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Alban Berg's opera 'Lulu' ends with the appearance of which murderer? | than one role. Thus, the singers of Lulu's three husbands return as her clients while a prostitute: one performer each appears as the Doctor and the Professor, as the Painter and the Negro, and as Dr. Schön and Jack the Ripper. Other specified combinations are one mezzo-soprano as the Dresser, the Schoolboy, and the Groom; one tenor as the Prince, the Manservant, and the Marquis; one bass as the Animal Tamer and the Athlete, and another bass as the Theatre Manager and the Banker | is part of the opera, has been compared to that of Alban Berg's "Lulu":Despite the darkness and violence – Lolita is, after all, the story of a predatory, obsessed, self-deluded murderer and the lost childhood and early death of an orphaned 13-year-old girl – Shchedrin's "Lolita Serenade" has many moments of affecting tenderness, from the gently intertwining flute tendrils that begin it to the sweetly sad epilogue that ends the piece. The scoring is striking and memorable, especially in the use of spare | 5,600 | triviaqa-train |
Which name from Greek mythology is given to a pimp? | In medical contexts, the verb means "to ask (a student) a question for the purpose of testing her or his knowledge".
Etymology "Pandering".
The word "pander", meaning to "pimp" is derived from Pandarus, a licentious figure who facilitates the affair between the protagonists in "Troilus and Criseyde", a poem by Geoffrey Chaucer. Pandarus appears with a similar role in Shakespeare's interpretation of the story, "Troilus and Cressida".
Business of procuring.
Pimping is sometimes | Sandra (given name)
Sandra is a female name, which is often used as a short form for Alexandra or Cassandra. Alexandra is a feminine form of the male name Alexander, which is a romanization of the Greek name Ἀλέξανδρος "Alexandros". It is generally interpreted to mean "protector of man" or "defender of man".
The name Cassandra is also from the Greek (: "she who entangles men"). Cassandra is known in Greek mythology, as the daughter of King Priam and Queen | 5,601 | triviaqa-train |
Where in Paris would you find the French foreign ministry? | Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs
The Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs () is the ministry in the government of France that handles France's foreign relations. Since 1855, its headquarters has been located on the Quai d'Orsay, 37 (close to the National Assembly of France). "Quai d'Orsay" is often used as a metonym for the ministry.
Its cabinet minister, the Minister of Europe and Foreign Affairs () is responsible for the foreign relations of France. The current minister, Jean-Yves Le | Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Development (France) until 1986, when she became Second Counsellor at the French embassy in Moscow. In 1989, Bermann returned to Paris to take up the post of Head of the Southeast Asia Department, where she remained until 1992.
In 1992 she was appointed second counsellor at the Permanent Mission of France to the United Nations in New York. In 1996, she became head of the Common Foreign and Security Policy Department at the French Foreign Ministry, before becoming ambassador as Permanent Representative of | 5,602 | triviaqa-train |
The word 'refugee' first described which protestants fleeing from France to England? | or protection from danger or distress", from Latin "fugere", "to flee", and "refugium", "a taking [of] refuge, place to flee back to". In Western history, the term was first applied to French Huguenots, after the Edict of Fontainebleau (1540), who again migrated from France after the Edict of Nantes revocation (1685). The word meant "one seeking asylum", until around 1914, when it evolved to mean "one fleeing home", | the UNRWA, which is solely responsible for supporting the large majority of Palestinian refugees.
Etymology and usage.
Although similar terms in other languages have described an event marking large scale migration of a specific population from a place of origin, such as the biblical account of Israelites fleeing from Assyrian conquest ("circa" 740 BCE), in English, the term "refugee" derives from the root word "refuge", from Old French "refuge", meaning "hiding place". It refers to "shelter | 5,603 | triviaqa-train |
In which eastern county is Holme Fen, the lowest point in the UK? | dykes must be built higher to protect it from flooding.
A "fen" is the local term for an individual area of marshland or former marshland. It also designates the type of marsh typical of the area, which has neutral or alkaline water chemistry and relatively large quantities of dissolved minerals, but few other plant nutrients.
Fenland primarily lies around the coast of the Wash, occupying an area of nearly in Lincolnshire, Cambridgeshire, and Norfolk.
Most of the Fenland lies within a few metres of sea level | finest example of birch woodland in lowland Britain. Part of it was a mere which was drained in the nineteenth century, and some relict wetland plants survive such as saw sedge and fen wood-rush. Two new lakes have been excavated.
Holme Fen, specifically Holme Posts, is believed to be the lowest land point in Great Britain at below sea level.
Access.
The reserve is open to the public throughout the year. Several footpaths cross the site.
Management.
Holme Fem is at the | 5,604 | triviaqa-train |
Paektu Mountain is the highest point on which Asian peninsula? | Who Cleared the Sky with Tremendous Sagehood" () in 1193.
The Manchu clan Aisin Gioro, which founded the Qing dynasty in China, claimed their progenitor Bukūri Yongšon was conceived near Paektu Mountain.
History Koreas.
The mountain has been considered sacred by Koreans throughout history. According to Korean mythology, it was the birthplace of Dangun, the founder of the first Korean kingdom, Gojoseon (2333–108 BC), whose parents were said to be Hwanung, the Son of Heaven, and Ungnyeo, a bear who had | known as the Pujollyong or (, , "Bujeonryeong Sanmaek").
Overall, the Hamgyongs are the highest range of mountains on the peninsula. The tallest mountain in the range is Kwanmo Peak (2,540 m), the second-highest after Paektu (China's "Changbai"). Other notable peaks include Du Peak (2,396 m), Gwesang Peak (2,333 m) and Mount Dury (2,303 m). In total, ten major peaks and 62 subsidiary peaks of the mountains in | 5,605 | triviaqa-train |
Joe E Ross and Fred Gwynne starred in which comedy police series on TV? | "Car 54, Where Are You?" and cast Joe E. Ross as Patrolman Gunther Toody of New York's 53rd Precinct. Fred Gwynne, another "Bilko" alumnus, played Toody's partner, Francis Muldoon. Toody could usually be counted on at some point to say "Ooh! Ooh!", or "Do you mind? Doyoumind?". Ross became so identified with his policeman role that he recorded an album of songs entitled "Love Songs from a Cop". Roulette Records released the LP in | Where Are You?," starring Joe E. Ross and Fred Gwynne. He subsequently appeared twice on the ABC sitcom, "The Patty Duke Show", as Mr. Mickel in "The Babysitters" (1963) and as Mr. Fleming in "This Little Patty Went to Market" (1964). He appeared in 1965 as Charles Kane in "The Sworn Twelve" of the CBS legal drama, "The Defenders", starring E. G. Marshall.
Broun had a cameo appearance as himself in the 1969 movie " | 5,606 | triviaqa-train |
Who was Prime Minister during the Queen's Silver Jubilee celebrations? | , crowds lined the route of the procession to St Paul's Cathedral, where the royal family attended a Service of Thanksgiving alongside many world leaders, including United States President Jimmy Carter, and Prime Minister James Callaghan as well as all of the living former Prime Ministers (Harold Macmillan, The Lord Home of the Hirsel, Sir Harold Wilson and Edward Heath). The service was followed by lunch in the Guildhall, hosted by the Lord Mayor of the City of London Peter Vanneck. At the reception, the Queen was quoted | again during her Silver Jubilee tour of October 1977.
There was a further visit to Nassau for the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in October 1985. Earlier that year, Independence Day celebrations on the islands were attended by The Prince of Wales. The Queen returned again to The Bahamas in March 1994. Prince Harry also visited on 3 to 5 March 2012, during his tour of the Caribbean for the Queen's Diamond Jubilee.
See also.
- Figurehead
- Prime Ministers of Queen Elizabeth II
- List | 5,607 | triviaqa-train |
Who was Prime Minister during Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee celebrations? | to marry, but Victoria opposed the match at first, wishing to keep Beatrice at home to act as her companion. After a year, she was won around to the marriage by Henry and Beatrice's promise to remain living with and attending her.
Victoria was pleased when Gladstone resigned in 1885 after his budget was defeated. She thought his government was "the worst I have ever had", and blamed him for the death of General Gordon at Khartoum. Gladstone was replaced by Lord Salisbury. Salisbury's government only | , as a Conservative councillor for the East ward of the town. In November 1886 he was elected as Cardiff's Chief Magistrate.
In November 1886 Morgan also became Mayor of Cardiff for the next 12 months, which included the town's celebrations of Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee. He also hosted a banquet for the Premier of Queensland, Sir Samuel Griffith. He granted the freedom of Cardiff to UK Prime Minister, William Gladstone.
In August 1887 Morgan was given a knighthood as part of the Golden Jubilee Honours and | 5,608 | triviaqa-train |
Which of the Balearic Islands has a name that means 'biggest'? | and were formed by uplift. They are cut by a network of northwest to southeast faults.
Geography and hydrography.
The main islands of the autonomous community are Majorca ("Mallorca"), Menorca/Minorca ("Menorca"), Ibiza ("Eivissa/Ibiza"), and Formentera, all popular tourist destinations. Amongst the minor islands is Cabrera, the location of the Cabrera Archipelago Maritime-Terrestrial National Park.
The islands can be further grouped, with Majorca, Menorca, and Cabrera as | Pascual
Pascual is a Spanish given name and surname, cognate of Italian name Pasquale and French name Pascal. In Catalan-speaking area (including Andorra, Valencia, and Balearic islands) Pascual has the variant Pasqual.
Pascual, like Pasquale/Pasqual/Pascal, derives from the Latin "paschalis" or "pashalis", which means "relating to Easter", from Latin "pascha" ("Easter"), Greek Πάσχα, Aramaic "pasḥā", in turn from the Hebrew "pesach", | 5,609 | triviaqa-train |
Which revealing item of clothing was invented by Louis Reard in 1946? | at the time.
He introduced his design four days after the first test of a nuclear weapon at the Bikini Atoll. The newspapers were full of news about it and Reard hoped for the same with his design. Not to be outdone by Heim, Réard hired his own skywriters to fly over the French Riviera advertising his design as "smaller than the smallest bathing suit in the world." Photographs of Bernardini and articles about the event were widely carried by the press. The "International Herald Tribune" alone ran nine | transparent" before saying that she might not have worn an item of clothing to bed that night at all. This response was received with laughter by Byrne and the studio audience, with Mrs. Fox then revealing her nightdress had been white. However, the Bishop either misheard or ignored this, feeling the need to protest against this "filthy" programme and the "filth" which was being televised into the nation's homes.
The Bishop of Clonfert sent a telegram: "Disgusted with disgraceful performance", prompting a swift | 5,610 | triviaqa-train |
Which animal is the symbol of the Rastafarian religion? | there are various Rastas who went from believing that Haile Selassie was both God incarnate and the Second Coming of Jesus to seeing him as something distinct.
On being crowned, Haile Selassie was given the title of "King of Kings and Lord of Lords, Conquering Lion of the Tribe of Judah". Rastas use this title for Haile Selassie alongside others, such as "Almighty God", "Judge and Avenger", "King Alpha and Queen Omega", "Returned Messiah", "Elect of God", | indicator of their inclinations to the Rastafarian movement or their love for reggae music. Many Kenyan Rastafarians spot a scarf, headband, bangle or shirt that has the black, green, yellow and red colours which are known as Rasta colours in Kenya. Many Kenyan craftsmen tend to associate themselves with the Rastafarian movement and consequently, almost half of the items sold in Kenyan curio shops have the green, yellow, red and black colours that characterize the Rastafarian movement. The use of the cannabis leaf symbol in Kenyan ghetto art works, | 5,611 | triviaqa-train |
In Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein what is Frankenstein’s first name? | Frankenstein
Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus is a novel written by English author Mary Shelley (1797–1851) that tells the story of Victor Frankenstein, a young scientist who creates a hideous, sapient creature in an unorthodox scientific experiment. Shelley started writing the story when she was 18, and the first edition of the novel was published anonymously in London on 1 January 1818, when she was 20. Her name first appeared on the second edition, published in 1823.
Shelley travelled through Europe in 1814, journeying along | , Universal Pictures released another hit film with "Frankenstein". The story is about a scientist and his assistant who dig up corpses in the hopes to reanimated them with electricity. The experiment goes awry when Dr. Frankenstein's assistant accidentally gives the creature a murderer’s abnormal brain. 1931’s "Frankenstein" was based on a 1927 play by Peggy Webling which in turn was based off Mary Shelley’s classic 1818 Gothic novel. The film was directed by James Whale and stars Boris Karloff as Frankenstein’s monster in one of his | 5,612 | triviaqa-train |
Kalamata is a variety of which food item? | Kalamata olive
The Kalamata olive is a large, dark purple olive with a smooth, meaty texture named after the city of Kalamata in the southern Peloponnese, Greece. Often used as table olives, they are usually preserved in wine vinegar or olive oil. Kalamata olives in the European Union are protected with PDO status. Olives of the same variety grown elsewhere are marketed as Kalamon olives.
Description.
Kalamata olives are grown in Kalamata in Messinia and also in nearby Laconia, both located on the Peloponnese peninsula. They | that part of the guest's body for them to feel on. One item will be edible and the other is not. Guessed correctly which of the two items is edible will earn the team $5000 HK.
Variety Games Eat.
Pair of guest decides on who is eating and who is passing. The one eating is blindfolded and the one passing must use an extra-long chopstick to transfer food from a in-circular motion table to the mouth of the blindfolded guest. The passer can choose whichever food item | 5,613 | triviaqa-train |
Which kiddies dolls were created by American art student Xavier Roberts in 1978? | Cabbage Patch Kids development.
In 1976, Xavier Roberts met Martha Nelson Thomas at a craft fairs. He asked her to supply him with dolls to sell in Georgia, where he lived and worked. Thomas briefly let him sell her Doll Babies, but stopped. Roberts created his own version in 1978, and in 1982 he licensed the dolls to Coleco for mass-production under the name Cabbage Patch Kids.[2]
He travelled from state to state in the southeastern United States attending craft fairs and folk art exhibitions. At | form of dolls. She designed her "Doll Babies" with input from children she knew, made them by hand, and sold them at craft fairs around Louisville, Kentucky. In 1976, Thomas met Xavier Roberts at one of these craft fairs. He asked her to supply him with dolls to sell in Georgia, where he lived and worked. Thomas briefly let him sell her Doll Babies, but stopped. Roberts created his own version in 1978, and in 1982 he licensed the dolls to Coleco for mass-production | 5,614 | triviaqa-train |
Who is the hero of the novels Greenmantle and Mr Standfast? | Mr Standfast
Mr Standfast is the third of five Richard Hannay novels by John Buchan, first published in 1919 by Hodder & Stoughton, London.
It is one of two Hannay novels set during the First World War, the other being "Greenmantle" (1916); Hannay's first and best-known adventure, "The Thirty-Nine Steps" (1915), is set in the period immediately before the war started.
The title refers to a character in John Bunyan's "Pilgrim's Progress" | portrayed Hannay in a radio play of "The Thirty-Nine Steps" in 1938, as did Glenn Ford in 1948 on "Studio One", Herbert Marshall on "Suspense" in 1952 and David Robb in the BBC Radio 4 adaptations of "The Thirty-Nine Steps", "Greenmantle", "Mr Standfast" and "The Three Hostages".
The 1973 BBC documentary "Omnibus: The British Hero" had Christopher Cazenove playing Hannay in a scene from "Mr. Standfast", as well as a | 5,615 | triviaqa-train |
Published in 1960, Who wrote the novel A Kind of Loving? | A Kind of Loving
A Kind of Loving is a novel by the English novelist Stan Barstow. It has also been translated into a film of the same name, a television series, a radio play and a stage play.
"A Kind of Loving" was the first of a trilogy, published over the course of sixteen years, that followed hero Vic Brown through marriage, divorce and a move from the mining town of Cressley to London. The other two parts are "The Watchers on the Shore" and | Tender Loving Rage
Tender Loving Rage is a novel by science fiction author Alfred Bester, published posthumously in 1991, four years after Bester's death in 1987. In his 1991 article, "Alfred Bester's "Tender Loving Rage"" (reprinted in Platt's "Loose Canon" [2001]), his friend Charles Platt explains that Bester wrote the novel around 1959 using the title "Tender Loving Rape". The book went unsold for many years, until Platt (who had read the manuscript much earlier while | 5,616 | triviaqa-train |
Which English comic regularly utilised the 1963 Boots Randolf composition Yakety Sax? | Yakety Sax
"Yakety Sax" is a pop novelty instrumental jointly composed by James Q. "Spider" Rich and Boots Randolph. Saxophonist Randolph popularized the selection in his 1963 recording, which reached number 35 on the rock charts. UK comedian Benny Hill later made it more widely known as the closing theme music of "The Benny Hill Show". The piece is considered Randolph's signature song.
The selection includes pieces of assorted fiddle tunes and was originally composed by Rich for a performance at a venue called The Armory | recording artist, Randolph placed four singles in the Top-100 between 1963 and 1967. The most successful of these was "Yakety Sax", which reached #35 in 1963 and stayed on the charts for nine weeks. Randolph was also successful on "Billboard Magazine"'s album charts, having fourteen entries between 1963 and 1972. "Boots With Strings" from 1966 reached #36 and stayed on the chart for nearly two years.
In 1977, Randolph opened a successful club of his own in Nashville's Printer's Alley | 5,617 | triviaqa-train |
Atoms that have either gained or lost electrons are called what? | plasma by the use of electromagnetic fields. Special telescopes can detect electron plasma in outer space. Electrons are involved in many applications such as electronics, welding, cathode ray tubes, electron microscopes, radiation therapy, lasers, gaseous ionization detectors and particle accelerators.
Interactions involving electrons with other subatomic particles are of interest in fields such as chemistry and nuclear physics. The Coulomb force interaction between the positive protons within atomic nuclei and the negative electrons without, allows the composition of the two known as atoms. Ionization or differences in | GLOBSEC
- Slovenia, The Euro-Atlantic Council of Slovenia
- Spain, Asociación Atlantica Española
- Turkey, Türk Atlantik Antlaşması Derneği
- United Kingdom, Atlantic Council of the United Kingdom
- United States, Atlantic Council
Member organizations Partnership for Peace countries.
- Armenia, Atlantic Association of Armenia
- Azerbaijan, Azerbaijan Atlantic Cooperation
- Republic of North Macedonia, Euro-Atlantic Club of the Republic of Macedonia
- Georgia, Georgian Association of Atlantic Collaboration
- Serbia, Atlantic Council of Serbia | 5,618 | triviaqa-train |
The Strait of Malacca separates the Malay Peninsula from what Indonesian island? | Strait of Malacca
The Strait of Malacca (, , , , ) or Straits of Malacca is a narrow, stretch of water between the Malay Peninsula (Peninsular Malaysia) and the Indonesian island of Sumatra. As the main shipping channel between the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean, it is one of the most important shipping lanes in the world. It is named after the Malacca Sultanate that ruled over the archipelago between 1400 and 1511.
Extent.
The International Hydrographic Organization define the limits of the Strait of Malacca | Penang Strait
The Penang Strait is an 11 kilometre-wide strait that separates Penang Island from mainland Malay Peninsula. Penang Island is to the west of the channel, while Seberang Perai, the mainland half of the State of Penang, is to the east. The northern and southern ends of the channel join the Strait of Malacca, one of the world's busiest maritime routes.
The strait provides deepwater passage to the Port of Penang, which is located in Butterworth in Seberang Perai. In addition, Swettenham Pier in | 5,619 | triviaqa-train |
What is the name of the Barlow’s border terrier in Coronation Street? | slept with Eileen's old classmate, Paula Carp (Sharon Duce) while she was still at school, and that Paula's daughter Julie (Katy Cavanagh) was in fact also Colin's daughter. In May, Norris Cole (Malcolm Hebden) received a blast from the past with the reappearance of his estranged brother Ramsay Clegg (Andrew Sachs) who wanted a reconciliation. Peter Barlow's battle against alcoholism, Ken Barlow's affair with actress Martha Fraser (Stephanie Beacham) after his dog Eccles fell in the canal, Maria | a blue-black rough terrier (what might be called a dark Border Terrier today) and a famous smooth fox terrier owned by L.P.C. Ashley called Corinthian.
In 1885, the Kennel Club took a Solomonic approach to the name and breed standard for the dog, featuring both dogs at their 1885 show. On April 5, 1887, however, because the English could not get organised, they were dropped from Kennel Club listings, and the new "Welsh Terrier" breed was born, perhaps propelled forward in popularity by | 5,620 | triviaqa-train |
Who own a greyhound called Santa’s Little Helper? | Santa's Little Helper
Santa's Little Helper is a recurring character in the American animated television series "The Simpsons". He is the pet greyhound of the Simpson family. He was previously voiced by Frank Welker, and is currently voiced by Dan Castellaneta. The dog was introduced in the first episode of the show, the 1989 Christmas special "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire", in which his owner abandons him for finishing last in a greyhound race. Homer Simpson and his son Bart, who are at the | interview with Kent Brockman at the park renaming, Homer declares into the camera, “I have no dog!"
Homer tethers Santa's Little Helper in the backyard with a choke chain while he goes inside with Marge to eat the “emergency ham”, with the intent of making Santa’s Little Helper jealous. When Homer leaves an empty beer can in the yard, Santa’s Little Helper flips the can into the air, balancing it on his nose and drinking the last few drops. "Springfield Shopper" reporter | 5,621 | triviaqa-train |
What was the name of the first pilot to break the sound barrier? | he initially trained as a fighter pilot, flying Bell P-39 Airacobras (being grounded for seven days for clipping a farmer's tree during a training flight), and shipped overseas with the group on , 1943.
Stationed in the United Kingdom at RAF Leiston, Yeager flew P-51 Mustangs in combat with the 363d Fighter Squadron. He named his aircraft "Glamorous Glen" after his girlfriend, Glennis Faye Dickhouse, who became his wife in February 1945. Yeager had gained one victory before he was shot down over France in his | V4. He reached this speed at less than full throttle, as he was concerned by the transonic buffeting. Dittmar himself does not make a claim that he broke the sound barrier on that flight, and notes that the speed was recorded only on the AIS. He does, however, take credit for being the first pilot to "knock on the sound barrier."
The Luftwaffe test pilot Lothar Sieber (April 7, 1922 – March 1, 1945) may have inadvertently become the first man to break the sound | 5,622 | triviaqa-train |
Which entrepreneur launched Skytrain in 1977 but went bankrupt in 1982? | Laker Airways
Laker Airways was a wholly private, British independent airline founded by Sir Freddie Laker in 1966. It was originally a charter airline flying passengers and cargo worldwide. Its head office was located at London Gatwick Airport in Crawley, England.
It became the second long-haul, low-cost, "no frills" airline in 1977, operating low-fare scheduled services between London Gatwick Airport and New York City's John F. Kennedy Airport (after pioneering Icelandic low-cost carrier Loftleiðir).
The | an end the day the airline went into receivership at the behest of the Midland Bank on 5 February 1982.
Business ventures Subsequent business ventures Collapse and the end of "Skytrain".
In 1982, the company went bankrupt, owing over £250 million (equivalent to £ million in ). The airline made its last flight on 5 February 1982, the day it went into receivership.
There were numerous reasons for what was termed the biggest corporate failure in Britain at the time:
- Laker Airways had expanded | 5,623 | triviaqa-train |
What is the sporting interest of a ‘wet bob’ at Eton? | Race in late March.
- During the Summer Half, sporting boys divide into "dry bobs", who play cricket, tennis or athletics, and "wet bobs", who row on the River Thames and the rowing lake in preparation for The National Schools Regatta and the Princess Elizabeth Challenge Cup at Henley Royal Regatta.
The rowing lake at Dorney was developed and is owned by the College. It was the venue for the rowing and canoeing events at the 2012 Summer Olympics and the World Junior Rowing Championships. | is buried in the Ypres Town Cemetery, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium, Row G, Grave 4.
Captain Edward Radcliffe Nash had a younger brother, Llewellyn Charles Nash (a Captain in the King’s Royal Rifle Corps) who died of wounds on 28 September 1915.
Sporting career.
Edward Radcliffe Nash was a splendid all round sportsman. He distinguished himself at Eton as a long distance runner and as a “wet bob”. In 1905 he won the Junior Sculls and stroked his Junior House | 5,624 | triviaqa-train |
What is the name of Donald Duck’s girlfriend? | Daisy Duck
Daisy Duck is a cartoon character created in 1940 by Walt Disney Studios as the girlfriend of Donald Duck. Daisy is an anthropomorphic white duck, but has large eyelashes and ruffled tail feathers to suggest a skirt. She is often seen wearing a hair bow, blouse, and heeled shoes. Daisy usually shows a strong affinity towards Donald, although she is often characterized as being more sophisticated than him.
Daisy was introduced in the short film "Mr. Duck Steps Out" (1940) and was incorporated into | - Kristina Krepela as Marta
- Diane Kruger as Mirjana
- Mark Ivanir as Boris, local UN commander
- Aleksandra Grdić as TriBeCa Loft Girl
- Zdravko Kocevar as Sascha
- Snežana Marković as Una
- Goran Kostić as Srdjan, Fox's main bodyguard
- R. Mahalakshmi Devaraj as Miriam
- Joy Bryant as Duck’s Girlfriend
- Damir Saban as Gert
- Nitin Ganatra as Eknath Bharwani, Indian UN Officer
- Dylan Baker as the CIA man
The "Esquire" article. | 5,625 | triviaqa-train |
Where is the UK’s annual four-day Bestival music festival held? | Bestival
Bestival is a four-day music festival held in the south of England. It has been held annually in late summer since 2004 at Robin Hill on the Isle of Wight. In 2017 the festival relocated to the Lulworth Estate in Dorset. The event is organised by DJ and record producer Rob da Bank along with his wife Josie and is an offshoot of his Sunday Best record label and club nights. The initial Bestival attracted 10,000 people, growing to 55,000 in 2010. Bestival won 'Best Major Festival' at | Splore
Splore is an annual boutique music and arts three day festival held at Tapapakanga Regional Park, in Orere Point, New Zealand with approximately 8,000 attendees.
The first Splore was held on New Year’s Eve 1998 and the festival ran consecutively for four years and then took a year off. In between 2004 and 2014 the festival was a bi-annual event until 2015 where it was it announced that the festival would continue annually.
Line-up.
Line-up 2014.
1814, Adam Freeland, | 5,626 | triviaqa-train |
In which month of the year does Lammas Day fall? | Lammas
Lammas Day (Anglo-Saxon "hlaf-mas", "loaf-mass"), is a holiday celebrated in some English-speaking countries in the Northern Hemisphere on 1 August. It is a festival to mark the annual wheat harvest, and is the first harvest festival of the year. On this day it was customary to bring to church a loaf made from the new crop, which began to be harvested at Lammastide, which falls at the halfway point between the summer Solstice and Autumn September Equinox | , who was a recent secretary, tells her the needs and wants of Mr. Guttierez. Also, no one can fall in love with him, and they never last one day, one week, or one month or even a year, after he tricks them into falling in love with him. So Wilda plans on becoming a secretary to show him what he has got. She immediately gets accepted, as she becomes the 24-year-old Wilda Abrantes, and does not even fall for his charms. However, secretly then | 5,627 | triviaqa-train |
Which drink was once known as ‘the green fairy’? | method tends to produce a stronger drink than the French method. A variant of the Bohemian Method involves allowing the fire to extinguish on its own. This variant is sometimes referred to as "Cooking the Absinthe" or "The Flaming Green Fairy." The origin of this burning ritual may borrow from a coffee and brandy drink that was served at Café Brûlot, in which a sugar cube soaked in brandy was set aflame. Most experienced absintheurs do not recommend the Bohemian Method and consider it a modern gimmick, as it can | need to drink every two or three days during summer. They would descend from their point of elevation to drink from river courses known as wadis, and would travel to new areas when water dries up.
The goat was likely preyed upon by the Arabian leopard.
Biology Threats.
The Arabian tahr is endangered due to intense overgrazing and poaching, and habitat destruction. In Oman, a recent increase of human migration to urban areas has resulted in domestic goats becoming feral and foraging in places which were once strictly the tahr | 5,628 | triviaqa-train |
Which prime minister launched the ‘I’m Backing Britain’ campaign? | . Until 2017, the last minority government was led by Labour Prime Minister Harold Wilson for eight months after the February 1974 general election produced a hung parliament. In the October 1974 general election, the Labour Party gained 18 seats, giving Wilson a majority of three.
A hung parliament may also lead to the formation of a coalition government in which two or more parties negotiate a joint programme to command a majority in the Commons. Coalitions have also been formed during times of national crisis such as war. Under such circumstances | MBE) in the 2016 Birthday Honours for services to entrepreneurship.
StartUp Britain.
As an advocate of entrepreneurship, Rajeeb Dey is a co-founder of StartUp Britain, a campaign by entrepreneurs for entrepreneurs, which was launched in 2011 by the Prime Minister David Cameron, the Chancellor George Osborne and the Secretary of State for Business Vince Cable in response to the Government's call for an "enterprise-led" recovery.
StartUp Britain "will be a champion for the UK's 270,000 businesses that start up every | 5,629 | triviaqa-train |
Which annual census takes place in the third week of July on the river Thames? | the river but the escaped black swan is more rare. The annual ceremony of Swan Upping is an old tradition of counting stocks.
Non-native geese that can be seen include Canada geese, Egyptian geese and bar-headed geese, and ducks include the familiar native mallard, plus introduced Mandarin duck and wood duck. Other water birds to be found on the Thames include the great crested grebe, coot, moorhen, heron and kingfisher. Many types of British birds also live alongside the river, although they are not | Whalton
Whalton is a small village in Northumberland, England. The population at the 2001 census was 427, which increased to 474 by the 2011 Census.
It hosts an annual "Bale Fire" on 4 July, the date on which midsummer's eve was celebrated before the introduction of the Gregorian calendar to England in 1752. It features morris dancing and dancing by the children of the village school outside of the Beresford Arms, which provides beer and a barbecue.
The annual village show takes place on the third | 5,630 | triviaqa-train |
Which tradesmen performed most of the wedding ceremonies at Gretna Green? | , occurred near Gretna Green in 1915.
Gretna Green sits alongside the main town of Gretna. Both are accessed from the A74(M) motorway and are near the border of Scotland with England.
Gretna Green is most famous for weddings, following the 1754 Marriage Act which prevented couples under the age of 21 marrying in England or Wales without their parent's consent. As it was still legal in Scotland to marry, couples began crossing the border in to Scotland and their first stop was the Famous Blacksmiths Shop, Gretna Green | as a visitor attraction in 1885, under the ownership of Hugh Mackie. Gretna Green Ltd, now owned by the fourth-generation of the Mackie Family, Alasdair Houston MBE, with the support of his sister, Susan Clark, is now a Visit Scotland Five-Star, award-winning visitor attraction and remains one of the UK's most popular wedding venues.
Victorian chronicler Robert Smith Surtees described Gretna Green at length in his 1848 "New Monthly Magazine" serial, "The Richest Commoner in England": | 5,631 | triviaqa-train |
What do we call a bell-tower not attached to a church? | Bell tower
A bell tower is a tower that contains one or more bells, or that is designed to hold bells even if it has none. Such a tower commonly serves as part of a church, and will contain church bells, but there are also many secular bell towers, often part of a municipal building, an educational establishment, or a tower built specifically to house a carillon. Church bell towers often incorporate clocks, and secular towers usually do, as a public service.
The Italian term campanile ( | the spirits which - in some mythologies - were thought to be the cause of nightmares.
- "Oratory:" A church building.
- "Ordinator:" A computer (from the same root as "ordinateur" (French) and "ordenador" (Spanish)).
- "Philosophical:" Having to do with the study of the physical laws of the universe (i.e. what we would call physics). In our own world, science and physics grew out of - and were, until | 5,632 | triviaqa-train |
Which philosopher’s body was stuffed and placed in a case at University College, London? | contacted Comte in November 1841. Comte's "sociologie" was more an early philosophy of science than we perhaps know it today, and the "positive" philosophy aided in Mill's broad rejection of Benthamism.
As a nonconformist who refused to subscribe to the Thirty-Nine Articles of the Church of England, Mill was not eligible to study at the University of Oxford or the University of Cambridge. Instead he followed his father to work for the East India Company, and attended University College, London, to hear the | Barry Cunningham (publisher)
Barry Cunningham (born 19 December 1952) is a British publisher, who worked for various publishers including Penguin Books and Bloomsbury before setting up Chicken House publishing in 2000. He is most well known for signing J.K Rowling, and publishing "Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone" in 1997.
Early life and education.
Cunningham was born on 19 December 1952 in London. He was educated at Malvern College before studying English Literature at Cambridge University.
Career in publishing.
Cunningham | 5,633 | triviaqa-train |
Penelope was the wife of which Greek hero? | Penelope
In Homer's "Odyssey", Penelope ( ; , "Pēnelópeia", or , "Pēnelópē") is the wife of Odysseus, who is known for her fidelity to Odysseus while he was absent, despite having many suitors. Her name has therefore been traditionally associated with marital fidelity.
Etymology.
The origin of her name is believed by Robert S. P. Beekes to be Pre-Greek and related to "pēnelops" (πηνέλοψ) or "pēnelōps" (πηνέλωψ), glossed by Hesychius as | Book of Daniel)
- Sarah
- Rebecca
- Ruth (biblical figure)
- Penelope
- Mariamne I
- Antonia Minor
- Sulpitia
- Lucretia
- Chiomara
- Hippo (Greek woman)
- Sicambrian women
- Verginia
- Claudia Octavia
- Claudia Antonia
- Athaliah
- Jezebel
- Brunhilda of Austrasia
- Florence of Rome
- Wife of Bernabo the Genovan
- Leaena
- Dido
- Medea
- Thisbe
- Hero of Hero and | 5,634 | triviaqa-train |
Who was given asses’ ears by an angry Apollo? | great satisfaction to himself and his faithful follower, Midas, who happened to be present. Then Apollo struck the strings of his lyre. It was so beautiful that Tmolus at once awarded the victory to Apollo, and everyone was pleased with the judgement. Only Midas dissented and questioned the justice of the award. Apollo would not suffer such a depraved pair of ears any longer, and caused them to become the ears of a donkey.
Mythology God of music Contest with Marsyas.
Marsyas was a satyr who was punished by Apollo | Asses Ears (Alaska)
Asses Ears is a summit in Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska, in the United States. It has an elevation of .
The mountain was so named in 1816 by Otto von Kotzebue because "its summit is in the form of two asses' ears". | 5,635 | triviaqa-train |
The song Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands is about which singer’s wife? | Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands
"Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands" is a song by Bob Dylan. First released on the album "Blonde on Blonde" in 1966, the song lasts 11 minutes and 22 seconds, and occupied the whole of side four of the double album.
Recording.
Bob Dylan began to record the "Blonde on Blonde" album in New York in October 1965. Frustrated by the slow progress in the studio, Dylan agreed to the suggestion of his producer Bob Johnston and moved | song Long, Long, Long, which he wrote and recorded in October 1968 for the album "The Beatles", sometimes known as "The White Album". Harrison wrote: "I can't recall much about it except the chords, which I think were coming from "Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands" – D to E minor, A, and D – those three chords and the way they moved."
Tom Waits said of "Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands" in 1991: "It | 5,636 | triviaqa-train |
Boris Rankov was on the winning side six times in which famous event? | Boris Rankov
Nikolas Boris Rankov (born 9 August 1954) is a British professor of Roman history at Royal Holloway, University of London. He is a former rower and current umpire.
Rankov was born in Bradford, West Yorkshire, the only son of Radoslav and Helga Rankov. He was educated at Bradford Grammar School (1963–73), then subsequently Corpus Christi College, Oxford (MA 1980, DPhil 1987). He is best known for his participation in the Oxford-Cambridge Boat Race, which Oxford won six | coach Dan Topolski rated both crews as good enough to make an Olympic final.
Race description.
Cambridge won the coin toss and elected to start from the northern bank (the "Middlesex side") of the Thames. At race time, conditions were cloudy and cool, with rain falling midway through. The race umpire was Boris Rankov, a six-time successful Oxford Blue.
Cambridge made a poor start allowing Oxford to take the early lead, but warnings from umpire Rankov forced the Oxford cox Acer Nethercott | 5,637 | triviaqa-train |
American Greg Louganis twice won Olympic gold at which sport? | , California.
In 1978, he subsequently attended the University of Miami, where he majored in drama and continued diving. In 1981, he transferred to the University of California, Irvine, where in 1983, he graduated with a major in theatre and a minor in dance.
Diving career.
As a Junior Olympic competitor, Louganis caught the eye of Dr. Sammy Lee, two-time Olympic champion, who began coaching him. At sixteen Louganis took part in the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, where he | infant
- Aaron Hernandez, American football tight end and convicted murderer
- Carlin Isles, American rugby star, adopted at age 8
- Lopez Lomong, U.S. Olympic track star, one of the Lost Boys of Sudan
- Greg Louganis, American Olympic diver, adopted as an infant
- Karl Malone, American basketball player
- Billy Mills, American Olympic runner, orphaned at age 12
- Babe Ruth, American baseball star, raised in an orphanage
- Jim Thorpe, American multi-sport Olympic | 5,638 | triviaqa-train |
What is the most malleable metal? | well as most vehicles, many home appliances, tools, pipes, and railroad tracks. Precious metals were historically used as coinage, but in the modern era, coinage metals have extended to at least 23 of the chemical elements.
The history of metals is thought to begin with the use of copper about 11,000 years ago. Gold, silver, iron (as meteoric iron), lead, and brass were likewise in use before the first known appearance of bronze in the 5th millennium BCE. Subsequent developments include the production | a "metalworking vise" or "machinist's vise", is used to clamp metal instead of wood. It is used to hold metal when filing or cutting. It is sometimes made of cast steel or malleable cast iron, but most are made of cast iron. However, most heavy duty vises are 55,000 psi cast steel or 65,000 psi ductile iron. Some vises have a cast iron body but a steel channel bar. Cast iron is popular because it is typically 30,000 psi grey iron which is rigid, | 5,639 | triviaqa-train |
In which Asian state do the Karen people make up 7% of the population? | Karen people
The Karen, Kayin, Kariang or Yang people ( , , ; "Per Ploan Poe" or "Ploan" in Pwo Karen and "Pwa Ka Nyaw" or "Kanyaw" in Sgaw Karen; ) are an ethnolinguistic group of Sino-Tibetan language-speaking ethnic groups. The group as a whole is heterogeneous and disparate as many Karen ethnic groups do not associate or identify with each other culturally or linguistically. These Karen groups reside primarily in Kayin State, southern and southeastern Myanmar. The Karen make | is Ciudad del Este in Paraguay, which in 2018 had a population of 299,255, while the smallest with a population of 82,000 is Puerto Iguazú, Argentina. The tourist-centric Brazilian city Foz do Iguaçu has a population of 300,000. In the metropolitan region of the Paraguayan side, Porto Franco has a population in 2018 of 98,805; Hernandarias, 79,036; and Minga Guazú, 86,755. Altogether, the population of the Triple Frontier adds up to about 950,000 people. The Arab and other Asian immigrant communities, which make up | 5,640 | triviaqa-train |
Which country finally joined the United Nations in 2002? | , Switzerland is constitutionally a confederation of cantons, and has four official languages, but it has also a "Swiss" national identity, a national history and a classic national hero, Wilhelm Tell.
Innumerable conflicts have arisen where political boundaries did not correspond with ethnic or cultural boundaries.
After World War II in the Josip Broz Tito era, nationalism was appealed to for uniting South Slav peoples. Later in the 20th century, after the break-up of the Soviet Union, leaders appealed to ancient ethnic feuds or | the Sierra Leone agreement as too indulgent of the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) and for bringing the war criminal Foday Sankoh into government, leading to the adoption of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1313, which blamed the RUF for the continuing conflict in the west African country.
Business and think-tank activities.
Rice was managing director and principal at Intellibridge from 2001 to 2002. In 2002, she joined the Brookings Institution as senior fellow in the foreign policy program. At Brookings, she focused on U.S. foreign policy | 5,641 | triviaqa-train |
Who was President of the Screen Actor’s Guild in the 40s and 50s? | employ a Communist or a member of any party or group which advocates the overthrow of the government of the United States by force or by any illegal or unconstitutional methods."
None of those blacklisted were proven to advocate overthrowing the government – most simply had Marxist or socialist views. The Waldorf Statement marked the beginning of the Hollywood blacklist that saw hundreds of people prevented from working in the film industry. During the height of what is now referred to as McCarthyism, the Screen Writers Guild gave the studios the right to omit | : founder, producer, and editor of "The March of Time" newsreel segments that appeared in theaters for decades; while a journalist in Paris, Glenn was the person who reportedly "pulled Charles A. Lingbergh off of a plane in Paris in May, 1927" after Linbergh completed his historic trans-Atlantic crossing; taught movie producing and directing at the City College of New York; president of the Screen Directors Guild of New York (predecessor to the Screen Directors International Guild) in the late '40s.
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Whose first venture into ‘talkies’ was Anna Christie? | " (1931) and "Modern Times" (1936) employed sound almost exclusively for music and effects. Janet Gaynor became a top star with the synch-sound but dialogueless "Seventh Heaven" and "Sunrise", as did Joan Crawford with the technologically similar "Our Dancing Daughters" (1928). Greta Garbo was the one non–native English speaker to retain Hollywood stardom on both sides of the great sound divide. Silent film extra Clark Gable, who had received extensive voice training during his earlier stage career | and she starred in the first film version of "Anna Christie" in 1923. The film is also notable as being the first Eugene O'Neill play to be made into a motion picture. In successive years, she starred in "Tess of the d'Urbervilles" and "The Sporting Venus", both directed by Neilan. Sweet soon began a new career phase as one of the newly formed MGM studio's biggest stars.
Sound film and later career.
Sweet's career faltered with the advent of talkies. Sweet made | 5,643 | triviaqa-train |
Who did Jacqueline Kennedy marry on Skorpios in 1968? | Aristotle Onassis
Aristotle Socrates Onassis (; , "Aristotelis Onasis"; 20 January 1906 – 15 March 1975), commonly called Ari or Aristo Onassis, was a Greek shipping magnate who amassed the world's largest privately owned shipping fleet and was one of the world's richest and most famous men. He was known for his business success, his great wealth and also his personal life, including his marriage to Athina Mary Livanos (daughter of shipping tycoon Stavros G. Livanos); his affair with famous opera singer Maria Callas; | Venice promoted by Elsa Maxwell. After this first encounter, Onassis commented to Spyros Skouras: "There [was] just a natural curiosity; after all, we were the most famous Greeks alive in the world." Callas and Onassis both divorced their spouses but did not marry each other although their relationship continued for many years.
Relationships and family Jacqueline Kennedy.
Onassis married Jacqueline Kennedy, widow of U.S. President John F. Kennedy. They married on 20 October 1968 on Onassis' privately owned Greek island, Skorpios. | 5,644 | triviaqa-train |
Providence is the capital of which US state? | Providence, Rhode Island
Providence is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Rhode Island and is one of the oldest cities in the United States. It was founded in 1636 by Roger Williams, a Reformed Baptist theologian and religious exile from the Massachusetts Bay Colony. He named the area in honor of "God's merciful Providence" which he believed was responsible for revealing such a haven for him and his followers. The city is situated at the mouth of the Providence River at the head of Narragansett Bay | FC Armavir was the football club who represented the town during the Soviet years. It was founded in 1965 as "FC Sevan Hoktemberyan". After the collapse of the Soviet Union, FC Armavir participated in the Armenian Leagues mainly throughout the 1990s. The club was dissolved in 2003 due to financial difficulties. The club used to play their home games at the Jubilee Stadium which has a capacity of 10,000 spectators. In 1985, the stadium hosted one group match during the FIFA World Youth Championship hosted by the Soviet Union. | 5,645 | triviaqa-train |
The tomb of which English king is in Worcester Cathedral? | of Ordinands until 2015, and Dean of Women's Ministry 2005–2016)
- Canon Theologian — vacant since November 2018
Burials and memorials.
The Cathedral contains the tomb of King John in its chancel. Before his death in Newark in 1216, John had requested to be buried at Worcester. He is buried between the shrines of St Wulstan and St Oswald (now destroyed).
The cathedral has a memorial, Prince Arthur's Chantry, to the young prince Arthur Tudor, who is buried here. Arthur's | of the Roman temple at Bath, England, is discovered during work near the Roman Baths.
- "Townley Discobolus" is discovered at Hadrian's Villa in Tivoli, Italy.
- December 14 - The late post-classic Mexica Aztec calendar stone is discovered during repairs to Mexico City Metropolitan Cathedral.
- 1796: Summer - Ribchester Hoard and helmet found in Lancashire, England.
- 1797: July 17 - The tomb of John, King of England, is rediscovered at Worcester Cathedral in front of the | 5,646 | triviaqa-train |
Francis Walsingham was the spy-master of which monarch? | Francis Walsingham
Sir Francis Walsingham ( 1532 – 6 April 1590) was principal secretary to Queen Elizabeth I of England from 20 December 1573 until his death and is popularly remembered as her "spymaster".
Born to a well-connected family of gentry, Walsingham attended Cambridge University and travelled in continental Europe before embarking on a career in law at the age of twenty. A committed Protestant, during the reign of the Catholic Queen Mary I of England he joined other expatriates in exile in Switzerland and northern | overthrow the Queen and restore the Catholic Church in England. Another major conspiracy was the Babington Plot — the event which most directly led to Mary's execution, the discovery of which involved a double agent, Gilbert Gifford, acting under the direction of Francis Walsingham, the Queen's highly effective spy master.
The Essex Rebellion of 1601 has a dramatic element, as just before the uprising, supporters of the Earl of Essex, among them Charles and Joscelyn Percy (younger brothers of the Earl of Northumberland), paid for | 5,647 | triviaqa-train |
Who was the last reigning Stuart monarch? | Tudor, thus linking the royal houses of Scotland and England. Elizabeth I of England died without issue in 1603, and James IV's great grandson James VI of Scotland succeed the thrones of England and Ireland as James I in the Union of the Crowns. The Stuarts were monarchs of the British Isles and its growing empire until the death of Queen Anne in 1714, except for the period of the Commonwealth between 1649 and 1660.
In total, nine Stewart/Stuart monarchs ruled Scotland alone from 1371 until 1603. The | -reigning British monarch on 9 September 2015 when she surpassed the reign of her great-great-grandmother Victoria. On 6 February 2017 she became the first British monarch to celebrate a Sapphire Jubilee, commemorating 65 years on the throne.
Overall.
These are the ten longest reigning monarchs in the British Isles for whom there is reliable recorded evidence.
The longest claim by a pretender was that of James Francis Edward Stuart (the "Old Pretender"), who was the Jacobite pretender to the thrones of England | 5,648 | triviaqa-train |
Which 12 century Cistercian abbey stood just outside Ripon? | the water as is the case at Fountains Abbey. These valleys, now rich and productive, had a very different appearance when the brethren first chose them as their place of retreat. Wide swamps, deep morasses, tangled thickets, and wild, impassable forests were their prevailing features. Clara Vallis of St Bernard, now the "bright valley" was originally, the "Valley of Wormwood". It was an infamous den of robbers.
See also:
- Fossanuova Abbey.
- Clairvaux Abbey.
- | - A Baroque Cistercian monastery (late 18th century)
- Late Baroque Cistercian church (late 18th century, burnt in 1945, rebuilt in 1946-1962)
- "Opatówka" abbey – the former seat of the Cistercian abbots, now a regional museum
- Pyramid of Lakiński – the pyramid-shaped tomb of a Polish captain who served in Napoleon's army
- The "Dębina" oak tree reserve with trees more than 200 years old and up to 40 metres tall, just outside the city limits | 5,649 | triviaqa-train |
What is the occupation of famous Hawaii resident ‘Dog’ Chapman and his wife Beth? | Duane Chapman
Duane Lee "Dog" Chapman Sr. (born February 2, 1953), better known as Dog the Bounty Hunter or simply Dog, is an American reality TV star, bounty hunter, and a former bail bondsman. Chapman achieved international notoriety as a bounty hunter for his successful capture of Max Factor heir Andrew Luster in Mexico in 2003 and the following year, was given his own series, "Dog the Bounty Hunter" (2004–2012), on A&E. After "Dog the Bounty Hunter" ended, | Hunt", debuted on CMT. The show features Dog, Beth, and Leland traveling across the country giving bail bondsmen business advice and assisting them with bounties. The pilot episode featured Chapman and Dog working together for the first time since the split in 2012.
Leland moved from Hawaii to Alabama in 2015. He resides with wife, Jamie P. Chapman whom he married in 2016 and is still working as a bail agent.
External links.
- Leland Chapman Profile on Country Music Television
- Official Business Website | 5,650 | triviaqa-train |
What was the title of the only UK number 1 hit single by B Bumble and the Stingers? | ", were less successful, and Rendezvous seemed to lose interest in B. Bumble and the Stingers. Fowley then secured the copyright to an arrangement of the march from Tchaikovsky's ballet "The Nutcracker", and took this to local entrepreneur and pianist H. B. Barnum, who recorded it under the name "Jack B. Nimble and the Quicks" on the small Del Rio label. When Rod Pierce of Rendezvous heard it, he convinced Fowley that his label could do a better version with their own band.
A recording date | 's recording, credited to B. Bumble and the Stingers, reached the pop charts in the US, and number one in the UK. When the record became a hit in Britain, Hazan made some personal appearances there as "B. Bumble".
Hazan recorded other rocked-up arrangements of classical tunes for the Philles label, credited as Ali Hassan, but they were less successful. He also released vocal recordings under various pseudonyms, including Al Anthony and Dudley Duncan, and as lead singer of The Galaxies (also known | 5,651 | triviaqa-train |
Which country is bordered by Italy, Austria, Croatia and Hungary? | During World War II, Italian war crimes included extrajudicial killings and ethnic cleansing by deportation of about 25,000 people, mainly Jews, Croats, and Slovenians, to the Italian concentration camps, such as Rab, Gonars, Monigo, Renicci di Anghiari and elsewhere.
In Italy and Yugoslavia, unlike in Germany, few war crimes were prosecuted. Yugoslav Partisans perpetrated their own crimes during and after the war, including the foibe killings. Meanwhile, about 250,000 Italians and anti-communist Slavs fled to Italy in the Istrian exodus. | is more slender than the male and has a more uniform coloration, often displaying between two and four light bands bordered by black spots.
Distribution and habitat.
The European green lizard is native to southeastern Europe. Its range extends from southern Germany, Austria, Hungary, Czechia, Slovakia, eastern Italy, Croatia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro, Albania and Greece to southern Ukraine, Romania, Bulgaria and western Turkey. It has been introduced into the state of Kansas in the United States. Various attempts | 5,652 | triviaqa-train |
Which town stands at the confluence of the rivers Thames and Kennet? | River Thames
The River Thames ( ) is a river that flows through southern England including London. At , it is the longest river entirely in England and the second longest in the United Kingdom, after the River Severn.
It flows through Oxford (where it is called the Isis), Reading, Henley-on-Thames and Windsor. The lower reaches of the river are called the Tideway, derived from its long tidal reach up to Teddington Lock. It rises at Thames Head in Gloucestershire, and flows into | Loosey—supposedly named after a "Lucy" who planted the oak tree which stands on the green. The Loosey is the site of a Roman well, discovered in 1940 by a cow that almost fell down it. The Loosey was previously home to the village maypole (which was often climbed by Daniel Burr's monkey) and a drinking fountain erected by Charles Keyser to celebrate the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria.
The River Kennet and River Enborne flow through the parish. The confluence of the rivers is approximately north of | 5,653 | triviaqa-train |
In 1972 John Hicks became the first Briton to win which of the Nobel Prizes? | is named the Hicksian demand function in memory of him.
In 1972 he received the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (jointly) for his pioneering contributions to general equilibrium theory and welfare theory.
Early life.
Hicks was born in 1904 in Warwick, England, and was the son of Dorothy Catherine (Stephens) and Edward Hicks, a journalist at a local newspaper.
He was educated at Clifton College (1917–1922) and at Balliol College, Oxford (1922–1926), and was financed by mathematical scholarships | December, the anniversary of Nobel's death. Each recipient receives a medal, a diploma and a monetary award prize that has varied throughout the years.
Statistics.
The first Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded in 1901 to Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen, of Germany, who received 150,782 SEK, which is equal to 7,731,004 SEK in December 2007. John Bardeen is the only laureate to win the prize twice—in 1956 and 1972. Maria Skłodowska-Curie also won two Nobel Prizes, for physics in 1903 and chemistry in | 5,654 | triviaqa-train |
Which was the first European country to be led by a president? | ), established, respectively, by the 1951 Treaty of Paris and 1957 Treaty of Rome. The original members of what came to be known as the European Communities were the Inner Six: Belgium, France, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, and West Germany. The Communities and their successors have grown in size by the accession of new member states and in power by the addition of policy areas to their remit. The latest major amendment to the constitutional basis of the EU, the Treaty of Lisbon, came into force | Keletigui et ses Tambourinis
Keletigui et ses Tambourinis was a dance music orchestra founded in Conakry by the government of the newly independent state of Guinea. They were one of the most prominent national orchestras of the new country.
Background.
The newly independent state of Guinea, led by president Sekou Toure, established a number of music groups, competitions and festivals throughout the country to play the traditional music of Guinea rather than the European styles that were popular in the colonial period. The first orchestra to be founded was the | 5,655 | triviaqa-train |
Who was the first English king given the title Defender of the Faith? | French claims and lost all their land on the continent, except for Calais. After the turmoils of the Wars of the Roses, the Tudor dynasty ruled during the English Renaissance and again extended English monarchical power beyond England proper, achieving the full union of England and the Principality of Wales in 1542. Henry VIII oversaw the English Reformation, and his daughter Elizabeth I (reigned 1558–1603) the Elizabethan Religious Settlement, meanwhile establishing England as a great power and laying the foundations of the British Empire by claiming possessions in the New World | Leo X, who rewarded Henry with the title "Fidei Defensor" ("Defender of the Faith") in October 1521 (a title revoked following the king's break with the Catholic Church in the 1530s, but re-awarded to his heir by the English Parliament).
Luther's reply to the "Assertio" ("Against Henry, King of the English") was, in turn, replied to by Thomas More, who was one of the leaders of the Catholic humanist party in England (" | 5,656 | triviaqa-train |
Which aristocratic title derives its name from the Anglo-Saxon term for ‘warrior’? | ') to surround archways and to articulate wall surfaces, as at Barton-upon-Humber and Earls Barton. In plan, however, the churches remained essentially conservative.
From, the monastic revival of the second half of the tenth century only a few documented buildings survive or have been excavated, for example: the abbeys of Glastonbury; Old Minster, Winchester; Romsey; Cholsey; and Peterborough Cathedral. The majority of churches that have been described as Anglo-Saxon fall into the period between the late 10th century | Sagar (name)
Sagar is a surname and given name of multiple origins.
Origins.
Origins Anglo-Saxon.
Sagar's Anglo-Saxon are patronymic. Most, if not all, people of this surname descend from a man (or even a number of men) known as Sagar. The name most likely derives from the diphthongal Anglo-Saxon word ‘Sægar’, meaning ‘sea-spear’. Presumably it denotes a maritime warrior of the type that either commenced invasions of Britain in the fifth | 5,657 | triviaqa-train |
On which Scottish island group is the Ring of Brogar stone circle? | of modern Scotland, destroyed any traces of human habitation that may have existed before the Mesolithic period. It is believed the first post-glacial groups of hunter-gatherers arrived in Scotland around 12,800 years ago, as the ice sheet retreated after the last glaciation.
The groups of settlers began building the first known permanent houses on Scottish soil around 9,500 years ago, and the first villages around 6,000 years ago. The well-preserved village of Skara Brae on the mainland of Orkney dates from this period. Neolithic habitation, | quartz stone represents the female powers of the ring.
History.
The stone circle at Boscawen-Un was erected in the Bronze Age. A Bardic group (Cornish: "Gorsedd") may have existed in this area, because in the "Welsh Triads" from the 6th century AD, a Gorsedd "of Beisgawen of Dumnonia" is named as one of the big three "Gorsedds of Poetry of the Island of Britain". Dumnonia was a kingdom in post-Roman Britain, which probably included Cornwall. | 5,658 | triviaqa-train |
Coeliac disease is an autoimmune disorder caused by a reaction to which substance? | Diagnosis Gluten withdrawal.
Although blood antibody tests, biopsies, and genetic tests usually provide a clear diagnosis, occasionally the response to gluten withdrawal on a gluten-free diet is needed to support the diagnosis. Currently, gluten challenge is no longer required to confirm the diagnosis in patients with intestinal lesions compatible with coeliac disease and a positive response to a gluten-free diet. Nevertheless, in some cases, a gluten challenge with a subsequent biopsy may be useful to support the diagnosis, for example in people with a high | for a vaccine or cure to be created, and is rarely fatal.
- Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease – This is a neurodegenerative disease. There is no treatment or cure for this disease, although there has been extensive efforts done to reduce the chance of being infected with it.
- Crohn's disease-This is an autoimmune disorder that causes inflammation in the intestinal tract. It cannot be cured, but can be managed with medications and surgery.
- Coeliac disease – Coeliac (or celiac) disease is | 5,659 | triviaqa-train |
Which ancient organisation controls the grazing rights in the New Forest? | that the total of enclosures was henceforth not to exceed at any time. It also reconstituted the Court of Verderers as representatives of the Commoners (rather than the Crown).
, roughly 90% of the New Forest is still owned by the Crown. The Crown lands have been managed by the Forestry Commission since 1923 and most of the Crown lands now fall inside the new National Park.
Felling of broadleaved trees, and their replacement by conifers, began during the First World War to meet the wartime demand for wood | the province are forest regions and forest districts, which have jurisdiction over forests and their management, and also range and grazing leases, and also manage Ministry of Forests recreation sites and campgrounds. Other important subdivisions are Ministry of Environment regions (which controls water rights and management, environmental oversight, pesticide and herbicide permits, the British Columbia Conservation Officer Service and Fish and Wildlife Branch; the provincial parks are managed by a sub-department of the Ministry of Environment, BC Parks), health regions (which administer health funding, | 5,660 | triviaqa-train |
Which capital city was previously known as Edo or Yedo? | Edo
, also romanized as Jedo, Yedo or Yeddo, is the former name of Tokyo. It was the seat of power for the Tokugawa shogunate, which ruled Japan from 1603 to 1868. During this period, it grew to become one of the largest cities in the world and home to an urban culture centered on the notion of a "floating world".
History.
From the establishment of the Tokugawa "bakufu" headquarters at Edo, the town became the "de facto" capital and center of | which was little known in Swift’s time. On the island of Japan itself the map shows "Nivato" (Nagato), Yedo (Edo), "Meaco" (Kyoto), Inaba and "Osacca" (Osaka).
The text describes Gulliver's journey from Luggnagg, which took fifteen days, and his landing at "Xamoschi" (i.e. Shimosa) which lies "on the western part of a narrow strait leading northward into a long arm of the sea, on the northwest part of which Yedo | 5,661 | triviaqa-train |
What was the name of the oil tanker wrecked off the Isles of Scilly in 1967? | SS Torrey Canyon
SS "Torrey Canyon" was an LR2 Suezmax class oil tanker with a cargo capacity of of crude oil. She was shipwrecked off the western coast of Cornwall, England, on 18 March 1967, causing an environmental disaster. At that time she was the largest vessel ever to be wrecked.
Design and history.
When laid down by the Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company in the United States in 1959, she had a capacity of . However, the ship was later enlarged in Japan to | "Thomas W. Lawson", built in 1902, was the largest purely sail tanker ever built. It carried coal, and oil in barrels from Texas to the East Coast of the U.S. This schooner was fitted out as an oil tanker in 1906, and sunk in a storm off Isles of Scilly in Dec. 1907.
Asian Oil Trade.
The 1880s also saw the beginnings of the Asian oil trade. The oil industry in Azerbaijan was the largest producer in the world at that time, but was limited to the | 5,662 | triviaqa-train |
Homo naledi, an early form of human life, was discovered in which African country? | and foot.
The description of the new species was announced at a press conference on 10 September 2015 held at Maropeng, Cradle of Humankind, Johannesburg, South Africa. A display case of the fossils was unveiled during the ceremony and subsequently, was on display to the public at Maropeng throughout September and October 2015.
Discovery Ownership.
The University of the Witwatersrand is the curator of the fossils. The fossils are owned by the Republic of South Africa and will likely stay there in accordance with a 1998 resolution by the | life from the subsurface European ocean without having to land on the moon.
- Anthropologists provide evidence that the brain of "Homo naledi", an extinct hominid which is thought to have lived between 226,000 and 335,000 years ago, was small, but nonetheless complex, sharing structural similarities with the modern human brain.
- 17 May – Scientists warn that banned CFC-11 gas emissions are originating from an unknown source somewhere in East Asia, with potential to damage the ozone layer.
- 22 May
- Scientists report another | 5,663 | triviaqa-train |
Which ’60s film gave Disney their first ‘Best Picture’ Oscar nomination? | live-action releases were spread across a number of genres, including historical fiction ("Johnny Tremain", 1957), adaptations of children's books ("Pollyanna", 1960) and modern-day comedies ("The Shaggy Dog", 1959). Disney's most successful film of the 1960s was a live action/animated musical adaptation of "Mary Poppins", which was one of the all-time highest-grossing movies and received five Academy Awards, including Best Actress for Julie Andrews and Best Song | television shows, theme-park exhibits, and stage musicals.
Their first non-Disney assignment came with Albert R. Broccoli's motion picture production "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" for United Artists in 1968, which garnered the brothers their third Academy Award nomination for Best Original Song for its particularly memorable titular song.
In 1970, the Shermans returned to Disney for a brief stint where they completed work on "The Aristocats" and "Bedknobs and Broomsticks". The latter film garnered the brothers their fourth and fifth Oscar | 5,664 | triviaqa-train |
What was the name of the ‘Lucky Rabbit’ in an early Disney animated film? | Alice" comedies, Disney developed an all-cartoon series starring his first original character, Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, which was distributed by Winkler Pictures through Universal Pictures. The distributor owned Oswald, so Disney only made a few hundred dollars. Disney completed 26 "Oswald" shorts before losing the contract in February 1928, due to a legal loophole, when Winkler's husband Charles Mintz took over their distribution company. After failing to take over the Disney Studio, Mintz hired away four of Disney's primary animators (the exception | 2016, the Chicago Bears signed Anderson to the practice squad. He was placed on the practice squad/injured list on October 10, 2016.
Professional career Buffalo Bills.
On August 20, 2017, Anderson was signed by the Buffalo Bills. He was waived on September 2, 2017.
Professional career Birmingham Iron.
In 2019, Anderson joined the Birmingham Iron of the Alliance of American Football. He was placed on injured reserve on March 4, 2019, and waived from injured reserve on April 1, 2019 | 5,665 | triviaqa-train |
In which series did Jeff Stewart play the character Reg Hollis for over 24 years? | divisional CID.
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Sergeant Jane Kendall served as Chief Inspector Conway's right-hand lady in the Community Liaison Office. Born into an RAF family, Jane joined the police force at 17 and had been a sergeant for four years when she transferred to Sun Hill. She was a tirelessly committed officer and completely dedicated to her job. She saw her policing role as essentially one of serving the community rather than catching crooks. Caring and compassionate, her generous heart was easily touched by a hard-luck | appearing in successful plays at the Royal Court Theatre in London during early 1983. John Salthouse and Eric Richard took the lead roles in the Martin Allen play "Red Saturday", and Gary Olsen, Mark Wingett and Robert Pugh all appeared in “Welcome Home”.
Cast and Character Changes Main characters.
- PC Jim Carver - Mark Wingett
- PC Dave Litten - Gary Olsen
- PC Taffy Edwards - Colin Blumenau
- PC Reg Hollis - Jeff Stewart
- PC Robin Frank - Ashley Gunstock
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Which UK TV series starring Olivia Colman was remade as Gracepoint in the USA? | for "Accused" in 2013, before winning a BAFTA for Best Actress in 2014 for her role as DS Ellie Miller in the ITV crime series "Broadchurch". For her performance in the 2016 thriller miniseries "The Night Manager", she won a Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress.
In film, Colman received critical acclaim for her performance in Paddy Considine's drama "Tyrannosaur" (2011). Her other major film roles include PC Doris Thatcher in "Hot Fuzz" (2007), Carol Thatcher in | -Glass".
In summer 2016 he directed Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill's "The Threepenny Opera", in a new adaptation by Simon Stephens and starring Rory Kinnear as Macheath.
In spring 2017 he directed "My Country; a work in progress" by Carol Anne Duffy, using the words of people across the UK regarding Brexit, which was followed by a UK tour.
In the Dorfman auditorium in July 2017 he directed a new play "Mosquitoes" by Lucy Kirkwood, starring Olivia Colman and Olivia | 5,667 | triviaqa-train |
The Bible, Which psalm begins “The Lord is my shepherd …”? | Later interpretation and influence Overview.
Individual psalms were originally hymns, to be used on various occasions and at various sacred sites; later, some were anthologised, and might have been understood within the various anthologies (e.g., ps. 123 as one of the Psalms of Ascent); finally, individual psalms might be understood within the Psalter as a whole, either narrating the life of David or providing instruction like the Torah. In later Jewish and Christian tradition, the psalms have come to be used as prayers, either | " align=right |%
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Which village do Rupert Bear and his companions inhabit? | has led to the creation of several television series based on the character. The character also has a large fan following, with such groups as "The Followers of Rupert".
Characters and story.
Rupert is a bear who lives with his parents in a house in Nutwood, a fictional idyllic English village. He is drawn wearing a red jumper/sweater and bright yellow checked trousers, with matching yellow scarf. Originally depicted as a brown bear, his colour soon changed to white to save on printing costs, | the easiest access route for climbing Moel Hebog, the mountain which directly overlooks the village.
Part of the restored Welsh Highland Railway runs through the village. In April 2009 the railway station was reopened to the public. The line links the village with Caernarfon to the north and Porthmadog to the south.
Other local attractions include the Sygun Copper Mine.
The village is also linked with the Rupert Bear stories, as Alfred Bestall wrote and illustrated some of the stories whilst he lived in the village, in a cottage | 5,669 | triviaqa-train |
Which 1715 battle was the last fought on English soil? | Battle of Preston (1715)
The Battle of Preston (9–14 November 1715), also referred to as the Preston Fight, was fought during the Jacobite Rising of 1715 (often referred to as the "First Jacobite Rising", or "Rebellion" by supporters of the Hanoverian government).
Background.
The Jacobites moved south into England with little opposition, and by the time they reached Preston in Lancashire had grown to about 4,000 in number. Their horse troops entered Preston on the night of 9 November 1715 | Glen Shiel took place on 10 June 1719 midway up the glen. It was fought between the British government and an alliance of Jacobites and Spaniards, and resulted in a victory for the British forces. It was the last close engagement of British and foreign troops on mainland British soil. The battle is sometimes considered an extension of the 1715 rising, but is more correctly a separate rebellion and was the only rising to be extinguished by a single military action. It is "Scotland's only battle site with contemporary remains still visible | 5,670 | triviaqa-train |
Who, at Dettingen in 1743, became the last King of England to lead his troops in battle? | Battle of Dettingen
The Battle of Dettingen () took place on 27 June 1743 during the War of the Austrian Succession, at Dettingen, now Karlstein am Main in Bavaria. It was fought between a combined British, Hanoverian and Austrian force, the so-called Pragmatic Allies, and a French army commanded by the duc de Noailles.
Although the Earl of Stair exercised operational control, the Allies were nominally commanded by George II, accompanied by his son the Duke of Cumberland. This means it is now best remembered | and promotion by merit rather than by sale of commissions, but without much success. An allied force of Austrian, British, Dutch, Hanoverian and Hessian troops engaged the French at the Battle of Dettingen on 16/27 June 1743. George personally accompanied them, leading them to victory, thus becoming the last British monarch to lead troops into battle. Though his actions in the battle were admired, the war became unpopular with the British public, who felt that the king and Carteret were subordinating British interests to Hanoverian ones. Carteret lost | 5,671 | triviaqa-train |
After which extensive region of Europe is a rare but distinct local species of lynx named? | following the Muslim conquest of Persia, Islam penetrated into the Caucasus region. Over the next centuries Muslim forces took Cyprus, Malta, Crete, Sicily and parts of southern Italy. Between 711 and 720, most of the Iberian Peninsula was brought under Muslim rule — save for small areas in the northwest (Asturias) and largely Basque regions in the Pyrenees. This territory, under the Arabic name Al-Andalus, became part of the expanding Umayyad Caliphate. The unsuccessful second siege of Constantinople (717) weakened the Umayyad | "), Balkan lynx ("Lynx lynx martinoi"), gray wolf ("Canis lupus"), the brown bear ("Ursus arctos") and others. The Balkan lynx is an exceptionally rare species, holding especially high symbolic value. One bird species in the area of particular note is the Dalmatian pelican ("Pelecanus crispus"). The Prespa region is the home to about 260 bird species, representing more than half the bird species in Europe. About 140 species nest in this area. | 5,672 | triviaqa-train |
If a player ruffs in a trick-taking card game, what kind of card will have been played? | else's success or failure in meeting their bid. This type of game began to mature in the 20th century. Other games generally falling into the exact-prediction category are Spades and Ninety-Nine.
Trumps.
"Trump cards" are a set of one or more cards in the deck that, when played, are of higher value than the suit led. If a trick contains any trump cards, it is won by the highest-value trump card played, not the highest-value card of the | game of the domino type, not a trick-taking deal, and is the only game where a player can gain points. Cards are played in suit and sequence to the table to form four rows each of one suit in order of rank. Each suit is started by a Jack, and a player can play a card above or below the Jack. If the player cannot play a card, the player must "pass". This game is played until all 2's and Aces have been played. The | 5,673 | triviaqa-train |
Of which aluminium oxide mineral are ruby and sapphire among the coloured varieties? | significant in its use to produce aluminium metal, as an abrasive owing to its hardness, and as a refractory material owing to its high melting point.
Natural occurrence.
Corundum is the most common naturally occurring crystalline form of aluminium oxide. Rubies and sapphires are gem-quality forms of corundum, which owe their characteristic colors to trace impurities. Rubies are given their characteristic deep red color and their laser qualities by traces of chromium. Sapphires come in different colors given by various other impurities, such as iron and titanium | of mercury, sphalerite (ZnS), an ore of zinc, or cassiterite (SnO), an ore of tin. Gems are minerals with an ornamental value, and are distinguished from non-gems by their beauty, durability, and usually, rarity. There are about 20 mineral species that qualify as gem minerals, which constitute about 35 of the most common gemstones. Gem minerals are often present in several varieties, and so one mineral can account for several different gemstones; for example, ruby and sapphire are both | 5,674 | triviaqa-train |
After which famous Venetian is Venice’s international airport named? | are located on the strategic nodes of trans-European networks. In 2002, the port handled 262,337 containers. In 2006, 30,936,931 tonnes passed through the port, of which 14,541,961 was commercial traffic, and saw 1,453,513 passengers.
Transportation Airports.
Venice is served by the Marco Polo International Airport ("Aeroporto di Venezia Marco Polo"), named in honor of its noted citizen. The airport is on the mainland and was rebuilt away from the coast. Public transport from the airport takes one to:
- Venice | Santa Maria della Grazia
Santa Maria della Grazia or La Grazia is an artificial island of the Venetian lagoon, northern Italy, which lies between the Giudecca and San Clemente. br
In 2016 the island was sold to a private company from Treviso, Giesse Investimenti s.r.l., to host a new resort.
History.
Santa Maria della Grazia rose during the Middle Ages in the place where Venice’s rubble was discarded. The island takes its name from a supposedly miraculous Madonna which was on display in its former church | 5,675 | triviaqa-train |
Which Venetian cocktail of peach purée and prosecco is named after a local artist? | the nearby smaller Asolo Prosecco Superiore DOCG, across the River Piave and produced near the town of Asolo.
Prosecco is the main ingredient of the Bellini cocktail. It is also a key ingredient of venetian spritz, a popular cocktail, especially in northern Italy.
In 2019, "Le Colline del Prosecco di Conegliano e Valdobbiadene" became an UNESCO World Heritage Site, in large part due to the region's role in the production of prosecco.
History.
In Trieste at the beginning of the sixteenth century, | surroundings, a "spritz" is a popular light cocktail, a mix of sparkling white wine (e.g., Prosecco), sparkling water, and Aperol, Bitter Campari, or other colored alcohols. Actually, Austrian spritzer likely gave origin to Venetian spritz: spritzer is still popular, but called " spritz bianco" ("white spritz).
Non-alcoholic spritzer.
In the United States, some non-alcoholic carbonated juices are sold as "spritzers." The same type of carbonated juice (actually made | 5,676 | triviaqa-train |
Which Italian dish, translating roughly as fried, resembles an omelette or crustless quiche? | Frittata
Frittata is an egg-based Italian dish similar to an omelette or crustless quiche or scrambled eggs, enriched with additional ingredients such as meats, cheeses or vegetables. The word "frittata" is Italian and roughly translates to "fried."
History.
The Italian word "frittata" derives from "friggere" and roughly means "fried". This was originally a general term for cooking eggs in a skillet, anywhere on the spectrum from fried egg, through conventional omelette, to an Italian version of | ground corn ("perkedel jagung" or "bakwan jagung").
Varieties Iran.
The Iranian variety is called Kuku which come in different versions like the ones with potatoes or the ones with herbs.This type of fritter resembles a crustless quiche.
Varieties Japan.
In Japanese cuisine, tempura is vegetable or seafood dipped and fried in a light crispy batter and served as a common accompaniment to meals.
Varieties Korea.
In Korean cuisine, deep-fries are known as "twigim" (). " | 5,677 | triviaqa-train |
At which London Underground station is there a Blue Plaque honouring Willie Rushton? | the London Underground via a hijacked train. The game also features the multiplayer map "Underground", in which players are combating in a fictitious Underground station. The London Underground map serves as a playing field for the conceptual game of Mornington Crescent (which is named after a station on the Northern line) and the board game "The London Game".
Research.
The London Underground is frequently studied by academics because it is one of the largest, oldest, and most widely used systems of public transit in the | trilogy, lived at 1 Drayton Gardens
- Benjamin Britten (1913–1976), English composer, conductor, violist and pianist, lived at 173 Cromwell Road.
- Hattie Jacques (1922 –1980), an English comedy actress of stage, radio and screen including the "Carry On" films, lived at 67 Eardley Crescent. In November 1995 a blue plaque was unveiled at this house by Eric Sykes and Clive Dunn, who was a colleague from her Players' Theatre days.
- Willie Rushton (1937- | 5,678 | triviaqa-train |
To which US state is the Green Mountains section of the Appalachians confined? | -member districts, each of which has approximately the same population. Some states, such as Maryland and Vermont, divide the state into single- and multi-member districts, in which case multi-member districts must have proportionately larger populations, e.g., a district electing two representatives must have approximately twice the population of a district electing just one. The voting systems used across the nation are: first-past-the-post in single-member districts, and multiple non-transferable vote in multi-member districts. | Mountains, and the South Mountains. The Piedmont ranges from about in elevation in the east to about in the west.
The western section of the state is part of the Appalachian Mountain range. Among the subranges of the Appalachians located in the state are the Great Smoky Mountains, Blue Ridge Mountains, and Black Mountains. The Black Mountains are the highest in the eastern United States, and culminate in Mount Mitchell at , the highest point east of the Mississippi River.
North Carolina has 17 major river basins. The | 5,679 | triviaqa-train |
The title of which musical was inspired by and describes a Marc Chagall painting? | witness of a now vanished civilization." Although Judaism has religious inhibitions about pictorial art of many religious subjects, Chagall managed to use his fantasy images as a form of visual metaphor combined with folk imagery. His "Fiddler on the Roof", for example, combines a folksy village setting with a fiddler as a way to show the Jewish love of music as important to the Jewish spirit.
Music played an important role in shaping the subjects of his work. While he later came to love the music of Bach and | , was part of "The Portrait Now" exhibition held from 1993–1994 at the National Portrait Gallery. "Both the theme of the wound and the title 'Vanitas' make references to mortality. Clark was partly inspired by a Renaissance painting — also double-sided — by Barthel Bruyn the Elder." Since 1994, Clark's "Five Wounds" have been on permanent display at Chichester Cathedral, alongside works by Graham Sutherland, John Piper and Marc Chagall."In some the glaze is so heavy that their raised and gleaming | 5,680 | triviaqa-train |
Which TV character referred to his wife as ’Er Indoors? | was to leave and so with no clue as to Terry's forthcoming departure. In the opening episode of series 8, "The Loneliness of the Long Distance Entrepreneur", Arthur finds Terry (unseen in the episode) had married and emigrated to Australia (despite the character's criminal background making the likelihood of emigration almost impossible) to finally escape his influence. At the same time, he is stuck with looking after his nephew Ray Daley (Gary Webster), at the request of Arthur's brother to give him employment | of manslaughter.
- In "R v LeBrun" (1991) 4 All ER 673, the defendant struck his wife during an argument outside their house leaving her unconscious. He then tried to drag her inside but, as he did so, her head struck the pavement, fracturing her skull and killing her. At first sight, this is distinguishable from "R v Church" because death was accidental, whereas Church was intentionally disposing of the "body". But, in attempting to drag his unconscious wife indoors | 5,681 | triviaqa-train |
In a 1965 to 1975 sitcom, which actress’s character was mocked as a Silly Moo? | Dandy Nichols
Dandy Nichols (born Daisy Sander; 21 May 1907 – 6 February 1986) was an English actress best known for her role as Else Garnett, the long-suffering wife of the racially bigoted and misogynistic character Alf Garnett in the BBC sitcom "Till Death Us Do Part".
Early life and career.
Born Daisy Sander in Fulham, London, she started her working life as a secretary in a London factory. Twelve years later, after drama, diction and fencing classes, she was spotted | astonished that the Germans had elected a Jewish chancellor. (In this sense, although the German Else was named after the British version of the character, the quiet but sometimes snarky Else Garnett, the character more closely resembled Edith Bunker from the American version of the show.) Ironically, Alfred's use of "dusselige Kuh", literally "silly cow", as a nickname for Else was not allowed in the BBC original: the British character Alf Garnett had to refer to his wife as a "silly moo" | 5,682 | triviaqa-train |
What is the term for the strong magnetism associated with cobalt, nickel and iron? | moment in any direction. When an external magnetic field is applied, these magnetic moments will tend to align themselves in the same direction as the applied field, thus reinforcing it.
Types of Magnetism Ferromagnetism.
A ferromagnet, like a paramagnetic substance, has unpaired electrons. However, in addition to the electrons' intrinsic magnetic moment's tendency to be parallel to an applied field, there is also in these materials a tendency for these magnetic moments to orient parallel to each other to maintain a lowered-energy state. Thus | soils, plants, and animals.
In nature, cobalt is frequently associated with nickel. Both are characteristic components of meteoric iron, though cobalt is much less abundant in iron meteorites than nickel. As with nickel, cobalt in meteoric iron alloys may have been well enough protected from oxygen and moisture to remain as the free (but alloyed) metal, though neither element is seen in that form in the ancient terrestrial crust.
Cobalt in compound form occurs in copper and nickel minerals. It is the major metallic component | 5,683 | triviaqa-train |
Who discovered electromagnetic induction, so facilitating the transformer and dynamo? | devices (such as vacuum tubes or more recently via solid state technology) is effective and usually economical.
Etymology.
The word "dynamo" (from the Greek word dynamis (δύναμις), meaning force or power) was originally another name for an electrical generator, and still has some regional usage as a replacement for the word generator. The word "dynamo" was coined in 1831 by Michael Faraday, who utilized his invention toward making many discoveries in electricity (Faraday discovered electrical induction) and magnetism. | winding due to electromagnetic induction and the secondary current so produced creates a flux equal and opposite to that produced by the primary winding, in accordance with Lenz's law.
The windings are wound around a core of infinitely high magnetic permeability so that all of the magnetic flux passes through both the primary and secondary windings. With a voltage source connected to the primary winding and a load connected to the secondary winding, the transformer currents flow in the indicated directions and the core magnetomotive force cancels to zero.
According to Faraday | 5,684 | triviaqa-train |
In which city is the Pitt Rivers Museum? | Pitt Rivers Museum
The Pitt Rivers Museum is a museum displaying the archaeological and anthropological collections of the University of Oxford in England. The museum is located to the east of the Oxford University Museum of Natural History, and can only be accessed through that building.
The museum was founded in 1884 by Augustus Pitt Rivers who donated his private collection to the University of Oxford with the condition that a permanent lecturer in anthropology must be appointed. Museum staff are involved in teaching Archaeology and Anthropology at the University even today. The | Carder teaches spoon and bowl carving at his shop on the Hackney Road and has run courses at various other venues around the UK including Stepney City Farm, Tate Britain, the Pitt Rivers Museum and Heal's.
In May 2017 Carder published his first book, a spoon carving guide entitled "Spon: A Guide to Spoon Carving and the New Wood Culture" published by Penguin Books. 'Spon' refers to the Anglo-Saxon English word for a wood chip which is believed to be the etymological root of spoon. | 5,685 | triviaqa-train |
Which James Bond title began life as an advertising slogan? | was renamed "Clarence Leiter".
In 1973 a BBC documentary "Omnibus: The British Hero" featured Christopher Cazenove playing a number of such title characters (e.g. Richard Hannay and Bulldog Drummond). The documentary included James Bond in dramatised scenes from
"Goldfinger"—notably featuring 007 being threatened with the novel's circular saw, rather than the film's laser beam—and "Diamonds Are Forever". In 1991 a kids's spin-off TV cartoon series, "James Bond Jr.", was produced with Corey Burton | , and light rail connectivity."
The wording used for the mural's title, a play on words based on the transit agency's name, was used by TriMet in the late 1970s as an advertising slogan (written as "Tri-It", because the agency's name included a hyphen at that time).
The mural is a timeline and moves forward chronologically, beginning on the east end of the wall along Southeast Holgate Boulevard, which depicts the westward expansion that began prior to 1872. Sections of | 5,686 | triviaqa-train |
Which James Bond film title derives from Non Sufficit Orbis, motto of Philip II of Spain? | Wales, while the production teams shot the oil pipeline explosion on Hankley Common, Elstead, Surrey. Istanbul, Turkey, was used in the film, and Elektra King's Baku villa was actually in the city, also using the famous Maiden's Tower which was used as Renard's hideout in Turkey. The underwater submarine scenes were filmed in the Bahamas.
The BMW Z8 driven by Bond in the film was the final part of a three-film product placement deal with BMW (which began with the Z3 in " | and exemplary manner, the noblest ideals of the Ateneo de Manila University.
Seal.
In 1859, the Escuela Municipal bore the coat of arms of the City of Manila, which were granted by King Philip II of Spain in 1596. When the title "Ateneo" was added to the school's name in 1865, the seal incorporated the Jesuit monogram "IHS" and Marian symbols. At its golden jubilee in 1909, clearer Marian symbols were added along with the current motto, "Lux in Domino". | 5,687 | triviaqa-train |
Which cathedral is known locally as “The Ship of the Fens”? | Ely Cathedral
Ely Cathedral is an Anglican cathedral in the city of Ely, Cambridgeshire, England.
The cathedral has its origins in AD 672 when St Etheldreda built an abbey church. The present building dates back to 1083, and cathedral status was granted it in 1109. Until the Reformation it was the Church of St Etheldreda and St Peter, at which point it was refounded as the Cathedral Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity of Ely, continuing as the principal church of the Diocese of Ely, in Cambridgeshire. | Derryvore
Derryvore () is the name of three townlands in Northern Ireland.
Derryvore, Kinawley.
This Derryvore is located in the civil parish of Kinawley in County Fermanagh. It lies on a small peninsula in Upper Lough Erne. Its landscape includes many fens and reedbeds in Erne valley. The area first was a part of the Crom Estate, which according to a map survey done in 1719 and 1721 included the townlands of Derrybeg West, Corraharra, and Derryvore.
It includes a Trinity Church (known locally | 5,688 | triviaqa-train |
Which cathedral’s spires have earned it the name, “The Ladies of the Vale”? | Wilson. Today it stands just outside the south doors.
History of the cathedral Victorian restoration.
Although the 18th century was a golden age for the City of Lichfield, it was a period of decay for the cathedral. The 15th-century library, on the north side of the nave, was pulled down and the books moved to their present location above the Chapter House. Most of the statues on the west front were removed and the stonework covered with Roman cement. At the end of the century James Wyatt organised | of the Hogwarts model used in the films. A section of the model is noticeably styled off the Cathedral (albeit with the addition of fantastical spires) .
The palace set design in "Snow White and The Huntsman", 2012, was largely based Durham Cathedral’s architecture . The production team spent four days at the Cathedral conducting 3D photography of the interior, and used the data collected to build the sets both physical and digital. Most noticeably, the movie’s throne room features columns patterned identically to those within | 5,689 | triviaqa-train |
Which King of England died after falling from his horse, Sorrel? | the early 19th century the material was taken less seriously and was often used simply as a vehicle for allegories of 17th- and 18th-century politics. Thus Richard Blackmore's epics "Prince Arthur" (1695) and "King Arthur" (1697) feature Arthur as an allegory for the struggles of William III against James II. Similarly, the most popular Arthurian tale throughout this period seems to have been that of Tom Thumb, which was told first through chapbooks and later through the political plays of Henry Fielding; although the | .
- Louis III of France (879–882), king of West Francia, died from a skull fracture after falling from a horse while chasing a girl.
- Louis IV of France (920-954), king of France, died after falling from his horse while hunting a wolf.
- Louis V of France, king of France, died 987 after falling from a horse during a hunt.
- Maria Malibran, opera singer, died 1836 after falling from her horse during a hunt
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Which feature on the River Thames marks the upper limit of its tidal waters? | River Thames
The River Thames ( ) is a river that flows through southern England including London. At , it is the longest river entirely in England and the second longest in the United Kingdom, after the River Severn.
It flows through Oxford (where it is called the Isis), Reading, Henley-on-Thames and Windsor. The lower reaches of the river are called the Tideway, derived from its long tidal reach up to Teddington Lock. It rises at Thames Head in Gloucestershire, and flows into | would change colour with the tides, to be added to the bridge deck. The cost, estimated at £800,000, would be raised by private sponsorship. The "flames" were to be raised above the sightlines of drivers to avoid causing a distraction.
Wandsworth Bridge now marks the boundary above which a lower speed limit on the Thames is enforced. A speed limit is now in force downstream from Wandsworth to Margaretness but because of the number of rowers using the upper reaches of the river, all of the tidal Thames | 5,691 | triviaqa-train |
Which region’s name is Persian for Five Waters, alluding to five tributaries of the Indus? | Punjab, Pakistan
Punjab (Urdu & , , ; ) is Pakistan's most populous province, with an estimated population of 110,012,442 as of 2017. Forming the bulk of the transnational Punjab region, it is bordered by the Pakistani provinces of Sindh, Balochistan, and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the enclave of Islamabad, and Azad Kashmir. It also shares borders with the Indian states of Punjab, Rajasthan and Jammu and Kashmir. The capital is Lahore, a cultural, historical, economic and cosmopolitan centre of Pakistan where the country's | nations of the world together had about 6 million Hindus in 2010.
Etymology.
The word "Hindu" is derived from the Indo-Aryan and Sanskrit word "Sindhu", which means "a large body of water", covering "river, ocean". It was used as the name of the Indus river and also referred to its tributaries. The actual term " first occurs, states Gavin Flood, as "a Persian geographical term for the people who lived beyond the river Indus (Sanskrit: " | 5,692 | triviaqa-train |
Which Northern English city incorporates five river valleys and by tradition seven hills? | of South Yorkshire to form the Sheffield City Region, along with the Bassetlaw District of Nottinghamshire, although for all other purposes these districts still remain in their respective East Midlands counties. The geographer Danny Dorling includes most of the West Midlands and part of the East Midlands in his definition of the North, claiming that "ideas of a midlands region add more confusion than light". Conversely, more restrictive definitions also exist, typically based on the extent of the historical Northumbria, which exclude Cheshire and Lincolnshire.
Personal definitions of | to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of , of which are land and , or 0.41%, are water.
Ellicott City is claimed to be built on seven hills. These hills lie southeast of the Historic District, which is in the Tiber River valley immediately west of the Patapsco River. The Tiber River is a small tributary of the Patapsco that forms the narrow valley followed by Main Street. Several deep stream valleys converge at this location, which increases the risk of flooding, but | 5,693 | triviaqa-train |
Which real-life baseball manager and former player was the central character of the 2011 film Moneyball? | Moneyball (film)
Moneyball is a 2011 American sports film directed by Bennett Miller and written by Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin. The film is based on Michael Lewis's 2003 nonfiction book of the same name, an account of the Oakland Athletics baseball team's 2002 season and their general manager Billy Beane's attempts to assemble a competitive team.
In the film, Beane (Brad Pitt) and assistant GM Peter Brand (Jonah Hill), faced with the franchise's limited budget for players, build a team of | Indians.
Shapiro was played by actor Reed Diamond in the 2011 film "Moneyball".
Shapiro became a Canadian citizen in 2019.
Baseball career.
Shapiro worked in the Cleveland Indians organization since 1991, when he was recommended by former Tribe GM Hank Peters. He had worked his way up from player development director to Assistant General Manager, and in 2001 became General Manager.
Shapiro was named Executive of the Year by the "Sporting News" in 2005 and 2007, following 90+ wins seasons by | 5,694 | triviaqa-train |
What name specifically describes an inhabitant of Galway? | competes in the Pro14 is based in Galway city. The two main amateur rugby clubs in the county are Galway Corinthians RFC and Galwegians RFC which compete in the All-Ireland League.
Athletics is also a very popular sport in Galway, a few clubs being; Galway City Harriers, Craughwell Athletic Club, Athenry A.C, Tuam A.C, Loughrea A.C and many others.
See also.
- Connacht Irish
- Galway GAA
- List of monastic houses in Ireland (County Galway)
- Joyce Country | Kerrill
Saint Kerrill aka Caireall mac Curnain was a Christian missionary in what is now east County Galway, alive in the mid-to-late 5th century.
Origins.
Caireall mac Curnain was a member of the Soghain people of Ireland, specifically those located in the kingdom of that name in what is now east County Galway. Dubhaltach Mac Fhirbhisigh identified them as part of a larger group called the Cruithin, and stated of them:
""Of the Cruithin of Ireland are the Dál Araidhi (Dál nAraidi | 5,695 | triviaqa-train |
Which metallic element is the essential additive to steel when making stainless steel? | Pitting Resistance Equivalent Number) obtained through the formula:
PREN = %Cr+3.3%Mo+16%N where the terms correspond to the contents by weight % of Chromium, Molybdenum and Nitrogen respectively in the steel.
The higher the PREN, the higher the pitting corrosion resistance. Increasing chromium, molybdenum and nitrogen contents provide increasing resistance to pitting corrosion.
Corrosion resistance Localized corrosion Crevice corrosion.
While the PREN is a property of the stainless steel, crevice corrosion occurs when poor design has created confined areas (overlapping plates, washer-plate interfaces, | Austenite
Austenite, also known as gamma-phase iron (γ-Fe), is a metallic, non-magnetic allotrope of iron or a solid solution of iron, with an alloying element. In plain-carbon steel, austenite exists above the critical eutectoid temperature of 1000 K (727 °C); other alloys of steel have different eutectoid temperatures. The austenite allotrope is named after Sir William Chandler Roberts-Austen (1843–1902); it exists at room temperature in stainless steel.
Allotrope of iron | 5,696 | triviaqa-train |
In which field was Marie Stopes (1880-1958) a pioneer? | Marie Stopes
Marie Charlotte Carmichael Stopes (15 October 1880 – 2 October 1958) was a British author, palaeobotanist and campaigner for eugenics and women's rights. She made significant contributions to plant palaeontology and coal classification, and was the first female academic on the faculty of the University of Manchester. With her second husband, Humphrey Verdon Roe, Stopes founded the first birth control clinic in Britain. Stopes edited the newsletter "Birth Control News", which gave explicit practical advice. Her sex manual "Married Love" ( | Stope
Stope may refer to:
- Stope, Velike Lašče, a settlement in central Slovenia
- Stope, an underground space produced by Stoping (mining)
Stopes may also refer to:
- Marie Stopes (1880-1958), Scottish palaeobotanist and pioneer in the field of family planning
See also.
- Stoping (geology) | 5,697 | triviaqa-train |
“It’s the way I tell ‘em!” was one of the catchphrases of which comedian? | Frank Carson
Hugh Francis "Frank" Carson KSG (6 November 1926 – 22 February 2012) was a Northern Irish comedian and actor, best known on television in series such as "The Comedians" and "Tiswas". He was a member of the entertainment charity the Grand Order of Water Rats.
Early life.
One of six children of a working-class Catholic family living in the dockland district of Sailortown, Frank Carson was born at 18 Great Georges Street, Belfast, Northern Ireland, where | same way and ends with the celebrity (usually female) saying or doing something sexually suggestive, causing the Bear to have an erection (at which point he would shout "Christine Hamilton! Christine Hamilton!" to make it go away).
The series title is based on the title of the Artful Dodger and Craig David song "Re-Rewind (The Crowd Say Bo Selecta)". Craig David is one of the main characters and speaks in catchphrases such as "proper bo I tell thee" and " | 5,698 | triviaqa-train |
What do the Argentinians call what we call the Falkland Islands? | of the islands' Executive Council, composed of the Chief Executive, the Director of Finance and three elected members of the Legislative Assembly (with the Governor as chairman). The Legislative Assembly, a unicameral legislature, consists of the Chief Executive, the Director of Finance and eight members (five from Stanley and three from Camp) elected to four-year terms by universal suffrage. All politicians in the Falkland Islands are independent; no political parties exist on the islands. Since the 2013 general election, members of the Legislative | . The lands north of the Charles River are Massachusetts lands and the lands south of the Charles River are Pokanoket lands.
7. The eastern mainland boundary of Pokanoket is located at what is now the Cape Cod Canal, which was once a tributary extended from Great Herring Pond. West of this border is Pokanoket land. East of this natural border is the land of the Nausett.
8. This leaves the islands in what we now call Narragansett Bay and the islands off the coast. All the islands in Narragansett | 5,699 | triviaqa-train |
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