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Which NATO member country is the only one with no permanent professional army? | North America (Canada and the United States), 26 are in Europe, and one is in Eurasia (Turkey). All members have militaries, except for Iceland which does not have a typical army (but does, however, have a coast guard and a small unit of civilian specialists for NATO operations). Three of NATO's members are nuclear weapons states: France, the United Kingdom, and the United States. NATO has 12 original founding member nation states, and from 18 February 1952 to 6 May 1955 | -in-Chief. The Minister for Defence, currently François Bausch, oversees army operations. The professional head of the army is the Chief of Defence, who answers to the minister and holds the rank of general.
Being a landlocked country, it has no navy. Luxembourg also lacks an air force, though the 17 NATO AWACS aeroplanes are, for convenience, registered as aircraft of Luxembourg. In accordance with a joint agreement with Belgium, both countries have put forth funding for one A400M military cargo plane. | 7,200 | triviaqa-train |
Miami Beach pharmacist Benjamin Green invented which brand of sun lotion in 1944? | Coppertone (sunscreen)
Coppertone is the brand name for an American sunscreen, now owned by Beiersdorf, formerly Bayer, Merck & Co., Inc. and Schering-Plough. Coppertone uses a variety of branding, including the Coppertone girl logo and a distinctive fragrance.
Product line.
The original product dates to 1944, when pharmacist Benjamin Green invented a lotion to darken tans. The product line has been expanded to include many skin care products, predominantly sunscreens. Coppertone has become the leading sun care brand in the United | - Johann Ludwig Christ (1739–1813), pastor and fruit expert
- Friedrich Christoph Dietrich (1779–1847), lithograph and copper cutcher
- Julius Weizsäcker (1828–1889), historian
- Karl Friedrich Schall (1859–1925), fine mechanic and co-founder of the company "Cleaner, Gebbert & Schall" in Erlangen
- Otto Röhm (1876–1939), pharmacist, developed and produced as one of the first polymethylmethacrylate and invented the Brand " Plexiglas "
- Oswald Lutz (1876–1944), officer, most recently general | 7,201 | triviaqa-train |
In the UK television series ‘Doctor Who’, which actor played the ninth Doctor? | showing the series again in 2005. The series moved to the Canadian cable channel Space in 2009.
For the Canadian broadcast, Christopher Eccleston recorded special video introductions for each episode (including a trivia question as part of a viewer contest) and excerpts from the "Doctor Who Confidential" documentary were played over the closing credits; for the broadcast of "The Christmas Invasion" on 26 December 2005, Billie Piper recorded a special video introduction. CBC began airing series two on 9 October 2006 at 20:00 E/P ( | July 2004, a poll of industry experts, conducted by "Radio Times" magazine, voted Eccleston the "19th Most Powerful Person in Television Drama."
Career "Doctor Who" (2005).
On 2 April 2004, it was announced that Eccleston was to play the ninth incarnation of the Doctor in the revival of the BBC science fiction television series "Doctor Who", which began transmission on 26 March 2005. Eccleston was the first actor to play the role who was born after the series began, albeit by | 7,202 | triviaqa-train |
The fictional television Doctor Who came from which planet? | Doctor Who
Doctor Who is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC since 1963. The programme depicts the adventures of a Time Lord called "the Doctor", an extraterrestrial being, to all appearances human, from the planet Gallifrey. The Doctor explores the universe in a time-travelling space ship called the TARDIS. Its exterior appears as a blue British police box, which was a common sight in Britain in 1963 when the series first aired. Accompanied by a number of companions, the Doctor combats a | Sil (Doctor Who)
Sil is a fictional alien from the television series "Doctor Who", first appearing in the 1985 serial "Vengeance on Varos". Sil was portrayed by Nabil Shaban.
Sil was the representative of the Galatron Mining Corporation present on the planet Varos to extract concessions from the current Governor. Unbeknownst to the Varosians, the mineral Zeiton-7 which was abundant on their planet was not as they thought nearly valueless, but in fact rare, particularly to time travellers. The Varosians lived barely above the | 7,203 | triviaqa-train |
What is the name of the malevolent and renegade Time Lord in the television series Doctor Who, whose ambition led him to become the head of the High Council of Time Lords? | "The Brain of Morbius" and the Doctor apparently being drowned by a villain in "The Deadly Assassin" (both 1976).
A BBC audience research survey conducted in 1972 found that, by their own definition of violence ("any act[s] which may cause physical and/or psychological injury, hurt or death to persons, animals or property, whether intentional or accidental") "Doctor Who" was the most violent of the drama programmes the corporation produced at the time. The same report found that 3% of | Time Lord
The Time Lords are an ancient extraterrestrial species in the British science fiction television documentary "Doctor Who", of which the series' protagonist, the Doctor, is a member. Time Lords are so named for their command of time travel technology and their non-linear perception of time. Originally they were described as a powerful and wise race from the planet Gallifrey, from which the Doctor was a renegade; details beyond this were very limited for the first decade of the series. They later became integral to | 7,204 | triviaqa-train |
What is the name of Rose Tyler’s boyfriend in the UK television series ‘Doctor Who’? | London, alongside her own supporting cast in the form of her mother Jackie Tyler (Camille Coduri) and her boyfriend Mickey Smith (Noel Clarke). Over the course of the first series Rose's human actions and responses contrast with the Doctor's alien perspectives. Rose grows increasingly trusting of the Doctor and comes to realise she has fallen in love with him. He comes to value and depend on her and sacrifices his Ninth incarnation for her. Rose forms a similar bond with the new Doctor, but the two appear to | Rose (Doctor Who episode)
"Rose" is the opening episode of the first series of the revived British science fiction television programme "Doctor Who". The episode was directed by Keith Boak and written by Russell T Davies who was also one of the three executive producers. It was first broadcast in the UK on BBC One on 26 March 2005. "Rose" was the first "Doctor Who" episode to air since the "Doctor Who" television film in 1996.
In the episode, the London | 7,205 | triviaqa-train |
What is the title of the four-episode special of ‘Doctor Who’, made for the Red Nose Day telethon in the UK, broadcast in March 1999? | donations. Angus Deayton hosted a live cross-over panel game, "Have I Got Buzzcocks All Over". A parody of the "Doctor Who" series starring Rowan Atkinson as the Doctor, "Doctor Who and the Curse of Fatal Death", was featured during the show, as was "Wetty Hainthropp Investigates" (a Victoria Wood parody of "Hetty Wainthropp Investigates") and "The Naughty Boys" (a mock 1967 pilot for "Men Behaving Badly").
On Radio 1, Simon Mayo | actor's double filling in for the part they were not playing. The doubles were also used briefly in scenes where the characters' backs were to the camera, such as when the Doctor, Amy, and Rory watched the future Amy and Rory enter the TARDIS.
Broadcast, release and reception.
"Space" and "Time" were broadcast during the Comic Relief Red Nose Day telethon on 18 March 2011 on BBC One. The telethon was watched by 10.26 million viewers. The BBC posted the episode in two | 7,206 | triviaqa-train |
What is the name of the aliens who invaded planet Earth in the 2005 60-minute special television episode of Doctor Who’ entitled ‘The Christmas Invasion’? | The Christmas Invasion
"The Christmas Invasion" is a 60-minute special episode of the British science fiction television series "Doctor Who", which was first broadcast on BBC One on 25 December 2005. This episode features the first full-episode appearance of David Tennant as the Tenth Doctor and is also the first specially produced "Doctor Who" Christmas special in the programme's history.
In the episode, principally set in London, the alien race the Sycorax invade Earth, demanding that either humanity surrenders or one third of | his first, brief appearance as the Tenth Doctor in the episode "The Parting of the Ways" (2005) at the end of the regeneration scene, and also appeared in a special shown as part of the 2005 Children in Need appeal, broadcast on 18 November 2005. He began filming the new series of "Doctor Who" in late July 2005. His first full-length outing as the Doctor was a 60-minute special, "The Christmas Invasion", first broadcast on Christmas Day 2005. Tennant had been formally | 7,207 | triviaqa-train |
‘The Meddling ‘what’ is a fictional character played by actor Peter Butterworth in the UK television series ‘Doctor Who’? | Peter Butterworth
Peter William Shorrocks Butterworth (4 February 1915 – 16 January 1979) was an English comedy actor and comedian, best known for his appearances in the "Carry On" series of films. He was also a regular on children's television and radio, and was known for playing the Meddling Monk in "Doctor Who". Butterworth was married to the actress and impressionist Janet Brown.
Biography.
Biography Early life and war service.
Before his acting career started, Butterworth served as a lieutenant in | Jenny (Doctor Who)
Jenny, portrayed by Georgia Moffett, is a fictional character in the long-running British science fiction television series "Doctor Who". She appeared in the episode "The Doctor's Daughter", originally broadcast 10 May 2008. Jenny is the daughter of the series protagonist the Doctor, a product of altered DNA extracted from a tissue sample from his hand. The character was created by writer Stephen Greenhorn.
Moffett is the daughter of the actor Peter Davison, who portrayed the Doctor's | 7,208 | triviaqa-train |
The late author and television personality Barbara Woodhouse was famous for training which animals? | Dog training
Dog training is the application of behavior analysis which uses the environmental events of antecedents and consequences to modify the behavior of a dog, either for it to assist in specific activities or undertake particular tasks, or for it to participate effectively in contemporary domestic life. While training dogs for specific roles dates back to Roman times at least, the training of dogs to be compatible household pets developed with suburbanization in the 1950s.
A dog learns from interactions it has with its environment. This can be through classical conditioning | Obamacare." On September 20 he said the effects of the Graham–Cassidy bill on the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System were being analyzed by his staff and asserted that the ACA had been a failure. He admitted he had not seen the final version of the Graham-Cassidy bill but said he suspected it would be “the longest possible transition so that we can move people from Medicaid into a superior insurance product."
Governor of Arizona Tenure Confederate monuments.
In August 2017, after violence by white nationalists at a | 7,209 | triviaqa-train |
In the Shakespeare play ‘Midsummer Night’s Dream’, Titania is the Queen of the ‘what’? | is an absence of patriarchal control. In his book "Power on Display", Leonard Tennenhouse says the problem in "A Midsummer Night's Dream" is the problem of "authority gone archaic". The Athenian law requiring a daughter to die if she does not do her father's will is outdated. Tennenhouse contrasts the patriarchal rule of Theseus in Athens with that of Oberon in the carnivalistic Faerie world. The disorder in the land of the fairies completely opposes the world of Athens. He states that during times of carnival | BBC series "Longitude", "EastEnders", and "Casualty." Lavender toured with the British Shakespeare Company production of "A Midsummer Night’s Dream" in 2009, playing Hippolyta and Titania.
Lavender made her theatre debut at London's Tabard Theatre in March 2011 in "A Woman Alone". The play was produced by Jason Greer with its preview hosted by Emmanuel Ray.
Other work.
Lavender has supported Action for Brazil's Children Trust (ABC) as an ambassador, to raise awareness and | 7,210 | triviaqa-train |
What is the name of the saxophone player in the Muppet rock band, which appear on the television show ‘The Muppets’? | Dr. Teeth and The Electric Mayhem
Dr. Teeth and The Electric Mayhem are a fictional musical group that debuted on "The Muppet Show" in 1975. They are the house band for "The Muppet Show", with personalities and appearances inspired by prominent real-life rock music and jazz performers. Following "The Muppet Show", they appeared in various Muppet movies and television specials and have also recorded album tracks and covered numerous songs.
Dr. Teeth and Animal were designed by Jim Henson, Zoot was designed by Bonnie | Guest stars on "Saturday Night Live" occasionally include both the Muppets and "Sesame Street" characters, as well as Muppet likenesses of real people; these likenesses appear recurrently in early episodes of "The Muppet Show" and on "Sesame Street", and appear occasionally on other series such as "30 Rock".
Following Disney's acquisition of the Muppets, puppets created by The Jim Henson Company are no longer referred to as Muppets. Puppets created by Jim Henson's Creature Shop, including those in "Labyrinth | 7,211 | triviaqa-train |
The headquarters of the Jyske Bank are in which European country? | Jyske Bank
Jyske Bank A/S is the third largest Danish bank in terms of market share.
The headquarters are located in Silkeborg, and the bank has offices, branches, or subsidiaries in Denmark, Germany, and Gibraltar. It is the second-largest bank to be listed on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange, and it is the largest bank in Denmark headquartered outside Copenhagen.
The current CEO of Jyske Bank is Anders Dam. The bank employs some 4000 individuals.
History.
Jyske Bank is the | by Linkin Park, Elton John and Kylie Minogue. The arena was also used for the 2010 European Women's Handball Championship. On 1 October 2010, Danish bank, Jyske Bank purchased naming rights to the arena, changing its name from "MCH MultiArena" to "Jyske Bank Boxen"
See also.
- List of convention and exhibition centers
External links.
- Official Site
- Youtube Profile
- Facebook Profile
- Linkedin Profile | 7,212 | triviaqa-train |
English singer/songwriter Paloma Faith played Andrea in which 2007 film? | " of "The Architect", featuring six new songs including "Make Your Own Kind of Music", "Lullaby" and "Loyal".
Television and film career.
In 2007, Faith appeared in an episode of the BBC police drama "HolbyBlue" portraying a thief. She was also cast as Andrea in "St Trinian's" in 2007. Faith was also cast in Terry Gilliam's "The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus" as Sally, the girlfriend of the Devil (played by Tom Waits) | Paloma Faith
Paloma Faith Blomfield (born 21 July 1981) is an English singer, songwriter, and actress.
Faith is known for her retro and eccentric style. The singer met her managers Jamie Binns and Christian Wåhlberg in 2007. Her debut album, "Do You Want the Truth or Something Beautiful?" was released in 2009 and has been certified double platinum in the UK. The album contains the singles "Stone Cold Sober", "New York" and "Upside Down", and earned Faith her | 7,213 | triviaqa-train |
What is the first name of British footballer Wayne Rooney’s second child, born in May 2013? | sing for the couple was Coleen's favourite pop band Westlife.
In April 2006, Rooney was awarded £100,000 in libel damages from tabloids "The Sun" and "News of the World", who had claimed that he had assaulted Coleen in a nightclub. Rooney donated the money to charity.
Rooney's wife gave birth to a son on 2 November 2009, Kai Wayne. The couple's second child, Klay Anthony, was born on 21 May 2013. The couple's third child, Kit Joseph, | appeared as a featured artist in the Kids in Glass Houses' song "Undercover Lover" from their album, "Dirt". Since December 2010 Sandford has been in a relationship with footballer Wayne Bridge. Sandford announced her engagement to Bridge on 8 April 2013 via Twitter. Their first child was born on 18 October 2013, a son, Parker.. She gave birth to the couple's second child, another son, Carter, on 15 August 2015. She took part in, and finished runner-up in, the | 7,214 | triviaqa-train |
Which television dramatist wrote the BBC television drama ‘The Black Stuff’ in 1978? | Boys from the Blackstuff
Boys from the Blackstuff is a British television drama series of five episodes, originally transmitted from 10 October to 7 November 1982 on BBC2.
The serial was written by Liverpudlian playwright Alan Bleasdale, as a sequel to a television play, "The Black Stuff". The British Film Institute described it as a "seminal drama series... a warm, humorous but ultimately tragic look at the way economics affect ordinary people... TV's most complete dramatic response to the Thatcher era and as a lament to | The Mayor of Casterbridge (TV series)
The Mayor of Casterbridge is a 1978 BBC seven-part serial based on the eponymous book by the British novelist Thomas Hardy. The six-hour drama was written by television dramatist Dennis Potter and directed by David Giles with Alan Bates as the title character. It was released as a 3-disc DVD box set in May 2003.
The plot.
On a drunken impulse, Henchard sells his wife and daughter at a country fair, an outrageous act for which he suffers agonizing | 7,215 | triviaqa-train |
Who directed the 1969 film ‘Women In Love’, starring Oliver Reed and Alan Bates? | and guest starred on episodes of "The Saint".
He also had the lead in a non-Hammer horror, "The Party's Over" (made 1963, released 1965), directed by Guy Hamilton.
Career Michael Winner and Ken Russell.
In 1964 he starred in the first of six films directed by Michael Winner, "The System", (known as "The Girl-Getters" in the U.S.).
The film was seen by Ken Russell who then cast Reed in the title | In 1969, Russell directed what is considered his "signature film", "Women In Love", an adaptation of D. H. Lawrence's novel of the same name about two artist sisters living in post-World War I Britain. The film starred Glenda Jackson, Oliver Reed, Jennie Linden and Alan Bates. The film is notable for its nude wrestling scene, which broke the convention at the time that a mainstream movie could not show male genitalia. "Women in Love" connected with the sexual revolution and bohemian politics | 7,216 | triviaqa-train |
For which film did Audrey Hepburn win her only Oscar (Academy Award)? | ballet with Sonia Gaskell. She moved to London in 1948, where she continued her ballet training with Marie Rambert. She began performing as a chorus girl in West End musical theatre productions. Following minor appearances in several films, Hepburn starred in the 1951 Broadway play "Gigi" after being spotted by French novelist Colette, on whose work the play was based.
She rose to stardom after playing the lead role in "Roman Holiday" (1953), for which she was the first actress to win an Academy Award | Broadway stage musical "My Fair Lady" premieres in New York City. The movie stars Belgian-born Audrey Hepburn in the role of Eliza Doolittle (with her singing voice dubbed by Marni Nixon) and English actor Rex Harrison repeating his stage performance as Professor Henry Higgins, and which will win him his only Academy Award for Best Actor. The film will win seven other Oscars, including Best Picture, but Hepburn will not be nominated. Critics interpret this as a rebuke to studio executive Jack L. Warner for choosing Ms. Hepburn | 7,217 | triviaqa-train |
What is the surname of Dick and Jane in the 2005 film ‘Fun With Dick and Jane’, starring Jim Carrey and Tea Leoni? | Weir also star, and James Whitmore appears in an uncredited cameo in one of his final roles. "Fun with Dick and Jane" was released by Columbia Pictures on December 21, 2005 and grossed over $202 million worldwide at the box office.
Plot.
In the year 2000, Dick Harper (Jim Carrey) has been promoted to Vice President of Communications for a large media corporation known as Globodyne. The following day, he is on a television program with presidential candidate Ralph Nader, who calls Globodyne " | as Robber
- Anne Ramsey as Employment applicant
- Jon Christian Erickson as Transsexual
- Jay Leno ("uncredited") as Carpenter
Reception.
"Fun with Dick and Jane" received mixed reviews from critics. The film currently holds a 55% rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 11 reviews.
Remake.
A remake, also entitled "Fun with Dick and Jane" was released in 2005, starring Jim Carrey and Téa Leoni. | 7,218 | triviaqa-train |
Who defeated Bobby Riggs in the ‘Battle of the Sexes’ tennis match in September 1973? | up at the French Championships. He was U.S. champion again in 1941, after a runner-up finish the year before.
After retirement from his pro career, Riggs became well known as a hustler and gambler. He organized numerous exhibition challenges, inviting active and retired tennis pros to participate. In September 1973, at age 55, he held one such event against the then current women's champion Billie Jean King, which he lost. Their prime time "Battle of the Sexes" match remains one of the most | Career Prime competitive years: 1966 through 1975 1973 Battle of the Sexes.
In 1973, King defeated Bobby Riggs in an exhibition match, winning $100,000.
Riggs had been a top men's player in the 1930s and 1940s in both the amateur and professional ranks. He won the Wimbledon men's singles title in 1939, and was considered the World No. 1 male tennis player for 1941, 1946, and 1947. He then became a self-described tennis "hustler" who played in promotional challenge matches. Claiming | 7,219 | triviaqa-train |
Apart from the special stars, how many categories of stars are there embedded in the pavements on the Hollywood Walk of Fame? | Hollywood Walk of Fame
The Hollywood Walk of Fame comprises more than 2,600 five-pointed terrazzo and brass stars embedded in the sidewalks along 15 blocks of Hollywood Boulevard and three blocks of Vine Street in Hollywood, California. The stars are permanent public monuments to achievement in the entertainment industry, bearing the names of a mix of musicians, actors, directors, producers, musical and theatrical groups, fictional characters, and others. The Walk of Fame is administered by the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce and maintained by the self-financing | embedded in the stars below the names. Closed circuit surveillance cameras have been installed on the stretch of Hollywood Boulevard between La Brea Avenue and Vine Street in an effort to discourage mischievous activities.
Four of the stars, which weigh about each, have been stolen from the Walk of Fame. In 2000, James Stewart's and Kirk Douglas's stars disappeared from their locations near the intersection of Hollywood and Vine, where they had been temporarily removed for a construction project. Police recovered them in the suburban community of South Gate | 7,220 | triviaqa-train |
The One-Eyed Bagman is a story -teller in which novel by Charles Dickens? | whimsical names. The likes of Ebenezer Scrooge, Tiny Tim, Jacob Marley, Bob Cratchit, Oliver Twist, The Artful Dodger, Fagin, Bill Sikes, Pip, Miss Havisham, Sydney Carton, Charles Darnay, David Copperfield, Mr Micawber, Abel Magwitch, Daniel Quilp, Samuel Pickwick, Wackford Squeers, and Uriah Heep are so well known as to be part and parcel of popular culture, and in some cases have passed into ordinary language: a "scrooge", for example, is a miser – or someone | .
- Abel Magwitch, a leading character in the novel "Great Expectatations" by Charles Dickens
- Abel Rosnovoski, lead character in the novel Kane and Abel, by Jeffrey archer
- Abel, protagonist in W.H. Hudson's novel "Green Mansions"
- Abel Nightroad, in the anime "Trinity Blood"
- Abel (DC Comics), a host of horror comic anthologies
- Abel, Mabel's brother in the 1976–2000 comic strip "Motley's Crew"
- Abel Teller, the son | 7,221 | triviaqa-train |
What was the the last animated film personally supervised by Walt Disney and released in October 1967? | -Pooh" stories, "Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree", was released in 1966, to be followed by several other "Pooh" featurettes over the years and a full-length compilation feature, "The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh", which was released in 1977.
Walt Disney died in December 1966, ten months before the studio's next film "The Jungle Book", was completed and released. The film was a success, finishing 1967 as the fourth highest-grossing film of | December 25, 1963 (Wednesday).
- Walt Disney released his 18th feature-length animated motion picture, "The Sword in the Stone", about the boyhood of King Arthur. It would be the penultimate animated film personally supervised by Disney.
- İsmet İnönü of the CHP party formed his last government as Prime Minister of Turkey. İnönü had led the party since 1938, and had first served as Prime Minister in 1923.
- Gene Keyes, a 22-year old conscientious objector and a volunteer for the | 7,222 | triviaqa-train |
Which planet in our solar system has a year which is around 24 and a half Earth years? | , hurricanes, tectonics, and even hydrology.
Planets are generally divided into two main types: large low-density giant planets, and smaller rocky terrestrials. There are eight planets in the Solar System. In order of increasing distance from the Sun, they are the four terrestrials, Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars, then the four giant planets, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. Six of the planets are orbited by one or more natural satellites.
Several thousands of planets around other stars | planet of the Aldebaran solar system and the only discovered to be hospitable. It is revealed that since its colonization 100 years previous, communication with Earth has been impossible, the reason for which is not explained.
As a result, the colonists have had to put in place an autocratic society, making do with what is available to them on the planet. The original population of 3,000 colonists rapidly grows to around 20,000 inhabitants when the cycle begins.
The story begins in the year 2179 with the complete destruction of a | 7,223 | triviaqa-train |
Who is the narrator of Three Men in a Boat? | Three Men in a Boat
Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog), published in 1889, is a humorous account by English writer Jerome K. Jerome of a two-week boating holiday on the Thames from Kingston upon Thames to Oxford and back to Kingston. The book was initially intended to be a serious travel guide, with accounts of local history along the route, but the humorous elements took over to the point where the serious and somewhat sentimental passages seem a distraction to the comic novel. | drugs. The drugs, however, still reach Essex because Steele anticipates trouble and sends Whomes away on a boat with the contraband.
It is revealed by Nicholls, who serves as the film's narrator, that the three men are suppliers to an Essex-based drug dealer named Tony Tucker. Tucker, his right-hand man Craig Rolfe and the psychotic Patrick "Pat" Tate serve as the three core members of the Essex boys. The gang grows progressively in stature until a girl falls into a coma and later | 7,224 | triviaqa-train |
In science, what symbol is normally used for the speed of light? | Speed of light
The speed of light in vacuum, commonly denoted , is a universal physical constant important in many areas of physics. Its exact value is (approximately ). It is exact because by international agreement a metre is defined as the length of the path travelled by light in vacuum during a time interval of 1/299792458 second. According to special relativity, is the upper limit for the speed at which conventional matter and information can travel. Though this speed is most commonly associated with light, it is also the speed | season, withdrawing on November 11, 1926. In 1935, the SLSL began a period of instability which led to its eventual dissolution four years later.
In 1939, the league expanded to include teams from Chicago and Cleveland. Teams from these two cities and St. Louis had competed against each other from time to time, but this year, the SLSL decided to formalize the competition, which was called the “Inter-city Soccer Loop”. The league, which had experienced considerable internal strife including lawsuits between teams over | 7,225 | triviaqa-train |
In which sitcom did a Jack Russell terrier called Eddie appear? | show progressed.
By country United States Sitcoms on US television 1980s.
"Cheers," which ran for eleven seasons, was one of the most successful sitcoms in the 80s, airing from 1982 to 1993. It was followed by a spin-off sitcom in the 90s, "Frasier". During its run, "Cheers" became one of the most popular series of all time and has received critical acclaim. In 1997, the episodes "Thanksgiving Orphans" and "Home Is the Sailor", aired originally in 1987 | it complies with a number of strict conditions designed for gamekeepers.
See also.
- Baiting
- Fox hunting legislation
- Jack Russell Terrier
- Jack Russell Terrier Club of America
- Patterdale Terrier
General references.
- Burns, Patrick. "American Working Terriers", 2005.
- Chapman, Eddie. "The Working Jack Russell Terrier," 1994.
- Fischer, John. "Vulpicide in South Nottinghamshire in 1865"
- MacDonald, David. "Running With the Fox | 7,226 | triviaqa-train |
Jimmy Wales was the co-founder of which major Web site? | a Gradualist and believes "that slow step-by-step change is better and more sustainable and allows us to test new things with a minimum of difficult disruption in society."
Political and economic views Philosophy in practice.
The January/February 2006 issue of "Maximum PC" reported that Wales refused to comply with a request from the People's Republic of China to censor "politically sensitive" Wikipedia articles—other corporate Internet companies, such as Google, Yahoo! and Microsoft, had already yielded to Chinese government | Aspect Television
Aspect Television is an independent television production company established in 1999 and based in Cardiff, Wales which specialises in factual programmes and corporate productions.
People.
- Jamie Owen — co-founder and presenter
- Rob Finighan — co-founder, director and producer
- Adrian Chiles — presenter
External links.
- Official Web Site | 7,227 | triviaqa-train |
Who was born Vera Margaret Welsh on 20th March 1917? | of steam locomotives at the North Yorkshire Moors Railway is named "Dame Vera Lynn".
In 2018, Lynn received the Outstanding Contribution to Music award at the Classic Brit Awards.
In January 2019 it was reported that The London Mint Office had commissioned acclaimed Norwegian artist Ross Kolby to paint a portrait of Dame Vera. The painting will hang in the Royal Albert Hall in London where Dame Vera has performed on 52 occasions.
The 1964 film "Dr. Strangelove" directed by Stanley Kubrick, starring Peter Sellers and George | best exemplified the spirit of the 20th century.
Early life.
Vera Margaret Welch was born in East Ham, Newham, on 20 March 1917, the daughter of Bertram Samuel Welch (1883–1955) and Annie Martin (1889–1975), who had married in 1913.
She began performing publicly at the age of seven and adopted her maternal grandmother Margaret Lynn's maiden name as her stage name when she was eleven. Her first radio broadcast, with the Joe Loss Orchestra, was in 1935. At this point she | 7,228 | triviaqa-train |
In which city was the first Disney theme park opened in 1955? | Disney opened at the Disneyland Resort on January 12, 2001, between Disneyland and the future California Adventure. Disney California Adventure Park opened at the Disneyland Resort on February 8, 2001, with three major areas: Paradise Pier, Hollywood Pictures Backlot, and the Golden State. In California Adventure on October 6, 2002, A Bug's Land area opened. Parks and Resorts chairman Jay Rasulo announced at Disney's D23 Expo in Anaheim, California on September 12, 2009, that Walt Disney World's Fantasyland would be overhauled and | Model Shop. WED Enterprises was eventually renamed to Walt Disney Imagineering, which alluded to the engineering and imagination needed to design Disney theme park attractions.
Burns contributed greatly to the development of Disneyland at WED Enterprises by creating both miniature models and actual theme park attractions. One of Burns's first assignments was to craft a model of Sleeping Beauty Castle, a Disneyland landmark which opened with the theme park on July 17, 1955. She continued to work on Disneyland expansions after the park's grand opening. Burns designed models of | 7,229 | triviaqa-train |
Plovdiv is the second city of which European country? | Plovdiv
Plovdiv (, ) is the second-largest city in Bulgaria after Sofia, with a city population of 346,893 and 675,000 in the greater metropolitan area. Plovdiv is the economic capital of Bulgaria. It is an important economic, transport, cultural, and educational center. There is evidence of habitation in Plovdiv dating back to the 6th millennium BCE, when the first Neolithic settlements were established. It has been considered to be one of the oldest cities in the world; however, archaeological excavations in 2016 and 2017 have | mouse TSCs. TSCs were observed because they reflect the initial cells that develop in the fetal placenta. Regardless of their tangible similarities, enhancer and repressed regions were mostly species-specific. However, most promoter sequences were conserved between mouse and rat. In conclusion to their study, researchers proposed that ERVs influenced species-specific placental evolution through mediation of placental growth, immunosuppression, and cell fusion.
Another example of ERV exploiting cellular mechanisms is p53, a tumor suppressor gene (TSG). DNA damage and cellular stress induces | 7,230 | triviaqa-train |
In which town is the Devonshire Campus of the University of Derby? | the B block (business and management subjects, which lies north of the East Tower) was opened by the Conservative MP, Tim Boswell.
Later in autumn 1994, the Atrium was built. In November 1997, the Learning Centre (now renamed ‘University Library’) was officially opened, having been built on a former car park. The University of Derby was fully invested.
History 1998 - present: New campuses and further mergers.
In 1998 the University merged with High Peak College of Further Education in Buxton | 1913, and the dining room and kitchens in 1921. The building became known as the Devonshire Royal Hospital in 1934. It was the last of the eight hydropathic hospitals in England to close, in 2000.
History 2001–present: University campus.
On 31 January 2001, the University of Derby acquired the Devonshire Dome and associated surrounding buildings. The University received £4.7m Heritage Lottery Fund backing for the restoration and redevelopment project.
Refurbished and reopened in 2003, the main building and its surrounding Victorian era villas are now | 7,231 | triviaqa-train |
Where in England is the Ceremony of the Keys held every evening? | Ceremony of the Keys (London)
The Ceremony of the Keys is an ancient ritual, held every evening at the Tower of London, when the main gates are locked for the night. It is said to be the oldest military ceremony in the world, and is the best-known ceremonial tradition of the Tower.
The ceremony.
At exactly 9.53 pm, the Chief Yeoman Warder, dressed in Tudor watchcoat and bonnet, and carrying a candle lantern donated by the Honourable Artillery Company in 1919, leaves the | accompanying a strong military guard which escorted the keys of the fortress to the Governor's Palace..."
The practice was discontinued for a while, then revived as an annual Ceremony of the Keys by General Sir Charles Harington Harington when he took office as governor in 1933.
The keys were ceremonially presented to his successor Governor Ironside every evening.
Today, a version of the ceremony is staged in Casemates Square at noon every Saturday by actors in uniforms similar to those worn by the defenders during the Great Siege. | 7,232 | triviaqa-train |
Born 1917, which Australian painter is well known for his portraits of outlaw Ned Kelly? | , the world's first dramatic feature-length film. Among those who have portrayed him on screen are Australian rules football player Bob Chitty ("The Glenrowan Affair", 1951), rock musician Mick Jagger ("Ned Kelly", 1970) and Heath Ledger ("Ned Kelly", 2003). In the visual arts, Sidney Nolan's 1946–47 Kelly series is considered "one of the greatest sequences of Australian painting of the twentieth century". His stylised depiction of Kelly's helmet has become an iconic Australian | Ned Kelly
Edward "Ned" Kelly (December 1854 – 11 November 1880) was an Australian bushranger, outlaw, gang leader and convicted police murderer. One of the last bushrangers, and by far the most famous, he is best known for wearing a suit of bulletproof armour during his final shootout with the police.
Kelly was born in the British colony of Victoria as the third of eight children to Irish parents. His father, a transported convict, died shortly after serving a six-month prison sentence, | 7,233 | triviaqa-train |
Which German canal links the North Sea with the Baltic? | Kiel Canal
The Kiel Canal (, literally "North-[to]-Baltic Sea canal", formerly known as the Kaiser-Wilhelm-Kanal) is a long freshwater canal in the German state of Schleswig-Holstein. The canal was finished in 1895, but later widened, and links the North Sea at Brunsbüttel to the Baltic Sea at Kiel-Holtenau. An average of is saved by using the Kiel Canal instead of going around the Jutland Peninsula. This not only saves time but also avoids storm-prone seas and having to pass | a waterway from Kiel to the Eider River's mouth at Tönning on the west coast. It was only wide with a depth of , which limited the vessels that could use the canal to 300 tonnes.
After 1864 Second Schleswig War put Schleswig-Holstein under the government of Prussia (from 1871 the German Empire), a new canal was sought by merchants and by the German navy, which wanted to link its bases in the Baltic and the North Sea without the need to sail around Denmark.
History Construction and expansion | 7,234 | triviaqa-train |
Cassegranian, Gregorian and Schmidt are all types of what? | List of telescope types
The following are lists of devices categorized as types of telescopes or devices associated with telescopes. They are broken into major classifications with many variations due to professional, amateur, and commercial sub-types. Telescopes can be classified by optical design or mechanical design/construction. Telescopes can also be classified by where they are placed, such as space telescopes. One major determining factor is type of light, or particle being observed including devices referred to as "telescopes" that do not form an image or | styles and Gallican chant, and categorized into the system of eight modes. This Carolingian, or Frankish-Roman, chant, became known as "Gregorian." In the meantime, the local chant remaining in Rome gradually evolved into the form in which it was eventually notated, at the same time that Gregorian was supplanting it in Rome.
Another theory, advanced by Hans Schmidt, suggests that what we now call the "Old Roman" chant reflected the use in the city churches in Rome, as opposed to the | 7,235 | triviaqa-train |
Relative density is the density of a substance relative to what? | gemstones. Water is preferred as the reference because measurements are then easy to carry out in the field (see below for examples of measurement methods).
As the principal use of relative density measurements in industry is determination of the concentrations of substances in aqueous solutions and these are found in tables of RD vs concentration it is extremely important that the analyst enter the table with the correct form of relative density. For example, in the brewing industry, the Plato table, which lists sucrose concentration by mass against true RD, | the superscript indicates the temperature at which the density of the material is measured, and the subscript indicates the temperature of the reference substance to which it is compared.
Uses.
Relative density can also help to quantify the buoyancy of a substance in a fluid or gas, or determine the density of an unknown substance from the known density of another. Relative density is often used by geologists and mineralogists to help determine the mineral content of a rock or other sample. Gemologists use it as an aid in the identification of | 7,236 | triviaqa-train |
What was the nickname of the American gangster and bank robber Charles Floyd? | Pretty Boy Floyd
Charley Arthur Floyd (February 3, 1904 – October 22, 1934), nicknamed Pretty Boy Floyd, was an American bank robber. He operated in the West and West South Central states, and his criminal exploits gained widespread press coverage in the 1930s. He was pursued and killed by a group of Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agents led by Melvin Purvis. Historians have speculated as to which officers were at the event, local or FBI; accounts document that local officers Robert "Pete" | bank robber and prison escapee of the 1950s ("Citizen Gangster").
- James Chichester-Clark, 79, Northern Ireland politician, Prime Minister of Northern Ireland from 1969 to 1971.
- John de Lancie, 80, American oboist, principal oboist of the Philadelphia Orchestra and director of the Curtis Institute of Music.
- Bobby Robinson, 98, American baseball player.
- Little Johnny Taylor, 59, American singer.
May 2002 18.
- Charles Brooks, 75, English cricketer. | 7,237 | triviaqa-train |
What is produced by the larva of ‘bombyx mori’? | the far eastern regions of Russia. The domestic silkmoth derives from Chinese rather than Japanese or Korean stock.
Silkmoths were unlikely to have been domestically bred before the Neolithic Age. Before then, the tools to manufacture quantities of silk thread had not been developed. The domesticated "B. mori" and the wild "B. mandarina" can still breed and sometimes produce hybrids.
Domestic silkmoths are very different from most members in the genus "Bombyx"; not only have they lost the ability to fly, but their color | the Navy Henry L. Garrett III and told him that she would resign if the United States Department of the Navy did not "do another report and look at what we needed to do about accountability and responsibility and the larger issues at hand." Garrett agreed with Pope, and a further investigation was conducted, headed by Derek J. Vander Schaaf, the Inspector General of the United States Department of Defense.
Vander Schaaf's report was ultimately released in September 1992 by Acting Secretary of the Navy Sean O'Keefe. The release of | 7,238 | triviaqa-train |
Whose life is the subject of the Hadith? | you must leave it alone." Al-Baqir also emphasized the selfless devotion of Ahl al-Bayt to preserving the traditions of the Islamic Prophet through his conversation with Jabir ibn Abd Allah, an old companion of Muhammad. He (Al-Baqir) said, "Oh Jabir, had we spoken to you from our opinions and desires, we would be counted among those who are destroyed. We speak to you of the hadith which we treasure from the Messenger of Allah, Oh Allah grant compensation to Muhammad and his | the belief that the creation of living forms is unique to God. It is for this reason that the role of images and image makers has been controversial.
The strongest statements on the subject of figural depiction are made in the Hadith (Traditions of the Prophet), where painters are challenged to "breathe life" into their creations and threatened with punishment on the Day of Judgment.
The Qur'an is less specific but condemns idolatry and uses the Arabic term musawwir ("maker of forms," or artist) as | 7,239 | triviaqa-train |
Which is the only Dickens novel to have a female narrator? | in the portrait, just as Mr Micawber is constructed from aspects of his father's 'rhetorical exuberance': Harold Skimpole in "Bleak House" is based on James Henry Leigh Hunt: his wife's dwarfish chiropodist recognised herself in Miss Mowcher in "David Copperfield". Perhaps Dickens's impressions on his meeting with Hans Christian Andersen informed the delineation of Uriah Heep.
Virginia Woolf maintained that "we remodel our psychological geography when we read Dickens" as he produces "characters who exist not in detail, not accurately or | Charles Dickens as "maudlin sympathizers with crime..." He even includes in his future the old Roman practice in which "the father had unquestioned power of life and death over his children."
Synopsis The personal.
There are personal aspects to the novel as well: the narrator meets and becomes enamored of a young woman named Reva Diotha. (She and her female relatives are "the Diothas" of the title). Cleverly, Macnie complicates the frame of his narrative: the narrator is, in his own perception | 7,240 | triviaqa-train |
What is the largest firth in Scotland? | interspersed with igneous intrusions of a more recent age, remnants of which formed mountain massifs such as the Cairngorms and Skye Cuillins.
A significant exception to the above are the fossil-bearing beds of Old Red Sandstones found principally along the Moray Firth coast. The Highlands are generally mountainous and the highest elevations in the British Isles are found here. Scotland has over 790 islands divided into four main groups: Shetland, Orkney, and the Inner Hebrides and Outer Hebrides. There are numerous bodies of freshwater including Loch Lomond and Loch | drawn between the Tyne and Solway Firth. This resulted in more fortifications and the building of Hadrian's Wall across what is now northern England. Around 141 CE they moved up to construct a new "limes", a sward-covered wall made of turf known as the Antonine Wall, the largest Roman structure in modern Scotland. They soon retreated to Hadrian's Wall, with occasional expeditions that involved the building and reoccupation of forts, until the collapse of Roman power in the early fifth century.
Caledonia.
Caledonia | 7,241 | triviaqa-train |
What is the common name of the small flowering tree ‘syringa’? | attempt to restore the removed branches. Lilac bushes can be prone to powdery mildew disease.
The wood of lilac is close-grained, diffuse-porous, extremely hard and one of the densest in Europe. The sapwood is typically cream-coloured and the heartwood has various shades of brown and purple. Lilac wood has traditionally been used for engraving, musical instruments, knife handles etc. When drying, the wood has a tendency to be encurved as a twisted material, and to split into narrow sticks.
Symbolism | Sophora microphylla
Sophora microphylla (common name kōwhai) is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae, native to New Zealand. Growing to tall and broad, it is an evergreen shrub or small tree. Each leaf is long with up to 40 pairs of shiny oval leaflets. In early spring it produces many racemes of pea-like yellow flowers.
Other common names include weeping kōwhai and small-leaved kōwhai. It is also referred to as South Island Kowhai although this name is misleading since it is widely | 7,242 | triviaqa-train |
In desert regions what is a ‘haboob’? | its path as the kinetic energy of the wind is transferred to the ground. The sand eventually ends up deposited in level areas known as sand-fields or sand-seas, or piled up in dunes.
Physical geography Dust storms and sandstorms.
Sand and dust storms are natural events that occur in arid regions where the land is not protected by a covering of vegetation. Dust storms usually start in desert margins rather than the deserts themselves where the finer materials have already been blown away. As a steady wind begins to | pilots interpreted a sensor indication as a cracked rotor blade. Its crew was picked up by "Bluebeard 8". The remaining helicopters ran into an unexpected weather phenomenon known as a "haboob" (an enormous, nearly opaque cloud of fine dust particles that can follow a thunderstorm). "Bluebeard 5" flew into the haboob, but abandoned the mission and returned to the "Nimitz" when erratic flight instrumentation made flying without visual reference points impossible. The scattered formation reached Desert One, 50 to 90 minutes behind schedule | 7,243 | triviaqa-train |
What was the name of the robot played by Ian Holm in Alien? | Earth with a seven-member crew in stasis, Captain Dallas, Executive Officer Kane, Warrant Officer Ripley, Navigator Lambert, Science Officer Ash and two Engineers, Parker and Brett. Detecting a transmission from nearby moon LV-426, the ship's computer, Mother, awakens the crew. Company policy requires any potential distress signal be investigated, so they land on the moon, sustaining damage from its atmosphere and rocky landscape. Parker and Brett repair the ship while Dallas, Kane and Lambert head out to investigate. They discover the | Joséphine: A Love Story" (1987), played by Armand Assante
- "Napoleon and Love" (UK, 1974), played by Ian Holm
- "Robot Chicken": "Napoléon Bonamite", character is a cross between Bonaparte and Napoleon Dynamite
- "The Love Story of Napoleon" (1953), played by James Mason
- "Time Squad": "Napoléon the Conquered", Napoléon is forced to take care of the house after Joséphine takes up fine arts
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The character Katniss Everdeen is a protagonist in which series of films? | Katniss Everdeen
Katniss Everdeen is a fictional character and the protagonist of "The Hunger Games" trilogy by Suzanne Collins. Her name comes from a plant with edible tubers called "Sagittaria" (katniss), from Sagittarius the Archer, whose name means "He that throws arrows" in Latin. She is portrayed by Jennifer Lawrence in the film adaptations "The Hunger Games", "", "", and "".
Katniss and her family come from District 12, a coal-mining district that is | praise for empowering young female readers. Critics have celebrated L'Engle's depiction of Meg Murry, a young, precocious, heroine whose curiosity and intellect helps save the world from evil."The New York Times" has described this portrayal as "a departure from the typical 'girls' book' protagonist - as wonderful as many of those varied characters are". In doing so, L'Engle has been credited for paving the way for other bright heroines, including Hermione Granger of the Harry Potter book series, as well as Katniss Everdeen | 7,245 | triviaqa-train |
Which musical is based on the Puccini opera Madame Butterfly? | pop operas", on Broadway, in the West End and elsewhere. These typically featured a pop-influenced score, had large casts and sets and were identified by their notable effects – a falling chandelier (in "The Phantom of the Opera"), a helicopter landing on stage (in "Miss Saigon") – and big budgets. Many were based on novels or other works of literature. The most important writers of mega-musicals include the French team of Claude-Michel Schönberg and Alain Boublil, responsible | Madama Butterfly
Madama Butterfly (; "Madam Butterfly") is an opera in three acts (originally two) by Giacomo Puccini, with an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa.
It is based on the short story "Madame Butterfly" (1898) by John Luther Long, which in turn was based on stories told to Long by his sister Jennie Correll and on the semi-autobiographical 1887 French novel "Madame Chrysanthème" by Pierre Loti. Long's version was dramatized by David Belasco as the one- | 7,246 | triviaqa-train |
Born 1801, who led the Mormons into Utah and co-founded Salt Lake City? | contiguous urban and suburban development stretched along a segment of the Wasatch Front, comprising a population of 2,423,912 (as of 2014 estimates). It is one of only two major urban areas in the Great Basin.
The world headquarters of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) is located in Salt Lake City. The city was founded in 1847 by followers of the church, led by Brigham Young, who were seeking to escape persecution that they had experienced while living farther east. The Mormon | who heard him; he would like to see every dammed Mormon hung by the neck."" Philip St. George Cooke, who had led the Mormon Battalion during the Mexican War, merely bared his head in respect.
In early July, the Mormons from the northern settlements began to return to their homes after it was clear that no more reinforcements were being sent into Utah from either the east or west. Johnston's Army settled in Camp Floyd, in a valley 50 miles southwest of Salt Lake City and separated from | 7,247 | triviaqa-train |
Francis Walsingham was the spymaster for which monarch? | Francis Walsingham
Sir Francis Walsingham ( 1532 – 6 April 1590) was principal secretary to Queen Elizabeth I of England from 20 December 1573 until his death and is popularly remembered as her "spymaster".
Born to a well-connected family of gentry, Walsingham attended Cambridge University and travelled in continental Europe before embarking on a career in law at the age of twenty. A committed Protestant, during the reign of the Catholic Queen Mary I of England he joined other expatriates in exile in Switzerland and northern | Spanish forces of King Philip II and the Catholic League in France, leading to the restoration of the old religion. The plot was discovered by Elizabeth's spymaster Sir Francis Walsingham and used to entrap Mary for the purpose of removing her as a claimant to the English throne.
The chief conspirators were Anthony Babington and John Ballard. Babington, a young recusant, was recruited by Ballard, a Jesuit priest who hoped to rescue the Scottish Queen. Working for Walsingham were double agents Robert Poley and Gilbert Gifford, as well as | 7,248 | triviaqa-train |
Which musical instrument has a name that translates as ‘jumping flea’? | standard ukulele types:
Note that range varies with the tuning and size of the instruments. The examples shown in the chart reflect the range of each instrument from the lowest standard tuning, to the highest fret in the highest standard tuning.
Tuning.
One of the most common tunings for the standard or soprano ukulele is C tuning: G–C–E–A, which is often remembered by the notes in the "My dog has fleas" jingle (see sidebar). The G string is tuned | Ever Buree
The ever buree (Mongolian: эвэр бүрээ) is a Mongolian musical instrument, part of the clarinet family. Despite the fact that its name translates to "horn - trumpet", it has the timbre of a basset clarinet (a Bb clarinet which ranges down to a low C).
In terms of construction, it is an almost cylindrical tube made of black ebony, curved in a circular manner to allow the bell of the instrument to slip underneath the player's right arm. A mouthpiece with | 7,249 | triviaqa-train |
Which George Bernard Shaw play centres around the Salvation Army? | his first public success, "Arms and the Man" in 1894. Influenced by Henrik Ibsen, he sought to introduce a new realism into English-language drama, using his plays as vehicles to disseminate his political, social and religious ideas. By the early twentieth century his reputation as a dramatist was secured with a series of critical and popular successes that included "Major Barbara", "The Doctor's Dilemma" and "Caesar and Cleopatra".
Shaw's expressed views were often contentious; he promoted eugenics and | stalls, refused to sell the paper due to its lurid and prurient content, volunteers consisting of newsboys and members of the Salvation Army took over distribution. Even George Bernard Shaw telegraphed Stead offering to help. Crowds gathered in front of the "Pall Mall Gazette" offices. Second-hand copies of the paper sold for up to a shilling — twelve times its normal price.
Within days, Stead had been getting telegrams from across the Atlantic inquiring about the scandal. By the end of the series he had thrown Victorian | 7,250 | triviaqa-train |
Which palace is the London home of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge? | her as both her grandmother and great-grandmother were volunteer nurses. In March 2018, Kensington Palace announced the Duchess of Cambridge would become the first royal patron of the Victoria and Albert Museum. In June 2019, she succeeded the Queen as patron of the Royal Photographic Society. In July 2019, she lent her support to Backyard Nature, a campaign created to inspire "children, families and communities to get outside and engage with nature".
Charity work Advocating for mental health.
Catherine, who has tackled issues surrounding | . It proved an excellent advertisement for "Polly", which was published by subscription in 1729, and brought its author several thousand pounds. The Duchess of Queensberry was dismissed from court for enlisting subscribers in the palace. The Duke of Queensberry gave Gay a home, and the duchess continued her affectionate patronage until Gay's death in London on 4 December 1732. He was buried in Westminster Abbey. The epitaph on his tomb is by Pope, and is followed by Gay's own mocking couplet:
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What sitcom title character is the TV alter ego of Adil Ray? | Adil Ray
Adil Ray (), (born 26 April 1974) is a British actor, comedian and radio and television presenter. He stars in the BBC One comedy "Citizen Khan", which he created and co-writes, as well as presenting on various BBC radio stations.
Early life.
Adil Ray was born in Birmingham, West Midlands, England to a Pakistani Punjabi father, from Lahore, and a Kenyan Asian mother. He was brought up in the suburb of Yardley. Ray's father | a variety of styles similar to sitcom TV shows, silent film and art films, purportedly filmed and directed by the fictionalized alter ego of Daniel D.W.. The film tells the meta story of Daniel, an amateur filmmaker documenting the lifestyle of phallic artist, William Clark and his opportunist art manager J.C. for a documentary web series. This plot line is established with opening text stating "In 2010, a guy with a camera tried to make a webseries about an eccentric local artist's art process and this is what happened instead. | 7,252 | triviaqa-train |
What was the title of the latest David Attenborough offering on BBC1? | , and narrated "Nature's Great Events", which showed how seasonal changes trigger major natural spectacles. In 2011, Fothergill gave Attenborough a more prominent role in "Frozen Planet", a major series on the natural history of the polar regions; Attenborough appeared on screen and authored the final episode, in addition to performing voiceover duties. Attenborough introduced and narrated the Unit's first 4K production "Life Story." For "Planet Earth II" (2016), Attenborough returned as narrator and presenter, with the | Programmes 1. "Is There a Crisis?".
Together with leading experts, David Attenborough examines the latest scientific evidence in order to discover if the planet's ecosystems are really in crisis. If so, he asks how it could have come about, and what is so different now that prevents certain species from adapting to survive, as they did in the past?
Programmes 2. "Why Is There a Crisis?".
Attenborough presents some stark facts. He states that humans are now triggering a mass extinction | 7,253 | triviaqa-train |
Which hero of legend lived at Joyous Guard? | realm while Elaine becomes a nun. It is from this upbringing that Lancelot earns the surname "du Lac" ("of the Lake"). Lancelot's double-cousins Lionel and Bors, sons of King Bors of Gaul and Elaine of Benoic's sister Evaine, are first taken by a knight of Claudas and later spirited away to the Lady of the Lake to become Lancelot's junior companions.
In French prose romances and "Le Morte d'Arthur" Arthur and Guinevere.
Initially known only as the nameless White Knight ( | a grassy cliff between two creeks. It had a lovely view of the shores of Dun Chaochain and the mouth of Broadhaven to Erris Head.
According to the ancient legend, a hero named Fergus came on a plundering raid to Erris which was then owned by the giant Donnell who lived at Glencastle. Fergus came to Donnell's castle at Glencastle where he charmed Donnell's faithless wife, Munchin who gave him Donnell's favourite sword. When Donnell found out that he had been betrayed he went to his neighbour Ciortan (of | 7,254 | triviaqa-train |
Who bought Necker Island in 1979? | Necker Island (British Virgin Islands)
Necker Island is a island in the British Virgin Islands just north of Virgin Gorda. The island's land is entirely owned by Sir Richard Branson, chairman of the Virgin Group, and is part of the Virgin Limited Edition portfolio of luxury properties. The whole island operates as a resort and can accommodate up to 34 guests, with additional room for six children.
Location.
Necker Island is located at latitude 18.55 north and longitude 64.35 west in the eastern section of the British | raised questions about the split between private and public use at the time. Necker island is one such example of this ongoing debate. Some in the media suggested Tsokos only bought the island as an investment, with no aims of developing the islands.
Tim and Sarah Wickham purchased Calala Island after their honeymoon on Petit St Vincent, with the aim of creating a resort on the island. The Wickham's then developed the island with the construction of a luxury resort. The island resort contains four guest suites at the beachfront, | 7,255 | triviaqa-train |
The Minoan civilisation was based on which island? | Minoan civilization
The Minoan civilization was a Bronze Age Aegean civilization on the island of Crete and other Aegean Islands, flourishing from c. 2700 to c. 1450 BC until a late period of decline, finally ending around 1100 BC. It represents the first advanced civilization in Europe, leaving behind massive building complexes, tools, stunning artwork, writing systems, and a massive network of trade. The civilization was rediscovered at the beginning of the 20th century through the work of British archaeologist Sir Arthur Evans. The name "Minoan" derives | the south. The regional unit includes the island of Dia to the north.
Except for the mountains which receive mild to cool winters unlike northern Greece, the warm to hot Mediterranean climate dominates the regional unit.
Ancient history.
Within the Heraklion regional unit's boundaries are a number of significant Neolithic and Minoan settlements, most notably the ancient palace complexes of Knossos and Phaistos. While both archaeological sites evince Neolithic habitation from 7000 BC, it is the rich finds of Minoan civilisation, which flourished approximately 2800 to 1450 | 7,256 | triviaqa-train |
Who was the last Norman king of England? | Stephen, King of England
Stephen ( – 25 October 1154), often referred to as Stephen of Blois, was King of England from 1135 to his death, as well as Count of Boulogne from 1125 until 1147 and Duke of Normandy from 1135 until 1144. Stephen's reign was marked by the Anarchy, a civil war with his cousin and rival, the Empress Matilda. He was succeeded by Matilda's son, Henry II, the first of the Angevin kings.
Stephen was born in the County of | held by Earl Godwin, who was probably from Sussex and was one of the most powerful earls in England. Godwin had extensive land holdings in Sussex and was the father of King Harold, the last Anglo-Saxon king of England.
Middle Ages Norman Conquest (late 11th century).
After the Norman conquest, King William I conferred the barony of Lewes to his son-in-law William de Warenne. The Domesday Book of 1086 contains the first documentary evidence of a settlement on the modern site of Brighton. | 7,257 | triviaqa-train |
Which Russian city was formerly called Tsaritsyn and Stalingrad? | short-lived, as in March 2012, Volgograd residents voted for relevant amendments to the city charter to reinstate the direct mayoral elections.
Administrative and municipal status.
Volgograd is the administrative center of Volgograd Oblast. Within the framework of administrative divisions, it is incorporated as the city of oblast significance of Volgograd—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts. As a municipal division, the city of oblast significance of Volgograd is incorporated as Volgograd Urban Okrug.
Economy.
Modern Volgograd remains | climbing. There is a gymnasium and fitness room.
The Nizhny Tagil Technological Institute is located south-east of the city center.
Sports.
The city formerly had an association football team, FC Uralets Nizhny Tagil, which played in the Russian Second Division and was dissolved in 2006.
The city ice hockey team is Sputnik Nizhny Tagil, which played in the Russian Major League.
The bandy club Metallurg Nizhny Tagil plays in the 2nd highest division.
Nizhny Tagil was also a host of several competitions | 7,258 | triviaqa-train |
Whose band was famous for recording ‘One O’Clock Jump’ and ‘April in Paris’? | If that sounds too reverent, then I'll reduce the praise to 'perfectly wonderful,' or else say that if it's not perfect, show me why it isn't."
Freddy Martin and Henry King had the earliest hits of this song, at the very end of 1933.
It has been performed by many artists, including Louis Armstrong, Count Basie, Billy Eckstine, Bill Evans, Charlie Parker, Coleman Hawkins, Frank Sinatra, Mary Kaye Trio, Billie Holiday, Thelonious Monk, Bud Powell | 1967, for recordings of certain numbers. Later that year, Conover featured the One O'Clock Lab Band in an hour broadcast to an estimated audience of 40 million. Every year thereafter, the One O’Clock supplied a professional quality studio engineered album to Conover.
Jazz was, as Mr. Conover liked to say, "the music of freedom;" and to those who had no freedom, it became a metaphor of hope. Conover was known as the most famous American virtually no American had ever heard of. By law, | 7,259 | triviaqa-train |
Which type of geographical feature can be block, chute, plunge, funnel, horsetail or fan? | Waterfall
A waterfall is an area where water flows over a vertical drop or a series of steep drops in the course of a stream or river. Waterfalls also occur where meltwater drops over the edge of a tabular iceberg or ice shelf.
Formation.
Waterfalls are commonly formed in the upper course of a river in steep mountains. Because of their landscape position, many waterfalls occur over bedrock fed by little contributing area, so may be ephemeral and flow only during rainstorms or significant snowmelt. The further downstream, the | reduces friction so sliders travel down the slide very quickly. Water slides run into a swimming pool (often called a plunge pool) or a long run-out chute. A lifeguard is usually stationed at the top and the bottom of the slide, so that if a rider gets hurt they will be treated immediately.
Traditional water slides.
Traditional water slides Body slides.
As the name suggests, body slides feature no mat and require the person to sit directly on the surface of the slide. The simplest resembles | 7,260 | triviaqa-train |
Which stage musical is based on two characters taken from the Wonderful Wizard of Oz? | house has killed the Wicked Witch of the East, the evil ruler of the Munchkins. The Good Witch of the North arrives with three grateful Munchkins and gives Dorothy the magical silver shoes that once belonged to the Wicked Witch. The Good Witch tells Dorothy that the only way she can return home is to follow the yellow brick road to the Emerald City and ask the great and powerful Wizard of Oz to help her. As Dorothy embarks on her journey, the Good Witch of the North kisses her on the forehead, giving | The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1910 film)
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz is a 1910 American silent fantasy film and the earliest surviving film version of L. Frank Baum's 1900 novel "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz", made by the Selig Polyscope Company without Baum's direct input. It was created to fulfill a contractual obligation associated with Baum's personal bankruptcy caused by "The Fairylogue and Radio-Plays", from which it was once thought to have been derived. It was partly based on the 1902 stage musical | 7,261 | triviaqa-train |
Lydia the Tattooed Lady was a theme tune of which comedian? | Lydia the Tattooed Lady
"Lydia, the Tattooed Lady" is a 1939 song written by Yip Harburg and Harold Arlen. It first appeared in the Marx Brothers movie "At the Circus" (1939) and became one of Groucho Marx's signature tunes.
The complex lyrics by Harburg – with clever rhymes such as "Lydia/encyclopedia" and "Amazon/pajamas on" – were inspired by W. S. Gilbert. Harburg made many contemporary references to topical personalities such as Grover Whalen, who opened the 1939 New | Side A
1. "The Muppet Show Theme"
2. "Mississippi Mud"
3. "Mahna Mahna"
4. "The Great Gonzo Eats a Rubber Tyre to the Flight of the Bumble Bee"
5. "Mr. Bassman"
6. "Cottleston Pie"
7. "The Amazing Marvin Suggs and His Muppaphone Play Lady of Spain"
8. "Pachalafaka"
9. "Lydia the Tattooed Lady"
10. "Halfway Down the Stairs"
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Which book by Eric Carle was inspired by a hole punch? | Eric Carle
Eric Carle (born June 25, 1929) is an American designer, illustrator, and writer of children's books. He is most noted for "The Very Hungry Caterpillar", a picture book that has been translated into more than 65 languages and sold more than 46 million copies, equivalent to 1.8 copies sold every minute since it was published in 1969. His career as an illustrator and children's book author took off after he collaborated on "Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? | , gorgeous, multi-coloured wings.
Development.
In a sense the book was inspired by a hole punch: "One day I was punching holes with a hole puncher into a stack of paper, and I thought of a bookworm and so I created a story called "A Week with Willi the Worm"." Carle was familiar with "differently shaped pages" from books that he read as a child in Germany.
"A Week with Willi the Worm" featured a bookworm named Willi. But | 7,263 | triviaqa-train |
In which sport does the 40/20 rule apply? | Rugby league gameplay
Like most forms of modern football, rugby league football is played outdoors on a rectangular grass field with goals at each end that are to be attacked and defended by two opposing teams. The rules of rugby league have changed significantly over the decades since rugby football split into the league and union codes. This article details the modern form of the game and how it is generally played today, however rules do vary slightly between specific competitions.
Basics.
Basics Field.
A game of rugby league consists | , the bacterial chromosomes, the double stranded DNA viral genomes, and the archaeal chromosomes. It does not apply to organellar genomes (mitochondria and plastids) smaller than ~20-30 kbp, nor does it apply to single stranded DNA (viral) genomes or any type of RNA genome. The basis for this rule is still under investigation, although genome size may play a role.
The rule itself has consequences. In most bacterial genomes (which are generally 80-90% coding) genes are arranged in such a | 7,264 | triviaqa-train |
A deemster is a legal official in which part of the British Isles? | British Isles
The British Isles are a group of islands in the North Atlantic off the north-western coast of continental Europe that consist of the islands of Great Britain, Ireland, the Isle of Man, the Hebrides and over six thousand smaller isles. They have a total area of about 315,159 km and a combined population of almost 72 million, and include two sovereign states, the Republic of Ireland (which covers roughly five-sixths of Ireland), and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. | first saint martyred in the British Isles, St Alban.
- Battle of Hastings (14 October) Anniversary of the Battle of Hastings
- The Queen's Official Birthday (a Saturday chosen in June).
- The date of the signing of the Magna Carta (15 June) (a legal Charter for the Kingdom of England)
- Wilberforce Day (24 August) to remember the ending of slavery and the part played by William Wilberforce.
- Trafalgar Day (21 October)
- Guy Fawkes | 7,265 | triviaqa-train |
Which island group was once known as The Sandwich Islands? | Hawaiian Islands
The Hawaiian Islands () are an archipelago of eight major islands, several atolls, numerous smaller islets, and seamounts in the North Pacific Ocean, extending some from the island of Hawaii in the south to northernmost Kure Atoll. Formerly the group was known to Europeans and Americans as the Sandwich Islands, a name chosen by James Cook in honor of the then First Lord of the Admiralty John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich. The contemporary name is derived from the name of the largest island, Hawaii Island. | War in Argentina.
The island was recaptured by British forces on 25 April, in Operation Paraquet. In 1985, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands ceased to be administered as a Falkland Islands Dependency and became a separate territory. The King Edward Point base, which had become a small military garrison after the Falklands War, returned to civilian use in 2001 and is now operated by the British Antarctic Survey.
History South Sandwich Islands.
Captain James Cook discovered the southern eight islands of the Sandwich Islands Group in 1775 | 7,266 | triviaqa-train |
Which large British mammal has the Latin name Cervus elaphus? | Red deer
The red deer ("Cervus elaphus") is one of the largest deer species. The red deer inhabits most of Europe, the Caucasus Mountains region, Asia Minor, Iran, parts of western Asia, and central Asia. It also inhabits the Atlas Mountains region between Morocco and Tunisia in northwestern Africa, being the only species of deer to inhabit Africa. Red deer have been introduced to other areas, including Australia, New Zealand, United States, Canada, Peru, Uruguay, Chile and Argentina. | Megaconus" was discovered in the Daohugou Beds of the Tiaojishan Formation in Inner Mongolia, China. The layer in which "Megaconus" was found is about 165 million years old (Ma). In addition to "Megaconus", several other mammaliaforms are known from the Daohugou Beds: the non-mammalian mammaliaform "Castorocauda", the basal mammals "Volaticotherium" and "Pseudotribos", and the placental mammal "Juramaia".
The genus name "Megaconus" means "large cusp", coming from the Latin " | 7,267 | triviaqa-train |
Who was the hostess of The Golden Shot between 1969 and 1975? | The Golden Shot
The Golden Shot was a British television game show produced by ATV for ITV between 1 July 1967 and 13 April 1975, based on the German TV show "Der goldene Schuß". It is most commonly associated with host Bob Monkhouse, although three other presenters also hosted the show during its lifetime. Hostess Anne Aston was on hand to read out the scores achieved by the contestants, and each month a "Maid of the Month", usually a glamour model of the era, would demonstrate the prizes | 1970s including Benny Hill, Dick Emery, The Two Ronnies, Frankie Howard, Jimmy Tarbuck, Dave Allen, Mike Yarwood, and Bernie Winters. She was also a hostess on some TV shows including Maid of the Month for several months on "The Golden Shot", and "The Sky's the Limit" with Hughie Green. Her film roles included sex comedies such as "The Love Box" (1972), "Confessions of a Sex Maniac" (1974), and "Girls Come First" (1975 | 7,268 | triviaqa-train |
Which actor appeared as Fancy Smith in Z-cars? | episodes, of which fewer than half have survived. Regular stars included: Stratford Johns (Detective Inspector Barlow), Frank Windsor (Det. Sgt Watt), James Ellis (Bert Lynch) and Brian Blessed ("Fancy" Smith). Barlow and Watt were later spun into a separate series "Softly, Softly".
Origin of the title.
The title comes from the radio call signs allocated by Lancashire Constabulary. Lancashire police divisions were lettered from north to the south: "A" Division (based | "Fancy" Smith in the BBC television series "Z-Cars", between 1962 and 1965. In 1966, he appeared in a production of "Incident at Vichy" at the Phoenix Theatre in London. Also in 1966, he was offered the titular role of The Doctor in BBC's sci-fi drama, "Doctor Who", to take over from William Hartnell, but had to turn down due to conflicting projects. In 1967, he played Porthos in a 10-part BBC adaptation of "The Three Musketeers | 7,269 | triviaqa-train |
What is the Latin name for the common buzzard? | . In autumn, numbers of steppe buzzards recorded in migration have ranged up to 32,000 (recorded 1971) in northwestern Turkey (Bosporus) and in northeastern Turkey (Black Sea) up to 205,000 (recorded 1976). Further down in migration, autumn numbers of up to 98,000 have been recorded in passage in Djibouti. Between 150,000 and nearly 466,000 Steppe Buzzard have been recorded migrating through Israel during spring, making this not only the most abundant migratory raptor here but one of the largest raptor migrations anywhere in the world. Migratory | for the hackberry tree.
- Ilex, Missouri. "Ilex" is the Latin botanical name for the holly tree.
- Platanus, Missouri. "Platanus" is the Latin botanical name for the sycamore tree.
- Ulmus, Missouri. "Ulmus" is the Latin botanical name for the elm tree.
Barron stated that he used Latin botanical names for the towns instead of the monotonous English tree names which were overused in Missouri. After exhausting the timber in the area, Barron became president of what | 7,270 | triviaqa-train |
Who was the original base guitarist of the Kinks? | Mick Avory (drums and percussion) was replaced by Bob Henrit, formerly of Argent, in 1984. Original bass guitarist Pete Quaife was replaced by John Dalton in 1969, and Dalton was in turn replaced by Jim Rodford in 1978. Session keyboardist Nicky Hopkins accompanied the band in the studio for many of their recordings in the mid-to-late 1960s. In 1969 the band became an official five-piece when keyboardist John Gosling joined them, being replaced by Ian Gibbons in 1979, who remained in the band until | player with The Kast Off Kinks which has also featured Mick Avory, (the original Kinks drummer), John Gosling (former Kinks keyboard player), and vocalist/guitarist Dave Clarke (former Tim Rose sidesman). He and Gosling retired from the Kast Off Kinks in 2008, to be replaced by the bassist and keyboard player who replaced them in the Kinks – Jim Rodford and Ian Gibbons. But Dalton does still play with the band (Rodford died on 20 January 2018).
From 2003 until May 2008 Dalton | 7,271 | triviaqa-train |
Bob Hope is a character in which British TV soap opera? | roughly 25% of the radio listening population of the UK at that time of the evening.
In the UK, soap operas are one of the most popular genres, with most being broadcast during prime time. Most UK soap operas focus on everyday, working-class communities, influenced by the conventions of the kitchen sink drama. The most popular British television programmes are "EastEnders", "Coronation Street", "Emmerdale", "Hollyoaks", "Doctors", and the Australian produced "Neighbours" and | character in the Marvel Comics universe
- Hope ("Xena"), a fictional character in the TV series "Xena: Warrior Princess"
- Hope Bauer, a fictional character on the American soap opera "Guiding Light"
- Hope Williams Brady, a fictional character on the American soap opera "Days of Our Lives"
Arts, entertainment, and media Music.
Arts, entertainment, and media Music Groups and labels.
- Hope (band), a finalist band in series 4 of the UK TV | 7,272 | triviaqa-train |
Which is the most highly populated state in India? | dance status by India's National Academy of Music, Dance, and Drama. These are: "bharatanatyam" of the state of Tamil Nadu, "kathak" of Uttar Pradesh, "kathakali" and "mohiniyattam" of Kerala, "kuchipudi" of Andhra Pradesh, "manipuri" of Manipur, "odissi" of Odisha, and the "sattriya" of Assam. Theatre in India melds music, dance, and improvised or written dialogue. Often based on Hindu mythology, but also borrowing from medieval romances or social | , depending on various factors such as the nature of the bite and the health state of the victim. Envenomation rate is very high, over 80% of bites inject venom. The mortality rate among untreated bite victims is nearly 100%.
Highly dangerous.
Highly dangerous The Big Four.
The Big Four are the four venomous snake species responsible for causing the most snake bite cases in South Asia (mostly in India). The Big Four snakes cause far more snakebites because they are much more abundant in highly populated | 7,273 | triviaqa-train |
Which large plateau occupies most of the land area of Southern India? | of being the wettest place in the world, receiving the highest annual rainfall.
Physiographic regions The Peninsular Plateau.
The main features of Indian Craton are:
- Mountain ranges (clockwise from top-left)
- Aravali Range is the oldest mountain range in India, running across Rajasthan from northeast to southwest direction, extending approximately . The northern end of the range continues as isolated hills and rocky ridges into Haryana, ending near Delhi. The highest peak in this range is Guru Shikhar at Mount Abu, rising to | with belief of Hindus it is Penitential of Atri (Sanskrit: अत्रि) or Attri Rishi & one of the oldest temple in India of Ma Mundeswari which is the part of attraction of tourism.
Geography.
Kaimur district occupies an area of , comparatively equivalent to Russia's Vaygach Island.
The Kaimur Range and Rohtas Plateau cover the southern part of this district. The Karmnasha and Durgawati rivers run through the district. A large forest covers part of Kaimur; it measures 1,06,300 hectares and contains the Kaimur Wildlife Sanctuary which | 7,274 | triviaqa-train |
Which member of the cast of Dad’s Army was born in Hayfield in 1915? | Arthur Lowe
Arthur Lowe (22 September 1915 – 15 April 1982) was an English actor. His acting career spanned nearly forty years, including starring roles in numerous theatre and television productions. He played Captain Mainwaring () in the British sitcom "Dad's Army" from 1968 until 1977, was nominated for seven BAFTAs and became one of the most recognised faces on television.
Lowe began his working life shortly before the Second World War (1939–1945) and he featured in many theatrical performances after the war. | Randy Demmer
Randy L. Demmer (born January 3, 1957) is a Minnesota politician and a former member of the Minnesota House of Representatives who represented District 29A, which includes portions of Dodge and Olmsted counties in the southeastern part of the state. A Republican, he is also a local business owner, manager, and consultant.
Early life.
Demmer graduated from Hayfield High School in Hayfield, then attended the University of Minnesota, earning his B.A. in agricultural business administration. He is a former 11-year board member | 7,275 | triviaqa-train |
Mescaline, a hallucinogenic compound, occurs naturally in several species of which plant? | Mescaline
Mescaline (3,4,5-trimethoxyphenethylamine) is a naturally occurring psychedelic alkaloid of the substituted amphetamines class, known for its hallucinogenic effects comparable to those of LSD and psilocybin.
It occurs naturally in the peyote cactus ("Lophophora williamsii"), the San Pedro cactus ("Echinopsis pachanoi"), the Peruvian torch ("Echinopsis peruviana"), and other members of the plant family Cactaceae. It is also found in small amounts in certain members of the bean family, Fabaceae, including "Acacia berlandieri". However | DET, 4-AcO-MiPT and 4-AcO-DiPT.
History.
"O"-Acetylpsilocin (psilocetin) and several other esters of psilocin were patented on January 16, 1963 by Sandoz Ltd. via Albert Hofmann & Franz Troxler. Despite this, psilocetin remains a psychedelic compound with a limited history of use. It is theorized to be a prodrug for psilocin, as is psilocybin, which occurs naturally in most species of hallucinogenic mushrooms. This is because the aromatic acetyl moiety on the 4th position is subject to deacetylation by acidic conditions such | 7,276 | triviaqa-train |
Who announced their resignation as leader of the British Labour Party in October 1980? | forming two minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in the 1920s and early 1930s. Labour served in the wartime coalition of 1940–1945, after which Clement Attlee's Labour government established the National Health Service and expanded the welfare state from 1945 to 1951. Under Harold Wilson and James Callaghan, Labour again governed from 1964 to 1970 and 1974 to 1979. In the 1990s, Tony Blair took Labour closer to the centre as part of his "New Labour" project, which governed the UK under Blair and then Gordon Brown from 1997 to 2010 | Labour in the opinion polls.
On 24 October 2014, Johann Lamont announced her resignation as leader. She accused Labour's UK-wide leadership of undermining her attempts to reform the Scottish Labour Party and treating it "like a branch office of London." The party's 2014 leadership election was won by Jim Murphy, an MP who had previously served as Secretary of State for Scotland and had been a prominent campaigner for the pro-Union side in the referendum. In his victory speech, Murphy said that his election | 7,277 | triviaqa-train |
Assamese cuisine originated in which country? | with bottle gourd or spinach. Another "tenga" dish is prepared with "matimah" (urad bean) and "outenga" (elephant apple). Bottle gourd can be added to it. "Tengamora" or "noltenga" and lentil is a distinct "tenga" curry.
Preparations Narasingh Masor Jhol.
The "narasingh masor jhol" is another authentic dish from Assam.The fishes are cooked in a light gravy of curry leaves which is a common aromatic herb used in southern and some northern parts of India | Qing dynasties. Many famous dishes emerged in these dynasties, such as Wensi tofu and Peking duck.
History.
In the history of Chinese cuisine, Chinese imperial cuisine experienced a development process which changed from simple to exquisite. Through the changing of dynasties, Chinese imperial cuisine was continually changing, improving and self-completing. Chinese imperial food originated around the Zhou dynasty ( 11th century – 476 BCE). Emperors used their power to collect best cuisines and best cooks from throughout the country. Therefore, from the Chinese | 7,278 | triviaqa-train |
British actress Alison Steadman married which film director/writer in 1973? | Mike Leigh
Mike Leigh (born 20 February 1943) is an English writer and director of film and theatre. He studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) before honing his directing skills at East 15 Acting School and further at the Camberwell School of Art, the Central School of Art and Design and London Film School. He began as a theatre director and playwright in the mid-1960s.
In the 1970s and '80s his career moved between theatre work and making films for BBC Television. His well- | corridors and on landings, especially in "Grown-Ups", "Meantime" and "Naked". And two wonderful little episodes in Ozu's "Tokyo Story", in a hairdressing salon and a bar, must have been in Leigh's subconscious memory when he made "The Short and Curlies" (1987), one of his most devastatingly funny pieces of work and the pub scene in "Life is Sweet"..."
Personal life.
In September 1973, he married actress Alison Steadman; they | 7,279 | triviaqa-train |
‘World in ‘what’ was a UK current affairs television programme which ran from 1963 to 1998? | World in Action
World in Action was a British investigative current affairs programme made by Granada Television for ITV from 7 January 1963 until 7 December 1998. Its campaigning journalism frequently had a major impact on events of the day. Its production teams often took audacious risks, and the programme gained a solid reputation for its often unorthodox approach. The series was sold around the world and won numerous awards. In its heyday "World in Action" drew audiences of up to 23 million in Britain alone, equivalent to almost half the | BBC 1.
Frost hosted "Through the Keyhole", which ran on several UK channels from 1987 until 2008 and also featured Loyd Grossman. Produced by his own production company, the programme was first shown in prime time and on daytime television in its later years.
Frost worked for Al Jazeera English, presenting a live weekly hour-long current affairs programme, "Frost Over The World", which started when the network launched in November 2006. The programme regularly made headlines with interviewees such as Tony Blair, | 7,280 | triviaqa-train |
Late English actor Oliver Reed played Uncle Frank in which 1975 film? | , "Tommy" (1975), "Lion of the Desert" (1981), "Castaway" (1986), "The Adventures of Baron Munchausen" (1988), "Funny Bones" (1995) and "Gladiator" (2000).
For playing Antonius Proximo, the old, gruff gladiator trainer in Ridley Scott's "Gladiator" (2000) in what was his final film, Reed was posthumously nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role. At the peak of | . Her great-uncle was the novelist Sir Compton Mackenzie. Actor Oliver Reed was a step-cousin.
During a film-acting career that lasted from the early 1960s until 1975, she appeared in about 30 films, the TV series "Man of the World" (1962) and was at one point under consideration as a replacement for Diana Rigg in "The Avengers".
Reed is best remembered best today for her role as Miss Scott, the mistress of General 'Buck' Turgidson (George C. | 7,281 | triviaqa-train |
The ‘Great Flag Debate’ took place in which country in 1964? | 's election platform in the 1962 and 1963 federal elections. During the election campaign of 1963, Pearson promised that Canada would have a new flag within two years of his election. No previous party leader had ever gone as far as Pearson did, by putting a time limit on finding a new national flag for Canada. The 1963 election brought the Liberals back to power, but with a minority government. In February 1964, a three-leaf design was leaked to the press.
At the 20th Royal Canadian Legion Convention | Quebec had urged the committee to not include any of what it deemed as "foreign symbols", including the Union Flag, and Mackenzie King, then still prime minister, declined to act on the report, leaving the order to fly the Canadian Red Ensign in place.
History Great Flag Debate.
By the 1960s, debate for an official Canadian flag intensified and became a subject of controversy, culminating in the Great Flag Debate of 1964. In 1963, the minority Liberal government of Lester B. Pearson gained power and decided | 7,282 | triviaqa-train |
In January 1987, who became the first woman inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame? | cut by an ensemble that included Yoko Ono and Little Richard, among others, before a crowd of more than 10,000 people. The following night an all-star concert was held at Cleveland Stadium. It featured Chuck Berry, Bob Dylan, Al Green, Jerry Lee Lewis, Aretha Franklin, Bruce Springsteen, Iggy Pop, John Fogerty, John Mellencamp, and many others.
In addition to the Hall of Fame inductees, the museum documents the entire history of rock and roll, regardless of induction status. Hall of | star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1979, had her voice declared a Michigan "natural resource" in 1985, and became the first woman inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987. The National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences awarded her a Grammy Legend Award in 1991, then the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1994. Franklin was a Kennedy Center Honoree in 1994, recipient of the National Medal of Arts in 1999, and was bestowed the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2005. She was inducted into | 7,283 | triviaqa-train |
Which US stadium was nicknamed the ‘House that Ruth Built’? | Yankee Stadium II".
On April 13, 1998 an 18 inch long beam fell onto a seat before a scheduled game causing the postponement of two games and the relocation of a third to nearby Shea Stadium while the stadium was inspected.
History Replacement, closing, and demolition.
After years of speculation that the Yankees would build a new ballpark to replace Yankee Stadium, construction on a new facility began on August 16, 2006 with a groundbreaking ceremony across the street in Macombs Dam Park, the site of the new | a home run. The stadium was nicknamed "The House That Ruth Built", due mainly to the fact that Ruth had doubled Yankees' attendance, which helped the team pay for the new stadium. At the end of the season, the Yankees faced the Giants in the World Series for the third straight year and won their first championship.
In the 1927 season, the Yankees featured a lineup that became known as "Murderers' Row", and some consider this team to be the best in the history of | 7,284 | triviaqa-train |
In a standard game of chess, how many queens does each player start with? | the first context, each of the two players begins with the following sixteen pieces in a standard game:
- 1 king
- 1 queen
- 2 rooks
- 2 bishops
- 2 knights
- 8 pawns
Moves of the pieces.
The rules of chess prescribe the types of move a player can make with each type of chess piece. Each piece type moves in a different way. During play, the players take turns moving one of their own chess pieces.
- The rook moves | as Hostage Chess has led to speculation that there could be infinite possible variations of chess. He contends these will necessarily exceed the capacity of the human mind.
Game rules.
Hostage Chess follows all the standard rules of chess excepting how captured men are treated. Each player owns reserved spaces off the chessboard: a "prison" to the player's right, and an "airfield" to the player's left. Captured men are not removed from the game but are held in the capturer's prison. Instead of | 7,285 | triviaqa-train |
The songs ‘Shall We Dance’, ‘Getting to Know You’ and ‘I’ll Whistle a Happy Tune’ are all from which 1956 musical film? | The King and I
The King and I is the fifth musical by the team of composer Richard Rodgers and dramatist Oscar Hammerstein II. It is based on Margaret Landon's novel, "Anna and the King of Siam" (1944), which is in turn derived from the memoirs of Anna Leonowens, governess to the children of King Mongkut of Siam in the early 1860s. The musical's plot relates the experiences of Anna, a British schoolteacher hired as part of the King's drive to modernize his country. The | Yul Brynner as the king. This musical featured the hit songs "I Whistle a Happy Tune", "Hello, Young Lovers", "Getting to Know You", "We Kiss in a Shadow", "Something Wonderful", "I Have Dreamed", and "Shall We Dance?"
It was adapted for film in 1956 with Brynner re-creating his role opposite Deborah Kerr (whose singing was largely dubbed by Marni Nixon). Brynner won an Oscar as Best Actor for his portrayal, | 7,286 | triviaqa-train |
In the board game ‘Operation’, how many Doctor’s points are scored by successfully removing the Funny Bone (humerus)? | gameboards in Iran. Senet, found in Predynastic and First Dynasty burials of Egypt, c. 3500 BC and 3100 BC respectively, is the oldest board game known to have existed. Senet was pictured in a fresco found in Merknera's tomb (3300–2700 BC). Also from predynastic Egypt is Mehen.
Hounds and Jackals, another ancient Egyptian board game, appeared around 2000 BC. The first complete set of this game was discovered from a Theban tomb that dates to the 13th Dynasty. This game was also | board from a cup, and the numbers of the holes they land in are added together and referenced on a chart that looks something like a calendar, telling the player how many points they have won for that roll. Around half of the squares on the chart show a point bonus, while the other half are empty and score nothing. In football themed versions of the game, points scored are "yards". Significant prizes can be on offer, valued in the hundreds of dollars, but they can only be won | 7,287 | triviaqa-train |
Who was Vice-President to US President Jimmy Carter? | were a frequent subject of Carter's press conferences held during the Democratic presidential primary. Kennedy surprised his supporters by running a weak campaign, and Carter won most of the primaries and secured renomination. However, Kennedy had mobilized the liberal wing of the Democratic Party, which gave Carter weak support in the fall election. Carter and Vice President Mondale were formally nominated at the Democratic National Convention in New York City. Carter delivered a speech notable for its tribute to the late Hubert Humphrey, who he initially called "Hubert Horatio Hornblower | wife Madelyn Dunham raised Obama in Honolulu, Hawaii. In addition to Obama, Stanley is related to six US presidents: James Madison, Harry S. Truman, Lyndon B. Johnson, Jimmy Carter, George H. W. Bush, and George W. Bush. He died in Honolulu, Hawaii, and is buried at the Punchbowl National Cemetery.
Maternal relations Madelyn Lee Payne Dunham (1922–2008).
Madelyn Dunham (née Madelyn Lee Payne) was Obama's maternal grandmother who worked in banking and became vice president of a bank in Hawaii | 7,288 | triviaqa-train |
Which river separates New York City from New Jersey? | and the Lower Hudson Valley.
The first documented visit into New York Harbor by a European was in 1524 by Giovanni da Verrazzano, a Florentine explorer in the service of the French crown. He claimed the area for France and named it "Nouvelle Angoulême" (New Angoulême). A Spanish expedition led by captain Estêvão Gomes, a Portuguese sailing for Emperor Charles V, arrived in New York Harbor in January 1525 and charted the mouth of the Hudson River, which he named "Río de San Antonio" (Saint | , routes for canals were obliged to follow the most level land — riverbeds. Hence the importance of the Millstone River which provides a north-south waterway through New Jersey connecting the two great cities of Philadelphia and New York.
The Millstone River is an important tributary of the Raritan River. The Raritan River empties into the Raritan Bay, a bay of the Atlantic Ocean. The Raritan Bay is contiguous to New York Harbor and separates the New York City Borough of Staten Island (Richmond County) from Central New Jersey along | 7,289 | triviaqa-train |
In January 1973, the pilot episode of which British television comedy series, the longest-running sitcom in the world, was broadcast? | until the end of the sitcom.
An amended version of the show toured across Britain in 1987. Sallis was reluctant to appear in the new production, and his role in the show was rewritten and played by Derek Fowlds. Because Owen was the only member of the television show's trio to appear in the production, it was retitled "Compo Plays Cupid". Once again, the summer season was a success.
A new stage adaptation of the show debuted in 2003. Based on Clarke's novel "The | Desmond's
Desmond's was a British television situation comedy broadcast by Channel 4 from 1989 to 1994. With 71 episodes, "Desmond's" became Channel 4's longest running sitcom in terms of episodes. The first series was shot in 1988, with the first episode broadcast in January 1989. The show was set in Peckham, London, and featured a predominantly black British Guyanese cast.
Conceived and co-written by Trix Worrell, and produced by Charlie Hanson and Humphrey Barclay, this series starred Norman Beaton as | 7,290 | triviaqa-train |
St Andrew’s Day, the patron saint of Scotland, falls in which month of the year? | Saint Andrew's Day
Saint Andrew's Day is the feast day of Saint Andrew. It is celebrated on 30 November. Saint Andrew's Day (, ) is Scotland's official national day. It is a national holiday in Romania (since 2015). Saint Andrew is represented in the New Testament to be the disciple who introduced his brother, the Apostle Peter, to Jesus as the Messiah. He is the patron saint of Cyprus, Scotland, Greece, Romania, Russia, Ukraine, the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople | the community, celebrated the feast of St. John the Baptist, who would later be accepted as the patron saint of the place. Following the traditions and practices of the Spanish missionaries and historians in recording the founding of a ""pueblo"" or town that usually coincides with the feast day of a saint and since the feast day of St. John the Baptist, falls on June 24 of each year, it follows thereof that Bago was founded on June 24, 1575. History only records 1575 as the year when Bago | 7,291 | triviaqa-train |
The marabou is what type of bird? | Marabou stork
The marabou stork ("Leptoptilos crumenifer") is a large wading bird in the stork family Ciconiidae. It breeds in Africa south of the Sahara, in both wet and arid habitats, often near human habitation, especially landfill sites. It is sometimes called the "undertaker bird" due to its shape from behind: cloak-like wings and back, skinny white legs, and sometimes a large white mass of "hair".
Taxonomy and systematics.
The name marabou is thought to be derived | as Neville's wife, a Lilian's lovebird
- Tom Kenny as a marabou
- Wayne Thornley as a marabou
- Brent Palmer as a marabou
- Jon Olson as a marabou
- Lee Duru as Nursery Bird
- Zolani Mahola as a weaver
Tom Kenny, Wayne Thornley, Jon Olson, Brent Palmer, and Jim Cummings provide the voices of various marabou in the film. Sam Riegel and Keeno Lee Hector provided the voices of various Hurricanes.
Release.
"Zambezia" was theatrically released | 7,292 | triviaqa-train |
Albion is the oldest known name for which nation? | Albion
Albion is an alternative name for the island of Great Britain. It is sometimes used poetically to refer to the island, but has fallen out of common use in English. The name for Scotland in most of the Celtic languages is related to Albion: "Alba" in Scottish Gaelic, "Albain" (genitive "Alban") in Irish, "Nalbin" in Manx and "Alban" in Welsh and Cornish. These names were later Latinised as "Albania" and Anglicised as "Albany", which | Albion, British Columbia
Albion, British Columbia is a neighbourhood in Maple Ridge, British Columbia and is one of several small towns incorporated within the municipality at its creation. It is the oldest non-indigenous community of the district's settlements, and is only slightly younger than Fort Langley, adjacent across the Fraser River, and Kanaka Creek, which is just to the west and lies along the creek of the same name. Its official definition is the area bounded by the Fraser River, Kanaka Way, and 240th Street | 7,293 | triviaqa-train |
The song ‘Fashion for His Love’ by Lady Gaga is a tribute to which late fashion designer? | 's fashion sense and made it her own. She considers Donatella Versace her muse and the British fashion designer Alexander McQueen as an inspiration. In turn, Versace calls Lady Gaga "the fresh Donatella". Gaga has also been influenced by Princess Diana, whom she has admired since her childhood.
Gaga has called the Indian alternative medicine advocate Deepak Chopra a "true inspiration", and has also quoted Indian leader Osho's book "Creativity" on Twitter. Gaga says she was influenced by Osho's work in valuing rebellion | custom costume and couture pieces for artists Tyga, Flo Rida, Chanel West Coast, Bebe Rexha, and Lady Gaga. Pacitto also filmed a segment and was featured as a well-known American fashion designer on popular German TV reality show "Auf Und Davon" on VOX. Her latest collection and fashion week showcase was covered on an episode that aired nationwide and online on April 13, 2014.
Lady Gaga G.U.Y. video.
In March 2014, Lady Gaga released her video for the song "G.U.Y.", which | 7,294 | triviaqa-train |
What is the first name of fictional character ‘Smiley’, created by the author John Le Carre? | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy is a 1974 spy novel by British author John le Carré. It follows the endeavors of taciturn, aging spymaster George Smiley to uncover a Soviet mole in the British Secret Intelligence Service. Since the time of its publication, the novel has received critical acclaim for its complex social commentary and lack of sensationalism, and remains a staple of the spy fiction genre.
Background.
When "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" came out in 1974, revelations exposing the presence of Soviet double | Carl Hamilton novels
The Carl Hamilton novels are a series of novels by Swedish author Jan Guillou centered on the fictional spy Carl Hamilton. In Sweden and other countries it is a best-selling series. Carl Hamilton has been called "Sweden's James Bond". One commentator said the books "... place [Guillou] besides John le Carre and Len Deighton" (famous British spy novelists).
The first novel "Coq Rouge" was published in 1986, it was Guillou's first significant work of fiction. | 7,295 | triviaqa-train |
Which bird is on the national flag of Papua New Guinea? | Flag of Papua New Guinea
The flag of Papua New Guinea was adopted on 1 July 1971. In the hoist, it depicts the Southern Cross; in the fly, a raggiana bird-of-paradise is silhouetted. The design was chosen through a nationwide design competition in early 1971. The winning designer was Susan Karike Huhume, who was 15 years old at the time.
Red and black have long been traditional colours of many Papua New Guinean tribes. Black-white-red was the colour of the German | List of flag bearers for Papua New Guinea at the Olympics
This is a list of flag bearers who have represented Papua New Guinea at the Olympics.
Flag bearers carry the national flag of their country at the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games.
See also.
- Papua New Guinea at the Olympics | 7,296 | triviaqa-train |
The Isle of Man lies in which body of water? | Isle of Man
The Isle of Man ( ), often referred to simply as Mann (; ), is a self-governing British Crown dependency in the Irish Sea between Great Britain and Ireland. The head of state is Queen Elizabeth II, who holds the title of Lord of Mann and is represented by a lieutenant governor. Defence is the responsibility of the United Kingdom.
The island has been inhabited since before 6500 BC. Gaelic cultural influence began in the 5th century AD, and the Manx language, a branch | Liamuiga can be found. Along the east coast can be found the Canada Hills and Conaree Hills. The land narrows considerably in the south-east, forming a much flatter peninsula which contains the largest body of water, the Great Salt Pond.To the southeast, in The Narrows, lies the small isle of Booby Island. There are numerous rivers descending from the mountains of both islands, which provide fresh water to the local population. Nevis, the smaller of two main islands and roughly circular in shape, is dominated | 7,297 | triviaqa-train |
Singer David Bowie teamed up with UK band Queen on which 1981 hit single? | in Montreal, and the concert is recorded in the live album, "Queen Rock Montreal".
Queen worked with David Bowie on the single "Under Pressure". The first-time collaboration with another artist was spontaneous, as Bowie happened to drop by the studio while Queen were recording. Upon its release, the song was extremely successful, reaching number one in the UK and featuring at number 31 on VH1's 100 Greatest Songs of the '80s.
In October that year, Queen released their first compilation | 1983.
- JoBoxers: Pop/soul band (1981–1985). Formed when ex-Subway Sect members: guitarist Rob Marche, keyboardist Dave Collard, bassist Chris Bostock and drummer Sean McLusky, teamed up with American singer Dig Wayne. The band's debut single, 'Boxerbeat', peaked at No. 3 in the UK Singles Chart. Their next hit 'Just Got Lucky' made the UK Top 10 and US Top 40.
- Jack: (1976–1979) Power Pop/Rock
- Jet Chapeau | 7,298 | triviaqa-train |
How many mythical creatures represent years in the Chinese Zodiac? | of biological reality; the basilisk represented the devil, while the manticore symbolised temptation.
Allegory.
One function of mythical animals in the Middle Ages was allegory. Unicorns, for example, were described as extraordinarily swift and uncatchable by traditional methods. It was believed that the only way for one to catch this beast was to lead a virgin to its dwelling. Then, the unicorn was supposed to leap into her lap and go to sleep, at which point a hunter could finally capture it. In terms of symbolism | mythical creature. All the rest are non-mythical animals, yet all twelve of the zodiac creatures were well known to members of ancient Chinese agrarian communities. Dragons were traditionally believed to be the rulers of water on earth: rivers, lakes, and seas; they were also thought to dominate the waters of the heavens: clouds, mists, and rains. There are earth dragons, mountain dragons, and sky or celestial dragons (Tian Long) in Chinese tradition. Mythical dragons and serpents are also found widely in many | 7,299 | triviaqa-train |
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