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What value points is the brown ball in a game of snooker? | , or frame, is won by the player scoring the most points. A match is won when a player wins a predetermined number of frames.
Snooker gained its own identity in 1884 when army officer Sir Neville Chamberlain, while stationed in Ooty, devised a set of rules that combined pyramid and black pool. The word "snooker" was a long-used military term for inexperienced or first-year personnel. The game grew in popularity in the United Kingdom, and the Billiards Association and Control Club was formed in | Seven-ball (disambiguation)
Seven-ball (or sevenball, 7 ball, 7-ball and other variant spellings) may refer to:
- 7 ball, the pool (pocket billiards) ball numbered "7", and traditionally brown or maroon, but tan in some ball sets
- 7 ball, the black snooker ball, worth 7 points, normally referred to as "the black"
- Seven-ball, a pool (pocket billiards) game, played with seven object balls, of which | 6,600 | triviaqa-train |
Which battle is known as ‘Custer’s Last Stand’? | . They advanced a mile, to what is today Weir Ridge or Weir Point, and could see in the distance native warriors on horseback shooting at objects on the ground. By this time, roughly 5:25 pm, Custer's battle may have concluded. The conventional historical understanding is that what Weir witnessed was most likely warriors killing the wounded soldiers and shooting at dead bodies on the "Last Stand Hill" at the northern end of the Custer battlefield. Some contemporary historians have suggested instead that what Weir witnessed was a fight | John Mulvany
John Mulvany (c. 1839 – 1906) was an Irish born American artist best known as an artist of the American West who painted the first large (11ftx21ft) image of General Custer’s defeat by the Oglala Sioux Indians at Little Big Horn in 1876. Mulvany’s painting "Custer’s Last Rally", was finished in 1881. In Ireland, he is known for "The Battle of Aughrim", painted in 1885 and exhibited in Dublin in 2010.
Mulvany also recorded the American Civil War | 6,601 | triviaqa-train |
What is the name of a long-bodied marine fish and a person who unscrupulously exploits or swindles others? | name that in turn inspired similar films or parodies such as "Shark Tale" and "Snakehead Terror". Piranhas are shown in a similar light to sharks in films such as "Piranha"; however, contrary to popular belief, the red-bellied piranha is actually a generally timid scavenger species that is unlikely to harm humans. Legends of half-human, half-fish mermaids have featured in folklore, including the stories of Hans Christian Andersen.
Terminology.
Terminology Fish or fishes.
Though often used interchangeably | industry exploits the gelling, water-retention, emulsifying and other physical properties of these hydrocolloids.
Most edible seaweeds are marine algae whereas most freshwater algae are toxic. Some marine algae contain acids that irritate the digestion canal, while some others can have a laxative and electrolyte-balancing effect. Most marine macroalgae are nontoxic in normal quantities, but members of the genus "Lyngbya" are potentially lethal. Typically poisoning is caused by eating fish which have fed on "Lyngbya" or on other fish which have done so. | 6,602 | triviaqa-train |
How many squares are on a chess board? | Chess
Chess is a two-player strategy board game played on a checkered board with 64 squares arranged in an 8×8 grid. The game is played by millions of people worldwide. Chess is believed to be derived from the Indian game chaturanga sometime before the 7th century. Chaturanga is also the likely ancestor of the Eastern strategy games xiangqi, janggi, and shogi. Chess reached Europe by the 9th century, due to the Umayyad conquest of Hispania. The pieces assumed their current powers in Spain in the late | Comparison to other pieces Versus rook.
A rook is generally worth about two pawns more than a bishop (see Chess piece relative value and the exchange). The bishop has access to only half of the squares on the board, whereas all squares of the board are accessible to the rook. On an empty board, a rook always attacks fourteen squares, whereas a bishop attacks no more than thirteen and sometimes as few as seven, depending on how near it is to the center. Also, a king and rook | 6,603 | triviaqa-train |
How many events make up a biathlon? | first known ski clubs, the Trysil Rifle and Ski Club, was formed in Norway in 1861 to promote national defense at the local level. 20th century variants include (the military contest) – a 17 km cross-country race with shooting, and the military cross-country race at 30 km including marksmanship. The modern biathlon is a civilian variant of the old military combined exercise. In Norway, the biathlon was until 1984 a branch of , an organization set up by the government to promote civilian marksmanship in | by learning wedge turns and weight transfers, wedge turns, wide track parallel turns, how to use ski poles, and advanced parallel turns. Skiers with cerebral palsy in this classification have difficulty walking in ski boots, and sometimes require assistance when walking in them. To go up hill, skiers often point their weaker side upwards.
In the Biathlon, all Paralympic athletes shoot from a prone position.
Sport.
In disability skiing events, this classification is grouped with standing classes who are seeded to start after visually | 6,604 | triviaqa-train |
Which group of islands lie off the coast of Normandy, France? | claims to mainland Normandy, France, and other French possessions in 1801, the monarch of the United Kingdom retains the title Duke of Normandy in respect to the Channel Islands. The Channel Islands (except for Chausey) remain Crown dependencies of the British Crown in the present era. Thus the Loyal Toast in the Channel Islands is "La Reine, notre Duc" ("The Queen, our Duke"). The British monarch is understood to "not" be the Duke with regards to mainland Normandy described herein, by | has also led to the design of statues that depict him and the construction of Churches and monasteries at specific locations. Because most monastic islands lie close to land, they were viewed as forts holding demons at a distance against attacks on the Church. Monasteries such as Mont Saint-Michel off the coast of Normandy, France and Skellig Michael, off the coast of County Kerry, Ireland, dedicated to the Archangel are examples of these. Another notable structure is that of St Michael's Mount, located in Mounts Bay, near | 6,605 | triviaqa-train |
Former British Prime minister Margaret Thatcher has what middle name? | Margaret Thatcher
Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher, (; 13 October 19258 April 2013) was a British stateswoman who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990 and Leader of the Conservative Party from 1975 to 1990. She was the longest-serving British prime minister of the 20th century and the first woman to hold that office. A Soviet journalist dubbed her "The 'Iron Lady", a nickname that became associated with her uncompromising politics and leadership style. As Prime Minister, she implemented policies known | "Mrs. Reagan has been recovering slowly and has been adding a few appointments back onto her schedule, but was advised by her doctor today not to try and attend large events too far from home just yet." She endorsed Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney on May 31, 2012, explaining that her husband would have liked Romney's business background and what she called "strong principles". Following the death of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in April 2013, she stated, "The world has lost a true champion of | 6,606 | triviaqa-train |
Balmoral Castle is in which European country? | Balmoral Castle
Balmoral Castle () is a large estate house in Royal Deeside, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, near the village of Crathie, west of Ballater and east of Braemar.
Balmoral has been one of the residences of the British royal family since 1852, when the estate and its original castle were purchased privately by Prince Albert, the husband of Queen Victoria. It remains the private property of the royal family and is not part of the Crown Estate.
Soon after the estate was purchased by the royal family, | back to finish third in Dublin. At the 1998 edition of the World Cross Country, Radcliffe again won the silver medal. Radcliffe set a new world best for on the road around Balmoral Castle. At the European Cup Radcliffe, captaining the team, won the 5,000 metres and finished second in the 1500 metres. Radcliffe set the pace in the 10,000 metres at the European Championships, but finished fifth. Radcliffe, who was suffering from a virus, took some time off, before returning to the cross country | 6,607 | triviaqa-train |
The English resort of Clacton-on-Sea lies on which body of water? | via the Dutch "Noordzee", who named it thus either in contrast with the Zuiderzee ("South Sea"), located south of Frisia, or because the sea is generally to the north of the Netherlands. Before the adoption of "North Sea," the names used in English were "German Sea" or "German Ocean", referred to the Latin names "Mare Gemanicum" and "Oceanus Germanicus", and these persisted in use until the First World War.
Other common names in use for | Clacton Pier
Clacton Pier is a pier located in the seaside resort town of Clacton-on-Sea in England.
Development.
Clacton Pier, which opened on 27 July 1871 was officially the first building erected in the then-new resort of Clacton-on-Sea. A wooden structure in length and wide, the pier served as a landing point for goods and passengers, a docking point for steamships operated by the Woolwich Steam Packet Company, and a popular spot for promenading. By 1893, Clacton had | 6,608 | triviaqa-train |
On a regular clockface, which number lies opposite number one? | the top is sometimes extended into a long upstroke, sometimes as long as the vertical line, which can lead to confusion with the glyph for seven in other countries. Where the 1 is written with a long upstroke, the number 7 has a horizontal stroke through the vertical line.
While the shape of the 1 character has an ascender in most modern typefaces, in typefaces with text figures, the character usually is of x-height, as, for example, in .
Many older typewriters do not have a | Cyber City, Gurgaon
The DLF Cyber City is a corporate park in Gurgaon, India, which houses some of the top IT & Fortune 500 companies. It has been termed a "futuristic commercial hub". Cyber City is considered one of the largest hubs of IT activity in Delhi-NCR. It lies near Udyog Vihar, which is a conventional industrial area on the opposite side of NH-8. Cyber Hub, which is primarily an eating area with a large number of leading restaurants besides a few shops is located next | 6,609 | triviaqa-train |
Dyce Airport is in which British city? | , and there were doubts over the number of officially designated cities. The royal burghs of Edinburgh and Perth anciently used the title "civitas", but the term "city" does not seem to have been used before the 15th century. Unlike the situation in England, in Scotland there was no link between the presence of a cathedral and the title of "city". Aberdeen, Glasgow and Edinburgh were accepted as cities by ancient usage by the 18th century, while Perth and Elgin also used the title. In 1856 | fumble by teammate Obafemi Ayanbadejo from the Jaguars 2-yard line.
Game summaries Week 7 vs. New England Patriots.
The Dolphins and Patriots were battling for first in the AFC East and the Dolphins forced two fumbles - one by Tom Brady on a quarterback sneak - and led 13-6 before Brady whipped a 24-yard touchdown to a leaping David Givens. The Dolphins drove to the New England 17 before the two-minute warning; when Ricky Williams appeared to be downed short of a first down the Patriots challenged the spot but the | 6,610 | triviaqa-train |
Who did Richard Nixon defeat in 1968 to become US President? | nominee in the 1952 election. Nixon served for eight years as Vice President, becoming the second-youngest vice president in history at age 40. He waged an unsuccessful presidential campaign in 1960, narrowly losing to John F. Kennedy, and lost a race for governor of California to Pat Brown in 1962. In 1968, he ran for the presidency again and was elected, defeating Vice President Hubert Humphrey.
Nixon ended American involvement in the war in Vietnam in 1973, ending the military draft that same year. Nixon's | conservative faction. However, Lodge (who refused to become an open candidate) did not fare as well in later primaries, and Goldwater ultimately won the presidential nomination.
Political career Later career.
He was re-appointed ambassador to South Vietnam by President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1965, and served thereafter as Ambassador at Large (1967–1968) and Ambassador to West Germany (1968–1969). In 1969, when his former running mate Richard M. Nixon finally became President, he was appointed by President Nixon to serve as head of | 6,611 | triviaqa-train |
The famous ‘Man in the Iron Mask’ died in which prison in 1703? | Man in the Iron Mask
The Man in the Iron Mask (French: "L'Homme au Masque de Fer"; c. 1640 – 19 November 1703) is the name given to an unidentified prisoner who was arrested in 1669 or 1670 and subsequently held in a number of French prisons, including the Bastille and the Fortress of Pignerol (modern Pinerolo, Italy). He was held in the custody of the same jailer, Bénigne Dauvergne de Saint-Mars, for a period of 34 years. He died on 19 November | 's death:
Louis was later suspected of being the Man in the Iron Mask but this could not be true as he died in 1683, while the man in the iron mask died in 1703.
His other half siblings included the future duc du Maine; "Madame la Duchesse"; Mademoiselle de Tours; Duchess of Orléans, "Madame le Régent" and the Count of Toulouse. | 6,612 | triviaqa-train |
What was the name of the motel in Tennessee in which Martin Luther King Jr was shot dead in 1968? | tomb, the Memphis Zoo, the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis; and Bristol Motor Speedway in Bristol.
Etymology.
The earliest variant of the name that became "Tennessee" was recorded by Captain Juan Pardo, the Spanish explorer, when he and his men passed through an American Indian village named "Tanasqui" in 1567 while traveling inland from South Carolina. In the early 18th century, British traders encountered a Cherokee town named Tanasi (or "Tanase") in present-day Monroe County, Tennessee. | St. Joseph's Hospital (Memphis, Tennessee)
Saint Joseph Hospital was a Catholic operated hospital located at 220 Overton Avenue in Memphis, Tennessee. It is most well known for being the hospital where Martin Luther King Jr. was pronounced dead at 7:05 p.m. on Thursday, April 4, 1968 following his being shot by James Earl Ray.
Erected in 1885 and operated by the Sisters of St. Francis , St. Joseph's would eventually grow into a 1,212 bed Medical Center. In 1997 the hospital began a merger with Baptist Memorial | 6,613 | triviaqa-train |
How many Harry Potter books were written by J K Rowling? | which Rowling had overall approval on the scripts and was a producer on the final films. She has also written under the pen name Robert Galbraith.
Born in Yate, Gloucestershire, Rowling was working as a researcher and bilingual secretary for Amnesty International when she conceived the idea for the "Harry Potter" series while on a delayed train from Manchester to London in 1990. The seven-year period that followed saw the death of her mother, birth of her first child, divorce from her first husband, and relative poverty | Pollomuhku ja Posityyhtynen
Pollomuhku ja Posityyhtynen (“Bubotuber and Pigwidgeon”) is a 2008 fact book by the Finnish translator of the Harry Potter books, Jaana Kapari-Jatta.
In her book, Kapari-Jatta answers in popular style questions that the Finnish readers of the Harry Potter books have asked her. She recounts how she came about to translate the book series, discusses how she recreated in Finnish the words that were made up by J. K. Rowling, including "quidditch" and "Gringotts" which became " | 6,614 | triviaqa-train |
During which month of 1971 did Britain change its currency to decimal? | Decimal Day
On 15 February 1971, known as Decimal Day, the United Kingdom and Ireland decimalised their currencies.
Under the old currency of pounds, shillings and pence, the pound was made up of 240 pence (denoted by the letter "d" for Latin "denarius" and now referred to as "old pence"), with 12 pence in a shilling and 20 shillings (denoted by "s" for Latin "solidus") in a pound.
The loss of value of the currency meant | and 1 ½anna (SG 68), from the 7th anniversary set of 1954. Each pane was separated by interleaving of butter paper. The booklet was priced at Rs. 1/8 and 10,000 booklets were printed.
History 1947 to 1971 Currency change.
In 1961, the government decided to introduce decimal currency into the country. This necessitated the surcharging of stamps to reflect this change. Six stamps were chosen from various issues and overprinted with the following denominations: 1 paisa, 2 paisas, 3 paisas, 7 paisas, 13 paisas | 6,615 | triviaqa-train |
In the novel ‘Jane Eyre’ by Charlotte Bronte in which year was Jane born? | the reign of George III (1760–1820). It goes through five distinct stages: Jane's childhood at Gateshead Hall, where she is emotionally and physically abused by her aunt and cousins; her education at Lowood School, where she gains friends and role models but suffers privations and oppression; her time as governess at Thornfield Hall, where she falls in love with her mysterious employer, Edward Fairfax Rochester; her time in the Moor House, during which her earnest but cold clergyman cousin, St. John Rivers, proposes to her | Woman and Wife
Woman and Wife is a 1918 American silent drama film directed by Edward Jose and starring Alice Brady. It is based on the novel "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Bronte. The Select Pictures Corporation produced and distributed the film. The film was also known as "The Lifted Cross".
The film survives in an incomplete state at the BFI National Film and Television Archive.
Plot.
As described in a film magazine, Jane Eyre (Brady) is sent to an orphan's home by | 6,616 | triviaqa-train |
Avenue Foch is the widest avenue in which European city? | Avenue Foch
Avenue Foch () is a street in Paris, France, named after World War I Marshal Ferdinand Foch in 1929. It is one of the most prestigious streets in Paris, and one of the most expensive addresses in the world, home to many grand palaces, including ones belonging to the Onassis and Rothschild families. The Rothschilds once owned numbers 19-21.
It is located in the 16th arrondissement and runs from the Arc de Triomphe southwest to the Porte Dauphine at the edge of the Bois de | Leninsky Avenue, Moscow
Leninsky Avenue () is a major avenue in Moscow, Russia, that runs in the south-western direction between Kaluzhskaya Square in the central part of the city through Gagarin Square to the Moscow Ring Road. It is a part of the M3 highway which continues from Moscow to Kaluga and Bryansk to the border with Ukraine, and provides connections with Kiev and Odessa. It is also a part of the European route E101 connecting Moscow and Kiev.
It is the second-widest street in Moscow | 6,617 | triviaqa-train |
What is the name of the mill in the novel ‘The Mill on the Floss’ by George Eliot? | The Mill on the Floss
The Mill on the Floss is a novel by George Eliot (Mary Ann Evans), first published in three volumes in 1860 by William Blackwood. The first American edition was published by Harper & Brothers, Publishers, New York.
Plot summary.
Spanning a period of 10 to 15 years, the novel details the lives of Tom and Maggie Tulliver, siblings growing up at Dorlcote Mill on the River Floss. The mill is situated at the junction of the River Floss and the more | 21, an area in mid-Wales where the Goliath Corporation had their laboratories, to help out. As this was technically outside the remit of his stalker activities, he asked, in return, if he could be her official biographer, something to which Thursday readily agreed.
Many of the excerpts from fictional works found at the beginning of each chapter have ostensibly been written by de Floss. His name is an allusion to the novel "The Mill on the Floss" by George Eliot, which Thursday and Miss Havisham | 6,618 | triviaqa-train |
In a painting, the point on the horizon, where parallel lines appear to converge, is called the ‘what’ point? | mathematical curvature of the horizon is about 0.056, the same curvature of the rim of circle with a radius of 10 m that is viewed from 56 cm directly above the center of the circle. However, the apparent curvature is less than that due to refraction of light by the atmosphere and the obscuration of the horizon by high cloud layers that reduce the altitude above the visual surface.
Vanishing points.
The horizon is a key feature of the picture plane in the science of graphical perspective. Assuming the picture | or stratocumuliform.
Pattern-based
- Duplicatus – Latin for "Double": Closely spaced often partly merged layers of cloud in one of several possible forms.
- Intortus – "Twisted": Curved and tangled cirriform.
- Lacunosus – "Full of holes": Thin stratocumuliform cloud distinguished by holes and ragged edges.
- Radiatus – "Radial": Clouds in one of several possible forms arranged in parallel lines that appear to converge at a central point near the horizon.
- Undulatus – | 6,619 | triviaqa-train |
Meissen porcelain comes from which European country? | Meissen's mainstay continued to be the constant production of revived eighteenth-century models.
After 1933, the artistic freedom of the artists became restricted by the State of Saxony in accordance with the contemporary indoctrination process in Germany. Some artists (i.e. Ernst Barlach) who had contributed to progressive Meissen during the Weimar period were banned.
After World War II and under Communist rule, the manufactory that had always catered to the rich and wealthy had some difficulty to find its way. The danger was that Meissen would become a | figurines included many purely decorative subjects, such as fashionable ladies. There are many early examples from China, mainly religious figures in Dehua porcelain, which drove the experimentation in Europe to replicate the process.
The first European porcelain figurines, were produced in Meissen porcelain, initially in a plain glazed white, but soon brightly painted in overglaze "enamels", and were soon produced by neally all European porcelain factories. The initial function of these seems to have been as permanent versions of sugar sculptures which were used to decorate tables | 6,620 | triviaqa-train |
During which month does the Summer Solstice occur in the Southern Hemisphere? | months the Ojibwe originally used, which was a lunisolar calendar marked by the moon, fixed to "Akiinaaniwan" (typically December 27) that marks when sunrise is the latest in the Northern Hemisphere. Due to Eastern Ojibwe is a vowel syncope dialect, the elided vowels (and the occasionally elided consonants) have been added back in the table below, shown in brackets.
Adhik Maas.
Purushottam Maas or Adhik Maas is an extra month in the Hindu calendar that is inserted to keep the lunar and solar calendars aligned | June 22
On this day the Summer solstice may occur in the Northern Hemisphere, and the Winter solstice may occur in the Southern Hemisphere.
Events.
- 217 BC – Battle of Raphia: Ptolemy IV Philopator of Egypt defeats Antiochus III the Great of the Seleucid kingdom.
- 168 BC – Battle of Pydna: Romans under Lucius Aemilius Paullus defeat Macedonian King Perseus who surrenders after the battle, ending the Third Macedonian War.
- 813 – Battle of Versinikia: The Bulgars led by Krum defeat the Byzantine | 6,621 | triviaqa-train |
Which 2002 animated film is set during the ‘Pleistocene Era’? | Pleistocene
The Pleistocene (, often colloquially referred to as the Ice Age) is the geological epoch which lasted from about 2,588,000 to 11,700 years ago, spanning the world's most recent period of repeated glaciations. The end of the Pleistocene corresponds with the end of the last glacial period and also with the end of the Paleolithic age used in archaeology.
The Pleistocene is the first epoch of the Quaternary Period or sixth epoch of the Cenozoic Era. In the ICS timescale, the Pleistocene is divided into four stages or ages | Star Wars: The Clone Wars (film)
Star Wars: The Clone Wars is a 2008 American 3D animated science fiction action-adventure film set within the "Star Wars" universe, leading into a produced by Lucasfilm Animation. The film is set during the three-year time period between the films "" (2002) and "" (2005), and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures. The film premiered on August 10, 2008 at the Grauman's Egyptian Theatre, while screening in wide-release on | 6,622 | triviaqa-train |
Who is the only driver to have completed and won the Triple Crown in motor racing? | Triple Crown of Motorsport
The Triple Crown of Motorsport is an unofficial motorsport achievement, often regarded as winning three of the most prestigious motor races in the world in one's career:
- the Indianapolis 500
- the 24 Hours of Le Mans
- the Monaco Grand Prix
For eleven years (1950–1960) Monaco and Indianapolis were part of the FIA World Championship of Drivers (now synonymous with Formula One) but in 1961 Indianapolis was dropped from the World Championship series.
Graham Hill is the only driver to | , in 1985, with co-driver Bob Wollek).
- He is one of only 12 drivers to have completed the Triple Crown of endurance racing (victories in the 12 Hours of Sebring, 24 Hours of Daytona and 24 Hours of Le Mans).
- He also has 41 USAC Stock Car wins and 50 Sprint Car, Midget, and Dirt Champ Car wins.
- He won the 1975 and 1976 Australian Speedcar Grand Prix at the Liverpool International Speedway in Sydney (in Australia midgets are called Speedcars | 6,623 | triviaqa-train |
In the Disney film ‘The Lion King’, what is the name of Simba’s wicked uncle? | the story of Simba (Swahili for lion), a young lion who is to succeed his father, Mufasa, as King of the Pride Lands; however, after Simba's paternal uncle Scar murders Mufasa, Simba is manipulated into thinking he was responsible and flees into exile. Upon maturation living with two wastrels, Simba is given some valuable perspective from his childhood friend, Nala, and his shaman, Rafiki, before returning to challenge Scar to end his tyranny and take his place in the Circle of Life as the rightful | of Sarabi, Simba’s mother, and Mufasa, Simba’s father, in the blockbuster Disney animated film "The Lion King" (1994), respectively. The film became one of the best-selling titles ever on home video. It would also be her last film role. The two also collaborated on the series "Gabriel's Fire", which earned Sinclair an Emmy in 1991 for Best Supporting Actress in a Dramatic Series, famously beating out the expected winner, "L.A. Law" Diana Muldaur.
Sinclair | 6,624 | triviaqa-train |
In September 1937, the first edition of which J R R Tolkien novel was published? | J. R. R. Tolkien
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (; 3 January 1892 – 2 September 1973) was an English writer, poet, philologist, and academic, who is best known as the author of the classic high fantasy works "The Hobbit", "The Lord of the Rings", and "The Silmarillion".
He served as the Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon and Fellow of Pembroke College, Oxford, from 1925 to 1945 and Merton Professor of English Language and Literature and Fellow of Merton College | Descent into Hell (novel)
Descent Into Hell is a novel written by Charles Williams, first published in 1937.
Overview.
Williams is less well known than his fellow Inklings, such as C. S. Lewis and J. R. R. Tolkien. Like some of them, however, he wrote a series of novels which combine elements of fantasy fiction and Christian symbolism. Forgoing the detective fiction style of most of his earlier supernatural novels, most of the story's action is spiritual or psychological in nature. It fits the | 6,625 | triviaqa-train |
Alberto Fujimori became the President of which South American country in 1990? | opposition congressman Alberto Kouri for defecting to Fujimori's "Perú 2000" party. The video was presented by Fernando Olivera, leader of the FIM (Independent Moralizing Front), who purchased it from one of Montesinos's closest allies (nicknamed by the Peruvian press "El Patriota").
Fujimori's support virtually collapsed, and a few days later he announced in a nationwide address that he would shut down the SIN and call new elections, in which he would not be a candidate. On 10 November, Fujimori won | - Susana Higuchi (First Lady 1990–94, Congresswoman 1995–2006), former wife of President Alberto Fujimori
- Keiko Fujimori (First Lady 1994–2000, Congresswoman 2006–2011), daughter of President Alberto Fujimori and Susana Higuchi
- Kenji Fujimori (Congressman 2011–2016), son of President Alberto Fujimori and Susana Higuchi
- Santiago Fujimori (Congressman 2006–11), brother of President Alberto Fujimori
The García Family
- Carlos García Ronceros, Secretary General of the APRA
- Nytha Pérez of García, Founding member of the APRA
- | 6,626 | triviaqa-train |
Which is said to be the oldest book in the Bible? | HaKodesh (the Holy Spirit) but with one level less authority than that of prophecy.
Hebrew Bible Ketuvim The poetic books.
In Masoretic manuscripts (and some printed editions), Psalms, Proverbs and Job are presented in a special two-column form emphasizing the parallel stichs in the verses, which are a function of their poetry. Collectively, these three books are known as "Sifrei Emet" (an acronym of the titles in Hebrew, איוב, משלי, תהלים yields "Emet" אמ"ת, which is also the | with the sling."
The late Roman writer Vegetius, in his work "De Re Militari", wrote:
According to description of Procopius, the sling had an effective range further than a Hun bow and arrow. In his book "Wars of Justinian", he recorded the felling of a Hun warrior by a slinger:
The sling in antiquity Written history Biblical accounts.
The sling is mentioned in the Bible, which provides what is believed to be the oldest textual reference to a sling in the Book of | 6,627 | triviaqa-train |
Who played the title role in the UK television series ‘Dr Quinn, Medicine Woman’? | Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman is an American Western drama series created by Beth Sullivan and starring Jane Seymour who plays Dr. Michaela "Mike" Quinn, a physician who leaves Boston in search of adventure in the Old American West and who settles in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
The television series ran on CBS for six seasons, from January 1, 1993, to May 16, 1998. In total, 149 episodes were produced, plus two television movies which were made after the series was canceled | the part of Horace Bing's daughter the television series "Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman".
At the age of 8, Coleman booked the title role as "the Child" (Cody) in the Paramount feature film "Bless the Child", starring opposite Academy Award winner Kim Basinger. Coleman played an autistic child overwhelmed by messages from God and pursued by agents of evil. Coleman received over sixty positive reviews nationwide.
Coleman's most recent work includes a recurring role on "Medium", as Hannah, the | 6,628 | triviaqa-train |
What is the largest hammered copper statue in the world? | Statue of Liberty
The Statue of Liberty (Liberty Enlightening the World; ) is a colossal neoclassical sculpture on Liberty Island in New York Harbor in New York, in the United States. The copper statue, a gift from the people of France to the people of the United States, was designed by French sculptor Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi and its metal framework was built by Gustave Eiffel. The statue was dedicated on October 28, 1886.
The Statue of Liberty is a figure of Libertas, a robed Roman liberty goddess. | facade of the building was restored in 1990 by Wank Adams Slavin.
Art and architecture "Civic Fame".
At the top of the Municipal Building is the statue "Civic Fame", installed in March 1913. The statue is a gilded copper figure, made from about 500 pieces of hammered copper. The statue is variously reported to be supported on an iron skeleton and made over a steel frame.
The statue was designed by Adolph Alexander Weinman (1870-1952). It was commissioned by New York City at | 6,629 | triviaqa-train |
Relating to the children’s television show, how many colour ‘Blue Peter’ badges are there? | as tortoises, cats, and parrots.
The programme, which used a nautical title and theme, was developed by a BBC team led by Biddy Baxter. In 1965, she became the programme editor until relinquishing the role in 1988. Throughout the show's history there have been many presenters. Currently, it is hosted by Lindsey Russell and Richie Driss.
Content.
"Blue Peter" content is wide-ranging. Most programmes are broadcast live, but usually include at least one filmed report. There will | specialisec surveillance optics, including thermal imaging.
Uniform.
Uniform Badges.
The whole Regiment wears a variation of the running fox cap badge of the old East Riding Yeomanry. However, each of the Squadrons wears its own collar badges and buttons.
Uniform Stable Belt and Shoulder Flash.
The Regimental Stable Belt or shoulder flashes are worn to show a soldier or officer is serving with the QOY in various forms of dress. The colour of both is Prussian blue with two horizontal stripes of cavalry gold (yellow): | 6,630 | triviaqa-train |
Mount Jungfrau is in which European country? | Jungfrau
The Jungfrau ("maiden, virgin") at is one of the main summits of the Bernese Alps, located between the northern canton of Bern and the southern canton of Valais, halfway between Interlaken and Fiesch. Together with the Eiger and Mönch, the Jungfrau forms a massive wall overlooking the Bernese Oberland and the Swiss Plateau, one of the most distinctive sights of the Swiss Alps.
The summit was first reached on August 3, 1811 by the Meyer brothers of Aarau and two chamois hunters from Valais. | .
History.
Country Harbour was reportedly considered by British colonial authorities for the provincial capital and military base that was ultimately sited at Halifax. There are several sites dedicated to preserving the heritage of the early European settlers, including a restoration of a small village (probably home to less than 20 families) and Mount Misery.
Mount Misery was an early agricultural community which was renowned for its harsh winter conditions, resulting in the death of almost all original settlers within their first year of emigration. Mount Misery is connected | 6,631 | triviaqa-train |
What is the capital of The Ivory Coast? | Ivory Coast
Ivory Coast or Côte d'Ivoire, officially the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, is a country located on the south coast of West Africa. Ivory Coast's political capital is Yamoussoukro in the centre of the country, while its economic capital and largest city is the port city of Abidjan. It borders Guinea and Liberia to the west, Burkina Faso and Mali to the north, Ghana to the east, and the Gulf of Guinea (Atlantic Ocean) to the south.
Before its colonization by Europeans, Ivory Coast | voted against association. On 11 July 1960 France agreed to Ivory Coast becoming fully independent. Ivory Coast became independent on 7 August 1960, and permitted its community membership to lapse. It established the commercial city Abidjan as its capital.
Ivory Coast's contemporary political history is closely associated with the career of Félix Houphouët-Boigny, President of the republic and leader of the "Parti Démocratique de la Ivory Coast" (PDCI) until his death on December 7, 1993. He was one of the founders of the " | 6,632 | triviaqa-train |
The Kruger National Park is located in which country? | Kruger National Park
Kruger National Park is one of the largest game reserves in Africa. It covers an area of in the provinces of Limpopo and Mpumalanga in northeastern South Africa, and extends from north to south and from east to west. The administrative headquarters are in Skukuza. Areas of the park were first protected by the government of the South African Republic in 1898, and it became South Africa's first national park in 1926.
To the west and south of the Kruger National Park are the two South African provinces | -east of the country, with denser growth. There are significant numbers of baobab trees in this area, near the northern end of Kruger National Park.
The fynbos biome, which makes up the majority of the area and plant life in the Cape floristic region, one of the six floral kingdoms, is located in a small region of the Western Cape and contains more than 9,000 of those species, making it among the richest regions on earth in terms of plant diversity. Most of the plants are evergreen hard- | 6,633 | triviaqa-train |
In which European city is Richmond Bridge? | Richmond Bridge, London
Richmond Bridge is an 18th-century stone arch bridge that crosses the River Thames at Richmond, connecting the two halves of the present-day London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. It was designed by James Paine and Kenton Couse.
The bridge, which is a Grade I listed, was built between 1774 and 1777, as a replacement for a ferry crossing which connected Richmond town centre on the east bank with its neighbouring district of East Twickenham to the west. Its construction was privately funded by | Boulevard Bridge
Boulevard Bridge in the independent city of Richmond, Virginia is a toll bridge which carries State Route 161 across the James River.
At long, the Boulevard Bridge was completed in 1925. It was privately owned and financed by the Boulevard Bridge Corporation for the purpose of providing access to the new Westover Hills neighborhood in South Richmond, where one of the selling points of the homes was free bridge access. It is named for The Boulevard, a main route through Richmond that ends just north of the bridge in | 6,634 | triviaqa-train |
In the children’s story by the Brothers Grimm, the rooster, cat, dog and donkey are known as the Town Musicians of where? | Town Musicians of Bremen
The "Town Musicians of Bremen" () is a popular fairy tale retrieved and recorded by the Brothers Grimm. It was first published in Grimms' Fairy Tales in 1819. It tells the story of four aging domestic animals, who after a lifetime of hard work are neglected and mistreated by their former masters. Eventually, they decide to run away and become town musicians in the city of Bremen. Contrary to the story's title the characters never arrive in Bremen, as they succeed in tricking | the "sword of justice" and a shield decorated with an imperial eagle. The other near the entrance to the "Ratskeller" is Gerhard Marcks' bronze sculpture (1953) "Die Stadtmusikanten" (Town Musicians), which portrays the donkey, dog, cat and rooster of the Grimm Brothers' fairy tale.
- Other interesting buildings in the vicinity of the Marktplatz are the "Schütting", a sixteenth-century Flemish-inspired guild hall, Rathscafé, Raths-Apotheke, Haus der Stadtsparkasse and the " | 6,635 | triviaqa-train |
The town of Nokia is in which European country? | largest worldwide company and brand from Finland. At its peak in 2000, during the telecoms bubble, Nokia alone accounted for 4% of the country's GDP, 21% of total exports, and 70% of the Helsinki Stock Exchange market capital.
History.
History 1865–1967.
Nokia's history dates back to 1865, when Finnish-Swede mining engineer Fredrik Idestam established a pulp mill near the town of Tampere, Finland (then in the Russian Empire). A second pulp mill was opened in 1868 near the | be performing on "The Grammy Nominations Concert Live! – Countdown to Music's Biggest Night", the 1-hour special which took place live on Wednesday, November 30, 2011, at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles. "Don't You Wanna Stay" received a Grammy nomination for Best Country Duo/Group Performance, but however lost to The Civil Wars at the 54th Grammy Awards on February 12, 2012.
The fourth single from the album was "Tattoos on This Town", which peaked at No. 2 | 6,636 | triviaqa-train |
In the game of Bingo, ‘Cup of Tea’ is the nickname of which number? | . The patent for a modern Bingo card design went to Erwin S. Lowe in 1942.
Description of the game.
Description of the game Strips of 6 tickets.
A typical bingo ticket contains 27 spaces, arranged in nine columns by three rows. Each row contains five numbers and four blank spaces. Each column contains up to three numbers, which are arranged as follows, with some variation depending on bingo companies and/or where the game is played (e.g. hall, club or online):
- The first column | in his day, such as the oolong tea (which he sometimes calls Bohea) that Jeeves brings to him every morning.
Personal characteristics Hobbies.
Bertie participates in a number of physical activities. He likes swimming under ordinary circumstances; he is less fond of it when he falls into water unexpectedly while dressed in regular attire, which occurs multiple times in the stories. He plays tennis with Bingo Little in "Jeeves and the Impending Doom". His golf handicap is 16. At Oxford, he obtained a blue for | 6,637 | triviaqa-train |
What is the name of the fictional planet which is the homeworld of the ‘Transformers’? | ; O'Neil also created the name "Optimus Prime." Afterwards, Bob Budiansky created most of the Transformers characters, giving names and personalities to many unnamed Diaclone figures.
The primary concept of Generation One is that the heroic Optimus Prime, the villainous Megatron, and their finest soldiers crash land on pre-historic Earth in the "Ark" and the "Nemesis" before awakening in 1985, Cybertron hurtling through the Neutral zone as an effect of the war. The Marvel comic was originally part of the main Marvel Universe | desert planet in the game Homeworld, destroyed by an enemy race after space travel is developed.
- Kobaïa — a fictional planet invented by Christian Vander, the leader of the French Zeuhl band Magma.
- Kobol — a planet in the "Battlestar Galactica" universe.
- K-PAX — A utopian planet in the novel and film of the same name, which is quite possibly the delusional invention of a madman who claims to be from the planet.
- Krankor — The home | 6,638 | triviaqa-train |
Who wrote the 1942 song ‘White Christmas’? | White Christmas (song)
"White Christmas" is a 1942 Irving Berlin song reminiscing about an old-fashioned Christmas setting. The version sung by Bing Crosby is the world's best-selling single with estimated sales in excess of 50 million copies worldwide. When the figures for other versions of the song are added to Crosby's, sales of the song exceed 100 million.
Origin.
Accounts vary as to when and where Berlin wrote the song. One story is that he wrote it in 1940, in | " (1.85 m) actor appeared in over 60 movies including "Flying Tigers" (1942), "Christmas Holiday" (1944) and "Lady on a Train" (1945).
He was the father of singer-songwriter Amanda McBroom, who wrote the song "The Rose", made popular by Bette Midler. His daughter wrote a tribute to her father in a song titled "Errol Flynn."
He was also the father of John Jolliffe, a psychologist in Orange County, CA | 6,639 | triviaqa-train |
British sportswoman Anita Lonsbrough won a 1960 Olympic Gold medal in which sport? | 2012 Summer Olympics in London.
On 5 February 2013, Adlington retired from all competitive swimming, at the age of 23. Since retiring as a competitor, she has worked for BBC TV as a swimming pundit at the Olympic Games and World Aquatics Championships, and made various other media appearances.
Early life and education.
Adlington was born in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, where she attended The Brunts School, which became known as "Brunts Academy" from 2012. She started swimming with Sherwood Colliery Swimming Club, and | (Italian: "Mickey Mouse", literally "little mouse"). In the 50 km race, staged at temperatures of up to 87 °F, the front two competitors were disqualified, and Thompson beat John Ljunggren of Sweden by 17 seconds to win the gold medal in 4 hours 25 minutes 30 seconds. The only other British competitor to win a gold medal at the 1960 Summer Olympics was Anita Lonsbrough, in the 200 m breaststroke. He was voted Sportsman of the Year in 1960 by | 6,640 | triviaqa-train |
Svengali is the hypnotic musician in which George du Maurier novel? | George du Maurier
George Louis Palmella Busson du Maurier (6 March 18348 October 1896) was a Franco-British cartoonist and writer, known for his work in "Punch" and for his Gothic novel "Trilby", which featured the character Svengali. He was the father of actor Sir Gerald du Maurier and grandfather of writers Angela du Maurier and Dame Daphne du Maurier. He was also the father of Sylvia Llewelyn Davies and grandfather of the five boys who inspired J. M. Barrie's "Peter Pan".
Early | to Fagin's particular villainies".
George du Maurier depicts Svengali as a Jewish rogue, masterful musician, and hypnotist. The character has been portrayed in many film and television versions of the story. The word "svengali" has entered the language meaning a person who with evil intent manipulates another into doing what is desired. It is frequently used for any kind of coach who seems to exercise an extreme degree of domination over a performer (especially if the person is a young woman and the coach is an older man | 6,641 | triviaqa-train |
Who wrote the 1969 song ‘Je T’aime, Mois Non Plus’? | Je t'aime... moi non plus
"Je t'aime… moi non plus" (French for "I love you… neither do I") is a 1967 song written by Serge Gainsbourg for Brigitte Bardot. In 1969, Gainsbourg recorded the best known version with Jane Birkin. The duet reached number one in the UK, and number two in Ireland, but was banned in several countries due to its overtly sexual content.
In 1976, Gainsbourg directed Birkin in an erotic film of the same name.
History. | Gainsbourg.
In 1969, she and Gainsbourg released the duet "Je t'aime... moi non plus" ("I love you... me neither"). Gainsbourg originally wrote the song for Brigitte Bardot. The song caused a scandal for its sexual explicitness, and was banned by radio stations in Italy, Spain, and the United Kingdom.
"Je t'aime" made UK chart history in that on 4 October 1969 and the following week on 11 October, the song was at two different chart positions even though it | 6,642 | triviaqa-train |
The Joseon Dynasty built the ‘Five Grand Palaces’ in which capital city? | First ABU TV and Radio Song Festivals within frameworks of Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union 49th General Assembly.
Hi! Seoul Festival is a seasonal cultural festival held four times a year every spring, summer, autumn, and winter in Seoul, South Korea since 2003. It is based on the "Seoul Citizens' Day" held on every October since 1994 to commemorate the 600 years history of Seoul as the capital of the country. The festival is arranged under the Seoul Metropolitan Government. , Seoul has hosted Ultra Music Festival | period was built of wood. Also, the capital of the Goryeo dynasty was based in Gaesong, a city in modern-day North Korea. Its location has made it difficult for many historians in South Korea to study and analyze the architecture of this era.
Few remaining wooden structures from the late Goryeo period in South Korea show us significantly simpler bracketing than those from the 'Choson' period architecture. Bright and soft coloring of these structures had been further developed since the Three Kingdoms era.
Historical architecture Joseon Dynasty ( | 6,643 | triviaqa-train |
Tennis player Vijay Amritraj appeared in which James Bond film? | The score of "For Your Eyes Only" was written by Bill Conti, who retained a number of John Barry-influenced brass elements in the score but also added elements of dance and funk music.
Eon Productions Albert R. Broccoli (1975–1984) "Octopussy" (1983).
In 1980 United Artists, which had provided much of the funding for the Bond films, fell into financial difficulties following the box office failure of "Heaven's Gate" (1980), bringing uncertainty to the future of the funding. The situation was | Amritraj
Amritraj is a South Indian surname. It may refer to members of the tennis-playing Indian family who also represented the USA.
- Anand Amritraj (born 1952), former Indian tennis player and businessman.
- Vijay Amritraj (born 1953), former Indian tennis player, sports commentator and actor.
- Ashok Amritraj (born 1956), American film producer and former Indian tennis player.
- Prakash Amritraj (born 1983), American tennis player of Indian origin; son of Vijay Amritraj | 6,644 | triviaqa-train |
Musical duo Ron and Russell Mael were better known by what name? | Sparks (band)
Sparks is an American pop and rock band formed in Los Angeles in 1972 by brothers Ron (keyboards) and Russell Mael (vocals). The duo formed in 1968 under the name Halfnelson. Known for their quirky approach to songwriting, Sparks' music is often accompanied by intelligent, sophisticated, and acerbic lyrics, and an idiosyncratic, theatrical stage presence, typified in the contrast between Russell's animated, hyperactive frontman antics and Ron's deadpan scowling. They are also noted for Russell Mael's distinctive | What sounds like a honking saxophone line at the end of ”Equator”, is in fact a mellotron played by Ron Mael; the seductive whispers on the track are delivered by a sped-up Russell Mael.
Artwork.
The cover is notable for having neither the name of the band nor the album title on it. The two girls pictured, in kimonos, were members of a Japanese dance company touring England in 1974.
In 1980 Michi Hirota (the girl on the right, with the fan | 6,645 | triviaqa-train |
Which UK country did Queen Elizabeth II visit on her first official tour after her coronation? | the dominions fully independent, and the wording of the coronation oath was amended to include their names and confine the elements concerning religion to the United Kingdom.
Thus since 1937, the monarch has been simultaneously crowned as sovereign of several independent nations besides the United Kingdom, known since 1953 as the Commonwealth realms. Elizabeth II was asked, for example: "Will you solemnly promise and swear to govern the Peoples of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the Union of | Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II during her visit to Brunei on 29 February 1972.
Coronation of Hassanal Bolkiah.
After his abdication, his eldest son, Crown Prince Hassanal Bolkiah ascended the throne to become the 29th Sultan of Brunei.
The coronation ceremony began with the flying of the yellow flag at Bukit Panggal and the red flag at Bukit Sungai Kebun in February 1968. The announcement was also made throughout the country by Radio Brunei. The new Sultan rode to his coronation at the Lapau Diraja on 1 August 1968, | 6,646 | triviaqa-train |
White and which other colour make up the national flag of Poland? | royalist rebellions against the French Revolution (see Revolt in the Vendée).
During the Civil War which followed the Russian Revolution of 1917, the White Army, a coalition of monarchists, nationalists and liberals, fought unsuccessfully against the Red Army of the Bolsheviks. A similar battle between reds and whites took place during the Civil War in Finland in the same period.
The Ku Klux Klan is a racist and anti-immigrant organization which flourished in the Southern United States after the American Civil War. They wore white robes | the tolerated colour differences (ΔE) specified in the CIE 1976 ("L"*, "u"*, "v"*) colour space (CIELUV).
Design Variants of the national flag.
The Constitution contains no mention of a national flag. Instead, the flag is defined by the Coat of Arms Act which specifies two variants of the national flag: the national flag of the Republic of Poland ("flaga państwowa Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej") and the national flag with coat of arms of the Republic | 6,647 | triviaqa-train |
Princess Charlene became the wife of which European prince in 2011? | role in "using the power of sport to change lives".
Marriage.
Charlene met Albert II, Prince of Monaco, in 2000 at the Mare Nostrum swimming meet in Monaco. They were first seen together in 2006. They went public at the opening ceremony of the 2006 Winter Olympics. Charlene moved in with Albert in 2006. She accompanied him to the weddings of the Crown Princess of Sweden in 2010 and of the Duke of Cambridge in 2011.
On 23 June 2010, the palace announced the engagement | of Charlene and Albert. Charlene, who was raised a Protestant, converted to Roman Catholicism, even though this is not a requirement of the Constitution of Monaco.
The future princess was also instructed in the French language and the Monégasque dialect, and became familiar with European court protocol. The Prince presented her with an engagement ring featuring a pear-shaped three-carat diamond at the center and round diamond brilliants surrounding it. This engagement ring was reported to be created by Parisian jeweller Repossi.
The wedding was originally | 6,648 | triviaqa-train |
Who wrote the 1970 novel ‘Love Story? | Love Story (novel)
Love Story is a 1970 romance novel by American writer Erich Segal. The book's origins lay in a screenplay that Segal wrote, and that was subsequently approved for production by Paramount Pictures. Paramount requested that Segal adapt the story into novel form as a preview of sorts for the film. The novel was released on February 14, 1970, Valentine's Day. Portions of the story originally appeared in "The Ladies' Home Journal". "Love Story" became the top-selling work | he worked as a primary and secondary school teacher from 1970 until 1990, when he took early retirement to focus on writing. McBratney and his wife Maralyn have had three children, who are now adults. He currently lives near Lisburn, Northern Ireland.
Biography Publishing career.
McBratney wrote his first novel, "Mark Time", in 1969. Initially, he was unable to find a publisher for the book, which he has described as a semi-autobiographical, and as a "pre-puberty love story. | 6,649 | triviaqa-train |
The first ‘Miss World’ winner, in 1951, was from which country? | Miss World pageant winner, Kerstin "Kiki" Hakansson from Sweden, was crowned in a bikini, it added to the controversy.
The pageant was originally planned as a Pageant for the Festival of Britain, but Eric Morley decided to make the Miss World pageant an annual event. Morley registered the "Miss World" name as a trademark, and all future pageants were held under that name. However, because of the controversy arising from Håkansson's crowning in a bikini, countries with religious traditions threatened not to send delegates | Miss Suriname
Miss Suriname is a national Beauty pageant in Suriname.
History.
Miss Suriname was held in 1951 for first time. The pageant was run by Lions International Organization until 1999. Since 1958 the winner of Miss Suriname represents her country at the Miss Universe or sometimes Miss World. On occasion, when the winner does not qualify (due to age) for either contest, a runner-up is sent. In 1999 is the last participation of Suriname at the Miss Universe before the local pageant absent to | 6,650 | triviaqa-train |
The French Opera House was opened in 1859 in which US city? | French Opera House
The French Opera House, or "Théâtre de l'Opéra", was an opera house in New Orleans. It was one of the city's landmarks from its opening in 1859 until it was destroyed by fire in 1919. It stood in the French Quarter at the uptown lake corner of Bourbon and Toulouse Streets, with the main entrance on Bourbon.
History.
Designed by James Gallier, Jr., the hall was commissioned by Charles Boudousquié, then the director of the opera company, which had previously | novel "Bleak House" (1853) as the basis for "Lady Dedlock's Secret", which premiered at Her Majesty's Theatre in Aberdeen on 3 April 1874 and appeared in Liverpool the same year but did not play in London until it opened at the Opera Comique on 26 March 1884. He collaborated with Merivale on an adaptation of Dickens's "A Tale of Two Cities" (1859) titled "All for Her", which opened at the Mirror Theatre on 18 October 1875 and was revived into the 1890s | 6,651 | triviaqa-train |
In medicine, a sialogogue is a drug that promoted the secretion of what? | Sialogogue
A sialogogue, sialagogue, ptysmagogue or ptyalagogue is a drug or substance that increases the flow rate of saliva.
Sialogogues can be used in the treatment of xerostomia (the subjective feeling of having a dry mouth), to stimulate any functioning salivary gland tissue to produce more saliva. Saliva has a bactericidal effect, so when low levels of it are secreted, the risk of caries increases. Not only this, but fungal infections such as oral candidosis also can be a consequence of low salivary flow rates. The | Garden City (now part of GlaxoSmithKline) by James W. Black, C. Robin Ganellin, and others to develop a histamine receptor antagonist to suppress stomach acid secretion. This was one of the first drugs discovered using a rational drug design approach. Sir James W. Black shared the 1988 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the discovery of propranolol and also is credited for the discovery of cimetidine.
At the time (1964), histamine was known to stimulate the secretion of stomach acid, but also that traditional antihistamines had no | 6,652 | triviaqa-train |
What is the US state capital of Minnesota? | day Lambert's Landing. By the early 1840s, the community had become important as a trading center and a destination for settlers heading west. Locals called the area "Pig's Eye" (French: "L'Œil du Cochon") or "Pig's Eye Landing" after Parrant's popular tavern.
In 1841, Father Lucien Galtier was sent to minister to the Catholic French Canadians and established a chapel, named for his favorite saint, Paul the Apostle, on the bluffs above Lambert's Landing. Galtier intended for | in the building of his home in North Augusta, SC. Jackson, being in control of the marble quarries, organized and negotiated the sale of the marble used for several major buildings throughout the US (such as the New York Stock Exchange Building and the Minnesota State Capital Building). Jackson later went on to build the Augusta-Aiken Railway.
On March 24, 1890, Jackson bought a deed for $100,000 that gave him rights to 5,600 acres of what is now North Augusta, SC from Mrs. Mattie Butler | 6,653 | triviaqa-train |
How many red stripes are on the American national flag? | States were aware of the East India Company's activities and of their free administration of India under Company rule. In any case, both the stripes (barry) and the stars (mullets) have precedents in classical heraldry. Mullets were comparatively rare in early modern heraldry, but an example of mullets representing territorial divisions predating the U.S. flag are those in the coat of arms of Valais of 1618, where seven mullets stood for seven districts.
History Flag Resolution of 1777.
On June 14, 1777, the Second Continental | the Soviet Union, many of the ASSRs in the Soviet Union began a process of national revival. In Udmurtia itself, the first official flag of Udmurtia was adopted in the 1st All-Union Congress of the Udmurts, organized by the Society of the Udmurt Culture. The flag consisted of three horizontal stripes - red, black and white. The flag was based on a famous poem by Udmurt national poet V. Vladykin "Why does a tyuragai sing" ().
poem
There are three great colors:
The | 6,654 | triviaqa-train |
In the children’s television show, what is the name of the yellow Teletubby? | Teletubbies
Teletubbies is a British pre-school children's television series created by Ragdoll Productions' Anne Wood and Andrew Davenport. The programme focuses on four multi-coloured creatures known as "Teletubbies", named after the television screens implanted in their abdomens. Recognised throughout popular culture for the uniquely shaped antenna protruding from the head of each character, the Teletubbies communicate through gibberish and were designed to bear resemblance to toddlers.
Particularly notable for its high production values, the series rapidly became a commercial success in Britain and abroad | Kids' WB Australia
Kids’ WB is an Australian children’s television programme currently hosted by Lauren Phillips and Andy Sunderland, which premiered on Nine Network on 16 September 2006. It is based on the US television block of the same name with the addition of hosted content, which was absent in its American counterpart. It was originally hosted by Georgia Sinclair and Shura Taft. The show is a television block which airs on weekend mornings and weekday afternoons, mainly consisting of cartoons and locally hosted variety-style segments, filmed | 6,655 | triviaqa-train |
What colour rose is the title of a Thin Lizzy song? | lead guitars found in Wishbone Ash.
In 2012, Gorham and Downey decided against recording new material as Thin Lizzy so a new band, Black Star Riders, was formed to tour and produce new releases such as their debut album "All Hell Breaks Loose". Thin Lizzy plan to reunite for occasional concerts.
History.
History Pre-history.
Two of the founding members of Thin Lizzy, bass guitarist and vocalist Phil Lynott and drummer Brian Downey, first met while at school in Dublin in the early 1960s | Wild One: The Very Best of Thin Lizzy
Wild One: The Very Best of Thin Lizzy is a 1996 compilation album by Irish rock band Thin Lizzy. It was released ten years after the death of frontman Phil Lynott in 1986 as a tribute to him.
Although the album shares its title with the Thin Lizzy song of the same name, and also quotes the chorus of the song on the back of the album, the song itself is not actually included. A limited two-CD edition of the album | 6,656 | triviaqa-train |
English wrestler Shirley Crabtree Jr was better known by what name? | Shirley Crabtree
Shirley Crabtree Jr. (14 November 1930 – 2 December 1997), better known as Big Daddy, was an English professional wrestler with a record-breaking 64-inch chest. He worked for Joint Promotions and the British Wrestling Federation. Initially a heel, he teamed with Giant Haystacks. He later became a fan favourite, working until the 1990s.
Professional wrestling career.
Professional wrestling career Early career.
Crabtree decided to follow in the footsteps of his father, Shirley Crabtree Sr., becoming a professional wrestler | - Shirley Stelfox (1941–2015), English actress
- Shirley Temple (1928–2014), American actress, singer, dancer and diplomat
- Shirley Williams (born 1930), Baroness Williams of Crosby, English politician and academic
- Shirley Yeung (born 1978), Hong Kong actress
- Shirley Zwerus or Shirley (Dutch singer) (born 1946), Dutch singer and pianist
Given name Men.
- Shirley Crabtree (1930–1997), English professional wrestler
- Shirley Povich (1905–1998), American sports | 6,657 | triviaqa-train |
The Trafford Shopping Centre is in which English city? | of King James I in the 17th century).
History England and Wales 1836–1888.
A long-awaited resumption of creating dioceses began in 1836 with Ripon. Ripon Town Council assumed that this had elevated the town to the rank of a city, and started referring to itself as the "City and Borough of Ripon". The next diocese formed was Manchester and its Borough Council began informally to use the title "city". When Queen Victoria visited Manchester in 1851, widespread doubts surrounding its status were raised. The pretension | Westfield Stratford City
Westfield Stratford City is a shopping centre in Stratford, London, which opened on 13 September 2011. With a total retail floor area of , it is one of the largest urban shopping centres in Europe, and the 4th-largest shopping centre in the UK by retail space, behind Westfield London, the MetroCentre, and the Trafford Centre. Taking the surrounding shopping area into account, it is the second largest urban shopping centre in the European Union.
Originally fully owned by the Westfield Group, in | 6,658 | triviaqa-train |
Actress Gwyneth Paltrow named her first child after which fruit? | her father, Bruce Paltrow. They married on December 5, 2003, in a ceremony at a hotel in Southern California. Paltrow and Martin have two children together: a daughter named Apple, born in May 2004, and a son named Moses, born in April 2006. Moses' name was inspired by a song Chris Martin wrote for Paltrow. Simon Pegg and Martin's bandmate Jonny Buckland are Apple's godfathers.
Paltrow cut down on work after becoming a mother. She also suffered from postpartum depression after the 2006 | Japanese animation film adaptation, with Mami Koyama voicing Malta the Fire Child and Tōru Furuya as Sirius the Sea Prince; Tony Oliver and an uncredited voice actress portrayed the characters in the English adaptation.
Performers Fictional performers.
- The Academy Award-winning film "Shakespeare in Love" depicts history's first Juliet as being illegally played by Viola de Lesseps, a woman (Gwyneth Paltrow).
- In her music video "Love Story", American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift played the part of Juliet. The plot | 6,659 | triviaqa-train |
What is the least number of games that have to be played to win a set in a tennis match? | 19th century, in fact, the term "tennis" referred to real tennis, not lawn tennis.
The rules of modern tennis have changed little since the 1890s. Two exceptions are that from 1908 to 1961 the server had to keep one foot on the ground at all times, and the adoption of the tiebreak in the 1970s. A recent addition to professional tennis has been the adoption of electronic review technology coupled with a point-challenge system, which allows a player to contest the line call of a point, | system in volleyball (a player must be serving to score); and serves must be diagonal, as in tennis. Footbag net games can be played to 11 or 15 points, although the winners must win by at least two points. Rallies in footbag net look a lot like volleyball (e.g., bump, set, and spike), with players spiking from an inverted position in mid-air (over the net) and opponents often digging very fast spikes into bumps or sets. Play in footbag net is very | 6,660 | triviaqa-train |
Which fictional character went ‘Around the World in 80 Days’? | Around the World in Eighty Days
Around the World in Eighty Days () is an adventure novel by the French writer Jules Verne, published in 1873. In the story, Phileas Fogg of London and his newly employed French valet Passepartout attempt to circumnavigate the world in 80 days on a £20,000 wager (£2,221,600 in 2018) set by his friends at the Reform Club. It is one of Verne's most acclaimed works.
Plot.
The story starts in London on Wednesday, 2 October 1872. | and of the China steamer in New York were actually one day earlier than his personal travel diary.
Real-life imitations.
Following publication in 1873, various people attempted to follow Fogg's fictional circumnavigation, often within self-imposed constraints:
- In 1889, Nellie Bly undertook to travel around the world in 80 days for her newspaper, the "New York World". She managed to do the journey within 72 days, meeting Verne in Amiens. Her book "Around the World in Seventy-Two | 6,661 | triviaqa-train |
The 1980’s UK television series ‘Bergerac’ was set on which island? | Bergerac (TV series)
Bergerac is a British television series set in Jersey, which ran from 18 October 1981 to 26 December 1991. Produced by the BBC in association with the Seven Network, and first screened on BBC1, it starred John Nettles as the title character Jim Bergerac, who initially is a detective sergeant in Le Bureau des Étrangers ("The Foreigners' Office", a fictional department dealing with non-Jersey residents), within the States of Jersey Police, but later left the force and became a | The Dick Emery Hour". From there she secured a recurring role as Charlotte in BBC's crime drama "Bergerac" (1981–84), a four episode stint in Thames Televisions's "Bognor", BBC's mini-series "Great Expectations", and several episodes of BBC Two's comedy "The Last Song".
1982 saw Badland appear in several guest starring roles in episodic television. ITV's crime drama "The Gentle Touch", a police drama set in 1980's Britain, featured her in the | 6,662 | triviaqa-train |
Fictional characters Clark Kent, Lois Lane and Jimmy Olsen work for which newspaper? | 's magic lasso with him. Superman figures out that his foe Mr. Mxyzptlk is behind this gender-reversed world. This was partly due to the discrepancy of Clara Kent and Superwoman being different people. However, Mxyzptlk's biggest mistake was being too vain to give himself a reverse-gender counterpart in Superwoman's rogues gallery in The Daily Planet morgue; all of Superwoman's foes were reverse-gender counterparts to Superman's foes (Leslie Luthor (Lex Luthor), Bizaress (Bizarro) and the Toywoman (Toyman)) | Daily Star (DC Comics)
The Daily Star was a fictional broadsheet newspaper that appeared in Superman stories published by DC Comics between 1938 and 1986. The "Daily Star" was based in Metropolis and employed Clark Kent, Lois Lane, and Jimmy Olsen; its chief editor was George Taylor.
In the comics, the newspaper was located in the heart of Metropolis. The "Daily Star" building's most distinguishing feature was the enormous star that sat on top of the building.
Fictional history.
Superman | 6,663 | triviaqa-train |
Which vitamin is known to prevent night-blindness? | acid), vitamin B (pyridoxine), vitamin B (biotin), vitamin B (folic acid or folate), vitamin B (cobalamins), vitamin C (ascorbic acid), vitamin D (calciferols), vitamin E (tocopherols and tocotrienols), and vitamin K (quinones).
Vitamins have diverse biochemical functions. Vitamin A acts as a regulator of cell and tissue growth and differentiation. Vitamin D provides a hormone-like function, regulating mineral metabolism for bones and other organs. The B complex | for river blindness.
Prevention can be achieved by treating entire groups in which the disease exists, known as mass deworming. This is done every year for about six years, in an effort to rid a population of the disease entirely. Medications used include antiparasitics such as albendazole with ivermectin, or albendazole with diethylcarbamazine. The medications do not kill the adult worms but prevent further spread of the disease until the worms die on their own. Efforts to prevent mosquito bites are also recommended, including reducing the number of mosquitoes and | 6,664 | triviaqa-train |
Which laundry product was advertised with the slogan ‘Trust pink, forget stains’? | Vanish (stain remover)
Vanish is a brand of stain removing products owned by Reckitt Benckiser, sold in Australia, India, Indonesia, Russia, South Africa, Latin America, the United Kingdom and much of Europe. In North America, these products are sold under the Resolve brand name.
The product line is not related to the North American Vanish toilet cleaner brand owned by S. C. Johnson. Most Vanish products are designed for removing stains from clothing, with some for removing stains from carpets and upholstery. | Advertising and popular culture.
When Ajax was introduced in 1947, the commercial for the product was produced by Shamus Culhane.
The slogan for the original Ajax scrubbing powder was "Stronger than dirt!", a reference to the muscular hero Ajax of Greek mythology. Some Ajax dish soaps now feature the trademarked slogan "Stronger than grease!" Another early slogan was "Ajax... the foaming cleanser!"
The first slogan was used again for Ajax Laundry Detergent when introduced in the beginning of the 1960s, advertised | 6,665 | triviaqa-train |
The peptide hormone renin is secreted by which organ of the body? | ) is also common, but using allows one to reserve for "rennin". Renin was discovered, characterized, and named in 1898 by Robert Tigerstedt, Professor of Physiology, and his student, Per Bergman, at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm.
See also.
- Angiotensin-converting enzyme
- Plasma renin activity
- Renin inhibitor
- Renin stability regulatory element (REN-SRE)
References.
(1) Human kidney pericytes produce renin ; Stefanska A, Kenyon C, Christian HC, | the renin–angiotensin–aldosterone system. Renin is a circulating enzyme that participates in maintaining extracellular volume and arterial vasoconstriction, therefore contributing to regulation of blood pressure. It performs this function by breaking down (hydrolysing) angiotensinogen, secreted from the liver, into the peptide angiotensin I. Angiotensin I is further cleaved by an enzyme that is located primarily but not exclusively in the pulmonary circulation bound to endothelium; that enzyme is angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE). This cleavage produces angiotensin II, the most vasoactive peptide. Angiotensin II is | 6,666 | triviaqa-train |
How many states make up Germany? | , and Thuringia (since 1994). From the 16 states of the Weimar Republic six still exist (though partly with different border-lines):
- Bavaria
- Bremen
- Hamburg
- Hesse
- Saxony
- Thuringia
The other 10 states either merged into one another or were separated into smaller entities.
- Anhalt is now part of the state of Saxony-Anhalt
- Baden is now part of Baden-Württemberg
- Braunschweig is now part of Lower Saxony
- Lippe is | Ernst Gundlach
Ernst Gundlach (1834–1908) was a German-American inventor specialising in the design of optical instruments.
Life and career.
Gundlach was born in Pyritz, East Prussia (now Germany). At the age of 15, he was apprenticed to Carl Friedrich Lewert in Berlin, Germany to learn how to make optical instruments. After four years, having served his apprenticeship he worked in various workshops in Austria, France and England.
In 1876 Gundlach emigrated to the United States. He set up the | 6,667 | triviaqa-train |
If someone is born on the 24th May, what is their Zodiac sign? | Zodiac
The zodiac is an area of the sky that extends approximately 8° north or south (as measured in celestial latitude) of the ecliptic, the apparent path of the Sun across the celestial sphere over the course of the year. The paths of the Moon and visible planets are also within the belt of the zodiac.
In Western astrology, and formerly astronomy, the zodiac is divided into twelve signs, each occupying 30° of celestial longitude and roughly corresponding to the constellations Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer | day is composed of 24 hours, each sign is given to the different signs of the zodiac. The Pig is assigned to govern the time between 21:00 hrs to 22:59 hrs. According to tradition, this is the time when the Pig is doing what it does best (sleeping and enjoying the sweet life).
In terms of astrology, the hours in which people were born (technically termed as the Ascendant) are the second most important facet of their astrology. Thus, this alters greatly the characteristics. Even if | 6,668 | triviaqa-train |
Seal point is a dark brown marking on the fur of which animal? | seal, coyote, chinchilla, raccoon, and possum.
The import and sale of seal products was banned in the U.S. in 1972 over conservation concerns about Canadian seals. The import and sale is still banned even though the Marine Animal Response Society estimates the harp seal population is thriving at approximately 8 million. The import, export and sales of domesticated cat and dog fur were also banned in the U.S. under the Dog and Cat Protection Act of 2000.
Use in clothing History.
Fur clothing predates written history and has | fur seal ("A. tropicalis").
Its species name "gazella" derives from the German naval vessel, the corvette SMS "Gazelle", which collected the first specimen from Kerguelen Island in 1874.
Description.
This fur seal is a fairly large animal and has a short and broad snout compared with others in the family. Adult males are dark brown in colour. Females and juveniles tend to be grey with a lighter undersides. Colour patterns are highly variable, and some scientists believe some hybridisation with | 6,669 | triviaqa-train |
In which year was the ‘Storming of the Bastille’ in Paris? | Storming of the Bastille
The Storming of the Bastille ( ) occurred in Paris, France, on the afternoon of 14 July 1789.
The medieval armory, fortress, and political prison known as the Bastille represented royal authority in the centre of Paris.
The prison contained only seven inmates at the time of its storming but was seen by the revolutionaries as a symbol of the monarchy's abuse of power; its fall was the flashpoint of the French Revolution.
In France, "Le quatorze juillet" (14 | the Fête de la Fédération.
The "Fête de la Fédération" on 14 July 1790 was a celebration of the unity of the French nation during the French Revolution. The aim of this celebration, one year after the Storming of the Bastille, was to symbolise peace. The event took place on the Champ de Mars, which was located far outside of Paris at the time. The work needed to transform the Champ de Mars into a suitable location for the celebration was not on schedule to be completed in time. | 6,670 | triviaqa-train |
Simpkin is the name of the cat that appears in which Beatrix Potter book? | of Peter Rabbit" was published, and was an immediate success. It was followed the next year by "The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin" and "The Tailor of Gloucester", which had also first been written as picture letters to the Moore children. Working with Norman Warne as her editor, Potter published two or three little books each year: 23 books in all. The last book in this format was "Cecily Parsley's Nursery Rhymes" in 1922, a collection of favourite rhymes. Although "The Tale of | an animated television series and broadcast by the BBC as "The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends". Among the episodes were "The Tale of Tom Kitten" and "The Tale of Samuel Whiskers, or the Roly-Poly Pudding". Tabitha Twitchit and Ribby were voiced by Rosemary Leach and Patricia Routledge respectively.
The "real" Tabitha Twitchit appears in Susan Wittig Albert's "Cottage Tales of Beatrix Potter", in which she is the president of Sawrey's Cat Council.
More recently, John Patrick | 6,671 | triviaqa-train |
Who became British Prime Minister in April 1976? | which is generally regarded as an English honour.
Historically it has also been common to grant prime ministers a peerage upon retirement from the Commons, elevating the individual to the Lords. Formerly, the peerage bestowed was usually an earldom. The last such creation was for Harold Macmillan, who resigned in 1963. Unusually, he became Earl of Stockton only in 1984, over twenty years after leaving office.
Macmillan's successors, Alec Douglas-Home, Harold Wilson, James Callaghan and Margaret Thatcher all accepted life peerages ( | approach to increase numbers. Seven Honorary Fellows were elected that year, followed by another five in 1999. The college's Honorary Fellows have included two Old Members who later became Prime Minister of their respective countries: Norman Washington Manley, who studied at Jesus College as a Rhodes Scholar and who was Chief Minister of Jamaica from 1955 to 1962, and Harold Wilson, who was twice British Prime Minister (1964–1970 and 1974–1976). The first female honorary fellow was the journalist and broadcaster Francine Stock.
People associated with the college Alumni | 6,672 | triviaqa-train |
Elizabeth Woodville was the wife of which English monarch? | Elizabeth Woodville
Elizabeth Woodville (also spelled Wydville, Wydeville, or Widvile) (c. 1437 – 8 June 1492) was Queen consort of England, as the spouse of King Edward IV from 1464 until his death in 1483.
At the time of her birth, her family was mid-ranked in the English aristocracy. Her mother Jacquetta of Luxembourg had previously been an aunt by marriage to Henry VI. Elizabeth's first marriage was to a minor supporter of the House of Lancaster, Sir John Grey of Groby. | yet he left no heirs male.
- Jacquetta of Luxembourg (1415/1416–1472) – Mother of Queen Consort, Elizabeth Woodville and subsequent ancestress of all English and British monarchs since Henry VIII including the current monarch, Elizabeth II.
- Elizabeth of Luxembourg, only child of Emperor Sigismund, married Archduke Albert V of Austria from the Albertinian line of the House of Habsburg in 1422, becoming queen consort of Hungary from 1437 as well as Queen of the Romans and queen consort of Bohemia from 1438 until Albert's death in 1439 | 6,673 | triviaqa-train |
At which celebrated German art school did the painters Kandinsky, Klee and Albers all lecture? | figurative aesthetic of the European abstract schools—such as Futurism, Bauhaus and Cubism, and the image of being rebellious, anarchic, highly idiosyncratic and, some feel, nihilistic.
Action painting, sometimes called "gestural abstraction", is a style of painting in which paint is spontaneously dribbled, splashed or smeared onto the canvas, rather than being carefully applied. The resulting work often emphasizes the physical act of painting itself as an essential aspect of the finished work or concern of its artist. The style was widespread from | student dormitories in the new, purely functional modernist style he was encouraging. The school brought together modernists in all fields; the faculty included the modernist painters Vasily Kandinsky, Joseph Albers and Paul Klee, and the designer Marcel Breuer.
Gropius became an important theorist of modernism, writing "The Idea and Construction" in 1923. He was an advocate of standardization in architecture, and the mass construction of rationally designed apartment blocks for factory workers. In 1928 he was commissioned by the Siemens company to build apartment for workers in | 6,674 | triviaqa-train |
Which freckled, red-headed actress has now had five nominations, this time around for 'Still Alice'? | Still Alice
Still Alice is a 2014 American independent drama film written and directed by Richard Glatzer and Wash Westmoreland and based on Lisa Genova's bestselling 2007 novel of the same name. The film stars Julianne Moore as Alice Howland, a linguistics professor diagnosed with familial Alzheimer's disease shortly after her 50th birthday. Alec Baldwin plays her husband, John, and Kristen Stewart, Kate Bosworth and Hunter Parrish play her children, Lydia, Anna and Tom.
Glatzer and Westmoreland were approached by Lex Lutzus and James Brown to adapt | her familiar scrapes, as only Anne can—some of which include selling her neighbor's cow (having mistaken it for her own), or getting stuck in a broken duck house roof while peeping into a pantry window.
Characters.
Anne Shirley - Once a spunky, carrot-headed, freckled orphan, Anne has grown up and now serves as the teacher of the Avonlea school. She still has not lost her imaginative, creative spirit. She is a redhead that stands out from everyone else and adapts to | 6,675 | triviaqa-train |
"Spoken by J.K. Simmons, ""not quite my tempo"" is a noted line from which jazz-themed movie?" | Spider-Man" trilogy (2002–2007) and in the Marvel Cinematic Universe film "" (2019), and music instructor Terence Fletcher in "Whiplash" (2014). He is known for voicing Cave Johnson in the video game "Portal 2" (2011), Tenzin in "The Legend of Korra" (2012–2014), Stanford Pines in "Gravity Falls" (2015–2016), Kai in "Kung Fu Panda 3" (2016) and Mayor Lionheart in "Zootopia" (2016). He reprised | Irene and Her Latin Jazz Band, Nikoleta Sekulovic (Spain), and Hattie St. John (Germany). Morrison's song "Lucky Me" (co-written with Mark Reiman) is featured in the film "A Single Man". His music can also be heard in the blockbuster movie "Passengers" (starring Jennifer Lawrence and Chris Pratt), "The Bounty Hunter" (Jennifer Aniston and Gerard Butler), "The Meddler" (Susan Sarandon and J.K. Simmons), "The Immigrant" (Joaquin | 6,676 | triviaqa-train |
Almost unrecognisable with a prosthetic nose, who plays John E. du Pont in 'Foxcatcher'? | Foxcatcher
Foxcatcher is a 2014 American biographical sports true crime drama film produced and directed by Bennett Miller. Written by E. Max Frye and Dan Futterman, the film stars Steve Carell, Channing Tatum, and Mark Ruffalo. The film's plot is loosely based on the events surrounding multimillionaire E.I. du Pont family heir and wrestling enthusiast John du Pont's 1986 recruitment of two 1984 U.S. Olympic gold medalist wrestlers, Mark Schultz and his older brother David, to help coach U.S. wrestlers for participation in national, world, and Olympic competition | . Mark is contacted by philanthropist and wrestling enthusiast John E. du Pont, an heir to the E.I. du Pont family fortune, who arranges to fly Mark to his estate in Pennsylvania where du Pont has built a private wrestling training facility. Du Pont invites Mark to join his wrestling team, Team Foxcatcher, to be paid to train for the World Championship. Mark accepts the offer, with du Pont urging him to enlist Dave as well. Dave declines for the sake of his wife and two children, who are settled where | 6,677 | triviaqa-train |
Which movie did President Obama screen at the White House just before Martin Luther King Day? | in "Buycks-Roberson v. Citibank Fed. Sav. Bank", 94 C 4094 (N.D. Ill.). This class action lawsuit was filed in 1994 with Selma Buycks-Roberson as lead plaintiff and alleged that Citibank Federal Savings Bank had engaged in practices forbidden under the Equal Credit Opportunity Act and the Fair Housing Act. The case was settled out of court. Final judgment was issued on May 13, 1998, with Citibank Federal Savings Bank agreeing to pay attorney fees. His law license became inactive in 2007. | Resistance Army).
- October 16 – The President speaks at the dedication ceremony for the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial in Washington, D.C.
- October 17–19 – President Obama makes a three-day bus tour of North Carolina and Virginia to promote his jobs plan.
- October 20 – Speaking from the White House Rose Garden, the President delivers remarks on the death of Muammar Gaddafi.
- October 21 – The President announces that by the end of the year nearly all U.S. troops in Iraq will be | 6,678 | triviaqa-train |
A former ‘Bond Girl’, which UK actress is nominated for her leading role in 'Gone Girl'? | Gone Girl (film)
Gone Girl is a 2014 American psychological thriller film directed by David Fincher and written by Gillian Flynn, based on her popular 2012 novel of the same title. The film stars Ben Affleck, Rosamund Pike, Neil Patrick Harris, and Tyler Perry. Set in Missouri, the story begins as a mystery that follows the events surrounding Nick Dunne (Affleck), who becomes the prime suspect in the sudden disappearance of his wife Amy (Pike).
The film had its world premiere on opening | List of University of Mount Union people
This is a list of people associated with University of Mount Union. The University of Mount Union is a 4-year private, coeducational, liberal arts college in Alliance, Ohio.
Alumni.
Alumni Arts.
- Carrie Coon - Tony-nominated actress for her role on Broadway in the Steppenwolf revival of "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf" and also nominated, on several occasions, for Best Supporting Actress in the movie "Gone Girl"
- DW (Dave) Drouillard | 6,679 | triviaqa-train |
Which Best Picture nominated movie tells the story of US soldier, 'Chris' Kyle? | American Sniper", in 2012. An eponymous film adaptation of Kyle's book, directed by Clint Eastwood, was released two years later. In 2013, Kyle was murdered by Eddie Ray Routh at the Rough Creek Lodge shooting range near Chalk Mountain, Texas. A former Marine with posttraumatic stress disorder, Routh was found guilty and sentenced to life in prison without parole.
Early life and education.
Kyle was born in Odessa, Texas, the first of two boys born to Deby Lynn (née Mercer) and | released in the United States on July 20, 1994. The movie features an all star cast. Sarandon nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress and won a BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role.
- "Primal Fear" a 1996 motion picture directed by Gregory Hoblit, which tells a story of a defense attorney (Richard Gere) who defends an altar boy (Edward Norton) charged with the murder of a Catholic archbishop. The movie is an adaptation of William Diehl's novel. Norton was nominated | 6,680 | triviaqa-train |
What was nominated for its song, 'Everything Is Awesome', but not in the best animation category? | Everything Is Awesome
"Everything Is Awesome" (stylized as "Everything Is AWESOME!!!") is the theme song to the 2014 Warner Bros. Pictures film "The Lego Movie". It was written by Shawn Patterson, JoLi, and The Lonely Island. The single and pop version featured in the end credits of the movie was produced by Mark Mothersbaugh and performed by Tegan and Sara in collaboration with The Lonely Island.
The version of "Everything Is Awesome" featured in "The Lego Movie" scene | his most important modern production influence.
Film and television.
In 2013, Bartholomew was cast as musician "Moocher" in Cinnamon Girl: California Dreamin', an original drama series set in the 1960s Laurel Canyon music scene, but the Lifetime network passed on the pilot.
Awards and nominations.
Awards and nominations "Everything Is Awesome" awards and nominations.
- Nominated for Best Original Song at the 87th Academy Awards
- Nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Song Written for Visual Media
- Nominated for | 6,681 | triviaqa-train |
Who became the first socialist President of France in 1981, being re-elected in 1988? | commodity, SLN's assets were nationalized in 1974 and placed under a new company, Société Metallurgique. The result left the Rothschild's SLN as a holding company with a fifty percent interest in Société Metallurgique.
When the Rothschild's bank was nationalized in 1981 by the socialist government of François Mitterrand, a discouraged Guy de Rothschild left France and moved temporarily to New York City. "A Jew under Pétain, a pariah under Mitterrand, that's enough!" () he wrote in a frontpage op-ed in " | In 1971 he founded a study and action radical-socialist group with some members of the Radical Party. This became the Radical Party of the Left. He served as National Secretary until 1981.
Supported by Pierre Mendès France he was elected a deputy to the department of Eure a fourth election district on 21 June 1981. After this election he joins the Socialist Party. He was re-elected a deputy in 1986 and 1988. Beaten during a historical defeat of the left in 1993, he was re-elected | 6,682 | triviaqa-train |
Who was the President of Argentina when it invaded the Falklands in 1982? | Roberto Eduardo Viola late in March 1981—Argentina had been in the midst of devastating economic stagnation and large-scale civil unrest against the military "junta" that had been governing the country since 1976. In December 1981 there was a further change in the Argentine military regime, bringing to office a new "junta" headed by General Leopoldo Galtieri (acting president), Air Brigadier Basilio Lami Dozo and Admiral Jorge Anaya. Anaya was the main architect and supporter of a military solution for the long-standing claim over the islands, | although typically the ship only carries a single helicopter in peacetime. The ship has a crew of 140 RFA personnel who man the ship, 36 Royal Navy personnel who operated and support the ship's helicopters and 45 civilian supply staff.
Service.
The ship saw her first war service during the Falklands War. She was undergoing refit when Argentina invaded the Falklands in April 1982, but the refit was completed early, and "Fort Grange" left Devonport on 14 May 1982 to join the task force, carrying three Sea | 6,683 | triviaqa-train |
What is the name of the strait linking the Persian Gulf to the Gulf of Oman? | Persian Gulf
The Persian Gulf () is a mediterranean sea in Western Asia. The body of water is an extension of the Indian Ocean (Gulf of Oman) through the Strait of Hormuz and lies between Iran to the northeast and the Arabian Peninsula to the southwest. The Shatt al-Arab river delta forms the northwest shoreline.
The body of water is historically and internationally known as the "Persian Gulf". Some Arab governments refer to it as the "Arabian Gulf" () or "The Gulf" | along, the group continued on south and west, passing through the Strait of Malacca and entering the Indian Ocean on 4 October. Linking up with a British force built around , the warships sailed northwest and arrived on station in the Arabian Sea on 12 October. "Stoddert" remained in the Arabian Sea and the Persian Gulf through the end of the year, helping to assure Western access to oil and countering the spread of Soviet influence in the region. During this period, she paid two visits to El Masirah, Oman | 6,684 | triviaqa-train |
Joab slew him as he was fleeing a battle, who was the rebellious third son of King David? | to the rank of General (1 Chronicles 11:4-6; 27:34). He led the army against Aram, Ammon, Moab and Edom. He also colluded with David in the death of Uriah (2 Samuel 11:14-25).
Joab played a pivotal role as the commander of David's forces during Absalom's rebellion. Absalom, one of David's sons, rallied much of Israel in rebellion against David, who was forced to flee with only his most trusted men. However, David could not bring himself | Conor na Siudane Ua Briain
Conor na Siudane Ua Briain was a King of Thomond. He was the son of Donnchadh Cairbreach Ó Briain. He was killed in battle in 1267-8 when he invaded the Corcomroe and Burren districts to enforce his authority among some rebellious local chiefs, who encountered him at a place called “Siudaine,” near Bealaclugga (or Bell Harbour), close to the abbey, and defeated and slew him. The “Annals of the Four Masters” thus note his death:—
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Who many lines are there on a single, standard musical staff or stave? | Staff (music)
In Western musical notation, the staff (US) or stave (UK) (plural for either: staves) is a set of five horizontal lines and four spaces that each represent a different musical pitch or in the case of a percussion staff, different percussion instruments. Appropriate music symbols, depending on the intended effect, are placed on the staff according to their corresponding pitch or function. Musical notes are placed by pitch, percussion notes are placed by instrument, and rests and other symbols are | Clef
A clef (from archaic French "clef" "key", now spelt "clé") is a musical symbol used to indicate the pitch of written notes. Placed on a stave, it indicates the name and pitch of the notes on one of the lines. This line serves as a reference point by which the names of the notes on any other line or space of the stave may be determined.
There are three forms of clef used in modern music notation: "F", "C | 6,686 | triviaqa-train |
Which company made The Comet, the world’s first passenger jet airliner? | De Havilland Comet
The de Havilland DH 106 Comet was the world's first commercial jet airliner. Developed and manufactured by de Havilland at its Hatfield Aerodrome in Hertfordshire, United Kingdom, the Comet 1 prototype first flew in 1949. It featured an aerodynamically clean design with four de Havilland Ghost turbojet engines buried in the wing roots, a pressurised cabin, and large square windows. For the era, it offered a relatively quiet, comfortable passenger cabin and was commercially promising at its debut in 1952.
However, within | of energy balance including the regulation of appetite and satiety in the brain and the reprogramming of metabolic setpoints.
Mechanisms of action Metabolic sensors.
Obesogenic drugs and chemicals have been shown to target transcription regulators found in gene networks that function to control intracellular lipid homeostasis and proliferation and differentiation on adipocytes. The major group of regulators that is targeted is a group of nuclear hormone receptors known as peroxisome proliferator activated receptors (PPARα, δ, and γ). These hormone receptors sense a variety of metabolic ligands including lipophilic hormones, dietary | 6,687 | triviaqa-train |
The famous ‘Route 66’ in America connected Los Angeles to which other city? | neighborhoods include Hancock Park, Pico-Robertson, and Valley Village, while Jewish Israelis are well represented in the Encino and Tarzana neighborhoods, and Persian Jews in Beverly Hills. Many varieties of Judaism are represented in the greater Los Angeles area, including Reform, Conservative, Orthodox, and Reconstructionist. The Breed Street Shul in East Los Angeles, built in 1923, was the largest synagogue west of Chicago in its early decades; it is no longer in daily use as a synagogue and is being converted to a museum and community | the Needles area, before crossing the Colorado River into Arizona.
Route description.
Route description Santa Monica to San Bernardino.
The original western terminus of Route 66 was in downtown Los Angeles at the intersection of 7th street and Broadway Ave. In 1936, the route was extended to Santa Monica. In Santa Monica, US 66 started at the intersection of Lincoln and Olympic Blvd at U.S. 101A. Route 66 headed north on Lincoln and then turned east onto Santa Monica Blvd. which was, from the Santa Monica city | 6,688 | triviaqa-train |
Where did the BBC set up permanent radio broadcasting facilities in April? | an Atos service. Siemens staff working on the BBC contract were transferred to Atos and BBC technology systems (including the BBC website) are now managed by Atos. In 2011, the BBC's Chief Financial Officer Zarin Patel stated to the House of Commons Public Accounts Committee that, following criticism of the BBC's management of major IT projects with Siemens (such as the Digital Media Initiative), the BBC partnership with Atos would be instrumental in achieving cost savings of around £64 million as part of the BBC's "Delivering | American Broadcasting Station in Europe
The American Broadcasting Station in Europe (ABSIE) was a radio broadcasting station set up by the U.S. Office of War Information (OWI) in collaboration with the British BBC to counter Nazi propaganda.
It started broadcasting on 30 April 1944, two months before D Day with the words ""This is the American Broadcasting Station in Europe... In this historic year, 1944, the allied radio will bring you tremendous news..."". The radio station informed the people of occupied Europe about | 6,689 | triviaqa-train |
Which pioneering British photographer famously recorded the Crimean War? | Roger Fenton
Roger Fenton (28 March 1819 – 8 August 1869) was a British photographer, noted as one of the first war photographers.
Fenton was born into a Lancashire merchant family. After graduating from London with an Arts degree, he became interested in painting and later developed a keen interest in the new technology of photography after seeing early examples of at The Great Exhibition in 1851. Within a year, he began exhibiting his own photographs. He became a leading British photographer and instrumental in founding the Photographic Society | Robert Howlett
Robert Howlett (born 3 July 1831 in Theberton, Suffolk, and died at 10 Bedford Place, Campden Hill, Kensington, London on 2 December 1858), was a pioneering British photographer whose pictures are widely exhibited in major galleries. Howlett produced portraits of Crimean War heroes, genre scenes and landscapes. His photographs include the iconic picture of Isambard Kingdom Brunel which was part of a commission by the "Illustrated Times" ) to document the construction of the world's largest steamship, the SS "Great Eastern | 6,690 | triviaqa-train |
Where is the largest tropical forest in Africa? | where a square kilometer may be home to more than 1,000 tree species. These forests are found around the world, particularly in the Indo-Malayan Archipelago, the Amazon Basin, and the African Congo Basin.
A perpetually warm, wet climate promotes more explosive plant growth than in any other environment on Earth. A tree here may grow over in height in just 5 years. From above, the forest appears as an unending sea of green, broken only by occasional, taller "emergent" trees. These towering emergents | Tijuca Forest
The Tijuca Forest () is a tropical rainforest in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is claimed to be the world's largest urban forest, covering some 32 km² (12.4 mi²), although there are sources assigning this title to the urban forest of Johannesburg, South Africa, where between 6 and 9.5 million trees were planted. Similar to Rio de Janeiro's Tijuca Forest, the UNESCO World Heritage Site Singapore Botanic Gardens (established in 1859) is another renowned garden with a | 6,691 | triviaqa-train |
In 1975, which British band became the first to receive royalties for record sales in the USSR? | of over one billion units and are the biggest-selling and most influential band in the history of popular music. Other prominent British contributors to have influenced popular music over the last 50 years include The Rolling Stones, Pink Floyd, Queen, Led Zeppelin, the Bee Gees, and Elton John, all of whom have worldwide record sales of 200 million or more. The Brit Awards are the BPI's annual music awards, and some of the British recipients of the Outstanding Contribution to Music award include; The Who, | Leaving Wonderland" album. Marcy Playground then selected its favorite mixes from hundreds submitted to be included on "Indaba". This is the first time Marcy Playground had an album produced exclusively from fan submitted remixes to Indaba Music in which the winners will receive royalties from album sales.
John Wozniak stated: "I wanted to make this record to show people what the online music community is capable of. I believe the talent reflected in these tracks speaks for itself. This community is thriving. It's thriving because musicians feed | 6,692 | triviaqa-train |
Who had a 1974 UK No 1 hit with Ms Grace? | Ms Grace
"Ms Grace" was a popular single by The Tymes.
Written by John Hall and Johanna Hall and produced by Billy Jackson and Mike Chapman, "Ms Grace" was their sole number one in the UK Singles Chart, spending a single week at the top of the chart in January 1975. It fared less well in the US where it peaked at No. 91 on the "Billboard" Hot 100 singles chart and No. 75 on the Hot Soul Singles chart. In spite of its low | containing earlier hit singles and new material, was released in 2002. Engelbert Humperdinck included "Baby I'm-a Want You" on his 1972 album "In Time" and "If" on his 2003 album "Definition of Love". Frank Sinatra covered "If" in a live performance at Madison Square Garden on October 12, 1974 which was recorded by Rhino Records. Gates's songs have been recorded by many artists, including Telly Savalas, who had a UK No. 1 hit with "If" in 1975 | 6,693 | triviaqa-train |
Which metal with an atomic number of 31, melts at 30 degrees Centigrade? | , treat these two sequences as identical."
The canonical decomposition is simply an ordinary degree sign and "C", so some devices may simply display "°C" in its place due to Unicode normalization.
Temperatures and intervals.
The degree Celsius is subject to the same rules as the kelvin with regard to the use of its unit name and symbol. Thus, besides expressing specific temperatures along its scale (e.g. "Gallium melts at 29.7646 °C" and "The temperature outside is 23 degrees | Iodine
Iodine is a chemical element with the symbol I and atomic number 53. The heaviest of the stable halogens, it exists as a lustrous, purple-black non-metallic solid at standard conditions that melts to form a deep violet liquid at 114 degrees Celsius, and boils to a violet gas at 184 degrees Celsius. The element was discovered by the French chemist Bernard Courtois in 1811. It was named two years later by Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac from this property, after the Greek "ἰώδης" "violet | 6,694 | triviaqa-train |
In which town in Ceredigion will you find the world's biggest Camera Obscura? | has been a population increase caused by elderly people moving to the county for retirement, and various government initiatives have encouraged tourism and other alternative sources of income.
Ceredigion's population at the 2011 UK census was 75,900. Its largest town, Aberystwyth, is one of its two administrative centres, the other being Aberaeron. Aberystwyth houses Aberystwyth University, Bronglais Hospital and the National Library of Wales. Lampeter is home to part of the University of Wales Trinity Saint David.
History.
Ceredigion has been inhabited since prehistoric times | . Ariel Pink, "Pom Pom" (CAD 3440)
2013
1. Daughter, "If You Leave" (CAD 3301)
2. Iron & Wine, "Ghost on Ghost" (CAD 3306)
3. Deerhunter, "Monomania" (CAD 3307)
4. The National, "Trouble Will Find Me" (CAD 3315)
5. Camera Obscura, "Desire Lines" (CAD 3314)
2012
1. Mark Lanegan Band, "Blues Funeral" ( | 6,695 | triviaqa-train |
Which US author wrote the books on which The Hunger Games series of films are based? | The Hunger Games (film)
The Hunger Games is a 2012 American dystopian science fiction-adventure film directed by Gary Ross and based on Suzanne Collins’s 2008 novel of the same name. It is the first installment in "The Hunger Games" film series and was produced by Nina Jacobson and Jon Kilik, with a screenplay by Ross, Collins, and Billy Ray. The film stars Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Woody Harrelson, Elizabeth Banks, Lenny Kravitz, Stanley Tucci, and Donald Sutherland. | Games" films finished first at the North American box office during both their opening and second weekend. In North America, "The Hunger Games" film series is the second highest-grossing film series based on young adult books, after the Harry Potter series, earning over $1.4 billion. Worldwide, it is the third highest-grossing film series based on young-adult books after the film series of "Harry Potter" and "The Twilight Saga", respectively, having grossed over $2.9 billion. In North | 6,696 | triviaqa-train |
An island group in the Pacific; which country administers the Chonos Archipelago? | Patagonia
Patagonia () is a sparsely populated region at the southern end of South America, shared by Chile and Argentina. The region comprises the southern section of the Andes Mountains and the deserts, pampas, and grasslands to the east. Patagonia is one of the few regions with coasts on three oceans, with the Pacific Ocean to the west, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, and the Southern Ocean to the south.
The Colorado and Barrancas Rivers, which run from the Andes to the Atlantic, are commonly | lower left portion of the image, and the Fallos Channel near the center of the image. Forests cover the lower slopes of the mountains throughout the many islands. Human settlement on these islands is scarce.
Following the forceful depopulation of Chonos Archipelago by the Spanish in colonial times many Chonos sought refuge in Guayaneco Archipelago.
In 1741 HMS "Wager" wrecked in Wager Island, Guayaneco Archipelago.
References.
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration | 6,697 | triviaqa-train |
Three Scottish kings, three Russian tsars and eight popes have all shared what name? | appeared in the form "Great Russia" (), which is more typical of the 17th century, whereas the state was also known as "Great-Russian Tsardom" ().
According to prominent historians like Alexander Zimin and Anna Khoroshkevich, the continuous use of the term "Moscovia" was a result of traditional habit and the need to distinguish between the Muscovite and the Lithuanian part of the Rus', as well as of the political interests of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, which competed with Moscow for the | history of world literature, only four authors, Homer of ancient Greece, Dante of Italy, Shakespeare of England, and Goethe of Germany, have transcended temporal and spatial limits. They are great masters and crowned kings of the poetic world. . . . But in terms of transcending temporal and spatial limits, Shakespeare surpasses by far the other three. Although most characters created by Shakespeare belonged to an aristocracy of the past, what he tried to penetrate was the human nature shared by all, be they ancient or modern, | 6,698 | triviaqa-train |
Which Radio 4 programme calls itself ‘the antidote to panel games’? | fills this role. He is often the butt of jokes about his musical ability to which he is unable to respond as he has no microphone. For example: "When music experts hear Colin's compositions, they say he could have been another Berlin, Porter or anybody else employed by the German State Railway." Guest pianists are called in when Sell has been unable to attend (or the "ISIHAC" team have "won the coin toss" as Lyttelton once said on the show), including Neil Innes, | woman's handbag, and examples of where callers were cut off from calling "Quiz Call" for forty minutes. The commission was also told that viewers are encouraged to call in but are not told that they only have a 0.5% chance of getting through.
Shari Vahl, from BBC Radio 4's "You and Yours" programme told the committee that one woman had spent £1,500 on calls and suggested that programmes get 200 calls a minute, which makes getting through to the studio a slim chance. However, | 6,699 | triviaqa-train |
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