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Amelia Earhart was born in which state? | Amelia Earhart
Amelia Mary Earhart (, born July 24, 1897; disappeared July 2, 1937) was an American aviation pioneer and author. Earhart was the first female aviator to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. She set many other records, wrote best-selling books about her flying experiences, and was instrumental in the formation of The Ninety-Nines, an organization for female pilots.
Born in Atchison, Kansas, Earhart developed a passion for adventure at a young age, steadily gaining flying experience from her | Amelia Rose Earhart
Amelia Rose Earhart (born 1983 in Downey, California, United States) is an American private pilot and reporter for NBC affiliate KUSA-TV in Denver, Colorado, where she resides. In 2013 Earhart started the "Fly With Amelia Foundation", which grants flight scholarships to girls aged 16–18.
Earhart was told by family members in her youth that she was a descendant of Amelia Mary Earhart. When she was in college, she hired a genealogist to research her connection to Amelia Earhart. That | 5,900 | triviaqa-train |
What was Phil Collins' last UK No 1 of the 80s? | 40 singles than any other artist during the 1980s. His most successful singles from the period include "In the Air Tonight", "Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)", "One More Night", "Sussudio", "Two Hearts" and "Another Day in Paradise".
Born and raised in west London, Collins played drums from the age of five and completed drama school training, which secured him various roles as a child actor. He then pursued a music career, | The Platinum Collection (Phil Collins album)
The Platinum Collection is a three-disc box set by English drummer and singer Phil Collins. It was released in May 2004. A separate version was released in Europe, which consisted of "Face Value", "Both Sides", and "Testify".
The set consists of all three of Collins' #1 albums in the UK: "Face Value", "No Jacket Required" and "...But Seriously". The last two also reached # | 5,901 | triviaqa-train |
What was Al Pacino's first movie? | He is one of few performers to have won a competitive Oscar, an Emmy and a Tony Award for acting, dubbed the "Triple Crown of Acting".
A method actor and former student of the HB Studio and the Actors Studio in New York City, where he was taught by Charlie Laughton and Lee Strasberg, Pacino made his feature film debut with a minor role in "Me, Natalie" (1969) and gained favorable notice for his lead role as a heroin addict in "The Panic in Needle Park | that she is a Slayer.
- In the scene where Justin takes Ellie to the CIA base, he says, "We're the CIA. Nothing is what it seems." "Nothing is what it seems" was Al Pacino's character's catchphrase in the movie "The Recruit". | 5,902 | triviaqa-train |
In which year did Alcock and Brown make their Atlantic crossing? | the Double Eagle II from Presque Isle, Maine, to Miserey, near Paris in 1978.)
History First transatlantic flights.
The possibility of transatlantic flight by aircraft emerged after the First World War, which had seen tremendous advances in aerial capabilities. In April 1913 the London newspaper "The Daily Mail" offered a prize of £10,000 (£ in 2020) to
The competition was suspended with the outbreak of war in 1914 but reopened after Armistice was declared in 1918.
Between 8 and 31 May 1919, | Field, Virginia. He will receive the Medal of Honor posthumously in 1920 for a heroic World War I action on August 21, 1918, retroactively becoming the first U.S. aviator ever to receive the award.
- June 14–15 – Captain John Alcock and Lieutenant Arthur Whitten Brown make the first successful non-stop Atlantic crossing by air, flying a Vickers Vimy from St. John's, Newfoundland, to Clifden, County Galway, Ireland in 16 hours. They win £10,000 from the "Daily Mail" and are both knighted | 5,903 | triviaqa-train |
Which singer wrote the musical Someone Like You? | popular standards, including "Hello, Dolly!", "We Need a Little Christmas", "I Am What I Am", "Mame", "The Best of Times", "Before the Parade Passes By", "Put On Your Sunday Clothes", "It Only Takes a Moment", "Bosom Buddies" and "I Won't Send Roses", recorded by such artists as Louis Armstrong, Eydie Gormé, Barbra Streisand, Petula Clark and Bernadette Peters. Herman's songbook has been | to capture their latest UK tour. As a singer, Debi performs on the Pet Shop Boys' 2006 album "Fundamental" and performs lead vocals on the new studio recording of songs from the musical "Someone Like You".
External links.
- Debi Doss Official Website
- Someone Like You - Premiere Studio Recording | 5,904 | triviaqa-train |
With which instrument was Charlie Christian associated? | from the rhythm section to a solo instrument. Christian stated he wanted his guitar to sound like a tenor saxophone. The French gypsy jazz guitarist Django Reinhardt had little influence on him, but Christian was obviously familiar with some of his recordings. The guitarist Mary Osborne recalled hearing him play Django's solo on "St. Louis Blues" note for note, but then following it with his own ideas.
By 1939 there had already been electric guitar soloists—Leonard Ware; George Barnes; Eddie Durham, who had recorded with | Vector (band)
Vector was a rock band formed in Sacramento, California in the early 1980s by Jimmy Abegg, Steve Griffith and Charlie Peacock. The band had several drummers over the years, including Aaron Smith and Bruce Spencer, both of whom also played drums for The 77s.
Although the lyrics of Vector's music did not always contain the overt lyrics of contemporary Christian music with which the band was sometimes associated, Vector's albums were released under Christian labels, and were an example of Christian rock. | 5,905 | triviaqa-train |
In which country is the Howrah bridge? | Howrah Bridge
Howrah Bridge is a bridge with a suspended span over the Hooghly River in West Bengal, India. Commissioned in 1943, the bridge was originally named the New Howrah Bridge, because it replaced a pontoon bridge at the same location linking the two cities of Howrah and Kolkata (Calcutta). On 14 June 1965 it was renamed Rabindra Setu after the great Bengali poet Rabindranath Tagore, who was the first Indian and Asian Nobel laureate. It is still popularly known as the Howrah Bridge.
The bridge is one | Jessop Construction Company Limited.
The onward march began in 1941 with the Howrah Bridge, later, named Rabindra Setu. Later in 1991 achievement is the second Hooghly Bridge or Vidyasagar Setu. In between BBJ constructed number of engineering structures spread across the country and abroad.
The Ganga Bridge at Mokameh, Yamuna Bridge at Delhi, Godavari Bridge at Rajamundry, Krishna Bridge at Vijayawada, Brahmaputra Bridge at Pandu are some of the known achievements of the company.
History Bharat Bhari Udyog Nigam.
Bharat Bhari Udyog Nigam (Hindi | 5,906 | triviaqa-train |
What was Oliver Hardy's real first name? | Oliver Hardy
Oliver Norvell Hardy (born Norvell Hardy, January 18, 1892 – August 7, 1957) was an American comic actor and one half of Laurel and Hardy, the double act that began in the era of silent films and lasted from 1927 to 1955. He appeared with his comedy partner Stan Laurel in 107 short films, feature films, and cameo roles. He was credited with his first film "Outwitting Dad" in 1914. In most of his silent films before joining producer Hal Roach, he was | , and he used "Oliver" as his first name in all subsequent legal records, marriage announcements, etc. Hardy was initiated into Freemasonry at Solomon Lodge No. 20 in Jacksonville, Florida. He was inducted into the Grand Order of Water Rats along with Stan Laurel.
Career.
Career Early career.
In 1910, The Palace, a motion picture theater, opened in Hardy's hometown of Milledgeville, and he became the projectionist, ticket taker, janitor and manager. He soon became obsessed with the new | 5,907 | triviaqa-train |
Benito Juarez international airport is in which country? | Mexico City International Airport
Mexico City International Airport (); officially "Aeropuerto Internacional Benito Juárez" (Benito Juárez International Airport) is an international airport that serves Greater Mexico City. It is Mexico's and Latin America's busiest airport by passenger traffic and aircraft movements. The airport sustains 35,000 jobs directly and around 15,000 indirectly in the immediate area. The airport is owned by Grupo Aeroportuario de la Ciudad de México and operated by Aeropuertos y Servicios Auxiliares, the government-owned corporation, which also operates 22 other airports throughout | - Benito Juarez International Airport
- Miami - Miami International Airport
- Minatitlán - Minatitlán/Coatzacoalcos National Airport
- Monterrey - General Mariano Escobedo International Airport
- Orlando - Orlando International Airport
- Puebla - Hermanos Serdán International Airport
- Reynosa - General Lucio Blanco International Airport
- Tampico - General Francisco Javier Mina International Airport
- Tepic - Amado Nervo International Airport
- Tijuana - General Abelardo L. Rodríguez International Airport
- Torreón - Francisco Sarabia International Airport
Fleet.
- 1 BAC 1-11 | 5,908 | triviaqa-train |
How old would Rocky Marciano have been had he lived to the end of the 20th century? | stamina, and exceptionally durable chin, Marciano has been included by boxing historians in lists of the greatest boxers of all time, and is currently ranked by BoxRec as the eighth greatest heavyweight boxer in history. His knockout-to-win percentage of 87.76% remains one of the highest in heavyweight boxing history.
Early life.
Marciano was born and raised on the south side of Brockton, Massachusetts, to Pierino Marchegiano and Pasqualina Picciuto. Both of his parents were immigrants from Italy. His father was from Ripa Teatina | How to SELF Publish. His four books published in 2018/19 have been "The Real Rocky, the Rocky Marciano story", "Spurs '67, "Billy Wright, My Dad with Vicky Wright", and "Beyond the Krays, an eBook crime novel",
Biography.
Giller was born in London's East End in the first year of the Second World War, and was evacuated with his mother and three brothers to a Devonshire farm. Educated at Raine's Foundation Grammar School in Stepney, he left | 5,909 | triviaqa-train |
Who had a 70s No 1 hit with The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia? | The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia
"The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia" is a Southern Gothic song, of the murder ballad type, written and composed in 1972 by songwriter Bobby Russell and sung by Vicki Lawrence, an American pop music singer, actress, author, and comedian. Lawrence's version, from her 1973 Bell Records album of the same name, was a number one hit on the "Billboard" Hot 100 after its release. In addition to several other renditions, the song was | Sound Recorders
- Arranged by Artie Butler, Larry Muhoberac
- Art Direction – Beverly Weinstein
- Design – Ken Kim, Woody Woodward
- Engineer – Eric Prestidge, Jerry Barnes
- Liner Notes – Carol Burnett
- Producer – Snuff Garrett
External links.
- http://themusicofvickilawrence.webstarts.com/the_night_the_lights_went_out_in_georgia.html
- https://www.discogs.com/Vicki-Lawrence-The-Night-The-Lights-Went-Out-In-Georgia/master/394270
- https://musicbrainz.org/release-group/46fb8eaf-b247-444a-b116-7e7a9599b594
- https://vickilawrence.bandcamp.com/album/the-night-the-lights-went-out-in-georgia
- http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/vicki_lawrence/the_night_the_lights_went_out_in_georgia/
- https://music.avclub.com/a-carol-burnett-star-offered-a-chilling-70s-story-song-1798280168
- http://vinylsamongotherthings.com/vicki-lawrence-the-night-the-lights-went-out-in-georgia/
- http://www.negativland.com/archives/012pastor/georgia.html
- http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-night-the-lights-went-out-in-georgia-mw0000873343 | 5,910 | triviaqa-train |
Which country does the airline Gronlandsfly come from? | These planes remain in active service, serving every airport except Nerlerit Inaat near Ittoqqortoormiit, whose operation is handled by Air Iceland under contract with Greenland Home Rule.
In 1981, Grønlandsfly opened its first route to Iceland, linking Reykjavík Airport to its main hub at Kangerlussuaq via Kulusuk. In 1986, a route to Keflavík allowed the company to break SAS's monopoly on flights between Greenland and Denmark via a Keflavík-Copenhagen leg operated by Icelandair. By 1989, the airline employed more than 400 Greenlanders and carried more than 100,000 | a low-cost carrier (LCC) Vietjet does not have any direct booking capabilities with the Global Distribution Service (GDS) companies, Amadeus CRS, Sabre, or Travelport. This lack of connectivity limits the ability of the airline to attract interline connecting passengers for inbound and outbound flights. The problem is due in part to the lack of the airline joining Iata's Vietnam BSB which regulates the IATA accredited airlines banking settlement operations in the country. To get around the issue Vietjet has utilised an interline ticketing partner, Hahn Air | 5,911 | triviaqa-train |
In Greek mythology, who was the goddess of the rainbow? | Iris (mythology)
In Greek mythology, Iris (; ) is the personification and goddess of the rainbow and messenger of the gods.
Biography.
According to Hesiod's "Theogony", Iris is the daughter of Thaumas and the Oceanid Electra, and the sister of the Harpies: Aello and Ocypete. During the Titanomachy, Iris was the messenger of the Olympian Gods, while her twin sister Arke betrayed the Olympians and became the messenger of the Titans.
She is the goddess of the rainbow. She also | Waray mythology, as well as Cebuano mythology
- Mebuyan – many-breasted goddess who takes care of the souls of dead children in Bagobo mythology
- Yna Guinid – goddess of war and poison in multiple Visayan mythologies such as Hiligaynon, Karay-a, Waray, and Cebuano; she is a member of the "Visayan war trinity", along with Barangaw, god of rainbow and symbol of hope, and Makanduk, god of war and plunder and patron deity of the "mangatang" (sea pirates) | 5,912 | triviaqa-train |
What legendary fire-breathing female monster had a lion's head, a goat's body and a dragon's tail? | Chimera (mythology)
The Chimera ( or , also Chimaera ("Chimæra"); Greek: , "Chímaira" "she-goat") according to Greek mythology, was a monstrous fire-breathing hybrid creature of Lycia in Asia Minor, composed of the parts of more than one animal. It is usually depicted as a lion, with the head of a goat protruding from its back, and a tail that might end with a snake's head. It was one of the offspring of Typhon and Echidna | shame and turned him into a hideously shaped monster, and this curse could only be lifted when he has sucked a few drops of Rainouart's blood.
The description of the Chapalu after his metamorphosis was that he had a cat's head with red eyes, a horse's body, a griffon's talons (or dragon's feet), and a lion's tail.
Rainouart is then brought to Avalon by three fées, and Arthur the king of Avalon commands Chapalu to fight this newcomer. In the ensuing battle | 5,913 | triviaqa-train |
In which war film is John Wayne's character killed by a Japanese sniper? | more on the psychological battle between officers and egotism rather than events during the war. "The Bridge on the River Kwai" brought a new complexity to the war picture, with a sense of moral uncertainty surrounding war. By the end of the decade the " sense of shared achievement" which had been common in war films "began to evaporate", according to Pulver.
Hollywood films in the 1950s and 1960s could display spectacular heroics or self-sacrifice, as in the popular "Sands of Iwo Jima" ( | directed by Hathaway, which enabled Hopper to restart his film career. Hopper acted in another John Wayne film, "True Grit" (1969), and during its production he became well acquainted with Wayne. In both of the films with Wayne, Hopper's character is killed in the presence of Wayne's character, to whom he utters his dying words.
Hopper had a supporting role as the bet-taker, "Babalugats", in "Cool Hand Luke" (1967). In 1968, Hopper teamed | 5,914 | triviaqa-train |
Which blond actor who died in 2008 played Jim Bowie in the 1960 film 'The Alamo'? | The Alamo (1960 film)
The Alamo is a 1960 American historical epic war film about the 1836 Battle of the Alamo produced and directed by John Wayne and starring Wayne as Davy Crockett. The picture also stars Richard Widmark as Jim Bowie and Laurence Harvey as William B. Travis, and the supporting cast features Frankie Avalon, Patrick Wayne, Linda Cristal, Joan O'Brien, Chill Wills, Joseph Calleia, Ken Curtis, Ruben Padilla as Santa Anna, and guest star Richard Boone as Sam Houston. The motion picture was photographed | The Alamo (2004 film)
The Alamo is a 2004 American war film about the Battle of the Alamo during the Texas Revolution. The film was directed by Texan John Lee Hancock, produced by Ron Howard, Brian Grazer, and Mark Johnson, distributed by Touchstone Pictures, and starring Dennis Quaid as Sam Houston, Billy Bob Thornton as David Crockett, and Jason Patric as Jim Bowie.
The screenplay is credited to Hancock, John Sayles, Stephen Gaghan, and Leslie Bohem. In contrast to the earlier 1960 film | 5,915 | triviaqa-train |
France signed the Treaty of Luneville with which continental European Power? | of a republic became an increasing possibility.
In August 1791, the Emperor of Austria and the King of Prussia in the Declaration of Pillnitz threatened revolutionary France to intervene by force of arms to restore the French absolute monarchy. In September 1791, the National Constituent Assembly forced King Louis XVI to accept the French Constitution of 1791, thus turning the French absolute monarchy into a constitutional monarchy. In the newly established Legislative Assembly (October 1791), enmity developed and deepened between a group, later called the 'Girondins', | their Russian opponents at the Battle of Friedland. The resulting Treaty of Tilsit in July ended two years of bloodshed and left France as the dominant power on the European continent. It also severely weakened Prussia and formed a Franco-Russian axis designed to resolve disputes among European nations.
Background Iberian Peninsula (1807–1809).
After the War of the Oranges, Portugal adopted a double policy. On the one hand John, Prince of Brazil, as regent of Portugal, signed the Treaty of Badajoz with France and Spain by which | 5,916 | triviaqa-train |
Which was King Arthur’s last battle, where he either died or was fatally wounded? | Battle of Camlann
The Battle of Camlann ( or "Brwydr Camlan") is reputed to have been the final battle of King Arthur during the early 6th century, in which he either died or was fatally wounded while fighting either with or against Mordred, who is also said to have died. Its depictions in the medieval legend of Arthur are generally based on that in the pseudo-chronicle "Historia Regum Britanniae". These variants include the later chivalric romance tradition, with the version included in "Le Morte d'Arthur" | Michael Syddall School. A sundial is located above the porch door, its origins being either late 18th or early 19th century. The words above the dial are in latin; "Fugit hora, ora", which translates as "Time flies, pray."
In 1816, Alexander John Scott, the chaplain to Horatio Nelson was appointed as the vicar at St Anne's. Scott had been aboard HMS Victory when Nelson was fatally wounded and stayed with him to administer the last rites. Scott died in 1840 and a | 5,917 | triviaqa-train |
Also known as Annonaria; in Roman mythology, who was the personification of luck? | Fortuna
Fortuna (, equivalent to the Greek goddess Tyche) was the goddess of fortune and the personification of luck in Roman religion who, largely thanks to the Late Antique author Boethius, remained popular through the Middle Ages until at least the Renaissance.
Fortuna is often depicted with a gubernaculum (ship's rudder), a ball or Rota Fortunae (wheel of fortune, first mentioned by Cicero) and a cornucopia (horn of plenty). She might bring good or bad luck: she could be represented as veiled | across the heavens, although she was also regarded as the personification of the Moon itself. Selene is best known for her affair with the beautiful mortal Endymion, the young shepherd who used to sleep on a mountain, and with whom she had fifty daughters.
The late 7th-century – early 6th-century BC poet Sappho had apparently already mentioned Selene and Endymion's history.
In Roman mythology, Diana has the attributes of Selene and she was mentioned as the goddess who falls in love with Endymion. Both | 5,918 | triviaqa-train |
'The Trumpet Hornpipe' was its signature tune, who was this TV show’s title character? | .
The eponymous hero – Captain Horatio Pugwash – sails the high seas in his ship called the "Black Pig", ably assisted by cabin boy Tom, pirates Willy and Barnabas, and Master Mate. His mortal enemy is Cut-Throat Jake, captain of the "Flying Dustman".
History.
Captain Horatio Pugwash made his debut in a comic-strip format in the first issue of "The Eagle" in 1950, then appeared regularly as a strip in "Radio Times". In | , "Blue Peter Bite", a five-minute programme which features challenges previously shown on the programme was introduced.
Signature tune and motif.
The signature tune has always been a hornpipe, originally using variations of Barnacle Bill by Herbert Ashworth-Hope, and should not be confused with the American sailor song of the same title. The original opening titles showed a Blue Peter flag being lowered on a ship. In 1979 it was updated by Mike Oldfield, and again in the 1990s. From the 2008 series | 5,919 | triviaqa-train |
Which character did the diminutive John Louis Mansi play in the TV series ''Allo 'Allo'? | Kaye, Vicki Michelle, Sue Hodge, Kirsten Cooke, Arthur Bostrom, Guy Siner, Robin Parkinson, John D. Collins and Nicholas Frankau. In addition, Richard Gibson and Sam Kelly are interviewed, although they are not reprising their respective roles. The only main characters who did not appear in the reunion at all (where the actor or actress who played the character originally was then alive) were Private Helga Geerhart (played by Kim Hartman) and Herr Engelbert von Smallhausen (played by John Louis Mansi). Jeremy Lloyd | score more than one hundred points to double the charity prize money, which he did.
Career "'Allo 'Allo!".
In 1982, David Croft sent Kaye the script for the pilot episode of "'Allo 'Allo!" inviting him to play the central character of René Artois. He accepted and appeared in all 84 episodes (the main series ran from 1984, two years after the pilot, until 1992) and 1,200 performances of the stage version.
Kaye was the subject of "This Is Your | 5,920 | triviaqa-train |
Which ace nicknamed ‘Dogsbody’ was a prisoner in Colditz as WW2 came to an end? | who performed jobs that more senior officers did not want to do began to be called "dogsbodies". The term became more common in non-naval usage c. 1930, referring to people who were stuck with rough work.
The term dogsbody has not always been derogatory, with a number of people deliberately using it as their callsign or handle. The most famous of these is probably Douglas Bader, who was an RAF fighter pilot during the Second World War. | - or been killed - at the Nazi-run Institute which had been housed here during the war.
The school numbers burgeoned, even reaching 6,000 at one point, but were generally around 850-1000. The Gothic appearance of the school led to it being nicknamed Colditz by the British, after the infamous prisoner-of-war camp in East Germany.
In 1987, as part of a re-structuring, Kent School was merged with Queens School in Rheindahlen to become a single campus, known as Windsor | 5,921 | triviaqa-train |
In which county is Clacton-on-Sea? | of Wight, Northumberland and Rutland are ceremonial counties consisting of a non-metropolitan county of a single district, and are known as unitary authorities.
Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, Derbyshire, Devon, East Sussex, Essex, Gloucestershire, Hampshire, Kent, Lancashire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, North Yorkshire, Nottinghamshire, Somerset and Staffordshire are non-metropolitan counties with multiple districts and a county council, where one or more districts have been split off to form unitary authorities. The effect is that the corresponding ceremonial county is larger than | a coeducational high school serving the western part of Clacton-on-Sea
- Clacton County High School a comprehensive secondary school located in Clacton-on-Sea
- F.C. Clacton a football club based in Clacton-on-Sea
- Great Clacton a village north of Clacton-on-Sea
- HMS Clacton (J151) an old turbine engined Bangor class minesweeper named after Clacton-on-Sea
- Little Clacton a small rural village close to Clacton-on-Sea | 5,922 | triviaqa-train |
In which county are Hailes Abbey, Sudeley Castle and Berkeley Castle? | Hailes Abbey
Hailes Abbey is a Cistercian abbey, two miles northeast of Winchcombe, Gloucestershire, England. It was founded in 1246 as a daughter establishment of Beaulieu Abbey. The abbey was dissolved by Henry VIII in 1539. Now, little remains of the abbey. The site is owned by the National Trust but financed and managed by English Heritage. The ruins are listed Grade I.
History.
The abbey was founded in 1246 by Richard, Earl of Cornwall, the younger brother of King Henry III of England. | In an attempt to earn a living, local people grew tobacco as a cash crop, despite this practice having been outlawed since the Commonwealth. Soldiers were sent in on at least one occasion to destroy the illegal crop.
Notable buildings.
In Winchcombe and the immediate vicinity can be found Sudeley Castle and the remains of Hailes Abbey, which was one of the main centres of pilgrimages in Britain due to a phial possessed by the monks said to contain the Blood of Christ. There is nothing left of the now- | 5,923 | triviaqa-train |
In which country will you find the Negev desert? | the population was estimated at 72,898 out of a total of 75,254 for the Beersheba sub-district. The 1931 census estimated that the population of the Beersheba sub-district was 51,082. This large decrease was considered to be an artifact of incorrect enumeration methods used in 1922. An Arabic history of tribes around Beersheba, published in 1934 records 23 tribal groups.
History State of Israel.
Most of the Negev was earmarked by the November 1947 UN Partition Plan for the future Jewish state. During the 1947-49 War of | hunted until the early 1960s. By 2002, fewer than 11 isolated individuals were estimated to survive in the Judaean Desert and the Negev Highlands. Six males, three females and two unsexed individuals were identified in the country, based on genetic analysis of 268 scats collected. The last wild leopard in the Negev desert was sighted in Sde Boker in 2007, which was so sick it was taken into a sanctuary and died in 2009. In 2010/11, a leopard was sighted in the northern Arabah Valley for the last time. , | 5,924 | triviaqa-train |
Which Frenchman won the Alpine triple-crown at the 1968 Winter Olympics? | -skater Lidia Skoblikova made history by winning all four speed skating events. Her career total of six gold medals set a record for Winter Olympics athletes. Luge was first contested in 1964, but the sport received bad publicity when a competitor was killed in a pre-Olympic training run.
Held in the French town of Grenoble, the 1968 Winter Olympics were the first Olympic Games to be broadcast in colour. There were 1,158 athletes from 37 nations competing in 35 events. French alpine ski racer Jean-Claude Killy became | Triple Crown of Alpine Skiing
The Triple Crown of Alpine Skiing consists of three different types of alpine skiing events. A Triple Crown winner wins all three World Cup titles in one season or all three Gold medals at the Winter Olympic Games in the following:
1. Slalom
2. Giant Slalom
3. Downhill
Only two people have ever accomplished the feat.
- Austrian skier Toni Sailer was the first person to win the Triple Crown of Alpine Skiing at the 1956 Winter Olympics
- At the 1968 | 5,925 | triviaqa-train |
Which former EastEnders actor was once married to Colleen Nolan of The Nolans? | .
In early 2008 she released a DVD, "A Brand New You", produced with Rosemary Conley.
Nolan made her pantomime debut in 2013, playing the fairy godmother at the Manchester Opera House, and reprised the role in 2017 at the Bradford Alhambra, alongside her son Shane as prince charming.
Personal life.
Nolan is the youngest of eight children and the only one born in England. She married Shane Richie in 1990, and they had two sons before splitting up in 1997 and divorcing in | , psychiatrist and professor
- David Henry All-Ireland winning Gaelic Footballer & Former captain of Dublin Gaelic football team
- Dick Hooper Three-time Olympian & four time European Championship athlete
- Pat Hooper, Marathoner, Olympic athlete, long distance runner, Champion of Dublin City Marathon 1979
- Brian Howard, All-Ireland winning Gaelic Footballer
- Richard Maunsell, railway engineer
- The Nolans, an early "girl band" (Linda Nolan, singer, actor, author, and Bernie Nolan, ainger | 5,926 | triviaqa-train |
Which popular, free computer operating system owes its existence to Linus Torvalds? | Linus Torvalds
Linus Benedict Torvalds (; ; born December 28, 1969) is a Finnish-American software engineer who is the creator and, historically, the principal developer of the Linux kernel, which is the kernel for Linux operating systems (distributions) and other operating systems such as Android and Chrome OS. He also created the distributed version control system Git and the scuba dive logging and planning software Subsurface.
He was honored, along with Shinya Yamanaka, with the 2012 Millennium Technology Prize by the Technology Academy Finland " | women's soccer and wrestling.
Notable faculty and staff.
- Craig Lesley – Regional author
- Fariborz Maseeh – Engineer, Philanthropist
Notable alumni.
- Brian Abshire (1998) – Olympics competitor in Steeplechase
- Ron Jones (1998) – Hollywood composer ("Family Guy", "American Dad!")
- Matt Lindland (2000) – Olympics Silver medalist in wrestling, retired Mixed Martial Artist, and former Oregon politician
- Jeff Ogden (1993) – former NFL player | 5,927 | triviaqa-train |
In the UK, what is the value of the letter P in Scrabble? | using one or more tiles to place a word on the board. This word may use one or more tiles already on the board and must join with the cluster of tiles already on the board.
On each turn, the player has three options:
- Pass, forfeiting the turn and scoring nothing
- Exchange one or more tiles for an equal number from the bag, scoring nothing, an option available only if at least seven tiles remain in the bag
- Play at least one tile on the board | (hence the hourglass provided in each Word Yahtzee set) must form words which correspond to points. Each side of every die is printed like a Scrabble tile with a letter and small subscripted number on the lower right corner. One side of one die is marked with a diamond, which acts like the blank tile in Scrabble (can represent any letter, but will have no value).
The corresponding scoresheet, like the parent game, has an Upper and Lower Section. In the Upper Section, points are scored | 5,928 | triviaqa-train |
Kept in many schools, in which landlocked Asian country did the Gerbil originate? | the landlocked Caspian Sea. Mongolia is almost part of this cluster too, being separated from Kazakhstan by only , across Russian or Chinese territory.
There are the following "single" landlocked countries (each of them borders no other landlocked country):
- Africa (2): Eswatini (Swaziland), Lesotho
- Asia (5): Bhutan, Laos, Mongolia, Nepal, West Bank (partially recognized)
- Europe (6): Andorra, Belarus, Luxembourg, Moldova (if Transnistria is | .
However, Uzbekistan's doubly landlocked status depends on the Caspian Sea's status dispute: some countries, especially Iran and Turkmenistan, claim that the Caspian Sea should be considered as a real sea (mainly because this way they would have larger oil and gas fields), which would make Uzbekistan only a simple landlocked country because its neighbours Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan have access to the Caspian Sea.
List of landlocked countries and territories.
They can be grouped in "contiguous" groups as follows:
- Central Asian | 5,929 | triviaqa-train |
Which 1993 Disney film starred Bette Midler and Sarah Jessica Parker as witches? | Best Actress. She has since starred in a number of hit films, which include: "Down and Out in Beverly Hills" (1986), "Ruthless People" (1986), "Outrageous Fortune" (1987), "Big Business" (1988), "Beaches" (1988), "Hocus Pocus" (1993), "The First Wives Club" (1996), "The Stepford Wives" (2004), and "Parental Guidance" (2012). She also starred in | , Row, Row Your Boat". The film ends with Winnie's spellbook opening its eye, revealing it is still alive and the witches could possibly return again.
Cast.
- Bette Midler as Winifred "Winnie" Sanderson
- Kathy Najimy as Mary Sanderson
- Sarah Jessica Parker as Sarah Sanderson
- Omri Katz as Max Dennison
- Thora Birch as Dani Dennison
- Vinessa Shaw as Allison Watts
- Sean Murray as Thackery Binx
- Jason Marsden as voice of Thackery Binx
- Doug | 5,930 | triviaqa-train |
Ruby Catherine Stevens first became famous in the 1930s under which name? | Barbara Stanwyck
Barbara Stanwyck (born Ruby Catherine Stevens; July 16, 1907 – January 20, 1990) was an American actress, model, and dancer. She was a film and television star, known during her 60-year career as a consummate and versatile professional with a strong, realistic screen presence, and a favorite of directors including Cecil B. DeMille, Fritz Lang, and Frank Capra. After a short, but notable, career as a stage actress in the late 1920s, she made 85 films in 38 years in | , Mexico. Growing up in Jalisco he became a fan of "Lucha libre" which was the most popular pastime of the 1930s and 1940s. When he was old enough he began training under famous Jalisco wrestling trainer Diablo Velasco and Miguel Navarrete.
Biography Professional wrestling career.
By 1960 Vargas was ready to make his professional wrestling debut, choosing the name "Ranchero" Vargas as his ring name. In 1962 Vargas became an "enmascarado", or masked wrestler, when he adopted the ring persona "Gato Negro" | 5,931 | triviaqa-train |
Whose music looms large in the novel (and its film version) 'A Clockwork Orange'? | which are accompanied by the music of his favourite composer, Ludwig van Beethoven. Alex becomes nauseated by the films and, fearing the technique will make him sick upon hearing Beethoven, begs for an end to the treatment.
Two weeks later, the Minister demonstrates Alex's rehabilitation to a gathering of officials. Alex is unable to fight back against an actor who taunts and attacks him and becomes ill wanting sex with a topless woman. The prison chaplain complains that Alex has been robbed of his free will; the Minister asserts | A Clockwork Orange
A Clockwork Orange may refer to:
- "A Clockwork Orange" (novel), a 1962 novel by Anthony Burgess
- "A Clockwork Orange" (film), a 1971 film directed by Stanley Kubrick based on the novel
- "A Clockwork Orange" (soundtrack), the film's official soundtrack
- "", a 1972 album by Wendy Carlos featuring music composed for the film
- , a 1987 theatrical adaptation by Anthony Burgess
- Clockwork Orange (plot) | 5,932 | triviaqa-train |
Which hot drink did J S Bach enjoy so much he wrote a cantata for it? | ), and others were almost miniature "buffo" operas (e.g. "Coffee Cantata").
Compositions A cappella music.
Bach's a cappella music includes motets and chorale harmonisations.
Compositions A cappella music Motets.
Bach's motets (BWV 225–231) are pieces on sacred themes for choir and continuo, with instruments playing colla parte. Several of them were composed for funerals. The six motets definitely composed by Bach are , , , , , and . The motet (BWV 231) is part of the composite motet | chorale cantatas meant so much to him, that he included the early chorale cantata for Easter , and added a few chorale cantatas for occasions that were missing.
Music.
Music Scoring and structure.
Bach structured the cantata in six movements. The text and tune of the hymn are kept in the outer choral movements, a chorale fantasia and a four-part closing chorale, which frame a sequence of alternating recitatives and arias. Bach scored the work for three vocal soloists (soprano (S), tenor (T | 5,933 | triviaqa-train |
Who invented the first safety razor in 1895? | in a series of subsequent patents. These models were manufactured under the "Star Safety Razor" brand.
A third pivotal innovation was a safety razor using a disposable double-edge blade that King Camp Gillette submitted a patent application for in 1901 and was granted in 1904. The success of Gillette's invention was largely a result of his having been awarded a contract to supply the American troops in World War I with double-edge safety razors as part of their standard field kits (delivering a total of 3.5 million razors | safety razor – which added a protective guard to a regular straight razor. The first such razor was most likely invented by a French cutler Jean-Jacques Perret circa 1762. The invention was inspired by the joiner's plane and was essentially a straight razor with its blade surrounded by a wooden sleeve. The earliest razor guards had comb-like teeth and could only be attached to one side of a razor; a reversible guard was one of the first improvements made to guard razors.
An early description of a safety razor | 5,934 | triviaqa-train |
What is the capital city of Sicily? | devoid of any forest. In Northern Sicily, there are three important forests; near Mount Etna, in the Nebrodi Mountains and in the Bosco della Ficuzza's Natural Reserve near Palermo. The Nebrodi Mountains Regional Park, established on 4 August 1993 and covering , is the largest protected natural area of Sicily; and contains the largest forest in Sicily, the Caronia. The Hundred Horse Chestnut (Castagno dei Cento Cavalli), in Sant'Alfio, on the eastern slopes of Mount Etna, is the largest and oldest known chestnut tree in | dynasty (1063–1128). The capital, Mahdia, was attacked by the city-states of Genoa and Pisa in 1087 and forced to pay a high ransom - a sign of the growing dominance of Christian powers in the Mediterranean which also manifested itself in the Norman conquest of Sicily (1061–1062).
Tamim's son Yahya ibn Tamim inherited what was left of the Zirid kingdom in 1108. | 5,935 | triviaqa-train |
What is the state capital of New Jersey? | , naming it the Province of New Jersey after the largest of the Channel Islands, Jersey, and granting it as a colony to Sir George Carteret and John Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley of Stratton. New Jersey was the site of several important battles during the American Revolutionary War in the 18th century.
In the 19th century, factories in the cities Camden, Paterson, Newark, Trenton, Jersey City, and Elizabeth (known as the "Big Six"), helped to drive the Industrial Revolution. New Jersey's | , in particular New Jersey and Connecticut. In 2010, SunLight General Capital started construction of several projects in New Jersey, including sites at Bergen County facilities and Teterboro Airport.
In 2011, SunLight General Capital expanded in Connecticut, with the largest solar installation at a public facility in the State, at the Ansonia Board of Education. It is also starting construction on 7 MW in projects in Somerset County, financed with an innovative municipal bond issuance, and was awarded what will be the largest ground mount project at a higher | 5,936 | triviaqa-train |
Whom did a jealous Athena turn into a spider? | she assists the Achaeans and, in the "Odyssey", she is the divine counselor to Odysseus.
In the later writings of the Roman poet Ovid, Athena was said to have competed against the mortal Arachne in a weaving competition, afterwards transforming Arachne into the first spider; Ovid also describes how she transformed Medusa into a Gorgon after witnessing her being raped by Poseidon in her temple. Since the Renaissance, Athena has become an international symbol of wisdom, the arts, and classical learning. Western artists and allegorists have | fictional Balkan nation of Transia. He moved to the United States at the age of eight. Growing up he was socially maladjusted and had no friends. (According to "Spider-Man Family" #4, his mother died when he was young and he was often picked on, which caused him to turn to his puppets for "friendship".)
After he finished college he went into business with Jacob Reiss. Philip was jealous of Reiss' wealth and of his family and decided to sabotage his workplace, | 5,937 | triviaqa-train |
Who was the beautiful sister of the twins Castor and Pollux and mother to Hermione? | Helen of Troy and Clytemnestra.
In Latin the twins are also known as the Gemini (literally "twins") or Castores, as well as the Tyndaridae or Tyndarids. When Castor was killed, Pollux asked Zeus to let him share his own immortality with his twin to keep them together, and they were transformed into the constellation Gemini. The pair were regarded as the patrons of sailors, to whom they appeared as St. Elmo's fire. They were also associated with horsemanship, in keeping with their origin as the | beautiful daughters of Leucippus, Phoebe and Hilaeira were promised brides of their cousins, Idas and Lynceus. Because of their beauty, the twins Castor and Pollux who were inflamed with love, carried off the maidens. Trying to recover their lost brides-to-be, the two Messenian princes, took to arms and joined the celebrated fight between them and their rival suitors. During the battle, Castor killed Lynceus while Idas, at his brother's death, forgot both the strife and bride, and started to bury his brother | 5,938 | triviaqa-train |
Jocasta was the wife of Laius and the mother of which other famous individual? | Laius
In Greek mythology, King Laius (pronounced ), or Laios () of Thebes was a key personage in the Theban founding myth.
Family.
Laius was the son of Labdacus and the father of his murderous son, Oedipus by Jocasta.
Mythology.
Mythology Abduction of Chrysippus.
After the death of his father Labdacus, Laius was raised by the regent Lycus but Amphion and Zethus usurped the throne of Thebes. Some Thebans, wishing to see the line of Cadmus continue, smuggled the young Laius | and Zethus having died in his absence, Laius became king of Thebes upon his return.
Mythology Later misfortunes.
After the rape [doubtful - sources?] of Chrysippus, Laius married Jocasta or Epicasta, the daughter of Menoeceus, a descendant of the Spartoi. Laius received an oracle from Delphi which told him that he must not have a child, or the child would kill him and marry his wife; in another version, recorded by Aeschylus, Laius is warned that he can only save the city if he dies | 5,939 | triviaqa-train |
In the 'Eagle', who was Dan Dare's greatest enemy? | fiction comic strip of any significance. Readers were thrilled by the square-jawed British spaceman's weekly exploits, and his struggles with The Mekon.
While Morris (who by now had resigned from St James) edited the magazine from Hulton's premises at Shoe Lane in London, the comic was created in a converted bakery in the Churchtown district of Southport. The building was described by "Eagle" artist Greta Tomlinson as "very basic, a flagstone floor and a tin roof; there was cold running water in the | to the capital cities. Warlocks can summon others with the help of group members. Meeting stones now work like warlocks summoning spells, without the use of a soul shard. Rogues also have a form of teleportation, Shadow step, an ability that makes the rogue appear behind an enemy.
List of fiction containing teleportation Comics.
- The "Dan Dare" adventures in the "Eagle" used a "telesender", originally invented by the Treens. A running joke was that Dan Dare's assistant Digby always arrived upside | 5,940 | triviaqa-train |
As leader of the Teen Titans, ‘Robin’ aka Dick Grayson took on which other identity? | Robin included "Star Spangled Comics" #65–130 (1947–1952), which was the character's first solo feature. Robin made regular appearances in Batman related comic books and other DC Comics publications from 1940 through the early 1980s until the character set aside the Robin identity and became the independent superhero Nightwing. The team of Batman and Robin has commonly been referred to as the "Caped Crusaders" or "Dynamic Duo".
The character's second incarnation Jason Todd first appeared in "Batman" #357 (1983). | 1970s.
In 1980, Grayson once again takes up the role of leader of the Teen Titans, now featured in the monthly series "The New Teen Titans", which became one of DC Comics' most beloved series of the era.
Teen Titans Emancipation.
Dick continues his adventures with Batman, and begins studying law at Hudson University. However, Robin loses interest in his studies and starts to take on solo missions, and finds himself to be a capable crime-fighter. Shortly afterward, the mysterious Raven | 5,941 | triviaqa-train |
Agrippina married her uncle, later having him poisoned. Which Roman Emperor was he? | family pushed him into the background. When the Arch of Pavia was erected to honor the Imperial clan in 8 AD, Claudius' name (now Tiberius Claudius Nero Germanicus after his elevation to paterfamilias of Claudii Nerones on the adoption of his brother) was inscribed on the edge—past the deceased princes, Gaius and Lucius, and Germanicus' children. There is some speculation that the inscription was added by Claudius himself decades later, and that he originally did not appear at all.
When Augustus died in AD 14 | AD), the senator and general who led the Roman conquest of Britain in 43 AD, for which he later received a military ovation, and who governed Roman Britain until 47 AD. A younger Aulus Plautius, probably their son, was murdered by the emperor Nero, supposedly because Nero's mother Agrippina had fallen in love with him and encouraged him to bid for the throne.
In 43 AD Pomponia's relative Julia, daughter of her uncle Drusus Julius Caesar, was executed on the orders of her maternal uncle, | 5,942 | triviaqa-train |
Besides Agatha Christie who is the most widely translated English author? | she worked as a pharmacy assistant at University College Hospital, London, acquiring a good knowledge of poisons which feature in many of her novels.
"Guinness World Records" lists Christie as the best-selling novelist of all time. Her novels have sold roughly 3 billion copies, and her estate claims that her works come third in the rankings of the world's most-widely published books, behind only Shakespeare's works and the Bible. According to Index Translationum, she remains the most-translated individual author, having | besides being one of the most widely read books of its time in German was speedily translated into several European languages, including English. The author was hailed as the "German Plato," or the "German Socrates"; royal and other aristocratic friends showered attentions on him, and it was said that "no stranger who came to Berlin failed to pay his personal respects to the German Socrates."
Life Lavater.
So far, Mendelssohn had devoted his talents to philosophy and criticism; now, however, an incident | 5,943 | triviaqa-train |
In 1934, who wrote 'The Thin Man'? | The Thin Man (film)
The Thin Man is a 1934 American pre-Code comedy-mystery film directed by W. S. Van Dyke and based on the novel of the same name by Dashiell Hammett. The film stars William Powell and Myrna Loy as Nick and Nora Charles, a leisure-class couple who enjoy copious drinking and flirtatious banter. Nick is a retired private detective who left his very successful career when he married Nora, a wealthy heiress accustomed to high society. Their wire-haired fox terrier Asta is | I was with him until the last day of his life.
Following the success of the movie version of "The Thin Man" in 1934, Hammett was commissioned to work on screenplays for sequels. During the course of this work, he wrote "After the Thin Man" and "Another Thin Man", which, discovered amongst Hammett's papers in 2011, together with instructions by Hammett for incorporation of additional elements written by screenwriters Albert Hackett and Frances Goodrich, were edited by Hammett's biographer Richard Layman in collaboration | 5,944 | triviaqa-train |
Who was the author of 'Gulliver's Travels'? | Gulliver's Travels
Gulliver's Travels, or Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. In Four Parts. By Lemuel Gulliver, First a Surgeon, and then a Captain of Several Ships is a prose satire of 1726 by the Irish writer and clergyman Jonathan Swift, satirising both human nature and the "travellers' tales" literary subgenre. It is Swift's best known full-length work, and a classic of English literature. Swift claimed that he wrote "Gulliver's Travels" "to vex the world rather | support a lawsuit against Faulkner. With Swift's reaction used as a basis, the lawsuit was later seen as a struggle between the rights of Irishmen to print material that were denied under English law.
Background.
Background Benjamin Motte.
Motte was a London publisher who took over Benjamin Tooke's publishing business, which printed many of Swift's earlier works. In 1726, Swift sent Motte a copy of "Gulliver's Travels" to be printed anonymously. Motte took great care to protect the identity of the author, | 5,945 | triviaqa-train |
Who wrote the stories 'Billy Budd' and 'Moby Dick'? | Moby-Dick
Moby-Dick; or, The Whale is an 1851 novel by American writer Herman Melville. The book is sailor Ishmael's narrative of the obsessive quest of Ahab, captain of the whaling ship "Pequod", for revenge on Moby Dick, the giant white sperm whale that on the ship's previous voyage bit off Ahab's leg at the knee. A contribution to the literature of the American Renaissance, the work's genre classifications range from late Romantic to early Symbolist. "Moby-Dick" | , he wrote "Billy Budd". Melville's house in Lansingburgh, New York, houses the Lansingburgh Historical Society. In 2010, a species of extinct giant sperm whale, "Livyatan melvillei", was named in honor of Melville. The paleontologists who discovered the fossil were fans of "Moby-Dick" and dedicated their discovery to the author.
Selected bibliography.
- "Typee: A Peep at Polynesian Life" (1846)
- "Omoo: A Narrative of Adventures in the South Seas" | 5,946 | triviaqa-train |
Who was nicknamed 'Queen of the Blues', but was later elevated to 'Empress'? | first decades of the 20th century blues music was not clearly defined in terms of a particular chord progression. With the popularity of early performers, such as Bessie Smith, use of the twelve-bar blues spread across the music industry during the 1920s and 30s. Other chord progressions, such as 8-bar forms, are still considered blues; examples include "How Long Blues", "Trouble in Mind", and Big Bill Broonzy's "Key to the Highway". There are also 16-bar blues, such as Ray Charles | Downhearted Blues" by its co-writer Alberta Hunter had previously been released by Paramount Records). Smith became a headliner on the T.O.B.A. circuit and rose to become its top attraction in the 1920s. Working a heavy theater schedule during the winter and performing in tent shows the rest of the year (eventually traveling in her own railroad car), Smith became the highest-paid black entertainer of her day. Columbia nicknamed her "Queen of the Blues," but the press soon upgraded her title to "Empress of the | 5,947 | triviaqa-train |
Who famously set James Thomson's poem, 'Rule, Britannia' to music? | Revolution of 1688.
In 1740, he collaborated with Mallet on the masque "Alfred" which was first performed at Cliveden, the country home of Frederick, Prince of Wales. Thomson's words for "Rule Britannia", written as part of that masque and set to music by Thomas Arne, became one of the best-known British patriotic songs – quite apart from the masque which is now virtually forgotten. The Prince gave him a pension of £100 per annum. He had also introduced him to George Lyttelton | remained a prominent painter of nudes, but made conscious efforts to try to reflect moral lessons in his work.
Subject.
"Musidora" is based on "", a poem by the Scottish poet and playwright James Thomson (best known today as the author of "Rule, Britannia!"). "Summer" was initially published in 1727 and was republished in an altered form in 1730 along with Thomson's "Winter" (1726), "Spring" (1728) and "Autumn" (1730 | 5,948 | triviaqa-train |
At the beginning of a game of chess, which pieces are found on b1, b8, g1 and g8? | Knight Moves" is about a chess grandmaster who is accused of being a serial killer. "Pawn Sacrifice", starring Tobey Maguire as Bobby Fischer and Liev Schreiber as Boris Spassky, depicts the drama surrounding the 1972 World Chess Championship in Iceland during the Cold War.
Prohibition in Islam.
In 1979 in Islamic Republic of Iran, Grand Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini issued a religious fatwa ruling against chess on the grounds that it "excessively fatigues the brain" and constitutes gambling. The same Ayatollah lifted the ban in 1988, | having fewer to unite.
Strategy Example game.
The above moves illustrated the rules, but not necessarily good play. The following moves are more typical of expert play.
Black plays b1-b3. The checker moves two squares vertically, because there are two checkers in the file: b1 and b8. This move gives White no opportunity to capture, and threatens to hem in the pieces on the a-file.
White moves h4-f2. The checker moves two spaces because there are two checkers in the diagonal: h4 | 5,949 | triviaqa-train |
Which poker variant features cards referred to as 'the flop' or 'the river'? | casinos against the house include three card poker and pai gow poker.
Computer programs.
A variety of computer poker players have been developed by researchers at the University of Alberta, Carnegie Mellon University, and the University of Auckland amongst others.
In a January 2015 article published in "Science", a group of researchers mostly from the University of Alberta announced that they "essentially weakly solved" heads-up limit "Texas Hold 'em" with their development of their Cepheus poker bot. The authors claimed that Cepheus | Wild card (cards)
A wild card in card games is one that may be used to represent any other playing card, sometimes with certain restrictions. These may be jokers, for example in Rummy games, or ordinary ranked and suited cards may be designated as wild cards ("deuces wild" in Poker is a common variant). A card which is not wild may be referred to as a natural card.
Use.
In most cases, the wild card or cards must be agreed upon by all | 5,950 | triviaqa-train |
Now at 38 St Mary Axe, London, which ‘exchange’ started in a coffee house in 1744? | Baltic Exchange
The Baltic Exchange (incorporated as The Baltic Exchange Limited) is a membership organisation for the maritime industry, and freight market information provider for the trading and settlement of physical and derivative contracts. It was located at 24–28 St Mary Axe, London, until the building was destroyed by a bomb in 1992, and is now located at 38 St Mary Axe. It has further offices in Europe and across Asia.
Overview.
Its international community of 650 member companies encompasses the majority of world shipping interests and | became popular and was suspended indefinitely the same year. Volumes in the dry cargo contracts dwindled over the years, and the contracts ceased trading due to lack of liquidity in 2001.
Premises.
The exchange was located at 24–28 St Mary Axe in the City of London until it was destroyed in a 1992 bomb, and is now located at 38 St Mary Axe, London. It has further offices in Europe and across Asia.
External links.
- Official web site, www.balticexchange.com | 5,951 | triviaqa-train |
By what other name is La Giaconda much better known? | have been commissioned for their new home, and to celebrate the birth of their second son, Andrea. The Italian name for the painting, "La Gioconda", means "jocund" ("happy" or "jovial") or, literally, "the jocund one", a pun on the feminine form of Lisa's married name, "Giocondo". In French, the title "La Joconde" has the same meaning.
Before that discovery, scholars had developed several alternative views as to the subject | Gioconda coffee bar
La Gioconda was a cafe at 9 Denmark Street in London's Tin Pan Alley, where musicians such as David Bowie and Elton John would eat and meet other people in the music business. The premises subsequently became the Barino coffee bar. The name was then revived as the Giaconda Dining Room in 2008 which expanded to the Giaconda Dining Rooms before being renamed La Giaconda and then closing in 2014.
External links.
- Gavin Sutherland on "Tin Pan Alley"
- Mrs Tsk on David Bowie | 5,952 | triviaqa-train |
Between 1901 and 1904 Which painter’s career was described as his 'Blue period' ? | Picasso's Blue Period
The Blue Period () is a term used to define the works produced by Spanish painter Pablo Picasso between 1901 and 1904 when he painted essentially monochromatic paintings in shades of blue and blue-green, only occasionally warmed by other colors. These somber works, inspired by Spain and painted in Barcelona and Paris, are now some of his most popular works, although he had difficulty selling them at the time.
This period's starting point is uncertain; it may have begun in Spain in the | and qualified for the bar at Lincoln's Inn. He began his career as a clerk in the Colonial Office in 1879.
From 1896 to 1899, he worked on a Boundary Arbitration between British Guiana and Venezuela, for which he was appointed a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) in the 1900 New Year Honours list on 1 January 1900, and was invested by Queen Victoria at Windsor Castle on 1 March 1900. From 1901 to 1904 he worked on another boundary commission between British Guiana | 5,953 | triviaqa-train |
Which 17th century Dutch painter did the forger Hans van Meegeren most often copy? | , and he set out to become an artist himself. Art critics, however, decried his work as tired and derivative, and van Meegeren felt that they had destroyed his career. He decided to prove his talent to the critics by forging paintings of some of the world's most famous artists, including Frans Hals, Pieter de Hooch, Gerard ter Borch, and Johannes Vermeer. He so well replicated the styles and colours of the artists that the best art critics and experts of the time regarded his paintings as genuine and | administrator
- Henk Kamp (born 1952), Dutch politician and Minister of Economic Affairs
- Hans Kuypers (1925–1989), Dutch neuroscientist
- Harry Lubse (born 1951), Dutch retired footballer
- Henricus Martellus Germanus, Latinized name of Heinrich Hammer, German geographer and cartographer who worked in Florence from 1480 to 1496
- Henricus Madathanus, pseudonym of Adrian von Mynsicht (1603–1638), German alchemist
- Han van Meegeren (1889–1947), Dutch painter and notorious art forger
- Hans van Mierlo ( | 5,954 | triviaqa-train |
Based on real events, which 2005 film earned Steven Spielberg his 6th Oscar nomination? | Saving Private Ryan" (1998). He has largely adhered to this practice during the 21st century, with "Munich" (2005), "Lincoln" (2012), "Bridge of Spies" (2015), and "The Post" (2017).
He co-founded Amblin Entertainment and DreamWorks Studios, where he has also served as a producer or executive producer for several successful film trilogies, tetralogies and more including the "Gremlins", "Back to the Future", "Men in | garnered his first Oscar nomination for his score in Fernando Meirelles's film adaptation of "The Constant Gardener" (2005). Iglesias also composed the score for "The Kite Runner" (2007), based on Khaled Hosseini's 2003 novel of the same name. He earned his second Oscar nomination for that score.
In 2008, Iglesias composed Steven Soderbergh's 2008 two part biopic, "Che" (2008), starring Benicio del Toro as Che Guevara.
That same year, Iglesias composed the music for | 5,955 | triviaqa-train |
Which Oscar winner played the title role in the 1964 Hollywood film 'The Pawnbroker'? | The Pawnbroker (film)
The Pawnbroker is a 1964 American drama film directed by Sidney Lumet, starring Rod Steiger, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Brock Peters, Jaime Sánchez and Morgan Freeman in his feature film debut. The screenplay was an adaptation by Morton S. Fine and David Friedkin from the novel of the same name by Edward Lewis Wallant.
The film was the first produced entirely in the United States to deal with the Holocaust from the viewpoint of a survivor. It earned international acclaim for Steiger, launching his career as an | The Lesson" by Eugene Ionesco, "The Maids" by Jean Genet and Tony Kushner's adaptation of Pierre Corneille's "L'Illusion Comique".
His film career started in 2008 when he landed the main villain’s role in the movie "Bale Pandya" directed by Siddharth Chandrasekhar. He has acted in a major role in the critically acclaimed "Vidiyum Munn" which was inspired by the British film "London to Brighton". He also played the role of the history teacher in the multi-Oscar winner Hollywood film | 5,956 | triviaqa-train |
He died in 1965, who has a statue in Dockwray Square, North Shields (erected in 1989)? | in his grandparents' house on 16 June 1890 in Argyll Street, Ulverston, Lancashire, to Arthur Jefferson, a theatre manager from Bishop Auckland, and Margaret (née Metcalfe), an actress from Ulverston. He was one of five children.
His parents were both active in the theatre and always very busy. In his early years, Laurel spent much time living with his maternal grandmother, Sarah Metcalfe. He attended school at King James I Grammar School in Bishop Auckland, County Durham, and the King's School | him again." He was interred in Forest Lawn–Hollywood Hills Cemetery.
Legacy and honours.
Laurel and Hardy are featured on the cover of the Beatles' 1967 album "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band". In 1989, a statue of Laurel was erected in Dockwray Square, North Shields, Tyne and Wear, England, where he lived at No. 8 from 1897 to 1902. The steps down from the Square to the North Shields Fish Quay were said to have inspired the piano- | 5,957 | triviaqa-train |
Which order in the class Insecta includes the butterflies, skippers, and moths? | the National Museum of Natural History (Washington), and partly on estimates:
External morphology.
Lepidoptera are morphologically distinguished from other orders principally by the presence of scales on the external parts of the body and appendages, especially the wings. Butterflies and moths vary in size from microlepidoptera only a few millimeters long, to conspicuous animals with a wingspan greater than 25 centimetres, such as the Queen Alexandra's birdwing and Atlas moth.
Lepidopterans undergo a four-stage life cycle: egg; larva or caterpillar; pupa | three groups of butterflies share many characteristics, especially in the egg, larval, and pupal stages. However, skippers have the antennae clubs hooked backward like a crochet hook, while the typical butterflies have club-like tips to their antennae, and moth-butterflies have feathered or pectinate (comb-shaped) antennae similar to moths. Skippers also have generally stockier bodies and larger compound eyes than the other two groups, with stronger wing muscles in the plump thorax, in this resembling many moths more than the other two butterfly | 5,958 | triviaqa-train |
Broccoli belongs to which family of plants? | Broccoli
Broccoli is an edible green plant in the cabbage family ("Brassicas") whose large flowering head and stalk is eaten as a vegetable. The word "broccoli" comes from the Italian plural of "", which means "the flowering crest of a cabbage", and is the diminutive form of "brocco", meaning "small nail" or "sprout".
Broccoli is classified in the Italica cultivar group of the species "Brassica oleracea". Broccoli has large flower heads, usually dark green | broccoli near strawberries, the strawberries will be left untouched.
Cabbage aphids, from the genus "Brevicoryne" of the family Aphididae, are grayish-green, but a waxy covering gives them a grayish-white to powdery blue appearance.
Predator defense mechanism.
Cabbage aphids produce a myrosinase (beta-thioglucoside glucohydrolase) enzyme in head and thoracic muscles; the aphids also uptake glucosinolates, particularly sinigrin, from the plants on which they feed, storing the glucosinolates in their haemolymph. (Glucosinolates are natural defenses for | 5,959 | triviaqa-train |
Which festival in the Western Church gave its name to a bay and city of S.W. Texas? | while many have recently arrived, some Tejanos have ancestors with multi-generational ties to 18th century Texas. In addition to the descendants of the state's former slave population, many African American college graduates have come to the state for work recently in the New Great Migration. Recently, the Asian population in Texas has grown—primarily in Houston and Dallas. Other communities with a significantly growing Asian American population is in Austin, Corpus Christi, San Antonio, and the Sharyland area next McAllen, Texas. Three federally recognized Native | coast and has a maximum width of . Important regional communities, including Galveston and Texas City, are located along the bay. While the City of Houston proper does not adjoin the bay, its limits do extend southward to encompass the NASA Johnson Space Center and the community of Clear Lake.
Clear Lake, which gives the aforementioned community its name, is a tidal lake with brackish water located on the western side of Galveston Bay. Covering about , the lake is fed by Clear Creek and inflow from the bay. Ultimately | 5,960 | triviaqa-train |
Who was the famous mother of politician Shirley Williams? | as Adviser on Nuclear Proliferation to Prime Minister Gordon Brown. She served as an active member of the House of Lords, until announcing her retirement in January 2016, and is currently Professor Emerita of Electoral Politics at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, among numerous other activities.
Early life and education.
Born in Chelsea, London, Williams was the daughter of the political scientist and philosopher Sir George Catlin and the feminist and pacifist writer Vera Brittain. She was educated at various schools, including Mrs | with a 10-woman crew; Petula Clark, the popular singer; Megan Lloyd George, the politician and feminist; Queen Elizabeth I of England; Bette Davis, the film star; Saint Claudia; Saint Darerca and the famous Queen Boudica, who led British resistance against the Romans.
Other biographies include the singers Charlotte Church and Shirley Bassey; the athlete Tanni Grey-Thompson; Nell Gwyn, the mistress of Charles II; Saint Helena, mother of Constantine the Great; and the actress Catherine Zeta-Jones.
Also | 5,961 | triviaqa-train |
Whom did both Debbie Reynolds and Elizabeth Taylor marry? | to return to work only three weeks later. She later stated that she "in a way ... became Maggie", and that acting "was the only time I could function" in the weeks after Todd's death.
During the production, Taylor's personal life drew further public attention when she began an affair with singer Eddie Fisher, whose marriage to actress Debbie Reynolds had been idealized by the media as the union of "America's sweethearts". The affair – and Fisher's subsequent divorce – changed Taylor's | which she was also co-executive producer. It starred her mother Debbie Reynolds, as well as Elizabeth Taylor, Joan Collins and Shirley MacLaine.
In addition to acting and writing original works, Fisher was one of the top script doctors in Hollywood, working on the screenplays of other writers. She did uncredited polishes on movies in a 15-year stretch from 1991 to 2005. She was hired by George Lucas to polish scripts for his 1992 TV series "The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles" and the dialogue for the "Star | 5,962 | triviaqa-train |
What was the name of William Wordsworth's sister? | , before which it was generally known as "the poem to Coleridge". Wordsworth was Britain's poet laureate from 1843 until his death from pleurisy on 23 April 1850.
Early life.
The second of five children born to John Wordsworth and Ann Cookson, William Wordsworth was born on 7 April 1770 in what is now named Wordsworth House in Cockermouth, Cumberland, part of the scenic region in northwestern England known as the Lake District. William's sister, the poet and diarist Dorothy Wordsworth, to whom he was | Poole, states, "Whether it had any reality I cannot say. Most probably, in some gloomier moment he had fancied the moment when his sister might die."
Coleridge's reference was to the state of Lucy as dying or dead within the Lucy poems as a whole and to "A slumber" in particular. Although Lucy cannot be established, it is certain that there is a relationship between the name Lucy and Wordsworth's sister within Wordsworth's poetry since Wordsworth used the name Lucy in reference to | 5,963 | triviaqa-train |
The 'Giant's Causeway' and nearby Bushmills, famed for its distillery are in which county? | Bushmills
Bushmills is a village on the north coast of County Antrim, Northern Ireland. Bushmills had 1,319 inhabitants in the 2001 Census. It is located from Belfast, from Ballycastle and from Coleraine. The village owes its name to the River Bush and to a large watermill that was built there in the early 17th century.
Demography.
Bushmills is classified as a village by the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA). On Census day (29 April 2001) there were 1,319 people living in Bushmills. | coastal resorts of Portstewart and Portrush. Together these three towns make up an area known as the 'Triangle'. The campus is also a short drive from the spectacular Causeway Coast; one of the most scenic stretches of coastline in Europe. The Causeway Coast is an area of outstanding beauty, which boasts the Giant's Causeway (UNESCO World Heritage site), the oldest whiskey distillery in the world (Old Bushmills Distillery), blue flag beaches and championship golf courses. There are also ample opportunities for hiking, fishing and | 5,964 | triviaqa-train |
Which Yorkshire city has two city-centre railway stations, Kirkgate and Westgate? | Pudsey, Rotherham, Sheffield, Todmorden (partly in Lancashire until 1888, when fully incorporated into Yorkshire) and Wakefield. Major centres elsewhere in the riding included Harrogate and Ripon.
Within the industrial region, other urban districts included Bingley, Bolton on Dearne, Castleford, Cleckheaton, Elland, Featherstone, Handsworth, Hoyland Nether, Liversedge, Mexborough, Mirfield, Normanton, Rawmarsh, Rothwell, Saddleworth, Shipley, Skipton, Sowerby Bridge, Stanley, Swinton, Thornhill, Wath-upon-Dearne, Wombwell and Worsborough. | . It can be regarded as one of the Yorkshire Dales, though as it passes though the city, it is often not recognised as such. The beck's course through the city centre is culverted and has been since the mid 19th century. On the 1852 Ordnance Survey map it is visible as far as Sun Bridge, at the end of Tyrrell Street, and then from beside Bradford Forster Square railway station on Kirkgate. On the 1906 Ordnance Survey, it disappears at Tumbling Hill Street, off Thornton Road, and appears | 5,965 | triviaqa-train |
At the Kennington Oval in 1872, who did Wanderers beat in the very first FA Cup final? | Wanderers F.C.
Wanderers Football Club is an English amateur football club based in London. Founded as Forest Football Club in 1859, the club changed its name to Wanderers in 1864. Comprising mainly former pupils of the leading English public schools, Wanderers was among the dominant teams of the early years of organised football and won the Football Association Challenge Cup (known in the modern era as the FA Cup) on five occasions, including defeating Royal Engineers in the first FA Cup final in 1872.
The club played only friendly matches | The Engineers played in [[1872 FA Cup Final|the first-ever FA Cup Final]] in 1872, losing 1–0 at [[Kennington Oval]] on 16 March 1872, to regular rivals Wanderers. They also lost the [[1874 FA Cup Final]], to [[Oxford University A.F.C.]].
Their greatest triumph was the [[1874–75 FA Cup]]. In [[1875 FA Cup Final|the final]] against [[Old Etonians F.C.|Old Etonians]], they drew 1–1 with | 5,966 | triviaqa-train |
Built in 1776, which T was the name of the first submarine used for military purposes? | bilge of the ship. With the death of Peter I in January 1725 Nikonov lost his principal patron and the Admiralty withdrew support for the project.
The first American military submarine was "Turtle" in 1776, a hand-powered egg-shaped (or acorn-shaped) device designed by the American David Bushnell, to accommodate a single man. It was the first submarine capable of independent underwater operation and movement, and the first to use screws for propulsion. However, according to British naval historian Richard Compton- | Gold Cup, the Doncaster Cup is part of Britain's Stayers' Triple Crown for horses capable of running longer distances.
The St Leger Stakes
Ten years later the Racecourse moved to its present location and in 1776 Colonel Anthony St. Leger founded a race in which five horses ran. This race has remained in existence and become the world's oldest classic horse race. During the first world war the racecourse was used for military purposes and substitute races were run at Newmarket from 1915 to 1918.
Doncaster has the distinction | 5,967 | triviaqa-train |
Which 1980 historical novel is narrated by a young Benedictine monk, Adso of Melk? | such as the Strega Prize in 1981 and Prix Medicis Étrangère in 1982, and was ranked 14th on "Le Monde" 100 Books of the Century list.
Plot summary.
In 1327, Franciscan friar William of Baskerville and Adso of Melk, a Benedictine novice travelling under his protection, arrive at a Benedictine monastery in Northern Italy to attend a theological disputation. This abbey is being used as neutral ground in a dispute between Pope John XXII, and the Friars Minor, who are suspected of heresy.
The monastery | Benedictine one in the novel), he and his mentor, Franciscan friar William of Baskerville, traveled to a Benedictine abbey in northern Italy where the Franciscans were to debate with Papal emissaries the poverty of Christ. The abbey boasts a famed scriptorium where scribes copy, translate or illuminate books. The monk Adelmo of Otranto —a young but famous manuscript illuminator— was suspiciously found dead on a hillside below a tower with only a window which cannot be opened. The abbot seeks help from William, who is renowned for his | 5,968 | triviaqa-train |
Which late, regular on Radio 4's 'Just a Minute' had served as Liberal MP for Isle of Ely? | Freud, Derek Nimmo, Beryl Reid and Wilma Ewart as panellists. The chairman was originally planned to be Jimmy Edwards but he was unavailable on Sundays, the proposed recording dates, and was replaced by Nicholas Parsons who was originally supposed to be a panel member. Parsons did not want the job and only reluctantly took it, just for the pilot episode. After the show settled in, again he found himself in the role of a straight man for the panellists. Although executives at the BBC disliked the pilot, its producer | Unionist candidate. He was born in London and educated at Winchester College. He was the son of Baron Melchett, a former Liberal MP who had joined the Unionists in 1926. From 1915 Henry Mond served in World War I with the South Wales Borderers but was wounded in 1916. He then joined some of his father's businesses, becoming a director of Brunner, Mond and Co. He had also been a Liberal MP, having sat for the Isle of Ely from 1923-24 when he was defeated, standing as a | 5,969 | triviaqa-train |
Which regular on Radio 4's 'Just a Minute' has served as Tory MP for the City of Chester? | time). The recording used for the theme is of David Haines.
In 2018, Nicholas Parsons was unable to attend the recording of two editions of the programme as he had the flu. This broke his uninterrupted run of fifty years as a performer on the programme. The episodes were recorded on 1 April 2018 with Gyles Brandreth standing in for Parsons and were broadcast on 4 and 11 June 2018.
Rules.
The panellists are invited, in rotation, to speak for one minute on a given subject ( | .
Gorman was a regular alongside Geoff Lloyd on Virgin Radio's "The Geoff Show", also appearing on the same presenter's "Hometime Show". Following the rebranding of the station to Absolute Radio, Gorman joined the station as a presenter himself. He has made many appearances on Channel 5's "The Wright Stuff", and has appeared on several episodes of Radio 4's "Just a Minute". Gorman was also the "Curator" for John Lloyd's BBC Radio 4 series "Museum of Curiosity | 5,970 | triviaqa-train |
Which animal forms the body of the great sphinx of Giza in Egypt? | were not used as beasts of burden until the Late Period. There is also evidence to suggest that elephants were briefly utilized in the Late Period but largely abandoned due to lack of grazing land. Dogs, cats, and monkeys were common family pets, while more exotic pets imported from the heart of Africa, such as Sub-Saharan African lions, were reserved for royalty. Herodotus observed that the Egyptians were the only people to keep their animals with them in their houses. During the Late Period, the worship of the | an event in Moscow's Red Square right beside the Kremlin, using it as their backdrop. Not only that, they were also given permission to base an event at the Giza Plateau in Egypt with the Great Sphinx of Giza in the background. Red Bull X-Fighters then marked past in its quarter century with another return to its long serving Madrid. Australian Robbie Maddison had a special surprise in store for the Spanish fans pulling off a body varial. A first ever seen trick in the competition, Maddison went on to | 5,971 | triviaqa-train |
Who sang the theme for the James Bond film ‘Thunderball’? | work well if the song did not have the title of the film in its lyrics. Barry then teamed up with lyricist Don Black and wrote "Thunderball", which was sung by Tom Jones, who according to Bond production legend, fainted in the recording booth when singing the song's final note. Jones said of it, "I closed my eyes and I held the note for so long when I opened my eyes the room was spinning."
Country musician Johnny Cash also submitted a song to Eon productions titled | . This appeal is what attracts us, and ultimately what makes us despair when we begin to understand how seldom movies are more than this." The title itself is a reference to the character of James Bond, who was often referred to as "Mr Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang" in international markets; the original theme song for the 1965 Bond film "Thunderball" was to have had this title.
The book is now out-of-print in the United States, but is still published in the United | 5,972 | triviaqa-train |
What was former US President Richard Nixon’s religion? | parents were Hannah (Milhous) Nixon and Francis A. Nixon. His mother was a Quaker, and his father converted from Methodism to the Quaker faith. Through his mother, Nixon was a descendant of the early American settler Thomas Cornell, who was also an ancestor of Ezra Cornell, the founder of Cornell University, as well as of Jimmy Carter and Bill Gates.
Nixon's upbringing was marked by evangelical Quaker observances of the time such as refraining from alcohol, dancing, and swearing. Nixon had four brothers: Harold | 's Enemies List is the informal name of what started as a list of President Richard Nixon’s major political opponents compiled by Charles Colson, written by George T. Bell [1] (assistant to Colson, special counsel to the White House) and sent in memorandum form to John Dean on September 9, 1971. The list was part of a campaign officially known as “Opponents List” and “Political Enemies Project.” The official purpose, as described by the White House Counsel’s Office, was to “screw” | 5,973 | triviaqa-train |
Auskerry, Burray and Cava are part of which Scottish island group? | Westray
Westray is one of the Orkney Islands in Scotland, with a usual resident population of just under 600 people. Its main village is Pierowall, with a heritage centre, the 15th-century Lady Kirk church and pedestrian ferry service to Papa Westray.
Geography and geology.
With an area of , it is the sixth largest of the Orkney Islands. The underlying geology is Rousay type Middle Old Red Sandstone, the flagstones of which make excellent building materials. There is very little peat and the soil is noted | islet), tidal islets only separated at higher stages of the tide, or skerries which are only exposed at lower stages of the tide.
In the vicinity of:
- Auskerry: Lunga Skerries, Oessen Skerry, The Clett.
- Calf of Eday: Lashy Skerries, The Bow.
- Cava: Barrel of Butter.
- Copinsay: Black Holm, Corn Holm, Horse of Copinsay, Scarf Skerry, Sow Skerry, Ward Holm.
- Eday: Green Holm, Red Holm, Rusk | 5,974 | triviaqa-train |
Puck Bay lies off the shore of which European country? | Bay of Puck
The Bay of Puck or Puck Bay (, ), is a shallow western branch of the Bay of Gdańsk in the southern Baltic Sea, off the shores of Gdańsk Pomerania, Poland. It is separated from the open sea by the Hel Peninsula.
The bay has an average depth of to . There is a shallow sand-bank from Rewa to Kuźnica in the middle of Hel Peninsula. The bay, historically also known as the "Bay of Putzig" (; ), is available only for | in the 1740s, and emerged as a leader. Nicolas gave permission to English traders from Pennsylvania to build a trading post, which they called Fort Sandusky, on the northern shore of Sandusky Bay in 1745. It was near the carrying or portage place across the peninsula, between the bay and the Portage River at Lake Erie. This was the first such European post in Ohio Country.
The English were reportedly driven off by French soldiers from Fort Detroit in 1748-1749, as the French tried to control trade in | 5,975 | triviaqa-train |
Rikki-Tikki-Tavi is the creation of which author? | Rikki-Tikki-Tavi
"Rikki-Tikki-Tavi" is a short story in the 1894 anthology "The Jungle Book" by Rudyard Kipling about the adventures of a valiant young Indian mongoose. It has often been anthologised, and has been published several times as a short book.
Plot.
The story follows the experiences of a mongoose named Rikki-Tikki-Tavi (after his chattering vocalizations) after he becomes the pet of a British family residing in India as protection against cobras. He becomes friendly | Sauce for the Mongoose
"Sauce for the Mongoose: The Story of a Real-Life Rikki-tikki-tavi" () by Bruce Kinloch is a non-fiction tale of how a family adopts a baby mongoose who they name "Pipa", the word for barrel in Swahili.
The book also contains black and white plates in the center with pictures of the author, his family and Pipa. | 5,976 | triviaqa-train |
What was the nickname of American Civil War General Thomas Jackson? | His tactics are studied even today. His death proved a severe setback for the Confederacy, affecting not only its military prospects, but also the morale of its army and the general public. After Jackson's death, his military exploits developed a legendary quality, becoming an important element of the ideology of the "Lost Cause".
Early life.
Early life Ancestry.
Thomas Jonathan Jackson was the great-grandson of John Jackson (1715/1719–1801) and Elizabeth Cummins (also known as Elizabeth Comings and Elizabeth Needles) ( | It is also alleged by Chinese bloggers that Pa provided weapons and support during the Angolan Civil War.
Current situation.
Sam Pa is said to be the President of the China International Fund (CIF) and named by an American Congressional report to be involved in what the report dubbed the "88 Queensway Group" of businesses. This is not the legal name of the group, but rather a nickname referring to the fact that all the businesses were registered at a company formation agent's offices in Two Pacific Place, | 5,977 | triviaqa-train |
What number of points come after 15 in a game of tennis? | early 19th centuries, as real tennis declined, new racket sports emerged in England.
The invention of the first lawn mower in 1830, in Britain, is believed to have been a catalyst, for the preparation of modern-style grass courts, sporting ovals, playing fields, pitches, greens, etc. This in turn led to the codification of modern rules for many sports, including lawn tennis, most football codes, lawn bowls and others.
History Origins of the modern game.
Between 1859 and 1865 Harry | large number of double faults and when a couple of these come in the same game it puts her at a sizeable disadvantage. In her first round match at Wimbledon 2008 against Alona Bondarenko she served a total of ten aces, seven double faults and won 68% of the points behind her first serve. She also hit 45 winners and 48 unforced errors during this match, a statistic which demonstrates her aggressive, high-risk attitude to tennis. Renowned tennis coach Nick Bollettieri saw South play during her first round match against his | 5,978 | triviaqa-train |
What is the English name of the American game of checkers? | variation called three-move restriction checkers. As of December 2007, this makes English draughts the most complex game ever solved.
Computational complexity.
Generalized Checkers is played on an N × N board.
It is PSPACE-hard to determine whether a specified player has a winning strategy. And if a polynomial bound is placed on the number of moves that are allowed in between jumps (which is a reasonable generalization of the drawing rule in standard Checkers), then the problem is in PSPACE, thus it is | Island.
The Portuguese name "Quiçama" is spelled in English and other languages as "Kissama, Kisama" or "Quicama". The spelling "Kissama" in English is the closest to the Portuguese phonetic.
History.
What is now Quiçama National Park was formed as a game reserve in 1938. In January 1957, it was proclaimed a national park by the Portuguese administration of the Overseas Province of Angola.
The park once was home to an abundance of large game animals such as elephants and Giant | 5,979 | triviaqa-train |
In the NATO Phonetic Alphabet, what word represents the letter ‘U’? | , Uniform, Victor, Whiskey, X-ray, Yankee, Zulu.
Strict adherence to the prescribed spelling wordsincluding the apparently misspelled "Alfa" and "Juliett"is required in order to avoid the problems of confusion that the spelling alphabet is designed to overcome. As noted in a 1955 NATO memo:
International adoption.
After the phonetic alphabet was developed by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) (see history below) it was adopted by many other international and national organizations, including the International Telecommunication Union ( | the word "alpha" is used as a synonym for this property.
The proportionality operator "∝" (in Unicode: U+221D) is sometimes mistaken for alpha.
The uppercase letter alpha is not generally used as a symbol because it tends to be rendered identically to the uppercase Latin A.
Uses International Phonetic Alphabet.
In the International Phonetic Alphabet, the letter ɑ, which looks similar to the lower-case alpha, represents the open back unrounded vowel.
History and symbolism.
History and symbolism Etymology. | 5,980 | triviaqa-train |
Which Afro-Caribbean religion is also known as ‘The Rule of Osha’? | Africa, these traditions include Berber and ancient Egyptian.
There are also notable African diasporic religions practiced in the Americas, such as Santeria, Candomble, Vodun, Lucumi, Umbanda, and Macumba.
Specific religions Iranian.
Iranian religions are ancient religions whose roots predate the Islamization of Greater Iran. Nowadays these religions are practiced only by minorities.
Zoroastrianism is based on the teachings of prophet Zoroaster in the 6th century BCE. Zoroastrians worship the creator Ahura Mazda. In Zoroastrianism, good and evil have distinct sources, with | Afro-American religion
Afro-American religion (also known as African diasporic religions) are a number of related religions that developed in the Americas in various nations of Latin America, the Caribbean, and in the state of Louisiana in the Southern United States. They derive from traditional African religions with some influence from other religious traditions, notably Christianity.
Characteristics.
Afro-American religions involve veneration of the dead, and include a creator deity along with a pantheon of divine spirits such as the Orisha, Loa, | 5,981 | triviaqa-train |
Who was President of France from 1969 to 1974? | and a second time in 1974 after Georges Pompidou's death. In this situation, the president of the Senate becomes Acting President of the Republic; they do not become the new President of the Republic as elected and therefore do not have to resign from their position as President of the Senate. In spite of his title as Acting President of the Republic, Poher is regarded in France as a former president and is listed in the presidents' gallery on the official presidential website. This is in contrast to acting presidents from the | National Centre for Scientific Research from 1957 to 1962, president of CNES from 1962 to 1967, and president of the Bureau des Longitudes from 1967 to 1969.
Coulomb was the President of the Société astronomique de France (SAF), the French astronomical society, from 1958-1960.
From 1967 to 1971, he was also president of the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG), and from 1972 to 1974 of the International Council for Science (ICSU).
In 1960, he was elected to | 5,982 | triviaqa-train |
The Macroplaze (or La Gran Plaza), one of the largest plazas in the world, is located in which Mexican city? | Macroplaza
The Macroplaza or La Gran Plaza is a town square or plaza located in the heart of the city of Monterrey, Mexico.
The Macroplaza was built in the early 1980s during the governorship of Alfonso Martínez Domínguez. The construction of the Macroplaza required the demolition of several old buildings and houses including a famous movie theater.
The Macroplaza is the seventh-largest plaza in the world. It has an extension of 400,000 square metres consisting of various monuments, smaller plazas and gardens.
One of the most iconic | Jalpa, Zacatecas
Jalpa is located in the Mexican state of Zacatecas, close to the border with Jalisco and Aguascalientes and about a two hours drive south of the capital city, Zacatecas. Jalpa is a colonial-style city, with cobble stone streets, narrow walkways, two main churches: El Señor de Jalpa and La Parroquia de San Antonio, and two plazas. Jalpa was modeled by the French in the 19th century. In the middle of the plaza is a kiosk which remains in good shape today, after hundreds | 5,983 | triviaqa-train |
How many English kings feature in the titles of Shakespeare plays? | , but is traditionally observed on 23 April, Saint George's Day. This date, which can be traced to a mistake made by an 18th-century scholar, has proved appealing to biographers because Shakespeare died on the same date in 1616. He was the third of eight children, and the eldest surviving son.
Although no attendance records for the period survive, most biographers agree that Shakespeare was probably educated at the King's New School in Stratford, a free school chartered in 1553, about a quarter-mile | of the Holy Roman Empire and/or it indicating that Dante had a favourable opinion of Henry, due to his unusual piety.
The plays of William Shakespeare do not feature Henry as a significant character (unlike many other medieval kings), and within modern popular culture, Henry III has a minimal presence and has not been a prominent subject of films, theatre or television.
Historical novels which feature Henry III as a character include "Longsword, Earl of Salisbury: An Historical Romance" (1762) by Thomas Leland, | 5,984 | triviaqa-train |
Which was the first state in the US to ban smoking in public places? | .
In America, California's 1998 smoking ban encouraged other states such as New York to implement similar regulations. California's ban included a controversial restriction upon smoking in bars, extending the statewide ban enacted in 1994. there were 37 states with some form of smoking ban. Some areas in California began banning smoking across whole cities, including every place except residential homes. More than 20 cities in California enacted park- and beach-smoking restrictions. In recent years New York City has passed administrative codes §17-502 and | within 100 yards of any educational institution was brought into force from 1 December 2004.
Legislation Regional smoking bans.
On 12 July 1999, Kerala became the first state in India to ban smoking in public places when a Division Bench of the Kerala High Court declared "public smoking as illegal first time in the history of whole world, unconstitutional and violative of Article 21 of the Constitution." The Bench, headed by Dr. Justice K. Narayana Kurup, held that "tobacco smoking" in public places (in the form of | 5,985 | triviaqa-train |
What is the name of the world’s first test-tube baby, born on 25th July 1978 in Manchester, England? | Louise Brown
Louise Joy Brown (born 25 July 1978) is an English woman known for being the first human to have been born after conception by "in vitro" fertilisation, or IVF.
Birth and early life.
Louise Joy Brown was born at Oldham General Hospital, Oldham, by planned Caesarean section delivered by registrar John Webster. She weighed 5 pounds, 12 ounces (2.608 kg) at birth. Her parents, Lesley and John Brown, had been trying to conceive for nine years. Lesley | resulted in a test tube baby, later named as "Durga" (alias Kanupriya Agarwal) who was born on 3 October 1978. However, state authorities prevented him from presenting his work at scientific conferences and, in the absence of scientific evidence, his work is not recognised by the international scientific community. These days, however, Mukhopadhyay's contribution is acknowledged in works dealing with the subject.
First boy and transformation from pure research to treatment.
Steptoe and Edwards were responsible for the world’s first confirmed boy | 5,986 | triviaqa-train |
Who plays the title role in the US television series ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’? | Sarah Michelle Gellar), the latest in a line of young women known as "Vampire Slayers", or simply "Slayers". In the story, Slayers or the 'Chosen Ones' are "called" (chosen by fate) to battle against vampires, demons, and other forces of darkness. Buffy wants to live a normal life, but as the series progresses, she learns to embrace her destiny. Like previous Slayers, Buffy is aided by a Watcher, who guides, teaches, and trains her. | Willow Rosenberg
Willow Danielle Rosenberg is a fictional character created for the fantasy television series "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" (1997–2003). She was developed by Joss Whedon and portrayed throughout the TV series by Alyson Hannigan.
Willow plays an integral role within the inner circle of friends—called the Scooby Gang—who support Buffy Summers, a teenager gifted with superhuman powers to defeat vampires, demons, and other evil in the fictional town of Sunnydale. The series begins as Buffy, Willow, and their friend Xander are | 5,987 | triviaqa-train |
In 2012, which film director became the first solo diver to reach the bottom of the Mariana Trench in a submarine? | James Cameron
James Francis Cameron (born August 16, 1954) is a Canadian filmmaker and environmentalist who currently lives in New Zealand and the United States. After working in special effects, he found major success since directing and writing the science fiction action film "The Terminator" (1984). He then became a popular Hollywood director and was hired to write and direct "Aliens" (1986); three years later he followed up with "The Abyss" (1989). He found further critical acclaim for his | person to accomplish the trip solo. He was preceded by unmanned dives in 1995 and 2009 and by Jacques Piccard and Don Walsh, who were the first men to reach the bottom of the Mariana Trench aboard the Bathyscaphe Trieste in 1960. Cameron has made a three-dimensional film of his dive. During his dive to the Challenger Deep, the data he collected resulted in interesting new finds in the field of marine biology, including new species of sea cucumber, squid worm, and giant single-celled amoeba, which are | 5,988 | triviaqa-train |
The Nanpu Bridge is in which Chinese city? | Nanpu Bridge
The Nanpu Bridge (), in Shanghai, China, sister bridge to the Yangpu Bridge, is one of the main bridges in Shanghai.
The cable-stayed bridge was designed by the Shanghai Municipal Engineering Design Institute, Shanghai Urban Construction College, and Shanghai Urban Construction Design Institute, with assistance from Holger S. Svensson. It has a main span of 428 meters (1,388 ft), shorter than its sister bridge. It is the 57th longest cable-stayed bridge in the world, opened to | Luoxi Island
Luoxi Island () is an island in Dashi Town (), Panyu District, Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province,China. It is located in the northeast of Nanpu Island to the south of Haizhu Island and to the west of Xiaoguwei Island. It is about in area and connects to the Guangzhou urban area via the Luoxi Bridge (), Xinguang Bridge () and Panyu Bridge ().
Luoxi Bridge was the first toll road built in China, when Hong Kong tycoon Henry Fok invested into this | 5,989 | triviaqa-train |
What was actress Rita Hayworth’s last film? | debut in "Step on a Crack" was cancelled for undisclosed health reasons. "The Money Trap" (1964) paired her, for the last time, with good friend Glenn Ford. She continued to act in films until the early 1970s. She made comedic television appearances on "Laugh In" and "The Carol Burnett Show" in the 1970s. Her last film was "The Wrath of God" (1972).
Career Struggles with Columbia Pictures.
Hayworth had a strained relationship with Columbia Pictures for many | Special Inspector
Special Inspector, also known as Across the Border, is a 1938 Canadian/American international co-production crime film, directed by Leon Barsha. It stars Charles Quigley, Rita Hayworth, and George McKay. Rita Hayworth’s second Canadian film for Columbia Pictures shot in Victoria, B.C.. Charles Quigley plays an American Special Inspector on an assignment to capture a gang smuggling furs from Canada into the United States. | 5,990 | triviaqa-train |
The second full moon occurring within a calendar month is known as a ‘what’ Moon? | along with all other Jewish holidays are dependent on the dates of the new moons.
Lunar and lunisolar calendars Intercalary months.
In lunisolar calendars, an intercalary month occurs seven times in the 19 years of the Metonic cycle, or on average every 2.7 years (19/7). In the Hebrew Calendar this is noted with a periodic extra month of Adar in the early spring.
Lunar and lunisolar calendars Intercalary months Blue moon.
In the modern system of "traditional" full moon names tied to the solstice and equinox points, | Thinla (month)
Thinlā (Nepal Bhasa: थिंला) is the second month in the Nepal Era calendar, the national lunar calendar of Nepal. The month corresponds to Margashirsha (मार्गशीर्ष) in the Hindu lunar calendar and roughly matches December in the Gregorian calendar.
Thinlā begins with the new moon and the full moon falls on the 15th of the lunar month. The month is divided into the bright and dark fortnights which are known as Thinlā Thwa (थिंला थ्व) and Thinlā Gā (थिंला गा) respectively. | 5,991 | triviaqa-train |
Which explorer took the three ships, Nina, Pinta and Santa Maria on his journey to the New World? | , though most were already inhabited. From the perspective of many non-Europeans, the Age of Discovery marked the arrival of invaders from previously unknown continents.
Global exploration started with the Portuguese discoveries of the Atlantic archipelagos of Madeira and the Azores in 1419 and 1427, the coast of Africa after 1434 and the sea route to India in 1498; and from the Crown of Castile (Spain), the trans-Atlantic voyages of Christopher Columbus to the Americas between 1492 and 1502 and the first circumnavigation of the globe in | . The whole company in all three ships likely numbered 90 men (Santa Maria-40, La Nina-24, La Pinta-26) although some historians cite 120 men.
Replicas.
A replica of "La Pinta" was built by the Spanish government for the Columbian Naval Review of 1893. Along with replicas of "Santa María" and "La Niña", it participated in the review.
Replicas are on display at
- the Wharf of the Caravels (Spanish: Muelle de las Carabelas) in Palos de la Frontera | 5,992 | triviaqa-train |
Cheeser, Six-er and Laggies are all terms used in which children’s game? | Conkers
Conkers is a traditional children's game in the British Isles played using the seeds of horse chestnut trees—the name 'conker' is also applied to the seed and to the tree itself. The game is played by two players, each with a conker threaded onto a piece of string: they take turns striking each other's conker until one breaks.
Origins.
The first mention of the game is in Robert Southey's memoirs published in 1821. He describes a similar game, but played with snail | Stehenbleiber" ("traffic-lights-on-red-stopper"), "Warmduscher" ("warm-showerer"), "Unterhosen-Wechsler" ("underpants changer"), or "Schattenparker" ("in the shadow parker"). Especially among children there are several fixed terms of this type, like "Spielverderber" ("game spoiler").
Note: The suffix "-er" is also used to form instrument nouns, e.g. "Salzstreuer" and "Bohrer" also | 5,993 | triviaqa-train |
What is the name of the fairy in the play ‘Peter Pan’ by J M Barrie? | into a million pieces, and they all went skipping about. That was the beginning of fairies." Fairies are seen in Neverland, in "Peter and Wendy", the novel version of J. M. Barrie's famous Peter Pan stories, published in 1911, and its character Tinker Bell has become a pop culture icon. When Peter Pan is guarding Wendy from pirates, the story says, "After a time he fell asleep, and some unsteady fairies had to climb over him on their way home from an orgy. | Peter Llewelyn Davies
Peter Llewelyn Davies MC (25 February 1897 – 5 April 1960) was the middle of five sons of Arthur and Sylvia Llewelyn Davies, one of the Llewelyn Davies boys befriended and later informally adopted by J. M. Barrie. Barrie publicly identified him as the source of the name for the title character in his play "Peter Pan, or The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up". This public identification as "the original Peter Pan" plagued Davies throughout his life, which ended in suicide. He was | 5,994 | triviaqa-train |
What type of drink is claret? | and Liliorila.
In the late 1960s Sémillon was the most planted grape in Bordeaux. Since then it has been in constant decline although it still is the most common of Bordeaux's white grapes. Sauvignon blanc's popularity on the other hand has been rising, overtaking Ugni blanc as the second most planted white Bordeaux grape in the late 1980s and now being grown in an area more than half the size of that of the lower yielding Sémillon.
Wineries all over the world aspire to making wines in a Bordeaux style. | as a songwriter.
In August 2013 Claret wrote the theme song "I'm Serious" for Bravo's "Eat, Drink, Love".
In January 2015, Claret & her husband released a song "Daisy Bell" under the name of Tour Crush.
On September 10, 2014 Claret began a Pledge Campaign for her "No Good Way To Die" EP which was 100% funded within 24 hours.
Personal life.
Claret, along with Thrice drummer Riley Breckenridge, wrote a monthly advice | 5,995 | triviaqa-train |
How many compartments does a cow’s stomach have? | secretory activity of the stomach and the motor (motion) activity of its muscles.
In adult humans, the stomach has a relaxed, near empty volume of about 75 millilitres. Because it is a organ, it normally expands to hold about one litre of food. The stomach of a newborn human baby will only be able to retain about 30 millilitres. The maximum stomach volume in adults is between 2 and 4 litres.
Structure Sections.
In classical anatomy the human stomach is divided into four sections, beginning at | pathways, contributing to disorders such as obesity and colon cancer. Alternatively, in the event of a breakdown of the gut epithelium, the intrusion of gut flora components into other host compartments can lead to sepsis.
Role in disease Ulcers.
"Helicobacter pylori" can cause stomach ulcers by crossing the epithelial lining of the stomach. Here the body produces an immune response. During this response, parietal cells are stimulated and release extra hydrochloric acid (HCl) into the stomach. However, the response does not stimulate the mucus | 5,996 | triviaqa-train |
In humans, what is the name of the front cutting teeth? | Incisor
Incisors (from Latin "incidere", "to cut") are the front teeth present in most mammals. They are located in the premaxilla above and on the mandible below. Humans have a total of eight (two on each side, top and bottom). Opossums have 18, whereas armadillos have none.
Structure.
Adult humans normally have eight incisors, two of each type. The types of incisor are:
- maxillary central incisor (upper jaw, closest to the center of the | plate in front, to which the blade is attached by clips and a pivoted catch, said plate having bars or teeth at its lower edge, and the lower plate having an opening, for the purpose set forth", which is, to "insure a smooth bearing for the plate upon the skin, while the teeth or bars will yield sufficiently to allow the razor to sever the hair without danger of cutting the skin." The Kampfe Brothers produced razors under their own name following the 1880 patent and improved the design | 5,997 | triviaqa-train |
What is the name of the man in the 1969 5th Dimension hit single ‘Wedding Bell Blues’? | Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In (The Flesh Failures)", "Wedding Bell Blues", "One Less Bell to Answer", "Never My Love", "(Last Night) I Didn't Get to Sleep at All", and "The Magic Garden" LP.
The five original members were Billy Davis Jr., Florence La Rue, Marilyn McCoo, Lamonte McLemore, and Ronald Townson. They have recorded for several labels over their long careers. Their first work appeared on the Soul City label | Wedding Bell Blues
"Wedding Bell Blues" is a song written and recorded by Laura Nyro in 1966. The best known version was a number one hit for the 5th Dimension in 1969.
The lyrics are written from the perspective of a woman whose boyfriend has not yet proposed to her, and who wonders, "am I ever gonna see my wedding day?" The song carries dual themes of adoring love and frustrated lament.
The title subsequently became a popular phrase in American pop culture.
Laura | 5,998 | triviaqa-train |
Which King of England was known as ‘The Unready’? | Æthelred the Unready
Æthelred II (Old English: "Æþelræd", ; 966 – 23 April 1016), known as the Unready, was King of the English from 978 to 1013 and again from 1014 until his death. His epithet does not derive from the modern word "unready", but rather from the Old English "unræd" meaning "poorly advised"; it is a pun on his name, which means "well advised".
Æthelred was the son of King Edgar and Queen Ælfthryth | Presto.
- Niagara Region Transit's operators are also interested in adopting the farecard.
Fares.
Participating transit systems have different fares and fare policies when using the Presto card compared to traditional fare media; generally, passengers receive a discount using Presto compared to cash fares. The implementation of the Presto card has also unified the fare categories of GO Transit and local transit agencies, with local transit agencies adopting the GO Transit standard: local transit agencies used to have different age limits for child and senior fares and different | 5,999 | triviaqa-train |
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