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Which Scottish golfer (aka Mrs Doubtfire) has won a record eight European Tour Order of Merit titles, including a streak of seven consecutively from 1993 to 1999? | Colin Montgomerie
Colin Stuart Montgomerie, OBE (born 23 June 1963) is a Scottish professional golfer. He has won a record eight European Tour Order of Merit titles, including a streak of seven consecutively from 1993 to 1999. He has won 31 European Tour events, the most of any British player, placing him fourth on the all-time list of golfers with most European Tour victories.
Montgomerie won three consecutive Volvo PGA Championships at Wentworth Club between 1998 and 2000. He has finished runner-up on five | Dean Robertson
Dean Robertson (born 11 July 1970) is a Scottish professional golfer.
Robertson was born in Sarnia, Ontario, Canada. He attended Midland College in Texas, United States on a golf scholarship. He won several amateur titles in Scotland and represented Great Britain and Ireland in the Walker Cup before turning professional in 1993.
Robertson gained his European Tour card at his second visit to the qualifying school in 1994. He finished in the top hundred on the European Tour Order of Merit every season from 1995 | 7,500 | triviaqa-train |
In which town is the cartoon series 'The Simpsons' based around? | The Simpsons
The Simpsons is an American animated sitcom created by Matt Groening for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series is a satirical depiction of working-class life, epitomized by the Simpson family, which consists of Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa, and Maggie. The show is set in the fictional town of Springfield and parodies American culture and society, television, and the human condition.
The family was conceived by Groening shortly before a solicitation for a series of animated shorts with producer James L. Brooks. Groening | The Simpsons: Cartoon Studio
The Simpsons: Cartoon Studio is a computer program based on the animated television series "The Simpsons" that was released for PC and Mac computers in 1996 by Fox Interactive. It allows users to create their own "Simpsons" cartoons, using characters, sounds, music, and locations from the show. The cast members of "The Simpsons" provided their voices for the program. "The Simpsons Cartoon Studio" has received generally positive reviews, although there has been some criticism too. | 7,501 | triviaqa-train |
Since 1934, the annual Golf Masters tournament is the only major played each year at the same course. Name the course? | his home tour, thus giving a tournament golfer some security in an unstable profession. Currently, the PGA Tour gives a five-year exemption to all major winners, while the European Tour gives a seven-year exemption.
Three of the four majors take place in the United States. The Masters is played at the same course, Augusta National Golf Club, every year, while the other three rotate courses (the Open Championship, however, is always played on a links course). Each of the majors has | Golf Classic and its title, through a series of sponsors, has continuously included Nelson's name. That same year the event moved to Preston Trail Golf Club, where it was played through 1982, then moved to venues in Irving: Las Colinas Sports Club (1983–1985) and TPC at Las Colinas (1986–1993).
Beginning in 1994, the tournament was played at two courses, the Tournament Players Course and the Cottonwood Valley Course, both located at the Four Seasons. Previously only the TPC was used, but since | 7,502 | triviaqa-train |
What is the often used name of the political protest of throwing a beverage into a harbour in December 1773? | . The Intolerable Acts were viewed as a violation of constitutional rights, natural rights, and colonial charters, and united many colonists throughout America, exemplified by the calling of the First Continental Congress in September 1774.
A number of colonists were inspired by the Boston Tea Party to carry out similar acts, such as the burning of "Peggy Stewart". The Boston Tea Party eventually proved to be one of the many reactions that led to the American Revolutionary War. In his December 17, 1773 entry in his diary, | of Liberty throwing the chests of tea from the three ships in Boston Harbour on the night of 16 December 1773.
Sarah later gave herself another title, Princess of Browtonsburgh, and, while still maintaining her royal pretentions, decided to play the religious card, becoming the house-guest of Congregationalists in puritan New England, some of whom were also actively involved in the revolutionary cause at the onset of the American War of Independence.
Sarah died at Berwick, Maine on 23 February 1780.
Untrue tales. | 7,503 | triviaqa-train |
Which American actor, who sadly passed on October 31st 1993 at the age of 23, was the older brother of Rain, Joaquin, Summer & Liberty? | River Phoenix
River Jude Phoenix (né Bottom; August 23, 1970 – October 31, 1993) was an American actor, musician, and activist. He was the older brother of Rain Phoenix, Joaquin Phoenix, Liberty Phoenix, and Summer Phoenix.
Phoenix's work encompassed 24 films and television appearances, and his rise to fame led to his status as a "teen idol". He began his acting career at age 10, in television commercials. He starred in the science fiction adventure film "Explorers" | currently the wife of actor William Baldwin ("see Baldwin)".
- Phoenix
- Actor siblings River, Joaquin, Rain, Liberty and Summer Phoenix. Summer Phoenix is married to actor Casey Affleck ("see Affleck family").
- Pine
- Actors Robert Pine and Gwynne Gilford are the parents of fellow actor Chris Pine. Anne Gwynne is the mother of Gwynne Gilford.
- Pleasence
- Late actor Sir Donald Pleasence was the father of fellow actresses Miranda, Polly Jo and Angela Pleasence | 7,504 | triviaqa-train |
What was the name of the German Chancellor, the primary force behind the unification of Germany 1871, who also had a famous battleship named after him? | ).
Historians debate whether Otto von Bismarck—Minister President of Prussia—had a master plan to expand the North German Confederation of 1866 to include the remaining independent German states into a single entity or simply to expand the power of the Kingdom of Prussia. They conclude that factors in addition to the strength of Bismarck's led a collection of early modern polities to reorganize political, economic, military, and diplomatic relationships in the 19th century. Reaction to Danish and French nationalism provided foci for expressions of German unity. Military | Kingdom of Prussia
The Kingdom of Prussia () was a German kingdom that constituted the state of Prussia between 1701 and 1918. It was the driving force behind the unification of Germany in 1871 and was the leading state of the German Empire until its dissolution in 1918. Although it took its name from the region called Prussia, it was based in the Margraviate of Brandenburg, where its capital was Berlin.
The kings of Prussia were from the House of Hohenzollern. Prussia was a great power from the time it became | 7,505 | triviaqa-train |
A Stephen King 1975 horror fiction novel which involves a writer (named Ben Mears) who returns to the town where he lived as a boy, to discover that the residents are all becoming vampires? | 'Salem's Lot
Salem's Lot is a 1975 horror novel by American author Stephen King. It was his second published novel. The story involves a writer named Ben Mears who returns to the town of Jerusalem's Lot (or 'Salem's Lot for short) in Maine, where he had lived from the age of five through nine, only to discover that the residents are becoming vampires. The town is revisited in the short stories "Jerusalem's Lot" and "One for the Road", both from | Here on Earth (novel)
Here on Earth is a 1997 novel by Alice Hoffman. The book was chosen as an Oprah's Book Club selection.
The plot of "Here on Earth" involves a woman named March Murray, who returns with her teenage daughter to the Massachusetts town where she grew up. The story and characters are inspired by the 1847 Emily Brontë novel "Wuthering Heights". After returning to the town that she grew up in, March finds herself reunited with the boy she fell in love | 7,506 | triviaqa-train |
In what year was George Washington inaugurated as the first president of the United States? | George Washington
George Washington (February 22, 1732 – , 1799) was an American political leader, military general, statesman, and Founding Father who served as the first president of the United States from 1789 to 1797. He led Patriot forces to victory in the nation's War for Independence. He presided at the Constitutional Convention of 1787 which established the U.S. Constitution
and a federal government. Washington has been called the "Father of His Country" for his manifold leadership in the formative days of the new nation. | votes of the first presidential election are formally counted. General George Washington is declared President-elect, and John Adams is declared Vice President-elect.
- April 21 – John Adams takes office as Vice-President of the United States and begins to preside the sessions of the United States Senate.
- April 30 – George Washington is inaugurated at Federal Hall in New York City, beginning his term as the first President of the United States.
Events July–September.
- July – Charles Thomson resigned as | 7,507 | triviaqa-train |
How many presidents have been assassinated? | is often believed to derive from the word "hashshashin" (Arabic: حشّاشين, ħashshāshīyīn, also hashishin, hashashiyyin, or assassins), and shares its etymological roots with "hashish" ( or ; from Arabic: ""). It referred to a group of Nizari Shia Muslims who worked against various political targets.
Founded by Hassan-i Sabbah, the Assassins were active in the fortress of Alamut in Persia from the 8th to the 14th centuries, and later expanded by capturing forts in Syria. The group killed | of the presidents.
In contemporary history, two presidents are known to not have been of direct Peruvian descent, being Alberto Fujimori (1990-2000) and Pedro Pablo Kuczynski (2016-2018). Fujimori is of Japanese descent and Kuczynski is of German and French descent. A majority of presidents have been born in Lima, including the current president.
Three presidents have been assassinated in Peru's history—Felipe Santiago Salaverry, Tomas Gutierrez, and Luis Miguel Sanchez Cerro. The youngest president to die was Luis | 7,508 | triviaqa-train |
Who became president following the assination of John F Kennedy in 1963? | , five presidents have served two full terms: Dwight D. Eisenhower, Ronald Reagan, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, and Barack Obama. Both Jimmy Carter and George H. W. Bush sought a second term but were defeated. Richard Nixon was elected to a second term, but resigned before completing it. Lyndon B. Johnson, having held the presidency for one full term in addition to only 14 months of John F. Kennedy's unexpired term, was eligible for a second full term in 1968, but withdrew from Democratic Primary. | Caroline Kennedy
Caroline Bouvier Kennedy (born November 27, 1957) is an American author, attorney, and diplomat who served as the United States Ambassador to Japan from 2013 to 2017. She is a prominent member of the Kennedy family and the only surviving child of President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy.
Kennedy was five days shy of her sixth birthday when her father was assassinated on November 22, 1963. The following year, Caroline, her mother, and brother John F. Kennedy Jr. settled on | 7,509 | triviaqa-train |
Which president was married to the actress Jane Wyman? | Jane Wyman
Sarah Jane Wyman (née Mayfield; January 5, 1917 – September 10, 2007) was an American actress, singer, dancer, and philanthropist whose career spanned seven decades. She was also the first wife of actor Ronald Reagan (later the 40th president of the United States). They married in 1940 and divorced in 1949.
Wyman's professional career began at age 16 in 1933, when she signed with Warner Bros. Wyman followed common practice at the time when she added three years to her age | and, incensed, he formed a conspiracy along with the deposed Sulla and Autronius, as well as Gnaeus Piso, against Cotta and Torquatus. The plan was apparently no less than to murder the two new Consuls-Elect on the very day they were to assume office, 1 January 65 BC, and to seize the government and Consulship for themselves. The preparations of the conspirators were however detected and they first postponed their planned coup to February, before abandoning it altogether; the conspiracy therefore coming to naught.
There is | 7,510 | triviaqa-train |
Who was the only president to resign from office? | Richard Nixon
Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913 – April 22, 1994) was an American politician who served as the 37th president of the United States from 1969 until 1974. The only president to resign the office, he had previously served as the 36th vice president of the United States from 1953 to 1961, and prior to that as both a U.S. representative and senator from California.
Nixon was born in Yorba Linda, California. After completing his undergraduate studies at Whittier College, he graduated from Duke | October 2000 when Vice President Carlos Álvarez resigned, citing De la Rúa's unwillingness to tackle corruption.
Background Fernando de la Rúa's presidency March 2001 Crisis.
De la Rúa's economic policies suffered a severe blow in March 2001 when Economy Minister José Luis Machinea resigned from office. He was briefly replaced by the then-Defense Minister Ricardo López Murphy, who himself was forced to resign following negative reception to his shock program. After only two weeks in office, López Murphy was replaced by Domingo Cavallo, who had previously served | 7,511 | triviaqa-train |
Who was president for the duration of the First World War? | ordering reparations, because so much damage had been caused to all belligerents
Progress of the war 1917–1918 Entry of the United States.
At the outbreak of the war, the United States pursued a policy of non-intervention, avoiding conflict while trying to broker a peace. When the German U-boat "U-20" sank the British liner RMS "Lusitania" on 7 May 1915 with 128 Americans among the dead, President Woodrow Wilson insisted that America is "too proud to fight" but demanded an end to attacks on passenger | . Sir Edward Poulton, who was president 1912-1916, was a great defender of natural selection and was the first biologist to recognise the importance of frequency-dependent selection.
In April 1939 the threat of war obliged the society to relocate the Linnean collections out of London to Woburn Abbey in Bedfordshire, where they remained for the duration of World War II. This move was facilitated by the 12th Duke of Bedford, a Fellow of the Linnean Society himself.
The first female president of the society was Irene Manton | 7,512 | triviaqa-train |
Which book features the characters Passepartout, Mr Fix and Aouda? | World in Eighty Days", by Arlene McQuade in the "Have Gun, Will Travel" episode "Fogg Bound", and by Julia Nickson in the 1989 three-part TV mini-series. In the 2004 Disney live action film, Aouda is replaced by Monique La Roche, a French would-be impressionist (played by Cécile de France). | , even if it means the purchase of elephants. During a ride aboard an elephant from Bombay to Calcutta, Mr. Fogg and Passepartout come across a suttee procession, in which a young woman named Aouda is to be sacrificed by worshippers of Thuggee. They rescue the young girl and carry her away safely to live with a distant relative. More adventures and misadventures follow the two companions as they cross the Pacific Ocean and the United States, closely watched and followed by Fix (who later ran into a group of Native Americans who | 7,513 | triviaqa-train |
Who wrote the classic thriller The Thirty-Nine Steps? | The Thirty Nine Steps (1978 film)
The Thirty Nine Steps is a British 1978 thriller film directed by Don Sharp, with screenplay by British playwright Michael Robson, based on the novel "The Thirty-Nine Steps" by John Buchan. It was the third film version of the 1915 novel.
This version of Buchan's tale starred Robert Powell as Richard Hannay, Karen Dotrice as Alex, John Mills as Colonel Scudder, and a host of other well-known British actors in smaller parts. It is generally | and is immediately commissioned captain.
Literary significance and criticism.
"The Thirty-Nine Steps" is one of the earliest examples of the 'man-on-the-run' thriller archetype subsequently adopted by film makers as an often-used plot device. In "The Thirty-Nine Steps", Buchan holds up Richard Hannay as an example to his readers of an ordinary man who puts his country's interests before his own safety. The story was a great success with the men in the First World | 7,514 | triviaqa-train |
Who wrote the novel Chitty Chitty Bang Bang : The Magical Car? | Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang is a 1968 British-American musical adventure fantasy film, directed by Ken Hughes and written by Roald Dahl and Hughes, loosely based on Ian Fleming's 1964 novel "Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang: The Magical Car". The film stars Dick Van Dyke, Sally Ann Howes, Adrian Hall, Heather Ripley, Lionel Jeffries, James Robertson Justice, Robert Helpmann, and Gert Fröbe.
The film was produced by Albert R. Broccoli, the regular co-producer | " strip to work for an author whose James Bond stories were adapted as a comic strip for its arch-rival "Daily Express". Fleming consulted his motor engineer friend Charles Amherst Villiers, who produced a sketch based on Fleming's description of the magical car—this drawing was passed to Cape's popular new illustrator John Burningham, who was asked to illustrate the whole series on the strength of his debut story "Borka". "Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang" was originally published in three volumes, 1964–1965 | 7,515 | triviaqa-train |
Who wrote the novel Black Beauty, first published in 1877? | Black Beauty
Black Beauty is an 1877 novel by English author Anna Sewell. It was composed in the last years of her life, during which she remained in her house as an invalid. The novel became an immediate best-seller, with Sewell dying just five months after its publication, but having lived long enough to see her only novel become a success. With fifty million copies sold, "Black Beauty" is one of the best-selling books of all time.
While forthrightly teaching animal welfare, it | History 19th century England.
The first awareness of the cause of horses arise in England at the end of the 18th century. A law prohibiting the abuse of horses was proposed in the 1820s, but was not adopted. The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals was created in 1824 in London, in response to animal suffering. Its logo represents an angel come to punish a man beating his horse.
The novel "Black Beauty", published in 1877 in Victorian England, is known as the first work that addresses | 7,516 | triviaqa-train |
Which author wrote the Foundation series of science fiction novels? | originally to cover what we would today call "hard" science fiction, in which a conscientious attempt to be faithful to already known facts (as of the date of writing) was the substrate on which the story was to be built, and if the story was also to contain a miracle, it ought at least not to contain a whole arsenal of them."
Isaac Asimov said: "Science fiction can be defined as that branch of literature which deals with the reaction of human beings to changes in science and | Gregory Benford
Gregory Benford (born January 30, 1941) is an American science fiction author and astrophysicist who is Professor Emeritus at the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of California, Irvine. He is a contributing editor of "Reason" magazine.
Benford wrote the Galactic Center Saga science fiction novels, beginning with "In the Ocean of Night" (1977). The series postulates a galaxy in which sentient organic life is in constant warfare with sentient electromechanical life.
In 1969 he wrote "The | 7,517 | triviaqa-train |
What is the first part of JRR Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings trilogy called? | the rough (4½ hours) assemblies of the films. In total, 1828 km (six million feet) of film was edited down to the 11 hours and 26 minutes (686 minutes) of extended running time.
Music.
Howard Shore composed, orchestrated, conducted, and produced the trilogy's music. He was hired in August 2000 and visited the set, and watched the assembly cuts of "The Fellowship of the Ring" and "The Return of the King". In the music | a teacher gave him JRR Tolkien's "The Lord of the Rings": "I don’t think I’d ever read a novel before, not even an Enid Blyton. It took me several years to finish reading it, but afterwards, I’d become a different kind of person; one who read novels and might one day write one."
At age 11, he was sent to Corpus Christi Catholic College, a state school that he has called "one of the worst schools in Leeds...My upbringing | 7,518 | triviaqa-train |
Who wrote East of Eden, Of Mice and Men and The Grapes of Wrath? | East of Eden (film)
East of Eden is a 1955 film, directed by Elia Kazan, and loosely based on the second half of the 1952 novel of the same name by John Steinbeck. It is about a wayward young man who, while seeking his own identity, vies for the affection of his deeply religious father against his favored brother, thus retelling the story of Cain and Abel.
The film stars Julie Harris, James Dean (in his first major screen role), and Raymond Massey. It | about poor, working-class people and their struggle to lead a decent and honest life. "The Grapes of Wrath", considered his masterpiece, is a strong, socially-oriented novel that tells the story of the Joads, a poor family from Oklahoma and their journey to California in search of a better life.
Other popular novels include "Tortilla Flat", "Of Mice and Men", "Cannery Row", and "East of Eden". He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in | 7,519 | triviaqa-train |
Who wrote Jurassic Park, which the Spielberg film was based on? | a moderate success and had mixed reviews.
Career 1990s.
In 1991, Spielberg directed "Hook", about a middle-aged Peter Pan, played by Robin Williams, who returns to Neverland. Despite innumerable rewrites and creative changes coupled with mixed reviews, the film proved popular with audiences, making over $300 million worldwide (from a $70 million budget).
In 1993, Spielberg returned to the adventure genre with the film version of Michael Crichton's novel "Jurassic Park", about a | of the first film. Talk of a sequel film began after the 1993 release of "Jurassic Park", which was a financial success. Spielberg held discussions with David Koepp and Crichton, who wrote the previous film, to talk about possible ideas for a sequel. The production schedule for a second "Jurassic Park" film was dependent on whether Crichton would write a sequel to the first novel.
In March 1994, Crichton said there would probably be a sequel novel and sequel film, saying he had a story idea | 7,520 | triviaqa-train |
Who wrote 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. | Carse, who travelled much of the same route as Shackleton's party. In tribute to their achievement, he wrote: "I do not know how they did it, except that they had to — three men of the heroic age of Antarctic exploration with 50 feet of rope between them – and a carpenter's adze".
Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition, 1914–1917 Rescue.
Shackleton immediately sent a boat to pick up the three men from the other side of South Georgia while he set to work to organise | 7,521 | triviaqa-train |
What was the title of The Beatles' first film released in 1964? | the Fab Four", with Epstein, Martin and other members of the band's entourage sometimes given the informal title of "fifth Beatle".
The Beatles were international stars by early 1964, leading the "British Invasion" of the United States pop market and breaking numerous sales records. They soon made their film debut with "A Hard Day's Night" (1964). From 1965 onwards, they produced increasingly innovative recordings, including the albums "Rubber Soul" (1965), "Revolver" (1966 | All for the Beatles
"All for the Beatles" is a song written and released in 1964 by Harry Nilsson and John Marascalco. It was released as a single with the alternative title "Stand Up and Holler" under Nilsson's pseudonym Foto-Fi Four and was packaged with a synchronized standard 8 mm film of The Beatles first arriving in the United States in 1964.
The rhythm of "All for the Beatles" is similar to that of "Not Fade Away", a Buddy Holly cover by The Rolling | 7,522 | triviaqa-train |
What did 15 men led by Bruce Reynolds do on August 8th, 1963 in Ledburn, Buckinghamshire? | 's ownership in the 20th century, is now back in the family's ownership, and is part of Sir Evelyn de Rothschild's Ascott Estate.
Ledburn was the scene of the "Great Train Robbery" when a £2.6 million train robbery was committed at Bridego Railway Bridge (Bridge Number 127) on 8 August 1963.
External links.
- BBC News On This Day archive: The Great Train Robbery of 1963 | leading the teams who uncoupled the carriages and the 'heavies' ambushing the cabin of the train itself.
Bruce Reynolds claims the person responsible was a friend of Jimmy White, who they had recruited for a previous job to be extra muscle. Reynolds himself was not at the train site as he was the spotter at the Ledburn road rail bridge and met the gang at the rendezvous point at Bridego Bridge after Mills was forced by Goody to drive the train. He describes "Alf Thomas" as "a big old boy | 7,523 | triviaqa-train |
'Live Aid' pop concerts are staged on July 13th 1985 in London and which other US city? | Live Aid
Live Aid was a dual-venue benefit concert held on Saturday 13 July 1985, and an ongoing music-based fundraising initiative. The original event was organised by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure to raise funds for relief of the ongoing Ethiopian famine. Billed as the "global jukebox", the event was held simultaneously at Wembley Stadium in London, England, United Kingdom (attended by 72,000 people) and John F. Kennedy Stadium in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States (attended by about 100,000 people). | followed two events conceived by Bob Geldof—two Live Aid concerts staged on July 13, 1985 and eight Live 8 concerts staged on July 2, 2005.
- The aspect of a series of rock concerts for a single cause taking place in multiple nations across the planet echoed the twenty concerts presented in 1988 on Amnesty International's Human Rights Now! World Tour - a tour conceived by Jack Healey and Martin Lewis.
The deployment of multiple pop and rock musicians and entertainers to promote awareness of a single cause has many | 7,524 | triviaqa-train |
At the 84th Academy Awards in 2012, which silent French film received ten nominations, winning five awards, including Best Picture? | 2010 was the drama "Of Gods and Men" ("Des hommes et des dieux"), about the assassination of seven monks in Tibhirine, Algeria. 2011 saw the release of "The Artist", a silent film shot in black and white by Michel Hazanavicius that reflected on the end of Hollywood's silent era.
French cinema continued its upward trend of earning awards at the Cannes Festival, including the prestigious Grand Prix for "Of Gods and Men" (2010) and the Jury Prize for Poliss ( | nominations with particular praise for the direction, the acting of its cast, the screenplay, the score, the cinematography, the editing, and the costumes. The film garnered ten nominations at the 84th Academy Awards, and went on to win five awards, including Best Picture, Best Director (Hazanavicius), and Best Actor (Dujardin). It is the first silent feature to win Best Picture after "Wings" at the inaugural ceremony in 1929 and the first black and white film to win the award since 1993's | 7,525 | triviaqa-train |
What was the name of Apollo 11's Lunar Module that landed Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin on the surface of the moon in 1969? | surface, then jettisoned the descent stage and used its ascent engine to return to the CSM.
History Production flights.
The first crewed lunar landing occurred on July 20, 1969, in the Apollo 11 LM "Eagle". Four days later, the Apollo 11 crew in the Command Module "Columbia" splashed down in the Pacific Ocean, completing President John F. Kennedy's goal: "before this decade is out, of landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to the Earth."
This was | List of Apollo missions
The Apollo program was the third United States human spaceflight program carried out by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), which accomplished landing the first humans on the Moon from 1969 to 1972. During the Apollo 11 mission, astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed their lunar module (LM) and walked on the lunar surface, while Michael Collins remained in lunar orbit in the command and service module (CSM), and all three landed safely on Earth on July 24, 1969. Five | 7,526 | triviaqa-train |
In which country would you find budgerigars in their natural habitat? | a site specific requirement. A concept introduced in the United States in 1973 involves protecting the critical habitat of endangered species, and a similar concept has been incorporated into some Australian legislation.
International treaties may be necessary for such objectives as the setting up of marine reserves. Another international agreement, the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals, protects animals that migrate across the globe and need protection in more than one country. However, the protection of habitats needs to take into account the needs of the local | flowers on the dunes and high grass land in the dips. A few small trees or bushes scatter over the landscape and give protections for many birds. Swarms of green and yellow budgerigars can be observed in the evening hours, which are here in their most natural habitat. There may be geckos, lizards and snakes around which can either be seen directly of by reading their trace in the sand.
External links.
- Aerial Video of Innamincka and the Strzelecki Desert
- Mud map
- Rainer's Outback Guide | 7,527 | triviaqa-train |
What name is given to a cow that has not had a calf? | of alignment. However, in 2011, a group of Czech researchers reported their failed attempt to replicate the finding using Google Earth images.
Behavior.
Under natural conditions, calves stay with their mother until weaning at 8 to 11 months. Heifer and bull calves are equally attached to their mothers in the first few months of life. Cattle are considered to be "hider" type animals, but in the artificial environment of small calving pens, close proximity between cow and calf is maintained by the mother at the first | different nutritional requirements.
Management of the herd Reproductive management.
Female calves born on a dairy farm will typically be raised as replacement stock to take the place of older cows that are no longer sufficiently productive. The life of a dairy cow is a cycle of pregnancy and lactation starting at puberty. Obviously the timing of these events is very important to the production capacity of the dairy. A cow will not produce milk until she has given birth to a calf. Consequently, timing of the first breeding as well as all | 7,528 | triviaqa-train |
How many walking legs does a lobster have? | Lobster
Lobsters are a family (Nephropidae, sometimes also Homaridae) of large marine crustaceans.
Lobsters have long bodies with muscular tails, and live in crevices or burrows on the sea floor. Three of their five pairs of legs have claws, including the first pair, which are usually much larger than the others. Highly prized as seafood, lobsters are economically important, and are often one of the most profitable commodities in coastal areas they populate. Commercially important species include two species of "Homarus" (which looks | prices. The chain also underestimated how many times a customer would order more. Further complicating matters at the restaurant level was the amount of time a customer spent table-side in the restaurant cracking crab legs. This resulted in increased wait times in the lobby and overall diminished customer capacity per hour.
In February 2016, American singer Beyoncé referenced Red Lobster in her single "Formation". After unexpectedly releasing the single and performing it during the Super Bowl 50 halftime show, Red Lobster reported a 33% sales increase due | 7,529 | triviaqa-train |
From which animal do we get cashmere? | to a coefficient of variation around the mean that shall not exceed 24 percent.
Sources.
Cashmere wool fiber for clothing and other textile articles is obtained from the neck region of Cashmere and other goats. Historically, fine-haired Cashmere goats have been called "Capra hircus laniger", as if they were a subspecies of the domestic goat "Capra hircus". However, they are now more commonly considered part of the domestic goat subspecies "Capra aegagrus hircus" or the alternate version "Hircus Blythi Goat". | Muswellbrook,
gonna strike all the big red words
from my little black book.
Gonna do just what I please,
gonna wear no socks and shoes,
with nothing to do but feed
all the kangaroos."
Songwriter Donald Fagen explained the lyrics in an interview with Paul Cashmere of Undercover Music; "I think we had a map and put our finger down at the place that we thought would be the furthest away from New York or wherever we were at the time" | 7,530 | triviaqa-train |
Which element is represented by the symbol 'P' in the periodic table? | distinct substances prior to 1500 AD. Phosphorus, cobalt, and platinum were isolated before 1750.
Most of the remaining naturally occurring chemical elements were identified and characterized by 1900, including:
- Such now-familiar industrial materials as aluminium, silicon, nickel, chromium, magnesium, and tungsten
- Reactive metals such as lithium, sodium, potassium, and calcium
- The halogens fluorine, chlorine, bromine, and iodine
- Gases such as hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, helium, argon, and neon | patient. In 1954, Salk published his findings in the "Journal of the American Medical Association", and nationwide testing was carried out. In 1955, Salk's polio vaccine was made public.
1952 Einsteinium
- Einsteinium is a metallic synthetic element. On the periodic table, it is represented by the symbol Es and atomic number 99. It is the seventh transuranic element, and an actinide. It was named in honor of Albert Einstein. Einsteinium was discovered by Albert Ghioirso in December 1952.
1952 Rapid | 7,531 | triviaqa-train |
By what name is the plant 'Atropa bella-donna' more commonly known? | Atropa belladonna
Atropa belladonna, commonly known as belladonna or deadly nightshade, is a perennial herbaceous plant in the nightshade family Solanaceae, which includes tomatoes, potatoes, and eggplant (aubergine). It is native to Europe, North Africa, and Western Asia. Its distribution extends from Great Britain in the west to western Ukraine and the Iranian province of Gilan in the east. It is also naturalised or introduced in some parts of Canada and the United States.
The foliage and berries are extremely toxic when ingested, containing | Plant identification
Plant identification is the process of matching a specimen plant to a known taxon. It uses various methods, most commonly single-access keys or multi-access keys.
History.
Plant identification has evolved over hundreds of years and depends to a large extent on what criteria and whose system is used. Plant identification implies comparisons of certain characteristics and then assigning a particular plant to a known taxonomic group, ultimately arriving at a species or infraspecific name.
In the history of botany many large systems, | 7,532 | triviaqa-train |
What is the common game given to the spectacular light show the Aurora Borealis? | an aurora.
"Bulfinch's Mythology" relates that in Norse mythology, the armour of the Valkyrior "sheds a strange flickering light, which flashes up over the northern skies, making what Men call the 'aurora borealis', or 'Northern Lights' ". There appears to be no evidence in Old Norse literature to substantiate this assertion. The first Old Norse account of "norðrljós" is found in the Norwegian chronicle "Konungs Skuggsjá" from AD 1230. The chronicler has heard about this phenomenon from compatriots returning | Pensacola Light
The Pensacola Light is a lighthouse at Pensacola Bay, in Florida. It is the third iteration of what was originally a lightship, the "Aurora Borealis," and remains an aid to navigation.
History.
The first Pensacola Light was the lightship "Aurora Borealis". It was moved to Pensacola in 1823 from its previous post at the mouth of the Mississippi River after a lighthouse had been completed there. Because of frequent rough seas, the lightship had to be anchored inside the bay entrance, | 7,533 | triviaqa-train |
Which London museum houses the world's largest collection of decorative and design? | , in 1753. Originally containing antiquities, natural history specimens, and the national library, the museum now has 7 million artefacts from around the globe. In 1824, the National Gallery was founded to house the British national collection of Western paintings; this now occupies a prominent position in Trafalgar Square.
In the latter half of the 19th century the locale of South Kensington was developed as "Albertopolis", a cultural and scientific quarter. Three major national museums are there: the Victoria and Albert Museum (for the | - Bronze
1. Forward line skated half the length of the rink in shoulder hold using alternating left & right progressive runs.
2. Forward two spoke Pin Wheel, in shoulder hold, using open chassé steps for a minimum of three revolutions
3. Forward circle of at least three revolutions in handhold facing inwards
4. Forward Intersections with three pass-throughs using at least half the length of the rink and open chassé steps.
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1. Back line skated half the length of the | 7,534 | triviaqa-train |
In the U.S., who represents the government in the prosecution of criminal offences? | any of several names depending on the jurisdiction, most commonly District Attorney. In Commonwealth states, like Virginia, they are known as Commonwealth's Attorney.
The prosecution is the legal party responsible for presenting the case against an individual or a corporation suspected of breaking the law, initiating and directing further criminal investigations, guiding and recommending the sentencing of offenders, and are the only attorneys allowed to participate in grand jury proceedings.
The titles of prosecutors in state courts vary from state to state and level of government (i.e. | been the Crown's advisor and representative in legal matters. It was modelled after the office of the Attorney General for England and Wales. As such the Attorney General advises and represents the Crown and government departments in court. The person appointed to this role provides legal advice to the Government, acts as the representative of the public interest and resolves issues between government departments.
The Attorney General also has supervisory powers over the prosecution of criminal offences, but is not personally involved with prosecutions. Today, prosecutions are carried out by | 7,535 | triviaqa-train |
American Don King is well-known as a promoter of which sport? | training camp. Carl King again received 50% of his purse, despite Don King Productions falsely claiming he had only been paid 33%. HBO paid King $1,700,000 for Witherspoon to fight Frank Bruno. Witherspoon got a purse of $500,000, but received only $90,000 after King's deductions. Carl King received $275,000. In 1987 Witherspoon sued King for $25 million in damages. He eventually settled for $1 million out of court.
Controversies Lawsuits and prosecutions Mike Tyson.
Former undisputed World Heavyweight Boxing Champion Mike | , a historical racing parlor opened in 2018.
History.
King was a well-known promoter of entertainment events in Louisville. Prior to launching Louisville Downs, he had gained local renown for presenting sport, boat and vacation shows and events at the Kentucky Fair and Exposition Center. One of his most significant promotions was of 18-year-old Cassius Clay’s first professional fight on October 29, 1960 versus Tunney Hunsaker at Fairgrounds Coliseum.
In 1965, King and a group of investors which included Raymond Kolowich, R. | 7,536 | triviaqa-train |
The 1937 novel ‘The Road to Wigan Pier’ was written by which British author? | The Road to Wigan Pier
The Road to Wigan Pier is a book by the British writer George Orwell, first published in 1937. The first half of this work documents his sociological investigations of the bleak living conditions among the working class in Lancashire and Yorkshire in the industrial north of England before World War II. The second half is a long essay on his middle-class upbringing, and the development of his political conscience, questioning British attitudes towards socialism. Orwell states plainly that he himself is in favour of socialism, | David Arkenstone – keyboards, acoustic and electric guitars, flute, pan flute, fretless bass, pennywhistle, accordion, mandolin, percussion, voices
- Kostia – piano, keyboards, voices, orchestrations
- David Lanz – keyboards on "Keeper of the Flame"
- Danny Chase – drums, percussion
- Tena Hess – flutes
- Daryl Stuermer – electric guitars on tracks 2, 5, and 11
- Warren Wiegratz – saxophone solo on "From the Forge to the Field"
- Jerome Franke | 7,537 | triviaqa-train |
Which Californian computer software company was founded in 1995 by Bill Coleman, Ed Scott and Alfred Chuang? | Alfred Chuang
Alfred S. Chuang () is an American business technology executive. He is currently the CEO and founder of Magnet Systems, Inc.
Chuang was part of the original Executive for BEA Systems founded by Bill Coleman, he later served as chairman, CEO and president of BEA Systems until it was purchased by Oracle in April 2008. Prior to founding BEA, Chuang worked at Sun Microsystems.
Chuang received a B.S. in computer science from the University of San Francisco and a master's degree in computer science with specialization | SAGE Computer Technology
SAGE Computer Technology was a computer company based in Reno, Nevada, United States. It was founded in 1981 by Rod Coleman, Bill Bonham and Bob Needham; it went through several name changes. The change from Sage computer came about when "Sage Software" in Maryland demanded cessation of use of the name Sage in the computer segment.
- SAGE Computer Technology
- SAGE Computer
- Stride Micro
- MicroSage Computer Systems (a wholly owned subsidiary, 1987)
SAGE IV. | 7,538 | triviaqa-train |
Lake Chrissie is in which African country? | Lake Chrissie
Lake Chrissie () is a lake in Msukaligwa Local Municipality, Mpumalanga, South Africa. It is a shallow and large lake, with a maximum depth of about 6 m, 9 km long, 3 km wide. The lake is named after Christiana Pretorius, daughter of Marthinus Wessel Pretorius, first president of the boer Transvaal Republic. The lake is also informally known as "Matotoland" (meaning "land of frogs") and its swazi name is "Kachibibi" (meaning "big lake | Swaziland.
They broke away from Swaziland around the year 1540. From mainline Swazi, Batau settled at Wakkerstroom and then Seokodibeng around 1624, at a place that is now called Lake Chrissie. From Lake Chrissie (Seokodibeng) they went to Mokwena River (which today is called Crocodile River) settling there in the late 17th century. Here the Batau established themselves as a nation outside the mainline Swazi and subsequently broke away from all Swazi identity - they shed their Swazi outlook and adopted new ways and customs especially those of the | 7,539 | triviaqa-train |
Which Austrian Formula One racing driver was killed while qualifying for the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix? | The race weekend was marked by the deaths of Austrian driver Roland Ratzenberger and of three-time world champion Ayrton Senna in separate accidents. Other incidents saw driver Rubens Barrichello injured and several mechanics and spectators injured. They were the first fatalities in the Formula One World Championship since the 1982 Canadian Grand Prix, and the first with two driver deaths since the 1960 Belgian Grand Prix.
Michael Schumacher, driving for Benetton, won the race despite contact with Damon Hill (who dropped to the back of the field and battled back | . He also scored the team's first podium finish at the 1986 San Marino Grand Prix. Berger also ended his Formula One career with Benetton in 1997. Recorded the fastest ever speed trap time by a turbocharged F1 car when he pushed his BMW powered Benetton B186 to 352.22 km/h (219 mph) during qualifying for the 1986 Italian Grand Prix at Monza. Drove for both Ferrari and McLaren between stints at Benetton. He is also the only driver to win a race for Benetton while the team was racing | 7,540 | triviaqa-train |
‘The Picture of….’who’? Is a novel by Oscar Wilde? | Oscar Wilde
Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde (16 October 185430 November 1900) was an Irish poet and playwright. After writing in different forms throughout the 1880s, he became one of London's most popular playwrights in the early 1890s. He is best remembered for his epigrams and plays, his novel "The Picture of Dorian Gray", and the circumstances of his criminal conviction for "gross indecency", imprisonment, and early death at age 46.
Wilde's parents were successful Anglo-Irish intellectuals in Dublin. | the Hearth" is Charles Reade's greatest work—and, I believe, the greatest historical novel in the language… there is portrayed so vigorous, lifelike, and truthful a picture of a time long gone by, and differing in almost every particular from own, that the world has never seen its like. To me it is a picture of the past more faithful than anything in the works of Scott.
In "The Decay of Lying," Oscar Wilde praised the novel as Reade's "one beautiful book | 7,541 | triviaqa-train |
Roman Emperor Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus is better known by what name? | Caligula
Caligula (; Latin: "Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus"; 31 August 12 – 24 January 41 AD) was Roman emperor from 37 to 41 AD. The son of the popular Roman general Germanicus and Augustus's granddaughter Agrippina the Elder, Caligula was born into the first ruling family of the Roman Empire, conventionally known as the Julio-Claudian dynasty. Germanicus's uncle and adoptive father, Tiberius, succeeded Augustus as emperor of Rome in 14.
Although he was born Gaius Caesar, after Julius Caesar, | (AD 19-23), son of Drusus' daughter Livilla.
Great-grandson of Nero Claudius Drusus, gained the name "Germanicus" due to his adoption by Claudius:
- Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus (AD 37 – 68), great-nephew and adopted son of Claudius, maternal grandson of Germanicus through his daughter Agrippina the Elder, Roman emperor (reigned AD 54 – 68), originally known as Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus, then Nero Claudius Caesar Drusus Germanicus.
Ancient Romans Other Roman emperors. | 7,542 | triviaqa-train |
Which British fashion designer died at his London home in February 2010, aged 40? | more unconventional, fusing traditional styles with modern techniques. Vintage styles play an important role in the British fashion and styling industry. Stylists regularly 'mix and match' the old with the new, which gives British style that unique, bohemian aesthetic that many of the other fashion capitals try to imitate. Irish fashion (both design and styling) is also heavily influenced by fashion trends from Britain.
Famous British brands and designers include Burberry, Paul Smith, Alfred Dunhill, Alexander McQueen, John Galliano, John Richmond, Kim | Judy Blame
Judy Blame (12 February 1960 – 19 February 2018) was a British fashion stylist, accessories designer and punk iconoclast.
Early life.
Judy Blame was born Christopher Barnes in 1960 in Leatherhead, Surrey, and grew up in Spain and Devon. He ran away to London aged 17 “to become a punk” but because he knew nobody decided to spend the next two years in Manchester which had its own lively scene. Among creative influencers encountered there was graphic designer Peter Saville. “It was | 7,543 | triviaqa-train |
‘Going Straight’ was the sequel to which British television series? | Going Straight
Going Straight is a BBC sitcom which was a direct spin-off from "Porridge", starring Ronnie Barker as Norman Stanley Fletcher, newly released from the fictional Slade Prison where the earlier series had been set.
It sees Fletcher trying to become an honest member of society, having vowed to stay away from crime on his release. The title refers to this: "straight" is a slang term meaning being honest, in contrast to "bent", i.e. dishonest.
Also re-appearing | Closing Time (Doctor Who)
"Closing Time" is the twelfth and penultimate episode of the sixth series of the British science fiction television programme "Doctor Who", and was first broadcast on BBC One on 24 September 2011. It was written by Gareth Roberts and directed by Steve Hughes. It is a sequel to "The Lodger", an episode Roberts wrote for the previous series.
In the episode, alien time traveller the Doctor (Matt Smith) is going on a "farewell tour" before his | 7,544 | triviaqa-train |
How many sheets of identical paper are in a ream? | quality: of a ream of 500 sheets. Quires of 25 sheets are often used for machine-made paper, while quires of 24 sheets are often used for handmade or specialised paper of 480-sheet reams. (As an old UK and US measure, in some sources, a quire was originally 24 sheets.) Quires of 15, 18 or 20 sheets have also been used, depending on the type of paper.
Quire Nomenclature.
The current word "quire" derives from OE "quair" or "guaer" | 's manuscript paper at Weimar was ordered by the ream of 480 sheets. In 1840, a ream in Lisbon was 17 quires and 3 sheets = 428 sheets, and a double ream was 18 quires and 2 sheets = 434 sheets; and in Bremen, blotting or packing paper was sold in reams of 300 (20 quires of 15 sheets). A mid-19th century Milanese-Italian dictionary has an example for a "risma" (ream) as being either 450 or 480 sheets.
In the UK in 1914, | 7,545 | triviaqa-train |
Which singer/actress attacked Russell Harty on his 1980 British television chat show? | Danny Kaye, Rita Hayworth, Veronica Lake, David Carradine, John Gielgud and Ralph Richardson. Harty won a Pye Television Award for the Most Outstanding New Personality of the Year in 1973.
Harty remained on ITV until 1980, at which point his show moved to the BBC. Harty interviewed the Jamaican American singer Grace Jones on the show in November 1980. After he had interviewed Jones and turned away from her to address another guest, Jones appeared to become offended and started repeatedly hitting him. Initially shown on BBC2 in | Jon Plowman
Phillip Jon Plowman (born 1953 in Welwyn Garden City, England) is a television and film producer. He has been a Producer at the BBC since 1980, when he produced Russell Harty's chat show "Harty". He moved on to executive producing at the BBC in 1986, working on sketch show "A Bit of Fry and Laurie", and became Head of Comedy Entertainment in 1994, mainly responsible for sketch shows. He produced the first four series of the BBC comedy show "Absolutely Fabulous | 7,546 | triviaqa-train |
How many fluid ounces in half an Imperial pint? | (≈ 568 ml) is used in the United Kingdom and Ireland and to a limited extent in Commonwealth nations. In the United States, two pints are used: a liquid pint (≈ 473 ml) and a less-common dry pint (≈ 551 ml). Each of these pints is one-eighth of its respective gallon, but the gallons differ. This difference dates back to 1824, when the British Weights and Measures Act standardised various liquid measures throughout the British Empire, | while the United States continued to use the earlier English measure. The imperial pint consists of 20 imperial fluid ounces and the US liquid pint is 16 US fluid ounces, making the imperial fluid ounce about 4% smaller than the US fluid ounce.
All of the other former British colonies, such as Canada, Australia, South Africa and New Zealand, converted to the metric system in the 1960s and 1970s; so, while the term "pint" may still be in common use in these countries, it may no | 7,547 | triviaqa-train |
Milos Forman directed which 1975 film starring Jack Nicholson? | Rider" (1969); the dramas "Five Easy Pieces" (1970) and "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" (1975); the comedy-dramas "The Last Detail" (1973), "Terms of Endearment" (1983), "As Good as It Gets" (1997), "About Schmidt" (2002), and "The Bucket List" (2007); the neo-noir mystery "Chinatown" (1974); the horror film "The Shining" | success; in 1963, it was adapted into a successful stage play by Dale Wasserman, and in 1975, Miloš Forman directed a screen adaptation, which won the "Big Five" Academy Awards: Best Picture, Best Actor (Jack Nicholson), Best Actress (Louise Fletcher), Best Director (Forman) and Best Adapted Screenplay (Lawrence Hauben and Bo Goldman).
Kesey originally was involved in creating the film, but left two weeks into production. He claimed never to have seen the movie because of a | 7,548 | triviaqa-train |
What is the medical name for the shin bone? | Tibia
The tibia (plural tibiae or tibias), also known as the shinbone or shankbone, is the larger, stronger, and anterior (frontal) of the two bones in the leg below the knee in vertebrates (the other being the fibula, behind and to the outside of the tibia), and it connects the knee with the ankle bones. The tibia is found on the medial side of the leg next to the fibula and closer to the median plane or centre-line. The tibia is connected to | The Ghana Physician Assistant Association-Medical at their last annual delegate congress, voted for a name change from the current name Physician Assistant to Clinical Officer. The members of the association believes that the "Assistant" attached to their name is limitation to what the PA actually does. The PA is not an assistant but an independent medical professional trained and licensed to practise medicine and dentistry. The association has therefore presented a new job description and the new name clinical officer to the Ministry of Health. The meeting which was chaired by | 7,549 | triviaqa-train |
Which country won the 1978 FIFA World Cup? | are the only team to have played in every tournament. The other World Cup winners are Germany and Italy, with four titles each; Argentina, France and inaugural winner Uruguay, with two titles each; and England and Spain with one title each.
The World Cup is the most prestigious association football tournament in the world, as well as the most widely viewed and followed sporting event in the world, exceeding even the Olympic Games; the cumulative viewership of all matches of the 2006 World Cup was estimated to be 26.29 | 1978 and France in 1998 are the countries which organized an edition of the World Cup and won it.
Upon the selection of Canada–Mexico–United States bid for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, the tournament will be the first to be hosted by more than two countries. Mexico becomes the first country to host three men's World Cups and its Estadio Azteca, should it be selected, will become the first stadium to stage three World Cup tournaments.
Results of hosts.
Except 1934, host nations are | 7,550 | triviaqa-train |
Which author uses the pen name Barbara Vine? | Ruth Rendell
Ruth Barbara Rendell, Baroness Rendell of Babergh, (; 17 February 1930 – 2 May 2015), was an English author of thrillers and psychological murder mysteries.
Rendell's best-known creation, Chief Inspector Wexford, was the hero of many popular police stories, some of them successfully adapted for TV. But Rendell also wrote a second type of crime novel that deeply explored the psychological background of criminals and their victims, many of them mentally afflicted or otherwise socially isolated. This theme was developed further | Kan Kikuchi
, known by his pen name Kan Kikuchi (which uses the same kanji as his real name), was a Japanese author born in Takamatsu, Kagawa Prefecture, Japan. He established the publishing company Bungeishunjū, the monthly magazine of the same name, the Japan Writer's Association and both the Akutagawa and Naoki Prize for popular literature. He came to prominence for the plays "Madame Pearl" and "Father Returns", but his ample support for the Imperial Japanese war effort led to his marginalization in the | 7,551 | triviaqa-train |
The song ‘Lambeth Walk’ is from which musical? | The Lambeth Walk
"The Lambeth Walk" is a song from the 1937 musical "Me and My Girl" (with book and lyrics by Douglas Furber and L. Arthur Rose and music by Noel Gay). The song takes its name from a local street, Lambeth Walk, once notable for its street market and working class culture in Lambeth, an area of London. The tune gave its name to a Cockney dance made popular in 1937 by Lupino Lane.
The story line of "Me and My Girl" | to stay with him. It featured a hit song and dance routine from Lane called "The Lambeth Walk", which became popular throughout Europe in the late 1930s. Lane directed and produced the show as well as starring in it for 1,550 performances between 1937 and 1940. It was the first British musical comedy to be televised and was made into a film in 1939. The film was known as "The Lambeth Walk" due to the popularity of the dance.
Later career and death.
The success of " | 7,552 | triviaqa-train |
Lopburi, Phichit and Ang Thong are provinces in which Asian country? | Lopburi
Lopburi (, , ) is the capital city of Lopburi Province in Thailand. It is about northeast of Bangkok. As of 2014 it had a population of 758,406. The town ("thesaban mueang") covers the whole "tambon" Tha Hin and parts of Thale Chup Son of Mueang Lopburi District, a total area of 6.85 km².
Etymology.
It was originally known as Lavo or Lavapura, meaning "city of Lava" in reference to the ancient South Asian city of Lavapuri (present | the "Thesaphiban" reforms, Phrom Buri was one of the provinces included into Monthon Krungkao (later renamed to Monthon Ayutthaya) in 1895. It was later downgraded to a district in Sing Buri Province.
In 1943 the district office was moved to its present location on the north side of Wat Kudi Thong.
Geography.
Neighboring districts are (from the east clockwise) Tha Wung of Lopburi Province, Chaiyo and Pho Thong of Ang Thong Province, Tha Chang and Mueang Sing Buri of Sing Buri Province. | 7,553 | triviaqa-train |
The unification of the crowns of Aragon and Castile laid the basis of which modern-day European country? | Spain
Spain ( ), officially the Kingdom of Spain (), is a country mostly located in Europe. Its continental European territory is situated on the Iberian Peninsula. Its territory also includes two archipelagoes: the Canary Islands off the coast of Africa, and the Balearic Islands in the Mediterranean Sea. The African enclaves of Ceuta, Melilla, and Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera make Spain the only European country to have a physical border with an African country (Morocco). Several small islands in the Alboran Sea are | Trastámaran Castile
Coming to power in 1369, the House of Trastámara was a lineage of rulers of the Castilian and Aragonese thrones. The line of Trastámaran royalty in Castile ruled throughout a time period of military struggle with Aragon. Their family was sustained with large amounts of inbreeding, which led to a series of disputed struggles over rightful claims to the Castilian throne. This lineage ultimately ruled in Castile from the rise to power of Henry II in 1369 through the unification of the crowns under Ferdinand and Isabella.
14th Century: | 7,554 | triviaqa-train |
Prathiba Patil was the first woman President of which country? | Pratibha Patil
Pratibha Devisingh Patil (born 19 December 1934) is an Indian politician who served as the 12th President of India from 2007 to 2012. A member of the Indian National Congress, Patil is the only woman to hold the office. She previously served as the Governor of Rajasthan from 2004 to 2007.
Early life.
Pratibha Devisingh Patil is the daughter of Narayan Rao Patil. She was born on 19 December 1934 in the village of Nadgaon, in the Jalgaon district of Maharashtra, India. She was | hospital which provides medicines and treatments to the rural populace.
A few years prior to his death, Patil established another private sugar factory, Bhagyashri Lagmawwa Sugars Ltd. in his hometown Bekkeri and had fully planned another factory in nearby Alagawadi. He was awarded the Indira Gandhi Sadbhavana National Award in 2008 for the various social endeavours in his life.
Personal life.
Patil married Smt. Arunadevi and had four children: Prataprao, Prathiba, Vivekrao and Amarsingh. Prathiba, an active politician, died in 2003. Amarsingh is | 7,555 | triviaqa-train |
Rarotonga is the most populous island of which group of islands? | Kingdom of Rarotonga
The Kingdom of Rarotonga, () named after the island of Rarotonga, was an independent kingdom established in the present-day Cook Islands in 1858. In 1888 it became a protectorate of the United Kingdom by its own request. In 1893 the name was changed to the Cook Islands Federation.
Establishment.
After the early conversion of a number of important ariki (high chiefs) support for Christianity increased rapidly throughout the Southern Group. Working through the ariki the missionaries drew up draft legal codes which | is 226,177 people as of 2015 which makes it the most populous district in Terengganu. The district has a total land area of 388 km.
History.
This district, formerly a part of Kuala Terengganu district, was declared on 18 September 2014.
Geography.
The Redang archipelago is a group of islands in which two, the main island of Redang and Pinang Island, are inhabited, and the other smaller islands are not (Ling Island, Ekor Tebu Island, Lima Island, Paku Island, Paku Kecil | 7,556 | triviaqa-train |
British author Vyvyan Holland was the son of which writer and poet? | request was denied, Wilde wept. "I intend to be received into the Catholic Church before long", Wilde told a journalist who asked about his religious intentions.
He spent his last three years impoverished and in exile. He took the name "Sebastian Melmoth", after Saint Sebastian and the titular character of "Melmoth the Wanderer" (a Gothic novel by Charles Maturin, Wilde's great-uncle). Wilde wrote two long letters to the editor of the "Daily Chronicle", describing the brutal conditions | John Vyvyan
John Vyvyan (1908–1975) was a British writer, born in Sussex. Originally trained as an archeologist, he worked with Sir Flinders Petrie in the Middle East. Vyvyan became known for his study of Shakespeare and his histories of the animal rights movement. He was the author of three books on Shakespeare, including "The Shakespearean Ethic" (1959), and two on the origins of anti-vivisection activism, "In Pity and in Anger: A Study of the Use of Animals in Science" ( | 7,557 | triviaqa-train |
The 2005 film ‘Wolf Creek’ is set in which country? | . Filming took place over five weeks in Australia's winter months of 2004 almost entirely in South Australia; aerial shots of the crater, however, show the genuine Wolfe Creek crater. The film is set in a real location; however, the actual meteorite crater location is called "Wolfe Creek", and is located in northern Western Australia. The sequences in which the three main characters ascend the edge of crater were shot on a nondescript hillside in South Australia, while beachfront scenes in the first fifteen minutes of the film | star Cassandra Magrath, were called as character witnesses.
She said although the pair portrayed horrific torture scenes in the 2005 film, Mr Jarratt expressed a "disgust" at violence and she trusted him absolutely on set.
External links.
- Wolf Creek Interview at Future Movies | 7,558 | triviaqa-train |
Neville Chamberlain was British Prime Minister during the reign of which monarch? | ; the Parliaments of the United Kingdom and of other Commonwealth countries granted his request. Edward VIII and any children by his new wife were excluded from the line of succession, and the Crown went to his brother, George VI. George served as a rallying figure for the British people during World War II, making morale-boosting visits to the troops as well as to munitions factories and to areas bombed by Nazi Germany. In June 1948 George VI relinquished the title "Emperor of India", although remaining head of state | VI, King of the United Kingdom (1936–1952)
- Prime Minister - Neville Chamberlain, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1937–1940)
- Monarch -
1. Pope Pius XI, Sovereign of Vatican City (1929–1939)
2. "Cardinal Eugenio Pacelli and Cardinal Gennaro Granito Pignatelli di Belmonte, interim government during sede vacante" (1939)
3. Pope Pius XII, Sovereign of Vatican City (1939–1958)
- Governor - Marquis Camillo Serafini, Governor of Vatican City (1929–1952) | 7,559 | triviaqa-train |
Lightning McQueen, Doc Hudson and Fillmore are all characters in which 2006 animated Disney film? | film era to gain significant popularity.
The earliest extant feature-length animated film is The Adventures of Prince Achmed (1926) made by director Lotte Reiniger and her collaborators Carl Koch and Berthold Bartosch.
The first animation with full sound synchronization (both music and dialogue) was a short by Walt Disney’s animation studio called "Steamboat Willie", featuring Mickey Mouse in 1928.
In 1932, the first short animated film created entirely with Technicolor (using red/green/blue photographic filters and three strips of | 8. However, after rounding the Moon, Zond 6 crashed on its return to Earth due to a parachute failure.
Mission.
Zond 6 was the official designation for Soyuz 7K-L1 s/n 12. It was supposed to photograph the Moon in colour and in black and white from 8000 km and 2600 km ranges, then return to Earth, landing at Tyuratam only 16 km from the launch pad. It had been a long and difficult road to develop the L1 guidance system, but | 7,560 | triviaqa-train |
The volcano Irazu is in which Central American country? | became the first of Central America's seven states to become independent autonomous countries, followed by El Salvador in 1841, Panama in 1903 and Belize in 1981. Despite the dissolution of the Federal Republic of Central America, there is anecdotal evidence that demonstrates that Nicaraguans, Hondurans, Costa Ricans, Guatemalans, Salvadorans, Panamanians and Belizeans continue to maintain a Central American identity. For instance, Central Americans sometimes refer to their nations as if they were provinces of a Central American state. It is not unusual to write "C.A." | San José.
From the top it is possible to see both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans on a clear day. However, such clear days are rare, and the volcano's summit is usually cloud-covered.
The volcano is contained within the Irazú Volcano National Park, which spreads across 5,705 acres (2,300 ha). The national park contains both primary and secondary montane forests and is home to armadillos, owls, rabbits, foxes, woodpeckers, and hummingbirds.
Geology.
The irazu volcano is a | 7,561 | triviaqa-train |
Which actress played Bathsheba Everdene in the 1967 film ‘Far From the Madding Crowd’? | Far from the Madding Crowd (1967 film)
Far from the Madding Crowd is a 1967 British epic drama film adapted from Thomas Hardy's book of the same name. The film, starring Julie Christie, Alan Bates, Terence Stamp and Peter Finch, and directed by John Schlesinger, was Schlesinger's fourth film (and his third collaboration with Christie). It marked a stylistic shift away from his earlier works exploring contemporary urban mores. The cinematography was by Nicolas Roeg and the soundtrack was by Richard Rodney Bennett. He | Far from the Madding Crowd (2015 film)
Far from the Madding Crowd is a 2015 British romantic drama film directed by Thomas Vinterberg and starring Carey Mulligan, Matthias Schoenaerts, Tom Sturridge and Michael Sheen. An adaptation by David Nicholls of the 1874 novel "Far from the Madding Crowd" by Thomas Hardy, it is the fourth film adaptation of the novel.
Plot.
The film is set in about 1870 in Britain. While Bathsheba Everdene (Carey Mulligan) is working on her aunt's farm in Dorset | 7,562 | triviaqa-train |
What is the name of the three-eyed fish in the US animated television series ‘The Simpsons’? | with an environmental message. Since the episode first aired, the three-eyed fish Blinky has been mentioned several times in news articles regarding nuclear waste and mutation. The episode was positively received by television critics for its satire on American politics. It acquired a Nielsen rating of 15.8, and was the highest-rated show on the Fox network the week it aired.
Plot.
Bart and Lisa go fishing downstream of the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant, and "Springfield Shopper" reporter Dave Shutton pulls up just as Bart | such factors as cable television and the Internet has diminished the influence and impact of "Mad", although it remains a widely distributed magazine. In a way, "Mad"s power has been undone by its own success: what was subversive in the 1950s and 1960s is now commonplace. However, its impact on three generations of humorists is incalculable, as can be seen in the frequent references to "Mad" on the animated series "The Simpsons". "The Simpsons" producer Bill Oakley said, "The Simpsons has | 7,563 | triviaqa-train |
A ‘Yarborough’ is a hand in which card game? | plays a single card from their hand, and based on the values of played cards one player wins or "takes" the trick. The specific object varies with each game and can include taking as many tricks as possible, taking as many scoring cards within the tricks won as possible, taking as few tricks (or as few penalty cards) as possible, taking a particular trick in the hand, or taking an exact number of tricks. Bridge, Whist, Euchre, 500, Spades, and the various Tarot card | bid. Thereafter a 2 is a puppet to 2, showing a weak or an invitational hand. A 2 bid is game forcing. Also called "XYZ Checkback".
Y.
- Yarborough: Originally, a hand with no card higher than a nine. The British Earl of Yarborough, during the 19th century, would offer a wager of £1,000 to £1 against picking up such a hand at whist. (The actual odds against such a hand are approximately 1,827 to 1.) In common usage, | 7,564 | triviaqa-train |
What kind of performer is an ecdysiast? | Striptease
A striptease is an erotic or exotic dance in which the performer gradually undresses, either partly or completely, in a seductive and sexually suggestive manner. The person who performs a striptease is commonly known as a "stripper" or exotic dancer.
In Western countries, the venues where stripteases are performed on a regular basis are now usually called strip clubs, though they may be performed in venues such as pubs (especially in the UK), theaters and music halls. At times, a stripper may be hired | to Fagin's particular villainies".
George du Maurier depicts Svengali as a Jewish rogue, masterful musician, and hypnotist. The character has been portrayed in many film and television versions of the story. The word "svengali" has entered the language meaning a person who with evil intent manipulates another into doing what is desired. It is frequently used for any kind of coach who seems to exercise an extreme degree of domination over a performer (especially if the person is a young woman and the coach is an older man | 7,565 | triviaqa-train |
Who wrote the music for the American musical ‘West Side Story’? | West Side Story
West Side Story is a musical with book by Arthur Laurents, music by Leonard Bernstein and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim. It was inspired by William Shakespeare's play "Romeo and Juliet".
The story is set in the Upper West Side neighborhood in New York City in the mid 1950s, an ethnic, blue-collar neighborhood (in the early 1960s, much of the neighborhood was cleared in an urban renewal project for Lincoln Center, which changed the neighborhood's character). The musical explores the | It has been rumored that while Bernstein was off trying to fix the musical "Candide", Sondheim wrote some of the music for "West Side Story", and that Bernstein's co-lyricist billing mysteriously disappeared from the credits of "West Side Story" during the tryout, presumably as a trade-off. However, Suskin writes in "Show Tunes" that "As the writing progressed and the extent of Bernstein's lyric contributions became less, the composer agreed to rescind his credit...Contrary to rumor, Sondheim | 7,566 | triviaqa-train |
The Hajj is a pilgrimage to which city? | from over 100 countries. the event aims at exploring the use of technology to provide solutions for Hajj pilgrims.
Arrangement and facilities Visa requirements.
In order to enter Saudi Arabia to participate in the Hajj, visa requirements exist. Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Hajj and Umrah is planning to ease visas issuance by enabling Hajj and Umrah pilgrims to obtain e-visa within minutes through campaigns and companies.
Arrangement and facilities Makkah Route Initiative.
Makkah Route Initiative Is an initiative made by the Saudi government to facilitate the pilgrims entries | were set up in city of Karbala in 2014. Besides Iraqi "mawakibs", which are unofficially organized, there are some Iranian ones which are less "specifically targeted" but pilgrims are from various regions.
Ali Moamen, Academic and former director of Al Najaf Satellite TV Channel, said:
According to Sayed Mahdi al-Modarresi, writing for "The Huffington Post":
Features Comparison to Hajj.
The Arba'een pilgrimage is non-obligatory compared to Hajj which is obligatory for those who can afford it. | 7,567 | triviaqa-train |
Shaun the Sheep first appeared in which 1995 UK animated television film? | Shaun the Sheep
Shaun the Sheep is a British stop-motion animated television series and spin-off of the "Wallace and Gromit" franchise. The series stars Shaun — a sheep previously featured in the 1995 short film "A Close Shave" and in the "Shopper 13" short film from the 2002 "Wallace and Gromit's Cracking Contraptions" series — and his madcap adventures around a small farm as the leader of his flock.
Having first aired in the UK on CBBC in 4 December 2006 and BBC | Bob and Margaret" concluded production in 2001, Snowden and Fine created and worked on the animated television series "" and "Shaun the Sheep". In 2018 they released "Animal Behaviour", their first theatrical short film since "Bob's Birthday", which received another Academy Award nomination for Best Animated Short Film at the 91st Academy Awards.
The duo's daughter Lily Snowden-Fine is a former child actress who was the original voice of Peppa Pig, and currently works as an artist and illustrator. | 7,568 | triviaqa-train |
Which poet and garden designer was dubbed ‘The Bard of Twickenham’? | of 18th-century buildings and pleasure grounds, many of which survive intact. This area has three grand period mansions with public access: York House, Marble Hill and Strawberry Hill House. Another has been lost, that belonging to 18th-century aphoristic poet Alexander Pope. Among these is the Neo-Gothic prototype home of Horace Walpole which has given its name to a whole district, Strawberry Hill, and is linked with the oldest Roman Catholic university in the country, St Mary's University.
History.
History Pre | 's reconstruction by John James (architect). Kneller's remains were interred in the church.
- Batty Langley (1696–1751), garden designer, was the son of a jobbing gardener in Twickenham and was baptised there.
- Charles Lightoller, the most senior officer to survive the "Titanic" sinking; in retirement from 1947 until his death in 1952, he lived at and managed Richmond Slipways in East Twickenham (No. 1, Duck's Walk), which built and maintained motor launches for the river police | 7,569 | triviaqa-train |
Meryl Streep and Dustin Hoffman play husband and wife in which 1979 film? | "Lenny", "Marathon Man", "All the President's Men", "Kramer vs. Kramer", "Tootsie", "Rain Man", "Hook", and "Wag the Dog". He made his directorial debut in 2012, with "Quartet", and has done voice work for the "Kung Fu Panda" film series and "The Tale of Despereaux".
Early life.
Hoffman was born on August 8, 1937, in Los Angeles, California, the second | directing and producing.
During his career, he directed 12 different actors in Oscar-nominated performances: Jane Fonda, Gig Young, Susannah York, Barbra Streisand, Paul Newman, Melinda Dillon, Jessica Lange, Dustin Hoffman, Teri Garr, Meryl Streep, Klaus Maria Brandauer and Holly Hunter. Young and Lange won Oscars for their performances in Pollack's films.
His disputes with Hoffman during the filming of "Tootsie" became well known. Eventually Hoffman began pushing the idea that Pollack play the role of his agent | 7,570 | triviaqa-train |
Roman Numerals CD represent which number? | numbers. Nonetheless tallying systems are considered the first kind of abstract numeral system.
The first known system with place value was the Mesopotamian base 60 system (ca. 3400 BC) and the earliest known base 10 system dates to 3100 BC in Egypt.
History Zero.
The first known documented use of zero dates to AD 628, and appeared in the "Brāhmasphuṭasiddhānta", the main work of the Indian mathematician Brahmagupta. He treated 0 as a number and discussed operations involving it, including | symbols Roman numerals.
Unicode has a number of characters specifically designated as Roman numerals, as part of the "Number Forms" range from U+2160 to U+2183. For example, Roman 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) could alternatively be written as ⅯⅭⅯⅬⅩⅩⅩⅧ. This range includes both upper- and lowercase numerals, as well as pre-combined glyphs for numbers up to 12 (Ⅻ for XII), mainly intended for clock faces.
The pre-combined glyphs should only be used to represent the individual numbers where the use of individual glyphs is not | 7,571 | triviaqa-train |
During which month of the year does the Summer Solstice occur in the Northern Hemisphere? | Northern Hemisphere
The Northern Hemisphere is the half of Earth that is north of the Equator. For other planets in the Solar System, north is defined as being in the same celestial hemisphere relative to the invariable plane of the solar system as Earth's North Pole.
Owing to the Earth's axial tilt, winter in the Northern Hemisphere lasts from the December solstice (typically December 21 UTC) to the March equinox (typically March 20 UTC), while summer lasts from the June solstice through to the September equinox ( | Lithe. In leap years (every fourth year except centennial years) a day is added after Mid-year's Day called "Overlithe". All these days are placed outside of any month. These days are primarily holidays and feast days.
"Mid-year's Day" is meant to correspond to the summer solstice (Northern Hemisphere), which Tolkien describes as being 10 days earlier than the middle day of our year. However, since then the summer solstice has shifted slightly so it falls on a different | 7,572 | triviaqa-train |
In which US state did singer Elvis Presley perform his last concert? | , and sounded better, too", though by the conclusion of the performance, his face was "framed in a helmet of blue-black hair from which sweat sheets down over pale, swollen cheeks". His final concert was held in Indianapolis at Market Square Arena, on June 26.
The book "", co-written by the three bodyguards fired the previous year, was published on August 1. It was the first exposé to detail Presley's years of drug misuse. He was devastated by the | was one of the few British acts who achieved success in the US, appearing on "The Ed Sullivan Show" in the United States returning to perform a variation of his act for ten years in a row.
He was called "the greatest ventriloquist in the world" by Ed Sullivan, who hired him to appear in what turned out to be the third and last appearance by singer Elvis Presley on his show, on 6 January 1957, a program which was broadcast live from the old CBS Studio 50 in NYC | 7,573 | triviaqa-train |
An abecedarian is a person who is learning what? | Abecedarian
Abecedarians were a 16th-century German sect of Anabaptists who rejected all human learning. Questions have been raised as to the historical accuracy of the name and sect.
Rejection of education.
According to the original "Catholic Encyclopedia", the Abecedarians were a 16th-century German sect of Anabaptists who affected an absolute disdain for all human knowledge, contending that God would enlighten his elect from within themselves, giving them knowledge of necessary truths by visions and ecstasies, with which human learning would interfere.
They | family insists to take part in the program and after learning the truth, they are rescued by Ryuga and his companions. Rian has Rui and her family's memories altered so that they forget what happened and believe that they were rejected by the program, but Sonshi appears to them as they leave the city and instructs them to return. However, Rui remembers about Takeru and manages to survive by jumping from the car while the rest of his family is taken away to Kaneshiro Foods where their souls were sealed away in capsules with | 7,574 | triviaqa-train |
Entertainer Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou is better known by what name? | his partner Feleppa, Michael said: "It was a terribly depressing time. It took about three years to grieve, then after that I lost my mother. I felt almost like I was cursed."
In 1996, Michael entered into a long-term relationship with Kenny Goss, a former flight attendant, cheerleader coach, and sportswear executive from Dallas. They had homes in Dallas, a 16th-century house in Goring-on-Thames, Oxfordshire and an £8 million mansion in Highgate, North | Gary Williams (wrestler)
Gary William Gallant (born June 2, 1972) better known by his ring name "Wildman" Gary Williams has been competing in Canadian independent wrestling circuits since the 1990s. Williams is also a musician, actor and a bodyguard for VIP artists and personnel. Williams first passion is professional wrestling and what he is better known for. He has had brief stints in World Championship Wrestling and the World Wrestling Federation. Prior to and in the earlier days of his wrestling career, Williams was the lead | 7,575 | triviaqa-train |
In Greek mythology, who was condemned to hold the ‘world’ on his shoulders for all eternity as punishment for warring against Zeus? | Atlas (mythology)
In Greek mythology, Atlas (; , "Átlas") was a Titan condemned to hold up the celestial heavens for eternity after the Titanomachy. Atlas also plays a role in the myths of two of the greatest Greek heroes: Heracles (the Roman equivalent being Hercules) and Perseus. According to the ancient Greek poet Hesiod, Atlas stood at the ends of the earth in extreme west. Later, he became commonly identified with the Atlas Mountains in northwest Africa and was said to be "King of | , when Zeus overcame the monster Typhon, he threw him into "wide Tartarus".
Greek mythology Residents.
Originally, "Tartarus" was used only to confine dangers to the gods of Olympus. In later mythologies, Tartarus became a space dedicated to the imprisonment and torment of mortals who had sinned against the gods, and each punishment was unique to the condemned. For example:
- King Sisyphus was sent to Tartarus for killing guests and travelers to his castle in violation to his hospitality, seducing his niece, | 7,576 | triviaqa-train |
Which future British monarch ‘married’ Maria Fitzherbert in 1785? | Maria Fitzherbert
Maria Anne Fitzherbert ("née" Smythe, previously Weld; 26 July 1756 – 27 March 1837) was a longtime companion of George IV of the United Kingdom before he became king. In 1785, they secretly contracted a marriage that was invalid under English civil law because his father, King George III, had not consented to it. She was a Roman Catholic and so had the marriage been approved and valid, George would have lost his place in the line of succession since the law then forbade Catholics | in Brighton after escaping from France; and Maria Fitzherbert, a twice-widowed Catholic, began a relationship with the Prince Regent (and secretly married him in 1785 in a ceremony which was illegal according to the Act of Settlement 1701 and the Royal Marriages Act 1772). She accompanied the Prince Regent whenever he visited Brighton, and had her own house (Steine House on Old Steine).
The first Catholic place of worship since the Reformation in Brighton was established above a shop in 1798; it was one of the | 7,577 | triviaqa-train |
‘Where Everybody Knows Your Name’ is the theme tune to which US television series? | Where Everybody Knows Your Name
"Where Everybody Knows Your Name" is the theme song from the 1980s television sitcom "Cheers". The song was written by Gary Portnoy and Judy Hart Angelo and performed by Gary Portnoy, Julian Williams. Shortly after the premiere of "Cheers", Portnoy went back into the studio to record a longer version of the song that made the US and British pop charts. However, it failed to reach the Top 40 in either of those two.
The full-length version was | Angeles, California.
Accolades.
The song received an Emmy Award nomination in 1983 for Outstanding Achievement in Music and Lyrics. In a 2011 Readers Poll in "Rolling Stone" magazine, "Where Everybody Knows Your Name" was voted the best television theme of all time. In 2013, the editors of "TV Guide" magazine named "Where Everybody Knows Your Name" the greatest TV Theme of all time. | 7,578 | triviaqa-train |
Who invented smokeless powder Ballistite in 1887? | Ascanio Sobrero in 1847. It was subsequently developed and manufactured by Alfred Nobel as an industrial explosive, but even then it was unsuitable as a propellant: despite its energetic and smokeless qualities, it detonates instead of deflagrating smoothly, making it more liable to shatter a gun, rather than propel a projectile out of it. Nitroglycerine is also highly sensitive, making it unfit to be carried in battlefield conditions.
A major step forward was the invention of guncotton, a nitrocellulose-based material, by German chemist Christian Friedrich Schönbein | "Ruby" powders, Laflin & Rand negotiated a license to produce "Ballistite", and DuPont started producing smokeless shotgun powder. The United States Army evaluated 25 varieties of smokeless powder and selected "Ruby" and "Peyton Powders" as the most suitable for use in the Krag-Jørgensen service rifle. "Ruby" was preferred, because tin-plating was required to protect brass cartridge cases from picric acid in the "Peyton Powder". Rather than paying the required royalties for "Ballistite", Laflin & Rand | 7,579 | triviaqa-train |
‘The Jerilderie Letter’ was dictated by which notorious Australian to Joe Byrne in 1879? | highest-grossing films. The 1996 drama "Shine" achieved an Academy Award for Best Actor award for Geoffrey Rush and Gregor Jordan's 1999 film "Two Hands" gave Heath Ledger his first leading role. After Ledger's successful transition to Hollywood, Jordan and Ledger collaborated again in 2003 with Ledger playing the iconic bushranger title role in the film "Ned Kelly", which co-starred British actress Naomi Watts.
The canon of films related to Indigenous Australians also increased over the period of the 1990s and early 21st | the document the 'Jerilderie Letter', which he introduced by saying:
Following is an 8,300 word statement I have called The Jerilderie Letter. This is the document Kelly handed to Living. The text is from a copy of the original letter made in 1879 or 1880 by a government clerk, and is printed here with such spelling, punctuation, etc, as the clerk or Kelly and Byrne, or all three possessed.
The original and both copies of the Jerilderie Letter have been digitised and are available online. | 7,580 | triviaqa-train |
In Indian cookery, what is gingili otherwise called? | southern Tamil Nadu. "Gingelly" (sesame) oil is common in the south since it imparts a fragrant, nutty aroma. In recent decades, sunflower, safflower, cottonseed, and soybean oils have become popular across India. Hydrogenated vegetable oil, known as "Vanaspati ghee", is another popular cooking medium. Butter-based ghee, or "deshi ghee", is used frequently, though less than in the past. Many types of meat are used for Indian cooking, but chicken and mutton tend to be | : Adapted to this country, and all grades of life."
Simmons' "American Cookery" used terms known to Americans, and ingredients that were readily available to American cooks.
It was the first cookbook to include New England specialties such as Indian pudding, johnnycake, and what is now called pumpkin pie. The cookbook was the first to suggest serving cranberry with turkey, and the first to use the Hudson River Valley Dutch word cookey.
It introduced the use of pearlash, a precursor of baking soda | 7,581 | triviaqa-train |
‘A thing of beauty is a joy forever’ is the first line of which poem by John Keats? | the song of our nightingale." Dilke, co-owner of the house, strenuously denied the story, printed in Richard Monckton Milnes' 1848 biography of Keats, dismissing it as 'pure delusion'.
"Ode on a Grecian Urn" and "Ode on Melancholy" were inspired by sonnet forms and probably written after "Ode to a Nightingale". Keats' new and progressive publishers Taylor and Hessey issued "Endymion", which Keats dedicated to Thomas Chatterton, a work that he termed "a trial of | a thing of beauty is a joy forever" becomes "a charming thing is a joy always". In other respects Wright does not avoid topics which would otherwise require the letter 'e', for example a detailed description of a horse-drawn fire engine is made without using the words "horse", "fire" or "engine".
Plot and structure.
Fifty-year-old John Gadsby is alarmed by the decline of his hometown, Branton Hills, and rallies the city's youth to | 7,582 | triviaqa-train |
In 1973, Patrick White became the first Australian to win a Nobel Prize in what? | Patrick White
Patrick Victor Martindale White (28 May 191230 September 1990) was an Australian writer who, from 1935 to 1987, published 12 novels, three short-story collections and eight plays.
White's fiction employs humour, florid prose, shifting narrative vantage points and a stream of consciousness technique. In 1973, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, "for an epic and psychological narrative art which has introduced a new continent into literature", as it says in the Swedish Academy's citation, the | The Aunt's Story
The Aunt's Story is the third published novel by the Australian novelist and 1973 Nobel Prize-winner, Patrick White. It tells the story of Theodora Goodman, a lonely middle-aged woman who travels to France after the death of her mother, and then to America, where she experiences what is either a gradual mental breakdown or an epiphanic revelation.
Although the novel was shunned by critics and the reading public upon its initial publication in 1948, White himself expressed a personal fondness for it | 7,583 | triviaqa-train |
The seaside resort of New Brighton is on the North eastern tip of which English peninsula? | subject of Martin Parr's famous and controversial photographic book "The Last Resort".
Geography.
New Brighton is situated at the north-eastern corner and the most northerly point of the Wirral Peninsula, and at the western side of the mouth of the River Mersey. Liverpool Bay of the Irish Sea is to the north. New Brighton lies on quite a steep hillside; the marine lake and lighthouse are at sea level while, less than away, St Peter and St Paul's Church sits on a promontory at | Littlehampton
Littlehampton is a town, seaside resort and pleasure harbour, and the most populous civil parish in the Arun District of West Sussex, England. It lies on the English Channel on the eastern bank of the mouth of the River Arun. It is south south-west of London, west of Brighton and east of the county town of Chichester.
The parish covers an area of . The suburban area of the town has a population of approximately 55,000. The conurbation includes other settlements: Wick in the north west | 7,584 | triviaqa-train |
‘Acer’ is the Latin name for which tree? | Maple
Acer is a genus of trees and shrubs commonly known as maple. The genus is placed in the family Sapindaceae. There are approximately 128 species, most of which are native to Asia, with a number also appearing in Europe, northern Africa, and North America. Only one species, "Acer laurinum", extends to the Southern Hemisphere. The type species of the genus is the sycamore maple, "Acer pseudoplatanus", the most common maple species in Europe. The maples have easily recognizable palmate leaves and | 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 | 7,585 | triviaqa-train |
What was the first novel by Scottish author Irvin Welsh, published in 1993? | Irvine Welsh
Irvine Welsh (born 27 September 1958) is a Scottish novelist, playwright and short story writer. His novel "Trainspotting" was made into a film of the same name. His work is characterised by a raw Scots dialect and brutal depiction of Edinburgh life. He has also written plays and screenplays, and directed several short films.
Early life.
Irvine Welsh was born in Leith, the port area of the Scottish capital Edinburgh. He states that he was born in 1958, though, according | The Cutting Room (novel)
The Cutting Room is the debut novel of Scottish author Louise Welsh. The book was first published in 2002 by Edinburgh-based publisher Canongate. It has won several awards including the 2002 Saltire Society First Book Award.
Plot summary.
The novel, set in Glasgow, revolves around the central character, Rilke, an auctioneer who has agreed to quickly process and sell an inventory of largely valuable contents belonging to a recently deceased old man in exchange for a considerable fee. While sorting | 7,586 | triviaqa-train |
Mapo doufu, Goutie, Shahe fen and You tiao are dishes originating in which country? | Youtiao
Youtiao, also known as Chinese cruller, Chinese fried churro, Chinese oil stick, Chinese doughnut Chinese breadstick, and fried breadstick, is a long golden-brown deep-fried strip of dough commonly eaten in China and (by a variety of other names) in other East and Southeast Asian cuisines. Conventionally, "youtiao" are lightly salted and made so they can be torn lengthwise in two. "Youtiao" are normally eaten at breakfast as an accompaniment for rice congee, soy milk or regular milk blended | of the Sichuan opera.
Culture Language.
The native language in Chengdu is Sichuanese, otherwise referred as Sichuan dialect. More precisely, "Chengdu Dialect" () is widely used in lieu of "Sichuanese" due to the largely different accents of Sichuanese speakers residing elsewhere.
Culture Culinary art and tea culture.
The distinct characteristic of Sichuan cuisine is the use of spicy chilies and peppercorns. Local dishes include Mapo doufu, Chengdu Hot pot, and Dan Dan Mien. Mapo Doufu and Dan Dan Mien contain Sichuan peppers | 7,587 | triviaqa-train |
In which US state the the first Walmart store open, in July 1962? | Walmart
Walmart Inc. (; formerly Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.) is an American multinational retail corporation that operates a chain of hypermarkets, discount department stores, and grocery stores, headquartered in Bentonville, Arkansas. The company was founded by Sam Walton in 1962 and incorporated on October 31, 1969. It also owns and operates Sam's Club retail warehouses. Walmart has 11,368 stores and clubs in 27countries, operating under 55 differentnames. The company operates under the name Walmart in the United States and Canada, as Walmart de México | 2009, closing the first level of its store.
In June 2014, it was announced that a Walmart Supercenter would open, taking over the space occupied by the vacant Broadway building. The Broadway building was demolished and construction for the Supercenter began on July 20, 2016. The new Supercenter opened in October 2017, though it is not accessible from the mall.
On May 31, 2018, it was announced that Sears would be closing in September 2018 as part of a plan to close 72 stores nationwide, which | 7,588 | triviaqa-train |
‘Tages-Anzeiger’ is a daily newspaper published in which European country? | ten percent of the Swiss population). Its main competitor is the weekly "Die Weltwoche" magazine.
Schweizer Bibliothek
In 2005 and 2006, the magazine published the "Schweizer Bibliothek" a compilation of twenty books, written by twenty of the 20th century's most important Swiss writers.
- Volume 1: Friedrich Glauser, "Matto regiert" (1936)
- Volume 2: Markus Werner, "Bis bald" (1992)
- Volume 3: Alice Rivaz, "Schlaflose Nacht" (1979 | its editor is Res Strehle. Although "Tages-Anzeiger" is a national newspaper, it focuses mainly on the Zurich region.
History and profile Circulation.
The circulation of "Tages-Anzeiger" was 70,000 copies in 1910. It rose to 83,000 copies in 1930 and to 116,000 copies in 1950.
In the period of 1995–1996 "Tages-Anzeiger" had a circulation of 282,222 copies, making it the second best-selling paper in the country. In 1997 its circulation was 283,139 copies. The circulation of | 7,589 | triviaqa-train |
In which Oscar-winning 1964 film did actress Julie Andrews make her feature film debut? | 1964 in film
The year 1964 in film involved some significant events, including two highly successful musical films, "My Fair Lady" and "Mary Poppins".
Events.
- March 6 – Elvis Presley's 14th motion picture, "Kissin' Cousins", is released to theaters.
- July 6 – "A Hard Day's Night", the first Beatles film, premieres.
- October – In "Photoplay" magazine, Hedda Hopper announces that Sophia Loren and Paul Newman will star in | revival.
Source: Olivier Awards
Adaptations.
Adaptations 1964 film.
An Oscar-winning film version was made in 1964, directed by George Cukor and with Harrison again in the part of Higgins. The casting of Audrey Hepburn instead of Julie Andrews as Eliza was controversial, partly because theatregoers regarded Andrews as perfect for the part and partly because Hepburn's singing voice was dubbed (by Marni Nixon). Jack L. Warner, the head of Warner Bros., which produced the film, wanted "a star with a | 7,590 | triviaqa-train |
In the nursery rhyme, who ‘called for his fiddlers three’? | to be a merry old soul!", further referencing the rhyme. In the online game "AdventureQuest Worlds" (2008) there is also a non-player character called Old King Coal.
In the 2009 animated movie "", Old King Cole (voiced by Cam Clarke) is amalgamated with the king who is Snow White's father.
Paul Reakes wrote a stage pantomime adaptation, also called "Old King Cole" (2012). It is a farce about the king choosing a queen from among | are invited. Walter Lantz produced an Oswald cartoon the same year, entitled "The Merry Old Soul", which is in reference to the nursery rhyme.
"Farmer Giles of Ham" (1937) by J.R.R. Tolkien is stated (despite anachronisms like blunderbusses) by the author to take place "after the time of King Cole, but before king Arthur".
The Three Stooges' 1948 short film "Fiddlers Three" features Larry, Moe and Shemp as musicians in King Cole's court who must stop an | 7,591 | triviaqa-train |
On which pop hit classic did Bob Holness famously not play the sax solo? | he also presented the request programme "Anything Goes" on the BBC World Service.
Baker Street.
Holness was the subject of an urban myth, claimed to have been initiated in the 1980s by broadcaster Stuart Maconie who, writing for the "New Musical Express" in a section called 'Believe It Or Not', said that Holness had played the saxophone riff on Gerry Rafferty's 1978 song, "Baker Street". (The actual performer was Raphael Ravenscroft.) Tommy Boyd, among others, has disputed | rock and roll elements.
- "Flying Home" was recorded most famously in 1942 by Lionel Hampton and His Orchestra, with tenor sax solo by Illinois Jacquet, recreated and refined live by Arnett Cobb. This became a model for rock and roll solos ever since: emotional, honking, long, not just an instrumental break but the keystone of the song. The Benny Goodman Sextet had a popular hit in 1939 with a more subdued version of the song, featuring electric guitarist Charlie Christian. The book "What Was | 7,592 | triviaqa-train |
In 2009, which judge on ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ was told to Foxtrot Oscar? | perfect score.
Here is a table showing all of the perfect scores achieved by number of perfect scores
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The lowest score the judges have ever awarded was 8/40 (1,1,3,3) to Quentin Willson and Hazel Newberry for their Cha Cha Cha. Eleven individual ones have been awarded in the entirety of Strictly Come Dancing, with ten of those coming from Craig Revel Horwood and the other coming from Arlene Philips. Ann Widdecombe holds the current record for the most ones, receiving ones from Revel | he wears the wedding rings from both of his marriages.
A keen ballroom dancer, Cable long expressed his desire to appear on the BBC's hit television show "Strictly Come Dancing"; he appeared on the Christmas 2010 edition of the show, partnered by Erin Boag and dancing the Foxtrot. He performed well and scored 36/40 from the judges, including a mark of 10/10 from head judge Len Goodman. Cable was the second politician to appear on the show, after former Conservative MP Ann Widdecombe.
Cable is a | 7,593 | triviaqa-train |
Brad Pitt and Morgan Freeman co-starred in which 1995 film? | Movie" (2014), and "Lucy" (2014). He rose to fame as part of the cast of the 1970s children's program "The Electric Company". Noted for his deep voice, Freeman has served as a narrator, commentator, and voice actor for numerous programs, series and television shows. He is ranked as the seventh-highest box office star since July, 2019. He has a combined total box office gross of $4.57 billion, with an average of $71.5 million per film | to the attention of a larger audience. She appeared in the 2004 James L. Brooks American film "Spanglish" opposite Adam Sandler. In 2006, she co-starred with American actor Morgan Freeman in the independent film "10 Items or Less", directed by Brad Silberling. In 2008, she co-starred with Gabriel Macht, Samuel L. Jackson, and Scarlett Johansson in "The Spirit". In 2011, Vega had a role in Michele Placido's film "Vallanzasca –The Angels of Evil".
Vega | 7,594 | triviaqa-train |
With which type of foodstuff do you associate the name of Levi Roots? | Roots has performed with James Brown and Maxi Priest and was nominated for a Best Reggae Act MOBO award in 1998. He was a friend of Bob Marley when he resided in the UK and performed "Happy Birthday Mr. President" for Nelson Mandela in 1996 on his trip to Brixton. He gained widespread fame after appearing on the UK television programme "Dragons' Den", where he gained £50,000 funding for his Reggae Reggae Sauce.
Reggae Reggae Sauce.
Levi Roots' Reggae Reggae Sauce is a jerk barbecue sauce | said that "Orbit" was a tower with an interesting twist, with "the energy you might traditionally associate with this type of structure but in a surprisingly female form".
Design Name.
According to Mittal, "Orbit" was already the working title, as it describes continuous action, a creative representation of the "extraordinary physical and emotional effort" that Olympians undertake in their continuous drive to do better. It was decided to keep this as the final name and prepend ArcelorMittal (as the project supporter). | 7,595 | triviaqa-train |
‘Love Fool’ was the first UK Top 10 hit for which group, in 1997? | Lovefool
"Lovefool" is a song written by Peter Svensson and Nina Persson for The Cardigans' third studio album, "First Band on the Moon" (1996). It was released as the album's lead single on 14 September 1996 in the United Kingdom and internationally on 5 October 1996. Following a re-release in 1997, the song found international success, peaking at number two on the UK Singles Chart and achieving moderate success on other European charts. In North America, the song reached number three in | Haircut One Hundred
Haircut One Hundred were a British new wave group formed in 1980 in Beckenham, London by Nick Heyward. In 1981 and 1982 the band had four UK Top 10 hit singles: "Favourite Shirts (Boy Meets Girl)", "Love Plus One", "Nobody's Fool", and "Fantastic Day".
History.
History Formation and "Pelican West".
Nick Heyward and Les Nemes had been in several bands together since 1977. They were first known as Rugby, then | 7,596 | triviaqa-train |
Which historic Derbyshire building is said to be ‘more glass than wall’? | to supply the rapidly growing populations of Sheffield, Derby and Leicester with drinking water. The moorland catchment area around these is part of the Peak District National Park and is extensively used for leisure pursuits such as walking and cycling.
There are many properties and lands in the care of the National Trust that are open to the public, such as Calke Abbey, Hardwick Hall, High Peak Estate, Ilam Park, Kedleston Hall, Longshaw Estate near Hathersage, and Sudbury Hall on the Staffordshire border.
Notable gardens in Derbyshire | Highlow Hall
Highlow Hall is a historic Elizabethan manor house in Hathersage, Derbyshire, England. It was owned by the Eyre family from approximately 1340 to 1842, at which point one branch of the family had already emigrated to the United States. It is a Grade II*-listed building and dates to the late 16th century.
Highlow Hall is associated with the White Lady, a local ghost of a woman named Elizabeth Archer, said to haunt the estate. | 7,597 | triviaqa-train |
Which retro film character frequently referred to his ‘Number One son’ in his films? | . For the first time, Chan was portrayed on occasion as "openly contemptuous of suspects and superiors." African-American comedic actor Mantan Moreland played chauffeur Birmingham Brown in 13 films (1944–1949) which led to criticism of the Monogram films in the forties and since; some call his performances "brilliant comic turns", while others describe Moreland's roles as an offensive and embarrassing stereotype. Toler died in 1947 and was succeeded by Roland Winters for six films. Keye Luke, missing from the series after 1938's Mr. | by TNT Media Group. It was last released by Retro Media on November 19, 2013 as a part of its 50th Anniversary "Edgar Allan Poe's Horror" Pack.
Reception.
Alberto de Martino referred to his own film as "a little film of no importance" and that the only thing he found memorable was the mask used in the film which was sculpted by his father. Roberto Curti, author of "Italian Gothic Horror Films, 1957-1969" (2015) stated that the film "does | 7,598 | triviaqa-train |
With which song did Pharrell Williams top the charts in ten countries in 2013? | Happy (Pharrell Williams song)
"Happy" is a song written, produced, and performed by American singer Pharrell Williams, from the "Despicable Me 2" soundtrack album. It also served as the lead single from Williams' second studio album, "Girl" (2014). It was first released on November 21, 2013, alongside a long-form music video. The song was reissued on December 16, 2013, by Back Lot Music under exclusive license to Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music | concurrently with the video for the Spanish version in Santo Domingo. The English version reached top 10 status in the United States and topping the charts of several other countries.
Sean Paul appeared on the "Apocalypse Soon" EP by electronic group Major Lazer, on the track "Come On to Me", which was released as the second single from the album, after "Aerosol Can", a collaboration with Pharrell Williams. He also collaborated with Nigerian recording artist Timaya on a remix of his song "Bum Bum" | 7,599 | triviaqa-train |
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