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Cricket - which Indian was the first to play in 100 test matches ? | 1792, India's national cricket team did not play its first Test match until 25 June 1932 at Lord's, becoming the sixth team to be granted Test cricket status. In its first fifty years of international cricket, India was one of the weaker teams, winning only 35 of the first 196 Test matches it played. From 1932 India had to wait until 1952, almost 20 years for its first Test victory. The team, however, gained strength in the 1970s with the emergence of players such as batsmen Sunil Gavaskar | Sri Lankan cricket team in New Zealand in 2005–06
The Sri Lankan cricket team toured New Zealand for cricket matches during the 2005–06 season. Sri Lanka were scheduled to play five one-day international games and three Test matches in the 2004–05 season, beginning their tour on 26 December 2004, but due to the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake which hit the island of Sri Lanka hard, the Sri Lankan team travelled home after the first of the One Day Internationals. The Test matches were rescheduled to April, and the remaining four ODIs | 2,500 | triviaqa-train |
"The ""Electraglide"" is a famous motor-cycle model, produced by which company ?" | Harley-Davidson FL
The Harley-Davidson FL is a model designation used on Harley-Davidson motorcycles since 1941. The FL prefix is mostly applied to Harley-Davidson's large-framed bikes, including the current Touring series, and also the Softail series, especially those with traditional styling, 16-inch front wheels, and either Springer forks or large-diameter telescopic front forks.
Early FL models.
The FL was introduced to the Harley-Davidson model line in 1941. It used a version of the " | at the same time executed for a Scottish millionaire. Friswell's influence culminated in supplying seventy 4-cylinder 16 hp cars for King George V and his entourage, including the Viceroy of India, at the 1911 Delhi Durbar. In 1912 Friswell sold his interest in Standard to C. J. Band and Siegfried Bettmann, the founder of the Triumph Motor Cycle Company (which became the Triumph Motor Company). During the same year the first commercial vehicle was produced, and the 4-cylinder model "S" was introduced at £195, the | 2,501 | triviaqa-train |
The capital of Uganda is Kampala. What was its former capital ? | international trade organizations categorize Kenya as part of the Greater Horn of Africa
Geography Lakes and rivers.
Much of the south of the country is heavily influenced by one of the world's biggest lakes, Lake Victoria, which contains many islands. Most important cities are located in the south, near this lake, including the capital Kampala and the nearby city of Entebbe.
Lake Kyoga is in the centre of the country and is surrounded by extensive marshy areas.
Although landlocked, Uganda contains many large lakes. Besides Lakes | Samson Kisekka
Samson Babi Mululu Kisekka (23 June 1912 – 25 October 1999) was a Ugandan politician who was Prime Minister of Uganda from 1986 to 1991 and Vice President of Uganda from 1991 to 1994. He also worked as a medical doctor and diplomat. He was closely associated with Yoweri Museveni.
Biography.
Dr. Kisekka Samson was born in the evening of Friday 23 June 1912 in Mengo, Kampala, Uganda and grew up near what would become Uganda's capital, Kampala. The third child out of only | 2,502 | triviaqa-train |
The pop group UB40 were very popular in the 80's and early 90's. How many number 1 hit records did they have ? | form, chorus form *(Middleton pg 30), and twelve-bar blues. Popular music songs are rarely composed using different music for each stanza of the lyrics (songs composed in this fashion are said to be punished "through-composed").
The verse and chorus are considered the primary elements. Each verse usually has the same melody (possibly with some slight modifications), but the lyrics change for most verses. The chorus (or "refrain") usually has a melodic phrase and a key | Canada's Top 20 Countdown
Canada's Top 20 Countdown was a Canadian weekly syndicated radio chart program based in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The countdown began in September 2009 and is owned and produced by Positive Number Productions.
The Countdown.
The program was available to radio stations in two formats: CHR/Hot AC branded as Pop 20, and 80's and early 90's pop & rock branded as The Retro 20. A rock and a country version of the show were introduced in 2010 but have since been | 2,503 | triviaqa-train |
Which city is served by O'Hare airport? | While Terminals 2 and 3 remain of the original design, the airfield has seen radical modernization, and the terminal complex is beginning an expansion of passenger facilities that will remake it as North America's first airport built around airline alliances.
History.
History Establishment and defense efforts.
Not long after the opening of Midway Airport in 1926, the City of Chicago realized that additional airport capacity would be needed in the future. The city government investigated various potential airport sites during the 1930s, but made little progress prior to | most of the domestic demand. The principal food imports were wheat and wheat products, because climatic conditions precluded wheat cultivation. In 1985 the value of food imports was US$108.7 million (8.8 percent of total imports), with half of that being food exports.
In the early and mid-1980s, the government sought to reverse the decline of agriculture by diversifying agricultural production, lowering protection barriers, and reducing the state's role in agriculture. In March 1986, the government instituted major changes in the agricultural incentives law and removed | 2,504 | triviaqa-train |
Which city is served by Dulles airport? | Washington Dulles International Airport
Washington Dulles International Airport ( ) is an international airport in the eastern United States, located in Loudoun and Fairfax counties in Virginia, west of downtown
Opened in 1962, it is named after John Foster Dulles the 52nd Secretary of State who served under President Dwight D. Eisenhower. The Washington Dulles main terminal is a well-known landmark designed by Eero Saarinen. Operated by the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority, Washington Dulles Airport occupies straddling the Loudoun-Fairfax Most of the airport is in the unincorporated community | Domestic and International airlines provide services via Harrisburg International Airport (MDT), which is located southeast of the city in Middletown. HIA is the third-busiest commercial airport in Pennsylvania, both in terms of passengers served and cargo shipments. But, generally due to the poor airline selection and lack of an airline hub, generally the most popular airports in the area are Baltimore, Dulles and the Philadelphia. However nearly 1.2 million people fly out of Harrisburg every year.
Transport Public transit.
Harrisburg is served by Capital Area | 2,505 | triviaqa-train |
How many miles are there in a league? | is the "leuga Gallica" "(also: leuca Gallica)", the league of Gaul.
Different definitions Argentina.
The Argentine league ("legua") is or 6,666 "varas": 1 "vara" is .
Different definitions English-speaking world.
On land, the league is most commonly defined as three miles, though the length of a mile could vary from place to place and depending on the era. At sea, a league is . English usage also included many of the other | How, Cumbria
How is a hamlet in the English county of Cumbria.
How is located eight miles due east of the city of Carlisle, to the south of Hayton. There are many hotels in Cumbria with How in the name. The name How is derived from the Old Norse word "haugr" meaning hill or mound.
External links. | 2,506 | triviaqa-train |
The song 'Younger than springtime' was featured in which musical? | extraordinary collection of some of musical theatre's best loved and most enduring classics, including "Carousel" (1945), "South Pacific" (1949), "The King and I" (1951) and "The Sound of Music" (1959). Some of these musicals treat more serious subject matter than most earlier shows: the villain in "Oklahoma!" is a suspected murderer and psychopath with a fondness for lewd post cards; "Carousel" deals with spousal abuse, thievery, suicide and the afterlife | , the song was performed by William Tabbert whilst in the 1958 film, it was sung by John Kerr miming to a vocal by Bill Lee.
Lyrical Analysis.
Hammerstein used repetition as a key aspect of the song repeating the words "am I" and "are you" when describing Cable and Liat: "softer than starlight", "gayer than laughter" and "younger than springtime".
Musical Analysis.
The song is written in F Major.
Other notable recordings.
- 1949 | 2,507 | triviaqa-train |
The song 'My favourite things' was featured inwhich musical? | My Favorite Things (song)
"My Favorite Things" is a show tune from the 1959 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical "The Sound of Music."
In the original Broadway production, this song was introduced by Mary Martin playing Maria and Patricia Neway playing Mother Abbess. Julie Andrews, who played Maria in the 1965 film version of the musical, had previously sung the song on the 1961 Christmas special for "The Garry Moore Show".
Background.
In the musical, the lyrics to the song are | In popular culture.
In October 2008, Bird recorded a cover of Depeche Mode's 1981 hit "Just Can't Get Enough" for "The Sun" newspaper's advertisement campaign. Following repeated requests from viewers, the song was digitally released in Europe as a double A-side single, together with Bird's own song "The Sunshine Song". In March 2010, Bird appeared on GOTV to present her favourite music videos and musical influences. Her song "To My Bones" from the album New Boots featured | 2,508 | triviaqa-train |
Into which body of water does the river Euphrates flow? | Euphrates
The Euphrates (; Sumerian: "Buranuna"; "Purattu"; ; "Pǝrāt"; : "Yeprat"; "Perat"; ; ) is the longest and one of the most historically important rivers of Western Asia. Together with the Tigris, it is one of the two defining rivers of Mesopotamia (the "Land between the Rivers"). Originating in eastern Turkey, the Euphrates flows through Syria and Iraq to join the Tigris in the Shatt al-Arab, which empties into the Persian Gulf | on plans by British civil engineer William Willcocks and finished in 1913, was the first modern water diversion structure built in the Tigris–Euphrates river system. The Hindiya Barrage was followed in the 1950s by the Ramadi Barrage and the nearby Abu Dibbis Regulator, which serve to regulate the flow regime of the Euphrates and to discharge excess flood water into the depression that is now Lake Habbaniyah. Iraq's largest dam on the Euphrates is the Haditha Dam; a earth-fill dam creating Lake Qadisiyah. Syria and Turkey built their first | 2,509 | triviaqa-train |
Jim Peters was favourite for the 1952 Olympic Marathon when he dropped out through cramp whilst in the lead. Which famous runner went on to win? | world yet again in both the 5000 and 10,000 metres. At the 2000 Sydney Olympics, he became the third man in history to successfully defend an Olympic 10,000 metres title (after Emil Zátopek and Lasse Virén). The narrow Olympic victory over Kenya's Paul Tergat came down to a blistering final kick, with Tergat's 26.3 second final 200 metres being topped by Haile's even faster 25.4. The winning margin of victory was only 0.09 seconds, closer than the winning margin in the men's 100 metre dash final. | August he was dropped in class for the Listed Hopeful Stakes over six furlongs at Newmarket in which he was ridden by Martin Harley. Starting at odds of 4/1 in a seven-runner field he went to the front a furlong out and won "comfortably" by a length from Top Score. Harry Bentley resumed his partnership with the gelding when Limato started 4/9 favourite for the Listed Garrowby Stakes at York Racecourse in September. After tracking the leaders he took the lead well inside the final furlong and drew away in the closing strides | 2,510 | triviaqa-train |
Only one actor has played the part of Sherlock Holmes in every field of entertainment, that is stage, screen, radio, TV and records. What is his name? | one of the key visual qualities commonly associated with Holmes today: his calabash pipe. The play also formed the basis for the Gillette's 1916 film, "Sherlock Holmes". In his lifetime, Gillette performed as Holmes some 1,300 times. In the early 1900s, H. A. Saintsbury took over the role from Gillette for a tour of the play. Between this play and Conan Doyle's own stage adaptation of "The Adventure of the Speckled Band", Saintsbury portrayed Holmes over 1,000 times.
Basil Rathbone played Holmes and | perhaps best known today for his performance as Ebenezer Scrooge in the 1938 film version of Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol", a role he inherited from Lionel Barrymore, who had played the part of Scrooge on the radio every Christmas for years until Barrymore broke his hip in an accident.
Owen was one of only five actors to play both Sherlock Holmes and his companion Dr Watson (Jeremy Brett played Watson on stage in the United States prior to adopting the mantle of Holmes on British television, Carleton Hobbs played both | 2,511 | triviaqa-train |
Which Welsh castle was the last stronghold of Owain Glyndwr? | troops seasoned by the English campaigns in France and Scotland. Hundreds of Welsh archers and experienced men-at-arms left English service to join the rebellion.
In 1404, Owain held court at Harlech and appointed Gruffydd Young as his Chancellor. Soon afterwards, he called his first Parliament ( or "gathering") of all Wales at Machynlleth, where he was crowned Prince of Wales and announced his national programme. He declared his vision of an independent Welsh state with a parliament and separate Welsh church. There would be | castle" – "BBC News" 12 September 2005
- "Glyndŵr's burial mystery 'solved'" – "BBC News"
- Owain at 100 Welsh Heroes
- Medieval Soldier:Soldier of the Month December 2007
- Cefn Caer
- Owen Glyndwr and the Last Struggle for Welsh Independence
- The Privy Seal of Owain Glyndwr | 2,512 | triviaqa-train |
In which town was the famous 'Gunfight at the OK corral'? | Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
The Gunfight at the O.K. Corral was a 30-second shootout between lawmen and members of a loosely organized group of outlaws called the Cowboys that took place at about 3:00 p.m. on Wednesday, October 26, 1881, in Tombstone, Arizona Territory. It is generally regarded as the most famous shootout in the history of the American Wild West. The gunfight was the result of a long-simmering feud, with Cowboys Billy Claiborne, Ike and Billy Clanton, and Tom and Frank McLaury on one side | largely fictitious, the story does contain elements of historical fact. "Sunset" depicts Wyatt Earp as a technical advisor to a fictional Tom Mix film of the Gunfight at the OK Corral in which Mix portrays the famous western marshal. Earp had been living in the Los Angeles area since about 1910. He had served as an unpaid technical adviser on some early silent westerns from 1915 on and knew western stars William S. Hart and Mix.
When he died on January 13, 1929, at the age of 80, Earp | 2,513 | triviaqa-train |
Name the ex-dentist who aided the Earp brothers in the OK corral gunfight | 30, 1880, after town marshal Fred White was accidentally shot and killed by outlaw and gunman "Curly Bill" Brocius, Virgil was for a while both Tombstone town marshal and Deputy U.S. Marshal. While holding these two offices Virgil, his brothers Wyatt and Morgan, and Doc Holliday confronted the Cowboys in a narrow lot on Fremont Street. Virgil was not expecting a fight. He later testified that when he saw the Cowboys, he immediately commanded them to "Throw up your hands, I want your guns!" But | 13, 1881 in the Guadalupe Canyon Massacre when Mexican troops attacked cattle smugglers near the Mexican border. Ike Clanton and his family had been longtime adversaries of the Earp brothers and Clanton had threatened to kill the Earps. On October 26, 1881 Ike Clanton's threats instigated The Gunfight at the OK Corral. But Ike fled as the shooting started, his younger brother died in the shootout. In December 1881 someone ambushed Virgil Earp with a shotgun, maiming him. Ike's hat was found behind the building where the shot had | 2,514 | triviaqa-train |
Basil Rathbone made 14 Sherlock Holmes films. Who played the part of Dr Watson? | Nigel Bruce played Watson in fourteen U.S. films (two for 20th Century Fox and a dozen for Universal Pictures) from 1939 to 1946, and in "The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes" on the Mutual radio network from 1939 to 1946 (before the role of Holmes passed to Tom Conway). While the Fox films were period pieces, the Universal films abandoned Victorian Britain and moved to a then-contemporary setting in which Holmes occasionally battled Nazis.
The 1984–85 Italian/Japanese anime series "Sherlock Hound" adapted the | ).
He appeared in two landmark films: "Becky Sharp" (1935), the first feature film in full Technicolor, and "Bwana Devil" (1952), the first 3-D feature. He uncharacteristically played a detestable figure in "The Rains Came" (1939) which became the first film to win an Oscar for special effects.
Dr. Watson.
Bruce's career signature role was that of Dr. Watson in the 1939–1946 Sherlock Holmes film series, alongside his friend Basil Rathbone playing Holmes. | 2,515 | triviaqa-train |
Into which body of water does the river Zambezi flow? | Zambezi
The Zambezi (also spelled Zambeze and Zambesi) is the fourth-longest river in Africa, the longest east-flowing river in Africa and the largest flowing into the Indian Ocean from Africa. The area of its basin is , slightly less than half of the Nile's. The arises in Zambia and flows through eastern Angola, along the north-eastern border of Namibia and the northern border of Botswana, then along the border between Zambia and Zimbabwe to Mozambique, where it crosses the country to empty into the | west and then forms its southern border with Namibia, Botswana and Zimbabwe. Its source is in Zambia but it diverts into Angola, and a number of its tributaries rise in Angola's central highlands. The edge of the Cuando River floodplain (not its main channel) forms Zambia's southwestern border, and via the Chobe River that river contributes very little water to the Zambezi because most is lost by evaporation.
Two of the Zambezi's longest and largest tributaries, the Kafue and the Luangwa, flow mainly in Zambia. | 2,516 | triviaqa-train |
Who wrote the children's novel 'Swallows and Amazons'? | Swallows and Amazons
Swallows and Amazons is the first book in the "Swallows and Amazons" series by English author Arthur Ransome; it was first published in 1930, with the action taking place in the summer of 1929 in the Lake District. The book introduces central protagonists John, Susan, Titty and Roger Walker (Swallows), their mother, their baby sister (Bridget), as well as Nancy and Peggy Blackett (Amazons) and their uncle Jim, commonly referred to as Captain Flint.
At the time | sold to the yachting author Kaines Adlard Coles who sailed her back to England.
"Swallows and Amazons" series.
By the late 1920s, Ransome had settled in the Lake District because he had decided not to accept a position as a full-time foreign correspondent with the "Guardian". Instead he wrote "Swallows and Amazons" in 1929—the first of the series that made his reputation as one of the best English writers of children's books.
Ransome apparently based the Walker children (the "Swallows") | 2,517 | triviaqa-train |
Name the port that stands at the mouth of the River Seine | Seine
The Seine ( , , ) is a river and an important commercial waterway within the Paris Basin in the north of France. It rises at Source-Seine, northwest of Dijon in northeastern France in the Langres plateau, flowing through Paris and into the English Channel at Le Havre (and Honfleur on the left bank). It is navigable by ocean-going vessels as far as Rouen, from the sea. Over 60 percent of its length, as far as Burgundy, is negotiable by commercial riverboats, | , the eurozone, the OECD, and the Community of Portuguese Language Countries.
Etymology.
The word Portugal derives from the Roman-Celtic place name Portus Cale; a city where present-day Vila Nova de Gaia now stands, at the mouth of the River Douro in the north of what is now Portugal. The name of the city is from the Latin word for port or harbour, "portus", but the second element of "Portus Cale" is the subject of numerous theories. The mainstream explanation | 2,518 | triviaqa-train |
Tokay wine is the produce of which country? | Tokaji
Tokaji ( ) or Tokay is the name of the wines from the Tokaj wine region (also "Tokaj-Hegyalja wine region" or "Tokaj-Hegyalja") in Hungary or the adjoining Tokaj wine region in Slovakia. This region is noted for its sweet wines made from grapes affected by noble rot, a style of wine which has a long history in this region. The "nectar" coming from the grapes of Tokaj is also mentioned in the national anthem of Hungary.
The Slovak wine region of | teinturier varieties, which actually have red flesh and produce red juice.
Variants White wine.
Fermentation of the non-colored grape pulp produces white wine. The grapes from which white wine is produced are typically green or yellow. Some varieties are well-known, such as the Chardonnay, Sauvignon, and Riesling. Other white wines are blended from multiple varieties; Tokay, Sherry, and Sauternes are examples of these. Dark-skinned grapes may be used to produce white wine if the wine-maker is careful not | 2,519 | triviaqa-train |
Who composed the music for the opera 'Der Rosekavalier'? | Richard Wagner in Germany. The popularity of opera continued through the verismo era in Italy and contemporary French opera through to Giacomo Puccini and Richard Strauss in the early 20th century. During the 19th century, parallel operatic traditions emerged in central and eastern Europe, particularly in Russia and Bohemia. The 20th century saw many experiments with modern styles, such as atonality and serialism (Arnold Schoenberg and Alban Berg), Neoclassicism (Igor Stravinsky), and Minimalism (Philip Glass and John Adams). With the rise of recording technology, | Pieter Vanderghinste
Peter or Pieter Vanderghinste or Van der Ghinste (Kortrijk, 20 November 1789 - Kortrijk, 22 October 1860) was a Flemish composer who worked in United Kingdom of the Netherlands.
Pieter Vanderghinste composed both religious and worldly music, such as motets and romances. He also composed a Dutch language opera titled "Het Pruisisch soldatenkwartier", which uses a libretto by the rederijker J.B. Hofman. The première took place in Kortrijk in 1816. The sheet music of this opera was only partly recovered.
Inspired by | 2,520 | triviaqa-train |
What is obtained from the seeds of the flax plant? | Other seed fibers are from kapok and milkweed.
Many important nonfood oils are extracted from seeds. Linseed oil is used in paints. Oil from jojoba and crambe are similar to whale oil.
Seeds are the source of some medicines including castor oil, tea tree oil and the quack cancer drug Laetrile.
Many seeds have been used as beads in necklaces and rosaries including Job's tears, Chinaberry, rosary pea, and castor bean. However, the latter three are also poisonous.
Other seed uses include: | are pollinators that resemble small hummingbirds.
Uses.
The plant can be used for various purposes. The most used parts are the seeds, the root, and the bark.
Uses Fiber.
A very strong and good quality fiber obtained from the bark is a flax substitute that does not shrink and retains its strength in water. It is used for making clothes, twine and cordage, bags, linen, paper, and more. When harvested for fiber, dogbane is often left standing as late as mid- | 2,521 | triviaqa-train |
Which famous artist painted such worls as 'A girl in the window', 'The man with the golden helmet' and 'Nightwatch'? | scientific details.
Name and signature.
"Rembrandt" is a modification of the spelling of the artist's first name that he introduced in 1633. "Harmenszoon" indicates that his father's name is Harmen. "van Rijn" indicates that his family lived near the Rhine.
Roughly speaking, his earliest signatures (c. 1625) consisted of an initial "R", or the monogram "RH" (for Rembrant Harmenszoon), and starting in 1629, "RHL" (the "L" | or appointments on his yellow MV Agusta motorcycle. Bonython had a number of "near misses" on the bike which he claimed were the result of other road users being distracted by his famous racing helmet which had been painted with naked ladies by his friend and artist Louis James.
Biography Politics.
Bonython was also active in public life. He served on the Adelaide City Council, as had both his father and grandfather before him, and he was the chairman of the South Australian Jubilee 150 Board. Other boards of which | 2,522 | triviaqa-train |
Which English cathedral has the tallest spire? | was given the task of distributing some of the original copies. Elias later became a canon of Salisbury and supervised the construction of the cathedral.
Building and architecture Clock.
The Salisbury cathedral clock, which dates from about AD 1386, is supposedly the oldest working modern clock in the world. The clock has no face; all clocks of that date rang out the hours on a bell. It was originally located in a bell tower that was demolished in 1792. Following this demolition, the clock was moved to the Cathedral | that remains from the Medieval period that has not been entirely rebuilt. However, it was greatly surpassed in height by the spires of Lincoln and Old St. Paul’s. At Lincoln, between the early 14th century and 1548, the central tower was surmounted by the tallest spire in the world at about but this fell in a storm. Lichfield Cathedral, uniquely in England, has three medieval masonry spires.
Although single western towers are common in English parish churches, only one medieval cathedral, Ely, retains a centrally placed | 2,523 | triviaqa-train |
Who has a current top ten hit with the record 'In the air tonight'? | In the Air Tonight
"In the Air Tonight" is the debut solo single by the English singer-songwriter and drummer Phil Collins. It was released as the lead single from Collins' debut solo album, "Face Value", in January 1981.
Collins co-produced the single with Hugh Padgham, who became a frequent collaborator in the following years. The song was an instant hit, quickly climbing to No. 2 on the UK Singles chart but was held off the top spot by the posthumous | in 1990. American boyband New Kids on the Block secured the record for most top ten singles in 1990 with eight hit singles. "Hangin' Tough" reached number-one, where it remained for two weeks, and a further three weeks in the top ten. Other entries included "Step by Step" (number 2), "Tonight" (3) and "Cover Girl" (4). Former "Neighbours" actress Kylie Minogue had three top ten singles in 1990. "Tears on My Pillow | 2,524 | triviaqa-train |
Which is the only cathedral in England with three spires? | Three-spired cathedrals in the United Kingdom
There are only three cathedrals in the United Kingdom with three spires. Lichfield Cathedral, dating from the 13th and early 14th centuries is the only medieval cathedral. Between the 14th and 16th centuries Lincoln Cathedral also had three spires and was the tallest building in the world for 238 years until the central spire collapsed in 1549 and was not rebuilt. Both Truro Cathedral, Cornwall (late 19th–early 20th century) and St Mary's Episcopal Cathedral, Edinburgh (late 19th century) | and all the stained glass smashed.
It is the only medieval English cathedral with three spires and has an ornate west front extensively renovated in the Victorian era by Sir George Gilbert Scott. Scott also built the three-spired St Mary's Cathedral, in Edinburgh.
Truro Cathedral.
Truro Cathedral is a cathedral in the city of Truro in Cornwall in south-west England.
It was built in the 19th century (from 1879) on the site of a 16th-century parish church (St Mary the | 2,525 | triviaqa-train |
Against which country did Russia declare war in 1939? | , where the harbor was frozen for nine months a year. Access to the Baltic was blocked by Sweden, whose territory enclosed it on three sides. Peter's ambitions for a "window to the sea" led him to make a secret alliance in 1699 with Saxony, the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and Denmark against Sweden, resulting in the Great Northern War. The war ended in 1721 when an exhausted Sweden asked for peace with Russia. Peter acquired four provinces situated south and east of the Gulf of Finland. The coveted | the ongoing South Sudanese Civil War.
Chemical weapon details, per nation Sudan.
Some past reports of uncertain credibility indicated that Sudan may have used chemical weapons against the rebels in the southern part of this country. Sudan accessed to CWC in 1999 and did not declare any offensive CW program. U.S. Department of State claims that it lacks sufficient evidence to determine whether Sudan is engaged in activities prohibited by CWC.
Chemical weapon details, per nation Syria.
On September 14, 2013, the United States and Russia announced an | 2,526 | triviaqa-train |
What is the name of the fat substance used in ointments and cosmetics that is obtained from wool? | the manufacture of a soft soap for scouring locally produced white wool.
In commercial wool, vegetable matter is often removed by chemical carbonization. In less-processed wools, vegetable matter may be removed by hand and some of the lanolin left intact through the use of gentler detergents. This semigrease wool can be worked into yarn and knitted into particularly water-resistant mittens or sweaters, such as those of the Aran Island fishermen. Lanolin removed from wool is widely used in cosmetic products, such as hand creams.
Fineness | A shimmery substance found on fish scales, most usually obtained from herring and one of many by-products of commercial fish processing, can also be used for pearlescent effects, primarily in nail polish, but is now rarely used due to its high cost, bismuth oxychloride flakes being used as a substitute instead.
Types of cosmetics.
Types of cosmetics Facial cosmetics.
The Romans and ancient Egyptians used cosmetics containing mercury.
Types of cosmetics Facial cosmetics Foundation.
Women of Roman Britain used a foundation made from animal fat, | 2,527 | triviaqa-train |
In which US city was the 192 metre tall Gateway Arch built on the west bank of the Mississippi river in the mid-1960s? | , clear the buildings and erect a park and monument. With promises from the federal government (via the United States Territorial Expansion Memorial Commission) to join if the City of St. Louis could raise money.
The area to be included in the park was bounded by the Eads Bridge/Washington Avenue on the north and Poplar Street on the south, the Mississippi River on the east and Third Street (now Interstate 44) on the west. The Old Courthouse, just west of Third Street, was added in 1940. | Seaman-Drake Arch
The Seaman-Drake Arch, also known as the Inwood Arch, located at 5065 Broadway at West 216th Street in the Inwood neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City is a remnant of a hilltop estate built in 1855 by the Seaman family. The arch, which was built from Inwood marble quarried nearby, is tall, deep, and wide, and was once the gateway to the estate.
Today, the arch, which is said to be modeled on the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, | 2,528 | triviaqa-train |
Espoo, (population 248,000) is the second largest city in which European country? | enacted on 1 March 2000, and was amended on 1 March 2012. Citizens can run and vote in parliamentary, municipal, presidential and European Union elections.
Politics President.
The head of state of Finland is President of the Republic of Finland (in Finnish: "Suomen tasavallan presidentti"; in Swedish: "Republiken Finlands president"). Finland has had for most of its independence a semi-presidential system, but in the last few decades the powers of the President have been diminished. In constitution amendments, | Uusimaa (constituency)
Uusimaa is a Finnish constituency represented in eduskunta. It covers the administrative region of Uusimaa, excluding the capital city of Helsinki, which forms its own constituency. Uusimaa elects 36 members to eduskunta, which makes it the largest electoral district in the country.
Even though the city proper is not part of the constituency, much of the area falls under the Greater Helsinki metropolitan area. The suburban cities Espoo and Vantaa account for half of its population of 1 million. The largest party in the 2011 | 2,529 | triviaqa-train |
The Bruce Highway, the longest in Queensland, runs for 1,700km from Brisbane to which other city? | the Ipswich Motorway south of the Brisbane River. The Bruce Highway is Brisbane's main route north of the city to the rest of the State. The Bruce Highway terminates away in Cairns and passes through most major cities along the Queensland coast. The Gateway Motorway is a private toll road which connects the Gold Coast and Sunshine Coasts by providing an alternate route via the Gateway Bridge avoiding Brisbane's inner city area. The Port of Brisbane Motorway links the Gateway to the Port of Brisbane, while Inner City Bypass and the Riverside Expressway | on 1 January 2000.
Transport.
Narangba railway station provides regular Queensland Rail City network services to Brisbane and Ipswich, as well as Caboolture and the Sunshine Coast.
The 663 local loop bus service provides transport throughout the suburb connecting it to train services. The 668 service runs from Narangba railway station to the nearby suburb of North Lakes.
Being near the Bruce Highway, Narangba is easily accessible to both the Sunshine Coast and Brisbane averaging 40min by car for either destination.
In 2014 Queensland Rail Translink completed | 2,530 | triviaqa-train |
Who played oil baron Clayton Farlow in the 80's soap Dallas? | Clayton Farlow
Clayton Farlow is a fictional character in the popular American television series "Dallas", played by Howard Keel from 1981 to 1991.
Background.
Clayton Farlow, along with his sister Jessica, was raised on the Southern Cross Ranch (Co-ordinates: 32°43'N 96°30'W) in San Angelo, Texas. Clayton and Jessica's father was described as a "big man that liked the oil business, but ranching was his real love". Clayton's father took him to his first | the same name
- William Cecil Clayton, character in "Tarzan of the Apes"
- Clayton Farlow, oil baron in the American television series "Dallas" | 2,531 | triviaqa-train |
Will McKenzie, Simon Cooper, Jay Carwright and Nile Sutherland are the main characters in which C4 comedy first shown in 2008? | List of The Inbetweeners characters
This is a list of characters from the British sitcom "The Inbetweeners" that ran for three series from 2008–2010. A 2011 film was also released, followed by a sequel in 2014.
Main characters.
Main characters Will McKenzie.
Will is the central character and the narrator of the show as well. In the first episode, Will starts his first day in his new school with a briefcase, which leads to him being nicknamed "Briefcase Wanker".
Main characters Simon Cooper. | ride, who are seen driving away slowly whilst making insulting gestures, leaving Simon no choice but to phone his irritated father for help.
Cast.
- Simon Bird as Will McKenzie
- Joe Thomas as Simon Cooper
- James Buckley as Jay Cartwright
- Blake Harrison as Neil Sutherland
- Henry Lloyd-Hughes as Mark Donovan
- Belinda Stewart-Wilson as Will's mother
- Sam Barnard (uncredited) as one of the Happy Foundation members
External links.
- "Thorpe Park" | 2,532 | triviaqa-train |
Who was the only Crossroads character to appear in both the first and last episodes of the original series (1964-88)? | who, with the help of her late husband Charles' insurance money, and compensation money from the council for them building a motorway through their land, turned her large Georgian house into a motel. "The Crossroads Motel" was located on the outskirts of the small village of King's Oak, which is on the outskirts of Birmingham. With Charles, Meg had two children. The elder was a girl named Jill (Jane Rossington) (born 1946) followed by Alexander, or "Sandy" (Roger Tonge) | sound.
George Murcell voiced Professor Popkiss and Masterspy for the first season. He had previously worked for AP Films when playing the character Diamond in the low-budget B-Movie "Crossroads to Crime" alongside David Graham. Graham believes that because of his voice quality, Gerry thought he would make a good Masterspy, while Gould remembers Murcell doing "all the European voices". Murcell left the series after 24 episodes, which explains why he, and Popkiss do not appear in the last two episodes of the first | 2,533 | triviaqa-train |
Who won the first UK series of The X Factor in 2004? | scrapped, leaving just the arena auditions. The room auditions were revived in series 13, and no arena auditions followed. Successful auditionees go through to "bootcamp" and then to "judges' houses", where judges narrow down the acts in their category down to three or four acts to mentor for the live shows, where the public vote for their favourite acts following weekly live performances by the contestants. There have been 15 winners of the show to date: Steve Brookstein, Shayne Ward, Leona Lewis, Leon Jackson | Roberta Howett
Roberta Howett (born 26 September 1981 in Dublin, Ireland) is an Irish singer who finished in ninth place in the first UK series of television talent show "The X Factor" in 2004.
"The X Factor": 2004.
Howett successfully auditioned for the first series of "The X Factor" in 2004 and made it to "bootcamp", "judges' houses" and the live shows, but was eliminated in the first live show.
Performances on "The X Factor" | 2,534 | triviaqa-train |
Who plays ex-Detective Sergeant Gerry Standing in the long-running BBC 1 series New Tricks? | Bolam, Amanda Redman, Dennis Waterman, Denis Lawson, Nicholas Lyndhurst, Tamzin Outhwaite, and Larry Lamb.
The premise of the series focused on the work of the Unsolved Crime and Open Case Squad (UCOS) - a fictional division within London's Metropolitan Police Service tasked with re-investigating unsolved crimes. UCOS primarily functioned with a senior police detective overseeing the work of three retired police officers who would handle each case, and who could bring in police support when needed. Each episode focused on a different investigation, | SORN
Notable appearances.
- In the James Bond film "Diamonds Are Forever, "Bond commandeers a Topaz (BL colour code 84) 1970 Triumph Stag from a diamond smuggler.
- In the 2000-2001 BBC TV series "Second Sight", DCI Ross Tanner (Clive Owen) drives a Sapphire Blue Triumph Stag.
- In the BBC series New Tricks, retired Detective Sergeant Gerry Standing drives a 1974 Triumph Stag that occasionally gives him trouble.
- In 2013 during the first series of Channel | 2,535 | triviaqa-train |
Which former winner of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?, Mastermind and Brain of Britain became the seventh member of the Eggheads quiz team in 2009? | the record for the highest ever score on "Brain of Britain" and has been a member of the "Eggheads" since that series debut.
In August 2010 during an edition of "Mastermind Champion of Champions", the 2010 series champion, Jesse Honey, scored 23 out of 23 on "Flags of the World" in the specialist subject round, an all-time record. He finished as runner-up with a combined score of 36 points, losing out to Pat Gibson by having two more passes. | ?" in 2000.
- Barry Simmons (2008–present) won £64,000 on "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?" in 2005, a winning member of Masterteam in 2006 and a semi-finalist on "Mastermind". He joined Eggheads in 2008 after winning the first series of "Are You an Egghead?" beating in the final Shaun Wallace, who would become one of two original chasers in "The Chase". Since joining Eggheads, he won "Brain of Britain" in 2013 which garnered controversy | 2,536 | triviaqa-train |
Which eponymous Shakespearean character was King of Scotland from 1040 until his death in 1057? | , Nikolai Leskov updated "The Tragedy of Macbeth" so that it takes place among the Imperial Russian merchant class. In an ironic twist, however, Leskov reverses the gender roles – the woman is the murderer and the man is the instigator. Leskov's novel was the basis for Dmitri Shostakovich's 1936 opera of the same name.
Life to legend Other depictions.
In modern times, Dorothy Dunnett's novel "King Hereafter" aims to portray a historical Macbeth, but proposes that Macbeth and his rival and sometime ally | " when Stewie announced his remorse for staying up all night listening to Persian radio.
It served as the theme song for the TV Land reality TV competition "She's Got the Look."
The song was covered by Filipina singer Sarah Geronimo, and it was used as a promotion for Jag when she became the new endorser of the clothing brand.
The song was covered by Taiwanese artist Luantan Ascent (). It was used as an insert song for the movie Second Chance () and was also featured | 2,537 | triviaqa-train |
In which year was the TUC formed at a meeting in Manchester? Was it 1868, 1889 or 1901? | life in and around Manchester, and when Karl Marx visited Manchester, they met at Chetham's Library. The economics books Marx was reading at the time can be seen in the library, as can the window seat where Marx and Engels would meet. The first Trades Union Congress was held in Manchester (at the Mechanics' Institute, David Street), from 2 to 6 June 1868. Manchester was an important cradle of the Labour Party and the Suffragette Movement.
At that time, it seemed a place in which | He first met Richard Cobden in 1836 or 1837. Cobden was an alderman of the newly formed Manchester Corporation, and Bright went to ask him to speak at an education meeting in Rochdale. Cobden consented, and at the meeting was much struck by Bright's short speech, and urged him to speak against the Corn Laws. His first speech on the Corn Laws was made at Rochdale in 1838, and in the same year he joined the Manchester provisional committee which in 1839 founded the Anti-Corn Law League. He | 2,538 | triviaqa-train |
In 1468 Orkney was ceded to Scotland in lieu of an unpaid dowry by the king of which country? | Picts. Orkney was colonized and later annexed by Norway in 875 and settled by the Norse. The Scottish Parliament then annexed the earldom to the Scottish Crown in 1472, following the failed payment of a dowry for James III's bride Margaret of Denmark.
In addition to the Mainland, most of the islands are in two groups, the North and South Isles, all of which have an underlying geological base of Old Red Sandstone. The climate is mild and the soils are extremely fertile, most of the land being farmed | north-east (Caithness).
Two areas with mostly Norse-derived placenames (and some Pictish), the Northern Isles (Shetland and Orkney) were ceded to Scotland in lieu of an unpaid dowry in 1472, and never spoke Gaelic; its traditional vernacular Norn, a derivative of Old Norse mutually intelligible with Icelandic and Faroese, died out in the 18th century after large-scale immigration by Lowland Scots speakers. To this day, many Shetlanders and Orcadians maintain a separate identity, albeit through the Shetlandic and Orcadian | 2,539 | triviaqa-train |
The character played by Steve Carell in the US version of The Office and the current Vice Chancellor of Glyndwr University. | Steve Carell
Steven John Carell (; born August 16, 1962) is an American actor, comedian, producer, writer, and director. He is well known for his portrayal of gaffe-prone boss Michael Scott on the American version of "The Office" (2005–2013), on which he also worked as an occasional producer, writer and director.
Carell was a correspondent on "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" from 1999 to 2005. He has starred in "" (2004), "The 40-Year | began to amplify his character to parody news pundits. Colbert anchored many sketches in his persona, including "Even Stepvhen", in which he debated current issues with fellow correspondent Steve Carell, often devolving into petty name-calling and insults. Colbert and Carell were viewed as potential breakout stars by staff, and when Carell left the series in 2004 to start a US version of "The Office", Comedy Central made attempts to keep Colbert at the network. Stewart and Karlin were already looking to expand the "Daily Show | 2,540 | triviaqa-train |
Leader of the Virginia colony in Jamestown in the early 17th century and a post-war leader of the Labour Party. | the Second Supply, they expressed their frustrations and made demands upon the leaders of Jamestown in written form. They specifically demanded that the colonists send commodities sufficient to pay the cost of the voyage, a lump of gold, assurance that they had found the South Sea, and one member of the lost Roanoke Colony. It fell to the third president of the Council Captain John Smith to deliver a bold and much-needed wake-up call in response to the investors in London, demanding practical laborers and craftsmen who could help | Colony of Virginia at Jamestown in the early 17th century. The role of the church and its relationship to the government had been established by King Henry VIII some years earlier. The same relationship was established in the new colony.
History 1607: the Church of England in the new Virginia Colony.
When the English colony was established at Jamestown on May 14, 1607, the conduct of worship and the building of a primitive chapel were given priority even as the first fort was built. The Reverend Robert Hunt served as the | 2,541 | triviaqa-train |
67-year-old US comedian who was an original cast member of NBC's Saturday Night Live and an old English ballad which tells the story of the Battle of Otterburn in 1388. | complex, however.
Aftermath.
Such a decisive victory kept the two sides apart for some time. Of such renown was the battle of Otterburn that several ballads were composed in its honour including "The Battle of Otterburn" and "The Ballad of Chevy Chase" (Child ballads 161 and 162). Chevy Chase rather mangles the history of the battle and may be confusing other conflicts at around the same time but it is still cited as one of the best of the ancient ballads.
Houses involved in the | Play’."
"Saturday Night Live".
In 1974, Lorne Michaels hired 22-year-old Newman for a Lily Tomlin special, impressed with her work as founder and original member of The Groundlings. A year later, she became an original cast member on NBC's "Saturday Night Live", appearing on the show from its inception in 1975 through 1980.
During her five years on "SNL" she became a close friend of co-star Gilda Radner, although there was also a degree of rivalry | 2,542 | triviaqa-train |
At which ground in Auckland will the final of the Rugby Union World Cup be played on the 23rd of this month? | such as Millennium Stadium – purpose built for the 1999 tournament – and Eden Park, upgraded for 2011. The first country outside of the traditional rugby nations of SANZAAR or the Six Nations to be awarded the hosting rights was Japan, who will host the 2019 tournament. France will host the 2023 tournament.
Tournament growth.
Tournament growth Media coverage.
Organizers of the Rugby World Cup, as well as the Global Sports Impact, state that the Rugby World Cup is the third largest sporting event in the World, behind | (Sunday) Rugby league.
- Autumn International Series:
- 26–6 in Glasgow, Scotland
Days of the month October 16, 2011 (Sunday) Rugby union.
- World Cup in New Zealand:
- Semifinals in Auckland: 6–20
- The All Blacks advance to the final for the third time, and will play in a repeat of the 1987 Final at the same venue.
Days of the month October 16, 2011 (Sunday) Tennis.
- ATP World Tour:
- Shanghai Rolex Masters in Shanghai, China: | 2,543 | triviaqa-train |
Since 1895 the Wooden Spoon for finishing bottom of cricket's County Championship has been won most often (15 times) by which county? | while their rivals Worcestershire beat Northamptonshire. In that season's Twenty20 Cup Essex beat Yorkshire to reach the semi-finals at Trent Bridge, where they were beaten by eventual tournament winners Leicestershire. Essex also had Twenty20 success in the first floodlit Twenty20 Tournament, held between the four teams with permanent floodlights, in a series of 2 legged matches. Essex beat Derbyshire 1–0, after the first leg was washed out, and they won the second leg convincingly.
Home grounds.
The club currently plays all its home games at | Gloucestershire, Northamptonshire and Somerset) have never won the official title, although Gloucestershire had claim to three unofficial titles in the 1870s.
Results Promoted and relegated.
There have been two divisions since 2000.
Results Wooden spoons.
Since the expansion of the Championship from 9 counties to 14 in 1895, the wooden spoon for finishing bottom has been 'won' by the teams shown in the table below. Lancashire, Middlesex, and Surrey have never finished bottom. Leicestershire have shared last place twice, with Hampshire and Somerset | 2,544 | triviaqa-train |
"Which species of python is the longest snake in the world and gets its name from the Latin for ""net-like"" because of the patterns on its skin?" | Reticulated python
The reticulated python ("Malayopython reticulatus") is a snake species in the family Pythonidae native to South and Southeast Asia. It is the world's longest snake and listed as least concern on the IUCN Red List because of its wide distribution. In several range countries, it is hunted for its skin, for use in traditional medicine, and for sale as a pet.
It is an excellent swimmer, has been reported far out at sea and has colonized many small islands within its range. | ", later it was also known as "Coluber longissimus" and for the most part of its history as "Elaphe longissima". The current scientific name of the species based on revisions of the large genus "Elaphe" is "Zamenis longissimus". "Zamenis" is of unknown origin, however "longissimus" comes from Latin and means "longest"; the snake is one of the longest over its range. The common name of the species — "Aesculape" in French and its equivalents in other languages — | 2,545 | triviaqa-train |
Talisker distillery, which has produced a single malt whisly of the same name since 1820, is the only distillery on which Scottish island? | interspersed with igneous intrusions of a more recent age, remnants of which formed mountain massifs such as the Cairngorms and Skye Cuillins.
A significant exception to the above are the fossil-bearing beds of Old Red Sandstones found principally along the Moray Firth coast. The Highlands are generally mountainous and the highest elevations in the British Isles are found here. Scotland has over 790 islands divided into four main groups: Shetland, Orkney, and the Inner Hebrides and Outer Hebrides. There are numerous bodies of freshwater including Loch Lomond and Loch | The Glenlivet distillery
The Glenlivet distillery is a distillery near Ballindalloch in Moray, Scotland that produces single malt Scotch whisky. It is the oldest legal distillery in the parish of Glenlivet, and the production place of the Scottish whisky of the same name. It was founded in 1824 and has operated almost continuously since. The distillery remained open throughout the Great Depression and its only closure came during World War II. The Glenlivet distillery has grown in the post-war period to become one of the biggest single malt distilleries in order | 2,546 | triviaqa-train |
What shape is the central tower of the Palace of Westminster and also the Central Lobby which is situated beneath it? | Civil War. The frescoes were executed between 1856 and 1866, and each scene was "specifically chosen to depict the struggles through which national liberties were won". Examples include "Speaker Lenthall Asserting the Privileges of the Commons Against Charles I when the Attempt was Made to Seize the Five Members", representing resistance against absolute rule, and "The Embarkation of the Pilgrim Fathers for New England", which illustrates the principle of freedom of worship.
Interior Central Lobby.
Originally named "Octagon Hall" because of its | shape, the Central Lobby is the heart of the Palace of Westminster. It lies directly below the Central Tower and forms a busy crossroads between the House of Lords to the south, the House of Commons to the north, St Stephen's Hall and the public entrance to the west, and the Lower Waiting Hall and the libraries to the east. Its location halfway between the two debating chambers has led constitutional theorist Erskine May to describe the Lobby as "the political centre of the British Empire", and allows a person | 2,547 | triviaqa-train |
Which comes first in an alphabetical list of the plays of William Shakespeare? | Plutarch's "Parallel Lives"—which introduced a new kind of drama. According to Shakespearean scholar James Shapiro, in "Julius Caesar," "the various strands of politics, character, inwardness, contemporary events, even Shakespeare's own reflections on the act of writing, began to infuse each other".
In the early 17th century, Shakespeare wrote the so-called "problem plays" "Measure for Measure", "Troilus and Cressida", and "All's Well That Ends Well" and a number of his | blow fly comes from an older English term for meat that had eggs laid on it, which was said to be fly blown. The first known association of the term "blow" with flies appears in the plays of William Shakespeare: "Love's Labour's Lost", "The Tempest", and "Antony and Cleopatra".
Description.
Description Characteristics.
Calliphoridae adults are commonly shiny with metallic colouring, often with blue, green, or black thoraces and abdomens. Antennae are three-segmented and aristate | 2,548 | triviaqa-train |
What sort of creature is the Shikra. Is it a bird, an antelope or a fish? | also used in foraging—kestrels have been shown to search for prey by detecting the UV reflective urine trail marks left on the ground by rodents. With the exception of pigeons and a few other species, the eyelids of birds are not used in blinking. Instead the eye is lubricated by the nictitating membrane, a third eyelid that moves horizontally. The nictitating membrane also covers the eye and acts as a contact lens in many aquatic birds. The bird retina has a fan shaped blood supply system called the pecten.
Most | Fishing popper
The popper is an effective and proven lure designed to move water using a concave or hollowed nose. Poppers aim to simulate any sort of distressed creature that might be moving or struggling on the surface of the water (baitfish, frogs, and insects are the most typical imitations). Originally this timeless lure was crafted from wood and painted or shaped to match the pattern of baitfish. This quickly evolved into more intricate patterns that mimicked a broader scope of the common prey of predatory fish. Along with different imitations | 2,549 | triviaqa-train |
Which chemical compound is sometimes called baking soda or bread soda? | gas may cause the grease to splatter. Sodium bicarbonate is used in BC dry chemical fire extinguishers as an alternative to the more corrosive diammonium phosphate in ABC extinguishers. The alkaline nature of sodium bicarbonate makes it the only dry chemical agent, besides Purple-K, that was used in large-scale fire suppression systems installed in commercial kitchens. Because it can act as an alkali, the agent has a mild saponification effect on hot grease, which forms a smothering, soapy foam.
Uses Neutralization of acids.
Sodium bicarbonate | Cacodyl oxide
Cacodyl oxide is a chemical compound of the formula [(CH)As]O. This organoarsenic compound is primarily of historical significance since it is sometimes considered to be the first organometallic compound synthesized in relatively pure form.
"Cadet's fuming liquid", which is composed of cacodyl and cacodyl oxide, was originally synthesized by heating potassium acetate with arsenic trioxide. It has a disagreeable odor and is toxic. It has been used as a denaturing and warning agent.
See also.
- Arsenic
- Arsine
- | 2,550 | triviaqa-train |
Which member of the woodwind family of musical instruments, a sort of half-sized flute, gets its name from the Italian for small? | flexibility, but also the effect of "choral" brass in the Trio movement. Piccolo, contrabassoon, and trombones add to the triumphal finale of his Symphony No. 5. A piccolo and a pair of trombones help deliver the effect of storm and sunshine in the Sixth, also known as the "Pastoral Symphony". The Ninth asks for a second pair of horns, for reasons similar to the "Eroica" (four horns has since become standard); Beethoven's use of piccolo, contrabassoon, trombones, and | Flute
The flute is a family of musical instruments in the woodwind group. Unlike woodwind instruments with reeds, a flute is an aerophone or reedless wind instrument that produces its sound from the flow of air across an opening. According to the instrument classification of Hornbostel–Sachs, flutes are categorized as edge-blown aerophones. A musician who plays the flute can be referred to as a flute player, flautist, flutist or, less commonly, fluter or flutenist.
Flutes are the earliest extant musical instruments, as paleolithic | 2,551 | triviaqa-train |
People travel to Goat Island in New York State, USA, to get spectacular views of which natural phenomenon? | Goat Island (New York)
Goat Island (previously called Iris Island) is a small island in the Niagara River, in the middle of Niagara Falls between the Bridal Veil Falls and the Horseshoe Falls. The island is at the southwest corner of the City of Niagara Falls (and of Niagara County), New York, in the United States and is part of Niagara Falls State Park.
Goat Island has no residents, but is a destination for tourists visiting the falls on the U.S. side. It has several | village elder rather than a scientist and the Zeta Beam is a natural phenomenon that Adam Strange can sense. Beyond Ranagar, Rann is home to non-humanoid civilisations, some of which are hostile to the Ranagarians.
In other media.
- Rann featured in the "" episode "Mystery in Space!". Batman and Aquaman travel to Rann to stop a Gordanian invasion force. In the episode "Four Star Spectacular!", "Adam Strange in Worlds War" Kanjar Ro planned to vaporize all sentient life | 2,552 | triviaqa-train |
The Torres Strait lies between Australia and which island? | Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands. It is the largest country in Oceania and the world's sixth-largest country by total area. The neighbouring countries are Papua New Guinea, Indonesia, and East Timor to the north; the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu to the north-east; and New Zealand to the south-east. The population of / 1000000 round 0 million is highly urbanised and | Middle Brother Islet, Queensland
Middle (or Mid) Brother Islet is a small uninhabited island at the east entrance of the Adolphus Channel of the Torres Strait, in Queensland, Australia. It is located about 7 km south of Mount Adolphus Island, 7 km east of Albany Island, and 1.5 km west of the South Ledge Reef.
Middle Brother lies at the northwest edge of the Middle Brother Reef, halfway between the North Brother Rock (1.3 km to the northwest) and the South Brother Reef | 2,553 | triviaqa-train |
Baltra, Floreanna, San Crystobal and Santa Cruz are the five inhabited islands in which Pacific group? | Santa Cruz Island (Galápagos)
Santa Cruz Island () is one of the Galápagos Islands with an area of and a maximum altitude of . Situated in the center of the archipelago, Santa Cruz is the second largest island after Isabela. Its capital is Puerto Ayora, the most populated urban centre in the islands. On Santa Cruz there are some small villages, whose inhabitants work in agriculture and cattle raising. This island is a large dormant volcano. It is estimated that the last eruptions occurred around a million and a | hassi" – Santa Cruz Island and smaller adjacent islands, such as Baltra Island
- "A. c. hayampi" – Marchena Island
- "A. c. jeffreysi" – Wolf Island, Darwin Island and Roca Redonda
- "A. c. mertensi" – southwestern part of San Cristóbal Island
- "A. c. nanus" – Genovesa Island
- "A. c. sielmanni" – Pinta Island
- "A. c. trillmichi" – Santa Fé Island
- "A. c. venustissimus" – Española Island (including adjacent tiny | 2,554 | triviaqa-train |
Which is the largest of the 7,107 islands that make up the Philippines? | Philippines
The Philippines ( ; or ' ), officially the Republic of the Philippines (), is an archipelagic country in Southeast Asia. Situated in the western Pacific Ocean, it consists of about 7,641 islands that are categorized broadly under three main geographical divisions from north to south: Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao. The capital city of the Philippines is Manila and the most populous city is Quezon City, both part of Metro Manila. Bounded by the South China Sea on the west, the Philippine Sea on the east and | List of bays of the Philippines
The Philippines is an archipelago of 7,107 islands with a land area of 300,000 sq. kilometers. Owing to its numerous islands, the country has an irregular coastline that stretches 334,539 kilometers. It is surrounded by the Pacific Ocean on the east, the South China Sea on the north and the west and the Celebes Sea on the south.
The islands' rugged coastlines provide several bays and inlets listed below.
List.
- Note: "Coordinates" are sortable by latitude. | 2,555 | triviaqa-train |
Which Pacific Island group changed to driving on the left in 2009 and also moved to the west of the International Dateline in 2011, thereby losing a day? | .
The IDL circumscribes Kiribati by swinging far to the east, almost reaching the 150°W meridian. Kiribati's easternmost islands, the southern Line Islands south of Hawaii, have the most advanced time on Earth, hours. South of Kiribati, the IDL returns westwards but remains east of 180°, passing between Samoa and American Samoa.
In much of this area, the IDL follows the 165°W meridian. Accordingly, Samoa, Tokelau, Wallis and Futuna, Fiji, Tonga, Tuvalu and New Zealand | had redeveloped in the tropical Pacific and were expected to persist. As a result, they noted that on average six or seven tropical cyclones, could be expected to develop over the Pacific Ocean, during a season characterised by a weak La Niña. They also noted that the risk of a tropical cyclone impacting a certain island nation or territory had changed with an increased risk for areas to the west of the International Dateline. In particular, the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, New Zealand, New Caledonia now had an increased risk, | 2,556 | triviaqa-train |
In which English palace was British politician Winston Churchill born? | controversy.
Early life.
Early life Childhood and schooling: 1874–1895.
Churchill was born at the family's ancestral home, Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire, on 30 November 1874, at which time the United Kingdom was the dominant world power. Direct descendants of the Dukes of Marlborough, his family were among the highest levels of the British aristocracy, and thus he was born into the country's governing elite. His paternal grandfather, John Spencer-Churchill, 7th Duke of Marlborough, had been a Member of Parliament ( | , English soldier, historian, politician and ancestor of the former Prime Minister
- Winston Churchill (1874–1965), British Prime Minister and statesman
- Winston Churchill (1940–2010), member of British Parliament; grandson of the former Prime Minister
- Winston Craig (born 1995), American football player
- Winston Faerber (born 1971), Dutch footballer
- Winston Graham (1908–2003), English novelist
- Winston Green, Jamaican politician and dentist
- Winston Groom (born 1943), American novelist, | 2,557 | triviaqa-train |
Who wrote the 1884 novel ‘The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn’? | Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (or, in more recent editions, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn) is a novel by Mark Twain, first published in the United Kingdom in December 1884 and in the United States in February 1885. Commonly named among the Great American Novels, the work is among the first in major American literature to be written throughout in vernacular English, characterized by local color regionalism. It is told in the first person by Huckleberry "Huck" Finn, the narrator of two other Twain | is a government inspector
- "Dead Souls" (1836) – novel by Nikolai Gogol; the main character poses as a wealthy landowner so that he can acquire the souls of dead serfs
- "The Confidence-Man" (1857) – novel by Herman Melville; the main character tests confidence of other people
- "Les Misérables" (1862) – novel by Victor Hugo; the Thénardiers, two of the primary villains scam money from people
- "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" (1884) | 2,558 | triviaqa-train |
The ptarmigan belongs to which bird family? | Icelandic cuisine. Hunting of rock ptarmigans was banned in Iceland in 2003 and 2004 due to its declining population. Hunting has been allowed again since 2005, but is restricted to selected days, which are revised yearly and all trade of rock ptarmigan is illegal.
In Thomas Bewick's "A History of British Birds" (1797) the species is named as "White Grouse" with alternatives "White Game, or Ptarmigan". The birds feed, records Bewick, "on the wild productions of the hills, which | before present during the Younger Dryas stadial. This cold period, which is also known as the Loch Lomond stadial, was the last mini ice-age that brought glaciers and tundra conditions to the Scottish Highlands.
The corrie is home to a number of bird species, including ring ouzel and snow bunting (in the spring and summer) and ptarmigan (also known as rock ptarmigan) (all year round).
Climbing.
The corrie is a popular destination for climbers, primarily because of its easy accessibility from | 2,559 | triviaqa-train |
Juliana was the queen of which European country between 1948 and 1980? | Juliana of the Netherlands
Juliana (; Juliana Louise Emma Marie Wilhelmina; 30 April 1909 – 20 March 2004) was Queen of the Netherlands from 1948 until her abdication in 1980.
Juliana was the only child of Queen Wilhelmina and Prince Henry. From birth she was heir presumptive to the Dutch throne. She was educated privately. In 1937, she married Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld with whom she had four children: Beatrix, Irene, Margriet, and Christina.
She reigned for nearly 32 years. Her reign | series' system was replaced by the 'parallel' system of street lighting by 1965, with the last of the 'series' system removed by 1977, with the Coorparoo Substation (No. 10) made redundant and decommissioned. The plans for the substation were signed by Reyburn Jameson (rather than Foster) which is perhaps why, unlike the other substation, it is made out of 200mm concrete blocks, the only pre-World War II Brisbane substation to be built of such materials. The site is still owned | 2,560 | triviaqa-train |
Oedema is the technical term for which medical condition? | present in that particular woman. Women that already have arthritic problems most often have to seek medical help for pain caused from over-reactive swelling. Edemas that occur during pregnancy are usually found in the lower part of the leg, usually from the calf down.
Classifications Organ-specific.
An edema will occur in specific organs as part of inflammations, tendonitis or pancreatitis, for instance. Certain organs develop edema through tissue specific mechanisms.
Examples of edema in specific organs:
Mechanism.
Six factors can contribute | the term became widely understood, the word was adopted as formal terminology.
Technical terminology evolves due to the need for experts in a field to communicate with precision and brevity, but often has the effect of excluding those who are unfamiliar with the particular specialized language of the group. This can cause difficulties as, for example, when a patient is unable to follow the discussions of medical practitioners, and thus cannot understand his own condition and treatment. Differences in jargon also cause difficulties where professionals in related fields use different | 2,561 | triviaqa-train |
Composer Joseph-Maurice Ravel was born in which country? | Maurice Ravel
Joseph Maurice Ravel (; ; 7 March 1875 – 28 December 1937) was a French composer, pianist and conductor. He is often associated with impressionism along with his elder contemporary Claude Debussy, although both composers rejected the term. In the 1920s and 1930s Ravel was internationally regarded as France's greatest living composer.
Born to a music-loving family, Ravel attended France's premier music college, the Paris Conservatoire; he was not well regarded by its conservative establishment, whose biased treatment of him caused a | Pierre-Joseph Ravel
Pierre-Joseph Ravel (1832–1908) was a Swiss civil engineer and inventor, father of the composer Maurice Ravel. He was a pioneer of the automobile industry.
He invented and drove a steam-powered automobile in the late 1860s, developed an acetylene-powered two-stroke engine, built a racing car that could achieve speeds of up to and built a vehicle that could perform a somersault.
Early years.
Pierre-Joseph Ravel was born in Versoix, Canton of Geneva, | 2,562 | triviaqa-train |
The Oaks horse race is run at which British race course? | Epsom Oaks
The Oaks Stakes is a Group 1 flat horse race in Great Britain open to three-year-old fillies. It is run at Epsom Downs over a distance of 1 mile, 4 furlongs and 6 yards (2,420 metres), and it is scheduled to take place each year in late May or early June. It is the second-oldest of the five Classic races, after the St Leger. Officially the Investec Oaks, it is also popularly known as simply The Oaks. (Increasingly it | (2010–present).
The Triple Tiara is now a set of three horse races in New York which is open to three-year-old fillies. The three races that compose the series now are The Acorn Stakes, run at Belmont Park at a distance of 1 mile, The Coaching Club American Oaks, run at Saratoga Race Course at a distance of 1⅛ miles and The Alabama Stakes, also run at Saratoga at a distance of 1¼ miles. The current race system was implemented in 2010 by the New York Racing | 2,563 | triviaqa-train |
Cricketer Herschelle Gibbs was born in which country? | against the older ball.
On 22 April 2006, Gibbs paid the price for his recent run-drought, and was dropped for the second and third Tests against the New Zealand cricket team. He has been short of confidence in Test cricket of late, and scored only 6 and 2 in the First Test at Centurion Park. South Africa's chief selector, Haroon Lorgat said, "We had a meeting and agreed that a break and a fresh start next season will do him a world of good." This | who played for Victoria in Australia, for Delhi Daredevils in India and also for the Australian National Cricket Team.
- Daan van Bunge – who played for Middlesex in 2004 and was the unfortunate victim as Herschelle Gibbs set a new ODI record by scoring 36 runs (six sixes from six balls) from Van Bunge's fourth over in 2007 World Cup
- Feiko Kloppenburg – made 121 to become the first Dutch cricketer to score an ODI century, just ahead of teammate Klaas-Jan van Noortwijk who also passed three figures | 2,564 | triviaqa-train |
The Athabasca oil sands are large deposits of heavy crude oil located in which country? | now in the National Library and National Archives Canada. Photos of the Athabasca oil sands were also featured in Canadian writer and adventurer, Agnes Deans Cameron's, best-selling book entitled "The New North: Being Some Account of a Woman's Journey through Canada to the Arctic" which recounted her roundtrip to the Arctic Ocean. Following this journey and the publication of her book, she travelled extensively as lecturer, with magic lantern slides of her Kodak images, promoting immigration to western Canada at Oxford, Cambridge, St. Andrew | The Orinoco Belt consists of large deposits of extra heavy crude. Venezuela's heavy oil deposits of about , found primarily in the Orinoco Petroleum Belt, are estimated to approximately equal the world's reserves of lighter oil. Petróleos de Venezuela S.A. has estimated that the producible reserves of the Orinoco Belt are up to which would make it the largest petroleum reserve in the world, slightly ahead of the similar unconventional oil source in the Athabasca oil sands, and before Saudi Arabia. In 2009, the US Geological Survey increased the estimated | 2,565 | triviaqa-train |
Disco Volante is the name of Emilio Largo’s yacht in which James Bond film? | 2020, there have been twenty-four films in the Eon Productions series. The most recent Bond film, "Spectre" (2015), stars Daniel Craig in his fourth portrayal of Bond; he is the sixth actor to play Bond in the Eon series. There have also been two independent productions of Bond films: "Casino Royale" (a 1967 spoof) and "Never Say Never Again" (a 1983 remake of an earlier Eon-produced film, "Thunderball"). In 2015 the series was | surface-to-air recovery system, used to lift Bond and Domino from the water at the end of the film. Filming ceased in May 1965, and the final scene shot was the physical fight on the bridge of the "Disco Volante".
While in Nassau, during the final shooting days, special-effects supervisor John Stears was supplied experimental rocket fuel to use in exploding Largo's yacht. Ignoring the true power of the volatile liquid, Stears doused the entire yacht with it, took cover, and | 2,566 | triviaqa-train |
Who wrote the 1952 book ‘The Borrowers’? | The Borrowers
The Borrowers is a children's fantasy novel by the English author Mary Norton, published by Dent in 1952. It features a family of tiny people who live secretly in the walls and floors of an English house and "borrow" from the big people in order to survive. "The Borrowers" also refers to the series of five novels including "The Borrowers" and four sequels that feature the same family after they leave "their" house.
"The Borrowers" won the 1952 Carnegie Medal from | may be lent out, but no one to have more than two at a time, and the borrowers must be approved preachers, schoolmasters, and students. Each book to have its price against it in the catalogue, and every borrower to deposit a quarter more than the value, as a security for its safe return.
Kirkwood also wrote "A New Family Book, or the True Interest of Families.… Together with several Prayers for Families and Children and Graces before and after Meat". The second edition of | 2,567 | triviaqa-train |
Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher was Member of Parliament for which London borough? | as Thatcherism.
She studied chemistry at Somerville College, Oxford, and worked briefly as a research chemist, before becoming a barrister. Thatcher was elected Member of Parliament for Finchley in 1959. Edward Heath appointed her Secretary of State for Education and Science in his Conservative government. In 1975, Thatcher defeated Heath in the Conservative Party leadership election to become Leader of the Opposition, the first woman to lead a major political party in the United Kingdom. She became Prime Minister after winning the 1979 general election.
Thatcher introduced | John Major
Sir John Major (born 29 March 1943) is a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party from 1990 to 1997. He served as Foreign Secretary and then Chancellor of the Exchequer in the Thatcher Government from 1989 to 1990, and was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Huntingdon from 1979 until his retirement in 2001. Since the death of Margaret Thatcher in 2013, Major has been both the oldest and earliest-serving of all living former Prime Ministers | 2,568 | triviaqa-train |
A seismograph is an instrument which measures and records details of what? | used in geophones.
Some other sensitive designs measure the current generated by the flow of a non-corrosive ionic fluid through an electret sponge or a conductive fluid through a magnetic field.
Modern instruments Interconnected seismometers.
Seismometers spaced in an array can also be used to precisely locate, in three dimensions, the source of an earthquake, using the time it takes for seismic waves to propagate away from the hypocenter, the initiating point of fault rupture (See also Earthquake location). Interconnected seismometers are also used, as | Apidictor
An apidictor is an instrument which measures and records the sound in a beehive. The instrument records the aggregate sound made by the buzzing of the bees' wings. They were thought to be useful for predicting when a colony is preparing to swarm.
E.F. Wood invented and patented the apidictor in 1964. Only 300 are reported to have been sold.
External links.
- Apidictors
- apisystems | 2,569 | triviaqa-train |
Who played Sir James bond in the 1967 comedy spy film ‘Casino Royale’? | " was adapted into a parody Bond film starring David Niven as Sir James Bond and Ursula Andress as Vesper Lynd. Niven had been Fleming's preference for the role of Bond. The result of a court case in the High Court in London in 1963 allowed Kevin McClory to produce a remake of "Thunderball" titled "Never Say Never Again" in 1983. The film, produced by Jack Schwartzman's Taliafilm production company and starring Sean Connery as Bond, was not part of the Eon series of Bond films. In 1997 | Directed by Wernfried Hübel.
- "Casino Royale", 1967 – comedy spy film spoofing James Bond in which Bond's estranged daughter has to travel to East Berlin to infiltrate a Soviet counterintelligence agency. Directed by Ken Hughes, John Huston, Joseph McGrath, Robert Parrish, Val Guest and Richard Talmadge.
- "Hochzeitsnacht im Regen", 1967 – a young female hairdresser and horse fan from the Baltic Sea comes to East Berlin to become a jockey at Rennbetrieb Hoppegarten. To get a flat she marries a | 2,570 | triviaqa-train |
What is Madame Bovary’s first name in the 1856 novel by Gustave Flaubert? | broken leg and meets his patient's daughter, Emma Rouault. Emma is a beautiful, poetically dressed young woman who has received a "good education" in a convent. She has a powerful yearning for luxury and romance inspired by reading popular novels. Charles is immediately attracted to her, and visits his patient far more often than necessary, until Héloïse's jealousy puts a stop to the visits.
When Héloïse unexpectedly dies, Charles waits a decent interval before courting Emma in earnest. Her father gives his consent, and | Madame Bovary
Madame Bovary (full French title: "Madame Bovary. Mœurs de province") is the debut novel of French writer Gustave Flaubert, published in 1856. The eponymous character lives beyond her means in order to escape the banalities and emptiness of provincial life.
When the novel was first serialized in "La Revue de Paris" between 1 October 1856 and 15 December 1856, public prosecutors attacked the novel for obscenity. The resulting trial in January 1857 made the story notorious. After Flaubert's acquittal on 7 | 2,571 | triviaqa-train |
On a QWERTY keyboard, which two letters have raised marks to assist with touch typing? | then gradually mastering other rows. It is important to learn placing fingers into the start position blindly as the hands are frequently raised from the keyboard to operate the line feed lever (in the past) or (more recently) the computer mouse. The keys F and J frequently contain some surface features that allow the typist to recognize them by touch alone, thus removing the need to look down at the keys to reset the fingers at the home row.
The typing speed can be increased gradually and speeds of 60 WPM | has a 3x3 matrix that allows for full-text entry. The letter placement is optimized for minimal movement distance between letters, allowing for faster typing.
The layout is 67% faster than a standard QWERTY software keyboard, and 31% faster than a multi-tap keyboard, when typing is modeled with Fitt's law.
Layout One touch keys.
The 9 most frequent letters in English texts: ETAONRISH, are placed on the keyboard so they can be accessed on a single click.
Layout One move keys. | 2,572 | triviaqa-train |
Who is the Roman goddess of the dawn? | Aurora (mythology)
Aurora () is the Latin word for dawn, and the goddess of dawn in Roman mythology and Latin poetry.
Like Greek "Eos" and Rigvedic "Ushas", "Aurora" continues the name of an earlier Indo-European dawn goddess, "Hausos".
Roman mythology.
In Roman mythology, Aurora renews herself every morning and flies across the sky, announcing the arrival of the sun. Her parentage was flexible: for Ovid, she could equally be "Pallantis" | Eos, but the original Roman dawn goddess may have continued to be worshipped under the cultic title Mater Matuta. The Anglo-Saxons worshipped the goddess Ēostre, who was associated with a festival in spring which later gave its name to a month, which gave its name to the Christian holiday of Easter in English. The name "Ôstarmânôth" in Old High German has been taken as an indication that a similar goddess was also worshipped in southern Germany. The Lithuanian dawn goddess Aušra was still acknowledged in the sixteenth century. Uṣás | 2,573 | triviaqa-train |
A Silver Jubilee is the anniversary of how many years of a significant event? | Silver jubilee
Silver jubilee is a celebration held to mark a 25th anniversary. The anniversary celebrations can be of a wedding anniversary, the 25th year of a monarch's reign or anything that has completed a 25-year mark.
South Asian film terminology.
In Pakistan and India, a silver jubilee film is one shown continuously in cinemas in one city for 25 weeks.
See also.
- Golden jubilee
- Diamond jubilee
- Platinum jubilee
- Ruby jubilee
- Sapphire jubilee
- Wedding anniversary#Celebration and | became vicar general for the Diocese of Indianapolis and was Saint Johns pastor from 1890 to 1932. He continued work to complete the church in 1893. On May 12, 1903, Bishop Chatard celebrated his Silver Episcopal Jubilee with a Pontifical High Mass at Saint Johns. The celebration marked the last significant diocesan event at the church.
The church was restored for its centennial anniversary in 1971. Saint Johns church and rectory were placed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. In 1985 Saint Johns church once again served as | 2,574 | triviaqa-train |
What is the young of a giraffe called? | can also be a threat to giraffes when they bend down to drink. Calves are much more vulnerable than adults and are additionally preyed on by leopards, spotted hyenas and wild dogs. A quarter to a half of giraffe calves reach adulthood. Calf survival varies according to the season of birth, with calves born during the dry season having higher survival rates. The local, seasonal presence of large herds of migratory wildebeests and zebras reduces predation pressure on giraffe calves and increases their survival probability.
Some parasites feed on giraffes. | depressed toy duck who sometimes wishes he could fly. Doesn't like to get his feet wet.
- Rabbit: an impulsive toy rabbit.
- Little Bear: a small white bear who wears overly baggy orangey red trousers. The youngest of the all the toys, as he is very much like a young child. Sometimes has some good ideas of what to do.
- Jolly Tall: a toy giraffe who despite his height doesn't like heights - he says his head thinks it was high enough as | 2,575 | triviaqa-train |
The Blisworth Canal Tunnel is in which English county? | Blisworth
Blisworth is a village and civil parish in the South Northamptonshire district of Northamptonshire, England. The West Coast Main Line, from London Euston to Manchester and Scotland, runs alongside the village partly hidden and partly on an embankment. The Grand Union Canal passes through the village and the north portal of the Blisworth tunnel is near Stoke Road.
Location.
It is about south of Northampton, north of Towcester and north of Milton Keynes. The M1 motorway junction 15 is about north east.
Demographics. | – the Oxford and the Grand Union – join in the county at Braunston. Notable features include a flight of 17 locks on the Grand Union at Rothersthorpe, the canal museum at Stoke Bruerne, and a tunnel at Blisworth which, at , is the third-longest navigable canal tunnel on the UK canal network.
A branch of the Grand Union Canal connects to the River Nene in Northampton and has been upgraded to a "wide canal" in places and is known as the "Nene Navigation". It is famous | 2,576 | triviaqa-train |
What was the maiden name of Prince Charles’ second wife Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall? | Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall
Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, (born Camilla Rosemary Shand, later Parker Bowles; 17 July 1947), is a member of the British royal family. She is the second wife of Charles, Prince of Wales, heir apparent to the British throne. Instead of using the title Princess of Wales, she uses the title Duchess of Cornwall, her husband's secondary designation. In Scotland, she is known as the Duchess of Rothesay.
Camilla is the eldest child of Major Bruce Shand | Princess of Wales
Princess of Wales () is a British courtesy title held by the wife of the Prince of Wales, who is, since the 14th century, the heir apparent of the English or British monarch. The first acknowledged title holder was Eleanor de Montfort, wife of Llywelyn ap Gruffudd. It has subsequently been used by wives of post-conquest princes of Wales.
The title is currently held by Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall (the former Camilla Parker Bowles), second wife of Charles, Prince of | 2,577 | triviaqa-train |
Atonement, Enduring Love and Solar are all novels by which Author? | Atonement (novel)
Atonement is a 2001 British metafiction novel written by Ian McEwan concerning the understanding of and responding to the need for personal atonement. Set in three time periods, 1935 England, Second World War England and France, and present-day England, it covers an upper-class girl's half-innocent mistake that ruins lives, her adulthood in the shadow of that mistake, and a reflection on the nature of writing.
Widely regarded as one of McEwan's best works, it was shortlisted for | .
Bibliography.
Bibliography Novels.
- "The Cement Garden" (1978)
- "The Comfort of Strangers" (1981)
- "The Child in Time" (1987)
- "The Innocent" (1990)
- "Black Dogs" (1992)
- "Enduring Love" (1997)
- "Amsterdam" (1998)
- "Atonement" (2001)
- "Saturday" (2005)
- "On Chesil Beach" (2007) | 2,578 | triviaqa-train |
Which composer wrote the ‘Bridal Chorus’, popularly known as ‘Here Comes the Bride’? | Bridal Chorus
The "Bridal Chorus" () from the 1850 opera "Lohengrin" by German composer Richard Wagner – who also wrote the libretto – is a march played for the bride's entrance at many formal weddings throughout the Western world. In English-speaking countries it is generally known as "Here Comes the Bride" or "Wedding March", though "wedding march" refers to any piece in march tempo accompanying the entrance or exit of the bride, notably Felix Mendelssohn's "Wedding March". The | Here Comes the Bride
Here Comes the Bride may refer to:
- Bridal Chorus, the standard march played for the bride's entrance at some formal weddings
- "Here Comes the Bride" (TV series), Filipino reality television series
- "Here Comes the Bride" (1919 film), starring John Barrymore
- "Here Comes the Bride" (2010 film), Filipino film starring Eugene Domingo and Angelica Panganiban
- "Here Comes the Bride" (album), the fourth album | 2,579 | triviaqa-train |
How many bottles of champagne in a Jeroboam? | .
In France the first sparkling champagne was created accidentally; the pressure in the bottle led it to be called "the devil's wine" ('), as bottles exploded or corks popped. At the time, bubbles were considered a fault. In 1844 Adolphe Jaquesson invented the muselet to prevent the corks from blowing out. Initial versions were difficult to apply and inconvenient to remove. Even when it was deliberately produced as a sparkling wine, champagne was for a very long time made by the ', where the | been fermented in standard bottles or magnums. Gosset still bottles its Grande Réserve in jeroboam from the beginning of its second fermentation.
Sizes larger than Jeroboam (3 L) are rare. Primat bottles (27 L)—and, , Melchizedek bottles (30 L)—are exclusively offered by the House Drappier. (The same names are used for bottles containing regular wine and port; however, Jeroboam, Rehoboam, and Methuselah refer to different bottle volumes.)
Unique sizes have been made for special occasions and people, the most notable example | 2,580 | triviaqa-train |
In which country is Lake Onega? | ). A more commonly filled lake of this type is Sevier Lake of west-central Utah.
Sometimes a lake will disappear quickly. On 3 June 2005, in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia, a lake called Lake Beloye vanished in a matter of minutes. News sources reported that government officials theorized that this strange phenomenon may have been caused by a shift in the soil underneath the lake that allowed its water to drain through channels leading to the Oka River.
The presence of ground permafrost is important to the persistence | Andoma, and the Megra. Lake Onega belongs to the basin of the Neva River. From the east, the Andoma Hills separate the basin of Lake Onega from the basins of the Kovzha and the Kema Rivers, which are the tributaries of Lake Beloye and thus belong to the basin of the Volga. Minor areas in the northeast of the district are in the basin of Lake Lacha, itself in the basin of the Onega River. In the northeast of the district there is a point which is a triple divide of the | 2,581 | triviaqa-train |
Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal played two sheep herders in which 2005 film? | Dogtown" (2005), "Brokeback Mountain" (2005), "The Brothers Grimm" (2005), "Casanova" (2005), "The Dark Knight" (2008), and "The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus" (2009), the latter two being posthumous releases. He also produced and directed music videos and aspired to be a film director.
For his portrayal of Ennis Del Mar in "Brokeback Mountain", Ledger won the New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor and | about two homosexual cowboys played by Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal, both received R21 rating for depictions of homosexual sexual activities. However, the 2018 film "Love, Simon" about a gay teenager coming to terms with his identity and finding out which of his classmates is his anonymous online pen pal was given an R21 classification despite having no depictions of sexual activity, because MDA determined that "the theme of homosexuality... forms the main narrative of the film."
Oftentimes, this film classification system compels film distributors to create | 2,582 | triviaqa-train |
Who played Charlie Croker in the 2003 film ‘The Italian Job’? | the gang and the gold arrive on a beach near Dover in a landing craft where they are met by Mr. Bridger and Luigi Altabani. Mr. Bridger tells Charlie Croker that they have come to an agreement to "divide Europe" and that the gold must be given back to the Italians.
Since 2000, there have been two remakes of the film. The first was released in 2003 and also called "The Italian Job", set in Los Angeles and starring Mark Wahlberg as Charlie Croker. It features Donald Sutherland as | Croker (disambiguation)
Croker may refer to:
- People
- Bithia Mary Croker (née Sheppard, 1849–1920), Anglo-Indian novelist
- Brendan Croker (born 1953), British musician
- Charlie Croker, fictional character and protagonist in the British film "The Italian Job"
- Cyril Hendry Croker (1888–1958), member of the New Zealand Legislative Council
- David Croker (1932–2006), British environmental activist
- T. F. Dillon Croker (1831–1912), British antiquary and poet | 2,583 | triviaqa-train |
In which 1968 film did Benny Hill play the toymaker? | -length feature films including "Who Done It?" (1956), "Light Up the Sky!" (1960), "Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines" (1965), "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" (1968), in which he played the relatively straight role of the Toymaker, and "The Italian Job" (1969). He also made two short-subject films, "The Waiters" (1969) and "Eddie in August" (1970), the latter being | womanising plastics salesman, and "Mr Rose", starring William Mervyn as a retired senior policeman (1968). Her appearance with Benny Hill on 18 December 1965 included a gender-reversal parody of the 1956 film "Baby Doll" that Hill repeated in 1974 with Diana Darvey. Taylor is thought also to have been the announcer of a sketch in which Hill first performed his song "Those Days" in imitation of Sonny and Cher. She worked again with Hill in the third series of his BBC radio show "Benny | 2,584 | triviaqa-train |
Robert Redford and Jane Fonda play newlyweds Paul and Corie Bratter in which 1967 film? | , for which she received a nomination for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play, and made her screen debut later the same year with the romantic comedy "Tall Story". She rose to prominence in the 1960s with such films as "Period of Adjustment" (1962), "Sunday in New York" (1963), "Cat Ballou" (1965), "Barefoot in the Park" (1967) and "Barbarella" (1968). Her first husband was "Barbarella" director | of America.
Plot.
Corie (Jane Fonda), a free spirited young woman, and Paul Bratter (Robert Redford), a conservative, less free-spirited man, are a recently married couple, who move into a fifth floor apartment in Greenwich Village (one of the ongoing jokes is the fact that everyone has to climb so many stairs to get to the apartment). Corie decorates the small, leaky apartment, turning it into a picturesque little home for the two. One of the many odd | 2,585 | triviaqa-train |
Who played the fire chief Michael O’Hallorhan in the 1974 film ‘Towering Inferno’? | The Towering Inferno
The Towering Inferno is a 1974 American drama disaster film produced by Irwin Allen featuring an ensemble cast led by Paul Newman and Steve McQueen. Directed by John Guillermin, the film is a co-production between 20th Century Fox and Warner Bros., the first to be a joint venture by two major Hollywood studios. It was adapted by Stirling Silliphant from a pair of novels, "The Tower" by Richard Martin Stern and "The Glass Inferno" by Thomas N. Scortia and Frank M. Robinson.
The | ' Charrière)
- "The Towering Inferno" (1989 TBS edition) (Michael O’Hallorhan)
- "The Hunter" (1987 TV Asashi edition) (Ralph 'Papa' Thorson)
- "Tom Horn" (TV Asashi edition) (Tom Horn))
- Bob Hoskins
- "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" (Detective Eddie Valiant)
- "Hook" (Smee)
- "Mrs Henderson Presents" (Vivian Van Damm)
- "Son of the Mask" ( | 2,586 | triviaqa-train |
Who played the title role in the 1980 film ‘American Gigolo’? | American Gigolo
American Gigolo is a 1980 American crime drama film written and directed by Paul Schrader and starring Richard Gere and Lauren Hutton. It tells the story about a high-priced male escort in Los Angeles who becomes romantically involved with a prominent politician's wife while simultaneously becoming the prime suspect in a murder case.
The film is notable for establishing Gere as a leading man, and was one of the first mainstream Hollywood films to include frontal male nudity from its main star. It is also notable for its Golden | He began appearing in Hollywood films in the mid-1970s. Originally cast in a starring role in "The Lords of Flatbush" (1974), he was replaced after fighting with another star of the film, Sylvester Stallone. He played a small but memorable part in "Looking for Mr. Goodbar" (1977) and starred in director Terrence Malick's well-reviewed drama "Days of Heaven" (1978).
The crime drama "American Gigolo" (1980) significantly boosted his profile and the romantic drama " | 2,587 | triviaqa-train |
Who directed and starred in the 1992 film ‘Unforgiven’? | Unforgiven
Unforgiven is a 1992 American revisionist Western film produced and directed by Clint Eastwood and written by David Webb Peoples. The film portrays William Munny, an aging outlaw and killer who takes on one more job years after he had turned to farming. The film stars Eastwood in the lead role, with Gene Hackman, Morgan Freeman and Richard Harris. Eastwood stated that the film would be his last Western for fear of repeating himself or imitating someone else's work.
The film won four Academy Awards: Best Picture and | 1980s, many after undergoing lengthy studio development periods before seeing production: "Unforgiven", "Soldier", and "The Blood of Heroes". The Blood of Heroes was directed by Peoples and starred Rutger Hauer. Peoples received his greatest recognition for "Unforgiven" (1992). He had originally written the script in 1976, when it had the title "The William Munny Killings") and appearing in theaters in 1992. Peoples' screwball comedy "Hero" also appeared in 1992.
Later in 1992, | 2,588 | triviaqa-train |
Ray Winstone and Ian McShane starred in the 2009 crime drama ’44 Inch ‘what’? | , which tells the story of an Afrikaner commando leader who emigrates to New Zealand after the Second Boer War, was premiered at the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival. He appeared in "44 Inch Chest" alongside John Hurt and Ian McShane. He had a role as CIA agent Darius Jedburgh in the "Edge of Darkness" remake, replacing Robert De Niro. In 2012 he played the role of Detective Inspector Jack Regan in a remake of "The Sweeney". Winstone stars in the slasher-thriller film "Red Snow | Jawbone (film)
Jawbone is a 2017 British drama film directed by Thomas Q. Napper and written by Johnny Harris. The film stars Johnny Harris, Ray Winstone, Ian McShane, Michael Smiley, Luke J.I. Smith and Anna Wilson-Hall. The film was released on 12 May 2017 by Vertigo Films.
Cast.
- Johnny Harris as Jimmy McCabe
- Ray Winstone as William Carney
- Ian McShane as Joe Padgett
- Michael Smiley as Eddie
- Luke J.I. Smith as Damian
- Anna Wilson | 2,589 | triviaqa-train |
In the 2000 film ‘Serendipity’, John Cusack and Kate Beckinsale meet in which New York shop? | Serendipity (film)
Serendipity is a 2001 American romantic comedy film directed by Peter Chelsom, written by Marc Klein, and starring John Cusack and Kate Beckinsale. The music score was composed by Alan Silvestri.
Plot.
During the Christmas season in New York City, Jonathan Trager encounters Sara Thomas at Bloomingdale's while they attempt to buy the same pair of black cashmere gloves. While they are both in relationships, a mutual attraction leads to sharing dessert at Serendipity 3. Sara reveals her opinion that fate determines many | Robbie Brenner
Robbie Brenner is an American film executive, a partner at The Firm and the president of its film division. She was the president of production at Relativity Media from September 2011 until August 2015. Before joining Relativity in 2009, Brenner produced "Machine Gun Preacher" starring Gerard Butler and directed by Marc Forster.
Brenner attended New York University Film School and subsequently worked at Miramax Films for nine years. While at Miramax, she worked on numerous films including "Serendipity", starring John Cusack and Kate Beckinsale | 2,590 | triviaqa-train |
Which 1961 film, set in New York, is based on Shakespeare’s ‘Romeo and Juliet’? | West Side Story (disambiguation)
West Side Story is a 1957 American musical.
West Side Story may also refer to:
Uses related to the musical.
- "West Side Story (Original Broadway Cast)", a 1957 recording
- "West Side Story" (1961 film), an adaptation directed by Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins
- "West Side Story" (soundtrack), a 1961 soundtrack album from the film
- "West Side Story", a novelization of the film | Romanoff and Juliet (1961 film)
Romanoff and Juliet is a 1961 American Technicolor romantic comedy film adaptation of the play "Romanoff and Juliet", which was itself loosely based on "Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare, released by Universal Pictures. Peter Ustinov wrote the screenplay, directed, and starred in the film. It co-starred John Gavin as Igor and Sandra Dee as Juliet.
Plot.
A vote in the United Nations is deadlocked. The deciding vote goes to the tiny, obscure European | 2,591 | triviaqa-train |
What does Fe represent in the Periodic Table? | Iron
Iron () is a chemical element with symbol Fe (from ) and atomic number 26. It is a metal, that belongs to the first transition series and group 8 of the periodic table. It is by mass the most common element on Earth, forming much of Earth's outer and inner core. It is the fourth most common element in the Earth's crust.
Pure iron is very rare on the Earth's crust, basically being limited to meteorites. Iron ores are quite abundant, but extracting | (electron configurations)
- Molecular term symbol
- HOMO/LUMO
- Group (periodic table)
- d electron count
- Extended periodic table – discusses the limits of the periodic table
External links.
- What does an atom look like? Configuration in 3D | 2,592 | triviaqa-train |
Mieszko I was the first historically documented ruler of which modern-day European country? | Poland
Poland ( ), officially the Republic of Poland ( ), is a country located in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative subdivisions, covering an area of , and has a largely temperate seasonal climate. With a population of approximately 38.5 million people, Poland is the sixth most populous member state of the European Union. Poland's capital and largest metropolis is Warsaw. Other major cities include Kraków, Łódź, Wrocław, Poznań, Gdańsk, and Szczecin.
Poland is bordered by the Baltic Sea | photography, available shutter speeds were not standardized, though a typical sequence might have been s, s, s, s, s and s; neither were apertures or film sensitivity (at least 3 different national standards existed). Soon this problem resulted in a solution consisting in the adoption of a standardized way of choosing aperture so that each major step exactly doubled or halved the amount of light entering the camera (, , , , , , etc.), a standardized 2:1 scale was | 2,593 | triviaqa-train |
Avarua is the capital of which island group? | Avarua
Avarua (meaning "Two Harbours" in Cook Islands Māori) is a town and district in the north of the island of Rarotonga, and is the national capital of the Cook Islands.
The town is served by Rarotonga International Airport (IATA Airport Code: RAR) and Avatiu Harbour.
The population of Avarua District is 5,445 (census of 2006).
Sub-districts.
The town and district of Avarua is subdivided into 18 tapere (traditional sub-districts) out of 54 for Rarotonga | three main districts or "vaka" (tribes). Te Au O Tonga on the northern side of the island (Avarua is the capital), Takitumu on the eastern and southern side and Puaikura on the western side.
On the other hand, the island is also divided into five Land Districts. The Land District of Avarua is represented under vaka Te Au O Tonga, the Land Districts of Matavera, Ngatangiia and Titikaveka are represented under vaka Takitumu and the Land District Arorangi is represented under vaka Puaikura.
In | 2,594 | triviaqa-train |
A ‘prie-dieu’ is a narrow desk-like bench on which to kneel and do what? | the bride and groom to kneel on during the service, or may be used by a cleric when he leads the worshippers in prayers such as litanies. In the Byzantine Rite, a prie-dieu is provided for the bishop when he kneels in the Holy Doors during the consecration of a church. One may also be used by the priest reciting Kneeling Prayers at Pentecost.
See also.
- Analogion
- Credence table
- Travelling icons
External links.
- Medieval and Renaissance prie-dieux | second son.
Biography Death and monument.
Chichester died in 1627 aged 48. His elaborate monument survives in Pilton Church, showing his kneeling effigy dressed in armour, behind which kneel two young male children, and in front of which, separated by a prie dieu, kneel effigies of his two wives, behind whom kneels an adult daughter, Anne Chichester (Countess of Elgin). The monument is described by Pevsner as having an "odd feature" of a central column in front of the prie dieu which comes further | 2,595 | triviaqa-train |
Which fruit is the international symbol of hospitality? | Pineapple
The pineapple ("Ananas comosus") is a tropical plant with an edible fruit, also called pineapples, and the most economically significant plant in the family Bromeliaceae.
Pineapples may be cultivated from the offset produced at the top of the fruit, possibly flowering in five to ten months and fruiting in the following six months. Pineapples do not ripen significantly after harvest. In 2016, Costa Rica, Brazil, and the Philippines accounted for nearly one-third of the world's production of pineapples.
Etymology | meal with different kinds of jam, (strawberry, fig, apricot, blackberry, cherry, walnut), sweets and fruit deserts is considered to be a symbol of hospitality. The tea table is not complete without lemon. They served hot tea in cups or Armudi Glass (pear-shaped glass). Armudi Glass is a symbol of tea ceremony. The main point in tea preparation process is water boiling technique. The smell and taste of fresh samovar tea (Samovar is a metal container for water boiling purpose) is | 2,596 | triviaqa-train |
The Painted Desert lies in which US state? | Painted Desert (Arizona)
The Painted Desert is a United States desert of badlands in the Four Corners area running from near the east end of Grand Canyon National Park and southeast into Petrified Forest National Park. It is most easily accessed in the north portion of Petrified Forest National Park. The Painted Desert is known for its brilliant and varied colors, that not only include the more common red rock, but even shades of lavender.
The Painted Desert was named by an expedition under Francisco Vázquez de Coronado on his 1540 | Painted Desert Serenade
Painted Desert Serenade is the debut studio album by American pianist/singer-songwriter Joshua Kadison, released in 1993 on SBK (a subsidiary of Capitol Records). It features two singles, both of which reached the top 30 on the US "Billboard" Hot 100: "Jessie" peaked at number 26, while "Beautiful in My Eyes" reached number 19 in 1994.
Critical reception.
Reviewing the album for AllMusic, Bryan Buss called it "chock full of odes to finding romance | 2,597 | triviaqa-train |
Rapper/songwriter Eminem made his official film debut in which 2002 film? | accused of assaulting Miad Jarbou, a resident of Royal Oak, Michigan, in the bathroom of a Detroit strip club, but was never charged. Two years later in 2008, Jarbou sued Eminem for more than $25,000 in damages.
In 2007, Eminem's music-publishing company (Eight Mile Style) and Martin Affiliated sued Apple Inc. and Aftermath Entertainment, claiming that Aftermath was not authorized to negotiate a deal with Apple for digital downloads of 93 Eminem songs on Apple's iTunes. The case against Apple was settled | convictions and had served time for a total of four and a half years before he was released on parole under the condition he leave Odense in 2002. He subsequently attended Den Rytmiske Højskole, a music folk high school, and then moved to Copenhagen, where he began working with the rapper Jokeren as a songwriter.
Career.
Møller made his acting debut in the 2010 prison drama film "R". While Møller was originally involved as a consultant in the film set in Horsens State Prison, where he had served | 2,598 | triviaqa-train |
Kenny Shiels became permanent manager of which Scottish football club in 2011? | Record columns that he was critical of fans would watch the Old Firm, rather than their local team.
In the January transfer window, Shiels soon added his son, Dean, and Ben Gordon. He also helped guide Killie to the League Cup semi-finals, beating rivals Ayr United. Despite the win, Shiels criticised rival team tactics, believing the club should have done more. On 18 February 2012, Kilmarnock beat Rangers 1–0, with Shiels' son Dean scoring in the 12th minute, making him the first | Oran Kearney
Oran Kearney (born 29 July 1978) is a Northern Irish football player and coach, who is the manager of Coleraine.
Playing career.
Kearney joined Ballymena United from Moyola Park (Stephen Doey’s formal club until they gave him the road) in 2002, after father-in-law Kenny Shiels became manager of the club.
In 2005, Kearney joined Linfield. On 30 April 2009, Kearney announced his retirement.
Managerial career.
In May 2009, Kearney was appointed manager | 2,599 | triviaqa-train |
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