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In which country did Argentina first win soccer's World Cup? | runners-up after losing the deciding match on home soil in 1950 and lost their semi-final against Germany in 2014, and Spain, which reached the second round on home soil in 1982. England (1966) won its only title while playing as a host nation. Uruguay (1930), Italy (1934), Argentina (1978) and
France (1998) won their first titles as host nations but have gone on to win again, while Germany (1974) won their second title on home soil | " ("Bye bye fifth"), referring to the lost opportunity by rival club S.L. Benfica to win a fifth national championship in a row, a feat only F.C. Porto has achieved in the country. The song was also adapted by Brazilian fans during World Cup 2018 to tease and taunt Argentina about their possible exit in the first round, which eventually did not occur, with references to Argentinian players Di María, Mascherano, and Messi (Brazil and Argentina have a well-known football rivalry).
Italian tifosi | 5,400 | triviaqa-train |
In Chaplin's The Great Dictator, which country did the dictator rule? | "A Woman of Paris" (1923), "The Gold Rush" (1925), and "The Circus" (1928). He refused to move to sound films in the 1930s, instead producing "City Lights" (1931) and "Modern Times" (1936) without dialogue. He became increasingly political, and his next film "The Great Dictator" (1940) satirized Adolf Hitler. The 1940s were a decade marked with controversy for Chaplin, and his popularity declined rapidly. He was accused | rationale 455
of imposing the state of emergency as being essential for national security. On the other hand, Janata leaders assailed Indira for ruling as a dictator and endangering human rights and democracy in India. Janata's campaign evoked memories of India's freedom struggle against British rule, during which Jayaprakash Narayan, Jivatram Kripalani and Morarji Desai had first emerged as political leaders. Although Narayan and Kripalani did not seek office themselves, they became the leading campaigners for the Janata party, drawing great masses of people in rallies across the country | 5,401 | triviaqa-train |
What was the Aristocrat record label renamed? | Chess Records
Chess Records was an American record company, founded in 1950 in Chicago and specializing in blues and rhythm and blues. Over time it expanded into soul music, gospel music, early rock and roll, and occasional jazz and comedy recordings, released on the Chess label and on its subsidiary labels Checker, Argo/Cadet and Cadet Concept. The entire Chess catalogue is currently owned by Universal Music Group and managed by Geffen Records.
Founded and run by two Jewish immigrant brothers from Poland, Leonard and Phil Chess | live tracks on his Syndicate label, the success of which prompted the band to reform and record a what was to be marketed as a live album, "Loud, Proud, and Punk". It was actually recorded in a studio, with crowd noise dubbed in later. Pryor renamed his record label Wonderful World and issued several Business albums in late 1985, with the "Drinking and Driving" tour following. The name of the tour caused controversy, with tabloid journalists accusing the band of condoning drunk-driving, although | 5,402 | triviaqa-train |
Which President wrote Why England Slept about the rise of Fascism? | , and the administration of justice.
Presidency (1961–1963) Civil liberties.
In February 1962, FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover, who was suspicious of civil-rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. and viewed him as an upstart troublemaker, presented the Kennedy Administration with allegations that some of King's close confidants and advisers were communists. Concerned by these allegations, the FBI deployed agents to monitor King in the following months. Robert Kennedy and the president also both warned King to discontinue the suspect associations. After the associations continued, Robert | umbrella had been used in cartoons in the 1930s to symbolize such appeasement, and Chamberlain often carried an umbrella. Kennedy, who wrote a thesis on appeasement while at Harvard, "Why England Slept", might have recognized the symbolism of the umbrella. Black umbrellas had been used in connection with protests against the President before; at the time of the construction of the Berlin Wall, a group of schoolchildren from Bonn sent the White House an umbrella labeled "Chamberlain".
Testifying before the HSCA, Witt said "I | 5,403 | triviaqa-train |
Queen Alia international airport is in which country? | Queen Alia International Airport
Queen Alia International Airport (; transliterated: Matar Al-Malikah Alia Ad-Dowali) is Jordan's main and largest airport and is located in Zizya south of the capital city, Amman. It is named after Queen Alia, who died in a helicopter crash in 1977. The airport is home to the country's national flag carrier, Royal Jordanian Airlines and serves as a major hub for Jordan Aviation.
A state-of-the-art new terminal was inaugurated in March 2013 to replace | Misr (20%).
Recently, the company is re-modeling towards the low fare model which is planned to be the strongest low fare airline in Egypt. On 1 June 2012 Air Cairo launched its first ever scheduled flight from Borg El Arab Airport Alexandria to Kuwait International Airport, Queen Alia International Airport, King Abdulaziz International Airport, Tripoli International Airport, Sabha Airport,
Misrata Airport and King Khaled International Airport. Air Cairo also launched its scheduled flights from Hurghada International Airport to Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport. But | 5,404 | triviaqa-train |
Which villain was played by Burgess Meredith in the 1960s Batman TV series? | himself as a leading man in Hollywood with critically acclaimed performances as George Milton in "Of Mice and Men" (1939), Ernie Pyle in "The Story of G.I. Joe" (1945), and the narrator of "A Walk in the Sun" (1945).
Meredith was known later in his career for his appearances on "The Twilight Zone" and for portraying arch-villain The Penguin on the 1960s TV series "Batman" and boxing trainer Mickey Goldmill in the "Rocky" film series. | Ma Parker is an elderly lady who runs a crime family and was played in the 1960s TV series by Shelley Winters. She made a cameo in "Day of the Dark Knight" as an inmate trying to escape from Iron Heights Penitentiary but is stopped by Batman and Green Arrow.
- Shame - A cowboy-themed villain who was played in the 1960s series by Cliff Robertson.
- Siren - Siren is a female villain who can put anyone under her spell and was played in the 1960s series by Joan Collins | 5,405 | triviaqa-train |
In what year did regular Boeing 707 flights begin across he Atlantic? | Boeing 707
The Boeing 707 is an American mid-sized, long-range, narrow-body, four-engine jet airliner built by Boeing Commercial Airplanes from 1958 to 1979. Versions of the aircraft have a capacity from 140 to 219 passengers and a range of .
Developed as Boeing's first jet airliner, the 707 is a swept-wing design with podded engines. Although it was not the first jetliner in service, the 707 was the first to be commercially successful. Dominating passenger air transport in the | charter flights from other major UK Airports including Manchester.
Donaldson Airways started charter flights across the North Atlantic with the delivery of two Boeing 707 aircraft in 1971. Another two 707s were obtained in 1972, and the Britannia aircraft were sold.
Three of the 707s were fitted with a cargo door to enable the airline to operate both passenger and freight charters. One Boeing 707 was used in all-cargo configuration during 1973 and 1974. Donaldson took part in the evacuation of Ugandan refugees during the 1972 expulsion of Asians from | 5,406 | triviaqa-train |
Who became Queen of the Netherlands in 1980? | . The Netherlands established absolute cognatic primogeniture instead of male preference primogeniture by law in 1983. Proximity of blood limits accession to the throne to a person who is related to the current monarch within three degrees of kinship. For example, the grandchildren of Princess Margriet of the Netherlands (sister of Princess Beatrix), have no succession rights because their kinship with Beatrix when she was queen was of the fourth degree (that is, Princess Beatrix is their parent's parent's parents' daughter). Also, succession is limited to | , today the Palais des Académies.
Soestdijk became the property of the State of the Netherlands in 1971, though it was used by Princess Juliana (Queen of the Netherlands from 1948–1980) and Prince Bernhard as their official residence until both of their deaths in 2004. Soestdijk Palace then remained empty and unused for over a year before its opening to the public. Since spring 2006, it has been possible to visit, pending a decision about its future use.
In 2017 the palace was sold to Made in Holland who | 5,407 | triviaqa-train |
How many Billboard solo NO 1's did ex-Beatle Ringo Starr have? | stated that he "was never really into drummers", but identified Cozy Cole 1958 cover of Benny Goodman "Topsy Part Two" as "the one drum record" he bought.
Starr's first musical hero was Gene Autry, about whom he commented: "I remember getting shivers up my back when he sang, 'South of the Border'". By the early 1960s he had become an ardent fan of Lee Dorsey. In November 1964, Starr told "Melody Maker": "Our music is second | Career Former Beatles.
Keltner is well known for his session work on solo recordings by three members of the Beatles, working with George Harrison, John Lennon (including Lennon solo albums, as well as albums released both by the Plastic Ono Band and Yoko Ono), and Ringo Starr.
Keltner played on many key former Beatle solo releases, including Harrison's 1973 album "Living in the Material World" and Lennon's 1974 album "Walls and Bridges". When Ringo Starr recorded his first full-fledged pop | 5,408 | triviaqa-train |
In what year did the New York subway open? | . The Brooklyn Bridge is an icon of the city itself. The towers of the Brooklyn Bridge are built of limestone, granite, and Rosendale cement, and their architectural style is neo-Gothic, with characteristic pointed arches above the passageways through the stone towers. This bridge was also the longest suspension bridge in the world from its opening until 1903, and is the first steel-wire suspension bridge. The Queensboro Bridge is an important piece of cantilever architecture. The Manhattan Bridge, opened in 1909, is considered to be | built stations and of tunnel, cost $4.45 billion. A , $6 billion second phase is in planning and is expected to open by 2027–2029.
1920–1941: Initial planning.
After World War I, the New York City Subway experienced a surge in ridership. By 1920, 1.3 billion annual passengers were riding the subway, compared to 523 million annual riders just seven years before the war. The same year, the New York Public Service Commission launched a study at the behest of engineer Daniel L. Turner to determine | 5,409 | triviaqa-train |
Which country does the airline Aero Lloyd come from? | Aero Lloyd
Aero Lloyd Flugreisen GmbH & Co, operating as Aero Lloyd, was a German charter airline based in Oberursel, Germany. It was headquartered in Building 182 at Frankfurt Airport in Frankfurt before it was moved to Oberursel.
History.
History Early years.
Aero Lloyd was founded on 20 December 1980 and launched operations in March 1981 with three Sud Aviation Caravelles. By 1982, the airline received 3 ex-Garuda Indonesia Douglas DC-9-32 aircraft.
In 1986, the airline began to receive McDonnell Douglas | . Domestic aviation starts in 1926 when German airline Adria-Aero-Lloyd obtained a monopoly for all domestic air routes in the country and begin servicing Tirana, Shkodër, Korçë and Vlorë. These operations proved unprofitable, and the airline sold its rights to Italian company Ala Littoria which opened regular routes in 1935 between Tirana to Shkodër, Kukës, Peshkopia, Kuçova, Vlorë, and Gjirokastra. In 1938, the Yugoslav carrier Aeroput introduced regular commercial flights linking Tirana with Belgrade, Serbia with a landing in Dubrovnik, Croatia. | 5,410 | triviaqa-train |
How many prisoners were left in Alcatraz just before it closed? | their escape, two drowned, and five are listed as "missing and presumed drowned".
The first escape attempt was made on April 27, 1936, by Joseph Bowers, who was assigned to burn trash at the incinerator. He was scaling a chain link fence at the edge of the island when noticed. When he refused orders of the correctional officer located at the West Road guard tower to come down he was shot. He was seriously injured in the fall from over 15 m (50 ft) | ocean currents by scientists at Delft University and the research institute Deltares indicates that if the prisoners left Alcatraz at 11:30 pm on June 11, they could have made it to Horseshoe Bay just north of the Golden Gate Bridge, and that any debris that were released into the bay would have floated in the direction of Angel Island, consistent with where the paddle and belongings of the prisoners' was actually found.
A 2015 History Channel documentary entitled "Alcatraz: Search for the Truth" presented further circumstantial evidence gathered over the years | 5,411 | triviaqa-train |
Who directed the movie Trading Places? | Trading Places
Trading Places is a 1983 American comedy film directed by John Landis and starring Dan Aykroyd and Eddie Murphy. It tells the story of an upper-class commodities broker and a homeless street hustler whose lives cross paths when they are unknowingly made part of an elaborate bet. Ralph Bellamy, Don Ameche, Denholm Elliott, and Jamie Lee Curtis also star. The storyline is often called a modern take on Mark Twain's classic 19th-century novel "The Prince and the Pauper".
The film was written | , "SYNW" is a porn film being shown in a seedy London porno theater. Advertised as "A Non-Stop Orgy", scenes from the movie are actually shown as the characters talk in the theater. A poster of "SYNW" can also be seen on the wall in the Tube station.
- In "Trading Places" (1983), a poster for "SYNW" is glimpsed in Ophelia's (Jamie Lee Curtis) apartment. On this poster it is directed by William Wyler and stars | 5,412 | triviaqa-train |
Where in Australia was swashbuckling Errol Flynn born? | movement originated in Australia, and the volunteer lifesaver is one of the country's icons. Nationally, other popular sports include horse racing, basketball, and motor racing. The annual Melbourne Cup horse race and the Sydney to Hobart yacht race attract intense interest. In 2016, the Australian Sports Commission revealed that swimming, cycling and soccer are the three most popular participation sports.
Australia is one of five nations to have participated in every Summer Olympics of the modern era, and has hosted the Games twice: 1956 in Melbourne | .
Turned over to the War Shipping Administration on 21 May 1945, "Zaca" was acquired in 1946 by Errol Flynn, an actor famed for his "swashbuckling" roles in numerous movies. "Zaca" is featured prominently in the 1947 Orson Welles film "The Lady from Shanghai". A documentary short film "Cruise Of The Zaca" which features Errol Flynn aboard his vessel was made in 1952 and has been shown on the Turner Classic Movies TV channel. Flynn owned the yacht until his death in 1959. | 5,413 | triviaqa-train |
At what weight did boxer Chris Eubank win the WBO title in 1990? | Marquess of Queensberry rules were drafted by John Chambers for amateur championships held at Lillie Bridge in London for Lightweights, Middleweights and Heavyweights. The rules were published under the patronage of the Marquess of Queensberry, whose name has always been associated with them.
There were twelve rules in all, and they specified that fights should be "a fair stand-up boxing match" in a 24-foot-square or similar ring. Rounds were three minutes with one-minute rest intervals between rounds. Each fighter was given a ten- | between Thompson and Chris Eubank in 1998. In 1999 the British Boxing Writers' Club named Hatton their Young Boxer of the Year. His first international title came in May 1999, when he defeated Dillon Carew for the WBO inter-continental light-welterweight title.
Hatton's next four fights after gaining the WBO inter-continental belt were all won within four rounds. He then gained the World Boxing Association (WBA) inter-continental title following a unification bout against Giuseppe Lauri. The following month he fought Jon Thaxton | 5,414 | triviaqa-train |
Who featured with Bobby Brown on the No 1 She Ain't Worth It? | She Ain't Worth It
"She Ain't Worth It" is a song recorded by Glenn Medeiros with a rap verse from singer Bobby Brown. It hit number one for two weeks on the "Billboard" Hot 100 on July 21, 1990, becoming Medeiros' only number one hit in America and Brown's second and last number one hit after "My Prerogative". The single also reached the Top 20 in the UK Singles Chart where Medeiros had previously reached number 1 with his hit "Nothing's Gonna | also achieved a 1990 United States #1 hit duet with Bobby Brown titled "She Ain't Worth It". The same track peaked at #12 in the UK Singles Chart. He had another hit duet with Ray Parker, Jr. titled "All I'm Missing Is You" which peaked at #32 in the US. In 1989, Medeiros recorded "Under Any Moon" with The Jets, which was included on the soundtrack of "The Karate Kid Part III" in which he made an appearance in the movie | 5,415 | triviaqa-train |
What was Elvis Presley's first album which did not have his name in the title? | clear that they had not been part of Presley's inner circle for some time. On December 20, Presley received his draft notice. He was granted a deferment to finish the forthcoming "King Creole", in which $350,000 had already been invested by Paramount and producer Hal Wallis. A couple of weeks into the new year, "Don't", another Leiber and Stoller tune, became Presley's tenth number-one seller. It had been only 21 months since "Heartbreak Hotel" had brought him to the | was "[the CBS bosses'] idea of an album to restore [Cash's] sales potential", mentioning that the instrumental tracks were recorded separately from the vocals, a standard practice Cash didn't usually follow himself. In addition, this was the first Johnny Cash album on which his regular backing group, The Tennessee Three did not participate; instead, producer Gary Klein recruited a number of session musicians including members of Elvis Presley's TCB Band concert backing group, including guitarist James Burton, pianist Larry Muhoberac and | 5,416 | triviaqa-train |
Where was golf's 1977 US Open held? | 1977 U.S. Open (golf)
The 1977 U.S. Open was the 77th U.S. Open, held June 16–19 at Southern Hills Country Club in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Hubert Green won the first of his two major titles, one stroke ahead of runner-up Lou Graham, the 1975 champion.
Green began the final round with the lead, but 11 players were within three shots. Graham made a charge on the back nine, collecting birdies at 12, 14, 15, and 16 en route to a 68 (−2 | , and by its third year, over 2 million qualifying rounds were played. The event was won by Wayne Stopak (aka NASAgolfer), with a final round 66 on Bethpage Black. Stopak received a replica of the US Open trophy and a trip for two to Pebble Beach for the 2010 US Open. A similar competition was held in 2010, using the Oakmont course that hosted the Women's Open. One of WGT Golf's dominant players, BolloxInBruges, won a trip to the 2011 US Open, at Congressional. | 5,417 | triviaqa-train |
Who shared world amateur baseball championship with USA in1973? | is determined by playoffs that culminate in the World Series. The top level of play is similarly split in Japan between the Central and Pacific Leagues and in Cuba between the West League and East League. The World Baseball Classic, organized by the World Baseball Softball Confederation, is the major international competition of the sport and attracts the top national teams from around the world.
Rules and gameplay.
A baseball game is played between two teams, each composed of nine players, that take turns playing offense (batting and baserunning | team in the inaugural World Junior Baseball Championship. He tossed a six-hit complete game with 11 strikeouts in a 3-1 win over United States in Game 1 of the final. South Korea eventually won the inaugural championship by defeating USA 3–2 in Game 2 as well, and Sun shared the MVP Award with Team USA ace Todd Burns.
In , Sun was called up to the South Korea national baseball team for the 1982 Baseball World Cup hosted by South Korea. He led Team Korea to its first champion in | 5,418 | triviaqa-train |
Who lost the first Super Bowl of the 70s? | have reached the Super Bowl. The Colts entered the Super Bowl off victories over the Baltimore Ravens and New York Jets, while the Saints advanced after defeating the previous year's runners up the Arizona Cardinals and then overcoming the Minnesota Vikings in the Conference Championship. It was also the first time both teams started with a thirteen-game winning streak.
Down 10–6 at halftime of Super Bowl XLIV, in what many consider the turning point of the game, New Orleans recovered a surprise onside kick on the second half kickoff, | the NFC Championship game, where they defeated the Eagles and qualified for the Super Bowl for the first time in franchise history. In Super Bowl XLIII, the Cardinals' winning streak ended. Though they led the Pittsburgh Steelers with less than a minute left to play in the game, they lost, 23–27.
The 2008 Cardinals were the second 9–7 team to reach the Super Bowl, joining the Los Angeles Rams in Super Bowl XIV, who also lost to the Steelers; however, the Rams had to win only two | 5,419 | triviaqa-train |
Which team in the 80s won the Super Bowl by the biggest margin? | . Under their leadership, the 49ers won four Super Bowls in the decade (XVI, XIX, XXIII, and XXIV) and made nine playoff appearances between 1981 and 1990, including eight division championships, becoming the second dynasty of the post-merger NFL.
The 1980s also produced the 1985 Chicago Bears, who posted an 18–1 record under head coach Mike Ditka; quarterback Jim McMahon; and Hall of Fame running back Walter Payton. Their team won Super Bowl XX in dominant fashion. The Washington Redskins and New York | Super Bowl wins in the late 1970s.
The Browns ended a 16-game losing streak at Three Rivers Stadium with a 27–24 victory in 1986. This was the first of four straight Browns wins in Pittsburgh from 1986–89. In the 1989 season opener, the Browns defeated the Steelers 51–0 in Pittsburgh. This is the largest margin of victory in the rivalry and the worst loss in Steelers franchise history.
While the two exchanged victories in the '70s and '80s, by the 1990s the Steelers became the dominant team in the | 5,420 | triviaqa-train |
Where did Maurice Green set his 9.79 seconds for the 100m in 1999? | the Olympic final from the stands, Greene made his way to Los Angeles to seek the coaching of John Smith. He joined the start up HSI group. He went on to become the group's most visible member.
The following season would be his breakthrough. At the World Championships in Athens, Greene won the 100 m title. This marked the beginning of Greene's dominance in the 100 m. He successfully defended his title in 1999 and 2001 and captured the Olympic gold medal in the 2000 Olympics. He was also | , 1988) to retain the men's 100m championship. His winning time was the second fastest time ever behind his own world record. Yohan Blake finished second in 9.75 seconds. Blake's time was the fastest ever not to win a gold medal. Former world record holder and 2004 Olympic champion Justin Gatlin won the bronze medal in 9.79 seconds. The race set a number of records, including: the first time that the top 3 finished under 9.80 seconds; the first time that the top 5 finished in under 9.90 | 5,421 | triviaqa-train |
Who won baseball's first World Series of the 50s? | consecutive World Series that were not technically "subway series" since the teams shared the Polo Grounds as their home ballpark. The Yankees finally beat the Giants the following year, their first in their brand-new Yankee Stadium, and won the two teams' three subsequent Fall Classic match-ups in 1936, 1937 and 1951. The Yankees faced Brooklyn seven times in October, winning their first five meetings in 1941, 1947, 1949, 1952 and 1953, before losing to the Dodgers in 1955, Brooklyn's sole World | Bucks. Despite trailing 2–0, the Raptors won the next four games to advance to the Finals in six games, as Leonard outplayed the Bucks' Giannis Antetokounmpo, who won league MVP that season. This was their first trip to the NBA Finals in franchise history, breaking a 25-year drought for teams from Toronto appearing in the championship round of any of the four major North American professional sports leagues since Major League Baseball's Toronto Blue Jays won the 1993 World Series.
Background Regular season series.
The Raptors won the regular | 5,422 | triviaqa-train |
Who was Jermaine O'Neal playing against when he made his debut in 1996? | a bone contusion in his knee, O'Neal made his debut against the Denver Nuggets in December. At 18 years, one month and 22 days, he became the youngest player to play in an NBA game (a mark that was later eclipsed by Andrew Bynum). O'Neal also became the youngest player at 18 years, three months and eleven days to score 20 points in a game on January 22, 1997 against the Seattle SuperSonics.
Portland was mediocre in the first half of the campaign, but came to form as | Jermaine Harrison
Jermaine Ean Harrison (born 12 September 1985) is a Jamaican cricketer who has played for Jamaica in West Indian domestic cricket. He made his List A debut in January 2016, opening the batting with John Campbell against Trinidad and Tobago in the 2015–16 Regional Super50. Outside of playing cricket, Harrison is a member of the Jamaica Defence Force.
External links.
- Player profile and statistics at ESPNcricinfo | 5,423 | triviaqa-train |
Who was the second American to win the Indianapolis 500 four times? | . Simon Pagenaud is the current champion. The most successful drivers are A. J. Foyt, Al Unser Sr., and Rick Mears, each of whom have won the race four times. The active driver with the most victories is Hélio Castroneves, with three. Rick Mears holds the record for most career pole positions with six. The most successful car owner is Roger Penske, owner of Team Penske, which has 18 total wins and 18 poles. Penske also has five wins the IndyCar Grand Prix, held on the combined | Pete DePaolo
Pete DePaolo (April 6, 1898 – November 26, 1980) was the American race car driver who won the 1925 Indianapolis 500.
Biography.
He was born on April 6, 1898 in Roseland, New Jersey. Pete saw his first race in 1919, where he watched his uncle Ralph DePalma win as his riding mechanic. He drove in the 1922 Indianapolis 500 finishing 4th. DePaolo had his worst career injury at the Kansas City board track; his car rolled four times. He ended up | 5,424 | triviaqa-train |
Who was the Super Bowl MVP in 1979 and 1980. | Tom Brady is the only player to have won four Super Bowl MVP awards; Joe Montana has won three and three others—Starr, Terry Bradshaw, and Eli Manning—have won the award twice. Starr and Bradshaw are the only ones to have won it in back-to-back years. The MVP has come from the winning team every year except 1971, when Dallas Cowboys linebacker Chuck Howley won the award despite the Cowboys' loss in Super Bowl V to the Baltimore Colts. Harvey Martin and Randy White were | the NFL Defensive Player of the Year, a consensus All-Pro selection, was a key player in the Cowboys winning Super Bowl XII, and a co-MVP of the game with Randy White.
Martin remained the team sack leader or co-leader every year, but his totals started to dwindle as his personal problems (financial problems and addictions) grew bigger. He followed up his 23-sack 1977 season with a 16-sack performance in 1978, 10 in 1979, 12 in 1980, 10 in 1981, 8 in | 5,425 | triviaqa-train |
In 1978 US Masters, who was leading Gary Player by seven strokes, only to lose by a single stroke? | bogeyed the last hole. In 1974, he became one of the few golfers in history to win two major championships in the same season. Player last won the Masters in 1978, when he started seven strokes behind 54-hole leader Hubert Green entering the final round, and won by one shot with birdies at seven of the last 10 holes for a back nine 30 and a final round 64. One week later, Player again came from seven strokes back in the final round to win the Tournament of Champions. In 1984, | , and in the ensuing 36-hole playoff, Sarazen was the victor by five strokes. The tournament was not played from 1943 to 1945, due to World War II. To assist the war effort, cattle and turkeys were raised on the Augusta National grounds.
History 1960s–1970s.
The Big Three of Arnold Palmer, Gary Player, and Jack Nicklaus dominated the Masters from 1960 through 1978, winning the event 11 times among them during that span. After winning by one stroke in 1958, Palmer won by one stroke again in | 5,426 | triviaqa-train |
Where were the first World Athletics Championships held? | World Championships for athletics. This was considered suitable for over 50 years until in the late 1960s the desire of many IAAF members to have their own World Championships began to grow. In 1976 at the IAAF Council Meeting in Puerto Rico an Athletics World Championships separate from the Olympic Games was approved.
Following bids from both Stuttgart, West Germany and Helsinki, Finland, the IAAF Council awarded the inaugural competition to Helsinki, to take place in 1983 and be held in the Helsinki Olympic Stadium (where the 1952 Summer Olympics had | in the women's visually impaired long jump. At the 2011 Basauri Meeting track and field event, she finished first in the long jump with a distance of 5.40 meters. The 2011 Spanish National Adaptive Athletics Championships were held in Valencia and she competed in them. She competed at the 2011 IPC World Athletics Championships in Christchurch, New Zealand where she finished fourth in the long jump and seventh in the 100 meters. In 2012, she was a recipient of a Plan ADOP €6,000 athlete scholarship and a €2,500 coaching scholarship | 5,427 | triviaqa-train |
Which plant, used as a herb, is also known as barbed-wire grass? | Cymbopogon
Cymbopogon, variously known as lemongrass, barbed wire grass, silky heads, Cochin grass or Malabar grass or oily heads , is a genus of Asian, African, Australian, and tropical island plants in the grass family.
Some species (particularly "Cymbopogon citratus") are commonly cultivated as culinary and medicinal herbs because of their scent, resembling that of lemons ("Citrus limon"). Other common names include barbed wire grass, silky heads, citronella grass, and fever grass, amongst many others. | Orthosiphon stamineus
Orthosiphon stamineus is a herb that is widely grown in tropical areas. It is also known as "Orthosiphon aristatus". The plant can be identified by its white or purple flowers bearing long, protruding stamens that resemble cats' whiskers. It is also commonly referred as "Misai Kucing" which means cat whiskers. The herb is popularly known as Java tea and is used widely in the form of herbal tea in Asia. Java tea was possibly introduced to the West in the early 20th century. The brewing | 5,428 | triviaqa-train |
What is the title of the 1984 film starring singer Prince as The Kid? | lyrics as well as blending of funk, dance, and rock music. In 1984, he began referring to his backup band as The Revolution and released "Purple Rain", the soundtrack album to his film debut. It quickly became his most critically and commercially successful release, spending 24 consecutive weeks atop the "Billboard" 200 and selling 25 million copies worldwide. After releasing the albums "Around the World in a Day" (1985) and "Parade" (1986), The Revolution disbanded, and Prince released | The Kid (1950 film)
The Kid, also known as Kid Cheung and My Son A-Chang, is a 1950 Hong Kong drama film starring the then 9-year-old Bruce Lee in his first leading role in the title role of "Kid Cheung", based on a comic book character written by Yuen Bou-wan, who also has a role in the film. Co-starring Lee's father, Lee Hoi-chuen, this is the second film in which the father and son worked together on | 5,429 | triviaqa-train |
The original motto of which organisation was ‘Amidst War, Charity’? | International Committee of the Red Cross
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is a humanitarian institution based in Geneva, Switzerland, and a three-time Nobel Prize Laureate. State parties (signatories) to the four Geneva Conventions of 1949 and their Additional Protocols of 1977 (Protocol I, Protocol II) and 2005 have given the ICRC a mandate to protect victims of international and internal armed conflicts. Such victims include war wounded, prisoners, refugees, civilians, and other non-combatants.
The ICRC | in the Saffron Revolution, was killed while improvising the bomb at his own residence. The junta blamed the National League for Democracy party of planting that bomb, but experts believed at the time that the opposition was not in a position to carry out such acts amidst the tightly controlled security environment.
Objective.
The motto of the organisation was "Morale, Discipline, Solidarity, Unity."
1. Non-disintegration of the Union
2. Non-disintegration of national solidarity
3. Perpetuation of sovereignty | 5,430 | triviaqa-train |
Which chemical element has the symbol Pt? | Platinum
Platinum is a chemical element with the symbol Pt and atomic number 78. It is a dense, malleable, ductile, highly unreactive, precious, silverish-white transition metal. Its name is derived from the Spanish term "platino", meaning "little silver".
Platinum is a member of the platinum group of elements and group 10 of the periodic table of elements. It has six naturally occurring isotopes. It is one of the rarer elements in Earth's crust, with an average abundance of approximately | friend's name out of mourning.
The stony-iron Pallasite meteorites are not connected to the Pallas asteroid, being instead named after the German naturalist Peter Simon Pallas. The chemical element palladium, on the other hand, was named after the asteroid, which had been discovered just before the element.
As with other asteroids, the astronomical symbol for Pallas is a disk with its discovery number, ②. It also has an older, more iconic symbol, ⚴ () or sometimes �� ().
Orbit | 5,431 | triviaqa-train |
Which ancient European period came before the Iron Age? | the wheel and the spread of proto-writing. In the 4th millennium BC, the Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine-Moldova-Romania region develops. By 3400 BC, "proto-literate" cuneiform is spread in the Middle East. The 30th century BC, referred to as the Early Bronze Age II, saw the beginning of the literate period in Mesopotamia and Ancient Egypt. Around the 27th century BC, the Old Kingdom of Egypt and the First Dynasty of Uruk are founded, according to the earliest reliable | Celtic warfare
This article discusses the warfare of the Ancient Celts throughout the European Iron Age and the Roman era, both of the Insular Celts and the Continental Celts (Gaul, Iberia, and Anatolia)
The scope of this article does not extend to the Britons, Gaels and Iberians of the Sub-Roman to Medieval period (for which see Welsh warfare, Gaelic warfare and warfare in the ancient Iberian peninsula).
Mythological.
The Irish heroic cycles were committed to writing in the Mediaeval period, some time | 5,432 | triviaqa-train |
What is the name of a person who forges and shapes iron with an anvil and hammer? | power tool—can further smooth, brighten, and polish surfaces.
- Grinding stones, abrasive paper, and emery wheels can further shape, smooth, and polish the surface.
A range of treatments and finishes can inhibit oxidation and enhance or change the appearance of the piece. An experienced smith selects the finish based on the metal and on the intended use of the item. Finishes include (among others): paint, varnish, bluing, browning, oil, and wax.
Blacksmith's striker. | to resist the blows of the smith's hammer, so the anvil face does not deform under repeated use. A hard anvil face also reduces the amount of force lost in each hammer blow. Hammers, tools, and work pieces of hardened steel should never directly strike the anvil face with full force, as they may damage it; this can result in chipping or deforming of the anvil face.
The horn of the anvil is a conical projection used to form various round shapes and is generally unhardened steel or iron. | 5,433 | triviaqa-train |
What is the name of the unofficial accolade given to passenger liners crossing the Atlantic Ocean in regular service with the record highest speed? | in the 1670s. These added passenger accommodation, but in cramped conditions. Later, scheduled services were offered but the time journeys took depended much on the weather. When steamships replaced sailing vessels, ocean-going liners took over the task of carrying people. By the beginning of the twentieth century, crossing the Atlantic took about five days and shipping companies competed to own the largest and fastest vessels. The Blue Riband was an unofficial accolade given to the fastest liner crossing the Atlantic in regular service. The "Mauretania" held | SS Normandie
The SS "Normandie" was a French ocean liner built in Saint-Nazaire, France, for the French Line Compagnie Générale Transatlantique (CGT). She entered service in 1935 as the largest and fastest passenger ship afloat, crossing the Atlantic in a record 4.14 days, and remains the most powerful steam turbo-electric-propelled passenger ship ever built.
Her novel design and lavish interiors led many to consider her the greatest of ocean liners. Despite this, she was not a commercial success and relied | 5,434 | triviaqa-train |
Richard Attenborough played which gang member in the 1947 film ‘Brighton Rock’? | Brighton Rock (1948 film)
Brighton Rock is a 1948 British gangster film noir directed by John Boulting and starring Richard Attenborough as violent gang leader Pinkie Brown (reprising his breakthrough West End creation of the character some three years earlier), Carol Marsh as the innocent girl he marries, and Hermione Baddeley as an amateur sleuth investigating a murder he committed. The film was adapted from the 1938 novel "Brighton Rock" by Graham Greene, and was produced by Roy Boulting through the Boulting brothers' production company Charter Film Productions | the role of Rose in the 1947 film version of "Brighton Rock", in favour of Carol Marsh.
Adaptations 1947 film.
Greene and Terence Rattigan wrote the screenplay for a 1947 film adaptation, produced and directed by John and Roy Boulting, with assistant director Gerald Mitchell. The film starred Richard Attenborough as Pinkie, Carol Marsh as Rose, William Hartnell as Dallow, and Hermione Baddeley as Ida. The climax of the film takes place at the Palace Pier; this differs from the novel, the end of which | 5,435 | triviaqa-train |
Who won their first Formula 1 race at the 2012 Chinese Grand Prix? | he won his first title in dramatic fashion; on the last corner of the last lap in the last race of the season, becoming the then-youngest Formula One World Champion in history. After four more years with McLaren without finishing higher than fourth in the drivers' standings, Hamilton signed with Mercedes in , reuniting with his childhood karting teammate, Nico Rosberg. In his first season, he finished 4th once again, the third time in five years.
Changes to regulations mandating the use of turbo-hybrid engines | 2013 Chinese Grand Prix
The 2013 Chinese Grand Prix (formally known as the 2013 Formula 1 UBS Chinese Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race that was held on 14 April 2013 at the Shanghai International Circuit in Shanghai, China. The race was the third round of the 2013 season, and marked the tenth running of the Chinese Grand Prix as a round of the Formula One World Championship. The race was won by Fernando Alonso.
Report.
Report Background.
Like the 2012 Chinese Grand Prix, tyre | 5,436 | triviaqa-train |
How old was playwright William Shakespeare when he died? | weeks with his son-in-law, John Hall. After 1610, Shakespeare wrote fewer plays, and none are attributed to him after 1613. His last three plays were collaborations, probably with John Fletcher, who succeeded him as the house playwright of the King's Men.
Shakespeare died on 23 April 1616, at the age of 52. He died within a month of signing his will, a document which he begins by describing himself as being in "perfect health". No extant contemporary source explains how | Anne Hathaway (wife of Shakespeare)
Anne Hathaway (1556 – 6 August 1623) was the wife of William Shakespeare, the English poet, playwright and actor. They were married in 1582, when he was 18 and she was 26 years old. She outlived her husband by seven years. Very little is known about her beyond a few references in legal documents, but her personality and relationship to Shakespeare have been the subject of much speculation by many historians and creative writers.
Life.
Hathaway is believed | 5,437 | triviaqa-train |
The ‘Heliocentric Model’ is a theory that places which object as the centre of the Universe? | "The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his place where he arose."
Nonetheless, in 1533, Johann Albrecht Widmannstetter delivered in Rome a series of lectures outlining Copernicus' theory. The lectures were heard with interest by Pope Clement VII and several Catholic cardinals. On November 1, 1536, Archbishop of Capua Nikolaus von Schönberg wrote a letter to Copernicus from Rome encouraging him to publish a full version of his theory.
However, in 1539, Martin Luther said:
This | Heng theorized that the universe was like an egg "as round as a crossbow pellet" with the stars on the shell and the Earth as the central yolk. This universe theory is congruent with the geocentric model as opposed to the heliocentric model. Although the ancient Warring States (403–221 BC) Chinese astronomers Shi Shen and Gan De had compiled China's first star catalogue in the 4th century BC, Zhang nonetheless catalogued 2,500 stars which he placed in a "brightly shining" category (the Chinese estimated the total to | 5,438 | triviaqa-train |
What is the most traded commodity in the World? | who produced them. Karl Marx described this property as follows: "From the taste of wheat, it is not possible to tell who produced it, a Russian serf, a French peasant or an English capitalist." Petroleum and copper are examples of commodity goods: their supply and demand are a part of one universal market.
Non-commodity items such as stereo systems have many aspects of product differentiation, such as the brand, the user interface and the perceived quality. The demand for one type of stereo may | the most stable, consistent, and transparent of all the commodity indexes. When one invests in the RICI, one knows what one will own a few years down the road in sharp contrast to the other commodity indexes which change significantly.
For each commodity, the most valid (most actively traded from the committee point of view) expiration is chosen to be included into the RICI calculation. The index is rolled at the end of each month to contracts that are expected to be most active during the next month. Generally | 5,439 | triviaqa-train |
Carl Fredricksen, Russell and Dug are all characters in which 2009 Disney film? | the film screened at the El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood, California from May 29 to July 23, 2009, it was accompanied by "Lighten Up!", a live show featuring Disney characters. Other tie-ins included children's books such as "My Name is Dug", illustrated by screenwriter Ronnie del Carmen. Despite Pixar's track record, Target Corporation and Walmart stocked few "Up" items, while Pixar's regular collaborator Thinkway Toys did not produce merchandise, claiming its story is unusual and would be hard | says "Mr. "Fredricksen"?" They walk past the nurses, and Russell mentions that next time he would like to steer. A.J. turns to George and says "That was the craziest thing I've ever seen!" They look down to find Dug in front of them. Dug speaks "Hi there!" through his collar, and George and A.J. are even more shocked than before.
Cast.
- Jason Topolski as George
- A.J. Riebli III as A.J.
- Steve Purcell as Carl Fredricksen | 5,440 | triviaqa-train |
Southern Indian Lake is in which country? | Southern Indian Lake
Southern Indian Lake is a large lake in Manitoba, Canada. It has an area of (including islands) with a surface elevation of .
Southern Indian Lake is the fourth largest lake in Manitoba. It has a complex shoreline with many islands, long peninsulas and deep bays. The Churchill River flows through the lake.
The community of South Indian Lake is located on the southeast shore, about (by air) north of the city of Thompson. It had a population of 767 in 2011 | strong presence in southern Mozambique and the Indian Ocean since the 15th century, while during this period their possessions increasingly grew including parts from the present northern Mozambique country, up to Mombasa in present-day Kenya. At Lake Malawi, they finally met the recently created British Protectorate of Nyasaland (nowadays Malawi), which surrounded the homonymous lake on three sides, leaving the Portuguese the control of lake's eastern coast. The British Empire set foot in the region's most exploitable and promising lands acquiring what is today Uganda, and | 5,441 | triviaqa-train |
In which year did colour television begin broadcasting across Australia? | -making or de facto governmental role, and merely acts as a legal figurehead for the actions of the prime minister and the Federal Executive Council. The governor-general does have extraordinary reserve powers which may be exercised outside the prime minister's request in rare and limited circumstances, the most notable exercise of which was the dismissal of the Whitlam Government in the constitutional crisis of 1975.
The federal government is separated into three branches:
- Legislature: the bicameral Parliament, defined in section 1 of the constitution as comprising | in colour, bit initially only from Caldbeck, but viewers served by the Selkirk transmitter had to wait until the following year for colour television broadcasts to begin.
- 1972
- 16 October – Following a law change which removed all restrictions on broadcasting hours, ITV is able to launch an afternoon service and Border carves out a niche for itself by providing the network with afternoon quiz programmes, most notably "Mr. and Mrs." which was hosted by Derek Batey who was Border TV's Assistant Controller of Programmes.
- | 5,442 | triviaqa-train |
Great Train robber Ronald Biggs spent over 20 years in which country before returning to Britain? | in the outer eastern suburbs of Melbourne. Five months later, he fled on a passenger liner from the Port of Melbourne, using the altered passport of a friend; his wife and sons remained in Australia. Twenty days later, the ship berthed in Panama and within two weeks Biggs had flown to Brazil.
Following disclosure of Biggs' fathering a child in Brazil, Charmian agreed to a divorce in 1974, which was completed in 1976. Allowed by authorities to remain in Australia, she reverted to her maiden name of | announced it had commissioned a five-part drama, "Mrs Biggs", to be based around the life of Biggs's wife Charmian, played by Sheridan Smith and Biggs by Daniel Mays. Charmian Biggs acted as a consultant on the series and travelled to Britain from Australia to visit Biggs in February 2012, just before filming for "Mrs Biggs".
In March 2013, Biggs attended the funeral of fellow train robber, Bruce Reynolds. In July 2013, "The Great Train Robbery 50th Anniversary:1963–2013" was published, | 5,443 | triviaqa-train |
The Battle of the Little Bighorn was fought in which US state? | , along the Little Bighorn River in the Crow Indian Reservation in southeastern Montana Territory.
The fight was an overwhelming victory for the Lakota, Northern Cheyenne, and Arapaho, who were led by several major war leaders, including Crazy Horse and Chief Gall, and had been inspired by the visions of Sitting Bull ("Tȟatȟáŋka Íyotake"). The U.S. 7th Cavalry, a force of 700 men, suffered a major defeat while under the command of Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer (formerly a brevetted major general during the American | Little Shield
Little Shield (Cheyenne language: A-che-kan-koo-eni) was a chieftain of the Northern Cheyenne from 1865–1879. He is known for creating a collection of ledger drawings accounting the Indian wars along the North Platte river. Little Shield also fought in the Battle of Little Bighorn, leading the Dog Soldiers.
Following the Battle of the Little Bighorn, the US Army increased attempts to capture the Cheyenne. In 1877, after the Dull Knife Fight, when Crazy Horse surrendered at Fort Robinson | 5,444 | triviaqa-train |
Which 1968 film starring Marianne Faithful was also known as ‘Naked Under Leather’? | The Girl on a Motorcycle
The Girl on a Motorcycle (French: "La motocyclette"), also known in the United States as Naked Under Leather, is a 1968 British-French erotic romantic drama film starring Alain Delon and Marianne Faithfull and featuring Roger Mutton, Marius Goring and Catherine Jourdan. It was listed to compete at the 1968 Cannes Film Festival but the festival was cancelled due to the May 1968 events in France. "The Girl on a Motorcycle" redefined the leather jacket for motorcyclists into a full body | Ulysses" is a 1954 film adaptation which stars Kirk Douglas as Ulysses, with Silvana Mangano as Penelope and Circe, and Anthony Quinn playing Antinous.
- "L'Odissea" is a 1968 Italian-French-German-Yugoslavian television miniseries praised for its faithful rendering of the original epic.
- "The Odyssey" is a 1997 television miniseries starring Armand Assante as Odysseus and Greta Scacchi as Penelope.
See also.
- Odyssean gods
- Parallels between Virgil's Aeneid and Homer's Iliad and Odyssey
Further | 5,445 | triviaqa-train |
In the UK television quiz show ‘The Chase’ which chaser is is known as ‘The Beast’? | The Chase (American game show)
The Chase is an American television quiz show based on the British program of the same name. The show premiered on August 6, 2013, on Game Show Network (GSN). It is hosted by Brooke Burns, and features Mark Labbett (nicknamed "The Beast") as the "chaser".
The American version of the show follows the same general format as the original UK version, but with teams of three contestants instead of four. The game is a quiz | comedy group
- "The Chaser" (1938 film), a US film
- "The Chaser" (2008 film), a South Korean film
- "Chasers", a 1994 comedy film
- "The Chaser" (TV series), a 2012 South Korean television series
- "The Chaser" ("The Twilight Zone")
- The Chasers, the resident quiz experts on "The Chase", a game show originally from the UK
- "Chaser" (video | 5,446 | triviaqa-train |
Who plays architect Doug Roberts in the 1974 film ‘Towering Inferno’? | The Towering Inferno
The Towering Inferno is a 1974 American drama disaster film produced by Irwin Allen featuring an ensemble cast led by Paul Newman and Steve McQueen. Directed by John Guillermin, the film is a co-production between 20th Century Fox and Warner Bros., the first to be a joint venture by two major Hollywood studios. It was adapted by Stirling Silliphant from a pair of novels, "The Tower" by Richard Martin Stern and "The Glass Inferno" by Thomas N. Scortia and Frank M. Robinson.
The | .
See also.
- List of American films of 1974
- Skyscrapers in film
- List of firefighting films
- "Disco Inferno", a song inspired by a scene in the film in which a discotheque catches fire
External links.
- "The Towering Inferno" website
- DVD Review: "The Towering Inferno (Special Edition)" at The-Trades.com
- Irwin Allen News Network (The Irwin Allen News Network's "Towering Inferno" page)
- Various releases of | 5,447 | triviaqa-train |
How many digits do frogs have on their back feet? | whereas the end furthest from the attachment is referred to as the apical end ().
Specific animals and other organisms Radially symmetrical organisms.
Radially symmetrical organisms include those in the group Radiata primarily jellyfish, sea anemones and corals and the comb jellies. Adult echinoderms, such as starfish, sea urchins, sea cucumbers and others are also included, since they are pentaradial, meaning they have five discrete rotational symmetry. Echinoderm larvae are not included, since they are bilaterally symmetrical. Radially symmetrical organisms always have one distinctive axis. | pet stores. Identifiable differences are:
- Dwarf frogs have four webbed feet. African clawed frogs have webbed hind feet while their front feet have autonomous digits.
- African dwarf frogs have eyes positioned on the side of their head, while African clawed frogs have eyes on the top of their heads.
- African clawed frogs have curved, flat snouts. The snout of an African dwarf frog is pointed.
As a pest.
African clawed frogs are voracious predators and easily adapt to many habitats. For | 5,448 | triviaqa-train |
During which month of the year is the Crufts Dog Show held in the UK? | Crufts
Crufts is an umbrella term for an international canine event held annually in the United Kingdom. Crufts is centred on a championship conformation show for dogs but also includes a large trade show of mainly dog-related goods and services and competitions in dog agility, obedience, flyball and heelwork to music.
The event is organised and hosted by the Kennel Club. It is held over four days (Thursday to Sunday) in early March at the National Exhibition Centre (NEC) in Birmingham, England. The highest profile | the Year competition which is a dog show for cross breeds. Mixed-breed dogs can compete in classes like prettiest bitch, handsomest dog, golden oldie and child's best friend.
In 2012, four heats of Scruffts were staged at the Discover Dogs event and the winner of each heat will go forward to compete in a final being held at Crufts 2013 for the first time. Heats of Scruffts are held at canine events throughout the UK in the previous year but only one heat is held in Scotland.
It | 5,449 | triviaqa-train |
In which year did Italy join the Six Nations (then Five Nations) Rugby Union Championship? | , this became the Five Nations Championship (1910–31 and 1947–99), which in turn became the Six Nations Championship with the addition of Italy.
Wales hold the overall record, with 39 victories (27 outright and 12 shared) to England's 38 (10 shared victories), while England hold the record for outright wins with 28. Since the Six Nations era started in 2000, only Italy and Scotland have failed to win the Six Nations title, although Scotland were the last winners of the Five Nations.
History | 2007 Six Nations Championship
The 2007 Six Nations Championship was the eighth series of the rugby union Six Nations Championship. Including the previous incarnations as the Home Nations and Five Nations, this was the 113th series of the international championship. Fifteen matches were played over five weekends from 3 February to 17 March.
In this year, France again won on points difference above Ireland, after four teams had at least a mathematical chance of topping the table going into the final week. Italy had their first away win of the tournament | 5,450 | triviaqa-train |
The Banoffee Pie was invented at the Hungry Monk restaurant in which English county? | Dowding, the owner and chef, respectively, of The Hungry Monk Restaurant in Jevington, East Sussex. They claim to have developed the dessert in 1971 by amending an unreliable American recipe for "Blum’s Coffee Toffee Pie" with a soft toffee made by boiling an unopened can of condensed milk for several hours. After trying various changes including the addition of apple or mandarin orange, Mackenzie suggested banana and Dowding later said that "straight away we knew we had got it right". Mackenzie suggested the name "Banoffi Pie | Banoffee pie
Banoffee pie is an English dessert pie made from bananas, cream and toffee (made from boiled condensed milk, or dulce de leche), combined either on a buttery biscuit base or one made from crumbled biscuits and butter. Some versions of the recipe also include chocolate, coffee or both.
Its name, sometimes spelled "banoffi", is a portmanteau combining the words "banana" and "toffee".
History.
Credit for the pie's invention is claimed by Nigel Mackenzie and Ian | 5,451 | triviaqa-train |
Who played British fictional television detective Freddie Spender? | Spender
Spender is a British television police procedural drama, created by Ian La Frenais and Jimmy Nail, that first broadcast on 8 January 1991 on BBC1. The series, which also starred Nail as the title character, ran for three series between 1991 and 1993, finishing with a feature-length special, "The French Collection", broadcast on 29 December 1993. A total of twenty-one episodes were produced. The first and second series were produced by Martin McKeand, while the third and final series was produced | and essayist
- Wilfrid Spender (1876–1960), British army officer
- Herbert Henry Spender-Clay (1875–1937), English soldier and Conservative Party politician
- Fictional
- C.G.B. Spender, fictional character in the American television series "The X-Files"
- Cassandra Spender, fictional character in "The X-Files"
- Freddie Spender, fictional detective in the British television series "Spender"
- Jeffrey Spender, fictional character in "The X-Files" | 5,452 | triviaqa-train |
Who wrote the novel ‘One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest’? | One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (novel)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1962) is a novel written by Ken Kesey. Set in an Oregon psychiatric hospital, the narrative serves as a study of institutional processes and the human mind as well as a critique of behaviorism and a tribute to individualistic principles. It was adapted into the Broadway (and later off-Broadway) play "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" by Dale Wasserman in 1963. Bo Goldman adapted the novel into a 1975 | Pere Ubu”, “Et Cetera” theatre, Moscow
- 2004 Best stage director of the best production “Dom Juan”, “Komissarzhevskaya” theatre, St. Petersburg
- 2006 Best stage director of the best production “"One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest"”, “Lenkom” theatre, Moscow
- 2007 Audience prize for “"One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest"”, “Lenkom” theatre, Moscow
Theatre awards in Romania:
- 2012 Best production “"The Visit | 5,453 | triviaqa-train |
‘The Stolen Generations’ were children of which country who were taken from their families to be adopted or brought up by the state? | government's "Bringing Them Home – Report of the National Inquiry into the Separation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children from Their Families" heightened awareness of the Stolen Generations. The acceptance of the term in Australia is illustrated by the 2008 formal apology to the Stolen Generations, led by Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and passed by both houses of the Parliament of Australia. Previous apologies had been offered by State and Territory governments in the period 1997–2001.
There is some opposition to the concept of the term "Stolen Generations" | might rush off into the bush. Some families put them in suitcases, sat on the suitcase, they might have, if they knew about it might have the children blackened up with charcoal.”
Aboriginal children across the country were taken from their families and placed in institutions and foster homes, often not knowing their parents were alive or searching for them. They were taught to reject their Aboriginality, and often experienced abuse and deprivation.
In 1997 the Commonwealth Government undertook an inquiry into the Stolen Generations as these children | 5,454 | triviaqa-train |
‘The Entertainer’ by Scott Joplin is the theme tune for which 1973 film? | This was followed by the Academy Award-winning 1973 film "The Sting" that featured several of Joplin's compositions, most notably "The Entertainer", whose performance by pianist Marvin Hamlisch received wide airplay. "Treemonisha" was finally produced in full, to wide acclaim, in 1972. In 1976, Joplin was posthumously awarded a Pulitzer Prize.
Early life.
According to author Edward A. Berlin, "One tenacious myth tells us that Joplin was born in Texarkana, Texas, on November 24, 1868. | The Entertainer (rag)
"The Entertainer" is a 1902 classic piano rag written by Scott Joplin. It was sold first as sheet music, and in the 1910s as piano rolls that would play on player pianos. The first recording was by blues and ragtime musicians, the Blue Boys in 1928, played on mandolin and guitar.
As one of the classics of ragtime, it returned to international prominence as part of the ragtime revival in the 1970s, when it was used as the theme music for the 1973 | 5,455 | triviaqa-train |
Late actress Greta Garbo was born in which country? | , Sveriges Riksbank announced that Garbo's portrait was to be featured on the 100-krona banknote, beginning in 2014–2015.
Garbo in Literature.
Author Ernest Hemingway provided an imaginary portrayal of Garbo in his 1940 novel "For Whom the Bell Tolls":
Public collections.
- Rijksmuseum Amsterdam
References.
Informational notes
Citations
References Bibliography and further reading.
- Italo Moscati, "Greta Garbo, diventare star per sempre", Edizioni Sabinae, Roma, 2010.
- Sarris, Andrew. (1998 | Greta Garbo
Greta Garbo (born Greta Lovisa Gustafsson; 18 September 1905 – 15 April 1990) was a Swedish-American film actress during the 1920s and 1930s. Garbo was nominated three times for the Academy Award for Best Actress, and received an Academy Honorary Award in 1954 for her "luminous and unforgettable screen performances". In 1999, the American Film Institute ranked Garbo fifth on their list of the greatest female stars of classic Hollywood cinema.
Garbo launched her career with a secondary role in the 1924 Swedish film | 5,456 | triviaqa-train |
‘The Long March’ took place in which country in 1934-35? | .
- 1935: September 16, CCP forces crossed the Lazikou Pass.
- 1935: October 22, three Red Army fronts met in Shaanxi. The Long March ended.
- 1935: November, Mao became the leader of the CCP. Zhou became Mao's assistant.
Background.
Background The Red Army in 1934.
Although the literal translation of the Chinese "Cháng Zhēng" is "Long March", official publications of the People's Republic of China refer to it as "The Long March | in 1928–29, before rising to fifth place in 1929–30. He then took the "Peacocks" to relegation in 21st place in 1930–31. He succeeded in taking the club to immediate promotion in 1931–32, as they finished in second position, just two points behind champions Wolverhampton Wanderers. He then took them to eighth spot in 1932–33 and ninth place in 1933–34. Yet with Wilf Copping sold to Arsenal, Leeds fell to 18th place in 1934–35. Ray resigned in March 1935, with Leeds struggling against relegation.
Managerial career Bradford City | 5,457 | triviaqa-train |
What is the title of the only published novel by J D Salinger? | 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 | Nine Stories (Salinger)
Nine Stories (1953) is a collection of short stories by American fiction writer J. D. Salinger published in April 1953. It includes two of his most famous short stories, "A Perfect Day for Bananafish" and "For Esmé – with Love and Squalor". ("Nine Stories" is the U.S. title; the book is published in many other countries as "For Esmé - with Love and Squalor, and Other Stories".)
The stories are:
- "A | 5,458 | triviaqa-train |
The River Danube empties into which body of water? | Danube
The Danube ( ; ) is Europe's second longest river, after the Volga. It is located in Central and Eastern Europe.
The Danube was once a long-standing frontier of the Roman Empire, and today flows through 10 countries, more than any other river in the world. Originating in Germany, the Danube flows southeast for , passing through or bordering Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia, Serbia, Romania, Bulgaria, Moldova and Ukraine before draining into the Black Sea. Its drainage basin extends | the lower delta plain is defined by the upper limit of tidal influence.
Examples.
The Ganges-Brahmaputra Delta, which spans most of Bangladesh and West Bengal, India empties into the Bay of Bengal, is the world's largest delta.
The St. Clair River delta, between the Canadian province of Ontario and the U.S. state of Michigan, is the largest delta emptying into a body of fresh water.
Examples Other deltas.
- Amazon Delta
- Danube Delta
- Ebro Delta
- Fly Delta | 5,459 | triviaqa-train |
Which number is the title of singer Beyonce’s 2011 album? | Beyoncé
Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter (; born September 4, 1981) is an American singer, actress, songwriter, record producer, director, model, dancer, fashion designer and businesswoman. Born and raised in Houston, Texas, Beyoncé performed in various singing and dancing competitions as a child. She rose to fame in the late 1990s as lead singer of the R&B girl-group Destiny's Child. Managed by her father, Mathew Knowles, the group became one of the best-selling girl groups in history. | Satan i gatan
Satan i gatan (Swedish for "Satan in the Street", a rhyming, idiomatic expression of mild surprise) is the third studio album released by Swedish singer and songwriter Veronica Maggio. It was released in Sweden on 27 April 2011 through Universal Music AB and debuted at number one. The title is a Swedish expression which generally means "damn". The album follows on from her 2006 debut "Vatten & bröd" and her 2008 follow-up "Och vinnaren är...". The album | 5,460 | triviaqa-train |
In which year was the Cannes Film Festival founded? | Cannes Film Festival
The Cannes Festival (; ), until 2002 called the International Film Festival (') and known in English as the Cannes Film Festival, is an annual film festival held in Cannes, France, which previews new films of all genres, including documentaries from all around the world. Founded in 1946, the invitation-only festival is held annually (usually in May) at the Palais des Festivals et des Congrès.
On 1 July 2014, co-founder and former head of French pay-TV | .
His own works in this area include directing the film "L'eau a la bouche" and acting in some New Wave films, including Chantal Akerman's cult classic "Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles". Additionally he was friends with François Truffaut who shot his first film "Une Visite" in his apartment. He was married to Françoise Brion.
The Director’s Fortnight, founded in 1968 during the nationwide strikes which closed down the Cannes Film Festival that year, was the brainchild of Jacques | 5,461 | triviaqa-train |
The first Wendy’s restaurant was opened in 1969 in which US state? | Wendy's
Wendy's is an American international fast food restaurant chain founded by Dave Thomas on November 15, 1969, in Columbus, Ohio. The company moved its headquarters to Dublin, Ohio, on January 29, 2006. As of December 31, 2018, Wendy's was the world's third largest hamburger fast food chain with 6,711 locations, following Burger King and McDonald's. On April 24, 2008, the company announced a merger with Triarc Companies Inc., a publicly traded company and the parent company of Arby | Business Enterprises Wendy’s.
In August 2011, the first Wendy's restaurant opened in Russia. The Wenrus Restaurant Group operates the Wendy’s chain in Russia.
Wendy’s/Arby’s International and Wenrus are planning to develop 180 restaurants over the next 10 years in Russia. Each restaurant will contain a Wendy’s and Arby’s.
The Wenrus Restaurant Group is an affiliate of Food Service Capital. Food Service Capital’s businesses include:
- Arpikom, a company that owns and operates 28 restaurants under the brands Goodman Steak | 5,462 | triviaqa-train |
In 1497, John ‘who’ was said to have been the first European to have landed on mainland North America? | John Cabot
John Cabot ( ; 1450 – 1500) was an Italian navigator and explorer. His 1497 discovery of the coast of North America under the commission of Henry VII of England is the earliest known European exploration of coastal North America since the Norse visits to Vinland in the eleventh century.
To mark the celebration of the 500th anniversary of Cabot's expedition, both the Canadian and British governments elected Cape Bonavista, Newfoundland, as representing Cabot's first landing site. However, alternative locations have also been proposed. | Heinrich Moritz Max Freiherr von Beschwitz
Heinrich Moritz Max Freiherr von Beschwitz (Otzdorf, 23 December 1859 – Schloss Arnsdorf, 22 July 1944), Lord of Arnsdorf with Gersdorf (now part of Ottendorf-Okrilla) and Ottendorf in the Kingdom of Saxony, was a German Military and Nobleman, son of Moritz Wilhelm Wolf Freiherr von Beschwitz and his wife Alexandra von Hesse.
Career.
He was a Gentleman of the Bedchamber of the King of Saxony, Captain of Cavalry and a Knight of the Order of St. John | 5,463 | triviaqa-train |
With which song did Swedish pop group Abba win the 1974 Eurovision Song Contest? | the United Kingdom, Ireland, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and the United States. They have a joint record eight consecutive number-one albums in the UK. The group also enjoyed significant success in Latin America, and recorded a collection of their hit songs in Spanish. ABBA were honoured at the of the Eurovision Song Contest in 2005, when their hit "Waterloo" was chosen as the best song in the competition's history. The group was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in | ABBA
ABBA () are a Swedish pop group formed in Stockholm in 1972 by Agnetha Fältskog, Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson and Anni-Frid Lyngstad. The group's name is an acronym of the first letters of their first names. They became one of the most commercially successful acts in the history of popular music, topping the charts worldwide from 1974 to 1982. ABBA won the Eurovision Song Contest 1974 at The Dome in Brighton, UK, giving Sweden its first triumph in the contest. They are the most successful | 5,464 | triviaqa-train |
In the game of English billiards, how many points does a cannon score? | English billiards
English billiards, called simply billiards in the United Kingdom, where it originated, and in many former British colonies such as Australia, is a cue sport that combines the aspects of carom billiards and pocket billiards. Two (originally both white, with one marked e.g. with a black dot, but more recently one white, one yellow) and a red are used. Each player or team uses a different cue ball. It is played on a billiards table with the same dimensions as a snooker table and points | Odd One Out - In this mini-game, players have to pick the odd one out from pictures of the muses from Hercules.
- Quick Count - In this mini-game, players have to answer how many items were on the screen.
- Quick Draw - In this mini-game, players have to choose right answers first before anyone else does to score points.
- Rapid Ranking - In this mini-game, players have to rank a series of four items in order before time runs | 5,465 | triviaqa-train |
In which part of an animal is the cannon bone? | a die-out among forest-dwelling equine species, eventually leaving the long-legged, one-toed "Equus" of today, which includes the horse, as the sole surviving genus of the Equidae family.
Limb anatomy Legs.
Each forelimb of the horse runs from the scapula or shoulder blade to the navicular bone. In between are the humerus (arm), radius (forearm), elbow joint, ulna (elbow), carpus (knee) bones and joint, large metacarpal (cannon), | defined sagittal crest, a long facial part and an indented nasal bone. Typically, there are eight sternal and four non-sternal pairs of ribs. The spinal cord is nearly long; it terminates in the second and third sacral vertebra. The fibula is reduced to a malleolar bone. The dromedary is a digitigrade animal; it walks on its toes, which are known as digits. It lacks the second and fifth digits. The front feet are wide and long; they are larger than the hind feet, which measure | 5,466 | triviaqa-train |
What is the title of singer Celine Dion’s first UK number one hit single? | Think Twice", "Because You Loved Me", "It's All Coming Back to Me Now", "My Heart Will Go On", and "I'm Your Angel". Dion continued releasing French albums between each English record; "D'eux" (1995) became the best-selling French-language album of all time, while "S'il suffisait d'aimer" (1998), "Sans attendre" (2012), and "Encore un soir" (2016), were all certified diamond in | Sensitivity (song)
"Sensitivity" is the title of a number-one single by American singer Ralph Tresvant. It was the first single from the self-titled debut album of the New Edition frontman since the split of the group. The hit song spent one week at number one on the US R&B chart. It became his biggest hit, peaking at number four on the US "Billboard" Hot 100 and number eighteen on the UK Singles Chart. In 2005, British electronic duo Lemon Jelly sampled "Sensitivity | 5,467 | triviaqa-train |
‘Dog and Bone’ is Cockney rhyming slang for what? | rhyme and truncation to the original rhymed phrase. For example, the word "Aris" is often used to indicate the buttocks. This is the result of a double rhyme, starting with the original rough synonym "arse", which is rhymed with "bottle and glass", leading to "bottle". "Bottle" was then rhymed with "Aristotle" and truncated to "Aris".
Examples Phonetic "versus" phono-semantic forms.
Ghil'ad Zuckermann, a linguist and revivalist, has proposed a distinction | A load of old cobblers
"A load of old cobblers" and variants such as "what a load of cobblers" or just "cobblers!" is British slang for "what nonsense" that is derived from the Cockney rhyming slang for "balls" (testicles) of "cobbler's awls". The phrase began to be widely used from the 1960s and is still in use but has become less offensive over time as its origins have been forgotten.
Origins.
The phrase originated as Cockney rhyming slang | 5,468 | triviaqa-train |
Who wrote the trilogy of plays ‘The Norman Conquests’? | The Norman Conquests
The Norman Conquests is a trilogy of plays written in 1973 by Alan Ayckbourn. Each of the plays depicts the same six characters over the same weekend in a different part of a house. "Table Manners" is set in the dining room, "Living Together" in the living room, and "Round and Round the Garden" in the garden.
The plays were first performed in Scarborough, before runs in London and on Broadway. A television version was first broadcast in the UK during October | in the negotiations Uranium stockpile and enrichment.
Iran's nuclear enrichment capacity was the biggest stumbling block in the negotiations on a comprehensive agreement. Iran has the right to enrich uranium under article IV of the . The Security Council in its resolution 1929 has required Iran to suspend its uranium enrichment program. For many years the United States held that no enrichment program should be permitted in Iran. In signing the Geneva interim agreement the United States and its P5+1 partners shifted away from zero enrichment to a limited enrichment objective. Additionally | 5,469 | triviaqa-train |
Heteropoda davidbowie is the name given to which rare yellow creature in 2009? | Heteropoda davidbowie
Heteropoda davidbowie is a species of huntsman spider of the genus "Heteropoda". It was described from the Cameron Highlands District in peninsular Malaysia and named in honour of singer David Bowie.
Taxonomy.
"Heteropoda davidbowie" was first described by Peter Jäger in 2008, based on a specimen collected by G. Ackermann in 2007 in the Cameron Highlands of peninsular Malaysia. The species name honours David Bowie, with particular reference to songs such as "Glass Spider" (from the 1987 album "Never Let Me | Yule Is.)
- "Heteropoda cyperusiria" — Philippines
- "Heteropoda dagmarae" — Laos, Thailand
- "Heteropoda dasyurina" — New Guinea
- "Heteropoda davidbowie" — Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia (Sumatra)
- "Heteropoda debilis" — Samoa
- "Heteropoda distincta" — Australia (Queensland, New South Wales)
- "Heteropoda duan" — Borneo
- "Heteropoda duo" — Borneo
- "Heteropoda elatana" — Indonesia (Kei Is., Aru Is | 5,470 | triviaqa-train |
The 2008 film ‘Valkyrie’ depicts the 1944 plot to assassinate which political figure? | was travelling by plane. The Polish Home Army conducted a regular campaign of assassinations against top Nazi German officials in occupied Poland. Adolf Hitler was almost killed by his own officers, and survived various attempts by other persons and organizations (such as Operation Foxley, though this plan was never put into practice).
During the 1930s and 1940s, Joseph Stalin's NKVD carried out numerous assassinations outside of the Soviet Union, such as the killings of Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists leader Yevhen Konovalets, Ignace Poretsky, Fourth International secretary Rudolf | -firm coordination with outsiders residing in a related upstream and downstream vertical chain, as well as specialized intermediaries and service providers from supporting industries. Coordination costs and difficulties of orchestration may undermine composition-based success.
- Composition-based strategies may cause the firm to depend on external resources. However, the open markets are not yet perfect and may cause a higher level of uncertainty and vulnerability to the firms. Also, the firms that do not have strong power in network exchanges will suffer from unintended consequences stemming from resource | 5,471 | triviaqa-train |
Tansu Ciller was the first woman Prime Minister of which European country? | Tansu Çiller
Tansu Çiller (; born 24 May 1946) is a Turkish academic, economist, and politician who served as the 22nd Prime Minister of Turkey from 1993 to 1996. She is Turkey's only female prime minister. As the leader of the True Path Party, she went on to concurrently serve as Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey and as Minister of Foreign Affairs between 1996 and 1997.
As a Professor of Economics, Çiller was appointed as Minister of State with responsibility for the economy by Prime Minister Süleyman Demirel in | Muslim women political leaders
Movements for Muslim women to seek roles in national leadership have increased rapidly. Greater opportunities for women in education have further encouraged their involvement in politics. The most prominent Muslim female leaders are former prime minister of Pakistan Benazir Bhutto (served 1988-1990 and 1993-1996), Indonesian President Megawati Sukarnoputri (became president 2001), former Turkish Prime Minister Tansu Ciller (served 1993-1995), former Senegalese Prime Minister Mame Madior Boye (appointed 2001), Bangladeshi Prime Ministers Khaleda Zia (served | 5,472 | triviaqa-train |
Which London Underground station has the longest escalator? | Each station of the Red Line and Purple Line subway in Los Angeles was built with different artwork and decorating schemes, such as murals, tile artwork and sculptural benches. Every station of the Mexico City Metro is prominently identified by a unique icon in addition to its name, because the city had high illiteracy rates at the time the system was designed.
Some metro systems, such as those of Naples, Stockholm, Moscow, St. Petersburg, Tashkent, Kiev, Montreal, Lisbon, Kaohsiung and Prague are famous for their | railway station is at the top of the escalator while the overground station is at the bottom.
- The longest escalator in Bangkok, Thailand and Southeast Asia is in the MRT's Si Lom Station. It connects the concourse level with platform 1 which in turn connects to Hua Lam Phong. It is in length and in depth.
Notable examples Longest individual escalators Australia.
- The longest set of single-span uninterrupted escalators in the Southern Hemisphere is at Parliament underground railway station in Melbourne.
- When the Perth Airport,(Forrestfield | 5,473 | triviaqa-train |
Elizabeth Anne Everest was the childhood nanny of which British Prime Minister? | , the parties agree to temporarily set aside their political differences and to unite to face the national crisis. Coalitions are rare: since 1721, there have been fewer than a dozen.
When the general election of 2010 produced a hung parliament, the Conservative and Liberal Democrat parties agreed to form the Cameron–Clegg coalition, the first coalition in seventy years. The previous coalition in the UK before 2010 was led by Conservative Prime Minister Winston Churchill during most of the Second World War, from May 1940 to May 1945. | Elizabeth Bibesco
Elizabeth Lucy, Princess Bibesco ("née" Asquith; 26 February 1897 – 7 April 1945) was an English writer and socialite. She was the daughter of a British Prime Minister and the wife of a Romanian prince. Active as a writer between 1921 and 1940, she drew on her experience in British high society in her work. A final posthumous collection of her stories, poems and aphorisms was published under the title "Haven" in 1951, with a preface by Elizabeth Bowen.
Childhood and | 5,474 | triviaqa-train |
Who wrote the 1902 autobiography ‘The Story of My Life’? | The Story of My Life (biography)
The Story of My Life, first published in 1903, is Helen Keller's autobiography detailing her early life, especially her experiences with Anne Sullivan. Portions of it were adapted by William Gibson for a 1957 "Playhouse 90" production, a 1959 Broadway play, a 1962 Hollywood feature film, and the Indian film "Black". The book is dedicated to inventor Alexander Graham Bell. The dedication reads, "To ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL Who has taught the deaf to speak and | as a foreign-language dubbing director. Tatar later wrote an autobiography in which he discussed his relationship with Gardner, though the book was never published.
Personal life Religion and political views.
Although Gardner was exposed to Christianity throughout her early years, she identified herself as an atheist later in life. Religion never played a positive role in her life, according to biographers and Gardner herself, in her autobiography "Ava: My Story". Her friend Zoe Sallis, who met her on the set of "" when | 5,475 | triviaqa-train |
The Andaman Sea is known by what other name? | Andaman Sea
The Andaman Sea (historically also known as the Burma Sea) is a marginal sea of the eastern Indian Ocean separated from the Bay of Bengal (to its west) by the Andaman Islands of India and Myanmar and the Nicobar Islands of India and touching Myanmar, Thailand, and the Malay Peninsula. Its southernmost end is defined by Breueh Island, an island just north of Sumatra.
Traditionally, the sea has been used for fishery and transportation of goods between the coastal countries and its coral reefs and islands | Damien Demento
Phillip Theis (born June 25, 1958) is an American semi-retired professional wrestler. He is best known for his appearances in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) between 1992 and 1993 under the ring name Damien Demento. As Damien Demento, Theis wrestled in the main event of the first episode of "WWF Monday Night Raw" on January 11, 1993, losing to The Undertaker.
Professional wrestling career.
Professional wrestling career Early career (1987–1992).
After training under Johnny Rodz, | 5,476 | triviaqa-train |
The John Bunn Lifetime Achievement is an annual prize given in which sport? | John Bunn Award
The John Bunn Award—in full, the John W. Bunn Lifetime Achievement Award—is an annual basketball award given by the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame to an individual who has contributed significantly to the sport of basketball. Named after John Bunn, the first chairman of the Basketball Hall of Fame Committee from 1949 to 1969, the award is the highest and the most prestigious honor presented by the Basketball Hall of Fame other than enshrinement.
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External links | Poetry and People International Poetry Prize
The Poetry and People International Poetry Prize is an annual international lifetime achievement award given to poets around the world by the poetry magazine Poetry and People and its founder Huang Lihai. The first “Poetry and People Poet Prize” was awarded in 2005 to Eugénio de Andrade, before it changed its name to “Poetry and People International Poetry Prize”. Recipients since have included Derek Walcott, Lan Lan, Xi Chuan and Rita Dove. The prize was given to Tomas Tranströmer in April 2011, | 5,477 | triviaqa-train |
Dunlop cheese comes from which country? | Dunlop cheese
Dunlop is a mild cheese or 'sweet-milk cheese' from Dunlop in East Ayrshire, Scotland. It resembles a soft Cheddar cheese in texture. It fell out of popularity some time after the end of the Second World War, however it is now appreciated for its value in various recipes and for eating on its own or with a dram of whisky.
Background.
In the early 18th century Barbara Gilmour successfully manufactured a type of cheese till then unknown in Scotland, being made from unskimmed milk | of Stewarton and Dunlop in 1604 – 1608 that "the butter of this countrey in effecte ferues a grate pairt of ye Kingdome, one aker of ground heir zeilding more butter then 3 akers of ground in aney adiacent countreys".
One place that Dunlop cheese is made today (2008) is at West Clerkland Farm, a short distance from Barbara Gilmour's old home.
See also.
- Dalgarven Mill – The Ayrshire Museum of Country Life & Costume
- Corsehill – A history of the area
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US investigative reporter and author Clifford Irving is best known for his 1971 hoax autobiography of which reclusive businessman? | Clifford Irving
Clifford Michael Irving (November 5, 1930 – December 19, 2017) was an American novelist and investigative reporter. Although he published 20 novels, he is best known for an "autobiography" allegedly written as told to Irving by billionaire recluse Howard Hughes. The fictional work was to have been published in 1972. After Hughes denounced him and sued the publisher, McGraw-Hill, Irving and his collaborators confessed to the hoax. He was sentenced to 2½ years in prison, of which he served 17 months | the penthouse of the Xanadu Beach Resort & Marina for the last four years of his life. Hughes had spent a total of $300 million on his many properties in Las Vegas.
Last years and death Later years as a Las Vegas recluse Memoir hoax.
In 1972, author Clifford Irving caused a media sensation when he claimed he had co-written an authorized autobiography of Hughes. Hughes was so reclusive that he did not immediately publicly refute Irving's statement, leading many to believe the Irving book was genuine. However | 5,479 | triviaqa-train |
Quercus is the Latin name for which tree? | a species is often defined as a group of "actually or potentially interbreeding populations which are reproductively isolated from other such groups." By this definition, many species of "Quercus" would be lumped together according to their geographic and ecological habitat, despite clear distinctions in morphology and, to a large extent, genetic data.
Uses.
Oak wood has a density of about creating great strength and hardness. The wood is very resistant to insect and fungal attack because of its high tannin content. It also has very | for the hackberry tree.
- Ilex, Missouri. "Ilex" is the Latin botanical name for the holly tree.
- Platanus, Missouri. "Platanus" is the Latin botanical name for the sycamore tree.
- Ulmus, Missouri. "Ulmus" is the Latin botanical name for the elm tree.
Barron stated that he used Latin botanical names for the towns instead of the monotonous English tree names which were overused in Missouri. After exhausting the timber in the area, Barron became president of what | 5,480 | triviaqa-train |
Who plays the villainous Soviet agent Irina Spalko in the 2008 film ‘Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull’? | Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull is a 2008 American action-adventure film directed by Steven Spielberg and the fourth installment in the "Indiana Jones" series. Released nineteen years after the previous film, the film is set in 1957, pitting Indiana Jones (Harrison Ford) against Soviet agents—led by Irina Spalko (Cate Blanchett)—searching for a telepathic crystal skull. Jones is aided by his former lover, Marion Ravenwood (Karen Allen), and her son | fall to the temptation of the Grail, while Indiana and Henry realize that their relationship with each other is more important than finding the relic.
The fourth film, "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" (2008) is set in 1957: nineteen years after "The Last Crusade", thus acknowledging the real-life passing of years between films. Indiana is having a quiet life teaching before being thrust into a new adventure. He races against agents of the Soviet Union, led by Irina Spalko | 5,481 | triviaqa-train |
The Watford Gap service station is on which British motorway? | the tax revolt movement, and growing popular support for high-speed mass transit in lieu of new freeways.
Route numbering.
Route numbering United Kingdom.
Route numbering United Kingdom Great Britain.
England and Wales
In England and Wales, the numbers of major motorways followed a numbering system separate to that of the A-road network, though based on the same principle of zones. Running clockwise from the M1 the zones were defined for Zones 1 to 4 based on the proposed M2, M3 and M4 motorways. The | . There is a stone building, and remains of gardens, traces of medieval dwellings, house-sites, paddocks, etc. Additionally, there are reconstructed cottages from this era. The significance of the medieval village remains at Watford is underscored by the adjoining ridge and furrow, evidence of an extensive medieval cultivation system which provided rich, well-drained land for crop planting.
Present day.
It is known nationally for its proximity to the Watford Gap motorway service station. The phrase "North of the Watford Gap | 5,482 | triviaqa-train |
The story of the New York gang ‘The Dead Rabbits’ is told in which 2002 film? | Birds and Dead Rabbits accordin;"
"The soldiers were call'd out, to quell the mighty riot,"
"And drove them on the other side of Jordan."
In popular culture.
In popular culture In films and television.
The Dead Rabbit Riot was featured in the "History Channel" documentary television series "History's Mysteries" in 1998.
The story of the New York Dead Rabbits is told, in highly fictionalized form, in Martin Scorsese's 2002 film "Gangs of New York | 1834–1844 saw more than 200 major gang wars in New York City alone, and in other cities the pattern was similar."
As early as 1839, Mayor Philip Hone said: "This city is infested by gangs of hardened wretches" who "patrol the streets making night hideous and insulting all who are not strong enough to defend themselves." The large gang fight depicted in the film as occurring in 1846 is fictional, though there was one between the Bowery Boys and Dead Rabbits in the Five Points on July 4 | 5,483 | triviaqa-train |
In mythology, who is the Roman god of fire? | Vulcan (mythology)
Vulcan (Latin: "Volcānus" or "Vulcānus"; , ) is the god of fire including the fire of volcanoes, deserts, metalworking, and the forge in ancient Roman religion and myth. Vulcan is often depicted with a blacksmith's hammer. The Vulcanalia was the annual festival held August 23 in his honor. His Greek counterpart is Hephaestus, the god of fire and smithery. In Etruscan religion, he is identified with Sethlans.
Vulcan belongs to the most ancient stage of Roman | the Roman goddess Diana
- Ipabog, Wendish god of the hunt
- Podaga, Wendish god of the weather, fishing, hunting, and farming
Thracian mythology.
- Bendis, goddess of the hunt and the moon, whom the Greeks associated with Artemis
- Thracian horseman, a hunting god on horseback.
Yoruba mythology.
- Ogoun, loa and orisha who presides over fire, iron, hunting, politics and war
- Oshosi, orisha of the Yoruba people in west Africa; the " | 5,484 | triviaqa-train |
Who was the last person to leave the house in the first UK television show of Celebrity Big Brother in 2001? | March 2001 when comedian Jack Dee was crowned the winner. The series revolved around a group of celebrities living in a custom built house with no contact with the outside world. Each week, the housemates are required to nominate two people for eviction. The two or more people with the most votes were nominated to leave the House. The viewers then decided which of the nominees should leave, with the selected person leaving during a live show. This process continued until only three housemates remained, at which time the public voted for | David Gest
David Alan Gest (May 11, 1953 – April 12, 2016) was an American producer and television personality. Gest produced the television special "" in 2001, which was the last reunion of Michael Jackson and the Jacksons coming 17 years after their previous reunion. Gest appeared on the 2006 series of the British reality television show "I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!" Gest appeared in "Celebrity Big Brother" in the UK in 2016 but due to illness had to leave after | 5,485 | triviaqa-train |
What is the first name of Halley, after who the famous comet is named? | measurements, this implied the comet must be at least four times more distant than from the Earth to the Moon.
History of study Orbital studies.
Isaac Newton, in his "Principia Mathematica" of 1687, proved that an object moving under the influence of gravity must trace out an orbit shaped like one of the conic sections, and he demonstrated how to fit a comet's path through the sky to a parabolic orbit, using the comet of 1680 as an example.
In 1705, Edmond Halley (1656–1742) | International Halley Watch
Halley's Comet, named after English astronomer Edmund Halley who first demonstrated its periodicity, returns to the vicinity of the Sun and Earth approximately every 76 years. Since comets are believed to be the most primordial objects in the solar system, their study is of great importance to planetary science. At the time of the 1986 return (technically, "apparition") of the comet, astronomical telescopes and related instrumentation were vastly more sensitive than for any previous apparition. Consequently, the International Halley Watch (IHW | 5,486 | triviaqa-train |
Which group had a Top Ten hit in 1986 with 'Hunting High And Low'. | Hunting High and Low
Hunting High and Low is the debut studio album by Norwegian new wave band A-ha. It was released on 1 June 1985 by Warner Bros. Records. The album was a huge commercial success, reaching high positions on charts worldwide and peaking at number 15 on the US "Billboard" 200, eventually selling more than 11 million units worldwide. The album was recorded at Eel Pie Studios in Twickenham, London, and produced by Tony Mansfield, John Ratcliff and Alan Tarney.
In all, | piano, keyboards
- Marvin Isley – bass
- George Moreland – drums, percussion
- Gary Jones – congas
- Buck Clarke – congas
Bucks Fizz version.
UK pop group Bucks Fizz covered the song as their eighteenth single in 1986. The single, released in August, was the follow-up to the group's comeback top ten hit "New Beginning (Mamba Seyra)" and was seen as a make or break release. Ultimately the song peaked at a low No.47 in the UK Singles | 5,487 | triviaqa-train |
Who starred as Will Kane in the 1952 film 'High Noon'. | High Noon
High Noon is a 1952 American Western film produced by Stanley Kramer from a screenplay by Carl Foreman, directed by Fred Zinnemann, and starring Gary Cooper. The plot, depicted in real time, centers on a town marshal who is torn between his sense of duty and his love for his new bride and who must face a gang of killers alone.
Though mired in controversy with political overtones at the time of its release, the film was nominated for seven Academy Awards and won four (Actor, Editing | High Noon, Part II: The Return of Will Kane
High Noon, Part II: The Return of Will Kane is a 1980 American made-for television western film and a sequel to the classic 1952 film "High Noon". It starred Lee Majors in the title role, as well as David Carradine and Pernell Roberts. It first aired on CBS on November 15, 1980, in a two-hour time-slot. The film's screenplay was written by novelist Elmore Leonard.
Plot.
Will | 5,488 | triviaqa-train |
What is the highest mountain in Germany. | . In the Alps a summit is classed as independent, according to the UIAA definition, if it has a prominence of 30 metres or more. In order for a peak to qualify as an independent mountain, however, it must have a prominence of at least 300 metres. Based on this definition only the main summits of entire mountain massifs are counted. All elevations with a prominence below 30 metres are considered as subpeaks.
By these definitions, the highest mountains in Germany are the Zugspitze (2,962 m), | views. The other current books in the "What is?" series include ""What is Love?, What is Death?, What is Beautiful?, What is Funny?, What is Right?, What is Peace?, What is Money?, What is Dreaming?, What is a Friend?, What is True?, What is a Family?, What is a Feeling?" The series is now also translated into 15 languages.
Boritzer was first published in 1963 at the age | 5,489 | triviaqa-train |
In which year was The Highway Code first published. | Code is not an offence in itself, but can be taken into account by a court. The mandatory rules reflect the Statute Law, which may (and usually does) provide a separate penalty.
The highway code was first published in 1931 as a booklet and has been regularly updated to reflect current practices. It is prepared by the Department for Transport and the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency, and is published by The Stationery Office in electronic form and as a printed book. Most copies are bought by learner drivers preparing | (which is nearly three times the current rate).[2]
They also helped write the very first Highway Code which was first published in full in 1934.[2]
During the 1930s its campaigns helped to persuade the British Government to introduce the driving test, to reinstate a speed limit for motorcars and pedestrian crossings. A speed limit of 30 mph in urban areas and for driving tests was within the Road Traffic Act 1934.[2]
As a result of lobbying during World War Two, the association lobbied the government to amend its regulations to | 5,490 | triviaqa-train |
What is the name of Frank and Betty Spencer's daughter in Some Mothers Do Have Em? | wimpish, smiling Frank, sporting his trademark beret and trench coat, is married to the apparently normal Betty (Michele Dotrice) and in later series they have a baby daughter, Jessica. The character was popular with television impressionists such as Mike Yarwood in the 1970s, particularly his main catchphrase, "Ooh Betty", which is allegedly only ever said in one episode (Series 2, Episode 2). Other sources, such as TV Tropes and British Classic Comedy claim that he never said it and attribute it to Mike | early-1970s: "Don't Some Mothers 'Ave 'Em!"
- Many of Frank Spencer's antics and catchphrases have been lampooned by numerous comedians, including Mike Yarwood and Lenny Henry.
Stage adaptation.
A stage adaptation, written and directed by Guy Unsworth based on the TV series will begin a UK tour at the Wyvern Theatre in Swindon in February 2018. Comedian Joe Pasquale plays Frank Spencer, with Sarah Earnshaw as Betty and Susie Blake as Mrs Fisher. | 5,491 | triviaqa-train |
Who played Queen Elizabeth I in Blackadder II? | forefather, he is both dashing and intelligent, although he is still scheming and cynical in his outlook. The series follows his attempts to win the favour of the childish Queen Elizabeth I (Miranda Richardson). As before, he is aided, and often hindered, by two less-than-intelligent sidekicks, his servant Baldrick (Tony Robinson), and Lord Percy Percy (Tim McInnerny), heir to the Duchy of Northumberland, with whom Blackadder has a grudging friendship.
Throughout the series, Blackadder's chief | .
Prince Ludwig the Indestructible (Hugh Laurie) appears in "Chains", the final episode of "Blackadder II", as a German master of disguise who kidnaps Lord Blackadder and Lord Melchett, in 1566 and imprisons them in his dungeon under the watch of German guards and a Spanish inquisitorial co-conspirator. Though his initial plans to infiltrate Richmond Palace and kill Queen Elizabeth I are foiled by Blackadder and Melchett, he resurfaces moments later, disguised as the Queen, and murders the entire main cast. From a | 5,492 | triviaqa-train |
Which sitcom starred Leonard Rossiter in the role of a supermarket manager? | the supermarket manager in another ITV sitcom, "Tripper's Day" (1984). He continued to make a steady stream of film appearances, including a role in Lindsay Anderson's "Britannia Hospital" (1982).
Rossiter also played the title role in the "BBC Television Shakespeare" production of "The Life and Death of King John" (1984). His last film appearance was in "Water" (1985).
Writing.
Rossiter displayed his acid wit in two books: "The | The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin
The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin is a series of novels written by David Nobbs. He also adapted them for a British sitcom starring Leonard Rossiter in the title role. It was produced from 1976 to 1979. He adapted the screenplay for the first series from the novel. Some of its subplots were considered too dark or risqué for television and were toned down or omitted.
The story concerns a middle-aged middle manager, Reginald "Reggie" Perrin, who reveals himself | 5,493 | triviaqa-train |
In Rising Damp what was the christian name of Miss Jones? | Frances de la Tour played Ruth Jones, a fey, whimsical spinster and college administrator who rents another room, with whom Rigsby is in love and to whom he proposes in the last episode.
In the pilot episode, a new tenant arrives. Philip Smith (Don Warrington) is a planning student who claims to be the son of an African Chief. As a black man, he brings out the ill-informed fears and knee-jerk suspicions of Rigsby. However, the landlord quickly accepts his new tenant and | than the moderately educated Alan and Miss Jones), he is sophisticated and suave; this makes Rigsby suspicious of him, particularly as Miss Jones openly fancies him. Philip does not reciprocate Miss Jones's romantic interest.
Croydon was not revealed to be the true birthplace of Philip until the film version of "Rising Damp" (1980). Don Warrington commented in Britain's 50 Best Sitcoms on Channel 4, that this fact was planned to be a plot development in the TV series, but the death of Richard Beckinsale | 5,494 | triviaqa-train |
What is the name of the church in The Vicar of Dibley? | Location and setting.
The programme is set in the fictional Oxfordshire village of Dibley; however, some of the villagers, including Alice, Jim and Owen, speak with slight West Country accents, and the series was filmed in the Buckinghamshire village of Turville near High Wycombe, with the village's St Mary the Virgin Church doubling as Dibley's St Barnabus ("sic"). Other television programmes and films, such as "Midsomer Murders", "Goodnight Mister Tom", "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" | The Vicar of Dibley
The Vicar of Dibley is a British sitcom which originally ran on BBC One from 10 November 1994 to 22 January 1998 (with three sets of specials in the Winters of 1999/2000, 2004/2005 and 2006/2007). It is set in a fictional small Oxfordshire village called Dibley, which is assigned a female vicar following the 1992 changes in the Church of England that permitted the ordination of women.
In ratings terms, it is among the most successful British programmes in the digital era, with the various Christmas | 5,495 | triviaqa-train |
In The Young Ones who shared the house with Rick, Vivian and Neil? | his career in hairdressing, Astley offered to be the lead vocalist. This was when he was noticed by the record producer Pete Waterman, who persuaded him to come to London to work at the Pete Waterman Limited (PWL) recording studio, with RCA Records publishing his records. Under the tutelage of the production team of Mike Stock, Matt Aitken and Pete Waterman, known as Stock Aitken Waterman (SAW), Astley was taught about the recording process and groomed for his future career, supposedly starting off as the recording studio | speaking role as Neil's friend (also called 'Neil') during series one episode "Interesting". He emerges from Vyvyan's full vacuum cleaner bag and ends up being shoved into the fridge by Rick.
In an exclusive documentary "How the Young Ones Changed Comedy" that aired in 2018 on Gold, series co-writer Lise Mayer stated that the idea was there had been a party at the student house at some point in the past and there was a person who had just never left. This is | 5,496 | triviaqa-train |
The Kipper and the Corpse was an episode from which classic comedy series? | The Kipper and the Corpse
"The Kipper and the Corpse" is the fourth episode of the second series of the British sitcom "Fawlty Towers". It first aired at 9.00pm on 12 March 1979 on BBC2. Distinguishing it from other episodes is its heavy use of black comedy.
Background.
During the early 1970s, John Cleese met a young hotelier called Andrew Leeman. They went on holiday together to the Aegean with their girlfriends between the first and second series of "Fawlty Towers", a time when | White in the "Kipper and the Corpse" episode. She is the only actress to have played more than one role in the series.
H Mr. Hutchinson.
Mr. Hutchinson (played by Bernard Cribbins) is a self-righteous, loud and annoying guest with a brash, uncompromising, precise attitude and an irritating tendency to use many words when only a few would suffice, which he claims is because he "finds the air here most invigorating". He is Basil's main antagonist in "The Hotel Inspectors | 5,497 | triviaqa-train |
What was the name of the character played by Alyson Hannigan in the TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer? | them, and helps her train to stay in fighting form.
Buffy is also helped by friends she meets at Sunnydale High: Willow Rosenberg (Alyson Hannigan) and Xander Harris (Nicholas Brendon). Willow is originally a wallflower who excels at academics, providing a contrast to Buffy's outgoing personality and less-than-stellar educational record. They share the social isolation that comes with being different, and especially from being exceptional young women. As the series progresses, Willow becomes a more assertive character and a powerful witch | Oz (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
Daniel "Oz" Osbourne is a fictional character created by Joss Whedon for the television series "Buffy the Vampire Slayer". The character is portrayed by Seth Green. Green also portrays the character in one episode of the spin-off series "Angel".
In "Buffy", Oz is portrayed as a taciturn, guitar-playing teen who becomes boyfriend to Willow (Alyson Hannigan), one of the show's main characters. After first appearing in the episode " | 5,498 | triviaqa-train |
Which company makes the iPod and the iPhone? | IPhone
iPhone is a line of smartphones designed and marketed by Apple Inc. All generations of the iPhone use Apple's iOS mobile operating system software. The first-generation iPhone was released on June 29, 2007, and multiple new hardware iterations with new iOS releases have been released since.
The user interface is built around the device's multi-touch screen, including a virtual keyboard. The iPhone has Wi-Fi and can connect to cellular networks. An iPhone can take photos, play music, send and receive | Nevosoft
Nevosoft is a casual game developer, publisher, distributor, and portal headquartered in St. Petersburg, Russia. Nevosoft was founded in 2002. The company has four development studios situated in St. Petersburg and Moscow, which together deliver downloadable and online entertainment software for various platforms (Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch, etc.) Nevosoft makes its games available in Russian and English via its official websites. Besides Nevosoft's titles are translated into more than 10 languages and are distributed worldwide through | 5,499 | triviaqa-train |
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