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The ‘Wisden Almanack’ relates to which sport? | Wisden Cricketers' Almanack
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack (or simply Wisden or colloquially "the Bible of Cricket") is a cricket reference book published annually in the United Kingdom. The description "bible of cricket" was first used in the 1930s by Alec Waugh in a review for the "London Mercury". In October 2013, an all-time Test World XI was announced to mark the 150th anniversary of "Wisden Cricketers' Almanack".
In 1998, an Australian edition of "Wisden Cricketers' Almanack" | Alice Hechy
Alice Hechy (1893–1973) was a German stage and film actress.
Bibliography.
- Eisner, Lotte H. "The Haunted Screen: Expressionism in the German Cinema and the Influence of Max Reinhardt". University of California Press, 2008. | 7,900 | triviaqa-train |
The Lady Lever Art Gallery is in which English city? | Lady Lever Art Gallery
The Lady Lever Art Gallery is a museum founded and built by the industrialist and philanthropist William Lever, 1st Viscount Leverhulme and opened in 1922. The Lady Lever Art Gallery is set in the garden village of Port Sunlight, on the Wirral and one of the National Museums Liverpool.
The museum is a significant surviving example of late Victorian and Edwardian taste. It houses major collections of fine and decorative art that are an expression of Lord Leverhulme’s personal taste and collecting interests. The collection is strong | a few tapestries. The Mortlake weavers were highly skilled in depicting natural textures and effects such as flesh and water. Their products can be seen in many museums and English country houses.
The tapestries.
The tapestries Lady Lever Art Gallery, Port Sunlight.
Lord Leverhulme acquired the Mortlake tapestry series in 1918. It was sold from Stella Hall, near Newcastle, by the family of the industrialist Sir Joseph Cowen (1800–73). The set may have been woven for the hall which was demolished in 1955. In the | 7,901 | triviaqa-train |
Pink Fairy and Nine Banded are species of which animal? | Armadillo
Armadillos (from Spanish "little armoured one") are New World placental mammals in the order Cingulata. The Chlamyphoridae and Dasypodidae are the only surviving families in the order, which is part of the superorder Xenarthra, along with the anteaters and sloths. Nine extinct genera and 21 extant species of armadillo have been described, some of which are distinguished by the number of bands on their armour. All species are native to the Americas, where they inhabit a variety of different environments.
Armadillos are characterized by a | have prominent transverse ridges and some have modifications for feeding and reproduction. The pinnules are jointed, have about 35 segments and bear unequal sized tube feet in groups of three. The arm colour is variable, ranging from yellow or pink to deep purple, sometimes spotted or blotched, and the pinnules are usually paler or white. There are about twenty short cirri, banded and arranged in transverse rows on a central raised ossicle. These curl under and grasp the surface enabling the animal to crawl around which it can do with great | 7,902 | triviaqa-train |
What were the first names of English novelist R.D.Blackmore? | R. D. Blackmore
Richard Doddridge Blackmore (7 June 1825 – 20 January 1900), known as R. D. Blackmore, was one of the most famous English novelists of the second half of the nineteenth century. He won acclaim for vivid descriptions and personification of the countryside, sharing with Thomas Hardy a Western England background and a strong sense of regional setting in his works.
Blackmore, often referred to as the "Last Victorian", was a pioneer of the movement in fiction that continued with Robert Louis Stevenson and others | Dornford Yates
Dornford Yates was the pseudonym of the English novelist Cecil William Mercer (7 August 1885 – 5 March 1960), whose novels and short stories, some humorous (the "Berry" books), some thrillers (the "Chandos" books), were best-sellers in the 21-year interwar period between the First and Second World Wars.
The pen name "Dornford Yates", first in print in 1910, resulted from combining the maiden names of his grandmothers – the paternal Eliza Mary Dornford, and | 7,903 | triviaqa-train |
The Iroquois Cup is competed for in which sport? | a day were common.
The First Nations Lacrosse Association is recognized by the Federation of International Lacrosse as a sovereign state for international lacrosse competitions. It is the only sport in which the Iroquois field national teams and the only indigenous people's organization sanctioned for international competition by any world sporting governing body.
Culture Naming conventions.
Each clan has a group of personal names which may be used to name members. The clan mother is responsible for keeping track of those names not in use, which may then be reused to | works by Australian and British composers.
Co-curriculum Sport.
Co-curriculum Sport Cordner-Eggleston Cup.
The Cordner-Eggleston Cup is competed for each year by the first football teams of Melbourne Grammar School and the Scotch College and has been run since 1858, making it the longest running school football fixture in the world. It commemorates the first recorded game of Australian Rules Football, which was played between the two schools on 7 August 1858, which ended in a 1-1 draw and is today commemorated by a | 7,904 | triviaqa-train |
Don Diego de la Vega is the secret name of which Spanish fictional character? | for the next twenty years until it was revived by Marvel Comics in 1990, for a 12-issue tie-in with the Duncan Regehr television series "Zorro". Many of these comics had Alex Toth covers.
In 1993 Topps Comics published a 2-issue limited series "Dracula Versus Zorro" followed by a "Zorro" series that ran 11 issues. Topps also published two limited series of "Lady Rawhide", a spin-off from the Zorro stories created by writer Don McGregor and artist Mike Mayhew. McGregor subsequently scripted | " miniseries, as well as becoming a regular character in "Suicide Squad".
Fictional character biography.
Fictional character biography Own series.
Rac Shade, a secret agent of the world in the Meta-Zone, a dimension near that of Earth, between which is the Zero-Zone, has been framed for treason and sentenced to death. Through various events, Shade spent some time on Earth trying to clear his name, using the retrieved M-Vest (The Miraco-Vest that had been stolen) | 7,905 | triviaqa-train |
The Sipi Tau is performed by which national rugby union team before each of their international matches? | their "de facto" national sport include Fiji, Georgia, Madagascar, New Zealand, Samoa and Tonga.
International matches have taken place since 1871 when the first game took place between Scotland and England at Raeburn Place in Edinburgh. The Rugby World Cup, first held in 1987, takes place every four years. The Six Nations Championship in Europe and The Rugby Championship in the Southern Hemisphere are other major international competitions, held annually.
National club or provincial competitions include the Premiership in England, the Top 14 in | Siva Tau
The Manu Siva Tau is a Samoan war dance, performed by the Samoan sporting teams before each match.
The national rugby union team used to perform the traditional 'Maulu'ulu Moa' on tour. Prior to the 1991 World Cup, the 'Manu' war chant was composed, it was considered to be more effective at psyching up players.
The national Australian rules football team performs the Siva Tau at its International Cup appearances.
In WWE, The Usos, as faces, performed the Siva Tau | 7,906 | triviaqa-train |
‘Piapa’ is the alphabet of which US state? | government and the rights of individuals.
The Constitution grants to Congress the authority to admit new states into the Union. Since the establishment of the United States in 1776, the number of states has expanded from the original 13 to 50. Alaska and Hawaii are the most recent states admitted, both in 1959. The Constitution is silent on the question of whether states have the power to secede (withdraw) from the Union. Shortly after the Civil War, the U.S. Supreme Court, in "Texas v. White", | the input alphabet consists of (the labels of) every function φ in Φ. Let us construct a set of length-1 test sequences, consisting of single functions chosen from Φ, and call this Φ. The transition cover is defined as formula_4.
This will attempt every possible transition from every state. For those which succeed, we must validate the destination states. So, the smallest test-set "T" which completely validates the behaviour of a minimal "Imp" is given by: formula_5. This formula can be rearranged | 7,907 | triviaqa-train |
Which English Premier League football club has the motto ‘Audere est Facere’ (To Dare is to Do)? | Paul Bobroff gained control of the club. In order to bring in funds, Scholar floated Tottenham Hotspur plc, which wholly owns the football club, on the London Stock Exchange in 1983, the first European sports club to be listed in a stock market, and became the first sports company to go public. Fans and institutions alike can now freely buy and trade shares in the company; previously a court ruling in 1935 involving the club ("Berry and Stewart v Tottenham Hotspur FC Ltd") had established a precedent in | TAFIC F.C.
Tati African Federation Independent Club, TAFIC F.C. is a football club based in Francistown, Botswana. The team was relegated from the Botswana Premier League to the First Division North in 2014.. Nicknamed Matjimenyenga,after a stream, which runs behind the low-income locations of Maipaafela and Kgaphamadi. The club motto: "Undipe ndi kupe". The club was founded as in 1959 as a break away from the then popular TAFA football club. Information has it that the founders of TAFIC, which was initially known | 7,908 | triviaqa-train |
Which 1930’s US gangster, upon being admitted to Indiana State Prison, is quoted as saying ‘I will be the meanest bastard you ever saw when I get out of here’? | Indiana State Prison
The Indiana State Prison is a maximum security Indiana Department of Corrections prison for adult males; however, minimum security housing also exists on the confines. It is located in Michigan City, Indiana, about east of Chicago. The average daily inmate population in November 2006 was 2,200, 2,165 in 2011. The Indiana State Prison was established in 1860. It was the second state prison in Indiana. One of the most famous prisoners to be in the Michigan City prison was bank robber John Dillinger, who was | that come to mind. He was an exceptional bull.
Ben Jones said, "He was big and had two horns as big as baseball bats, so if you were going to get him rode you had to be a bull rider. You couldn't be half-hearted." J.B. Mauney said,
When I first saw that bull he was probably the meanest bull I had ever seen. I hung up on him a few times and that got pretty scary. He's a big ol' bull and he | 7,909 | triviaqa-train |
‘Shazam’ is the favourite word of which comic book hero? | all of their comics.
In "Captain Marvel Adventures," a character named steamboat was an amalgamation of some of the worst stereotypes of the time. The Writers' War Board did not ask for any change with this character. "Eliminating Steamboat required the determined efforts of a black youth group in New York City." Originally their request was refused by individuals working on the comic stating, ""Captain Marvel Adventures" included many kinds of caricatures 'for the sake of humor'." The black youth group | John Albano
John F. Albano (September 12, 1922 – May 23, 2005) was an American writer who worked in the comic book industry. He was recognized for his work with the Shazam Award for Best Writer (Humor Division) in 1971, and the Shazam Award for Best Individual Short Story (Dramatic) in 1972 for "The Demon Within", in "House of Mystery" #201 (with Jim Aparo).
Albano's most famous co-creation is the western anti-hero Jonah Hex | 7,910 | triviaqa-train |
Which wife of English monarch King Henry Vlll was imprisoned in the Tower of London in May 1536? | Thomas Cromwell
Thomas Cromwell, 1st Earl of Essex, (; 1485 – 28 July 1540) was an English lawyer and statesman who served as chief minister to King Henry VIII of England from 1532 to 1540, when he was beheaded on orders of the king.
Cromwell was one of the strongest and most powerful proponents of the English Reformation. He helped to engineer an annulment of the king's marriage to Queen Catherine so that Henry could lawfully marry Anne Boleyn. Henry failed to obtain the Pope's approval for the annulment | . In March 1536, Edward was made a gentleman of the privy chamber, and a few days later, he and his wife Anne together with his sister Jane, were lodged at the palace at Greenwich in apartments which the king could reach through a private passage.
In May 1536, accused of treason, incest and plotting the king's death, Anne was imprisoned in the Tower, awaiting her trial. Jane Seymour resided with members of her family, first at the home of Sir Nicholas Carew in Surrey and then | 7,911 | triviaqa-train |
In 1954, who was the first Australian to win the British Open Golf Championship? | replaced on the rota with Carnoustie, which hosted for the first time in 1931. Troon hosted for the first time in 1923, and Royal Lytham & St Annes was also added, hosting for the first time in 1926. Prince's hosted its one and only Open in 1932.
History Bobby Locke, Peter Thomson, and Ben Hogan's Triple Crown (1946–1958).
The Open returned after the war to St Andrews, with a victory for American Sam Snead. Bobby Locke became the first South African winner, winning | Leonie Harm
Leonie Harm (born 1997) is a German amateur golfer who plays on the Houston Cougars golf team since 2015. In 2018, Harm was the first golfer from Germany to win the British Ladies Amateur Golf Championship in the event's history. Her British Amateur win gave her exemptions to multiple LPGA Tour events including the 2018 Women's British Open and 2019 U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship. In team events, Harm played at the European Ladies' Team Championship in 2016, 2017 and 2018 while also appearing at | 7,912 | triviaqa-train |
Which British Prime Minister negotiated the Munich Agreement with Hitler, Mussolini and Daladier? | the winter of 1938–39, France and Italy were on the verge of war.
In January 1939, the British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain visited Rome, during which visit Mussolini learned that though Britain very much wanted better relations with Italy, and was prepared to make concessions, it would not sever all ties with France for the sake of an improved Anglo-Italian relationship. With that, Mussolini grew more interested in the German offer of a military alliance, which had first been made in May 1938. In February 1939, | against both Britain and France. He did not order an invasion on 28 September, having instead agreed to Chamberlain's proposal for a further meeting the next day, now at Munich, between four heads of government, Chamberlain for Britain, Hitler for Germany, Prime Minister Daladier for France and Mussolini for Italy, with no Czech or Soviet participation. On 1 October, a pact was signed which provided for possession of the Sudeten Province to be transferred to Germany, with Britain and France seeking to sweeten this bitter pill for the | 7,913 | triviaqa-train |
The Solovetsky Islands lie in which body of water? | Solovetsky Islands
The Solovetsky Islands (), or Solovki (), are an archipelago located in the Onega Bay of the White Sea, Russia.
As an administrative division, the islands are incorporated as Solovetsky District of Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia. Within the framework of municipal divisions, they are incorporated as Solovetskoye Rural Settlement within Primorsky Municipal District. The administrative center of both divisions is the settlement of Solovetsky, located on Bolshoy Solovetsky Island. Almost all of the population of the islands lives in Solovetsky. As of the | not allowed on the reservoir.
Features.
Greenwood Reservoir is an impoundment which was created by the construction of a dam on the Escanaba River to provide support for nearby mines in the region. There are many islands and coves on this body of water. This can sometimes make it difficult for new visitors to navigate the lake. There are also many hazards to look out for, and boating should be done with caution. These hazards include prop-chewing stumps that lie just beneath the surface, along with shallow rocks | 7,914 | triviaqa-train |
What nationality is football referee Massimo Busacca? | soccer) is FIFA. The FIFA headquarters are located in Zürich, Switzerland. Six regional confederations are associated with FIFA; these are:
- Asia: Asian Football Confederation (AFC)
- Africa: Confederation of African Football (CAF)
- Europe: Union of European Football Associations (UEFA)
- North/Central America & Caribbean: Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF)
- Oceania: Oceania Football Confederation (OFC)
- South America: Confederación Sudamericana de Fútbol | for the whole match, with their lone goal coming off an own goal by Sergio Busquets. But the match was not without controversy after Arsenal forward Robin van Persie was sent off for a second yellow card for what referee Massimo Busacca interpreted as "time wasting" after the player kicked the ball towards goal after the referee had blown the whistle on him for being called offside by the linesman.
On 14 March, Spanish radio station Cadena COPE reported that Real Madrid would request for the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) | 7,915 | triviaqa-train |
Theravada is a branch of which religion? | bhikkhuni (female monastic) lineage (not recognized by some male sangha authorities).
- Convert Buddhism in Western countries, establishment of Western monastic orders (especially the Thai forest tradition) and development of Pāli scholarship in Western languages.
Texts.
Texts Pāli Canon.
According to Kate Crosby, for Theravāda, the Pāli Canon is "the highest authority on what constitutes the Dhamma (the truth or teaching of the Buddha) and the organization of the Sangha (the community of monks and nuns)." | Zaiwa language and Jingpho language, Zaiwa is the most ethnic branch of Jingpo people in Mangshi.
Almost all the Dai and Palaung people believe theravada, many of villages have their own temple. The temple in Mangshi is called "Zhuangfang" () or "Burmese temple" (). It is the place for religion activities and teenager's education center of the village, also is the entertainment venue for villagers. Expenditure of the temple and the monk life costs are afford by the villagers. A normal Dai farmer should | 7,916 | triviaqa-train |
The drink Caipirinha is the national cocktail of which South American country? | Caipirinha
Caipirinha () is Brazil's national cocktail, made with cachaça (sugarcane hard liquor), sugar, and lime. Cachaça, also known as "caninha", or any one of a multitude of traditional names, is Brazil's most common distilled alcoholic beverage. Although both rum and cachaça are made from sugarcane-derived products, in cachaça the alcohol results from the fermentation of fresh sugarcane juice that is then distilled, while rum is usually made from refinery by-products such as molasses.
The drink | paste, and cachaca (an ingredient in the caipirinha cocktail).
Diffusion Australia.
As early as the 1950s, Latin American cuisine have been transported to the Southeast coast, where Sydney is. Now there is a slight selection of Latin American restaurants that has spread across the country.
See also.
- Chifa
- Latin American cuisine
- Native American cuisine of South America
Further reading.
- 478 pages. | 7,917 | triviaqa-train |
The Fynbos, an area of grassland and thicket, lies in which African country? | Fynbos
Fynbos (; meaning fine-leaved plants) is a small belt of natural shrubland or heathland vegetation located in the Western Cape and Eastern Cape provinces of South Africa. This area is predominantly winter rainfall coastal and mountainous areas with a Mediterranean climate. The fynbos ecoregion is within the Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and scrub biome. In fields related to biogeography, fynbos is known for its exceptional degree of biodiversity and endemism, consisting about 80% (8,500 fynbos) species of the Cape floral kingdom where nearly 6,000 of them | the Cape of Good Hope then east to northern KwaZulu Natal and inland almost to Bloemfontein in the Orange Free State.
The Cape weaver occurs in open grassland, lowland fynbos, coastal thicket and farmland, so long as there is permanent water and trees. In the more arid, hotter regions it is restricted to upland areas and it never occurs in forest.
Behaviour and ecology.
When not breeding the Cape Weaver forms flocks, and it congregates in large roosts throughout the year, these may be shared with other | 7,918 | triviaqa-train |
What was the name of the Archbishop of Canterbury’s envoy, who was taken hostage in Lebanon in 1987? | Terry Waite
Terence Hardy "Terry" Waite (born 31 May 1939) is an English humanitarian and author.
Waite was the Assistant for Anglican Communion Affairs for the then Archbishop of Canterbury, Robert Runcie, in the 1980s. As an envoy for the Church of England, he travelled to Lebanon to try to secure the release of four hostages, including the journalist John McCarthy. He was himself kidnapped and held captive from 1987 to 1991.
After his release he wrote a book about his experiences and became involved | best East Coast A-7 squadron.
In June- July 1985 while aboard USS "Nimitz", VA-86 operated off the coast of Lebanon due to the hijacking of TWA flight 847, and later that year the squadron was awarded the Admiral Wade McClusky Award, signifying the best attack squadron in the Navy.
From January–February 1987 while embarked on USS "Nimitz", VA-86 operated off the coast of Lebanon after three U.S. citizens were taken hostage from the American University in Beirut, Lebanon.
On July 15, 1987 | 7,919 | triviaqa-train |
John Dryden became the first official British what during the reign of King Charles ll? | John Dryden
John Dryden (; – ) was an English poet, literary critic, translator, and playwright who was made England's first Poet Laureate in 1668.
He is seen as dominating the literary life of Restoration England to such a point that the period came to be known in literary circles as the Age of Dryden. Walter Scott called him "Glorious John".
Early life.
Dryden was born in the village rectory of Aldwincle near Thrapston in Northamptonshire, where his maternal grandfather was rector of All Saints | of the King's Highway, a colonial road named in honor of King Charles II of England. The King's Highway bridge over the Pennypack Creek in what is now Northeast Philadelphia was built in 1697 and is the oldest bridge in continuous use in the United States. During the reign of Queen Anne, it was called the Queen's Highway. After the British surrendered in the Siege of Yorktown in 1781, the road between Marcus Hook and Darby became known as the Great Southern Post Road as it served as a post road | 7,920 | triviaqa-train |
What does ‘Na’ represent in the periodic table? | Sodium
Sodium is a chemical element with the symbol Na (from Latin "natrium") and atomic number 11. It is a soft, silvery-white, highly reactive metal. Sodium is an alkali metal, being in group 1 of the periodic table, because it has a single electron in its outer shell, which it readily donates, creating a positively charged ion—the Na cation. Its only stable isotope is Na. The free metal does not occur in nature, and must be prepared from | celebrate and illustrate specific events or themes.
- A periodic table of cupcakes is a collection of decorated cupcakes arranged in order to represent the elements of the periodic table. Cupcakes are sometimes flavoured and coloured and usually iced with the appropriate atomic number and chemical symbol. The first person to bake and ice a set of cupcakes organised and coloured to represent the elements of the periodic table was Ida Freund in 1907. Ida Freund was the first woman to hold a post as a university chemistry lecturer in the UK. She used | 7,921 | triviaqa-train |
Which British female singer released a double A-side, featuring ‘Footprints in the Sand’ and ‘Better in Time’, in aid of Sport Relief? | Leona Lewis
Leona Louise Lewis (born 3 April 1985) is a British singer, songwriter, actress, model and activist. She was born and raised in the London Borough of Islington in London, where she attended the BRIT School for Performing Arts and Technology. Lewis achieved national recognition when she won the third series of "The X Factor" in 2006, winning a £1 million recording contract with Simon Cowell's record label, Syco Music. Her winner's single, a cover of Kelly Clarkson's "A | Kim Wilde's "You Keep Me Hangin' On" in 1987. Lewis's third single, a double A-side featuring "Better in Time" and "Footprints in the Sand", was released in the United Kingdom in March 2008, in aid of Sport Relief, and she visited South Africa for the charity. The single reached a peak of number two in the UK singles chart selling over 40,000 copies in its first week of physical release. "Better in Time" was released as Lewis's second single | 7,922 | triviaqa-train |
The Nesjavellir Geothermal Power Station is in which country? | Nesjavellir Geothermal Power Station
The Nesjavellir Geothermal Power Station (NGPS) is the second-largest geothermal power station in Iceland. The facility is located above sea level in the southwestern part of the country, near Thingvellir and the Hengill Volcano. NGPS is owned and operated by ON Power.
Plans for utilizing the Nesjavellir area for geothermal power and water heating began in 1947, when boreholes were drilled to evaluate the area's potential for power generation. Research continued from 1965 to 1986. In 1987, construction of the plant | 2CD formats. This caused unrest within the band who were unhappy to do B-sides purely just for chart reasons. Rick did not turn up for the recording session, so Danny Goffey of Supergrass recorded the drumming for this track instead.
"Taken Out" appears on the CD2 edition (as well as on the "Cosmic Debris" B-sides collection), and was the first track solely written and sung by newly employed guitarist, Charlotte Hatherley. Rick McMurray claims that it's one of his favourite songs | 7,923 | triviaqa-train |
Which country hosted the 2007 Rugby Union World Cup? | 2007 Rugby World Cup
The 2007 Rugby World Cup was the sixth Rugby World Cup, a quadrennial international rugby union competition inaugurated in 1987. Twenty nations competed for the Webb Ellis Cup in the tournament, which was hosted by France from 7 September to 20 October. France won the hosting rights in 2003, beating a bid from England. The competition consisted of 48 matches over 44 days; 42 matches were played in ten cities throughout France, as well as four in Cardiff, Wales, and two in Edinburgh, Scotland | In 2007 Moscow made an unsuccessful bid to host the 2009 Rugby World Cup Sevens. It was announced in February 2009 that the Rugby Union of Russia would again bid to host the Rugby World Cup Sevens, in 2013. After two other bidders (Brazil and Germany) withdrew, leaving Russia the only country with an active bid, Russia was officially named as host in May 2010. Russia also hosted the IRB Junior World Rugby Trophy, the IRB's second-tier international competition for under-20 men's teams, in 2010. | 7,924 | triviaqa-train |
Which US actor is the voice of Mr Fox in the 2009 animated film ‘Fantastic Mr Fox’? | in the autumn of 2009 and stars George Clooney, Meryl Streep, Jason Schwartzman, Bill Murray, Willem Dafoe, Michael Gambon, and Owen Wilson. For Anderson, it was his first animated film and first film adaptation. Development on the project began in 2004 as a collaboration between Anderson and Henry Selick (who worked with Anderson on the 2004 film "The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou") under Revolution Studios. In 2007, Revolution folded, Selick left to direct "Coraline", and work on the film moved | . In 2008, he played an important role in the post-apocalyptic film "City of Ember", and in 2009, had a cameo role in the zombie comedy "Zombieland".
Murray provided the voice for the character Mr. Badger in the 2009 animated film "Fantastic Mr. Fox".
Since 2010, Murray has been part of ensembles which received several award nominations in two Wes Anderson movies: "Moonrise Kingdom" (2012) and "Grand Budapest Hotel" (2014). Murray was nominated for | 7,925 | triviaqa-train |
The 2016 Summer Olympics will be held in which country? | the Olympic Village. A second warehouse of 90,000 square metres, located in Duque de Caxias near the roads that provide access to the venues, contained all the equipment needed for the sporting events.
Development and preparation Medals.
The medal design was unveiled on 15 June 2016; they were produced by the Casa da Moeda do Brasil. The bronze and silver medals contained 30% recycled materials, while the gold medals were produced using gold that had been mined and extracted using means that met a series of sustainability criteria, such | Olympics will be held at ExCeL Exhibition Centre from 2 September to 8 September. Competition play is mixed: 104 men and women will compete for seven medal events. In each team event, one team of three athletes per country is allowed.
For the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio, the International Paralympic Committee had a zero classification at the Games policy. This policy was put into place in 2014, with the goal of avoiding last minute changes in classes that would negatively impact athlete training preparations. All competitors needed to be | 7,926 | triviaqa-train |
Which English King was known as ‘The Hammer of the Scots’? | to arrange a politically expedient marriage between his fifteen-year-old son and thirteen-year-old Eleanor, the half-sister of King Alfonso X of Castile. Eleanor and Edward were married on 1 November 1254 in the Abbey of Santa María la Real de Las Huelgas in Castile. As part of the marriage agreement, the young prince received grants of land worth 15,000 marks a year. Although the endowments King Henry made were sizeable, they offered Edward little independence. He had already received Gascony as early | see below), and other early recordings include: Mayfflin atte Bur (1280, Somerset); Gilbert atte Boure (1296, Sussex); Robert Boreman (1327, Sussex; and Walter Bowryng (1328, Somerset). The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Henry Bouryng, which was dated 1302, in the "Pipe Rolls of Derbyshire", during the reign of King Edward 1, known as "The Hammer of the Scots", 1272 - 1307.
See also | 7,927 | triviaqa-train |
If a person is born on 10th January, what zodiac sign do they have? | celestial coordinate system. According to calculations by modern astrophysics, the zodiac was introduced between 409 and 398 BC and probably within a very few years of 401 BC Unlike modern astronomers, who place the beginning of the sign of Aries at the place of the Sun at the vernal equinox, Babylonian astronomers fixed the zodiac in relation to stars, placing the beginning of Cancer at the "Rear Twin Star" (β Geminorum) and the beginning of Aquarius at the "Rear Star of the Goat-Fish" (δ Capricorni) | Yang Fire.
- If the year ends in 7 it is Yin Fire.
- If the year ends in 8 it is Yang Earth.
- If the year ends in 9 it is Yin Earth.
However, since the (traditional) Chinese zodiac follows the (lunisolar) Chinese calendar, the switch-over date is the Chinese New Year, not January 1 as in the Gregorian calendar. Therefore, a person who was born in January or early February may have the sign of the previous year | 7,928 | triviaqa-train |
Which famous racehorse is buried next to the finishing post of the Aintree Racecourse? | has often changed hands during the run-in after the final fence. There are usually 40 horses taking part in the race (this has been the maximum since 1984) but fewer than ten may actually complete the course: for example, 42 horses started in 1928, and only two reached the finishing post. The record for the most victories in the Grand National is held by Red Rum, who won three times in the 1970s, in addition to coming second twice.
Other events.
Other events Motor racing. | Monksfield
Monksfield (1972-1989) was an Irish-trained National Hunt racehorse who won the Champion Hurdle in 1978 and 1979. He also won the Aintree Hurdle at Aintree Racecourse three times - including a dead-heat with Night Nurse, one of his two greatest rivals.
Monksfield cost his Irish trainer Des McDonogh only 740 guineas as a yearling, but he won five times on the flat to add to his hurdling triumphs. He won four times in his first season hurdling, as well as finishing second in | 7,929 | triviaqa-train |
In which European country is the Great Belt Bridge? | 1997 and to road traffic in 1998. At an estimated cost of DKK 21.4 billion (1988 prices), the link is the largest construction project in Danish history. It has reduced travel times significantly; previously taking one hour by ferry, the Great Belt can now be crossed in ten minutes. This link and the Øresund Bridge (built 1995–1999) have together enabled driving from mainland Europe to Sweden and the rest of Scandinavia through Denmark.
Operation and maintenance are performed by "A/S Storebælt" under "Sund | . The largest islands are Zealand "(Sjælland)" and Funen "(Fyn)". The island of Bornholm is located east of the rest of the country, in the Baltic Sea. Many of the larger islands are connected by bridges; the Øresund Bridge connects Zealand with Sweden; the Great Belt Bridge connects Funen with Zealand; and the Little Belt Bridge connects Jutland with Funen. Ferries or small aircraft connect to the smaller islands. Main cities are the capital Copenhagen on Zealand; Århus, Aalborg and Esbjerg in | 7,930 | triviaqa-train |
The Clarin is the best-selling daily newspaper in which South American country? | Clarín (Argentine newspaper)
Clarín (, meaning "Bugle") is the largest tabloid newspaper in Argentina, published by the Grupo Clarín media group. It was founded by Roberto Noble on 28 August 1945 in Buenos Aires. Its director since 1969 was Ernestina Herrera de Noble.
"Clarín" is part of "Periódicos Asociados Latinoamericanos" (Latin American Newspaper Association), an organization of fourteen leading newspapers in South America.
History.
"Clarín" was created by Roberto Noble, former minister of the | newspaper in the native language, after Siam Rath (สยามรัฐ) which published its first issue in 1949. ("Bangkok Post", the English-language daily, is the oldest published newspaper in the country with a history of more than 70 years). "Thai Rath" is the best-selling newspaper in Thailand, claiming a circulation in excess of one million copies daily.
History.
"Thai Rath" was founded on 5 January 1950 by Kampol Wacharapol as "Khaopap" (, lit. " | 7,931 | triviaqa-train |
Winston Churchill’s tribute ‘Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few’, was paid to which of the UK’s armed forces? | with two other equally famous speeches, given just before the Battle of Britain. One included the words:
The other:
At the height of the Battle of Britain, his bracing survey of the situation included the memorable line "Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few", which engendered the enduring nickname "The Few" for the RAF fighter pilots who won it. He first spoke these famous words upon his exit from No. 11 Group's underground bunker at | wrote in his second inaugural address, "with malice toward none, with charity toward all, with firmness in the right...", which became the most famous expression in the speech. Winston Churchill also used the device frequently, perhaps most famously in August 1940 when referring to the Battle of Britain with the line "Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few." In this instance, a frequent literary device of making the third colon stand apart in meaning from the other | 7,932 | triviaqa-train |
The painting, La Jaconde, is better known by what name? | have been commissioned for their new home, and to celebrate the birth of their second son, Andrea. The Italian name for the painting, "La Gioconda", means "jocund" ("happy" or "jovial") or, literally, "the jocund one", a pun on the feminine form of Lisa's married name, "Giocondo". In French, the title "La Joconde" has the same meaning.
Before that discovery, scholars had developed several alternative views as to the subject | Misérable cake
A miserable cake is a type of almond sponge cake that is a traditional Belgian recipe. The cake is filled with buttercream made by whisking hot sugar syrup into an egg yolk foam, known as a pâte à bombe. The cake base is made from almonds, known as a jaconde. In Belgium it is served after dinner as a type of petit four.
See also.
- List of cakes | 7,933 | triviaqa-train |
Sandra Bullock played FBI agent Gracie Hart in which 2000 film? | comedies "Miss Congeniality" (2000), "Two Weeks Notice" (2002), "The Proposal" (2009), "The Heat" (2013), and "Ocean's 8" (2018), the drama "Crash" (2004), and the thrillers "Premonition" (2007) and "Bird Box" (2018). Bullock was awarded the Academy Award for Best Actress and the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Drama for portraying Leigh Anne Tuohy in the biographical drama | though none of KSAT's actual staff appeared during the film, instead using actors playing a KSAT reporter and a news photographer in a scene in which the film's lead character, FBI agent Gracie Hart (played by Sandra Bullock), is interviewed at The Alamo.
Digital television.
Digital television Digital channels.
The station's digital signal is multiplexed:
KSAT was proposed to become a charter station of digital multicast service .2 Network; that network never launched, most of its programming rights have been acquired by other | 7,934 | triviaqa-train |
Gloucester Old Spot is a breed of which animal? | as long as anyone could remember. The first pedigree records of pigs began in 1885, much later than it did for cattle, sheep and horses because the pig was a peasant's animal, a scavenger and was never highly regarded. No other pedigree spotted breed was recorded before 1913, so today's GOS is recognised as the oldest such breed in the world. From the British Pig Association: "Although if old paintings are to be trusted, there have been spotted pigs around for two or three centuries, the Gloucestershire | as the English Longhorn, Gloucester, Pinzgauer, Vosgienne, and the Moiled cattle of Ireland, the Lineback pattern in some form is their identifying characteristic. And still others, such as the native Welsh breed, consistently display several “color phases“, of which the "Lineback" is one.
Geneticists recognize two variations of the Lineback Dairy Cattle. The first, is known as Gloucester, in which the animal has a dark, usually black or red body with a white dorsal stripe, possibly a star on the | 7,935 | triviaqa-train |
In June 1938, Action Comics #1 was published, featuring which comic book hero for the first time? | Action Comics
Action Comics is an American comic book/magazine series that introduced Superman, one of the first major superhero characters. The publisher was originally known as National Allied Publications, and later as National Comics Publications and as National Periodical Publications, before taking on its current name of DC Comics. Its original incarnation ran from 1938 to 2011 and stands as one of the longest-running comic books with consecutively numbered issues. A second volume of "Action Comics" beginning with issue #1 ran from 2011 to 2016. | June Tarpé Mills
Tarpé Mills (25 February 1918 – 12 December 1988) was the pseudonym of comic book creator June Mills, one of the first major female comics artists. She is best known for her action comic strip, "Miss Fury", featuring the first female action hero created by a woman.
Biography.
Born June Tarpé Mills on 25 February 1918 in Brooklyn, New York, she signed her work by her middle name "Tarpé" to conceal her sex. She also used the pseudonyms " | 7,936 | triviaqa-train |
London is a city in which Canadian province? | 1791 divided the province of Canada into French-speaking Lower Canada (later Quebec) and English-speaking Upper Canada (later Ontario), granting each its own elected legislative assembly.
The Canadas were the main front in the War of 1812 between the United States and the United Kingdom. Peace came in 1815; no boundaries were changed. Immigration resumed at a higher level, with over 960,000 arrivals from Britain between 1815 and 1850. New arrivals included refugees escaping the Great Irish Famine as well as Gaelic-speaking Scots | is featured in corporate, private and public collections across Canada, the United States, and the United Kingdom including the Mosaic Corporation, the City of Regina, and the Dunlop Art Gallery. In 2014 he was commissioned by the Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development to represent the Province of Saskatchewan for a project at Canada House in London, UK.
Public and Corporate Collections (selected).
- Canada House, London, UK
- City of Regina, SK
- Dunlop Art Gallery, SK | 7,937 | triviaqa-train |
What is the name of the flag that has been seriously considered by some as an alternative to the Australian flag, because of its association with with democracy and nationalism? | in 1851, the colonial authorities decided to stop the intake of convicts, so the ATL ceased its activities. The Eureka Flag is often viewed as the first "Australian" flag as it was the first notable example of a design that had the Southern Cross while excluding the Union Flag. The Murray River Flag, popular since the 1850s, is still widely used by boats that traverse Australia's main waterway. It is the same as the National Colonial Flag, except that the white background in the three quadrants other the canton | Japan, reflecting their readerships' political spectrum. To other Japanese, the flag represents the time where democracy was suppressed when Japan was an empire.
The display of the national flag at homes and businesses is also debated in Japanese society. Because of its association with uyoku dantai (right wing) activists, reactionary politics, or hooliganism, some homes and businesses do not fly the flag. There is no requirement to fly the flag on any national holiday or special events. The town of Kanazawa, Ishikawa, has proposed | 7,938 | triviaqa-train |
The company Starbucks is reportedly named after a character in which novel? | beginning with "st", and eventually landed on "Starbo", a mining town in the Cascade Range. From there, the group remembered "Starbuck," the name of the chief mate in the book "Moby-Dick." Bowker said, ""Moby-Dick" didn't have anything to do with Starbucks directly; it was only coincidental that the sound seemed to make sense."
The first Starbucks store was located in Seattle at 2000 Western Avenue from 1971–1976. This cafe was later moved | Criticism of Starbucks
Starbucks, an American coffee company and coffeehouse chain, has been the subject of multiple controversies.
Corporate affairs.
Corporate affairs European tax avoidance.
In October 2012, Starbucks faced criticism after a Reuters investigation found that the company reportedly paid only £8.6 million in corporation tax in the UK over 14 years, despite generating over £3 billion in sales—this included no tax payments on £1.3 billion of sales in the three years prior to 2012. It is alleged that Starbucks was able to | 7,939 | triviaqa-train |
Hellen was the mythological patriarch of which European country? | Greek mythology
Greek mythology is the body of myths originally told by the ancient Greeks. These stories concern the origin and the nature of the world, the lives and activities of deities, heroes, and mythological creatures, and the origins and significance of the ancient Greeks' own cult and ritual practices. Modern scholars study the myths in an attempt to shed light on the religious and political institutions of ancient Greece and its civilization, and to gain understanding of the nature of myth-making itself.
The Greek myths were | twins, just as many of these goddesses are.
None of the etymological sources appear to support the existence, save as a coincidence only, of a connection between the name of Helen and the name by which the classical Greeks commonly described themselves, namely "Hellenes", after Hellen (; ) the mythological progenitor of the Greeks.
Prehistoric and mythological context.
The origins of Helen's myth date back to the Mycenaean age. Her name first appears in the poems of Homer but scholars assume that such myths derive | 7,940 | triviaqa-train |
In November 1952, which Agatha Christie murder-mystery play opened at the Ambassadors Theatre, London? | Agatha Christie
Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie, Lady Mallowan, (née Miller; 15 September 1890 – 12 January 1976) was an English writer. She is known for her 66 detective novels and 14 short story collections, particularly those revolving around her fictional detectives Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple. Christie also wrote the world's longest-running play, a murder mystery, "The Mousetrap", and, under the pen name Mary Westmacott, six romances. In 1971 she was appointed a Dame Commander of the Order | Kingdom in a revival of the Agatha Christie murder mystery play "The Unexpected Guest". He then returned to "Casualty", but having re-discovered his taste for theatre, left the series permanently in 2008 to appear as Andrew Wyke in a UK tour of Anthony Shaffer's "Sleuth". By the time that MacCorkindale quit "Casualty", he had appeared in 229 episodes of the series.
In August 2008, he replaced Simon Burke as Captain Georg Ludwig von Trapp in the London Palladium production of " | 7,941 | triviaqa-train |
What is the only number in the English language which is spelt using the same number of letters as the number itself? | , and to a greater extent by Latin and French.
English has developed over the course of more than 1,400 years. The earliest forms of English, a group of West Germanic (Ingvaeonic) dialects brought to Great Britain by Anglo-Saxon settlers in the 5th century, are collectively called Old English. Middle English began in the late 11th century with the Norman conquest of England; this was a period in which the language was influenced by French. Early Modern English began in the late 15th century with the introduction of | than the tilde spanning both letters.
It is also used to represent the velar nasal in Crimean Tatar. In Latin-script writing of the distantly-related Tatar language, "ñ" is sometimes used as a substitute for n with descender, which is not available on many computer systems.
In the Breton language, it nasalises the preceding vowel, as in "Jañ" , which corresponds to the French name "Jean" and has the same pronunciation.
It is used in a number of English terms | 7,942 | triviaqa-train |
The pudu is the world’s smallest species of which animal? | World deer subfamily Capreolinae within the deer family Cervidae. The term "pudú" itself is derived from the Mapuche people of south-central Chile. Because they live on the slopes of the Andes Mountain Range, they are also known as the "Chilean mountain goat".
Two similar species of pudús are recognised:
Description.
The pudús are the world's smallest deer, with the southern pudú being slightly larger than the northern pudú. It has a stocky frame supported by four short and slender legs. It | toucan ("Ramphastos toco")
- Wreathed hornbill ("Rhyticeros undulatus")
- Several other bird species
Animal list South America.
- Vicuña ("Vicugna vicugna")
- Lesser rhea ("Rhea pennata")
- Greater guinea pig ("Cavia magna")
- Southern pudu ("Pudu puda")
- Scarlet ibis ("Eudocimus ruber")
- Southern screamer ("Chauna torquata")
- Blue-and-yellow macaw ("Ara ararauna | 7,943 | triviaqa-train |
Pedology is the study of what in its natural environment? | Pedology
Pedology (from Greek: πέδον, "pedon", "soil"; and λόγος, "logos", "study") is the study of soils in their natural environment. It is one of two main branches of soil science, the other being edaphology. Pedology deals with pedogenesis, soil morphology, and soil classification, while edaphology studies the way soils influence plants, fungi, and other living things. The quantitative branch of pedology is called pedometrics.
Overview.
Soil is not only a | - Description
A Gold color metal and enamel device 1 3/32 inches (2.78 cm) in height overall consisting of a shield blazoned: Argent a bend Gules, in base an eagle close of the last gorged with a collar Or bearing a Lorraine cross of the second. On a sinister canton of the second a demi-sun Gold charged with an Aztec banner Vert garnished of the field (for the 3rd Field Artillery).
- Symbolism
The regiment was formed from the 3rd Field Artillery which is shown on | 7,944 | triviaqa-train |
Canadian jockey John ‘Red’ Pollard was famous for riding which well known racehorse? | Red Pollard
John M. "Red" Pollard (October 27, 1909 – March 7, 1981) was a Canadian horse racing jockey. A founding member of the Jockeys' Guild in 1940, Pollard rode at racetracks in the United States and is best known for riding Seabiscuit.
Family history.
Red Pollard was the grandson of Michael Pollard, born ca. 1834 in Ireland. Michael emigrated to New Jersey in 1850, moved to Illinois by 1855, and in 1863 married Irish immigrant Bridget Moloney. They moved | captain and college football player
- John F. Pollard (born 1944), British historian
- John Pollard (mathematician) (born 1941), British mathematician
- Red Pollard (John Pollard, 1909–1981), Canadian–American jockey and founding member of the Jockeys' Guild
- John Pollard (Royal Navy officer) (1787–1868), credited with killing the Frenchman who shot Nelson
- John D. Pollard (born 1941), professor of neurology at the University of Sydney
- John Pollard (priest) | 7,945 | triviaqa-train |
Actor Eddie Bunker played which ‘colour’ in the 1991 film ‘Reservoir Dogs’? | the former category. In Los Angeles County Jail, he stabbed another inmate (Bunker claims it was convicted murderer Billy Cook, although circumstantial evidence shows Cook couldn't have been the victim) and soon gained a respectful reputation as a fearless young man. Some thought he was unhinged, but in his book "Mr. Blue: Memoirs of a Renegade" he stated this was a ruse designed to make people leave him alone.
Biography Early life 1951.
In 1951, the 17-year-old Bunker had the dubious honor of being | Beast So Fierce" was not a commercial success, but Bunker participated in the drafting of the screenplay and got his first acting part in the movie. Like most of Bunker's parts, it was a small part, and Bunker later appeared in numerous movies, such as "The Running Man", "Tango & Cash" and "Reservoir Dogs", as well as the film version of "Animal Factory", for which he also wrote the screenplay.
Bunker had better luck robbing banks in real life than | 7,946 | triviaqa-train |
In Greek mythology, which mortal woman did Zeus visit in the form of a swan and seduce, making her the mother of Helen of Troy? | the daughter of Zeus and Leda, and was the sister of Clytemnestra, Castor and Polydeuces, Philonoe, Phoebe and Timandra.
Elements of her putative biography come from classical authors such as Aristophanes, Cicero, Euripides, and Homer (in both the "Iliad" and the "Odyssey"). Her story reappears in Book II of Virgil's "Aeneid". In her youth, she was abducted by Theseus. A competition between her suitors for her hand in marriage saw Menelaus emerge victorious. An oath sworn | - Semele as a mortal shepherd
- Io, as a cloud
- Nemesis (Goddess of retribution) transformed into a goose to escape Zeus' advances, but he turned into a swan. She later bore the egg in which Helen of Troy was found.
Vertumnus transformed himself into an old woman to gain entry to Pomona's orchard; there, he persuaded her to marry him.
In other tales, the woman appealed to other gods to protect her from rape, and was transformed (Daphne into laurel | 7,947 | triviaqa-train |
In British royalty, what title did Camilla Parker Bowles take on marrying the Prince of Wales in 2005? | . Also in 2012, she opened two veterinary facilities at the University of Bristol's School of Veterinary Sciences at Langford, Somerset, which will provide treatment to sick animals. In 2015, Camilla teamed up with department store Fortnum & Mason to sell a limited edition of 250 jars of honey, which were produced by bees that reside in her private garden in Wiltshire. The Duchess honey jars sold for £20 a jar and were hugely successful, selling out in two weeks at the store. Sales of the Duchess of Cornwall | Substantive title
A substantive title is a title of nobility or royalty acquired either by individual grant or inheritance. It is to be distinguished from a title shared among cadets, borne as a courtesy title by a peer's relatives, or acquired through marriage.
Characteristics.
- The title is only officially borne by one person at a time:
- e.g. British peerages or "Charles, Prince of Wales" vs. "Princes William and Harry of Wales".
- The title may continue to be borne by | 7,948 | triviaqa-train |
Apart from Geoff Hurst, which footballer scored a goal for England in the 1966 World Cup Final against Germany? | , floating a cross into the West German area, where Geoff Hurst rose unchallenged and levelled the scores with a downward glancing header. The teams were level at half-time, and after 77 minutes England won a corner. Alan Ball delivered the ball to Geoff Hurst whose deflected shot from the edge of the area found Martin Peters. He produced the final shot, beating the West German keeper from eight yards to make the score 2–1 to England.
Germany pressed for an equaliser in the closing moments, and in | hat-tricks have been scored in a World Cup final, by Geoff Hurst for England in the 1966 final during extra time against West Germany, and Carli Lloyd for the USA against Japan in the 2015 Women's World Cup final. Lloyd's was the fastest hat-trick scored in a World Cup final at 13 minutes from first to last goal, and at 16 minutes the fastest from kickoff in any World Cup match for either sex. However, the fastest World Cup hat-trick for either men or women, | 7,949 | triviaqa-train |
Lord Peter Wimsey is a fictional character created by which author? | Lord Peter Wimsey
Lord Peter Death Bredon Wimsey is the fictional protagonist in a series of detective novels and short stories by Dorothy L. Sayers (and their continuation by Jill Paton Walsh). A dilettante who solves mysteries for his own amusement, Wimsey is an archetype for the British gentleman detective. Lord Peter is often assisted by his valet and former batman, Mervyn Bunter; his good friend and later brother-in-law, police detective Charles Parker; and in a few books by Harriet Vane, who becomes his wife | Bunter
Bunter may refer to:
Geography
- Bunter sandstone, a type of red sandstone common in large parts of western and central Europe
- Bunter (geology), a feature in geology
Sport
- In baseball, a player who performs the action of bunting is called a bunter.
People
- Billy Bunter, a fictional character created by Charles Hamilton (using the nom de plume of "Frank Richards").
- Mervyn Bunter, valet to Lord Peter Wimsey, a fictional character | 7,950 | triviaqa-train |
Darryl Virostko is a ‘Maverick’s Champion’ in which sport? | Darryl Virostko
Darryl "Flea" Virostko (born December 25, 1971) is a professional "big wave" surfer from Santa Cruz, California. He graduated from Santa Cruz High School in 1991. He is a three-time Mavericks competition winner. Virostko appears as himself in the surfing films "Riding Giants", "Step Into Liquid", and "Billabong Odyssey". Surfer declared his 2004 wipeout on a 50-foot wave at Waimea Bay, Hawaii, the "Wipeout of the Decade".
As of | 2009 Virostko is a recovering addict, and runs a program, "FleaHab", to teach other recovering addicts how to surf and be active while learning a new way of life. He starred in "The Westsiders" a documentary film by Josh Palmer that chronicles his difficult upbringing and addiction to drugs, on the west side of Santa Cruz.
See also.
- Mavericks
References.
- Darryl Virostko filmography on go.com | 7,951 | triviaqa-train |
Singer Alecia Beth Moore is better known by what name? | Pink (singer)
Alecia Beth Moore (born September 8, 1979), known professionally as Pink (stylized as ), is an American singer and songwriter. Originally a member of the girl group Choice in 1995, LaFace Records saw potential in Pink and offered her a solo recording contract. Her R&B-influenced debut studio album "Can't Take Me Home" (2000) was certified double-platinum in the United States and spawned two "Billboard" Hot 100 top-ten songs: "There You Go | (Zolof the Rock & Roll Destroyer)
- Holly Miranda (The Jealous Girlfriends)
- Joni Mitchell
- Taylor Momsen (The Pretty Reckless)
- Alecia Beth Moore (P!nk)
- Rebecca Moore
- Alanis Morissette
- Patricia Morrison (Bags, Legal Weapon, The Gun Club, The Sisterhood, The Damned)
- Lisa Moorish
- Alison Mosshart (Discount, The Kills, The Dead Weather)
- Alison Moyet (Yazoo)
- Lennon Murphy
- Pauline Murray ( | 7,952 | triviaqa-train |
A formicary is the nest or dwelling of which insect? | they eat insects that could cause damage to agriculture and human structures. For example, aphids feed on crops and cause problems for farmers, but ladybugs feed on aphids, and can be used as a means to significantly reduce pest aphid populations. While birds are perhaps more visible predators of insects, insects themselves account for the vast majority of insect consumption. Ants also help control animal populations by consuming small vertebrates. Without predators to keep them in check, insects can undergo almost unstoppable population explosions.
Insects are also used in | insect. Spiderlings build smaller nests, only across, and seem to abandon these during development to build a bigger nest; intermediate sizes of nest are not seen.
Spiders of all ages may fall prey to cave-dwelling centipedes. | 7,953 | triviaqa-train |
On which island was Napoleon Bonaparte born in 1769? | Ajaccio
Ajaccio (, , , ; ; ) is a French commune, prefecture of the department of Corse-du-Sud, and head office of the "Collectivité territoriale de Corse" (capital city of Corsica). It is also the largest settlement on the island. Ajaccio is located on the west coast of the island of Corsica, southeast of Marseille.
The original city went into decline in the Middle Ages, but began to prosper again after the Genoese built a citadel in 1492 to the south of | law of the Emperor Napoleon 1st, Grand Duke of Tuscany.
- Napoleon Bonaparte was born on 15 August 1769 and died on 5 May 1821 on the island of Saint Helena United Kingdom, Emperor of France.
- Lucien Bonaparte (1775–1840), Prince of Canino and Musignano, Interior Minister of France.
- Elisa Bonaparte (1777–1820), Grand Duchess of Tuscany.
- Louis Bonaparte (1778–1846), King of Holland.
- Caroline Bonaparte (1782–1839), Queen Consort of Naples and Sicily. | 7,954 | triviaqa-train |
Who founded the Habitat group of stores? | Habitat (retailer)
Habitat Retail Ltd, trading as Habitat is a retailer of household furnishings in the United Kingdom.
Founded in 1964 by Sir Terence Conran, it merged with a number of other retailers in the 1980s to create Storehouse plc, before being sold to the Ikano Group, owned by the Kamprad family, in 1992. In December 2009 Habitat was bought by Hilco, a restructuring specialist. On 24 June 2011 the company was put into liquidation and all but three UK Habitat stores were closed in a deal | to September 2016, Habitat's then parent company, Home Retail Group, operated 84 mini-Habitat concessions in Homebase stores. With the demerger of Homebase from Home Retail Group to the Australian retailer Wesfarmers, all mini-Habitat concessions were removed from Homebase.
Former operations International operations.
The company used to have stores in Galway and Dublin in the Republic of Ireland but these were closed down in 2008. Habitat previously employed 1,574 staff and operated in 71 stores: 35 in the UK, 26 in France, five in | 7,955 | triviaqa-train |
In which African country did New Zealand refuse to play in the 2003 Cricket World Cup, because of a terrorist threat? | (3/35 in 8 overs) taking three early wickets and Glenn McGrath (1/20 in 7 overs) taking one. By the time rain arrived in the 39th over, continued tight bowling had squeezed Sri Lanka to 123 (7 wickets, 38.1 overs), well behind the target given by the Duckworth–Lewis method. This is the match in which Adam Gilchrist famously "walked" despite being given not out.
The fairytale ended for the Kenyan team, the only non-Test-playing nation to ever make a | ICC world T20 qualifiers in Ireland and Scotland to play in the 2016 World T20 in India.
As part of New Zealand cricket teams' Zimbabwean tour in August 2018, The Namibian Cricket Board will host the visitors to play two limited overs games against the Namibian team.
Cricket in Namibia World Cup.
- 1975 to 1992 inclusive: Not eligible - Not an ICC member
- 1996: Did not qualify
- 1999: Did not qualify
- 2003: First round
- 2007: Did not qualify | 7,956 | triviaqa-train |
In the Irish language ‘Eanair’ is which month of the year? | Ireland, prompting protests from organisations and groups such as . There is currently an ongoing debate in relation to the status of the language in the form of an Irish Language Act. An Dream Dearg have launched a campaign in favour of such an Act called " ("Irish Language Act Now").
Current status European Parliament.
Irish became an official language of the EU on 1 January 2007, meaning that MEPs with Irish fluency can now speak the language in the European Parliament and at committees, although in the case | Raidió Rí-Rá
Raidió Rí-Rá ( "Radio Fun"), founded in 2008, is an Irish language chart music radio station broadcasting on DAB in County Waterford and Dublin, on the Internet, and, for approximately one month a year, on FM radio.
Information.
Raidió Ri-Rá was created to mark Seachtain na Gaeilge in March 2008 under the working title of Raidió X. Following a competition, its name was changed to Raidió Rí-Rá.
Digital Audition Productions and Conradh na | 7,957 | triviaqa-train |
The spice saffron is derived from which flower? | Saffron
Saffron (pronounced or ) is a spice derived from the flower of "Crocus sativus", commonly known as the "saffron crocus". The vivid crimson stigma and styles, called threads, are collected and dried to be used mainly as a seasoning and colouring agent in food. Saffron has long been the world's most costly spice by weight. Although some doubts remain on its origin, it is believed that saffron originated in Iran. However, Greece and Mesopotamia have also been suggested as the possible region of | residual pesticide against bedbugs.
The essential oil is being investigated for antifungal activity, including treatment of candidiasis and treating fungal infections in plants.
Other uses Culinary.
The dried and ground flower petals constitute a popular spice in the Republic of Georgia in the Caucasus, where they are known as imeruli shaphrani (= 'Imeretian Saffron') from their pungency and golden colour and particular popularity in the Western province of Imereti. The spice imparts a unique, rather earthy flavour to Georgian cuisine, in which it is considered especially compatible | 7,958 | triviaqa-train |
Eamon de Valera founded which political party in 1926? | Fianna Fáil
Fianna Fáil (, meaning 'Soldiers of Destiny' or 'Warriors of Fál'), officially Fianna Fáil – The Republican Party (), is a conservative political party in Ireland.
The party was founded as an Irish republican party on 23 March 1926 by Éamon de Valera and his supporters after they split from Sinn Féin on the issue of abstentionism, in the aftermath of the Irish Civil War. Since 1927 Fianna Fáil has been one of Ireland's two major parties, along with Fine Gael | Catherine Snow
Catherine Snow may refer to:
- Catherine Mandeville Snow, last woman hanged in Newfoundland, Canada
- Catherine E. Snow, educational psychologist and language acquisition researcher | 7,959 | triviaqa-train |
The islands of Bass and Pelee lie in which of North America’s Great Lakes? | "upper great lakes". This designation, however, is not universal. Those living on the shore of Lake Superior often refer to all the other lakes as "the lower lakes", because they are farther south. Sailors of bulk freighters transferring cargoes from Lake Superior and northern Lake Michigan and Lake Huron to ports on Lake Erie or Ontario commonly refer to the latter as the lower lakes and Lakes Michigan, Huron, and Superior as the upper lakes. This corresponds to thinking of Lakes Erie and Ontario as "down | all walks of life to help operate these vessels. Several ferries currently operate on the Great Lakes to carry passengers to various islands, including Isle Royale, Drummond Island, Pelee Island, Mackinac Island, Beaver Island, Bois Blanc Island (Ontario), Bois Blanc Island (Michigan), Kelleys Island, South Bass Island, North Manitou Island, South Manitou Island, Harsens Island, Manitoulin Island, and the Toronto Islands. As of 2007, four car ferry services cross the Great Lakes, two on Lake Michigan: a | 7,960 | triviaqa-train |
In UK politics, who defeated Ted Heath in the Tory leadership campaign of 1975? | Heseltine; and, after months of speculation about her future as Prime Minister, she resigned on 28 November 1990, making way for a new Conservative leader more likely to win the next general election in the interests of party unity.
History John Major (1990–1997).
John Major won the party leadership election on 27 November 1990, and his appointment led to an almost immediate boost in Conservative Party fortunes. A MORI poll six days before Mrs Thatcher's resignation had shown the Conservatives to be 11 points behind Labour, but | offended by his expensive leadership campaign. As other Red Tory candidates were eliminated during the first four ballots, Clark gradually overtook Mulroney and then Wagner to emerge as the victor on the fourth ballot, by 1,187 votes to 1,122.
Clark, who won the Tory leadership at age 36, remains the youngest-ever leader of a major federal party in the history of Canadian politics. With many veteran Tories having been defeated in the 1968 election, the party effectively skipped a generation by selecting Clark as its new leader. | 7,961 | triviaqa-train |
Guadalupe Island, in the Pacific Ocean, belongs to which country? | seasonal patterns. On a worldwide scale, May is the least active month, while September is the most active month. November is the only month in which all the tropical cyclone basins are active. The Pacific hosts the two most active tropical cyclone basins, which are the northwestern Pacific and the eastern Pacific. Pacific hurricanes form south of Mexico, sometimes striking the western Mexican coast and occasionally the southwestern United States between June and October, while typhoons forming in the northwestern Pacific moving into southeast and east Asia from May to December | Burica Peninsula
The Burica Peninsula is a coastal relief that juts south into the Pacific Ocean and is divided into two areas: the west side belongs to Costa Rica, and the area that belongs to Panama, which dominates the east and about two-thirds of the peninsula. The Costa Rican side is the southernmost of the country (except for the island of Coco). On this peninsula there are several points including Punta Burica (on the Panamanian) southernmost point of the peninsula, Punta Gorda and Punta El Mangle ( | 7,962 | triviaqa-train |
The Bridalveil Waterfall is in which US national park? | Yosemite Valley are examples of this phenomenon, which is referred to as a hanging valley. Another reason hanging valleys may form is where two rivers join and one is flowing faster than the other.
Waterfalls can be grouped into ten broad classes based on the average volume of water present on the fall (which depends on both the waterfall's average flow and its height) using a logarithmic scale. Class 10 waterfalls include Niagara Falls, Paulo Afonso Falls and Khone Falls.
Classes of other well-known waterfalls include Victoria | Bridal Veil Falls (Chimanimani)
Bridal Veil Falls, also known as Bridalveil Falls, is a waterfall in Chimanimani, Zimbabwe. Located within the boundaries of Chimanimani National Park, the waterfall is famed for its natural beauty.
Description.
Bridal Veil Falls is located in the mountains above the Zimbabwean town of Chimanimani. They are famed for their beauty and relative remoteness; as such, the site has become a destination for photographers and ecotourists. In 2019, it was feared that heavy rains brought on by Cyclone Idai | 7,963 | triviaqa-train |
What is the name of Alan Alda’s character in the US tv series M*A*S*H? | of his great loves, helping him to maintain his morale. In the series finale, following the sudden death of the Chinese POWs he has been teaching a work by Mozart, Winchester states that music has transformed into a haunting reminder of the horrors of the war. After the war, he returns to Boston where the position of Chief of Thoracic Surgery at a prestigious hospital awaits him.
Main characters Radar O'Reilly.
Corporal Walter Eugene O’Reilly, best known as Radar O'Reilly, appears in the novels, film, and TV | of the TV series "M*A*S*H"
- Gregory Tuttle, an alias name used by Alexei Volkoff, a character portrayed by Timothy Dalton in the TV series "Chuck" | 7,964 | triviaqa-train |
Irish actress Mrs Dorothea Jordan was the mistress of which British monarch? | general election gave Wilson a small majority. The monarch could in theory unilaterally dismiss the prime minister, but in practice the prime minister's term nowadays comes to an end only by electoral defeat, death, or resignation. The last monarch to remove the prime minister was William IV, who dismissed Lord Melbourne in 1834. The Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011 removed the monarch's authority to dissolve Parliament; however the Act specifically retained the monarch's power of "prorogation", which is a regular feature of the parliamentary calendar | ; of the ten illegitimate children of Dorothea Jordan, Irish actress and mistress of 20 years to the Duke of Clarence, care for the five boys was initially assumed by their father and his households, and custody and care for the girls given to Jordan.
Notably, any such historical claim of descent is accompanied by controversy, and many of the preceding have been challenged. Given the death of Princess Charlotte without surviving children, should the Ord link be substantiated, the line descended through them would join a large number of | 7,965 | triviaqa-train |
Which female singer starred as Astrid Peth in the 2007 ‘Dr Who’ Christmas special? | Astrid Peth
Astrid Peth is a fictional character played by Kylie Minogue in the long-running British science fiction television series "Doctor Who". She is a one-off companion of the Tenth Doctor who appears in the episode "Voyage of the Damned", which was first broadcast in the UK on 25 December 2007. Minogue's casting in the role was a major coup for "Doctor Who", her fame attracting much publicity for "Voyage of the Damned". Subsequently, much of the episode's success | "
- Astrid Peth, the Companion in the 2007 "Doctor Who" Christmas special "Voyage of the Damned"
- Astrid Thomas, A Tremere vampire from Vampire: The Eternal Struggle TCG
- Astrid Zexis, A character from the game series "Atelier Rorona", "Atelier Totori", and "Atelier Meruru" | 7,966 | triviaqa-train |
During which year was Mary, Queen of Scots, executed? | Mary, Queen of Scots
Mary, Queen of Scots (8 December 1542 – 8 February 1587), also known as Mary Stuart or Mary I of Scotland, reigned over Scotland from 14 December 1542 to 24 July 1567.
Mary, the only surviving legitimate child of King James V of Scotland, was six days old when her father died and she acceded to the throne. She spent most of her childhood in France while Scotland was ruled by regents, and in 1558, she married the Dauphin of France | holding the king's heart was destroyed during the French Revolution and a replica was made in the 19th century. The marble sculpture of the Three Graces holding the urn, executed from a single piece of marble by Germain Pilon, the sculptor to Catherine de' Medici, survives.
Henry was succeeded by his sickly fifteen-year-old son, Francis II. Francis was married to sixteen-year-old Mary, Queen of Scots, who had been his childhood friend and fiancée since her arrival at the French court | 7,967 | triviaqa-train |
What was the basic currency of Greece before the Euro? | Currency Unit (ECU) would equal one euro. The European Currency Unit was an accounting unit used by the EU, based on the currencies of the member states; it was not a currency in its own right. They could not be set earlier, because the ECU depended on the closing exchange rate of the non-euro currencies (principally the pound sterling) that day.
The procedure used to fix the conversion rate between the Greek drachma and the euro was different, since the euro by then was already two | possible for a Member State to do so.
See also.
- Brexit
- Frexit
- Nexit
- 2015 Greek bailout referendum
- Multi-speed Europe
- Withdrawal from the Eurozone
- Withdrawal from the European Union
- Currency substitution
External links.
- "Viewpoints: What if Greece exits euro"? 14 May 2012 BBC News
- "'Bloody doomsday machine': How shock waves will reach the US if Greece drops the euro". Associated Press, 16 June | 7,968 | triviaqa-train |
Which writer invented the fictional detective C. Auguste Dupin? | C. Auguste Dupin
"Le Chevalier" C. Auguste Dupin is a fictional character created by Edgar Allan Poe. Dupin made his first appearance in Poe's "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" (1841), widely considered the first detective fiction story. He reappears in "The Mystery of Marie Rogêt" (1842) and "The Purloined Letter" (1844).
Dupin is not a professional detective and his motivations for solving the mysteries change throughout the three stories. Using what Poe termed "ratiocination", | and "Melody Maker", and several radio plays, mostly from John Peel and Steve Lamacq.
The band split up in 1999, reformed in Brighton with a different line-up including Bob Brown (now of Shrag) and Nick Hills (now of Coin-op), but after several false starts called it a day in 2001. Most of the original line-up reformed in 2006 for a one-off show with fellow former Noisebox Records artists Navigator. Matt Leuw joined Coin-op in 2001 but | 7,969 | triviaqa-train |
What is the emblem of Canada? | emergence of a new Canadian identity, marked by the adoption of the Maple Leaf Flag in 1965, the implementation of official bilingualism (English and French) in 1969, and the institution of official multiculturalism in 1971. Socially democratic programs were also instituted, such as Medicare, the Canada Pension Plan, and Canada Student Loans, though provincial governments, particularly Quebec and Alberta, opposed many of these as incursions into their jurisdictions.
Finally, another series of constitutional conferences resulted in the "Canada Act", the patriation of | as Newsmakers of the Year as an emblem of "the year that Canada rethought what was taboo," referring to other events such as the loosening of marijuana laws. Leshner replied that "I really feel like we're Canada's new Mary Pickford... we are Canada's sweethearts... What better human rights story to send around the world that says Canada loves the Michaels, and for the rest of the world to wonder, what on earth is going on in Canada?" However, some Canadians have been critical of Leshner | 7,970 | triviaqa-train |
Which professional golfer is known as ‘The Big Easy’? | Ernie Els
Theodore Ernest Els (; born 17 October 1969) is a South African professional golfer. A former World No. 1, he is known as "The Big Easy" due to his imposing physical stature (he stands ) along with his fluid golf swing. Among his 71 career victories are four major championships: the U.S. Open in 1994 at Oakmont and in 1997 at Congressional, and The Open Championship in 2002 at Muirfield and in 2012 at Royal Lytham & St Annes. He is one of six golfers to | Lyle Rowe
Lyle Rowe (born 13 June 1987) is a South African professional golfer.
Rowe plays on the Sunshine Tour and won his first tournament in June 2014 at the inaugural Zambia Sugar Open.
Professional wins (3).
Professional wins (3) Other wins (1).
- 2011 Sunshine Big Easy Tour – Benoni CC | 7,971 | triviaqa-train |
Who directed the 2002 film ‘Minority Report’, which is set primarily in the year 2054? | Minority Report (film)
Minority Report is a 2002 American cyberpunk action thriller film directed by Steven Spielberg and loosely based on the short story "The Minority Report" by Philip K. Dick. It is set primarily in Washington, D.C., and Northern Virginia in the year 2054, where PreCrime, a specialized police department, apprehends criminals based on foreknowledge provided by three psychics called "precogs". The cast includes Tom Cruise as Chief of PreCrime John Anderton, Colin Farrell as Department of Justice agent Danny Witwer, Samantha Morton | version of Los Angeles in 2053.
- The Ray Bradbury short story, "The Pedestrian", takes place on a November 2053 evening.
- The Japanese computer animated film "Planzet" takes place in 2053.
2050s 2054.
- "Minority Report" (2002) is set in this year.
- "Renaissance" (2006) is set in this year.
- "Sound of My Voice" (2011) portrays a cult leader who claims to be from this year.
- | 7,972 | triviaqa-train |
Lake Tuz is in which European country? | Lake Tuz
Lake Tuz ( meaning Salt Lake) is the second largest lake in Turkey with its
surface area and one of the largest hypersaline lakes in the world. It is located in the Central Anatolia Region, northeast of Konya, south-southeast of Ankara and northwest of Aksaray.
Geography.
The lake, occupying a tectonic depression in the central plateau of Turkey, is fed by two major streams, groundwater, and surface water, but has no outlet. Brackish marshes have formed where channels and streams | Gediz River and the Büyük Menderes River, and some interior high plains in Anatolia, mainly around Tuz Gölü (Salt Lake) and Konya Ovası (Konya Basin). Moderately sloping terrain is limited almost entirely outside Thrace to the hills of the Arabian Platform along the border with Syria.
More than 80% of the land surface is rough, broken, and mountainous, and therefore is of limited agricultural value. The terrain's ruggedness is accentuated in the eastern part of the country, where the two mountain ranges converge into | 7,973 | triviaqa-train |
The Corbillon Cup is played for by women in which sport? | Table tennis
Table tennis, also known as ping-pong, is a sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight ball back and forth across a table using small rackets. The game takes place on a hard table divided by a net. Except for the initial serve, the rules are generally as follows: players must allow a ball played toward them to bounce one time on their side of the table, and must return it so that it bounces on the opposite side at least once. A point is | Daniel Theis
Daniel 'Rodil' Theis (born April 4, 1992) is a German professional basketball player for the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
Professional career.
Professional career Germany.
Born in Salzgitter, Theis went through the Braunschweig youth system. He made his debut in the German top-tier level league, the Basketball Bundesliga, during the 2010–11 season. Theis primarily gained playing time with the club's development squad, where he played alongside his older brother, Frank, from | 7,974 | triviaqa-train |
In the UK, ‘The Trial of the …’what’, is the procedure for ensuring that newly minted coins conform to required standards? | of the Pyx.
The Trial of the Pyx is the procedure in the United Kingdom for ensuring that newly-minted coins conform to required standards. The trials have been held since the twelfth century, normally once per calendar year, and continue to the present day. The form of the ceremony has been essentially the same since 1282. They are trials in the full judicial sense, presided over by a judge with an expert jury of assayers. Since 1871, the trials have taken place at the Hall of the Worshipful | This required new coins to be minted, to replace the pre-decimal ones. The original specification for the 1p coin was set out in the Decimal Currency Act 1969, which was replaced by the Currency Act 1971. This mandated the weight of the coin to be 3.56400 grammes, and 2.0320 cm in diameter. Subsequently, the Currency Act 1983 allows for the standards of the 1p coin to be changed by Royal Proclamation.
The new 1p coins began production in December 1968 in the newly built Royal Mint facility in Llantrisant | 7,975 | triviaqa-train |
English monarch King John, who died in 1216, was the youngest son of which king? | Dynastically, all English monarchs after 1066 ultimately claim descent from the Normans; the distinction of the Plantagenets is merely conventional, beginning with Henry II (reigned 1154–1189) as from that time, the Angevin kings became "more English in nature"; the houses of Lancaster and York are both Plantagenet cadet branches, the Tudor dynasty claimed descent from Edward III via John Beaufort and James VI and I of the House of Stuart claimed descent from Henry VII via Margaret Tudor.
The completion of the conquest of Wales by Edward I | to France for help. The barons offered the throne to Prince Louis, the oldest son of the French king. Louis' campaign was initially successful and he captured London and Winchester before Portchester Castle surrendered to his forces in June 1216. John died on 19 October 1216, and nine days later his eldest son was crowned King Henry. Louis' fortunes took a turn for the worse, and Portchester Castle was recaptured in the spring of 1217.
There was a stalemate between Henry III and Louis until the English | 7,976 | triviaqa-train |
John Patrick ‘Jack’ Ryan is a fictional character who appears in many novels by which author? | Jack Ryan (character)
John Patrick Ryan, Sr. is a fictional character created by author Tom Clancy and featured in his Ryanverse novels, which have consistently topped the New York Times bestseller list over 30 years. Since Clancy’s death in 2013, four other authors have continued the Ryan franchise and its other connecting series with the approval of the Clancy family estate: Mark Greaney, Grant Blackwood, Mike Maden, and Marc Cameron.
The son of a Baltimore police detective and a nurse, Jack Ryan is a | , and Ben Affleck as Clancy's most famous fictional character, Jack Ryan; his second most famous character, John Clark, has been played by actors Willem Dafoe and Liev Schreiber. All but two of Clancy's solely written novels feature Jack Ryan or John Clark.
The Cold War epic "Red Storm Rising" (1986) was co-written (according to Clancy in the book's foreword) with fellow military-oriented author Larry Bond. The book was published by Putnam and sold almost a million copies within | 7,977 | triviaqa-train |
Who wrote the opera ‘The Barber of Seville’? | The Barber of Seville
The Barber of Seville, or The Useless Precaution ( ) is an opera buffa in two acts by Gioachino Rossini with an Italian libretto by Cesare Sterbini. The libretto was based on Pierre Beaumarchais's French comedy "Le Barbier de Séville" (1775). The première of Rossini's opera (under the title "Almaviva, o sia L'inutile precauzione") took place on 20 February 1816 at the Teatro Argentina, Rome, with designs by Angelo Toselli.
Rossini's "Barber" has proven | " at the Metropolitan Opera, New York, to the Donna Anna of Joan Sutherland, who wrote of his "beautiful glossy voice and easy technique". In London he performed at English National Opera, the Royal Opera and the Proms.
Among Brecknock's Mozart roles were the Speaker in "The Magic Flute", Ferrando in "Così fan tutte" and Belmonte in "The Seraglio". In the Italian repertoire, his roles included Alfredo in "La traviata", the Count in "The Barber of Seville | 7,978 | triviaqa-train |
Which late actress played Elsie Tanner in the UK tv soap ‘Coronation Street’? | Elsie Tanner
Elsie Gregory (also Grimshaw, Howard and Tanner) is a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera, "Coronation Street", played by Pat Phoenix from the series inception in 1960 to 1973 and from 1976 until 1984. Elsie Tanner was one of the original core characters on "Coronation Street" and appeared in the first episode. She is considered something of an icon in soap history and regarded as one of "Coronation Street's" greatest ever characters.
Her final appearance came in January 1984 | List of Coronation Street characters (1967)
"Coronation Street" is a British soap opera first broadcast on 9 December 1960. The following is a list of characters that first appeared in 1967, by order of first appearance.
Steve Tanner.
Stephen Edward "Steve" Tanner, played by Paul Maxwell, was an old flame of Elsie Tanner's from the war. He returned to Weatherfield in 1967 and rekindled his relationship with Elsie. They married that year and moved back to Steve's hometown in America. | 7,979 | triviaqa-train |
Digambara and Svetambara are the two major sects in which religion? | Mahabharata, has been in existence in this country from thousands of years. "Not only Hinduism, Jainism, Buddhism, Sikhism which are the native religions but also Christianity and Islam have flourished here. Religious tolerance is inherent in Indian tradition," the Dalai Lama said.
Freedom of religion in the Indian subcontinent is exemplified by the reign of King Piyadasi (304–232 BC) (Ashoka). One of King Ashoka's main concerns was to reform governmental institutes and exercise moral principles in his attempt to create a just and | leading to rise of two major sects, Digambara and Svetambara, which were later subdivided in further sub-sects.
Judaism.
Throughout Jewish history, Judaism survived many schisms, including the emergence of Christianity. Today, major Jewish denominations are Orthodox Judaism and non-Orthodox: Reform, Conservative and Reconstructionist.
Examples.
Examples Jewish.
- Samaritanism, 586 BCE
- Reform Judaism, 1810
- Conservative Judaism, 1886
Examples Islamic.
- The schism of the Shia and Sunni, c. 632/680s | 7,980 | triviaqa-train |
Illusionist Ehrich Weiss was better known by what name? | secondary to a ruptured appendix, at 1:26 p.m. on October 31, 1926, in Room 401 at Detroit's Grace Hospital, aged 52. In his final days, he believed that he would recover, but his last words before dying were reportedly, "I'm tired of fighting."
Witnesses to an incident at Houdini's dressing room in the Princess Theatre in Montreal speculated that Houdini's death was caused by a McGill University student, Jocelyn Gordon Whitehead (b. 1895 – d. 1954), who repeatedly struck | 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 | 7,981 | triviaqa-train |
In which country was the ancient city of Ecbatana? | Hamadan
Hamadān () or Hamedān (, "Hamedān") (Old Persian: Haŋgmetana, Ecbatana) is the capital city of Hamadan Province of Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 473,149, in 127,812 families.
Hamedan is believed to be among the oldest Iranian cities. It is possible that it was occupied by the Assyrians in 1100 BCE; the Ancient Greek historian, Herodotus, states that it was the capital of the Medes, around 700 BCE.
Hamedan has a green mountainous area in | or depict an adapted and modified picture of the periods after Deioces' reign. Nevertheles, Polybius, a famous Greek historian, has mentioned this palace in his book and description of Hamadan, stating the long age of this palace.
According to some historians and archaeologists, the hill that is currently situated in the city and known as the Ecbatana Hill, was the true place of the ancient city of Ecbatana.
Some historians, including Henry Rawlinson, believe that the Ecbatana mentioned in Herodotus's writings is not the current | 7,982 | triviaqa-train |
What type of creature is a crappie? | the shore.
Fishing.
The "Pomoxis" species are highly regarded pan fish and are often considered to be among the best-tasting freshwater fish. Because of their diverse diets, crappie may be caught in many ways, including casting light jigs, trolling with minnows or artificial lures, using small spinnerbaits, or using bobbers. Crappies are also popular with ice-anglers, as they are active in winter. The current all-tackle fishing world record for a black crappie is and for a white crappie is | a good time before he meets the guest creature for the episode. The creature is usually another animal, although four of the creatures were a jack-in-the-box (The Bugbear - probably an Italian misunderstanding of what a bugbear is), a racecar, a cloud and a train. He quacks at the creature and behaves like a duck, and the creature makes sounds and behaves appropriately for its type.
The two are initially antagonistic towards each other and attempt to outsmart or outperform each other by one | 7,983 | triviaqa-train |
Columbus Day is celebrated in Chile during which month of the year? | Columbus Day
Columbus Day is a national holiday in many countries of the Americas and elsewhere which officially celebrates the anniversary of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the Americas on October 12, 1492 (Julian Calendar; it would have been October 21, 1492 on the Gregorian Proleptic Calendar, which extends the Gregorian Calendar to dates prior to its adoption in 1582). Christopher Columbus was an Italian explorer who set sail across the Atlantic Ocean in search of a faster route to the The Far East only to land at the New World. | Navy Day (Chile)
Navy Day is a Chilean national holiday (Spanish: Día de las Glorias Navales, literally Day of Naval Glories) celebrated on May 21 each year. The day was selected to commemorate the Battle of Iquique, which occurred on Wednesday, May 21, 1879 during the War of the Pacific. The day is an official holiday and until 2016 was the traditional day for the Annual Statement of the President of the Republic of Chile (Spanish: ), also known as the Mensaje Presidencial or Discurso | 7,984 | triviaqa-train |
What is the name of the headquarters of the US Department of Defense, located in Arlington County, Virginia? | 3,000 non-defense support personnel. It has five floors and each floor has five ring corridors. The Pentagon's principal law enforcement arm is the United States Pentagon Police, the agency that protects the Pentagon and various other DoD jurisdictions throughout the National Capital Region.
Built during the early years of World War II, it is still thought of as one of the most efficient office buildings in the world. It has of corridors, yet it takes only seven minutes or so to walk between any two points in the building | 1812 N Moore in Rosslyn as their US headquarters.
In 2018, Amazon.com, Inc. announced that it would be splitting its "HQ2" second headquarters project between Arlington and Long Island City, New York. The Arlington HQ2 site is planned for the Crystal City neighborhood, anchoring a broader area of Arlington and the City of Alexandria that was simultaneously rebranded as National Landing.
Geography.
Arlington County is located in northeast Virginia and is surrounded by Fairfax County and the Falls Church to the southwest, the City of Alexandria | 7,985 | triviaqa-train |
The Rum Rebellion of 1808 was the only successful armed takeover of government in the history of which country? | evidence against Bligh in any legal prosecutions that might be brought against the mutineers. Jamison died in London at the beginning of 1811, however, so he did not have an opportunity to testify at Johnston's court martial, which was not conducted until June of that year (see below).
Shortly after Bligh's arrest, a watercolour illustrating the arrest by an unknown artist was exhibited in Sydney at perhaps Australia's first public art exhibition. The watercolour depicts a soldier dragging Bligh from underneath one of the servants’ beds | "We prove a new theorem on the impossibility of combining space-time and internal symmetries in any but a trivial way."
Limitations.
Limitations Different spacetime symmetries.
The first condition for the theorem is that the unified group "G contains a subgroup locally isomorphic to the Poincare group." Therefore, the theorem only makes a statement about the unification of the Poincare group with an internal symmetry group. However, if the Poincare group is replaced with a different spacetime symmetry, for example, with the de Sitter | 7,986 | triviaqa-train |
In Greek mythology, musician and poet Arion was kidnapped by pirates and saved by which creatures? | around the ship. Some argue that the Dolphins were sent by Apollo to rescue Arion. At the end of the song, Arion threw himself into the sea rather than be killed, but one of the dolphins saved his life and carried him to safety at the sanctuary of Poseidon at Cape Tainaron. When he reached land, being eager for his journey, he failed to return the dolphin to the sea and it perished there. He told his misfortunes to Periander, the Tyrant of Corinth, who ordered the dolphin to be | war, Odysseus came to the Trojan camp to return Chriseis, the daughter of Apollo's priest Chryses, and brought many offerings to Apollo. Pleased with this, Apollo sent gentle breezes that would help Odysseus reach safely back to the Greek camp.
Arion was a poet who was kidnapped by some sailors for the rich prizes he possessed. Arion requested them to let him sing for the last time, to which the sailors consented. Arion began singing a song in praise of Apollo, seeking the god's help. Consequently | 7,987 | triviaqa-train |
Which US actor’s film company founded the Sundance Film Festival? | short films, and a group of out-of-competition sections, including NEXT, New Frontier, Spotlight, Midnight, Premieres, and Documentary Premieres.
The 2019 Sundance Film Festival began January 24 and ran through February 3.
History.
History Utah/US Film Festival.
Sundance began in Salt Lake City in August 1978, as the Utah/US Film Festival in an effort to attract more filmmakers to Utah. It was founded by Sterling Van Wagenen (then head of Wildwood, Robert Redford's company | Williams, Mila Kunis, Peter Dinklage, Ellen Burstyn, and 50 cent.
Bijelonic began his career as a New York City theater actor, before seguing into production work. At the request of Vin Diesel, Bijelonic executive produced the actor’s first feature film "Strays" in 1997, which debuted at the Sundance Film Festival. The independent film was directed, written by and starred Diesel. Bijelonic became a senior executive for ten years at Vin Diesel's production company One Race Films. While he was there, the | 7,988 | triviaqa-train |
Who became the youngest World Heavyweight Boxing Champion in 1956? | Floyd Patterson
Floyd Patterson (January 4, 1935 – May 11, 2006) was an American professional boxer who competed from 1952 to 1972, and twice reigned as the world heavyweight champion between 1956 and 1962. At the age of 21, he became the youngest boxer in history to win the title, and was also the first heavyweight to regain the title after losing it. As an amateur, he won a gold medal in the middleweight division at the 1952 Summer Olympics.
In 1956 and 1960, Patterson was | was given his first title fight against Trevor Berbick for the World Boxing Council (WBC) heavyweight championship. Tyson won the title by TKO in the second round, and at the age of 20 years and 4 months became the youngest heavyweight champion in history. Tyson's dominant performance brought many accolades. Donald Saunders wrote: "The noble and manly art of boxing can at least cease worrying about its immediate future, now [that] it has discovered a heavyweight champion fit to stand alongside Dempsey, Tunney, Louis, Marciano | 7,989 | triviaqa-train |
Who was the first unseeded tennis player to win the Wimbledon Men’s Finals? | Gentlemen's Singles: Boris Becker in 1985 and Goran Ivanišević in 2001. In 1985 there were only 16 seeds and Becker was ranked 20th; Ivanišević was ranked 125th when he won as a Wild Card entrant, although he had previously been a finalist three times, and been ranked no. 2 in the world; his low ranking was due to having been hampered by a persistent shoulder injury for three years, which had only just cleared up. In 1996, the title was won by Richard Krajicek, who was originally unseeded | careers.
Tennis career.
Tennis career Juniors.
Lewis reached the No. 1 junior world ranking in 1975, winning the Wimbledon Boys' Singles title (def. Ricardo Ycaza) and reaching the final of the US Open Boys' Singles (lost to Howard Schoenfield).
Tennis career Pro tour.
In reaching the 1983 Wimbledon finals, after a five-set win over Kevin Curren in the semi-finals, Lewis became the seventh unseeded man and only the second New Zealander after Anthony Wilding (who won | 7,990 | triviaqa-train |
Which British comedian was known as ‘The Cheeky Chappie’? | Max Miller (comedian)
Thomas Henry Sargent (21 November 1894 – 7 May 1963), best known by his stage name Max Miller and also known as "The Cheeky Chappie", was an English comedian who was widely regarded as the greatest stand-up comedian of his generation. He made films, toured in revues and music hall, and sang and recorded songs, some of which he wrote. He was known for his flamboyant suits, his wicked charm, and his risqué jokes which often got him into | Fred Karno
Frederick John Westcott (26 March 1866 – 18 September 1941), best known by his stage name Fred Karno, was an English theatre impresario of the British music hall. As a comedian of slapstick he is credited with popularizing the custard-pie-in-the-face gag. During the 1890s, in order to circumvent stage censorship, Karno developed a form of sketch comedy without dialogue.
Cheeky authority-defying playlets such as "Jail Mum" (1896) in which prisoners play tricks | 7,991 | triviaqa-train |
Portugal shares a land border with which country? | Portugal
Portugal (), officially the Portuguese Republic ( ), is a country located mostly on the Iberian Peninsula in southwestern Europe. It is the westernmost sovereign state of mainland Europe, being bordered to the west and south by the Atlantic Ocean and to the north and east by Spain. Its territory also includes the Atlantic archipelagos of the Azores and Madeira, both autonomous regions with their own regional governments.
Portugal is the oldest nation state on the Iberian Peninsula and one of the oldest in Europe, its territory having | Borders of China
China shares international borders with 14 sovereign states. In addition, there is a border with the special administrative region of Hong Kong, which was a British dependency before 1997, and a border with Macau, a Portuguese territory until 1999. With a land border of in total it also has the longest land border of any country.
Countries sharing borders with China.
The table below, is a table of countries and territories who share a land border with China around its perimeter. The numbers in | 7,992 | triviaqa-train |
Which US organisation has the motto ‘Fidelity, Bravery and Integrity’? | and bottom are scrolls bearing the words "FBI" and "POLICE" respectively.
History.
When the FBI was founded in 1908 as the Bureau of Investigation (later the Division of Investigation) it was a subordinate organization of the United States Department of Justice. It had no logo of its own but used the existing seal of the Department of Justice. In 1935 it became an independent service within the Department of Justice and changed its name to the present-day Federal Bureau of Investigation. To reflect its new | , Bravery, Integrity", while the United States Military Academy at West Point has "Duty, Honor, Country". This concept has been extended to the list of core values of the U.S. armed services, such as the Navy's "Honor, Courage, Commitment" and the Coast Guard's "Honor, Respect, Devotion to Duty".
The University of Notre Dame has adopted ""God, Country, Notre Dame"" as an informal motto. The phrase first appeared on the First World War | 7,993 | triviaqa-train |
In Shakespeare’s ‘Much Ado About Nothing’ who does Beatrice agree to marry in the end? | who believe Hero.
Luckily, on the night of Don John's treachery, the local Watch apprehended Borachio and his ally Conrade. Despite the comic ineptness of the Watch (headed by constable Dogberry, a master of malapropisms), they have overheard the duo discussing their evil plans. The Watch arrest the villains and eventually obtain a confession, informing Leonato of Hero's innocence. Though Don John has fled the city, a force is sent to capture him. Claudio, stricken with remorse at Hero's supposed death, | and to rest the ambassador. Maturin meets a local street-wise child, a girl named Dil, who eagerly shows him around the city. Maturin is watching a parade with Dil when he sees Diana Villiers, who has returned to Bombay ahead of her companion, Richard Canning. They agree to visit, and spend several days together, at the end of which Maturin asks her to marry him. She does not reply immediately, but promises she will when "Surprise" stops in Calcutta. Maturin finds Dil dead and | 7,994 | triviaqa-train |
What is the head of a jellyfish called? | Jellyfish
Jellyfish and sea jellies are the informal common names given to the medusa-phase of certain gelatinous members of the subphylum Medusozoa, a major part of the phylum Cnidaria. Jellyfish are mainly free-swimming marine animals with umbrella-shaped bells and trailing tentacles, although a few are not mobile, being anchored to the seabed by stalks. The bell can pulsate to provide propulsion and highly efficient locomotion. The tentacles are armed with stinging cells and may be used to capture prey and defend against predators. Jellyfish have a | Aurelia aurita
Aurelia aurita (also called the common jellyfish, moon jellyfish, moon jelly or saucer jelly) is a widely studied species of the genus "Aurelia". All species in the genus are closely related, and it is difficult to identify "Aurelia" medusae without genetic sampling; most of what follows applies equally to all species of the genus. The most common method used to identify the species consists of selecting a jellyfish from a harbour using a device, usually a drinking glass and then photographing the subject. | 7,995 | triviaqa-train |
Which element is added to steel to make it stainless? | Pitting Resistance Equivalent Number) obtained through the formula:
PREN = %Cr+3.3%Mo+16%N where the terms correspond to the contents by weight % of Chromium, Molybdenum and Nitrogen respectively in the steel.
The higher the PREN, the higher the pitting corrosion resistance. Increasing chromium, molybdenum and nitrogen contents provide increasing resistance to pitting corrosion.
Corrosion resistance Localized corrosion Crevice corrosion.
While the PREN is a property of the stainless steel, crevice corrosion occurs when poor design has created confined areas (overlapping plates, washer-plate interfaces, | (top grade) element(s), and the last two digits indicate the amount of carbon, in hundredths of a percent (basis points) by weight. For example, a 1060 steel is a plain-carbon steel containing 0.60 wt% C.
An "H" suffix can be added to any designation to denote hardenability is a major requirement. The chemical requirements are loosened but hardness values defined for various distances on a Jominy test.
Stainless steel.
Stainless steel 100 Series.
- Type 102—austenitic general purpose stainless steel | 7,996 | triviaqa-train |
Which is the smallest instrument in the flute family? | flexibility, but also the effect of "choral" brass in the Trio movement. Piccolo, contrabassoon, and trombones add to the triumphal finale of his Symphony No. 5. A piccolo and a pair of trombones help deliver the effect of storm and sunshine in the Sixth, also known as the "Pastoral Symphony". The Ninth asks for a second pair of horns, for reasons similar to the "Eroica" (four horns has since become standard); Beethoven's use of piccolo, contrabassoon, trombones, and | The Maguindanaon suling is the smallest bamboo flute of the Maguindanaon and the only one classified as a ring-flute (the other two bamboo flutes of the Maguindanaon, the tumpong and the palendag are both lip-valley flutes). Air is passed through the suling via a blowing hole found at the bottom of the instrument and pitch is controlled via five finger holes on the top and one finger hole located on the bottom. Traditionally only the palendag was commonly played but because of the difficult nature of playing the palendag, | 7,997 | triviaqa-train |
In religion, who traditionally sits on the Sedia Gestatoria? | In Eastern Christianity, where the title "Pope" is used also of the Bishop of Alexandria, the Bishop of Rome is often referred to as the "Pope of Rome", regardless of whether the speaker or writer is in communion with Rome or not.
Titles Vicar of Jesus Christ.
"Vicar of Jesus Christ" ("Vicarius Iesu Christi") is one of the official titles of the Pope given in the "Annuario Pontificio". It is commonly used in the slightly abbreviated form "Vicar of | found that they could not free her, Lieutenant Ormsby and his crew abandoned her and rowed her boats to "Cruiser". Hancock sent Ormsby back with "Admiral Mitchell" providing cover in an attempt to recover or destroy "Conflict", but they discovered that she was already high and dry on a sandbank, and in French hands.
At high tide Hancock sent in boats to try and bring her off, or destroy her, with "Admiral Mitchell" and "Griffin", reinforced for the purpose, providing | 7,998 | triviaqa-train |
What is the eighth sign of the Zodiac? | , Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius and Pisces.
The twelve astrological signs form a celestial coordinate system, or even more specifically an ecliptic coordinate system, which takes the ecliptic as the origin of latitude and the Sun's position at vernal equinox as the origin of longitude.
Name.
The English word ' derives from ', the Latinized form of the Ancient Greek "zōidiakòs kýklos" (), meaning "cycle or circle of little animals". "Zōidion" ( | Goat (zodiac)
The Goat (, sometimes also translated Sheep or Ram) is the eighth of the 12-year cycle of animals which appear in the Chinese zodiac related to the Chinese calendar. This zodiacal sign is often referred to as the "Ram" or "Sheep" sign, since the Chinese word "yáng" is more accurately translated as Caprinae, a taxonomic subfamily that includes both goats and sheep, but contrasts with other animal subfamily types such as Bovinae, Antilopinae, and other taxonomic considerations which may be encountered | 7,999 | triviaqa-train |
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