exposing some of the ways in which that rebranding is more perception than reality.
At the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival, where it | 52,123 | triviaqa-train |
How many cups are in a gallon? | US gallon. The teaspoon, tablespoon, and cup are defined in terms of a fluid ounce as , , and 8 fluid ounces. The fluid ounce derives its name originally from being the volume of one ounce avoirdupois of water, but in the US it is defined as of a US gallon. Consequently, a fluid ounce of water weighs about 1.041 ounces avoirdupois.
The saying "a pint's a pound the world around" refers to 16 US fluid ounces of water weighing approximately (about 4% more than) | defined as exactly 5 ml, giving 1 gallon = 3840 ml exactly. This chart uses the former.
In domestic cooking, bulk solids, notably flour and sugar, are measured by volume, often cups, though they are sold by weight at retail. Weight measures are used for meat. Butter may be measured by either weight (" lb") or volume ("3 tbsp") or a combination of weight and volume (" lb plus 3 tbsp"); it is sold by | 52,124 | triviaqa-train |
Which stock market trend is associated with decreased investor confidence? Bull? Or Bear? | or earlier.
An analysis of Morningstar, Inc. stock market data from 1926 to 2014 found that a typical bull market lasted 8.5 years
with an average cumulative total return of 458%, while annualized gains for bull markets range from 14.9% to 34.1%.
Primary trends Bear market.
A bear market is a general decline in the stock market over a period of time. It includes a transition from high investor optimism to widespread investor fear and pessimism. One generally accepted measure of a bear market is a price | Bull trap
In stock market trading, a Bull trap is an inaccurate signal that shows a decreasing trend in a stock or index has reversed and is now heading upwards, when in fact, the security will continue to decline.
It is seen as a trap because the bullish investor purchases the stock, thinking it will increase in value, but is trapped with a poor performing stock whose value is still falling.
See also.
- Economic bubble
- Stock market bubble
- Speculation
- Boom and | 52,125 | triviaqa-train |
On July 16, 1945, the nuclear age was ushered in with the explosion of a test bomb at the Trinity test site in what US state? | In 2013, there were a total of 7,383 legislators in the 50 state legislative bodies. They earned from $0 annually (New Mexico) to $90,526 (California). There were various per diem and mileage compensation.
Governments Constitutions Judicial.
States can also organize their judicial systems differently from the federal judiciary, as long as they protect the federal constitutional right of their citizens to procedural due process. Most have a trial level court, generally called a District Court, Superior Court or Circuit Court, a first- | velocity.")
On July 16, 1945 Ashkin was present at the first-ever explosion of a nuclear bomb at the Trinity test site, Alamogordo. Only a few of the many scientists were permitted to witness this unspeakably dramatic culmination of their work. Ashkin was probably there because of his work on radiation poisoning, begun at Met Lab and probably continued afterward.
In 1950 it was revealed that one of the scientists at Los Alamos, Klaus Fuchs, was providing the Soviet intelligence bureau, NKGB, with secret | 52,126 | triviaqa-train |
The March of Dimes was originally started to raise money to combat what disease? | March of Dimes
March of Dimes is a United States nonprofit organization that works to improve the health of mothers and babies. According to its website, "We believe that every baby deserves the best possible start. Unfortunately, not all babies get one. We are changing that."
The organization was founded by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1938, as the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, to combat polio. The name "March of Dimes" was coined by Eddie Cantor. After funding Jonas Salk's polio vaccine | of all modern-day charity walks, since the walk was also his own idea. In 1949 John also did a walk (86 miles) to raise money for the church he attended. He would continue to walk for the March of Dimes for the rest of his life, logging his 1,000th mile walking for them on January 23, 1983, on an anniversary walk in High Point, N.C. where it all started.
In 1958, he moved his family to Southern California, where he would spend the rest of | 52,127 | triviaqa-train |
Much to the dismay of Paul Simon, what Kodak product was recently retired after a 74 year run? | 1 in the UK and Japan. It later spawned another Top 30 hit with "Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard".
Simon's next project was the pop-folk album, "There Goes Rhymin' Simon", released in May 1973. It contained some of his most popular and polished recordings. The lead single, "Kodachrome," was a No. 2 hit in America, and the follow-up, the gospel-flavored "Loves Me Like a Rock" was even bigger, topping | Christmas Pudding (novel)
Christmas Pudding is a novel by Nancy Mitford, first published in 1932. It tells the story of a Christmas spent in the Cotswolds during an outbreak of hoof-and-mouth disease, away from the busy city life of London.
Characters.
- Paul Fotheringay - A writer who has recently published his first successful novel "Crazy Capers", is the protagonist. Much to his dismay "Crazy Capers" has been dubbed the funniest book of the year; what the readers do | 52,128 | triviaqa-train |
At what address did fictional detective Sherlock Holmes live/work with Dr. Watson? | residing at 221B Baker Street, Holmes is famous for his intellectual prowess and is renowned for his skillful use of astute observation, deductive reasoning, and forensic skills to solve difficult cases. Conan Doyle wrote four novels and fifty-six short stories featuring Holmes, and all but four stories are narrated by Holmes's friend, assistant, and biographer, Dr. John H. Watson.
Golden Age detective novels.
The period between World War I and World War II (the 1920s and 1930s) is generally referred to as the | along with a stylized British accent.
The social worker and psychiatrist assigned to work with Holmes is Dr. Joan Watson (Jenny O'Hara), the psychiatrist who had given Holmes the copy of the Sherlock Holmes "canon" in the first place. Her superior (Booth Colman) warns that her job is at risk because of the situation. LAPD Detective Lt. Nicholas "Nick" Tinker (Nicholas Colasanto) is somewhat skeptical of what has happened to Holmes, but Watson points out that this Holmes wants anonymity as much as | 52,129 | triviaqa-train |
In the English language version of Scrabble, what is the point value of the vowels? | Scrabble
Scrabble is a word game in which two to four players score points by placing tiles bearing a single letter onto a board divided into a 15×15 grid of squares. The tiles must form words that, in crossword fashion, read left to right in rows or downward in columns, and be included in a standard dictionary or lexicon.
The name is a trademark of Mattel in most of the world, but of Hasbro, Inc. in the United States and Canada. The game is sold in 121 countries and is | Beatnik (programming language)
Beatnik is a simple stack-based esoteric programming language, by Cliff L. Biffle. A beatnik program consists of any sequence of English words. Each word is assigned the score you would get for it in a Scrabble game. The value of the score determines what function is performed. Functions include pushing the score of the next word onto the stack, testing the stack and skipping forward or backward in the program and other stack operations.
Overview.
Overview Markup.
The interpreter reads the | 52,130 | triviaqa-train |
In the stupid celebrity kids name category, what superhero inspired name did Nicholas Cage bestow upon his son? | sometimes used to refer to characters such as the Spirit, who may not be explicitly referred to as superheroes but nevertheless share similar traits.
Some superheroes use their powers to counter daily crime while also combating threats against humanity from supervillains, who are their criminal counterparts. Often at least one of these supervillains will be the superhero's archenemy. Some long-running superheroes and superheroines such as Superman, Spider-Man, Batman, Wonder Woman, the Hulk, Green Lantern, the Flash, Captain America, Thor, Wolverine | name early in his career to Nicolas Cage, inspired in part by the Marvel Comics superhero Luke Cage.
Career.
Career Acting.
Since his film debut with a minor role in "Fast Times at Ridgemont High" (1982), opposite Judge Reinhold and Sean Penn, Cage has appeared in a wide range of films, both mainstream and offbeat. He auditioned for the role of Dallas Winston in his uncle's film "The Outsiders", based on S.E. Hinton's novel, but lost to Matt Dillon. | 52,131 | triviaqa-train |
What makeup slathered asshat, along with her husband Jim, bilked millions from unsuspecting believers, as head of the daily religious TV show, the PTL club? | The PTL Club
The PTL Club, also known as The Jim and Tammy Show, was a Christian television program that was first hosted by evangelists Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker. It ran from 1974 to 1989. The program was later known as PTL Today and as Heritage Today.
PTL stands for "Praise The Lord" or "People That Love."
During its final days , "The PTL Club", which adopted a talk show format, was the flagship television program of the Bakkers' PTL Satellite | Broadcasting Network. Jim and his wife then moved to Charlotte, North Carolina. In 1976 they first put "The PTL Club" on the air.
Career PTL.
From 1974 to 1987, the Bakkers hosted "The PTL Club", which functioned like a late-night talk show. Guests ranged from religious figures like Billy Graham and Oral Roberts to entertainers such as Mr. T and Mickey Rooney. Bakker founded the PTL Satellite Network in 1974, which aired "The PTL Club" and other religious television programs. | 52,132 | triviaqa-train |
Lake Ontario is the smallest of the Great Lakes by area. What is the smallest by volume? | Great Lakes
The Great Lakes (), also called the Laurentian Great Lakes and the Great Lakes of North America, are a series of interconnected freshwater lakes primarily in the upper mid-east region of North America, on the Canada–United States border, which connect to the Atlantic Ocean through the Saint Lawrence River. They consist of Lakes Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie, and Ontario. Hydrologically, there are only four lakes, because Lakes Michigan and Huron join at the Straits of Mackinac. The lakes form | is water. It is the smallest county by land area in Iowa, and the fifth-smallest by total area.
A region known as the Iowa Great Lakes is in Dickinson County, making it a popular vacation destination for Iowans, and explaining the recent high population growth in the area. The lakes include West Okoboji Lake, East Okoboji Lake, and Spirit Lake.
Geography Major highways.
- U.S. Highway 71
- Iowa Highway 9
- Iowa Highway 86
Geography Adjacent counties.
- Jackson County, | 52,133 | triviaqa-train |
Founded in 1892, Ezra Fitch hooked up with whom in order to open their first sporting good store, before ultimately settling on fashion? | Ezra Fitch
Ezra Hasbrouck Fitch (September 27, 1865 – June 16, 1930) was the co-founder of the modern lifestyle brand Abercrombie & Fitch and is attributed with the introduction of Mahjong to the United States.
A wealthy New York City manager, Fitch began as one of the company's first customers, until finally joining into the company with David Abercrombie. Fitch is attributed with much of the company's successful growth in its early years and a collection of now-defunct upscale apparel and fragrances were introduced | an instrumental outfit for several shows before eventually settling with Lenz in 2003. That same year, Justin ultimately quit Dusk Delight to fully focus on Negligence, after he had already recorded guitars for their debut album Stories.
Negligence released two demos between 2003 and 2005 with Lenz on vocals and started touring Slovenia extensively. The tour saw Negligence open for the first edition of the Metal Camp festival held in Tolmin, thus being the first band to ever perform there.
However, the line-up did not last long and | 52,134 | triviaqa-train |
Where do the 12 Greek gods call home? | of the Titans, the new pantheon of gods and goddesses was confirmed. Among the principal Greek gods were the Olympians, residing on Mount Olympus under the eye of Zeus. (The limitation of their number to twelve seems to have been a comparatively modern idea.) Besides the Olympians, the Greeks worshipped various gods of the countryside, the satyr-god Pan, Nymphs (spirits of rivers), Naiads (who dwelled in springs), Dryads (who were spirits of the trees), Nereids (who inhabited the | Kneeler' (see below) – is a conflation of the two Babylonian constellations of the Sitting and Standing Gods.
The earliest Greek references to the constellation do not refer to it as Hercules. Aratus describes it as follows:
Right there in its [Draco's] orbit wheels a Phantom form, like to a man that strives at a task. That sign no man knows how to read clearly, nor what task he is bent, but men simply call him On His Knees " [ "the Kneeler" | 52,135 | triviaqa-train |
George Washington was the first US president. Who was the second? | start on March 4, 1789, Adams did not become Vice President of the United States until April 21, because Congress could not initially achieve a quorum.
Vice presidency, 1789–97 Tenure.
The sole constitutionally prescribed responsibility of the vice president is to preside over the Senate, where he can cast a tie-breaking vote. Early in his term, Adams became deeply involved in a lengthy Senate controversy over the official titles for the president and executive officers of the new government. Although the House agreed that the president should | her second husband, the first US President George Washington, at Mount Vernon. Custis, a far-sighted agricultural pioneer, painter, playwright, and orator, was interested in perpetuating the memory and principles of George Washington. His house became a "treasury" of Washington heirlooms.
In 1804, Custis married Mary Lee Fitzhugh. Their only child to survive infancy was Mary Anna Randolph Custis, born in 1808. Young Robert E. Lee, whose mother was a cousin of Mrs. Custis, frequently visited Arlington. Two years | 52,136 | triviaqa-train |
According to the fairy tale Goldilocks, whose bed was too hard? | out of the window, and is never seen again. The second version replaced the old woman with a little girl named Goldilocks, and the third and by far most well-known version replaced the original bear trio with Papa Bear, Mama Bear and Baby Bear.
What was originally a frightening oral tale became a cozy family story with only a hint of menace. The story has elicited various interpretations and has been adapted to film, opera, and other media. "Goldilocks and the Three Bears" is one of | scope and distribution of Earth-like extraterrestrial life and intelligence.
The habitable zone is also called the Goldilocks zone, a metaphor of the children's fairy tale of "Goldilocks and the Three Bears", in which a little girl chooses from sets of three items, ignoring the ones that are too extreme (large or small, hot or cold, etc.), and settling on the one in the middle, which is "just right".
Since the concept was first presented in 1953, many stars | 52,137 | triviaqa-train |
Before being supposedly discovered at the counter of Schwab's Drug store, Marilyn Monroe was known as who? | Drive in the Brentwood neighborhood of Los Angeles. Her housekeeper Eunice Murray was staying overnight at the home on the evening of Saturday, August 4, 1962. Murray awoke at 3:00a.m. on August 5 and sensed that something was wrong. Although she saw light from under Monroe's bedroom door, she was unable to get a response and found the door locked. Murray then called Monroe's psychiatrist, Dr. Ralph Greenson, who arrived at the house shortly after and broke into the bedroom through a window, finding Monroe dead in | founding Lassoff family from its inception until June 2007, has served Brentwood for more than 50 years. The drug store has been the scene of many famous scandals and, like its defunct West Hollywood cousin Schwab's, is known as the pharmacy to the stars, where many now-notable actors and actresses worked as delivery boys or "candy counter" girls.
The Brentwood Country Mart, near the corner of San Vicente Blvd and 26th Street next to the Santa Monica city limit, is a shopping and food center that | 52,138 | triviaqa-train |
What "melts in your mouth, not in your hands?" | altogether.
Mars reintroduced the Peanut Treets brand in the UK, France and Germany in July 2009. Peanut M&Ms continue to be sold in the UK alongside Treets.
References.
- Mars to bring Treets back to the shelves Mirror.co.uk News 19 July 2009
- Brewer's Dictionary of Modern Phrase and Fable, "Advertising slogans of the 20th century" accessed October 18, 2012. | life [...] so gooey it melts in your hands, not in your mouth." The song ranked at fifteenth on "Village Voice's" 1997 "Pazz & Jop" critics' poll, conducted by music journalist Robert Christgau.
Present-day reviews from critics, however, are mostly positive. Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic said that "none of the girls have great voices, but they do exude personality and charisma, which is what drives bouncy dance-pop like 'Wannabe,' with its ridiculous | 52,139 | triviaqa-train |
The detonation of the first atomic bomb, Trinity, ushered in the Atomic Age, when the bomb was tested outside of Alamogordo in what US state on July 16, 1945? | In 2013, there were a total of 7,383 legislators in the 50 state legislative bodies. They earned from $0 annually (New Mexico) to $90,526 (California). There were various per diem and mileage compensation.
Governments Constitutions Judicial.
States can also organize their judicial systems differently from the federal judiciary, as long as they protect the federal constitutional right of their citizens to procedural due process. Most have a trial level court, generally called a District Court, Superior Court or Circuit Court, a first- | 1945, Bush became part of the Interim Committee formed to advise the new president, Harry S. Truman, on nuclear weapons. It advised that the atomic bomb should be used against an industrial target in Japan as soon as possible and without warning. Bush was present at the Alamogordo Bombing and Gunnery Range on July 16, 1945, for the Trinity nuclear test, the first detonation of an atomic bomb. Afterwards, he took his hat off to Oppenheimer in tribute.
Before the end of the Second World War, Bush | 52,140 | triviaqa-train |
Which author of books such as The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, First Things First, Principle-Centered Leadership, and The Seven Habits of Highly Effective Families, died on Monday due to complications from a bicycle accident? | The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, first published in 1989, is a business and self-help book written by Stephen Covey. Covey presents an approach to being effective in attaining goals by aligning oneself to what he calls "true north" principles based on a character ethic that he presents as universal and timeless.
Covey defines effectiveness as the balance of obtaining desirable results with caring for that which produces those results. He illustrates this by referring to the fable of the " | international respected leadership authority, author of "Principle Centered Leadership", "Seven Habits of Highly Effective People", and "The 8th Habit". Founder and vice chairman of FranklinCovey Company.
- James MacGregor Burns: Presidential biographer, founder of leadership studies with his 1978 book "Leadership", Woodrow Wilson Professor (emeritus) of Political Science at Williams College, and scholar at the James MacGregor Burns Academy of Leadership at the University of Maryland, College Park. He received a Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award in | 52,141 | triviaqa-train |
Signed on July 16, 1790, the Residence Act established what as the US Capitol? | United States Capitol
The United States Capitol, often called the Capitol Building, is the home of the United States Congress and the seat of the legislative branch of the U.S. federal government. It is located on Capitol Hill at the eastern end of the National Mall in Washington, D.C. Though no longer at the geographic center of the Federal District, the Capitol forms the origin point for the District's street-numbering system and the District's four quadrants.
The original building was completed in 1800 and was subsequently expanded, | Residence Act
The Residence Act of 1790, officially titled An Act for establishing the temporary and permanent seat of the Government of the United States (), was a United States federal statute adopted during the second session of the First United States Congress, and signed into law by President George Washington on July 16, 1790. The Act provided for a national capital and permanent seat of government to be established at a site along the Potomac River and empowered President Washington to appoint commissioners to oversee the project. It also set a | 52,142 | triviaqa-train |
What is the more common name for a lexicon, of which Dr. Johnson's is an early example? | Samuel Johnson
Samuel Johnson (18 September 1709 – 13 December 1784), often referred to as Dr. Johnson, was an English writer who made lasting contributions to English literature as a poet, playwright, essayist, moralist, literary critic, biographer, editor, and lexicographer. He was a devout Anglican. Politically, he was a committed Tory. The "Oxford Dictionary of National Biography" describes Johnson as "arguably the most distinguished man of letters in English history". He is the subject of James Boswell's | The name "Schnapsen" () is derived from "schnappen", which means "to trump". By contrast, in popular tradition, the name is frequently attributed to the fact that people often played the game for drinks, particularly schnaps, in a similar way to the origin of the name Gin Rummy. An early description of the game is found in the Leipziger "Frauenzimmer-Lexicon" of 1715 under the name Mariage (French for "wedding"). That name is still common today and there is | 52,143 | triviaqa-train |
Which Mesoamerican culture worshipped the feathered serpent known as Quetzalcoatl? | Late Classic period (600–900 AD).
In the Postclassic period (900–1519 AD), the worship of the feathered serpent deity was based in the primary Mexican religious center of Cholula. It is in this period that the deity is known to have been named "Quetzalcoatl" by his Nahua followers. In the Maya area, he was approximately equivalent to Kukulkan and Gukumatz, names that also roughly translate as "feathered serpent" in different Mayan languages.
Quetzalcoatl, the Aztec god of wind, air, | for the day sign 9 Wind. The date 9 Wind is known to be associated with fertility, Venus and war among the Maya and frequently occurs in relation to Quetzalcoatl in other Mesoamerican cultures.
On the basis of the iconography of the feathered serpent deity at sites such as Teotihuacan, Xochicalco, Chichén Itzá, Tula and Tenochtitlan combined with certain ethnohistorical sources, historian David Carrasco has argued that the preeminent function of the feathered serpent deity throughout Mesoamerican history was the patron deity of the Urban center, a god of culture and | 52,144 | triviaqa-train |
In theater terminology, which part of a stage is closest to the audience: upstage or downstage? | is facing the audience, while "house left" and "house right" are the reverse, denoting the sides of the stage as viewed by the audience. In Germany, stage right and left are reversed, being the director's view rather than the actor's.
Less ambiguous terms used in theatres that follow a British tradition are "Prompt Side" or "P Side" (Stage left) and "Off-Prompt" or "O.P. Side" (Stage Right), relating to the traditional location of | cost more than $100 million. The theater is set up as a circular theatre in the round, with seats 360 degrees around the stage. There are four balconies in the theater, and the furthest seat from the absolute center of the stage is only 98 feet. The closest seat to the absolute center of the stage is 23 feet and 4 inches, which is only 2 feet and 9 inches from the edge of the stage.
Storyline.
The loose story of the production traces the Beatles’ biography in | 52,145 | triviaqa-train |
Although it was headquartered at Oak Ridge, TN, and the University of Chicago, what was the name of the WWII project that created the atomic bomb? | Manhattan Project. Although original residents of the area could be buried in existing cemeteries, every coffin was reportedly opened for inspection.
The Corps' Manhattan Engineer District (MED) managed the acquisition and clearing. The K-25, S-50, and Y-12 plants were each built in Oak Ridge to separate the fissile isotope uranium-235 from natural uranium, which consists almost entirely of the isotope uranium-238. During construction of the magnets, which were required for the process that would separate the uranium at the Y-12 site, a shortage of copper forced | Carolina, where he graduated with bachelor's and master's degrees in physics and mathematics. He continued graduate study in physics at Duke University, where he received a PhD degree in 1934 for research into cosmic radiation. He began an academic career as a faculty member at Lenoir Rhyne College, but in 1943 was recruited to work in the secret project to develop an atomic bomb.
Initially at the University of Chicago Metallurgical Laboratory and later in Oak Ridge, Morgan joined a small group of physicists who were interested in the health | 52,146 | triviaqa-train |
If you are eating salted, unfertilized sturgeon roe, what are you eating? | Lightly salted roe of the vendace is called Löjrom in Swedish. It is naturally orange in colour. The most sought after type is Kalix Löjrom from Kalix in the northern Baltic sea.
Most Löjrom consumed in Sweden is however imported frozen from North America.
Stenbitsrom, the roe of lumpfish is naturally a bleak unappetizing gray, but is coloured black (to emulate Black Caviar) or orange (to emulate Löjrom). Stenbitsrom sells in much larger volume than Löjrom, but it has two drawbacks: it tastes little | disgusting" foods that Dickson Wright has tasted on our behalf are "oily, fishy" seal; salted sheep; "rather unpleasant" ancient-style cheese made blue with a dirty horse harness; "fishy" and "stringy" swan; and lampreys, which were "So delicious I can see why Henry I died of eating a surfeit of them". She found, writes Hennessy, that a Stilton cheese crawling with maggots was "too pungent", but rook breast meat was "not unpalatable" if you | 52,147 | triviaqa-train |
Obtained from the ore cinnabar, vermilion is a shade of what color? | [File:AdditiveColor.svg|thumb|Additive color mixing: combining red and green yields yellow; combining all three primary colors together yields white.]]
[[Additive color]] is light created by mixing together [[light]] of two or more different colors. [[Red]], [[green]], and [[blue]] are the additive [[primary color]]s normally used in additive color systems such as projectors and computer terminals.
Spectral colors and color reproduction Subtractive coloring.
[[File | Eighties". Crawfordsville, Indiana: R. E. Banta, 1959.
External links.
- Official website
- Cincinnati Parks – Official City of Cincinnati Public Parks website
- Greater Cincinnati Convention & Visitors Bureau
- Cincinnati USA: Official Visitors and Tourist Site
- Adelina Patti and Oscar Wilde in Cincinnati 1882 | 52,148 | triviaqa-train |
Monday marked the 61st anniversary of the publication of noted recluse J. D. Salinger's only novel, which was what? | J. D. Salinger
Jerome David Salinger (; January 1, 1919 January 27, 2010) was an American writer known for his novel "The Catcher in the Rye". He was raised in Manhattan and began writing short stories while in secondary school. His father urged him to learn about the meat-importing business; he went to work in Europe but was so disgusted by the slaughterhouses that he decided to embark on a different career path. He left Austria one month before it was annexed by Nazi Germany on March 12 | rest are migratory. Plains are inhabited by migratory waterfowl and cranes. The open countryside is inhabited by the common pheasant. South Korean wetlands support over one million wintering ducks and geese.
Carnivoran animals include weasels, badgers and marten. Northern part of the Korean Peninsula is home to antelopes and raccoon dogs.
Aquatic fauna includes about 212 species of freshwater fish. Four species of them received the status of Natural Monument Fish – marbled eel, spotted barbel, Manchurian trout and golden mandarin fish. The Korean Peninsula has a | 52,149 | triviaqa-train |
Whose Wild West show, which ran from 1883 until 1908, featured such performers as Annie Oakley, Sitting Bull, and Frank Butler, among many others? | soldiers to the area, forcing many of the Lakotas to surrender over the next year. But Sitting Bull refused to surrender, and in May 1877 he led his band north to Wood Mountain, North-Western Territory (now Saskatchewan). He remained there until 1881, at which time he and most of his band returned to US territory and surrendered to U.S. forces.
After working as a performer with "Buffalo Bill's Wild West" show, Sitting Bull returned to the Standing Rock Agency in South Dakota. Because | marry and merge the shows.
"Notes":
- This description is based on the 1966 revised book.
- In the 1999 book, Frank also deliberately misses his shots in the final match, which ends in a tie.
- º written for 1966 revision and included in 1999 Broadway Revival; not in the original production
- § omitted from the 1999 Broadway Revival
Characters.
- Annie Oakley—a sharpshooter in the Wild West show
- Frank Butler—the Wild West show's | 52,150 | triviaqa-train |
The Oscar winning song "A Whole New World" accompanies Aladdin and Jasmine when they explore the world atop of what? | . Iago's supervising animator Will Finn tried to incorporate some aspects of Gottfried's appearance into Iago's design, especially his semi-closed eyes and the always-appearing teeth. Some aspects of the Sultan were inspired by the Wizard of Oz, to create a bumbling authority figure. Andreas Deja, Jafar's supervising animator, tried to incorporate Jonathan Freeman's facial expressions and gesturing into the character. Animator Randy Cartwright described working on the Magic Carpet as challenging, since it is only a rectangular shape, that expresses itself through | magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People. In 1992, she performed the singing voice of Princess Jasmine in Disney's animated film "Aladdin".
Life and career 1993–1996: "Les Misérables", films and other musicals.
In 1993, Salonga played the role of Éponine in the Broadway production of "Les Misérables". She performed the song "A Whole New World" from "Aladdin" with Brad Kane at the 65th Annual Academy Awards in Los Angeles, where the song won an Oscar, having already won a | 52,151 | triviaqa-train |
First settled in 1565, what is the oldest, continually occupied European-established city in the continental US? | St. Augustine, Florida
St. Augustine () is a city in the Southeastern United States, on the Atlantic coast of northeastern Florida. Founded in 1565 by Spanish explorers, it is the oldest continuously inhabited European-established settlement within the borders of the continental United States. It is the second oldest city in United States territory after San Juan, Puerto Rico (founded in 1521).
The county seat of St. Johns County, St. Augustine is part of Florida's First Coast region and the Jacksonville metropolitan area. According | established a settlement at present-day Pensacola, making it the first attempted settlement in Florida, but it was mostly abandoned by 1561.
In 1565, the settlement of St. Augustine (San Agustín) was established under the leadership of admiral and governor Pedro Menéndez de Avilés, creating what would become one of the oldest, continuously-occupied European settlements in the continental U.S. and establishing the first generation of Floridanos and the Government of Florida. Spain maintained strategic control over the region by converting the local tribes to Christianity. The | 52,152 | triviaqa-train |
Durum, Spelt, and Einkorn are all types of what? | placenta. It occurs in the somatic cells of some animals, such as goldfish, salmon, and salamanders, but is especially common among ferns and flowering plants (see "Hibiscus rosa-sinensis"), including both wild and cultivated species. Wheat, for example, after millennia of hybridization and modification by humans, has strains that are diploid (two sets of chromosomes), tetraploid (four sets of chromosomes) with the common name of durum or macaroni wheat, and hexaploid (six sets of chromosomes) with the | interesting types of grain from many sources, e.g. The Nordic Gene Bank and a few grain types found in an old farmhouse. This strategy has resulted in the marketing of organic flour made from emmer, einkorn, spelt, kamut, ølandshvede, durum and svedjerug.
New bakers – The baker’s traditional monopoly in delivering fresh baked bread has been challenged by petrol station outlets selling good quality bake-off bread.
Finland.
Finland History.
Centuries ago, bread was an important part of the daily meal; for | 52,153 | triviaqa-train |
In the world of the machinist, a die is used to create the male portion of the threads (e.g. the screw). What is used to create the female portion (e.g. the nut)? | versus thread strength is similar to many engineering decisions involving the strength, weight and cost of material, as well as the cost to machine it.
Design Taper.
Tapered threads are used on fasteners and pipe. A common example of a fastener with a tapered thread is a wood screw.
The threaded pipes used in some plumbing installations for the delivery of fluids under pressure have a threaded section that is slightly conical. Examples are the NPT and BSP series. The seal provided by a threaded pipe joint is created when | digital manufacturing, digital fabrication, instant manufacturing, or on-demand manufacturing.
Inspection.
Inspection of the finished screw threads can be achieved in various ways, with the expense of the method tailored to the requirements of the product application. Shop-floor inspection of a thread is often as simple as running a nut onto it (for male threads) or a bolt into it (for female threads). This is plenty good enough for many applications (e.g., MRO or hobbyist work), although it is | 52,154 | triviaqa-train |
According to Rachel Ray, what is EVOO? | to have a superior taste, having some fruitiness and no defined sensory defects. Extra virgin olive oil accounts for less than 10% of oil in many producing countries; the percentage is far higher in the Mediterranean countries (Greece: 80%, Italy: 65%, Spain 50%).
Virgin olive oil is a lesser grade of virgin oil, with free acidity of up to 1.5%, and is judged to have a good taste, but may include some sensory defects.
Refined olive oil is virgin | for help moving his drums. Ray and Owen then wind up going to Bertrand's party where Owen and Rachel end up in bed.
Owen, Ray, and two of their friends are asked to serve as pallbearers when the father of their friend Matt dies in New Jersey. While Owen is out of town, Lynn and Rachel meet, and Lynn learns the truth about what Owen and Rachel did. Lynn wants to break up with Owen.
Owen takes Ray to the film festival where he hopes to win an | 52,155 | triviaqa-train |
What can be a NATO phonetic alphabet letter, a landform at the mouth of a river, or a plumbing fixture company? | critical combinations of letters and numbers are most likely to be pronounced and understood by those who exchange voice messages by radio or telephone, regardless of language differences or the quality of the communication channel.
The 26 code words in the NATO phonetic alphabet are assigned to the 26 letters of the English alphabet in alphabetical order as follows: , Bravo, Charlie, Delta, Echo, Foxtrot, Golf, Hotel, India, , Kilo, Lima, Mike, November, Oscar, Papa, Quebec, Romeo, Sierra, Tango | military operations. Whereas the names of many letters sound alike, the set of replacement words can be selected to be as distinct from each other as possible, to minimise the likelihood of ambiguity or mistaking one letter for another. For example, if a burst of static cuts off the start of an English-language utterance of the letter "J", it may be mistaken for "A" or "K". In the international radiotelephony spelling alphabet known as the ICAO (or NATO) phonetic alphabet, the sequence | 52,156 | triviaqa-train |
Although made by a variety of manufacturers, what is the name of the appliances sold by Sears? | into suburban markets and malls in the 1960s and 1970s. In 1959, it had formed the Homart Development Company for developing malls. Many of the company's stores have undergone major renovations or replacement since the 1980s. Sears began to diversify in the 1930s, creating Allstate Insurance Company in 1931 and placing Allstate representatives in its stores in 1934. Over the decades it established major national brands, such as Kenmore, Craftsman, DieHard, Silvertone, Supertone, and Toughskins. The company became a conglomerate during the mid-20th century, adding | J. C. Higgins
From 1908 until 1962, Sears, Roebuck & Company sold a wide variety of sporting goods and recreational equipment, including bicycles, golf clubs, rifles, shotguns, and revolvers under the brand name "J. C. Higgins." These products were well made and were popular with the company's historical core of rural and working-class consumers.
Like many other Sears products, the Sears firearms were originally made by major firearm manufacturers. The Model 20 was produced by High Standard Arms, as was the | 52,157 | triviaqa-train |
Although the younger of the two leagues by 25 years (and sometimes called the Junior Circuit), which league has won 62 of the 106 World Series games played since 1903? The National League? Or the American league? | into the 20th century. The first Japanese professional baseball efforts began in 1920. The current Japanese leagues date from the late 1940s (after World War II). Various Latin American leagues also formed around that time.
By the 1990s, baseball was played at a highly skilled level in many countries. Reaching North America's high-salary major leagues is the goal of many of the best players around the world, which gives a strong international flavor to the Series. Many talented players from Latin America, the Caribbean, | through 2018 season"
Footnotes.
- Although the Giants won the tournament called the World Series twice before 1900, the 19th century World Series was a very different event from the current World Series, which began to be played in 1903. The 19th century World Series was considered an exhibition contest between the champion of the National League and the champion of the American Association.
- A running total of the number of Giants' managers. Thus, any manager who has two or more separate terms is only counted once | 52,158 | triviaqa-train |
What was the name of the Federal building destroyed by total asshats Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols in Oklahoma City on April 19, 1995? | exponentially increased, together with demand for additional residential and retail amenities, such as grocery, services, and shops.
Since the MAPS projects' completion, the downtown area has seen continued development. Several downtown buildings are undergoing renovation/restoration. Notable among these was the restoration of the Skirvin Hotel in 2007. The famed First National Center is being renovated.
Residents of Oklahoma City suffered substantial losses on April 19, 1995 when Timothy McVeigh detonated a bomb in front of the Murrah building. The building was destroyed ( | on the office of Arab-American Congressman Darrell Issa. In its report, Terrorism 2000/2001, the FBI referred to the JDL as a "violent extremist Jewish organization" and stated that the FBI was responsible for thwarting at least one of its terrorist acts.
Notable domestic terrorist attacks Oklahoma City bombing (1995).
This truck bomb attack by Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols killed 168 people on April 19, 1995 – the deadliest domestic-based terrorist attack in the history of the United States since the era of mass lynchings | 52,159 | triviaqa-train |
April 19, 1987 saw the debut of The Simpsons as series of shorts on what prime time Fox series? | -TV in Louisville) signed affiliation agreements with the network on the condition that they would not have to carry "The Late Show" due to the program's weak ratings.
The network had its "grand opening" when it expanded its programming into prime time on April 5, 1987, inaugurating its Sunday night lineup with the premieres of the sitcom "Married... with Children" and the sketch comedy series "The Tracey Ullman Show". The premieres of both series were rebroadcast twice following their initial airings (at | of the state government being charged with various crimes and removing much of the Klan's power.
In the 1930s, the General Assembly established the state's first general welfare programs to help the poor affected by the Great Depression. The General Assembly passed the nation's first DUI laws in 1939, establishing a blood alcohol level of .15 as the legal limit. The 1940s led to the first African American being elected to the Indiana Senate and legislation that desegregated the public schools in 1949.
The General Assembly established the state | 52,160 | triviaqa-train |
Following the sinking of the USS Maine, April 23, 1898 saw the beginning of what conflict when war was declared on the United States following a 2 day naval blockade of Cuba? | Spanish–American War of 1898, when Cuba was occupied by the United States and gained nominal independence as a "de facto" United States protectorate in 1902. As a fragile republic, in 1940 Cuba attempted to strengthen its democratic system, but mounting political radicalization and social strife culminated in a coup and subsequent dictatorship under Fulgencio Batista in 1952. Open corruption and oppression under Batista's rule led to his ousting in January 1959 by the 26th of July Movement, which afterwards established communist rule under the leadership of Fidel Castro. | On February 15, 1898 USS "Maine" exploded and sunk in Havana Harbor, Cuba. According to the Navy's leading weapons expert, Philip Alger, the explosion was due to a coal fire igniting a reserve magazine of six tons of gunpowder, much of which was already degrading due to the humid climate. However, the United States forwarded an ultimatum to Spain to withdraw from Cuba following the sinking of "Maine". In response, Spain broke off diplomatic relations with the United States, and on April 23 | 52,161 | triviaqa-train |
Which Supreme Court justice announced their retirement this week? | White for Frederick M. Vinson, John Paul Stevens for Wiley Rutledge, William Rehnquist for Robert H. Jackson, Stephen Breyer for Arthur Goldberg, John Roberts for William Rehnquist, Elena Kagan for Thurgood Marshall, Neil Gorsuch for both Byron White and Anthony Kennedy, and Brett Kavanaugh for Kennedy. Justices Gorsuch and Kavanaugh served under Kennedy during the same term. Gorsuch is the first justice to serve alongside a justice for whom he or she clerked. With the confirmation of Justice Kavanaugh, for the first time a majority of the Supreme Court | States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims and 7 judges to the United States Tax Court. This is not a complete list of Clinton's Article I federal judge appointments.
United States Supreme Court Justices.
Speculation abounded over potential Clinton nominations to the Supreme Court even before his presidency officially began, given the advanced ages of several justices. On March 19, 1993, Justice Byron White announced his retirement effective at the end of the Supreme Court's 1992–1993 term.
President Clinton announced Ruth Bader Ginsburg as White's replacement | 52,162 | triviaqa-train |
A precursor to today's United Nations, what inter-governmental organization was pushed by President Woodrow Wilson and disbanded itself on April 20, 1946? | halt the killing in World War I. Two months later, the Allies met with Germany and Austria-Hungary at Versailles to hammer out formal peace terms. President Wilson wanted peace, but the United Kingdom and France disagreed, forcing harsh war reparations on their former enemies. The League of Nations was approved, and in the summer of 1919 Wilson presented the Treaty of Versailles and the Covenant of the League of Nations to the US Senate for ratification. On January 10, 1920, the League of Nations formally comes into being when | of law. It does so by making available, discreetly and in confidence, the experience of former leaders to today’s national leaders. It is a not-for-profit organization composed of former heads of government, senior governmental and international organization officials who work closely with heads of government on governance-related issues of concern to them.
On 9 October 2018, Ashton will discuss the legacy of US President Woodrow Wilson in Washington, DC.
Styles of address.
- 20 March 19561988: Miss Catherine Ashton | 52,163 | triviaqa-train |
The first world's fair in the United States since World War II, what city hosted the 1962 World's Fair, known as Century 21 Exposition? | Century 21 Exposition
The Century 21 Exposition (also known as the Seattle World's Fair) was a world's fair held April 21, 1962, to October 21, 1962, in Seattle, Washington.
Nearly 10 million people attended the fair. Unlike some other world's fairs of its era, Century 21 made a profit.
As planned, the exposition left behind a fairground and numerous public buildings and public works; some credit it with revitalizing Seattle's economic and cultural life ("see History of | 1970s: Revitalization efforts 1974 World's Fair.
Spokane hosted the first environmentally themed World's Fair in Expo '74, becoming the then-smallest city to ever host a World's Fair. Expo '74 also had the distinction of being the first American fair after World War II to be attended by the Soviet Union. This event transformed Spokane's downtown, removing a century of railroad industry that built the city and reinventing the urban core. The Spokane clock tower was once part of a Great Northern Railway depot that once | 52,164 | triviaqa-train |
What TV staple had its debut on April 19, 1987 as a short on The Tracy Ullman Show? | Brooks, who was looking to showcase the show's multitalented star. Brooks likened the show to producing three pilots a week. Ullman was the first British woman to be offered her own television sketch show in both the United Kingdom and the United States.
The show is also known for producing a series of shorts featuring the Simpson family, which was later adapted into the longest-running American scripted primetime television series, "The Simpsons". "The Tracey Ullman Show" garnered Fox its first ever Emmy nomination and win | rarely speaks, but has been voiced by several actors including Elizabeth Taylor, James Earl Jones, Harry Shearer, who used his Kang voice, Jodie Foster, Yeardley Smith, and Nancy Cartwright.
The five family members were given simple designs so that their facial emotions could easily be changed with little effort and so that they would be recognizable in silhouette. They made their debut on April 19, 1987 in "The Tracey Ullman Show" short "Good Night". In 1989, the shorts were adapted into "The | 52,165 | triviaqa-train |
What "important" day, started by U.S. Senator Gaylord Nelson (D-Wis), is celebrated in the U.S. on April 22, but by the U.N. on the day of the spring equinox? | Day," so the name stuck. The introduction of the name "Earth Day" was also claimed by John McConnell (see "Equinox Earth Day," below).
Earth Day Canada.
The first Canadian Earth Day was held on Thursday, September 11, 1980, and was organized by Paul D. Tinari, then a graduate student in Engineering Physics/Solar Engineering at Queen's University. Flora MacDonald, then MP for Kingston and the Islands and former Canadian Secretary of State for External Affairs, officially opened | 1962 United States Senate election in Wisconsin
The 1962 United States Senate election in Wisconsin was held on November 6, 1962. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Alexander Wiley ran for re-election, but was defeated by Democratic Gaylord A. Nelson.
General.
General Candidates.
- Gaylord A. Nelson (D), Governor of Wisconsin
- Alexander Wiley (R), incumbent U.S. senator
- William O. Hart (Independent)
- Georgia Cozzini (Socialist Labor)
- Wayne Leverenz (Socialist Workers)
See | 52,166 | triviaqa-train |
The second oldest ballpark in the Major Leagues, where do the Chicago Cubs play their home games? | umpires' judgment, as a ball that bounces off this screen is a home run. It can still be a difficult call, especially in ballparks with no outfield stands behind the poles to provide perspective. Wrigley Field is notorious for arguments over long, curving flies down a foul line (most notably in left field) that sail higher than the foul pole.
At Major League Baseball fields, foul poles are usually yellow. Those at Citi Field are orange. At the Rogers Centre, there are no foul poles, | .
After the 1909 season, the Sox moved five blocks to the north to play in the new Comiskey Park, while the 39th Street grounds became the home of the Chicago American Giants of the Negro Leagues. Billed as the Baseball Palace of the World, it originally held 28,000 seats and eventually grew to hold over 50,000. It became known for its many odd features, such as the outdoor shower and the exploding scoreboard. When it closed after the 1990 season, it was the oldest ballpark still in Major League Baseball | 52,167 | triviaqa-train |
What comic strip, created by Lee Falk, tells the story of a line of costumed crime fighters who operate from the fictional African country of Bangalla? | a recurring villain in "Phantom" lore, usually in cooperation with other dictators who seek a marionette-president.
Regime According to Team Fantomen.
After the above events, Team Fantomen added its own twists to the politics of Bangalla. Luaga lost a re-election bid to the pathologically evil Kigali Lubanga, who ruled the country as a dictator during the non-comics-world years of 1994–1996, before he was apparently killed and Luaga came back to take control of a country that was in uproar.
Lubanga | saboteurs using the superpower of invisibility created by Russell Stamm, would debut in the eponymous syndicated newspaper comic strip a few months later on June 3, 1940.
One superpowered character was portrayed as an antiheroine, a rarity for its time: the Black Widow, a costumed emissary of Satan who killed evildoers in order to send them to Hell—debuted in "Mystic Comics" #4 (Aug. 1940), from Timely Comics, the 1940s predecessor of Marvel Comics. Most of the other female costumed crime-fighters during | 52,168 | triviaqa-train |
An erupting volcano in what country has blanketed most of Northern Europe with a layer of ash that is making air travel particularly difficult at the moment? | of damage was sustained by commercial aircraft (some in the air, others on the ground) as a consequence of the 1991 eruption of Mount Pinatubo in the Philippines.
In April 2010 airspace all over Europe was affected, with many flights cancelled-which was unprecedented-due to the presence of volcanic ash in the upper atmosphere from the eruption of the Icelandic volcano Eyjafjallajökull. On 15 April 2010 the Finnish Air Force halted training flights when damage was found from volcanic dust ingestion by the engines of one of its Boeing F-18 | scientists can tell from the density of impact craters on the surface. Venus has an atmosphere rich in carbon dioxide, with a density that is 90 times greater than Earth's atmosphere.
Even though there are over 1,600 major volcanoes on Venus, none are known to be erupting at present and most are probably long extinct. However, radar sounding by the "Magellan" probe revealed evidence for comparatively recent volcanic activity at Venus's highest volcano Maat Mons, in the form of ash flows near the summit and on the northern | 52,169 | triviaqa-train |
Ornithology is the study of what? | knowledge and study.
Humans have had an observational relationship with birds since prehistory, with some stone-age drawings being amongst the oldest indications of an interest in birds. Birds were perhaps important as food sources, and bones of as many as 80 species have been found in excavations of early Stone Age settlements. Waterbird and seabird remains have also been found in shell mounds on the island of Oronsay off the coast of Scotland.
Cultures around the world have rich vocabularies related to birds. Traditional bird names are often based | principal study, and, of that, ornithology is evidently the favourite. The book is not a compilation from former publications, but the result of many years' attentive observations to nature itself, which are told not only with the precision of a philosopher, but with that happy selection of circumstances, which mark the "poet"."
Reception Nineteenth century.
In 1830, an anonymous critic, in what critic Tobias Menely called a description of Selborne "as a place that lingers beyond the spatio-temporal horizon of | 52,170 | triviaqa-train |
Born Robert Matthew Van Winkle in Dallas, Tx, what rapper had his best known hit with 1990s Ice Ice Baby? | Ice Ice Baby
"Ice Ice Baby" is a hip hop song written by American rapper Vanilla Ice, DJ Earthquake. It was based on the bassline of "Under Pressure" by Queen and David Bowie, who did not receive songwriting credit or royalties until after it had become a hit. Originally released on Vanilla Ice's 1989 debut album "Hooked" and later on his 1990 national debut "To the Extreme", it is his best known song. It has appeared in remixed form on "Platinum Underground" | Ice MC (rapper)
Ice MC (born Ian Campbell, March 22, 1965) is a British rapper best known for the hit singles "Take Away the Colour", "Think About the Way" "and "It's a Rainy Day." The Ice MC hits are most notable for being the first songs in the Eurodance genre to blend raggamuffin style rap with female singing choruses. Italian producer and singer Roberto Zanetti (a.k.a. Robyx) and his music team produced the Ice MC hits while simultaneously producing | 52,171 | triviaqa-train |
April 19, 1961 saw the CIA backed invasion of Cuba fall flat on it's face, when the invasion force met disaster at what southern Cuban location? | Bay of Pigs Invasion
The Bay of Pigs Invasion (Spanish: Invasión de Playa Girón or Invasión de Bahía de Cochinos or Batalla de Girón) was a failed military invasion of Cuba undertaken by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)-sponsored rebel group Brigade 2506 on 17 April 1961. A counter-revolutionary military group (made up of mostly Cuban exiles who had traveled to the United States after Castro's takeover, but also some US military personnel), trained and funded by the CIA, Brigade 2506 fronted the armed wing of the | Girón" in Cuba), was an unsuccessful attempt by a U.S.-trained force of Cuban exiles to invade southern Cuba and overthrow the Cuban government of Fidel Castro. The plan was launched in April 1961, less than three months after John F. Kennedy assumed the presidency of the United States. The Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces, trained and equipped by Eastern Bloc nations, defeated the exile-combatants in three days.
The sea-borne invasion force landed on April 17, and fighting lasted until April 19, 1961. CIA Paramilitary | 52,172 | triviaqa-train |
An official Disney Princess, what is the name of the princess of Agrabah, heroine of the film Aladdin? | franchise are Snow White, Cinderella, Aurora, Ariel, Belle, Jasmine, Pocahontas, Mulan, Tiana, Rapunzel, Merida, and Moana.
The franchise has released dolls, sing-along videos, apparel, beauty products, home decor, toys and a variety of other products featuring some of the Disney Princesses. Licensees for the franchise include Glidden (wall paint), Stride Rite (sparkly shoes), Hasbro (games and dolls), and Fisher-Price (plastic figurines).
History. | : instead of being a scheming villain, Ja'far is a good-intentioned, hard-working official who wants what's best for the kingdom, but is nevertheless blamed for all the problems of society. The Princess is portrayed not as a heroine, but as an arrogant spoiled child who doesn't realize the potential consequences of humiliating a powerful foreign prince. Aladdin is lazy and immature, thieving because he does not want to work, and not caring about the victims of his crimes. Instead of taking place in Agrabah, | 52,173 | triviaqa-train |
That dietary staple of seafarers for over 400 years, hard tack is a type of what? | and are a common part of a meal in some regions.
Modern use Melanesia.
Hardtack remains popular today in Papua New Guinea. The Lae Biscuit Company, which is the most commonly found and popular brand in that country, makes multiple lines of different varieties of hardtack.
Modern use North America.
Modern use North America Canada.
Hardtack is a mainstay in parts of Canada. Canawa is one Canadian maker of traditional hardtack. They specialize in a high density, high caloric product that is well suited for use by expeditions | intention was to build his home, but he found the land to be too hard. When he called a surveyor out to inspect the land, the surveyor found that the land was solid Goshen stone, a type of mica schist estimated to be about 400 million years old. Estimates have placed the low estimate of the find at 24 million tons. At current prices (he has been selling the stone for over $100/ton), it is estimated to be worth around $2.5 billion, minus extraction costs. | 52,174 | triviaqa-train |
The oldest annual marathon in the world, what well known road race got its start on April 19, 1897 and attracts a world wide field of entrants each April? | Rift Valley Province in Kenya has produced a highly disproportionate share of marathon and track-and-field winners.
History Marathon mania.
The Boston Marathon began on 19 April 1897, and was inspired by the success of the first marathon competition in the 1896 Summer Olympics. It is the world's oldest run annual marathon, and ranks as one of the world's most prestigious road racing events. Its course runs from Hopkinton in southern Middlesex County, to Copley Square in Boston. Johnny Hayes' victory at the 1908 Summer | Africa.
- South Africa hosts a number of notable ultra marathon events.
- On paved surface: the world's oldest and largest ultramarathon, the Comrades Marathon. Approximately 12,000 runners complete the Comrades each year, out of approximately 17000 who start, with 23,961 competing in 2000.
- The Two Oceans Marathon in Cape Town in the southern autumn attracts approximately 11,000 runners.
- The Washie 100 road race is the oldest one hundred miler road race in Africa.
- Off-road: The Salomon Sky | 52,175 | triviaqa-train |
What authors books includes such works as The Pale Horse, The Body in the Library, The Man in the Brown Suit, and Death on the Nile | for crime fiction, but as usual there have been one or two first-class items. The best puzzle has certainly been Agatha Christie's "The Pale Horse"."
Robert Barnard: "Goodish late example – loosely plotted, but with intriguing, fantastical central idea. Plot concerns a Murder-Inc.-type organisation, with a strong overlay of black magic. Also makes use of 'The Box,' a piece of pseudo-scientific hocus-pocus fashionable in the West Country in the 'fifties (one of | stint as a leader of the counter-intelligence division of the British spy agency MI5. He is immensely rich, having inherited the fortune of Sir Lawrence Eardsley. The Colonel starred as a detective in four of Christie's books; he was introduced in "The Man in the Brown Suit", published in 1924. He featured as Hercule Poirot's good friend in "Cards on the Table" (1936) and "Death on the Nile" (1937). He also appears in "Sparkling Cyanide" (1945 | 52,176 | triviaqa-train |
Who was the first US president to be assassinated? | die was William Henry Harrison, on April 4, 1841, only one month after Inauguration Day. He died from complications of what at the time was believed to be pneumonia. The second president to die in office, Zachary Taylor, died on July 9, 1850 from acute gastroenteritis. Abraham Lincoln was the first president to be assassinated. He was shot by John Wilkes Booth on the night of April 14, 1865 and died the following morning. Sixteen years later, on July 2, 1881, James A. Garfield was | his inauguration.
- First president to be assassinated.
- First president elected as a Republican to the presidency.
- First president who was a Republican to be assassinated.
- First president to be elected from the National Union party to the presidency.
- First president to wear a beard.
- First president inducted into the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States.
- First president to appear on a circulating (non commemorative) US coin (1909 penny).
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According to the song, Davy Crockett was Born on a mountain top where(Greenest state in the land of the free.)? | (guitar) recorded it in one take at an RCA studio in Manhattan. Other versions by Fess Parker and Tennessee Ernie Ford (recorded on February 7, 1955) quickly followed. All three versions made the Billboard magazine charts in 1955: Hayes' version made #1 on the weekly chart (from March 26 through April 23) and #7 for the year, Parker's reached #6 on the weekly charts and #31 for the year, while Ford's peaked at #4 on the weekly country chart and | " According to Stonecypher family lore, Samuel Stonecypher, who purchased the land in 1824, dismantled the Crockett cabin and used the logs to build a small house nearby that became known as the Stonecypher cabin. The Stonecyphers claimed that the footstone of the original Crockett cabin, however, remained at that cabin's original site. Sometime in the 1880s, the footstone was adorned with an inscription reading, "On this spot Davy Crockett was born Aug 17 1786." In the 1950s, the Davy Crockett Birthplace Association used the logs | 52,178 | triviaqa-train |
What diet, developed by Dr. Arthur Agatston at the Mount Sinai Medical Center & Miami Heart Institute, focus on foods with a low glycemic index and foods rich in unsaturated fats and omega-3 fatty acids? | Arthur Agatston
Arthur Agatston (born January 22, 1947) is an American cardiologist and celebrity doctor best known as the developer of the South Beach Diet, but also the author of many published scholarly papers in the field of noninvasive cardiac diagnostics. His scientific research led to the Agatston Score for measuring coronary artery calcium.
Education.
Agatston earned an MD at New York University School of Medicine in 1973, studied internal medicine at Montefiore Medical Center at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine and completed his cardiology fellowship at NYU | these foods such as complex phenols, vitamins C and E, and carotenoids. A typical Mediterranean diet consists of a high intake of vegetables, legumes, fruits, and cereals, olive oil (unsaturated fatty acids), and fish and low to moderate intake of foods such as dairy, meats, poultry. Other research has shown that diets rich in dairy products result in a higher likelihood of developing Parkinson's disease. Additionally, it has been seen that the intake of animal fats may be linked to the development of the | 52,179 | triviaqa-train |
April 25, 1939 saw DC comics introduce what major super hero, their second major, who debuted in issue 27 of Detective Comics. | Detective Comics
Detective Comics is an American comic book series published by DC Comics. The first volume, published from 1937 to 2011 (and later continued in 2016), is best known for introducing the superhero Batman in "Detective Comics" #27 (cover-dated May 1939).
A second series of the same title was launched in the fall of 2011, but in 2016 reverted to the original volume numbering. The series is the source of its publishing company's name, and—along with "Action | ", published in issue one of the fanzine "Comic Art" in April 1960.
History.
An event cited by many as marking the beginning of the Golden Age was the 1938 debut of Superman in "Action Comics" #1, published by Detective Comics (predecessor of DC Comics). Superman's popularity helped make comic books a major arm of publishing, which led rival companies to create superheroes of their own to emulate Superman's success.
History World War II.
Between 1939 and 1941 Detective Comics | 52,180 | triviaqa-train |
What jewelry firm is perhaps best remembered for the exquisite jeweled eggs that were popular Easter time gifts at the turn of the 20th century? | 1875, British chocolate company Cadbury sponsors the annual Easter egg hunt which takes place in over 250 National Trust locations in the United Kingdom. On Easter Monday, the President of the United States holds an annual Easter egg roll on the White House lawn for young children.
Easter eggs are a widely popular symbol of new life in Poland and other Slavic countries' folk traditions. A batik-like decorating process known as pisanka produces intricate, brilliantly-colored eggs. The celebrated House of Fabergé workshops created exquisite jewelled Easter eggs | APA is perhaps best remembered for operating one of the last fleets of tall ships. Although this invoked the romance of the days of sail, reliance on wind rather than steam was a way for the company to economize. The salmon packing industry was a very seasonal business and old sailing ships were relatively cheap and available. Shortly after the turn of the 20th century, the APA began to replace its wooden ships with iron-hulled vessels by purchasing a number of ships built by Harland & Wolff Co. for James P. Corry and | 52,181 | triviaqa-train |
Capable of flattening mountains with a single blow, who wields a hammer known as Mjollnir? | as Þrymr approaches the bride by placing Mjölnir on "her" lap, Thor rips off his disguise and destroys Þrymr and his giant cohorts.
Archaeological record.
Archaeological record Precedents and comparanda.
A precedent for Viking Age Mjolnir amulets have been documented in the migration period Alemanni, who took to wearing Roman "Hercules' Clubs" as symbols of Donar. A possible remnant of these Donar amulets was recorded in 1897, as it was a custom of the Unterinn (South Tyrolian Alps) to incise a T-shape | World of Greyhawk" campaign setting, Ulaa is the goddess of Hills, Mountains, and Gemstones. Her holy symbol is a mountain with a ruby heart; she places rubies in the earth as gifts to miners, who do her husband's work. Ulaa is depicted as a dwarven woman with gnomish facial features. She wields a mighty hammer called "Skullringer". Ulaa's realm in the Outlands is called the "Iron Hills". She also spends time in the Seven Heavens. Her husband, Bleredd, is said | 52,182 | triviaqa-train |
Monterey Jack, Manchego, and Wensleydale are all types of what? | .
In its earliest form, Monterey Jack was made by 18th-century Franciscan friars of Monterey, Alta California. California businessman David Jack sold the cheese commercially. He produced a mild white cheese that came to be known eponymously as "Jack's Cheese" and eventually "Monterey Jack". Other ranchers in the area likewise produced the cheese, among them Andrew Molera, who built a successful dairy operation in Big Sur and whose Monterey Jack was especially well regarded.
Aging.
Although most of the softer varieties | , and swallowing any anchovies that accidentally entered their open mouths.
In some places, this species feeds only on a few prey types and little else (e.g. innkeeper worms and cancrid crabs in Tomales Bay, jack silverside ("Atherinopsis californiensis") eggs and the crabs "Romaleon antennarium" and "Metacarcinus magister" in Humboldt Bay). The predominant prey taken depends on location, time of year, and age. For example, in the Elkhorn Slough at Monterey Bay, cancrid crabs and innkeeper worms are mostly eaten | 52,183 | triviaqa-train |
Which film director, who died today in 1980, directed the films “Marnie”, “Rear Window”, “The Trouble With Harry”, and “Frenzy”, among many others? | of color, which he thought would be resonant with the autumnal colors of New England. The sketch of the corpse, Harry Worp, was done on location by Ferren's wife, Rae Ferren, also a fine artist. Hitchcock and Ferren very much enjoyed collaborating, and as a result of this first project together, he was invited several years later to design the "special sequence" core to the 1958 Hitchcock film "Vertigo".
Alfred Hitchcock's cameo is a signature occurrence in most of his films. In | Man with the Golden Arm
- Pickpocket
- Saboteur, Shadow of a Doubt, Rope, Rear Window, The Trouble with Harry, The Man Who Knew Too Much, Vertigo, Psycho, The Birds, Marnie, Torn Curtain, Topaz, Frenzy, and Family Plot
- Seven Men from Now
- The Sound of Music
- Titanic
- Top Hat, Swing Time, Follow the Fleet, Shall We Dance, and The Barkleys of Broadway
New Media winners and nominees Best Documentary DVD.
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What state, known as The Volunteer State, was the 16th state to join the Union on June 1, 1796? | be confused with Daniel Boone's "Wilderness Road" through the Cumberland Gap).
History Statehood (1796).
Tennessee was admitted to the Union on June 1, 1796 as the 16th state. It was the first state created from territory under the jurisdiction of the United States federal government. Apart from the former Thirteen Colonies only Vermont and Kentucky predate Tennessee's statehood, and neither was ever a federal territory. The Constitution of the State of Tennessee, Article I, Section 31, states that the beginning point for | 1939 he was interned and eventually sent back to Austria, where he ended up in Auschwitz concentration camp, later being sent to Buchenwald concentration camp. Wander survived the camps and after World War II he lived in East Germany (GDR) from 1958 – 1983. It was while a resident in the GDR that in 1971 "The Seventh Well" () was published, it was an account of his experiences in the concentration camps. The book won much critical acclaim following a later re-release, including the 2009 JQ | 52,185 | triviaqa-train |
The Louisiana Purchase was signed today in 1803. Which country sold the land to the USA? | Louisiana Purchase
The Louisiana Purchase ( 'Sale of Louisiana') was the acquisition of the territory of Louisiana by the United States from France in 1803. In return for fifteen million dollars, the U.S. acquired a total of . The treaty was negotiated by French Treasury Minister François Barbé-Marbois (acting on behalf of Napoleon) and American delegates James Monroe and Robert R. Livingston (acting on behalf of President Thomas Jefferson).
The Kingdom of France had controlled the Louisiana territory from 1699 until it was ceded to Spain | , and, although there was some question as to whether there was constitutional power for such a purchase, the American Senate ratified the treaty on October 20, 1803. The United States took formal possession two months later.
The Louisiana Purchase doubled the size of the United States, and today forms much of the center of the country. Desirous of honoring the centennial of the purchase, Congress passed authorizing legislation for an exposition; the bill was signed by President William McKinley on March 3, 1901. McKinley was assassinated in | 52,186 | triviaqa-train |
On April 29, 1789, Lt William Bligh and 18 others were set adrift in a lifeboat as Fletcher Christian mutinied and took control of what famous ship? | Bounty occurred in the South Pacific Ocean on 28 April 1789. Led by Master's Mate / Acting Lieutenant Fletcher Christian, disaffected crewmen seized control of the ship, and set Bligh and 18 loyalists adrift in the ship's open launch. The mutineers variously settled on Tahiti or on Pitcairn Island. Meanwhile, Bligh completed a voyage of more than 3,500 nautical miles (6,500 km; 4,000 mi) to the west in the launch to reach safety north of Australia in the Dutch East Indies (modern Indonesia) and began | Mutiny on the Bounty
The mutiny on the Royal Navy vessel occurred in the south Pacific on 28 April 1789. Disaffected crewmen, led by Acting Lieutenant Fletcher Christian, seized control of the ship from their captain Lieutenant William Bligh and set him and 18 loyalists adrift in the ship's open launch. The mutineers variously settled on Tahiti or on Pitcairn Island. Bligh meanwhile completed a voyage of more than in the launch to reach safety, and began the process of bringing the mutineers to justice.
"Bounty" had left | 52,187 | triviaqa-train |
Representing the province of Sarangani, Philippines, what is the more famous day job of Filipino congressman Manny Pacquiao? | sport in the Philippines. In 2010, Manny Pacquiao was named "Fighter of the Decade" for the 2000s (decade) by the Boxing Writers Association of America (BWAA), World Boxing Council (WBC), and World Boxing Organization (WBO). The national martial art and sport of the country is Arnis, Eskrima or Kali in some regions
The Philippines has participated in the Summer Olympic Games since 1924 and was the first country in Southeast Asia to compete and win a medal. The country had competed in | a bicycle ride 100-feet above the ground over a single tightrope.
Episodes Sarangani.
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Richard Gutierrez and the rest of the team invaded Sarangani province. Here, they accompanied by Sarangani Congressman Manny Pacquiao. In Barangay New La Union, Gutierrez and Pacquiao tried the whitewater river tubing adventure where they negotiated the 1.6-kilometer whitewater river tubing at Pangi River's rapids. On the second part of the series, Gutierrez tried another extreme adventure, night diving (again with Pacquiao) and paragliding which Gutierrez | 52,188 | triviaqa-train |
April 30 saw George Washington sworn in as the very first US President on the balcony of Federal Hall in New York. What year was his inauguration? | George Washington
George Washington (February 22, 1732 – , 1799) was an American political leader, military general, statesman, and Founding Father who served as the first president of the United States from 1789 to 1797. He led Patriot forces to victory in the nation's War for Independence. He presided at the Constitutional Convention of 1787 which established the U.S. Constitution
and a federal government. Washington has been called the "Father of His Country" for his manifold leadership in the formative days of the new nation. | of what is now known as the George Washington Inaugural Bible. The Bible was randomly opened to Genesis 49 during the ceremony.
George Washington's inauguration.
The inaugural ceremony took place on the balcony of Federal Hall on Wall Street in New York City, in the presence of a large number of onlookers. Washington was dressed in a suit of dark brown cloth and white silk stockings, all of American manufacture. His hair was powdered and dressed in the fashion of the day, clubbed and ribboned.
The oath | 52,189 | triviaqa-train |
April 25 is celebrated as Anzac day in many parts of the world, a day to honor soldiers from what nations? | Atatürk Memorial, Canberra, and the Atatürk Memorial in Wellington:
In 1990, to mark the 75th anniversary of the Gallipoli landing, Government officials from Australia and New Zealand (including Australian Prime Minister Bob Hawke and New Zealand Governor-General Paul Reeves) as well as most of the last surviving Gallipoli veterans, and many Australian and New Zealand tourists travelled to Turkey for a special Dawn Service at Gallipoli. The Gallipoli Dawn Service was held at the Ari Burnu War Cemetery at Anzac Cove, but the growing numbers of people | experiences of the missions by Aboriginal people.
Public holidays.
Australia's calendar of public holiday festivals begins with New Year's Day. This is also the day upon which the Australian Federation officially came into being, however the national day, Australia Day, is celebrated on 26 January, the anniversary of British colonization. Anzac Day, 25 April is another day strongly associated with Australian nationhood, however it more particularly commemorates Australians who fought in wars and is named to honor the soldiers of the Australian and New Zealand Army | 52,190 | triviaqa-train |
April 24, 1800 saw the founding what institution when President John Adams sign an act of congress appropriating $5,000 “for the purchase of such books as may be necessary for the use of Congress …, and for fitting up a suitable apartment for containing them….” | Library of Congress
The Library of Congress (LOC) is the research library that officially serves the United States Congress and is the "de facto" national library of the United States. It is the oldest federal cultural institution in the United States. The library is housed in three buildings on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.; it also maintains the National Audio-Visual Conservation Center in Culpeper, Virginia. The library's functions are overseen by the librarian of Congress, and its buildings are maintained by the architect of the | established on April 24, 1800, when president John Adams signed an act of Congress providing for the transfer of the seat of government from Philadelphia to the new capital city of Washington. Part of the legislation appropriated $5,000 "for the purchase of such books as may be necessary for the use of Congress ... and for fitting up a suitable apartment for containing them." Books were ordered from London and the collection, consisting of 740 books and three maps, was housed in the new Capitol.
The Imperial Public Library | 52,191 | triviaqa-train |
This year's honor goes to Tim Toone of Weber State, who earned what coveted title by being the last person chosen in the NFL draft? | Tim Toone
Timothy Lee Toone (born February 14, 1985) is a former American football wide receiver. He was drafted by the Detroit Lions with the final pick (255th overall) of the 2010 NFL Draft, earning the title of Mr. Irrelevant. He played two years of NCAA Division I FCS college football at Weber State in Ogden, Utah.
College career.
After serving a two-year mission to West Africa for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Toone began a four- | Spencer Toone
Spencer Toone (born August 25, 1980) is an American football linebacker who was selected by the National Football League Tennessee Titans in the last round of the 2006 NFL Draft. He played college football at the University of Utah.
High school years.
Toone attended Snake River High School in Blackfoot, Idaho, and was a student and a letterman in football, basketball, baseball and track. In football, he led his teams to two Idaho State Championships and was a two-time All- | 52,192 | triviaqa-train |
The African countries of Tanganyika and Zanzibar merged on April 26, 1964 to form what new country? | Tanzania
Tanzania (, ) officially the United Republic of Tanzania (), is a country in East Africa within the African Great Lakes region. It borders Uganda to the north; Kenya to the northeast; Comoro Islands at the Indian Ocean to the east; Mozambique and Malawi to the south; Zambia to the southwest; and Rwanda, Burundi, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the west. Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa's highest mountain, is in north-eastern Tanzania.
Many important hominid fossils have been | 10–15 African countries. Although media reports claimed that Ebola outbreak in Western African nations played key role behind the postponement of the summit. The summit is now rescheduled on 26–30 October 2015.
Relations with Africa Mauritius.
Mauritius was the only country outside South Asia whose head of government attended Modi's swearing-in ceremony in Delhi. With people of Indian origin constituting a large share of its population Mauritius has very good bilateral relations with New Delhi. Swaraj made her maiden trip as foreign minister to the island country on 2 November | 52,193 | triviaqa-train |
In the Rocky film franchise, what town does Rocky Balboa call home? | it moved to Los Angeles, California and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Scenes in Philadelphia were set in staples such as the Philadelphia Art Museum and South Philadelphia, while Center City was featured more prominently due to Rocky Jr.'s job as an attorney. The scene where Rocky and his son were talking while walking down a quiet block was filmed between 20th–21st Streets on Walnut, just after dawn on a Sunday morning.
The production budget on the 38-day shoot was projected to be $23.5 million. The film was scheduled for release | roller hockey franchise from 1993 to 1994.
It was home to the Vancouver Burrards Western Lacrosse Association team from 1990 through 1993. The team moved to the North Surrey Recreation Centre for the 1994 season.
The venue played the role of the Soviet arena in the climactic fight between Rocky Balboa and Ivan Drago in the movie "Rocky IV". It also portrayed Olympic Center in Lake Placid, New York for the film "Miracle". It has also appeared in films such as "Slap Shot 2" and " | 52,194 | triviaqa-train |
April 30, 1803 saw Robert R. Livingston sign a treaty in Paris that allowed the United States to spend $15 million for what? | The Americans thought that Napoleon might withdraw the offer at any time, preventing the United States from acquiring New Orleans, so they agreed and signed the Louisiana Purchase Treaty on April 30, 1803. On July 4, 1803, the treaty was announced, but the documents did not arrive in Washington, D.C. until July 14. The Louisiana Territory was vast, stretching from the Gulf of Mexico in the south to Rupert's Land in the north, and from the Mississippi River in the east to the Rocky Mountains in the | Napoleon Bonaparte returned Louisiana to French control from Spain in 1800, under the Treaty of San Ildefonso (Louisiana had been a Spanish colony since 1762.) However, the treaty was kept secret, and Louisiana remained under Spanish control until a transfer of power to France on November 30, 1803, just three weeks before the cession to the United States.
James Monroe and Robert R. Livingston traveled to Paris to negotiate the purchase in 1802. Their interest was only in the port and its environs; they did not anticipate the | 52,195 | triviaqa-train |
Known as the Gentle Giant, name the breed of dog that is recognized as the tallest of all dogs? | in order to escape discovery by passing ships).
Breeds.
The domestic dog is the first species, and the only large carnivore, known to have been domesticated. Especially over the past 200 years, dogs have undergone rapid phenotypic change and were formed into today's modern dog breeds due to artificial selection by humans. These breeds can vary in size and weight from a teacup poodle to a giant mastiff. Phenotypic variation can include height measured to the withers ranging from in the Chihuahua to in the Irish Wolfhound; | ) puts the median lifespan at 9.5 years while a UK breed survey in 2004 (53 dogs) puts the median lifespan at 7 years. In the UK survey about one in five lived to 10 years with the longest lived dog at 12 years and 9 months.
A study of genetically related polyneuropathy in the breed was conducted.
Temperament.
Known as a classic example of a gentle giant, the Saint Bernard is calm, patient and sweet with adults, and especially children. However St. Bernards, like all | 52,196 | triviaqa-train |
The goal of what popular Nintendo game is to navigate through the Mushroom Kingdom on a quest to save Princess Toadstool? | plants and warp pipes from the original stage. A stage titled "Mushroom Kingdom II", based on the setting of "Super Mario Bros. 2" (Subcon), was also featured in this game. "Super Smash Bros. Brawl" includes a level titled "Mushroomy Kingdom", which primarily appears as an abandoned, derelict version of "World 1-1" of "Super Mario Bros."
Parodies.
GamesRadar wrote a humorous article listing the "Top 7 most disturbing things about the Mushroom Kingdom", | Super Mario World
Super Mario World is a 1990 side-scrolling platform game developed and published by Nintendo for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES). The story follows Mario's quest to save Princess Toadstool and Dinosaur Land from the series antagonist Bowser and his minions, the Koopalings. The gameplay is similar to that of earlier "Super Mario" games: Players control Mario or his brother Luigi through a series of levels in which the goal is to reach the flagpole at the end. "Super Mario World" introduced | 52,197 | triviaqa-train |
Who's missing: Grant Imahara, Kari Byron, Tory Belleci, Adam Savage | 's film school, he started working with Jamie Hyneman at M5 Industries. Belleci worked as a stage manager, running errands and cleaning the shop, but quickly moved up the ranks. A few years later, he started work at Industrial Light and Magic (ILM). Belleci worked for ILM for eight years as a model builder, sculptor, and painter. Belleci began work on Discovery Channel's "MythBusters", in 2003, doing work behind the scenes and, in the second season, was featured as part of | "MythBusters" welder Scottie Chapman. His colleagues often jokingly refer to him as the "geek" of the Build Team. He often makes the robots that are needed for the show and otherwise specializes in operating the computers and electronics for the myths. On August 21, 2014, Hyneman and "MythBusters" co-host Adam Savage announced that Imahara, along with cast members Kari Byron and Tory Belleci, would be leaving the show.
Career "White Rabbit Project".
Along with colleagues Kari Byron and Tory Belleci, | 52,198 | triviaqa-train |
According to legend, who fell asleep in the Catskill Mountains for 20 years, following a game of 9-pins with the ghosts of Henry Hudson's crew? | Rip Van Winkle
"Rip Van Winkle" is a short story by the American author Washington Irving, first published in 1819. It follows a Dutch-American villager in colonial America named Rip Van Winkle who falls asleep in the Catskill Mountains and wakes up 20 years later, having missed the American Revolution. Irving wrote it while living in Birmingham, England, as part of the collection "The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent." The story is set in New York's Catskill Mountains, but Irving later admitted | member of Congress.
- Nicholas Vedder - Landlord of the local inn where menfolk congregate.
- Van Schaick - The local parson.
- Jonathan Doolittle - Owner of the Union Hotel, the establishment that replaced the village inn.
- Wolf - Van Winkle's faithful dog, who does not recognize him when he wakes up.
- Man carrying keg up the mountain - The ghost of one of Henry Hudson's crew members.
- Ninepin bowlers - The ghosts of Henry Hudson's crewmen from his | 52,199 | triviaqa-train |
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