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Three musicians make a trio, while 4 comprise a quartet. How many musicians are there in a nonet? | Nonet (music)
In music, a nonet is a composition which requires nine musicians for a performance, or a musical group that consists of nine people. The standard nonet scoring is for wind quintet, violin, viola, cello, and contrabass, though other combinations are also found.
Classical nonets.
Although compositions had previously been composed for nine instruments (Joseph Haydn's four "Divertimenti" (or "Cassations"), for 2 oboes, 2 horns, 2 violins, 2 | In Western classical music, smaller ensembles are called chamber music ensembles. The terms duet, trio, quartet, quintet, sextet, septet, octet, nonet and dectet describe groups of two up to ten musicians, respectively. A group of eleven musicians, such as found in "The Carnival of the Animals", is called either a "hendectet" or an "undectet" (see Latin numerical prefixes). A soloist playing unaccompanied (e.g., a pianist playing a solo piano piece or a cellist playing a | 50,200 | triviaqa-train |
What can be a medical condition caused by inadequate oxygen consumption, a suspension component, and a WNBA team? | History Bill Laimbeer leaves his mark (2003–2006).
The WNBA Players Association threatened to strike in 2003 if a new deal was not worked out between players and the league. The result was a delay in the start of the 2003 preseason. The 2003 WNBA Draft was also delayed and negative publicity was gained from this strike.
After taking over a struggling franchise in 2002, former Detroit Pistons forward Bill Laimbeer had high hopes for the Detroit Shock in 2003. The team was just 9–23 in 2002. The Shock had | , tumours formed from different types of tissue, that can form, are thought to be related to primitive streak remnants, which ordinarily disappear.
First arch syndromes are congenital disorders of facial deformities, caused by the failure of neural crest cells to migrate to the first pharyngeal arch.
Spina bifida a congenital disorder is the result of the incomplete closure of the neural tube.
Vertically transmitted infections can be passed from the mother to the unborn child at any stage of its development.
Hypoxia a condition of inadequate oxygen | 50,201 | triviaqa-train |
July 12, 1976 saw the debut of what long running TV series, originally hosted by Richard Dawkins, before John O'Hurley and now Steve Harvey took over the job? | John O'Hurley
John George O'Hurley Jr. (born October 9, 1954) is an American actor, voice actor, singer, comedian, author and television personality. He is known for the role of J. Peterman on the NBC sitcom "Seinfeld", and was the fifth host of the game show "Family Feud" from 2006 to 2010.
Early life.
O'Hurley was born in Kittery, Maine, the son of Jean, a housewife, and John O'Hurley, an ear, nose, and throat surgeon. | was revived and aired on CBS and also had a nighttime syndication edition. This version was hosted by Ray Combs until 1994, and brought back Richard Dawson for the 1994–95 season. A third run began in 1999 in syndication only, and continues to run through 2019, being hosted by a series of different hosts, including Louie Anderson (1999–2002), Richard Karn (2002–06), John O'Hurley (2006–10), and Steve Harvey (2010–present). Aside from the host, there have been several studio announcers who would introduce | 50,202 | triviaqa-train |
July 16, 1917 saw the death of what leader, Emperor of Russia, Grand Prince of Finland, and titular King of Poland, and his children Olga, Tatiana, Maria, Anastasia, and Alexei? | forth."
Titles, styles, honours and arms Honours.
Emperor Nicholas II Land (, "Zemlya Imperatora Nikolaya II") was discovered in 1913 by the Arctic Ocean Hydrographic Expedition led by Boris Vilkitsky on behalf of the Russian Hydrographic Service. Still incompletely surveyed, the new territory was officially named in the Emperor's honour by order of the Secretary of the Imperial Navy in 1914. The archipelago was renamed "Severnaya Zemlya" in 1926 by the Presidium of the Central Executive Committee of the Soviet Union.
- | and George VI, the Norwegian King Olav V, the Romanian King Carol II and the Greek Kings George II, Alexander and Paul—as well as six uncrowned victims of political assassination, Earl Mountbatten of Burma (last Viceroy of India), Tsarevich Alexei of Russia and Alexei's sisters the Grand Duchesses Olga, Tatiana, Maria and Anastasia.
Queen Victoria's own death in January 1901 was preceded by the deaths of three of her own children (Princess Alice in December 1878, Prince Leopold in March 1884, and | 50,203 | triviaqa-train |
The Pacific Aero Products Co company, which had its founding on July 15, 1915 on the banks of the Duwamish, is better known today as what? | William Boeing
William Edward Boeing (; October 1, 1881 – September 28, 1956) was an American aviation pioneer who founded The Boeing Company in 1916.
Early life.
William Boeing was born in Detroit, Michigan, to Marie M. Ortmann, from Vienna, Austria, and Wilhelm Böing (1846–1890) from Hohenlimburg, Germany. Wilhelm Böing emigrated to the United States in 1868 and initially worked as a laborer. His move to America was not popular with his father and he received no financial support. He later | become known as the "Father of Tukwila" and represented King County in the Washington Territorial Assembly for 22 years. Today, the site of Foster's home on the banks of the Duwamish River is part of Fort Dent Park, which also served as a military base during the 1850s Indian Wars. Foster's name is memorialized in the Foster neighborhood of Tukwila, where Foster High School is located.
In the early years, the small village grew into an agricultural center and remained a trading point in the upper Duwamish River | 50,204 | triviaqa-train |
The nuclear age was born on July 16, 1945 when the first atomic bomb was tested at White Sands Proving Grounds outside Socorro in what Southwestern state? | wrote:
Any other citizen, regardless of race, in the State of New Mexico who has not paid one cent of tax of any kind or character, if he possesses the other qualifications, may vote. An Indian, and only an Indian, in order to meet the qualifications to vote must have paid a tax. How you can escape the conclusion that makes a requirement with respect to an Indian as a qualification to exercise the elective franchise and does not make that requirement with respect to the member of any race | , Manhattan Project location for the final assembly of the prototype Fat Man plutonium bomb.
- 1945-07-16: Trinity test of the plutonium bomb, the first nuclear weapon tested in the world.
Chronology White Sands Proving Ground.
- 1945-02-20: The Secretary of War approved establishment of WSPG.
- 1945-04-01: The first Private F launch was at WSPG. (Not Fort Bliss's Antiaircraft and Guided Missile Center, which was established 6 July 1946.) | 50,205 | triviaqa-train |
Including such tasks as slaying the Nemean lion, cleaning the Augean stables in a single day, and obtaining the Girdle of the Amazon Queen, how many labors was Hercules supposed to perform? | Labours of Hercules
The Twelve Labours of Hercules (, " hoi Hērakleous athloi") are a series of episodes concerning a penance carried out by Heracles, the greatest of the Greek heroes, whose name was later romanised as Hercules. They were accomplished over 12 years at the service of King Eurystheus. The episodes were later connected by a continuous narrative. The establishment of a fixed cycle of twelve labours was attributed by the Greeks to an epic poem, now lost, written by Peisander, dated about 600 BC. After | a chisel.
Cultural references.
- Hercules has 11 labors coins for his collection & expect cerbeus:
- Slay the Nemean Lion
- Slay the nine-headed Lernaean Hydra
- Capture the Golden Hind of Artemis
- Capture the Erymanthian Boar
- Clean Augean stables in single day
- Slay the Stymphalian Birds
- Capture the Cretan Bull
- Steal the Mares of Diomedes
- Obtain the girdle of Hippolyta, Queen the Amazons
- Obtain the cattle of the monster Geryon
- Steal | 50,206 | triviaqa-train |
STS-135, the last planned mission for NASA's space shuttle fleet, launched which shuttle on a 13 day trip to international space station? | for atmospheric flight tests and had no orbital capability. Four fully operational orbiters were initially built: "Columbia", "Challenger", "Discovery", and "Atlantis". "Challenger" and "Columbia" were destroyed in mission accidents in 1986 and 2003 respectively, killing a total of fourteen astronauts. A fifth operational orbiter, "Endeavour", was built in 1991 to replace "Challenger". The Space Shuttle was retired from service upon the conclusion of STS-135 by "Atlantis" on 21 July 2011. | spaceflights
- List of International Space Station spacewalks
- List of Space Shuttle missions
External links.
- NASA's STS-135 mission page
- Image Gallery Of the Final Shuttle Launch
- Final Mission Follow the Crew of the Last Shuttle Flight
- STS-335-135 – Main Engines Installed for Final Planned Flight | 50,207 | triviaqa-train |
Which metal is extracted from the ore bauxite? | iridium, and rhodium.
History Light metals.
All metals discovered until 1809 had relatively high densities; their heaviness was regarded as a singularly distinguishing criterion. From 1809 onwards, light metals such as sodium, potassium, and strontium were isolated. Their low densities challenged conventional wisdom as to the nature of metals. They behaved chemically as metals however, and were subsequently recognised as such.
Aluminium was discovered in 1824 but it was not until 1886 that an industrial large-scale production method was developed. Prices of aluminium | away the upper atmosphere (including the ozone layer that limits the transmission of ultraviolet radiation).
Lifecycle Extraction.
Metals are often extracted from the Earth by means of mining ores that are rich sources of the requisite elements, such as bauxite. Ore is located by prospecting techniques, followed by the exploration and examination of deposits. Mineral sources are generally divided into surface mines, which are mined by excavation using heavy equipment, and subsurface mines. In some cases, the sale price of the metal/s involved make it | 50,208 | triviaqa-train |
To prevent interference in an atomic test on the island of Moruroa, the French intelligence directorate sunk the ship Rainbow Warrior, operated by which non-governmental environmental organization, in Aukland harbor? | Rainbow Warrior (1955)
Rainbow Warrior was a Greenpeace ship active in supporting a number of anti-whaling, anti-seal hunting, anti-nuclear testing and anti-nuclear waste dumping campaigns during the late 1970s and early 1980s. The ship was bombed in the Port of Auckland in New Zealand by operatives of the French intelligence service (DGSE) on 10 July 1985, sinking the ship and killing photographer Fernando Pereira.
History.
The "Rainbow Warrior" was commissioned by the UK Ministry of Agriculture, | Exodus', the evacuation of about 300 Rongelap Atoll islanders whose home had been contaminated with nuclear fallout from a US nuclear test two decades earlier which had never been cleaned up and was still having severe health effects on the locals.
Later in 1985 the "Rainbow Warrior" was to lead a flotilla of protest vessels into the waters surrounding Moruroa atoll, site of French nuclear testing. The sinking of the "Rainbow Warrior" occurred when the French government secretly bombed the ship in Auckland harbour on orders from François Mitterrand himself | 50,209 | triviaqa-train |
Making possible the understanding of Egyptian hieroglyphs, what was discovered outside an Egyptian village by a French soldier on July 15, 1799? | morphemes; and determinatives, which narrow down the meaning of logographic or phonetic words.
History and evolution Late Period.
As writing developed and became more widespread among the Egyptian people, simplified glyph forms developed, resulting in the hieratic (priestly) and demotic (popular) scripts. These variants were also more suited than hieroglyphs for use on papyrus. Hieroglyphic writing was not, however, eclipsed, but existed alongside the other forms, especially in monumental and other formal writing. The Rosetta Stone contains three parallel scripts – hieroglyphic | , a tablet written in ancient Greek, Egyptian Demotic script, and Egyptian hieroglyphs, has partially been credited for the recent stir in the study of Ancient Egypt. Greek, a well-known language, gave linguists the ability to decipher the mysterious Egyptian hieroglyphic language. The ability to decipher hieroglyphics facilitated the translation of hundreds of the texts and inscriptions that were previously indecipherable, giving insight into Egyptian culture that would have otherwise been lost to the ages. The stone was discovered on July 15, 1799 in the port town of | 50,210 | triviaqa-train |
The oldest of the grand slam tennis tournaments, what is the only one still played on grass? | Murray.
Sampras is lauded by many tennis analysts as one of the greatest grass-court players of all time. He won seven Wimbledon singles titles in eight years from 1993 through 2000, with his only loss in that span coming in the 1996 quarterfinals. Roger Federer is statistically the most successful male grass court player of the Open Era; he has won an Open Era-record 19 grass court titles including an all-time record 10 Halle Open titles, an all-time record of 8 Wimbledon Gentleman singles titles | the first of two male players in history to have achieved a Career Golden Slam in singles tennis (followed by Rafael Nadal), has been called the best service returner in the history of the game. He is the first man to win grand slams on all modern surfaces (previous holders of all grand slam tournaments played in an era of grass and clay only), and is regarded by a number of critics and fellow players to be among the greatest players of all time. However it must be noted that both Rod | 50,211 | triviaqa-train |
Choctaw, Lummi, and Otoe are all types of what? | return escaped slaves to colonists, to turn over any Choctaw convicted of crimes by the U.S., establish borderlines between the U.S. and Choctaw Nation, and the return any property captured from colonists during the Revolutionary War.
After the Revolutionary War, the Choctaw were reluctant to ally themselves with countries hostile to the United States. John Swanton wrote, "the Choctaw were never at war with the Americans. A few were induced by "Tecumseh" (a Shawnee leader who sought support from various Native American tribes) to ally themselves | pronominal affixes on the verb should be considered the syntactic arguments of the verbs, rather than the noun phrases that occur free in the clause, which should only be considered adjuncts.
Through her work on many endangered languages she demonstrated that less-studied languages often challenged the theories of generative linguistics, and she worked to develop ways of integrating this data into the generative paradigm. Among the languages that she worked on are the Straits Salish languages Samish and Lummi, as well as Navajo, Choctaw, and Yaqui.
Publications | 50,212 | triviaqa-train |
What lake was formed by the construction of Hoover Dam? | torrid summer weather and lack of facilities near the site also presented difficulties. Nevertheless, Six Companies turned the dam over to the federal government on March 1, 1936, more than two years ahead of schedule.
Hoover Dam impounds Lake Mead, the largest reservoir in the United States by volume (when it is full). The dam is located near Boulder City, Nevada, a municipality originally constructed for workers on the construction project, about southeast of Las Vegas, Nevada. The dam's generators provide power for public | Lake Spivey
Lake Spivey is a 600 acre (550 acre, 600 acre) private lake located in Clayton County and Henry County, Georgia near Jonesboro. The lake was created by Dr. Walter Boone Spivey, a prominent Buckhead dentist, and his wife Emilie. The lake formed following the completion of construction on an earthen dam on Rum Creek in September 1957. The lake was built on land, formerly known as Betts Farm, which was purchased by the Spiveys in September 1943. The dam formed what was promoted as the | 50,213 | triviaqa-train |
Which Rocky Top state was the first Southern state to be readmitted to the Union following the end of the civil war? | Rocky Top, Tennessee
Rocky Top (formerly Coal Creek and Lake City) is a city in Anderson and Campbell counties in the eastern part of the U.S. state of Tennessee, northwest of Knoxville. The population was 1,781 at the 2010 census. Most of the community is in Anderson County and is included in the Knoxville Metropolitan Statistical Area. On June 26, 2014, the city officially changed its name from Lake City to Rocky Top, after a last-ditch effort by the copyright owners of the song "Rocky Top | on February 8, 1861, as a founding member. Following the end of the American Civil War, it was part of the Third Military District. Florida was readmitted to the Union on June 25, 1868.
The Florida Constitution of 1838 provided that a governor be elected every four years, who was not allowed to serve consecutive terms. The secessionist constitution of 1861 would have reduced this to two years and removed the term limit, but the state fell to the Union before the first election under that constitution. The | 50,214 | triviaqa-train |
Benjamin Bunny, Mr. Jeremy Fisher, Jemima Puddle-Duck and Squirrel Nutkin were all characters created by what famed children's writer, born July 28, 1866? | The Tale of Mrs. Tittlemouse
The Tale of Mrs. Tittlemouse is a children's book written and illustrated by Beatrix Potter, and published by Frederick Warne & Co. in 1910. The tale is about housekeeping and insect pests in the home, and reflects Potter's own sense of tidiness and her abhorrence of insect infestations. The character of Mrs. Thomasina Tittlemouse debuted in 1909 in a small but crucial role in "The Tale of The Flopsy Bunnies", and Potter decided to give her a tale of her own the following year. | -tail, Flopsy and Mopsy. Brother of Josephine. Brother-in-law of Mr. Rabbit. He likes to invent many things (often they all go wrong). (voiced by John White)
Characters Supporting.
- Jeremy Fisher – A frog that Peter, Benjamin, and Lily accidentally cause trouble for on occasion. He has a huge passion for music. (voiced by Kirk Thornton)
- Jemima Puddle-Duck – A kind yet very simple-minded duck that knows Peter and his friends well | 50,215 | triviaqa-train |
Who became the first Miss America to have to resign her crown on July 23, 1984, when nude photos of her were published in Penthouse? | the exposed vulva and anus. "Penthouse" has also, over the years, featured a number of authorized and unauthorized photos of celebrities such as Madonna and Vanessa Williams. In both cases, the photos were taken earlier in their careers and sold to "Penthouse" only after Madonna and Williams became famous. In the late 1990s, the magazine began to show more "fetish" content such as urination, bondage and "facials".
On January 15, 2016, a press release emanating from then owner FriendFinder Networks | July 23 – Vanessa L. Williams becomes the first Miss America to resign when she surrenders her crown, after nude photos of her appear in "Penthouse" magazine.
- July 25 – "Salyut 7": cosmonaut Svetlana Savitskaya becomes the first woman to perform a space walk.
- July 27 – Metallica releases their second studio album "Ride the Lightning".
- July 28–August 12 – The 1984 Summer Olympics are held in Los Angeles, California.
Events August.
- August 1 – Australian banks are | 50,216 | triviaqa-train |
Name the 1978 movie from the plot summary: "At a 1962 College, Dean Vernon Wormer is determined to expel the entire Delta Tau Chi Fraternity, but those troublemakers have other plans for him." | was indefinitely shelved.
A second attempt at a sequel was made in 1982 with producer Matty Simmons co-authoring a script which saw some of the Deltas returning to Faber College five years after the events of the film. The project got no further than a first draft script dated May 6, 1982.
"Where Are They Now?".
The 2003 "Double Secret Probation Edition" DVD included a short film, Where Are They Now?: A Delta Alumni Update, a mockumentary purporting that the original film | Cheats (film)
Cheats is a 2002 comedy about four friends that have been cheating their way through high school, and have to face new challenges to avoid getting caught before going to college. The lead roles are played by Trevor Fehrman, Matthew Lawrence, and Mary Tyler Moore.
The original name of the movie was "Cheaters" but was that thought likely to be confused with the 2000 movie "Cheaters" starring Jeff Daniels.
Plot summary.
While other kids at the elite North Point Academy spend | 50,217 | triviaqa-train |
What part of an insect's body joins its head to its abdomen? | tubular proboscis containing a food canal. In feeding, the tongue is dipped into the nectar or honey, which adheres to the hairs, and then is retracted so the adhering liquid is carried into the space between the galeae and labial palps. This back-and-forth glossal movement occurs repeatedly. Movement of liquid to the mouth apparently results from the action of the cibarial pump, facilitated by each retraction of the tongue pushing liquid up the food canal.
External Thorax.
The insect thorax has three segments: the prothorax | Obelisk posture
The obelisk posture is a handstand-like position that some dragonflies and damselflies assume to prevent overheating on sunny days. The abdomen is raised until its tip points at the sun, minimizing the surface area exposed to solar radiation. When the sun is close to directly overhead, the vertical alignment of the insect's body suggests an obelisk.
Function and occurrence.
Dragonflies may also raise their abdomens for other reasons. For instance, male Blue Dashers ("Pachydiplax longipennis") assume an obelisk-like | 50,218 | triviaqa-train |
For a point each, name the 2 countries surrounding the Oriental Republic of Uruguay. | all other related economic determinants), in livestock raising and exports. Montevideo became a major economic center of the region and an entrepôt for goods from Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay.
History 20th century.
The Colorado leader José Batlle y Ordóñez was elected president in 1903. The following year, the Blancos led a rural revolt and eight bloody months of fighting ensued before their leader, Aparicio Saravia, was killed in battle. Government forces emerged victorious, leading to the end of the co-participation politics that had begun in | roles of both head of state and head of government. The economy is largely based on agriculture (making up 10% of GDP and the most substantial export) and the state sector, Uruguay's economy is on the whole more stable than in its surrounding states, and it maintains a solid reputation with investors.
General reference.
- Pronunciation: (; )
- Common English country name: Uruguay
- Official English country name: The Oriental Republic of Uruguay
- Common endonym(s): Uruguay
- Official | 50,219 | triviaqa-train |
What did Stevie Wonder just call to say in 1984? | "Ebony and Ivory".
In 1983, Wonder performed the song "Stay Gold", the theme to Francis Ford Coppola's film adaptation of S. E. Hinton's novel "The Outsiders". Wonder wrote the lyrics. In 1983, he scheduled an album to be entitled "People Work, Human Play". The album never surfaced and instead 1984 saw the release of Wonder's soundtrack album for "The Woman in Red". The lead single, "I Just Called to Say I Love You", | is currently impossible for the pathologist to distinguish between them.
A 2010 study looked at 554 autopsies of infants in North Carolina that listed SIDS as the cause of death, and suggested that many of these deaths may have been due to accidental suffocation. The study found that 69% of autopsies listed other possible risk factors that could have led to death, such as unsafe bedding or sleeping with adults.
Several instances of infanticide have been uncovered where the diagnosis was originally SIDS. Estimate of the percentage of SIDS deaths that | 50,220 | triviaqa-train |
In a 1794 poem by William Blake, which animal is described as burning bright? | and Ralph Vaughan Williams, who set his works. Modern British composer John Tavener set several of Blake's poems, including "The Lamb" (as the 1982 work "The Lamb") and "The Tyger".
Many such as June Singer have argued that Blake's thoughts on human nature greatly anticipate and parallel the thinking of the psychoanalyst Carl Jung. In Jung's own words: "Blake [is] a tantalizing study, since he compiled a lot of half or undigested knowledge in his fantasies. According | The Lilly
The Lilly is a poem written by the English poet William Blake. It was published as part of his collection Songs of Experience in 1794.
The Poem.
The modest Rose puts forth a thorn:
The humble Sheep, a threat’ning horn:
While the Lilly white, shall in Love delight
Nor a thorn nor a threat stain her beauty bright.
Summary.
The Rose, which is a symbol of love and beauty, puts forth a flaw or a thorn. The humble | 50,221 | triviaqa-train |
Melvin Purvis and Samuel P. Cowley led the FBI team that confronted, and ultimately killed, what noted gangster outside the Biograph Theater in Chicago on July 22, 1934? | Biograph Theater
The Biograph Theater, at 2433 North Lincoln Avenue, near Lincoln Park in Chicago, Illinois, was originally a movie theater but now presents live productions. It is notable as the location where bank robber John Dillinger was shot by FBI agents after watching a gangster movie on July 22, 1934. The theater is on the National Register of Historic Places and was designated a Chicago Landmark on March 28, 2001.
History.
Designed by architect Samuel N. Crowen in 1914, the Biograph has many of the | Herman Hollis
Herman Edward "Ed" Hollis (January 1903 – November 27, 1934) was an American law enforcement official and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) special agent. As an FBI special agent in the 1930s, Hollis worked with agents Melvin Purvis, Samuel P. Cowley and others fighting bank robbers, gangsters and organized crime in the Chicago area during the Great Depression. Hollis is best known for having been killed in the line of duty during an intense shootout with Chicago-area bank robber Lester Gillis, a.k.a | 50,222 | triviaqa-train |
A Rhodes Scholarship allows a student to do postgraduate work at which school? | , and seen as absurd by the trustees and Oxford, to suggest that some of the scholarships might go to Africans. Furthermore, as Rhodes himself knew, and as Oxford University insisted in the early years of the scholarships, all applicants for the scholarship were required to pass the entrance exam for Oxford, or its equivalent, called Responsions, which included ancient Greek and Latin. It would have been highly unusual for any Africans in that era to be admitted into those European schools in southern Africa that taught such subjects. Rhodes | senior year at a local university, usually University of Maryland, Johns Hopkins University, Georgetown University, or George Washington University, and complete the degree by the following semester. Midshipmen accepted into prestigious scholarships, such as the Rhodes Scholarship are permitted to complete their studies before fulfilling their service obligation. Finally, the Bowman Scholarship allows Navy Nuclear Power candidates to complete their master's degrees at the Naval Postgraduate School before continuing into the Navy.
Student activities.
Student activities Athletics.
Participation in athletics is, in general, | 50,223 | triviaqa-train |
Often with obscene or risque intent, what poetry uses a strict AABBA rhyme scheme? | Limerick (poetry)
A limerick is a form of verse, usually humorous and frequently rude, in five-line, predominantly meter with a strict rhyme scheme of AABBA, in which the first, second and fifth line rhyme, while the third and fourth lines are shorter and share a different rhyme. The following example is a limerick of unknown origin:
The form appeared in England in the early years of the 18th century. It was popularized by Edward Lear in the 19th century, although he did not | represents the repeated refrain, "a" represents the verse set to the same music as the refrain, and "b" represents the remaining verses set to different music.
Within this overall structure, the number of lines and the rhyme scheme is variable. The refrain and "abgesang" may be of three, four or five lines each, with rhyme schemes such as ABA, ABAB, AAAB, ABBA, AAAB, or AABBA. The structure often involves an alternation of longer with shorter lines. Typically, all | 50,224 | triviaqa-train |
From the Latin plumbum, what element has an atomic weight of 82 and uses the symbol pb? | Lead
Lead () is a chemical element with the symbol Pb (from the Latin "plumbum") and atomic number 82. It is a heavy metal that is denser than most common materials. Lead is soft and malleable, and also has a relatively low melting point. When freshly cut, lead is silvery with a hint of blue; it tarnishes to a dull gray color when exposed to air. Lead has the highest atomic number of any stable element and three of its isotopes are endpoints of major nuclear decay | protons. The stable nuclide Pb has "Z" = 82 and "N" = 124, for example. For this reason, the valley of stability does not follow the line "Z" = "N" for A larger than 40 ("Z" = 20 is the element calcium). Neutron number increases along the line of beta stability at a faster rate than atomic number.
The line of beta stability follows a particular curve of neutron–proton ratio, corresponding to the most stable nuclides. On | 50,225 | triviaqa-train |
What national park, the first in the world, is home to the Roosevelt Arch, whose cornerstone was laid by the totally badassed president himself in 1903? | Roosevelt Arch
The Roosevelt Arch is a rusticated triumphal arch at the north entrance to Yellowstone National Park in Gardiner, Montana, United States. Constructed under the supervision of the US Army at Fort Yellowstone, its cornerstone was laid down by President Theodore Roosevelt in 1903. The top of the arch is inscribed with a quote from the Organic Act of 1872, the legislation which created Yellowstone, which reads: "For the Benefit and Enjoyment of the People".
Roosevelt Arch.
Before 1903, trains brought visitors to | "Grace Reformed Church, Sunday School and Parish House" was constructed between 1892 and 1903. U.S. President Teddy Roosevelt laid the cornerstone of the building. Grace Reformed Church was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.
Located on 15th Street, N.W. in Washington, D.C., Grace Reformed Church comprises three buildings: the Church or Sanctuary; the Sunday School; and the Parish House. The Church, designed by Paul J. Pelz and A. A. Ritcher, was constructed between 1902–1903. The Sunday School, also | 50,226 | triviaqa-train |
What word derives from the Persian phrase, "Shah Mat" meaning the king is helpless? | Checkmate
Checkmate (often shortened to mate) is a game position in chess and other chess-like games in which a player's king is in check (threatened with ) and there is no way to remove the threat. Checkmating the opponent wins the game.
In chess, the king is never captured—the game ends as soon as the king is checkmated. In formal games, most players an inevitably lost game before being checkmated. It is usually considered bad etiquette to continue playing in a completely hopeless position | Modern Persian word "Īrān" () derives immediately from Middle Persian "Ērān" (Pahlavi spelling: "ʼyrʼn"), first attested in an inscription that accompanies the investiture relief of the first Sassanid king Ardashir I at Naqsh-e Rustam. In this inscription, the king's Middle Persian appellation is "ardašīr šāhān šāh ērān" while in the Parthian language inscription that accompanies the Middle Persian one the king is titled "ardašīr šāhān šāh aryān" (Pahlavi: "... ʼryʼn") both meaning "king of | 50,227 | triviaqa-train |
Known as The Hawkeye State, what was the 29th state to join the Union on December 28, 1848? | , Denison, Creston, Mount Ayr, Sac City, and Walnut.
Attractions Northeast and Northern Iowa.
The Driftless Area of northeast Iowa has many steep hills and deep valleys, checkered with forest and terraced fields. Effigy Mounds National Monument in Allamakee and Clayton Counties has the largest assemblage of animal-shaped prehistoric mounds in the world.
Waterloo is home of the Grout Museum and is headquarters of the Silos & Smokestacks National Heritage Area. Cedar Falls is home of the University of Northern Iowa.
Dubuque is a | 's prime minister on 6 December 1848. At Frankfurt Boch did not join any particular faction, but he tended to vote with the Centre-Right members, supporting of the election of the Prussian king as Emperor of the Germans. (The king declined the appointment.) When the parliament discussed the question of a possible German state under Prussian leadership, the three Luxembourg members presented a united front, insisting on certain conditions that would be necessary for Luxembourg to join any such union. | 50,228 | triviaqa-train |
The father of the modern assembly line, what American industrialist, born on July 30, 1863, was a prolific inventor with 161 patents to his name? | performs one simple operation.
According to Henry Ford:
Simple example.
Consider the assembly of a car: assume that certain steps in the assembly line are to install the engine, install the hood, and install the wheels (in that order, with arbitrary interstitial steps); only one of these steps can be done at a time. In traditional production, only one car would be assembled at a time. If engine installation takes 20 minutes, hood installation takes five minutes, and wheels installation takes 10 | John Cioffi
John Cioffi (born November 7, 1956) is an American electrical engineer, educator and prolific inventor who has made contributions in telecommunication system theory, specifically in coding theory and information theory. Best known as "the father of DSL," Cioffi's pioneering research was instrumental in making digital subscriber line (DSL) technology practical and has led to over 400 publications and more than 100 pending or issued patents, many of which are licensed.
Biography.
John Cioffi was born and raised in Illinois. | 50,229 | triviaqa-train |
Said to be "nigh uncatchable", what ship, originally called the Wicked Wench, is captained by Jack Sparrow every chance he gets? | Black Pearl
The Black Pearl is a fictional ship in the "Pirates of the Caribbean" film series. (The physical ship used as a prop during filmmaking is actually named the "Sunset".) In the screenplay, the "Black Pearl" is easily recognized by her distinctive black hull and sails. Captained by Jack Sparrow, she is said to be "nigh uncatchable". Indeed, in the first three films she either overtakes or flees all other ships, including the "Interceptor" (regarded as the | , Jack Sparrow was in the employ of the East India Trading Co. and regained captaincy of the "Wicked Wench" (this fits in with reality as history notes that pirates did not build ships specifically to commit piracy. Instead, they either bought or stole small, fast vessels, then retrofitted them with heavy armaments).
Jack Sparrow captained the "Wicked Wench" for Cutler Beckett for about a year, hauling various cargoes, but he refused to haul slaves. Hoping to recruit Sparrow as one of his many " | 50,230 | triviaqa-train |
1970 - Steven Tyler, Tom Hamilton, Joey Kramer, Joe Perry, Brad Whitford | Brad Whitford
Bradley Ernest Whitford (born February 23, 1952) is an American musician who is best known for serving as the rhythm and co-lead guitarist for the hard rock band Aerosmith. He has also worked as a songwriter for the group, co-composing well-received tracks such as 1976's "Last Child".
Career.
Whitford graduated from Reading Memorial High School in 1970. After attending the Berklee College of Music, Whitford played in local bands Cymbals of Resistance, Teapot Dome, Earth | be the best-selling band-centric video game across both the "Guitar Hero" and "Rock Band" platforms.
Personnel.
Personnel Current members.
- Steven Tyler – lead vocals, harmonica, percussion, piano, keyboards (1970–present)
- Tom Hamilton – bass (1970–present)
- Joey Kramer – drums, percussion (1970–present)
- Joe Perry – lead and rhythm guitar, backing vocals (1970–1979, 1984–present)
- Brad Whitford – rhythm and lead guitar (1971–1981, 1984–present) | 50,231 | triviaqa-train |
What war was ended by the Treaty of Panmunjom on July 27, 1953? | Panmunjom
Panmunjom, also known as Panmunjeom, now located in Kaesong, North Hwanghae Province, North Korea, was a village just north of the "de facto" border between North and South Korea, where the 1953 Korean Armistice Agreement that paused the Korean War was signed. The building where the armistice was signed still stands.
Its name is often used as a metonym for the nearby Joint Security Area (JSA), where discussions between North and South Korea still take place in blue buildings that straddle the Military Demarcation | , initiated in July 1951, finally concluded on July 27, 1953 at Panmunjom, now in the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ). The resulting Armistice Agreement was signed by the North Korean army, Chinese People's Volunteers and the U.S.-led and South Korean-supported United Nations Command. A peace treaty has not been signed up to now. Following the armistice, the South Korean government returned to Seoul on the symbolic date of August 15, 1953.
Postwar events.
After the armistice, South Korea experienced political turmoil under | 50,232 | triviaqa-train |
In what country would you find the 4,700 square-mile Negev Desert? | the population was estimated at 72,898 out of a total of 75,254 for the Beersheba sub-district. The 1931 census estimated that the population of the Beersheba sub-district was 51,082. This large decrease was considered to be an artifact of incorrect enumeration methods used in 1922. An Arabic history of tribes around Beersheba, published in 1934 records 23 tribal groups.
History State of Israel.
Most of the Negev was earmarked by the November 1947 UN Partition Plan for the future Jewish state. During the 1947-49 War of | crossroads. The proposed Arab State would include the central and part of western Galilee, with the town of Acre, the hill country of Samaria and Judea, an enclave at Jaffa, and the southern coast stretching from north of Isdud (now Ashdod) and encompassing what is now the Gaza Strip, with a section of desert along the Egyptian border. The proposed Jewish State would include the fertile Eastern Galilee, the Coastal Plain, stretching from Haifa to Rehovot and most of the Negev desert, including the southern outpost of Umm | 50,233 | triviaqa-train |
What daily comic strip, created by Jim Toomey in 1991, features an overweight, lazy shark, his wife Megan, a sea turtle named Fillmore, and crab named Hawthorne, among others? | Jim Toomey
James Patrick Toomey (born December 26, 1960) is an American cartoonist famous for his comic "Sherman's Lagoon". Toomey received his B.S.E. from Duke University's Pratt School of Engineering in 1983, an M.L.A. from Stanford University in 1995, and a Master's of Environmental Management from the Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences in 2008.
His cartoon strip, "Sherman's Lagoon", is distributed by King Features Syndicate, and appears in over 250 newspapers in North America and in over | kick it. The ball rebounded off the side of the panel and hit Filmore in the head (this incident followed a conversation they had in which Hawthorne told Fillmore that he wouldn't pull the ball away like Lucy Van Pelt because 'We aren't living in a comic strip').
Characters.
Characters Sherman.
The main character of the strip. Sherman is overweight, lazy and an eating machine. His immaturity and childlike personality frustrates his wife, Megan, to no end, and provides ample opportunities for | 50,234 | triviaqa-train |
Generally acknowledged as the father of role-playing games, Gary Gygax, along with Dave Arneson, was the mastermind behind what major game? | Some outcomes are determined by the game system, and some are chosen by the GM.
This is the format in which role-playing games were first popularized. The first commercially available RPG, "Dungeons & Dragons" (D&D), was inspired by fantasy literature and the wargaming hobby and was published in 1974. The popularity of D&D led to the birth of the tabletop role-playing game industry, which publishes games with many different themes, rules, and styles of play. The popularity of tabletop games has | first examination of the field in clinical terms came with the publication of "Shared Fantasies: Role Playing Games as Social Worlds" by Gary Fine. Gary Gygax, co-originator of the hobby with Dave Arneson, published two books on his philosophy of role-playing, "Role Playing Mastery: Tips, Tactics and Strategies" in 1989, and "Master of the Game" in 1990.
In 1994–95 Inter*Active (later renamed Interactive Fiction) published a magazine devoted to the study of RPGs. In the first issue | 50,235 | triviaqa-train |
What influential show, which paved the way for the future of cooking shows on TV, was hosted by Julia Child? | Julia Child
Julia Carolyn Child (née McWilliams; August 15, 1912 – August 13, 2004) was an American chef, author and television personality. She is recognized for bringing French cuisine to the American public with her debut cookbook, "Mastering the Art of French Cooking", and her subsequent television programs, the most notable of which was "The French Chef", which premiered in 1963.
Childhood and education.
Julia Child was born Julia Carolyn McWilliams in 1912, in Pasadena, California, | was one of the first cooking shows in the United States. It was hosted by Julia Child, author of the cookbook "Mastering the Art of French Cooking".
In 1973, the cooking show "Frugal Gourmet" was launched on KTPS-TV, and was hosted by Jeff Smith, a chef from Seattle.
In 1993, Food Network launched as a cable channel devoted primarily to cooking shows and other programming relating to food.
History Australia.
"The Chef Presents", one of the first cooking | 50,236 | triviaqa-train |
Named for a field piece, what is the name of the cocktail consisting of gin, champagne, lemon juice, and sugar? | French 75 (cocktail)
French 75 is a cocktail made from gin, Champagne, lemon juice, and sugar. It is also called a 75 Cocktail, or in French simply a "Soixante Quinze" (Seventy Five).
The drink dates to World War I, and an early form was created in 1915 at the New York Bar in Paris—later Harry's New York Bar—by barman Harry MacElhone. The combination was said to have such a kick that it felt like being shelled with the powerful | aromatic bitters, lemon juice, curaçao, with an entire lemon rind as garnish
- Daisy – traditional long drink consisting of a base spirit, lemon juice, sugar, and grenadine. The most common daisy cocktail is the Brandy Daisy. Other commonly known daisies are the Whiskey Daisy, Bourbon Daisy, Gin Daisy, Rum Daisy, Lemon Daisy (the non-alcoholic variant), Portuguese Daisy (port and brandy), Vodka Daisy, and Champagne Daisy.
- Fix – traditional long drink related to Cobblers, | 50,237 | triviaqa-train |
What three titans of classical music are collectively known as the Three Bs? | Three Bs
"The Three "B"s" is an English-language phrase derived from an expression coined by Peter Cornelius in 1854, which added Hector Berlioz as the third B to occupy the heights already occupied by Johann Sebastian Bach and Ludwig van Beethoven. Later in the century, the famous conductor Hans von Bülow would substitute Johannes Brahms for Berlioz. The phrase is generally used in discussions of classical music to refer to the supposed primacy of Bach, Beethoven, and Brahms in the field.
Origins.
In an | he has been generally cited as one of the three greatest composers of the Soviet era. As early as 1957 "Time" magazine called Prokofiev, Shostakovich and Khachaturian "the three modern giants" of Soviet music. They are sometimes collectively referred to as the three "titans" of Soviet music. "Whether or not history will support the verdict, Khachaturian in his lifetime ranked as the third most celebrated Soviet composer after Shostakovich and Prokofiev," wrote the music critic Ronald Crichton in 1978. According to the Los Angeles Philharmonic | 50,238 | triviaqa-train |
What is the name of the company from which Wile E. Coyote gets all of his supplies in his vain attempts to capture the Road Runner? | his prey, which comically "backfire", with the Coyote often getting injured in slapstick fashion. Many of the items for these contrivances are mail-ordered from a variety of companies that are all named "Acme".
One running gag involves the Coyote trying (in vain) to shield himself with a little parasol against a great falling boulder that is about to crush him. Another running gag involves the Coyote falling from a high cliff. After he goes over the edge, the rest of the scene, shot | rock just a bit down the bottom of the cliff. Wile E. walks off in relief, until the rock breaks and falls down to the ground, taking Wile E. with it.
Wile E. attempts to use a hydraulic press activated by an electric eye, when the Road Runner attempts to run through the light at the eye, the hydraulic presses can crush him after he passes. The Road Runner stops in front of the eye. The Coyote gets impatient and runs at the Road Runner, but the Road Runner walks | 50,239 | triviaqa-train |
What former first lady, following a family intervention for her alcohol consumption problem, founded an addiction clinic in Rancho Mirage, Ca in 1982? | . It is common for the first lady to hire a staff to support these activities. Lady Bird Johnson pioneered environmental protection and beautification. Pat Nixon encouraged volunteerism and traveled extensively abroad; Betty Ford supported women's rights; Rosalynn Carter aided those with mental disabilities; Nancy Reagan founded the Just Say No drug awareness campaign; Barbara Bush promoted literacy; Hillary Clinton sought to reform the healthcare system in the U.S.; Laura Bush supported women's rights groups, and encouraged childhood literacy. Michelle Obama became identified with supporting military families and | Moderation Management
Moderation Management (MM) is a secular non-profit organization providing peer-run non-coercive support groups for anyone who would like to reduce their alcohol consumption. MM was founded in 1994 to create an alternative to Alcoholics Anonymous and similar addiction recovery groups for non-dependent problem drinkers who do not necessarily want to stop drinking, but moderate their amount of alcohol consumed to reduce its detrimental consequences.
History.
Moderation Management was founded by Audrey Kishline, a problem drinker, who did not identify | 50,240 | triviaqa-train |
What opium addicted English poet, who died on July 25, 1834, wrote such works as The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, Christabel, and Kubla Kahn? | Kubla Khan
Kubla Khan; or, A Vision in a Dream: A Fragment is a poem written by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, completed in 1797 and published in 1816. According to Coleridge's preface to "Kubla Khan", the poem was composed one night after he experienced an opium-influenced dream after reading a work describing Xanadu, the summer palace of the Mongol ruler and Emperor of China Kublai Khan. Upon waking, he set about writing lines of poetry that came to him from the dream until he was interrupted | 'Christabel,' 'The Rime of the Ancient Mariner,' and 'Kubla Khan,' poems so distinctive and so different from his others that many generations of readers know Coleridge solely through them." She latter added that "Of all the poems Coleridge wrote, three are beyond compare. These three, 'The Ancient Mariner,' 'Christabel,' and 'Kubla Khan,' produced an aura which defies definition, but which might be properly be called one of 'natural magic.'" What sets | 50,241 | triviaqa-train |
What's missing: Australian Open, US Open, Wimbledon | Longest tennis match records
This article details longest tennis match records by duration or number of games.
The 1970–1973 introduction of the tiebreak reduced the opportunity for such records to be broken. However, among the Grand Slams, the US Open, Australian Open (since 2019) and Wimbledon (to be used starting from 2019) use the tiebreak in the final set, while the French Open remains the only Grand Slam to use the advantage set rules in the final set, which allows for an indefinite number of games until | Returned to the tour after missing the Wimbledon Championships.
- 1973 – Won three of the four Grand Slam singles and women's doubles tournaments. Became the first mother in the open era to win the Australian, French, and US Open Championships. Lost her match with Bobby Riggs. Her women's doubles title at the US Open completed a "boxed set" of Grand Slam titles won exclusively after the start of the open era in 1968.
- 1974 – Absent from the game until November because of | 50,242 | triviaqa-train |
Sara Jane Moore spent 32 years in prison for attempting to assassinate which president a mere 17 days after Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme tried? | secure facility, and she served the remainder of her term at the federal women's prison in Dublin, California, where she worked in the UNICOR prison labor program for $1.25 per hour as the Lead Inmate Operating Accountant. Moore had the Federal Bureau of Prisons register number 04851-180.
In an interview in 2004, former President Ford described Moore as "off her mind" and said that he continued making public appearances, even after two attempts on his life within such a short time, because "a president | "Camp Cupcake" due to the comparatively favorable conditions at the minimum security prison, which houses females found guilty of federal crimes. The ranks of former inmates of the camp range from jazz legend Billie Holiday and would-be presidential assassins Sara Jane Moore and Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme, to homemaking mogul Martha Stewart.
On April 29, 2014, the "Detroit News" reported that Judge O'Meara had denied Hathaway's request for early release. Hathaway was scheduled for release on June 26, 2014.
On May | 50,243 | triviaqa-train |
Which 1950's legends backing band was known as The Comets (or His Comets)? | first" rock and roll record. Contenders for the title of "first rock and roll record" include Sister Rosetta Tharpe's "Strange Things Happening Every Day" (1944), "The Fat Man" by Fats Domino (1949), Goree Carter's "Rock Awhile" (1949), Jimmy Preston's "Rock the Joint" (1949), which was later covered by Bill Haley & His Comets in 1952, "Rocket 88" by Jackie Brenston and his Delta Cats (Ike Turner and his band | the age of the Solar System, they must be replenished frequently. One such area of replenishment is the Oort cloud, a spherical swarm of comets extending beyond 50,000 AU from the Sun first hypothesised by Dutch astronomer Jan Oort in 1950. The Oort cloud is thought to be the point of origin of long-period comets, which are those, like Hale–Bopp, with orbits lasting thousands of years.
There is another comet population, known as short-period or periodic comets, consisting of those comets that, | 50,244 | triviaqa-train |
By what title is the vice president's wife commonly known? | Second Lady of the United States
Second Lady of the United States (SLOTUS) is the informal title held by the wife of the vice president of the United States, concurrent with the vice president's term of office. This title is less commonly used than the title first lady of the United States.
The term "Second Lady", coined in contrast to "First Lady" (who is almost always the wife of the president), may have been first used by Jennie Tuttle Hobart (whose husband, | speak or get up from his sick bed in his Saudi Arabian hospital. This resulted in a power vacuum in Nigeria as a consequence of which a constitutional crisis began to unfold. The President's supporters and cabinet ministers, led by his wife Turai Yar'Adua, resisted the suggestion that the Vice-President should take over power whilst the President was incapacitated even though this was what the Nigerian constitution prescribed, Fani-Kayode added his voice to that of President Obasanjo, President Shehu Shagari, General Yakubu Gowon, Ernest Shonekan and other | 50,245 | triviaqa-train |
Ricardo Montalban extolled the "soft Corinthian leather" in what model of car, produced from 1975 to 1983? | Chrysler Cordoba
The Chrysler Cordoba was an intermediate personal luxury coupe sold by Chrysler in North America from 1975–1983. It was the company's first model produced specifically for the personal luxury market and the first Chrysler-branded vehicle that was smaller than full-size.
History.
In the early 1960s, when other upmarket brands were expanding into smaller cars with such models as the Mercury Comet and Buick Skylark, Chrysler very publicly declared that there would "never" be a smaller Chrysler. Indeed, the 1963 Chrysler deluxe | way, the implication was Hispanic, and this theme was carried out with somewhat baroque trim inside the vehicle. Although the first spokesperson for the car was Richard Basehart, Chrysler famously secured movie and television actor Ricardo Montalbán as the car's advertising spokesman through its entire run. Notable was his eloquent praise of its "rich Corinthian leather" interior.
First generation (1975–1979).
The Cordoba was introduced by Chrysler for the 1975 model year as an upscale personal luxury car, competing with the Oldsmobile Cutlass, Buick Regal | 50,246 | triviaqa-train |
July 27, 1789 saw George Washington sign the bill that created the first ever Federal Agency under the US constitution, the Department of Foreign Affairs. By what name is the department currently known? | to 30% of Americans applying to teach English in Laos and 50% of applicants to do research in Laos. In contrast, 6% of applicants applying to teach English in Belgium were successful compared to 16% of applicants to do research in Belgium.
The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs sponsors the Fulbright Program from an annual appropriation from the U.S. Congress. Additional direct and in-kind support comes from partner governments, foundations, corporations, and host institutions both in and outside the U.S. | to the office in April 2018 after Rex Tillerson resigned.
History.
The U.S. Constitution, drafted in Philadelphia in September 1787 and ratified by the 13 states the following year, gave the President the responsibility for conducting the nation's foreign relations.
To that end, Congress approved legislation to establish a Department of Foreign Affairs on July 21, 1789, and President Washington signed it into law on July 27, making the Department of Foreign Affairs the first federal agency to be created under the new Constitution. This legislation | 50,247 | triviaqa-train |
What was the first country to get foreign aid from the United States, in 1812, following a devastating earthquake? | surrounding countries and regions, including Cuba (MM III in Guantánamo), Jamaica (MM II in Kingston), Venezuela (MM II in Caracas), Puerto Rico (MM II–III in San Juan), and the bordering Dominican Republic (MM III in Santo Domingo). According to estimates from the United States Geological Survey, approximately 3.5 million people lived in the area that experienced shaking intensity of MM VII to X, a range that can cause moderate to very heavy damage even to earthquake-resistant structures | , and sworn in as Ambassador on August 17, 2009, where she served as chief of the United States Mission to the UN Agencies in Rome and is part of the "Tri-Mission Community" that also includes the United States Ambassador to Italy and the United States Ambassador to the Holy See.
During her time in Rome, she set up new country-led aid programs. She worked towards providing food relief to Port-au-Prince following the devastating 2010 Haiti earthquake. She said that seeing the famous | 50,248 | triviaqa-train |
What hormone are Type I diabetics deficient in? | . They also have a rapid degradation cycle, making sure they do not reach distant sites within the body.
Therapeutic use.
Many hormones and their structural and functional analogs are used as medication. The most commonly prescribed hormones are estrogens and progestogens (as methods of hormonal contraception and as HRT), thyroxine (as levothyroxine, for hypothyroidism) and steroids (for autoimmune diseases and several respiratory disorders). Insulin is used by many diabetics. Local preparations for use in otolaryngology often contain pharmacologic equivalents of adrenaline, while | could potentially stop the formation of the Lafora Bodies in neurons in laforin-deficient mice models while also reducing the chances of seizures. The adipocyte hormone Leptin is what this research targeted by blocking the leptin signaling to reduce glucose uptake and stop Lafora bodies from forming.
Other researchers are looking into the ways in which Lafora bodies are being regulated at the level of gene expression. There is specific research looking into how Laforin, a glycogen dephosphatase, gene expression is potentially being downregulated or mutations are arising in the DNA in LD | 50,249 | triviaqa-train |
Who is captain of the Black Pearl in Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean franchise? | Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl is a 2003 American fantasy swashbuckler film directed by Gore Verbinski and the first film in the "Pirates of the Caribbean" film series. Produced by Walt Disney Pictures and Jerry Bruckheimer, the film is based on Walt Disney's "Pirates of the Caribbean" attraction at Disney theme parks. The story follows pirate Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) and blacksmith Will Turner (Orlando Bloom) as they rescue the | "Pequod" in the book "Moby-Dick".
- In the "Pirates of the Caribbean" film franchise:
- Hector Barbossa was the first mate of the ship "Black Pearl" before taking command by mutiny.
- Joshamee Gibbs, first mate of "Black Pearl".
- Angelica, first mate of "Queen Anne's Revenge" in the film "".
- Billy Bones, first mate of Captain Flint in Robert Louis Stevenson's novel "Treasure Island". | 50,250 | triviaqa-train |
In bowling, what bird's name is given to three successive strikes? | Due to the difficulty of achieving a game of 300 or a series of 900, many Bowling establishments have plaques engraved with 300 and 900 club members.
A list of consecutive strikes.
2-Double
3-Turkey
4-Hambone / Square Ball
5-Shark / High Five / Five Bagger
6-Six Pack
7-Lucky Seven
8-Octopus
9-Golden Turkey
10-Dime Bag
11-Aces Up
12-Dirty Dozen | defined as "unwanted variation away from" a consistent desired lateral movement.
- Dummy score: See blind.
- Dutch 200: A game consisting only of alternating strikes and spares which always results in a score of 200.
Other bowling terms E.
- Early timing: A delivery in which the ball is released before the sliding foot slides. Compare: late timing.
- Emergency service (UK): Knocking down 9 pins in three successive frames—as in "999", the UK emergency telephone | 50,251 | triviaqa-train |
Although never actually used in the books, the phrase "Elementary, my dear Watson." is commonly attributed to whom? | Legacy.
Legacy The detective story.
Although Holmes is not the original fictional detective, his name has become synonymous with the role. The investigating detective (such as Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot and Dorothy L. Sayers' Lord Peter Wimsey) became a successful character for a number of authors.
Legacy "Elementary, my dear Watson".
The phrase "Elementary, my dear Watson" has become one of the most quoted and iconic aspects of the character. However, although Holmes often observes that his conclusions are " | the popularity of the dame of national erotic cinema. A couple of phrases have remained in history." One of these phrases is ""canalla" ¿"qué pretende usted de mí"?" (English: "scoundrel, what do you want from me?"), commonly attributed to Sarli's character before being raped in a truck. Although the phrase is "engraved in Argentine popular culture", it was actually never said in the film, constituting "a true popular myth." The scene in | 50,252 | triviaqa-train |
What is the name of the dog in the primer books Dick and Jane? | develop the readers after noting the reduced reading ability of children and urged the use of a new reading format for primers. In addition, Sharp developed the main characters of "Dick" and "Jane," the older brother and sister in a fictional family that included "Mother," "Father," and a youngr sister named "Sally," their pets, "Spot" (originally a cat in the 1930s, but a dog in later editions), and "Puff," their cat; and a | Janet and Mark
Janet and Mark were a series of basic reading books from Harper and Row first published in 1966. They were not unlike the early Dick and Jane series. In 1969, California adopted the line of textbooks for use throughout the state for children four to eight years old.
Books.
- On our Way to Read - used prior to the pre-primer series
- Outdoors and In
- City Days, City Ways
- Just for Fun
External links.
- An article | 50,253 | triviaqa-train |
What car company, with a 10 year lifespan, was created from the purchase of American Motors by Chrysler in 1988? | American Motors Corporation
American Motors Corporation (AMC) was an American automobile company formed by the 1954 merger of Nash-Kelvinator Corporation and Hudson Motor Car Company. At the time, it was the largest corporate merger in U.S. history.
AMC went on to compete with the US Big Three—Ford, General Motors and Chrysler—with its small cars including the Rambler American, Hornet, Gremlin and Pacer; muscle cars including the Marlin, AMX and Javelin; and early four-wheel-drive variants of the Eagle | .
=History=
The credit arm of Ford Motor Company was created with the purchase of Associates First Capital Corporation from Gulf Western in 1989.
Since the automotive industry crisis of 2008–10, Ford Credit has been the only financial arm of Detroit's "Big Three" still owned by its parent automaker due to the spinoff of GMAC (now Ally Financial) by General Motors and the purchase of Chrysler Financial (now TD Auto Finance) by Toronto-Dominion Bank.
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What was the name give to the lunar module piloted by Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong that was the first to land on the moon? | surface, then jettisoned the descent stage and used its ascent engine to return to the CSM.
History Production flights.
The first crewed lunar landing occurred on July 20, 1969, in the Apollo 11 LM "Eagle". Four days later, the Apollo 11 crew in the Command Module "Columbia" splashed down in the Pacific Ocean, completing President John F. Kennedy's goal: "before this decade is out, of landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to the Earth."
This was | Buzz Aldrin
Buzz Aldrin (; born Edwin Eugene Aldrin Jr.; January 20, 1930) is an American engineer and a former astronaut and fighter pilot. As the Apollo Lunar Module pilot on the Apollo 11 mission, he and mission commander Neil Armstrong were the first two humans to land on the Moon.
Born in Glen Ridge, New Jersey, Aldrin graduated third in the class of 1951 from the United States Military Academy at West Point, with a degree in mechanical engineering. He was commissioned into the United States Air | 50,255 | triviaqa-train |
Which cartoon character was introduced on July 27, 1940 in the short "A Wild Hare"? | is the ninth most-portrayed film personality in the world. On December 10, 1985, Bugs became the second cartoon character (after Mickey) to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
He also has been a pitchman for companies including Kool-Aid and Nike. His Nike commercials with Michael Jordan as "Hare Jordan" for the Air Jordan VII and VIII became precursors to "Space Jam". As a result, he has spent time as an honorary member of Jordan Brand, including having Jordan | Disney, he worked as an animation checker on several of their short subjects (mostly involving Donald Duck), before working on their first feature-length film, "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" (1937).
He subsequently joined Warner Bros. for his first stint at the studio, which was spent working mostly under Chuck Jones and Tex Avery. For the cartoon "A Wild Hare" (1940), Avery asked Givens to redesign a rabbit character previously designed by director Ben Hardaway and character designer Charles Thorson | 50,256 | triviaqa-train |
Which Lewis Carroll character was known for its enormous grin? | Alice on the front and the Cheshire Cat on the back. It intended to organize stamps wherever one stored their writing utensils; Carroll expressly notes in "Eight or Nine Wise Words About Letter-Writing" it is not intended to be carried in a pocket or purse, as the most common individual stamps could easily be carried on their own. The pack included a copy of a pamphletted version of this lecture.
Another invention was a writing tablet called the nyctograph that allowed note-taking in the dark, thus eliminating | the south side of the Adams Street/Dorchester Avenue intersection. On the east side of the intersection is an enormous brick building which houses a U.S. Post Office and is known as the O'Hearn Storage Building, which once housed a music hall and today displays little of its original character as a building designed by noted Dorchester architect Edwin J. Lewis.
To the north is the Fields Corner Municipal Building (1874, now housing professional offices), located at 195 Adams Street on the corner of Arcadia Street, and, a short | 50,257 | triviaqa-train |
Sounding more like an FAA employee, what did Jason Lee and Beth Reifsgraf name their son? | to prevent and raise awareness of breast cancer, promotes the "I Love Boobies" bracelet. It also features Clint Peterson (Stereo) and Giovanni Reda (WESC), who are both teammates of Lee.
Lee later worked with Tony Hawk when he lent his voice and likeness to "Tony Hawk's Project 8" to become a playable character. Lee then voiced Coach Frank, a character created during the development of Stereo, in "Skate 3".
Professional skateboarder and owner of the Girl and Lakai Limited | wanting to write all of the Silver Surfer's stories personally, had asked other writers not to use the character, and suggested that Thomas use Doctor Strange instead. Thomas has also speculated that Lee came up with the team's name: "The 'Defenders' is far too passive a name for my taste. I prefer more aggressive-sounding names like the 'Avengers' or the 'Invaders,' so Stan probably came up with that one." Due to the popularity of their tryout in "Marvel Feature" | 50,258 | triviaqa-train |
July 30, 1956 saw the adoption of what phrase as the official motto of the United States? | , Canada. The phrase has been included in many hymns and religious-patriotic songs. During the American Civil War, the 125th Pennsylvania Infantry for the Union Army assumed the motto "In God we trust" in early August 1862. William W. Wallace, coiner, circa August 1862, of the motto "In God We Trust" was Captain of Company C of the 125th Pennsylvania Infantry.
The Reverend Mark R. Watkinson of 'Ridleyville', Pennsylvania, (pastor of Prospect Hill Baptist Church in present-day Prospect | signed by President Eisenhower on July 30, 1956, declaring the phrase to be the national motto.
Some groups and people have objected to its use, contending that its religious reference violates the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment. These groups believe the phrase should be removed from currency and public property. In lawsuits, this argument has so far not overcome the interpretational doctrine of accommodationism, which allows government to endorse religious establishments as long as they are all treated equally. According to a 2003 joint poll by USA Today, | 50,259 | triviaqa-train |
When it absolutely, positively has to be there overnight? | FedEx
FedEx Corporation is an American multinational courier delivery services company headquartered in Memphis, Tennessee. The name "FedEx" is a syllabic abbreviation of the name of the company's original air division, Federal Express (now FedEx Express), which was used from 1973 until 2000. The company is known for its overnight shipping service and pioneering a system that could track packages and provide real-time updates on package location (to help in finding lost packages), a feature that has now been implemented by most other carrier | Ed McMahon's School of Laughing — a school that trains people who want to make money by performing on laugh tracks.
- Einstein Express — an express courier service that handles late-arriving packages by literally sending them back in time to the desired arrival date. The slogan: "When it absolutely, positively has to be there the day before yesterday".
- Elián! The Cuban Boy — promo for a Disney-produced Broadway musical about Elián González (the real-life young boy turned over to his | 50,260 | triviaqa-train |
Serial killer David Berkowitz, who terrorized New York City from 1975 to 1976, was known in the press by what name? | young women with long dark hair. NYPD sergeant Richard Conlon stated that police were "leaning towards a connection in all these cases". Composite sketches were released of the black-haired Lauria–Valenti shooter and the blond Lomino–DeMasi shooter, and Conlon noted that police were looking for multiple "suspects", not just one.
Crimes begin Virginia Voskerichian shooting.
At about 7:30 p.m. on March 8, 1977, Columbia University student Virginia Voskerichian, 19, was walking home from school when she was confronted by | Gary Evans (serial killer)
Gary Charles Evans (October 7, 1954 – August 14, 1998) was an american thief and confessed serial killer in and around the Capital District, New York. His penchant for stealing antiques and his multiple escapes from custody — including one that ended in his death — made him headline news in the area on numerous occasions. He disturbed the lives of many; a well known documentary on "Destination America" describes the life of a family who was terrorized by the killer. | 50,261 | triviaqa-train |
Founded 1250 years ago yesterday, the Iraqi city of Baghdad lies along which river? | - Yarmouk
- Jesr Diyala
- Abu Disher
- Raghiba Khatoun
- Arab Jibor
- Al-Fathel
- Al-Ubedy
- Al-Washash
- Al-Wazireya
Geography.
The city is located on a vast plain bisected by the Tigris river. The Tigris splits Baghdad in half, with the eastern half being called "Risafa" and the Western half known as "Karkh". The land on which the city is built is almost entirely flat and low-lying, being | Battle of Nasiriyah
The Battle of Nasiriyah was fought between the US 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade and Iraqi forces from 23 March to 2 April 2003 during the US-led invasion of Iraq. Nasiriyah is a city which lies along the banks of the Euphrates River in Dhi Qar Province, about southeast of Baghdad. Its population is made up almost entirely of Shiite Muslims. On the night of 24–25 March, the bulk of the Marines of Regimental Combat Team 1 passed through the city over the bridges and attacked north towards Baghdad. | 50,262 | triviaqa-train |
What is the name for the conical textile tube hung from a pole at airports used to indicate wind direction and relative speed? | Windsock
A windsock is a conical textile tube that resembles a giant sock. Windsocks can be used as a basic guide to wind direction and speed, or as decoration.
Uses.
Windsocks are used to tell wind speed and the direction of the wind speed itself. Windsocks typically are used at airports to indicate the direction and strength of the wind to pilots and at chemical plants where there is risk of gaseous leakage. They are sometimes located alongside highways at windy locations.
At many airports, windsocks are lit | Soaring flight computers, often used in combination with PDAs running specialized soaring software, have been designed for use in gliders. Using GPS technology in conjunction with a barometric device these tools can:
- Provide the glider's position in 3 dimensions by a moving map display
- Alert the pilot to nearby airspace restrictions
- Indicate position along track and remaining distance and course direction
- Show airports within theoretical gliding distance
- Determine wind direction and speed at current altitude
- Show historical lift information
- Create | 50,263 | triviaqa-train |
Nov 24, 1859 saw the first edition of On The Origin of Species, under the authorship of who? | , Darwin's concept of evolutionary adaptation through natural selection became central to modern evolutionary theory, and it has now become the unifying concept of the life sciences.
Summary of Darwin's theory.
Darwin's theory of evolution is based on key facts and the inferences drawn from them, which biologist Ernst Mayr summarised as follows:
Background.
Background Developments before Darwin's theory.
In later editions of the book, Darwin traced evolutionary ideas as far back as Aristotle; the text he cites is a summary by Aristotle | of evolution. He had based that on variation of species, such as he had observed in finches in the Galapagos Islands, who had appeared to be modifications of a common ancestor. Selection of domestic species to produce a new variety also played a role in his conclusions. The first edition of "Origin of Species" in 1859 discusses the language tree as though "de novo" under the topic of classification. Darwin criticises the synchronic method devised by Linnaeus, suggesting that it be replaced by a "natural arrangement" based | 50,264 | triviaqa-train |
Originally started in 1956 by Pauline Phillips, what advice column is now written by her daughter, Jeanne Phillips? | actual author.
The term is beginning to fall into disuse, as the scope of personal advice has broadened to include sexual matters—pioneered by the likes of Dr. Ruth—as well as general lifestyle issues. "The Athenian Mercury" contained the first known advice column in 1690.
Examples of advice columnists.
Many advice columns are now syndicated and appear in several newspapers. Prominent American examples include Dear Abby, Ann Landers, Carolyn Hax's "Tell Me About It", and Daniel Mallory Ortberg's " | Annie's Mailbox was syndicated in numerous newspapers throughout the US, until June 30, 2016. On that date, Mitchell and Sugar, wrote "...we say farewell. It is time for us to step aside and take advantage of opportunities neither of us has had the time for until now." They also introduced columnist Annie Lane, known as Dear Annie.
Change in writer.
Pauline Phillips wrote the column herself until 1987, at which time her daughter Jeanne Phillips began writing the column with her. | 50,265 | triviaqa-train |
Featuring William Hartnell in the title role, Nov 23, 1963 saw the debut of what BBC sci-fi series, the world's longest running series in that genre? | Many early releases have been re-released as special editions, with more bonus features.
Adaptations and other appearances.
Adaptations and other appearances Dr. Who films.
There are two Dr. Who feature films: "Dr. Who and the Daleks", released in 1965 and "Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D." in 1966. Both are retellings of existing television stories (specifically, the first two Dalek serials, "The Daleks" and "The Dalek Invasion of Earth" respectively) with a larger budget and alterations | "Supernatural" where he stars as Dean Winchester. Dean and his brother Sam (Jared Padalecki) drive throughout the United States hunting paranormal predators, fighting demons and angels, and dealing with all manner of fantasy & sci-fi genre. The show is currently in its fourteenth season on the CW. It owns the title of the longest-running North American sci-fi series in history.
In the summer of 2007, Ackles took on the role of Priestly in the independent comedy "Ten Inch Hero". | 50,266 | triviaqa-train |
What fictional boxer, nicknamed The Italian Stallion, ended with a career record of 57-23-1? | Rocky Balboa
Robert "Rocky" Balboa, Sr, “The Italian Stallion” is the title character of the "Rocky" film series. The character was created by Sylvester Stallone, who also portrayed him in all eight "Rocky" films. He is depicted as an everyman who started out by going the distance and overcoming obstacles that had occurred in his life and career as a professional boxer. While he is loosely based on Chuck Wepner, a one-time boxer who fought Muhammad Ali and lost on a TKO | James Kinchen
James Kinchen (born March 1, 1958) is a retired American professional boxer. Nicknamed "The Heat", Kinchen is best known for his bout against Thomas Hearns for the inaugural WBO super middleweight title.
Amateur career.
Kinchen started his career out of McKinney, Texas, as a three-time Golden Gloves champion, as well as three-time Southwestern AAU champion. He ended his amateur career with a record of 127-12.
Professional career.
As a pro, Kinchen | 50,267 | triviaqa-train |
What cartoonist drew Calvin and Hobbes from 1985 to 1995? | creator, usually termed a cartoonist. However, it is not unusual for a cartoonist to employ the studio method, particularly when a strip become successful. Mort Walker employed a studio, while Bill Watterson and Charles Schulz did not. Gag, political, and editorial cartoonists tend to work alone as well, though a cartoonist may use assistants.
Web cartoonist.
Many artists have used the web since its inception to publish their works online. This eventually led to the creation of webcomics thanks in part to many titles being | "
- 1993: Harvey Award, Best Syndicated Comic Strip, for "Calvin and Hobbes"
- 1993: Reuben Award, Cartoonist of the Year
- 1994: Harvey Award, Best Syndicated Comic Strip, for "Calvin and Hobbes"
- 1995: Harvey Award, Best Syndicated Comic Strip, for "Calvin and Hobbes"
- 1996: Harvey Award, Best Syndicated Comic Strip, for "Calvin and Hobbes"
- 2014: Grand Prix, Angoulême International Comics Festival
Influences.
Bill | 50,268 | triviaqa-train |
What Disney Channel star, and favorite of everyone here tonight, was born on Nov 23, 1992 with the first names Destiny Hope? | Hollywood Records, beginning with Hilary Duff, who became the channel's first teen idol through the 2001–04 sitcom "Lizzie McGuire". The success of the 2003 original television film "The Cheetah Girls" led to other music-themed original programs being developed, including the 2006 hit original movie "High School Musical" and sitcom "Hannah Montana" (which launched the career of its star Miley Cyrus). The August 17, 2007 premiere of "High School Musical 2" became the highest-rated non-sports program | PrankStars
PrankStars was a 2011 American 6-episode reality television series that aired monthly and employed the use of a hidden camera. The series premiered on Disney Channel on July 15, 2011, and was hosted by "Pair of Kings" and "Hannah Montana" star, Mitchel Musso. The television program portrayed scenarios in which children and teenagers met their favorite stars in "unpredictable and humorous" settings that had been engineered by their friends and family. The show was Disney Channel's first reality series since the "Totally in Tune | 50,269 | triviaqa-train |
The 2009 Major League Soccer title game, pitting Real Salt Lake against the Los Angeles Galaxy, was hosted in what US city this year? | is [to] make the playoffs". His first outing as head coach on June 28, 2017, was successful, seeing the Earthquakes achieve their first-ever victory over an MLS side in the U.S. Open Cup with a 2–1 victory against Seattle Sounders FC that would advance them to the USOC quarter finals for the first time since 2012.
Leitch's first MLS match as head coach was a 2–1 win over the LA Galaxy at Stanford Stadium on July 1, in which Chris Wondolowski scored the equalizing goal off of | joining Real Salt Lake.
Club career Major League Soccer.
He was acquired by Real Salt Lake at the same time as fellow Argentines Matias Mantilla and Javier Morales. He scored his first goal against Kansas City Wizards, and celebrated this goal by doing his customary backflip. Six minutes into a game against Los Angeles Galaxy on 6 September 2008, Espíndola scored a goal that was later ruled offside. However, before he had seen the final decision on the goal he had commenced his celebratory backflip, which resulted in him injuring | 50,270 | triviaqa-train |
What movie, a staple of the midnight circuit, is the longest running theatrical release in film history, having first been released on September 26, 1975? | a large international cult following. It was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress in 2005.
Plot.
A criminologist narrates the tale of the newly engaged couple, Brad Majors and Janet Weiss, who find themselves lost and with a flat tire on a cold and rainy late November evening, somewhere near Denton in 1974. Seeking a telephone, the couple walk to a nearby castle where they discover a group of strange and outlandish people who are holding an Annual Transylvanian Convention. | "), the film was both a critical and commercial failure when it was released only as a midnight movie on Halloween 1981. It never received a full general theatrical first-run release. Due to its increased budget and box office failure, "Shock Treatment" was an even bigger flop than "Rocky Horror"s original general release in 1975. Rotten Tomatoes, a review aggregator, reports that 50% of six surveyed critics gave the film a positive review; the average rating is 6.1/10.
In one of his television | 50,271 | triviaqa-train |
Name the year: Pixar Animation opens it's doors; Space Shuttle Challenger disintegrates 73 seconds after launch; Geraldo Rivera opens Al Capone's secret vault on TV; The Statue of Liberty is reopened; Fox Broadcasting is born; | . The day concluded with a spectacular display of fireworks near the statue.
After dedication Renovation and rededication (1982–2000).
The statue was examined in great detail by French and American engineers as part of the planning for its centennial in 1986. In 1982, it was announced that the statue was in need of considerable restoration. Careful study had revealed that the right arm had been improperly attached to the main structure. It was swaying more and more when strong winds blew and there was a significant risk of structural failure. | 1971 coup.
- January 28 – Space Shuttle "Challenger" disaster – STS-51-L: Space Shuttle "Challenger" disintegrates 73 seconds after launch from the United States, killing the crew of seven astronauts, including schoolteacher Christa McAuliffe.
- January 29 – Yoweri Museveni is sworn in as President of Uganda.
Events February.
- February 3
- Pixar Animation Studios is founded by Edwin Catmull and Alvy Ray Smith.
- February 7
- President Jean-Claude Duvalier ("Baby Doc") flees Haiti | 50,272 | triviaqa-train |
Nov 25, 1867 saw Alfred Nobel patent what famous invention that led to the immense fortune that allowed him to endow the various prizes that bear his name? | and unfazed by more minor accidents, Nobel went on to build further factories, focusing on improving the stability of the explosives he was developing. Nobel invented dynamite in 1867, a substance easier and safer to handle than the more unstable nitroglycerin. Dynamite was patented in the US and the UK and was used extensively in mining and the building of transport networks internationally. In 1875 Nobel invented gelignite, more stable and powerful than dynamite, and in 1887 patented ballistite, a predecessor of cordite.
Nobel was elected a member of | establish and endow the five Nobel Prizes. Due to the level of skepticism surrounding the will, it was not until April 26, 1897 that it was approved by the Storting (Norwegian Parliament). The executors of his will were Ragnar Sohlman and Rudolf Lilljequist, who formed the Nobel Foundation to take care of Nobel's fortune and organise the prizes.
The members of the Norwegian Nobel Committee who were to award the Peace Prize were appointed shortly after the will was approved. The prize-awarding organisations followed: the Karolinska | 50,273 | triviaqa-train |
In Daniel Defoe's novel Robinson Crusoe, what does the title character name the native he befriends? | dreams of obtaining one or two servants by freeing some prisoners; when a prisoner escapes, Crusoe helps him, naming his new companion "Friday" after the day of the week he appeared. Crusoe then teaches him English and converts him to Christianity.
After more natives arrive to partake in a cannibal feast, Crusoe and Friday kill most of the natives and save two prisoners. One is Friday's father and the other is a Spaniard, who informs Crusoe about other Spaniards shipwrecked on the mainland. A plan is devised | literary genre of the Robinsonade, in that - like other works of its era - it emulates Daniel Defoe's 1719 novel "Robinson Crusoe". Although there are many similarities to Defoe's novel, the differences are what make "The Female American" distinctive. For instance, the narrator is not only a woman but is also biracial, as the daughter of a Native American princess and an English settler who resided in Virginia. The protagonist is also multilingual. Although Defoe's protagonist (Robinson Crusoe) chooses to leave his | 50,274 | triviaqa-train |
Boris Badenov, Natasha Fatale, and Fearless Leader are routinely thwarted in their various nefarious plots by what famous duo? | always accompanied by his fellow criminal, Natasha Fatale. The first time he appeared without her was in the story arc, "Buried Treasure." The first story arc where neither appeared was "The Three Moosketeers."
Usually, Boris's misdeeds are thwarted by Rocky the Flying Squirrel and Bullwinkle the Moose. Boris's attempts at killing "moose and squirrel" (as he refers to them) also always end in failure, usually by his own scheme backfiring on him. "Of course, I've got plan | Fearless Leader
Fearless Leader is the main antagonist in the 1959–1964 animated television series "Rocky and His Friends" and "The Bullwinkle Show", both shows often collectively referred to as "The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show". In the show, he employs fellow main villains Boris Badenov and Natasha Fatale. He was originally voiced by Bill Scott.
Character overview.
Fearless Leader is a dictator from the fictional country Pottsylvania, and the employer of the inept mobsters Boris Badenov and Natasha Fatale. He could always be found | 50,275 | triviaqa-train |
November 22, 1955 saw the untimely death of Shemp Howard. With what group is he more famously linked? | as a faux Abbott and Costello. Most of these projects took advantage of his improvisational skills. When Broadway comedian Frank Fay walked out on a series of feature films teaming him with Billy Gilbert, Gilbert called on his closest friend, Shemp Howard, to replace him in three B-comedy features for Monogram Pictures, filmed in 1944–45. He also played a few serious parts, such as his supporting role in "Pittsburgh" (1942) starring Marlene Dietrich and John Wayne.
Career The Three Stooges: 1946–1955.
During | November 22, 1955, at 11:35 [PM] PST. Howard's obituary also appeared in the November 23 afternoon editions of Los Angeles newspapers, citing the death on the night of November 22. A different account is offered by former daughter-in-law Geri Greenbaum, who says Howard's death happened just as their taxi came over the rise on Barham Boulevard, heading to Howard's Toluca Lake home.
Shemp Howard was interred in a crypt in the Indoor Mausoleum at the Home of Peace Cemetery in East Los | 50,276 | triviaqa-train |
Paul Shaffer, Canadian and bandleader, was born on Nov 28, 1949. On which entertainers show does he provide the music? | Paul Shaffer
Paul Allen Wood Shaffer, CM (born November 28, 1949) is a Canadian singer, composer, actor, author, comedian and multi-instrumentalist who served as David Letterman's musical director, band leader and sidekick on the entire run of both "Late Night with David Letterman" (1982–1993) and "Late Show with David Letterman" (1993–2015).
Early years.
Shaffer was born and raised in Fort William (now part of Thunder Bay), Ontario, Canada, the son | Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon" debuted during NBC's coverage of the Winter Olympics in Russia on February 17, 2014, while "Late Night with Seth Meyers" debuted one week later.
David Letterman retired in 2015 after his contract with CBS expired; "Late Show" bandleader and sidekick Paul Shaffer made public his intent to retire at the end of the previous contract, which ended in 2014, but had also stated he will stay on with the show if asked (and subsequently did so). Letterman was succeeded | 50,277 | triviaqa-train |
Father and son Baby Doc Duvalier and Papa Doc Duvalier spent 30 years as leaders of which country? | François Duvalier
François Duvalier (; 14 April 190721 April 1971), also known as Papa Doc "(Daddy Doc)", was the President of Haiti from 1957 to 1971. He was elected president in 1957 on a populist and black nationalist platform. After thwarting a military coup d'état in 1958, his regime rapidly became totalitarian and despotic. An undercover government death squad, the Tonton Macoute, killed opponents indiscriminately, and was thought to be so pervasive that Haitians became highly fearful of expressing dissent, even in private. | his son "Baby Doc" Duvalier succeeded him as the President of the country and the leader of the party. The party would remain in power until the fall and exile of "Baby Doc" Duvalier in 1986, at the height of the Anti-Duvalier protest movement, after which the party would enter a low profile stage, including the change of its name to National Progressive Party (, PPN).
After the return of "Baby Doc" Duvalier from exile in 2011, the party began a process of | 50,278 | triviaqa-train |
What noted statesman once expressed a preference for the turkey instead of the bald eagle as the national bird of the U.S.? | arrows in wartime.
Contrary to popular legend, there is no evidence that Benjamin Franklin ever publicly supported the wild turkey ("Meleagris gallopavo"), rather than the bald eagle, as a symbol of the United States. However, in a letter written to his daughter in 1784 from Paris, criticizing the Society of the Cincinnati, he stated his personal distaste for the bald eagle's behavior. In the letter Franklin states:
Franklin opposed the creation of the Society because he viewed it, with its hereditary membership | turkey as the national bird of the United States comes from a letter he wrote to his daughter Sarah Bache on January 26, 1784. The main subject of the letter is a criticism of the Society of the Cincinnati, which he likened to a chivalric order, which contradicted the ideals of the newly founded American republic. In one section of the letter, Franklin remarked on the appearance of the bald eagle on the Society's crest:
Franklin never publicly voiced opposition to the bald eagle as a national symbol.
Significance | 50,279 | triviaqa-train |
First published on November 24, 1859, what book had the alternate title the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life? | of Species", with "On" dropped from the title. Darwin had told Murray of working men in Lancashire clubbing together to buy the 5th edition at fifteen shillings and wanted it made more widely available; the price was halved to 7s 6d by printing in a smaller font. It includes a glossary compiled by W.S. Dallas. Book sales increased from 60 to 250 per month.
Publication Publication outside Great Britain.
In the United States, botanist Asa Gray, an American colleague of Darwin, negotiated with a Boston publisher | the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life"
- 1862: "On the various contrivances by which British and foreign orchids are fertilised by insects"
- 1865: "The Movements and Habits of Climbing Plants" (Linnean Society paper, published in book form in 1875)
- 1868: "The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication"
- 1871: "The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex"
- 1872: "The Expression of the Emotions in Man and | 50,280 | triviaqa-train |
Bill Bixby starred as the human Dr. Bruce Banner in the 1970's TV series The Incredible Hulk. Which former Mr. Universe portrayed the Hulk in that very same series? | The Incredible Hulk (1978 TV series)
The Incredible Hulk is an American television series based on the Marvel Comics character The Hulk. The series aired on the CBS television network and starred Bill Bixby as Dr. David Bruce Banner, Lou Ferrigno as the Hulk, and Jack Colvin as Jack McGee.
In the TV series, Dr. David Banner, a widowed physician and scientist, who is presumed dead, travels across America under assumed names, and finds himself in positions where he helps others in need despite his terrible secret | Hulk", and "The Death of the Incredible Hulk" (both directed by Bill Bixby). Since its debut, "The Incredible Hulk" series has garnered a worldwide fan base.
Premise.
David Bruce Banner, M.D., Ph.D., is a physician and scientist employed at the Culver Institute in California who is traumatized by the car accident that killed his beloved wife, Laura. Haunted by his inability to save her, Banner studies people who summoned superhuman strength in order to save their loved ones. Banner | 50,281 | triviaqa-train |
Dan (D. B.) Cooper leapt from a 727 operated by what airline, disappearing into the inky dark with $200,000 cash, the only unsolved U.S. aircraft hijacking? | crew and passengers intervened to prevent attacks: on December 22 2001, Richard Reid attempted to ignite explosives on American Airlines Flight 63. In 2009, on Northwest Flight 253, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab attempted to detonate explosives sewn into his underwear. In 2012, the attempted hijacking of Tianjin Airlines Flight 7554 was stopped when cabin crew placed a trolley in-front of the cockpit door and asked passengers for help.
Countermeasures On-board security American Airlines Flight 11.
In the September 11 attacks, crew on one of the hijacked planes | demanded and was never seen or heard from again. The "D. B. Cooper" skyjacking is the only unsolved American aircraft hijacking case.
- 13 July
- The day after the Permanent Court of Arbitration ruled against the People's Republic of China in "Philippines vs. China" regarding a territorial dispute with the Philippines in the South China Sea, two Chinese civilian aircraft fly to Chinese-claimed islands in the South China Sea, one each landing at Mischief Reef and Subi Reef. Both return to China later in the | 50,282 | triviaqa-train |
Whos missing: Denver Nuggets, Utah Jazz, Portland Trail Blazers, Minnesota Timberwolves? | ), clinching the 5th seed of the Western Conference. They met the Oklahoma City Thunder in the first round of the playoffs and lost four games to one.
The first full season of the post-Melo Nuggets saw the steady rise of Danilo Gallinari, who averaged 17 points, 5.2 rebounds and 2.6 assists through the first 25 games of the season, which resulted to the Nuggets' best start through the first 20 games. But Gallinari was robbed off his best season by injuries to his ankle, thumb, and | PG; formerly of the Atlanta Hawks, Sacramento Kings, Minnesota Timberwolves, and Orlando Magic
NBA affiliates.
NBA affiliates Salt Lake City Stars.
- Utah Jazz (2016–present)
NBA affiliates Idaho Stampede.
- Denver Nuggets (2009–2012)
- Portland Trail Blazers (2007–2014)
- Seattle SuperSonics (2006–2008)
- Toronto Raptors (2008–2009)
- Utah Jazz (2006–2007, 2011–2012, 2014–2016) | 50,283 | triviaqa-train |
Is the sea horse a mammal, fish or mollusk? | mother's body, with the male and female fish shedding their gametes into the surrounding water. However, a few oviparous fish practice internal fertilization, with the male using some sort of intromittent organ to deliver sperm into the genital opening of the female, most notably the oviparous sharks, such as the horn shark, and oviparous rays, such as skates. In these cases, the male is equipped with a pair of modified pelvic fins known as claspers.
Marine fish can produce high numbers of eggs which are often released | .
Types of shows Horse shows.
Horse shows are competitions in which riders cause their horses to perform particular gaits and activities for recognition and prizes.
Types of shows Marine mammal shows.
Marine mammal shows include the display or performance of marine mammals such as polar bears, sea otters, whales, porpoises, dolphins, manatees, dugongs, seals, sea lions, walruses, and other mammals with fins or flippers.
Types of shows Pet shows.
Dog shows, cat shows, and rabbit shows are exhibitions for | 50,284 | triviaqa-train |
What drink consists of 5 parts Vodka, 2 parts Coffee liqueur, and 3 parts fresh cream? | Vodka Tonic, Screwdriver, Greyhound, Black or White Russian, Moscow Mule, Bloody Mary, and Bloody Caesar.
Etymology.
The name "vodka" is a diminutive form of the Slavic word "voda" (water), interpreted as "little water": root вод- ("vod-") [water] + -к- ("-k-") (diminutive suffix, among other functions) + "-a" (ending of feminine gender).
The word "vodka" was recorded for the first | Black Russian
The Black Russian is a cocktail of vodka and coffee liqueur. It contains five parts vodka to two parts coffee liqueur, per IBA specified ingredients. Traditionally, the drink is made by pouring the vodka over ice cubes or cracked ice in an old-fashioned glass, followed by the coffee liqueur.
This combination first appeared in 1949 and is ascribed to Gustave Tops, a Belgian barman, who created it at the Hotel Metropole in Brussels in honor of Carl Sargent, then United States Ambassador to Luxembourg. | 50,285 | triviaqa-train |
In response to the crappy reputation High Fructose Corn Syrup has these days, the Corn Refiners Association has applied for permission to rename it to what? | decision to change the name of HFCS was because HFCS had such a bad reputation. In response to the proposed name change, "The New York Times" ran an article asking nutrition experts what they would suggest as appropriate names for HFCS. Three of the five experts recommended alternate names, including Michael Pollan who suggested "enzymatically altered corn glucose". Dr Andrew Weil recommended not changing from HFCS, calling the term Corn sugar "too vague" and the CRA's attempt to change HFCS's name "Orwellian". However | The claim that HFCS is safe in moderation has also been criticized, as HFCS is used in tens of thousands of products in America, including soda, bread, pasta sauce, barbecue sauce, ketchup, salad dressing, fruit juice, cereal, meat products, chips, as well as "health products" such as protein bars, the average American does not eat HFCS in moderation.
High-fructose corn syrup advocacy High-fructose corn syrup name change.
On September 14, 2010, The Corn Refiners Association applied | 50,286 | triviaqa-train |
According to the pangram, the quick what jumps over the lazy dog? | The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
"The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" is an English-language pangram—a sentence that contains all of the letters of the alphabet. It is commonly used for touch-typing practice, testing typewriters and computer keyboards, displaying examples of fonts, and other applications involving text where the use of all letters in the alphabet is desired. Owing to its brevity and coherence, it has become widely known.
History.
The earliest known appearance of | of the North Beach | 50,287 | triviaqa-train |
“4 out of 5 dentists surveyed would recommend sugarless gum to their patients who chew gum.” was used to advertise what company’s product? | Trident (gum)
Trident is a brand of sugar-free chewing gum. It was introduced by Cadbury in the United Kingdom. In many other European countries, Trident is branded as Stimorol gum; it is generally the same as Trident. The trident is also a symbol of the Greek sea god, Poseidon.
Background.
When artificial sweeteners became widespread in the early 1960s, the formula was changed to use saccharin instead of sugar, and Sugar-Free Trident was introduced in 1964 with the slogan "The | speech, or balance; hallucinations, or seizure (convulsions); easy bruising or bleeding, unusual weakness; restless muscle movements in your eyes, tongue, jaw, or neck; urinating less than usual or not at all; extreme thirst with headache, nausea, vomiting, and weakness; or feeling light-headed or fainting.
Dry mouth, if severe to the point of causing difficulty speaking or swallowing, may be managed by dosage reduction or temporary discontinuation of the drug. Patients may also chew sugarless gum or | 50,288 | triviaqa-train |
Broadcast on live TV, what Dallas nightclub owner shot and killed total asshat Lee Harvey Oswald? | fatally shot by local nightclub owner Jack Ruby on live television in the basement of Dallas Police Headquarters.
In September 1964, the Warren Commission concluded that Oswald acted alone when he assassinated Kennedy by firing three shots from the Texas School Book Depository. This conclusion, though controversial, was supported by previous investigations from the FBI, the Secret Service, and the Dallas Police Department. Despite forensic, ballistic, and eyewitness evidence supporting the official findings, public opinion polls have shown that most Americans do not believe the official version of | .
Ware's brother, Charlie, played on the first Waterford team to reach an All-Ireland final in 1938, while his nephew, also called Charlie, was a substitute on the Waterford team that won the 1959 All-Ireland Championship.
Early life.
James Patrick Ware was born on 23 February 1908, at 84 Barrett's Buildings in Gurranabraher on the northside of Cork, to Mary (Murphy) Ware (1875-1937) and Charles Ware (1869-1947), a shoemaker. Both | 50,289 | triviaqa-train |
On November 22, 1986, which boxer became the youngest WBC Heavyweight champion, at age 20 years, 4 months, when he scored a TKO over Trevor Berbick in the second round? | and undisputed champion (46-0) Joe Calzaghe, Floyd Mayweather Jr (50-0), Roy Jones, Jr., Wilfred Benítez, Wilfredo Gómez, Julio César Chávez, Muhammad Ali, Joe Frazier, Sugar Ray Leonard, Thomas Hearns, Mike Tyson, Salvador Sánchez, Héctor Camacho, Marvin Hagler, Carlos Monzón, Rodrigo Valdez, Roberto Durán, Juan Laporte, Félix Trinidad, Edwin Rosario, Bernard Hopkins, Alexis Argüello, Nigel Benn, Lennox Lewis, Vitali Klitschko, Erik Morales, Miguel Cotto, Manny | was given his first title fight against Trevor Berbick for the World Boxing Council (WBC) heavyweight championship. Tyson won the title by TKO in the second round, and at the age of 20 years and 4 months became the youngest heavyweight champion in history. Tyson's dominant performance brought many accolades. Donald Saunders wrote: "The noble and manly art of boxing can at least cease worrying about its immediate future, now [that] it has discovered a heavyweight champion fit to stand alongside Dempsey, Tunney, Louis, Marciano | 50,290 | triviaqa-train |
Released on Nov 22, 1995, what Oscar nominated movie was the first feature-length film created completely using computer-generated imagery? | release on November 22 and went into general theatrical release on November 27. It was met with positive reviews and praise for its visuals, screenplay, themes, music, and voice acting; some film critics consider "Frozen" to be the best Disney animated feature film since the studio's renaissance era. The film also achieved significant commercial success, earning $1.276 billion in worldwide box office revenue, including $400 million in the United States and Canada and $247 million in Japan. It went on to surpass Toy Story | the brickfilm "" was accepted to over 80 film festivals, including Sundance.
In 2014, The LEGO Group, Warner Bros. Animation, and Animal Logic released LEGO's first official feature-length film, "The Lego Movie". While the film was created using primarily computer generated animation, it was styled in such a way as to emulate the look of stop-motion brickfilms, even being influenced by some popular brickfilms such as "The Magic Portal". Since then, LEGO has produced three more brickfilm- | 50,291 | triviaqa-train |
Mario Batali, Cat Cora, Bobby Flay, Masaharu Morimoto and Micael Symon compete on what show? | and closed in January 2014.
Morimoto also owns "Morimoto XEX" in Tokyo, a spin on his Morimoto concept with separate Teppanyaki and sushi floors. Morimoto XEX received a Michelin star in the 2008 Tokyo Michelin Guide. Morimoto appeared as an Iron Chef in "Iron Chef America", a spinoff from the original Japanese "Iron Chef" series, and in its spinoffs "The Next Iron Chef" and "Iron Chef Gauntlet". Chef Morimoto has also developed a line of specialty beers in collaboration with Rogue Ales | Flay and Symon while ICA judge Ted Allen covered Cora and Morimoto. In addition, Mark Ecko appeared early in the episode to present the new Iron Chef jackets and describe the design process. Iron Chefs Flay and Symon defeated Iron Chefs Cora and Morimoto by one point.
First Lady Michelle Obama's White House Kitchen Garden was featured in a new special episode on January 3, 2010. The episode, called "The Super Chef Battle", featured Iron Chef Mario Batali and Super Chef Emeril Lagasse against Iron Chef Bobby Flay | 50,292 | triviaqa-train |
What is the name of the pawn shop featured in the hit History Channel show Pawn Stars? | Pawn Stars
Pawn Stars is an American reality television series, shown on History, and produced by Leftfield Pictures. The series is filmed in Las Vegas, Nevada, where it chronicles the daily activities at the World Famous Gold & Silver Pawn Shop, a 24-hour family business opened in 1989 and originally operated by patriarch Richard "Old Man" Harrison, his son Rick Harrison, Rick's son Corey "Big Hoss" Harrison, and Corey's childhood friend, Austin "Chumlee" Russell. The series, which became the | Hairy Bikers (American TV series)
Hairy Bikers is an American reality television series which aired on History Channel. The show was based on the British show of the same name and featured chef Paul Patranella, and his friend Bill Allen, following the original's format as the two traverse the United States on motorcycles. Patranella was a former chef for The White House, acting for a time as George W. Bush's personal chef. Allen owns a motorcycle repair shop in Texas.
In popular culture.
The show | 50,293 | triviaqa-train |
Known as the Beehive State, what was the 45th state to join the Union on January 4, 1896? | Utah
Utah ( , ) is a state in the western United States. It became the 45th state admitted to the U.S. on January 4, 1896. Utah is the 13th-largest by area, 30th-most-populous, and 11th-least-densely populated of the 50 United States. Utah has a population of more than 3 million according to the Census estimate for July 1, 2016. Urban development is mostly concentrated in two areas: the Wasatch Front in the north-central part of the state, | authority on 4 November 2014, and the SRM entered into full force on 1 January 2016.
As of October 2018, the geographical scope of the banking union was identical to that of the euro area. In future, other non-euro member states of the EU may join the banking union under a procedure known as close cooperation. Bulgaria is expected to join in the course 2019, as part of its longer-term aim to adopt the euro as its currency.
History.
The integration of bank regulation | 50,294 | triviaqa-train |
Sparking a 1970s TV show, which military branch conducted the Project Blue Book UFO study? | planets but "the odds of us making contact with any of them—especially any intelligent ones—are extremely small, given the distances involved."
Investigations United States Post-1947 sightings.
Following the large U.S. surge in sightings in June and early July 1947, on July 9, 1947, United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) intelligence, in cooperation with the FBI, began a formal investigation into selected sightings with characteristics that could not be immediately rationalized, such as Kenneth Arnold's. The USAAF used "all of its | then a consultant to Blue Book, conducted a small survey of 45 fellow professional astronomers. Five reported UFO sightings (about 11%). In the 1970s, astrophysicist Peter A. Sturrock conducted two large surveys of the AIAA and American Astronomical Society (AAS). About 5% of the members polled indicated that they had had UFO sightings.
Astronomer Clyde Tombaugh, who admitted to six UFO sightings, including three green fireballs, supported the Extraterrestrial hypothesis for UFOs and stated he thought scientists who dismissed it without study were being | 50,295 | triviaqa-train |
What Washington city, incorporated on Nov 29, 1881, uses the motto Near Nature, Near Perfect? | Spokane, Washington
Spokane ( ) is a city in Spokane County in the state of Washington in the northwestern United States. It is located in eastern Washington along the Spokane River adjacent to the Selkirk Mountains and west of the Rocky Mountain foothills— south of the Canada–US border, west of the Washington–Idaho border, and east of Seattle along Interstate 90.
Known as the birthplace of Father's Day, Spokane's official nickname is the "Lilac City". A pink, double flower cultivar of the | Cornelius, Oregon
Cornelius is a city in Washington County, Oregon, United States. Located in the Portland metropolitan area, the city's population was 11,869 at the 2010 census. The city lies along Tualatin Valley Highway between Forest Grove to the west and Hillsboro to the east. Cornelius was incorporated in 1893 and is named for founder Thomas R. Cornelius.
History.
In 1845, Benjamin Cornelius immigrated to Oregon with his family, traveling with Joseph Meek. The Cornelius family settled on the Tualatin Plains, near what | 50,296 | triviaqa-train |
What bow-tie wearing TV host and comedian, who got his start on Almost Live!, is known as the Science Guy? | as "new shows on NBC for the upcoming season."
Besides Keister, regular cast members included Mike Neun, Pat Cashman, Tracey Conway, Nancy Guppy, Joe Guppy, Barb Klansnic, Joel McHale, Bob Nelson, Bill Nye, Bill Stainton, Andrea Stein, Lauren Weedman, Steve Wilson, Ed Wyatt and, Darrell Suto as Billy Quan. Writers included Scott Schaefer, who later went on to win three National Emmy Awards for writing on "Bill Nye the Science Guy", and original Head Writer Jim | -first centuries Entertainers and media personalities Comedians.
- Fred Allen, American radio and TV comedian
- Charlie Chaplin, renowned comic actor of the silent film era
- Fyvush Finkel, comedic actor best known for roles on TV series produced by David E. Kelley, sometimes nicknamed "Bowtie Finkel"
- Pee-wee Herman, played by Paul Reubens
- Marc Evan Jackson, American comedian and actor, who "has played Sparks Nevada, Marshal on Mars wearing a bow tie invariably during every performance" as well as | 50,297 | triviaqa-train |
What was the van that Scooby Doo and friends travelled around in called? | 100 Best Animated TV Shows.
Pop culture.
As with most popular franchises, "Scooby-Doo" has been parodied and has done parodies.
- The cult television and comic book series "Buffy the Vampire Slayer "features a group of characters that refer to themselves as the "Scooby Gang", who similarly battle supernatural forces and solve supernatural monster mysteries. The show contains obvious influences of "Scooby-Doo", where "The Scoobies" use books to look up monsters. Sarah Michelle Gellar, | -Comique was created at around this time in an attempt to discredit her; among the false accusations that were circulated was one suggesting that she appeared onstage while drunk. Nevertheless, she assumed a successful career, and the Parisian "beau monde" praised her, as for example Baron Alphonse de Rothschild who used to reserve "loges" for his family and friends when she appeared on stage. She travelled all around Europe for tours.
Van Zandt made her Metropolitan Opera debut as Amina in Vincenzo Bellini's "La sonnambula | 50,298 | triviaqa-train |
Nov 30, 1835 saw the birth of what famed American humorist and novelist, known for works such as The Prince and the Pauper and A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, along with some other famous works? | A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court is an 1889 novel by American humorist and writer Mark Twain. The book was originally titled A Yankee in King Arthur's Court. Some early editions are titled A Yankee at the Court of King Arthur.
In the book, a Yankee engineer from Connecticut named Hank Morgan receives a severe blow to the head and is somehow transported in time and space to England during the reign of King Arthur. After some initial confusion and his capture | Once Upon a Classic
Once Upon a Classic was an American television program hosted by Bill Bixby. The program aired on PBS from 1976 to 1980 as a production of WQED in Pittsburgh.
The episodes consisted of adaptations of such classic literature as "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court" (which won a Peabody Award), "Leatherstocking Tales", and "The Prince and the Pauper"; some of these adaptations were produced by other broadcasters such as the BBC and ITV in the United Kingdom. | 50,299 | triviaqa-train |
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