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Arboreal describes a creature which commonly lives in what? | Arboreal locomotion
Arboreal locomotion is the locomotion of animals in trees. In habitats in which trees are present, animals have evolved to move in them. Some animals may scale trees only occasionally, but others are exclusively arboreal. The habitats pose numerous mechanical challenges to animals moving through them and lead to a variety of anatomical, behavioral and ecological consequences as well as variations throughout different species. Furthermore, many of these same principles may be applied to climbing without trees, such as on rock piles or mountains.
The earliest | games. The Dopefish, which Hall describes as "just a stupid green fish", is described in "Secret of the Oracle" as "the second-dumbest creature in the universe". It has appeared in dozens of other games since its initial appearance, as references, images, or the phrase "Dopefish Lives". Keen himself has appeared or has been referenced in many other video games over the years, including "", "Duke Nukem", "Bio Menace and more recently in Doom (2016 | 50,300 | triviaqa-train |
Popularized in a speech by Winston Churchill, what was the popular name for the ideological and physical boundary between Western and Eastern Europe during the Cold War? | and contact.
Definitions Cold War.
The fall of the Iron Curtain brought the end of the East-West division in Europe, but this geopolitical concept is sometimes still used for quick reference by the media or sometimes for statistical purposes.
Another definition was used during the 40 years of Cold War between 1947 and 1989, and was more or less synonymous with the terms "Eastern Bloc" and "Warsaw Pact". A similar definition names the formerly communist European states outside the Soviet Union as Eastern Europe. | .
During the final stages of World War II, the future of Europe was decided between the Allies in the 1945 Yalta Conference, between the British Prime Minister, Winston Churchill, the U.S. President, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and the Premier of the Soviet Union, Joseph Stalin.
Post-war Europe would be divided into two major spheres: the Western Bloc, influenced by the United States, and the Eastern Bloc, influenced by the Soviet Union. With the onset of the Cold War, Europe was divided by | 50,301 | triviaqa-train |
What school does Harry Potter attend? | London street where Harry goes to Gringotts Wizarding Bank, where he uncovers a fortune left to him by his parents in his vault, gets his owl Hedwig and various school supplies, including his wand. There, he is surprised to discover how famous he truly is among witches and wizards. A month later, Harry leaves the Dursleys' home to catch the Hogwarts Express from King's Cross railway station's secret Hogwarts platform, Platform. On the train, he quickly befriends fellow first-year Ronald Weasley meets Hermione Granger, | Fudge". She is Fudge's age and attends his special mixed group class at school. She has a cat named Fuzzball and dressed up as Hermione Granger for Halloween.
Other characters Richie Potter.
Fudge's best friend from school in "Double Fudge". He is a very wealthy boy with allergies, and likes to brag a lot, usually about what he does in the bathroom. Fudge originally thought he was a cousin of the famous boy wizard Harry Potter (as they have the same last name). | 50,302 | triviaqa-train |
How many players per team are there in a game of beach volleyball? | and chess. Games of strategy include checkers, chess, Go, arimaa, and tic-tac-toe, and often require special equipment to play them. Games of chance include gambling games (blackjack, Mahjong, roulette, etc.), as well as snakes and ladders and rock, paper, scissors; most require equipment such as cards or dice. However, most games contain two or all three of these elements. For example, American football and baseball involve both physical skill and strategy while tiddlywinks, poker | their game at Moonlight. Originally there was only one court in the middle of the beach, but currently there are three courts at the north end of the beach. Every year since 1964 in the month of October, a Mixed Doubles Volleyball Tournament is held here; many of the top beach players in the world participate.
Water quality.
Because of the presence of harmful bacteria in dry-season urban run-off into Cottonwood Creek, a small creek that runs into the ocean at Moonlight Beach, water quality | 50,303 | triviaqa-train |
On a traditional statue of the courtroom standard Lady Justice, she holds a set of scales in her left hand and what item in the other? | was originally not blindfolded, and because her "maidenly form" is supposed to guarantee her impartiality which renders the blindfold redundant. Another variation is to depict a blindfolded Lady Justice as a human scale, weighing competing claims in each hand. An example of this can be seen at the Shelby County Courthouse in Memphis, Tennessee.
Depiction Sword.
The sword represented authority in ancient times, and conveys the idea that justice can be swift and final.
Depiction Toga.
The Greco-Roman garment symbolizes the status of the | two stories and was designed and built in the Federal style. According to young archival researcher Tyler Hoover, "It was the first courthouse of its type because the courtroom was on the second floor instead of the first floor." Originally, the courthouse had brick pillars and arches that supported the second floor, and also displayed a statue of "a female figure, representing Justice, holding a pair of scales in her right hand."
The Courthouse has undergone various renovations since 1805, first in 1853, when the | 50,304 | triviaqa-train |
Not counting hybrid clubs, a standard golf club bag includes Woods, wedges, chippers, putters, and what? | Iron (golf)
An iron is a type of club used in the sport of golf to propel the ball towards the hole. Irons typically have shorter shafts and smaller clubheads than woods, the head is made of solid iron or steel, and the head's primary feature is a large, flat, angled face, usually scored with grooves. Irons are used in a wide variety of situations, typically from the teeing ground on shorter holes, from the fairway or rough as the player approaches the green, and to | Oak Bay Green Committee
The Oak Bay Green Committee (OBGC) is a community grassroots volunteer organization in Oak Bay, British Columbia. It was formed in early 2005 after a developer cut down a venerable beech tree in South Oak Bay. Neighbors were so upset by the loss of the tree and the lack of comprehensive tree protection bylaws in the municipality that they lobbied Oak Bay Mayor and Council members to create better tree protection bylaws.
The OBGC's initial activism stemmed from the belief that mature trees of all species, | 50,305 | triviaqa-train |
From the Latin ferrum, what element, with an atomic number 26, uses the symbol Fe? | Iron
Iron () is a chemical element with symbol Fe (from ) and atomic number 26. It is a metal, that belongs to the first transition series and group 8 of the periodic table. It is by mass the most common element on Earth, forming much of Earth's outer and inner core. It is the fourth most common element in the Earth's crust.
Pure iron is very rare on the Earth's crust, basically being limited to meteorites. Iron ores are quite abundant, but extracting | Latin alphabet. They are intended as universal symbols for people of all languages and alphabets.
The first of these symbols were intended to be fully universal. Since Latin was the common language of science at that time, they were abbreviations based on the Latin names of metals. Cu comes from cuprum, Fe comes from ferrum, Ag from argentum. The symbols were not followed by a period (full stop) as with abbreviations. Later chemical elements were also assigned unique chemical symbols, based on the name of the element | 50,306 | triviaqa-train |
Consisting of 20 quires of 25 sheets, the ream is a common retail unit of what product? | 480 sheets (20 quires of 24 sheets). However, the commercial use of the word 'ream' for quantities of paper other than 500 is now deprecated by such standards as ISO 4046. In Europe, the DIN 6730 standard for Paper and Board includes a definition of 1 ream of A4 80gsm (80 g/m) paper equals 500 sheets.
Ream Nomenclature.
The word 'ream' derives from Old French "reyme", from Spanish "resma", from Arabic "rizmah" "bundle | in just one piece of music; also these works could be the first classical compositions dealing with materials related to the first centuries AD.
See also.
- List of Copts
- Coptic music
References.
- Tribute to a modern-day pharaoh
- Watani , 50 years on
- Coptic Medical Society UK | 50,307 | triviaqa-train |
Using the word correctly, if something is 'decimated', by what percentage is it reduced? | in humanistic texts, but the symbol to be used in scientific texts. Most guides agree that they always be written with a numeral, as in "5 percent" and not "five percent", the only exception being at the beginning of a sentence: "Ten percent of all writers love style guides." Decimals are also to be used instead of fractions, as in "3.5 percent of the gain" and not " percent of the gain". However the titles of bonds issued by governments and | , or uses a blank sheet of paper and consults the text later. As the child reads, the adult makes a mark for each correctly-read word. However, if the child makes a mistake, the adult might circle the word, write down the type of error, or even write down what incorrect word was said. After the child is finished reading, the adult calculates the percentage of words read correctly and how often the child self-corrected an error. The adult will also conduct a miscue analysis either | 50,308 | triviaqa-train |
In what US city did seamstress Rosa Parks refuse to give up her seat on a bus to a white man, thereby getting arrested and starting a year long bus boycott? | Rosa Parks
Rosa Louise McCauley Parks (February 4, 1913 – October 24, 2005) was an American activist in the civil rights movement best known for her pivotal role in the Montgomery bus boycott. The United States Congress has called her "the first lady of civil rights" and "the mother of the freedom movement".
On December 1, 1955, in Montgomery, Alabama, Parks rejected bus driver James F. Blake's order to relinquish her seat in the "colored section" to a white passenger | , Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her bus seat to a white man, sparking the Montgomery Bus Boycott. Martin Luther King Jr., then the pastor of Dexter Avenue Baptist Church, and E.D. Nixon, a local civil rights advocate, founded the Montgomery Improvement Association to organize the boycott. In June 1956, the US District Court Judge Frank M. Johnson ruled that Montgomery's bus racial segregation was unconstitutional. After the US Supreme Court upheld the ruling in November, the city desegregated the bus system, and the | 50,309 | triviaqa-train |
According to the song, who left Kenny Rogers with four hungry children and crops in the field? | collaboration with former Kentucky Fried Chicken CEO John Y. Brown Jr. .
Early life.
Rogers was born the fourth of eight children on August 21, 1938, in Houston, Texas. His parents were Lucille Lois (née Hester; 1910–1991), a nurse's assistant, and Edward Floyd Rogers (1904–1975), a carpenter. Rogers is of Irish and Native American ancestry. Rogers attended Wharton Elementary School.
Career.
Career Early career.
In a recording career dating back to the 1950s, Rogers moved from | following year, she starred along with Kenny Rogers and Burt Reynolds in the made-for-television movies, " and The Man From Left Field." In 1994, McEntire worked with director, Rob Reiner in the film, "North", playing Ma Tex. The film obtained negative reviews, receiving only two and a half stars from "Allmovie."
In 1994, McEntire starred in "Is There Life Out There?", a television movie based on her song of the same name. The following | 50,310 | triviaqa-train |
Who's missing: Carrie Bradshaw, Samantha Jones, Charlotte York | of four women—three in their mid-thirties and one in her forties—who, despite their different natures and ever-changing sex lives, remain inseparable and confide in each other. Starring Sarah Jessica Parker (as Carrie Bradshaw) and co-starring Kim Cattrall (as Samantha Jones), Kristin Davis (as Charlotte York), and Cynthia Nixon (as Miranda Hobbes), the quirky series had multiple continuing storylines that tackled relevant and modern social issues such as sexuality, safe sex, promiscuity, and femininity | eight episodes from January to February 2004.
Cast and characters.
Like the previous seasons, season six features the same principal cast and characters. Sarah Jessica Parker portrays Carrie Bradshaw, a fashionable middle aged woman who writes about sex and life in New York City in her column, "Sex and the City", with the fictional "New York Star". Kim Cattrall played the promiscuous public relations agent Samantha Jones. Kristin Davis portrayed Charlotte York Goldenblatt, an optimistic, straight laced former art curator who remains the | 50,311 | triviaqa-train |
What is the most populous city in the great state of Alaska? | the name implies, it has no intermediate borough government but is administered directly by the state government. In 2000, 57.71% of Alaska's area has this status, with 13.05% of the population.
Anchorage merged the city government with the Greater Anchorage Area Borough in 1975 to form the Municipality of Anchorage, containing the city proper and the communities of Eagle River, Chugiak, Peters Creek, Girdwood, Bird, and Indian. Fairbanks has a separate borough (the Fairbanks North Star Borough) and municipality (the City | Ketchikan, Alaska
Ketchikan ( ; ) is a city in and the borough seat of the Ketchikan Gateway Borough of Alaska. It is the state's southeasternmost major settlement. Downtown Ketchikan is a National Historic District. With a population at the 2010 census of 8,050, it is the fifth-most populous city in the state, and tenth-most populous community when census-designated places are included. The surrounding borough, encompassing suburbs both north and south of the city along the Tongass Highway (most of which are commonly | 50,312 | triviaqa-train |
What is the name of the whaling ship that is the focus of the classic Moby Dick? | Moby-Dick
Moby-Dick; or, The Whale is an 1851 novel by American writer Herman Melville. The book is sailor Ishmael's narrative of the obsessive quest of Ahab, captain of the whaling ship "Pequod", for revenge on Moby Dick, the giant white sperm whale that on the ship's previous voyage bit off Ahab's leg at the knee. A contribution to the literature of the American Renaissance, the work's genre classifications range from late Romantic to early Symbolist. "Moby-Dick" | In the Heart of the Sea (film)
In the Heart of the Sea is a 2015 adventure-drama film directed and produced by Ron Howard and written by Charles Leavitt. It is based on Nathaniel Philbrick's non-fiction book of the same name, about the sinking of the American whaling ship "Essex" in 1820, an event that inspired the novel "Moby-Dick". An international co-production between the United States and Spain, the film stars Chris Hemsworth, Benjamin Walker, Cillian Murphy | 50,313 | triviaqa-train |
What nursery rhyme concludes with Violets are blue, sugar is sweet, and so are you? | Roses Are Red
"Roses Are Red" can refer to a specific poem, or a class of poems inspired by that poem. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 19798. It is most commonly used as a love poem.
Origins.
The origins of the poem may be traced at least as far back as to the following lines written in 1590 by Sir Edmund Spenser from his epic "The Faerie Queene" (Book Three, Canto 6, Stanza 6):
A nursery rhyme significantly | traceable as far back as Edmund Spenser's epic "The Faerie Queene" (1590):
"She bath'd with roses red, and violets blew,br
And all the sweetest flowres, that in the forrest grew."
The modern cliché Valentine's Day poem can be found in the collection of English nursery rhymes "Gammer Gurton's Garland" (1784):
"The rose is red, the violet's blue,
The honey's sweet, and so are you.
Thou art my | 50,314 | triviaqa-train |
The 4th largest fast food chain, and second largest hamburger chain (by store numbers), what company opened its first store in Miami, Fla on December 4, 1954? | families.
At roughly the same time as Kroc was conceiving what eventually became McDonald's Corporation, two Miami, Florida businessmen, James McLamore and David Edgerton, opened a franchise of the predecessor to what is now the international fast food restaurant chain Burger King. McLamore had visited the original McDonald's hamburger stand belonging to the McDonald brothers; sensing potential in their innovative assembly line-based production system, he decided he wanted to open a similar operation of his own. The two partners eventually decided to invest their money in | store in 1985 in Taipei City. The 100th store in Taiwan opened in 1999. It was the second largest fast food chain restaurant in Taiwan until Mos Burger exceeded the number of branches of KFC in 2008. Now KFC is the third largest fast food chain restaurant with 137 stores as of 2017.
Operations Asia China.
KFC is the largest restaurant chain in China, with 5,003 outlets as of 2015. They are operated by the Yum! China division. KFC became the first Western fast food company in China after its first | 50,315 | triviaqa-train |
In the world of Skeet shooting, also known as Inanimate Bird Shooting, what is the name of the small round disk that serves as the target? | Clay pigeon shooting
Clay pigeon shooting, also known as clay target shooting, and formally known as Inanimate Bird Shooting, is the art of shooting a firearm at special flying targets, known as clay pigeons or clay targets.
The terminology commonly used by clay shooters often relates to times past, when live-pigeon competitions were held. Although such competitions were made illegal in the United Kingdom in 1921, a target may still be called a "bird", a hit may be referred to as a "kill" | from the Norwegian word for "shoot" ("skyte"). During World War II the American military used skeet to teach gunners the principles of leading and timing on a flying target. The first National Skeet Championship took place in 1926. Shortly thereafter, the National Skeet Shooting Association formed. For his role in perfecting and developing the sport, William "Bill" Foster was named as one of the first members to the National Skeet Shooters Association Hall of Fame in 1970, and is now known as "The Father | 50,316 | triviaqa-train |
The International Court of Justice, otherwise known as the World Court, is located in what country? | seated in the Peace Palace in The Hague, Netherlands, making it the only principal U.N. organ not located in New York City. Its official working languages are English and French.
History.
The first permanent institution established for the purpose of settling international disputes was the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA), which was created by the Hague Peace Conference of 1899. Initiated by Russian Czar Nicholas II, the conference involved all the world's major powers, as well as several smaller states, resulted in the first multilateral | in the 1950s. One reform gave workers permission to organize, and a 1954 general strike paralyzed the northern part of the country for more than two months, but led to reforms. In 1963 a military coup unseated democratically elected President Ramón Villeda Morales. In 1960, the northern part of what was the Mosquito Coast was transferred from Nicaragua to Honduras by the International Court of Justice.
History 1969–1999 (Wars and corruption).
In 1969, Honduras and El Salvador fought what became known as the Football War. Border tensions | 50,317 | triviaqa-train |
November 30, 2004 saw what Jeopardy! champion, who holds the record for the most consecutive wins on the show, lose to Nancy Zerg on his 75th appearance? | described by Ken Jennings as a "de facto" "minor league" for game shows such as "Jeopardy!"
Broadcast history.
The original "Jeopardy!" series premiered on NBC on March 30, 1964, and by the end of the 1960s was the second-highest-rated daytime game show, behind only "The Hollywood Squares". The show was successful until 1974, when Lin Bolen, then NBC's Vice President of Daytime Programming, moved the show out of the noontime slot where it | Kevin Rose (footballer, born 1960)
Kevin Rose (born 23 November 1960) is an English former footballer who played in the Football League for Hereford United, Bolton Wanderers, Carlisle United and Rochdale as a goalkeeper. He holds the record of most consecutive appearances for Hereford United.
He started his career at hometown club Evesham United before moving to Worcester City. A loss of form and confidence saw Rose lose his place in the Worcester goal and his contract with them was cancelled by mutual consent in February 1979. | 50,318 | triviaqa-train |
On December 1, 1955, who was famously arrested on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama for refusing to obey bus driver James Blake's order to move to the back of the bus, sparking a year long boycott of the bus service? | , Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her bus seat to a white man, sparking the Montgomery Bus Boycott. Martin Luther King Jr., then the pastor of Dexter Avenue Baptist Church, and E.D. Nixon, a local civil rights advocate, founded the Montgomery Improvement Association to organize the boycott. In June 1956, the US District Court Judge Frank M. Johnson ruled that Montgomery's bus racial segregation was unconstitutional. After the US Supreme Court upheld the ruling in November, the city desegregated the bus system, and the | fuel.
History.
The TRIGA was developed to be a reactor that, in the words of Edward Teller, "could be given to a bunch of high school children to play with without any fear that they would get hurt." Teller headed a group of young nuclear physicists in San Diego in the summer of 1956 to design an inherently safe reactor which could not, by its design, suffer from a meltdown. The design was largely the suggestion of Freeman Dyson. The prototype for the TRIGA nuclear reactor ( | 50,319 | triviaqa-train |
November 30 is a time to celebrate the birthday of what TV personality, known as The World’s Oldest Teenager, who hosted American Bandstand and still does the New Year’s Rockin’ Eve broadcast every December 31st? | Dick Clark
Richard Wagstaff Clark (November 30, 1929 – April 18, 2012) was an American radio and television personality, television producer and film actor, as well as a cultural icon who remains best known for hosting "American Bandstand" from 1957 to 1988. He also hosted the game show "Pyramid" and "Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve", which transmitted Times Square's New Year's Eve celebrations. Clark was well known for his trademark sign-off, "For now | ). He also founded the American Bandstand Diner, a restaurant chain modeled after the Hard Rock Cafe. In 1973, he created and produced the annual American Music Awards show, similar to the Grammy Awards.
Clark suffered a stroke in December 2004. With speech ability impaired, Clark returned to his "New Year's Rockin' Eve" show a year later on December 31, 2005. Subsequently, he appeared at the 58th Primetime Emmy Awards in 2006, and every "New Year's Rockin' Eve" show | 50,320 | triviaqa-train |
An Act of Parliament instigated by artist William Hogarth,established which commercial principle? | in the gallery room at Sir John Soane's Museum, London, UK.
When the success of "A Harlot's Progress" and "A Rake's Progress" resulted in numerous pirated reproductions by unscrupulous printsellers, Hogarth lobbied in parliament for greater legal control over the reproduction of his and other artists' work. The result was the Engravers’ Copyright Act (known as ‘Hogarth's Act’), which became law on 25 June 1735 and was the first copyright law to deal with visual works as well as | Glen Grey Act
The Glen Grey Act is an 1894 act of the parliament of the Cape Colony, instigated by the government of Prime Minister Cecil John Rhodes, which established a system of individual (rather than communal) land tenure, and created a labour tax to force Xhosa men into employment on commercial farms or in industry. The act was so named because, although it was later extended to a larger area, it initially applied only in the Glen Grey district. Glen Grey is a former name for the area around | 50,321 | triviaqa-train |
In which American city do the 'Rockets' play their home basketball games? | once scored 29 points for the Warriors in the fourth quarter of a playoff game against the Lakers, though he was later traded to the Houston Rockets.
The departure of these players for various reasons symbolized the franchise's futility during this period, as head coach Attles moved up to the front office as general manager in 1980 and the team made several coaching changes. New owners Jim Fitzgerald and Dan Finane finally managed to return the team to respectability by hiring former Cleveland Cavaliers head coach George Karl as head coach in 1986 after | 2018–19 Toledo Rockets men's basketball team
The 2018–19 Toledo Rockets men's basketball team represents the University of Toledo during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Rockets are led by eighth-year head coach Tod Kowalczyk, and play their home games at Savage Arena, as members of the West Division of the Mid-American Conference.
Previous season.
The Rockets finished the 2017–18 season 23–11, 13–5 in MAC play to win the MAC West division championship. As the No. 2 seed in the | 50,322 | triviaqa-train |
Which Shipping Weather Forecast Area covers the Shetland Isles? | Burra, Muckle Roe, Papa Stour, Trondra and Vaila are smaller islands to the west of Mainland. The other inhabited islands are Foula west of Walls, Fair Isle south-west of Sumburgh Head, and the Out Skerries to the east.
The uninhabited islands include Mousa, known for the Broch of Mousa, the finest preserved example in Scotland of an Iron Age broch; Noss to the east of Bressay, which has been a national nature reserve since 1955; St Ninian's Isle, connected to Mainland by the | to the northeast while centred just off the coast of the Shetland Isles. By this time, the system had lost its weather fronts. The storm moved slowly offshore Norway for the next few days before being absorbed by the larger Cyclone Joachim on 19 December.
Preparations and warnings.
On 10 December, a low pressure system formed over Labrador. This storm rapidly deepened as it moved towards the United Kingdom, which led to the Met Office issuing severe weather warnings. At the time, the forecast storms were considered to | 50,323 | triviaqa-train |
Who succeeded Brezhnev as President of the USSR in 1982? | , following the brief regimes of Yuri Andropov and Konstantin Chernenko, the Politburo elected Gorbachev as General Secretary, the "de facto" head of government, in 1985.
Although committed to preserving the Soviet state and to its socialist ideals, Gorbachev believed significant reform was necessary, particularly after the 1986 Chernobyl disaster. He withdrew from the Soviet–Afghan War and embarked on summits with United States President Ronald Reagan to limit nuclear weapons and end the Cold War. Domestically, his policy of "glasnost" ("openness" | Communist forces Soviet Union.
- Nikita Khrushchev was the leader of the Soviet Union from 1953 to 1964. He was the leader of USSR when JFK was U.S. president.
- Leonid Brezhnev was the leader of the Soviet Union from 1964 until his death in 1982. He was the leader of the USSR when Lyndon B. Johnson was U.S. president.
- Rodion Malinovsky was the Marshal of the Soviet Union and Minister of Defense of the Soviet Union in 1957–1967.
- Andrei Grechko was the Marshal of the Soviet Union Minister | 50,324 | triviaqa-train |
Which Shipping Weather Forecast Area covers the Channel Islands? | area equivalent to Forties after the Fladen bank, while Météo-France calls the English Channel sea areas Dover, Wight, Portland and Plymouth respectively Pas-de-Calais, Antifer, Casquets and Ouessant.
In the forecast, areas are named in a roughly clockwise direction, strictly following the order above. However, a forecast for Trafalgar is provided only in the 0048 forecast – other forecasts do, however, report when there are warnings of gales in Trafalgar.
Region names Origin of names.
- Viking, Forties | the northern part of the UK shipping forecast sea area of Biscay.
Location and environment.
The Iroise coastline consists of a rich variety of beaches, rocky cliffs, sand dunes, coves and islands such as the Île de Sein and the Island of Molene.
The considerable differences in depth and the adjacent English Channel create the strong currents through the Iroise. High tides in the Channel bring about strong north-easterly currents, which reverse at low tide. The currents can reach particularly high speeds at the Raz de | 50,325 | triviaqa-train |
Which US World War II General commanded the US forces in China and Burma? | China Burma India Theater
China Burma India Theater (CBI) was the United States military designation during World War II for the China and Southeast Asian or India-Burma (IBT) theaters. Operational command of Allied forces (including US forces) in the CBI was officially the responsibility of the Supreme Commanders for South East Asia or China. However, US forces in practice were usually overseen by General Joseph Stilwell, the Deputy Allied Commander in China; the term "CBI" was significant in logistical, material and personnel matters | Commander of the U.S. Forces in China-Burma-India Theater. Sibert accompanied Stillwell in the retreat from Burma in 1942.
Sibert was then appointed the commanding officer of the 6th Infantry Division. He replaced Major General Durward S. Wilson in this capacity. He was also promoted to the rank of major general on March 11, 1942. He participated in the New Guinea and Philippines campaigns. After commanding the 6th Infantry Division, he commanded the US X Corps.
Post World War II.
After his retirement, | 50,326 | triviaqa-train |
Which English city has districts called 'Manningham', 'Great Horton'and 'Heaton'? | . There are 50 settlements which have been designated city status in England, while the wider United Kingdom has 66.
While many cities in England are quite large, such as Birmingham, Sheffield, Manchester, Liverpool, Leeds, Newcastle, Bradford, Nottingham, population size is not a prerequisite for city status. Traditionally the status was given to towns with diocesan cathedrals, so there are smaller cities like Wells, Ely, Ripon, Truro and Chichester.
Economy.
England's economy is one of the largest in | The constituency was abolished by the Representation of the People Act 1918, with its area divided between four new constuencies:
- Blackley, Crumpsall, and Moston (which had been added to the City of Manchester in 1890) became the Parliamentary Borough of Manchester Blackley.
- Chadderton, Great Heaton, Little Heaton and Prestwich became part of Middleton and Prestwich Division
- Droylsden and Failsworth were included in Mossley Division
- Crompton and Royton, along with five other urban districts, formed Royton Division.
Elections. | 50,327 | triviaqa-train |
In which television programme did the character 'Detective Saperstein' appear? | Kojak
Kojak is an American action crime drama television series starring Telly Savalas as the title character, New York City Police Department Detective Lieutenant Theo Kojak. Taking the time slot of the popular "Cannon" series, it aired on CBS from 1973 to 1978.
In 1999 "TV Guide" ranked Theo Kojak number 18 on its 50 Greatest TV Characters of All Time list.
Production.
The show was created by Abby Mann, an Academy Award–winning film writer best known for his work on drama anthologies | Chief Superintendent Strange
Detective Chief Superintendent Strange is a fictional character in the television series "Inspector Morse", played by James Grout. The character also appears, as a Police Constable and Detective Sergeant, in the prequel series "Endeavour", portrayed by Sean Rigby. Although Strange does not appear in every episode of "Inspector Morse", he is present in the whole series (of 33 2-hour TV films) from beginning to end. The intervening episodes from which he is absent are few in number. It is | 50,328 | triviaqa-train |
Although humans feature in several Beatrix Potter tales, which is the only one to have a human as the title character? | of Peter Rabbit" was published, and was an immediate success. It was followed the next year by "The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin" and "The Tailor of Gloucester", which had also first been written as picture letters to the Moore children. Working with Norman Warne as her editor, Potter published two or three little books each year: 23 books in all. The last book in this format was "Cecily Parsley's Nursery Rhymes" in 1922, a collection of favourite rhymes. Although "The Tale of | The Tales of Beatrix Potter
The Tales of Beatrix Potter (US title: "Peter Rabbit and Tales of Beatrix Potter") is a 1971 ballet film based on the children's stories of English author and illustrator Beatrix Potter. The film was directed by Reginald Mills, choreographed by Sir Frederick Ashton (who danced the role of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle), and featured dancers from the Royal Ballet. The musical score was arranged by John Lanchbery from various sources, such as the operas of Michael Balfe and of Sir Arthur | 50,329 | triviaqa-train |
What name is given to ashield or emblem within a flag? | Cross is one of three symbols representing the International Red Cross. A red cross on a white background is the emblem of humanitarian spirit.
- The crescent shape is a symbol of the moon; it is an emblem of Islam.
- The skull and crossbones is a symbol identifying a poison. The skull is an emblem of the transitory nature of human life.
Other terminology.
A totem is specifically an animal emblem that expresses the spirit of a clan. Heraldry knows its emblems as charges. The lion | management to devise a new logo for the company, therefore the famous BMW trademark is designed and patented at this time. However, they remained true to the imagery of the previous Rapp Motorenwerke emblem. Thus, both the old and the new logo were built up in the same way: the company name was placed in a black circle, which was once again given a pictorial form by placing a symbol within it. By analogy with this, the blue and white panels of the Bavarian national flag were placed at the center | 50,330 | triviaqa-train |
Damon Albarn, Graham Coxon, Alex James and Dave Rowntree were members of which pop group? | album.
Coxon has also produced albums by Mower and Assembly Line People Programme from his Transcopic label.
In 2013, Graham Coxon was involved in a musical project where artists re-recorded the classic Beatles album "Please Please Me". The Blur guitarist recorded the song "Baby It's You" live as part of a 10-hour recording session hosted by BBC Radio 2 to mark the 50th anniversary of a challenge set by recording company EMI to The Beatles to record a whole studio album in one session.
Instruments | "Leisure", 1988–1991.
Childhood friends Damon Albarn and Graham Coxon from Essex met Alex James when they began studying at London's Goldsmiths College in 1988. Albarn was in a group named Circus, who were joined by drummer Dave Rowntree that October. Circus requested the services of Coxon after the departure of their guitarist. That December, Circus fired two members and James joined as the group's bassist. This new group named themselves Seymour in December 1988, inspired by J. D. Salinger's "". The group performed | 50,331 | triviaqa-train |
In which American city do the 'Supersonics' play their home basketball games? | Orleans Hornets (now the Pelicans) for two seasons following devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans.
The team was originally established as the Seattle SuperSonics, an expansion team that joined the NBA for the . The SuperSonics moved in 2008 after a settlement was reached between the ownership group led by Clay Bennett and lawmakers in Seattle, Washington following a lawsuit. In Seattle, the SuperSonics qualified for the NBA playoffs 22 times, won their division six times, and won the 1979 NBA Championship. In Oklahoma City, the | Steel City Yellow Jackets
The Steel City Yellow Jackets are a basketball team based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The team is a member of the American Basketball Association. They play their home games at the A Giving Heart Community Center.
The Yellow Jackets began play on November 8, 2014 as an expansion team competing in the ABA Northeast Division. The Yellow Jackets played all of their first season home games at the Community College of Allegheny County Allegheny Campus, which is located on Pittsburgh's North Shore, directly behind Heinz Field | 50,332 | triviaqa-train |
Which English city has districts named 'Belgrave', 'Stoneygate',and 'Aylestone'? | Belgrave, Leicester
Belgrave is an electoral ward and administrative division of the city of Leicester, England, consisting of the Leicester suburb of Belgrave in its entirety.
Belgrave was formerly an out of town area and contained many large houses, which still stand today and housed wealthy, upper-class and notable residents.
The old Belgrave Village containing the Belgrave Conservation Area, including Belgrave Hall, the 12th century St Peter's Church and The Talbot pub is to the west of Loughborough Road.
Belgrave is known for | Gedding Road, Baptist North Evington Free Church
- London Road, Stoneygate Baptist Church
- Loughborough Road, Union Church
- Lutterworth Road, Aylestone Baptist Church
- Main Street Evington
- Narborough Road, Robert Hall Memorial Baptist Church
- Park Hill Drive, Zion Chapel
- Uppingham Road
- Wharf Street North, Carley Evangelical Baptist Church
Closed churches.
- Abbey Gate
- Alfred Street, Trinity Chapel
- Belgrave Gate, Tabernacle
- Belvoir Street
- Burgess Street
- Carley | 50,333 | triviaqa-train |
"In which film does Jack Nicholson persistently write""Allwork and no play makes Jack a dull boy""?" | All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy
"All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy" is a proverb. It means that without time off from work, a person becomes both bored and boring. The exact origins of the phrase remain unclear, though it was recorded as early as 1659. This quote has also been in movies such as The Shining(film) 1980
History.
Though the spirit of the proverb had been expressed previously, the modern saying appeared first in James Howell's " | "all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy" was used.
The door that Jack chops through with the axe near the end of the film was a real door. Kubrick had originally shot this scene with a fake door, but Nicholson, who had worked as a volunteer fire marshal and a firefighter in the California Air National Guard, tore it down too quickly. Jack's line, "Heeeere's Johnny!", is taken from Ed McMahon's famous introduction to "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny | 50,334 | triviaqa-train |
In which county are Corfe Castle and the Isle of Purbeck? | the non-metropolitan county of the same name and the county council is responsible for providing services in only part of the county. In Cornwall, Dorset, Durham, East Riding of Yorkshire, Shropshire and Wiltshire the bulk of the area is a unitary authority which shares the name of the ceremonial county and the rest of county is part of one or more other unitary authorities.
In total, there are 39 unitary authorities that do not share the names of any of the ceremonial counties. Bedfordshire and Cheshire are counties that | teens.
Professional career.
Professional career Early years (2015–2017).
In 2015, Zoosman started his professional career with Maccabi Tel Aviv. On October 18, 2015, Zoosman made his professional debut in an Israeli ISBL game, in an 85–70 win over Bnei Herzliya, recording two points off the bench.
On August 24, 2016, Zoosman was loaned to Maccabi Ra'anana of the Liga Leumit, the second level league in Israel. In 28 games played with Ra'anana, he averaged 11.7 points, 3.6 rebounds, | 50,335 | triviaqa-train |
Of which African country, the most populous on the continent, is Abuja the capital? | Nigeria
Nigeria (), officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa, bordering Niger in the north, Chad in the northeast, Cameroon in the east, and Benin in the west. Its coast in the south is located on the Gulf of Guinea in the Atlantic Ocean. The federation comprises 36 states and 1 Federal Capital Territory, where the capital, Abuja, is located. The constitution defines Nigeria as a democratic secular state.
Nigeria has been home to a number of ancient and | in the world and the second-most populous nation on the African continent with a total area of . Its capital and largest city is Addis Ababa, which lies a few miles west of the East African Rift that splits the country into the Nubian and Somali tectonic plates.
Some of the oldest skeletal evidence for anatomically modern humans has been found in Ethiopia. It is widely considered as the region from which modern humans first set out for the Middle East and places beyond. According to linguists, the first Afroasiatic-speaking | 50,336 | triviaqa-train |
What, in the Jewish religion, is the 'Scroll of Mosaic Law'called? | Torah (also known as the Pentateuch or the Five Books of Moses). According to rabbinic tradition, there are 613 commandments in the Torah. Some of these laws are directed only to men or to women, some only to the ancient priestly groups, the Kohanim and Leviyim (members of the tribe of Levi), some only to farmers within the Land of Israel. Many laws were only applicable when the Temple in Jerusalem existed, and only 369 of these commandments are still applicable today.
While there have been | as Wage-Workers, with Special Reference to Directing Immigrants," Julia Richman, New York City
- "Influence of the Jewish Religion in the Home," Mary Matilda Cohen, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- "Charity as Taught by the Mosaic Code," Eva H. Stern, New York
- "Woman's Place in Charitable Work; What it is, and What It Should Be," Carrie Shevelson Benjamin, Denver, Colorado
- "How can Nations be Influenced to Protest or even Interfere in Cases | 50,337 | triviaqa-train |
Film actress Harlean Carpentier was better known by what stage name? | Jean Harlow
Jean Harlow (born Harlean Harlow Carpenter; March 3, 1911 – June 7, 1937) was an American film actress and sex symbol of the 1930's.
Harlow was signed by billionaire producer Howard Hughes who directed her first major appearance in "Hell's Angels" (1930), but she left her contract with Hughes and signed with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1932. After a series of critically unsuccessful films, Harlow became a leading lady, starring in a string of hits including " | got her career from her amazing drama teacher inspiring her to reach for the stars and that the sky is her limit. On recognizing it is easy to remember lines being an actresswas her first shot.
In 2008, she made an appearance on "The Legend of Dick and Dom", as well as a small role in "" in which she played Vicious Vicky, also known as Sour Susan's younger sister. Pegg has also been in the film "The Quiet One" as a character called Peewee, this | 50,338 | triviaqa-train |
Copyright did not extend to music and lyrics until the 1880's. Which creative Victorian brought about this change? | conventions of love, military honour and class. The press found the play overlong, and accused Shaw of mediocrity, sneering at heroism and patriotism, heartless cleverness, and copying W.S.Gilbert's style. The public took a different view, and the management of the theatre staged extra matinée performances to meet the demand. The play ran from April to July, toured the provinces and was staged in New York. It earned him £341 in royalties in its first year, a sufficient sum to enable him to give up his salaried | covered by artists from different music genres. This led to a controversy when "Los Lagos", a Mexican banda group, did a cover with the original beat but changed the song's lyrics. The group's label had solicited the copyright permission to perform the single and translate it to a different music style, but did not receive consent to change the lyrics; legal action followed. Speaking for the artist, Ayala's lawyer stated that having his song covered was an "honor, but it must be done the right | 50,339 | triviaqa-train |
Whose 41st symphony is known as the 'Jupiter'? | Symphony No. 41 (Mozart)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart completed his Symphony No. 41 in C major, K. 551, on 10 August 1788. The longest and last symphony that he composed, it is regarded by many critics as among the greatest symphonies in classical music.
The work is nicknamed the "Jupiter" Symphony. This name stems not from Mozart but rather was likely coined by the impresario Johann Peter Salomon.
Instrumentation.
The symphony is scored for flute, two oboes, two bassoons, two | from 38th to 41st the sea to Capitola Road. This included the Road House/ Casa Del Mar, on E. Cliff
- 1876 narrow gauge railroad from SC to Watsonville built by Hihn, whose locomotive "Jupiter" is in the Smithsonian.
- M. Leonard owned 108 more acres The Hook to Capitola Road, Opal Cliffs.
- G Wardwell owned 58 acres to Capitola Rd. Lower Opal cliffs.
- March 2, 1891, Corcoran, Moran and Johann gave to the Catholic Ladies' Aid Society
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Associated with a famous incident of 1789, which Pacific island has Adamstown as its main settlement? | Pitcairn sexual assault trial of 2004
The Pitcairn sexual assault trial of 2004 concerned seven men living on Pitcairn Island who faced 55 charges relating to sexual offences against children and young people. The accused represented a third of the island's male population and included Steve Christian, the mayor. On 24 October, all but one of the defendants were found guilty on at least some of the charges. Another six men living abroad, including Shawn Christian, the current mayor of Pitcairn, were tried on 41 charges in a separate trial | independent of North Carolina. A constitution modeled on that of North Carolina was adopted with few changes, and the state name was changed to "Franklin". By 1790, the state government had collapsed entirely and the territory was again firmly under the control of North Carolina.
October 28, 1790.
In 1789, in attempt to assert its sovereignty over the Pacific coast the Spanish seized British ships in Nootka Sound on Vancouver Island. This action sparked an international incident that resulted in the Nootka Convention which was signed on | 50,341 | triviaqa-train |
Whose most famous poem is 'The Tay Bridge Disaster of 1880'? | The Tay Bridge Disaster
"The Tay Bridge Disaster" is a poem written in 1880 by the Scottish poet William McGonagall, who has been recognised as the worst poet in history. The poem recounts the events of the evening of 28 December 1879, when, during a severe gale, the Tay Rail Bridge at Dundee collapsed as a train was passing over it with the loss of all on board. The number of deaths was actually 75, not 90 as stated in the poem. The foundations of the bridge were not | achievements of his day.
Bridges.
He published a timely book on Long Railway Bridges in the 1870s which advocated the introduction of steel, and showed that much longer spans were possible using this material. The book is remarkably prescient for the way the properties of steel could be exploited in structures.
Bridges Tay bridge disaster.
In 1880, he was called as an expert witness to the inquiry into the Tay Rail Bridge disaster. Although he was acting on behalf of Thomas Bouch, the builder of the first railway | 50,342 | triviaqa-train |
By which work is novelist Laurence Sterne best remembered? | Laurence Sterne
Laurence Sterne (24 November 1713 – 18 March 1768) was an Irish novelist and an Anglican clergyman. He wrote the novels "The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman" and "A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy", and also published many sermons, wrote memoirs, and was involved in local politics. Sterne died in London after years of fighting tuberculosis.
Early life and education.
Sterne was born in Clonmel, County Tipperary. His father, Roger Sterne, was an ensign | and they preserve 90,000 words she wrote during those years. The "Juvenilia" are often, according to scholar Richard Jenkyns, "boisterous" and "anarchic"; he compares them to the work of 18th-century novelist Laurence Sterne.
Among these works are a satirical novel in letters titled "Love and Freindship" , written at age fourteen in 1790, in which she mocked popular novels of sensibility. The next year she wrote "The History of England", a manuscript of thirty-four pages accompanied by | 50,343 | triviaqa-train |
Who played the 'Scarecrow' in the Judy Garland film, 'The Wizard Of Oz'? | Semon (just a man in disguise)
- "The Land of Oz" (1932): Donald Henderson
Film portrayals "The Wizard of Oz".
In the 1939 film "The Wizard of Oz", the Scarecrow was played by Ray Bolger in what is arguably the actor's most famous role. He was originally cast as the Tin Woodsman, but Bolger had always wanted to play the Scarecrow, so he was upset about it since he wanted to switch roles with Buddy Ebsen, who was originally going to | The Wizard of Oz in Concert: Dreams Come True
The Wizard of Oz in Concert: Dreams Come True is a 1995 television musical performance based on the 1939 film "The Wizard of Oz" (starring Judy Garland). The book and score of the film were performed on stage at Lincoln Center to benefit the Children's Defense Fund. The concert featured guest performers including Jackson Browne as the Scarecrow, Roger Daltrey as the Tin Man, Natalie Cole as Glinda, Joel Grey as the Wizard (a role he reprised | 50,344 | triviaqa-train |
Who played the part of 'Paganini' in the film, 'The Magic Bow'? | tracks. In August it was announced Stewart Granger would play the lead role as part of his last two films for Gainsborough Pictures; the other project was "Caravan". Phyllis Calvert was to be his co-star. Filming had to be postponed due to an illness to Phyllis Calvert, so "Caravan" was rushed into production and made first.
Phyllis Calvert's character was fictitious, a composite of various women who had helped Paganini. The character of Bianca, the Italian singer, was real. Margaret Lockwood | -most popular overall. "The Times" reported that "this six-foot black-visaged ex-soldier from the Black Watch is England's Number One pin up boy. Only Bing Crosby can match him for popularity."
"Caravan" (1946), starring Granger and Kent, was the sixth most popular film at the British box office in 1946. Also well liked was "The Magic Bow" (1946), with Calvert and Kent, where Granger played Niccolò Paganini That year he was voted | 50,345 | triviaqa-train |
Who played the Resident Magistrate in Channel Four TV's 'The Irish R.M.'? | now stands on the site. The design of the course preserved the large number of mature trees, and in addition the house's date stone and a number of other items are on display.
Furness House, near Naas, was used as Castle Knox, the home of Sir Valentine and Lady Knox and their daughter Sally.
For the second and third series, many of the Skebawn village scenes were filmed in Robertstown.
In the television adaptation, Major Yeates (Peter Bowles) is portrayed as an Englishman, | 1908)
- "In Mr Knox's Country" (Longmans Green & Co., London, 1915)
All three books are out of copyright and electronic texts can be found on the Internet Archive.
The various stories concern the life of an Anglo-Irish former British Army officer recently appointed as a resident magistrate (R.M.) in Ireland, which at that stage was still wholly a part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, some years before its partition into the Irish Free State (now the | 50,346 | triviaqa-train |
Which American actor played a submarine 'skipper' in the films 'Operation Petticoat' 1959 and 'Destination Tokyo'? | Destination Tokyo
Destination Tokyo is a 1943 black and white American submarine war film. It was directed by Delmer Daves in his directorial debut, and the screenplay was written by Daves and Albert Maltz, based on an original story by former submariner Steve Fisher. The film stars Cary Grant and John Garfield and features Dane Clark, Robert Hutton, and Warner Anderson, along with John Ridgely, Alan Hale Sr., and William Prince. Production began on June 21, 1943 and continued through September 4 of that year. The | the Far East, cruising between Jinsen and Tsingtao and Shanghai. Returning to San Francisco 20 January 1946, she was decommissioned and placed in reserve at Long Beach 5 July 1946.
"Conner" received 12 battle stars for World War II service.
World War II "Operation Pettycoat".
In the 1959 comedy movie, "Operation Petticoat", "Conner" played the role of the American destroyer which attacks the USS "Sea Tiger", following instructions to sink any "unidentified submarine, pink or otherwise." | 50,347 | triviaqa-train |
To which native American tribe did Chief Crazy Horse belong? | death, the elder Crazy Horse told Lieutenant H.R. Lemly that the year of birth was 1840.
Crazy Horse was born to parents from two bands of the Lakota division of the Sioux, his father being an Oglala and his mother a Miniconjou. His father, born in 1810, was also named Tȟašúŋke Witkó (Crazy Horse). Crazy Horse was named Čháŋ Óhaŋ (Among the Trees) at birth, meaning he was one with nature. His mother, Tȟašína Ȟlaȟlá Wiŋ (Rattling Blanket Woman, born 1814), | , capping a year-long effort by citizens of Chadron. The designation may extend east another 100 miles through Cherry County to Valentine.
Legacy In popular culture.
- In the film "Chief Crazy Horse" (1955), directed by George Sherman, Crazy Horse is played by Victor Mature.
- In the film "Crazy Horse" (1995), Crazy Horse is played by Native American actor Michael Greyeyes.
- The middle grade novel "In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse" (2015) by | 50,348 | triviaqa-train |
What was the name of the American spy-ship captured by the North Koreans on 24th January 1968? | to three-hour delay in launching aircraft. was located south of "Pueblo", yet her four F-4B aircraft on alert were not equipped for an air-to-surface engagement. "Enterprise"s captain estimated that 1.5 hours (90 minutes) were required to get the converted aircraft into the air.
"Pueblo" followed the North Korean vessels as ordered, but then stopped immediately outside North Korean waters. She was again fired upon, and a sailor, fireman Duane Hodges, was killed. The ship was finally | and steamed south to training operations off the coast of southern California.
On 28 December 1967, "Ticonderoga" sailed for her fourth combat deployment to the waters off the Indochinese coast and arrived on Yankee Station in January 1968. "Ticonderoga" was on Yankee Station for the beginning of the 1968 Tet Offensive. Nearly coincidental with the Tet Offensive, the siege of Khe Sanh began and , an American spy ship, was seized by the North Koreans and taken to Wonsan harbor. The aircraft carrier was immediately deployed to the | 50,349 | triviaqa-train |
Who portrayed the rugby-playing miner in the film, 'This Sporting Life'? | This Sporting Life
This Sporting Life is a 1963 British drama film directed by Lindsay Anderson. Based on the 1960 novel of the same name by David Storey, which won the 1960 Macmillan Fiction Award, it recounts the story of a rugby league footballer, Frank Machin, in Wakefield, a mining town in Yorkshire, whose romantic life is not as successful as his sporting life. Storey, a former professional rugby league footballer, also wrote the screenplay.
The film stars Richard Harris, Rachel Roberts, William Hartnell and | he greatly admired, but Harris fell out with Brando over the latter's behaviour during the film's production.
Career "This Sporting Life".
Harris's first starring role was in the film "This Sporting Life" (1963), as a bitter young coal miner, Frank Machin, who becomes an acclaimed rugby league football player. It was based on the novel by David Storey and directed by Lindsay Anderson. For his role, Harris won Best Actor in 1963 at the Cannes Film Festival and an Academy Award nomination | 50,350 | triviaqa-train |
On which river does the legendary 'Lorelei' lie in wait? | Lorelei
The Lorelei (; ) is a 132 m (433 ft) high, steep slate rock on the right bank of the River Rhine in the Rhine Gorge (or Middle Rhine) at Sankt Goarshausen in Germany.
Etymology.
The name comes from the old German words "lureln", Rhine dialect for "murmuring", and the Celtic term "ley" "rock". The translation of the name would therefore be: "murmur rock" or "murmuring rock". The heavy currents | Lophiodes beroe
Lophiodes beroe is a deep water dwelling fish that is elusive and does not have many remarkable traits. There is no common name for this fish yet.
"L. beroe" can be found on dead coral rubble, "Lophelia pertusa", deep in the ocean and is often just resting and not swimming, which makes this a lie in wait predator. There are no threats that have been found at this time but further research is needed to fully understand this species.
Description.
"L. | 50,351 | triviaqa-train |
What connects Kabul with Peshawar? | Peshawar
Peshawar ( "Pēkhawar" ; ; ) is the capital of the Pakistani province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Situated in the broad Valley of Peshawar near the eastern end of the historic Khyber Pass, close to the border with Afghanistan, Peshawar's recorded history dates back to at least 539 BCE, making it the oldest city in Pakistan and one of the oldest cities in the world. Peshawar was the capital of the ancient Kushan Empire, and was home to what may have been the tallest building in the ancient world, | Ambhader
Ambhader is a village in Charsadda District, Pakistan. The village is situated along the Swat River, on the road that connects Sardaryab with Shabqadar and the district capital, Charsadda. The Swat River joins the Kabul River in Nowshehra, just south of the village.
Geography and climate.
The village of Ambhader sits on the Peshawar valley of the Iranian plateau, near the junction of the Hindu Kush mountains with the Eurasian Plate.
The village has a humid subtropical climate, with hot summers and relatively cold | 50,352 | triviaqa-train |
Who achieved fame for his ,'Confessions Of An English Opium Eater'? | Confessions of an English Opium-Eater
Confessions of an English Opium-Eater (1821) is an autobiographical account written by Thomas De Quincey, about his laudanum addiction and its effect on his life. The "Confessions" was "the first major work De Quincey published and the one which won him fame almost overnight..."
First published anonymously in September and October 1821 in the "London Magazine", the "Confessions" was released in book form in 1822, and again in 1856, in an edition revised | School who had achieved a measure of fame as an Arctic explorer with the Second Grinnell Expedition of 1853-55 and with his own 1860-61 expedition in search of the Open Polar Sea before joining the United States Army as a surgeon.
The hospital's chaplain was the pastor at St. Patrick's church located at 20th and Locust Streets, Father Peter McGrane, who heard confessions and offered mass daily, and also offered assistance with baptisms and burials. "Archbishop James Wood also visited Satterlee several times to confirm many adult | 50,353 | triviaqa-train |
Who wrote the 1948 novel, 'The Heart Of The Matter'? | The Heart of the Matter
The Heart of the Matter (1948) is a novel by English author Graham Greene. The book details a life-changing moral crisis for Henry Scobie. Greene, a British intelligence officer in Freetown, British Sierra Leone, drew on his experience there. Although Freetown is not mentioned in the novel, Greene confirms the location in his 1980 memoir, "Ways of Escape".
"The Heart of the Matter" was enormously popular, selling more than 300,000 copies in the United Kingdom | book is exemplified in "The Heart of the Matter" (1948); his contemporary Evelyn Waugh stated that the West Africa of that book replaced the true remembered West Africa of his own experience.
In 1998, the Modern Library ranked "The Heart of the Matter" 40th on its list of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century. In 2005, the novel was chosen by "TIME" magazine as one of the one hundred best English-language novels from 1923 to the present. | 50,354 | triviaqa-train |
Who did Jeremy Thorpe replace as leader of the Liberal Party? | the condition was that he gave up his parliamentary candidature, he declined.
Through the later 1950s Thorpe juggled his legal and television work with his political duties in North Devon, where he worked tirelessly to build up support. From September 1956 the Liberal Party was led by Jo Grimond, a more up-to-date figure than his elderly predecessor Davies, and more in tune with the ideas of Thorpe and the Radical Reform Group. After an uncertain beginning—the Liberals lost one of their six seats to Labour in | his own seat might be vulnerable. In October 1978 after the pact had lapsed, he explained that "Turkeys don't volunteer for Christmas!". The scandal over former party leader Jeremy Thorpe, who was charged with conspiracy to murder in August 1978, was a matter of particular concern and Penhaligon urged Thorpe to stand down and the Liberal Party not to endorse him. When Thorpe did seek re-election, Penhaligon refused to help his campaign.
Despite his narrow majority and the belief that he was the most vulnerable | 50,355 | triviaqa-train |
Who sang, 'Autumn Almanac' in 1967? | Autumn Almanac
"Autumn Almanac" is a song written by Ray Davies and recorded by the rock group the Kinks in 1967. "Autumn Almanac" has since been noted for being an "absolute classic", "a finely observed slice of English custom", and a "weird character study", and praised for its "mellow, melodic sound that was to characterize the Kinks' next [musical] phase..." Some have placed this and other Davies compositions in the pastoral-Romantic tradition of the poetry of | of the Day" (1965) UK
- "Dedicated Follower of Fashion" (1966) UK
- "Sunny Afternoon" (1966) UK
- "Dead End Street" (1966) UK
- "Waterloo Sunset" (1967) UK
- "Autumn Almanac" (1967) UK
- "Lola" (1970) UK & US
- "Apeman" (1970) UK
- "Come Dancing" (1982) US
Charts, sales certifications and recognition. | 50,356 | triviaqa-train |
What is the capital of Bolivia? | Bolivia
Bolivia (, ; ; ; ), officially the Plurinational State of Bolivia ( ), is a landlocked country located in western-central South America. The capital is Sucre, while the seat of government and financial center is located in La Paz. The largest city and principal industrial center is Santa Cruz de la Sierra, located on the Llanos Orientales (tropical lowlands), a mostly flat region in the east of the country.
The sovereign state of Bolivia is a constitutionally unitary state, divided into nine | views. The other current books in the "What is?" series include ""What is Love?, What is Death?, What is Beautiful?, What is Funny?, What is Right?, What is Peace?, What is Money?, What is Dreaming?, What is a Friend?, What is True?, What is a Family?, What is a Feeling?" The series is now also translated into 15 languages.
Boritzer was first published in 1963 at the age | 50,357 | triviaqa-train |
Which metal is alloyed with iron to make Stainless Steel? | Pitting Resistance Equivalent Number) obtained through the formula:
PREN = %Cr+3.3%Mo+16%N where the terms correspond to the contents by weight % of Chromium, Molybdenum and Nitrogen respectively in the steel.
The higher the PREN, the higher the pitting corrosion resistance. Increasing chromium, molybdenum and nitrogen contents provide increasing resistance to pitting corrosion.
Corrosion resistance Localized corrosion Crevice corrosion.
While the PREN is a property of the stainless steel, crevice corrosion occurs when poor design has created confined areas (overlapping plates, washer-plate interfaces, | .
In industry Metal alloys.
The study of metal alloys is a significant part of materials science. Of all the metallic alloys in use today, the alloys of iron (steel, stainless steel, cast iron, tool steel, alloy steels) make up the largest proportion both by quantity and commercial value. Iron alloyed with various proportions of carbon gives low, mid and high carbon steels. An iron-carbon alloy is only considered steel if the carbon level is between 0.01% and 2.00%. For the steels | 50,358 | triviaqa-train |
'Vision Of A Knight' was the work of which Italian painter? | Mantua. Artists like Leonardo da Vinci, Brunelleschi, Botticelli, Michelangelo, Giotto, Donatello, Titian and Raphael produced inspired works – their paintwork was more realistic-looking than had been created by Medieval artists and their marble statues rivalled and sometimes surpassed those of Classical Antiquity. Humanist historian Leonardo Bruni divided the history in the antiquity, Middle Ages and modern period.
The ideas and ideals of the Renaissance soon spread into Northern Europe, France, England and much of Europe. In the meantime, the discovery of the Americas | Miami.
Los Angeles Times art critic Christopher Knight called her a "view painter," and compared her to Bernardo Bellotto, an Italian landscape painter. Knight says, “her work charts the intersection between the bricks and mortar of actual city streets and the effervescent elements of virtual reality. That's where we live now." The Fairview Heights station for the Los Angeles County Metro Rail system incorporates her artwork.
A few of Schoenstadt's selected solo and two person exhibitions and projects include: Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of | 50,359 | triviaqa-train |
What is the capital of Trinidad? | city which are under construction or planned.
Government.
Port of Spain is administered by the Port of Spain City Corporation. There are 12 councillors and 4 aldermen. The mayor is elected from the membership of the council.
The council is presided over by the mayor, who is effectively the chief custodian of the city. It formulates policy and gives direction for the running of the city through a number of standing committees which each meet at least once per month.
Decisions are then ratified at the statutory meeting | February 1536 by a Spanish expedition led by Pedro de Mendoza. The settlement founded by Mendoza was located in what is today the San Telmo district of Buenos Aires, south of the city centre.
More attacks by the indigenous people forced the settlers away, and in 1542 the site was abandoned. A second (and permanent) settlement was established on 11 June 1580 by Juan de Garay, who arrived by sailing down the Paraná River from Asunción (now the capital of Paraguay). He dubbed the settlement "Santísima Trinidad | 50,360 | triviaqa-train |
In which country is Agadir? | .
In 1884, Charles de Foucauld described in "Reconnaissance au Maroc" (Reconnaissance in Morocco) his rapid passage to Agadir from the east:
On the pretext of a call for help from German companies in the valley of the Souss, Germany decided on 1 July 1911, to extend its interests in Morocco and assert a claim on the country. It sent to the Bay of Agadir, (which harbour was, until 1881, closed to foreign trade) the which was quickly joined by the cruiser "Berlin | the bay of Agadir and the ports. The old people of Agadir remember the famous "Moorish café" of the Casbah and its panoramic view.
The hill bears the inscription in Arabic: "God, Country, King" which, like the walls, is illuminated at night.
Economy Old Talborjt.
Overlooking the waterfront and Wadi Tildi, this old district (whose name is sometimes spelled "Talbordjt") was once a shopping area and very lively with its large square where there was a weekly market, hotels | 50,361 | triviaqa-train |
Which Gilbert and Sullivan opera is subtitled, 'A Merryman And His Maid'? | ", and "The Mikado".
Operas Dodging the magic lozenge "The Yeomen of the Guard".
"The Yeomen of the Guard" (1888), their only joint work with a serious ending, concerns a pair of strolling players—a jester and a singing girl—who are caught up in a risky intrigue at the Tower of London during the 16th century. The dialogue, though in prose, is quasi-early modern English in style, and there is no satire of British institutions. For some of | 's wife, Madame Grace Miller. In 1914 she was in the chorus of a house Gilbert and Sullivan production; for there she took on leading roles such as Josephine in "H.M.S. Pinafore". The company toured New Zealand and performed in Melbourne.
Moncrieff toured South Africa and New Zealand as a leading lady in numerous productions. When she returned to Australia she landed her most famous role as Teresa in Harold Fraser-Simson's light opera "The Maid of the Mountains", which she first performed in Melbourne in | 50,362 | triviaqa-train |
Which playing card is sometimes called 'The Black Lady'? | expired or if an allotted points total is overcome. The winner is the player with the smallest running penalty score.
An alternative called Dirty Liz proceeds in a similar fashion to Black Lady except:
There is a trump suit each hand in the order Diamonds, Clubs, Hearts, Spades.
1-10 of Hearts score 1 point each, J=2, Q=3, K=4, A=5 and the Queen of Spades is 13 points as normal.
At the start of each hand, after the deal, each player | Hearts (card game)
Hearts is an "evasion-type" trick-taking playing card game for four players, although variations can accommodate between three and six players. The game is also known as Black Lady, Black Maria, Black Widow, and Slippery Bitch, though any of these may refer to the similar but differently-scored game Black Lady. The game is a member of the Whist family of trick-taking games (which also includes Bridge and Spades), but the game is unusual among Whist | 50,363 | triviaqa-train |
Which character was played by Michelle Collins in 'Eastenders'? | Hollingworth.
Hollingworth's contributions to the soap were awarded in 1997 when "EastEnders" won the BAFTA for Best Drama Series. Hollingworth shared the award with the next Executive Producer, Jane Harris. Harris was responsible for the critically panned Ireland episodes and Cindy Beale's attempted assassination of Ian Beale, which brought in an audience of 23 million in 1996, roughly four million more than "Coronation Street". In 1998 Matthew Robinson was appointed as the Executive Producer of "EastEnders". During his reign, "EastEnders" | 1999.
Examples in British soaps include Ian Beale (Adam Woodyatt) in "EastEnders", who was seen celebrating his 18th birthday in 1988 and his 21st two years later in 1990, as producers wanted the character to be older due to his love triangle storyline with wife Cindy (Michelle Collins) and Simon Wicks (Nick Berry). Liv Flaherty (Isobel Steele) in "Emmerdale" was aged by four years - her mother Sandra Flaherty (Janet Bamford) was pregnant in 2006, but when Liv first appeared | 50,364 | triviaqa-train |
Who was on the English throne at the time of the 'Battle of Trafalgar'? | King George III, on receiving the news, is alleged to have said, in tears, "We have lost more than we have gained." "The Times" reported: We do not know whether we should mourn or rejoice. The country has gained the most splendid and decisive Victory that has ever graced the naval annals of England; but it has been dearly purchased.
The first tribute to Nelson was offered at sea by sailors of Vice Admiral Dmitry Senyavin's passing Russian squadron, which saluted on learning | the Royal Collection by the Prince of Wales, who displayed it at St James's Palace and - after his accession to the throne in 1820 - commissioned JMW Turner's "The Battle of Trafalgar" as a pendant for it. However, Turner's piece was criticised for perceived factual inaccuracies, and so George gave both the 'Trafalgar' and 'Glorious First' to the Naval Gallery at Greenwich Hospital in 1829 as one of his last gifts to them.
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In the centre are the two flagships are | 50,365 | triviaqa-train |
Elvis Presley, with over abillion sales, has sold more records than anyone in the history of pop music.The Beatles are second, who is third? | for Artist of the Century. Later that year, an anonymous surrogate mother gave birth to his third child, Prince Michael Jackson II (nicknamed "Blanket"), who had been conceived by artificial insemination. On November 20, Jackson briefly held Blanket over the railing of his Berlin hotel room, four stories above ground level, prompting widespread criticism in the media. Jackson apologized for the incident, calling it "a terrible mistake." On January 22, promoter Marcel Avram filed a breach of contract complaint against Jackson for | Cliff Richard
Sir Cliff Richard (born Harry Rodger Webb on 14 October 1940) is a British pop singer, musician, performer, actor and philanthropist. Richard has sold more than 250 million records worldwide. He has total sales of over 21 million singles in the United Kingdom and is the third-top-selling artist in UK Singles Chart history, behind the Beatles and Elvis Presley.
Richard was originally marketed as a rebellious rock and roll singer in the style of Elvis Presley and Little Richard. With his | 50,366 | triviaqa-train |
'Arthur Clennam', 'Jeremiah Flintwinch', and 'Edward Sparkler' are all characters in which Dickens' novel? | They provided the inspiration for the Garlands in "The Old Curiosity Shop".
On Sundays—with his sister Frances, free from her studies at the Royal Academy of Music—he spent the day at the Marshalsea. Dickens later used the prison as a setting in "Little Dorrit". To pay for his board and to help his family, Dickens was forced to leave school and work ten-hour days at Warren's Blacking Warehouse, on Hungerford Stairs, near the present Charing Cross railway station, where he | sounds of the building, all mysterious to her.
- Mr Jeremiah Flintwinch: Clerk to the Clennam business until Arthur announces that he will not work in the family business on his return to London. Mr Flintwinch is raised up to be partner with Mrs Clennam. When Mrs Clennam became an invalid needing much care, she decided that Flintwinch and Affery should marry, so they did. After the blackmail attempt, he fled London and was said to be known as Mynheer von Flyntevynge in Amsterdam and The Hague.
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"Who wrote ""Musichath charms to soothe a savage beast""?" | William Congreve
William Congreve (24 January 1670 – 19 January 1729) was an English playwright and poet of the Restoration period. He is known for his clever, satirical dialogue and influence on the comedy of manners style of that period. He was also a minor political figure in the British Whig Party.
Early life.
William Congreve was born in Bardsey, Yorkshire, England near Leeds. His parents were William Congreve (1637–1708) and Mary "née" Browning (1636?–1715). The family moved to London | white-haired race menaced by white-furred beast-men in "The Phantom City" in "Doc Savage Magazine", December, 1933, and reprints.
- Josephine Tey's novel "The Singing Sands" (1952) investigates the murder of a young man who believes he has discovered the fabled city of Wabar while flying over the Rub' Al Khali.
- Carl Barks wrote "McDuck of Arabia" in 1965, an Uncle Scrooge comic book in which Scrooge and his nephews search for the " | 50,368 | triviaqa-train |
Who directed the 1982 film 'E.T.'? | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial is a 1982 American science fiction film produced and directed by Steven Spielberg, and written by Melissa Mathison. It features special effects by Carlo Rambaldi and Dennis Muren, and stars Henry Thomas, Dee Wallace, Peter Coyote, Robert MacNaughton, Drew Barrymore, and Pat Welsh. It tells the story of Elliott (Thomas), a boy who befriends an extraterrestrial, dubbed "E.T.", who is stranded on Earth. Elliott and his siblings help E.T. return to his | Angry Video Game Nerd: The Movie
Angry Video Game Nerd: The Movie is a 2014 American science fiction adventure comedy film written and directed by James Rolfe and Kevin Finn. It is based on the web series of the same name, also created by Rolfe, with himself as the lead character.
The story centers around the then urban legend of the mass burial of millions of copies of the 1982 Atari 2600 video game "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial", proclaimed as the "worst video game of all time | 50,369 | triviaqa-train |
Who directed the 1995 film 'Braveheart'? | Braveheart
Braveheart is a 1995 epic war film directed, co-produced, and starring Mel Gibson, who portrays William Wallace, a late-13th-century Scottish warrior. The film is fictionally based on the life of Wallace leading the Scots in the First War of Scottish Independence against King Edward I of England. The film also stars Sophie Marceau, Patrick McGoohan and Catherine McCormack. The story is inspired by Blind Harry's epic poem "The Actes and Deidis of the Illustre and Vallyeant Campioun Schir William Wallace" and was adapted | Randall Wallace
Randall Wallace (born July 28, 1949) is an American screenwriter, film director, producer, and songwriter who came to prominence by writing the screenplay for the historical drama film "Braveheart" (1995). His work on the film earned him a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay and a Writers Guild of America Award in the same category. He has since directed films such as "The Man in the Iron Mask" (1998), "We Were Soldiers" (2002) | 50,370 | triviaqa-train |
Which city did Delhi replace as capital of India in 1912? | In 1911, it was announced that the capital of British-held territories in India was to be transferred from Calcutta to Delhi. The name "New Delhi" was given in 1927, and the new capital was inaugurated on 13 February 1931. New Delhi, also known as "Lutyens' Delhi", was officially declared as the capital of the Union of India after the country gained independence on 15 August 1947.
During the partition of India, thousands of Hindu and Sikh refugees, mainly from West Punjab fled to | Parliament House (India)
The Sansad Bhavan (English: "Parliament House") is the house of the Parliament of India, which contains the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha located in New Delhi.
History.
Originally called the "House of Parliament", it was designed by the British architects Sir Edwin Lutyens and Sir Herbert Baker in 1912-1913 as part of their wider mandate to construct a new administrative capital city for British India. It is said that the circular structure of the 11th-century | 50,371 | triviaqa-train |
Which playwright wrote the screenplay for the 1982 film 'The French Lieutenant's Woman'? | perspective on women.
Following popular success, the novel created a larger legacy: the novel has had numerous responses by academics and other writers, such as A. S. Byatt, and through adaptation as film and dramatic play. In 1981, the novel was adapted as a film of the same name with script by the playwright Harold Pinter, directed by Karel Reisz and starring Meryl Streep and Jeremy Irons. The film received considerable critical acclaim and awards, including several BAFTAs and Golden Globes. The novel was also adapted and produced | "The French Lieutenant's Woman" (nominee)
- 1982 David di Donatello (Italian Academy Awards) Best Foreign Screenplay: "The French Lieutenant's Woman" (winner)
- 1982 Golden Globe Best Screenplay––Motion Picture: "The French Lieutenant's Woman" (nominee)
- 1983 Academy Award Best Screenplay Based on Material From Another Medium: "Betrayal" (nominee)
- 1983 BAFTA Best Adapted Screenplay: "Betrayal" (nominee)
Prose fiction.
- "Kullus" (1949) | 50,372 | triviaqa-train |
In which city are the headquarters of OPEC, the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries? | OPEC
The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC, ) is an intergovernmental organization of nations, founded in 1960 in Baghdad by the first five members (Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, and Venezuela), and headquartered since 1965 in Vienna, Austria. the then 14 member countries accounted for an estimated 44 percent of global oil production and 81.5 percent of the world's "proven" oil reserves, giving OPEC a major influence on global oil prices that were previously determined by the so called "Seven | through the organization's agreements about oil production and price levels. In fact, economists often cite OPEC as a textbook example of a cartel that cooperates to reduce market competition, as in this definition from OECD's "Glossary of Industrial Organisation Economics and Competition Law":
International commodity agreements covering products such as coffee, sugar, tin and more recently oil (OPEC: Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries) are examples of "international cartels" which have publicly entailed agreements between different national governments.
OPEC members strongly prefer to | 50,373 | triviaqa-train |
Which Australian tennis player did Goran Ivanisevic defeat in the 2001 Wimbledon final? | of the usual sixteen. This move was made to appease clay court players who were unhappy with the traditional seeding system, which favoured grass court results over those of other surfaces.
Pete Sampras was unsuccessful in his defence of the men's singles title, losing in the fourth round to 19-year-old Roger Federer, who was then relatively unknown. Goran Ivanišević won the title, defeating 2000 runner-up Pat Rafter in the final in five sets. Ivanišević had previously been runner-up three times (1992, 1994 | of £50,000. The first tournament at the O2 arena was won by Andy Murray, defeating Goran Ivanisevic in the final.
Players competing in the inaugural tournament were;
- Andy Murray - then world number 19 and British number 1
- Pat Cash - Former Wimbledon Champion (1987)
- James Blake - then world number 6
- Goran Ivanišević - Former Wimbledon Champion (2001)
- Jamie Murray - 2007 Wimbledon mixed doubles champion, then British number 1 doubles player
- Greg Rusedski - Former | 50,374 | triviaqa-train |
Which of the Romantic poets wrote the epic semi- autobiographical poem 'Childe Harold's Pilgrimage'? | Burns is taught in Russian schools alongside their own national poets. Burns was a great admirer of the egalitarian ethos behind the French Revolution. Whether Burns would have recognised the same principles at work in the Soviet State at its most repressive is moot. This didn’t stop the Communists from claiming Burns as one of their own and incorporating his work into their state propaganda. The post-communist years of rampant capitalism in Russia have not tarnished Burns' reputation.
Lord Byron was a major influence on almost all Russian poets of | was struck. Congress had inserted safeguards in the legislation to curb excessive profits, and though some of the coins were minted in 1937, there was no change of date, meaning collectors would only have to purchase one piece to have a complete set. Thousands remained in dealer inventories for years, and the coins remain inexpensive by the standards of commemorative coins of the era.
Background.
After the American Revolutionary War, the area known as the Western Reserve, now in eastern Ohio, was the subject of dispute among | 50,375 | triviaqa-train |
In which city are the headquarters of the European Central Bank? | 9 March 2015. The program was repeatedly extended to reach about €2,500 billons and is currently expected to last until at least end of 2018.
Location.
The bank is based in Ostend (East End), Frankfurt am Main. The city is the largest financial centre in the Eurozone and the bank's location in it is fixed by the Amsterdam Treaty. The bank moved to new purpose-built headquarters in 2014 that were designed by a Vienna-based architectural office, Coop Himmelbau. The building is approximately | Two notable buildings from this time are the Crețulescu Palace, housing cultural institutions including UNESCO's European Centre for Higher Education, and the Cotroceni Palace, the residence of the Romanian President. Many large-scale constructions such as Gara de Nord, the busiest railway station in the city, National Bank of Romania's headquarters, and the Telephone Palace date from these times. In the 2000s, historic buildings in the city centre underwent restoration. In some residential areas of the city, particularly in high-income central and northern districts | 50,376 | triviaqa-train |
Which Russian composer wrote the opera 'Prince Igor'? | Prince Igor
Prince Igor (, "Knyaz' Igor'") is an opera in four acts with a prologue, written and composed by Alexander Borodin. The composer adapted the libretto from the Ancient Russian epic "The Lay of Igor's Host", which recounts the campaign of Rus' prince Igor Svyatoslavich against the invading Cuman ("Polovtsian") tribes in 1185. He also incorporated material drawn from two medieval Kievan chronicles. The opera was left unfinished upon the composer's death in 1887 and was edited and | Prince Igor" is a staple of Russian opera, but has not travelled well abroad. One obvious reason is the Russian language, although translation into Italian was once a solution.
Another explanation for the failure to gain acceptance is its lack of unity resulting from its unfinished state. Despite the skill and efforts of editors Rimsky-Korsakov and Glazunov, the opera is still episodic and dramatically static, a problem of which the composer himself was aware when he embarked on composition (see quote above in "Composition History") | 50,377 | triviaqa-train |
In which country did the 'Sepoy Mutiny' of 1857 take place? | Rajputs and Bhumihar, mostly from the Awadh and Bihar regions, and even restricted the enlistment of lower castes in 1855. In contrast, the Madras Army and Bombay Army were "more localized, caste-neutral armies" that "did not prefer high-caste men". The domination of higher castes in the Bengal Army has been blamed in part for initial mutinies that led to the rebellion.
In 1772, when Warren Hastings was appointed India's first Governor-General, one of his first undertakings was the rapid | , several Buddhist monasteries and Stupas.
Some fighting during 1857 sepoy mutiny took place in this area. Following the mutiny, the civil administration was re-established in the district which was named district Unnao, with headquarters at Unnao. The size of the district was however small until 1869, when it assumed its present form. The same year the town of Unnao was constituted a Municipality.
Unnao District is known as "The Land Of Pen and Sword" (कलम और तलवार की धरती).
Economy. | 50,378 | triviaqa-train |
The independentist forces led by Antonio Jose de Sucre, which country's independence was won at the 1824 'Battle of Ayacucho '? | Portuguese garrisons surrendered. The Brazilian Empire lasted until a coup in 1889 overthrew the monarchy leading to its current status as a republic.
Spanish America.
The crisis of political legitimacy in Spain with the Napoleonic invasion sparked reaction in Spain's overseas empire. The outcome in Spanish America was that most of the region achieved political independence and instigated the creation of sovereign nations. The areas that were most recently formed as viceroyalties were the first to achieve independence, with the old centers of Spanish power in Mexico and Peru with strong | Each of the well known names represent a specific era of the city's history.
- "Charcas" was the indigenous name for the place upon which the Spaniards built the colonial city.
- "La Plata" was the name given to the emerging Hispanic city of privilege and honor.
- The name "Chuquisaca" was bestowed upon the city during the independence era.
- "Sucre" honors the great marshal of the Battle of Ayacucho (December 9, 1824), Antonio José de Sucre | 50,379 | triviaqa-train |
Playing on the title of another of the director's films, which 1984 movie starred Robert de Niro and James Woods as Jewish ghetto youths who rise to prominence in New York City's world of organised crime? | James Woods
James Howard Woods (born April 18, 1947) is an American actor, voice actor, and producer.
His best known roles are "Videodrome" (1983), "Once Upon a Time in America" (1984), "Casino" (1995), "Nixon" (1995), "Contact" (1997) and as the voice of Hades in Disney's animated feature "Hercules" (1997). Additionally, Woods has also been nominated for two Academy Awards, one | as they lead a group of Jewish ghetto youths who rise to prominence as Jewish gangsters in New York City's world of organized crime. The film explores themes of childhood friendships, love, lust, greed, betrayal, loss, broken relationships, together with the rise of mobsters in American society.
It was the final film directed by Leone before his death five years later, and the first feature film he had directed in 13 years. It is also the third film of Leone's "Once Upon a Time Trilogy | 50,380 | triviaqa-train |
Anatolijs Gorbunovs became the first President of which former Soviet state in 1990? | , Uzbekistan suspended its membership in the CSTO.
Regional organizations North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
Three former Soviet states are members of NATO: Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. Poland, a former socialist nation, is also a NATO member. Georgia, where both public opinion and the ruling government favor NATO membership, is in the Intensified Dialogue program with NATO. Ukraine also declared joining NATO as its geopolitical goal once again in 2017 (first time being right after the Orange revolution and in the beginning of presidency of Viktor Yushchenko | .
- Anatolijs Gorbunovs , 1990 – , 1993 | 50,381 | triviaqa-train |
The day in 1896 that he was executed is now a national holiday. Jose Rizal was a nationalist and polymath and a national hero of which country? | for Brussels as he was preparing for the publication of his annotations of Antonio de Morga's "Sucesos de las Islas Filipinas" (1609). He lived in the boarding house of the two Jacoby sisters, Catherina and Suzanna, who had a niece Suzanna ("Thil"), age 16. Historian Gregorio F. Zaide states that Rizal had "his romance with Suzanne Jacoby, 45, the petite niece of his landladies." Belgian Pros Slachmuylders, however, believed that Rizal had a romance with the 17-year-old | this place. When Shiva's consort Parvati angry with Brungi for not having given importance to her, cursed him and tried to stall his worship, Brungi took the form of a bee ("vandu") and entered the ear of Shiva's idol.
Significance.
There are shrines to Ganesha, Murugan, Ardhanarisvara, Brahma, Bhairava, Surya, Chandra and Shani within the temple complex. Hymns in praise of the temple have been composed by the Saivite saint Sambandar in his "Thevaram". | 50,382 | triviaqa-train |
Leonid Kravchuk became the first President of which former Soviet state in 1991? | Moldovan break-away state of Transnistria has supported this. In 2013, Kyrgyzstan and Armenia announced plans to seek membership, but division over the issue in Ukraine led to the 2014 Ukrainian revolution after the Ukrainian government backed out of an EU Eastern Partnership in favor of the union. In 2014, voters in the Moldovan autonomous region of Gagauzia rejected closer ties to the EU in favor of the union.
On 1 January 2012, Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus established the Single Economic Space which ensures the effective functioning of a single | and Barcelona. The airport opened on 7 April 1930, after King Alfonso XIII signed a royal order announcing that the military air force installations on the Bay of Gando would become a civilian airfield. In its existence, the airport has become the largest gateway into the Canary Islands, as well as the largest in terms of passenger and cargo operations.
In 1946, the old passenger terminal opened, which took two years to build. In 1948 a runway was built, which was completed and fully tarmacked in 1957. | 50,383 | triviaqa-train |
The 'Cerne Abbas Giant' is a 180 foot high carved hill figure located in which county? | Cerne Abbas Giant
The Cerne Abbas Giant is a hill figure near the village of Cerne Abbas in Dorset, England. high, it depicts a standing nude male figure with a prominent erection and wielding a large club in its right hand. Like many other hill figures it is outlined by shallow trenches cut in the turf and backfilled with chalk rubble. The figure is listed as a scheduled monument of England and the site is owned by the National Trust.
The origin and age of the figure are unclear. It is | seen with the naked eye.
The Osmington White Horse carries a rider (King George III) but is not considered an example of gigantotomy due to the name of the figure referring to the horse.
Human figures Cerne Abbas Giant.
The Cerne Abbas Giant, also referred to as the "Rude Man" or the "Rude Giant", is a hill figure of a giant naked man high, wide figure is carved into the side of a steep hill, and is best viewed from the opposite side of the | 50,384 | triviaqa-train |
Kimberley and Vancouver are cities in which Canadian province? | Vancouver
Vancouver () is a coastal seaport city in western Canada, located in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia. As the most populous city in the province, the 2016 census recorded 631,486 people in the city, up from 603,502 in 2011. The Greater Vancouver area had a population of 2,463,431 in 2016, making it the third-largest metropolitan area in Canada. Vancouver has the highest population density in Canada with over 5,400 people per square kilometre, which makes it the fifth-most densely populated city with over | are underway.
A large number "casseroles" or "pots and pans demonstrations" were held in towns and cities across the province, with the largest ones being primarily concentrated in Montreal's various neighbourhoods. More protests outside the Province of Quebec (over 66 other Canadian locations) were held in solidarity with the student protesters, including cities and towns such as Vancouver, Calgary, Saskatoon, Winnipeg, Hamilton, Sudbury, Tatamagouche, and Halifax.
In 2004, a song named "Libérez-nous des libéraux" | 50,385 | triviaqa-train |
Which French tennis player did Pete Sampras defeat in the 1997 Wimbledon final? | fourth time, defeating Cédric Pioline in the final. Sampras also won singles titles in San Jose, Philadelphia, Cincinnati, Munich, and Paris, and the ATP Tour World Championships in Hanover, Germany. He became the only player to win both the Grand Slam Cup and the ATP Tour World Championships in the same year.
He had a 10–1 win–loss record against top-10 opponents and was undefeated in eight singles finals. He held the No. 1 ranking for the entire year and joined Jimmy Connors (1974–1978) | Pete Sampras
Pete Sampras (born August 12, 1971 as Petros Sampras) is an American former professional tennis player. A right-handed player with a single-handed backhand, his precise and powerful serve earned him the nickname "Pistol Pete". His professional career began in 1988 and ended at the 2002 US Open, which he won, defeating rival Andre Agassi in the final.
Sampras held the all-time record of seven Wimbledon Men's Singles titles with William Renshaw until 2017 when Roger Federer won his | 50,386 | triviaqa-train |
The 'Uffington White Horse' is a 370 foot-long prehistoric hill figure located in which county? | Uffington White Horse
The Uffington White Horse is a highly stylised prehistoric hill figure, long, formed from deep trenches filled with crushed white chalk. The figure is situated on the upper slopes of White Horse Hill in the English civil parish of Uffington (in the ceremonial county of Oxfordshire and historic county of Berkshire), some east of Swindon, south of the town of Faringdon and a similar distance west of the town of Wantage; or south of Uffington. The hill forms a part of the scarp of the Berkshire Downs | Ring of Brodgar, Neolithic henge and stone circle.
- Thornborough Henges, three aligned Neolithic henges.
- Woodhenge, Neolithic Class I henge and timber circle.
Structures and sites Hill figures.
- Cerne Abbas Giant, hill figure popularly believed to be ancient but recently dated to c. 17th century.
- Long Man of Wilmington, hill figure of uncertain age, but probably not prehistoric.
- Uffington White Horse, Bronze Age hill figure.
Structures and sites Settlement sites.
- Carn Brea
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Calgary and Medicine Hat are cities in which Canadian province? | , to the U.S.
To open the West to European immigration, parliament also approved sponsoring the construction of three transcontinental railways (including the Canadian Pacific Railway), opening the prairies to settlement with the Dominion Lands Act, and establishing the North-West Mounted Police to assert its authority over this territory. In 1898, during the Klondike Gold Rush in the Northwest Territories, parliament created the Yukon Territory. Alberta and Saskatchewan became provinces in 1905.
History Early 20th century.
Because Britain still maintained control of Canada's foreign | south. Urban development has also been most advanced in the parkland belt. Edmonton and Red Deer are parkland cities, while Calgary is on the parkland-prairie fringe. Lethbridge and Medicine Hat are prairie cities. Grande Prairie lies in the Peace River Country a parkland region (with isolated patches of prairie, hence the name) in the northwest isolated from the rest of the parkland by the forested Swan Hills. Fort McMurray is the only urbanized population centre in the boreal forest which covers much of the northern half of the province | 50,388 | triviaqa-train |
Which dramatist wrote the trilogy of plays known collectively as 'The Norman Conquests'? | The Norman Conquests
The Norman Conquests is a trilogy of plays written in 1973 by Alan Ayckbourn. Each of the plays depicts the same six characters over the same weekend in a different part of a house. "Table Manners" is set in the dining room, "Living Together" in the living room, and "Round and Round the Garden" in the garden.
The plays were first performed in Scarborough, before runs in London and on Broadway. A television version was first broadcast in the UK during October | , and there is a long-standing debate regarding his authorship of one of these plays, "Prometheus Bound", which some believe his son Euphorion actually wrote. Fragments of some other plays have survived in quotations and more continue to be discovered on Egyptian papyrus, often giving further insights into his work. He was probably the first dramatist to present plays as a trilogy; his "Oresteia" is the only ancient example of the form to have survived. At least one of his plays was influenced by the Persians' | 50,389 | triviaqa-train |
During the eighth century, of which kingdom was Offa the king? | 's death) the king was "treacherously murdered at night by his own bodyguards," though the reason why is unrecorded. Æthelbald was initially succeeded by Beornred, about whom little is known. The continuation of Bede comments that Beornred "ruled for a little while, and unhappily", and adds that "the same year, Offa, having put Beornred to flight, sought to gain the kingdom of the Mercians by bloodshed." It is possible that Offa did not gain the throne until 758, however, since a | the community.
- Jennifer Joi Ellis – For service to community health as a midwife.
- Glenn Elston – For service to the performing arts.
- Stephen Marsden Emerson – For service to veterans and their families.
- Walter John Ferrell – For service to community history in Western Australia.
- Albert Edward Fish – For service to veterans and their families.
- Peter John Fisher – For service to the community of the Northern Territory.
- Elisabeth Margaret Fleming – For service to the community | 50,390 | triviaqa-train |
Salix babylonica is the Latin name for which British tree? | Salix babylonica
Salix babylonica (Babylon willow or weeping willow; ) is a species of willow native to dry areas of northern China, but cultivated for millennia elsewhere in Asia, being traded along the Silk Road to southwest Asia and Europe.
Description.
"Salix babylonica" is a medium- to large-sized deciduous tree, growing up to tall. It grows rapidly, but has a short lifespan, between 40 and 75 years. The shoots are yellowish-brown, with small buds. The leaves are alternate | -puzzle tree, whose Latin name is "Araucaria araucana". Another name for this tree is the "Chile Pine", of which "Cinephile" is an anagram, demonstrating his love for film.
Graham lived in Somersham, Cambridgeshire. He was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire in the 2005 New Year's Honours, for services to the newspaper industry. In July 2011 Graham was the subject of the BBC radio programme "Desert Island Discs", in which he revealed that he always | 50,391 | triviaqa-train |
From which country does 'Kronenbourg' lager originate? | Kronenbourg Brewery
Kronenbourg Brewery (, ) is a brewery founded in 1664 by Geronimus Hatt in the Free Imperial City of Straßburg (today Strasbourg, France). The name comes from the area where the brewery relocated in 1850. The company is owned by the Carlsberg Group. The main brand is Kronenbourg 1664, a 5.0% abv pale lager.
History.
Geronimus Hatt, who obtained his Master Brewer's certificate in 1649, started up the Canon Brewery in the Place du Corbeau in Strasbourg. His son Claude | % ABV) from the giant Kronenbourg brewery, Brasserie Castelain, "Ch'Ti Blanche", and Pietra "Colomba Biere Blanche", with Corsican herbs.
Speciality beer styles Whisky beer.
Whisky beer is one of more popular speciality styles, made with peat-smoked malt. The original was Adelscott "Bière au Malt á Whisky", a 6.5% ABV lager from the Adelschoffen brewery in Alsace, which was launched in the 1980s. A darker "Adelscott Noir" is also brewed. Kronenbourg likewise brew "Wel Scotch | 50,392 | triviaqa-train |
Who is the patron saint of travellers? | at St Christopher and go on reassured”, sometimes translated as “Behold St Christopher and go your way in safety”); Saint Christopher medals and holy cards in Spanish have the phrase “Si en San Cristóbal confías, de accidente no morirás” (“If you trust St. Christopher, you won’t die in an accident”).
Veneration and patronage General patronage.
St. Christopher is a widely popular saint, especially revered by athletes, mariners, ferrymen, and travelers. He is revered as one of the | Bona of Pisa
Bona of Pisa (c. 1156–1207) was a member of the Third order of the Augustinian nuns who helped lead travellers on pilgrimages. In 1962, she was canonized a saint in the Catholic Church by Pope John XXIII. She is considered the patron saint of travellers, and specifically couriers, guides, pilgrims, flight attendants, and the city of Pisa.
Biography.
A native of Pisa, she is reported as having experienced visions from an early age. On one occasion, the figure on | 50,393 | triviaqa-train |
Although best known for his novels and essays, Gore Vidal, who died in 2012, also co-wrote the screenplay for which extremely successful film of the 1950's? | September 1969 edition of "Esquire", for example, Vidal wrote
In 2009, he won the annual Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters from the National Book Foundation, which called him a "prominent social critic on politics, history, literature and culture".
Career Writer Screenplays.
In 1956, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer hired Gore Vidal as a screenplay writer with a four-year employment contract. In 1958, the director William Wyler required a script doctor to rewrite the screenplay for "Ben-Hur" | few plays under the fatherly guidance of Kapoor.
Along with other films that Sagar himself directed, he wrote the story and screenplay for Raj Kapoor's superhit "Barsaat". He founded the film and television production company known as Sagar Films (Pvt. Ltd.) a.k.a. Sagar Arts in 1950. He produced and directed many films. He won the 1960 Filmfare Best Dialogue Award for "Paigham" which was directed by S. S. Vasan and starred Dilip Kumar, Vyjayanthimala and Raaj Kumar in lead roles. His successful directorial | 50,394 | triviaqa-train |
This summer, Arsenal signed Santi Cazorla for £16 million from which Spanish football club? | and Malaga. Phoenician influence expanded as much of the Peninsula was eventually incorporated into the Carthaginian Empire, becoming a major theatre of the Punic Wars against the expanding Roman Empire. After an arduous conquest, the peninsula came fully under Roman Rule. During the early Middle Ages it came under Gothic rule but later, much of it was conquered by Muslim invaders from North Africa. In a process that took centuries, the small Christian kingdoms in the north gradually regained control of the peninsula. The last Muslim state fell in the same | series of consistent appearances in the first-team last season. Throughout the summer transfer window, manager Arsène Wenger had promised the club's fans that a headline transfer would be made, so to compete for the title, and this materialised on 7 August, when Spanish midfielder Santi Cazorla signed on a four-year contract for a reported transfer fee of £16.5 million, making him the most expensive player in the history of the club. With the sale of Van Persie being confirmed by the club for a fee thought | 50,395 | triviaqa-train |
This summer, Manchester United signed Shinji Kagawa for £17 million from which German side? | Shinji Kagawa
Shinji Kagawa ( "Kagawa Shinji" ; born 17 March 1989) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for German club Borussia Dortmund and the Japan national team. Kagawa began his professional career in his homeland with Cerezo Osaka before joining Borussia Dortmund in 2010. After two years with Dortmund, Kagawa signed for Manchester United on a four-year contract. Two years later, he returned to Dortmund. He is known for his "vision, technique, movement and deft passing". Kagawa holds | third equaliser three minutes later. Then United did what they do best with Javier Hernández dramatically scoring a winner with just seconds of the 90 minutes left to win the game 4–3. With Manchester City losing away at Sunderland, United extended their lead at the top to seven points.
United then played West Bromwich Albion at Old Trafford, making five changes to the side that played on Boxing Day with Shinji Kagawa returning to the side behind Danny Welbeck. Ashley Young's drilled cross was deflected off Gareth McAuley into his own net | 50,396 | triviaqa-train |
In which American state is the successful t.v. drama series 'Boardwalk Empire' set? | Boardwalk Empire
Boardwalk Empire is an American period crime drama television series created by Terence Winter and broadcast on the premium cable channel HBO. The series is set chiefly in Atlantic City, New Jersey, during the Prohibition era of 1920s and stars Steve Buscemi as Nucky Thompson. Winter, a Primetime Emmy Award-winning screenwriter and producer, created the show, inspired by Nelson Johnson's non-fiction book "Boardwalk Empire: The Birth, High Times, and Corruption of Atlantic City", about the historical criminal kingpin Enoch | drama that follows four young Irish brothers in Hell's Kitchen and their involvement in the mob
- "Underbelly" (2008), Australian drama series based on the Melbourne gangland killings
- "Boardwalk Empire" (2010), an HBO series set in Prohibition-era Atlantic City and featuring gangsters of various ethnicities, including Irish-American gangsters
- "Madso's War" (2010), a television film about Mike "Madso" Madden who is drawn into the underworld when a power vacuum opens following the | 50,397 | triviaqa-train |
Who was the Emperor of the Aztecs at the time of the Spanish conquest? | resistance of the Aztec Emperor Moctezuma II to his visit, Cortés arrived in Tenochtitlan on November 8, 1519, where he took up residence with fellow Spaniards and their indigenous allies. When news reached Cortés of the death of several of his men during the Aztec attack on the Totonacs in Veracruz, Cortes claims that he took Motecuhzoma captive. Capturing the cacique or indigenous ruler was standard operating procedure for Spaniards in their expansion in the Caribbean, so capturing Motecuhzoma had considerable precedent but modern scholars are skeptical that Cortes and his countrymen took | Kʼicheʼ continued throughout the early 16th century. When the Spanish conquistadors arrived in Mexico, the Aztec emperor sent messengers to warn the Kaqchikel. After the surrender of the Aztecs to Hernán Cortés, Iximche sent its own messengers to offer a Kaqchikel alliance with the Spanish. Smallpox decimated the population of Iximche before the physical arrival of the Europeans. At the time of the Spanish Conquest Iximche was the second most important city in the Guatemalan Highlands, after the Kʼicheʼ capital at Qʼumarkaj. Conquistador Pedro de Alvarado was initially well received in the | 50,398 | triviaqa-train |
In the English translations of the 'Asterix' comics, what is the name of the village Druid with a white gown and red cloak, usually seen carrying a golden sickle? | which are puns on their roles or personalities, and which follow certain patterns specific to nationality. Certain rules are followed (most of the time) such as Gauls (and their neighbours) having an "-ix" suffix for the men and ending in "-a" for the women; for example, Chief Vitalstatistix (so called due to his portly stature) and his wife Impedimenta (often at odds with the chief). The male Roman names end in "-us", echoing Latin nominitive male singular form, as | "), whom he adores. His parents live now in Condate (as seen in "Asterix and the Actress") and his distant cousin Metallurgix, a golden sickle maker, lives in Lutetia (as seen in "Asterix and the Golden Sickle").
Obelix's favourite food is roast wild boar which he usually hunts with Asterix, but he has a voracious appetite, and will try eating nearly anything with few exceptions; in "Asterix and Obelix All at Sea" and "Asterix in Britain" he | 50,399 | triviaqa-train |
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