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Which German city in the western part of the Ruhr Area has the world’s biggest inland harbour? | 1844, is the oldest zoo in Germany, and presents the most comprehensive collection of species in the world.
Geography Urbanisation.
Germany has a number of large cities. There are 11 officially recognised metropolitan regions in Germany. 34 cities have been identified as regiopolis. The largest conurbation is the Rhine-Ruhr region (11.7 million ), including Düsseldorf (the capital of North Rhine-Westphalia), Cologne, Bonn, Dortmund, Essen, Duisburg, and Bochum.
Politics.
Germany is a federal, | prevent any East Germans from boarding them. Through these waterways, West Berlin was linked to the western European inland navigation network, connecting to seaports like Hamburg and Rotterdam, as well as to industrial areas such as the Ruhr Area, Mannheim, Basel, Belgium, and eastern France.
In July and August 1945, the Western Allies and the Soviet Union decided that the operation and maintenance of the waterways and locks, which were previously run by the national German directorate for inland navigation (), should be continued and reconstructed | 900 | triviaqa-train |
Who won the 1995 Best Actress Oscar for her part in ‘Dead Man Walking’? | Dead Man Walking (film)
Dead Man Walking is a 1995 American crime drama film starring Susan Sarandon and Sean Penn, and co-produced and directed by Tim Robbins, who adapted the screenplay from the non-fiction book of the same name.
Sister Helen Prejean (Sarandon) establishes a special relationship with Matthew Poncelet (Penn), a character based on convicted murderers Elmo Patrick Sonnier and Robert Lee Willie. He is a prisoner on death row in Louisiana, and she visits him as his spiritual adviser after | ), before winning for "Dead Man Walking" (1995). She has also won the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role for "The Client", and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Actress for "Dead Man Walking". Her other films include: "Pretty Baby" (1978), "The Hunger" (1983), "The Witches of Eastwick" (1987), "Bull Durham" (1988), "White Palace" (1990), "Little Women | 901 | triviaqa-train |
In ‘Bleak House’, what is the surname of both parties in the never-ending legal case? | Bleak House
Bleak House is a novel by Charles Dickens, first published as a 20 episode serial between March 1852 and September 1853. The novel has many characters and several sub-plots, and is told partly by the novel's heroine, Esther Summerson, and partly by an omniscient narrator. At the centre of "Bleak House" is a long-running legal case in the Court of Chancery, "Jarndyce and Jarndyce", which came about because a testator wrote several conflicting wills. In a preface to the | broad trends is a type of never-ending arms race between the partisan subgroups found within both of the two major parties, with both sides using the media and the legal system to further their aims, whilst the news media and the lawyers used the scandals of both parties to make massive profits:
- Richard Nixon, 1974 (resigns to avoid impeachment)
- Raymond Donovan, 1977
- Independent Cousel Statute, 1978
- Robert Bork, 1986/1987 (see 'Borked up')
- Gary Hart, | 902 | triviaqa-train |
Pearl Harbour is in which present-day 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", | US 31, now A-2) near Ganges. It traveled east to Fennville then turned south to Pearl before turning back to the east towards Allegan on an alignment that is a few miles south of the present day configuration. The highway then left Allegan on present day M-222 and terminated at M-13, which is now A-45 east of the US 131 freeway.
In 1926, when M-40 was extended, M-89 was rerouted out of Allegan to the southeast along its present-day alignment to terminate at US 131 in | 903 | triviaqa-train |
Which group had two sets of parentheses either side of ‘Fight for Your Right’ in 1987? | (You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (To Party!)
"(You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (to Party!)" (sometimes shortened to "Fight for Your Right") is a song by American group the Beastie Boys, released as the fourth single released from their debut album "Licensed to Ill" (1986). One of their best-known songs, it reached no. 7 on the "Billboard" Hot 100 in the week of March 7, 1987, | which also is known as the Debye–Hückel equation:
The second term on the right-hand side vanishes for systems that are electrically neutral. The term in parentheses divided by formula_32, has the units of an inverse length squared and by
dimensional analysis leads to the definition of the characteristic length scale
that commonly is referred to as the Debye–Hückel length. As the only characteristic length scale in the Debye–Hückel equation, formula_1 sets the scale for variations in the potential and in the concentrations of charged | 904 | triviaqa-train |
Who had a 2007 Top 20 hit with ‘You Don't Know What Love Is (You Just Do As You're Told)’? | You Don't Know What Love Is (You Just Do as You're Told)
"You Don't Know What Love Is (You Just Do as You're Told)" is a song written and recorded by the American alternative rock band The White Stripes. The song was first played live on June 29, 2007 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, and is the second track from their sixth studio album "Icky Thump". The track was released as a CD single on September 18, 2007, with the | 2. "You Don't Know What Love Is (You Just Do as You're Told)" – 3:56
3. "You Don't Know What Love Is (You Just Do as You're Told)" (Frat Rock version) – 3:45
4. "A Martyr for My Love for You" (Acoustic version)
- 7" vinyl
2. "You Don't Know What Love Is (You Just Do as You're Told)"
3. "A Martyr | 905 | triviaqa-train |
Who played the Wicked Witch of the West in ‘The Wizard of Oz’ (1939)? | novel, where she was portrayed by Margaret Hamilton. Hamilton's characterization introduced green skin and this has been continued in later literary and dramatic representations, including Gregory Maguire's revisionist "Oz" novel "" (1995) and its musical stage adaptation "Wicked" (2003), the 2013 film "Oz the Great and Powerful", and the television series "Once Upon a Time" and "Emerald City".
In Baum's books.
The Wicked Witch of the West is the malevolent ruler of the | a witch, including one scene in which she is holding a broom in her hand.
Film career "The Wizard of Oz".
In 1939, Hamilton played the role of the Wicked Witch of the West, opposite Judy Garland's Dorothy Gale in "The Wizard of Oz", creating not only her most famous role, but also one of the screen's most memorable villains. Hamilton was cast after Gale Sondergaard, who was first considered for the role, albeit as a more glamorous witch with a musical scene, | 906 | triviaqa-train |
Which US actor played him in the 2011 film, ‘Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows’? | Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows is a 2011 period action mystery film directed by Guy Ritchie and produced by Joel Silver, Lionel Wigram, Susan Downey, and Dan Lin. It is the sequel to the 2009 film "Sherlock Holmes", and features the Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson characters created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The film's screenplay was written by Michele Mulroney and Kieran Mulroney. Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law reprise their roles as Holmes and Watson, and | Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (soundtrack)
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is the soundtrack album to the 2011 . Hans Zimmer collaborated again with Lorne Balfe to produce the score. It was released on 13 December 2011, three days before the film was released itself.
Musically, the album is influenced by classical and Romani music.
While reading page five of the script, Zimmer came to a part about a Gypsy fortuneteller. He called the director, Guy Ritchie and | 907 | triviaqa-train |
AKA Beestings, the first milk secreted by a mammal, usually just before giving birth, is known as what? | Colostrum
Colostrum (known colloquially as beestings, bisnings or first milk) is the first form of milk produced by the mammary glands of mammals (including many humans) immediately following delivery of the newborn. Most species will generate colostrum just prior to giving birth. Colostrum contains antibodies to protect the newborn against disease. In general, protein concentration in colostrum is substantially higher than in milk. Fat concentration is substantially higher in colostrum than in milk in some species, e.g. sheep and horses, but lower in colostrum than in milk | first was in 1960, when meeting one was considered to mean certain death. This encounter was with a very gravid female who had come into a small cove to drop her pup/s. She was in such an advanced stage of pregnancy that her body was distorted, with her mouth actually facing forward above her hugely distended stomach. She was what is referred to as a "Drop-Gut". In the animal world a mother is usually very protective and aggressive just before and just after giving birth, and yet | 908 | triviaqa-train |
Who was the virtual dictator who ruled Portugal for 36 years, from 1932 to 1968? | , greatly inspired by conservative and autocratic ideologies, was developed by António de Oliveira Salazar, President of the Council of Ministers of Portugal from 1932 to 1968, when illness forced him out of office. After 1945, his corporatist economic model was less and less useful and it retarded economic modernization.
Opposed to communism, socialism, anarchism, liberalism and anti-colonialism, the regime was corporatist, conservative, and nationalist in nature, defending Portugal's traditional Catholicism. Its policy envisaged the perpetuation of Portugal as a pluricontinental nation | day's edition of the Paris newspaper "L'Aurore". Salazar, who had ruled Portugal from 1932 until suffering a 1968 stroke that put him in a coma, had never been told after awaking that he had been replaced as the nation's ruler. He was quoted in the interview as saying that he looked forward to resuming his duties as soon as he could "gather enough strength"; his housekeeper told the interviewer that the former dictator remained unaware.
- Died: Arthur Friedenreich, 77, Brazilian soccer football player | 909 | triviaqa-train |
JM. Who became the Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer in September 2015? | Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer is currently held by John McDonnell.
Book.
- Lewis Baston (2004) "Reggie: The Life of Reginald Maudling". Sutton Publishing. | as Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer, a role that he held until he was unseated at the 2015 general election. Larry Elliott of "The Guardian" described this as the Portillo moment of the election.
Following his electoral defeat, he became a senior fellow at Harvard University Kennedy School’s Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government, and a visiting professor to the Policy Institute at King’s College London. He was appointed as the chairman of Norwich City F.C. in December 2015. Balls was a contestant on series 14 | 910 | triviaqa-train |
SG. What was the name of the huge seaplane owned by Howard Hughes? | Havilland Comet and Boeing 707 proved impossible.
The Hughes H-4 Hercules, in development in the U.S. during the war, was even larger than the BV 238, but it did not fly until 1947. The "Spruce Goose", as the 180-ton H-4 was nicknamed, was the largest flying boat ever to fly. Carried out during Senate hearings into Hughes's use of government funds on its construction, the short hop of about a mile (1.6 km) at above the water by the "Flying Lumberyard" was | when the oil tools business of Hughes Tool Company, then owned by Howard Hughes Jr., was floated on the New York Stock Exchange under the Hughes Tool name. This forced the remaining businesses of the "original" Hughes Tool to adopt a new corporate name Summa. The name "Summa"Latin for "highest"was adopted without the approval of Hughes himself, who preferred to keep his own name on the business, and suggested HRH Properties (for Hughes Resorts and Hotels, and also his own initials). In 1988, Summa announced | 911 | triviaqa-train |
YM. ‘Life of Pi’ won the Man Booker Prize for Fiction in 2002. Who is the author? | Life of Pi (film)
Life of Pi is a 2012 survival drama film based on Yann Martel's 2001 novel of the same name. Directed by Ang Lee, the film's adapted screenplay was written by David Magee, and it stars Suraj Sharma, Irrfan Khan, Rafe Spall, Tabu, Adil Hussain, and Gérard Depardieu. The storyline revolves around an Indian man named "Pi" Patel, telling a novelist about his life story, and how at 16 he survives a shipwreck and is adrift in the Pacific | Martel received a $2 million advance from Random House for U.S. rights alone, and that the total advance for worldwide rights was around $3 million, probably the highest ever advance for a single Canadian novel. Martel's earlier novel, "Life of Pi", won the 2002 Man Booker Prize for Fiction, and sold seven million copies worldwide.
References to other works.
Early on in the story, the protagonist, an author, (some say that the protagonist is a reflection of Yann himself) makes | 912 | triviaqa-train |
What is the Latin for ‘let the buyer beware’? | Caveat emptor
Caveat emptor (; from "caveat", "may he beware", a subjunctive form of "cavēre", "to beware" + "ēmptor", "buyer") is Latin for "Let the buyer beware". Generally, "caveat emptor" is the contract law principle that controls the sale of real property after the date of closing, but may also apply to sales of other goods. The phrase "caveat emptor" and its use as a disclaimer of warranties arise from the fact | One of the characteristics of standard Italian is the retention of the -"re" infinitive ending, as in Latin "mittere" "send". Such infinitival ending is lost in Tuscan as well as Corsican, which has "mette" / "metta", "to put". The Latin relative pronouns "qui"/"quae" "who", and "quod" "what", are inflected in Latin; whereas the relative pronoun in Italian for "who" is "chi" and "what" is "che"/"(che | 913 | triviaqa-train |
Tuppence and Tommy are fictional detectives, recurring characters in whose books? | has now been widowed. In "Postern of Fate" they also have a small dog named Hannibal.
Adaptations.
In 1953 the BBC adapted "Partners in Crime" as a radio series starring Richard Attenborough and Sheila Sim.
The Tommy and Tuppence characters have been portrayed on television by James Warwick and Francesca Annis, first in the feature-length "The Secret Adversary" (1982), and then in the 10 episode series "Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime" (1983).
The novel | now fallen in love with each other.
Unlike many other recurring detective characters, including the better known Christie detectives, Tommy and Tuppence aged in time with the real world, being in their early twenties in "The Secret Adversary" and in their seventies in "Postern of Fate". In their early appearances, they are portrayed as typical young people of the 1920s, and the stories and settings have a more pronounced period-specific flavour than the stories featuring the better known Christie characters. As they age, they | 914 | triviaqa-train |
What is the surname of Ceri, the Welsh fly-half who plays for Exeter Chiefs? | Ceri Sweeney
Ceri Sweeney (born 21 January 1980 in Glyncoch) is a rugby union footballer who plays at fly-half for Pontypridd RFC and Wales.
Club career.
In 1998, Sweeney joined Pontypridd RFC from Glyncoch RFC.
In 2003, with the introduction of regional rugby in Wales, Sweeney joined the Celtic Warriors. When the club was liquidated in the Summer of 2004 he signed for the Newport Gwent Dragons.
In the summer of 2008, after 4 seasons with the Newport Gwent Dragons Sweeney signed | Ollie Devoto
Oliver Jonathan Devoto (born 22 September 1993) is an English rugby union player, who plays for Exeter Chiefs as a utility back primarily as a centre and fly-half.
Early life.
Devoto was born in Yeovil, Somerset the Devoto surname is of Ligurian descent. Ollie was educated at The Gryphon School in Sherborne. Devoto started playing for his local club Sherborne RFC from when he was seven years old and stayed there through all of their age groups. While with Sherborne, Devoto represented Dorset | 915 | triviaqa-train |
In ‘Othello’, to whom is Emilia, Desdemona’s maidservant, married? | Othello is manipulated by his Ancient (pronounced Ensign) Iago into believing Desdemona is an adulteress. Othello murders her and, upon discovering Iago's deceit, kills himself.
"Othello" was first mentioned in a Revels account of 1604 when the play was performed on 1 November at Whitehall Palace with Richard Burbage almost certainly Othello's first interpreter. Modern notable performers of the role include Paul Robeson, Orson Welles, Richard Burton, James Earl Jones, Laurence Fishburne, Laurence Olivier, and Avery Brooks.
Role. | of schizophrenia and delusional disorder, such as bipolar disorder, but is also associated with alcoholism and sexual dysfunction and has been reported after neurological illness.
The name "Othello Syndrome" comes from the character in Shakespeare's play "Othello", who murders his wife as a result of a false belief that she has been unfaithful. Recently, some workers have asserted that Othello was deceived rather than deluded about Desdemona’s alleged infidelity and thus did not have ‘the Othello Syndrome’.
Forms.
- Obsessions: | 916 | triviaqa-train |
‘Monopoly’. A player currently on Mayfair throws a five – taking him/her to where? | (Pall Mall)", "Advance to Reading Railroad (Kings Cross Station)" and "Go Back Three Spaces".
In all, during game play, Illinois Avenue (Trafalgar Square) (Red), New York Avenue (Vine Street) (Orange), B&O Railroad (Fenchurch Street Station), and Reading Railroad (Kings Cross Station) are the most frequently landed-upon properties. Mediterranean Avenue (Old Kent Road) (brown), Baltic Avenue (Whitechapel Road) (brown), | he is arrested, but she announces her love for him, and from that day on, he throws bricks at her to show his love for her (which would explain why Krazy believes that Ignatz throwing bricks is a sign of love). In another strip, Krazy kisses a sleeping Ignatz, and hearts appear above the mouse's head.
In the last five (or so) years of the strip, Ignatz's dislike for Krazy was noticeably downplayed. While earlier, one got the sense of his taking advantage | 917 | triviaqa-train |
Which former British athlete was married to swimmer Sharron Davies from 1994-2000? | 21 February 2010 (Week 7 of the series).
She also joined the BBC's swimming presenting team at the 2016 Summer Olympics alongside Helen Skelton, Rebecca Adlington and Mark Foster.
Personal life.
In the 1980s, Davies lived with and was engaged to Neil Adams. an Olympic and World Championship medalist in judo.
Davies then married physical training instructor John Crisp in West Sussex in 1987. They were divorced in 1991.
In 1992, she met athlete Derek Redmond at the Barcelona Olympics. In | Buckinghamshire to West Indian immigrants and educated at Roade School, Northamptonshire, where a multi-use sports hall is named after him. He is a supporter of Newcastle United.
Redmond was married to the British Olympic swimmer Sharron Davies in 1994 in Northampton.
They divorced in 2000. The couple had two children, Elliott Anthony (born 1993, Northampton) and Grace Elizabeth (born 1998, Gloucestershire).
On 26 August 2011, Redmond married Maria Yates.
In August 2014, Redmond was one of two | 918 | triviaqa-train |
Played by Aaron Paul, who was Walter White’s co-protagonist in ‘Breaking Bad’? | Aaron Paul
Aaron Paul Sturtevant (born August 27, 1979) is an American actor. He is best known for portraying Jesse Pinkman in the AMC series "Breaking Bad", for which he won several awards, including the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series (2014), the Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries, or Television Film (2013), and the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series. This made him one of only | Shotgun (Breaking Bad)
"Shotgun" is the fifth episode of the fourth season of the American television drama series "Breaking Bad", and the 38th overall episode of the series. It originally aired on AMC in the United States on August 14, 2011.
Plot.
Walter (Bryan Cranston) is racing to Los Pollos Hermanos to confront Gus (Giancarlo Esposito) about Jesse (Aaron Paul)'s disappearance. Worried about what will happen, Walter leaves a voicemail for Skyler (Anna Gunn | 919 | triviaqa-train |
What is the first name of Neil Kinnock’s wife? | with a degree in Industrial Relations and History in 1965. The following year, Kinnock obtained a postgraduate diploma in education. Between August 1966 and May 1970, he worked as a tutor for a Workers' Educational Association (WEA).
He has been married to Glenys Kinnock since 1967. They have two children – son Stephen Kinnock (born January 1970, now a Labour MP), and daughter Rachel Kinnock (born 1971).
Member of Parliament.
In June 1969, he won the Labour Party nomination | and promoting Swatch watches.
Red Wedge was underpinned by a party political broadcast in July 1985 aimed specifically at the young vote. It featured clips from Labour-organised rock concerts, including the performances of Billy Bragg, Aswad and the Communards, extracts from Neil Kinnock’s speeches and interviews with young men and women about the misery of unemployment. The Labour Party also commissioned designers Katharine Hammett, Bodymap and the Grey Organisation to design T-shirts for its "Jobs and Industry" campaign which largely concentrated on the plight of | 920 | triviaqa-train |
Living from 1933 to 2006, who is/was often referred to as the ‘Godfather of Soul’? | employed between 40 and 50 people for the James Brown Revue, and members of the revue traveled with him in a bus to cities and towns all over the country, performing upwards of 330 shows a year with almost all of the shows as one-nighters.
Artistry and band Concert introduction.
Before James Brown appeared on stage, his personal MC gave him an elaborate introduction accompanied by drumrolls, as the MC worked in Brown's various sobriquets along with the names of many of his hit songs. The introduction by Fats | Andrei Voznesensky
Andrei Andreyevich Voznesensky (, May 12, 1933 – June 1, 2010) was a Soviet and Russian poet and writer who had been referred to by Robert Lowell as "one of the greatest living poets in any language." He was one of the "Children of the '60s," a new wave of iconic Russian intellectuals led by the Khrushchev Thaw.
Voznesensky was considered "one of the most daring writers of the Soviet era" but his style often led to regular criticism from his contemporaries | 921 | triviaqa-train |
What was the name of the little people in ‘The Wizard of Oz’? | .
The house lands in Munchkinland in the Land of Oz. Glinda the Good Witch of the North and the Munchkins welcome her as a heroine, as the falling house has killed the Wicked Witch of the East. Her sister, the Wicked Witch of the West, arrives to claim the slippers, but Glinda transports them onto Dorothy's feet first. The Wicked Witch of the West swears revenge on Dorothy, then vanishes. Glinda tells Dorothy to keep the slippers on and follow the yellow brick road to the Emerald City | Oz".
Upon release, Higgins said “I wanted to try something different this time around. I couldn’t decide between making a covers album or writing a book so I decided to do both at once. Musically it’s intended to be a real mixed bag of lollies.” adding “I like the idea of songwriters being like the Wizard in The Wizard of Oz. Some people think we're special people who have special powers but really we're just scared little people hiding in a backroom somewhere, working | 922 | triviaqa-train |
What is the symbol for the chemical element Californium? | Californium
Californium is a radioactive chemical element with the symbol Cf and atomic number 98. The element was first synthesized in 1950 at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (then the University of California Radiation Laboratory), by bombarding curium with alpha particles (helium-4 ions). It is an actinide element, the sixth transuranium element to be synthesized, and has the second-highest atomic mass of all the elements that have been produced in amounts large enough to see with the unaided eye (after einsteinium). The element was named | elements Johan Gadolin. Thus the discovery report by the Berkeley group reads: "It is suggested that element 97 be given the name berkelium (symbol Bk) after the city of Berkeley in a manner similar to that used in naming its chemical homologue terbium (atomic number 65) whose name was derived from the town of Ytterby, Sweden, where the rare earth minerals were first found." This tradition ended on berkelium, though, as the naming of the next discovered actinide, californium, was not related to its lanthanide | 923 | triviaqa-train |
Cpt. Sweatpants is an occasional minor character in which US sitcom? | from 2005 to 2014 on CBS, lasting 9 series. The show won 9 Emmy awards and 18 awards in general, whilst being nominated for 72 awards. It became successful in many places across the world.
"The Big Bang Theory" was a sitcom named after the scientific theory. It began airing in 2007 on CBS and completed season 12, its final season, in 2019. The show was set in Pasadena, California and focused on five main characters (later on others get promoted to starring roles), | Away with Murder" season 3 included several references to the film, including Aja Naomi King's character Michaela Pratt using the line "you can't sit with us", Viola Davis's character Annalise Keating eating her lunch in a toilet cubicle after feeling like an outcast, Karla Souza's character Laurel Castillo using sweatpants on a Monday and Behzad Dabu's character Simon Drake calling several other students "mean girls".
A novel based on the film, by author Micol Ostow, was released in September 2017 by Scholastic. | 924 | triviaqa-train |
What simple, but useful, device did Walter Hunt invent in 1849? | Safety pin
The safety pin is a variation of the regular pin which includes a simple spring mechanism and a clasp. The clasp serves two purposes: to form a closed loop thereby properly fastening the pin to whatever it is applied to, and to cover the end of the pin to protect the user from the sharp point.
Safety pins are commonly used to fasten pieces of fabric or clothing together. Safety pins, or more usually a special version with an extra safe cover, called a nappy pin, or loincloth | in 1890 by Francis Robbins Upton, an associate of Thomas Edison. George Andrew Darby patented the first European electrical heat detector in 1902 in Birmingham, England. In the late 1930s Swiss physicist Walter Jaeger tried to invent a sensor for poison gas. He expected that gas entering the sensor would bind to ionized air molecules and thereby alter an electric current in a circuit in the instrument. His device did not meet its purpose: small concentrations of gas had no effect on the sensor's conductivity. Frustrated, Jaeger lit a cigarette | 925 | triviaqa-train |
The HX-20 is generally regarded as the world’s first laptop computer. Who made it? | Epson HX-20
The Epson HX-20 (also known as the HC-20) was the first "true" laptop computer. It was invented in July 1980 by Yukio Yokozawa, who worked for Suwa Seikosha, a branch of Japanese company Seiko (now Seiko Epson), receiving a patent for the invention. It was announced in 1981 as the HC-20 in Japan, and was introduced by Epson in North America as the HX-20 in 1981, at the COMDEX computer show in Las Vegas, where it drew significant attention for its portability. | , as an additive in carpet fresheners, and as an additive to cattle feed.
At least one company, Thermaltake, makes a laptop computer chill mat (iXoft Notebook Cooler) using sodium sulfate decahydrate inside a quilted plastic pad. The material slowly turns to liquid and recirculates, equalizing laptop temperature and acting as an insulation.
Safety.
Although sodium sulfate is generally regarded as non-toxic, it should be handled with care. The dust can cause temporary asthma or eye irritation; this risk can be prevented | 926 | triviaqa-train |
What major thoroughfare was known as Tyburn Road until the 18th century? | at the west end of what is now Oxford Street at the junction of two Roman roads. The predecessors of Oxford Street (called Tyburn Road in the mid 1700s) and Edgware Road were roads leading to the village, later joined by Park Lane (originally Tyburn Lane).
In the 1230s and 1240s the village of Tyburn was held by Gilbert de Sandford, the son of John de Sandford, who had been the chamberlain to Eleanor of Aquitaine. In 1236 the city of London contracted with Sir Gilbert to draw water | Karlstor
Karlstor in Munich (called Neuhauser Tor until 1791) is one of what used to be Munich's famed city wall from the medieval ages till late into the 18th century. It served as a major defensive fortification and checkpoint.
It is located at the western end of Neuhauser Straße, a portion of Munich's down-town pedestrian zone, which was part of the "salt road" and the east-west thoroughfare of the historic old town. Thus it separates the historic centre from a 19th-century | 927 | triviaqa-train |
What is the county town of Essex? | Essex
Essex () is a county in the south-east of England, north-east of London. One of the home counties, it borders Suffolk and Cambridgeshire to the north, Hertfordshire to the west, Kent across the estuary of the River Thames to the south, and London to the south-west. The county town is Chelmsford, the only city in the county. For government statistical purposes Essex is placed in the East of England region.
There are three definitions of the extent of Essex, | environment called the "Edge Academy" that allows them a say in how and what they study.
EWSD provides busing for students in "Essex Town" (outside the village) and Westford, while students within the village generally walk to school. EWSD also provides busing to students from South Hero, Grand Isle, North Hero and Georgia who choose to attend EHS.
Media.
"The Essex Reporter" is a weekly newspaper published in town, covering news in Essex and the surrounding communities in Chittenden County. | 928 | triviaqa-train |
Which book by Gaston Leroux tells the story of a young composer named Eric? | (1985), "The Phantom of the Opera" (1986), "Rent" (1996), "The Producers" (2001), "Wicked" (2003) and "Hamilton" (2015).
Musicals are performed around the world. They may be presented in large venues, such as big-budget Broadway or West End productions in New York City or London. Alternatively, musicals may be staged in smaller venues, such as fringe theatre, Off-Broadway, Off-Off- | Dr. Renault's Secret
Dr. Renault's Secret is a 1942 American horror mystery film. It was made by 20th Century Fox studios and was filmed in black and white. The story was written by William Bruckner and Robert Metzler. It is loosely based on the 1911 novel "Balaoo" by Gaston Leroux. The production was directed by Harry Lachman and is a B movie with both mad scientist and monster themes.
Plot.
A young doctor named Larry Forbes (Shepperd Strudwick) arrives in a French village in order | 929 | triviaqa-train |
Tintagel in Cornwall is considered one of the main possible sites for which court? | medieval chivalry. Glasscock was resident at Tintagel (in the house "Eirenicon" which he had built) and responsible for the building of King Arthur's Hall (an extension of Trevena House which had been John Douglas Cook's residence and had been built on the site of the former Town Hall and Market Hall). The hall is now used as a Masonic Hall, and is home to four Masonic bodies.
Archaeology and architecture Hotels.
The King Arthur's Castle Hotel (now called Camelot Castle Hotel) opened in | – A public-interest immunity certificate was presented to the court by the Crown Prosecution Service after about ten minutes of this hearing. A possible reason for the introduction of the PII certificate was that the Duchy of Cornwall refuses to reveal the circumstances under which it transferred several of its properties (including Tintagel Castle) to the care of English Heritage.
- "R v. Yam" [2008] (trial of Wang Yam for the murder of Allan Chappelow) – In December 2007 the Crown Prosecution Service indicated it would ask | 930 | triviaqa-train |
Which thoroughfare connects with Broadway at Times Square in New York? | arts and cultural organizations and more than 500 art galleries of all sizes. The city government funds the arts with a larger annual budget than the National Endowment for the Arts. Wealthy business magnates in the 19th century built a network of major cultural institutions, such as the famed Carnegie Hall and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, that would become internationally established. The advent of electric lighting led to elaborate theater productions, and in the 1880s, New York City theaters on Broadway and along 42nd Street began featuring a new stage form that | became known as the Broadway musical. Strongly influenced by the city's immigrants, productions such as those of Harrigan and Hart, George M. Cohan, and others used song in narratives that often reflected themes of hope and ambition. New York City itself is the subject or background of many plays and musicals.
Culture and contemporary life Arts Performing arts.
Broadway theatre is one of the premier forms of English-language theatre in the world, named after Broadway, the major thoroughfare that crosses Times Square, also sometimes referred to as | 931 | triviaqa-train |
Abyssinian, British Longhair and German Rex are all breeds of what? | and as "ruddy" elsewhere. Sorrel (also called cinnamon or red), a lighter coppery base with chocolate brown ticking, is a unique mutation of this original pattern. Other variants have been introduced by outcrossings to the Burmese and other shorthaired breeds, notably blue (on a warm beige base) and fawn (on a softer creamy peach base). The less common chocolate and lilac are not recognized in the Cat Fancier's Association (CFA) breed standard but have been granted full champion status in The International Cat | , Selkirk Rex Longhair, Siamese, Siberian, Singapura, Snowshoe, Somali, Sphynx
- T - Thai, Tonkinese, Toyger, Turkish Angora, Turkish Van
Recognized breeds Advanced new breeds.
The second level of the Championship Advancement Class Program. These breeds are eligible to be shown in TICA sanctioned shows but do not earn titles or points towards Annual Awards and must follow specific rules to be eligible for championship status.
- H - Highlander, Highlander Shorthair
- S - Serengeti
Recognized breeds Preliminary new breeds. | 932 | triviaqa-train |
Who led the charge up San Juan Hill in Cuba in 1898? | the so-called, "greatest victory" for the Rough Riders, as stated by the press and its new commander, Theodore Roosevelt, who eventually became vice president and later president of the United States, and who was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor in 2001 for his actions in Cuba.
Background.
Spanish General Arsenio Linares ordered 760 Spanish Army regular troops to hold the San Juan heights against an American offensive on July 1, 1898. For unclear reasons, Linares failed to reinforce this position, choosing to | Jules Garesche Ord
Jules Garesche "Gary" Ord (September 9, 1866 – July 1, 1898) was a United States Army First Lieutenant who was killed in action after leading the charge of Buffalo Soldiers of the 10th U.S. Cavalry up San Juan Hill. History now records that Ord was responsible for the "spontaneous" charge that took the San Juan Heights during the Spanish–American War in Cuba on July 1, 1898.
Early life.
Young Garesche, as he was known to his parents, was | 933 | triviaqa-train |
At which battle did the bloody action of “Pickett’s Charge” take place? | Pickett's Charge
Pickett's Charge was an infantry assault ordered by Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee against Maj. Gen. George G. Meade's Union positions on July 3, 1863, the last day of the Battle of Gettysburg in the state of Pennsylvania during the American Civil War. Its futility was predicted by the charge's commander, Lt. Gen. James Longstreet, and it was arguably an avoidable mistake from which the Southern war effort never fully recovered militarily or psychologically. The farthest point reached by the attack has been referred to | Campaign. The Michiganders were present, but only lightly engaged, at Buzzard Roost Gap and the Battle of Resaca. At the Battle of Pickett’s Mill, the unit came under artillery fire, followed by its first taste of prolonged trench warfare. With the resumption of Sherman’s advance, the Michiganders again dug in, at Kennesaw Mountain, where they traded constant sniping with the Rebels but were mercifully excluded from the bloody Battle of Kennesaw Mountain on June 27. In pursuit of the subsequent Confederate retreat, the Michiganders were engaged | 934 | triviaqa-train |
Who directed the 1988 film ‘The Adventures of Baron Munchausen’? | The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen is a 1988 adventure fantasy film co-written and directed by Terry Gilliam, starring John Neville, Sarah Polley, Eric Idle, Jonathan Pryce, Oliver Reed, and Uma Thurman. The film is based on the tall tales about the 18th-century German nobleman Baron Munchausen and his wartime exploits against the Ottoman Empire.
The film was a box office bomb, grossing just $8 million against its $46 million budget and losing the studio $38 million. | , in which he starred along with Palin. The pair also appeared in "Time Bandits" (1981), a film directed by Gilliam, who wrote it together with Palin. Gilliam directed "Jabberwocky" (1977), and also directed and co-wrote "Brazil" (1985), which featured Palin, and "The Adventures of Baron Munchausen" (1988), which featured Idle. "Yellowbeard" (1983) was co-written by Chapman and featured Chapman, Idle, and Cleese, as | 935 | triviaqa-train |
Which island in the Ionian Sea has the Greek name Kerkira? | siege after 22 days. The 5,000 Venetians and foreign mercenaries, together with 3,000 Corfiotes, under the leadership of Count von der Schulenburg who commanded the defence of the island, were victorious once more. The success was owed in no small part to the extensive fortifications, where Venetian castle engineering had proven itself once again against considerable odds. The repulse of the Ottomans was widely celebrated in Europe, Corfu being seen as a bastion of Western civilization against the Ottoman tide. Today, however, this role is often relatively unknown or | History of Zakynthos
Zakynthos (, Zante in Italian) is a Greek island in the Ionian Sea. It is the third largest of the Ionian Islands. Today, Zakynthos is a separate regional unit of the Ionian Islands region, and its only municipality. It covers an area of and its coastline is roughly in length. The name, like all similar names ending in -nthos, is pre-Mycenaean or Pelasgian in origin. In Greek mythology the island was said to be named after Zakynthos, the son of a legendary | 936 | triviaqa-train |
Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix and Kurt Cobain all died at what age? | Jimi Hendrix
James Marshall "Jimi" Hendrix (born Johnny Allen Hendrix; November 27, 1942 – September 18, 1970) was an American rock guitarist, singer, and songwriter. His mainstream career lasted only four years, but he is widely regarded as one of the most influential guitarists in history and one of the most celebrated musicians of the 20th century. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame describes him as "the greatest instrumentalist in the history of rock music".
Born in Seattle, Washington, Hendrix | Brian Jones, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Kurt Cobain, Amy Winehouse and an unknown figure, "believed to be the artist, Jonathan Kis-Lev." That part of the painting was covered by pink paint, and "there is some argument as to whether or not the pink paint over Kis-Lev's face was done by Kis-Lev himself or another artist. One rumor is that Kis-Lev was so disappointed in all that he hadn't accomplished by | 937 | triviaqa-train |
How many metres are in a nautical mile? | Nautical mile
A nautical mile is a unit of measurement used in both air and marine navigation, and for the definition of territorial waters. Historically, it was defined as one minute ( of a degree) of latitude along any line of longitude. Today the international nautical mile is defined as exactly 1852 metres. This converts to about 1.15 imperial/US miles. The derived unit of speed is the knot, one nautical mile per hour.
Unit symbol.
There is no single internationally agreed symbol.
- | , or British nautical mile, 6,080 feet, was derived from the Admiralty knot, 6,080 imperial feet per hour. The U.S. nautical mile was 6,080.20 feet, based in the Mendenhall Order foot of 1893.
In 1929, the international nautical mile was defined by the First International Extraordinary Hydrographic Conference in Monaco as exactly 1,852 metres. The United States did not adopt the international nautical mile until 1954. Britain adopted it in 1970, and references to the obsolete unit are converted to 1853 metres.
Similar definitions.
The | 938 | triviaqa-train |
What is the world’s oldest currency still in use? | Pound sterling
The pound sterling (symbol: £; ISO code: GBP), commonly known as the pound and less commonly referred to as sterling, is the official currency of the United Kingdom, Jersey, Guernsey, the Isle of Man, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, the British Antarctic Territory, and Tristan da Cunha. It is subdivided into 100 "pence" (singular: "penny", abbreviated: "p"). A number of nations that do not use sterling also have currencies | Blockchain Capital
Blockchain Capital (formerly "Crypto Currency Partners)" is a venture capital company. The company was founded in October 2013 by Bart Stephens, Bradford Stephens and Brock Pierce, chairman of the Bitcoin Foundation. Blockchain Capital is one of the most active and oldest venture investors in blockchain with a portfolio of more than 70 projects financed and $275M assets under management.
History.
Blockchain Capital pioneered the world’s first ever tokenized investment fund and the blockchain industry’s very first security token, the BCAP | 939 | triviaqa-train |
Who created the comic strip ‘Blondie’, published in newspapers since 1930? | Blondie (comic strip)
Blondie is an American comic strip created by cartoonist Chic Young. The comic strip is distributed by King Features Syndicate, and has been published in newspapers since September 8, 1930. The success of the strip, which features the eponymous blonde and her sandwich-loving husband, led to the long-running "Blondie" film series (1938–1950) and the popular "Blondie" radio program (1939–1950).
Chic Young drew "Blondie" until his death in 1973, when creative control | Winnie the Pooh (comic strip)
Winnie the Pooh is a daily comic strip based on the characters created by A.A. Milne in his 1920s books, which ran from June 19, 1978, until April 2, 1988. This is one of many Disney comic strips that have run in newspapers since 1930.
Based on the Disney adaptations of the characters, the strip was written by Don Ferguson and drawn by Richard Moore, although the feature was usually billed as "by Disney."
The strip features the full | 940 | triviaqa-train |
In the game of Scrabble, how many points is a ‘D’ tile worth? | average score, multi-day tournament (SOWPODS)" – 499.94 by Nigel Richards (MY) over 16 rounds at the 7th Lim Boon Heng Cup, Singapore, 2009.
Two other records are believed to have been achieved under a British format known as the "high score rule", in which a player's tournament result is determined only by the player's own scores, and not by the differentials between that player's scores and the opponents'. Play in this system "encourages elaborate setups often independently mined | premium squares to orange for TW, red for DW, blue for DL, and green for TL, but the original premium square color scheme is still preferred for "Scrabble" boards used in tournaments.
In an English-language set, the game contains 100 tiles, 98 of which are marked with a letter and a point value ranging from 1 to 10. The number of points for each lettered tile is based on the letter's frequency in standard English; commonly used letters such as vowels are worth one point | 941 | triviaqa-train |
Who wrote the 1936 novel ‘Jamaica Inn’? | Jamaica Inn
Jamaica Inn is a traditional inn on Bodmin Moor in Cornwall, United Kingdom. Built as a coaching inn in 1750, and having an association with smuggling, it was the setting for Daphne du Maurier's 1936 novel "Jamaica Inn", which was made into the film "Jamaica Inn" in 1939 by Alfred Hitchcock.
Located just off the A30, near the middle of the moor close to the hamlet of Bolventor, it was used as a staging post for changing horses.
As well as | the wreckers.
By 1847, Francis Rodd of Trebartha Hall, who had been High Sheriff of Cornwall in 1845, was building a chapel at Bolventor to accommodate those who lived in the Jamaica Inn area. In 1865, Murray wrote that the inn was frequented in the winter by sportsmen and offered only rudimentary accommodations.
The current building still includes the extension of a coach house, stables and a tack room added in 1778. The inn was owned for a period by the novelist Alistair MacLean.
History The novel. | 942 | triviaqa-train |
What number is the title of singer Beyonceâs album, released in June 2011? | featured on her upcoming fourth album.
Personal life.
Reid resides in Toronto, Ontario. She went to St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic School for grades 9 to 11, and then attended Chinguacousy Secondary School through to graduation.
See also.
- The Next Star
External links.
- An Interview with Alyssa Reid | RA (album)
RA (stylized as R∆) is the second studio album by American singer-songwriter and record producer Simon Curtis. It was released independently on June 7, 2011. The album peaked at number 20 on the "Billboard" Dance/Electronic Albums chart.
Background and composition.
Curtis described "RA" as a "diary of where my mind has been during the past year of my life, dealing with deep betrayal, heartache, sex and the exploration of what lengths someone will go | 943 | triviaqa-train |
What is the sum, in degrees, of the angles in a triangle? | see Non-planar triangles, below). In rigorous treatments, a triangle is therefore called a "2-simplex" (see also Polytope). Elementary facts about triangles were presented by Euclid in books 1–4 of his "Elements", around 300 BC.
The sum of the measures of the interior angles of a triangle in Euclidean space is always 180 degrees. This fact is equivalent to Euclid's parallel postulate. This allows determination of the measure of the third angle of any triangle given the measure of two angles. | An "exterior angle" of a triangle is an angle that is a linear pair (and hence supplementary) to an interior angle. The measure of an exterior angle of a triangle is equal to the sum of the measures of the two interior angles that are not adjacent to it; this is the exterior angle theorem. The sum of the measures of the three exterior angles (one for each vertex) of any triangle is 360 degrees.
Basic facts Similarity and congruence.
Two triangles are said to be "similar | 944 | triviaqa-train |
What is the cube root of 512? | Cube root
In mathematics, a cube root of a number "x" is a number "y" such that "y" = "x". All real numbers, except zero, have exactly one real cube root and a pair of complex conjugate cube roots, and all nonzero complex numbers have three distinct complex cube roots. For example, the real cube root of 8, denoted , is 2, because 2 = 8, while the other cube roots of 8 are −1 + | , you will not quote Indian statistics with that assurance. The Government are very keen on amassing statistics – they collect them, add them, raise them to the nth power, take the cube root and prepare wonderful diagrams. But what you must never forget is that every one of these figures comes in the first place from the chowly dar [village watchman], who just puts down what he damn pleases.'"
Legacy.
The Labour politician Philip Snowden said of Cox: "There has been no member | 945 | triviaqa-train |
How many Wimbledon singles titles did US tennis player Billie Jean King win? | Rolex, which provides timekeeping technology during matches.
In 2009, Wimbledon's Centre Court was fitted with a retractable roof to lessen the loss of playing time due to rain. A roof was operational over No1 Court from 2019, when a number of other improvements were made, including adding cushioned seating and a table.
History.
History Beginning.
The All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club is a private club founded on 23 July 1868, originally as "The All England Croquet Club". Its first ground was | . Australian Open – Ken Rosewall
2. French Open – Andrés Gimeno
3. Wimbledon championships – Stan Smith
4. US Open – Ilie Năstase
- Grand Slam in tennis women's results:
1. Australian Open – Virginia Wade
2. French Open – Billie Jean King
3. Wimbledon championships – Billie Jean King
4. US Open – Billie Jean King (first player in Open Era to repeat as singles champion)
- Davis Cup – United States wins 3–2 over Romania in world | 946 | triviaqa-train |
How many cards are dealt to each player in a game of contract rummy? | in the year 1112, and the earliest known domino rules are from the following decade. 500 years later domino cards were reported as a new invention.
The first playing cards appeared in the 9th century during Tang-dynasty China.
The first reference to the card game in world history dates no later than the 9th century, when the "Collection of Miscellanea at Duyang", written by Tang Dynasty writer Su E, described Princess (daughter of Emperor Yizong of Tang) playing the "leaf game" with members | Indian Rummy
Indian Rummy (or Paplu) is a card game in India with little variation from original rummy. It may be considered a cross between Rummy 500 and gin rummy. Indian Rummy is a variant of the rummy game popular in India that involves making valid sets out of 13 cards that are distributed among every player on the table. Each player is dealt 52 cards initially; if number of players are 2, then 52 cards deck is chosen for the game and if there are 6 players, two decks of | 947 | triviaqa-train |
In computing, how many bits are in one byte? | or program.
The symbol for the binary digit is either simply "bit" per recommendation by the IEC 80000-13:2008 standard, or the lowercase character "b", as recommended by the IEEE 1541-2002 and IEEE Std 260.1-2004 standards. A group of eight binary digits is commonly called one byte, but historically the size of the byte is not strictly defined.
History.
The encoding of data by discrete bits was used in the punched cards invented by Basile Bouchon and Jean-Baptiste | following the death of Chairman Mao Zedong. Among the four was Mao's widow, Jiang Qing. Since then, many other political factions headed by four people have been called "Gangs of Four".
In computing.
- 0x04 is the ASCII code of the character "End of Transmission", which is abbreviated to EOT.
- Four bits (half a byte) are called a nybble
In science.
- A tetramer is a thing formed out of four sub-units.
In science In | 948 | triviaqa-train |
How may moons does the planet Mars have? | Moons of Mars
The two moons of Mars are Phobos and Deimos. Both were discovered by Asaph Hall in August 1877 and are named after the Greek mythological twin characters Phobos (panic/fear) and Deimos (terror/dread) who accompanied their father Ares into battle. Ares, god of war, was known to the Romans as Mars.
Compared to the Earth's Moon, the moons Phobos and Deimos are small. Phobos has a diameter of 22.2 km (13.8 mi) and a mass of 1.08 kg | This definition of double planet depends on the pair's distance from the Sun. If the Earth–Moon system happened to orbit farther away from the Sun than it does now, then Earth would win the tug of war. For example, at the orbit of Mars, the Moon's tug-of-war value would be 1.05. Also, several tiny moons discovered since Asimov's proposal would qualify as double planets by this argument. Neptune's small outer moons Neso and Psamathe, for example, have tug- | 949 | triviaqa-train |
How many colours are in the rainbow? | ]] is a matter of culture and historical contingency (although people everywhere have been shown to "perceive" colors in the same way). A common list identifies six main bands: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and violet. Newton's conception included a seventh color, [[indigo]], between blue and violet. It is possible that what Newton referred to as blue is nearer to what today is known as [[cyan]], and that indigo was simply the dark blue | and tools to produces 3D designs. There are various projects for readers to try, such as how to make textured book by layering fabrics onto cotton.
The book's introduction show Sage's passion for organza and the work she creates with it "For many years I have been totally beguiled by the delicate see-through nature of organza materials. I love the huge array of colours available; plain, shot and rainbow to mention a few. They continue to amaze me giving so many more colours by simply overlaying them | 950 | triviaqa-train |
How many wives did actor and film director Charlie Chaplin have? | of his birth, although Chaplin believed he was born at East Street, Walworth, in South London. His mother and father had married four years previously, at which time Charles Sr. became the legal guardian of Hannah's illegitimate son, Sydney John Hill. At the time of his birth, Chaplin's parents were both music hall entertainers. Hannah, the daughter of a shoemaker, had a brief and unsuccessful career under the stage name Lily Harley, while Charles Sr., a butcher's son, was a popular | the Hollywood premiere remarked, “The members of the cast were in the audience, which greeted my work with laughter and jeers and finally rioted. Many walked out, and so did I.”
In the aftermath of the film's brief showing, Arthur took steps to see that a print was smuggled into the home of actor-director-producer Charlie Chaplin, where it received a private viewing by the film star and associates Douglas Fairbanks, Sr., Mary Pickford and Joseph Schenck. Subsequently, The New York Times | 951 | triviaqa-train |
What is the title of the 1985 single by British musician Paul Hardcastle which has a strong anti-war message? | Paul Hardcastle
Paul Louis Hardcastle is a British composer, musician, producer, songwriter, radio presenter and multi-instrumentalist. He is best known for his song "19", which went to number 1 in the UK Singles Chart in 1985.
Career.
Born in Kensington in London in 1957, he is the son of Joyce ("née" Everett, 1930–1991) and Louis Hardcastle (1915–2000).
Hardcastle achieved some success with his early singles, including the 1984 electro-funk/freestyle/ | Keep on Pumpin' It
"Keep on Pumpin' It" is the title of a single creditably from British producer duo Visionmasters (Paul Taylor and Danny Hybrid) and DJ Tony King featuring vocals from Australian musician Kylie Minogue. The single consists two versions: the "Angelic Remix", which was mixed by Vision Masters, and the "Astral Flight Mix", which was mixed by producer Phil Harding.
It was written by Minogue, Mike Stock and Pete Waterman. It samples Freestyle Orchestra's "Keep On | 952 | triviaqa-train |
Pteridology is the study of which type of plants? | societies
- "Pteris vittata" (brake fern), used to absorb arsenic from the soil
- "Polypodium glycyrrhiza" (licorice fern), roots chewed for their pleasant flavor
- Tree ferns, used as building material in some tropical areas
- "Cyathea cooperi" (Australian tree fern), an important invasive species in Hawaii
- "Ceratopteris" "richardii", a model plant for teaching and research, often called C-fern
Culture.
Culture Pteridologist.
The study of ferns | a common ground cover. Tundra vegetation is absent, and steppe vegetation is mostly found at the base of Mt. Alkhanay and to the south.
The area provides a wide variety of plants with local medicinal and folk history. One study in 1996 identified 340 species of plants in the park, of which 180 had known uses in local folk practices, including Rose root, astragalus membranous (a type of milk vetch), Baikal skullcap, and many others. Some botanists estimate that there are 700 species of plants in the | 953 | triviaqa-train |
According to the Bible, what was the name of Noah’s second son? | Hebrew for "truth").
These three books are also the only ones in Tanakh with a special system of cantillation notes that are designed to emphasize parallel stichs within verses. However, the beginning and end of the book of Job are in the normal prose system.
Hebrew Bible Ketuvim The five scrolls ("Hamesh Megillot").
The five relatively short books of Song of Songs, Book of Ruth, the Book of Lamentations, Ecclesiastes and Book of Esther are collectively known as the "Hamesh Megillot" ( | Zerah
Zerah or Zérach ( / "sunrise" Standard Hebrew Zéraḥ / Záraḥ, Tiberian Hebrew Zéraḥ / Zāraḥ) refers to several different people in the Hebrew Bible.
An Edomite.
Zerah was the name of an Edomite chief. He was listed as the second son of Reuel, son of Basemath, who was Ishmael's daughter and one of the wives of Esau the brother of Jacob (Israel) (Genesis 36:13, 17).
Son of Tamar.
According to the Book of Genesis, Zerah | 954 | triviaqa-train |
The Greek national anthem has a total of how many verses (or stanzas)? | Hymn to Liberty
The "Hymn to Liberty" or "Hymn to Freedom" (, , also , ) is a poem written by Dionysios Solomos in 1823 that consists of 158 stanzas, which is used as the national anthem of Greece and Cyprus. It was set to music by Nikolaos Mantzaros, and is the longest national anthem in the world by length of text. In 1865, the first three stanzas (and later the first two) officially became the national anthem of Greece and, from 1966, also that | the end. The short version makes use of the first two stanzas only and repeats the last two verses of the second stanza. Usually, in sportive events among national teams, the short version is the one officially used (the original poem has three more stanzas that are not part of the anthem – which are added at the end).
Lyrics and translation In other alphabets.
Albanian has historically been written in a number of different alphabets.
Proposed state anthem of Romania.
During the Socialist era in Romania | 955 | triviaqa-train |
Port-of-Spain is the capital of which Caribbean republic? | [[File:Agostino Brunias - Linen Market, Dominica - Google Art Project.jpg|thumb|A linen market in [[Dominica]] in the 1770s]]
[[File:Agostino Brunias. Free Women of Color with Their Children and Servants in a Landscape, ca. 1770-1796.jpg|thumb|right|Agostino Brunias. Free Women of Color with Their Children and Servants in a Landscape [[Brooklyn Museum]]]]
[[File:East Indian Coolies in Trinidad - Project Gutenberg eText 16035.jpg|thumb|[[Indo-Trinidadian and Tobagonian|Asian Indians]] in | island of Trinidad and is part of a larger conurbation stretching from Chaguaramas in the west to Arima in the east with an estimated population of 600,000.
The city serves primarily as a retail and administrative centre and it has been the capital of the island since 1757. It is also an important financial services centre for the Caribbean and is home to two of the largest banks in the region.
Port of Spain was also the "de facto" capital of the short-lived West Indies Federation, which united the Caribbean | 956 | triviaqa-train |
Which famous British author used the pen name Mary Westmacott? | 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 | Mishkín-Qalam
Mírzá Ḥusayn-i-Isfahání (surnamed Mishkín-Qalam () meaning "musk-scented pen" or "jet-black pen"; 18261912) was a prominent Bahá'í and one of the nineteen Apostles of Bahá'u'lláh, as well as a famous calligrapher of 19th-century Persia. He is the author of a calligraphic rendering of the Greatest Name, used by Bahá'ís around the world.
Background.
Mishkín-Qalam was born in Shíráz but was a resident of Isfahán, which is where | 957 | triviaqa-train |
What are the names of Peter Rabbit’s sisters in ‘The Tale of Peter Rabbit’ by Beatrix Potter? | , particularly to Moore's eldest son Noel who was often ill. In September 1893, Potter was on holiday at Eastwood in Dunkeld, Perthshire. She had run out of things to say to Noel and so she told him a story about "four little rabbits whose names were Flopsy, Mopsy, Cottontail and Peter". It became one of the most famous children's letters ever written and the basis of Potter's future career as a writer-artist-storyteller.
In 1900, Potter revised her tale about the | as his sisters, Flopsy, Mopsy, and Cottontail live in a rabbit hole that has a human kitchen, human furniture, as well as a shop where Josephine sells various items. Peter's relatives are Cousin Benjamin Bunny and Benjamin's father, Mr. Bouncer Bunny.
Peter Rabbit was named after a pet rabbit whom Beatrix Potter had as a child, and whom she called Peter Piper. The first Peter Rabbit story, "The Tale of Peter Rabbit", was originally created in 1893 as a letter to Noel Moore | 958 | triviaqa-train |
Who wrote the novel ‘The Invisible Man’, published in 1897? | The Invisible Man
The Invisible Man is a science fiction novel by H. G. Wells. Originally serialized in "Pearson's Weekly" in 1897, it was published as a novel the same year. The Invisible Man of the title is Griffin, a scientist who has devoted himself to research into optics and invents a way to change a body's refractive index to that of air so that it neither absorbs nor reflects light and thus becomes invisible. He successfully carries out this procedure on himself, but fails in his attempt to | The Choir Invisible
The Choir Invisible is a novel by James Lane Allen published in 1897. A bestseller, it was the second-best selling book in the United States for 1897.
A poignant love story, it is set in Kentucky in 1795 and begins with a portion of the poem "Choir Invisible" by George Eliot. Though criticized for lacking depth, being full of digressions, and "artistically disappointing", it was his most popular novel. An 1897 review in "The Atlantic Monthly" faulted the | 959 | triviaqa-train |
In June 1914, Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Austria-Hungary throne, was assassinated in which Bosnian province? | Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, heir presumptive to the Austro-Hungarian throne, and Franz Ferdinand's wife Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg, occurred on 28 June 1914 in Sarajevo when they were mortally wounded by Gavrilo Princip. Princip was one of a group of six assassins (five Serbs and one Bosniak) coordinated by Danilo Ilić, a Bosnian Serb and a member of the Black Hand secret society. The political objective of the assassination was to break off Austria-Hungary's South | anger and resentment amongst the German population.
Background.
On 28 June 1914 the Bosnian-Serb Gavrilo Princip assassinated the heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary, Archduke Franz Ferdinand, in the name of Serbian nationalism. This caused a diplomatic crisis, resulting in Austria-Hungary declaring war on Serbia and sparking the First World War. Due to a variety of reasons, within weeks the major powers of Europe—divided into two alliances known as the Central Powers and the Triple Entente—went to war. As | 960 | triviaqa-train |
Which band’s 2007 album is entitled ‘Send Away the Tigers’? | Send Away the Tigers
Send Away the Tigers is the eighth studio album by Welsh alternative rock band Manic Street Preachers, released on 7 May 2007 by record label Columbia. It reached number 2 on the UK Albums Chart. The album was due to hit number 1 in the charts, but at the end of the week 690 copies separated the Manics from the Arctic Monkeys on the top spot.
Background.
The album is named after a phrase the English comedian Tony Hancock used to refer to "battling one's | afraid to say that."
The band's eighth studio album, "Send Away the Tigers", was released on 7 May 2007 on Columbia Records. It entered the official UK album charts at No. 2. Critical response to the album was largely positive, with some critics hailing the album as the band's best in a decade. A free download of a song entitled "Underdogs" from the album was made available through the group's website on 19 March 2007."
The first official single | 961 | triviaqa-train |
Who directed the 1987 film ‘Full Metal Jacket’? | describing it as "both powerful and frustratingly unengaged". Nathan felt that after leaving the opening act following the recruit training, the film becomes "bereft of purpose", but he summarized his review by calling it a "hardy Kubrickian effort that warms on you with repeated viewings". Nathan also praised Ermey's "staggering performance". Vincent Canby of "The New York Times" called it "harrowing, beautiful and characteristically eccentric". Canby echoed praise for Ermey, calling him "the film's stunning surprise | Storaro plays the cameraman by Coppola's side.
- R. Lee Ermey ("uncredited") as Helicopter Pilot, Ermey, who was himself a former drill instructor and Vietnam War veteran, would later star as Gunnery Sergeant Hartman in the 1987 film "Full Metal Jacket", another film set during the war.
Adaptation.
Although inspired by Joseph Conrad's "Heart of Darkness", the film deviates extensively from its source material. The novella, based on Conrad's experience as a steamboat captain in Africa | 962 | triviaqa-train |
King Zog was the monarch of which country? | Zog I of Albania
Zog I, King of the Albanians (, ; 8 October 18959 April 1961), born Ahmet Muhtar Zogolli, taking the surname Zogu in 1922, was the leader of Albania from 1922 to 1939. He first served as Prime Minister of Albania (1922–1924), then as President (1925–1928), and finally as the first and only King (1928–1939).
Background and early political career.
Zog was born as Ahmet Muhtar Zogolli in Burgajet Castle, near Burrel in the northern part | She studied at Yale University while the Yale School of deconstruction was in ascendence. Much of her work centered on social subordination, identity politics, literary theory, and deconstruction.
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- Peggy Kamuf: Kamuf is the Marion Frances Chevalier Professor of French and Professor of French and Comparative Literature at the University of Southern California. Kamuf’s principal research interests are in literary theory and contemporary French thought and literature. She has written extensively on the work of Jacques Derrida, Hélène Cixous, and Jean-Luc Nancy, and | 963 | triviaqa-train |
The magazine Marie Claire was first published in 1937 in which country? | Marie Claire
Marie Claire is an international monthly magazine first published in France in 1937, followed by the UK in 1941. Since then various editions are published in many countries and languages. The feature editions focuses on women around the world and several global issues. "Marie Claire" magazine also covers health, beauty, and fashion topics.
History.
"Marie Claire" was founded by Jean Prouvost and Marcelle Auclair. Its first issue appeared in 1937, and it was distributed each Wednesday until 1941 when it handed | (1954).
Auclair's first original publication was "Transparence", a book of original poetry in Spanish, published when she was 20 years old, and living in Santiago, Chile.
Another early publication, in French, was Auclair's novel, "Toya", published in 1927.
In 1937, Auclair and founded the fashion magazine "Marie Claire".
Auclair wrote many articles for "Marie Claire", extending over a period of several years. In "A History of Private Life | 964 | triviaqa-train |
Bridgeport is the largest city by population in which US state? | and Water streets in the 1760s. The area officially became known as Stratfield in 1695 or 1701, due to its location between the already existing towns of "Strat"ford and Fair"field". During the American Revolution, Newfield Harbor was a center of privateering.
History 19th century.
By the time of the State of Connecticut's ratification of the Articles of Confederation in 1781, many of the local farmers held shares in vessels trading at Newfield Harbor or had begun trading in their own name. Newfield initially expanded around the coasting trade | the New York-Newark-Bridgeport, NY-NJ-CT-PA Combined Statistical Area. A study by the Pew Research Center found that in 2013, New Jersey held the distinction of being the only U.S. state in which immigrants born in India composed the largest foreign-born nationality, representing approximately 10% of all foreign-born residents in the state.
Demographics New York City boroughs.
As the city proper with the largest Asian Indian population in the United States by a wide margin, with an estimated 227,994 | 965 | triviaqa-train |
In which year were women first allowed to participate in the Olympic Games? | Participation of women in the Olympics
The rate of participation of women in the Olympics has been increasing since their first participation in 1900. Some sports are uniquely for women, others are contested by both sexes, while some older sports remain for men only. Studies of media coverage of the Olympics consistently show differences in the ways in which women and men are described and the ways in which their performances are discussed. The representation of women on the International Olympic Committee has run well behind the rate of female participation, and it | ski jumping category. Women have always been banned from competing in the Ski Jumping Olympic Competitions since it became an official Olympic Sport in Chamonix Olympic Winter Games in 1924. The documentary states why and how the women decided to do sacrifices and were determined to be allowed to participate in 2014 Sochi's Olympic Winter Games and make their lifelong dream come true. Before they were included in 2014 Sochi's Olympic Winter Games, the women athletes from around the world could compete in national championships and the best among them had the opportunity to | 966 | triviaqa-train |
Army Day, the memorial day for the foundation of the People’s Liberation Army, is celebrated in China during which month of the year? | Dia de las Fuerzas Armadas de Bolivia") is marked on 7 August, the day after Independence Day, as it was the day in 1826 when Bolivia's first President, Antonio José de Sucre, officially gave his sanction to the creation of the Armed Forces of Bolivia.
Brazil.
In Brazil, the commemorative dates of the Armed Forces are as follows:
Marinha do Brasil (English: "Brazilian Navy"):
- 11 June – Data Magna da Marinha do Brasil (English: "Brazilian | the People's Liberation Army (PLA), and the state judicial, procuratorial, and penal systems. The Ministry of Public Security oversees all domestic police activity in China, including the People’s Armed Police Force. The ministry is responsible for police operations and prisons and has dedicated departments for internal political, economic, and communications security. Its lowest organizational units are public security stations, which maintain close day-to-day contact with the public. The People’s Armed Police Force, which sustains an estimated total strength of | 967 | triviaqa-train |
What is the title of the film in which Joaquin Phoenix plays country music legend Johnny Cash? | , an upbeat combination of blues and country music. The number two, three and four songs on "Billboard's" charts for that year were Elvis Presley, "Heartbreak Hotel"; Johnny Cash, "I Walk the Line"; and Carl Perkins, "Blue Suede Shoes" Thumper Jones (George Jones) Cash and Presley placed songs in the top 5 in 1958 with No. 3 "Guess Things Happen That Way/Come In, Stranger" by Cash, and No. 5 by Presley "Don't/ | the பசுமை தாயகம் -"Pasumai Thayagam" "(" meaning 'Green Motherland' ) movement, which has found wide acceptance among the people of the land. He is the party's Chief Minister Candidate for the 2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election.
- N.T. Shanmugam, Former Minister of State for Food Processing Industries. He has remained a member of the Lok Sabha from the Vellore constituency in Tamil Nadu in the 1998-99 elections.
- A.K. Moorthy, Former Union Minister. As a Member of Parliament of the 14th | 968 | triviaqa-train |
In which year was the Sydney Harbour Bridge officially opened? | of Public Works, the bridge was designed and built by British firm Dorman Long and Co Ltd of Middlesbrough and opened in 1932. The bridge's design was influenced by the Hell Gate Bridge in New York City. It is the sixth longest spanning-arch bridge in the world and the tallest steel arch bridge, measuring from top to water level. It was also the world's widest long-span bridge, at wide, until construction of the new Port Mann Bridge in Vancouver was completed in 2012.
The Sydney | of a project to move the abattoirs out of central Sydney, and to construct public abattoirs at Glebe Island. The first pile of the original bridge was driven in October 1860. The bridge was opened in 1862 and was a timber beam bridge long and wide with a swing section on the eastern side. It replaced a double steam punt crossing.
The second Glebe Island Bridge was an electrically operated swing bridge opened in 1903, the year after the opening of the new Pyrmont Bridge over Sydney's Darling Harbour, which has | 969 | triviaqa-train |
Which two countries jointly hosted the 2002 FIFA World Cup? | 2002 FIFA World Cup
The 2002 FIFA World Cup was the 17th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial world championship for men's national association football teams organized by FIFA. It was held from 31 May to 30 June 2002 at sites in South Korea and Japan, with its final match hosted by Japan at International Stadium in Yokohama.
A field of 32 teams qualified for this World Cup, which was the first to be held in Asia, the first to be held outside of the Americas or Europe, as well as | The next two World Cups were both held in Europe. The decision to hold the second of these in France was disputed, as the South American countries understood that the location would alternate between the two continents. Both Argentina and Uruguay thus boycotted the 1938 FIFA World Cup.
Since the 1958 FIFA World Cup, to avoid future boycotts or controversy, FIFA began a pattern of alternating the hosts between the Americas and Europe, which continued until the 1998 FIFA World Cup. The 2002 FIFA World Cup, hosted jointly by South | 970 | triviaqa-train |
Maslak is the commercial district of which European city? | Maslak
Maslak is one of the main business districts of Sarıyer, Istanbul, Turkey, located on the European side of the city. It was formerly an exclave of the municipality of Şişli, though being far north and actually closer to the municipalities of Sarıyer and Beşiktaş. Therefore, a legislation was approved by the Interior Commission of the Turkish Parliament on October 18, 2012, that shifted the jurisdiction of the Maslak district from Şişli to Sarıyer.
Maslak is in direct competition with the nearby Levent business district for new skyscraper | Sydney central business district
The Sydney City Centre (also Sydney Central Business District, Sydney CBD, and often referred to simply as "Town" or "the City") is the main commercial centre of Sydney, the state capital of New South Wales and the most populous city in Australia. It extends southwards for about from Sydney Cove, the point of first European settlement in which the Sydney region was initially established. Due to its pivotal role in Australia's early history, it is one of the oldest established areas | 971 | triviaqa-train |
The Sheffield Shield is competed for in which sport? | Sheffield Wednesday F.C.
Sheffield Wednesday Football Club is a professional association football club based in Sheffield, England. The team competes in the Championship, the second tier of the English football league system. Formed in 1867 as an offshoot of The Wednesday Cricket Club (itself formed in 1820), they went by the name of the Wednesday Football Club until changing to their current name in 1929.
Wednesday is one of the oldest football clubs in the world of any code, and the third-oldest professional association football club in | East of Scotland Shield
The East of Scotland Shield is a Scottish football trophy awarded by the East of Scotland Football Association. The only older cup competition in Scottish football is the Scottish Cup. The tournament is the third-oldest in world football still competed for annually, after the FA Cup and the Scottish Cup. The next oldest tournament in world football is the Sheffield and Hallamshire Senior Cup; the next oldest tournament in Scottish football is the Renfrewshire Cup.
The competition was initially known as the Edinburgh F.A. Cup. | 972 | triviaqa-train |
In mathematics, whose theorem states that the square on the hypotenuse of a right-angled triangle is equal in area to the sum of the squares on the other two sides? | Pythagorean theorem
In mathematics, the Pythagorean theorem, also known as Pythagoras' theorem, is a fundamental relation in Euclidean geometry among the three sides of a right triangle. It states that the area of the square whose side is the hypotenuse (the side opposite the right angle) is equal to the sum of the areas of the squares on the other two sides. This theorem can be written as an equation relating the lengths of the sides "a", "b" and "c", often called the | ", see here.
The altitude from either leg coincides with the other leg. Since these intersect at the right-angled vertex, the right triangle's orthocenter—the intersection of its three altitudes—coincides with the right-angled vertex.
Principal properties Pythagorean theorem.
The Pythagorean theorem states that:
In any right triangle, the area of the square whose side is the hypotenuse (the side opposite the right angle) is equal to the sum of the areas of the squares whose sides are the two | 973 | triviaqa-train |
Kopi Luwak coffee beans, the most expensive in the world, come from the dung of which animal, after it has partially digested the berries which contain the beans? | civet coffee spread from locals to Dutch plantation owners and soon became their favourite, yet because of its rarity and unusual process, the civet coffee was expensive even during the colonial era.
Production.
"Kopi" is the Indonesian word for coffee. "Luwak" is a local name of the Asian palm civet in Sumatra. Palm civets are primarily frugivorous, feeding on berries and pulpy fruits such as figs and palms. Civets also eat small vertebrates, insects, ripe fruits and seeds.
Producers of the coffee | . On the Eating of Flesh". Translated by Harold Cherniss, W. C. Helmbold. Loeb Classical Library No. 406. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 1957. Online version at Harvard University Press.
- Proclus, "Hymn to Athena" in "Sallust, On the gods and the world; and the Pythagoric sentences of Demophilus, translated from the Greek; and five hymns by Proclus, in the original Greek, with a poetical version. To which are added five hymns by the translator", | 974 | triviaqa-train |
Which English monarch was killed at the Battle of Bosworth in 1485? | beheaded. Nine days later Gloucester convinced Parliament to declare the marriage between Edward IV and Elizabeth illegal, rendering their children illegitimate and disqualifying them from the throne. With his brother's children out of the way, he was next in the line of succession and was proclaimed King Richard III on 26 June. The timing and extrajudicial nature of the deeds done to obtain the throne for Richard won him no popularity, and rumours that spoke ill of the new king spread throughout England. After they were declared bastards, the two princes | Moreover, the family of Edward IV, and the Edwardian loyalists, were naturally opposed to him, essentially dividing his Yorkist power base. A coup attempt failed in late 1483, but in 1485 Richard met Henry Tudor at the battle of Bosworth Field. During the battle, some of Richard's important supporters switched sides or withheld their retainers from the field. Richard himself was killed. He was the last of the Plantagenet kings, as well as the last English king to die in battle.
Henry Tudor declared himself king | 975 | triviaqa-train |
Habib Bourguiba became the first President of which North African country in 1957? | February 1931, where it was decided to found an endorsing committee to the newspaper of Chedly Khairallah, "La Voix du Tunisien", which switched from weekly to daily and has among its editors the young nationalist team.
Bourguiba multiplied his denunciations of the attempts aiming the Tunisian personality but also the beylical decree system and Europeans' advantages in his numerous articles in "L'Étendard tunisien" and "La Voix du Tunisien", claiming Tunisian access to all administrative positions. Soon, he described his own definition of the protectorate, | the 20th century, work by David, Brunhes and Mercanton showed that many rocks were magnetized antiparallel to the field. Japanese geophysicist Motonori Matuyama showed that the Earth's magnetic field reversed in the mid-Quaternary, a reversal now known as the Brunhes-Matuyama reversal.
The British physicist P.M.S. Blackett provided a major impetus to paleomagnetism by inventing a sensitive astatic magnetometer in 1956. His intent was to test his theory that the geomagnetic field was related to the Earth's rotation, a theory that he ultimately rejected; but the | 976 | triviaqa-train |
Which Charles Dickens novel was set during the Gordon riots? | : A Tale of the Riots of 'Eighty", as part of the "Master Humphrey's Clock" series (1840–41), were all published in monthly instalments before being made into books.
In the midst of all his activity during this period, there was discontent with his publishers and John Macrone was bought off, while Richard Bentley signed over all his rights in "Oliver Twist". Other signs of a certain restlessness and discontent emerged—in Broadstairs he flirted with Eleanor Picken, the young fiancée of his | Charles Dickens" (Gordon riots)
- "A Tale of Two Cities" by Charles Dickens (Set during the Terror in Paris)
- "Agraria and Urbania" by Gerrard Lilburne (Set during the European Seven Years' War, 1756-63)
- Richard Sharpe series by Bernard Cornwell (British Army in the Napoleonic Wars)
- Horatio Hornblower series by C. S. Forester (British navy in the Napoleonic Wars)
- Aubrey–Maturin series by Patrick O'Brian (British Navy in the Napoleonic Wars | 977 | triviaqa-train |
In the human body, what does dermal relate to? | receptors, among many others.
Composition Systems Integumentary system.
The integumentary system consists of the covering of the body (the skin), including hair and nails as well as other functionally important structures such as the sweat glands and sebaceous glands. The skin provides containment, structure, and protection for other organs, and serves as a major sensory interface with the outside world.
Composition Systems Lymphatic system.
The lymphatic system extracts, transports and metabolizes lymph, the fluid found in between cells. The lymphatic system is similar to the | are usually lower compared to those of BPA. Finally, BPS can get into the human body through dermal absorption from handling banknotes.
Environmental considerations.
Recent work suggests that, like BPA, BPS also has endocrine disrupting properties. What makes BPS, and BPA, endocrine disruptors is the presence of the hydroxy group on the benzene ring. This phenol moiety allows BPA and BPS to mimic estradiol. In a study of human urine, BPS was found in 81% of the samples tested. This percentage is comparable to | 978 | triviaqa-train |
Ricki Lake played the character Tracy Turnblad in which 1988 film? | Ricki Lake
Ricki Pamela Lake (born September 21, 1968) is an American actress, television presenter and producer. Lake is best known for her lead role as Tracy Turnblad in the 1988 film "Hairspray". She is also known for her talk show which was broadcast internationally from September 1993 until May 2004. When Lake's show debuted, she was 24 and credited as being the youngest person to host a syndicated talk show at the time. In autumn 2012, Lake embarked on a second syndicated talk show project | from the film during pre-production, although it is used by Shaiman as an instrumental number when the "Corny Collins" kids dance the "Stricken Chicken". A special version of "Mama" was recorded for the film's end credits in May 2007, during the final score recording process, which featured vocals from each of the three women most famous for portraying Tracy Turnblad: Ricki Lake from the 1988 film, Marissa Jaret Winokur from the original Broadway cast, and Nikki Blonsky from the 2007 film. Harvey Fierstein | 979 | triviaqa-train |
Which date is Groundhog Day in the USA? | , according to known records.
The earliest mention of Groundhog Day is an entry on February 2, 1840, in the diary of James L. Morris of Morgantown, in Pennsylvania Dutch Country, according to the book on the subject by Don Yoder. This was a Welsh enclave but the diarist was commenting on his neighbors who were of German stock.
History Punxsutawney beginnings.
The first reported news of a Groundhog Day observance was arguably made by the "Punxsutawney Spirit" newspaper of Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, in 1886: " | . If Phil does not see his shadow, he has predicted an "early spring." The date of Phil's prognostication is known as Groundhog Day in the United States and Canada, and has been celebrated since 1887. Punxsutawney Phil became an international celebrity thanks to the 1993 movie "Groundhog Day".
The people are recognizable from their top hats and tuxedos. The Vice President of the Inner Circle prepares two scrolls in advance of the actual ceremony, one proclaiming six more weeks of winter and one proclaiming an early | 980 | triviaqa-train |
Nairobi is the capital of which country? | Nairobi
Nairobi () is the capital and the largest city of Kenya. The name comes from the Maasai phrase "Enkare Nairobi", which translates to "cool water", a reference to the Nairobi River which flows through the city. The city proper had a population of 3,138,369 in the 2009 census, while the metropolitan area has a population of 6,547,547. The city is popularly referred to as the Green City in the Sun.
Nairobi was founded in 1899 by the colonial authorities in British East Africa, as | - Tan Lee Yu Gary (heats: 1:18.27, finals: 2:08.01)
- Men's 400 m Individual Medley - Lee Jiann Yow Lionel (heats: 4:41.11, finals: 4:32.58)
- Women's 100 m Butterfly - Tao Li (heats: 1:04.15, finals: 1:01.53)
- Women's 200 m Butterfly - Bernardette Lee (heats: 2:20.02, finals: 2:18.81)
- Women's 400 m Freestyle - Quah Ting Wen (heats: 4:26.98, finals: 4:24.75)
- Women's 400 m | 981 | triviaqa-train |
Which singer plays Chicago police officer Sharon Pogue in the 2001 film ‘Angel Eyes’? | Angel Eyes (film)
Angel Eyes is a 2001 American romantic drama film directed by Luis Mandoki and starring Jennifer Lopez, Jim Caviezel, and Jeremy Sisto. Written by Gerald Di Pego, the film is about a mysterious man who finds himself drawn to a female police officer with whom he forms a relationship that helps each to deal with trauma from their past. The original music score was composed by Marco Beltrami. The film received ALMA Award Nominations for Outstanding Actress (Jennifer Lopez) and Outstanding Director (Luis Mandoki) | .
Plot.
On a wet rainy night in Chicago, police officer Sharon Pogue is at the scene of a serious traffic accident holding the hand of one of the victims, pleading that he hold on and not give up. One year later, Sharon is frustrated with the men she dates, and has become estranged from her family for having her father arrested for beating her mother Josephine. Her father and brother, Larry, have never forgiven her, and her anger is affecting her police work.
A man | 982 | triviaqa-train |
Abdul Aziz Ibn Saud was the first king of which Asian state? | Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia, officially the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, is a sovereign state in Western Asia constituting the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula. With a land area of approximately , Saudi Arabia is geographically the largest sovereign state in the Middle East, the second-largest in the Arab world (after Algeria), the fifth-largest in Asia, and the 12th-largest in the world. Saudi Arabia is bordered by Jordan and Iraq to the north, Kuwait to the northeast, Qatar, Bahrain, and the | gravestone can still be seen. In 1952, Abdul Aziz ibn Saud imposed a total ban on alcohol in his kingdom.
Mrs Dorothy Ousman left Jeddah quietly, accepting Ibn Saud compensation, on which she lives, in retirement in South Africa. Mishari was sentenced to life imprisonment and put in prison, saved from the death penalty by his royal status. Mishari was released afterwards during the reign of late King Saud bin Abdul Aziz. | 983 | triviaqa-train |
Gallipoli is in which European country? | to Gallipoli from the Crimean Peninsula. From there, many went to European countries, such as Yugoslavia, where they found refuge. A stone monument was erected and a special "Gallipoli cross" was created to commemorate the soldiers, who stayed in Gallipoli. The stone monument was destroyed during an earthquake, but in January 2008 reconstruction of the monument had begun with the consent of the Turkish government.
History Turkish Republic.
Between 1923 and 1926 Gallipoli became the centre of Gelibolu Province, comprising the districts of Gelibolu, Eceabat | Diocesan Museum of Gallipoli
The diocesan museum of Gallipoli is located in Gallipoli and is run by the Diocese of Nardò-Gallipoli.
Description.
The diocesan museum of Gallipoli was officially inaugurated on July 12, 2004 through an initiative by the Italian Episcopal Conference "(Conferenza Episcopale Italiana, CEI)", the Diocese of Nardò-Gallipoli, and the community of the Cathedral Basilica of Saint Agatha of Gallipoli, with assistance from the European Union and the Italian region of Apulia. The idea to open a diocesan museum | 984 | triviaqa-train |
Which English sailor made the first solo voyage around the world by the clipper route? | trade route. However, it remains the fastest sailing route around the world, and so the growth in recreational long-distance sailing has brought about a revival of sailing on the route.
The first person to attempt a high-speed circumnavigation of the clipper route was Francis Chichester. Chichester was already a notable aviation pioneer, who had flown solo from London to Sydney, and also a pioneer of single-handed yacht racing, being one of the founders of the Single-Handed Trans-Atlantic Race (the " | Beagle: In Darwin's wake
Beagle: In het kielzog van Darwin (English: "Beagle: In Darwin's wake") was a Dutch-Flemish television series from 2009 and 2010 initiated by the VPRO in collaboration with Teleac (Dutch educational broadcaster) and Canvas to commemorate the 150th anniversary of Charles Darwin's "On the Origin of Species". The series is centered on an 8-month voyage around the world on board of the clipper Stad Amsterdam which follows the route of the five-year-long voyage of | 985 | triviaqa-train |
Blenheim Palace is in which English county? | Blenheim Palace
Blenheim Palace (pronounced ) is a monumental country house in Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England. It is the principal residence of the Dukes of Marlborough, and the only non-royal, non-episcopal country house in England to hold the title of palace. The palace, one of England's largest houses, was built between 1705 and 1722, and designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1987.
The palace is named for the 1704 Battle of Blenheim, and thus ultimately after Blindheim (also known | Chinese language tours of nearby Blenheim Palace. Tourists who do not want to pay to visit Blenheim are dropped off in Kidlington, which they find charming, but which tour operators select because it is too far from Blenheim to enable tourists to walk to the Palace and pay the cheaper £25 price for public tours in English.
Railways.
Kidlington railway Station was opened as Woodstock Road Station, on the Great Western Railway, near Langford Lane in 1852 and was designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel. The Great Western Railway added | 986 | triviaqa-train |
The Bledisloe Cup is contested in Rugby Union between which two nations? | begun. 1883 is also the year of the first rugby sevens tournament, the Melrose Sevens, which is still held annually.
Two important overseas tours took place in 1888: a British Isles team visited Australia and New Zealand—although a private venture, it laid the foundations for future British and Irish Lions tours; and the 1888–89 New Zealand Native football team brought the first overseas team to British spectators.
During the early history of rugby union, a time before commercial air travel, teams from different continents rarely met | 1998 Tri Nations Series
The 1998 Tri Nations Series was contested from 11 July to 22 August between the Australia, New Zealand and South Africa national rugby union teams. The Springboks won the tournament.
Australia won the Bledisloe Cup, which New Zealand had won for the 3 previous years. The two Tri-Nations tests gave it a winning 2-0 lead. (It went on to make it 3-0 in the third test which came after the Tri-Nations.)
External links.
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Who played detective Virgil Tibbs in the 1967 film ‘In the Heat of the Night’? | In the Heat of the Night (film)
In the Heat of the Night is a 1967 American mystery drama film directed by Norman Jewison. It is based on John Ball's 1965 novel of the same name and tells the story of Virgil Tibbs, a black police detective from Philadelphia, who becomes involved in a murder investigation in a small town in Mississippi. It stars Sidney Poitier and Rod Steiger, and was produced by Walter Mirisch. The screenplay was by Stirling Silliphant.
The film won five Academy Awards, | In the Heat of the Night (TV series)
In the Heat of the Night is an American drama television series based on the 1967 film and the 1965 novel of the same title. It starred Carroll O'Connor as police chief William Gillespie and Howard Rollins as police detective Virgil Tibbs, and was broadcast on NBC from March 6, 1988 until May 19, 1992, then on CBS from October 28, 1992 until May 16, 1995. Its executive producers were Fred Silverman, Juanita Bartlett and O'Connor.
Premise. | 988 | triviaqa-train |
During which year did the UK television series ‘Emmerdale Farm’ change its title to ‘Emmerdale’? | Emmerdale
Emmerdale (known as Emmerdale Farm until 1989) is a British soap opera set in Emmerdale (known as Beckindale until 1994), a fictional village in the Yorkshire Dales. Created by Kevin Laffan, "Emmerdale Farm" was first broadcast on 16 October 1972. Produced by ITV Yorkshire, it has been filmed at their Leeds studio since its inception. The programme is broadcast in every ITV region.
The series originally aired during the afternoon until 1978, when it was moved to an early-evening prime time | since then, it has been broadcast year-round. This was a change which occurred around the same time as the show was renamed from Emmerdale Farm to Emmerdale.
1972–1987.
From 1977 the series moved out of Daytime, with the majority of ITV regions choosing to accommodate the programme in the 19:00 Tuesday and Thursday slot.
Anglia Television, Grampian Television, Thames Television and Westward Television preferred 17:15 slot, with the days sometime changing. Scottish Television broadcast Emmerdale twice a week at different times and days, with | 989 | triviaqa-train |
Who wrote the poem ‘ The Ballad of Reading Gaol’? | The Ballad of Reading Gaol
The Ballad of Reading Gaol is a poem by Oscar Wilde, written in exile in Berneval-le-Grand, after his release from Reading Gaol () on 19 May 1897. Wilde had been incarcerated in Reading after being convicted of gross indecency with other men in 1895 and sentenced to two years' hard labour in prison.
During his imprisonment, on Tuesday, 7 July 1896, a hanging took place. Charles Thomas Wooldridge had been a trooper in the Royal Horse Guards. He | "My position is curious," Wilde epigrammatised, "I am not a Catholic: I am simply a violent Papist."
In his poem "Ballad of Reading Gaol", Wilde wrote:
Notable deathbed conversions Wallace Stevens.
The poet Wallace Stevens is said to have been baptized a Catholic during his last days suffering from stomach cancer. This account is disputed, particularly by Stevens's daughter, Holly, and critic, Helen Vendler, who, in a letter to James Wm. Chichetto, thought Fr. | 990 | triviaqa-train |
Which British industrialist was the maternal grandfather of naturalist Charles Darwin? | with captain Robert FitzRoy, emphasising that this was a position for a gentleman rather than "a mere collector". The ship was to leave in four weeks on an expedition to chart the coastline of South America. Robert Darwin objected to his son's planned two-year voyage, regarding it as a waste of time, but was persuaded by his brother-in-law, Josiah Wedgwood II, to agree to (and fund) his son's participation. Darwin took care to remain in a private capacity to retain | Sir Thomas Barlow, 3rd Baronet
Commodore Sir Thomas Erasmus Barlow, 3rd Baronet (23 January 1914 – 12 October 2003) was an officer in the Royal Navy.
Biography.
Barlow was the eldest son of the Sir Alan Barlow, 2nd Bt, and his wife Nora Darwin. His younger brother was the visual neuroscientist Horace Barlow. His maternal grandfather was Horace Darwin, and amongst his great-grandfathers were the naturalist Charles Darwin, the statistician and civil servant Thomas Farrer, 1st Baron Farrer, and the royal | 991 | triviaqa-train |
Which circle of latitude divides the Earth’s Southern and Northern Hemispheres? | Northern Hemisphere
The Northern Hemisphere is the half of Earth that is north of the Equator. For other planets in the Solar System, north is defined as being in the same celestial hemisphere relative to the invariable plane of the solar system as Earth's North Pole.
Owing to the Earth's axial tilt, winter in the Northern Hemisphere lasts from the December solstice (typically December 21 UTC) to the March equinox (typically March 20 UTC), while summer lasts from the June solstice through to the September equinox ( | depressions are opposed, the eastern part of the northern hemisphere and the western part of the southern hemisphere, in this case.
Finally, fortnightly and semi-annual tides have "zonal" deformations (constant along a circle of latitude), as the Moon or Sun gravitation is directed alternately away from the northern and southern hemispheres due to tilt. There is zero vertical displacement at 35°16' latitude.
Since these displacements affect the vertical direction east-west and north-south variations are often tabulated in milliarcseconds | 992 | triviaqa-train |
In which European country is Lake Pielinen? | Pielinen
Pielinen is the fourth largest lake of Finland, with a drainage basin area of that is equally distributed between eastern Finland and Russia. The creation of the lake and its outlet is attributed to a post-glacial isostatic rebound, which resulted in uplift of the land. As is common in Finnish lakes, the water color of the lake is dark on account of the high proportion of bogs present in the catchment of the drainage basin that drains humic substances.
Pielinen Lake is in the northernmost part of Karelia, | is lake Pielinen. There is species as perch, grayling, pike, lake salmon, whitefish, lake trout in the lake Pielinen. It is possible to do fishing with a licence what can be bought from shops.
There is three hiking areas in Nurmes:
- Raesärkkä area consists of a 5.9 km² protected forest and a 1.2 km² recreational forest. It has a grazing field, marshes, lakes and rivers.
- Mujejärvi area consists of a 20 km² hiking area with cliffs, ridges, gorges and lakes | 993 | triviaqa-train |
In the British royal family, who did Prince Andrew marry in 1986? | ) in the Royal Navy, in which he served as an active-duty helicopter pilot and instructor and as the captain of a warship. He saw active service during the Falklands War, flying on multiple missions including anti-surface warfare, Exocet missile decoy, and casualty evacuation.
In 1986, Prince Andrew married Sarah Ferguson; the couple's marriage, separation and eventual divorce in 1996 attracted a high level of media coverage. As well as carrying out various official engagements, he served as Britain's Special Representative for | .
The British monarchy asserts that the name "Mountbatten-Windsor" is used by members of the Royal Family who do not have a surname, when a surname is required. For example, Prince Andrew, Duke of York, and Anne, Princess Royal, children of the Queen, used the surname "Mountbatten-Windsor" in official marriage registry entries in 1986 and 1973 respectively. Likewise, Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, used the name when filing a French lawsuit related to the topless pictures of his wife | 994 | triviaqa-train |
The 1972 film ‘The Man of La Mancha’ is based on which fictional character? | , and a manuscript by Cervantes is seized by his fellow inmates, who subject him to a mock trial in order to determine whether the manuscript should be returned. Cervantes' defense is in the form of a play, in which Cervantes takes the role of Alonso Quijano, an old gentleman who has lost his mind and now believes that he should go forth as a knight-errant. Quijano renames himself Don Quixote de La Mancha, and sets out to find adventures with his "squire", Sancho Panza.
Cast | businessman, former president of FC Barcelona
- Ricardo Carrasco (born 1965), Chilean photographer
- Rocío Carrasco (born 1977), Spanish television presenter and businesswoman
- Servando Carrasco (born 1988), American soccer player
- Yannick Carrasco (born 1993), Belgian footballer
Fictional characters:
- Dr. Sanson Carrasco, character in a play within "Man of La Mancha"
- Juan Carrasc, character in the 1964 film "The Outrage" | 995 | triviaqa-train |
Goodwood Race Course is in which English county? | Goodwood Racecourse
Goodwood Racecourse is a horse-racing track five miles north of Chichester, West Sussex, in England controlled by the family of the Duke of Richmond, whose seat is nearby Goodwood House. It hosts the annual Glorious Goodwood meeting in late July and early August, which is one of the highlights of the British flat racing calendar, and is home to three of the UK's 36 annual Group 1 flat races, the Sussex Stakes, the Goodwood Cup and the Nassau Stakes. Although the race meeting has become | since expanded into Surrey, since 1920. In horse racing, Sussex is home to Goodwood, Fontwell Park, Brighton and Plumpton. The All England Jumping Course show jumping facility at Hickstead is situated north of Brighton and Hove.
In Arlington, near Eastbourne, the local stadium is home to the Eastbourne Eagles speedway team, who race in the UK's top flight of speedway, the Elite League. Stock Car racing is also held at the same venue.
Culture Cuisine.
The historic county is known for its " | 996 | triviaqa-train |
What is the name of the village fishmonger in the ‘Asterix’ series of cartoons? | which are puns on their roles or personalities, and which follow certain patterns specific to nationality. Certain rules are followed (most of the time) such as Gauls (and their neighbours) having an "-ix" suffix for the men and ending in "-a" for the women; for example, Chief Vitalstatistix (so called due to his portly stature) and his wife Impedimenta (often at odds with the chief). The male Roman names end in "-us", echoing Latin nominitive male singular form, as | Oise amber which was discovered in 1997 at Quesnoy, near the Oise River in Northern France. The type specimen is currently preserved in the entomology department of the French Muséum national d'histoire naturelle. "Ordralfabetix" was first studied by Jacek Szwedo of the Muséum with his 2011 type description for the genus and species being published in the journal "Zootaxa". The generic name was coined by Szwedo in reference to The Adventures of Asterix character Ordralfabetix, the village fishmonger. The etymology of the specific epithet "sirophatanis" is a combination | 997 | triviaqa-train |
The ‘Senior Service’ is the nickname for which of the British Armed Forces? | ' War, the Napoleonic Wars, the Crimean War, the First World War, and the Second World War. Repeatedly emerging victorious from conflicts has allowed Britain to establish itself as one of the world's leading military and economic powers.
Today, the British Armed Forces consist of: the Royal Navy, a blue-water navy with a fleet of 75 commissioned ships, together with the Royal Marines, a highly specialised amphibious light infantry force; the British Army, the UK's principal land warfare branch; and the | muslin cloth which is tied round the bowl. This is placed in a covered saucepan and steamed for about four hours or until the pudding is cooked. Some recipes then stipulate making a small opening in the top and pouring rich stock into the pudding ten minutes before serving.
Nickname.
In the slang of the British Armed Forces and some parts of North West England, the puddings are called "babies' heads".
See also.
- Steak and kidney pie
- List of beef dishes
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Who is the lead singer of British rock group The Arctic Monkeys? | Arctic Monkeys
Arctic Monkeys are an English rock band formed in Sheffield in 2002. The group consists of Alex Turner (lead vocals, guitar, piano), Matt Helders (drums, vocals), Jamie Cook (guitar, keyboards) and Nick O'Malley (bass guitar, backing vocals). Former band member Andy Nicholson (bass guitar, backing vocals) left the band in 2006 shortly after their debut album was released.
They have released six studio albums: "Whatever People Say I Am, That's What | , while talent show contestants were one of the major forces in pop music, British soul maintained and even extended its high profile with figures like Joss Stone, Amy Winehouse and Adele, while a new group of singer/songwriters, including KT Tunstall and James Blunt, achieved international success and to rock bands such as Arctic Monkeys, Coldplay and Bring Me the Horizon. New forms of dance music emerged, fusing hip hop with garage to form grime. There was also a revival of garage rock and post punk, which when | 999 | triviaqa-train |
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