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Who is the Vice President of the USA ? | 29. During his first year in office (through January 24, 2018), Mike Pence cast eight tie breaking votes; his predecessor, Joe Biden, did not cast any during his eight years in office.
As the framers of the Constitution anticipated that the vice president would not always be available to fulfil this responsibility, the Constitution provides that the Senate may elect a president pro tempore (or "president for a time") in order to maintain the proper ordering of the legislative process. In practice, since | - Form partnerships with other professional societies
Legal Structure and Board.
The Society on Sarcopenia, Cachexia and Wasting Disorders is a non-profit scientific organization (501 c3) registered in the United States of America and Switzerland. The president is Prof. Stefan Anker, Germany who is also vice-president of the European Society of Cardiology, the Vice-president is Dr. John Morley, USA and the treasurer is Prof. Andrew J. Coats, United Kingdom who particularly investigated cardiac cachexia at an early stage.The Board is | 2,100 | triviaqa-train |
In which English couny are the towns of Reading and Maidenhead ? | Maidenhead
Maidenhead is a large market town in Berkshire, England, on the south-western bank of the River Thames. With an estimated population of 67,441, Maidenhead is the largest town in the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead. The town is situated west of Charing Cross, London, northeast of the county town of Reading, southeast of Oxford, east-south-east of Henley-on-Thames and northwest of Windsor.
History.
The antiquary John Leland claimed that the area around Maidenhead's present | Towns.
There are no cities in the county with instead a relatively dense proportion of towns: Reading and Slough are the largest. Both large towns are home to universities and each has three railway stations.
- Ascot
- Bracknell
- Crowthorne
- Earley
- Eton
- Hungerford
- Maidenhead
- Newbury
- Reading
- Sandhurst
- Slough
- Thatcham
- Windsor
- Wokingham
- Woodley
Civil parishes.
The following list of civil parishes is compiled from | 2,101 | triviaqa-train |
Even though he only lasted for three weeks, who succeeded Adolph Hitler as President of Germany in 1945 ? | to avoid capture.
On 30 April 1945, Soviet troops were within a block or two of the Reich Chancellery when Hitler shot himself in the head and Braun bit into a cyanide capsule. Their bodies were carried outside to the garden behind the Reich Chancellery, where they were placed in a bomb crater, doused with petrol, and set on fire as the Red Army shelling continued. Grand Admiral Karl Dönitz and Joseph Goebbels assumed Hitler's roles as head of state and chancellor respectively.
Berlin surrendered on 2 May. Records | attempt by bombing on Adolf Hitler at his headquarters of Wolf's Lair, which killed four and wounded Hitler himself. The court's prosecution employed torture methods such as thumb screwing and mechanical stretching devices on the accused, who were subsequently sentenced to death after a brief trial and executed by hanging on 9 April 1945, only around two weeks before the camp's liberation. Otto Thorbeck later testified that the conspiracy trials lasted three hours under Huppenkothen's direction and that he shouted the accusation at them, then permitted a brief answer period | 2,102 | triviaqa-train |
Which film, released in 1969 and starring Dustin Hoffman is unique in the fact that it was the first X-rated film ever to win best picture Oscar ? | Award in 2012.
Hoffman first drew critical praise for starring in the play, "Eh?", for which he won a Theatre World Award and a Drama Desk Award. His breakthrough film role was as Benjamin Braddock in critically acclaimed and iconic "The Graduate" (1967). Since that time, Hoffman's career has largely been focused on the cinema, with sporadic returns to television and to the stage. Hoffman's films include "Midnight Cowboy", "Little Big Man", "Papillon", | was Sophia Loren when she won for "Two Women" in 1961. Best Actor winner Dustin Hoffman was the fifth person to win the aforementioned category twice. Sigourney Weaver became the fifth performer to receive two acting nominations in the same year but did not win in either category. John Lasseter and William Reeves won Best Animated Short Film for "Tin Toy", which was Pixar's first Oscar ever and was the first CGI film to win an Oscar.
Winners and nominees Awards.
Winners are listed first, highlighted in | 2,103 | triviaqa-train |
First written in 1950, who was the author of the children's book series 'Jennings', a schoolboy who resides at Linbury Court Prep School ? | Jennings (novel series)
The Jennings series is a collection of novels written by Anthony Buckeridge (1912–2004), as children's literature, and concern the humorous escapades of J.C.T. Jennings, a schoolboy at Linbury Court preparatory school in England. There are 24 novels in the series, excluding reprints and other material. The first of the series, Jennings Goes to School, appeared in 1950, and new titles were published regularly until the mid-1970s (including "Jennings at Large", published in 1977, the only novel to | did not take a degree after failing Latin. With a young family to support, Buckeridge found himself teaching in Suffolk and Northamptonshire which provided further experiences to inform his later work. During World War II Buckeridge was called up as a fireman and wrote several plays for the stage before returning to teaching in Ramsgate.
He used to tell his pupils stories about the fictional Jennings (based however on an old schoolfellow Diarmid Jennings), a prep schoolboy boarding at Linbury Court Preparatory School, under headmaster Mr Pemberton-Oakes. | 2,104 | triviaqa-train |
Usually affecting the big toe, Podagra is an alternative name for which medical condition ? | Gout
Gout is a form of inflammatory arthritis characterized by recurrent attacks of a red, tender, hot, and swollen joint. Pain typically comes on rapidly, reaching maximal intensity in less than 12 hours. The joint at the base of the big toe is affected in about half of cases. It may also result in tophi, kidney stones, or urate nephropathy.
Gout is due to persistently elevated levels of uric acid in the blood. This occurs from a combination of diet, other health problems, and genetic | Hammer toe
A hammer toe or contracted toe is a deformity of the muscles and ligaments of the proximal interphalangeal joint of the second, third, or fourth toe causing it to be bent, resembling a hammer. In the early stage a flexible hammertoe is movable at the joints; a rigid hammertoe joint can't be moved and usually requires surgery.
Mallet toe is a similar condition affecting the distal interphalangeal joint.
Claw toe is another similar condition, with dorsiflexion of the proximal phalanx on the lesser metatarsophalangeal joint, | 2,105 | triviaqa-train |
Which film, released in 1973 and featuring the main characters called Henry Shaw Gondorff and Johnny Kelly Hooker won the award for best picture in 1974 ? | seek out an old friend, Henry Gondorff, in Chicago to teach him "the big con". Unfortunately, their victim was a numbers racket courier for vicious crime boss Doyle Lonnegan. Corrupt Joliet police Lieutenant William Snyder confronts Hooker, revealing Lonnegan's involvement and demanding part of Hooker's cut. Having already spent his share, Hooker pays Snyder in counterfeit bills. Lonnegan's men murder both the courier and Luther, and Hooker flees for his life to Chicago.
Hooker finds Henry Gondorff, a once-great con | and are totally different from the two characters in the original." Furthermore, the first names of the two lead characters have changed: Henry Gondorff has become Fargo Gondorff, and Johnny Hooker has become Jake Hooker.
- However, characters in this film make specific references to events in the first film (the entire plot is driven by Lonnegan's desire to avenge his losses to Gondorff and Hooker in the first film), which would indicate this film was meant to be a direct sequel.
Songs.
- | 2,106 | triviaqa-train |
First appearing in 1915 in a story entitled Extricating Young Gussie and finally in a 1974 novel entitled Aunts Aren't Gentlemen what is the more famous name of this character, he had the christian name Reginald and his occupation is described as being either a valet or varlet ? | Extricating Young Gussie
"Extricating Young Gussie" is a short story by British comic writer P. G. Wodehouse. It was first published in the United States in the 18 September 1915 issue of "The Saturday Evening Post", and in the United Kingdom in the January 1916 edition of "The Strand Magazine". It was included in the collection "The Man with Two Left Feet" (1917).
The story features the first appearance of two of Wodehouse's most popular and enduring characters, the impeccable valet Jeeves | Percy Craye, Earl of Worplesdon appear in the stories.
Aside from Aunts Dahlia and Agatha, Bertie Wooster's father had other siblings. In "Extricating Young Gussie", Bertie's Uncle Cuthbert is described as the "late head of the family", but it is said his son Gussie has no title; Cuthbert's widow is Bertie's Aunt Julia. Another uncle is Uncle Willoughby, upon whom Bertie is initially financially dependent. One of Bertie's uncles, the late Henry Wooster, was the husband of Bertie | 2,107 | triviaqa-train |
Even though he only lasted six months before he was assassinated, who succeeded Franco as Prime Minister of Spain in 1973 ? | Spanish miracle", abandoning autarky and pursuing economic liberalization, delegating authority to the technocrats of the Opus Dei, leading to massive economic growth.
The Francoist dictatorship continued to soften over time and Luis Carrero Blanco became "éminence grise", controlling the day-to-day operations of the government, which only intensified with Franco showing symptoms of Parkinson's disease in the 1960's. The introduction of the Organic Law in 1966 limited and clearly defined Franco's powers and officially created the office of Prime Minister. In 1973 | . The same year he was also Minister without portfolio. Lozi was a member of the Senate of Jordan between 1965 and 1967. In 1967 he was named Minister for Municipal Affairs.
An appointment to Minister of Finance followed in 1970. He started serving as Prime Minister of Jordan from 29 November 1971. He succeeded Wasfi al-Tal who had been assassinated the day before by the Black September Organization. He stayed on as Prime Minister until 1973, he became ill in May and resigned on 26 May 1973. | 2,108 | triviaqa-train |
First seen in 1926, the series of books entitled The Hardy Boys were published under the collective pseudonym of which author ? | The Hardy Boys
The Hardy Boys, Frank and Joe Hardy, are fictional characters who appear in several mystery series for children and teens. The series revolves around the teenagers acting as amateur sleuths, solving cases that stumped their adult counterparts. The characters were created by American writer Edward Stratemeyer, the founder of book-packaging firm Stratemeyer Syndicate; the books themselves are written by ghostwriters under the collective pseudonym Franklin W. Dixon.
The Hardy Boys have evolved since their debut in 1927. Beginning in 1959, the books were | Nancy Drew
Nancy Drew is a fictional character, a sleuth in an American mystery series created by publisher Edward Stratemeyer as the female counterpart to his Hardy Boys series. The character first appeared in 1930. The books are ghostwritten by a number of authors and published under the collective pseudonym Carolyn Keene. Over the decades, the character evolved in response to changes in US culture and tastes. The books were extensively revised and shortened, beginning in 1959, in part to lower printing costs with arguable success. In the revision process | 2,109 | triviaqa-train |
Which Englishman was the very first footballer to score a goal for Manchester United in a European Cup Final, the year in question being 1968 ? | Mourinho appointed in his place on 27 May, signing a three-year contract. That season, United finished in sixth place while winning the EFL Cup for the fifth time and the Europa League for the first time, as well as the FA Community Shield for a record 21st time in Mourinho's first competitive match in charge. Despite not finishing in the top four, United qualified for the Champions League through their Europa League win. Wayne Rooney scored his 250th goal with United, surpassing Sir Bobby Charlton as United's all | " and "European Footballer of the Year" into the competition.
In 1968, Manchester United reached the European Cup final, ten seasons after Munich. Even though other clubs had taken part in the competition in the intervening decade, the team which got to this final was still the first English side to do so. On a highly emotional night at Wembley, Charlton scored twice in a 4–1 win after extra time against Benfica and, as United captain, lifted the trophy.
During the early 1970s, Manchester United | 2,110 | triviaqa-train |
Which stage musical, with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwarz, was first seen in 2003 and features the songs 'Defying Gravity', 'I'm not that Girl' and 'As long as you're mine' ? | on leitmotifs established earlier in the show, and then "raises the stakes" by lifting her voice up an octave and physically lifting her up on a cherry picker, embodying the first time the audience sees her as The Wicked Witch of the West. The dramatic conclusion of the song features a "loud, screamy" climax of “bring me down” followed by a vocal riff that, according to Vulture, has the potential to destroy the performer's vocal chords. Due to the song's difficulty, it is achievable | comes from the lyrics of "If Ever I Could Love" ("Your heart and mine tonight are defying gravity"), a phrase that Urban said "really defined the joyous, optimistic and uplifting spirit that seemed to show itself while making the album." The track "I'm In" was previously recorded by Radney Foster (as a duet with Abra Moore) on his 1998 album "See What You Want to See" and later by The Kinleys in 2000 from their album "II". Both Foster | 2,111 | triviaqa-train |
Which stage musical, with music and lyrics by Richard and Robert Sherman, was first seen in 2002 and features the songs 'Come to the funfair', 'Kiddy Widdy Winkies' and 'The Bombie Samba' ? | cold, futurist milieus of movies like 'Modern Times' and 'Metropolis,' in which machines rule the universe" and featured songs that sounded "not unlike what you might hear in sing-along hour in a pre-K class". The production was again directed by Adrian Noble with choreography by Gillian Lynne and starred Raúl Esparza (Caractacus Potts), Erin Dilly (Truly Scrumptious), Philip Bosco (Grandpa Potts), Marc Kudisch (Baron Bomburst), Jan Maxwell (Baroness Bomburst), Ellen Marlow | ) — Truly & Caractacus
- "Us Two"/"Chitty Prayer" — Jeremy & Jemima
- "Teamwork" (Reprise) — Toymaker & Company
- "Chitty Flies Home (Finale)" — Company
Notes: Since the 2008 US tour, the following songs have been omitted: "Come to the Funfair", "Kiddy-Widdy-Winkies", "Us Two/Chitty Prayer". "Kiddy-Widdy-Winkies" was replaced with a version of "Lovely Lonely Man" from the original | 2,112 | triviaqa-train |
Which type of hat shares its name with the title of Procol Harum's follow-up single to their 1967 number one hit 'A Whiter Shade of Pale' ? | in 1967. The group's follow-up single, "Homburg", with a line-up change of former Paramounts B. J. Wilson on drums and Robin Trower on guitar (replacing Harrison and Royer, respectively, who exited to form the band Freedom), reached No. 6 in the UK, No. 15 in Canada, and No. 34 in the US.
The group's eponymous debut studio album was recorded between the two hit singles, and was released in early September in the | Procol Harum
Procol Harum () are an English rock band formed in 1967. Their best-known recording is the 1967 hit single "A Whiter Shade of Pale", one of the few singles to have sold over 10 million copies. Although noted for their baroque and classical influence, Procol Harum's music also embraces the blues, R&B, and soul.
In 2018, the band was honoured by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame when "A Whiter Shade of Pale" was inducted into the brand- | 2,113 | triviaqa-train |
Born in Linlithgow, West Lothian in 1954, who is the current leader of The Scottish Nationalist Party ? | Alex Salmond
Alexander Elliot Anderson Salmond (; born 31 December 1954) is a Scottish politician who served as the First Minister of Scotland from 2007 to 2014. He was the leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP) for over twenty years, having served for two terms, firstly from 1990 to 2000 and subsequently from 2004 to 2014. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Banff and Buchan between 1987 and 2010, when he stood down to focus on his other roles, and then for Gordon from 2015 | Martyn Day (politician)
Martyn Day (born 26 March 1971) is a Scottish politician, who has served as the Scottish National Party MP for Linlithgow and East Falkirk since 2015.
Early life and education.
Born in Falkirk, Martyn Day was brought up in Linlithgow and attended Linlithgow Academy. Prior to his political career, he worked for the Bank of Scotland as a personal banking manager.
Political career.
He was first elected to West Lothian Council at the 1999 Scottish local elections representing the Linlithgow | 2,114 | triviaqa-train |
In which 1960s TV series was the main character named Richard Kimble? | The Fugitive (TV series)
The Fugitive is an American drama series created by Roy Huggins. It was produced by QM Productions and United Artists Television. It aired on ABC from September 1963 to August 1967. David Janssen starred as Dr. Richard Kimble, a physician who is wrongfully convicted of his wife's murder and sentenced to receive the death penalty. En route to death row, Dr. Richard Kimble's train derails over a switch, allowing him to escape and begin a cross-country search for | .
Cast and characters Main cast Dr. Richard Kimble.
The show's lead, and the only character seen in all 120 episodes, was Dr. Richard David Kimble (David Janssen), based in part on the story of Sam Sheppard.
Though Dr. Richard Kimble was a respected pediatrician in the fictional small town of Stafford, Indiana, it was generally known that he and his wife Helen had been having arguments prior to her death. Helen's pregnancy had ended in a stillborn birth of a son, | 2,115 | triviaqa-train |
Which year saw the birth of the sextuplets 'The Waltons'? | 30, 1977, on Sundays at 16.10 in 1976 and Tuesdays at 19.00 through 1977. After that, seasons 6-9 would be broadcast on BBC 2 again, starting on April 30, 1979 and concluding in April 1983. The three reunion TV movies filmed in 1982 were also shown on BBC 2 from December 21 to December 28, 1983. The show was repeated on Channel 4 in the 1990s. It currently airs on True Entertainment and True Movies Channels in the UK.
See also.
- "These | . The sextuplets were born 10 weeks premature, which is common in the multiple births resulting from fertility treatments. The early birth required the six infants to be placed on ventilators.
Television fame.
Following the birth of the sextuplets, the Gosselins were featured in the NBC reality TV show "Home Delivery" when their home in Wyomissing was renovated to accommodate the large family.
The family was then featured in a special on Discovery Health in September 2005 entitled "Surviving Sextuplets and Twins". A year later they | 2,116 | triviaqa-train |
What was the name of Captain Ahab's ship in the book Moby Dick? | broken down into strategies used individually and in combination. First, the original modification of words as "Leviathanism" and the exaggerated repetition of modified words, as in the series "pitiable", "pity", "pitied" and "piteous" (Ch. 81, "The Pequod Meets the Virgin"). Second, the use of existing words in new ways, as when the whale "heaps" and "tasks". Third, words lifted from specialized fields, as "fossiliferous". Fourth, | encouraged by Ahab's brother, who wants Faith for himself. Ahab vows revenge against the whale, and to kill it or be killed in the process, and returns to sea. Eventually, Ahab raises enough capital to buy and be captain of his own ship; but no one wants to crew with him because of his passion for destroying Moby Dick. Nonetheless, he directs his first mate to shanghai a crew—and unknowingly takes his brother on board. Although the crew mutinies, Moby Dick is sighted, and Ahab | 2,117 | triviaqa-train |
In which county of Northern Ireland is the Giant's Causeway situated? | northern province of Ulster they were a very large majority in County Antrim and County Down, small majorities in County Armagh and County Londonderry and a substantial minority in Ulster's five other counties. The four counties named, along with County Fermanagh and County Tyrone, would later constitute Northern Ireland. Most of the remaining 26 counties which later became the Republic of Ireland were overwhelmingly majority-nationalist.
During the Home Rule Crisis the possibility was discussed of a "temporary" partition of these six counties from the rest of Ireland. | Giant's Causeway (disambiguation)
The Giant's Causeway is an area of 40,000 interlocking basalt columns resulting from a volcanic eruption on the coast of Northern Ireland.
Giant's Causeway may also refer to:
- Giant's Causeway (horse), Europe's "Horse of the Year" in 2000
- Giant's Causeway, New South Wales, stretch of water in between Cook Island and Fingal Head in Australia
- Giant's Causeway and Bushmills Railway, Heritage railway in Northern Ireland
- Giant's Causeway | 2,118 | triviaqa-train |
What is added to steel (approx 11%) to make it stainless and gives properties that prevent it from corroding, rusting or staining with water ? | Pitting Resistance Equivalent Number) obtained through the formula:
PREN = %Cr+3.3%Mo+16%N where the terms correspond to the contents by weight % of Chromium, Molybdenum and Nitrogen respectively in the steel.
The higher the PREN, the higher the pitting corrosion resistance. Increasing chromium, molybdenum and nitrogen contents provide increasing resistance to pitting corrosion.
Corrosion resistance Localized corrosion Crevice corrosion.
While the PREN is a property of the stainless steel, crevice corrosion occurs when poor design has created confined areas (overlapping plates, washer-plate interfaces, | brass alloys are much more prone to corrosion through depletion of their zinc content. Stainless steel screws may be used for attaching fittings to the hull above the water line. Type 316 stainless steel is the only stainless steel recommended. Even 316 may get stained with surface rust but this does not penetrate the surface. Staining comes from being in contact with other steels such as the anchor or incorrect cleaning in the factory. Staining near wields should be removed as it can pit. Experienced boat builders are reluctant to use even 316 below | 2,119 | triviaqa-train |
In which council area of Scotland is the famous village of Gretna Green situated ? | Gretna Green
Gretna Green is a parish in the southern county of Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, and is situated on the Scottish side of the borders of Scotland and England, defined by the small river Sark, which flows into the estuary of the western contiguous Solway Firth. It was historically the first village in Scotland, following the old coaching route from London to Edinburgh. Gretna Green railway station serves both Gretna Green and Gretna. The Quintinshill rail disaster, the worst rail crash in British history (226 recorded deaths) | , occurred near Gretna Green in 1915.
Gretna Green sits alongside the main town of Gretna. Both are accessed from the A74(M) motorway and are near the border of Scotland with England.
Gretna Green is most famous for weddings, following the 1754 Marriage Act which prevented couples under the age of 21 marrying in England or Wales without their parent's consent. As it was still legal in Scotland to marry, couples began crossing the border in to Scotland and their first stop was the Famous Blacksmiths Shop, Gretna Green | 2,120 | triviaqa-train |
"Which American/British band reached number one in the UK pop charts in January 1980 with the record ""Brass in Pocket"" ?" | Brass in Pocket
"Brass in Pocket" (also known as "Brass in Pocket (I'm Special)") is a 1979 single by The Pretenders. It was written by Chrissie Hynde and James Honeyman-Scott, and produced by Chris Thomas.
Release.
The band's third single was their first big success, scoring number one on the UK Singles Chart for two weeks in January 1980 (making it the first new number-one single of the 1980s), number two in Australia during May | Lowe and recorded at the July Regents Park sessions) was released in January 1979 and gained critical attention. It was followed in June with "Kid", and then in January 1980 the band reached No. 1 in the UK with "Brass in Pocket", which was also successful in the US, reaching No. 14 on the "Billboard" Hot 100.
Their self-titled debut album was released in January 1980 and was a success in the United Kingdom and the United States both critically and | 2,121 | triviaqa-train |
Which year saw the SAS storm the Iranian Embassy in London ? | (Artists Rifles)". The 22nd Special Air Service Regiment, which is part of the regular army, gained fame and recognition worldwide after its televised rescue of all but one of the hostages held during the 1980 Iranian Embassy siege.
History.
History Second World War.
The Special Air Service was a unit of the British Army during the Second World War that was formed in July 1941 by David Stirling and originally called "L" Detachment, Special Air Service Brigadethe "L" designation and Air Service name being | 31 and the final to 35 frames. The format still continues today except for the semi-final, which became a 33-frame match in 1997.
- The coverage of the final was interrupted by coverage of the Iranian Embassy siege, as the BBC took the snooker off the air to bring live coverage of the SAS storming the Iranian Embassy in London.
- John Street refereed the final.
Prize fund.
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:
- Winner: £15,000 | 2,122 | triviaqa-train |
Which popular four word named organisation, founded in 1844 in London has, as its main motto, 'Empowering Young People' and has its headquarters in Geneva ? It is normally known by its four initials. | , the YMCAs were jointly administered by the International Committee of the Young Men's Christian Associations of North America. The YMCA in the US is one of the many organizations that espouses Muscular Christianity.
North America Canada.
YMCA Canada was established over 160 years ago as a charity dedicated to the health of both individuals and communities. YMCA Canada values inclusiveness and accessibility and serves people of all ages, backgrounds and abilities through all stages of life. YMCA Canada is a federation of YMCAs and YMCA-YWCAs who work together to | molded. Starting about 1954, though, most bases/chassis were made of metal, which apparently added structural strength for friction motors that started to be popular in many promotionals. For example, the 1955 Bel Air without friction motor had a chassis completely smooth and molded in plastic, while the 1954 Corvette, with "spin-torque motor" (as PMC called it), had a metal base. Though PMC offered no promotionals after 1960, other promotional model makers found the new and harder styrene plastic durable enough to | 2,123 | triviaqa-train |
Along with the Clwyd, which river burst its banks in November 2012 causing devastation to the town of St Asaph ? | St Asaph
St Asaph (; ) is a city and community on the River Elwy in Denbighshire, Wales. In the 2011 Census it had a population of 3,355 making it the second-smallest city in Britain in terms of population and urban area. It is in the historic county of Flintshire.
The city of St Asaph is surrounded by countryside and views of the Vale of Clwyd. It is situated close to a number of busy coastal towns such as Rhyl, Prestatyn, Abergele, Colwyn Bay and Llandudno. The | Atlantic salmon fishing: the biggest recorded salmon caught in Ireland since 1991 was landed by Bill Canning of Goresbridge, County Kilkenny on 7 July 2008. Mr Canning's salmon weighed 28 lbs 3 oz (12.8 kg) and is on display in the Munster Arms hotel in Bandon town.
Floods.
On 19 and 20 November 2009 the river burst its banks for the first time in many years, causing large-scale flood damage to Bandon town and at other points along the river.
In December 2015 | 2,124 | triviaqa-train |
On August 16th 1952, which town in North Devon saw much devastation and 35 fatalities after its river burst its banks following a violent storm ? | North Devon
North Devon is a local government district in Devon, England. North Devon Council is based in Barnstaple. Other towns and villages in the North Devon District include Braunton, Fremington, Ilfracombe, Instow, South Molton, Lynton and Lynmouth. The district was formed on 1 April 1974 as a merger of the Barnstaple municipal borough, the Ilfracombe and Lynton urban districts, and the Barnstaple and South Molton rural districts.
The wider geographic area of North Devon is divided between North Devon District and the district of Torridge | of was recorded in Ishinomaki, and a wind gust was measured in Onagawa. Lionrock killed a total of 22 people across Japan, including 19 people in the town of Iwaizumi in Iwate Prefecture. Nine people drowned in a nursing home in Iwaizumi after a river burst its banks. In addition, there were at least three fatalities on the northern Japanese island Hokkaidō. Damage due to flooding were standing at JP¥282 billion (US$2.74 billion).
Impact Russia.
On 31 August, the storm hit Primorsky Krai. Heavy rainfall | 2,125 | triviaqa-train |
Which English writer, born in 1882, committed suicide on 28th March 1941 by walking into the River Ouse and drowning ? | Virginia Woolf
Adeline Virginia Woolf (; ; 25 January 188228 March 1941) was an English writer, considered one of the most important modernist 20th-century authors and also a pioneer in the use of stream of consciousness as a narrative device.
Woolf was born into an affluent household in South Kensington, London, the seventh child in a blended family of eight. Her mother, Julia Prinsep Jackson, celebrated as a Pre-Raphaelite artist's model, had three children from her first marriage, while Woolf's father, | committed suicide on 28 March 1941.
- Osamu Dazai (born 1909), Japanese writer, committed shinjū in the Tamagawa Aqueduct on June 13, 1948.
Twentieth century 1950s.
- Arky Vaughan (born 1912), baseball Hall of Famer, drowned after falling from his fishing boat on 30 August 1952.
- Susan Martin (1945–1958) and Virginia Martin (1947–1958) died by drowning in the Columbia River in unexplained circumstances when they, along with their mother, father, and older sister, disappeared in | 2,126 | triviaqa-train |
Alma Reville who died in 1982 was the wife and collaborator of which famous British character who was knighted in 1980 ? | Alma Reville
Alma Lucy Reville, Lady Hitchcock (14 August 1899 – 6 July 1982), was an English-American screenwriter and editor, best known for her work with Alfred Hitchcock, whom she married in December 1926.
Early life.
She was born in Nottinghamshire, the second daughter of Matthew Edward and Lucy (née Owen) Reville. The family moved to London when Reville was young, as her father got a job at Twickenham Film Studios. Reville often visited her father at work and eventually got | British Prime Minister from 1916 to 1922. It was written by Sidney Low, directed by Maurice Elvey, and stars Norman Page as Lloyd George. Other actors who appear are Ernest Thesiger, Alma Reville, and Douglas Munro. The film was produced by the Ideal Film Company, which had been started around 1910 by two Jewish Manchester-born brothers, Harry Moses and Simon Rowson (born Rosenbaum).
The film's release was much anticipated, and the film press carried impressive advertisements for it in late 1918. However | 2,127 | triviaqa-train |
In which 1960s and 70s TV sitcom did Brian Wilde play a character called 'Bloody Delilah' ? | Scotland Yard officers, "The Men from Room Thirteen" (BBC, 1959–61). He had minor roles in films such as "Life for Ruth" (1962), "The Bargee" (1964), "The Jokers" (1967) and "Carry On Doctor" (1967), and on television in "Room at the Bottom" (1966–67) as Mr Salisbury. His first major television success was in 1970 as refuse depot manager "Bloody Delilah" in the ITV sitcom "The Dustbinmen" | Mavado
- "Delilah", a jazz standard based on the theme song to the 1949 film "Samson and Delilah" by Victor Young, featured on the 1954 album "Clifford Brown & Max Roach"
Arts and entertainment Other.
- "Delilah" (novel), a 1941 novel by Marcus Goodrich revolving around a fictional US Navy destroyer named "Delilah"
- "Delilah" (TV series), a 1973-1974 Canadian sitcom
- Delilah (comics), a Marvel Comics character, an | 2,128 | triviaqa-train |
Ridden by jockey Pat Taffe, which horse won the 1970 Grand National at odds of 15 / 1 ? | 1970 Grand National
The 1970 Grand National was the 124th renewal of the Grand National horse race that took place at Aintree near Liverpool, England, on 4 April 1970. Gay Trip won the race by 20 lengths, giving jockey Pat Taaffe his second winner. Only seven horses finished the race and Racoon was a fatality at the 3rd fence. | was already qualified for the Aintree Grand National and was bought for £2,600 by Charles Vaughan. He was sent to England to be trained by Fred Rimell at Kinnersley. The horse won the Aintree Grand National in 1961. At that time, Nicolaus Silver was only the second grey horse to win the Aintree Grand National since its first running in 1839. There was not another grey winner until Neptune Collonge won the race in 2012.
Ridden by jockey Bobby Beasley Nicolaus Silver started at odds of 28/1 in a field of thirty | 2,129 | triviaqa-train |
Living from 1905 to 1992, what was the name of Britain's chief executioner? He was responsible for the executions of at least 400 people including Derek Bentley, John Haige and Ruth Ellis. | any sufficient ground to justify him in advising Her Majesty to interfere with the due course of the law.
There was much political pressure, including a memorandum signed by over 200 members of Parliament. Despite several attempts, Parliament was given no opportunity to debate Bentley's sentence until it had been carried out. The Home Office also refused Dr. Hill permission to make his report public.
At 9am on 28 January 1953, Bentley was hanged at Wandsworth Prison, London by Albert Pierrepoint, with Harry Allen assisting. There | September 1932, aged 27. His first execution was in December that year, alongside his uncle Tom. In October 1941 he undertook his first hanging as lead executioner.
During his tenure he hanged 200 people who had been convicted of war crimes in Germany and Austria, as well as several high-profile murderers—including Gordon Cummins (the Blackout Ripper), John Haigh (the Acid Bath Murderer) and John Christie (the Rillington Place Strangler). He undertook several contentious executions, including Timothy Evans, Derek Bentley | 2,130 | triviaqa-train |
Which British executioner, employed by Charles I, was responsible for the executions of Lord Russell and James Scott? He shares his name with the fictional hangman in the children's entertainment show Punch and Judy. | sausages. The devil and the generic hangman Jack Ketch may still make their appearances but, if so, Punch will always get the better of them. The cast of a typical Punch and Judy show today will include:
- Mr. Punch
- Judy
- The Baby
- The Constable
- Joey the Clown
- The Crocodile
- The Skeleton
- The Doctor
Characters once regular but now occasional include:
- Toby the Dog
- The Ghost
- The Lawyer
- Hector the | was the allegedly bigamous wife of Brandon's or not is not recorded). As the common hangman of London, Brandon was responsible for several notable executions through the English Civil War, including Charles' advisor, Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford, on 12 May 1641 and Archbishop of Canterbury, William Laud, on 10 January 1645.
Brandon was the Common Hangman of London in 1649 and he is frequently cited as the executioner of Charles I. The royalist losses of the English Civil War had led to Charles I's | 2,131 | triviaqa-train |
Which town in Malta contains the replica of a World War II bomb in the roof of its local dome ? | Mosta
Mosta () is a town in the Northern Region of Malta, to the north-west of Valletta. In 2014, it had an estimated population of 20,290 making it the third most populous town in Malta.
The most famous building in Mosta is the Rotunda, a large Basilica was built with the third largest unsupported dome in the world. Mosta celebrates the feast of the Assumption every 15 August, popular among both the locals and the tourists.
General.
Mosta has been inhabited since pre- | The dome on the 90 ft tower featured a revolving sphere bearing the statue of Terpsichore, the Greek Muse of dance and choral song. These were removed during World War II for safety reasons, after a bomb which had fallen nearby rocked the building. The original statue is now located at the top of the main staircase, with a replica on the dome itself. The dome and tower have recently been refitted with a state-of-the-art LED and floodlight system that illuminates the main entrance in the evening | 2,132 | triviaqa-train |
Ninevah was the capital of which ancient empire? | Nineveh
Nineveh (; ; ) was an ancient Assyrian city of Upper Mesopotamia, located on the outskirts of Mosul in modern-day northern Iraq. It is located on the eastern bank of the Tigris River, and was the capital of the Neo-Assyrian Empire. Today it is a common name for the half of Mosul which lies on the eastern bank of the Tigris.
It was the largest city in the world for some fifty years until the year 612 BC when, after a bitter period of civil war in | List of archaeological excavations by date
This is a list of significant archaeological expeditions by date, which include first excavations at important sites, or expeditions that uncovered important objects.
1500s.
- Pompeii - 1599 - Domenico Fontana called when the digging of an underground channel to divert the river Sarno ran into ancient walls covered with paintings and inscriptions.
1800s.
- Dur-Sharrukin (Knorsabad) - 1842 - Paul-Émile Botta
- Ninevah - 1843 - Paul-Émile Botta
- Ninevah - 1845 | 2,133 | triviaqa-train |
Who defeated the Spartans and their allies at Thermopylae in 480 BC? | warriors from Tegea, 500 from Mantinea, 120 from Arcadian Orchomenos, 1000 from the rest of Arcadia, 200 from Phlius, 80 from Mycenae, 400 Corinthians, 400 Thebans, 1000 Phocians and the Opuntian Locrians ) held off a substantially larger force of Persians under Xerxes. Probably one thousand Greeks remained in the pass when most of the army retreated.
For three days they held a narrow route between hills and the sea against Xerxes' vast cavalry and infantry force, before being outflanked on the third day via a hidden | , who helped the small village of Plataea to maintain its independence against them, and in 506 BC repelled an inroad into Attica. The aversion to Athens best serves to explain the apparently unpatriotic attitude which Thebes displayed during the Persian invasion of Greece (480–479 BC). Though a contingent of 400 was sent to Thermopylae and remained there with Leonidas before being defeated alongside the Spartans, the governing aristocracy soon after joined King Xerxes I of Persia with great readiness and fought zealously on his behalf at the Battle of Plataea in | 2,134 | triviaqa-train |
Steve Martin and Martin Short were two of The Three Amigos – who was the other? | "How I Met Your Mother" for its seventh season, playing Marshall Eriksen's manic boss and was a judge on the first and only season of "Canada's Got Talent" (2012).
He, along with Steve Martin and Chevy Chase appeared on an episode of "Saturday Night Live" as part of the "Five-Timers Club", on March 9, 2013, which included those actors who had hosted the show five or more times. However, Short appeared as a waiter, as he | in 1985, he starred in "Fletch", the first of two films based on Gregory Mcdonald's "Fletch" books as well as "Spies Like Us". Chase joined "SNL" veterans Steve Martin and Martin Short in the Lorne Michaels-produced comedy "Three Amigos" in 1986, declaring in an interview that making "Three Amigos" was the most fun he had making a film. The trio hosted "SNL" that year, the only time the show has had three hosts on one show. | 2,135 | triviaqa-train |
A Shot In The Dark was the follow-up to which successful 1963 comedy? | A Shot in the Dark (1964 film)
A Shot in the Dark is a 1964 British-American DeLuxe Color comedy film directed by Blake Edwards in Panavision. It is the second installment in "The Pink Panther" film series. Peter Sellers is featured again as Inspector Jacques Clouseau of the French Sûreté.
Clouseau's blundering personality is unchanged, but it was in this film that Sellers began to give him the idiosyncratically exaggerated French accent that was to later become a hallmark of the character. The film also marks | in 1963. That March, Meader recorded a follow-up album, "The First Family Volume Two", a combination of spoken comedy and songs performed by actors and comedians portraying members of the President's family and White House staff. The sequel was released in the spring of 1963, and while not as successful as the first volume, still sold hundreds of thousands of copies.
In July 1963, Meader left Cadence Records and Booker/Dowd to sign with MGM Records. Meader planned to record general satire and | 2,136 | triviaqa-train |
What type of cat can be Classic, Mackerel, Spotted or Ticked? | Tabby cat
A tabby is any domestic cat ("Felis catus") that has a coat featuring distinctive stripes, dots, lines or swirling patterns, always together with a mark resembling an 'M' on its forehead. Tabbies are sometimes erroneously assumed to be a cat breed. In fact, the tabby pattern is found in many breeds, and is a genetic landrace common among the general mixed-breed population. The tabby pattern is a naturally occurring feature that may be related to the coloration of the domestic cat | , a An-26 operated by the Syrian Air Force crashed while attempting to land at the besieged Abu al-Duhur military airport in Idlib Governorate, Syria.
- 2016 Bangladesh. On 9 March 2016, a True Aviation An-26 freighter crashed into the waters of the Bay of Bengal near Cox's Bazar while attempting to return to Cox's Bazar Airport following an engine failure.
- 2016 Sudan. On 30 April 2016, an An 26 of the Sudan Air Force crashed during a landing attempt at Al-Ubayyid. All | 2,137 | triviaqa-train |
What do we call the lake that the Germans call Bodensee? | AD). Hence the French: "Lac de Constance", Italian: "Lago di Costanza", Portuguese: "Lago de Constança", Spanish: "Lago de Constanza", Romanian: "Lacul Constanța", Greek: "Λίμνη της Κωνσταντίας – Limni tis Konstantias". The Arabic, بحيرة كونستانس "buħaira Konstans" and probably the Turkish, "Konstanz gölü", probably go back to the French form of the name. Even in Romance-influenced English the name "Lake Constance" gained a | "Bill Schock kept saying, 'What would you do if you were going to draw a boat that would be faster than a Cal 20?' That was the real yardstick boat at that time. We were sketching on the backs of napkins, as we do. "Right after that lunch, I had to fly to New York, and when I came back, there were all these messages on the desk, 'Call Bill Schock; Call Bill Schock,' so I called and said 'What do you | 2,138 | triviaqa-train |
The US city of Milwaukee stands on which lake? | Milwaukee
Milwaukee (, ) is the largest city in the state of Wisconsin and the fifth-largest city in the Midwestern United States. The seat of the eponymous county, it is on Lake Michigan's western shore. Ranked by its estimated 2014 population, Milwaukee was the 31st largest city in the United States. The city's estimated population in 2017 was 595,351. Milwaukee is the main cultural and economic center of the Milwaukee metropolitan area which had a population of 2,043,904 in the 2014 census estimate. It is the third | of the whole). Council meetings are also available for public view online via YouTube.
Transportation.
The main highway to Highwood is US-41, which connects Chicago to Milwaukee. Commuter rail is available at two different Metra stations locations within the city (Fort Sheridan and Highwood) . Highwood is also located near the Highland Park and Lake Forest stations which all located on the Union Pacific / North Line which begins in Kenosha and ends in the downtown area of Chicago at Ogilvie Transportation Center.
The city is also approximately | 2,139 | triviaqa-train |
The Folketing is which country’s parliament? | and for commerce.
The thing met at regular intervals, legislated, elected chieftains and kings, and judged according to the law, which was memorised and recited by the "law speaker" (the judge).
The Icelandic, Faroese and Manx parliaments trace their origins back to the Viking expansion originating from the Petty kingdoms of Norway as well as Denmark, replicating Viking government systems in the conquered territories, such as those represented by the Gulating near Bergen in western Norway.
- The Icelandic Althing, dating to | Frank Aaen
Frank Aaen (born 25 July 1951, in Nørresundby) is a Danish economist and Member of Parliament (the Folketing) for Enhedslisten. On 15 March 2006, he suffered a thrombosis but was back in the Folketing by April.
Frank Aaen is an educated economist and holds a master's degree in economics from Aalborg University which he received in 1985.
Politics.
Aaen has been a member of parliament from 1994 to 2001 and 2005 to 2015. He is a member of the left-wing | 2,140 | triviaqa-train |
In which book did Miss Marple first appear? | . Her first appearance in a full-length novel was in "The Murder at the Vicarage" in 1930.
Origins.
The character of Miss Marple is based on friends of Christie's step grandmother/aunt (Margaret Miller, née West). Christie attributed the inspiration for the character of Miss Marple to a number of sources, stating that Miss Marple was "the sort of old lady who would have been rather like some of my step grandmother's Ealing cronies – old ladies whom I have met in so | 1974 in "Poirot's Early Cases").
This novel features the first description of the fictional village of St. Mary Mead, which would later be the home of Christie's detective Miss Marple. It also features the first appearance of the minor recurring character, Mr Goby, who would later appear in "After the Funeral" and "Third Girl". The book also features the first appearance of Poirot's valet, George.
Literary significance and reception.
The "Times Literary Supplement" gave a more | 2,141 | triviaqa-train |
Which Asian country has the Kip as its currency? | Royal kip throughout Laos following the Pathet Lao's take over of the country. The exchange rate between the two kip was 1 Pathet Lao kip = 20 royal kip.
History Lao PDR Kip (1979).
On 16 December 1979, the old Pathet Lao “Liberation” kip was replaced by the new Lao kip at a rate of 100 to 1.
History Lao PDR Kip (1979) Coins.
Coins were again issued in Laos for the first time in 28 years in 1980 with denominations of 10, 20 and 50 | of research, and may have caused the Singapore government to provide incentives for technological progress.
During the 1997 Asian financial crisis, Krugman advocated currency controls as a way to mitigate the crisis. Writing in a "Fortune" magazine article, he suggested exchange controls as "a solution so unfashionable, so stigmatized, that hardly anyone has dared suggest it." Malaysia was the only country that adopted such controls, and although the Malaysian government credited its rapid economic recovery on currency controls, the relationship is disputed. An empirical | 2,142 | triviaqa-train |
The Riksdag is which country’s parliament? | 930.
- The Faroese Løgting, dating to a similar period.
- The Manx Tynwald, which claims to be over 1,000 years old.
Later national diets with chambers for different estates developed, e.g. in Sweden and in Finland (which was part of Sweden until 1809), each with a House of Knights for the nobility. In both these countries, the national parliaments are now called riksdag (in Finland also "eduskunta"), a word used since the Middle Ages and equivalent of the German word | Social Democratic Party into the 2014 European Parliament election which resulted in the party’s worst electoral results at national level since universal suffrage was introduced in 1921. He then led the party into the 2014 general election which resulted in the party's second worst election result to the Riksdag since universal suffrage was introduced in 1921. With a hung parliament, Löfven formed a minority coalition government with the Green Party. On 2 October 2014, the Riksdag approved Löfven to become the country's Prime Minister, and he took office on 3 October | 2,143 | triviaqa-train |
In which book did Hercule Poirot first appear? | patriotic to express sympathy towards the Belgians, since the invasion of their country had constituted Britain's "casus belli" for entering World War I, and British wartime propaganda emphasised the "Rape of Belgium".
Overview Popularity.
Poirot first appeared in "The Mysterious Affair at Styles" (published in 1920) and exited in "Curtain" (published in 1975). Following the latter, Poirot was the only fictional character to receive an obituary on the front page of "The New York Times".
By | It was as a Parker Pyne mystery that the story was first published in book format in "The Regatta Mystery and Other Stories" (published in the United States in 1939). Although the story is now associated with Parker Pyne, it was included in the 2008 omnibus volume "Hercule Poirot: the Complete Short Stories", which was the first public association of the story with Hercule Poirot since the original Strand Magazine publication of 1936.
Aside from "Poirot and the Regatta Mystery", the one authentic Hercule Poirot | 2,144 | triviaqa-train |
Who dedicated his Kreutzer Sonata to a violinist who refused to play it? | Violin Sonata No. 9 (Beethoven)
The Violin Sonata No. 9, Op. 47, by Ludwig van Beethoven, is a sonata for piano and violin notable for its technical difficulty, unusual length (around 40 minutes), and emotional scope. It is commonly known as the Kreutzer Sonata after the violinist Rodolphe Kreutzer, to whom it was ultimately dedicated, but who thoroughly disliked the piece and refused to play it.
Composition.
In the composer's 1803 sketchbook the work was titled "Sonata per | interesting connections to the 6th violin sonata op.30/1, for which the third movement was originally composed, and he believes that the unusual opening bars for solo violin form a kind of transition from the earlier sonata (or from its structural material), supporting the belief that the acquisition of the finale of Op. 30/1 for the "Kreutzer" was a compositional intention — and not a result of lack of time, as long suspected.
Premiere and dedication.
The sonata was originally dedicated to the violinist George Bridgetower (1778–1860 | 2,145 | triviaqa-train |
‘Hey, Jude’ topped the charts in 1968. Who was ‘Jude’? | . McCartney has continued to perform "Hey Jude" in concert since Lennon's death in 1980, leading audiences in singing the coda. Julian Lennon and McCartney have each bid successfully at auction for items of memorabilia related to the song's creation.
Inspiration and writing.
In May 1968, John Lennon and his wife Cynthia separated due to his affair with Japanese artist Yoko Ono. The following month, Paul McCartney drove out to visit the Lennons' five-year-old son Julian, at Kenwood, the family | the less than three-minute record and Top 40 stations gained listeners by playing the most hits in an hour. Mansfield came up with the solution by bringing an advance copy of the two songs from the UK to America and playing them to a few trusted radio station managers, who were unanimous in their decision that “Hey Jude” was the hit. They were right. When the song was released in September 1968, it topped the "Billboard" charts for nine weeks and became the Beatles' best selling single of | 2,146 | triviaqa-train |
Which chemical element takes its name from the Greek for a shade of green? | phosphorus in the nucleic acids and energy transfer molecule adenosine triphosphate (ATP) that occurs in the cells of all living organisms. Certain kinds of organisms require particular additional elements, for example the magnesium in chlorophyll in green plants, the calcium in mollusc shells, or the iron in the hemoglobin in vertebrate animals' red blood cells.
History.
History Evolving definitions.
The concept of an "element" as an undivisible substance has developed through three major historical phases: Classical definitions (such as those of the ancient Greeks | Tantalum
Tantalum is a chemical element with the symbol Ta and atomic number 73. Previously known as "tantalium", its name comes from "Tantalus", a villain from Greek mythology. Tantalum is a rare, hard, blue-gray, lustrous transition metal that is highly corrosion-resistant. It is part of the refractory metals group, which are widely used as minor components in alloys. The chemical inertness of tantalum makes it a valuable substance for laboratory equipment and a substitute for platinum. Its main use today | 2,147 | triviaqa-train |
‘To His Coy Mistress’ is the most famous work of which of the metaphysical poets? | To His Coy Mistress
"To His Coy Mistress" is a metaphysical poem written by the English author and politician Andrew Marvell (1621–1678) either during or just before the English Interregnum (1649–60). It was published posthumously in 1681.
This poem is considered one of Marvell's finest and is possibly the best recognized carpe diem poem in English. Although the date of its composition is not known, it may have been written in the early 1650s. At that time, Marvell was serving as a tutor to the | own funeral sermon. Death's Duel portrays life as a steady descent to suffering and death; death becomes merely another process of life, in which the 'winding sheet' of the womb is the same as that of the grave. Hope is seen in salvation and immortality through an embrace of God, Christ and the Resurrection.
Style.
His work has received much criticism over the years, especially concerning his metaphysical form. Donne is generally considered the most prominent member of the metaphysical poets, a phrase coined in | 2,148 | triviaqa-train |
In ‘The Blue Lamp’, who plays the young villain who shoots George Dixon? | The Blue Lamp
The Blue Lamp is a 1950 British police drama, directed by Basil Dearden and starring Jack Warner as veteran PC Dixon, Jimmy Hanley as newcomer PC Mitchell, and Dirk Bogarde as hardened criminal Tom Riley. The title refers to the blue lamps that traditionally hung outside British police stations (and often still do). The film became the inspiration for the 1955–1976 TV series "Dixon of Dock Green", where Jack Warner continued to play PC Dixon until he was 80 years old (even though Dixon's | .
Dixon established Bridge Street Technical School in 1884: when it moved to new premises in 1888 it was renamed George Dixon Higher Grade School; and when it was rebuilt in 1906, George Dixon School. Its successor schools are George Dixon Primary School and George Dixon Academy in Edgbaston.
Indirectly, Dixon gave his name to the television character PC George Dixon, who first appeared in the film "The Blue Lamp" (1950), produced by a former pupil at George Dixon School, Sir Michael Balcon, and | 2,149 | triviaqa-train |
Which 1930 film instantly catapulted Marlene Dietrich to international stardom? | Marlene Dietrich
Marie Magdalene "Marlene" Dietrich (, ; 27 December 1901 – 6 May 1992) was a German-American actress and singer. Throughout her long career, which spanned from the 1910s to the 1980s, she continually reinvented herself.
In 1920s Berlin, Dietrich acted on the stage and in silent films. Her performance as Lola-Lola in "The Blue Angel" (1930) brought her international acclaim and a contract with Paramount Pictures. Dietrich starred in Hollywood films such as "Morocco" ( | became the film "Morocco" (1930) in the USA, in which Marlene Dietrich made her Hollywood debut. Another novel, "Nell John. Der Roman einer Verjüngten" ("Nell John, The Tale of a Rejuvenated Woman"), appeared in 1927.
At the beginning of the 1930s, Vigny went to Paris where he continued to collaborate as a screenwriter for international co-productions. The little known film "Bariole", from this period, is his only work as a film director. | 2,150 | triviaqa-train |
Classical. Who composed ‘Carnival of the Animals’ in 1886? | The Carnival of the Animals
The Carnival of the Animals (Le carnaval des animaux) is a humorous musical suite of fourteen movements by the French Romantic composer Camille Saint-Saëns. The work was written for private performance by an "ad hoc" ensemble of two pianos and other instruments, and lasts around 25 minutes.
History.
Following a disastrous concert tour of Germany in 1885–86, Saint-Saëns withdrew to a small Austrian village, where he composed "The Carnival of the Animals" in February 1886. | - "Danse Macabre", Op. 40 (1874)
- "The Carnival of the Animals", (1886)
List of program music by composer Arnold Schoenberg.
- "Verklärte Nacht", Op. 4 ("Transfigured Night"), 1899 Romantic musical portrait of a moonlight forest walk, from Richard Dehmel's poem
List of program music by composer Jean Sibelius.
Sibelius composed several tone poems throughout his career, often making use of stories and motifs from the Finnish national epic, the | 2,151 | triviaqa-train |
In 1946, what useful gadget was invented by Percy Spencer? | oven, eventually named the Radarange. In 1947, the first commercially produced microwave oven was about 6 feet tall, weighed about 750 lbs, and cost about 5,000 US$. In 1967 the first relatively affordable ($495) and reasonably sized (counter-top) microwave oven was available for sale.
Spencer became Senior Vice President and a Senior Member of the Board of Directors at Raytheon. He received 300 patents during his career, and a building at the Raytheon Missile Defense Center in Woburn, Massachusetts is named | - "Gramps - How an orphan from Maine became the Edison of the modern age" by Rod Spencer
- Inventor's Stories: Percy Spencer
- Percy L. Spencer - The National Inventors Hall of Fame
- Who Invented Microwaves?
- "Percy Spencer and His Itch to Know" by Don Murray, Reader's Digest, August 1958 | 2,152 | triviaqa-train |
Who was British Chancellor of the Exchequer at the start of this century? | control over other departments as it is the Treasury which sets Departmental Expenditure Limits. The amount of power this gives to an individual chancellor depends on his personal forcefulness, his status within his party and his relationship with the prime minister. Gordon Brown, who became chancellor when Labour came into Government in 1997, had a large personal power base in the party. Perhaps as a result, Tony Blair chose to keep him in the same position throughout his ten years as prime minister; making Brown an unusually dominant figure and the longest | British Embassy in Tel Aviv, known as the UK-Israel Tech Hub, which is the only such facility sponsored by a government at its embassy in the world, to encourage cooperation between Israeli and British high-tech companies. Tech Hub was inaugurated by George Osborne, who served as Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer. The centre has established the TexChange programme, which selected 15 Israeli start-ups to travel to London and gain experience in high-tech in London. The programme also offers Israeli companies access to more | 2,153 | triviaqa-train |
Who was the next leader of the Soviet Union after Kruschev? | government both indirectly via party membership and via the tradition of a single person holding two highest posts in the party and in the government. The post of the General Secretary was abolished in 1952 under Stalin and later re-established by Nikita Khrushchev under the name of First Secretary. In 1966, Leonid Brezhnev reverted the office title to its former name. Being the head of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, the office of the General Secretary was the highest in the Soviet Union until 1990. The post of General Secretary | " (Su-Gong Ershi Da: "Mimi Baogao" yu Heluxiaofu de huangyan). English: The Twentieth Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union: The "Secret Speech" and Khrushchev's Lies. Beijing: Social Sciences Academic Press, January 2015.
- Grover Furr, "Kruschev Mintió". Vadell Hermanos Editores, Caracas, Venezuela: 2015.
- Grover Furr. "Оболганный сталинизм. Клевета XX съезда". Moscow: Algorithm. 2015.
- Grover Furr. "Le Massacre | 2,154 | triviaqa-train |
Who invented the seed drill in 1701? | Jethro Tull (agriculturist)
Jethro Tull (1674 – 21 February 1741, New Style) was an English agricultural pioneer from Berkshire who helped bring about the British Agricultural Revolution. He perfected a horse-drawn seed drill in 1700 that economically sowed the seeds in neat rows. He later developed a horse-drawn hoe. Tull's methods were adopted by many great landowners and helped to provide the basis for modern agriculture.
Biography.
Tull was probably born in Basildon, Berkshire, to Jethro Tull, Sr, | arrows fired from the front end of the missile shaped as a dragon's mouth.
- Multiple-tube seed drill: The wooden seed drill existed in China by the 3rd century BC, while the multiple-tube iron seed drill was first invented in China by the 2nd century BC, during the Han Dynasty (202 BC – 220 AD). The seed drill allowed for greater speed and regulation of distributing seeds in lined rows of crops instead of casting them out onto the farm field.
Shang and later N. | 2,155 | triviaqa-train |
What was the name of the vicar in ‘Dad’s Army’? | Frank Williams (actor)
Frank J Williams (born 2 July 1931) is an English actor best known for playing Timothy Farthing, the vicar in the BBC comedy "Dad's Army". Ian Lavender and Williams are the series' last surviving major cast members. He reprised the role of Farthing in the 2016 film adaptation of the series.
Biography.
Born in London, Williams was educated at Ardingly College, West Sussex and Hendon School (then Hendon County School). He appeared regularly in the TV | ) “And it will be number 31, Domanick Williams. I just had to make a change. I wasn’t really a Davis the whole time, but I have kids of my own and I needed to do what was right.”"
"(more on the name change) “I just changed Davis to Williams. I wasn’t really a (Davis). It was my older brother’s Dad’s last name and whatever happened I ended up with Davis. So now that I have kids of | 2,156 | triviaqa-train |
In the strip cartoon ‘Peanuts’, Schroeder prefers to play the work of which composer? | Peanuts gang who has noticeable bangs.
History.
Schroeder was introduced as a baby on May 30, 1951, but he aged up to the maturity level of the other characters over the next three years. In his initial appearance, Patty refers to him as a next-door neighbor. His address is 1770 James Street, easy to remember for him because the number is Beethoven's birth year. In 1954 Schroeder's birthday was revealed to be January 18. He initially had no notable characteristics, but soon Schulz | as much as she does Linus. Charlie Brown and Linus are often seen having discussions while sitting on a street curb or leaning up against the brick wall. At some point in the strip, Linus begins to appear sitting behind Charlie Brown in school, despite being younger than Charlie Brown. During winter, they often play a game of building snow forts from which they throw snowballs at each other.
Relationship with other " Peanuts "characters Interactions with Schroeder.
Charlie Brown's best friend after Linus is Schroeder, and Charlie | 2,157 | triviaqa-train |
The President of the USA fired General MacArthur in April. Who was the President? | speech to the cadets in accepting the award had as its theme "Duty, Honor, Country":
In 1963, President Kennedy asked MacArthur to help mediate a dispute between the National Collegiate Athletic Association and the Amateur Athletic Union over control of amateur sports in the country. The dispute threatened to derail the participation of the United States in the 1964 Summer Olympics. His presence helped to broker a deal, and participation in the games went on as planned.
Death and legacy.
Douglas MacArthur died at Walter Reed | Roxas as Senate President. In the Philippine national elections of 1946, Roxas ran for president as the nominee of the liberal wing of the Nacionalista Party. He had the staunch support of General MacArthur. His opponent was Sergio Osmeña, who refused to campaign, saying that the Filipino people knew his reputation. In the April 23, 1946 election, Roxas won 54 percent of the vote, and the Liberal Party won a majority in the legislature. When the Philippines gained independence from the United States on July 4, 1946, | 2,158 | triviaqa-train |
In December, which former Italian colony declared independence in Africa? | Cyrenaica (gained after the Italo-Turkish War) which were later unified in the colony of Libya.
Outside Africa, Italy possessed the Dodecanese Islands off the coast of Turkey (following the Italo-Turkish War) and a concession in Tianjin in China (following the Boxer War). During the First World War, Italy occupied southern Albania to prevent it from falling to Austria-Hungary. In 1917, it established a protectorate over Albania, which remained in place until 1920. The Fascist government that came to power | in 1963 when a black majority government was elected for the first time and eventually declared independence as Kenya.
History.
The Colony and Protectorate of Kenya was established on 11 June 1920 when the territories of the former East Africa Protectorate (except those parts of that Protectorate over which His Majesty the Sultan of Zanzibar had sovereignty) were annexed by the UK. The Kenya Protectorate was established on 13 August 1920 when the territories of the former East Africa Protectorate which were not annexed by the UK were established as a British Protectorate | 2,159 | triviaqa-train |
What completes a set with Fleet Street and Trafalgar Square? | Ages. In the 13th century, it was known as Fleet Bridge Street, and in the early 14th century it became known as Fleet Street.
The street runs east from Temple Bar, the boundary between the Cities of London and Westminster, as a continuation of the Strand from Trafalgar Square. It crosses Chancery Lane and Fetter Lane to reach Ludgate Circus by the London Wall. The road ahead is Ludgate Hill. The street numbering runs consecutively from west to east south-side and then east to west north-side | new segment into central London, with intermediate stops at Bond Street and Green Park and terminating at a new station at Charing Cross, thereby relieving pressure on the West End section of the Bakerloo line between Baker Street and Charing Cross and also allowing increased frequencies on the section north of Baker Street. The new tube was to offer cross-platform interchange between the Bakerloo and Fleet at Baker Street, as pioneered on the Victoria line. The work was completed in 1979. As part of the works, Trafalgar Square (Bakerloo) | 2,160 | triviaqa-train |
In which river was Jesus baptized by John the Baptist? | John, and is baptized by him in the river Jordan. The account describes how; as he emerges from the water, the heavens open and the Holy Spirit descends on him 'like a dove'. A voice from heaven then says, "You are my Son, the Beloved; with you I am well pleased." ()
Later in the gospel there is an account of John's death. It is introduced by an incident where the Tetrarch Herod Antipas, hearing stories about Jesus, imagines that this | Uncle John was a nickname for John Cohen. Uncle John may also be a biblical reference to John the Baptist, who baptized Jesus in a river. Another possibility is Jon McIntire, one of the band's many managers and the one who was in charge during the American Beauty/Workingman's Dead era.
According to the biography "Dark Star" by Robert Greenfield, Uncle John could also refer to Jerry Garcia, as it was felt by many that he heavily influenced and "ran" the band.
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Who got to no. 5 in the UK singles chart with ‘Hungry Like the Wolf’ in 1982? | Hungry Like the Wolf
"Hungry Like the Wolf" is a song by the British new wave band Duran Duran. Written by the band members, the song was produced by Colin Thurston for the group's second studio album "Rio". The song was released in May 1982 as the band's fifth single in the United Kingdom. It reached the top 5 of the UK Singles Chart, and received a silver certification by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI).
The music video for "Hungry Like the Wolf | 2001, VH1 rated it 31st on the "VH1: 100 Greatest Videos".
Chart performance.
"Hungry Like the Wolf" was released in the United Kingdom on 4 May 1982; the next week the song debuted at number 35 on the UK Singles Chart, 6 weeks later it reached its peak at number 5, remaining 6 weeks in the top 10, and 12 weeks in total. The release of the single helped the band's album "Rio" reach the 2nd position of the albums chart. | 2,162 | triviaqa-train |
Anatomy. What is the more scientific name for the breastbone? | , the sternum's body is divided into four segments, not three, called "sternebrae" (singular: "sternebra").
Clinical significance.
Clinical significance Bone marrow biopsy.
Because the sternum contains bone marrow, it is sometimes used as a site for bone marrow biopsy. In particular, patients with a high BMI (obese or grossly overweight) may present with excess tissue that makes access to traditional marrow biopsy sites such as the pelvis difficult.
Clinical significance Sternal opening.
A somewhat rare congenital disorder | the book is presented as a medical textbook in which Burton applies his vast and varied learning, in the scholastic manner, to the subject of melancholia (which includes, although it is not limited to, what is now termed clinical depression). Although presented as a medical text, "The Anatomy of Melancholy" is as much a "sui generis" work of literature as it is a scientific or philosophical text, and Burton addresses far more than his stated subject. In fact, the "Anatomy" uses melancholy as | 2,163 | triviaqa-train |
What nationality was the noted astronomer Anders Celsius? | Anders Celsius
Anders Celsius (27 November 170125 April 1744) was a Swedish astronomer, physicist and mathematician. He was professor of astronomy at Uppsala University from 1730 to 1744, but traveled from 1732 to 1735 visiting notable observatories in Germany, Italy and France. He founded the Uppsala Astronomical Observatory in 1741, and in 1742 proposed the Celsius temperature scale which bears his name.
Early life and education.
Anders Celsius was born in Uppsala, Sweden on 27 November 1701. His family originated from Ovanåker in the province | of Hälsingland. Their family estate was at "Doma", also known as "Höjen" or "Högen" (locally as "Högen 2"). The name "Celsius" is a latinization of the estate's name (Latin "celsus" "mound").
As the son of an astronomy professor, Nils Celsius, and the grandson of the mathematician Magnus Celsius and the astronomer Anders Spole, Celsius chose a career in science. He was a talented mathematician from an early age. Anders Celsius studied | 2,164 | triviaqa-train |
Who was admitted to Parkland Memorial Hospital, Dallas, as ‘Patient 24740, white male’? | aircraft manufacturers. North Lake, a small body of water in an extension of the city limits surrounded by Irving and Coppell, initially served as a water source for a nearby power plant but is now being targeted for redevelopment as a recreational lake due to its proximity to Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, a plan the lake's neighboring cities oppose.
Geography Climate.
Dallas has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen climate classification: Cfa) characteristic of the Southern Plains of the United States. It is also continental, characterized | Kosmos 123 decayed from orbit around the earth.
- At Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas, Dr. Jay Sanford told the press that Jack Ruby had been diagnosed with terminal cancer. Ruby, who was weeks away from a new trial for the murder of Lee Harvey Oswald, had killed the accused presidential assassin in front of the largest number of witnesses in history, as millions of viewers watched on live national television on November 24, 1963. Two days earlier, Ruby had been taken from his jail cell and admitted to the | 2,165 | triviaqa-train |
Before going solo, Belinda Carlisle was lead singer with which all-girl group? | in the early 1980s. One of the original members of the band, Kathy Valentine departed to join the all-female band The Go-Go's, switching from guitar to bass. Among Girlschool's early recordings was an EP titled "St. Valentine's Day Massacre" which they recorded with Bronze label-mates Motörhead under the name Headgirl.
In 1974, The Deadly Nightshade, a rock/country band (Anne Bowen, rhythm guitar/percussion; Pamela Robin Brandt, electric bass; Helen Hooke, lead guitar | "Duke" (1980), followed by ABBA singer Anni-Frid Lyngstad's solo album "Something's Going On" (which was produced by Genesis drummer Phil Collins). Led Zeppelin recorded their 1979 album "In Through the Out Door" here. Artists such as the Ramones, Rammstein, Roxy Music, Genesis, Adam Ant, Backstreet Boys, Beastie Boys, Belinda Carlisle, Burt Bacharach, Franki, Celine Dion, Roxette, Terra Firma, Entombed, The Hellacopters, Joan Armatrading, and many major Swedish | 2,166 | triviaqa-train |
What is the heraldic word for red? | Gules doubled Argent - Red/White) regardless of rank or the colourings of their arms. The mantling is sometimes conventionally depicted with a ragged edge, as if damaged in combat, though the edges of most are simply decorated at the emblazoner's discretion.
Clergy often refrain from displaying a helm or crest in their heraldic achievements. Members of the clergy may display appropriate headwear. This often takes the form of a small crowned, wide brimmed hat called a galero with the colours and tassels denoting rank; or, in | ancient British heraldic symbol, the Red Lion Rampant, which symbolizes courage. The Red Lion is a fitting symbol for a school named after the Venerable Bede of England, a Benedictine Saint and a great British intellectual.
- San Sebastian Stags: A stag symbolizes a Christian who, filled with moral ideas, runs fast to God swiftly yet quietly in pursuit of his goals.
- UPHSD Altas: The moniker ‘Altas’ comes from the Latin word “height,” symbolizing UPHSD's aspirations for further greatness. At | 2,167 | triviaqa-train |
“There’s a row going on, down in Slough” is a line from which no. 3 hit from 1979? | The Eton Rifles
"The Eton Rifles" was the only single to be released from the album "Setting Sons" by The Jam. Recorded at Townhouse studios and released on 26 October 1979, it became the band's first top ten hit in the UK Singles Chart, peaking at No. 3. It is also the only official Jam single for which a video was not recorded.
The song was produced by Vic Coppersmith-Heaven and The Jam, and was backed by the B-side "See- | which air is conveyed by a pair of bellows, both which are stopt with plugs immediately before going down to the bottom. At the foot part there’s a hole to let out water. Sometimes there’s a large rope fixed to the back or upper part, by which it’s let down, and there’s a little line called the signal line, by which the people above are directed what to do, and under is fix’d a piece of timber as a guard for the glass. I go in with my | 2,168 | triviaqa-train |
Who composed the opera ‘Peter Grimes’? | Verdi, onward, exercising tremendous influence on his successors Giacomo Puccini, Richard Strauss, and Benjamin Britten.
After Verdi, the sentimental "realistic" melodrama of verismo appeared in Italy. This was a style introduced by Pietro Mascagni's "Cavalleria rusticana" and Ruggero Leoncavallo's "Pagliacci" that came to dominate the world's opera stages with such popular works as Giacomo Puccini's "La bohème", "Tosca", and "Madama Butterfly". Later Italian composers, such as Berio and Nono, have experimented | budget on records of "Peter Grimes" which he left on a table at a party for opera enthusiasts: after the party the records were gone and the local opera company subsequently staged "Peter Grimes" with sets by Osbert Lancaster who was a friend of Mr and Mrs Lambert. Lambert was Ambassador to Tunisia 1960–63, to Finland 1963–66 and to Portugal 1966–70.
Lambert retired from the Diplomatic Service in 1970 and became director of a textile company, Crosrol Ltd. In retirement he also edited a new edition of John Betjeman's | 2,169 | triviaqa-train |
What was the real name of the romantic hero ‘The Scarlet Pimpernel’? | The Scarlet Pimpernel
The Scarlet Pimpernel is the first novel in a series of historical fiction by Baroness Orczy, published in 1905. It was written after her stage play of the same title enjoyed a long run in London, having opened in Nottingham in 1903.
The novel is set during the Reign of Terror following the start of the French Revolution. The title is the "nom de guerre" of its hero and protagonist, a chivalrous Englishman who rescues aristocrats before they are sent to the guillotine. Sir Percy Blakeney | scenery of the picture—its clear stream, its lofty trees, its towering mountains, its unbounded distance, and transparent atmosphere—figure forth the romantic beauty of youthful imaginings, when the mind elevates the Mean and Common into the Magnificent, before experience teaches what is the Real."
Works "Manhood".
Cole's renowned four-part series traces the journey of an archetypal hero along the "River of Life." Confidently assuming control of his destiny and oblivious to the dangers that await him, the voyager boldly | 2,170 | triviaqa-train |
Who is the mother of Kate Hudson? | ".
Early life.
Hudson was born in Los Angeles, California, the daughter of Academy Award-winning actress Goldie Hawn and Bill Hudson, an actor, comedian, and musician. Her parents divorced when she was 18 months old and she and her older brother, actor Oliver Hudson, were raised in Snowmass, Colorado, and Pacific Palisades, California, by her mother and her mother's longtime boyfriend, actor Kurt Russell. Hudson's ancestry is Italian (from her paternal grandmother), Hungarian-Jewish | Raising Helen
Raising Helen is a 2004 American comedy-drama film directed by Garry Marshall and written by Jack Amiel and Michael Begler. It stars Kate Hudson, John Corbett, Joan Cusack, Hayden Panettiere, siblings Spencer and Abigail Breslin, and Helen Mirren. It grossed $37,486,138 at the U.S. box office.
Plot.
Helen Harris (Kate Hudson) and Lindsay (Felicity Huffman) were raised by their oldest sister, Jenny (Joan Cusack), after their mother died when Helen was seven. Now Helen | 2,171 | triviaqa-train |
Roy Jenkins took the title of Lord Jenkins of … where? | Roy Jenkins
Roy Harris Jenkins, Baron Jenkins of Hillhead, (11 November 1920 – 5 January 2003), was a British Labour Party, SDP and Liberal Democrat politician, and biographer of British political leaders.
The son of a Welsh coal-miner and trade unionist (later a Labour MP and government minister), Roy Jenkins was educated at the University of Oxford and served as an intelligence officer in the Second World War. Elected to Parliament as a Labour MP in 1948, he went on to serve | - Harold Wilson (First Lord)
- Roy Jenkins (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
- Brian O'Malley
- Alan Fitch
- Joseph Harper
- Jack McCann
- Walter Harrison
- 13 October 1969
- Harold Wilson (First Lord)
- Roy Jenkins (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
- Walter Harrison
- Joseph Harper
- Neil McBride
- Ernest Armstrong
- Ernest Perry
Commissioners of the Treasury of the United Kingdom (since 1817) Heath ministry (1970–1974).
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After a 1952 film, who became known as ‘the million-dollar mermaid’? | Esther Williams
Esther Jane Williams (August 8, 1921 – June 6, 2013) was an American competitive swimmer and actress. Williams set multiple national and regional swimming records in her late teens as part of the Los Angeles Athletic Club swim team. Unable to compete in the 1940 Summer Olympics because of the outbreak of World War II, she joined Billy Rose's Aquacade, where she took on the role vacated by Eleanor Holm after the show's move from New York City to San Francisco. While in the city | 1939) also portrayed Kellerman in the 1952 film "Million Dollar Mermaid" (titled as "The One Piece Bathing Suit" in UK). American designer Adele Simpson, a Coty American Fashion Critics' Awards winner (1947) and a notable alumna of the New York art school Pratt Institute, who believed clothes must be comfortable and practical designed a large part of her wardrobe which included mostly one-piece suits that were considered fashionable even in the early 1980s. This was when Cole of California started marketing revealing prohibition suits | 2,173 | triviaqa-train |
Which activity is sometimes called sailboarding or boardsailing? | learn to master a type of maneuvering that's been dead since the age of the picturesque square riggers""
Windsurfing straddles both the laid-back culture of surf sports and the more rules-based environment of sailing. Windsurfing offers experiences that are outside the scope of other sailing craft designs. Windsurfers can perform jumps, inverted loops, spinning maneuvers, and other "freestyle" moves that cannot be matched by any sailboat. Windsurfers were the first to ride the world's largest waves, such as Jaws on the | Stealth disco
Stealth disco (or SD) refers to the act of being videotaped dancing or rocking out behind or near someone who is doing something serious and does not notice. This is sometimes referred to as "stealthing" (or SD-ing) that person, a process which often concludes with emailing them the footage. The term, if not the activity, was invented by employees at Chicago advertising agency Cramer-Krasselt, circa 2003.
After becoming the subject of its own website at stealthdisco.com in September 2003 | 2,174 | triviaqa-train |
Which country was once known as Portuguese West Africa? | Portuguese Angola
Portuguese Angola refers to Angola during the historic period when it was a territory under Portuguese rule in southwestern Africa. In the same context, it was known until 1951 as Portuguese West Africa (officially the State of West Africa).
Initially ruling along the coast and engaging in military conflicts with the Kingdom of Kongo, in the 18th century Portugal gradually managed to colonise the interior Highlands. However, full control of the entire territory was not achieved until the beginning of the 20th century, when agreements with other | Guinea-Bissau
Guinea-Bissau (), officially the Republic of Guinea-Bissau ( ), is a country in West Africa that covers with an estimated population of .
Guinea-Bissau was once part of the kingdom of Gabu, as well as part of the Mali Empire. Parts of this kingdom persisted until the 18th century, while a few others were under some rule by the Portuguese Empire since the 16th century. In the 19th century, it was colonized as Portuguese Guinea. Upon independence, declared in | 2,175 | triviaqa-train |
Who starred in the title role of ‘The Admirable Crichton’ in a 1957 film? | The Admirable Crichton (1957 film)
The Admirable Crichton is a 1957 British comedy film directed by Lewis Gilbert and starring Kenneth More, Diane Cilento, Cecil Parker and Sally Ann Howes. The film was based on J. M. Barrie's 1902 stage comedy of the same name. It was released in the United States as Paradise Lagoon.
Plot.
In 1905 William Crichton is the efficient butler in the London household of the Earl of Loam and his family. Crichton knows his place in the highly class-conscious | "On Playing with Lions". He co-starred with McKenna and the experience made him and his wife very conscious of the many abuses of wild animals in captivity that had been taken from Africa and other natural environments around the world.
Travers received an offer to play a support role in "Duel at Diablo" (1967); during filming he broke a leg and dislocated a shoulder. He played the title role in a British TV version of "The Admirable Crichton" (1968), alongside his wife | 2,176 | triviaqa-train |
What one-word name is given to the Russian dish of stuffed pancakes? | and feasts, which are reflected in today's "pancake week" celebrated in the winter before the Great Lent. In pre-Christian times, blini and mlynci were symbolically considered by early Slavic peoples as a symbol of the sun, due to their round form.
Blintzes ( "blinchiki") are thin crêpes made without yeast. Filled blintzes are also referred to as "nalysnyky" (), "nalistniki" () or "nalesniki" (). A filling such as jam, fruits, quark, | either hot or cold, also together with sweetened quark or semolina pudding. Kissel can also be served on pancakes or with ice cream. If the kissel is made using less thickening starch, it can be drunk — this is common in Poland, Russia and Ukraine.
Etymology and history.
Its name is derived from a Slavic word meaning "sour" (cf. Russian кислый "kisly"), after a similar old Slavic dish — a leavened flour porridge (or weak sourdough) which was made from grain | 2,177 | triviaqa-train |
Which former king won a gold medal for yachting at the 1960 Olympics? | Constantine II of Greece
Constantine II (, "Konstantínos II", ; born 2 June 1940) reigned as the King of Greece, from 1964 until the abolition of the monarchy in 1973.
He acceded as king following the death of his father King Paul in March 1964. Later that year he married Princess Anne-Marie of Denmark with whom he eventually had five children. Although the accession of the young monarch was initially regarded auspiciously, his reign soon became controversial: Constantine's involvement in the "Apostasia" | in Germany, France, Switzerland, Austria and the United Kingdom.
In sailing at the 1972 Summer Olympics the Tempest class was used alongside the Star class as an Olympic racing yacht. The Gold Medal was won by Valentin Mankin and Vitaly Dyrdyra of the Soviet Union. For the 1976 Olympics the Tempest class was used in place of the Star class. The Gold Medal was won by John Albrechtson and Ingvar Hansson of Sweden.
Since 2010 the Tempest is one of the Vintage Yachting Classes at the Vintage Yachting Games. | 2,178 | triviaqa-train |
What name is given to the Irish dish of potato and cabbage, sometimes served as a stew? | scone is a popular Scottish dish containing potatoes. Colcannon is a traditional Irish food made with mashed potato, shredded kale or cabbage, and onion; champ is a similar dish. Boxty pancakes are eaten throughout Ireland, although associated especially with the North, and in Irish diaspora communities; they are traditionally made with grated potatoes, soaked to loosen the starch and mixed with flour, buttermilk and baking powder. A variant eaten and sold in Lancashire, especially Liverpool, is made with cooked and mashed potatoes.
"Bryndzové halušky | They can be either wheat or potato-based, and are sometimes made from a combination of wheat flour and dices made of stale bread or rolls. Puffed rice can be found in store-prepared mixtures. Smaller Czech dumplings are usually potato-based. When served as leftovers, sliced dumplings are sometimes pan-fried with eggs. Czech potato dumplings are often filled with smoked meat and served with spinach or sour cabbage. Fried onion and braised cabbage can be included as a side dish.
There are many other side | 2,179 | triviaqa-train |
In which country is the Patagonian Desert? | Patagonian Desert
The Patagonian Desert, also known as the Patagonian Steppe is the largest desert in Argentina and is the 8th largest desert in the world by area, occupying 673,000 square kilometers (260,000 mi). It is located primarily in Argentina and is bounded by the Andes, to its west, and the Atlantic Ocean to its east, in the region of Patagonia, southern Argentina. To the north the desert grades into the Cuyo Region and the Pampas. The central parts of the steppe are dominated by shrubby and | the settlement of coastal towns and big ports. Some areas of the plains territories encompass territory east of the Andes, and the Patagonian steppes and Magellan, or are high plateaus surrounded by high mountain ranges, such as the Altiplano or Puna de Atacama.
The Far North is the area between the northern boundary of the country and the parallel 26° S, covering the first three regions. It is characterized by the presence of the Atacama desert, the most arid in the world. The desert is fragmented by streams that | 2,180 | triviaqa-train |
What was the last film directed by David Lean, cast included Peggy Ashcroft & Judy Davis? | David Lean
Sir David Lean (25 March 190816 April 1991) was an English film director, producer, screenwriter and editor, responsible for large-scale epics such as "The Bridge on the River Kwai" (1957), "Lawrence of Arabia" (1962), "Doctor Zhivago" (1965) and "A Passage to India" (1984). He also directed adaptations of Charles Dickens novels "Great Expectations" (1946) and "Oliver Twist" (1948), and the romantic drama | by Santha Rama Rau based on the novel that ran on the West End in 1960, and on Broadway in 1962. A 1965 BBC television version of the play was broadcast in their "Play of the Month" series.
- The Indian filmmaker Satyajit Ray intended to direct a theatrical adaptation of the novel, but the project was never realised.
- The 1984 film version directed by David Lean, and starring Judy Davis, Victor Banerjee, James Fox, Peggy Ashcroft and Alec Guinness, won two Oscars and numerous | 2,181 | triviaqa-train |
What was Stanley Kubrick's last film, which starred Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman? | ". Her breakthrough came in 1989 with the thriller film "Dead Calm" and the miniseries "Bangkok Hilton". In 1990, she made her Hollywood debut in the racing film "Days of Thunder", opposite Tom Cruise. She went on to achieve wider recognition with lead roles in "Far and Away" (1992), "Batman Forever" (1995), "To Die For" (1995), and "Eyes Wide Shut" (1999). Kidman won the Academy Award for Best Actress | Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures
Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures is a 2001 documentary about the life and work of Stanley Kubrick, famed film director, made by his long-time assistant and brother-in-law Jan Harlan. Its running time is 142 minutes long, it consists of several 15-minute chapters, each detailing the making of one of his films – and two more showing his childhood and life.
Jan Harlan got many of Kubrick's collaborators for interviews, including Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman | 2,182 | triviaqa-train |
'Go ahead, make my day' is a catchphrase from which 1983 film? | fighting tactics is tasked with tracking down the serial killer. As Callahan investigates the killings, he becomes romantically entangled with the woman, not knowing that she is responsible for the murders.
The film is notable for the catchphrase, "Go ahead, make my day", which is uttered by Clint Eastwood's gun-wielding character in the beginning of the film as he stares down an armed robber who is holding a hostage.
Plot.
A college-age artist, Jennifer Spencer, and her sister are | . The film is notable for Callahan's catchphrase, "Go ahead, make my day".
Films "The Dead Pool" (1988).
"The Dead Pool" (1988) was directed by Buddy Van Horn. Harry finds that he is among the subjects of a dead pool, a game betting on deaths of celebrities. Someone tries to rig the game by killing the celebrities on one player's list.
After this film, Eastwood retired from playing the "Dirty Harry" character, as he felt | 2,183 | triviaqa-train |
Who directed Alien and Blade Runner? | Blade Runner
Blade Runner is a 1982 neo-noir science fiction film directed by Ridley Scott, and written by Hampton Fancher and David Peoples. Starring Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer and Sean Young, it is loosely based on Philip K. Dick's novel "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" (1968). The film is set in a dystopian future Los Angeles of 2019, in which synthetic humans known as replicants are bio-engineered by the powerful Tyrell Corporation to work on off-world colonies. When a | would serve the same corporate masters and have the same non-human innards, David would identify himself as a sentient entity who is capable of expressing—if not feeling—emotion.
In between the time Scott released "Alien" in 1979 and returned to the franchise with "Prometheus" in 2012, he directed another notable science fiction film concerning artificial intelligence, "Blade Runner", in 1982. Contrary to the white-blooded androids of "Alien" that emulate emotions and recognize a disconnect with humanity, " | 2,184 | triviaqa-train |
Who wrote 'The War of the Worlds' which has been adapted to film on four occassions? | film an average score of 73 based on 40 reviews. Rotten Tomatoes gives "War of the Worlds" a 75% "certified fresh" rating based on 255 reviews and the critical consensus: "Steven Spielberg's adaptation of War of the Worlds delivers on the thrill and paranoia of H.G. Wells' classic novel while impressively updating the action and effects for modern audiences."
James Berardinelli praised the acting and considered that focusing the narrative on the struggle of one character made the film more effective, but described the ending as | Woolf is a financial magnate who emigrated from Eastern Europe, and was portrayed as immoral and perverted. These were common Jewish stereotypes at the time Kellerman wrote.
Film adaptations.
The book has been adapted to film four times, first in 1915 as a silent film, directed by William Wauer. Its most famous incarnations on the silver screen are the three films released in 1933 and 1935, one version each in German ("Der Tunnel"), French ("Le Tunnel" and English ("The Tunnel | 2,185 | triviaqa-train |
What was the name of the superhuman cyborg law enforcer played by Peter Weller in 1987? | RoboCop
RoboCop is a 1987 American cyberpunk action film directed by Paul Verhoeven and written by Edward Neumeier and Michael Miner. The film stars Peter Weller, Nancy Allen, Dan O'Herlihy, Kurtwood Smith, Miguel Ferrer, and Ronny Cox. Set in a crime-ridden Detroit, Michigan, in the near future, "RoboCop" centers on police officer Alex Murphy (Weller) who is murdered by a gang of criminals and subsequently revived by the megacorporation Omni Consumer Products (OCP) as a superhuman cyborg law enforcer known as | murdered and revived as a superhuman cyborg law enforcer.
- "Johnny Mnemonic" (1995): The main character acts as a "mnemonic courier" by way of a storage implant in his brain, allowing him to carry sensitive information undetected between parties.
- "The Manchurian Candidate" (2004): For a means of mind control, the presidential hopeful Raymond Shaw unknowingly has a chip implanted in his head by Manchurian Global, a fictional geopolitical organization aimed at making parts of the government sleeper cells, or | 2,186 | triviaqa-train |
Who supplied the voice for Darth Vader in the original Star Wars trilogy between 1977 and 1983? | English West Country accent, leading to the rest of the cast nicknaming him "Darth Farmer"). After deciding that Welles's voice would be too recognizable, he cast the lesser-known James Earl Jones instead. Jones initially felt his contributions to the films were too small to warrant recognition and his role was uncredited at his request until the release of "Return of the Jedi" (1983). When Jones was specifically asked if he had supplied Vader's voice for "Revenge of the Sith"—either newly or from a | father Anakin, who eventually falls to the dark side of the Force and becomes Darth Vader. He is frequently featured as a main character in various other "Star Wars" media.
Guinness' performance as Obi-Wan in the original "Star Wars" (1977) earned him a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, the only acting nomination for a "Star Wars" film.
Appearances.
Appearances Original trilogy.
Obi-Wan Kenobi is introduced in the original "Star Wars" living | 2,187 | triviaqa-train |
What was the name of the robot in 1986 smash 'Short Circuit'? | for return to the facility. During transport, Number 5 is able to reactivate himself and remove the tracking device, and flees back to Stephanie.
Because of these unusual actions, Crosby tries to convince Howard that something has changed with Number 5's programming and that they should take care not to damage it in their recovery efforts so that he can examine them later. Howard instead sends their security chief Captain Skroeder and three other S.A.I.N.T. prototypes to recapture Number 5 by force, ignoring Crosby's concerns. Number 5 is able | Short circuit (disambiguation)
A short circuit is an electrical circuit that allows a current to travel along an unintended path with no or a very low electrical impedance.
Short Circuit may also refer to:
Film.
- "Short Circuit" (1986 film), a film about a robot that comes to life
- "Short Circuit 2", the 1988 sequel
- "Short Circuit" (1943 film), an Italian film
- "Short Circuit" (2019 film), Gujarati | 2,188 | triviaqa-train |
Who plays Sarah Connor in the first of the Terminator movies? | The Terminator
The Terminator is a 1984 American science fiction action film directed by James Cameron. It stars Arnold Schwarzenegger as the Terminator, a cyborg assassin sent back in time from 2029 to 1984 to kill Sarah Connor (Linda Hamilton), whose son will one day become a savior against machines in a post-apocalyptic future. Michael Biehn plays Kyle Reese, a soldier from the future sent back in time to protect Connor. The screenplay is credited to Cameron and producer Gale Anne Hurd, while co-writer William Wisher | the future leader of the human resistance. He is only fifteen years old at the beginning of the show, turning sixteen in the season one finale, and seventeen throughout season two, although it isn't mentioned (born 14 November 1983). As the series progresses, John struggles with his feelings for Cameron, who is a Terminator. John De Vito plays a young John Connor in two episodes "Queen's Gambit" and "To the Lighthouse".
"Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles" Casting and production background. | 2,189 | triviaqa-train |
Who co-wrote,produced,directed and starred in the 1981 film Reds? | Reds (film)
Reds is a 1981 American epic historical drama film co-written, produced, and directed by Warren Beatty. The picture centers on the life and career of John Reed, the journalist and writer who chronicled the Russian Revolution in his book "Ten Days That Shook the World". Beatty stars in the lead role alongside Diane Keaton as Louise Bryant and Jack Nicholson as Eugene O'Neill.
The supporting cast includes Edward Herrmann, Jerzy Kosinski, Paul Sorvino, Maureen Stapleton, Gene Hackman, Ramon Bieri | as "Ragtime" (1981), "Cadillac Man" (1990) and "Chief Zabu" (2016), which he also co-wrote, co-produced and co-directed. His latest starring role was in E.N.T.E.R. (2018), which won Best Comedy in October at the first Cutting Room International Short Film Festival in NYC. On television, he has guest-starred in such popular series as "The A-Team" (1985) and "Baywatch" (1993), had a | 2,190 | triviaqa-train |
Who was the lead singer of Simply Red? | Simply Red
Simply Red is a British soul and pop band which formed in Manchester in 1983. The lead singer of the band is singer and songwriter Mick Hucknall, who, by the time the band initially disbanded in 2010, was the only original member left. Since the release of their debut studio album "Picture Book" (1985), they have had ten songs reach top 10 in the UK Singles Chart, including "Holding Back the Years" and "If You Don't Know Me by Now", | 's church gospel choir at the age of 6. Her aunt who is a gospel singer and musician taught Terry her first gospel songs.
Music career.
From the age of 9 to 14, Dexter was a lead singer in the four piece band Tristar who played live all over the Detroit area and neighboring cities. She began singing background for other artists at age 11, most notably for Simply Red. At age 13 she signed to Elektra Records, but an album on the label never materialized. Dexter signed to | 2,191 | triviaqa-train |
The Red River is a tributary of which U.S.river? | , the first French settlement at the mouth of the Mississippi.
Course changes Prehistoric courses.
The current form of the Mississippi River basin was largely shaped by the Laurentide Ice Sheet of the most recent Ice Age. The southernmost extent of this enormous glaciation extended well into the present-day United States and Mississippi basin. When the ice sheet began to recede, hundreds of feet of rich sediment were deposited, creating the flat and fertile landscape of the Mississippi Valley. During the melt, giant glacial rivers found drainage paths into | ) on the south.
The Snake River also shares a boundary with the Green River to the southeast; the Green River drains parts of Wyoming and Utah and is the largest tributary of the Colorado River. On the western extremity for a short stretch the Continental Divide separates the Snake watershed from the Bighorn River, a tributary of the Yellowstone River, which the Snake begins near. On the north the Snake River watershed is bounded by the Red Rock River, a tributary of the Beaverhead River, which flows into the Jefferson | 2,192 | triviaqa-train |
In which branch of the British Army would a Redcap serve? | Redcap (TV series)
Redcap is a British television series produced by ABC Weekend Television and broadcast on the ITV network.
It starred John Thaw as Sergeant John Mann, a member of the Special Investigation Branch of the Royal Military Police and ran for two series and 26 episodes between 1964 and 1966. Other actors appearing in the series included Kenneth Colley, Keith Barron, Windsor Davies, David Battley and Allan Cuthbertson. The series was created by Jack Bell and employed a variety of writers including Roger Marshall, Troy Kennedy | Corps in 1917; the Corps is renamed the Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps in 1918. Members of this corps serve as clerical staff, cooks and medical personnel. It is disbanded in September 1921. Also in 1917, the British form the Women's Royal Naval Service as a branch of the Royal Navy. Members of this corps serve as clerks, cooks, electricians and air mechanics. The British disband the unit in 1919.
- Canada: Over 2,800 women serve in the Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps during the | 2,193 | triviaqa-train |
What name is given to red Bordeaux wine? | recognition of quality, with a yearly reappraisal. It is no longer a recognized classification.
- The Cru artisan Classification was recognized by the European Union in June 1994 and published on January 11, 2006. The classification is to be revised every 10 years. The initial list of 44 Cru Artisans was extended to 50 in 2012; see .
The 1855 classification system was made at the request of Emperor Napoleon III for the Exposition Universelle de Paris. This came to be known as the Bordeaux Wine Official Classification of 1855 | the station remains. William Cobbett in "Rural Rides" referred to the station when travelling through the hills of Hambledon. "On one of these hills is one of those precious jobs, called "semaphores". For what reason this pretty name is given to a sort of Telegraph house, stuck up at public expense upon a high hill; for what reason this outlandish name is given to the thing, I must leave the reader to guess; but as to the thing itself; I know that it means this; | 2,194 | triviaqa-train |
Which toy manufacturer produces the Connect 4 game? | .
Several versions of Hasbro's Connect Four physical gameboard make it easy to remove game pieces from the bottom one at a time. Along with traditional gameplay, this feature allows for variations of the game.
Some earlier game versions also included specially marked discs, and cardboard column extenders, for additional variations to the game.
Rule variations PopOut.
"PopOut" starts the same as traditional gameplay, with an empty board and players alternating turns placing their own colored discs into the board. During each turn, a | Majorette (toy manufacturer)
Majorette is a French toy manufacturer which mostly produces small die-cast cars and other construction and military vehicles particularly in . This is a normal 2.5 to 3 inch size, thus Majorette has sometimes been called the Matchbox Toys of France. Traditionally, production was centered in the urban area of Lyon, but models are now made in Thailand.
History.
The company was founded in 1961 by Emile Véron – of the family that also created Norev (the Véron family name spelled backwards)(Richardson 1999 | 2,195 | triviaqa-train |
What is the name of the high speed train service that connects London to Paris and Brussels? | an estimated carbon dioxide saving of 51,545 tonnes per year.
Transport Train.
The Brussels-Capital Region has three main train stations: Brussels-South, Central and North, which are the busiest of the country. Brussels-South is also served by direct high-speed rail links: to London by Eurostar trains via the Channel Tunnel (1hr 51min); to Amsterdam by Thalys and "InterCity" connections; to Amsterdam, Paris (1hr 50min and 1hr 25min respectively ), and Cologne by Thalys; and to | the LISEA consortium, which owns and maintains the line until 2061 and charges tolls to train companies.
Purpose.
The LGV SEA brings high-speed rail service to southwestern France and connects the "régions" of Nouvelle-Aquitaine and Occitanie with the high-speed rail service of Northern Europe, which connects Paris to London, Brussels, Amsterdam and beyond. The trip between Paris and Bordeaux takes around two hours and ten minutes at a top speed of 320 km/h. The inter-city links between | 2,196 | triviaqa-train |
The film The French Connection is set in New York and which French city? | Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".
Plot.
In Marseille, an undercover police detective follows Alain Charnier, who runs the world's largest heroin-smuggling syndicate. The policeman is assassinated by Charnier's hitman, Pierre Nicoli. Charnier plans to smuggle $32 million of heroin into the United States by hiding it in the car of his unsuspecting friend, television personality Henri Devereaux, who is traveling to New York by ship.
In New York City | the New York City Subway system, including:
- 4572-4573 - preserved, repainted, and set aside for the New York Transit Museum. This set was used in the famous chase scene in the film "The French Connection". The cars have been used on several recent NYTM fan trips, specifically as a part of the "Train of Many Metals" ("TOMM").
- 4665 (and its R40A mate 4460) - preserved by the Railway Preservation Corp. The pair is stored at Coney | 2,197 | triviaqa-train |
Who is the host of BBC4's Only Connect? | Only Connect
Only Connect is a British game show presented by Victoria Coren Mitchell. It aired on BBC Four from 15 September 2008 to 7 July 2014 and then moved to BBC Two from 1 September 2014. In the series, teams compete in a tournament of finding connections between seemingly unrelated clues.
From 2008 until 2013 the show was recorded in Studio 1 at the ITV Wales Studios based at Culverhouse Cross in Cardiff, which have now been demolished. In late 2013 it moved temporarily to Roath Lock Studios in Cardiff, | is in offices.
Communication protocol.
MLX telephones use an unpublished digital communications protocol based on ISDN S interface. They connect to their host system using an 8-position 8-conductor connector, however only the middle 4 positions are actually used. The processing for an MLX telephone is done principally by its host - the keypad and display is essentially the equivalent of a dumb terminal contained inside the set. There are provisions for two independent two-way voice channels and the data channel (similar to ISDN BRI) going to a single | 2,198 | triviaqa-train |
What is the name of the strait that connects San Francisco Bay to the Pacific Ocean? | Golden Gate
The Golden Gate is a strait on the west coast of North America that connects San Francisco Bay to the Pacific Ocean. It is defined by the headlands of the San Francisco Peninsula and the Marin Peninsula, and, since 1937, has been spanned by the Golden Gate Bridge. The entire shoreline and adjacent waters throughout the strait are managed by the Golden Gate National Recreation Area.
Geology.
During the last Ice Age, when sea level was several hundred feet lower, the waters of the glacier- | after Rancho San Pablo, a Spanish land grant given to colonial Alta California settlers in 1815, on the bay at the site of the present-day city of San Pablo. The bay is approximately across and has an area of approximately .
The bay receives the waters of the Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers, via Suisun Bay and the Carquinez Strait on its northeast end, and it connects to the Pacific Ocean via the San Francisco Bay on its southern end. The bay is heavily silted from the contributions of the two | 2,199 | triviaqa-train |
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