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Author Candida Lycett Green died in August. Which poet was her father | Candida Lycett Green
Candida Rose Lycett Green (née Betjeman; 22 September 194219 August 2014) was a British author who wrote sixteen books including "English Cottages", "Goodbye London", "The Perfect English House", "Over the Hills and Far Away" and "The Dangerous Edge of Things". Her television documentaries included "The Englishwoman and the Horse", and "The Front Garden". "Unwrecked England", based on a regular column of the same name she wrote for "The Oldie | 2013 – Donna Hightower, American singer-songwriter (b. 1926)
- 2014 – Samih al-Qasim, Palestinian poet and journalist (b. 1939)
- 2014 – Simin Behbahani, Iranian poet and activist (b. 1927)
- 2014 – James Foley, American photographer and journalist (b. 1973)
- 2014 – Candida Lycett Green, Anglo-Irish journalist and author (b. 1942)
- 2015 – George Houser, American minister and activist (b. 1916)
- 2015 – Sanat Mehta, | 49,000 | triviaqa-train |
The album If You Wait reached number two last year for which band? Their name sounds like it could be the name of a school in the capital. | If You Wait
If You Wait is the debut studio album by English indie pop band London Grammar. It was released on 6 September 2013 by Metal & Dust Recordings and Ministry of Sound. Seven singles were released from the album: "Metal & Dust", "Wasting My Young Years", "Strong", "Nightcall", "Hey Now", "Sights" and "If You Wait". The album debuted at number two on the UK Albums Chart with first-week sales of 33,130 copies | From One
From One is the first major label album by American rock band Ra, released on October 22, 2002. It features the band's hit single, "Do You Call My Name", which had a music video and was followed by their second single, "Rectifier". "From One" reached number 154 on the "Billboard" 200. Universal Music Group originally hosted a listening party so that people could listen to the entire album before it was released.
The first track "Do You | 49,001 | triviaqa-train |
Which is the only letter in an English Scrabble set which has 3 tiles | an official language, such as Romania, Thailand and France. Other countries that do not use the Latin script also may play in English if the language is not suitable for Scrabble, such as Japan.
The largest tournament in the world, by number of players, is Thailand's English-language Brand's Crossword Game King's Cup, which draws as many as 8,000 players.
Records.
- High game (OSPD) – 830 by Michael Cresta (MA), October 12, 2006. Cresta defeated | Odile Versois
Odile Versois (born Étiennette de Poliakoff-Baydaroff; 15 June 1930 – 23 June 1980) was a French actress who appeared in 47 film and television productions between 1948 and 1980. Versois was the sister of actresses Marina Vlady, Hélène Vallier and Olga Baïdar-Poliakoff. Their father, Vladimir, was a noted opera singer of Russian descent, and their mother, Militza Envald Voropanoff, was a dancer. Born in Paris, she began acting as a child and for a while pursued a ballet career. | 49,002 | triviaqa-train |
The logo of which General Motors car brand is on the shirts of Manchester United FC | Fortune 500 rankings of the largest United States corporations by total revenue.
General Motors manufactures vehicles in 37 countries; its core automobile brands include Chevrolet, Buick, GMC, and Cadillac. It also either owns or holds a significant stake in foreign brands such as Holden, Wuling, Baojun, and Jiefang. Annual worldwide sales volume reached a milestone of 10 million vehicles in 2016.
Business units.
In addition to its twelve brands, General Motors also holds a 20% stake in IMM, and a 77% | turn in their campaigns unprecedentedly exchanged their traditional red logo for black, because this color belongs to International, its biggest rival, and be vetoed at Grêmio.
Sponsorship of Penalty and Coca-Cola persisted with Grêmio for nearly a decade until, in 1995, the soft drink brand left the main sponsor of the shirts, which was assumed by Tintas Renner, until 1997. In 1998, General Motors assumed this position, exposing numerous names of vehicles throughout the partnership. At the beginning of the 21st century,Penalty leaves | 49,003 | triviaqa-train |
Who was the Democratic candidate in the 1984 US Presidential Election? | defeating Kennedy in 24 of 34 primaries, Carter entered the party's convention in New York in August with 60 percent of the delegates pledged to him on the first ballot. Still, Kennedy refused to drop out. At the convention, after a futile last-ditch attempt by Kennedy to alter the rules to free delegates from their first-ballot pledges, Carter was renominated with 2,129 votes to 1,146 for Kennedy. Vice President Walter Mondale was also renominated. In his acceptance speech, Carter warned that Reagan's conservatism posed a | .
Massachusetts has not voted for a Republican presidential candidate since Ronald Reagan in 1984. It was also the sixth straight election (beginning in 1992) in which the Democratic presidential candidate swept every one of the state's fourteen counties. Consequently, Romney became the first candidate since Theodore Roosevelt one hundred years earlier to claim an electoral vote yet win no county in his home state. The 2012 election also marks the third consecutive instance where a major party's presidential candidate who considered Massachusetts as his home state lost (this also | 49,004 | triviaqa-train |
Clarissa is the eponymous protagonist of which Virginia Woolf novel set on one day in post World War One London? | and artistic society. In 1915 she published her first novel, "The Voyage Out", through her half-brother's publishing house, Gerald Duckworth and Company. Her best-known works include the novels "Mrs Dalloway" (1925), "To the Lighthouse" (1927) and "" (1928). She is also known for her essays, including "A Room of One's Own" (1929), in which she wrote the much-quoted dictum, "A woman must have money | Kew Gardens (short story)
"Kew Gardens" is a short story by the English author Virginia Woolf.
It was first published privately in 1919, then more widely in 1921 in the collection "Monday or Tuesday", and subsequently in the posthumous collection "A Haunted House" (1944). Originally accompanying illustrations by Vanessa Bell, its visual organisation has been described as analogous to a post-impressionist painting.
Plot summary.
Set in the eponymous botanic garden in London on a hot July day | 49,005 | triviaqa-train |
The six elements including Beryllium and Magnesium are described in the periodic table as 'alkaline (what) metals'? | nuclei to a carbon nucleus. When such stars explode as supernovas, much of the magnesium is expelled into the interstellar medium where it may recycle into new star systems. Magnesium is the eighth most abundant element in the Earth's crust and the fourth most common element in the Earth (after iron, oxygen and silicon), making up 13% of the planet's mass and a large fraction of the planet's mantle. It is the third most abundant element dissolved in seawater, after sodium and chlorine.
Magnesium occurs | List of massacres in Poland
The following is a list of massacres that have occurred in both historic and modern day areas of Poland (numbers may be approximate): | 49,006 | triviaqa-train |
Who was the drummer for the band Nirvana before founding the Foo Fighters? | " Grohl occasionally booked studio time to record demos and covers of songs he liked and even issued a cassette of some of those songs called "Pocketwatch" under the pseudonym "Late!" in 1992.
Frontman Kurt Cobain was found dead in his Seattle home on April 8, 1994, and Nirvana subsequently disbanded. Grohl received offers to work with various artists; press rumors indicated he might be joining Pearl Jam, and he almost accepted a permanent position as drummer in Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. Ultimately, Grohl declined | band now consisting solely of leader Warren Defever and vocalist Lovetta Pippen, an experienced soul and gospel singer who had first appeared as a part of a gospel choir on 1996's Stars on ESP, "Someday..." is basically a straightforward soul and R&B album. This was the first HNIA album without long-time vocalist Karin Oliver, whose unique vocal range was, for many fans, the band's key element.
On the other hand, there are some fans who appreciate the album for what it is, noting | 49,007 | triviaqa-train |
Where was cartographer Gerardus Mercator born - the modern name of the country where he was born? | when countries, especially former colonies, do not have a strong national geographic naming standard. In such cases, cartographers may have to choose between various phonetic spellings of local names versus older imposed, sometimes resented, colonial names. Some countries have multiple official languages, resulting in multiple official placenames. For example, the capital of Belgium is both "Brussel" and "Bruxelles". In Canada, English and French are official languages and places have names in both languages. British Columbia is also officially named "la Colombie- | Gemma Frisius
Gemma Frisius (; born Jemme Reinerszoon; December 9, 1508 – May 25, 1555), was a Dutch physician, mathematician, cartographer, philosopher, and instrument maker. He created important globes, improved the mathematical instruments of his day and applied mathematics in new ways to surveying and navigation. Gemma's rings are named after him. Along with Gerardus Mercator and Abraham Ortelius, Frisius is often considered one of the founders of the Netherlandish school of cartography and significantly helped lay the foundations for the school's golden | 49,008 | triviaqa-train |
What was the name of the only female emperor of China (690 to 705) to rule the country in her own right? | Wu Zetian
Wu Zetian (17 February 624 – 16 December 705), alternatively named Wu Zhao, Wu Hou, during the later Tang dynasty as Tian Hou, in English as Empress Consort Wu or by the deprecated term "Empress Wu", was a Chinese sovereign who ruled unofficially as empress consort and officially as Regent and empress dowager and officially as empress regnant. For twenty-five years, she worked as a co-ruler of her husband and sons and for 15 years she worked in her own name ( | two weeks in July 2011. It amassed 23 weeks at number one to date. Midway through 2012, "21" was the best-selling album of the year despite being released in early 2011. In December 2012, "21" overtook Oasis' "(What's the Story) Morning Glory?" to become the fourth best-selling album of all time in the UK. By December 2012, "21" had spent 101 weeks in the UK Albums Chart Top 75, including 95 weeks in the | 49,009 | triviaqa-train |
In which city is Monkwearmouth Station Museum? | and special letters patent for a time preserved the city of Rochester.
In 1977, as part of the celebrations of the Silver Jubilee of Elizabeth II, the Home Office identified nine candidates for city status: Blackburn, Brighton, Croydon, Derby, Dudley, Newport, Sandwell, Sunderland and Wolverhampton. Ultimately, Derby received the award as the largest non-metropolitan district not already designated a city. In April 1980 a parish council was created for Lichfield, and the charter trustees established six years earlier were dissolved. City | sheds as the nucleus for a transport museum. A partnership was formed between Tyne and Wear Museums and the Council, to construct a steam hauled passenger railway rather than a static transport museum. The North Tyneside Steam Railway Association formed at the site after the Monkwearmouth Station Museum Association relocated to Middle Engine Lane, bringing with them some items of rolling stock they had been restoring in the Monkwearmouth station's goods shed, which was in a deteriorating condition. From 1987, volunteers under supervision conducted the works necessary to relay a single track | 49,010 | triviaqa-train |
In 1985 which was the last non-Glasgow team to win the Scottish Football League title | The first three of these seasons the club was managed by Graeme Souness; the latter six under the stewardship of Walter Smith.
Notable seasons included 1990–91, which culminated in a last-day finale, Rangers securing a 2–0 victory at Ibrox over Aberdeen, who needed only a draw to secure the championship. Season 1992–93 was notable for a domestic treble of trophies, as well an extended run in the inaugural UEFA Champions League, the club at one stage only one goal from securing a place in the final.
Rangers | Jimmy McColl (footballer, born 1892)
James McColl (14 December 1892 – 1978) was a Scottish footballer who played for Celtic, Hibernian and Stoke. McColl scored over 250 goals in the Scottish Football League, and was top scorer in the 1915–16 season with Celtic.
Career.
McColl was born in Glasgow and played for Anderson Thornbank and St Anthony's before joining Celtic in 1913. He became a prolific scorer in the Scottish First Division helping the "Bhoys" team to win the title five times in | 49,011 | triviaqa-train |
In which English city is the arts and media centre called The Custard Factory | Custard Factory
The Custard Factory is an independent shopping destination and creative and digital business workspace location in Deritend Birmingham, England ().
Located on the site of what was the Bird's Custard factory in Deritend, it is home to a variety of creative and digital businesses, independent shops and cafes and bars. They include hundreds of small and medium-sized businesses and some larger ones such as ASOS.com. The project was set up by Bennie Gray in 1992 and substantially expanded by his son Lucan Gray, who owned | New Gallery' in St Paul's square also shows local artists.
- The old Bird's Custard Factory is now one of the largest media and arts villages in Europe, with occasional exhibitions and modern sculpture and water features.
- OOM Gallery online collaborates with the private, public and voluntary sector by developing and producing a diverse range of multimedia art projects.
- The mac hosts theatre performances, concerts, literature and poetry showcases, courses, film screenings and small art exhibitions.
- The Drum Arts Centre | 49,012 | triviaqa-train |
Which post was held by Reginald Pole from 1556 to 1558 | of the Heresy Acts in January 1555. This revived former measures against heresy: the letters patent of 1382 of Richard II, an Act of 1401 of Henry IV, and an Act of 1414 of Henry V. All of these had been repealed under Henry VIII and Edward VI. On 13 November 1555, Thomas Cranmer was officially deprived of the See of Canterbury. The Pope appointed Pole a cardinal-priest and administrator of the See of Canterbury on 11 December 1555.
Under Mary's rule, Pole, whose attainder was | appointed as Archdeacon of Ely and Provost of Eton College, a post which he had vacated by 5 July 1559. He was made dean of St. Paul's in 1556, judge of Prerogative Court circa 1548-58 and dean of the arches in 1557/8.
He was a delegate for the visitation of Oxford (1556), and Visitor of All Souls College in 1558, in which year he received the rectory of Wrotham, and was sent to Ireland with a commission for the suppression of heresy there. Cardinal Pole appointed | 49,013 | triviaqa-train |
What is the highest value Euro banknote? | €500 and, unlike euro coins, the design is identical across the whole of the Eurozone, although they are issued and printed in various member states. The euro banknotes are pure cotton fibre, which improves their durability as well as giving the banknotes a distinctive feel. They measure from to and have a variety of colour schemes. The euro notes contain many complex security features such as watermarks, invisible ink characteristics, holograms, optically variable inks and microprinting that document their authenticity. While euro coins have a national side indicating | 200 euro note
The two hundred euro note (€200) is the second-highest value euro banknote (and the highest value banknote in production) and has been used since the introduction of the euro (in its cash form) in 2002.
The note is used in the 23 countries which have the euro as their sole currency (with 22 legally adopting it); with a population of about 343 million. In May 2019, there were about 284,000,000 €200 banknotes in circulation around the eurozone. | 49,014 | triviaqa-train |
Which Rugby League club play their home games at the Hive Stadium? | ratified Barnet's move to the new stadium at the Hive.
The stadium has gradually developed since the decision to move, initially with seating on the East stand and a new West stand with a capacity of 2700 and two spacious bars underneath. Followed a couple of years later by a medical centre, larger banqueting suite, ticket office and a 1890 capacity north stand with a large bar for away fans underneath.
London Broncos Rugby League.
On 13 December 2013, it was confirmed that London Broncos would move to | Huddersfield Giants
The Huddersfield Giants are an English professional rugby league club from Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, the birthplace of rugby league, who play in the Super League competition. They play their home games at the John Smiths Stadium which is shared with Huddersfield Town F.C.. Huddersfield is also one of the original twenty-two rugby clubs that formed the Northern Rugby Football Union in 1895, making them one of the world's first rugby league teams. The club was founded in 1864 and is the world's oldest professional rugby league | 49,015 | triviaqa-train |
The tui and the weka are birds native to which country? | , particularly as birds need to cross deserts and oceans without refuelling. Landbirds have a flight range of around and shorebirds can fly up to , although the bar-tailed godwit is capable of non-stop flights of up to . Seabirds also undertake long migrations, the longest annual migration being those of sooty shearwaters, which nest in New Zealand and Chile and spend the northern summer feeding in the North Pacific off Japan, Alaska and California, an annual round trip of . Other seabirds disperse after breeding, travelling widely but having | . Birds such as kereru, tui, korimako (bellbird), stitchbird, and weka will eat the berries by day. Lastly, rats will eat the berries too.
The leaves are appetising for mammals such as goats, deer or cattle. However, as the twiggy coprosma name suggests, the twig-like structure makes it difficult for grazers to access the leaves and berries.
A slightly more adapted herbivore to the twiggy coprosma is the ‘coprosma leaf beetle’. This species can chew holes in the young | 49,016 | triviaqa-train |
Who wrote the 1980 Booker Prize winner Rites of Passage! | was confirmed to him in advance whether he had won. His was one of two books considered likely to win, the other being "Rites of Passage" by William Golding. The judges decided only 30 minutes before the ceremony, giving the prize to Golding. Both novels had been seen as favourites to win leading up to the prize, and the dramatic "literary battle" between two senior writers made front-page news.
In 1981, nominee John Banville wrote a letter to "The Guardian" requesting that the | a mysterious angel-like figure who survives a fire in the Blitz, "The Paper Men" (1984) which is about the conflict between a writer and his biographer, and a sea trilogy "To the Ends of the Earth", which includes the "Rites of Passage" (1980), "Close Quarters" (1987), and "Fire Down Below" (1989), the first book of which (originally intended as a stand-alone novel) won the Booker Prize.
List of | 49,017 | triviaqa-train |
Who wrote the 1990 Booker Prize winner Possession? | from anywhere in the world, so long as their work was in English and published in the UK. This change proved controversial in literary circles. Former winner A. S. Byatt and former judge John Mullan said the prize risked diluting its identity, whereas former judge A. L. Kennedy welcomed the change. Following this expansion, the first winner not from the Commonwealth, Ireland, or Zimbabwe was American Paul Beatty in 2016. Another American, George Saunders, won the following year. In 2018, publishers sought to reverse the change, | CBE FRSL JP (1925–2012), novelist and children's writer; shortlisted for the Booker Prize and Lost Man Booker Prize; one of very few to serve both as a Booker judge and make a Booker shortlist as an author; winner of the Guardian Prize and Phoenix Award
- Lucy M. Boston (1892–1990), novelist who wrote for children and adults; best known for her "Green Knowe" series; winner of the Carnegie Medal
- Pauline Clarke (1921–2013), author who wrote for younger children; best | 49,018 | triviaqa-train |
Rugby Union club London Wasps play their home games at Adams Park in which town? | used as a Hindu Community Centre.
Wasps made another move in 2002, playing their home games at Wycombe Wanderers' ground, Adams Park, in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. The attendance figure went up by 31.8% the next season. From 2004 Wasps played their season opener in the London Double Header at Twickenham. In 2006 this drew a crowd of 51,950, breaking the record set in 2004.
For the 2007–08 season Wasps began their defence of the Heineken Cup in Coventry, playing their "home" tie against | Rosslyn Park F.C.
Rosslyn Park Football Club is a rugby union club based in south west London.
History.
Founded in 1879 by cricketing friends in north London, at the end of their first season, Charles Hoyer Millar proposed forming a football club to keep the players together during the winter. There was already a Hampstead Football Club (from which both Wasps and Harlequins sprang), so the cricket club's name was adopted, reflecting the area of Hampstead where the cricketers first played their scratch games in the grounds | 49,019 | triviaqa-train |
What is the name of the oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico subjected to an explosion in April this year? | raids.
On April 21, 2010, the "Deepwater Horizon" platform, 52 miles off-shore of Venice, Louisiana, (property of Transocean and leased to BP) exploded, killing 11 people, and sank two days later. The resulting undersea gusher, conservatively estimated to exceed as of early June, 2010, became the worst oil spill in US history, eclipsing the Exxon Valdez oil spill.
Drawbacks Ecological effects.
In British waters, the cost of removing all platform rig structures entirely was estimated in | plants, factories, and oil refineries in an attempt to limit greenhouse gas emissions and to curb global warming.
On April 20, 2010, an explosion destroyed an offshore drilling rig at the Macondo Prospect in the Gulf of Mexico, causing a major sustained oil leak. Obama visited the Gulf, announced a federal investigation, and formed a bipartisan commission to recommend new safety standards, after a review by Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and concurrent Congressional hearings. He then announced a six-month moratorium on new deepwater drilling | 49,020 | triviaqa-train |
What nationality is the singer Shakira? | Shakira
Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll (, ; born 2 February 1977) is a Colombian singer, songwriter, dancer, businesswoman, and philanthropist. Born and raised in Barranquilla, her first studio albums, "Magia" and "Peligro", failed to attain commercial success in the 1990s; however, she rose to prominence in Latin America with her international debut album, "Pies Descalzos" (1996), and her fourth album, "Dónde Están los Ladrones?" (1998).
Shakira entered the English | you always try and capture something from the other person and I learnt a lot from his method". The singer revealed that the two readied four tracks in five days, and commented that "What was interesting is that he's very fast and immediate in the studio and I'm a little slower". Endicott, musician and lead singer of American post-punk band The Bravery, was personally called by Shakira to co-compose the title track of the album along with Hill. He explained how they both began working | 49,021 | triviaqa-train |
'Bingo Little', 'Gussie Fink-Nottle' and 'Catsmeat Potter- Pirbright' are friends of which fictional character? | Bingo Little
Richard P. "Bingo" Little is a recurring fictional character in the comedic Jeeves and Drones Club stories of English writer P. G. Wodehouse, being a friend of Jeeves's master Bertie Wooster and a member of the Drones Club.
In his early appearances, Bingo, who has an impulsive and romantic nature, falls in love with numerous women in quick succession, generally pursuing an absurd scheme to woo his latest love interest and invariably causing problems for his pal Bertie. Eventually, Bingo marries Rosie M. Banks, | 's friend Gussie Fink-Nottle will also go there. Gussie is upset because his fiancée Madeline Bassett was supposed to accompany him, but had to visit a friend, Hilda Gudgeon, instead.
Another friend of Bertie's, Catsmeat Potter-Pirbright, an actor, wants to marry Gertrude. However, the aunts disapprove of actors. Catsmeat thinks Esmond is wooing Gertrude and asks Bertie to keep them apart. In exchange, Catsmeat will keep Gussie from brooding about Madeline; Bertie does not want Gussie and Madeline to split | 49,022 | triviaqa-train |
In which century did the plague known as 'The Black Death' occur? | of China caused a decline in farming and trading. However, economic recovery had been observed at the beginning of the fourteenth century. In the 1330s, a large number of natural disasters and plagues led to widespread famine, starting in 1331, with a deadly plague arriving soon after. Epidemics that may have included plague killed an estimated 25 million Chinese and other Asians during the fifteen years before it reached Constantinople in 1347.
The disease may have travelled along the Silk Road with Mongol armies and traders or it | .
Death.
As Joan embarked on her journey, the Black Death had not yet appeared in England, and it is unlikely that the party was aware of the danger. Despite the severe outbreak of plague in Bordeaux, at first it did not occur to Joan and her advisors to leave town. Soon, they watched in horror as the members of the entourage began falling sick and dying. Robert Bouchier, the leader of the retinue, died on 20 August.
Joan feared for her life and was probably | 49,023 | triviaqa-train |
Who was the French Prime Minister at the Paris Peace Conference in 1919 which led to the Treaty of Versailles? | Britain, Italy, Japan and the United States) controlled the Conference. The "Big Four" were French Prime Minister Georges Clemenceau, British Prime Minister David Lloyd George, US President Woodrow Wilson, and Italian Prime Minister Vittorio Emanuele Orlando. They met informally 145 times and made all the major decisions, which were then ratified. The conference began on 18 January 1919. With respect to its end date, Professor Michael Neiberg has noted:
Overview and direct results.
The Conference formally opened on 18 January 1919 at | , who was the Chief of State, appointed Paderewski as the Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs (January 1919 – December 1919). He and Dmowski represented Poland at the 1919 Paris Peace Conference, dealing with issues regarding territorial claims and minority rights. Paderewski then brought hard evidence of Soviet atrocities to international attention, such as the targeting of Jews during the Polish–Soviet War, when the Soviet Union failed to conquer Poland. He signed the Treaty of Versailles, which recognized Polish independence won after WWI and the | 49,024 | triviaqa-train |
Which New Zealand city lies on the River Avon? | South Island to almost semi-arid in Central Otago and the Mackenzie Basin of inland Canterbury and subtropical in Northland. Of the seven largest cities, Christchurch is the driest, receiving on average only of rain per year and Wellington the wettest, receiving almost twice that amount. Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch all receive a yearly average of more than 2,000 hours of sunshine. The southern and southwestern parts of the South Island have a cooler and cloudier climate, with around 1,400–1,600 hours; the northern and northeastern parts of the South Island | Conham
Conham is a suburb of the city of Bristol in England. It lies near Hanham on the north bank of the River Avon just outside the city boundaries in South Gloucestershire.
The Conham Ferry is a small passenger ferry which operates across the river from Conham to Broomhill.
The Conham River Park lies in a loop of the River Avon, and forms part of the Avon Valley Woodlands.
External links.
- Conham at Streetmap.co.uk | 49,025 | triviaqa-train |
Which sport did Larry Bird, Wilt Chamberlain and 'Magic' Johnson play? | Magic Johnson
Earvin "Magic" Johnson Jr. (born August 14, 1959) is an American retired professional basketball player and former president of basketball operations of the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played point guard for the Lakers for 13 seasons. After winning championships in high school and college, Johnson was selected first overall in the 1979 NBA draft by the Lakers. He won a championship and an NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award in his rookie season, and won four more championships with | .
Players can create and name players which can be added to the roster. Players can also be upgraded to 99 using a special feature. Although the player can be named in any way, the commentator can speak out their last name if given American names.
Teams can be unlocked by progressing through the game and completing unique challenges. The game features stars like Magic Johnson, George Mikan, Larry Bird, Wilt Chamberlain, and many others. They are all on one of the All-Star teams, which | 49,026 | triviaqa-train |
The logo of Cancer Research UK has a pattern of dots in the shape of a triangle. How many dots are there? | pairs of corresponding interior angles are equal in measure, and all pairs of corresponding sides have the same length. (This is a total of six equalities, but three are often sufficient to prove congruence.)
Some individually necessary and sufficient conditions for a pair of triangles to be congruent are:
- SAS Postulate: Two sides in a triangle have the same length as two sides in the other triangle, and the included angles have the same measure.
- ASA: Two interior angles and the included side in | development of quantum dots for biomedical applications, (b) the size and shape dependent cellular interactions of nanoparticles in vitro and in vivo, (c) the identification of the protein corona on nanoparticle and its effect on cancer targeting, and (d) the development of a smartphone-based point of care device for diagnosing infected patients. For his research, he has won many Canadian and International Awards (e.g., NSERC E.W.R. Steacie Memorial Fellowship (Canada), International Dennis Gabor Award (Hungary), Rank Prize Fund ( | 49,027 | triviaqa-train |
Who played computer expert 'Professor Simon Peach' in the 1969 film 'The Italian Job'? | box office in 1969.
The film remains popular, however, and is considered one of the greatest British films in modern polls. James Travers of Films de France believes that the film's enduring appeal rests in the 'improbable union' of Michael Caine, Noël Coward and Benny Hill, whom he considers "three of the best known [British] performers... in the late 1960s". He states that the film has a cult status and stands as a 'classic of its genre'.
A novelisation of | of the 2003 American film "The Italian Job", which itself is a remake of the 1969 British film of the same name. "Players" employs the same plot as the 2003 version, while making the characters and incidents completely different.
The story follows a team of players, consisting of a con-man, an automobile expert who doubles up as a seductress, an illusionist, an explosives expert, an expert hacker and an actor turned prosthetic makeup artist, who plan to steal gold worth from a moving | 49,028 | triviaqa-train |
Who composed 'The Lark Ascending'? | Vaughan Williams to write a musical work of the same name, which is now more widely known than the poem. He originally composed it in 1914 for violin and piano. It premiered in 1920 in Shirehampton, Bristol, the same year the composer re-scored it for solo violin and orchestra. This version, now the more often performed of the two, premiered in 1921. The piece is one of the most popular in the Classical repertoire among British listeners.
Poem.
Meredith's poem "The Lark Ascending | 2011, in a radio poll of New Yorkers for preferences of music to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, "The Lark Ascending" ranked second.
"The Lark Ascending" has been a consistent favourite in Radio New Zealand Concert's annual New Year's Day countdown programme, "Settling the Score." It has ranked number one every year from 2007 to 2012, and placed highly in other years.
Musical work Influence.
"The Lark Ascending" influenced at least two other British composers. | 49,029 | triviaqa-train |
At which decisive battle in 31 BC did the forces of Octavian defeat the combined forces of Mark Antony and Cleopatra? | to defeat the assassins of Caesar. Following their victory at the Battle of Philippi, the Triumvirate divided the Roman Republic among themselves and ruled as military dictators. The Triumvirate was eventually torn apart by the competing ambitions of its members. Lepidus was driven into exile and stripped of his position, and Antony committed suicide following his defeat at the Battle of Actium by Octavian in 31 BC.
After the demise of the Second Triumvirate, Augustus restored the outward façade of the free Republic, with governmental power vested in the Roman Senate | in 1844 he moved to Providence to become apprenticed as a mason. He also received his certification as a schoolteacher, and for several years traveled through the southern states to work in both professions. Davis then started in partnership with his brother a grain and provisions business on South Water Street in Providence, which operated from 1850 to 1890.
During the American Civil War, he served in the Rhode Island Militia, first as a member of an infantry unit, and later in a local unit known as the Providence Horse Guards | 49,030 | triviaqa-train |
Which is the northernmost German state, with capital Kiel and bordering Denmark? | for centuries: There is a Danish minority (about 50,000) in the northernmost state of Schleswig-Holstein; the Sorbs, a Slavic population of about 60,000, are in the Lusatia region of Saxony and Brandenburg.; the Roma and Sinti live throughout country; and the Frisians are concentrated in Schleswig-Holstein's western coast and in the north-western part of Lower Saxony.
Approximately 5 million Germans live abroad ("Auslandsdeutsche").
Demographics Immigrant population.
After the United States, Germany is the second | Tumpat District
Tumpat (Kelantanese: Ttupak) is a district (jajahan) in Kelantan, Malaysia. Tumpat is situated at the end of the "East Coast Line" railway line operated by Keretapi Tanah Melayu (Malayan Railways) which links Kelantan to the western part of Peninsular Malaysia. This strategic location makes it the transportation hub of Kelantan. Tumpat town is approximately 15 km from the state capital, Kota Bharu.
Geography.
Tumpat is the northernmost constituency in Kelantan, bordering Thailand across the Golok River to | 49,031 | triviaqa-train |
How are the bright stars 'Alnitak', 'Alnilam' and 'Mintaka' known collectively? | and Alnitak, the three stars make up Orion's belt, known by many names across many ancient cultures. Alnilam is the middle star. It is slightly variable, from magnitude 1.64 to 1.74. Since 1943, the spectrum of this star has served as one of the stable anchor points by which other stars are classified. It is also one of the 58 stars used in celestial navigation. It is at its highest point in the sky around midnight on December 15.
Physical characteristics.
Estimates of Alnilam's | with probability 1/20.
Luring Lottery.
A similar game, referred to as a "Luring Lottery", was actually played by the editors of "Scientific American" in the 1980s. To enter the contest once, readers had to send in a postcard with the number "1" written on it. They were also explicitly permitted to submit as many entries as they wished by sending in a single postcard bearing the number of entries they wished to submit. The prize was one million dollars divided by the total number | 49,032 | triviaqa-train |
In which TV series did cousins 'Bo' and 'Luke' drive a car called the 'General Lee'? | Bo Duke
Beauregard "Bo" Duke (born April 8, 1960) is a fictional character in the American television series "The Dukes of Hazzard", which ran from 1979 to 1985. He was played by John Schneider. The name of "Beauregard" may have been chosen after the famous Confederate General P. G. T. Beauregard.
Bo and his cousin Lucas K. "Luke" Duke (Tom Wopat) live in an unincorporated area of the fictional Hazzard County, in Georgia. Bo and Luke own a 1969 | alteration. Waylon Jennings is the Balladeer, and the Boar's Nest is a tavern in both. Although it is toned down for the TV series, the relationship between cousins Bo and Luke Duke is similar to that of Bobby Lee and Grady in "Moonrunners".
Uncle Jesse is the family patriarch. In both he is a widowed, bearded moonshiner with strong religious beliefs, raising his nephews. They dress similarly, in overalls and a shirt. The film and series feature a corrupt county boss (Jake Rainey and | 49,033 | triviaqa-train |
Who wrote the children's book 'Heidi'? | Johanna Spyri
Johanna Louise Spyri (née Heusser; ; 12 June 1827 – 7 July 1901) was a Swiss-born author of novels, notably children's stories, and is best known for her book "Heidi". Born in Hirzel, a rural area in the canton of Zurich, Switzerland, as a child she spent several summers near Chur in Graubünden, the setting she later would use in her novels.
Biography.
In the 1800s, Johanna Heusser married Bernhard Spyri. Bernhard was a lawyer. | Mine for Keeps
Mine for Keeps is a 1962 book by the Canadian children's author Jean Little. At the time she wrote "Mine for Keeps", Little was teaching in a school for the disabled and she had written the book after becoming tired of reading her students books in which disabled child characters either meet deaths or recover completely (like Clara in "Heidi", or Colin in "The Secret Garden").
Overview.
Born with cerebral palsy, nine-year-old Sally has spent | 49,034 | triviaqa-train |
In which newspaper are official notices relating to matters of state, Parliament, planning, transport and public finance, as well as insolvency and bankruptcy published in Scotland ? | The Edinburgh Gazette
The Edinburgh Gazette, along with "The London Gazette" and "The Belfast Gazette", is an official newspaper of the United Kingdom government. The Stationery Office (TSO) is published on behalf of Her Majesty's Stationery Office (HMSO) in Edinburgh, Scotland.
Publication of "The Edinburgh Gazette" began in 1699 by James Watson (34 years after the first edition of "The London Gazette"). It ran for 41 issues, the last being on 17 July 1699, after | which the link between the editor, Captain Donaldson, and the printer was broken. It reappeared sporadically, but did not begin an unbroken and continuous publication run until 1793.
It is published on Tuesdays and Fridays, and it includes official notices relating to matters of state, Parliament, planning, transport, and public finance, as well as insolvency and bankruptcy notices. It also contains advertisements. For example, local authorities place notices in the "Gazette" about matters of local interest, such as road closures. | 49,035 | triviaqa-train |
Theodore Roosevelt won the 1906 Nobel Peace Prize for his mediation leading to the Treaty of Portsmouth that ended which war? | Theodore Roosevelt) to ask Roosevelt to assist in mediating a treaty between Japan and Russia to end the Russo-Japanese War. Roosevelt agreed to do so (see The 1905 Illustrated London News illustration of Roosevelt with the Russian and Japanese representatives). The parties met in Portsmouth, New Hampshire and resolved the final conflict over the division of Sakhalin– Russia took the northern half, and Japan the south; Japan also dropped its demand for an indemnity. Roosevelt won the Nobel Peace Prize for his successful efforts in bringing about the | East Asia. Throughout 1904, both Japan and Russia expected to win the war, but the Japanese gained a decisive advantage after capturing the Russian naval base at Port Arthur in January 1905. In mid-1905, Roosevelt persuaded the parties to meet in a peace conference in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, starting on August 5. His persistent and effective mediation led to the signing of the Treaty of Portsmouth on September 5, ending the war. For his efforts, Roosevelt was awarded the 1906 Nobel Peace Prize. The Treaty of Portsmouth resulted | 49,036 | triviaqa-train |
The city of Kolkata lies on which river? | Kolkata
Kolkata (, , also known as Calcutta , the official name until 2001) is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal. Located on the east bank of the Hooghly River approximately west of the border with Bangladesh, it is the principal commercial, cultural, and educational centre of East India, while the Port of Kolkata is India's oldest operating port and its sole major riverine port. The city is widely regarded as the "cultural capital" of India, and is also nicknamed the "City of | Siliguri
Siliguri [] is a metropolitan city which spans areas of the Darjeeling and Jalpaiguri districts in the Indian state of West Bengal. Known as the gateway of Northeast India, Siliguri is popular for three T's i.e. tea, timber and tourism. It is located on the banks of the Mahananda River at the foothills of the Himalayas. Siliguri is the second largest urban agglomeration according to area after Kolkata and third largest according to population in the state following Kolkata and Asansol. It lies 35 kilometers away from its twin city | 49,037 | triviaqa-train |
Which sport did Ian Taylor, Martyn Grimley and Sean Kerly play? | a short time between 1986–87 and then taught Geography, Physical Education and Outdoor Education while at Dulwich College in London. Since returning from the Olympics in 1988 he joined Zurich Financial Services and has since become a company director running a successful financial services business based in Cheshire, 'Warriner & Co Ltd'. He is a life member of Brooklands Manchester University Hockey Club.
In 2018 he became Cheshire Seniors Strokeplay Golf Champion with a first time victory at Bromborough Golf Club and also won the Cheshire Seniors Matchplay Championship in 2019. | Great Britain at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Great Britain, represented by the British Olympic Association (BOA), competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, Korea. 345 competitors, 219 men and 126 women, took part in 191 events in 22 sports. British athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games.
Medallists.
Medallists Gold.
- Paul Barber, Stephen Batchelor, Kulbir Bhaura, Robert Clift, Richard Dodds, David Faulkner, Russell Garcia, Martyn Grimley, Sean Kerly, Jimmy Kirkwood, Richard Leman | 49,038 | triviaqa-train |
In which 2010 film are the main characters played by Liam Neeson, Bradley Cooper, Quinton Jackson and Sharlto Copley? | , Cooper appeared in the ensemble romantic comedy "Valentine's Day" (2010), directed by Garry Marshall, co-starring with Julia Roberts. The film was a commercial success, grossing over $215 million worldwide. He then starred in the comedy "Brother's Justice" and as the fictional character Templeton "Faceman" Peck in the feature film version of "The A-Team" alongside Liam Neeson, Quinton Jackson, and Sharlto Copley. To prepare for the role, he abstained from consuming sugar, salt | are seen.
Cast.
- Liam Neeson as John "Hannibal" Smith
- Bradley Cooper as Templeton "Face" Peck
- Quinton "Rampage" Jackson as Bosco "B. A." Baracus
- Sharlto Copley as H. M. "Howling Mad" Murdock
- Jessica Biel as Charissa Sosa
- Patrick Wilson as Vance Burress / Agent Lynch
- Jon Hamm as Other Lynch ("uncredited")
- Brian Bloom as Brock Pike. Bloom was also a writer on the film.
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'Beatrice et Benedict' is an opera by Berlioz, based on which play by Shakespeare? | , "Benvenuto Cellini", was an outright failure. The second, the huge epic "Les Troyens" (The Trojans), was so large in scale that it was never staged in its entirety during his lifetime. His last opera, "Béatrice et Bénédict"based on Shakespeare's comedy "Much Ado About Nothing"was a success at its premiere but did not enter the regular operatic repertoire. Meeting only occasional success in France as a composer, Berlioz increasingly turned to conducting, in which he gained an international reputation. He was | "Overtures": "Le Carnaval Romain, Beatrice et Benedict, Le corsaire, Benevenuto Cellini", "Les Troyens: Royal Hunt and Storm", "Romeo et Juliette: Queen Mab Scherzo", and Camille Saint-Saëns's "Omphale's Spinning Wheel", Boston Symphony Orchestra conducted by Charles Munch. CD, RCA
References.
- Booklet notes to the Davis recording
- David Cairns: "Berlioz: The Making of an Artist" (the first volume of his biography of the composer) | 49,040 | triviaqa-train |
What is the name of the daily broadsheet newspaper published in Leeds? | Film Festival and Leeds Young Film Festival, the city hosts numerous independent cinemas and pop-up venues for film screenings. The Cottage Road Cinema and Hyde Park Picture House have continuously been showing films since 1912 and 1914, respectively, which ranks them among the oldest still-running cinemas in the UK.
Culture Media.
Yorkshire Post Newspapers Ltd, owned by Johnston Press plc, is based in the city, and produces a daily morning broadsheet, "The Yorkshire Post", and an evening paper, the " | The Gleaner (newspaper)
The Gleaner, is a morning daily newspaper founded by two brothers, Jacob and Joshua de Cordova. It started publication in 1834. Originally called the "Daily Gleaner", the name was changed on 7 December 1992 to "The Gleaner". The newspaper is owned and published by Gleaner Company publishing house in Kingston, Jamaica.
The morning broadsheet newspaper is presently published six days each week in Kingston. The Sunday paper edition is called the Sunday Gleaner. The Sunday edition was first published | 49,041 | triviaqa-train |
Who composed 'On Hearing The First Cuckoo In Spring'? | On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring
On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring is a tone poem composed in 1912 by Frederick Delius; it was first performed in Leipzig on 23 October 1913. It is the first of "Two Pieces for Small Orchestra", the second piece being "Summer Night on the River", although these have for many years existed separately on recordings and in the concert hall.
The piece opens with a slow three-bar sequence; its first theme is an exchange of cuckoo calls, | 's Labours Lost":
In Europe, hearing the call of the common cuckoo is regarded as the first harbinger of spring. Many local legends and traditions are based on this. In Scotland, Gowk Stones (cuckoo stones) sometimes associated with the arrival of the first cuckoo of spring. "Gowk" is an old name for the common cuckoo in northern England, derived from the harsh repeated ""gowk"" call the bird makes when excited. The well-known cuckoo clock features a mechanical bird and is | 49,042 | triviaqa-train |
On which island is the country of Brunei? | Brunei
Brunei ( ), officially the Nation of Brunei, the Abode of Peace (, Jawi: ), is a country located on the north coast of the island of Borneo in Southeast Asia. Apart from its coastline with the South China Sea, the country is completely surrounded by the Malaysian state of Sarawak. It is separated into two parts by the Sarawak district of Limbang. Brunei is the only sovereign state completely on the island of Borneo; the remainder of the island's territory is divided between the nations of | His application for a refugee visa was refused because he did not have a "well-founded fear of persecution" in Norway. Because he has no visa to be in Australia and there is no country to which he can be returned, Imasi has been in immigration detention since January 2010 and since October 2015 has been held at the Christmas Island Detention Centre.
Notable cases Brunei.
There are a large number of stateless permanent residents in Brunei. Most of these residents have lived on Bruneian soil for generations, but Bruneian | 49,043 | triviaqa-train |
The sculpture 'Dream' by Jaume Plensa, which overlooks the M62, is sited at which former colliery? | located on the old Sutton Manor Colliery site.
St Helens retains strong cultural ties to the coal industry and has several monuments including the wrought iron gates of Sutton Manor Colliery, as well as the 1995 town centre installation by Thompson Dagnall known as "The Landings" (depicting individuals working a coal seam) and Arthur Fleischmann's Anderton Shearer monument (a piece of machinery first used at the Ravenhead Mine).
The council and local residents (including approximately 15 former miners from the colliery) were involved in the consultation | Dream (sculpture)
Dream is a sculpture and a piece of public art by Jaume Plensa in Sutton, St Helens, Merseyside. Costing approximately £1.8m (equivalent to £ in ), it was funded through The Big Art Project in coordination with the Arts Council England, The Art Fund and Channel 4.
Origin.
In 2008 St Helens took part in Channel 4's "The Big Art Project" along with several other sites. The project culminated in the unveiling of "Dream", a sculpture | 49,044 | triviaqa-train |
At which major battle in 216 BC did the army of Carthage under Hannibal defeat the Romans under the command of consuls Varro and Paullus? | his first few years in Italy, he won a succession of dramatic victories at the Trebia, Lake Trasimene, and Cannae. He distinguished himself for his ability to determine his and his opponent's respective strengths and weaknesses, and to plan battles accordingly. Hannibal's well-planned strategies allowed him to conquer several Italian cities allied to Rome. Hannibal occupied most of southern Italy for 15 years, but could not win a decisive victory, as the Romans led by Fabius Maximus avoided confrontation with him, instead waging a war of | that, if Hannibal continued plundering Italy unopposed, Rome's allies might defect to the Carthaginian side for self-preservation.
Therefore, when Fabius came to the end of his term, the Senate did not renew his dictatorial powers and command was given to consuls Gnaeus Servilius Geminus and Marcus Atilius Regulus. In 216 BC, when elections resumed, Gaius Terentius Varro and Lucius Aemilius Paullus were elected as consuls, placed in command of a newly raised army of unprecedented size and directed to engage Hannibal. Polybius wrote:
Strategic | 49,045 | triviaqa-train |
May 19, 1869 saw what two railroads meet at Promontory Summit, Utah, creating the first Transcontinental Railroad? | companies were given the odd-numbered sections while the federal government retained the even-numbered sections. The exception was in cities, at rivers, or on non-government property. The railroads sold bonds based on the value of the lands, and in areas with good land like the Sacramento Valley and Nebraska sold the land to settlers, contributing to a rapid settlement of the West. The total area of the land grants to the Union Pacific and Central Pacific was larger than the area of the state of Texas: federal | Golden spike
The golden spike (also known as The Last Spike) is the ceremonial 17.6-karat gold final spike driven by Leland Stanford to join the rails of the First Transcontinental Railroad across the United States connecting the Central Pacific and Union Pacific railroads on May 10, 1869, at Promontory Summit, Utah Territory. The term "last spike" has been used to refer to one driven at the usually ceremonial completion of any new railroad construction projects, particularly those in which construction is undertaken from two disparate origins towards a meeting point | 49,046 | triviaqa-train |
What famed Yankee, widely regarded as one of the greatest catchers ever, was known for his malapropisms, such as “It ain’t over till it’s over,” and “It’s deja vu all over again”. | Grifasi. In the HBO sports docudrama "61*", Berra was portrayed by actor Paul Borghese, and Hank Steinberg's script included more than one of Berra's famous "Yogi-isms". In 2009, Berra appeared in the documentary film "A Time for Champions", recounting his childhood memories of soccer in his native St. Louis.
Yogi and his wife Carmen were played by real-life newly married actors Peter Scolari and Tracey Shayne in the 2013 Broadway play "Bronx Bombers".
Personal life | when you crash babe", "That body ain’t always gonna get you out of everything", and "Stop living in regret, it’s not over yet". In the bridge, she commands, "Make your life what you decide / Baby, party till the fire marshal shuts this sucker down". The song ends with Knowles giving one her final lessons, "Don’t stop running until it’s finished — it’s up to you, the rest is unwritten".
Critical reception. | 49,047 | triviaqa-train |
What is the name given to the type of journalism created by Hunter Thompson in which reporters involve themselves in the action to such a degree that they become the central figures of their stories? | Is Decadent and Depraved" for "Scanlan's Monthly" which both raised his profile and established him as a writer with counterculture credibility. It also set him on a path to establishing his own sub-genre of New Journalism which he called "Gonzo," which was essentially an ongoing experiment in which the writer becomes a central figure and even a participant in the events of the narrative.
Thompson remains best known for "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" (1971), a book first serialized in "Rolling | process or out of order in the organization or institution in which the position of authority is held.
The defense has become very important in the UK, especially after a case involving allegations made by the "Sunday Times" against the Irish Taoiseach Albert Reynolds. During that case the judge outlined a ten-point test of 'responsible journalism'. If reporters and editors followed these points, the judge said, they would enjoy a degree of protection from libel action, even if they could not prove factual allegations. | 49,048 | triviaqa-train |
For a point each, name the “Seven Words You Can Never Say on Television” | television).
Self-regulation by many basic cable networks is undertaken by Standards and Practices (S&P) departments that self-censor their programming because of the pressure put on them by advertisers – also meaning that any basic cable network willing to ignore such pressure could use any of the Seven Dirty Words. All of the words on Carlin's list have come into common usage in many made-for-cable series and film productions.
See also.
- Communications Decency Act
- Morality in Media | the climbing rope. The aim is to distribute the force equally to each fixed point. A triangle anchor is formed by clipping a length of webbing or cord through all three carabiners, creating a shape which gives the dangerous anchor its descriptive name.
The force on each fixed point depends on the angle at the focal point. The following table lists the percentage of force transferred to the fixed point for various focal point angles, along with figures for a standard "V" shaped anchor.
Table values are derived from | 49,049 | triviaqa-train |
May 14, 1804 saw what group break camp at Camp Dubois for 2 year expedition to the Pacific coast and back? | Le Page du Pratz in Louisiana (1763) and Captain James Cook in the Pacific (1784), and they persuaded Congress in 1804 to fund an expedition to explore and the newly acquired territory to the Pacific Ocean.
Jefferson appointed Meriwether Lewis and William Clark to be leaders of the Corps of Discovery (1803–1806). In the months leading up to the expedition, Jefferson tutored Lewis in the sciences of mapping, botany, natural history, mineralogy, and astronomy and navigation, giving him unlimited access to his library at | Clark Expedition started construction of Camp Dubois, also known as Camp Wood, their winter camp of 1803 - 1804. Located next to the Mississippi River, and at the mouth of Wood River, the camp was in what was then St. Clair County, now Madison County, Illinois. They stayed at Camp Dubois until May 14, 1804, when they crossed the Mississippi River and started up the Missouri River (at 2,341 miles long it is the longest river in North America). On March 29, 1804, while still | 49,050 | triviaqa-train |
What state, known as Child of the Mississippi or the Pelican State, among others, joined the Union on April 30, 1812? | be exceptional in the US. Before the American purchase of the territory in 1803, the present-day State of Louisiana had been both a French colony and for a brief period a Spanish one. In addition, colonists imported numerous African people as slaves in the 18th century. Many came from peoples of the same region of West Africa, thus concentrating their culture. In the post-Civil War environment, Anglo-Americans increased the pressure for Anglicization, and in 1921, English was for a time made the sole language | John S. Darrough
John Samuel Darrough (April 6, 1841 – August 14, 1920) was a Union Army soldier in the American Civil War and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor, for his actions during a skirmish near Eastport, Mississippi. Born in Kentucky, Darrough moved to Illinois as a child and enlisted in the Union Army from that state. While participating in a mission to destroy a Confederate railway, Darrough and others were stranded on the shore of the Tennessee River | 49,051 | triviaqa-train |
Featuring prominently in the new Pirates of the Caribbean movie, the pirate Edward Teach is better known by what name? | Blackbeard
Edward Teach or Edward Thatch ( – 22 November 1718), better known as Blackbeard, was an English pirate who operated around the West Indies and the eastern coast of Britain's North American colonies. Little is known about his early life, but he may have been a sailor on privateer ships during Queen Anne's War before settling on the Bahamian island of New Providence, a base for Captain Benjamin Hornigold, whose crew Teach joined around 1716. Hornigold placed him in command of a sloop that he had captured, | Lego Pirates of the Caribbean
Lego Pirates of the Caribbean is a Lego theme that is based on the film series of the same name. There are nine known sets. The first wave was released on May 2011 with the second wave coming out on November 2011. In November 2010, it was officially announced by Lego that the video game "" was in production. It was released on May 10, 2011 in North America. The series acts as a thematic replacement for the popular Lego Pirates theme, featuring many of | 49,052 | triviaqa-train |
Featured in the musical The King and I, what country was formerly known as Siam until June 23, 1939, and again from 1945 to May 11, 1949? | or simply "Thai;" the word "mueang", archaically referring to a city-state, is commonly used to refer to a city or town as the centre of a region. "Ratcha Anachak Thai" () means "kingdom of Thailand" or "kingdom of Thai". Etymologically, its components are: "ratcha" (, "rājan", "king, royal, realm"); "-ana-" (Pali "āṇā" "authority, command, power", itself from the | 1st Air Corps (Germany)
I. Fliegerkorps (1st Air Corps) was formed 11 October 1939 in Cologne from the 1st Air Division. The Corps was also known as Luftwaffenkommando Don between 26 August 1942 until 17 February 1943. It was transformed to the 18th Air Division on 4 April 1945.
Commanding officers.
- Generaloberst Ulrich Grauert, 11 October 1939 – 15 May 1941
- General der Flieger Helmuth Förster, 3 June 1941 – 23 August 1942
- General der Flieger Günther Korten, 24 August 1942 | 49,053 | triviaqa-train |
Before scattering itself over Western Australia, May 14, 1973 saw the US launch what first ever space station, which orbited the earth for 6 years, even though it was only visited 3 times? | of debris landing in populated areas, targeting the south Indian Ocean, which was partially successful. Debris showered Western Australia, and recovered pieces indicated that the station had disintegrated lower than expected. As the Skylab program drew to a close, NASA's focus had shifted to the development of the Space Shuttle. NASA space station and laboratory projects included Spacelab, Shuttle-"Mir", and Space Station "Freedom", which was merged into the International Space Station.
Background.
Rocket engineer Wernher von Braun, science fiction writer Arthur | .
In September 1962, by which time two Project Mercury astronauts had orbited the Earth, Gilruth had moved his organization to rented space in Houston, and construction of the MSC facility was under way, Kennedy visited Rice to reiterate his challenge in a famous speech:
The MSC was completed in September 1963. It was renamed by the US Congress in honor of Lyndon Johnson soon after his death in 1973.
NASA expansion Launch Operations Center.
It also became clear that Apollo would outgrow the Canaveral launch facilities in Florida | 49,054 | triviaqa-train |
Originally made from borosciliate glass (but now formulated from tempered soda-lime glass), under what brand name did Owens Corning introduce their heat resistant glass in 1915? | and increase safety standards.
Uses Cooking and baking.
Some forms of tempered glass are used for cooking and baking. Manufacturers and brands include Glasslock, Pyrex, Corelle, and Arc International. This is also the type of glass used for oven doors.
Uses Mobile devices.
Most touchscreen mobile devices use some form of toughened glass (such as Corning's Gorilla Glass), as do some aftermarket screen protectors for these devices.
Manufacturing.
Tempered glass can be made from annealed glass via a thermal tempering process | CorningWare
Corning Ware, also written CorningWare, was originally a brand name for a unique glass-ceramic (Pyroceram) cookware resistant to thermal shock. It was first introduced in 1958 by Corning Glass Works in the United States. The brand was later spun off with the sale of the Corning Consumer Products Company subsidiary (now known as Corelle Brands of Rosemont, Illinois). Glass-ceramic based Corning Ware can be taken from the refrigerator or freezer and used directly on the stovetop, in an oven or microwave, under | 49,055 | triviaqa-train |
Which controversial politician of the 1950s earned the nickname Tail-gunner Joe, from his service during WWII? | on "The Red Skelton Show", and elsewhere. Several comedy songs lampooning the senator were released in 1954, including "Point of Order" by Stan Freberg and Daws Butler, "Senator McCarthy Blues" by Hal Block, and unionist folk singer Joe Glazer's "Joe McCarthy's Band", sung to the tune of "McNamara's Band". Also in 1954, the radio comedy team Bob and Ray parodied McCarthy with the character "Commissioner Carstairs" in their soap opera spoof "Mary Backstayge, Noble Wife | .
La Follette faced an aggressive campaign by McCarthy and failed to refute the latter's charges, several of which were false. McCarthy attacked La Follette for not enlisting during the war, although La Follette had been 46 when Pearl Harbor was bombed and would have been too old to be accepted. McCarthy played up his own wartime service, using his wartime nickname, "Tail-Gunner Joe," and the slogan "Congress needs a tail-gunner". McCarthy also claimed that while he had been away fighting for | 49,056 | triviaqa-train |
Rhode Island Red, Plymouth Rock, and Jersey Giant are all types of what? | de Cuniculture, of which five – Barred, Black, Buff, Columbian and White – are recognized by the Poultry Club of Great Britain. In Australia, the Barred variant is split into two separate colors, Dark Barred and Light Barred.
Use.
The Plymouth Rock is a dual-purpose breed, and is kept both for its meat and for its large brown eggs, of which it lays about 200 per year.
Plymouth Rock Chickens are commonly used for mass egg and meat production. Specifically, the | Canada or the United States. All are heavy breeds, and most lay brown eggs; most are cold-hardy:
- Buckeye
- Chantecler
- Delaware
- Dominique
- Holland
- Java
- Jersey Giant
- Lamona
- New Hampshire
- Plymouth Rock
- Rhode Island Red
- Rhode Island White
- Wyandotte
Large breeds Asiatic.
These three breeds originate in China; they are large, feather legged, and lay brown eggs:
- Brahma
- Cochin | 49,057 | triviaqa-train |
Best known for their Seal of Approval, the first issue of what women's magazine was introduced in May 1885? | Good Housekeeping
Good Housekeeping is a women's magazine owned by the Hearst Corporation, featuring articles about women's interests, product testing by The Good Housekeeping Institute, recipes, diet, and health, as well as literary articles. It is well known for the "Good Housekeeping Seal", popularly known as the "Good Housekeeping Seal of Approval".
History and profile.
On , Clark W. Bryan founded "Good Housekeeping" in Holyoke, Massachusetts as a fortnightly magazine.
In 1891, the magazine became | was coined by Women's Wear Daily publisher John Fairchild in the 1960s, others that it was first introduced in the January 19, 1970, issue of "New York" magazine by the writer Merle Rubine, "Anyone with a fair figure, ready cash, fashion savvy and a safecracker's nerve can buy the best that Fifth Avenue has to offer on Seventh Avenue at half the price. The girls at Condé Nast and Harper's Bazaar have known this for years. Likewise the "ladies who lunch" at Restaurant X | 49,058 | triviaqa-train |
The hall of fame for what sport, located in Baltimore, MD, on the campus of Johns Hopkins University, covers all aspects of the sport, from its Native American origins to its present-day modern form? | are in Division III and participate in the Centennial Conference. JHU is also home to the Lacrosse Museum and National Hall of Fame, maintained by US Lacrosse.
Athletics Men's lacrosse.
The school's most prominent team is its men's lacrosse team. The team has won 44 national titles – nine Division I (2007, 2005, 1987, 1985, 1984, 1980, 1979, 1978, 1974), 29 United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association (USILA), and six Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association (ILA) titles. | : Johns Hopkins University Press.
- "The Gifted and the Creative: A Fifty-Year Perspective". (1977). Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press.
- "Academic Precocity: Aspects of Its Development". (1983). Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press. (with C.P. Benbow)
- "Educational and Psychological Measurement and Evaluation" (8th ed.). (1997). Prentice-Hall. (with K. D. Hopkins)
Selected publications Selected chapters. | 49,059 | triviaqa-train |
Who used the advertising slogan "be all that you can be"? | “Be All You Can Be” theme line in 1980. In January 2003, the U.S. Army awarded Carter its Outstanding Civilian Service Award. Carter’s original concept sheet, with words “Be All You Can Be”, is now part of a permanent collection at the US Army Heritage Center Foundation.
2001 to 2006.
"Army of One" was a relatively short-lived recruiting slogan. It replaced the popular "Be All You Can Be" and was replaced in 2006 by the new slogan "Army | preserved, following the slogan: "Eat what you can, and can what you can't." The slogan "grow your own, can your own" also encouraged victory gardens to be planted.
Themes War effort War bonds.
During the war, the sale of War Bonds was extensively promoted. Originally termed "Defense Bonds", they were called "war bonds" after the attack on Pearl Harbor. Much of the nation's artistic talent and best advertising techniques were used to encourage people to buy the bonds so | 49,060 | triviaqa-train |
What entertainer, who was commonly known as Ol' Blue Eyes, or The Chairman of the Board, died on May 14, 1998? | Song. Sinatra released "Softly, as I Leave You", and collaborated with Bing Crosby and Fred Waring on "America, I Hear You Singing", a collection of patriotic songs recorded as a tribute to the assassinated President John F. Kennedy. Sinatra increasingly became involved in charitable pursuits in this period. In 1961 and 1962 he went to Mexico, with the sole purpose of putting on performances for Mexican charities, and in July 1964 he was present for the dedication of the Frank Sinatra International Youth Center for Arab and | State for Northern Ireland.
- 8 April - Wilson Clyde, former Democratic Unionist Party politician.
- 14 May - Francis Fee, cricketer.
- 23 May - Syd Millar, former international rugby player and chairman of the International Rugby Board.
- 28 June - Robert Carswell, Baron Carswell, barrister and judge.
- 4 July - James Hamilton, 5th Duke of Abercorn, soldier, politician and peer.
- 18 August - Ronnie Carroll, singer and entertainer (died 2015). | 49,061 | triviaqa-train |
What company was operating the Deepwater Horizon oil drilling platform that recently began spewing oil into the Gulf of Mexico following an explosion? | Although initial reports indicated that relatively little oil had leaked, by April 24, it was claimed by BP that approximately of oil per day were issuing from the wellhead, about below the surface on the ocean floor. On April 29, the U.S. government revealed that approximately per day, five times the original estimate, were pouring into the Gulf from the wellhead. The resulting oil slick quickly expanded to cover hundreds of square miles of ocean surface, posing a serious threat to marine life and adjacent coastal wetlands, and to the | to pollution.
History "Deepwater Horizon" oil spill.
After April 20, 2010, when an explosion on the "Deepwater Horizon" Macondo oil drilling platform triggered the largest oil spill in US history, another opportunity for oil toxicity research was presented. Approximately 171 million gallons of crude oil flowed from the seafloor into the Gulf of Mexico, exposing the majority of surrounding biota. The Deepwater Horizon oil spill also coincided directly with spawning window of various ecologically and commercially important fish species, including yellowfin and Atlantic bluefin tuna. The | 49,062 | triviaqa-train |
What is the southern most point of land in South America? | Extreme points of South America
This is a list of the extreme points of South America, the points that are farther north, south, east or west than any other location on the continent. The continent's southernmost point is incorrectly often said to be Cape Horn, but Águila Islet of the Diego Ramirez Islands is actually the southernmost point.
Latitude and longitude.
Geographic coordinates expressed in WGS 84.
Latitude and longitude South America.
- Northernmost point: Santa Catalina Island in San Andrés y Providencia Department, | - Latin America
- South America
- Southern Cone
- Time zone:
- Argentina Time - (UTC-03) - No DST
- Extreme points of Argentina
- High: Aconcagua – highest point outside of Asia
- Low: Laguna del Carbón – lowest point in the Western Hemisphere and the Southern Hemisphere
- Land boundaries: 9,861 km
- Population of Argentina: 40,677,348 people (2008 estimate) - 30th most populous country
- Area of Argentina: - 8th largest country
Geography | 49,063 | triviaqa-train |
On May 14, 1804, what group broke their winter camp, at Camp DuBois, before heading up the Missouri river to start their 2 1/2 year journey? | but a sincere zeal for all the objects of our institution and an ardent desire to see knowledge so disseminated through the mass of mankind that it may at length reach even the extremes of society, beggars and kings."
Jefferson served as APS president for the next eighteen years, including through both terms of his presidency. He introduced Meriwether Lewis to the society, where various scientists tutored him in preparation for the Lewis and Clark Expedition. He resigned on January 20, 1815, but remained active through correspondence.
Interests | Clarksville or their surrounding areas.
A total of 33 volunteers, including 29 in training, spent the 1803–1804 winter at Camp Dubois in Indiana Territory. On May 14, 1804, the Corps left Dubois by canoe in order to meet up with Lewis at St. Charles, Missouri. The expedition then set off west following the Missouri River on 21 May. Three days later, they passed La Charrette, the last Euro-American settlement on the Missouri.
The expedition followed the Missouri through what is now Kansas City, Missouri | 49,064 | triviaqa-train |
Cruella DeVil was a villainess in which animated Disney film? | Cruella de Vil
Cruella de Vil is a fictional character created by English author Dodie Smith as the main antagonist of her 1956 novel "The Hundred and One Dalmatians" and in Walt Disney Pictures' animated film adaptations "101 Dalmatians" (1961) and "" (2003), and Disney's live-action film adaptations "101 Dalmatians" (1996) and "102 Dalmatians" (2000).
She was originally voiced by Betty Lou Gerson, after that, she has been voiced by April Winchell ( | 102 Dalmatians". The film reinvented Cruella as the vindictive, snobbish and very glamorous magnate of a haute couture fashion house, ""House of DeVil"", which specialised in fur couture. The character of Anita (played by Joely Richardson) was a couturière and employee of De Vil. Unlike the animated film, the live-action version gives the reason why Cruella wanted to make the puppies into coats at a young age, is that their fur wouldn't be as soft when they fully grow up. At | 49,065 | triviaqa-train |
What comic strip, created by Gary Trudeau in 1970, features characters such as Zonker Harris, B.D., Boopsie, and Mark Slackmeyer? | Garry Trudeau
Garretson Beekman "Garry" Trudeau (born July 21, 1948) is an American cartoonist, best known for creating the "Doonesbury" comic strip. Trudeau is also the creator and executive producer of the Amazon Studios political comedy series "Alpha House".
Background and education.
Trudeau was born in New York City, the son of Jean Douglas (née Moore) and Francis Berger Trudeau Jr. He is the great-grandson of Dr. Edward Livingston Trudeau, who created Adirondack Cottage Sanitarium for the treatment | roommate of Trudeau's at Yale.
History.
In the early strips (from 1970), his primary traits were his inability to hit it off with any girl, and his refusal to admit his lack of success with women. Mike was initially set as a "preppy" counterpoint to his college roommate, B.D., a stereotypical jock. The role as B.D.'s foil soon shifted to the more radical Mark Slackmeyer, and the hippie Zonker Harris. He also talked to his own reflection in the mirror (and | 49,066 | triviaqa-train |
May 15, 1928 saw what iconic film character introduced in the animated cartoon Plane Crazy? | Plane Crazy
Plane Crazy is an American animated short film directed by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks. The cartoon, released in 1928 by the Walt Disney Studios, was the first creation of the character Mickey Mouse. It was made as a silent film and given a test screening to a theater audience on May 15, 1928, but failed to pick up a distributor. Later that year, Disney released Mickey's first sound cartoon, "Steamboat Willie", which was an enormous success. Following this, "Plane Crazy | Harman and Rudolf Ising also assisted Disney during those years. They had already signed their contracts with Charles Mintz, but he was still in the process of forming his new studio and so for the time being they were still employed by Disney. This short would be the last they animated under this somewhat awkward situation.
Mickey was first seen in a test screening of the cartoon short "Plane Crazy", on May 15, 1928, but it failed to impress the audience and, to add insult to injury, Walt | 49,067 | triviaqa-train |
How many gold stars are there on the blue background of the European Union flag? | Flag of Europe
The European Flag or Flag of Europe is an official symbol of two separate international organisations, the Council of Europe (CoE) and the European Union (EU). It consists of a circle of twelve five-pointed yellow ("or") stars on a blue ("azure") field.
The flag was designed in 1955, and officially launched later that year by the Council of Europe as a symbol for the whole of Europe. The Council of Europe urged it to be adopted | -Transportation League in the Australian colonies and in New Zealand. The flag is based on the blue ensign — blue background with the Union Flag in the Canton — and has gold or yellow stars of the Southern Cross on the fly. Each of the stars of the Southern Cross was symbolic of a member colony. There is a white border around three sides of the flag, which was used to display the name of the League, the year it was established and the name of the colony where it was flown. | 49,068 | triviaqa-train |
What country was formerly known as Siam until June 23, 1939, and again from 1945 to May 11, 1949? | Thailand
Thailand, officially the Kingdom of Thailand and formerly known as Siam, is a country at the centre of the Southeast Asian Indochinese peninsula composed of 76 provinces. At and over 68 million people, Thailand is the world's 50th largest country by total area and the 21st-most-populous country. The capital and largest city is Bangkok, a special administrative area. Thailand is bordered to the north by Myanmar and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and | 1st Air Corps (Germany)
I. Fliegerkorps (1st Air Corps) was formed 11 October 1939 in Cologne from the 1st Air Division. The Corps was also known as Luftwaffenkommando Don between 26 August 1942 until 17 February 1943. It was transformed to the 18th Air Division on 4 April 1945.
Commanding officers.
- Generaloberst Ulrich Grauert, 11 October 1939 – 15 May 1941
- General der Flieger Helmuth Förster, 3 June 1941 – 23 August 1942
- General der Flieger Günther Korten, 24 August 1942 | 49,069 | triviaqa-train |
May 14, 1973 saw the US launch what first ever space station, which orbited the earth for 6 years, even though it was only visited 3 times? | of debris landing in populated areas, targeting the south Indian Ocean, which was partially successful. Debris showered Western Australia, and recovered pieces indicated that the station had disintegrated lower than expected. As the Skylab program drew to a close, NASA's focus had shifted to the development of the Space Shuttle. NASA space station and laboratory projects included Spacelab, Shuttle-"Mir", and Space Station "Freedom", which was merged into the International Space Station.
Background.
Rocket engineer Wernher von Braun, science fiction writer Arthur | .
In September 1962, by which time two Project Mercury astronauts had orbited the Earth, Gilruth had moved his organization to rented space in Houston, and construction of the MSC facility was under way, Kennedy visited Rice to reiterate his challenge in a famous speech:
The MSC was completed in September 1963. It was renamed by the US Congress in honor of Lyndon Johnson soon after his death in 1973.
NASA expansion Launch Operations Center.
It also became clear that Apollo would outgrow the Canaveral launch facilities in Florida | 49,070 | triviaqa-train |
In the world of dogs, hounds can be generally classified into two groups, based on the way they hunt. For a point each, name the groups. | Details about the categories Hounds.
Like spaniels, hounds generally fall into two types: Sighthounds and scenthounds. The scenthounds are the younger of the two classes. Typical examples of the scenthound family include the Beagle, Bloodhound, members of the Coonhound family, and the Grand Bleu de Gascogne. There is great variety in how this group operates, but the one constant is having some of the strongest noses in dogdom: Bloodhounds have been used for hundreds of years to track both man and beast, sometimes on trails that have been | be called "scenthound" can be controversial. Kennel clubs assign breeds of dogs to "Groups", which are loosely based on breed "types". Each kennel club determines which breeds it will place in a given group.
Scent hounds specialize in following a smell or scent. Most of these breeds have long, drooping ears. One theory says that this trait helps to collect scent from the air and keep it near the dog's face and nose. They also have large nasal cavities, which helps them smell | 49,071 | triviaqa-train |
An open air ballpark build in 2004, what National League baseball team plays at Petco Park? | faithful tried to be the first to enter Petco Park. Brent Walker, 17, had a distinction all to himself. "I'm very proud to be the first fan to come in", said Walker, who was wearing a San Francisco Giants jersey. The San Diego Padres played their first regular season game and defeated the San Francisco Giants 4-3 in 10 innings.
On April 15, 2004, Mark Loretta hit the first Padre home run off of Hideo Nomo of the Los Angeles Dodgers. It was | the Oakland Athletics at Oakland Alameda Coliseum, Bumgarner was started at pitcher hitting for himself in an American League ballpark, the first time this was intentionally done in the Majors since , according to SportsCenter, and only the fifth time since the creation of the designated hitter rule in 1973. He went 1 for 4, opening the third inning with a double and starting a six-run rally.
On July 5, Bumgarner was announced to represent the National League at Petco Park for the 2016 Major League Baseball All-Star | 49,072 | triviaqa-train |
Rennet, an enzyme obtained from the lining of the 4th stomach of young, unweaned calves, is a key ingredient in the production of what? | Rennet
Rennet is a complex set of enzymes produced in the stomachs of ruminant mammals. Chymosin, its key component, is a protease enzyme that curdles the casein in milk. In addition to chymosin, rennet contains other important enzymes such as pepsin and a lipase.
Rennet is used to separate milk into solid curds (for cheesemaking) and liquid whey, and so is used in the production of most cheeses.
Molecular action of rennet enzymes.
One of the main actions of rennet is its protease chymosin cleaving | months.
The basic ingredient is full cream cow's milk, which may be pasteurised or not, and may come from one or two milkings. The curdling agent can be liquid calves’ rennet or a paste derived from the stomachs of kid goats or lambs. The third ingredient is salt.
Production.
The method of production is similar to that of caciocavallo. The milk is warmed and curdled with the rennet and the curds are placed in a "tompagno": a perforated basket similar to a colander. | 49,073 | triviaqa-train |
What would a conchologist be interested in? | Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus and his system of binomial nomenclature. 683 of the 4000 or so animal species he described are now considered to be molluscs, although Linnaeus placed them in several phyla at the time. The English word "conchology" was coined in the 1770s by the British Sephardi naturalist Emanuel Mendez da Costa, who published "The Elements of Conchology: or, an Introduction to the Knowledge of Shells" in London in 1776.
There have been many prominent conchologists in the past two centuries. The Sowerby family were | Charles John Gabriel
Charles John Gabriel (28 May 1879 – 19 June 1963) was an Australian pharmacist and amateur conchologist. He wrote circa 50 scientific papers and articles. He also co-authored the book, "Marine Molluscs of Victoria".
Life.
Gabriel was born in Collingwood, Melbourne. He was registered as a pharmacist in 1902. In 1910 he married Laura Violet Marian Vale, with whom he had two sons. He was interested in conchology from an early age, an interest instigated and fostered | 49,074 | triviaqa-train |
Acting as labor companions, what word, originally meaning female slave in Greek, describes women who gives support and help to a pregnant woman before, during and after childbirth? | partners about the nature of pregnancy, labour signs and stages, techniques for giving birth, breastfeeding and newborn baby care. Training for this role can be found in hospital settings or through independent certifying organizations. Each organization teaches its own curriculum and each emphasizes different techniques.
Doulas are assistants who support mothers during pregnancy, labour, birth, and postpartum. They are not medical attendants; rather, they provide emotional support and non-medical pain relief for women during labour. Like childbirth educators and other unlicensed assistive personnel, | .
When the others leave to return to Deep Space Nine, Bashir elects to remain behind to help a recently quickened woman who is in late pregnancy. While he administers his anti-viral treatment to her, it appears to have no effect, and she dies shortly after childbirth. However, the child is born without the lesions, as the treatment apparently acts as a vaccine rather than a cure. This gives hope to the people of the planet that by applying the anti-viral treatment to pregnant women, the | 49,075 | triviaqa-train |
May 15, 1940 saw the first restaurant in what fast food franchise, now the worlds largest, open in San Bernadino, Ca? | fortune 500 companies, the most notable being, Allstate, Boeing, Exelon, McDonald's, Quaker Oats, and United Airlines Holdings. Landmarks in the city include Millennium Park, Navy Pier, the Magnificent Mile, the Art Institute of Chicago, Museum Campus, the Willis (Sears) Tower, Grant Park (Chicago), the Museum of Science and Industry, and Lincoln Park Zoo. Chicago's culture includes the visual arts, literature, film, theater, comedy (especially improvisational comedy), food, and music | Dixie Lee Fried Chicken
Dixie Lee is a regional franchised fried chicken fast-food restaurant founded in Belleville, Ontario in 1964 by Ramon Leon Walmsley and now based in Kingston and Bruce Mines, Ontario, near Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. Its largest group of franchise operators is Dixie Lee Maritimes, based in New Brunswick with 38 locations in two provinces. The parent organization is the direct franchisor of ten restaurants in small-town Ontario.
History.
The first Dixie Lee restaurant opened in 1964 in Belleville, | 49,076 | triviaqa-train |
On May 10, 1893, the Supreme Court of the United States decided the case of Nix v. Hedden, which address the issue of whether the tomato is a fruit or a vegetable. Which one is it? | Vegetable
Vegetables are parts of plants that are consumed by humans or other animals as food. The original meaning is still commonly used and is applied to plants collectively to refer to all edible plant matter, including the flowers, fruits, stems, leaves, roots, and seeds. The alternate definition of the term "vegetable" is applied somewhat arbitrarily, often by culinary and cultural tradition. It may exclude foods derived from some plants that are fruits, flowers, nuts, and cereal grains, but include some fruits such | The admonition is really more of a mnemonic, since in general counts of objects have no intrinsic unit and, for example, a number count of apples may be dimensionless or have dimension "fruit"; in either of these two cases, apples and oranges may indeed be added.
See also.
- Agree to differ
- Ambiguity effect
- Categorization
- Exception that proves the rule
- Falsifiability
- Genetic fallacy
- "Nix v. Hedden", a U.S. Supreme Court case that partially | 49,077 | triviaqa-train |
May 13, 1958 saw the trademark for what product, developed by Swiss engineer George de Mestral based on the hook and loop properties he observed on burrs on his dog following a hunt? | George de Mestral
George de Mestral (June 19, 1907February 8, 1990) was a Swiss electrical engineer who invented the hook and loop fastener which he named Velcro.
Biography.
He was born to Albert de Mestral, a civil engineer, and Marthe de Goumoëns in Colombier, near Lausanne, Switzerland. De Mestral designed a toy airplane at age twelve and patented it. He attended the École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne. After graduation in 1930, he worked in the machine shop of an engineering company. He | together the hooks catch in the loops and the two pieces fasten or bind temporarily. When separated, by pulling or peeling the two surfaces apart, the strips make a distinctive "ripping" sound.
History.
The original hook-and-loop fastener was conceived in 1941 by Swiss engineer George de Mestral. The idea came to him one day after returning from a hunting trip with his dog in the Alps. He took a close look at the burs (seeds) of burdock that kept sticking to his clothes | 49,078 | triviaqa-train |
The golden spike, driven at Promontory Summit, Utah on May 10, 1869, is famous for completing what? | Promontory, Utah
Promontory is an area of high ground in Box Elder County, Utah, 32 mi (51 km) west of Brigham City and 66 mi (106 km) northwest of Salt Lake City. Rising to an elevation of 4,902 feet (1,494 m) above sea level, it lies to the north of the Promontory Mountains and the Great Salt Lake. It is notable as the location of Promontory Summit, where the First Transcontinental Railroad in the United States was officially completed on May | Charles H. Sharman
Charles H. Sharman (1841-1938) was a civil engineer who was part of the effort to build the Union Pacific railroad to Promontory Point, Utah in 1869. Sharman was present at the Golden spike ceremony on May 10, 1869, connecting the Central Pacific and Union Pacific railroads at Promontory Summit, Utah Territory. Sharman was also in the Russell photograph of the same date
After the Union Pacific was built to Promontory, Sharman worked with a number of midwest railroads and in 1920, retired to | 49,079 | triviaqa-train |
In what language game, common among children, is the first consonant cluster moved to the end of the word and followed by an ay? | Language game
A language game (also called secret language, ludling, or argot) is a system of manipulating spoken words to render them incomprehensible to the untrained ear. Language games are used primarily by groups attempting to conceal their conversations from others. Some common examples are Pig Latin; the Gibberish family, prevalent in the United States and Sweden; and Verlan, spoken in France.
A common difficulty with language games is that they are usually passed down orally; while written translations can be made, they are often | , only the second vowel of the cluster is reduplicated:
And a nasal cluster has a reduplicated and denasalized second vowel:
Segments Vowels Vowel deletion.
Taos shares with other languages in the region (Pueblo linguistic area) an areal feature of vowel elision at the end of words. When a word ends in a final vowel, the vowel may be deleted resulting in a consonant final word. This is especially common with final and occasionally with final . The elision is also very common when the final is preceded by a sonorant | 49,080 | triviaqa-train |
If you are driving around the streets of Liberty City shooting people, which computer game series are you playing? | projects into the market to begin recouping production costs has led to a greater occurrence of missed deadlines, rushed games and the release of unfinished products.
Development Downloadable content.
A phenomenon of additional game content at a later date, often for additional funds, began with digital video game distribution known as downloadable content (DLC). Developers can use digital distribution to issue new storylines after the main game is released, such as Rockstar Games with "Grand Theft Auto IV" ("" and ""), or Bethesda with | impact park, which means that there are few vehicles and people around. This is great for game viewing as you are often alone at a sighting, but it also means that help isn't readily available away from the main roads. Ensure you have a sufficient recovery kit and know how to use it, and you'll need a snorkel on your vehicle for water crossings. If you are driving a rental vehicle, double check the rental company's rules and regulation regarding driving through water.
References.
- C. | 49,081 | triviaqa-train |
What former telegraph company, founded in Rochester, NY in 1851, is now one of the largest purveyors of wire transfers in the world? | money is sent up a limit of $499.
Specific services Sending and receiving funds.
Money can be sent online or in person at Western Union agent locations. Cash can be collected in person at any other Western Union agent location worldwide by providing the 10-digit MTCN (money Transfer Control Number) and identification. In some cases, a secret question and answer can be used instead of identification.
Specific services Past services.
Along with satellite telecommunications, Western Union was also active in other forms of telecommunication services: | find a part of the world meaningful to them, and protect it. He found such an advocate in Fred Danback in one of HRFA's largest cases yet.
Danback worked as a janitor for Anaconda Wire and Cable Company at Hastings-on-Hudson, NY. On his first day of employment, he discovered that the company released oils and solvents through floor drains that led directly into the river. Danback had grown up along the waterfront and had often heard complaints that Hudson shad tasted of oil. He now had | 49,082 | triviaqa-train |
Friday marks the anniversary of the explosion of Mt. St Helens, claimed to be the deadliest and most economically destructive volcanic event in the history of the US, when it erupted in what year? | is located in the Cascade Range and is part of the Cascade Volcanic Arc, a segment of the Pacific Ring of Fire that includes over 160 active volcanoes. This volcano is well known for its ash explosions and pyroclastic flows.
Mount St. Helens is most notorious for its major eruption on May 18, 1980, the deadliest and most economically destructive volcanic event in U.S. history. Fifty-seven people were killed; 250 homes, 47 bridges, of railways, and of highway were destroyed. A massive debris avalanche triggered by | isolating the source of such attacks, while still allowing "good" messages to pass through.
A digital postmark works when a perimeter router marks up a packet border with its region-identifying data. Also called a "border router packet marking", it uses an obsolete or unused portion of the packet to place the regional mark-up. When room does not exist in any one portion of the packet, the region information can be broken up and hashed in a subsequently retrievable way.
See also. | 49,083 | triviaqa-train |
Members of which branch of the U.S. military are sometimes referred to as jarheads? | June 1775, with the creation of the Continental Army, even before the Declaration of Independence marked the establishment of the United States. The Continental Navy, established on 13 October 1775, and Continental Marines, established on 10 November 1775, were created in close succession by the Second Continental Congress in order to defend the new nation against the British Empire in the American Revolutionary War.
These forces demobilized in 1784 after the Treaty of Paris ended the War for Independence. The Congress of the Confederation created the current United States Army | the PSP through their training process history.
- The PSP was patterned after a military organization and PSP troopers have sometimes been referred to as "Soldiers of the Law and Order". Divisions of the force are called "troops", and officers are known as "troopers", a title usually reserved for members of the United States Cavalry, and reminiscent of the early beginnings of the department when officers patrolled on horseback. Regional headquarters, at which single troopers were once required to live, are referred to as " | 49,084 | triviaqa-train |
How many balloons has Nena and problems has Jay-Z? | Nena
Nena (; born Gabriele Susanne Kerner, 24 March 1960) is a German singer-songwriter, actress, and comedian who rose to international fame in 1983 with the Neue Deutsche Welle song "99 Luftballons". In the same year she re-recorded this song in English as "99 Red Balloons". Nena was also the name of the band with whom she released the song. The re-recording of some of her old songs rekindled her career in 2002 and she has sold over 25 million records, | well together." She added "Jay Z has always been a masterful rapper, but what Timberlake displayed throughout the night was just how musical he is. His past concerts have so many dancers bounding this way and that, and him joining them, that it's distracting and takes away from his significant talents: his ability to deliver his soulful and grinding pop tunes as the frontman of an expert band and highlight his own musicianship, playing upright piano, keyboards and electric and acoustic guitar— which he did on some of | 49,085 | triviaqa-train |
"Plane Crazy" was the first cartoon to introduce what now iconic cartoon character, when it debuted on May 15, 1928? | Plane Crazy
Plane Crazy is an American animated short film directed by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks. The cartoon, released in 1928 by the Walt Disney Studios, was the first creation of the character Mickey Mouse. It was made as a silent film and given a test screening to a theater audience on May 15, 1928, but failed to pick up a distributor. Later that year, Disney released Mickey's first sound cartoon, "Steamboat Willie", which was an enormous success. Following this, "Plane Crazy | Harman and Rudolf Ising also assisted Disney during those years. They had already signed their contracts with Charles Mintz, but he was still in the process of forming his new studio and so for the time being they were still employed by Disney. This short would be the last they animated under this somewhat awkward situation.
Mickey was first seen in a test screening of the cartoon short "Plane Crazy", on May 15, 1928, but it failed to impress the audience and, to add insult to injury, Walt | 49,086 | triviaqa-train |
According to Old West Legend (and a Bob Dylan song), who shot Billy the Kid? | York City carried stories about his crimes. Sheriff Pat Garrett captured Bonney later that month. In April 1881, Bonney was tried and convicted of the murder of Brady, and was sentenced to hang in May of that year. He escaped from jail on April 28, 1881, killing two sheriff's deputies in the process and evading capture for more than two months. Garrett shot and killed Bonneyaged 21in Fort Sumner on July 14, 1881. During the following decades, legends that Bonney had survived that night grew, and | Sweet Amarillo
"Sweet Amarillo" is a song written by Donna Terry Weiss. Brenda Patterson released the song on her 1974 album "Like Good Wine".
Bob Dylan sang a brief version of the song during a 1973 recording sessions for the Pat Garrett & Billy The Kid soundtrack.
Donna Weiss and Brenda Patterson were also singing at the session.
Donna Weiss performed the song several occasions on the second leg of Bob Dylan's Rolling Thunder Revue concert tour.
The Old Crow Medicine Show (OCMS) | 49,087 | triviaqa-train |
In Greek mythology, who was condemned to the eternal task of rolling a large stone up to the top of a hill each day, only to have it roll down again each night? | The Myth of Sisyphus
The Myth of Sisyphus () is a 1942 philosophical essay by Albert Camus. The English translation by Justin O'Brien was first published in 1955.
In the essay Camus introduces his philosophy of the absurd, man's futile search for meaning, unity, and clarity in the face of an unintelligible world devoid of God and eternal truths or values. Does the realization of the absurd require suicide? Camus answers, "No. It requires revolt." He then outlines several approaches to the absurd life | solo clarinet ends this large idyll-movement, an expression of vegetative (idle, thoughtless) Nature.
Although Nielsen asserted that the symphony is non-programmatic, he once expressed his views on it thus:
I'm rolling a stone up a hill, I'm using the powers in me to bring the stone to the top. The stone lies there so still, powers are wrapped in it, until I give it a kick and the same powers are released and the stone rolls down again. But you | 49,088 | triviaqa-train |
Which hypocritical, ignorant Sarah Palin spawn recently shot their mouth off, claiming "We know that in general kids do better growing up in a mother/father home."? | Bristol was pregnant and that she would marry the father, Levi Johnston. During this period, some Republicans felt that Palin was being unfairly attacked by the media. Timothy Noah of "Slate" magazine predicted that Palin's acceptance speech would be "wildly overpraised" and might end speculation that she was unqualified for the job of vice president because the press had been beating her up for "various trivial shortcomings" and had lowered the expectations for her speech. On September 3, 2008, Palin delivered a 40-minute acceptance speech at | and runs off in order to divert attention from the two kids.
Wren and Albert visit the cemetery where their father is buried and place a plastic pumpkin with flowers on his grave. Albert thanks Wren for finding and rescuing him, just before their mother picks them up and drives them home. Upon their morning arrival, they find Roosevelt trying to prevent Wren's mother from entering her house without the opportunity to profess his love for Wren, something which he was encouraged to do by his parents despite coming home with the | 49,089 | triviaqa-train |
What is the name for a large, slow moving, persistent body of ice that forms when the accumulation of snow exceeds its' rate of melting? | .
Glaciers are present on every continent and approximately fifty countries, excluding those (Australia, South Africa) that have glaciers only on distant subantarctic island territories. Extensive glaciers are found in Antarctica, Argentina, Chile, Canada, Alaska, Greenland and Iceland. Mountain glaciers are widespread, especially in the Andes, the Himalayas, the Rocky Mountains, the Caucasus, Scandinavian mountains, and the Alps. Snezhnika glacier in Pirin Mountain, Bulgaria with a latitude of 41°46′09″ N is the southernmost glacial mass in Europe. | grams per cubic metre (0.03 ounce per cubic foot) when the vapor is saturated at 30 °C.
Properties Sublimation.
Sublimation is when water molecules directly leave the surface of ice without first becoming liquid water. Sublimation accounts for the slow mid-winter disappearance of ice and snow at temperatures too low to cause melting. Antarctica shows this effect to a unique degree because it is by far the continent with the lowest rate of precipitation on Earth. As a result, there are large areas where millennial layers | 49,090 | triviaqa-train |
Which cable station is home to Dirty Jobs, American Chopper, and Man vs. Wild, among many others? | Man vs. Wild
Man vs. Wild, also called Born Survivor: Bear Grylls, Ultimate Survival, Survival Game, Real Survival Hero or colloquially as simply Bear Grylls in the United Kingdom, is a survival television series hosted by Bear Grylls on the Discovery Channel. In the United Kingdom, the series was originally shown on Channel 4, but later series were broadcast on Discovery Channel UK. The series was produced by British television production company Diverse Bristol. The show was first broadcast on 10 November 2006 after airing a pilot episode | as a TV composer on Mark Burnett’s first season of Survivor. As one of the first composers in this new genre, David was able to craft a style of music which today is commonly used for unscripted television programming.
Vanacore Music soon evolved as David began to hire composers in order to keep up with the high demand of music for unscripted programming for shows such as "Big Brother", "Temptation Island", American Chopper, Dirty Jobs and others that were becoming overnight hits during the Reality TV boom of | 49,091 | triviaqa-train |
What is the name for the biology discipline that deals with the science of plant life? | but has yet to be formally adopted. The BioCode draft has received little attention since 1997; its originally planned implementation date of January 1, 2000, has passed unnoticed. A revised BioCode that, instead of replacing the existing codes, would provide a unified context for them, was proposed in 2011. However, the International Botanical Congress of 2011 declined to consider the BioCode proposal. The ICVCN remains outside the BioCode, which does not include viral classification.
Study and research Ecological and environmental.
Ecology is the study of | Bioorganic chemistry
Bioorganic chemistry is a rapidly growing scientific discipline that combines organic chemistry and biochemistry. While biochemistry aims at understanding biological processes using chemistry, bioorganic chemistry attempts to expand organic-chemical researches (that is, structures, synthesis, and kinetics) toward biology. When investigating metalloenzymes and cofactors, bioorganic chemistry overlaps bioinorganic chemistry. Biophysical organic chemistry is a term used when attempting to describe intimate details of molecular recognition by bioorganic chemistry.
Bioorganic chemistry is that branch of life science that deals with the study of biological processes | 49,092 | triviaqa-train |
On May 14, 1804, the Corp of Discovery, led by whom, departed Camp Dubois to start their journey by heading down the Missouri River? | Camp Dubois
Camp Dubois (English: Camp Wood), near present-day Wood River, Illinois, served as the winter camp and starting point for the Lewis and Clark Expedition.
Founded at the confluence with the "Rivière du Bois" (Wood River) on December 12, 1803, it was located on the east side of the Mississippi River so that it was still in United States territory. This was important because the transfer of the Louisiana Purchase to France from Spain did not occur until March 9, | Clarksville or their surrounding areas.
A total of 33 volunteers, including 29 in training, spent the 1803–1804 winter at Camp Dubois in Indiana Territory. On May 14, 1804, the Corps left Dubois by canoe in order to meet up with Lewis at St. Charles, Missouri. The expedition then set off west following the Missouri River on 21 May. Three days later, they passed La Charrette, the last Euro-American settlement on the Missouri.
The expedition followed the Missouri through what is now Kansas City, Missouri | 49,093 | triviaqa-train |
In what century did the Renaissance begin? | of the Church to offer assistance against the Black Death. Francis I imported Italian art and artists, including Leonardo da Vinci, and built ornate palaces at great expense. Writers such as François Rabelais, Pierre de Ronsard, Joachim du Bellay and Michel de Montaigne, painters such as Jean Clouet, and musicians such as Jean Mouton also borrowed from the spirit of the Renaissance.
In 1533, a fourteen-year-old Caterina de' Medici (1519–1589), born in Florence to Lorenzo II de' Medici and Madeleine | The Renaissance and Baroque period saw an intensified interest in linguistics, notably for the purpose of Bible translations by the Jesuits, and also related to philosophical speculation on philosophical languages and the origin of language.
Modern linguistics.
Modern linguistics did not begin until the late 18th century, and the Romantic or animist theses of Johann Gottfried Herder and Johann Christoph Adelung remained influential well into the 19th century.
Modern linguistics "Historical" linguistics.
During the 18th century conjectural history, based on a mix of linguistics and anthropology, on | 49,094 | triviaqa-train |
Which car company manufactures an SUV called the Outback? | the 1950s. Kiichiro Toyoda's decision to take Toyoda Loom Works into automobile manufacturing would create what would eventually become Toyota Motor Corporation, the largest automobile manufacturer in the world. Subaru, meanwhile, was formed from a conglomerate of six companies who banded together as Fuji Heavy Industries, as a result of having been broken up under "keiretsu" legislation.
Fuel and propulsion technologies.
According to the European Environment Agency, the transport sector is a major contributor to air pollution, noise pollution and climate change.
Most | Green Field Motor
Zhejiang Green Field Motor Co. is a relatively new automotive manufacturer based in Hangzhou Bay, Zhejiang, China. Founded in 2010, the company manufactures a SUV, and has an electric car in development.
Models.
- Green Field BO90 SUV
External links.
- Green Field Motor website | 49,095 | triviaqa-train |
May 15, 1940 saw brothers Richard and Maurice open their first restaurant in San Bernadino, CA, which later became what moderately famous fast food chain? | supply chain to provide meat, buns, paper goods, and other supplies to their restaurants, pioneered the concept of the multi-state hamburger restaurant chain, standardized the look and construction of the restaurants themselves, and even developed a construction division that manufactured and built the chain's prefabricated restaurant buildings. The McDonald's Speedee Service System and, much later, Ray Kroc's McDonald's outlets and Hamburger University all built on principles, systems and practices that White Castle had already established between 1923 and 1932.
The hamburger restaurant | Cuba, a cape which forms the western extremity of the Guanahacabibes Peninsula
Places Guatemala.
- San Antonio Aguas Calientes, a municipality in the department of Sacatepéquez
- San Antonio Huista, a municipality in the department of Huehuetenango
- San Antonio Ilotenango, a municipality in the department of El Quiché
- San Antonio La Paz, a municipality in the department of El Progreso
- San Antonio Palopó, a municipality in the department of Sololá
- San Antonio Sacatepéquez, a municipality in the department of San Marcos | 49,096 | triviaqa-train |
May 15, 1928 saw the introduction of what iconic character, when the 6 minute short Plane Crazy was publicly introduced, co starring Clarabelle Cow? | Mickey Mouse
Mickey Mouse is a funny animal cartoon character and the mascot of The Walt Disney Company. He was created by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks at the Walt Disney Studios in 1928. An anthropomorphic mouse who typically wears red shorts, large yellow shoes, and white gloves, Mickey is one of the world's most recognizable characters.
Created as a replacement for a prior Disney character, Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, Mickey first appeared in the short "Plane Crazy", debuting publicly in the short film "Steamboat | character of Clarabelle Cow prior to this, but there are no records indicating which specific cartoons in which she voiced Clarabelle, who was featured in 28 Disney cartoons from 1928 to 1942. In 1937 Allman voiced the title role in the cartoon "Little Red Walking Hood", a spoof of Little Red Riding Hood. Allman married sports promoter C. C. Pyle on July 3, 1937 and was with him when he died on February 3, 1939.
Allman also played Tootsie Sagwell on "The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show | 49,097 | triviaqa-train |
Bamako is the capital of which country? | the people with an abundant food supply and early kingdoms in the area grew wealthy as they established trade routes linking across west Africa, the Sahara, and leading to northern Africa and Europe. The early inhabitants traded gold, ivory, kola nuts, and salt. By the 11th century, the Empire of Ghana became the first kingdom to dominate the area. Bamako had become a major market town, and a centre for Islamic scholars, with the establishment of two universities and numerous mosques in medieval times.
The Mali Empire | operations. The British government donated three ex-British European Airways Douglas DC-3s, which the British purchased for GBP 70,000. The airline began flight operations in 1961, but initially only operated executive services for government officials from Bamako to various administratives centres on the country, and joined the International Air Transport Association in July 1961. The first domestic route which was taken over from Air France was one which linked Bamako to Gao on the River Niger, the once capital of the Songhai Empire. Prior to taking over the flight, | 49,098 | triviaqa-train |
Both Luton Town and Stockport County football clubs have the same nickname. What is it? | in 2002. Production of commercial vehicles continues, and the head office of Vauxhall Motors is still in the town. London Luton Airport opened in 1938, and is now one of Britain's major airports, with three railway stations also in the town. The University of Bedfordshire was created from a merger with the University of Luton, and two of its campuses are in Luton.
Luton Town Football Club, nicknamed "the Hatters" due to the town's connection to hatmaking, has had several spells in the top flight | Stockport County, where he became a more regular fixture in the first-team, making 49 league appearances over two seasons and scoring 15 times.
This improved form attracted the attention of Luton Town, who signed the 23-year-old Allen in 1967. Allen played over 150 times for Luton over three seasons, and scored 43 goals in all competitions as the club won two promotions. He is particularly remembered by fans of both Luton and Stockport for giving away a penalty at Kenilworth Road when the two clubs met in a | 49,099 | triviaqa-train |
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