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Which EU country’s national anthem, “The Royal March”, has no official words? | modern period, some European monarchies adopted royal anthems. Some of these anthems have survived into current use. "God Save the King/Queen", first performed in 1619, remains the royal anthem of the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth realms. "La Marcha Real", adopted as the royal anthem of the Spanish monarchy in 1770, was adopted as the national anthem of Spain in 1939. Denmark retains its royal anthem, "Kong Christian stod ved højen mast" (1780) alongside its national anthem ("Der | follows:
Thus, although Philip Gbeho’s composition is still being used, the current lyrics beginning "God Bless our Homeland Ghana" do not originate from him.
Michael Kwame Gbordzoe, who became a scientist by profession, has drawn the attention of the Ghana Government to the fact that although his lyrics have been adopted for the country’s national anthem since the 1970s, there has so far been no official Ghana Government recognition for his work, which may be attributed to the abrupt changes in regimes in Ghana in the | 7,100 | triviaqa-train |
Mercenary soldiers from which country were described as “Wild Geese”? | Hesse-Kassel. This resulted in their American opponents referring to all of the mercenaries as "Hessians", whether the Germans were actually from Hesse-Kassel or not.
The Spanish Army also made use of permanently established foreign regiments. These comprised three Irish regiments (Irlanda, Hiberni and Ultonia); one Italian (Naples) and five Swiss (Wimpssen, Reding, Betschart, Traxer and Preux). In addition one regiment of the Royal Guard including Irishmen as "Patten", "McDonnell" and "Neiven | as technical adviser for the film "The Wild Geese," the fictional story of a group of mercenary soldiers hired to rescue a deposed African president. "Colonel Alan Faulkner" (played by Richard Burton) was patterned on Hoare. At least one of the actors in the film, Ian Yule, had been a mercenary under Hoare's command, before which he had served in the British Parachute Regiment and Special Air Service (SAS). Of the actors playing mercenaries, four had been born in Africa, two were | 7,101 | triviaqa-train |
Which major US city’s metropolitan area is clustered around Puget Sound? | Fuca, and the Strait of Georgia. Sometimes the terms "Puget Sound" and "Puget Sound and adjacent waters" are used for not only Puget Sound proper but also for waters to the north, such as Bellingham Bay and the San Juan Islands region.
The term "Puget Sound" is used not just for the body of water but also the Puget Sound region centered on the sound. Major cities on the sound include Seattle, Tacoma, Olympia, and Everett, Washington. Puget Sound is also the third | Bellevue, WA Metropolitan Statistical Area. The western portion of the county, facing Puget Sound and other bodies of water, has the majority of its population and cities. The eastern portion of the county is mountainous and is part of the Cascade Mountains and the Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest, with few settlements along major rivers.
Etymology.
"Snohomish" comes from the name of the largest Native American tribe in the area when settlers arrived in the 19th century. The name is spelled as "Sdoh-doh | 7,102 | triviaqa-train |
Which material when crushed for recycling is known as “cullet”? | magnetic field induces an electric current around the aluminum cans, which in turn creates a magnetic eddy current inside the cans. This magnetic eddy current is repulsed by a large magnetic field, and the cans are ejected from the rest of the recyclate stream.
Finally, glass is sorted according to its color: brown, amber, green, or clear. It may either be sorted by hand, or via an automated machine that uses colored filters to detect different colors. Glass fragments smaller than across cannot be sorted automatically | is the process that puts us all in front of new realities.
Philosophy The concept of Regeneration.
The concept of Regeneration enlivens the artistic history of the movement since its origins. The plastic, chosen material of the movement, has the eternal property of being crushed and reshaped into other sculptures. The artworks are designed to inspire sensibility in recycling plastic for the environment while leaving a significant artistic value to the world we live in. Recycling plastic means to subtract toxic destruction which devastates nature, as well as creating plastic artworks | 7,103 | triviaqa-train |
Which country’s burgeoning film industry is nicknamed “Nollywood”? | Cinema of Nigeria
The cinema of Nigeria, often referred to informally as Nollywood, consists of films produced in Nigeria; its history dates back to as early as the late 19th century and into the colonial era in the early 20th century. The history and development of the Nigerian motion picture industry is sometimes generally classified in four main eras: the Colonial era, Golden Age, Video film era and the emerging New Nigerian cinema.
Film as a medium first arrived to Nigeria in the late 19th century, in the form | Abdul Salam Mumuni
Abdul Salaam Mumini is a Ghanaian film maker who helped revive the Ghana Film Industry, which declined between 1998 and 2000.
Career.
His first film, which brought attention back to the film industry in Ghana, was "God Loves Prostitutes", which starred Nollywood star Genevieve Nnaji. Salaams Venus Film Production is responsible for the discovery of the likes of Van Vicker, Jackie Aygemang, Nadia Buari and a host of emerging others.
Credits.
- "Return of Beyonce"
- | 7,104 | triviaqa-train |
Who, in August this year, was announced as the new “Dr Who” Doctor? | is currently portrayed by Jodie Whittaker, who took on the role after Peter Capaldi's exit in the 2017 Christmas special "Twice Upon a Time".
Premise.
"Doctor Who" follows the adventures of the title character, a rogue Time Lord from the planet Gallifrey who goes by the name "the Doctor". The Doctor fled Gallifrey in a stolen TARDIS ("Time and Relative Dimension in Space"), a time machine that travels by materialising into and dematerialising out of the time vortex. The TARDIS | partner and fellow "Saturday Night Live" alumna of Fey, was originally cast to portray Jenna. Dratch played the role in the show's original pilot, but in August 2006, Jane Krakowski was announced as Dratch's replacement. Executive producer Lorne Michaels announced that while Dratch would not be playing a series regular, she would appear in various episodes in a different role. In this episode, Dratch played Dr. Beauvoir, Liz's doctor.
Jason Sudeikis, who played Floyd in this episode, has appeared in the main | 7,105 | triviaqa-train |
What visible features of a concert harp have the same function as a piano’s black keys? | written in B.
Parts Pedals.
Pedals were first used in 1697. Pedal harps use the mechanical action of pedals to change the pitches of the strings. The seven pedals each affect the tuning of all strings of one pitch-class. The pedals, from left to right, are D, C, B on the left side and E, F, G, A on the right. Each pedal attaches to a rod or cable in the column of the harp, which connects to a mechanism in the neck. | ".
On October 17, 2008, she was an opening act for fellow Akron-area musicians Devo at a special benefit concert at the Akron Civic Theater for then-presidential candidate Barack Obama. The Black Keys, another Akron-based band, and the then up-and-coming solo artist, Rachel Roberts, performed prior to her.
Hynde features as guest vocalist on Ray Davies' 2009 Christmas single "Postcard From London" and Morrissey's "Years of Refusal" the same year.
Hynde | 7,106 | triviaqa-train |
Which kingdom was formed by the 7th century unification of Bernicia and Deira? | Kingdom of Northumbria
The Kingdom of Northumbria (; ; ) was a medieval Anglian kingdom in what is now Northern England and south-east Scotland. The name derives from the Old English "Norþan-hymbre" meaning "the people or province north of the Humber", which reflects the approximate southern limit to the kingdom's territory, the Humber Estuary. Northumbria started to consolidate into one kingdom in the early seventh century, when the two earlier core territories of Deira and Bernicia entered into a dynastic union. At its height | Sheffield City Trust
Sheffield City Trust is a registered charity in the United Kingdom that owns and/or manages twelve entertainment and sports venues in Sheffield, England.
Charitable objectives.
The Trust was established in 1988 with three charitable objects:
- provide recreational and other leisure facilities of a high standard and as economically as possible
- promote the physical health of the inhabitants of the City of Sheffield
- encouragement of the Arts, and the acquisition, preservation, restoration and maintenance of buildings of historical interest in Sheffield. | 7,107 | triviaqa-train |
Who was the first monarch to style himself “King of the English” and “King of All Britain”? | Kingdom of England
The Kingdom of England (Anglo-Norman and ) was a sovereign state on the island of Great Britain from 927, when it emerged from various Anglo-Saxon kingdoms until 1707, when it united with Scotland to form the Kingdom of Great Britain.
On 12 July 927, the various Anglo-Saxon kingdoms were united by Æthelstan (r. 927–939) to form the Kingdom of England. In 1016, the kingdom became part of the North Sea Empire of Cnut the Great, a personal union between | England as James I after what was known as the "Union of the Crowns". Although England and Scotland were in personal union under one monarch – James I became the first monarch to style himself "King of Great Britain" in 1604 – they remained two separate kingdoms. James I's successor, Charles I, experienced frequent conflicts with the English Parliament related to the issue of royal and parliamentary powers, especially the power to impose taxes. He provoked opposition by ruling without Parliament from 1629 to 1640, unilaterally levying taxes | 7,108 | triviaqa-train |
Which baseball legend is the subject of the 2013 biopic, “42”? | the Moon" (1999), Foxx as Ray Charles in "Ray" (2004), and Eddie Redmayne as Stephen Hawking in "The Theory of Everything" (2014).
In rare cases, sometimes called auto biopics, the subject of the film plays himself or herself: Jackie Robinson in "The Jackie Robinson Story"; Muhammad Ali in "The Greatest"; Audie Murphy in "To Hell and Back"; Patty Duke in "Call Me Anna"; Bob Mathias in "The Bob Mathias | . Hopper was posthumously inducted into the International League Hall of Fame in 2009.
Personal.
Hopper lived in Greenwood, Mississippi. He worked as a cotton broker during the baseball offseason.
Hopper is portrayed by Brett Cullen in "42", the 2013 biopic about Robinson. | 7,109 | triviaqa-train |
Which 1989 baseball movie had the tagline “If you build it, he will come”? | Field of Dreams
Field of Dreams is a 1989 American fantasy-drama sports film written and directed by Phil Alden Robinson, adapting W. P. Kinsella's novel "Shoeless Joe". It stars Kevin Costner, Amy Madigan, James Earl Jones, Ray Liotta and Burt Lancaster in his final film role. It was nominated for three Academy Awards, including for Best Original Score, Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Picture.
In 2017, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of | Hit List (1989 film)
Hit List is a 1989 action–thriller movie directed by William Lustig. The tagline for the movie was: ""They attacked the wrong woman... They kidnapped the wrong child... And they made the wrong man their target."" The film was produced by Cinetel Films and was distributed in US theaters by New Line Cinema and in Canadian theaters by Cineplex Odeon Films and on VHS format by RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video, but has been out of print for some time. | 7,110 | triviaqa-train |
Also the name of the local dialect, what is the term for an inhabitant of Monaco? | ruled Monaco, with brief interruptions, since 1297. The official language is French, but Monégasque, Italian, and English are widely spoken and understood. The state's sovereignty was officially recognized by the Franco-Monegasque Treaty of 1861, with Monaco becoming a full United Nations voting member in 1993. Despite Monaco's independence and separate foreign policy, its defense is the responsibility of France. However, Monaco does maintain two small military units.
Economic development was spurred in the late 19th century with the opening of the country | any collective name, while others again state that 'Bandjalang', besides being the specific name of one of the local groups, was also in use as a covering term for alI. For convenience I am doing the same.'
Adding to the confusion is the use of multiple names by different groups, i.e. what one group calls another may not be what it calls itself, or the name of a dialect may change, e.g. Terry crowley was originally told "Wehlubal" for the Baryulgil dialect, while a later researcher | 7,111 | triviaqa-train |
Which band’s eponymous front man is married to BAFTA-winning actress Carey Mulligan? | . Bradley Cooper who in the audience and visited her backstage carried her to urgent care.
In 2017, Mulligan was cast as Gloria Steinem in the Dee Rees film, "An Uncivil War".
Personal life.
Mulligan is married to Marcus Mumford, the lead singer of Mumford & Sons. They were childhood pen pals who lost touch and reconnected as adults. A few weeks after wrapping production on the film "Inside Llewyn Davis", in which they were both involved, they married on 21 April 2012 | Mulligan (surname)
Mulligan is a surname originating from Ireland, coming from the Irish "Ó Maolagain" literally meaning "grandson of the bald man".
- Andy Mulligan (author), English writer
- Blackjack Mulligan, American professional wrestler and American football player
- Buck Mulligan, given name Malachi Mulligan, fictional character in James Joyce's novel Ulysses
- Carey Mulligan, British actress
- Charles Mulligan, American sculptor
- Cynthia Mulligan, Canadian television personality
- David Mulligan, New Zealand | 7,112 | triviaqa-train |
Of which modern country does the former kingdom of Bohemia form a major part? | Czech Republic
The Czech Republic (; ), also known by its short-form name, Czechia (; ), is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west, Austria to the south, Slovakia to the east and Poland to the northeast. The Czech Republic has a landlocked and hilly landscape that covers an area of with a mostly temperate continental climate and oceanic climate. It is a unitary parliamentary republic, with /1e6 round 1 million inhabitants. Its capital and largest city is Prague, with 1.3 | West Slavic tribes of Bohemians settled in the area, "assimilated the remaining Celtic and Germanic populations", and formed a principality in the 9th century, which was part of Great Moravia, in form of Duchy of Bohemia and later Kingdom of Bohemia, the predecessors of the modern republic.
The Czech diaspora is found in notable numbers in the United States, Canada, Israel, Austria, Germany, Slovakia, Switzerland, Italy, the United Kingdom, Australia, Russia, Argentina and Brazil, among others.
Ethnology | 7,113 | triviaqa-train |
Of which longer mountain range do the Transylvanian Alps form the southern arm? | Southern Carpathians
The Southern Carpathians (also known as the Transylvanian Alps; are a group of mountain ranges located in southern Romania. They cover the part of the Carpathian Mountains located between the Prahova River in the east and the Timiș and Cerna Rivers in the west. To the south they are bounded by the Balkan mountain range.
Heights.
The Southern Carpathians are the second highest group of mountains in the Carpathian Mountain range (after Tatra), reaching heights of over 2,500 meters. Although considerably smaller than the Alps | Southern Alps
The Southern Alps / Kā Tiritiri o te Moana is a mountain range extending along much of the length of New Zealand's South Island, reaching its greatest elevations near the range's western side. The name "Southern Alps" generally refers to the entire range, although separate names are given to many of the smaller ranges that form part of it.
The range includes the South Island's Main Divide, which separates the water catchments of the more heavily populated eastern side of the island from those on the | 7,114 | triviaqa-train |
Which epic poem, attributed to Homer, tells a history of the Trojan Wars? | Homer "wrote a Sequel of Songs and Rhapsodies, to be sung by himself for small Earnings and good Cheer at Festivals and other Days of Merriment; the "Ilias" he wrote for men, and the "Odysseis" for the other Sex. These loose songs were not collected together in the Form of an epic Poem till Pisistratus' time, about 500 Years after."
Friedrich August Wolf's "Prolegomena ad Homerum", published in 1795, argued that much of the material later incorporated into the "Iliad | Cypria
The Cypria ( "Kúpria"; Latin: "Cypria") is a lost epic poem of ancient Greek literature, which has been attributed to Stasinus and was quite well known in classical antiquity and fixed in a received text, but which subsequently was lost to view. It was part of the Epic Cycle, which told the entire history of the Trojan War in epic hexameter verse. The story of the "Cypria" comes chronologically at the beginning of the Epic Cycle, and is followed by that of the | 7,115 | triviaqa-train |
Which Shakespeare play has the siege of Troy as its setting? | Iliad", set in the last year of the siege. Some of the others include "Troades" by Euripides, "Troilus and Criseyde" by Geoffrey Chaucer, "Troilus and Cressida" by William Shakespeare, "Iphigenia" and "Polyxena" by Samuel Coster, "Palamedes" by Joost van den Vondel and "Les Troyens" by Hector Berlioz.
Films based on the Trojan War include "Helen of Troy" (1956), "The Trojan Horse" (1961) and "Troy" (2004 | Arboretum's programme Shakespeare in the Arb has presented a play every summer since 2001. Shakespeare in the Arb has produced "A Midsummer Night's Dream" three times. These performances take place in a natural setting, with lush woods, a flowing river, and steep hills. The performance takes place in several places, with actors and audience moving together to each setting. "As one critic commented, 'The actors used the vastness of its Arb[oretum] stage to full advantage, making entrances from behind trees, appearing over | 7,116 | triviaqa-train |
Renaissance astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus was born in which modern-day European country? | —and in 1519 he formulated an economic principle that later came to be called Gresham's law.
Life.
Nicolaus Copernicus was born on 19 February 1473 in the city of Toruń (Thorn), in the province of Royal Prussia, in the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland.
His father was a merchant from Kraków and his mother was the daughter of a wealthy Toruń merchant. Nicolaus was the youngest of four children. His brother Andreas (Andrew) became an Augustinian canon at Frombork (Frauenburg). | Vatican Observatory opened. It was moved to Castel Gandolfo in the 1930s and the Vatican Advanced Technology Telescope began making observation in Arizona, USA, in 1995.
Scientific Revolution and the Church Development of Modern Science Astronomy Copernicus.
Nicolaus Copernicus was a Renaissance astronomer and Catholic clergyman who was the first person to formulate a comprehensive heliocentric cosmology which displaced the Earth from the center of the universe.
In 1533, Johann Albrecht Widmannstetter delivered a series of lectures in Rome outlining Copernicus' theory. Pope Clement VII and several Catholic cardinals heard the | 7,117 | triviaqa-train |
Nefertiti was the wife of which Egyptian Pharaoh? | tab of the crown. Another is a small inlay head (Petrie Museum Number UC103) modeled from reddish-brown quartzite that was clearly intended to fit into a larger composition.
Meketaten may have died in year 13 or 14. Nefertiti, Akhenaten, and three princesses are shown mourning her. Nefertiti disappears from the record soon after that.
Life Possible reign as Pharaoh.
Many scholars believe Nefertiti had a role elevated from that of Great Royal Wife, and was promoted to co-regent by her husband Pharaoh Akhenaten | 's name, Egyptian Nfr.t-jy.tj, can be translated as "The Beautiful Woman has Come". Nefertiti's parentage is not known with certainty, but one often cited theory is that she was the daughter of Ay, later to be pharaoh. One major problem of this theory is that neither Ay nor his wife Tey are explicitly called the father and mother of Nefertiti in existing sources. In fact, Tey's only connection with her was that she was the "nurse of the great queen" Nefertiti, an unlikely | 7,118 | triviaqa-train |
Which country has the internet domain .fi? | retrieve the resource physically, a process that may be assisted through signage, maps, GPS systems, or RFID tagging.
Finland has the highest number of registered book borrowers per capita in the world. Over half of Finland's population are registered borrowers. In the US, public library users have borrowed on average roughly 15 books per user per year from 1856 to 1978. From 1978 to 2004, book circulation per user declined approximately 50%. The growth of audiovisuals circulation, estimated at 25% of total circulation in | Internet users and approximately 65,279 Internet hosts in Armenia. The country code (Top level domain) for Armenia is .am, which has been used for AM radio stations and for domain hacks. Internet penetration reached 46% in 2014. Public wi-fi access points in parks and cafés in Erevan have contributed to its growth.
Armentel's (the national communications company's) only fiber optic connection to the Internet enters Armenia through Georgia (via Marneuli) and then connects to the rest of the Internet via an undersea fiber | 7,119 | triviaqa-train |
What was the first name of Roget, the compiler of the first ‘Roget’s Thesaurus’? | Roget's Thesaurus
Roget's Thesaurus is a widely used English-language thesaurus, created in 1805 by Peter Mark Roget (1779–1869), British physician, natural theologian and lexicographer. It was released to the public on 29 April 1852. The original edition had 15,000 words, and each new edition has been larger. Roget was inspired by the Utilitarian teachings of Jeremy Bentham and wished to help "those who are painfully groping their way and struggling with the difficulties of composition [...] this work processes to hold out a | original classifications established by Roget.
See also.
- " Moby Thesaurus"
External links.
- "Roget’s Thesaurus": The Original Manuscript at Karpeles Manuscript Library
- Searchable 1911 version hosted by the University of Chicago
- "Roget’s Thesaurus" at Project Gutenberg
- "Roget's Hyperlinked Thesaurus" | 7,120 | triviaqa-train |
In which 1974 and 2003 films does the character ‘Leatherface’ appear? | List of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre characters
The Sawyers (renamed the Hewitts in the 2003 reboot and its 2006 prequel) are a large, Southern American family of cannibalistic butchers and serial killers in "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" franchise, who live in the Texas backwoods, where they abduct, torture, murder, and eat stranded motorists. The family uses booby traps and man-traps, such as bear traps and spike traps, to capture or kill victims. The family also owns a gas station, where they sell | something that did not occur in any of the original films.
In other media.
Leatherface is featured as a guest character in the 2015 fighting game "Mortal Kombat X". Leatherface is available in three different variations; a 'Killer' outfit based on his standard appearance in the original 1974 film, a 'Pretty Lady' outfit based on his appearance at the end of the original film and a 'Butcher' outfit which is similar to his appearance in the 2003 remake. Each variation comes with different abilities | 7,121 | triviaqa-train |
Campanology is the study and art of what? | Campanology
Campanology (from Late Latin "campana", "bell"; and Greek , "-logia") is the study of bells. It encompasses the technology of bells – how they are cast, tuned, rung, and sounded – as well as the history, methods, and traditions of bell-ringing as an art.
It is common to collect together a set of tuned bells and treat the whole as one musical instrument. Such collections – such as a Flemish carillon, a Russian "zvon" | in Vienna for seven years. Bettelheim would later claim that this was part of what inspired him to study autism, though there is disagreement regarding whether or not Patsy was autistic.
In the Austrian academic culture of Bettelheim's time, one could not study the history of art without mastering aspects of psychology. Candidates for the doctoral dissertation in the History of Art in 1938 at Vienna University had to fulfill prerequisites in the formal study of the role of Jungian archetypes in art, and in art as an expression of the unconscious | 7,122 | triviaqa-train |
Which South American country has borders with all other South American countries apart from Ecuador and Chile? | South America
South America is a continent in the Western Hemisphere, mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere. It may also be considered a subcontinent of the Americas, which is how it is viewed in the Spanish and Portuguese-speaking regions of the Americas. The reference to South America instead of other regions (like Latin America or the Southern Cone) has increased in the last decades due to changing geopolitical dynamics (in particular, the rise of Brazil).
It is | Portugal abolished native slavery in the colonies because they considered them unfit for labour and began to import even more African slaves. Slaves were brought to the mainland on so-called slave ships, under inhuman conditions and ill-treatment, and those who survived were sold into the slave markets.
After independence, all South American countries maintained slavery for some time. The first South American country to abolish slavery was Chile in 1823, Uruguay in 1830, Bolivia in 1831, Colombia and Ecuador in 1851, Argentina in 1853, | 7,123 | triviaqa-train |
Fanny Price is the main character in which Jane Austen novel? | Mansfield Park
Mansfield Park is the third published novel by Jane Austen, first published in 1814 by Thomas Egerton. A second edition was published in 1816 by John Murray, still within Austen's lifetime. The novel did not receive any public reviews until 1821.
The novel tells the story of Fanny Price, starting when her overburdened family sends her at age ten to live in the household of her wealthy aunt and uncle and following her development into early adulthood. From early on critical interpretation has been diverse, differing particularly | many misunderstandings, a few work mishaps, and an adventure in Southeast Asia involving planted drugs and Madonna songs.
In 2004 a was released.
Fielding has said that the first Bridget Jones story was based on the Jane Austen novel "Pride and Prejudice". There are parallels between "The Edge of Reason" and the Austen novel "Persuasion", in which the main character is persuaded by her friends to break off her relationship with her "true love". Again, Fielding borrows a name from Austen, | 7,124 | triviaqa-train |
Which 1980 film, starring Kris Kristofferson, and generally considered the biggest flop in cinema history contributed to the bankruptcy of United Artists? | bought UA in 1981 due to the massive losses from "Heaven's Gate". Cinema International Corporation assumed international distribution rights for MGM's films and carried on to United International Pictures (made from CIC and UA's International assets being owned by partner MGM) in the 1980s.
In 1975, Harry Saltzman sold UA his 50 percent stake in Danjaq, the holding-company for the Bond films. UA was to remain a silent partner, providing money, while Albert Broccoli took producer credit. Danjaq and UA remained the | fastest-selling in record industry history, won the Country Music "Artist of the Year" and "Writers of the Year" awards for its creators, and inspired a feature film starring Kris Kristofferson.
Omaha also has a number of current country, country western and modern country artists, including lead singer Jolie Edwards of Jolie & the Wanted.
Jazz and funk.
Omaha has a thriving jazz, funk, and jam-rock scene that would be considered the current underground movement in the area. Bands like | 7,125 | triviaqa-train |
The Russian seaport Novorossiysk lies on which body of water? | arriving from northern regions during winter. Other influencing factors include the regional topography, as depressions and storms systems arriving from the Mediterranean are funneled through the low land around the Bosphorus, Pontic and Caucasus mountain ranges acting as wave guides, limiting the speed and paths of cyclones passing through the region.
Islands.
There are some islands in the Black sea that belong to Bulgaria, Romania, Turkey, and Ukraine:
- St. Thomas Island – Bulgaria
- St. Anastasia Island – Bulgaria
- St. Cyricus Island – | dock, ‘Sheskharis’ oil terminal, passenger harbor station, workshops, and even a Sailors Palace.
History Soviet period Post war period.
By 1963, construction was completed of the first wide pier. In the same year, the port handled 162 vessels.
History Russian Federation.
In the post-Soviet period, after the collapse of the USSR, Novorossiysk seaport underwent a large-scale redistribution of property and as a consequence the port was reorganized in market conditions.
Today, Novorossiysk Commercial Sea Port (NCSP | 7,126 | triviaqa-train |
Jock, Trusty, Toughy and Pedro are all characters in which Disney film? | known as "The Wonderful World of Disney".
Disney's film studios stayed busy as well, averaging five or six releases per year during this period. While the production of shorts slowed significantly during the 1950s and 1960s, the studio released a number of popular animated features, like "Lady and the Tramp" (1955), "Sleeping Beauty" (1959) and "One Hundred and One Dalmatians" (1961), which introduced a new xerography process to transfer the drawings to animation cels. Disney's | .
In 1942, the Walt Disney Company created the animated film "Saludos Amigos" depicting Donald Duck and a cast of anthropomorphic characters representing various nations of the Americas. In the film, while the Disney characters are represented as humorous versions of "charros", "gauchos", etc., Chile was represented as Pedro, a small airplane engaged in his very first flight, whose attempt to fly over the Andes to pick up air mail from Mendoza is humorously depicted. Pepo created "Condorito" in response to | 7,127 | triviaqa-train |
Who led the 1381 Peasants Revolt in the UK, with Jack Straw, John Ball and others, and was stabbed to death by the Lord Mayor of London? | Wat Tyler
Walter "Wat" Tyler (died 15 June 1381) was a leader of the 1381 Peasants' Revolt in England. He marched a group of rebels from Canterbury to the capital to oppose the institution of a poll tax and demand economic and social reforms. While the brief rebellion enjoyed early success, Tyler was killed by officers loyal to King Richard II during negotiations at Smithfield, London.
Early life.
Nothing is known of Wat Tyler's early life. Born with the first name Walter, his | who in 1271 gave it to the Priory of St John of Jerusalem, also known as the Knights Hospitallers in England. The wealthy Lord Prior built Highbury manor as a substantial stone country lodging with a grange and barn.
In 1381, during the Peasants' Revolt, Jack Straw led a mob of 20,000 rioters who "so offended by the wealth and haughtiness" of the Knights Hospitallers destroyed the manor house. The Lord Prior at the time, Robert Hales, who had taken refuge in the Tower of London, was | 7,128 | triviaqa-train |
A hangover cure, made traditionally with raw, egg, Worcestershire Sauce and seasoning, is known as a ‘Prairie….what’? | drink recipes, including Welsh rarebit, Caesar salad, Oysters Kirkpatrick, and deviled eggs. As both a background flavour and a source of umami (the meaty fifth flavour), it is also now added to dishes which historically did not contain it, such as chili con carne and beef stew. It is also used directly as a condiment on steaks, hamburgers, and other finished dishes, and to flavour cocktails such as the Bloody Mary and Caesar.
History.
A fermented fish sauce called "garum" was | simply a hangover cure, the drink can also give energy to someone who needs it, yet calm down someone who is worked up. Dark in colour, Jeeves's special pick-me-up is composed of Worcester sauce (pronounced "Wooster" sauce), a raw egg, and red pepper according to Jeeves, though Bertie suspects that the drink consists of more than that. Wodehouse mentions other ingredients in a personal letter he wrote late in his life, though the ingredients he stated in the letter are not referred | 7,129 | triviaqa-train |
Who composed the opera ‘Madame Butterfly’? | Richard Wagner in Germany. The popularity of opera continued through the verismo era in Italy and contemporary French opera through to Giacomo Puccini and Richard Strauss in the early 20th century. During the 19th century, parallel operatic traditions emerged in central and eastern Europe, particularly in Russia and Bohemia. The 20th century saw many experiments with modern styles, such as atonality and serialism (Arnold Schoenberg and Alban Berg), Neoclassicism (Igor Stravinsky), and Minimalism (Philip Glass and John Adams). With the rise of recording technology, | opera.
Style.
Long's use of the exotic and the classical in "Madame Butterfly" reflected the blending of Japanese and traditional styles in the arts and crafts movement around the turn of the 19th century and American fascination with Japan that began with the "opening of Japan" by Matthew C. Perry in 1854.
Adaptations.
Adaptations Play.
The story interested American playwright David Belasco who, collaborating with Long, adapted it to a one-act play, "Madame Butterfly: A Tragedy of Japan" | 7,130 | triviaqa-train |
What is the title of the United States of America National Anthem? | running event, they turned on the podium to face their flags, and to hear the American national anthem, "The Star-Spangled Banner". Each athlete raised a black-gloved fist, and kept them raised until the anthem had finished. In addition, Smith, Carlos, and Australian silver medalist Peter Norman all wore human rights badges on their jackets. In his autobiography, "Silent Gesture", Smith stated that the gesture was not a "Black Power" salute, but a "human rights salute" | Variations on "America"
Variations on "America", is a composition for organ by the American composer Charles Ives.
Composed in 1891 when Ives was seventeen, it is an arrangement of a traditional tune, known as "America (My Country, 'Tis of Thee)" (words by Samuel Francis Smith), and was at the time the de facto anthem of the United States. The tune is also widely recognised in Thomas Arne's orchestration as the British National Anthem, "God Save the Queen | 7,131 | triviaqa-train |
Who wrote ‘Doe Eyes’, the theme to the 1995 film ‘The Bridges of Madison County’? | The Bridges of Madison County (film)
The Bridges of Madison County is a 1995 American romantic drama film based on the best-selling novel of the same name by Robert James Waller. It was produced by Amblin Entertainment and Malpaso Productions, and distributed by Warner Bros. Entertainment. The film was produced and directed by Clint Eastwood with Kathleen Kennedy as co-producer and the screenplay was adapted by Richard LaGravenese. The film is about an Italian war bride, Francesca (Meryl Streep), who lives with her husband and | for one of his films. Niehaus then wrote the musical scores for the following twelve films up to "Blood Work" in 2002, and orchestrated the music for the next six features that Eastwood now provided himself, from "Mystic River" to 2008 "Gran Torino." Niehaus won the BMI Film & TV Awards for "Heartbreak Ridge" (1986), "Unforgiven" (1992), "The Bridges of Madison County" (1995), and "Space Cowboys" (2000).
The most | 7,132 | triviaqa-train |
What does Franz Schubert’s ‘Die Forelle’ translate to in English? | Die Forelle
"" (German for "The Trout"), Op. 32, 550. is a lied, or song, composed in early 1817 for solo voice and piano with music by the Austrian composer Franz Schubert (1797–1828). Schubert chose to set the text of a poem by Christian Friedrich Daniel Schubart, first published in the "" in 1783. The full poem tells the story of a trout being caught by a fisherman, but in its final stanza apparently reveals its purpose as a moral piece | II".
- D 717, Song "Suleika II" ['Ach um deine feuchten Schwingen'] for voice and piano (1821)
Lieder Lieder with an opus number Lieder published during Schubert’s lifetime Op. 32 – "Die Forelle".
- D 550, Song "Die Forelle" ['In einem Bächlein helle'] for voice and piano (1816–1821, 4th version)
Lieder Lieder with an opus number Lieder published during Schubert’s lifetime Op. 36.
- No. 1D 707, Song "Der | 7,133 | triviaqa-train |
Who was the last member of The Beatles to marry? | The Beatles
The Beatles were an English rock band formed in Liverpool in 1960. The line-up of John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr led them to be regarded as the most influential band of all time. With a sound rooted in skiffle, beat and 1950s rock and roll, the group were integral to the evolution of pop music into an art form, and to the development of the counterculture of the 1960s. They often incorporated elements of classical music, older pop, and unconventional recording | Beatles.
- John the Skrull – The last surviving member of the Skrull Beatles. A member of MI: 13.
- Skrull-X – A Skrullian robot who can mimic the powers of the X-Men similar to Mimic.
- Skrulls of Kral – A group of Skrulls that come from the planet Kral.
- "Skrullverine" – An unnamed Skrull working for Apocalypse who was used to replace Wolverine at the time when Apocalypse turned Wolverine into the Death. This Skrull was | 7,134 | triviaqa-train |
Who designed the Telecaster and Stratocaster guitars? | , and incorporated into the 1931 Ro-Pat-In (later Rickenbacker) "Frying Pan" lap steel; other manufacturers, notably Gibson, soon began to install pickups in archtop models. After World War II the completely solid-body electric was popularized by Gibson in collaboration with Les Paul, and independently by Leo Fender of Fender Music. The lower fretboard action (the height of the strings from the fingerboard), lighter (thinner) strings, and its electrical amplification lend the electric guitar to techniques less frequently used | - Fender Pawn Shop '72
- Fender Pawn Shop Jaguarillo
- Fender Pawn Shop Mustang Special
- Fender Pawn Shop Offset Special
- Fender Pawn Shop Super-Sonic
Guitars Electric guitars Signature Model Guitars.
- Andy Summers Telecaster
- Albert Hammond Jr. Signature Stratocaster
- Billy Corgan Signature Stratocaster
- Bonnie Raitt Signature Stratocaster
- Buddy Guy Signature Stratocaster and Polka Dot Stratocaster
- Char Signature Stratocaster and Mustang
- Danny Gatton Telecaster
- David Gilmour Signature Stratocaster
- Deryck Whibley Telecaster deluxe | 7,135 | triviaqa-train |
What is the lowest female singing voice? | as high as C6 ("high C").
Mezzo-soprano tessitura: Although this voice overlaps both the contralto and soprano voices, the tessitura of the mezzo-soprano is lower than that of the soprano and higher than that of the contralto.
Mezzo-soprano subtypes: Mezzo-sopranos are often broken down into three subcategories: lyric mezzo-soprano, coloratura mezzo-soprano and dramatic mezzo-soprano.
Female voices Contralto.
Contralto range: The contralto voice is the lowest female voice. A | of vocal range.
While the broadest definition of "vocal range" is simply the span from the lowest to the highest note a particular voice can produce, this broad definition is often not what is meant when "vocal range" is discussed in the context of singing. Vocal pedagogists tend to define the vocal range as the total span of "musically useful" pitches that a singer can produce. This is because some of the notes a voice can produce may not be considered usable by the singer within performance for various | 7,136 | triviaqa-train |
Who played Lorry Jones/Laura Lorraine in the 1944 musical film ‘Pin Up Girl’? | Pin Up Girl (film)
Pin Up Girl is a 1944 American Technicolor musical romantic comedy motion picture starring Betty Grable, John Harvey, Martha Raye, and Joe E. Brown.
Directed by H. Bruce Humberstone and produced by William LeBaron, the screenplay was adapted by Robert Ellis, Helen Logan and Earl Baldwin based on a short story titled "Imagine Us!" (1942) by Libbie Block.
"Pin Up Girl" capitalized on Grable's iconic pin-up status during World War II, even using | provides entertainment for the troops during their time there. The lavish musical used her famous pin-up photograph in many scenes, which boosted the photo's sales. Many of the film's later scenes had to be rewritten to hide Grable's pregnancy. "Pin Up Girl" co-starred comedians Martha Raye and Joe E. Brown and was released in April 1944 to overwhelming success at the box office. Critics, though, were not as accepting of the film. "Variety" said the film "makes no pretenses of | 7,137 | triviaqa-train |
The 2006 film ‘Once’, starring Glen Hansard as a busker, is set in which European city? | busking on local Dublin streets. He formed his own band The Frames in 1990, and the group have been gigging regularly in Ireland since. Hansard came to international attention as guitar player Outspan Foster in the 1991 Alan Parker film "The Commitments". He has often stated that he regretted taking the role because he felt it distracted him from his music career. In 2003, he presented the television programme "", which showcased Irish music talent on RTÉ.
On 22 April 2006, he released his first album without | small performance area.
Buskers, including musicians, poets and mime artists, commonly perform to the shopping crowds on Grafton Street. This was portrayed in the opening scene of the 2006 film "Once", starring Glen Hansard of The Frames, a former Grafton Street busker.
History Pedestrianisation.
The pedestrianisation of Grafton Street was first trialed in 1971 but prolonged delays meant that this wasn't made permanent until 1983, and then repaved in 1988. Objections came from councillors and small business owners, who alleged that pedestrianisation would | 7,138 | triviaqa-train |
Former Spice Girl Melanie Chisholm dueted with which Canadian singer-songwriter on the 1998 single ‘When You’re Gone’? | MTV Video Music Awards from two nomination, ten ASCAP awards, one Juno Award from two nominations, and four nominations nomination at the Echo Awards.
Chisholm began her solo career in late 1998 by singing with Canadian rock singer Bryan Adams on the worldwide hit "When You're Gone". Her solo debut album "Northern Star" was released in 1999, reaching number 1 in Sweden and number 4 on the UK Albums Chart. It was certified internationally with seven platinum and three gold certifications, including triple-Platinum by | – Giuseppe Filianoti, Italian opera singer (tenor)
- January 12 – Melanie Chisholm, English singer, songwriter, entrepreneur, actress and television personality (Spice Girls)
- January 25 – Emily Haines, Canadian singer-songwriter
- January 26 – Rokia Traoré, Malian singer-songwriter
- February 11 – D'Angelo, American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and record producer
- February 13 – Robbie Williams, British singer-songwriter
- February 17
- Bernt Moen, Norwegian pianist
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The 2011 album ‘The King of Limbs’ was released by which English rock band? | The King of Limbs
The King of Limbs is the eighth studio album by the English rock band Radiohead. It was self-released on 18 February 2011 as a download, followed by CD and 12" vinyl versions on 28 March through XL Recordings in the UK, TBD Records in the US, and Hostess Entertainment in Japan.
Following the protracted recording and more conventional instrumentation of "In Rainbows" (2007), Radiohead and their longtime producer Nigel Godrich developed "The King of Limbs" by sampling and looping | Starless and Bible Black
Starless and Bible Black is the sixth studio album by English progressive rock band King Crimson, released in March 1974 by Island Records in the United Kingdom and by Atlantic Records in the United States. Much of the album was recorded live, but edited and blended with studio material.
Background and production.
King Crimson's previous album, "Larks' Tongues in Aspic" (on which they had moved decisively away from a more traditional progressive rock sound drawing on American jazz, and towards the | 7,140 | triviaqa-train |
What is the first part of the Jewish Bible called, which refers to the first five books of Moses? | Torah (also known as the Pentateuch or the Five Books of Moses). According to rabbinic tradition, there are 613 commandments in the Torah. Some of these laws are directed only to men or to women, some only to the ancient priestly groups, the Kohanim and Leviyim (members of the tribe of Levi), some only to farmers within the Land of Israel. Many laws were only applicable when the Temple in Jerusalem existed, and only 369 of these commandments are still applicable today.
While there have been | Hasmonean Kingdom into Herodian Kingdom – a client kingdom of Rome.
Mention in the Bible.
The Maccabean story is preserved in the books of the First and Second Maccabees, which describe in detail the re-dedication of the Temple in Jerusalem and the lighting of the menorah. These books are not part of the Tanakh (Hebrew Bible) which came from the Jewish canon; however, they were part of the Alexandrian canon which is also called the Septuagint (sometimes abbreviated LXX). Both books are included in the | 7,141 | triviaqa-train |
Which author wrote the book ‘The Firm’, ‘The Pelican Brief’ and ‘The Rainmaker’? | The Pelican Brief (film)
The Pelican Brief is a 1993 American legal thriller film based on the eponymous novel by John Grisham. Directed by Alan J. Pakula, the film stars Julia Roberts in the role of young law student Darby Shaw and Denzel Washington as "Washington Herald" reporter Gray Grantham. The film, which features music composed by James Horner, was the last film that featured Pakula as both writer and director before his death.
Plot.
After two Supreme Court justices are killed by an assassin named | 1991)
- "The Pelican Brief" (1992)
- "The Client" (1993)
- "The Chamber" (1994)
- "The Rainmaker" (1995)
- "The Runaway Jury" (1996)
- "The Partner" (1997)
- "The Street Lawyer" (1998)
- "The Testament" (1999)
- "The Brethren" (2000)
- "A Painted House" (2001)
- "Skipping | 7,142 | triviaqa-train |
In humans, emesis is more commonly known as what? | Vomiting
Vomiting is the involuntary, forceful expulsion of the contents of one's stomach through the mouth and sometimes the nose.
Vomiting can be caused by a wide variety of conditions; it may present as a specific response to ailments like gastritis or poisoning, or as a non-specific sequela ranging from brain tumors and elevated intracranial pressure to overexposure to ionizing radiation. The feeling that one is about to vomit is called nausea; it often precedes, but does not always lead to, vomiting. Antiemetics are sometimes necessary | The Canary Islands oystercatcher was in all likelihood a bird of the rocky shore rather than sandy beaches; although it might have been driven from the latter as they were much more utilized by humans – which it tended to avoid (Bannerman 1963). What is known about its feeding habits indicates that had always been less commonly found in beach habitat. As with all oystercatchers, its diet consisted of small molluscs and crustaceans rather than oysters. Especially the limpets "Patella candei", "Patella piperata", and " | 7,143 | triviaqa-train |
In which 1932 film does Greta Garbo say the line ‘I want to be alone’? | 1931), "Grand Hotel" (1932), and "Queen Christina" (1933). Many critics and film historians consider her performance as the doomed courtesan Marguerite Gautier in "Camille" (1936) to be her finest. The role gained her a second Academy Award nomination. However, Garbo's career soon declined, and she was one of the many stars labeled "box office poison" in 1938. Her career revived upon her turn to comedy in "Ninotchka" (1939), which earned her | production quality. The art director, Cedric Gibbons, was one of the most important and influential in the history of American film. The lobby scenes were extremely well done, portraying a 360° desk. This allowed audiences to watch the hotel action from all around the characters. It changed the way sets were made from that point onward.
Production "I want to be alone".
As Grusinskaya, Greta Garbo delivers the line "I want to be alone" and, immediately following, "I just want to be | 7,144 | triviaqa-train |
Who was the first Prime Minister of the Union of South Africa? | in status to the United Kingdom and it could no longer legislate on behalf of them. The Monarch was represented in South Africa by a Governor-General, while effective power was exercised by the Executive Council, headed by the Prime Minister. Louis Botha, formerly a Boer general, was appointed first Prime Minister of the Union, heading a coalition representing the white Afrikaner and English-speaking British diaspora communities.
Prosecutions before courts were instituted in the name of the Crown (cited in the format "Rex v Accused" | 1924 general election in which J. B. M. Hertzog was elected as the first National Party Prime Minister of South Africa, a bill was introduced to the Parliament of South Africa by D. F. Malan for a new flag of South Africa which Malan had hoped for, a "clean flag" without the Union Jack. Discussions to change the flag resulted in three years of volatile negotiations as Afrikaner descendants of Boers who fought in the Boer War found the Union Jack in the flag unacceptable, while British settlers felt that the Afrikaner voting majority | 7,145 | triviaqa-train |
Which spirit is traditionally used to make a Tom Collins cocktail? | Tom Collins essentially formed a "Gin and Sparkling Lemonade" when sweetened with the gum syrup. The type of gin used by Thomas was not specified in his 1876 book, but was most likely Old Tom if that was responsible for the change in the drink's name. If, alternatively, the change in name was caused by the popularity of the Tom Collins Hoax of 1874 then it is more probable that Holland gin rather than English London Dry Gin was intended since Jerry Thomas' Gin Fizz (1862) called for Holland | - Collins glass, for a tall mixed drink
- Dizzy Cocktail glass, a glass with a wide, shallow bowl, comparable to a normal Cocktail glass but without the stem
- Highball glass, for mixed drinks
- Iced tea glass
- Juice glass, for fruit juices and vegetable juices.
- Old Fashioned glass, traditionally, for a simple cocktail or liquor "on the rocks". Contemporary American "rocks" glasses may be much larger, and used for a variety of beverages over ice | 7,146 | triviaqa-train |
Which English singer/songwriter released a 2010 album entitled ‘Lights’? | with diseases including cancer and HIV/AIDS. During the 2008 Warped Tour, she had a cast made of her breasts to raise money for the Keep A Breast Foundation. She hosted and performed at the We Can Survive concert along with Bonnie McKee, Kacey Musgraves, Sara Bareilles, Ellie Goulding, and duo Tegan and Sara at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles, California, on October 23, 2013. The concert's profits were donated to Young Survival Coalition, an organization aiding breast cancer in young women. In June | Hannah Trigwell
Hannah Trigwell (born 28 October 1990) is an English singer-songwriter from Leeds, West Yorkshire. She has released numerous singles, three EPs and one full-length album containing original material. Her debut EP, "Hold My Heart", was released in May 2010 followed up by "Pieces" in November 2013. In August 2018, Hannah independently released her debut album entitled 'RED' which charted at number 4 in Malaysia and number 17 in Denmark. Hannah has been independently releasing music under | 7,147 | triviaqa-train |
Which French king was known as ‘The Quarrelsome’ (Le Hutin)? | Franks" () gradually lost ground after 1190, during the reign of Philip II (but "FRANCORUM REX" continued to be used, for example by Louis XII in 1499, by Francis I in 1515, and by Henry II about 1550). It was used on coins up to the eighteenth century. During the brief period when the French Constitution of 1791 was in effect (1791–92) and after the July Revolution in 1830, the style "King of the French" was used instead of "King of France | Charles François Hutin
Charles François Hutin (4 July 1715 – 29 July 1776) was a French history and figure painter, engraver and sculptor. He became director of the Royal Academy of Arts in Dresden.
Life and work.
Hutin was born in Paris in 1715. He studied painting under Francois Le Moine, and in his twenty-first year obtained the grand prize for historical painting, and went to Rome, where he spent seven years. There he studied sculpture with René-Michel Slodtz.
After | 7,148 | triviaqa-train |
In a rugby union team, what number does the fly half wear on their shirt? | players of all ages. In 2014, there were more than 6 million people playing worldwide, of whom 2.36 million were registered players. World Rugby, previously called the International Rugby Football Board (IRFB) and the International Rugby Board (IRB), has been the governing body for rugby union since 1886, and currently has 101 countries as full members and 18 associate members.
In 1845, the first football laws were written by Rugby School pupils; other significant events in the early development of rugby include the Blackheath Club | died of a heart condition in a 1994 league match.
- Waitete Rugby Club (affiliated to the King Country Rugby Football Union in New Zealand) replace the number 5 with 55, in honour of Colin Meads.
- The rugby team of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, which used to use a system of ancient Thai numbers, making identification by opposing teams virtually impossible.
- Will Greenwood, who normally played at inside centre, preferred to wear the number 13 shirt rather than | 7,149 | triviaqa-train |
What does the Latin phrase ‘Ad astra’ translate to in English? | the stars through hardships"); Michigan's ("If you seek a pleasant peninsula, look about you"); Missouri's ("The health of the people should be the highest law"); North Carolina's ("To be rather than to seem"); Virginia's ("Thus always to tyrants"); and West Virginia's ("Mountaineers are always free").
Many military organizations today have Latin mottos, such as ("always ready"), the motto of | Ascanius does not participate in these deaths.
Nevertheless, Virgil shows Ascanius' first experience at war. In the "Aeneid", Ascanius is a teenager without real war experiences, but while besieged by the Italians, Ascanius launches an arrow against Numanus, the husband of the youngest sister of Turnus. After killing Numanus, Apollo comes and says to Ascanius:
"Macte nova virtute, puer: sic itur ad astra,"
"dis genite et geniture deos."
This phrase can be translated into English | 7,150 | triviaqa-train |
What is the square root of 225? | (taking) the deficiency numerator multiplied by the excess denominator and the excess numerator times the deficiency denominator, combine them as the dividend."
A symbol for square roots, written as an elaborate R, was invented by Regiomontanus (1436–1476). An R was also used for Radix to indicate square roots in Gerolamo Cardano's "Ars Magna".
According to historian of mathematics D.E. Smith, Aryabhata's method for finding the square root was first introduced in Europe by Cataneo in 1546.
According to Jeffrey A. | a very accurate estimate of the value of the square root of 3.
- c. 250 BC – late Olmecs had already begun to use a true zero (a shell glyph) several centuries before Ptolemy in the New World. See 0 (number).
- 240 BC – Eratosthenes uses his sieve algorithm to quickly isolate prime numbers.
- 240 BC 190 BC Diocles (mathematician)
- 225 BC – Apollonius of Perga writes "On Conic Sections" and names the ellipse, parabola, | 7,151 | triviaqa-train |
Misr is the local name for which North African country? | North Africa
North Africa is a region encompassing the northern portion of the African continent. There is no singularly accepted scope for the region, and it is sometimes defined as stretching from the Atlantic shores of Morocco in the west, to Egypt's Suez Canal and the Red Sea in the east. Others have limited it to the countries of Algeria, Morocco, and Tunisia, a region that was known by the French during colonial times as "Afrique du Nord" and is known by Arabs as the Maghreb ("West | the main source of information.
There are about 35 African place names. The knowledge of the contour of Africa predates the European explorations of Vasco da Gama. In particular, the southern tip of Africa is quite clearly depicted, as well as a river which may correspond to the Orange River in Southern Africa. To the north of the African continent, beyond the unexplored "black" central mass, a pagoda is represented for the lighthouse of Alexandria, and the Arab word "Misr" for Cairo (al-Qāhira | 7,152 | triviaqa-train |
What is the first name of Mr Darcy in the 2001 film ‘Bridget Jones’s Diary’? | , Hugh Grant as Daniel Cleaver, and Colin Firth as Mark Darcy. It was directed by Sharon Maguire (Helen Fielding's friend who was the inspiration for Shazzer) and the screenplay was written by Fielding, Andrew Davies, and Richard Curtis.
Musical adaptation.
A musical version is currently in the works. The show was due to open in London's West End in 2012, although no date has been officially confirmed. British pop singer Lily Allen has written the score and lyrics, and Stephen Daldry will be | Comes to Pemberley" were filmed at Harewood.
- Pemberley Press is the name of the publishing house that Bridget Jones works at in the 2001 film "Bridget Jones's Diary", in homage to "Pride and Prejudice".
- In "The Lizzie Bennet Diaries", a vlog-style modern adaptation of Pride and Prejudice, Pemberley Digital is the name of Darcy's company. Darcy says Pemberley is the name of the place that his father's family comes from in England. | 7,153 | triviaqa-train |
Hafnia was the Latin name for which Danish city? | "insular Scandinavian".
Until the 16th century, Danish was a continuum of dialects spoken from Schleswig to Scania with no standard variety or spelling conventions. With the Protestant Reformation and the introduction of printing, a standard language was developed which was based on the educated Copenhagen dialect. It spread through use in the education system and administration, though German and Latin continued to be the most important written languages well into the 17th century. Following the loss of territory to Germany and Sweden, a nationalist movement adopted the language as | a probiotic dietary supplement based on this technology, EnteroSatys which contains "Hafnia alvei".
Regulatory status.
"Hafnia alvei" is a food grade bacteria. It is not listed in the Novel Food catalogue of the European Commission. It is listed on the Danish list of notified microbial cultures applied in food.
"Hafnia alvei" is part of the IDF positive list (International Dairy Federation) of Microbial Food Cultures (MFC) demonstrating safety requirements in fermented food products for worldwide use.
External links. | 7,154 | triviaqa-train |
Who did Venus Williams defeat in the 2000 Ladies Singles Finals at Wimbledon? | in 2006. Current commentators working for the BBC at Wimbledon include British ex-players Andrew Castle, John Lloyd, Tim Henman, Greg Rusedski, Samantha Smith and Mark Petchey; tennis legends such as John McEnroe, Tracy Austin, Boris Becker and Lindsay Davenport; and general sports commentators including David Mercer, Barry Davies, Andrew Cotter and Nick Mullins. The coverage is presented by Sue Barker (live) and Claire Balding (highlights). Previous BBC presenters include Des Lynam, David Vine, John Inverdale and Harry Carpenter. | 2017 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles
Garbiñe Muguruza won her second Grand Slam singles title, defeating Venus Williams in the final, 7–5, 6–0 to win the Ladies' Singles tennis title at the 2017 Wimbledon Championships. Muguruza became the second Spanish woman to win Wimbledon after Conchita Martínez in 1994. Muguruza also became the first player to defeat both Williams sisters in Grand Slam singles finals. Serena Williams was the two-time defending champion, but did not participate this year due to .
Venus Williams was the oldest player | 7,155 | triviaqa-train |
Omar Suleiman was the Vice President of which African country? | Omar Suleiman
Omar Mahmoud Suleiman (, ; 2 July 1936 – 19 July 2012) was an Egyptian army general, politician, diplomat, and intelligence officer. A leading figure in Egypt's intelligence system beginning in 1986, Suleiman was appointed to the long-vacant Vice Presidency by President Hosni Mubarak on 29 January 2011. On 11 February 2011, Suleiman announced Mubarak's resignation and ceased being Vice President; governing power was transferred to the Armed Forces Supreme Council, of which Suleiman was not a member. A new | by the Presidential Election Commission. His campaign has stated that they would appeal the decision.
Disqualified candidates Omar Suleiman.
General Omar Suleiman, who was director of the General Intelligence Service and in 2011 shortly the last vice president under ousted President Hosni Mubarak, announced his candidacy on 6 April 2012.
As of 14 April 2012, Suleiman has been barred from the election by the Presidential Election Commission. His campaign appealed the decision but was rejected.
He left the country, reportedly going to Abu Dhabi, then to | 7,156 | triviaqa-train |
In Greek mythology, who was the beautiful youth loved by Aphrodite? | until the mid 2000s.
Archaeology and mythography have revealed influence from Asia Minor and the Near East. Adonis seems to be the Greek counterpart—more clearly in cult than in myth—of a Near Eastern "dying god". Cybele is rooted in Anatolian culture while much of Aphrodite's iconography may spring from Semitic goddesses. There are also possible parallels between the earliest divine generations (Chaos and its children) and Tiamat in the "Enuma Elish". According to Meyer Reinhold, "near Eastern theogonic concepts, involving | Ampelos
Ampelos (, "Vine") or Ampelus (Latin) was a personification of the grapevine in Greek and Roman mythology.
Nonnus.
In Nonnus's etiology, Ampelos is a beautiful satyr youth, who was loved by Dionysus, and whose death was foreseen by the god. There are two versions of his death and Dionysus's reaction to it. According to Nonnus, Ampelos was gored to death by a wild bull after he mocked the goddess Selene, a scene described as follows:
Upset by | 7,157 | triviaqa-train |
The Cerrado is a tropical savanna ecoregion in which South American country? | Horizonte), Curitiba International Airport (Curitiba), Brasilia, Caracas, Montevideo, Lima, Recife, Salvador, Salgado Filho International Airport (Porto Alegre), Fortaleza, Manaus and Belém.
The main public transport in major cities is the bus. Many cities also have a diverse system of metro and subway trains, the first of which was the Buenos Aires subte, opened 1913. The Santiago subway is the largest network in South America, with 103 km, while the São Paulo subway is the largest in | Maranhão moist forests of Amazonia across the Pindaré River to the northwest and west, the Cerrado tropical savanna to the south, and the Caatingas xeric shrublands to the east.
Flora.
The Flora of the ecoregion is varied, with the western portion of the region hosting tall and diverse moist evergreen and semi-deciduous forests, while the eastern portion is a mosaic of open woodlands and shrublands, with patches of dry savanna. Seasonally wet savannas are found on the lower reaches of the major rivers.
The dominant tree | 7,158 | triviaqa-train |
The Yom Kippur War, or October War, took place during which year? | Yom Kippur War
The Yom Kippur War, Ramadan War, or October War (, ', or מלחמת יום כיפור", "; , ', or , '), also known as the 1973 Arab–Israeli War, was a war fought from October 6 to 25, 1973, by a coalition of Arab states led by Egypt and Syria against Israel. The war took place mostly in Sinai and the Golan—occupied by Israel during the 1967 Six-Day War—with some fighting in African Egypt and | war, later that year, on Yom Kippur. After the war however, it became apparent that these frequent maneuvers carried out by the Egyptians were part of an elaborate ruse meant to induce complacency in the Israelis regarding the true intentions of Egyptian troop movements at the time the actual attack took place.
On 13 September, Israel shot down thirteen Syrian fighter jets, which had attempted to down Israeli aircraft.
The Yom Kippur War.
The Yom Kippur War Events leading up to the war.
In 1957, Israel | 7,159 | triviaqa-train |
In the novel ‘Jane Eyre’ by Charlotte Bronte, what is the name of Mr Rochester’s home? | Jane Eyre
Jane Eyre (originally published as Jane Eyre: An Autobiography) is a novel by English writer Charlotte Brontë, published under the pen name "Currer Bell", on 16 October 1847, by Smith, Elder & Co. of London. The first American edition was published the following year by Harper & Brothers of New York. "Jane Eyre" follows the experiences of its eponymous heroine, including her growth to adulthood and her love for Mr. Rochester, the brooding master of Thornfield Hall.
The novel revolutionised | Woman and Wife
Woman and Wife is a 1918 American silent drama film directed by Edward Jose and starring Alice Brady. It is based on the novel "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Bronte. The Select Pictures Corporation produced and distributed the film. The film was also known as "The Lifted Cross".
The film survives in an incomplete state at the BFI National Film and Television Archive.
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As described in a film magazine, Jane Eyre (Brady) is sent to an orphan's home by | 7,160 | triviaqa-train |
On a mobile phone keypad, the letters ‘MNO’ are on which number button? | Telephone keypad
A telephone keypad is the keypad installed on a push-button telephone or similar telecommunication device for dialing a telephone number. It was standardized when the dual-tone multi-frequency signaling (DTMF) system was developed in the Bell System in the United States in the 1960s that replaced rotary dialing originally developed in electromechanical switching systems. Because of the installed abundance of rotary dial equipment well into the 1990s, many telephone keypads were also designed to produce loop-disconnect pulses electronically, and some could be optionally switched | by the supplying carrier.
- Premium numbers, such as those that spell a word using keypad letters, are regularly auctioned by the ACMA
Around the world Australia Mobile phones.
- Mobile callers are charged to phone a 1300 number or 1800 number, usually at their normal per minute rate, but sometimes at predatory rates. These expensive numbers can be decoded to ordinary landline and organisations usually offer a landline number on their websites, though it may be hard to find.
- Smart routed 1800 or 13(00) numbers often | 7,161 | triviaqa-train |
The Bank of England was established during the reign of which British monarch? | no choice but to build a powerful navy. No public funds were available, and the credit of William III's government was so low in London that it was impossible for it to borrow the £1,200,000 (at 8% p.a.) that the government wanted.
To induce subscription to the loan, the subscribers were to be incorporated by the name of the Governor and Company of the Bank of England. The Bank was given exclusive possession of the government's balances, and was the only limited-liability corporation allowed | Acts of Supremacy
The Acts of Supremacy are two acts passed by the Parliament of England in the 16th century that established the English monarchs as the head of the Church of England. The 1534 Act declared Henry VIII of England and his successors as the Supreme Head of the Church, replacing the Pope. The Act was repealed during the reign of the Catholic Queen Mary I. The 1558 Act declared Queen Elizabeth I and her successors the Supreme Governor of the Church, a title that the British monarch still holds.
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Which fraternal organisation has a square and compasses, with or without a letter ‘G’, as its logo? | a history in American colleges and universities and form a major subsection of the whole range of fraternities. In Europe, students were organized in nations and corporations since the beginnings of the modern university in the late medieval period, but the situation can differ greatly by country.
In the United States, fraternities in colleges date to the 1770s but did not fully assume an established pattern until the 1820s. Many were strongly influenced by the patterns set by Freemasonry. The main difference between the older European organizations and the American organizations is | 2002 the Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty station stopped broadcasting in the Czech Republic, with the broadcast rebranded as "Czech Radio 6" under the Czech Radio group.
Czech Radio launched a new logo in 2013, featuring the letter "R" with stripes, at a cost of 2.2 million Czech koruna.
The organisation marked 90 years of existence in 2013, celebrating the occasion with a 48-hour broadcast including 90 interviews interspersed with news reports every half-hour. The event, which took place on Wenceslas Square, | 7,163 | triviaqa-train |
How many hoops are in a game of association croquet? | well as club-level games, there are regular world championships and international matches between croquet-playing countries. The sport has particularly strong followings in the UK, US, New Zealand and Australia; every four years, these countries play the MacRobertson Shield tournament. Many other countries also play. The current world rankings show England in top place for association croquet, followed by Australia and New Zealand sharing second place, with the United States in fourth position; the same four countries appear in the top six of the golf croquet | , yellow. Blue and black balls play against red and yellow. When a hoop is won, the sequence of play continues as before. The winner of the game is the player/team who wins the most hoops.
Golf croquet is the fastest-growing version of the game, owing largely to its simplicity and competitiveness. There is an especially large interest with competitive success by players in Egypt. Golf croquet is easier to learn and play, but requires strategic skills and accurate play. In comparison with association croquet | 7,164 | triviaqa-train |
The 17th Century ‘Meal Tub Plot’ was against which future king of England? | his escape from the forces of Oliver Cromwell. Traditional celebrations involved the wearing of oak leaves but these have now died out. Charles II is depicted extensively in art, literature and media. Charleston, South Carolina, and South Kingstown, Rhode Island, are named after him.
Titles, styles, honours and arms.
Titles, styles, honours and arms Titles and styles.
The official style of Charles II was "Charles the Second, by the Grace of God, King of England, Scotland, France and | the discoverer of the meal-tub plot and one of the witnesses against Edward Fitzharris. In April 1680 the king put him out of the commission of the peace.
Waller was elected Member of Parliament for Westminster in 1680 and 1681. During the reaction which followed he fled to Amsterdam, of which city he was admitted a burgher. In 1683 and the following year he was at Bremen, of which place Lord Preston, the English ambassador at Paris, describes him as governor. Other political exiles gathered round him, | 7,165 | triviaqa-train |
The ram represents which sign of the Zodiac? | Zodiac
The zodiac is an area of the sky that extends approximately 8° north or south (as measured in celestial latitude) of the ecliptic, the apparent path of the Sun across the celestial sphere over the course of the year. The paths of the Moon and visible planets are also within the belt of the zodiac.
In Western astrology, and formerly astronomy, the zodiac is divided into twelve signs, each occupying 30° of celestial longitude and roughly corresponding to the constellations Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer | Goat (zodiac)
The Goat (, sometimes also translated Sheep or Ram) is the eighth of the 12-year cycle of animals which appear in the Chinese zodiac related to the Chinese calendar. This zodiacal sign is often referred to as the "Ram" or "Sheep" sign, since the Chinese word "yáng" is more accurately translated as Caprinae, a taxonomic subfamily that includes both goats and sheep, but contrasts with other animal subfamily types such as Bovinae, Antilopinae, and other taxonomic considerations which may be encountered | 7,166 | triviaqa-train |
In British politics, who was described as ‘The Chingford Skinhead’? | Norman Tebbit
Norman Beresford Tebbit, Baron Tebbit, (born 29 March 1931), is a British politician and life peer. A member of the Conservative Party, he served in the Cabinet from 1981 to 1987 as Secretary of State for Employment (1981–83), Secretary of State for Trade and Industry (1983–85), Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (1985–87) and Chairman of the Conservative Party (1985–87). He was a member of parliament (MP) from 1970 to 1992, representing the constituencies of Epping | branch was controlled by signal boxes at Clapton Junction and Chingford intermediate signal boxes closed on this date (although the structures still contained equipment)
Operation British Railways (1948–1994).
Following nationalisation responsibility for operating the station fell to British Railways (Eastern Region).
The 1955 Modernisation Plan saw the Chingford line as one of several in north-east London identified for electrification - the others being the Enfield Town Line and the Southbury loop as far as Broxbourne. Before this the local MP had described the train service as being | 7,167 | triviaqa-train |
What is the name of the alcoholic who runs a rag and bottle shop and lodging house, who dies when he spontaneously combusts, in the novel ‘Bleak House’ by Charles Dickens? | purposely dwelt upon the romantic side of familiar things". And some remarkable things do happen: One character, Krook, smells of brimstone and eventually dies of spontaneous human combustion. This was highly controversial. The nineteenth century saw the increasing triumph of the scientific worldview. Scientifically inclined writers, as well as doctors and scientists, rejected spontaneous human combustion as legend or superstition. When the instalment of "Bleak House" containing Krook's demise appeared, the literary critic George Henry Lewes accused Dickens of "giving currency to a vulgar | who runs a rag and bottle shop and lodging house in "Bleak House". His tenants include Nemo and Miss Flite. He dies when he spontaneously combusts.
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- La Creevy, Miss Miniature painter in the Strand. The Nickleby's lease lodging from her briefly and she becomes their faithful friend. In the end she marries the Cheeryble Brothers old clerk, Tim Linkinwater in "Nicholas Nickleby".
- Lammle, Alfred and Sophronia Society couple who marry, each thinking that the other has money only to | 7,168 | triviaqa-train |
Euan, Nicky, Kathryn and Leo are the children of which British Prime Minister? | Tony Blair
Anthony Charles Lynton Blair (born 6 May 1953) is a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2007 and Leader of the Labour Party from 1994 to 2007. He was Leader of the Opposition from 1994 to 1997. As of 2017, Blair is the last British Labour Party leader to have won a general election.
From 1983 to 2007, Blair was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Sedgefield. He was elected Labour Party leader in July 1994, following | Counsel, on 29 March 1980. They have four children: Euan, Nicholas, Kathryn, and Leo. Leo, delivered by the Royal Surgeon/Gynaecologist Marcus Setchell, was the first legitimate child born to a serving Prime Minister in over 150 years – since Francis Russell was born to Lord John Russell on 11 July 1849. All four children have Irish passports, by virtue of Blair's mother, Hazel Elizabeth Rosaleen Corscaden (1923–1975). The family's primary residence is in Connaught Square; the Blairs own eight residences | 7,169 | triviaqa-train |
Gules is which colour in heraldry? | since the founding of the DPRK, the old color was replaced by the designs currently seen today in major holiday parades. All the colours share the same reverse with the emblem of the Worker's Party of Korea in gold and, save for the Worker-Peasant Red Guards, have identical gold letting in Hangul which states "Revolutionary armed forces of the Workers' Party of Korea, Korean People's Army [unit name] / No.425 unit (in ceremonies)" (), the 425 number honoring the date (25 | rays, all yellow. In the lower part of the rays, placed upon a cluster of yellow bolts, the provincial coat-of-arms of Uppland; gules an orb, banded and ensigned with a cross-crosslet, or. The shield ensigned with a royal crown proper."
Heraldry and traditions Colours, standards and guidons Second colour of S 1.
The colour was presented to the regiment in Enköping by the Supreme Commander, general Johan Hederstedt on 20 May 2000. The colour replaced an older which was presented | 7,170 | triviaqa-train |
Who became manager of Scottish football club Celtic in 2010? | charge of the club in June 2009, and he was succeeded a year later by Neil Lennon. In November 2010, Celtic set an SPL record for the biggest win in SPL history defeating Aberdeen 9–0 at Celtic Park.
Celtic celebrated their 125th anniversary in November 2012, the same week as their Champions League match against Barcelona. Celtic won 2–1 on the night to complete a memorable week, and eventually qualified from the group stages for the round of 16. Celtic finished the season with the SPL and Scottish Cup double. | 2000–01 Celtic F.C. season
Celtic played the 2000–01 season in the Scottish Premier League. Martin O'Neill became manager and Celtic won a domestic treble of the three major Scottish trophies: the Scottish League Cup, the Scottish Premier League trophy and the Scottish FA Challenge Cup.
Review and events.
Review and events Management.
Following the departure of John Barnes in February 2000, Martin O'Neill was appointed as manager of Celtic in June 2000. Kenny Dalglish, who was director of football at Celtic, left the club soon after. | 7,171 | triviaqa-train |
Navin R Johnson, played by Steve Martin, is the title character in which 1979 film? | his first substantial feature film appearance in the musical "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band", where he sang The Beatles' "Maxwell's Silver Hammer". In 1979, Martin starred in the comedy film "The Jerk", directed by Carl Reiner, and written by Martin, Michael Elias, and Carl Gottlieb. The film was a huge success, grossing over $100 million on a budget of approximately $4 million.
Stanley Kubrick met with him to discuss the possibility of Martin starring | — a bigger, yet nearly identical version of their old, small shack.
The story ends as the entire family dances on the porch and sings "Pick a Bale of Cotton"; Navin dances along, now having gained perfect rhythm.
Cast.
- Steve Martin as Navin R. Johnson
- Martin also plays Cat Juggler, under the alias Pig Eye Jackson
- Bernadette Peters as Marie Kimble Johnson
- M. Emmet Walsh as Madman
- Jackie Mason as Harry Hartounian
- Dick O'Neill as | 7,172 | triviaqa-train |
In the Six Nations Rugby Championship, the Millennium Trophy is awarded to the winner of the game between which two countries? | decider to be a tie, the tying teams would share the championship. To date, however, match points and points difference have been sufficient to decide the championship.
Also, the team that finishes at the bottom of the league table is said to have "won" the Wooden Spoon, although no actual trophy is given to the team. A team that has lost all five matches is said to have been whitewashed. Since the inaugural Six Nations tournament in 2000, only England and Ireland have avoided the Wooden Spoon | Calcutta Cup
The Calcutta Cup is the trophy awarded to the winner of the rugby match between Scotland and England (the current winner of the cup is Scotland). It is the oldest of several individual competitions that take place under the umbrella of the Six Nations Championship, including: the Millennium Trophy, Centenary Quaich, Giuseppe Garibaldi Trophy, Auld Alliance Trophy, and the Doddie Weir Cup (the latter two were first contested in 2018).
The cup was first competed for in 1879. Scotland were the most recent | 7,173 | triviaqa-train |
In computing, what is SYSOP short for? | Sysop
A sysop (; an abbreviation of system operator) is an administrator of a multi-user computer system, such as a bulletin board system (BBS) or an online service virtual community. The phrase may also be used to refer to administrators of other Internet-based network services.
Co-sysops are users who may be granted certain admin privileges on a BBS. Generally, they help validate users and monitor discussion forums. Some co-sysops serve as file clerks, reviewing, describing, and publishing newly | . In front of that may be two faint sets of furrows that do not cross-over. The area in front of the glabella is relatively long (about ⅓× the length of the glabella), and not differentiated into a preglabellar field and the anterior border. The facial suture in front of the eye is long and strongly divergent, while the portion behind the eye isshort. The genal spine is short and stout. The articulate middle part of the body (or thorax) has 15 to 18 segments with long, | 7,174 | triviaqa-train |
Which Mediterranean island was one of the filming locations for the 2000 film ‘Gladiator’? | the scenes of Ancient Rome shot over a period of nineteen weeks in Fort Ricasoli, Malta. The film's computer-generated imagery effects were created by British post-production company The Mill, who also created a digital body double for the remaining scenes involving of Reed's character Proximo due to Reed dying of a heart attack during production.
"Gladiator" premiered in Los Angeles on May 1, 2000, and was released theatrically in the United States on May 5 and in the United Kingdom on May 11. The | May 26, 2014. The production team scouted from five locations for filming, which included Shanghai, Xichang, Chifeng, Mount Putuo in Zhoushan, and Dongji Island. One of the leads, William Feng, was injured when the filming process was nearly finished. The film premiered in mainland China on July 24, 2014.
Synopsis.
The movie follows three young men, without much life experience, who live on an island located in the East China Sea. The three hatch a plan to journey across the Chinese | 7,175 | triviaqa-train |
Which English author wrote and edited the weekly periodical ‘Master Humphrey’s Clock’? | Great Expectations
Great Expectations is the thirteenth novel by Charles Dickens and his penultimate completed novel: a bildungsroman that depicts the personal growth and personal development of an orphan nicknamed Pip. It is Dickens's second novel, after "David Copperfield", to be fully narrated in the first person. The novel was first published as a serial in Dickens's weekly periodical "All the Year Round", from 1 December 1860 to August 1861. In October 1861, Chapman and Hall published the novel in three volumes.
The | was awarded the International Master (IM) title in 1951 and International Arbiter (IA) in 1952.
He also served as the vice-president of the Croatian Chess Federation.
Chess career Writer.
Vuković edited the monthly chess magazine "Šahovski Glasnik" (Chess Journal), the official periodical of the Yugoslavian chess federation.
He is the author of "The Art of Attack in Chess" (Oxford-London 1963), which is widely regarded as a classic of chess literature. Other books he wrote | 7,176 | triviaqa-train |
Bodybuilder Angelo Siciliano was better known by what name? | , Thomas Edison made a film of Treloar's posing routine. Edison had also made two films of Sandow a few years before. Those were the first three motion pictures featuring a bodybuilder. In the early 20th century, Macfadden and Charles Atlas continued to promote bodybuilding across the world. Alois P. Swoboda was an early pioneer in America.
History Early history Notable early bodybuilders.
Many other important bodybuilders in the early history of bodybuilding prior to 1930 include: Earle Liederman (writer of some of bodybuilding's earliest books), Zishe | Gary Williams (wrestler)
Gary William Gallant (born June 2, 1972) better known by his ring name "Wildman" Gary Williams has been competing in Canadian independent wrestling circuits since the 1990s. Williams is also a musician, actor and a bodyguard for VIP artists and personnel. Williams first passion is professional wrestling and what he is better known for. He has had brief stints in World Championship Wrestling and the World Wrestling Federation. Prior to and in the earlier days of his wrestling career, Williams was the lead | 7,177 | triviaqa-train |
The world’s oldest surviving bowling green, first used around 1299, is located in which English city? | beyond dispute, however, that the game, at any rate in a rudimentary form, was played in the 13th century. A manuscript of that period in the royal library, Windsor (No. 20, E iv.), contains a drawing representing two players aiming at a small cone instead of an earthenware ball or jack. The world's oldest surviving bowling green is the Southampton Old Bowling Green, which was first used in 1299.
Another manuscript of the same century has a crude but spirited picture which brings | House Hospital in 1299. The green still exists. It is the world's oldest surviving bowling green.
The town was sacked in 1338 by the French. Charles Grimaldi, purchaser of Monaco for the Grimaldi family was involved in the raid and is said to have used the plunder to help found the principality of Monaco but no firm evidence exists to substantiate the claim. After this attack the city's walls, parts of which date from 1175, were extensively improved and reinforced. Lacking proper finance for the construction of a | 7,178 | triviaqa-train |
Which US President was nicknamed ‘Old Hickory’? | the indemnity until Jackson had apologized for his remarks. In his December 1835 State of the Union Address, Jackson refused to apologize, stating he had a good opinion of the French people and his intentions were peaceful. Jackson described in lengthy and minute detail the history of events surrounding the treaty and his belief that the French government was purposely stalling payment. The French accepted Jackson's statements as sincere and in February 1836, reparations were paid.
In addition to France, the Jackson administration successfully settled spoliation claims with Denmark, | dissatisfied with the previous commander at the battle and summoned Johnson back from medical leave to take the command.
Civil War Gettysburg.
By May 1863, Johnson had recovered enough to lead his division in the Gettysburg Campaign. He still needed a heavy hickory stick to move around on foot (and was known to use it against men he believed were shirking battle) and his men nicknamed him "Old Clubby". On the way north into Pennsylvania, Johnson defeated Union Maj. Gen. Robert H. Milroy at the Second Battle of | 7,179 | triviaqa-train |
The US television series ‘Joey’ is a spin-off from which other television series? | Joey (TV series)
Joey is an American sitcom and a spin-off of "Friends", starring Matt LeBlanc reprising his role as Joey Tribbiani. It premiered on the NBC television network, on September 9, 2004, in the former time slot of its parent series, Thursday nights at 8:00 p.m.
Midway through the second season, the show was placed on a hiatus by NBC but returned on March 7, 2006, in a new timeslot of Tuesdays at 8:30 p.m. One episode, "Joey | Christopher Johnston.
Joey Stivic was a regular character on the "All in the Family" spin-off series "Gloria" in 1982 and 1983. On this series, in which the now-divorced Gloria Bunker character had moved to Upstate New York in order to work as an assistant veterinarian, the part of Joey Stivic was played by ten-year-old actor Christian Jacobs. After "Gloria" was canceled in 1983, Joey Stivic disappeared from prime time television for 11 years, until the character made one | 7,180 | triviaqa-train |
In the UK children’s television series ‘Button Moon’, what is the name of Tina Tea-Spoon’s friend? | telescope at someone else such as the Hare and the Tortoise, before heading back to their home on 'Junk Planet'. Episodes also include Mr. Spoon's wife Mrs. Spoon, their daughter, Tina Tea-Spoon and her friend Eggbert. The series ended in 1988 after 91 episodes.
Production.
"Button Moon" was originally conceived by Ian Allen as a stage show for Playboard Puppets in 1978. Allen adapted it into a TV series for Thames two years later. The first series of thirteen programmes was transmitted | character from the popular British soap opera "Coronation Street"
- Tina Martin, a character from "Bibi Blocksberg" and its spinoff "Bibi & Tina"
- Tina Reilly, a fictional character from the British soap opera "Hollyoaks"
- Tina Rex, a character from The Amazing World of Gumball
- Tina Stewart, a fictional character from the popular British soap opera "EastEnders"
- Tina Teaspoon, part of the Spoon family from UK children’s TV series "Button Moon"
- Tina | 7,181 | triviaqa-train |
What is the title of the song which won the 1997 Eurovision Song Contest for Katrina and the Waves? | Katrina and the Waves
Katrina and the Waves (sometimes written as Katrina and The Waves) were a British-American rock band best known for the 1985 hit "Walking on Sunshine". They also won the 1997 Eurovision Song Contest with the song "Love Shine a Light".
History.
History Pre-history (1975–80).
The band's earliest incarnation was as The Waves, a group that played in and around Cambridge, England, from 1975 to 1977 and featured guitarist Kimberley Rew and drummer Alex | had fallen under the limit for participation after Thalassa's 20th-place finish in 1998. The following year, ERT announced that it would not return at the Eurovision Song Contest 2000 due to financial reasons.
Thirty-one years after its debut, Greece won for the first time in 2005 with Elena Paparizou singing "My Number One", which at the time tied for the record for the most number of "twelve points" allocated to a song (ten in total) along with Katrina and the Waves' 1997 | 7,182 | triviaqa-train |
Originating in the US, what is the filling in a MoonPie? | "
- "Banana"
- "Vanilla"
- "Chocolate"
- "Coconut"
Moon Pie Crunch
- "Peanut Butter"
- "Mint"
Similar products.
In the northern areas of the U.S., a similar product is called a "Scooter Pie" and there is also a single-cracker marshmallow cookie called "Mallomars". Little Debbie also makes what they call "Marshmallow Pies" which are nearly identical to the moon pies. In the United Kingdom, Australia | , instead they could deposit it at their own bank or any other banks and the cheque would be routed back to the originating bank and funds transferred to their own bank account.
In the US, the bottom 5/8" of the cheque is a keep out zone reserved for MICR characters only which should not be intruded upon by handwriting. One must be especially careful of lower case descenders when filling out the signature and memo lines which are often at the bottom of the cheque in close proximity. It is advisable to treat | 7,183 | triviaqa-train |
What was the first name of US distiller Jack Daniel, born September 1850? | Jack Daniel
Jasper Newton "Jack" Daniel ( September 1850 – October 10, 1911) was an American distiller and businessman, best known as the founder of the Jack Daniel's Tennessee whiskey distillery.
Biography.
Daniel was the youngest of ten children born to Calaway and Lucinda Matilda (née Cook) Daniel. He was of Scots-Irish, Scottish, and Welsh descent; his grandfather, Joseph "Job" Daniel, was born in Wales, while his grandmother, Elizabeth Calaway, was born in Scotland | Nathan "Nearest" Green
Nathan "Nearest" Green ( 1820 – ?), incorrectly spelled "Nearis" in an 1880 census, was a Black head stiller, commonly referred to now as a master distiller. Born into slavery and emancipated after the Civil War, he is known as the master distiller who taught distilling techniques to Jack Daniel, founder of the Jack Daniel Tennessee whiskey distillery. Green was hired as the first master distiller for Jack Daniel Distillery, and he was the first African-American master distiller on | 7,184 | triviaqa-train |
Ataulfo, Haden, Francis and Keitt are all varieties of which fruit? | as opposed to the Indian-type which is monoembryonic).
In 1958, the agronomist Hector Cano Flores (the discoverer of Ataulfo mango) reportedly made a clone of an Ataulfo mango which he named IMC-M2.
In 2003, the Mexican government, through the Official Gazette, published Comunicado No. 14 – 2003 titled “Abstract of the application for the declaration (protection) of the Appellation of Origin: Mango Ataulfo del Soconusco Chiapas,” a declaration that the term “Mango Ataulfo del Soconusco Chiapas” | : Coquinho, Haden, Manga Espada, Manga Rosa, Palmer, Tommy Atkins
- Costa Rica: Haden, Irwin, Keitt, Mora, Tommy Atkins
- Cuba: San Felipe, Prieto, Toledo
- Ecuador: Ambassador, Alphonso, Ataulfo, Criollos, Haden, Julie, Keitt, Kent, Reina, Tommy Atkins
- Guatemala: Haden, Kent, Tommy Atkins
- Haiti: Francine (Madame Francis), Muscas, Labiche, Baptiste, Rosalie, Poirier, Corne, Fil
- Honduras | 7,185 | triviaqa-train |
Chrysophobia is the abnormal fear of which colour? | of [[red]], [[Orange (colour)|orange]], [[yellow]], [[green]], [[blue]], and [[Violet (color)|violet]]), [[saturation (color theory)|saturation]], [[brightness]], and [[Gloss (material appearance)|gloss]]. Some color words are derived from the name of an object of that color, such as "[[Orange (fruit)|orange]]" or "[[Salmon ( | Taphophobia
Fear of being buried alive is the fear of being placed in a grave while still alive as a result of being incorrectly pronounced dead. The abnormal, psychopathological version of this fear is referred to as taphophobia (from Greek τάφος - "taphos", "grave, tomb" and φόβος - "phobos", "fear"), which is translated as "fear of graves".
Before the era of modern medicine, the fear was not entirely irrational. Throughout history, there have been numerous cases | 7,186 | triviaqa-train |
‘The Sea, The Sea’ is a 1978 novel by which author? | The Sea, the Sea
The Sea, the Sea is a novel by Iris Murdoch. Published in 1978, it was her nineteenth novel. It won the 1978 Booker Prize.
Plot summary.
"The Sea, the Sea" is a tale of the strange obsessions that haunt a self-satisfied playwright and director as he begins to write his memoirs. Murdoch's novel exposes the motivations that drive her characters – the vanity, jealousy, and lack of compassion behind the disguises they present to the world. | Viktor Muravin
Viktor Muravin (born 1929) is an author, best known for his novel "Aurora Borealis", also published under the title "The Diary of Vikenty Angarov". Born in Vladivostok, in his youth he joined the Pioneers and the Komsomol. He worked as a horse-wrangler and agricultural worker, and by 1978 he lived in New York City. His novel, partly based on a friend's experiences describes the survival of former sea-captain Angarov in the labor camps of Siberia. | 7,187 | triviaqa-train |
The head of the judiciary in England and Wales has which title? | 626) or district judges (572). Some judges with United Kingdom-wide jurisdiction also sit in England and Wales, particularly Justices of the United Kingdom Supreme Court and members of the tribunals judiciary.
By statute, judges are guaranteed continuing judicial independence.
The following is a list of the various types of judges who sit in the Courts of England and Wales:
Lord Chief Justice and Lord Chancellor.
Since 3 April 2006, the Lord Chief Justice has been the overall head of the judiciary. Previously | The Queen's Bench Divisionor King's Bench Division when the monarch is malehas two roles. It hears a wide range of common law cases and also has special responsibility as a supervisory court. Until 2005, the head of the QBD was the Lord Chief Justice. The post of President of the Queen's Bench Division was created by the Constitutional Reform Act 2005, leaving the Lord Chief Justice as President of the Courts of England and Wales, Head of the Judiciary of England and Wales and Head of Criminal Justice. Sir | 7,188 | triviaqa-train |
Which plant is known as the Pie Plant? | Rhubarb
Rhubarb is a cultivated plant in the genus "Rheum" in the family Polygonaceae. It is a herbaceous perennial growing from short, thick rhizomes. Historically, different plants have been called "rhubarb" in English and used for two distinct purposes. The roots of some species were first used in medicine. Later, the fleshy, edible stalks (petioles) of other species and hybrids (culinary rhubarb) were cooked and used for food. The large, triangular leaves contain high levels of oxalic acid, making them | Lycium ruthenicum
Lycium ruthenicum (), is a flowering plant commonly known as Russian box thorn in the West. is a species of flowering plant in the nightshade family which can be found in Central Asia, southern part of Russia, throughout Northwest China, and Pakistan. Also commonly known as black fruit wolfberry, goji nero, siyah goji, kaokee, თეთრეკალა, (Tibetan name) “next to Mary”, is a species of flowering plant in the nightshade family which can be found in Central Asia, southern part | 7,189 | triviaqa-train |
The International Olympic Committee was founded in which year? | International Olympic Committee
The International Olympic Committee (IOC; French: "Comité international olympique", CIO) is a non-governmental sports organisation based in Lausanne, Switzerland. Created by Pierre de Coubertin and Demetrios Vikelas in 1894, it is the authority responsible for organising the modern Summer and Winter Olympic Games.
The IOC is the governing body of the National Olympic Committees (NOCs), which are the national constituents of the worldwide Olympic Movement. As of 2016, there are 206 NOCs officially recognised by the IOC | Swedish Olympic Committee
The Swedish Olympic Committee (SOC) () is the Swedish National Olympic Committee (NOC). The Swedish Olympic Committee organize the Swedish participation in the Olympics, choose the participants and run the "Elitprogrammet".
The committee has 35 Olympic national federations members and 12 by the IOC national federations members.
History.
The SOC was founded in 1913 and recognized by International Olympic Committee in the same year.
Presidents.
The Swedish Olympic Committee has had the following presidents
See also | 7,190 | triviaqa-train |
Late Formula One racing drive Roland Ratzenberger was born in which country? | , lighter, usually give better performance, but the newest automatic transmissions and CVTs give better fuel economy. It is customary for new drivers to learn, and be tested, on a car with a manual gear change. In Malaysia and Denmark all cars used for testing (and because of that, virtually all those used for instruction as well) have a manual transmission. In Japan, the Philippines, Germany, Poland, Italy, Israel, the Netherlands, Belgium, New Zealand, Austria, Bulgaria, the UK, | season. Brabham joined the Tom Walkinshaw Racing Jaguar team in 1991 and also in that year won the Spa 24 Hours driving a Nissan Skyline R32 GT-R alongside Naoki Hattori and the late Anders Olofsson.
Brabham returned to Formula One in with the under-funded Simtek team after his father bought shares in the team. The second seat was to be filled by paying drivers, with Roland Ratzenberger taking the first five races before Jean-Marc Gounon took over. The S941 chassis was overweight, used a fully manual gearbox | 7,191 | triviaqa-train |
What is the name of the mouse in the 1999 film ‘The Green Mile’? | to death after being convicted of raping and murdering two white girls. Wetmore demonstrates a severe sadistic streak, but gets away with it because he is the governor's wife's nephew. He is particularly abusive with inmate Eduard Delacroix (Del); he breaks Del's fingers with his baton, steps on Del's adopted pet mouse Mr. Jingles, repeatedly calls him by a gay slur, and ultimately sabotages his execution by deliberately not soaking the sponge used to conduct electricity to Del's head. As a result, Del suffers | The Green Mile (film)
The Green Mile is a 1999 American fantasy crime drama film written and directed by Frank Darabont and adapted from Stephen King’s 1996 novel of the same name.
The film stars Tom Hanks as Paul Edgecomb and Michael Clarke Duncan as John Coffey, with supporting roles by David Morse, Bonnie Hunt, and James Cromwell. It also features Dabbs Greer in his final film as the older Paul Edgecomb before he died in 2007. The film, told in a flashback format, tells the story | 7,192 | triviaqa-train |
Sweetango is a variety of which fruit? | SweeTango
SweeTango (brand name) or 'Minneiska' is a cultivar (cultivated variety) of apple ("Malus domestica") developed by the University of Minnesota in 2000 and first sold in the US in 2009. It is a hybrid of two other apples varieties the university developed: the popular 'Honeycrisp' (the “mother”) and the early-ripening 'Minnewashta' (brand name Zestar!, the “father” or pollinator). The name SweeTango is a brand name of the 'Minneiska | has increased by approximately 25 percent since his harvest in 2017.
According to a consumer study conducted in November 2010 by Diane Miller, tree fruit Extension specialist at Ohio State University, EverCrisp "rated higher than Fuji and Cameo and was equivalent to Honeycrisp and SweeTango." The MAIA is optimistic that "once people try EverCrisp, they will come back for more." | 7,193 | triviaqa-train |
The British brewery Abbey Ales is based in which city? | Abbey Ales Brewery
Abbey Ales is an English brewery located in city of Bath, England. It was founded in 1997 by Alan Morgan.
Beers.
Bellringer is a cask beer with an alcohol by volume of 4.2%, launched at the Bath Beer Festival in 1997. It was awarded 'Beer of the Festival' at the Cotswolds CAMRA Festival in July 1998, the Devizes CAMRA Festival in May 1999, the Bath Beer Festival in October 2000, and was a finalist in the Champion Beer of Britain competition in | the Netherlands or Belgium. The new breweries mostly brew top-fermenting beers roughly similar to those from Belgium. In addition there are also examples of British-style ales and traditional lagers.
The Netherlands is home to two of the ten Trappist Breweries. The monks that run the Koningshoeven Brewery in Berkel-Enschot brew several beers, mostly branded La Trappe, and has been active since 1884, while the De Kievit brewery of the Zundert abbey was only founded in 2013 and brews a beer named Zundert.
Some beers | 7,194 | triviaqa-train |
Who played the role of J J Gittes in the 1974 film ‘Chinatown’? | Chinatown (1974 film)
Chinatown is a 1974 American neo-noir mystery film, directed by Roman Polanski from a screenplay by Robert Towne, starring Jack Nicholson and Faye Dunaway. The film was inspired by the California Water Wars, a series of disputes over southern California water at the beginning of the 20th century, by which Los Angeles interests secured water rights in the Owens Valley. The Robert Evans production, a Paramount Pictures release, was the director's last film in the United States and features many elements of film | Mulwray returns as well, played by Tilly. The musical score for the film is by Van Dyke Parks, who also appears as a prosecuting attorney. The screenplay is by Robert Towne, whose script for "Chinatown" won an Academy Award.
It was released by Paramount Pictures on August 10, 1990. The film was not a box office success and plans for a third film about J. J. Gittes, with him near the end of his life, were abandoned.
Plot.
In Los Angeles in 1948 | 7,195 | triviaqa-train |
In which UK city is Waverley railway station? | Edinburgh Waverley railway station
Edinburgh Waverley railway station (also known simply as Waverley) is the principal station serving Edinburgh, the capital city of Scotland. It is the second busiest station in Scotland, after Glasgow Central. It is the northern terminus of the East Coast Main Line, from , although some trains operated by London North Eastern Railway continue to other Scottish destinations beyond Edinburgh.
Services to and from Edinburgh Waverley are primarily operated by Abellio ScotRail, including four routes to Glasgow, the Fife Circle, the recently reopened | "Waverley" and "MV Balmoral" sail from Britannia Quay (in Roath Basin) to various destinations in the Bristol Channel.
Air.
Cardiff, as well as South and West Wales, is served by Cardiff Airport (CWL). Scheduled, charter, and low-cost flights are operated on a regular basis to Anglesey, other UK destinations, Europe, Africa and North America all year round.
It is located at Rhoose, south west of the city and has a dedicated railway station at Rhoose | 7,196 | triviaqa-train |
US actors Adam West and James Woods guest star as themselves in various episodes of which US animated television series? | a national television advertising campaign for Ziebart.
From 2000, West made regular appearances on the animated series "Family Guy", on which he played Mayor Adam West, the lunatic mayor of Quahog, Rhode Island. His role brought West a new wave of popularity post-"Batman", and lead writer Seth MacFarlane claims to have gone out of his way to avoid typecasting West by deliberately not making any references to Batman.
Some of his last voice-over performances were playing the role of Uncle Art in the Disney Animation | List of Dallas (1978 TV series) cast members
This is a list of actors appearing on the 1978–1991 US television series "Dallas". During its 14 seasons on air, the show featured 21 regular cast members. Further more, 32 actors were billed as "also starring" during the first scene of the episodes, and 24 were billed as "special guest star" during in the closing credits. Additionally, hundreds more were billed as either guest stars or co-stars, this list include those with at | 7,197 | triviaqa-train |
Chulalongkorn University is the oldest university in which Asian country? | into a modern state demanded trained officials specialized in various fields. In 1899, the king founded the "Civil Service Training School" near the north gate of the Royal Palace. Those who graduated from the school would become royal pages. As royal pages, they learned how to manage organizations by working closely with the king, which was a traditional way to enter the Siamese bureaucracy. After serving as royal pages, they would then serve in the Mahattai Ministry or other government ministries.
On 1 April 1902 the king renamed | been published since 1963 by the Center for Southeast Asian Studies at Kyoto University.
Programs by country.
Universities that offer studies of Southeast Asia are listed by region:
Programs by country Southeast Asia.
- Ateneo de Manila University
- De la Salle University
- Chulalongkorn University
- Gadjah Mada University
- Mahidol University International College
- National University of Singapore
- Silliman University
- Thammasat University
- University of Indonesia
- University of Malaya
- University of Asia and the Pacific
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Logophobia is the abnormal fear of what? | , are able to use fear as a tool to manipulate others. People who are experiencing fear, seek preservation through safety and can be manipulated by a person who is there to provide that safety that is being sought after. "When we're afraid, a manipulator can talk us out of the truth we see right in front of us. Words become more real than reality" By this, a manipulator is able to use our fear to manipulate us out the truth and instead make us believe and trust in their truth | they do not relate to their main goal.
Response modulation argues that the attention to goals is what modulates whether psychopaths have normal or abnormal levels of fear and empathy. In studies when psychopaths were asked to focus on these cues, they had normal levels of fear and empathy.
History and evolution.
The theory was first proposed by Gorenstein and Newman (1980) and has since gone through changes. Initially it was proposed as theory of reward hypersensitivity in response to the Low Fear theory proposed by David T. Lykken | 7,199 | triviaqa-train |
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