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Although the 6th book written, what was the first James Bond film to be released (in 1969)? | wrote a series on a young James Bond, and Kate Westbrook wrote three novels based on the diaries of a recurring series character, Moneypenny.
The character has also been adapted for television, radio, comic strip, video games and film. The films are the longest continually running film series of all time and have grossed over $7.040 billion in total, making it the fourth-highest-grossing film series to date, which started in 1962 with "Dr. No", starring Sean Connery as Bond. As of | " in illustrating Bond, Fleming commissioned an artist to create a sketch of what he believed James Bond to look like. McLusky felt that Fleming's 007 looked too "outdated" and "pre-war" and changed Bond to give him a more masculine look. A graphic novel adaptation of the book was released by Dynamite Entertainment in April 2018, written by Van Jensen and illustrated by Dennis Calero.
Following the 1967 adaptation, the rights to the film remained with Columbia Films until 1989 when the studio, and the | 49,500 | triviaqa-train |
Who is missing: April O'Neil, Leonardo, Michelangelo, Raphael | implied that Leonardo has regained most of his confidence.
In the "Return to New York" storyline ("Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" (vol. 1) #19-21), Raphael demands that the Turtles return to New York to confront the Foot Clan and the Shredder. He accuses Leonardo of cowardice, and the arguing brothers soon come to blows. Leonardo is beaten by Raphael, who throws Leonardo through the wall of the barn and leaves alone. Along with his younger brother Donatello and his youngest brother | Yaryomka (Bronze, judo)
- Vasyl Shuptar (Bronze, wrestling)
Medal tables.
Medal tables Medals by summer sport.
Updated for 2012 Olympics
Olympic centers and clubs.
Olympic centers and clubs Centers.
- Sports base for summer sports of Ministry of Defense, Lviv
- Army Sports Club Stadium (Lviv)
- "Vlasta" Hotel (before 1990 - "Rossiya")
- Sports base for winter sports "Tysovets", Skole
- Army Sports Club Stadium (Odessa) | 49,501 | triviaqa-train |
Early prospectors often confused pyrite (FeS2) with what mineral they were seeking? | still used today but usually coupled with more advanced techniques such as geophysical magnetic or gravity surveys.
In most countries in the 19th and early 20th century, it was very unlikely that a prospector would retire rich even if he was the one who found the greatest of lodes. For instance Patrick (Paddy) Hannan, who discovered the Golden Mile, Kalgoorlie, died without receiving anywhere near a fraction of the value of the gold contained in the lodes. The same story repeated at Bendigo, Ballarat, Klondike and California. | +0.1Si3.5)O10(OH)2.(H2O)), aragonite (CaCO3), gypsum CaSO4.2(H2O), rozenite Fe2+SO4.4(H2O), K-feldspar (KAlSi3O8), plagioclase (Na,Ca)(Si,Al)4O8), kaolinite (Al2SiO5(OH)4), chlorite (ClO2), halite (NACl), pyrite (FeS2), pyrophyllite (Al2Ai4O10(OH)2), spinel (MgAl2O4) and smectite (NaO3(Al,Mg)2SiO10(OH)2xH2O). The three dominant mineral phases are quartz, mica and calcite followed by interstratified illite and smectite. The alkaline nature of the clay can be attributed to calcite | 49,502 | triviaqa-train |
Asgard is home to the gods of what culture? | .
Although most monotheistic religions traditionally envision their God as omnipotent, omnipresent, omniscient, omnibenevolent, and eternal, none of these qualities are essential to the definition of a "deity" and various cultures conceptualized their deities differently. Monotheistic religions typically refer to God in masculine terms, while other religions refer to their deities in a variety of ways – masculine, feminine, androgynous and without gender.
Historically, many ancient cultures – including the ancient Mesopotamians, Egyptians, Greeks, Romans, and Norsemen– personified natural phenomena | with Troy, Snorri insists in section 9) as a home for the Æsir, who were divinities. Odin is identified as the all-father. Asgard is conceived as being on the earth. A rainbow bridge, Bifröst, connects it to heaven (Section 13). In Asgard also is a temple for the 12 gods, Gladsheim, and another for the 12 goddesses, Vingólf. The plain of Idavoll is the centre of Asgard (Section 14).
The gods hold court there every day at the Well | 49,503 | triviaqa-train |
What name was given to the team consisting of Iron Man, Ant-Man, Wasp, Thor, and the Hulk? | overrides his suit's regulator. They send him to steal a device that will aid their heist from the Avengers' headquarters, where he briefly fights Sam Wilson.
Cross perfects the Yellowjacket and hosts an unveiling ceremony at Pym Technologies' headquarters. Lang, along with his crew and a swarm of flying ants, infiltrates the building during the event, sabotages the company's servers, and plants explosives. When he attempts to steal the Yellowjacket, he, along with Pym and Van Dyne, are captured by Cross, who | and Wasp fight Graviton. Graviton hurls Iron Man into space and lifts Long Island into the air then drops it, but Thor is able to slow its fall. Later, they are joined by Hulk and Iron Man. With their combined power they attacked Graviton but he uses his power to hold everybody on the ground. The Hulk fights against this and Ant-Man causes an ant to bite Graviton's neck, distracting him and freeing the heroes. The heroes unleash their most powerful attacks on Graviton and Wasp finishes him with | 49,504 | triviaqa-train |
Who, along with fellow reporter Lois, acts as a mentor and role model for young photojournalist Jimmy Olsen? | Jimmy Olsen
James Bartholomew Olsen, better known as Jimmy Olsen, is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Olsen is a young photojournalist working for the "Daily Planet". He is close friends with Lois Lane and Clark Kent/Superman, and has a good working relationship with his boss Perry White. Olsen looks up to his coworkers as role models and parent figures. In the Silver Age, he appeared in the comic book series "Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen".
The | a non-speaking role, his voice was credited by Patrick Cavanaugh.
- An alternate universe version of Jimmy Olsen appeared in "", voiced by Yuri Lowenthal. He was part of Lois Lane's reporter team and snuck into the morgue of the deceased scientists to get some pictures before getting arrested.
- Jimmy Olsen appears in the film "", voiced by Eric Bauza.
- Jimmy Olsen appears in the 2018 film "The Death of Superman", with Max Mittelman reprising his role.
In | 49,505 | triviaqa-train |
What is the official call sign of the Boeing 747 that carries the president? | tax charge against its fourth-quarter 2015 profits. At the end of 2015, the company had 20 orders outstanding. On January 29, 2016, Boeing announced that it had begun the preliminary work on the modifications to a commercial 747-8 for the next Air Force One Presidential aircraft, expected to be operational by 2020.
On July 12, 2016, Boeing announced that it had finalized terms of acquisition with Volga-Dnepr Group for 20 747-8 freighters, valued at $7.58 billion at list prices. | subsidiary of Air India has a fleet of 23 Boeing 737-800.
Air India One (also referred to as AI-1 or AIC001) is the call sign of any Air India aircraft carrying the Prime Minister, President or the Vice-President. Air India One operates on one of the five Boeing 747-400s that Air India currently owns as VIP flights. Customised Embraer 135 and Boeing Business Jets are also used.
Fleet Fleet restructuring.
As a part of the financial restructuring, Air India sold five of its | 49,506 | triviaqa-train |
Tattinger, Veuve Clicquot, and Delbeck are all makers of what? | Delbeck
The Delbeck Champagne house was established in 1832 by Félix-Désiré Delbeck in Reims.
History.
Delbeck was a Flemish banker who invested in vineyards, and the husband of baronne Balsamie Ponsardin who was a niece of the Veuve Clicquot. Delbeck champagne found favour with the court of Louis-Philippe of France, and was in 1838 named the official Champagne of the French monarchy. Subsequently Delbeck is the exclusive Champagne allowed to bear the royal emblem & the motto "Fournisseurs de l'Ancienne Cour de France". The | in the history of the Veuve Clicquot company. With her "Vin de la comète" (comet vintages), Madame Clicquot reinvigorated her business which began to take off again, thanks to the success of the Russian venture that made the name Veuve Clicquot famous overnight. She went from being a minor player to a brand name that everyone known to all. During the years that followed, Russia continued to buy Veuve Clicquot wines. Sales rocketed: from 43,000 bottles in 1816, they climbed to 280,000 in 1821 and increased until | 49,507 | triviaqa-train |
May 6, 1856 saw the birth of what Austrian neurologist, credited as the father of psychoanalysis? | in some measure returns to the earlier Freud, in that Langs prefers a modified version of the topographic model of the mind (conscious, preconscious, and unconscious) over the structural model (id, ego, and super-ego), including the former’s emphasis on trauma (though Langs looks to death-related traumas rather than sexual traumas). At the same time, Langs’ model of the mind differs from Freud’s in that it understands the mind in terms of evolutionary biological principles.
Theories Theoretical and | the Rawa Blues Festival
- Justyna Kaczkowska (b.1997), professional racing cyclist
- Jacek Proszyk (b.1973), historian and religious scholar
External links.
- Official website of the gmina
- Jewish Community in Jaworze on Virtual Shtetl | 49,508 | triviaqa-train |
May 8 is known as Victory in Europe day when the Allies accepted the unconditional surrender of Germany, in what year? | Victory in Europe Day
Victory in Europe Day, generally known as VE Day (Great Britain) or V-E Day (North America), is a day celebrating the formal acceptance by the Allies of World War II of Nazi Germany's unconditional surrender of its armed forces on the 8 May 1945.
On 30 April 1945, Adolf Hitler, the Nazi leader, committed suicide during the Battle of Berlin. Germany's surrender, therefore, was authorised by his successor, "Reichspräsident" Karl Dönitz. The administration | May 8, the anniversary of the date when the World War II Allies accepted the unconditional surrender of the armed forces of Nazi Germany and the end of Adolf Hitler's Third Reich.
In Ukraine (since 2015) May 8 designated as a day of Remembrance and Reconciliation, but it is not a public holiday.
See also.
- Victory in Europe Day
- Victory over Japan Day
- Remembrance of the Dead | 49,509 | triviaqa-train |
Which US city is known as The Big Easy, the Crescent City, or NOLA? | damaged communities and lost housing as to cause a population decline of over 50%. Since Katrina, major redevelopment efforts have led to a rebound in the city's population. Concerns about gentrification, new residents buying property in formerly closely knit communities, and displacement of longtime residents have been expressed.
The city and Orleans Parish () are coterminous. As of 2017, Orleans Parish is the third most-populous parish in Louisiana, behind East Baton Rouge Parish and neighboring Jefferson Parish. The city and parish are bounded by | U.S. Route 23
U.S. Route 23 or U.S. Highway 23 (US 23) is a north–south U.S. Highway between Jacksonville, Florida, and Mackinaw City, Michigan. It is an original 1926 route which originally reached only as far south as Portsmouth, Ohio, and has since been extended. It was formerly part of the major highway known as the Dixie Highway. The highway's southern terminus is in Jacksonville, Florida at US 1/US 17. The northern terminus is at I-75 in Mackinaw City, Michigan. | 49,510 | triviaqa-train |
Where do The Monkees take the last train to in their 1966 hit? | hits, including "Last Train to Clarksville", "Pleasant Valley Sunday", "Daydream Believer", and "I'm a Believer". Newspapers and magazines reported that the Monkees outsold the Beatles and the Rolling Stones combined in 1967, but Nesmith admitted in his autobiography "Infinite Tuesday" that it was a lie that he told a reporter.
Conception.
Aspiring filmmaker Bob Rafelson developed the initial idea for "The Monkees" in 1962, but was unsuccessful in selling the series. He had tried selling | w "Take a Giant Step", was released in August 1966, just weeks prior to the TV broadcast debut. In conjunction with the first broadcast of the television show on September 12, 1966, on the NBC television network, NBC and Columbia had a major hit on their hands. The first long-playing album, "The Monkees", was released a month later, spent 13 weeks at #1 and stayed on the Billboard charts for 78 weeks. Twenty years later, during their reunion, it would | 49,511 | triviaqa-train |
How long is a US patent good for (as of June 9, 1995)? | . Rather, a patent provides, from a legal standpoint, the right to "exclude others" from making, using, selling, offering for sale, or importing the patented invention for the term of the patent, which is usually 20 years from the filing date subject to the payment of maintenance fees. From an economic and practical standpoint however, a patent is better and perhaps more precisely regarded as conferring upon its proprietor "a right to "try" to exclude by asserting the patent in court", for many | Chicago was the first to patent the windowed envelope. U.S. patent #701,839 was filed on December 9, 1901 and issued on June 10, 1902.
1901 Radio direction finder
A radio direction finder (RDF) is a device for finding the direction to a radio source. Due to radio's ability to travel very long distances and "over the horizon", it makes a particularly good navigation system for ships, small boats, and aircraft that might be some distance from their destination. The radio direction finder is | 49,512 | triviaqa-train |
What would your astrological sign be if you were born today? | Astrological sign
In Western astrology, astrological signs are the twelve 30° sectors of the ecliptic, starting at the vernal equinox (one of the intersections of the ecliptic with the celestial equator), also known as the First Point of Aries. The order of the astrological signs is Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius and Pisces. Each sector is named for a constellation it passes through.
The concept of the zodiac originated in Babylonian astrology, | goddess of hearth, when a baby was born she was the goddess they would ask to bless it and protect the home. In every city and home in Rome there was a sacred fire made to Vesta that was protected and not allowed to go out. Astrologers use Vesta to determine what it is that you are devoted to and how your sexuality will develop. Vesta, having been a protective virgin goddess is said by some to be an influencer of the sign Virgo, this is accepted by many in the astrological community, | 49,513 | triviaqa-train |
Jurisprudence is the study and theory of what? | .
Normative jurisprudence John Rawls.
John Rawls was an American philosopher; a professor of political philosophy at Harvard University; and author of "A Theory of Justice" (1971), "Political Liberalism", "", and "The Law of Peoples". He is widely considered one of the most important English-language political philosophers of the 20th century. His theory of justice uses a method called "original position" to ask us which principles of justice we would choose to regulate the basic institutions of our | with enhanced versions of judicial review in the federal government.
Jurisprudence and philosophy Theory of equality.
Dworkin has also made important contributions to what is sometimes called the "equality of what" debate. In a famous pair of articles and his book "Sovereign Virtue" he advocates a theory he calls 'equality of resources'. This theory combines two key ideas. Broadly speaking, the first is that human beings are responsible for the life choices they make. The second is that natural endowments of intelligence and talent are morally | 49,514 | triviaqa-train |
With a membership of over 2.7 million members, the slogan for what youth organization is "Be Prepared"? | Nothing. 2. Your thanks." Lord Baden-Powell in 1919.
Organization.
Organization National Council.
The National Council is the corporate membership of the Boy Scouts of America and consists of volunteer Scouters who meet annually. The day-to-day operations of the National Council are administered by the Chief Scout Executive and other national professional staff. National Council members include volunteers who are elected National Officers and Executive Board members, regional presidents, the local council representatives, members at large, and honorary members. | at its peak reportedly had 4.8 million members in the 1970s with its membership plunging to less than half across its 266 local councils; down from 2.9 million in 2006 to roughly 2.3 million youth members just over a decade later.
Organization Finance.
The National Council is incorporated as a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization and is funded from private donations, membership dues, corporate sponsors, and special events with total revenues of $237 million.
In addition to donations from individuals, the BSA receives extensive | 49,515 | triviaqa-train |
May 7, 1937 saw Herbert Morrison earn a place in history when his broadcast of what disaster, which included a very plaintive "Oh, the humanity!" reached the listeners of WLS radio in Chicago? | country music and humor.
The station also experimented successfully in many forms of news broadcasting, including weather and crop reports. Its most famous news broadcast was the eyewitness report of the Hindenburg disaster by Herbert Morrison. Morrison and engineer Charles Nehlsen had been sent to New Jersey by WLS to cover the arrival of the Hindenburg for delayed broadcast. Their recordings aired the next day on May 7, 1937, the first time that recordings of a news event were ever broadcast.
Starting in the 1930s, WLS was an affiliate | made for Chicago radio station WLS by announcer Herbert Morrison was allowed to be broadcast over the network by NBC. This is the well-known "oh, the humanity!" recording, usually heard only as a brief excerpt and reproduced at a speed which differs significantly from the original recording speed, causing Morrison's voice to sound unnaturally high-pitched and excessively frantic. When heard in its entirety and at the correct speed, the report is still powerful.
Transcription recordings from major American radio networks became commonplace during World | 49,516 | triviaqa-train |
What city was the capital of the Confederacy for most of the Civil War? | Dahlonega, Georgia; and New Orleans. The Confederate capital was moved from Montgomery to Richmond, Virginia, in May 1861. On February 22, 1862, Davis was inaugurated as president with a term of six years.
The newly inaugurated Confederate administration pursued a policy of national territorial integrity, continuing earlier state efforts in 1860 and early 1861 to remove U.S. government presence from within their boundaries. These efforts included taking possession of U.S. courts, custom houses, post offices, and most notably, arsenals and forts. But after | state capital captured in the war. Confederate general Kirby Smith would capture the town on September 3, 1862, and would continue a Confederate force until the Battle of Perryville, which forced the Confederacy away from any future control of Kentucky during the American Civil War. This would cause the Union citizenry to build two forts to protect Frankfort. These forts prevented John Hunt Morgan from recapturing the city for the Confederacy in 1864.
On July 17, 1997, the Confederate Monument in Frankfort was one of 60 different monuments related to | 49,517 | triviaqa-train |
Scottish author Sir James Matthew Barrie, wrote what famous book, subtitled “The Boy Who Wouldn’t Grow Up”? | J. M. Barrie
Sir James Matthew Barrie, 1st Baronet, (; 9 May 1860 19 June 1937) was a Scottish novelist and playwright, best remembered today as the creator of Peter Pan. He was born and educated in Scotland and then moved to London, where he wrote a number of successful novels and plays. There he met the Llewelyn Davies boys, who inspired him to write about a baby boy who has magical adventures in Kensington Gardens (first included in Barrie's adult novel "The Little White Bird") | David Ogilvy Barrie
(Charles) David (Ogilvy) Barrie CBE (born 9 November 1953) is a former British diplomat, arts administrator and campaigner. Now an author, he is the great great nephew of the playwright, Sir James Matthew Barrie.
Barrie served in the British Diplomatic Service and Cabinet Office from 1975 to 1989, and was closely involved in Anglo-Irish relations, including the negotiations that led to the Anglo-Irish Agreement of 1985. From 1989 to 1992 he was Executive Director of The Japan | 49,518 | triviaqa-train |
What noted author of books such as Bumble-Ardy, Seven Little Monsters, and In the Night Kitchen, among others, died yesterday of complications of a stroke at age 83? | Maurice Sendak
Maurice Bernard Sendak (; June 10, 1928 – May 8, 2012) was an American illustrator and writer of children's books. He became widely known for his book "Where the Wild Things Are", first published in 1963.
Born to Polish-Jewish parents, his childhood was affected by the death of many of his family members during the Holocaust. Sendak also wrote works such as "In the Night Kitchen", "Outside Over There", and illustrated many works by other authors including | an animated sequence for the series, with Jim Henson as the voice of Bumble Ardy. He wrote and designed three other animated stories for the series: "Seven Monsters" (which never aired), "Up & Down", and "Broom Adventures".
Sendak produced an animated television production based on his work titled "Really Rosie", featuring the voice of Carole King, which was broadcast in 1975 and is available on video (usually as part of video compilations of his work). An album of | 49,519 | triviaqa-train |
First proposed by Ann Jarvis (1868) and Julia Ward Howe (1872), Mother's Day was officially proclaimed on May 9, 1914, by which US President? | joking that they would also have to proclaim a "Mother-in-law's Day". However, owing to the efforts of Anna Jarvis, by 1911 all U.S. states observed the holiday, with some of them officially recognizing Mother's Day as a local holiday (the first being West Virginia, Jarvis' home state, in 1910). In 1914, Woodrow Wilson signed a proclamation designating Mother's Day, held on the second Sunday in May, as a national holiday to honor mothers.
Although Jarvis was | Philadelphia merchant John Wanamaker following the death of her mother, Ann Jarvis, on May 9, 1905. Jarvis never mentioned Howe or Mothering Sunday, and she never mentioned any connection to the Protestant school celebrations, always claiming that the creation of Mother's Day was hers alone.
A small service was held on May 12, 1907 in the Andrew's Methodist Episcopal Church in Grafton, West Virginia, where Anna's mother had been teaching Sunday school. The first "official" service was on May 10, 1908, | 49,520 | triviaqa-train |
In a series of 1980s TV commercials, high-end diners couldn’t tell the difference when their fresh ground roast coffee was “secretly replaced” with what brand of instant coffee? | , Extra, Folgers, Maxwell House, Robert Timms, and Starbucks VIA.
Use.
Close to 50% of the world's green coffee is used to produce instant coffee.
Use As food.
Instant coffee is available in powder or granulated form contained in glass and plastic jars, sachets, or tins. The user controls the strength of the resulting product by adding less or more powder to the water, ranging from thin "coffee water" to very strong and almost syrupy coffee.
Instant coffee is | product also in Seattle, Chicago, and London. The first two VIA flavors include Italian Roast and Colombia, which were then rolled out in October 2009, across the U.S. and Canada with Starbucks stores promoting the product with a blind "taste challenge" of the instant versus fresh roast, in which many people could not tell the difference between the instant and freshly brewed coffee. Analysts speculated that by introducing instant coffee, Starbucks would devalue its own brand.
Starbucks began selling beer and wine at some US stores in 2010 | 49,521 | triviaqa-train |
Home to the world's largest river delta, what river is sacred to those of the Hindu religion? | river.
RV 3.58.6 says that "your ancient home, your auspicious friendship, O Heroes, your wealth is on the banks of the Jahnavi(JahnAvyAm)". This verse could possibly refer to the Ganges. In RV 1.116.18–19, the Jahnavi and the Ganga River Dolphin occur in two adjacent verses.
Other religious associations.
According to the Hindu scriptures like Skanda Purana, the goddess Ganga is foster-mother to Kartikeya (Subrahmanya, Murugan), who was actually a son of Shiva and Parvati.
Parvati is | Thailand, making up just 0.09% of the total population.
Regions Vietnam.
The first recorded religion of the Champa was a form of Shaiva Hinduism, brought by sea from India. Hinduism was the predominant religion among the Cham people until the sixteenth century. Numerous temples dedicated to Shiva were constructed in the central part of what is now Vietnam. The mainly Hindu Óc Eo archeological site in Mekong River Delta in southern Vietnam, dates back to 7th century and earlier. The Champa civilisation was located in the more southern part | 49,522 | triviaqa-train |
Harlech Castle was built during the reign of which king? | Harlech Castle
Harlech Castle (), located in Harlech, Gwynedd, Wales, is a Grade I-listed medieval fortification, constructed atop a spur of rock close to the Irish Sea. It was built by Edward I during his invasion of Wales between 1282 and 1289 at the relatively modest cost of £8,190. Over the next few centuries, the castle played an important part in several wars, withstanding the siege of Madog ap Llywelyn between 1294–95, but falling to Owain Glyndŵr in 1404. It then became Glyndŵr's | Diósgyőr Castle
The Diósgyőr Castle is a medieval castle in the historical town of Diósgyőr which is now part of the Northern Hungarian city Miskolc.
The first Diósgyőr Castle was built probably in the 12th century and was destroyed during the Mongol invasion (1241–42). The current, Gothic castle was built after the invasion and reached the peak of its importance during the reign of King Louis the Great (1342-1382). Later it became a wedding gift for the queens of Hungary, which it remained until the Ottoman invasion | 49,523 | triviaqa-train |
Born in Delft in 1632, he painted small detailed domestic scenes notable for their treatment of various tones of daylight. Who was he? | and re-erected at the Netherlands Open Air Museum, Arnhem, Gelderland in 1920.
Culture.
Delft is well known for the Delft pottery ceramic products which were styled on the imported Chinese porcelain of the 17th century. The city had an early start in this area since it was a home port of the Dutch East India Company. It can still be seen at the pottery factories De Koninklijke Porceleyne Fles (or Royal Delft) and De Delftse Pauw.
The painter Johannes Vermeer (1632–1675) was born in | domestic scenes. British painter John Frederick Lewis who lived for several years in a traditional mansion in Cairo, painted highly detailed works showing realistic genre scenes of Middle Eastern life. Edwin Lord Weeks was a notable American example of a 19th-century artist and author in the Orientalism genre. His parents were wealthy tea and spice merchants who were able to fund his travels and interest in painting. In 1895 Weeks wrote and illustrated a book of travels titled "From the Black Sea through Persia and India." Other notable painters in | 49,524 | triviaqa-train |
“A Voyage to the Country of the Houyhnhnms” is the fourth part of which literary work? | Houyhnhnm
Houyhnhnms are a fictional race of intelligent horses described in the last part of Jonathan Swift's satirical "Gulliver's Travels". The name is pronounced either or . Swift apparently intended all words of the Houyhnhnm language to echo the neighing of horses.
Description.
Gulliver's visit to the Land of the Houyhnhnms is described in Part IV of his "Travels", and its location illustrated on the map at the start of Part IV.
The map shows Houyhnhnms Land to be south of Australia; it | asks the Emperor "to excuse my performing the ceremony imposed upon my countrymen of trampling upon the crucifix", which the Emperor does. Gulliver returns home, determined to stay there for the rest of his days.
Plot Part IV: A Voyage to the Land of the Houyhnhnms.
- 7 September 1710 – 5 December 1715
Despite his earlier intention of remaining at home, Gulliver returns to sea as the captain of a merchantman, as he is bored with his employment as a surgeon. On this voyage, | 49,525 | triviaqa-train |
Guy Garvey is the lead vocalist of which band? | Elbow, Dream Theater, Genesis, Jethro Tull, The Zombies, The Animals, Bon Jovi, Yes, Fleetwood Mac, Marilyn Manson and Deep Purple, all of which consist of a vocalist, guitarist, bassist, keyboardist, and a drummer) or with a turntablist such as Deftones, Hed PE, Incubus or Limp Bizkit.
Alternatives include a keyboardist, guitarist, drummer, bassist, and saxophonist, such as The Sonics, The Dave Clark 5, and Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs. Another alternative | split album with The Ataris, which was released in April 2000 on Kung Fu Records and was the last to feature the band's rhythm guitarist Guy Carmel on lead vocals.
Following the band's split album with The Ataris, the band was offered a record contract in Kung Fu Records, which resulted in guitarist Guy Carmel leaving his position as lead vocalist in the band and staying a backing vocalist only. Ben Horin then took the position of the band's lead vocalist and main songwriter, as well as staying the bassist | 49,526 | triviaqa-train |
In which constellation is Rigel the brightest star? | the southern constellations Carina and Vela, or Venus' Mirror in the constellation of Orion.
Terminology.
The word "constellation" comes from the Late Latin term , which can be translated as "set of stars"; it came into use in English during the 14th century. The Ancient Greek word for constellation is ἄστρον. These terms generally referred to a recognisable pattern of stars whose appearance is associated with mythological characters or creatures, earthbound animals, or objects. A more modern astronomical sense of the term "constellation | Deneb
Deneb is a first-magnitude star in the constellation of Cygnus, the swan. Deneb is one of the vertices of the asterism known as the Summer Triangle and the "head" of the Northern Cross. It is the brightest star in Cygnus and the 19th brightest star in the night sky, with an average apparent magnitude of 1.25. A blue-white supergiant, Deneb rivals Rigel as the most luminous first magnitude star. However its distance, and hence luminosity, is poorly known; its luminosity is somewhere | 49,527 | triviaqa-train |
Which US city is home to the Nationals MLB team? | TV in Baltimore and WTTG in Washington, D.C.
In 1948 and 1949, the World Series would be carried on the aforementioned stations, as well as on WBZ-TV and WNAC-TV in Boston, WNHC-TV in New Haven and WTVR-TV in Richmond, Virginia. In 1949, the World Series was also seen live in other Northeastern and Midwestern cities (Harrisburg, Pittsburgh, Syracuse, Rochester, Buffalo, Erie, Cleveland, Detroit, Columbus, Cincinnati, Dayton, Toledo, Indianapolis, Chicago, | Washington Nationals.
Montreal is the only city which has lost a major league franchise since 1901 without eventually getting another team. This is not counting the short-lived Federal League of 1914 and 1915; however, all Federal League markets save two—Buffalo and Indianapolis—either had a franchise in one of the two established leagues at the time or got one later. As of 2018, MLB officials have expressed an interest in the return of baseball to Montreal, and the city is a leading candidate for a proposed expansion | 49,528 | triviaqa-train |
Born in Paris in 1848, he pained many pictures of Polynesian life and died in the Marquesas Islands in 1903. Who was he? | Paul Gauguin
Eugène Henri Paul Gauguin (, ; ; 7 June 1848 – 8 May 1903) was a French post-Impressionist artist. Unappreciated until after his death, Gauguin is now recognized for his experimental use of color and Synthetist style that were distinctly different from Impressionism. Toward the end of his life, he spent ten years in French Polynesia, and most of his paintings from this time depict people or landscapes from that region.
His work was influential to the French avant-garde and many modern artists, | Divinities at the Musée du quai Branly in Paris.
While in Paris Kaiha met UNESCO officials to discuss the possibility of granting World Heritage status to the mountainous Marquesan islands of Nuku Hiva and Hiva Oa.
In October 2008 Kaiha proposed formal recognition of Polynesian artisans as professionals. He said the government should facilitate supply of raw materials to recognized artisans at reasonable prices so their finished products would be affordable.
Kaiha and Benoît Kautai, mayor of the island of Nuku Hiva, worked together to establish the Marquesas Island Community ( | 49,529 | triviaqa-train |
What is the name of the consumer affairs programme broadcast on Radio 4 from 12.04pm each weekday? | long wave to verify the annihilation of organised society in Great Britain.
Programmes and schedules.
Programmes and schedules Daily schedule.
An online schedule page lists the running order of programmes.
Programmes and schedules Production.
Many programmes are pre-recorded. Programmes transmitted live include "Today", magazine programme "Woman's Hour", consumer affairs programme "You and Yours", and (often) the music, film, books, arts and culture programme "Front Row". Continuity is managed from Broadcasting House | Nationwide (TV programme)
Nationwide is a former BBC News and current affairs television programme which ran from 9 September 1969 until 5 August 1983. It was broadcast on BBC 1 each weekday following the early evening news, and included the regional opt-out programmes.
Outline.
It followed a magazine format, combining political analysis and discussion with consumer affairs, light entertainment and sports reporting. It began on 9 September 1969, running between Tuesdays and Thursdays at 6:00pm, before being extended to five days a week in | 49,530 | triviaqa-train |
Into which body of water does the River Nene drain? | River Nene
The River Nene ( or : see below) is a river in the east of England that rises from three sources in Northamptonshire. The tidal river is about long, about of which forms the border between Cambridgeshire and Norfolk. It is the tenth-longest river in the United Kingdom, and is navigable for , from Northampton to The Wash.
Etymology and pronunciation.
As with most hydronymy in England (such as the Ouse and Avon), the name is likely to be of Celtic origin. | to pump the main drain into the Nene, and the other on the Lord's Drain. Land owners to the west of the Welland could still route water under the Welland to the Lord's Drain on payment of suitable fees. In order to finance the scheme, the Commissioners could charge an "acre tax", which could not exceed £2 per acre, spread over three years, and which was apportioned based on the benefit that the landowner would receive from the works. The outfall of the River Nene was inadequate | 49,531 | triviaqa-train |
Justin Timberlake has spent three weeks at number one this year with which song from the album “The 20/20 Experience”? | of July 2014, joint sales of "The 20/20 Experience" with "2 of 2" stands at six million copies globally.
Three singles have been released from "The 20/20 Experience". Its lead single, "Suit & Tie", peaked within the top five in several countries worldwide, and reached number three in the US. The album's second single, "Mirrors", reached number one in the UK and two in the US. Timberlake embarked on the Legends of the Summer Stadium Tour with Jay | Out of Heaven" (2013). On the Mainstream Top 40 chart, the single peaked at number one, tying Mars with Justin Timberlake for the highest total among solo males of number one songs on the chart, with eight each one. It was blocked from the top spot of the Mainstream chart's Year-End List. For the week of July 22, 2017, the song returned to the top of the Hot R&B Songs chart, spending 20 weeks at number one. It tied with The Weeknd's " | 49,532 | triviaqa-train |
Who plays Madame Thenardier in the 2012 film Les Miserables? | Carter, and Sacha Baron Cohen.
The film takes place in France during the early 19th century and tells the story of Jean Valjean who, while being hunted for decades by the ruthless policeman Javert after breaking parole, agrees to care for a factory worker's daughter. The story reaches resolution against the background of the June Rebellion.
Following the release of the 1980 musical, a film adaptation was mired in "development hell" for over ten years, as the rights were passed on to several major studios, and | (), and it was borrowed into English from Spanish or obsolete Italian . Also found as French , modern Italian , Portuguese and Galician , in Romanian and Catalan .
Examples in fiction.
In "Les Miserables", Major Domo oversees proceedings at the wedding of Marius and Cosette, in the stage version, introducing M. and Mme. Thenardier to the wedding waltzers.
Walter Slezak as Maurice Clavell in the comedy film "Come September" (1961) not only plays the role of Rock Hudson's majordomo, | 49,533 | triviaqa-train |
Charles VI, who ruled France from 1380 until his death in 1422, was a member of which royal house? | traditionally crowned. In addition, his father Charles VI had disinherited him in 1420 and recognized Henry V of England and his heirs as the legitimate successors to the French crown instead. At the same time, a civil war raged in France between the Armagnacs (supporters of the House of Valois) and the Burgundian party (supporters of the House of Valois-Burgundy allied to the English).
With his court removed to Bourges, south of the Loire River, Charles was disparagingly called the “King of Bourges”, | Charles VI of France
Charles VI (3 December 1368 – 21 October 1422), called the Beloved () and the Mad ( or "le Fou"), was King of France for 42 years from 1380 to his death.
Charles VI was only 11 when he inherited the throne in the midst of the Hundred Years' War. The government was entrusted to his four uncles, the dukes of Burgundy, Berry, Anjou, and Bourbon. Although the royal age of majority was fixed at 14, the | 49,534 | triviaqa-train |
In which country were Nobel Prize winners Alan MacDiarmid, Maurice Wilkins and Ernest Rutherford born? | MacDiarmid.
Personal life.
Towards the end of his life, MacDiarmid was ill with myelodysplastic syndrome. In early February 2007 he was planning to travel back to New Zealand, when he fell down the stairs in his home in Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania, a suburb of Philadelphia, and died on 7 February 2007. He is buried at Arlington Cemetery in Drexel Hill.
MacDiarmid's first wife, Marian Mathieu, who he had married in 1954, died in 1990. He is survived by four children: Heather | - 1994: Ian Axford, physicist
- 1995: William Denny, oncologist, and Auckland Cancer Research Laboratory
- 1996: "No award"
- 1997: Thomas William Walker, soil scientist
- 1998: William Robinson, seismologist
- 1999: David Vere-Jones, statistician
- Rutherford Medal
- 2000: Alan MacDiarmid, chemist, Nobel Prize winner
- 2001: Peter Gluckman, biologist
- 2002: Jeff Tallon, physicist
- 2003: George Petersen, biochemist
- 2004 | 49,535 | triviaqa-train |
What is the family name of the Duke of Northumberland? | Ralph Percy, 12th Duke of Northumberland
Ralph George Algernon Percy, 12th Duke of Northumberland, (born 16 November 1956), styled Lord Ralph Percy until 1995, is an English hereditary peer and rural landowner and current head of the House of Percy.
Biography.
Ralph Percy was born the second son (and one of seven children) of Hugh Percy, 10th Duke of Northumberland, and his wife, Elizabeth, née Lady Elizabeth Montagu Douglas Scott.
He attended Eton College, studied history at the University | Dishington
Dishington is a surname of Scottish origin. The name first arises in Northumberland where they were seated as lords of the manor in the shire of Dissington, Northumberland.
Spelling variations of this family name include: Dishington, Dischingtoun, Dissington, Dissyngton, Dyshington, Diston and many more.
History.
Much of what is known of the early history of the Dishington family comes from a monograph by local historian Walter Wood entitled "The East Neuk of Fife: its history and antiquities".
The family | 49,536 | triviaqa-train |
Stefan Gordy, a son of the founder of Motown Records, is known by which colourful stage name? | Redfoo
Stefan Kendal Gordy (born September 3, 1975), better known by his stage name Redfoo, is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, dancer, record producer and DJ best known for being part of the musical duo LMFAO, and for their hit song, "Party Rock Anthem." Redfoo formed the duo with his nephew, Sky Blu, in 2006. They released two studio albums before Redfoo went solo in 2013. He is the youngest son of Motown Record Corporation founder Berry Gordy, Jr. | Rockwell (musician)
Kennedy William Gordy (born March 15, 1964), better known by his stage name Rockwell, is an American former musician and singer-songwriter who was signed to the Motown label.
Early life.
Kennedy William Gordy aka Rockwell is the son of Motown founder and CEO Berry Gordy and Margaret Norton. His father named him Kennedy William after John F. Kennedy and William "Smokey" Robinson.
Career.
To avoid the appearance of nepotism, he secured his record deal without his | 49,537 | triviaqa-train |
The first two speakers in which Shakespeare play are a shipmaster and a boatswain? | observed since 1868, this latter spelling was used in Shakespeare's "The Tempest" written in 1611, and as "Bos'n" in later editions.
History Royal Navy.
The rank of boatswain is the oldest rank in the Royal Navy, and its origins can be traced back to the year 1040. In that year, when five English ports began furnishing warships to King Edward the Confessor in exchange for certain privileges, they also furnished crews whose officers were the master, boatswain, carpenter and cook. Later these officers | for Walpole a template for terror".
Walpole presents a "more fragmented recasting" of the Ghost in "Hamlet", which had served as a representation of the "now unsanctioned, but still popular Catholic view of ghosts as speakers of truth" for Shakespeare. The Catholic elements at play within both "Hamlet" and "Otranto" are both invoked to represent a further sense of wonder and mystery to the Protestant audience of both works. The Catholic element was a necessary facet of the "template of terror" | 49,538 | triviaqa-train |
Which is the main city in the New Zealand region of Canterbury? | New Zealand national cricket team
The New Zealand national cricket team represents New Zealand in international cricket. Nicknamed the Black Caps, they played their first Test in 1930 against England in Christchurch, becoming the fifth country to play Test cricket. From 1930 New Zealand had to wait until 1956, more than 26 years, for its first Test victory, against the West Indies at Eden Park in Auckland. They played their first ODI in the 1972–73 season against Pakistan in Christchurch.
The current captain in all formats of the game | Tasman District
Tasman District () is a local government district in the north of the South Island of New Zealand. It borders the Canterbury Region, West Coast Region, Marlborough Region and Nelson City. It is administered by the Tasman District Council, a unitary authority, which sits at Richmond, with community boards serving outlying communities in Motueka and Golden Bay / Mohua.
The city of Nelson has its own unitary authority separate from Tasman District, and both comprise a single region in some contexts, but not for local | 49,539 | triviaqa-train |
Spain ceded Florida to Britain in the 1763 Treaty of Paris which ended which war? (The name by which it is known in Britain is required) | Treaty of Paris (1763)
The Treaty of Paris, also known as the Treaty of 1763, was signed on 10 February 1763 by the kingdoms of Great Britain, France and Spain, with Portugal in agreement, after Great Britain's victory over France and Spain during the Seven Years' War.
The signing of the treaty formally ended the Seven Years' War, known as the French and Indian War in the North American theatre, and marked the beginning of an era of British dominance outside Europe. Great Britain | dispute with the newly formed United States, known as the West Florida Controversy. The two 1783 treaties that ended the American Revolutionary War had differences in boundaries. The Treaty of Paris between Britain and the United States specified the boundary between West Florida and the newly independent U.S. at 31°. However, in the companion Peace of Paris between Britain and Spain, West Florida was ceded to Spain without its boundaries being specified. The Spanish government assumed that the boundary was the same as in the 1763 agreement by which they had first | 49,540 | triviaqa-train |
The first by-election of this Parliament was in January 2011 in …….. East and Saddleworth. Which town completes the name of the constituency? | Saddleworth
Saddleworth is a civil parish of the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham in Greater Manchester, England. It comprises several villages and hamlets as well as suburbs of Oldham. amongst the west side of the Pennine hills: Austerlands, Delph, Denshaw, Diggle, Dobcross, Friezland, Grasscroft, Greenfield, Grotton, Lydgate, Scouthead, Springhead, Uppermill.
Saddleworth lies east of Oldham and northeast of Manchester. It is broadly rural and had a population of 25,460 at the 2011 Census, making it one of the larger civil | Littleborough and Saddleworth (UK Parliament constituency)
Littleborough and Saddleworth was a parliamentary constituency in Greater Manchester, England. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
The constituency was created for the 1983 general election, and abolished for the 1997 general election.
History.
This Conservative-Liberal Democrat marginal was held by the Conservative Party at the three general elections of its existence. The victorious MP on each of these occasions was Geoffrey Dickens, who was elected | 49,541 | triviaqa-train |
In 1993, who was the last Australian golfer to win the Open Championship? | . Other multiple winners in this period were Englishman Nick Faldo with three (1987, 1990, 1992), and Australian Greg Norman with two (1986, 1993).
History Tiger Woods and the modern era (1994 onwards).
Every year between 1994 and 2004 had a first-time winner. In 1999, the Open at Carnoustie was famously difficult, and Frenchman Jean van de Velde had a three-shot lead teeing off on the final hole. He ended up triple bogeying after finding the Barry Burn, | Greg Chalmers
Greg J. Chalmers (born 11 October 1973) is an Australian professional golfer who has played on both the European Tour and the PGA Tour.
Chalmers was born in Sydney. He won the 1993 Australian Amateur and the 1994 French Amateur.
Chalmers turned professional in 1995 and made a strong start to his professional career, winning four times in Australia in the next few years, including the 1998 Australian Open. In Europe he won the second-tier Challenge Tour's Challenge Tour Championship, in 1997 and | 49,542 | triviaqa-train |
In which African country does 100 pesetas equal 1 cedi? | Ghanaian cedi
The Ghanaian cedi (currency sign: GH₵; currency code: GHS) is the unit of currency of Ghana. It is the fourth historical and only current legal tender in the Republic of Ghana. One cedi is divided into one hundred pesewas (Gp).
After it gained independence Ghana separated itself from the British West African pound, which was the currency of the British colonies in the region. The new republic's first independent currency was the Ghanaian pound (1958-1965). In 1965, | coin was also introduced featuring a map of Spain, though this denomination never became popular. More importantly, nickel brass 100 pesetas were introduced. The redesign centered around the 1982 World Cup and depicted football (soccer) related themes on the 1, 5, 25, 50, and 100 pesetas. Shortly afterwards, the large cupro-nickel 100 pesetas by a smaller aluminim-bronze coin, which also replaced the 100 pesetas banknote. cupro-nickel 10 pesetas was introduced in 1983, a denomination that had previously not been | 49,543 | triviaqa-train |
Whose statue in Merrion Square, Dublin is known to irreverent Dubliners as “The Fag on the Crag”? | used for office accommodation. The Irish Red Cross, the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland and the Irish Georgian Society have their headquarters on the square. The National Maternity Hospital is on the North terrace.
The poet, novelist, and satirist Oscar Wilde lived at No. 1, poet W. B. Yeats lived at No. 82, and Daniel O'Connell at No. 58, the latter of which is now known as the O'Connell House, home to the Keough Naughton Centre of the University of Notre Dame, an | on, and the GPO was restored for use as a post office.
John Charles McQuaid, who served as Archbishop from the 1940s to the early 1970s, bought the gardens in the centre of Merrion Square and announced plans to erect a cathedral there, but to the relief of Dubliners, for whom the gardens were an oasis of nature in the centre of a busy city, his plans never came to pass and the gardens were eventually handed over by his successor to Dublin Corporation and opened to the public. While it | 49,544 | triviaqa-train |
Firenze (Florence) is the capital city of which Italian region? | Florence
Florence ( ; ) is a city in central Italy and the capital city of the Tuscany region. It is the most populous city in Tuscany, with 383,084 inhabitants in 2013, and over 1,520,000 in its metropolitan area.
Florence was a centre of medieval European trade and finance and one of the wealthiest cities of that era. It is considered by main academics the birthplace of the Renaissance, and has been called "the Athens of the Middle Ages". Its turbulent political history includes periods of rule by the | Firenze (disambiguation)
Firenze is the Italian name for the city of Florence and the Province of Florence.
Firenze may also refer to:
- Andrea da Firenze, an Italian composer
- Lorenzo da Firenze, an Italian composer and music teacher of the trecento
- Firenze (Harry Potter), a centaur in the "Harry Potter" series
- Firenze (horse), a racehorse
- 41 Infantry Division Firenze, an Italian infantry division of World War II
- Ezio Auditore da Firenze, | 49,545 | triviaqa-train |
Madeline Bray married which eponymous character in a Charles Dickens novel? | Charles Mathews, and Dickens learnt his "monopolylogues", (farces in which Mathews played every character), by heart. Then, having learned Gurney's system of shorthand in his spare time, he left to become a freelance reporter. A distant relative, Thomas Charlton, was a freelance reporter at Doctors' Commons, and Dickens was able to share his box there to report the legal proceedings for nearly four years. This education was to inform works such as "Nicholas Nickleby", "Dombey and Son", | Sam Weller (character)
Sam Weller is a fictional character in "The Pickwick Papers", the first novel by Charles Dickens, and is the character that made Dickens famous. Weller first appeared in the tenth serialised episode. Previously the monthly parts of the book had been doing badly—the humour of the character transformed the book into a publishing phenomenon. Weller's way of quoting people has led to the wellerism, often a type of proverb.
In chapter 10 of the novel, the eponymous hero Mr. Pickwick | 49,546 | triviaqa-train |
Which vitamin is also known as Alpha Tocopherol? | soluble antioxidants but also seem to have many other functions in the body.
Forms.
Vitamin E exists in eight different forms, four tocopherols and four tocotrienols. All feature a chromane ring, with a hydroxyl group that can donate a hydrogen atom to reduce free radicals and a hydrophobic side chain which allows for penetration into biological membranes. Both the tocopherols and tocotrienols occur in α (alpha), β (beta), γ (gamma) and δ (delta) forms, determined by the number and position of | Each form has a different biological activity.
In general, the unnatural l-isomers of tocotrienols lack almost all vitamin activity, and half of the possible 8 isomers of the tocopherols (those with 2S chirality at the ring-tail junction) also lack vitamin activity. Of the stereoisomers which retain activity, increasing methylation, especially full methylation to the alpha-form, increases vitamin activity. In tocopherols, this is due to the preference of the tocopherol binding protein for the alpha-tocopherol form of the vitamin. | 49,547 | triviaqa-train |
Who composed the songs “Old Folks at Home” and “Beautiful Dreamer”? | Beautiful Dreamer
"Beautiful Dreamer" is a parlor song by American songwriter Stephen Foster (1826–1864). It was published posthumously in March 1864, by Wm. A. Pond & Co. of New York. The first edition states on its title page that it is "the last song ever written by Stephen C. Foster. Composed but a few days prior to his death." However, Carol Kimball, the author of "Song", points out that the first edition's copyright is dated 1862, which suggests, she | "Old Folks at Home" / "Old Black Joe"
Re-issue track listing.
The same songs were issued on another 4-disc, 78 rpm album set, Decca Album No. A-482 later in 1946, although the actual discs had different numbers.
Disc 1 (25127): "Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair" / "Nell and I"br
Disc 2 (25128): "Beautiful Dreamer" / "Sweetly She Sleeps, My Alice Fair"br
Disc 3 (25129): "My | 49,548 | triviaqa-train |
In which city was the actor and playwright Alan Bennett born? | Alan Bennett
Alan Bennett (born 9 May 1934) is an English playwright, screenwriter, actor, and author. He was born in Leeds and attended Oxford University, where he studied history and performed with the Oxford Revue. He stayed to teach and research medieval history at the university for several years. His collaboration as writer and performer with Dudley Moore, Jonathan Miller and Peter Cook in the satirical revue "Beyond the Fringe" at the 1960 Edinburgh Festival brought him instant fame. He gave up academia, and turned | 60th Tony Awards
The 60th Annual Tony Awards were held at Radio City Music Hall on June 11, 2006. The award ceremony was broadcast live on the CBS television network in the United States. The 2006 Tony Awards did not feature a host, but instead over 60 stars presented awards at the ceremony.
The biggest winner of the night was the Royal National Theatre production "The History Boys" by British playwright Alan Bennett winning six Tonys out of seven nominations, including Best Play, Best Direction, Best Leading Actor | 49,549 | triviaqa-train |
Which British coin, first minted in 1817, is still being minted and is still legal tender but nowadays is minted for the Indian market? | Sovereign (British coin)
The sovereign is a gold coin of the United Kingdom, with a nominal value of one pound sterling. Struck from 1817 until the present time, it was originally a circulating coin accepted in Britain and elsewhere in the world; it is now a bullion coin and is sometimes mounted in jewellery. In most recent years, it has borne the well-known design of Saint George and the Dragon on the reverse—the initials () of the designer, Benedetto Pistrucci, may be seen to | United States commemorative coins
The United States Mint has minted numerous commemorative coins to commemorate persons, places, events, and institutions since 1848. Many of these coins are not intended for general circulation, but are still legal tender. The mint also produces commemorative medals, which are similar to coins but do not have a face value, and therefore are not legal tender.
History.
History Early commemoratives.
The earliest commemorative coin minted by the US Mint was the 1848 "CAL" quarter eagle, which commemorated the | 49,550 | triviaqa-train |
If you ordered Homard in a French restaurant what shellfish would you be served? | are served with soy sauce and wasabi paste (a Japanese horseradish root, a spice with extremely strong, hot flavor), thinly sliced pickled ginger root, and a simple garnish such as shiso (a kitchen herb, member of the mint family) or finely shredded daikon radish, or both.
Shellfish in various cuisines In the United States.
Lobster in particular is a great delicacy in the United States, where families in the Northeast region make them into the centerpiece of a clam bake, usually for special occasions. | the barbie for you" in an American television advertisement, it was intended to make what he was saying easier for his American audience to understand, and was thus a deliberate distortion of what an Australian would typically say. In Britain very small crustaceans with a brownish shell are called shrimp, and are used to make potted shrimps. They are also used in dishes where they are not the primary ingredient. The French term "" is often encountered in restaurants.
Shrimp and other shellfish are among the most common food allergens | 49,551 | triviaqa-train |
In which British city is Great Victoria Street station? | are much smaller than Stirling council area.
Current practice of granting city status City councils Wales.
Cardiff, Newport and Swansea are principal areas and have city councils. The city councils of Bangor, St Asaph and St Davids are community councils with limited powers.
Current practice of granting city status City councils Northern Ireland.
Belfast City Council is a local government district council. Since the local government reforms of 2015 the four other cities form parts of wider districts and do not have their own councils.
Current practice of granting city | the completion of Nottingham Victoria.
History Decline and closure.
The more centrally-situated Nottingham Victoria was to supersede Arkwright Street which was to close in 1963 having been recommended for closure in the Beeching Report along with many other local stations on the route.
In 1966, however, the Great Central Main Line was closed as a through-route, with the only passenger trains to be retained being a DMU service between Nottingham and Rugby. Consequently, British Rail closed Nottingham Victoria station in 1967 (selling the lucrative city | 49,552 | triviaqa-train |
Which former leader of the Lib Dems was the MP for Yeovil? | of minor changes implemented following the review by the Boundary Commission for England, the town of Ilchester was returned to the Yeovil constituency at the 2010 general election.
History.
From 1918 until 1983, Yeovil always returned a Conservative MP (though by only narrow margins over Labour in the 1940s and 1950s). There then followed a period of over 30 years during which the seat was represented by a member of the Liberal Party or their successors, the Liberal Democrats; firstly former leader Paddy Ashdown (1983–2001) and then | of not less than 200 members in not less than 20 Local Parties (including, for this purpose, the Specified Associated Organisations representing youth and/or students).
Election results.
Election results Elections in the 2010s.
Election results Elections in the 2010s 2019.
Sal Brinton is unable to re-stand.
Rumoured to stand include Layla Moran Daisy Benson, Daisy Cooper,former Manchester MP John Leech, and Mark Pack.
Those who have announced their intention to stand include Leader of Liverpool Lib Dems Richard Kemp
Election | 49,553 | triviaqa-train |
Which song was a top 40 hit for Soft Cell in 1981 and for Marilyn Manson in 2002? | . A remix of the song "Tainted Love" appears in the debut trailer for the game, "" and in the launch trailer of Twisted Metal. Manson's song "The Beautiful People" was featured in "WWE SmackDown! Shut Your Mouth", "KickBeat" and "Brütal Legend". The song "Arma-goddamn-motherfuckin-geddon" is also featured in "". His music video to the song "Personal Jesus" was used in some parts of the "Buzz!" game series | in 1964 (it did not chart); significantly reworked by Soft Cell and released in 1981. It became a No. 1 hit in 17 countries and remains one of the most enduring pop songs of the 1980s; later covered by Marilyn Manson, the Scorpions, and reworked for the hit song "SOS" by Rihanna.
External links.
- Ed Cobb mini-biography at the IMDb website | 49,554 | triviaqa-train |
In which Isle of Wight town can you find the History of Smuggling Museum/ | to Newport.
There are two airfields for general aviation, Isle of Wight Airport at Sandown and Bembridge Airport.
The island has over of cycleways, many of which can be enjoyed off-road. The principal trails are:
- The Sunshine Trail, which is a circular route linking Sandown, Shanklin, Godshill, and Wroxall of ;
- The Troll Trail between Cowes and Sandown of , 90% off-road;
- The Round the Island Cycle Route of .
Economy Services Media.
The main | Oakham Treasures, near Bristol (see link below), Carshalton Beeches in Surrey, The Isle of Wight Postal Museum near Newport, Isle of Wight and Milestones Living History Museum in Basingstoke. A rare large capacity original Penfold is in public use at the Pavilion Gardens in Buxton Derbyshire. The Severn Valley Railway, Blists Hill Victorian Town and the Talyllyn Railway have replica Penfolds. Penfolds, which are distinguished by their hexagonal construction and acanthus bud surmounting the cap, were originally exclusively city-based, but have now been installed rural | 49,555 | triviaqa-train |
Who said on splitting from Mick Jagger “I’m sure he can find someone else to be unfaithful to soon”? | .
In 1970, he met Nicaraguan-born Bianca De Macias. They married on 12 May 1971 in a Catholic ceremony in Saint-Tropez, France, and had one child, Jade. They separated in 1977, and in May 1978 she filed for divorce on the grounds of his adultery. During his marriage to De Macias, Jagger had an affair with then-"Playboy" model Bebe Buell from 1974 to 1976. In late 1977, Jagger began dating American model Jerry Hall; they moved in together and had a total | he wants to "kill" racism. He went on to say; "You don’t know if [I’m] black or white, you just see a little bear. He’s playing music and he’s having fun".
In 2014 Cambridge declared May 8 to be "Keytar Bear and Abigail Taylor Day" after a successful performance for charity. Mick Jagger said on his Facebook page that he is a fan of the bear, and posted a video of him performing "a cuddly cover of Start Me | 49,556 | triviaqa-train |
Which song was a hit for both Nilsson in 1972 and Maria Carey in 1994? | "Without You", "All I Want for Christmas Is You", "Fantasy", "Always Be My Baby", as well as "One Sweet Day", which became the longest-running U.S. number-one single in history (sixteen weeks) from 1996 until 2019. After separating from Mottola, Carey adopted a new image and incorporated more elements of hip hop into her music with the release of "Butterfly" (1997). "Billboard" named her the country's most successful artist of | "", which featured both Labelle and Carey as lead characters.
- In 1994, Erik covered the single, resulting in a UK club smash hit, rising to number 42 in the UK singles chart.
Sampling.
- The group Full Force sampled the song for their song "Ain't My Type of Hype".
- Father MC sampled the song for his song "I'll Do 4 U" on his 1990 album "Father's Day", which features vocals by Mary J. Blige. | 49,557 | triviaqa-train |
The town of Leek is situated in which English county? | of Wight, Northumberland and Rutland are ceremonial counties consisting of a non-metropolitan county of a single district, and are known as unitary authorities.
Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, Derbyshire, Devon, East Sussex, Essex, Gloucestershire, Hampshire, Kent, Lancashire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, North Yorkshire, Nottinghamshire, Somerset and Staffordshire are non-metropolitan counties with multiple districts and a county council, where one or more districts have been split off to form unitary authorities. The effect is that the corresponding ceremonial county is larger than | Syd Mellor
Sydney Mellor (1893 – 1965) was an English footballer who played in the Football League for Stoke.
Career.
Mellor was born in Leek and played for the local club Leek Town before joining Stoke in 1920. He played 11 times for Stoke scoring once which came in a 4–2 win away at Derby County on 25 February 1922.
Career statistics.
Source: | 49,558 | triviaqa-train |
Charlotte is the largest city in which US State? | Charlotte, North Carolina
Charlotte () is the most populous city in the U.S. state of North Carolina. Located in the Piedmont, it is the county seat of Mecklenburg County. In 2018, the U.S. Census Bureau estimated the population was 872,498, making it the 16th-most populous city in the United States. The Charlotte metropolitan area's population ranks 23rd in the U.S., and had a 2018 population of 2,569,213. The Charlotte metropolitan area is part of a sixteen-county market region or combined statistical area with a | , the town's estimated population was 162,025, though Cary was still considered a town because that is how it was registered with the state. Cary is the second most populous incorporated town (behind only Gilbert, Arizona) in the United States.
According to the US Census Bureau, Cary was the 5th fastest-growing municipality in the United States between September 1, 2006, and September 1, 2007. In 2015 Cary had a low crime rate of 84 violent crimes per 100,000 residents. Charlotte, the largest city | 49,559 | triviaqa-train |
Name the year – James Callaghan becomes PM; Britain and Iceland end the C od War; 21st Olympic Games begin in Montreal. | in Reykjavík, which set the stage for the end of the Cold War. Iceland's principal historical international disputes involved disagreements over fishing rights. Conflict with the United Kingdom led to a series of so-called Cod Wars, which included confrontations between the Icelandic Coast Guard and the Royal Navy over British fishermen, in 1952–1956 due to the extension of Iceland's fishing zone from , 1958–1961 following a further extension to , 1972–1973 with another extension to ; and in 1975–1976 another extension to .
According to the Global Peace Index, | year and includes the British operations of the former Rootes Group.
- 5 January – Lorry drivers go on strike, causing new shortages of heating oil and fresh food.
- 10 January – Prime Minister James Callaghan returns from an international summit to a Britain in a state of industrial unrest. "The Sun" newspaper reports his comments with a famous headline: "Crisis? What Crisis?"
- 15 January – Rail workers begin a 24-hour strike.
- 22 January – Tens of thousands of public- | 49,560 | triviaqa-train |
Which king did Henry Bolingbroke depose and then succees as Henry IV in 1399? | son (third to survive to adulthood) of King Edward III and enjoyed a position of considerable influence during much of the reign of his nephew King Richard II (1377-1399), whom Henry eventually deposed.
Henry's mother was Blanche of Lancaster, heiress to the great Lancashire estates of her father Henry of Grosmont, 1st Duke of Lancaster (a descendant in the male line of King Henry III). Henry, having succeeded his father as 2nd Duke of Lancaster, when he became king thus founded the Lancaster | the chances of deposition. Nevertheless, when Bolingbroke returned from exile in 1399, initially to reclaim his rights as Duke of Lancaster, he took advantage of the support of most of the nobles to depose Richard and was crowned King Henry IV, establishing the House of Lancaster on the throne.
Origins of the conflict Disputed succession House of Lancaster.
The House of Lancaster descended from John of Gaunt, the third surviving son of Edward III of England. Their name derives from John of Gaunt's primary title of Duke of Lancaster, | 49,561 | triviaqa-train |
In which British city is Preston Park railway station? | 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 | Preston park and ride
Preston park and ride is a park-and-ride scheme in the city of Preston in Lancashire, England, operated by Rotala subsidiary Preston Bus (formerly Stagecoach in Preston).
Services.
The park and ride system consists of two car parks at Portway and one at Walton-le-Dale, connected by bus routes to the city centre; the Portway route also serves Preston railway station. The services do not run on Sundays, and a reduced service operates on bank holidays. | 49,562 | triviaqa-train |
What name is given to the smallest species of hummingbird, it being names after the insect it is closest in size to? | ("Mellisuga helenae") – the world's smallest bird – evolved to dwarfism likely because it had to compete with long-billed hummingbirds having an advantage for nectar foraging from specialized flowers, consequently leading the bee hummingbird to more successfully compete for flower foraging against insects.
Many plants pollinated by hummingbirds produce flowers in shades of red, orange, and bright pink, though the birds will take nectar from flowers of other colors as well. Hummingbirds can see wavelengths into the near-ultraviolet, but hummingbird-pollinated flowers | Scarlet badis
The scarlet badis ("Dario dario") is a tropical freshwater fish and one of the smallest known percoid fish species. It is a micropredator, feeding on small aquatic crustaceans, worms, insect larvae and other zooplankton. It is sold under a variety of names ("Badis badis bengalensis", "B. bengalensis") in the aquarium trade.
Description.
Scarlet badis are among the smallest percoid fish species. Males usually do not exceed , with the females being even smaller around . Apart | 49,563 | triviaqa-train |
South Africa is the world’s largest producer of what? | Africa in recent years was "District 9". Other notable exceptions are the film "Tsotsi", which won the Academy Award for Foreign Language Film at the 78th Academy Awards in 2006, as well as "U-Carmen e-Khayelitsha", which won the Golden Bear at the 2005 Berlin International Film Festival. In 2015, the Oliver Hermanus film "The Endless River" became the first South African film selected for the Venice Film Festival.
Culture Cuisine.
South African cuisine is diverse; foods from many | National Youth Jazz Festival
The National Youth Jazz Festival runs as party of the National Arts Festival also known as the Grahamstown Festival which has been running in Grahamstown since 1974, and is the world’s second-largest single cultural festival, attracting performers in all art forms from around South Africa and all over the world.
It attracts a heterogeneous audience of over 140 000 from around the country, who cram into what is normally a small settler town best known for its academic and legal institutions. Performance venues are thus created | 49,564 | triviaqa-train |
Known as “England’s Darling”, who led resistance against William the Conqueror on the isle of Ely in 1070? | received new bishops and abbots and William confiscated some of the wealth of the English monasteries, which had served as repositories for the assets of the native nobles.
English resistance Danish troubles.
In 1070 Sweyn II of Denmark arrived to take personal command of his fleet and renounced the earlier agreement to withdraw, sending troops into the Fens to join forces with English rebels led by Hereward the Wake, at that time based on the Isle of Ely. Sweyn soon accepted a further payment of Danegeld from William, and returned home. | , there is a description of a practising witch. According to this account, in the spring of 1070, King William I and his Norman government faced an uprising against their rule in East Anglia where native Anglo-Saxons had allied themselves with Sweyn of Denmark. Unable to quash the rebellion with military force as it entrenched itself on the Isle of Ely, King William considered making a deal with the rebels, but was dissuaded by one of his advisers, Ivo de Taillebois. Taillebois claimed that he knew an old woman " | 49,565 | triviaqa-train |
Which European city was called Christiania frm 1624-1925? | for higher education in Norway with 27,400 students and 7,028 employees in total.
Culture.
Oslo has a large and varied number of , which include several buildings containing artwork from Edvard Munch and various other international artists but also several Norwegian artists. Several world-famous writers have either lived or been born in Oslo. Examples are Knut Hamsun and Henrik Ibsen. The government has recently invested large amounts of money in cultural installations, facilities, buildings and festivals in the City of Oslo. Bygdøy, outside the city centre is | the city of Christiania was founded in 1624, Aker had been the source of territory for expansion of the city. The first expansion came as early as 1629, when a number of farms were transferred into the Bymarken area of the city. Bymarken was the land that surrounded Christiania until the city expansion in 1859. Bymarken was a commons in which citizens could engage in agriculture to their own housekeeping, and provide summer and winter fodder for livestock. Bymarken lay under the city’s civil administration, but for ecclesiastical purposes remained part | 49,566 | triviaqa-train |
Which US actor was born Joe Yule Jr? | Joe Yule
Ninnian Joseph Yule (April 30, 1892 – March 30, 1950) was a Scottish-American burlesque and vaudeville comedian who later appeared in many films as a character actor. He was noted for his starring role in the "Jiggs and Maggie" film series, opposite Renie Riano, and as the father of Mickey Rooney.
Biography.
Yule was born in Scotland on April 30, 1892 in the Hutchesontown district of Glasgow, and emigrated to the United States when an infant in 1892 with his | Toonerville folks as part of Burt Gillett's "Rainbow Parade" series; however, they never matched the success of the panel. What did succeed was the decision to make Mickey McGuire the star of a series of low-budget live-action shorts, getting into adventures with other back-alley kids, which led to more than 50 short silent black and white film comedies.
Joe Yule Jr., son of vaudeville comedian Joe Yule and Nellie W. (née Carter) Yule, auditioned for the role and landed the | 49,567 | triviaqa-train |
Jacksonville is the largest city in which US state? | Jacksonville, Florida
Jacksonville is the most populous city in Florida, the most populous city in the southeastern United States and the largest city by area in the contiguous United States. It is the seat of Duval County, with which the city government consolidated in 1968. Consolidation gave Jacksonville its great size and placed most of its metropolitan population within the city limits. As of 2017, Jacksonville's population was estimated to be 892,062. The Jacksonville metropolitan area has a population of 1,523,615 and is the fourth largest in Florida. | New Summerfield, Texas
New Summerfield is a city in Cherokee County, Texas, United States. The population was 1,111 at the 2010 census.
Geography.
New Summerfield is located in northeastern Cherokee County at (31.977808, -95.110910). U.S. Route 79 passes through the community, leading west to Jacksonville, the largest city in Cherokee County, and northeast to Henderson. Texas State Highway 110 intersects US 79 in the center of New Summerfield, leading north to Troup and south to Rusk, the Cherokee County seat. | 49,568 | triviaqa-train |
Who was King of Denmark in Shakespeare’s Hamlet? | Hamlet
The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, often shortened to Hamlet (), is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare sometime between 1599 and 1602. Set in Denmark, the play depicts Prince Hamlet and his revenge against his uncle, Claudius, who has murdered Hamlet's father in order to seize his throne and marry Hamlet's mother.
"Hamlet" is Shakespeare's longest play and is considered among the most powerful and influential works of world literature, with a story capable of "seemingly endless retelling and | Fratricide Punished
Fratricide Punished, or "The Tragedy of Fratricide Punished: or Prince Hamlet of Denmark", is the English name of a German-language play of anonymous origins and disputed age. Due to similarities of plot and dramatis personae, it is considered to be a German variant of the English play "Hamlet", though possibly not William Shakespeare’s "Hamlet", and is a problematic figure in discussions of Hamlet Q1 and the so-called Ur-Hamlet. Such discussions have helped to raise interest in | 49,569 | triviaqa-train |
The town of Oswestry is in which English county? | the non-metropolitan county of the same name and the county council is responsible for providing services in only part of the county. In Cornwall, Dorset, Durham, East Riding of Yorkshire, Shropshire and Wiltshire the bulk of the area is a unitary authority which shares the name of the ceremonial county and the rest of county is part of one or more other unitary authorities.
In total, there are 39 unitary authorities that do not share the names of any of the ceremonial counties. Bedfordshire and Cheshire are counties that | Eight remaining: Newport County—who have since gained promotion to the Football League—and Merthyr Town, the successor club to Merthyr Tydfil following its liquidation in 2010. Over this period, Wrexham have dropped into the English non-League divisions.
Conversely, in 1996 now-defunct English team Oswestry Town were accepted by the League of Wales and currently The New Saints are based in Oswestry (having moved from Llansantffraid, Powys in 2007). Another English club, Chester City, whose stadium sits on the England– | 49,570 | triviaqa-train |
Who starred in the TV series “Nice Guy Eddie” as a Liverpool private investigator? | Ricky Tomlinson
Eric "Ricky" Tomlinson (born 26 September 1939) is an English actor, comedian, author and political activist. He is best known for his roles as Bobby Grant in "Brookside", DCI Charlie Wise in "Cracker", Mike Bassett in "" and Jim Royle in "The Royle Family".
Early life.
Tomlinson was born in Bispham, Lancashire, and has lived in Liverpool nearly all his life. His father was a baker and he was born in Bispham because his | Wise in "Cracker" and as Jim Royle in the sitcom "The Royle Family".
In 2002, Tomlinson starred in the BBC Series "Nice Guy Eddie" playing a Liverpool private investigator. Using down-to-earth cases - actually based upon real-life ones from Liverpool private investigator Tony Smith - the show also starred Tom Ellis and John Henshaw.
Tomlinson featured heavily in series two of Paul Abbott's series "Clocking Off", in a BAFTA-nominated episode written by Danny Brocklehurst. | 49,571 | triviaqa-train |
Name the year: Yasser Arafat new leader of the PLO; Dwight D Eisenhower dies; US Mariner 6 spacecraft launched to Mars. | The PLO is governed internally by its "Fundamental Law", which describes the powers and the relations between the organs of the PLO.
Ahmad Shukeiri was the first Chairman of the PLO Executive Committee from 1964 to 1967. In 1967, he was replaced by Yahia Hammuda. Yasser Arafat occupied the function from 1969 until his death in 2004. He was succeeded by Mahmoud Abbas (also known as Abu Mazen).
According to an internal PLO document, the current PNC remains in function if elections are not possible. | days before the spacecraft is scheduled to enter orbit around Mars.
- August 28 – Ong Teng Cheong becomes the first President of Singapore elected by the population.
- August 31 – Russia completes removing its troops from Lithuania.
Events September.
- September 13
- 1993 Norwegian parliamentary election: The Labour Party wins a plurality of the seats and Prime Minister Gro Harlem Brundtland retains office.
- Oslo I Accord: Following initially secret talks from earlier in the year, PLO leader Yasser Arafat and Israeli prime minister | 49,572 | triviaqa-train |
What is thye common name of the plant Myosotis? | including North America, South America, and Papua New Guinea. Despite this, "Myosotis" species are now common throughout temperate latitudes because of the introduction of cultivars and alien species. Many happen to be popular in horticulture. They prefer moist habitats - in locales where they are not native, they frequently escape to wetlands and riverbanks. Only those native to the Northern hemisphere are colloquially denominated "Forget-me-Nots".
Genetic analysis indicates that the genus originated in the Northern Hemisphere, and that the species is | Anchusa arvensis
Anchusa arvensis is a plant species of the genus "Anchusa". Its common names include small bugloss and annual bugloss.
Description.
This is a hairy annual herb which may reach half a meter in height. It bears small blue tubular flowers, four nutlets per flower, and one seed per nutlet. Leaves are very bristly and warty-looking, which differentiates it from similar species like "Pentaglottis sempervirens" and "Myosotis arvensis".
Distribution and Habitat.
The plant is native to | 49,573 | triviaqa-train |
Which comedian and actor presents the Radio 4 programme “The Unbelievable Truth”? | The Unbelievable Truth (radio show)
The Unbelievable Truth is a BBC radio comedy panel game made by Random Entertainment, devised by Graeme Garden and Jon Naismith. It is very similar to the occasional "I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue" game "Lies, All Lies", which was first played in 1985. The game is chaired by David Mitchell and is described in the programme's introduction as "the panel game built on truth and lies." The object of the game is to lie on a | Pick of the Week" said of series six: "Radio 4 doesn't always get comedy right, but its comedy series "The Unbelievable Truth" is so funny that most presenters of this programme want to include a clip". In addition, the show received the highest AI, or Appreciation Index, figures of any comedy show on Radio 4 for 2010, and has been nominated for the 2011 Sony Radio Academy Awards. It won the category of "Best Radio Panel Show" in the British Comedy Guide's 2011 | 49,574 | triviaqa-train |
By what name is the city of Madras now known? | History of Chennai
Chennai, formerly known as Madras, is the capital of the state of Tamil Nadu and is India's fourth largest city. It is located on the Coromandel Coast of the Bay of Bengal. With an estimated population of 8.9 million (2014), the 400-year-old city is the 31st largest metropolitan area in the world.
Chennai boasts of a long history from the English East India Company, through the British rule to its evolution in the late 20th century as a services and manufacturing hub for | Civic, Australian Capital Territory
Civic is the name by which the central business district of Canberra is commonly known. It is also called Civic Centre, City Centre, Canberra City and Canberra, but its official division name is City (postcode: 2601).
Canberra's City was established in 1927, although the division name City was not gazetted until 20 September 1928. Walter Burley Griffin's design for Canberra included a "Civic Centre" with a separate "Market Centre" located at what is now Russell. However | 49,575 | triviaqa-train |
Which is the third inhabited island in the group with Malta and Gozo? | Malta is an archipelago in the central Mediterranean (in its eastern basin), some southern Italy across the Malta Channel. Only the three largest islands – Malta (Malta), Gozo (Għawdex) and Comino (Kemmuna) – are inhabited. The islands of the archipelago lie on the Malta plateau, a shallow shelf formed from the high points of a land bridge between Sicily and North Africa that became isolated as sea levels rose after the last Ice Age. The archipelago is therefore situated in the zone between | Xagħra
Xagħra () is a village on the island of Gozo in Malta. It is possibly the earliest inhabited part of Gozo, being home to the Ġgantija megalithic temples, the Xagħra Stone Circle, as well as natural underground features such as Xerri's Grotto and Ninu's Cave. It is the largest village in Gozo after the capital Victoria, with a population of 4,886 people as of March 2014. During the British period of its history, Xagħra was known as "Caccia". However, this name was used | 49,576 | triviaqa-train |
What name is given to Canada’s newest territory, created in 1999 , offering some self-determination to the Inuit people? | Canada's constitution from the United Kingdom, concurrent with the creation of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Canada had established complete sovereignty as an independent country, although the Queen retained her role as monarch of Canada. In 1999, Nunavut became Canada's third territory after a series of negotiations with the federal government.
At the same time, Quebec underwent profound social and economic changes through the Quiet Revolution of the 1960s, giving birth to a secular nationalist movement. The radical Front de libération du Québec (FLQ) | 1999, when the Territory officially came into being.
The work of Ashevak Kenojuak can be found in the collections of Canada's National Gallery, the Art Gallery of Ontario, and the Burnaby Art Gallery.
Kenojuak became the first Inuit artist inducted into Canada’s Walk of Fame in 2001, and traveled to Toronto with her daughter, Silaqi, to attend the ceremony.
Up until her death, Kenojuak contributed annually to the Cape Dorset Annual Print Release and continued to create new works. She was one of the | 49,577 | triviaqa-train |
Which former province of North West India has the tributaries Jhelum, Chenab, Ravi, Beas and Sutlej? | Punjab, Pakistan
Punjab (Urdu & , , ; ) is Pakistan's most populous province, with an estimated population of 110,012,442 as of 2017. Forming the bulk of the transnational Punjab region, it is bordered by the Pakistani provinces of Sindh, Balochistan, and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the enclave of Islamabad, and Azad Kashmir. It also shares borders with the Indian states of Punjab, Rajasthan and Jammu and Kashmir. The capital is Lahore, a cultural, historical, economic and cosmopolitan centre of Pakistan where the country's | The river has a total drainage area exceeding . Its estimated annual flow stands at around , twice that of the Nile River and three times that of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers combined, making it one of the largest rivers in the world in terms of annual flow. The Zanskar is its left bank tributary in Ladakh. In the plains, its left bank tributary is the Panjnad which itself has five major tributaries, namely, the Chenab, Jhelum, the Ravi, the Beas, and the Sutlej. Its principal right | 49,578 | triviaqa-train |
Which book of the Old Testament, other than Exodus, includes the story of Moses receiving the Ten Commandments? | ) and the hidden (the "`hokhmat nistar" teachings, which gave Judaism the Zohar of the Rashbi, the Torah of the Ari haQadosh and all that is discussed in the Heavenly Yeshiva between the Ramhal and his masters).
Arising in part from his age of death (120 according to Deut. 34:7) and that "his eye had not dimmed, and his vigor had not diminished," the phrase "may you live to 120" has become a common blessing among Jews, especially since 120 is | On the first day of Chol HaMoed, Exodus 13:1–16 is read. This section describes the commandment not to eat or possess chametz on Passover and to tell the Passover story.
On the second day of Chol HaMoed, Exodus 22:24–23:19 is read. The laws of the Jewish holidays are found in this reading.
On the third day of Chol HaMoed, Exodus 34:1–26 is read. This section describes Moses receiving of the second tablets of the Ten Commandments and God revealing the Thirteen Attributes of Mercy.
On the fourth | 49,579 | triviaqa-train |
Which king knighted air pioneers Alcock and Brown? | flight, making it the first transatlantic airmail flight. The two aviators were awarded the honour of Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (KBE) a week later by King George V at Windsor Castle.
Background.
John Alcock was born in 1892 in Basford House on Seymour Grove, Firswood, Manchester, England. Known to his family and friends as "Jack", he first became interested in flying at the age of seventeen and gained his pilot's licence in November 1912. Alcock was | Field, Virginia. He will receive the Medal of Honor posthumously in 1920 for a heroic World War I action on August 21, 1918, retroactively becoming the first U.S. aviator ever to receive the award.
- June 14–15 – Captain John Alcock and Lieutenant Arthur Whitten Brown make the first successful non-stop Atlantic crossing by air, flying a Vickers Vimy from St. John's, Newfoundland, to Clifden, County Galway, Ireland in 16 hours. They win £10,000 from the "Daily Mail" and are both knighted | 49,580 | triviaqa-train |
Who played 'Trigger' in 'Only Fools And Horses'? | black market.
Initially, Del Boy, Rodney and Grandad were the only regulars, along with the occasional appearances of roadsweeper Trigger (Roger Lloyd-Pack) and pretentious used car salesman Boycie (John Challis). Over time, the cast expanded, mostly in the form of regulars at the local pub "The Nag's Head". These included pub landlord Mike Fisher (Kenneth MacDonald), lorry driver Denzil (Paul Barber), youthful spiv Mickey Pearce (Patrick Murray) and Boycie's flirtatious wife Marlene ( | by the classic sitcom Only Fools and Horses, this show had a one-off performance at the Museum of Comedy which was a critic's choice event in Londonist. The piece was written by Larter, who also played Del Boy and co-starred Marny Godden as Uncle Albert and Trigger, Gareth Morinan as Boycie, Jon Brittain as Marlene and the Geographical Area of Peckham, Letty Butler as Mickey Pearce, Alwin Solanky as Denzil and Cassandra's Grave, Andy Barr as Himself and Christian Brighty as The Nag's Head. | 49,581 | triviaqa-train |
Which British rock band comprises Romeo Stodart and his sister Michelle, together with Angela Gannon and her brother Sean? | The Magic Numbers
The Magic Numbers are an English pop rock band comprising two pairs of brothers and sisters from Hanwell in west London. The group was formed in 2002, releasing their debut album titled "The Magic Numbers" on 13 June 2005. Their follow-up album, "Those the Brokes" was released on 6 November 2006, "The Runaway" was released on 6 June 2010, "Alias" was released on 18 August 2014, and their most recent album, "Outsiders", was released on | - Jari Haapalainen – Drums
- Michele Stodart – Backing vocals
- Romeo Stodart – Backing vocals
- Sean Gannon – Backing vocals
- Angela Gannon – Backing vocals
- Leo Abrahams – Guitars
8. "Until Tomorrow Then"
- Ed Harcourt – Optigan, piano, vocals
- Jari Haapalainen – Drums
- Gita Harcourt – Backing vocals
- Hadrian Garrard – Trumpet
9. "Scatterbraine"
- Ed Harcourt – Piano, bass, organ, vocals
- Jari Haapalainen – Drums | 49,582 | triviaqa-train |
For which film did Emma Thompson win an Academy Award for Best Actress? | . The pair became popular in the British media and co-starred in several films, including "Dead Again" (1991) and "Much Ado About Nothing" (1993).
In 1992, Thompson won an Academy Award and a BAFTA Award for Best Actress for the period drama "Howards End". In 1993, she garnered dual Academy Award nominations for her roles in "The Remains of the Day" as the housekeeper of a grand household and "In the Name of the Father" as a lawyer | Roberts
- Meryl Streep
- Emma Thompson
See also.
- Academy Award for Best Actress
- Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Actress
- Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama
- Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical
- BIFA Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a British Independent Film
- Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
External links.
- BAFTA Awards Database | 49,583 | triviaqa-train |
"Give the title of the Wilfred Owen poem that begins: ""What passing-bells for those who die as cattle? - Only the monstrous anger of the guns. Only the stuttering rifles' rapid fire. Can patter out their hasty orisons""?" | which were published posthumously – are "Dulce et Decorum est", "Insensibility", "Anthem for Doomed Youth", "Futility", "Spring Offensive" and "Strange Meeting".
Early life.
Owen was born on 18 March 1893 at Plas Wilmot, a house in Weston Lane, near Oswestry in Shropshire. He was the eldest of Thomas and (Harriett) Susan Owen ("née" Shaw)'s four children; his siblings were Mary Millard, (William) Harold, and | fictionalized by Pat Barker in her novel "Regeneration".
Legacy.
The poem is among those set in the "War Requiem" of Benjamin Britten.
During live performances of the song "Paschendale", Iron Maiden singer Bruce Dickinson often recites the first half of the poem.
The title of BBC WW1 drama "The Passing Bells" derives from the first line of the poem: "What passing-bells for these who die as cattle?"
The third album by British band The Libertines is | 49,584 | triviaqa-train |
Darren Clark is the second winner of the Open Golf Championship from Northern Ireland. Who was the first winner, in 1947? | champions in the modern era than any other European country, with three in the space of just 14 months from the US Open in 2010 to The Open Championship in 2011. Notable golfers include Fred Daly (winner of The Open in 1947), Ryder Cup players Ronan Rafferty and David Feherty, leading European Tour professionals David Jones, Michael Hoey (a winner on Tour in 2011) and Gareth Maybin, as well as three recent major winners Graeme McDowell (winner of the US Open in 2010, the first European to do | so since 1970), Rory McIlroy (winner of four majors) and Darren Clarke (winner of The Open in 2011). Northern Ireland has also contributed several players to the Great Britain and Ireland Walker Cup team, including Alan Dunbar and Paul Cutler who played on the victorious 2011 team in Scotland.
The Golfing Union of Ireland, the governing body for men's and boy's amateur golf throughout Ireland and the oldest golfing union in the world, was founded in Belfast in 1891. Northern Ireland's golf courses include | 49,585 | triviaqa-train |
In 1956 which Welsh peninsula became the first 'Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty' in the U.K.? | Peninsula was the first area in the United Kingdom to be designated as an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, in 1956. Forty two percent of the coastline of south and west Wales is designated as Heritage Coast, with 13 specific designated strips of coastline maintained by Natural Resources Wales (successor body to the Countryside Council for Wales). As from 2017, the coastline of Wales has 45 Blue Flag beaches and three Blue Flag marinas. Despite its heritage and award-winning beaches; the south and west coasts of Wales, along | from central government was increased by 0.9% meaning the council had £3.8million to spend on the provision of services.
Geography.
West Somerset benefits from one of the most scenic landscapes in England. Nearly two-thirds of the western land area of the district forms part of Exmoor National Park, designated in 1954, while on the eastern edge of the district are the Quantock Hills, which in 1956 became the first Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty created in the UK. Large areas of Exmoor and the Quantock Hills are | 49,586 | triviaqa-train |
'Charles Bingley' rents 'Netherfield Park'. He and his friend attend a dance where they meet the 'Bennet sisters'. This is the basis for which novel? | Pride and Prejudice
Pride and Prejudice is an 1813 romantic novel of manners written by Jane Austen. The novel follows the character development of Elizabeth Bennet, the dynamic protagonist of the book, who learns about the repercussions of hasty judgments and eventually comes to appreciate the difference between superficial goodness and actual goodness. A classic piece filled with comedy, its humor lies in its honest depiction of manners, education, marriage and money during the Regency era in Great Britain.
Mr. Bennet of Longbourn estate has five daughters, but because | father in a trade (not completely respectable), is considering the purchase of a country estate in Hertfordshire called Netherfield. Bingley rents Netherfield for a year, and Darcy travels with Bingley to Netherfield to evaluate the operations of the estate and the prospects for a satisfying lifestyle in this Hertfordshire.
The story begins with Darcy and Bingley's traveling party (Bingley, his sister Caroline, and his other sister and her husband Mr. and Mrs. Hurst) arriving at the Meryton Assembly for a country ball. Bingley, new to the | 49,587 | triviaqa-train |
Which motorway links the M6 north of Preston to Blackpool? | The rise of package holidays took many of Blackpool's traditional visitors abroad, where the weather was more reliably warm and dry, and improved road communications, epitomised by the construction of the M55 motorway in 1975, made Blackpool more feasible as a day trip rather than an overnight stay. The economy, however, remains relatively undiversified, and firmly rooted in the tourism sector.
The Blackpool Co-operative Society Emporium, a flagship store built in 1938, which incorporated the Jubilee Theatre, stood on Coronation Street, until 1988 | , where it meets the A6.
The section of the M6 motorway around the village is part of the Preston Bypass opened in 1958, the first motorway in Britain, and includes the junction with the M61 from Manchester. More recently the M65 has been extended to join the A6, also in Bamber Bridge.
Public transport.
Bamber Bridge railway station has hourly direct trains to Preston, Blackburn, Accrington and Burnley and various railway stations in between. There are also Sunday direct services to Lytham St Annes and Blackpool | 49,588 | triviaqa-train |
Which political party does Australian prime Minister Julia Gillard represent? | Julia Gillard
Julia Eileen Gillard (born 29 September 1961) is an Australian former politician who served as the 27th Prime Minister of Australia and Leader of the Australian Labor Party from 2010 to 2013. She was previously the 13th Deputy Prime Minister of Australia from 2007 until 2010 and held the cabinet positions of Minister for Education, Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations and Minister for Social Inclusion from 2007 to 2010. She was the first and to date only woman to hold the positions of Deputy Prime Minister, Prime Minister and leader | former Prime Minister John Howard compared Hawker Britton to Liberal Party strategists Crosby Textor, saying “Hawker Britton would leave them (Crosby Textor) for dead.”
Recent political work.
After the 2010 Australian federal elections, a hung parliament resulted. Hawker led the negotiations on behalf of Prime Minister Julia Gillard and the Labor Party with the independent members of parliament Bob Katter, Tony Windsor and Rob Oakeshott which secured the incumbent Labor government a second term in office.
In its assessment of the process which saw Labor returned | 49,589 | triviaqa-train |
Who wrote the novel 'Howards End'? | The film received massive critical acclaim. On 5 June 2005, Roger Ebert included it on his list of "Great Movies". Leonard Maltin awarded the film a rare 4 out of 4 star rating, and called the film "Extraordinarily good on every level."
On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a rating of 94%, based on 62 reviews, with an average rating of 8.3/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "A superbly-mounted adaptation of E.M. Forster's tale of British class tension, | in Clunton) playwright, wrote "Look Back in Anger" lived in Clunton, buried at St George's Church.
In culture.
- In "A Shropshire Lad", A. E. Housman wrote the verse:
- E. M. Forster visited Clun, which subsequently featured as Oniton in his novel "Howards End" (1910).
- Sir Walter Scott is believed to have stayed in The Buffalo Inn while writing "The Betrothed" and "The Talisman", published jointly as Tales of | 49,590 | triviaqa-train |
Which US rock band comprises brothers Caleb, Nathan and Jared Followill with their cousin Matthew? | History "WALLS": 2016–present.
Following their New Year's Eve show in Nashville, Nathan Followill said that the band were aiming to release their seventh album in 2016: "We've already started pre-production in our studio for the next record, but the main thing on the calendar for 2016 is getting the record finished. And then the whole press machine kicks up and doing press for the record." Caleb added: "We enjoy this part of the process. Obviously there's a lot of work that | : before 2002.
The three Followill brothers (Mat is their cousin) grew up in Oklahoma and Tennessee with their father, Ivan Leon Followill, a United Pentecostal Church preacher, and their mother, Betty-Ann. Nathan was born in Oklahoma, and Jared and Caleb were born in and around Memphis, Tennessee. Jared attended Mount Juliet High School, while Matthew was born and raised in Mississippi. According to "Rolling Stone" magazine, "While Ivan preached at churches and tent revivals throughout Oklahoma and the Deep | 49,591 | triviaqa-train |
Which is the next triangular number in the sequence: 1, 3, 6, 10, 15, 21, .......? | positive difference of two triangular numbers is a trapezoidal number.
Other properties.
Triangular numbers correspond to the first-degree case of Faulhaber's formula.
Alternating triangular numbers (1, 6, 15, 28, ...) are also hexagonal numbers.
Every even perfect number is triangular (as well as hexagonal), given by the formula
where is a Mersenne prime. No odd perfect numbers are known, hence all known perfect numbers are triangular.
For example, the third triangular number is ( | of :
The latter forms are particularly useful when one fixes the number of variables and lets the degree vary. From these expressions one sees that for fixed "n", the number of monomials of degree "d" is a polynomial expression in "d" of degree formula_9 with leading coefficient formula_10.
For example, the number of monomials in three variables (formula_11) of degree "d" is formula_12; these numbers form the sequence 1, 3, 6, 10, 15, ... of triangular numbers | 49,592 | triviaqa-train |
'Pour Moi' is the first French trained winner of the Derby since 'Empery' in 1976. Who rode 'Empery' in that race? | Empery
Empery (foaled 1973 in Kentucky) was an American-bred, French-trained racehorse best known for winning the 1976 Epsom Derby. In a racing career which lasted from September 1975 until July 1976 he ran eight times and won two races. Empery showed some good form in France to be placed third in the Prix Lupin but appeared to be some way below the best colts in his own country. He comfortably defeated the best of the British colts in the Derby to give his jockey Lester Piggott a seventh win | Epsom stewards issued Barzalona with a warning for his behaviour as well as giving him a one-day ban for excessive use of the whip. The win made Pour Moi the first French-trained winner of the Derby since Empery in 1976.
Injury and retirement.
Fabre rested Pour Moi after his Derby win until August when the trainer began to work him in preparation for the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe in October 2011, a race for which he was favourite. However, while exercising on 26 August he "badly | 49,593 | triviaqa-train |
On which British island can you walk the 'Tennyson Trail' from Carisbrooke to Alum Bay? | Alum Bay
Alum Bay is a bay near the westernmost point of the Isle of Wight, England, within close sight of the Needles rock formation. Of geological interest and a tourist attraction, the bay is noted for its multi-coloured sand cliffs. The waters and adjoining seabed form part of the Needles Marine Conservation Zone and the shore and heath above are part of the Headon Warren and West High Down Site of Special Scientific Interest.
Geology.
Alum Bay is the location of a classic sequence of upper Paleocene | is described from Carisbrooke to Alum Bay.
The route Carisbrooke to Brighstone.
The route starts from Carisbrooke near Newport. The sign for the Tennyson Trail is present on Nodgham Lane. After this, the trail follows a steep hill in a south-westerly direction along an ancient road with banks on each side. Views to the left show Carisbrooke Castle, leading on to Bowcombe Valley. The route later crosses bridleways N125 and N127 and later passes N140 where a television mast is visible. At this point the path starts to | 49,594 | triviaqa-train |
How are 'Oscar Madison' and 'Felix Ungar' described in the title of a 1960's play, later a film and TV series? | Odd Couple
Odd Couple may refer to:
Neil Simon play and its adaptations.
- "The Odd Couple" (play), a 1965 stage play by Neil Simon
- "The Odd Couple" (film), a 1968 film based on the play
- "The Odd Couple" (1970 TV series), a 1970–1975 television show based on the film
- "The Oddball Couple", a 1975–1977 animated TV series
- "The New Odd Couple", a 1982–1983 sitcom remake | and constructive way, his corrections and suggestions prove extremely annoying to those around him. Oscar, his closest friend, feels compelled to throw him out after only a brief time together, though he quickly realizes that Felix has had a positive effect on him.
The play and the film both spell Felix's name "Ungar", while the television series spells it "Unger".
Characters.
- Felix Ungar: A fastidious, hypochondriac news-writer whose marriage is ending.
- Oscar Madison: A | 49,595 | triviaqa-train |
The name of which mammal comes from the Afrikaans for 'earth pig'? | Aardvark
The aardvark ( ; "Orycteropus afer") is a medium-sized, burrowing, nocturnal mammal native to Africa. It is the only living species of the order Tubulidentata, although other prehistoric species and genera of Tubulidentata are known. Unlike other insectivores, it has a long pig-like snout, which is used to sniff out food. It roams over most of the southern two-thirds of the African continent, avoiding areas that are mainly rocky. A nocturnal feeder, it subsists on ants and termites | Aardwolf
The aardwolf ("Proteles cristata") is an insectivorous mammal, native to East and Southern Africa. Its name means "earth-wolf" in Afrikaans and Dutch. It is also called "maanhaar-jackal" (Afrikaans for "mane-jackal"), "ant hyena" or "civet hyena", based on its habit of secreting substances from its anal gland, a characteristic shared with the African civet. The aardwolf is in the same family as the hyena. Unlike many of its relatives | 49,596 | triviaqa-train |
Lee Kuan Yew became Prime Minister of which country in 1959? | . [...] [Y]ou see, the whole of my adult life [...] I have believed in Malaysian merger and the unity of these two territories. You know, it's a people connected by geography, economics, and ties of kinship.
On that same day on 9 August 1965, just as the press conference ended, the Malaysian parliament passed the required resolution that would sever Singapore's ties to Malaysia as a state and the Republic of Singapore was created.
Singapore's lack of natural resources, | , resulting in two league titles (2011 and 2013) and three cup titles (2011, 2012 and 2014). Rúnar left KR November 2014, to manage his former club Lillestrøm SK.
International career.
Rúnar has been capped a record 104 times for Iceland, scoring 3 goals in the process. He was captain of the team in 11 matches, but retired from international duties in 2004.
Honours.
Honours Player.
KR Reykjavík
- Icelandic Cup (1): 1994.
Honours Manager. | 49,597 | triviaqa-train |
Which composee was born in Leipzig in 1813 and died in Venice in 1883? | Nicholas Church and the Paulinerkirche, the university church of Leipzig (destroyed in 1968). The composer Richard Wagner was born in Leipzig in 1813, in the Brühl. Robert Schumann was also active in Leipzig music, having been invited by Felix Mendelssohn when the latter established Germany's first musical conservatoire in the city in 1843. Gustav Mahler was second conductor (working under Artur Nikisch) at the Leipzig Opera from June 1886 until May 1888, and achieved his first significant recognition while there by completing and publishing Carl Maria von Weber | Samuele Levi
Samuele Levi (1813 – 6 January 1883) was an Italian composer born in Venice. He is best known for his four operas: "Iginia d'Asti" (1837, Teatro San Benedetto), "Ginerva degli Almieri" (1840, Teatro Comunale di Trieste), "Giuditta" (1844, La Fenice), and "La biscagliata" (1860, Teatro Carignano). He died in Florence. | 49,598 | triviaqa-train |
Who is the regular presenter on BBC Radio One on Monday to Friday from 10.00am to 12.45pm? | called "The Internet Takeover". Shows have been presented by various YouTubers such as Jim Chapman and Hannah Witton.
In January 2015, Clara Amfo replaced Jameela Jamil as host of The Official Chart on Sundays (4pm7pm) and in March, Zane Lowe left Radio 1 and was replaced by Annie Mac on the new music evening show.
In May 2015, Fearne Cotton left the station after almost 10 years. Her weekday morning show was taken over by Clara Amfo. Adele Roberts also joined the weekday schedule line- | his upcoming job at talkRADIO. The station launched on 21 March 2016 with Iain hosting The Late Night Alternative with Iain Lee from 10pm to 1am, Monday to Friday. He is joined by Katherine Boyle who previously produced the Breakfast Show on BBC 3CR. Lee won the Gold award for Best Speech Presenter – non-Breakfast at the 2017 ARIA Awards.
In May 2017 he created a record for a phone-in British radio show when he took over 150 calls in one three hour show, after he announced | 49,599 | triviaqa-train |
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