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Which Scottish football team moved home from Broomfield Park to the Shyberry Excelsior Stadium? | Excelsior Stadium Excelsior Stadium The Excelsior Stadium is a football stadium in Airdrie, North Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is the home ground of Airdrieonians F.C. of the Scottish Professional Football League. It is an all-seater stadium with a capacity of . The stadium was opened in 1998 by the original Airdrieonians F.C., who were returning to Airdrie four years after leaving their previous ground, Broomfield Park. The name of the stadium derives from Airdrieonians' original name, the club having been founded as Excelsior F.C. in 1878. Originally known as the Shyberry Excelsior Stadium for sponsorship reasons, the stadium is also sometimes unofficially referred | England national football team home stadium time since Wembley's opening. They played against Turkey at Etihad Stadium, Manchester and against Australia at Stadium of Light, Sunderland. Not included is the Northern Ireland (playing as Ireland) game in 1973 at Goodison Park as Northern Ireland were the designated home team, which was moved from Belfast due to ongoing civil unrest. England national football team home stadium Wembley Stadium in London is the current exclusive home stadium for the England national football team. This has been the case since it was opened in 2007, following on from the old Wembley Stadium it replaced. England have however also played |
The name of which sport is used for a letter in the phonetic alphabet? | NATO phonetic alphabet by those who exchange voice messages by radio or telephone, regardless of language differences or the quality of the communication channel. The 26 code words in the NATO phonetic alphabet are assigned to the 26 letters of the English alphabet in alphabetical order as follows: , Bravo, Charlie, Delta, Echo, Foxtrot, Golf, Hotel, India, , Kilo, Lima, Mike, November, Oscar, Papa, Quebec, Romeo, Sierra, Tango, Uniform, Victor, Whiskey, X-ray, Yankee, Zulu. Strict adherence to the prescribed spelling words is required in order to avoid the problems of confusion that the spelling alphabet is designed to overcome. As noted in a | NATO phonetic alphabet underlined syllable of each letter word should be emphasized, and each syllable of the code words for the figures (1969–Present) should be equally emphasized. The Radiotelephony Spelling Alphabet is used by the International Civil Aviation Organization for international aircraft communications. The ITU-R Radiotelephony Alphabet is used by the International Maritime Organization for international marine communications. NATO phonetic alphabet The NATO phonetic alphabet, officially denoted as the International Radiotelephony Spelling Alphabet, and also commonly known as the ICAO phonetic alphabet, and in a variation also known officially as the ITU phonetic alphabet and figure code, is the most widely used radiotelephone |
In the movie world, how is Nicholas Kim Coppola better known? | Anton Coppola to Opera Tampa and the music world at large, and specifically for extraordinary work in the cultivation and care of the operatic art form. Coppola himself was recipient of the award in 2012, the year of his retirement. Anton Coppola Antonio Francesco Coppola (born March 21, 1917) is an American opera conductor and composer. He is the uncle of film director Francis Ford Coppola and actress Talia Shire, as well as the grand-uncle of Nicolas Cage, Sofia Coppola, Gian-Carlo Coppola, Jason Schwartzman and Robert Schwartzman, and is the younger brother of American composer and musician Carmine Coppola. Coppola started his | Kim Possible Movie: So the Drama it is genuinely funny with better than expected voice acting. Kevin Carr from 7M Pictures rated the film 3.5/5 and declared the movie may not be fine art but would be enjoyable for the right audience. Reviewer Mike Long from Jackass Critics, reacting to the film as a possible final installment of the "Kim Possible" series, commented that it "is a fitting denouement, as it encompasses everything that made the show a stand-out on The Disney Channel." The DVD and VHS was released on May 10, 2005. Kim Possible Movie: So the Drama Kim Possible Movie: So The Drama (also |
From which continent did the flower Freesia originate? | Freesia laxa Freesia laxa Freesia laxa, flowering grass, is a small species of cormous flowering plant in the family Iridaceae, from eastern and southern Africa, from Kenya to northeastern South Africa. It is grown in gardens as an ornamental plant. "Freesia laxa" grows from corms, reaching about tall. The green leaves are arranged in a flat "fan" from which the flower stalk emerges. The flowers are flattened, about across. Their colour varies considerably. The ground colour is red, white or pale blue. The bases of the lowest three tepals usually have a darker marking, which may be red or purple, although it | Freesia laxa 1971; Nicholas Brown changed it to "Lapeirousia laxa" in 1928; Goldblatt with his colleague John Charles Manning settled on "Freesia laxa" in 1995. Separately, in 1830, John Lindley described "Anomatheca cruenta" which John Baker transferred to "Lapeirousia cruenta" in 1892. Lindley's plant is now regarded as part of "Freesia laxa". Forms with blue flowers are treated as "Freesia laxa" subsp. "azurea", other forms being placed in "Freesia laxa" subsp. "laxa". "Freesia laxa" is sufficiently hardy to be grown outdoors in all but the coldest parts of the British Isles. It requires a light soil and a sunny position. In colder |
"Which company uses the slogan ""innovations beyond petroleum""?" | Supertest Petroleum the "All-Canadian" slogan. By the end of 1973, the Supertest logo and name had been phased out by BP Canada. In 1983, BP Canada was purchased by Petro-Canada, which was then owned by the Government of Canada. Petro-Canada continues to use the Supertest name in their line of lubricants. Supertest Petroleum Supertest Petroleum was an oil and gas company in Canada that operated from 1923 to 1973. Its head office was in London, Ontario. It marketed itself as "Canada's All-Canadian Company", and was acquired by BP Canada in 1971. John Gordon Thompson (1894-1982), an operator of automobile service centres and | Singapore Petroleum Company Singapore Petroleum Company Singapore Petroleum Company Limited (SPC，a PetroChina company) is a Singaporean oil company. SPC is involved in the exploration and production of petroleum, refining, trading and petroleum product distribution. The company was founded in 1969 as the Singapore Petroleum & Chemical Co. Pte Ltd and later changed its name to the Singapore Petroleum Company Ltd. The company is also a part owner of Singapore Refining Company Pte Ltd which was founded in 1979. SPC's presence and profile in the regional E&P sector has grown with the acquisition of assets over the years. These assets include Block B in |
Which building in Paris did Richard Rogers and Enzo Piano design? | Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners key masterplanning projects including Potsdamer Platz, Berlin and Paddington Basin, London. Stirk was Director in Charge of the expansion to the Lloyds Register of Shipping building at 71 Fenchurch Street, One Hyde Park and 88 Wood Street. Mike Davies was a founding partner of the Richard Rogers Partnership and a senior partner in Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners. He joined the partnership between Richard Rogers and Renzo Piano in 1971, shortly after they won the commission to design the Pompidou Centre in Paris, and later became one of the founding directors of the Richard Rogers Partnership in 1977. Davies was | Richard Rogers 1986 – another controversial design which has since become a famous and distinctive landmark in its own right. After working with Piano, Rogers established the Richard Rogers Partnership along with Marco Goldschmied, Mike Davies and John Young in 1977. This became Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners in 2007. The firm maintains offices in London, Shanghai and Sydney. Rogers has devoted much of his later career to wider issues surrounding architecture, urbanism, sustainability and the ways in which cities are used. One early illustration of his thinking was an exhibition at the Royal Academy in 1986, entitled ""London As It Could |
In which town or city would you find the 'Cairngorm Brewery'? | Cairngorm Brewery Cairngorm Brewery Cairngorm Brewery is a brewery based in Aviemore, in the Highlands of Scotland. It is situated in the Dalfaber Industrial Estate at the north end of the village, and is within the Cairngorms National Park. Cairngorm Brewery was formed from the merger of Aviemore Brewery with Tomintoul Brewery. Tomintoul Brewery began brewing in 1993, and was based in an 18th-century watermill near the village of Tomintoul. It was taken over by Aviemore Brewery in 2000, which became Cairngorm Brewery in 2001. Cairngorm Brewery has supported the Highland Tiger Project, which is working to save the Scottish wildcat. For | Camden Town Brewery that they have shared a combined payout of more than £80m." James Watt, the founder of the BrewDog craft beer company, said that they would cease selling Camden Town products in its bars, "because it does not sell drinks made by AB InBev". Camden Town Brewery is currently building a new brewery in Enfield by the banks of the River Lee, 12 miles north of their Kentish Town brewery. Set for completion in Spring 2017, the new brewery will allow production to move to Enfield while the current branch at Wilkin Street Mews is renovated into a pilot brewery. Camden |
Which director won the 'Oscar' for Best Director for the picture 'Traffic' in 2000? | Academy Award for Best Director received multiple nominations in the same year was Steven Soderbergh for "Erin Brockovich" and "Traffic" in 2000, winning the award for the latter. The Academy Awards for Best Director and Best Picture have been very closely linked throughout their history. Of the 90 films that have been awarded Best Picture, 64 have also been awarded Best Director. Since its inception, the award has been given to 69 directors or directing teams. John Ford has received the most awards in this category with four. William Wyler was nominated on twelve occasions, more than any other individual. Damien Chazelle became the youngest | Guldbagge Award for Best Director Best Director. However, no director has won for a film that is entirely in a foreign language. Several international nominees include: Guldbagge Award for Best Director The Guldbagge for Best Director is a Swedish film award presented annually by the Swedish Film Institute (SFI) as part of the Guldbagge Awards (Swedish: "Guldbaggen") to directors working in the Swedish motion picture industry. Throughout the past 50 years, SFI has presented a total of 50 Best Director awards to 40 different directors. Along with the categories Best Film, Best Actor in a Leading Role and Best Actress in a Leading Role, the |
Who is 'Harry Potter's' schoolboy enemy? | Harry Potter influences and analogues Potter" involve an average eleven-year-old, better at sport than academic study, who is sent to boarding school. Upon arrival, the boy gains a best friend (in Tom's case, East, in Harry's case, Ron Weasley) who helps him adjust to the new environment. They are set upon by an arrogant bully – in Tom Brown's case, Harry Flashman, in Harry's case Draco Malfoy. Stephen Fry, who both narrates the British audio adaptations of the "Harry Potter" novels and has starred in a screen adaptation of "Tom Brown", has commented many times about the similarities between the two books. "Harry Potter – | Harry Potter (character) On his homepage, Gerber describes Trotter as an unpleasant character who "drinks too much, eats like a pig, sleeps until noon, and owes everybody money." The author stated "[s]ince I really liked Rowling's books […] I felt obligated to try to write a spoof worthy of the originals". Harry Potter (character) Harry James Potter is the titular protagonist of J. K. Rowling's "Harry Potter" series. The majority of the books' plot covers seven years in the life of the orphan Potter, who, on his eleventh birthday, learns he is a wizard. Thus, he attends Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry |
Roger Fry, Vanessa Bell, and Duncan Grant were part of which English art movement in the 1920's and 30's? | Art of the United Kingdom Lawrence Atkinson, the American photographer Alvin Langdon Coburn, Frederick Etchells, the French sculptor Henri Gaudier-Brzeska, Cuthbert Hamilton, Christopher Nevinson, William Roberts, Edward Wadsworth, Jessica Dismorr, Helen Saunders, and Dorothy Shakespear. The early 20th century also includes The Sitwells artistic circle and the Bloomsbury Group, a group of mostly English writers, intellectuals, philosophers and artists, including painter Dora Carrington, painter and art critic Roger Fry, art critic Clive Bell, painter Vanessa Bell, painter Duncan Grant among others. Although very fashionable at the time, their work in the visual arts looks less impressive today. British modernism was to remain somewhat tentative until | Vanessa Bell and later on, Maynard Keynes, Leonard Woolf, Roger Fry, and Duncan Grant. She married Clive Bell in 1907 and they had two sons, Julian (who died in 1937 during the Spanish Civil War at the age of 29) and Quentin. The couple had an open marriage, both taking lovers throughout their lives. Bell had affairs with art critic Roger Fry and with the painter Duncan Grant, with whom she had a daughter, Angelica in 1918, whom Clive Bell raised as his own child. Vanessa, Clive, Duncan Grant and Duncan's lover David Garnett moved to the Sussex countryside shortly before the |
Which group of mammals belong to the order, Chiroptera? | Mammals of Australia separate digits. The musky rat-kangaroo is the smallest macropod and the only species that is not bipedal, while the male red kangaroo is the largest, reaching a height of about and weighing up to . Australia has indigenous placental mammals from two orders: the bats, order Chiroptera, represented by six families, and the mice and rats, order Rodentia, family Muridae. Bats and rodents are relatively recent arrivals to Australia. Bats probably arrived from Asia, and they are present in the fossil record only from as recently as . Although 7% of the world's bats species live in Australia, there are | Mammals of Rocky Mountain National Park Mammals of Rocky Mountain National Park There are 67 native species of mammals in Rocky Mountain National Park, a park in Colorado. Species are listed by common name, scientific name, habitat, and abundance. Extirpated species are marked with an EX. Order: Artiodactyla Family: Antilocapridae Order: Artiodactyla Family: Bovidae Order: Artiodactyla Family: Cervidae Order: Carnivora Family: Canidae Order: Carnivora Family: Felidae Order: Carnivora Family: Mephitidae Order: Carnivora Family: Mustelidae Order: Carnivora Family: Procyonidae Order: Carnivora Family: Ursidae Order: Chiroptera Family: Vespertilionidae Order: Chiroptera Family: Molossidae Order: Lagomorpha Family: Leporidae Order: Lagomorpha Family: Ochotonidae Order: Rodentia Family: Castoridae Order: Rodentia Family: Cricetidae |
What name is given to the edge of a flag nearest the flagpole? | Flag of the United Kingdom of St Andrew to a mere border. St Andrew's saltire has the higher position at the hoist side with St Patrick's saltire in the higher position on the opposite side. The Union Flag is flown from Government buildings at half-mast in the following situations: The Sovereign sometimes declares other days when the Union Flag is to fly at half-mast. Half-mast means the flag is flown two-thirds of the way up the flagpole with at least the height of the flag between the top of the flag and the top of the flagpole. Until July 2007, the Union Flag was only | Aqaba Flagpole of Metal Flagpoles Standard Specification for Structural Supports for Highway Signs, AASHTO "Structural Engineer of Record": Neil Moore and Associates "Builder": Trident Support Corp. with assistance from US Flag and Flagpole Supply LP Contractor : Sahara contracting corporation, Amman, Jordan Aqaba Flagpole The Aqaba Flagpole in Aqaba, Jordan is the 6th tallest free standing flagpole in the world at a height of , after the Jeddah Flagpole, Dushanbe Flagpole, National Flagpole, Panmunjeom flagpole and Ashgabat Flagpole. It carries the flag of the Arab Revolt commemorating the Battle of Aqaba that took place in 1917. The flagpole can be seen from |
Who was President of Poland from 1990 to 1995? | Chile–Poland relations was founded and they had their own magazine called "Polak w Chile" (Polish People in Chile). On 25 May 1962, Poland opened a commercial office in Santiago and on 7 January 1965, both nations elevated their diplomatic relations to an embassy. On 10 October 1973, soon after the Chilean coup d'état, diplomatic relations between Chile and Poland were severed by Chilean General Augusto Pinochet who was a staunch anti-communist. After democracy was restored to Chile in 1989, both nations re-established diplomatic relations on 11 March 1990. In 1995, former Polish President Lech Wałęsa paid a visit to Chile to partake | President of Poland President of Poland The President of the Republic of Poland (, shorter form: "Prezydent RP") is the head of state of Poland. Their rights and obligations are determined in the Constitution of Poland. The president heads the executive branch. In addition the president has a right to dissolve the parliament in certain cases and represents Poland in the international arena. The first president of Poland, Gabriel Narutowicz, was sworn in as president of the Second Republic on 11 December 1922. He was elected by the National Assembly (the Sejm and the Senate) under the terms of the 1921 Constitution of |
To which island group does Guadalcanal belong? | Guadalcanal Guadalcanal Guadalcanal (indigenous name: "Isatabu") is the principal island in Guadalcanal Province of the nation of Solomon Islands, located in the south-western Pacific, northeast of Australia. The island is mainly covered in dense tropical rainforest and has a mountainous interior. Guadalcanal's discovery by westerners was under the Spanish expedition of Álvaro de Mendaña in 1568. The name comes from the village of Guadalcanal, in the province of Seville, in Andalusia, Spain, birthplace of Pedro de Ortega Valencia, a member of Mendaña's expedition. During 1942–43, it was the scene of the Guadalcanal Campaign and saw bitter fighting between Japanese and US | Does Humor Belong in Music? (video) A laserdisc version was also released in Japan, complete with Japanese subtitles for all spoken and sung material and featuring a slightly different audio mix than the VHS and DVD versions. This laserdisc version was available as a bootleg DVD from both the "Digital Underground" label (no association with the rap group of the same name) and the "Room 101" bootleg label, released a year or so before the official EMI DVD. Does Humor Belong in Music? (video) Does Humor Belong in Music? is a one-hour Frank Zappa concert video composed of live performances at The Pier in New York |
Which boxer won the Olympic gold medal at Middleweight in 1976, and then went on to win the World Professional title at both Light-heavyweight and Heavyweight? | Light heavyweight Light heavyweight Light heavyweight, or junior cruiserweight, is a weight class in combat sports. In amateur boxing, light heavyweight is a weight division above and up to , falling between middleweight and heavyweight. In professional boxing, the division is above and up to , falling between super middleweight and cruiserweight. The light-heavyweight class has produced some of boxing's greatest champions: Bernard Hopkins (who, upon becoming champion, broke the record for oldest man to win a world title), Tommy Loughran, Billy Conn, Joey Maxim, Archie Moore, Michael Moorer, Bob Foster, Ann Wolfe, Michael Spinks, Dariusz Michalczewski, Roy Jones, Jr., Joe Calzaghe | Mark Rowe (boxer) middleweight title, and was a challenger for the BBBofC British middleweight title against Bunny Sterling, his professional fighting weight varied from , i.e. light middleweight to , i.e. light heavyweight. Mark Rowe (boxer) Mark Rowe () born in Camberwell is an English amateur light middleweight and professional light middle/middle/light heavyweight boxer of the 1960s and '70s who as an amateur was runner-up for the 1966 Amateur Boxing Association of England Light middleweight (71 kg) title, against Thomas "Tom" Imrie (Bucchleuch BC), boxing out of Fitzroy Lodge ABC, and won a gold medal at Light Middleweight beating Thomas "Tom" Imrie (Scotland) |
Which group of mammals belong to the order Cetacea? | Cetacea 15 species. The extinct ancestors of modern whales are the Archaeoceti. While cetaceans were historically thought to have descended from mesonychids, molecular evidence supports them as a relative of Artiodactyls (even-toed ungulates). Cetaceans belong to the order Cetartiodactyla (formed by combining Cetacea + Artiodactyla) and their closest living relatives are hippopotamuses and other hoofed mammals (camels, pigs, and ruminants), having diverged about 50 million years ago. Cetaceans range in size from the and Maui's dolphin to the and blue whale, which is also the largest animal ever known to have existed. Several species exhibit sexual dimorphism. They have streamlined bodies | Mammals of the Caribbean of mammals of Mexico Mammals of the Caribbean A unique and diverse albeit phylogenetically restricted mammal fauna is known from the Caribbean region. The region—specifically, all islands in the Caribbean Sea (except for small islets close to the continental mainland) and the Bahamas, Turks and Caicos Islands, and Barbados, which are not in the Caribbean Sea but biogeographically belong to the same Caribbean bioregion—has been home to several families found nowhere else, but much of this diversity is now extinct. The bat faunas of much of the Caribbean show similarities that led to the proposal of a distinct Caribbean faunal |
In 'The Simpson's', what was the name of 'Ned Flanders' ' wife? | Ned Flanders involving a T-shirt cannon, leaving Flanders alone and grieving. While still married to Maude, Ned married Ginger, while on a drunken bender in Las Vegas. Ginger came to live with Ned and his sons for a brief period following Maude's death in a later episode, but she quickly grew tired of the Flanders' sickly-sweet personalities and fled. Despite his outward nerdishness, Flanders has also been connected romantically with a beautiful Christian-rock singer, Rachel Jordan, movie star Sara Sloane and eventually marrying local teacher Edna Krabappel until she died as well. Ned got his diploma from Oral Roberts University in an | Viva Ned Flanders they track down Homer and Ned. In the DVD commentary for said episode, current show runner Al Jean praised "Viva Ned Flanders", but stated that he thought the ending was "loose". He said, "Usually, like, if you leave a wife like, in Vegas, they track you down". "Brawl in the Family" was produced to "resolve" the ending to "Viva Ned Flanders". In the season 18 episode "Jazzy and the Pussycats", the Simpson family attend Amber's funeral, after it is revealed that she has died of a drug overdose while waiting in line to ride a rollercoaster. Viva Ned Flanders "Viva |
Which architect designed Regent's Park, Regent Street, and the Marble Arch? | Regent Street Regent Street Regent Street is a major shopping street in the West End of London. It is named after George, the Prince Regent (later George IV) and was laid out under the direction of the architect John Nash. It runs from Waterloo Place in St James's at the southern end, through Piccadilly Circus and Oxford Circus, to All Souls Church. From there Langham Place and Portland Place continue the route to Regent's Park. The street's layout was completed in 1825 and was an early example of town planning in England, replacing earlier roads including Swallow Street. Nash's street layout has | Regent Park plans came to fruition soon after the end of the war, when the Regent Park North public housing project was approved in 1947. Families began to move into Regent Park North in 1949, but construction continued into the 1950s. The last families moved into Regent Park North in 1957. In subsequent years, more public housing units were built in Toronto, including Regent Park South, which was completed in 1960. Although Regent Park had been designed to alleviate the area's substandard housing, crime, and social problems, these issues soon reemerged. By the mid-1960s, for example, there were complaints about the housing |
Who, in legend, was the mighty hunter, and great- grandson of Noah? | Nimrod characters Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck, who both sarcastically refer to the hunter Elmer Fudd as "nimrod", as an ironic connection between "mighty hunter" and "poor little Nimrod", i.e. Fudd. Nimrod Nimrod (; , , "an-Namrūd"), a biblical figure described as a king in the land of Shinar (Assyria/Mesopotamia), was, according to the Book of Genesis and Books of Chronicles, the son of Cush, therefore the great-grandson of Noah. The Bible states that he was "a mighty hunter before the Lord [and] ... began to be mighty in the earth". Extra-biblical traditions associating him with the Tower of Babel led | Hunter 35 Legend the standard keel and with the optional winged keel. The boat is fitted with a Japanese Yanmar 3GM diesel engine of . The fuel tank holds and the fresh water tank has a capacity of . Related development Similar sailboats Hunter 35 Legend The Hunter 35.5 Legend is an American sailboat, that was built by Hunter Marine in the United States between 1986 and 1989. The Hunter 35 Legend was developed into the Hunter 35.5 Legend in 1989, which replaced it in production. The Hunter 35 Legend is a small recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass, with wood trim. It |
Which group released the albums; 'Cloud Cuckoo Land' and 'Sense And Jollification'? | Cloud cuckoo land Simon Armitage. "Cloudcuckooland", the first album by the Lightning Seeds, released in 1990. Cloud Cuckooland is the name of the eighth world found in the video game "Banjo-Tooie". Cloud Cuckoo Land is the name of a magical realm, hidden inside a cloud featured in "The Lego Movie". Radiohead uses the term in the lyrics of their song Like Spinning Plates. Publisher and editor Gary Groth uses the term in the title of his review of Scott McCloud's book Reinventing Comics. Cloud Cuckoo Land has been used as a stand-in for Hollywood as in Stella Gibbons's "Cold Comfort Farm". Cloud cuckoo | Cloud cuckoo land a new city in the sky to be named "Nubicuculia" or Cloud Cuckoo Land (, '), thereby gaining control over all communications between men and gods. The German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer used the word (German ') in his publication "On the Fourfold Root of the Principle of Sufficient Reason" in 1813, as well as later in his main work "The World as Will and Representation" and in other places. Here, he gave it its figurative sense by reproaching other philosophers for only talking about Cloud-cuckoo-land. The German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche refers to the term in his essay "On Truth and |
In which region in France is Camembert cheese produced? | Camembert not immersed in brine or oil. A similar cheese is produced in Hungary under the same name, the Czech Republic under the name ' and in Slovakia as ' or '. A Camembert-type cheese is also manufactured in Cornwall, UK, and marketed as "Cornish Camembert". A Camembert cheese is produced also in Marin County, California, by Marin French Cheese Company under their ' label. Camembert Camembert (; ) is a moist, soft, creamy, surface-ripened cow's milk cheese. It was first made in the late 18th century at Camembert, Normandy, in northern France. It is similar to Brie, which is native | Camembert, Orne scattered over . The village is most noted for the early development of camembert cheese by Marie Harel in 1791. Camembert, Orne Camembert is a commune in the Orne department in north-western France. It is the place where camembert cheese originated. Camembert has been called "The largest small village in France." This is because the area of the commune itself is out of proportion to the center of the village which consists of the Cheese Museum (in the shape of a Camembert cheese), the Town Hall (Mairie), the Church of St Anne, the "Ferme Président" (a museum), Beamoncel (the house |
For which young king did Edward Seymour, Duke of Somerset, act as regent or protector? | Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset when the descendants of Edward Seymour by his first wife, Catherine Fillol, inherited the Somerset dukedom in accordance with the Private Act of 1541. However, the female line continued, and Queen Elizabeth II is descended from Somerset through his grandchild by Catherine Grey. Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset (c. 1500 – 22 January 1552), was Lord Protector of England during part of the Tudor period from 1547 until 1549 during the minority of his nephew, King Edward VI (1547–1553). Despite his popularity with the common people, his policies often angered the gentry and | Edward Seymour, 8th Duke of Somerset Edward Seymour, 8th Duke of Somerset Edward Seymour, 8th Duke of Somerset (December 1694 or early 1695 – December 1757) was an English peer and landowner. The son of Sir Edward Seymour, 5th Baronet, of Berry Pomeroy, a descendant of Lord Protector Somerset by his first marriage, to Catherine Fillol, he was baptized at Easton Royal, Wiltshire, on 17 January 1694. On 8 March 1716 or 5 March 1717, at Monkton Farleigh, Edward Seymour married Mary Webb (born at Seend on 22 October 1697, died 1 February 1768, and buried at Seend), a daughter of Daniel Webb, of Monkton Farleigh, |
Where in the human body is the 'Ileum'? | Ileum ileum is the third and final part of the small intestine. It follows the jejunum and ends at the ileocecal junction, where the terminal ileum communicates with the cecum of the large intestine through the ileocecal valve. The ileum, along with the jejunum, is suspended inside the mesentery, a peritoneal formation that carries the blood vessels supplying them (the superior mesenteric artery and vein), lymphatic vessels and nerve fibers. There is no line of demarcation between the jejunum and the ileum. There are, however, subtle differences between the two: The four layers that make up the wall of the ileum | Ileum is made up of folds, each of which has many tiny finger-like projections known as villi on its surface. In turn, the epithelial cells that line these villi possess even larger numbers of microvilli. Therefore, the ileum has an extremely large surface area both for the adsorption (attachment) of enzyme molecules and for the absorption of products of digestion. The DNES (diffuse neuroendocrine system) cells of the ileum secrete various hormones (gastrin, secretin, cholecystokinin) into the blood. Cells in the lining of the ileum secrete the protease and carbohydrase enzymes responsible for the final stages of protein and carbohydrate digestion |
In the TV show 'The Simpsons', what is the name of the police chief? | The Boy Who Knew Too Much (The Simpsons) resembled the film as much as possible. Mirkin said of the "Westworld" parody: "Again, to show you what a collaboration this is, we had the animators looking at "Westworld" and making sure of the animation, and then we made sure that ["The Simpsons" composer] Alf Clausen got the brilliant soundtrack from the film. He put in a lot of touches that really made the soundtracks identical." Bart's claim to film star and recurring character on "The Simpsons" Rainier Wolfcastle (a parody of Arnold Schwarzenegger) that his "last movie really sucked" and Chief Wiggum's subsequent claim of "magic ticket, my ass" | The Simpsons "Entertainment Weekly" "Top 100 Shows of the Past 25 Years". "Empire" named it the greatest TV show of all time. In 2010, "Entertainment Weekly" named Homer "the greatest character of the last 20 years", while in 2013 the Writers Guild of America listed "The Simpsons" as the 11th "best written" series in television history. In 2013, TV Guide ranked "The Simpsons" as the greatest TV cartoon of all time and the tenth greatest show of all time. Television critics Alan Sepinwall and Matt Zoller Seitz ranked "The Simpsons" as the greatest American TV series of all time in their 2016 |
Which group had number one hits in the 1970's with 'Tiger Feet' and 'Oh Boy'? | Tiger Feet that year. The single was released on the 7 inch vinyl record format by the RAK music label. The B-side of the single is titled "Mr Bagatelle". "Tiger Feet" was featured as part of a medley on Mud's album "Mud Rock", which reached number No. 8 in the UK Albums Chart. Co-writer and producer Mike Chapman credited bassist Ray Stiles with a particularly memorable bass lick which helped fuel the success of the record. All-female band Girlschool later covered the song on their 1986 album "Nightmare at Maple Cross". Tiger Feet "Tiger Feet" is a popular song by the English | Oh Boy (The Mood I'm In) Oh Boy (The Mood I'm In) "Oh Boy (The Mood I'm In)" is a popular song written by Tony Romeo. It has been recorded by Diana Trask and Brotherhood of Man, among others. The song was originally recorded by Australian artist Diana Trask in 1975. Trask had achieved much success on the Country scene in the US throughout the 1960s and 1970s, but it was this song which became her biggest hit and signature song. The song reached number 10 in Australia in 1975. In 1977, the song was recorded by UK pop group Brotherhood of Man. The group had |
"""Createur d'automobiles"", is a slogan used by which car manufacturer?" | Société de Véhicules Automobiles de Batilly are covered. There is a single production line. The vehicles assembled by the company are sold by Renault, Opel/Vauxhall, Nissan and Renault Trucks. On 13 June 2013, SoVAB produced its 2,000,000th unit. Within SOVAB there is also a Renault Tech workshop which has 6,800 m and employs 72 people. Société de Véhicules Automobiles de Batilly The Société de Véhicules Automobiles de Batilly () (SOVAB) is a subsidiary of the French car manufacturer Renault, created in 1980 to operate the light commercial vehicle plant located at Batilly. The project to create a new facility at Batilly, Meurthe-et-Moselle, was begun by Renault's | Puma (car manufacturer) the rear door. Limited production of the Puma was once again re-started in 2006. in South Africa The all-electric propulsion version of the Puma sports car is being researched and developed in South Africa by a company known as evdrive. Puma (car manufacturer) Puma is a Sports Car manufacturer, based in South Africa, which originally started out in Brazil. While based in South America, the company built cars from 1964 until roughly 1995, and also produced trucks from 1978 to 1999. The company then returned in 2013 under the name of "Puma Automobiles" and began manufacturing the Puma 52 (made |
What is another name for the 'gullet'? | The Gullet The Gullet The Gullet is a narrow channel between the eastern extremity of Adelaide Island and the west coast of Graham Land, Antarctica, separating Hansen Island and Day Island and connecting the heads of Hanusse Bay and Laubeuf Fjord. This area was first explored in 1909 by the French Antarctic Expedition under Jean-Baptiste Charcot who, though uncertain of the existence of the channel, sketched its probable position on the charts of the expedition. The channel was first visited and roughly surveyed in 1936 by the British Graham Land Expedition under John Rymill. It was resurveyed and given this descriptive name | Slavery by Another Name reconstructing Cottenham's life gives the book "a shaky start". Leonard Pitts, a columnist for the "Miami Herald," wrote that ""Slavery by Another Name" is an astonishing book. It will challenge and change your understanding of what we were as Americans - and of what we are. I cannot recommend it to you highly enough." W. Fitzhugh Brundage wrote in "The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education" that Blackmon deserves high praise for this deeply moving and troubling history. He especially deserves praise for teasing out the largest implications of his research. He aptly, and carefully, draws parallels between the corporate |
What name is given to a shield or emblem within a flag? | Flag of Bukidnon provides the symbolism of the flag's various elements as follows: Main flag field: Central emblem: Flag of Bukidnon The Flag of Bukidnon is a horizontal triband of white, red and black, charged in the center with a yellow emblem consisting of a spear pointing downward toward the fly, and a shield which itself is charged with the stylized profile of the Kitanglad mountain range. The size of the flag is declared to be 34 inches by 64 inches, giving the flag a width-to-length proportion of 17:32. Bukidnon is one of the few Philippine provinces to have a flag whose design | Emblem of Yemen Emblem of Yemen The national emblem of Yemen depicts a golden eagle with a scroll between its claws. On the scroll is written the name of the country in or ("The Yemeni Republic"). The chest of the eagle contains a shield that depicts a coffee plant and the Marib Dam, with seven blue wavy stripes below. The flagstaffs on the right and left of the eagle hold the Flag of Yemen. From 1945 to 1990, Yemen was split into North and South. The North had an emblem more similar to the present day one, and its shield has similarities with |
Common salt is a compound formed from two elements, one is Sodium, which is the other? | Salt on the "Dandi March" or "Salt Satyagraha", in which protesters made their own salt from the sea thus defying British rule and avoiding paying the salt tax. This civil disobedience inspired millions of common people and elevated the Indian independence movement from an elitist movement to a national struggle. Salt is mostly sodium chloride, the ionic compound with the formula NaCl, representing equal proportions of sodium and chlorine. Sea salt and freshly mined salt (much of which is sea salt from prehistoric seas) also contain small amounts of trace elements (which in these small amounts are generally good for plant | Sodium monothiophosphate Sodium monothiophosphate Sodium monothiophosphate, or sodium phosphorothioate, is a inorganic compound with the molecular formula NaPOS(HO). All are white solids. The anhydrous material (x = 0) decomposes without melting at 120-125 °C. More common is the dodecahydrate. A nonahydrate is also known. Related salts are the "di"thiophosphate NaPSO11HO, "tri"thiophosphate NaPSO11HO, and "tetra"thiophosphate NaPS8HO. Sodium monothiophosphate is prepared by the base hydrolysis of thiophosphoryl chloride using aqueous sodium hydroxide: This reaction affords the dodecahydrate, which is easily dehydrated. Partial dehydration over 6.5 M HSO gives the nonahydrate. Under flowing N2, the anhydrous salt is formed. Sodium phosphorothiolate decomposes at neutral pH. |
In which English county is the 'Naze'? | The Naze years Naze Tower may have tumbled into the sea like the pill boxes that can be seen on the beach. The place-name "Naze" derives from Old English "næss" "ness, promontory, headland". In 1722 Daniel Defoe mentions the nearby town Walton calling it "Walton, under the Nase". The Naze The Naze is a headland on the east coast of England. It is on the coast of Essex just north of Blackwater and projects into the North Sea. This area is south of the double estuary of the River Stour and River Orwell at Harwich and just north of the town of | Walton-on-the-Naze crag and London clay. "Naze" derives from Old English "næss" "ness, promontory, headland". In 1722 Daniel Defoe mentions the town calling it "Walton, under the Nase". The Naze is a peninsula north of the town. It is important for migrating birds and has a small nature reserve. The marshes of Hamford Water behind the town are also of ornithological interest, with wintering ducks and Brent geese. Many bird watchers visit at migration times. The Hanoverian tower (more commonly known as the Naze Tower) at the start of the open area of the Naze was a sea mark to assist ships |
Who has presented both 'Blue Peter' and 'The Money Programme'? | Blue Peter badge appearing as guests on the programme. Valerie Singleton was awarded a gold badge during a studio interview recorded for the 1990 video release "The Best of Blue Peter, the 60's and 70's". Her fellow presenters John Noakes and Peter Purves were given gold badges on the first programme in 2000 when the time capsule for the year 2000 was dug up. Peter Duncan was presented with a gold badge in February 2007, whilst appearing on the programme as a guest. "Blue Peter" badges are frequently given out to children who appear on the show. Additionally, viewers aged 6–15 can apply | Blue Peter Trace and Leila Williams were the first presenters of "Blue Peter" in October 1958, and since then, there have been 37 subsequent presenters. The current presenting team comprises Radzi Chinyanganya and Lindsey Russell, who both joined the programme in 2013. Other personnel who have played roles on the show include the zoologist George Cansdale, who was the programme's first on-screen veterinarian, and Percy Thrower who was the show's gardening expert from 21 March 1974 to 23 November 1987 and was presented with a Gold "Blue Peter" badge shortly before he died in 1988. He was followed from 1988 until 1991 |
Which British artist was responsible for the 1995 work, 'Everyone I Have Ever Slept With'? | Everyone I Have Ever Slept With 1963–1995 Everyone I Have Ever Slept With 1963–1995 Everyone I Have Ever Slept With 1963–1995 (1995), also known as The Tent, was an artwork created by Tracey Emin. The work was a tent with the appliquéd names of, literally, everyone she had ever slept with, but not necessarily in the sexual sense. It achieved iconic status, was owned by Charles Saatchi, and was destroyed in the 2004 Momart London warehouse fire. She has refused to re-create it. Tracey Emin calls "Everyone I Have Ever Slept With 1963–1995" "my tent" or "the tent" and considers it to be one of the two | Everyone I Have Ever Slept With 1963–1995 "seminal pieces" she has created (the other being "My Bed"); she has described both pieces as "seminal, fantastic and amazing work". "Everyone I Have Ever Slept With 1963–1995" was a tent appliquéd with 102 names of the people she had slept with up to the time of its creation in 1995. The title is often misinterpreted as a euphemism indicating sexual partners and the work termed "a list of all the people that Emin has ever had sex with", but is in fact intended more inclusively: The names include family, friends, drinking partners, lovers and even two numbered foetuses. The |
Whose autobiography is entitled 'Memoirs Of An Unfit Mother'? | Anne Robinson for her only child, Emma, then aged two. Charles Wilson was granted sole custody, care and control of Emma, who subsequently lived with her father until she left home at 16 for boarding school. An admitted alcoholic, Robinson stopped drinking on 12 December 1978 after picking her daughter up from school and driving to a petrol station to buy a bottle of vodka. Robinson married journalist John Penrose in 1980. On 30 September 2007, the couple announced that they were planning to divorce, citing "irreconcilable differences". In 2001, she published her autobiography, "Memoirs of an Unfit Mother", in which she | Autobiography the Rye" is a well-known modern example of fictional autobiography. Charlotte Brontë's "Jane Eyre" is yet another example of fictional autobiography, as noted on the front page of the original version. The term may also apply to works of fiction purporting to be autobiographies of real characters, e.g., Robert Nye's "Memoirs of Lord Byron". In antiquity such works were typically entitled "apologia," purporting to be self-justification rather than self-documentation. John Henry Newman's Christian confessional work (first published in 1864) is entitled "Apologia Pro Vita Sua" in reference to this tradition. The Jewish historian Flavius Josephus introduces his autobiography ("Josephi Vita", |
On a standard 'Monopoly' board, what property is found between'Chance' and 'Super Tax'? | Monopoly Junior 'M' with two horizontal crossbars) instead of dollars or pounds. The board became more reminiscent of the standard "Monopoly" board, replacing the "Rest Rooms" (or "Café", depending on the version of the board) with "Jail" and "Uncle Pennybag's Loose Change" with "Free Parking". The four Railroad spaces, the Fireworks space, the Water Show and two Chance spaces were also eliminated, reducing the board size from 32 spaces to 24. Some space names on the British version of the board have different names, similar to the UK version of the original "Monopoly" board: "Park Lane" instead of "Park Place", and "Mayfair" | My Monopoly to type new property names over the original ones. All squares on the board can be edited with the exception of Go, the Jail square, Free Parking, Go to Jail, Electric Company, Water Works, Chance, Community Chest, Super Tax and Income Tax. Obscenities and trademarks may not be entered. After personalizing the property squares around the board, the customer can then order their board. The gameset includes the personalized gameboard, 1 pack of standard Monopoly money, 10 movers, 2 dice, 16 personalized Chance cards, 16 personalized Community Chest cards and 28 personalized Title Deeds. The game comes in a deluxe |
Which motor manufacturer produces the 'Felicia' model? | Škoda Felicia (1959–64) 1994 for a new model Škoda Felicia. Škoda Felicia (1959–64) The Škoda Felicia is an automobile which was produced by AZNP from 1959 to 1964. The Felicia was introduced in 1959 as a 2-door convertible, replacing the Škoda 450. Able to seat five persons, it was equipped with a folding hood and a plastic hardtop. Styling is similar to that of the contemporary Škoda Octavia. The Felicia was offered only with a 1089 cc four-cylinder engine however a Felicia Super model was introduced in 1961 powered by a larger 1221 cc four. A total of 14,863 Felicias were produced. The | Škoda Felicia available. In April 1998, the Felicia made headlines, after its high satisfaction score gave Škoda the "Best Manufacturer" accolade in that year's J.D. Power Car Survey. Production of the Felicia ceased at the end of June 2001, one year after the launch of the Fabia. A total of 1,416,939 cars had been made (the pick-up and estate models were available for sale throughout 2001). The Felicia came in a variety of body styles, both for personal and professional use. The base model was a five door hatchback, and from June 1995, was accompanied by an estate — replacing the Favorit-based |
Which Director links the films, 'Far And Away', 'Backdraft' and 'The Grinch Who Stole Christmas'? | How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000 film) How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000 film) How the Grinch Stole Christmas (also known as Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas and simply The Grinch in the UK) is a 2000 American Christmas fantasy comedy film directed by Ron Howard and written by Jeffrey Price and Peter S. Seaman. Based on Dr. Seuss's 1957 book of the same name, the film was the first Dr. Seuss book to be adapted into a full-length feature film. The film stars Jim Carrey in the title role, Jeffrey Tambor, Christine Baranski, Bill Irwin, Molly Shannon and Taylor Momsen. Because the film is | How the Grinch Stole Christmas! Grinch Grinches the Cat in the Hat". Max, the Grinch's dog, and the Grinch himself also appear in the children's puppet show "The Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss". The Grinch, Cindy Lou Who, and Max, appear in "Seussical", a musical which takes it plot from several Dr. Seuss books. How the Grinch Stole Christmas! How the Grinch Stole Christmas! is a children's story by Theodor "Dr. Seuss" Geisel written in rhymed verse with illustrations by the author. It follows the Grinch, a grouchy, solitary creature who attempts to put an end to Christmas by stealing Christmas-themed items from the homes |
The 'Argun' and'Khotan' are rivers in which country? | Southern Silk Road: Through Khotan Europeans, suggesting regular contacts between them. The foundation of Khotan is seen as reflecting a marriage between an Indian and a Chinese. All these factors suggest that interaction between Khotan and its neighbours, whether to the south, west or east had taken place over a protracted period of time. Khotan was a source of nephrite, a material much valued in China since the Hongshan period. In Spring and Summer, when the ice melts on the Kunlun mountains, and the water flows in Khotan, large nephrite boulders are brought down (which explains the name of the two rivers flowing in Yoktan: | Argun River (Caucasus) 1922-1943 in the Caucasus Rivers. Argun River (Caucasus) The Argun River (, , - "arghuni") flows through the northern Caucasus, Georgia, and the Chechen Republic of Russia. It is an affluent of the Sunzha and lies within the river basin of the Terek. The river has its sources on the northern slopes of the Caucasus in Georgia. The Argun flows in western Chechnya through Itum-Kalinsky and Shatoysky Districts. This area was the first place where Chechens established themselves and many ruins of former villages built in the traditional style can still be seen. The Argun serves as a natural border |
Where in the human body would you find the 'Inferior Concha'? | Inferior nasal concha Inferior nasal concha The inferior nasal concha (inferior turbinated bone or inferior turbinal/turbinate) is one of the three paired nasal conchae in the nose. It extends horizontally along the lateral wall of the nasal cavity and consists of a lamina of spongy bone, curled upon itself like a scroll, ("turbinate" meaning inverted cone). The inferior nasal conchae are considered a pair of facial bones. As the air passes through the turbinates, the air is churned against these mucosa-lined bones in order to receive warmth, moisture and cleansing. Superior to inferior nasal concha are the middle nasal concha and superior nasal | Inferior nasal concha concha which arise from the cranial portion of the skull. Hence, these two are considered as a part of the cranial bones. It has two surfaces, two borders, and two extremities. The medial surface is convex, perforated by numerous apertures, and traversed by longitudinal grooves for the lodgement of vessels. The lateral surface is concave, and forms part of the inferior meatus. Its upper border is thin, irregular, and connected to various bones along the lateral wall of the nasal cavity. It may be divided into three portions: of these, The inferior border is free, thick, and cellular in structure, |
In 1937 which company introduced, in Switzerland, a greatly improved version of instant coffee? | Hogood Coffee Hogood Coffee Hogood Coffee () is a Chinese maker of coffee products. It is the largest domestic instant coffee producer. The company's second largest shareholder is Chongqing Energy International (Hong Kong) Co Ltd., which also established the Chongqing Coffee Exchange, a spot trading center for coffee beans. The company was founded in 2007. It had been a supplier of coffee beans to Nestle before launching its own brand of instant coffee. Hogood Coffee, launched instant coffee with walnut protein powder instead of non-dairy creamer. Hogood produces 200,000 (Incorrect information, the whole of Yunnan province only produces approx. 100,000mt of green | Instant coffee introduced the powdered substance in Buffalo, New York, at the Pan-American Exposition. George Constant Louis Washington developed his own instant coffee process shortly thereafter, and first marketed it commercially (1910). The Nescafé brand, which introduced a more advanced coffee refining process, was launched in 1938. High-vacuum freeze-dried coffee was developed shortly after World War II, as an indirect result of wartime research into other areas. The National Research Corporation (NRC) was formed in Massachusetts as a process-development company employing high-vacuum technology. It developed high-vacuum processes to produce penicillin, blood plasma, and streptomycin for US military use. As the war ended, |
The £1.00 note ceased to be legal tender in which year? | Bank of England £1 note with retailers and other groups it was announced on 31 July 1981 that the one pound note would be replaced by a one pound coin. Part of the reason for this change was that notes, on average, lasted only nine months in general circulation, while coins could last forty years or more. The government also believed that the growing vending industry would benefit from the introduction of a one-pound coin. The new cupro-nickel coin was introduced on 21 April 1983 and the one pound note ceased to be legal tender on 11 March 1988. Bank of England £1 notes are | Legal tender of this are: Individual coins or banknotes can be demonetised and cease to be legal tender (for example, the pre-decimal United Kingdom farthing or the Bank of England 1 pound note), but the Bank of England does redeem all Bank of England banknotes by exchanging them for legal tender currency at its counters in London (or by post) regardless of how old they are. Banknotes issued by retail banks in the UK (Scotland and Northern Ireland) are not legal tender, but one of the criteria for legal protection under the Forgery and Counterfeiting Act is that banknotes must be payable |
On which African country's flag would you see the emblem of the 'soapstone bird'? | Flag of Zimbabwe the Zimbabwe Bird, which had been present in the coat of arms since 1924. In 1979, when the country reconstituted itself as Zimbabwe Rhodesia following the Internal Settlement between the government and moderate black nationalists, a new flag was adopted to mark the transition on 4 September of that year. The flag of Zimbabwe Rhodesia was designed by Flight Lieutenant Cedric Herbert of the Rhodesian Air Force and a member of the Rhodesian Heraldry and Genealogy Society. The design incorporated the pan-African colours of yellow, black, green and red, with the soapstone bird of Great Zimbabwe, representing an older, pre-colonial | Emblem of the African Union Emblem of the African Union The emblem of the African Union features a golden, boundary-less map of Africa inside two concentric circles, with stylised palm leaves shooting up on either side of the outer circle. Although when the AU was formed, a competition was announced for designing a new emblem and flag, the Assembly of the African Union decided at the Addis Ababa session of 2004 to retain the emblem and flag of its predecessor, the Organisation of African Unity, and adopt them as the new AU flag and emblem. The palm leaves stand for peace. The gold circle symbolises |
Fredericton is the capital of which Canadian province? | Fredericton Fredericton Fredericton (; ) is the capital of the Canadian province of New Brunswick. The city is situated in the west-central portion of the province along the Saint John River, which flows west to east as it bisects the city. The river is the dominant natural feature of the area. One of the main urban centres in New Brunswick, the city had a population of 56,224 in the 2011 census. It is the third-largest city in the province after Moncton and Saint John. An important cultural, artistic, and educational centre for the province, Fredericton is home to two universities, the | HMCS Fredericton (FFH 337) HMCS Fredericton (FFH 337) HMCS "Fredericton" is a that has served in the Canadian Forces since 1994. "Fredericton" is the eighth ship in her class which is based on the Canadian Patrol Frigate Project. She is the second vessel to carry the name. "Fredericton" serves on MARLANT missions protecting Canada's sovereignty in the Atlantic Ocean and enforcing Canadian laws in its territorial sea and Exclusive Economic Zone. "Fredericton" has also been deployed on missions throughout the Atlantic and to the Indian Ocean; specifically the Persian Gulf and Arabian Sea on anti-terrorism operations. "Fredericton" has also participated in several NATO missions, |
Which cathedral has been called a Victorian attempt to revive the three-spires tradition in cathedrals. Where is it? | Three-spired cathedrals in the United Kingdom Three-spired cathedrals in the United Kingdom There are only three cathedrals in the United Kingdom with three spires. Lichfield Cathedral, dating from the 13th and early 14th centuries is the only medieval cathedral. Between the 14th and 16th centuries Lincoln Cathedral also had three spires and was the tallest building in the world for 238 years until the central spire collapsed in 1549 and was not rebuilt. Both Truro Cathedral, Cornwall (late 19th–early 20th century) and St Mary's Episcopal Cathedral, Edinburgh (late 19th century) were built in the Gothic Revival style and also have three spires. Lichfield Cathedral is situated | Architecture of the medieval cathedrals of England and the Lady Chapel is apsidal with very tall windows, giving a rather French impression. Lichfield is the only one of the cathedrals to have retained three spires. Dating from 1074 to 1548, Lincoln Cathedral is one of the largest of England’s cathedrals and it has been claimed by John Ruskin that, architecturally, it is worth any two of the others put together. Edward Freeman described it as “one of the loveliest of human works.” It retains portions of the three massive arches of the Norman west front and much heavily restored sculpture around the central portal. The central tower |
Which British pop group appeared in the 1965 film 'Catch Us If You Can'? | Catch Us If You Can (film) remainder of songs used in the film were from previous albums, including... Catch Us If You Can (film) Catch Us If You Can (1965) (released with the title Having a Wild Weekend in the U.S.) was the feature-film debut of director John Boorman. It was designed as a vehicle for pop band The Dave Clark Five, whose popularity at the time almost rivaled that of The Beatles, and named after their hit song "Catch Us If You Can". During the filming of a TV commercial for a "Meat For Go" campaign set in London's Smithfield Market, stuntman Steve (Dave Clark), | Catch Us If You Can a Wild Weekend" in the U.S.) of the same year. The title phrase was seemingly a take-off on the 1959 crime film "Catch Me If You Can" and similar phrases, with "me" turned to the group's "us". In years since, "Catch Us If You Can" is played near the start of Shrewsbury Town F.C. matches as the footballers run onto the pitch. This has been happening on and off since the 1974-1975 season and "Catch" is thus seen by home fans as Shrewsbury's de facto theme tune. Such was its significance to Shrewsbury Town that a local band, Hello Cleveland, |
Who was the British Director of the film 'American Beauty'? | American Beauty (1999 film) American Beauty (1999 film) American Beauty is a 1999 American drama film written by Alan Ball and directed by Sam Mendes in his feature film directorial debut. Kevin Spacey stars as Lester Burnham, a 42-year-old advertising executive who has a midlife crisis when he becomes infatuated with his teenage daughter's best friend, Angela (Mena Suvari). Annette Bening co-stars as Lester's materialistic wife, Carolyn, and Thora Birch plays their insecure daughter, Jane. Wes Bentley, Chris Cooper, and Allison Janney also feature. The film is described by academics as a satire of American middle-class notions of beauty and personal satisfaction; analysis has | American Beauty (1999 film) Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor (Spacey), Best Original Screenplay and Best Cinematography. At the 53rd British Academy Film Awards, "American Beauty" won six of the 14 awards for which it was nominated: Best Film, Best Actor, Best Actress (Bening), Best Cinematography, Best Film Music and Best Editing. In 2000, the Publicists Guild of America recognized DreamWorks for the best film publicity campaign. In September 2008, "Empire" named "American Beauty" the 96th "Greatest Movie of All Time" after a poll of 10,000 readers, 150 filmmakers, and 50 film critics, the fourth-highest ranked movie from 1999 (behind "Fight Club", "The Matrix", |
"Who first said or wrote""Science without religion is lame.Religion without science is blind""?" | Religious and philosophical views of Albert Einstein and authored an eponymous article on the subject in 1954, which later became his book "Ideas and Opinions" in 1955. The belief system recognized a "miraculous order which manifests itself in all of nature as well as in the world of ideas," devoid of a personal God who rewards and punishes individuals based on their behavior. It rejected a conflict between science and religion, and held that cosmic religion was necessary for science. For Einstein, "science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind." He told William Hermanns in an interview that "God is a mystery. But a comprehensible | Relationship between religion and science Age, including a Transmission of the Classics from Greek to Islamic to Christian traditions which helped spark the Renaissance. Religions have also given key participation in development of modern universities and libraries; centers of learning & scholarship were coincident with religious institutions – whether pagan, Muslim, or Christian. A fundamental principle of the Bahá'í Faith is the harmony of religion and science. Bahá'í scripture asserts that true science and true religion can never be in conflict. `Abdu'l-Bahá, the son of the founder of the religion, stated that religion without science is superstition and that science without religion is materialism. He |
Which motor manufacturer produces the 'Croma' model? | Fiat Croma of this car were not marketed in the United Kingdom. In March 2005, Fiat announced a large crossover wagon with an upright tailgate, reminiscent of that of the Fiat Stilo, resurrecting the Croma nameplate. Again, Giugiaro styled the exterior, while the chassis was provided via the short lived link with General Motors. The new Croma (Type 194) is therefore based on the extended variant of the GM Epsilon platform sharing components with the Opel Vectra and Saab 9-3. It went on sale in Italy in June 2005. The car was shown in the Geneva Motor Show in 2005. Unlike the | Fiat Croma with RHD models manufactured to customer specifications. Production of the second generation Croma ceased in the end of 2010. Despite not being a showroom hit, the Croma managed to sell in quite reasonable numbers, with 65,000 sold in one year alone. The Croma has seven airbags as standard, including one knee bag for the driver. As standard, the Croma is equipped with anti-lock braking system and electronic brakeforce distribution. It has a five star EuroNCAP crash rating for adult occupant protection: The Croma got a minor facelift in November 2007, and was termed the "Nuova Croma". A new grille (Bravo |
The 'Bolan' and the 'Penner' are rivers in which country? | Waldo Penner in India and stayed on in the country for more than 35 years. In 1958 when A. B. Masilamani stepped down as Principal of the Baptist Theological Seminary, Kakinada, the Seminary Council appointed Waldo Penner to take on the Principalship of the Seminary. It was during this period that ecumenical conversations were building up for the formation of a unified Seminary in the state of Andhra Pradesh (Telangana included). Penner, together with his companion, A. B. Masilamani were in the forefront of the ecumenical conversations leading to the formation of the Andhra Christian Theological College, Rajahmundry in 1964 together with | Dick Penner Dick Penner Allen Richard "Dick" Penner (born 1936 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American retired professor of English, who, while in college in 1955, co-composed, with Wade Lee Moore "Ooby Dooby," which became a rockabilly hit for Roy Orbison. Penner also had been a singer, guitar player, and recording artist. In 1956, Penner switched from country music to rock & roll. That same year, he and Wade Moore (born November 15, 1934 in Amarillo, Texas) formed a duo and recorded for Sun Records. The duo was known as "Wade & Dick—The College Kids." Wade & Dick recorded three songs (with |
In which present day Asian country are the Shan and Karen peoples to be found? | Karen Human Rights Group Myanmar Peace Center, and to testify before the United Nations Security Council about child soldiers. The Karen are a group of Indo-Chinese tribes living principally in Burma in the Indo-Chinese Peninsula. The greater part of this territory they occupy in connection with the other peoples of the country, namely, the Burmese, Shan, Siamese, and Chin. The only exclusively Karen country is the hilly region of the Toungoo district and the Karenni subdivision. The Karen languages, members of the Tibeto-Burman group of the Sino-Tibetan language family, consist of three mutually unintelligible branches: Sgaw, Pwo, and Pa'o.[20] [21] Karenni (Red Karen) and | Lung Fu Shan Country Park has set up a warning sign on the site, stating that ""using or possession of any firearm, airgun, propelling or releasing instrument are prohibited"". However, many plastic BB bullets are still found on the site. The View Compass commands an excellent vistas of the western part of the territory and the Victoria Harbour. Lung Fu Shan Country Park Lung Fu Shan Country Park (, established December18, 1998) is a country park located in the Central and Western District of Hong Kong. It covers the densely vegetated slopes of "Lung Fu Shan", including the disused Pinewood Battery as well as the |
What did the Post Office Group change its name to in March 2001? | Post Office Ltd Post Office corporation in 1986. After the Post Office statutory corporation was changed to a public company, Royal Mail Group, in 2001, Post Office Counters Ltd became Post Office Ltd. Post Office Ltd has in recent years announced losses; a reported £102 million in 2006. This has raised many concerns in the media regarding Post Office Ltd's ability as a company to operate efficiently. Plans to cut the £150m-a-year subsidy for rural post offices led to the announcement that 2,500 local post offices were to be closed. This announcement resulted in a backlash from local communities that relied on the | Look What I Did I Were You I Wouldn't<nowiki>"</nowiki> in January 2016 on their YouTube account, followed by "Fireball" in June 2016, their first songs released since 'Zanzibar III : Analog Prison'. The band was named after friend's child said the phrase 'Mommy, look what I did', about a drawing to her mother when Barry was talking to her over the phone discussing what the band's name should be. Look What I Did Look What I Did is an American post-hardcore band, formed in 2001 in Nashville, Tennessee, USA. The music combines elements of jazz/fusion, hardcore, metal, and progressive pop punk. The band is |
Which US pop group starred in the 1968 film 'Head'? | Head (film) Head (film) Head is a 1968 American satirical musical adventure film written by Jack Nicholson and Bob Rafelson, directed by Rafelson, starring television rock group The Monkees (Davy Jones, Micky Dolenz, Peter Tork and Michael Nesmith), and distributed by Columbia Pictures. During production, one of the working titles for the film was "Changes", which was later the name of an unrelated album by The Monkees. Another working title was "Untitled". A rough cut of the film was previewed for audiences in Los Angeles in the summer of 1968 under the name "Movee Untitled". The film featured Victor Mature as "The | Miami Pop Festival (May 1968) extras with additional footage from the festival. The documentary was also broadcast in the US on November 5, 2013, by the Public Broadcasting Service as part of its American Masters series. Miami Pop Festival (May 1968) The Miami Pop Festival was the name of two unrelated music festivals that took place in May and December 1968 at Gulfstream Park, a horse racing track in Hallandale, Florida (now called Hallandale Beach), just north of Miami. The first took place on May 18–19, 1968, and was promoted by Richard O'Barry and Michael Lang, later famous as promoter of Woodstock. Main headliners included |
Maria Fitzherbert was mistress to which future British monarch? | Maria Fitzherbert Maria Fitzherbert Maria Anne Fitzherbert ("née" Smythe, previously Weld; 26 July 1756 – 27 March 1837) was a longtime companion of George IV of the United Kingdom before he became king. In 1785, they secretly contracted a marriage that was invalid under English civil law because his father, King George III, had not consented to it. She was a Roman Catholic and so had the marriage been approved and valid, George would have lost his place in the line of succession since the law forbade Catholics and spouses of Catholics from becoming monarch. Before marrying the prince, Fitzherbert had been | Maria Fitzherbert widow's weeds, and to dress her servants in royal livery. Architect William Porden designed Steine House, on the west side of Old Steine in Brighton, for Fitzherbert. She lived there from 1804 until her death in 1837. She was buried at St John the Baptist's Church in the Kemp Town area of Brighton. Some scholars have suggested that Maria Fitzherbert had one, possibly two, children by her marriage to the future king. "In 1833, after the King's death, one of [his] executors, Lord Stourton, asked her to sign a declaration he had written on the back of her marriage certificate. |
What is the meaning of the French word 'Eglise'? | Eglise Saint-Paul-Saint-Louis 56 notes, a pedal board of 30 notes, mechanical transmissions and 13 pipes. Eglise Saint-Paul-Saint-Louis Eglise Saint-Paul-Saint-Louis is a church on rue Saint-Antoine in the Marais quarter of Paris. The present building was constructed from 1627 to 1641 by the Jesuit architects Étienne Martellange and François Derand, on the orders of Louis XIII of France. It gives its name to Place Saint-Paul and its nearest Metro station, Saint-Paul. Next door to the church is the Lycée Charlemagne, also founded by the Jesuits. The first church on the site was dedicated around 1125 to Paul the Hermit, who had been buried | The Meaning of Liff of American English v. British English spellings, though "The Deeper Meaning of Liff" contains different definitions for both the word "Glossop" and the titular word "Liff". In "The Deeper Meaning of Liff", Liff is defined as a phenomenon for which there is no word. Another edition in the series, "Afterliff", has been released, with more entries contributed by Lloyd, Jon Canter and Douglas Adams' daughter Polly. On 15 August 2013, a 30th anniversary deluxe edition was published. A German adaptation was made by Sven Böttcher under the title "Der tiefere Sinn des Labenz", published in 1992 (). The meanings are |
How is the painting 'The Militia Company Of Captain Frans Banning Cocq' better known? | The Night Watch The Night Watch Militia Company of District II under the Command of Captain Frans Banninck Cocq, also known as The Shooting Company of Frans Banning Cocq and Willem van Ruytenburch, but commonly referred to as The Night Watch (), is a 1642 painting by Rembrandt van Rijn. It is in the collection of the Amsterdam Museum but is prominently displayed in the Rijksmuseum as the best known painting in its collection. "The Night Watch" is one of the most famous Dutch Golden Age paintings. The painting is famous for three things: its colossal size (), the dramatic use of light | Frans Banninck Cocq paintings but if indeed it had a name, the more correct one would be "The Company of Captain Frans Banning Cocq and Lieutenant Willem van Ruytenburch". The painting is notable, among other things, for its huge size: approximately 3.35 m x 4.26 m (11 ft by 14 ft). Banninck Cocq is also depicted in the Bartholomeus van der Helst portrait of The Governors of the Longbow Civic Guards, 1653, now in the Amsterdam Museum. Frans Banninck Cocq was buried on 6 January 1655; his tomb chapel is located in the Oude Kerk. Frans Banninck Cocq Frans Banninck Cocq (sometimes incorrectly |
What symbol appears on the flag of Barbados? | Flag of Barbados Flag of Barbados The national flag of Barbados was officially adopted on 30 November 1966, the island's first Independence Day, when it was raised for the first time by Lieutenant Hartley Dottin of the Barbados Regiment. It consists of a triband of two bands of ultramarine, which are said to stand for the ocean surrounding the country and the sky, separated by a golden middle band, which represents the sand. A black trident head, commonly called the broken trident, is centred in the golden band, and the fact that the staff is missing is significant. The trident symbol was taken | Queen's Personal Barbadian Flag Queen's Personal Barbadian Flag The Queen's Personal Barbadian Flag is the personal flag of Queen Elizabeth II in her role as Queen of Barbados. The flag was approved for use in the 1970s and is only used by the Queen when she is in Barbados, or attending an event abroad in her role as head of state of Barbados. The Queen's representative, the Governor-General of Barbados has her own flag . The Queen's flag in banner form: The flag consists centrally of a bearded fig tree, a long established symbol of the island of Barbados and the national flower the |
Traditionally with what were the seams of wooden sailing ships caulked? | Portuguese India Armadas India run was already an achievement, given that few ships of any nation at the time were able to stay at sea for even a quarter as long without breaking apart at the seams. The success of the India nau depended on 15th-century innovations in Portuguese shipbuilding that greatly improved the seaworthiness and longevity of the ship. Notable among these were the use of iron nails (rather than wooden pegs) to hold planks, the mixing of lead in the seams, and a caulking technique that improved upon traditional oakum with 'galagala' paste (a mixture of oakum, lime and olive oil, | Wooden Ships and Iron Men Wooden Ships and Iron Men Wooden Ships and Iron Men is a naval board wargame in which the players simulate combat by sailing ships of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, during the Age of Sail. The game was originally published by Battleline Publications in 1974 and republished by Avalon Hill in 1975, and is known as the definitive simulation of the period. The game is played on a hex board with rectangular cardboard counters representing ships and long enough to cover two hexes, which represents the ship's orientation. Players write down their planned moves at the beginning of |
Name the most southerly county in the Republic of Ireland? | Television in the Republic of Ireland programming on streaming platforms, many public service broadcasters and international streaming services serve the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland some of the most popular include: Free to access: Republic of Ireland Northern Ireland DVB-H Virgin Media Ireland provides a wireless cable service over an all digital MMDS network reaching over 80% of the country. This network operates at 2.5 GHz to 2.7 GHz. The now defunct SCTV Digital provided an advanced digital television service to Cork City and parts of County Cork. It is licensed to operate all over Munster. Operating at 11.7 GHz to 12.5 GHz (MVDDS) it | Women's association football in the Republic of Ireland Women's association football in the Republic of Ireland Women's association football in the Republic of Ireland is governed by the Women's Football Association of Ireland. The WFAI organizes and manages the Republic of Ireland women's national football team, the FAI Women's Cup and the Women's National League as well as various county and regional leagues and junior cup competitions. The most notable county league is the Dublin Women's Soccer League. Organised women's association football has been played in the Republic of Ireland since at least the late 1960s and the national team has been active since 1973. Notable Republic of |
Which musical duo could have been billed as 'Hodges & Peacock'? | Dave Peacock (musician) December 2012. Since then they have had a "Back By Demand" tour of the UK between 28 February and 16 May 2013. The double act ended with Chas Hodges' death from pneumonia on 22 September 2018. Dave Peacock (musician) David Victor Peacock (born 24 May 1945) is an English musician and bass guitarist. He was raised in Ponders End and the Freezywater areas of Enfield. Peacock is best known as having been one half of the English musical duo Chas & Dave between 1974 and Chas' death in 2018. Earlier in his career in the 1960s, Peacock was in a | As One (musical duo) June 20, 2016, As One made a comeback with a new single titled "The Pain I Caused." The song is off their sixth album "Outlast" which came out June 21, 2016. The album features ten tracks along with the lead single, "Don't Say Anything," which is set to be released June 21, 2016. As One (musical duo) As One () was a South Korean R&B duo consisting of Korean-American singers Lee Min and Crystal. The group debuted in 1999 with the album, "Day By Day", and announced their departure from the music industry in 2017 with the release of the |
Which film actress was the sister of Olivia de Havilland? | Olivia de Havilland Olivia de Havilland Olivia Mary de Havilland (born July 1, 1916) is a British-American actress whose career spanned from 1935 to 1988. She appeared in forty-nine feature films, and was one of the leading movie stars during the golden age of Classical Hollywood. She is best known for her early screen performances in "The Adventures of Robin Hood" (1938) and "Gone with the Wind" (1939), and her later award-winning performances in "To Each His Own" (1946), "The Snake Pit" (1948), and "The Heiress" (1949). Born in Tokyo to English parents, deHavilland and her younger sister, actress Joan Fontaine, moved to | Olivia de Havilland filmography for "The Snake Pit" and "The Heiress", the National Board of Review Award for Best Actress and the Venice Film Festival Volpi Cup for "The Snake Pit", and a Primetime Emmy Award for "Anastasia: The Mystery of Anna". Olivia de Havilland filmography The Olivia de Havilland filmography lists the film appearances of American actress Olivia de Havilland, as well as her television, stage, and radio credits. De Havilland's career spanned fifty-three years, from 1935 to 1988. During that time, she appeared in forty-nine feature films, and was one of the leading movie stars during the golden age of Classical Hollywood. |
The 1966 novel 'Wide Sargasso Sea' by Jean Rhys was written as a prequel to which 19th century novel? | Wide Sargasso Sea Wide Sargasso Sea Wide Sargasso Sea is a 1966 novel by Dominica-born British author Jean Rhys. The author lived in obscurity after her previous work, "Good Morning, Midnight", was published in 1939. She had published other novels between these works, but "Wide Sargasso Sea" caused a revival of interest in Rhys and her work and was her most commercially successful novel. It is a feminist and anti-colonial response to Charlotte Brontë's novel "Jane Eyre" (1847), describing the background to Mr Rochester's marriage from the point-of-view of his mad wife Antoinette Cosway, a Creole heiress. Antoinette Cosway is Rhys' version of | Wide Sargasso Sea (1993 film) that would carry it. It received a largely favorable review by critic Vincent Canby of the "New York Times". He describes the lean Gothic romance film as "romantic" but "without soft edges. It is as cool, precise and hard as the Rhys prose." Canby also notes that the casting of Karina Lombard, who is half-Lakota, adds an unstated racial dimension that is not part of the novel. "Wide Sargasso Sea" grossed $45,806 at the box office in Australia. Wide Sargasso Sea (1993 film) Wide Sargasso Sea is a 1993 Australian film adaptation of Jean Rhys's 1966 novel of the same |
On the coast of which English county would you find the natural limestone arch known as 'Durdle Door'? | Durdle Door Durdle Door Durdle Door (sometimes written Durdle Dor) is a natural limestone arch on the Jurassic Coast near Lulworth in Dorset, England. It is privately owned by the Welds, a family who owns in Dorset in the name of the Lulworth Estate. It is open to the public. The name Durdle is derived from the Old English word ‘thirl' meaning bore or drill. The form of the coastline around Durdle Door is controlled by its geology—both by the contrasting hardnesses of the rocks, and by the local patterns of faults and folds. The arch has formed on a concordant coastline | Durdle Door kinked type of geological fold) produced by the building of the Alps during the mid-Cenozoic. The limestone and chalk are in closer proximity at Durdle Door than at Swanage, to the east, where the distance is over . Around this part of the coast nearly all of the limestone has been removed by sea erosion, whilst the remainder forms the small headland which includes the arch. Erosion at the western end of the limestone band has resulted in the arch formation. UNESCO teams monitor the condition of both the arch and adjacent beach. The isthmus which joins the limestone to |
What was the name of the Scottish physicist who wrote 'Treatise On Electricity And Magnetisim' in 1873? | A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism is a two-volume treatise on electromagnetism written by James Clerk Maxwell in 1873. Maxwell was revising the "Treatise" for a second edition when he died in 1879. The revision was completed by William Davidson Niven for publication in 1881. A third edition was prepared by J. J. Thomson for publication in 1892. According to one historian, Maxwell introduced the use of vector fields, and his labels have been perpetuated: Maxwell's work is considered an exemplar of rhetoric of science: Preliminary. On the Measurement of Quantities. "PART I. Electrostatics. | A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism "Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism" that was destined to change the orthodox picture of physical reality. This treatise did for electromagnetism what Newton's "Principia" had done for classical mechanics. It not only provided the mathematical tools for the investigation and representation of the whole of electromagnetic theory, but it altered the very framework of both theoretical and experimental physics. Although the process had been going on throughout the nineteenth century, it was this work that finally displaced action at a distance physics and substituted the physics of the field." Mark P. Silverman (1998) "I studied the principles on my own |
The 'Derwent Valley Mills' is a World Heritage Site, in which English county? | Derwent Valley Mills Derwent Valley Mills Derwent Valley Mills is a World Heritage Site along the River Derwent in Derbyshire, England, designated in December 2001. It is administered by the Derwent Valley Mills Partnership. The modern factory, or 'mill', system was born here in the 18th century to accommodate the new technology for spinning cotton developed by Richard Arkwright. With advancements in technology, it became possible to produce cotton continuously. The system was adopted throughout the valley, and later spread so that by 1788 there were over 200 Arkwright-type mills in Britain. Arkwright's inventions and system of organising labour was exported to Europe | Derwent Valley Mills listed buildings in the area were on English Heritage's At Risk Register and were in a state of disrepair. In 2000, the Derwent Valley Mills were nominated to become a World Heritage Site. Along with Blaenavon Industrial Landscape, New Lanark, and Saltaire (all now World Heritage Sites), the site was proposed to increase the representation of industrial archaeology on the list of World Heritage Sites. The proposal was successful and in 2001 the Derwent Valley Mills were designated a World Heritage Site. Its status as a World Heritage Site is intended to ensure its protection; all such sites are considered |
The 1993 novel 'Mrs. de Winter' by Susan Hill was a sequel towhich classic 20th century novel? | Mrs de Winter Mrs de Winter Mrs de Winter is a novel by Susan Hill published in 1993. It is the sequel to the novel "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier. When Manderley burned, tormented Maxim de Winter and his demure second wife fled the ghosts of a dark, unspoken yesterday and now have come home to England, to bury what was and start anew. But the sensual warmth of a golden autumn cannot mask the chill of a lingering evil. For October's gentle breeze whispers that Rebecca -beautiful, mysterious, malevolent Rebecca- is haunting their lives once more. Critical reviews have been generally bad, | Devil's Hill (novel) Devil's Hill (novel) Devil's Hill (1958) is a novel for children by Australian author Nan Chauncy, illustrated by Geraldine Spence. It was joint winner of the in 1959."' This novel is a sequel to the author's previous novel "Tiger in the Bush" and is the second of two by the author concentrating on the Lorenny family, who live deep in the rainforest in south-western Tasmania. The Lorenny family are hosts to their city cousins, Sam and his two younger sisters. The children set off through the bush in search of a lost cow and the novel tracks the conflicts between |
The last surviving example of which bird, once the most common bird in the world, died in Cincinnati Zoo in 1914? | Environmental issues in the United States public entities, which address issues of energy production, distribution, and consumption, such as building codes and gas mileage advancements. The production and transport of fossil fuels are also tied to significant environmental issues. Many plant and animal species became extinct in North America soon after first human arrival, including the North American megafauna; others have become nearly extinct since European settlement, among them the American bison and California condor. The last of the passenger pigeons died in 1914 after being the most common bird in North America. They were killed as both a source of food and because they were | Bird In The Hand Inn The Pitt Town Village shopping complex is located adjacent: this is a Georgian styled two storey commercial development which is in keeping with the original inn. The Bird in Hand Inn is of high historical significance as the earliest inn in Pitt Town. The inn is important for its association with Daniel Smallwood, a prominent pioneer of the town, who built the inn in 1825 and operated it until 1840. It is an important surviving example of a Georgian Colonial inn. While there are similar buildings surviving such as 265 George Street and the former Bell Inn, this style of |
Which almond filling used in cakes, tarts and pastries is thought to be named after the perfumer to King Louis XIII of France? | Almond meal Almond meal Almond meal, almond flour or ground almond is made from ground sweet almonds. Almond flour is usually made with blanched almonds (no skin), whereas almond meal can be made with whole or blanched almonds. The consistency is more like corn meal than wheat flour. It is used in pastry and confectionery – in the manufacture of almond macarons and macaroons and other sweet pastries, in cake and pie filling, such as "Sachertorte" – and is one of the two main ingredients of marzipan and almond paste. In France, almond meal is an important ingredient in "frangipane", the filling | Louis XIII of France Louis XIII of France Louis XIII (; 27 September 1601 – 14 May 1643) was a monarch of the House of Bourbon who was King of France from 1610 to 1643 and King of Navarre (as Louis II) from 1610 to 1620, when the crown of Navarre was merged with the French crown. Shortly before his ninth birthday, Louis became king of France and Navarre after his father Henry IV was assassinated. His mother, Marie de' Medici, acted as regent during his minority. Mismanagement of the kingdom and ceaseless political intrigues by Marie and her Italian favourites led the young |
Which American television drama series, that originally aired between 2001 - 2005, was set in 'Fisher & Sons Funeral Home'? | Six Feet Under (TV series) Six Feet Under (TV series) Six Feet Under is an American drama television series created and produced by Alan Ball. It premiered on the premium cable network HBO in the United States on June 3, 2001, and ended on August 21, 2005, spanning five seasons and 63 episodes. It depicts the lives of the Fisher family, who run a funeral home in Los Angeles, along with their friends and lovers. The ensemble drama stars Peter Krause, Michael C. Hall, Frances Conroy, Lauren Ambrose, Freddy Rodriguez, Mathew St. Patrick, and Rachel Griffiths as the central characters. It was produced by Actual | Close to Home (2005 TV series) Close to Home (2005 TV series) Close to Home is an American crime drama television series co-produced by Warner Bros. Television and Jerry Bruckheimer Television for CBS. While in pre-production the series was known as "American Crime". It first aired from October 4, 2005 to May 11, 2007 and starred actress Jennifer Finnigan as Annabeth Chase, a Deputy Prosecutor for Marion County, Indiana. Created by Jim Leonard, the series was primarily filmed in Southern California. The score composer was Michael A. Levine. On May 16, 2007, CBS canceled the series after two seasons. Annabeth Chase is a criminal prosecutor with |
Which rich sauce made fromegg yolks, butter, shallots, herbs and spices, is named after a region of south-west France? | Béarnaise sauce Béarnaise sauce Béarnaise sauce (; ) is a sauce made of clarified butter emulsified in egg yolks and white wine vinegar and flavored with herbs. It is considered to be a "child" of the mother Hollandaise sauce, one of the five mother sauces in the French haute cuisine repertoire. The difference is only in the flavoring: Béarnaise uses shallot, chervil, peppercorns, and tarragon in a reduction of vinegar and wine, while Hollandaise is more stripped down, using a reduction of lemon juice or white wine. (One means of preparing Béarnaise, see below, is to start with Hollandaise and add the | Bordelaise sauce Bordelaise sauce Bordelaise sauce is a classic French sauce named after the Bordeaux region of France, which is famous for its wine. The sauce is made with dry red wine, bone marrow, butter, shallots and sauce demi-glace. "Sauce marchand de vins" ("wine-merchant's sauce") is a similar designation. Traditionally, bordelaise sauce is served with grilled beef or steak, though it can also be served with other meats that pair well with red wine demi-glace based sauces. A bordelaise sauce in traditional New Orleans-style Louisiana Creole cuisine is different from the French classical version, although both are available in the city. The |
What name is given to the wall of a Mosque that faces Mecca? | Mosque of al-Zahir Baybars which is on the western wall; the western and eastern aisles both have three colonnades; the south has six, and the north, two. Because of the mosque's location in the northwest of the city, it has its back to Cairo and any visitors that come from the city. Even from behind, however, the mosque was recognizable by its large wooden dome that was above the mihrab in the middle of the qibla wall, marking the direction of Mecca. Each entrance was topped with a minaret, meaning Baybars's mosque had one minaret more than the mosque of al-Hakim. Reportedly, Baybars wanted | Great Mosque of Mecca Great Mosque of Mecca The Great Mosque of Mecca, also called "Al-Haram Mosque" (, "the Forbidden Mosque", "the Holy Mosque" or "the Sacred Mosque") or "Grand Mosque of Makkah", is the largest mosque in the world, and surrounds the Islamic "Qiblah", that is the "Ka‘bah" in the Hejazi city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia. Muslims face the Kaaba while praying. One of the Five Pillars of Islam requires every Muslim to perform the "Ḥajj", one of the largest annual gatherings of people in the world, at least once in their lifetime when able to do so, including circumambulating the Kaaba. It |
Who was the leader of the 'Gunpowder Plot', whose conspirators included Guy Fawkes? | Gunpowder Plot in popular culture Gunpowder Plot in popular culture The Gunpowder Plot was a failed assassination attempt against King James VI of Scotland and I of England by a group of provincial English Catholics led by Robert Catesby. The conspirators' aim was to blow up the House of Lords at the State Opening of Parliament on 5 November 1605, while the king and many other important members of the aristocracy and nobility were inside. The conspirator who became most closely associated with the plot in the popular imagination was Guy Fawkes, who had been assigned the task of lighting the fuse to the explosives. | Guy Fawkes William Harrison Ainsworth's 1841 historical romance "Guy Fawkes; or, The Gunpowder Treason" portrays Fawkes in a generally sympathetic light, and his novel transformed Fawkes in the public perception into an "acceptable fictional character". Fawkes subsequently appeared as "essentially an action hero" in children's books and penny dreadfuls such as "The Boyhood Days of Guy Fawkes; or, The Conspirators of Old London", published around 1905. According to historian Lewis Call, Fawkes is now "a major icon in modern political culture" whose face has become "a potentially powerful instrument for the articulation of postmodern anarchism" in the late 20th century. Footnotes Citations |
Who plays the title role in the 2008 film 'Iron Man'? | Iron Man (2008 film) Iron Man (2008 film) Iron Man is a 2008 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name, produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Paramount Pictures. It is the first film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). The film was directed by Jon Favreau, with a screenplay by the writing teams of Mark Fergus and Hawk Ostby and Art Marcum and Matt Holloway. It stars Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark / Iron Man, alongside Terrence Howard, Jeff Bridges, Shaun Toub, and Gwyneth Paltrow. In "Iron Man", Tony Stark, an industrialist and master engineer, builds | Iron Man (2008 film) but still reprising his role as Happy Hogan. Downey, Paltrow, and Cheadle also return, while Shane Black took over directing, from a screenplay by Drew Pearce. Guy Pearce also starred as Aldrich Killian, and Ben Kingsley as Trevor Slattery. Iron Man (2008 film) Iron Man is a 2008 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name, produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Paramount Pictures. It is the first film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). The film was directed by Jon Favreau, with a screenplay by the writing teams of Mark Fergus and Hawk |
Which cartoonist who worked for the satirical magazine 'Punch', is best remembered for illustrating Lewis Carroll's 'Alice In Wonderland'? | Alice (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland) Gabriel Rossetti and Arthur Hughes, whose painting "Girl with the Liliacs" (1863) he visually alluded to in one drawing in "Under Ground". He gave the hand-written "Alice's Adventures Under Ground" to Alice Liddell in November 1864. John Tenniel illustrated "Alice Adventures in Wonderland" (1865) for a fee of £138, which was roughly a fourth of what Carroll earned each year and which he paid for himself. Tenniel was an already successful, well-known lead illustrator for the satirical magazine "Punch", when Carroll employed him as an illustrator in April 1864. In contrast, Carroll did not have any literary fame at the | Alice in Wonderland (1966 TV play) Alice in Wonderland (1966 TV play) Alice in Wonderland (1966) is a BBC television play, shot on film, based on "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" by Lewis Carroll. It was directed by Jonathan Miller, then best known for his appearance in the satirical revue "Beyond the Fringe". Miller's production is unique among live-action "Alice" films in that he consciously avoided the standard Tenniel-inspired costume design and "florid" production values. Most of the Wonderland characters are played by actors in standard Victorian dress, with a real cat used to represent the Cheshire Cat. Miller justified his approach as an attempt to return |
Since 2004, 'The Gay and Lesbian Kingdom of the Coral Sea Islands' has fought for independence from which country? | Gay and Lesbian Kingdom of the Coral Sea Islands Gay and Lesbian Kingdom of the Coral Sea Islands The Gay and Lesbian Kingdom of the Coral Sea Islands (also known as The Gay Kingdom of the Coral Sea) was a micronation established as a symbolic political protest by a group of gay rights activists based in Australia. Declared in 2004 in response to the Australian government's refusal to recognise same-sex marriages, it was founded on Australia's external overseas Territory of the Coral Sea Islands, a group of uninhabited islets east of the Great Barrier Reef. The Kingdom was dissolved on 17 November 2017 following the decision made by the | Gay and Lesbian Kingdom of the Coral Sea Islands R. In a scheme similar to Israel's Law of Return, a person was automatically granted permanent resident status and immediately eligible for citizenship in the Gay and Lesbian Kingdom of the Coral Sea Islands simply by being gay or lesbian. The kingdom issued its first stamps in July 2006 "with the aim of creating a high and distinctive reputation amongst the philatelic fraternity". The kingdom's website stated that tourism, fishing and philatelic sales were its only economic activities. However, swimming, reef walking, lagoon snorkelling, bird-watching, seashell-collecting, and shipwreck-exploring were all gay government-sanctioned non-economic activities. Other than the protester inhabitants, the |
Which actress is reprising her role as 'M' in the upcoming Bond film 'Quantum Of Solace'? | Quantum of Solace Quantum of Solace Quantum of Solace is a 2008 British spy film, the twenty-second in the "James Bond" series produced by Eon Productions, directed by Marc Forster and written by Paul Haggis, Neal Purvis and Robert Wade. It is the second film to star Daniel Craig as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond. The film also stars Olga Kurylenko, Mathieu Amalric, Gemma Arterton, Jeffrey Wright, and Judi Dench. In the film, Bond seeks revenge for the death of his lover, Vesper Lynd, and is assisted by Camille Montes, who is plotting revenge for the murder of her own family. The | Quantum of Solace for the Best Supporting Actress award. It was nominated by the Visual Effects Society Awards for "Outstanding Compositing in a Feature Motion Picture." An editorial by "The Times" also listed the film's pre-titles sequence as the tenth-greatest car chase in film history. Quantum of Solace Quantum of Solace is a 2008 British spy film, the twenty-second in the "James Bond" series produced by Eon Productions, directed by Marc Forster and written by Paul Haggis, Neal Purvis and Robert Wade. It is the second film to star Daniel Craig as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond. The film also stars Olga |
What was the name of the castle lying on Tremadog Bay, within the Snowdonia National Park, that was built by Edward I in 1283? | Harlech Harlech Harlech () is a seaside resort and community in Gwynedd within the historic boundaries of Merionethshire in north-west Wales. It lies on Tremadog Bay in the centre of Gwynedd, within the Snowdonia National Park. Of a population of 1,447, 51 per cent habitually speak the Welsh language. Its best-known landmark, Harlech Castle, was begun in 1283 by Edward I of England, captured by Owain Glyndŵr, and later served as a stronghold for Henry Tudor. It was built next to the sea, but coastline changes mean it now lies on a cliff face, about half a mile (800 m) inland. | Tremadog high ground of Snowdonia and on the edge of the modern Snowdonia National Park. Tremadog was built on flat land reclaimed from Traeth Mawr, the estuary of the Afon Glaslyn, and to enhance its appearance Madocks placed the Market Square, the centre of his project, just in front of a great crag of rock, the former edge of the estuary. It towers some over the Town Hall, and the coaching inn, giving a theatrical effect to the area. He hoped to attract more buildings that fitted his overall plan, but this plan failed and he eventually funded most of them |
Between 1932 and 1990, the Russian city Nizhny Novgorod was named after which author? | Nizhny Novgorod Nizhny Novgorod Nizhny Novgorod (), colloquially shortened to Nizhny, is a city in Russia and the administrative center (capital) of Volga Federal District and Nizhny Novgorod Oblast. From 1932 to 1990, it was known as Gorky (, ), after the writer Maxim Gorky, who was born there. The city is an important economic, transportation, scientific, educational and cultural center in Russia and the vast Volga-Vyatka economic region, and is the main center of river tourism in Russia. In the historic part of the city there is a large number of universities, theaters, museums and churches. Nizhny Novgorod is located about | Start Nizhny Novgorod Start Nizhny Novgorod Start () is a professional bandy club from Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, established in 1932. It plays in the Russian Bandy Super League, the top division of Russian bandy. Start was founded in 1932 as a team called Novoye Sormovo. The name was changed to Zenit (Zenith) in 1936, Trud (Labor) in 1959 and ultimately Start Gorky in 1960. When the city of Gorky changed its names to Nizhny Novgorod in 1990, the club changed names accordingly. It played in the elite division of the Soviet bandy championship in 1967-1969, the 1973-74 season and permanently since the 1975-76 |
What was the name of the Welsh village designed by Clough Williams-Ellis, that was used in the fiming of the television series 'The Prisoner'? | Clough Williams-Ellis Clough Williams-Ellis Sir Bertram Clough Williams-Ellis, CBE, MC (28 May 1883 – 9 April 1978) was a British architect known chiefly as the creator of the Italianate village of Portmeirion in North Wales. Clough Williams-Ellis was born in Gayton, Northamptonshire, England, but his family moved back to his father's native North Wales when he was four. The family have strong Welsh roots and Clough Williams-Ellis claimed direct descent from Owain Gwynedd, Prince of North Wales. His father John Clough Williams Ellis (1833-1913) was a clergyman and noted mountaineer while his mother Ellen Mabel Greaves (1851-1941) was the daughter of the | The Village (The Prisoner) the "Tales of the Shadowmen" anthology series, Xavier Mauméjean's short story "Be Seeing You!" describes the origin of The Village. It was established in 1912 by Winston Churchill, the original Number 1, to interrogate his enemies, including Sherlock Holmes. In the science fiction TV series "Babylon 5", the culture of the Psi Corps organization pays homage to aspects of "The Prisoner", including a modified salute and use of the phrase "Be seeing you". The Village (The Prisoner) The Village is the fictional setting of the 1960s UK television series "The Prisoner" where the main character, Number Six, is held with |
In May 2008, which country voted in favour of abolishing its 240-year old monarchy? | History of Nepal Constituent Assembly declared Nepal the Federal Democratic Republic, abolishing the 240-year-old monarchy. The motion for the abolition of the monarchy was carried by a huge majority: out of 564 members present in the assembly, 560 voted for the motion while 4 members voted against it. On June 11, 2008, ex-King Gyanendra left the palace. Ram Baran Yadav of the Nepali Congress became the first President of the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal on July 23, 2008. Similarly, the Constituent Assembly elected Pushpa Kamal Dahal (popularly known as Prachanda) of the Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) as the first Republican | Debate on the monarchy in Canada Cambridge, found that 48% of respondents were opposed to abolishing the monarchy, with 37% in favour, and 15% undecided. A May 2015 Forum poll, taken immediately after the birth of Princess Charlotte of Cambridge, found that 39% of respondents favoured "abolishing the monarchy upon the death of the Queen," while 45% were opposed; 54% of respondents opposed Prince Charles succeeding his mother on the throne. According to Forum, 73% of Canadians "agree the Head of State of Canada should be Canadian-born and live in Canada," an increase from 63% who had the same view in 2013. A poll conducted in |
Which American group has had hit albums in the 21st. century with 'Thirteen Tales From Urban Bohemia' and 'Werlcome To The Monkey House'? | Thirteen Tales from Urban Bohemia Thirteen Tales from Urban Bohemia Thirteen Tales from Urban Bohemia is the third studio album by American rock band The Dandy Warhols. It was released on August 1, 2000, through record label Capitol. It is considered their breakthrough album, largely owing to the song "Bohemian Like You" being featured in a notable Vodafone advertisement. Four singles were released from the album: "Get Off", "Bohemian Like You", "Godless" and "Horse Pills" (the last in Australia only). This is the band's first album to feature their new drummer Brent DeBoer, Taylor-Taylor's cousin, who is joined the band following the departure of their | Thirteen Tales from Urban Bohemia a remastered version of the album called the 13th Anniversary Edition was released, featuring a bonus disc of previously unreleased material. "Thirteen Tales from Urban Bohemia" was well received by critics and holds a score of 80 out of 100 on the review aggregate site Metacritic, indicating "generally favorable reviews". Keith Phipps of "The A.V. Club" called the album "an 800-pound gorilla of winning, eclectic rock 'n' roll" and wrote that it "may be the most joyous, instantly likable rock record you'll hear this year." Heather Phares of AllMusic called it a "bakers' dozen of their most focused and cohesive |
Which General and commander-in-chief led the 'New Model Army' at the Battle of Naseby in 1645? | Battle of Naseby Battle of Naseby The Battle of Naseby was a decisive engagement of the English Civil War, fought on 14 June 1645 between the main Royalist army of King Charles I and the Parliamentarian New Model Army, commanded by Sir Thomas Fairfax and Oliver Cromwell. It was fought near the village of Naseby in Northamptonshire. After the Royalists stormed the Parliamentarian town of Leicester on 31st May 1645, Fairfax was ordered to lift his siege of Oxford, the Royalist capital, and engage the King's main army. Eager to bring the Royalists to battle, Fairfax set off in pursuit of the Royalist | Commander-in-Chief of the Forces Commander-in-Chief of the Forces The Commander-in-Chief of the Forces, later Commander-in-Chief, British Army, or just the Commander-in-Chief (C-in-C), was the professional head of the English Army from 1660 to 1707 (the English Army, founded in 1645, was succeeded in 1707 by the new British Army, incorporating existing Scottish regiments) and of the British Army from 1707 until 1904. In most instances, Commanders-in-Chief of the Forces were not cabinet members. Instead, the British Army was represented variously in government by the Paymaster of the Forces (Paymaster General), the Master-General of the Ordnance, the Secretary at War (who was not usually a |
Because of Hull City's promotion, from next season (2009) which will be the largest city in England never to have had a top-flight football team? | 1995–96 in English football their first successful season since the mid-1980s, and playoff winners Bradford City. Going down were Carlisle United, Swansea City (who got through five managers in a season), Brighton & Hove Albion (sinking further into a financial crisis) and Hull City. Preston North End, Gillingham, Bury and playoff winners Plymouth Argyle won promotion to Division Two. Preston's win made them the third club to win all four top tiers of English football, next to Wolverhampton Wanderers and Burnley. Torquay United finished at the bottom of Division Three, having won just five games all season, but were saved from demotion because Conference | Hull City A.F.C. to be the Hull City Psychos, Hull City A.F.C. Hull City Association Football Club is a professional football club in Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England. Founded in 1904, the club plays in the Championship, the second tier of English football. In 2007–08, they achieved promotion to the top flight of English football for the first time in their history by winning the Championship play-off Final at Wembley Stadium. Their highest league finish was in 2013–14, when they finished 16th in the table, a season in which they also reached the final of the FA Cup. Hull City play home |
Which real-life confidence trickster and forger was playedby Leonardo di caprio in the 2002 film 'Catch Me If You Can'? | Catch Me If You Can Catch Me If You Can Catch Me If You Can is a 2002 American biographical crime film directed and produced by Steven Spielberg from a screenplay by Jeff Nathanson. The film stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Tom Hanks, with Christopher Walken, Martin Sheen, and Nathalie Baye in supporting roles. The film is based on the life of Frank Abagnale, who, before his 19th birthday, successfully performed cons worth millions of dollars by posing as a Pan American World Airways pilot, a Georgia doctor, and a Louisiana parish prosecutor. His primary crime was check fraud; he became so experienced that the FBI | Catch Me If You Can (soundtrack) in "The Simpsons" episode "Catch 'Em If You Can". "Catch Me If You Can" was covered by Argentine actress Valentina Zenere in Disney Channel from the Argentine TV series "Soy Luna". Catch Me If You Can (soundtrack) Catch Me If You Can: Music from the Motion Picture is the original soundtrack of the 2002 film of the same name, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hanks, Christopher Walken, Martin Sheen and Amy Adams. The original score was composed and conducted by John Williams. The film was the twentieth collaboration between Williams and director Steven Spielberg. The album was also produced by John |
According to the Book of Revelations, which city in modern-day Israel will be the site of 'Armageddon'? | Armageddon city of Megiddo as being associated with any particular prophetic beliefs. The one New Testament reference to the city of Armageddon found in also makes no specific mention of any armies being predicted to one day gather in this city, but instead seems to predict only that "they (will gather) the kings together to ... Armageddon". The text does however seem to imply, based on the text from the earlier passage of Revelation 16:14, that the purpose of this gathering of kings in the "place called Armageddon" is "for the war of the great day of God, the Almighty". Because | There Will Be No Armageddon future - There Will Be No Armageddon." There Will Be No Armageddon There Will Be No Armageddon is an early acid trance album by Union Jack. The songs were composed in the early 1990s and the album was released by Platipus Records in 1995. It was Union Jack's first studio album and first release on compact disc. It was released again in August 2001 by K7 Studio. Two of the songs on this album, "Two Full Moons and a Trout" and "Red Herring", were major hits in the mid-1990s European dance scene. Most of the songs in this album incorporate |
Which branch of mathematics takes its name from the Latin for 'pebble'? | Functional (mathematics) Functional (mathematics) In mathematics, the term functional (as a noun) has at least two meanings. This article is mainly concerned with the second concept, which arose in the early 18th century as part of the calculus of variations. The first concept, which is more modern and abstract, is discussed in detail in a separate article, under the name linear form. Commonly, the space formula_3 is a space of functions; thus the functional takes a function for its input argument, then it is sometimes considered a "function of a function" (a higher-order function). Its use originates in the calculus of variations, | Institute for Mathematics and its Applications awarded. The IMA annually awards a prize to people to a mathematician who has received their PhD within the last 10 years. Sharing a very similar name and the acronym IMA, it should not be confused with the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications, a professional body for mathematicians in the UK. Institute for Mathematics and its Applications The Institute for Mathematics and its Applications located at the University of Minnesota is an organization established in 1982 by the National Science Foundation (NSF) of the United States. The primary mission of the IMA is to increase the impact of mathematics |
According to the Gospels of Matthew, Mark and Luke, who was compelled by the Romans to carry the cross of Jesus as he was taken to his crucifixion? | Passion of Jesus washing his hands (according to Matthew) before the people as a sign that Jesus' blood will not be upon him. According to the Gospel of Matthew they replied, "His blood be on us and on our children!" Mark and Matthew record that Jesus is returned his own clothes, prior to being led out for execution. According to the Gospel accounts he is forced, like other victims of crucifixion, to drag his own cross to Golgotha, the location of the execution. The three Synoptic Gospels refer to a man called Simon of Cyrene who is made to carry the cross (, | Sayings of Jesus on the cross presenting. Sayings of Jesus on the cross The Sayings of Jesus on the cross (also called the Seven Last Words from the Cross) are seven expressions biblically attributed to Jesus during his crucifixion. Traditionally, the brief sayings have been called "words". They are gathered from the four Canonical Gospels. Three of the sayings appear only in the Gospel of Luke and three only in the Gospel of John. The other saying appears both in the Gospel of Matthew and the Gospel of Mark. In Matthew and Mark, Jesus cries out to God. In Luke, he forgives his killers, reassures the |
For which county did the cricketer garfield Sobers score his famous six sixes in one over? | Garfield Sobers 31 August 1968, Sobers became the first batsman ever to hit six sixes in a single over of six consecutive balls in first-class cricket. The feat consisted of five clean hits for six and one six where the ball was caught but carried over the boundary by Roger Davis. Sobers was playing as captain of Nottinghamshire against Glamorgan at St. Helen's in Swansea; the unfortunate bowler was Malcolm Nash. This tally of 36 runs in an over broke a 57-year-old record of 34 runs, held by Ted Alletson. The ball was collected from a garden by 11-year-old Richard Lewis; he | Garfield Sobers later gave the ball to Sobers. In 1984–85, Indian batsman Ravi Shastri equalled the record by scoring six sixes in an over while playing for Bombay versus Baroda. An outstanding all-rounder, Sobers was left-handed as both batsman and bowler. His versatility enabled him to bowl all varieties of left-arm bowling from spin to fast-medium. As a fielder he was usually stationed close to the wicket but he was also a very capable outfielder. Richie Benaud described Sobers as "the greatest all-round cricketer the world has seen". Sobers, wrote Benaud, was "a brilliant batsman, splendid fielder, particularly close to the wicket, |
In the sit-com 'Absolutely Fabulous', which 1960's singer is the only steady client of the PR firm owned by 'Edwina Monsoon'? | Absolutely Fabulous (film) Absolutely Fabulous (film) Absolutely Fabulous or Absolument fabuleux is a 2001 French comedy film. It was written and directed by Gabriel Aghion. It is an adaptation of the British television comedy series "Absolutely Fabulous", created by Jennifer Saunders and Dawn French. The cast included Josiane Balasko as Eddie, Nathalie Baye as Patsy, Marie Gillain as Safrane and Claude Gensac as Eddie's mother. To parallel the role of Lulu in the original series, French singer Chantal Goya appeared as herself. Saunders has a cameo appearance as a spectator sitting next to Catherine Deneuve at a fashion show. Patsy has a penchant | Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie made. Saunders now wishes to focus on new projects and spend more time with her family. "Absolutely Fabulous The Movie" released on DVD , Blu-ray and Digital Download in the UK and Ireland on 5 December 2016. Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie is a 2016 British female buddy comedy film directed by Mandie Fletcher and written by Jennifer Saunders, based on the television show "Absolutely Fabulous". It stars Saunders, Joanna Lumley, Julia Sawalha, June Whitfield and Jane Horrocks. The film finds the drug-addicted, alcoholic PR agent Edina Monsoon and her best friend/codependent Patsy Stone on the run |
The Costa Smeralda (or Emerald Coast) is a feature of which Mediterranean island? | Rally Costa Smeralda Rally Costa Smeralda Rally Costa Smeralda is a rally competition held in Costa Smeralda, a coastal area on the island of Sardinia, Italy. The event was first held in 1978 and it was part of the European Rally Championship schedule until 1994. After the rally was restarted in 1998, it has been part of the Italian Rally Championship. The rally is based in Arzachena in the north-east part of the island. Unlike the famed tarmac rally held on near neighbour the island of Corsica, the Tour de Corse, the Rally Costa Smeralda is a gravel rally. Italians have dominated the | Emerald Coast in the Jim Carrey movie "The Truman Show", filmed in the area from 1996-1997. Other communities on the Emerald Coast are Perdido Key, Navarre, Sandestin, Mexico Beach, Grayton Beach, Inlet Beach, and Santa Rosa Beach. The area is a family drive destination, attracting tourists from across the Southern United States due to its close proximity. The Emerald Coast is a three-hour drive east of New Orleans. In the first decade of the 21st century, the popularity of the Emerald Coast expanded greatly, leading to new construction and rapid growth. Many development communities similar to Seaside sprang up in the southern |
For which county cricket team was Brian Lara playing when he scored his world record 501 not out? | Brian Lara (501 not out for Warwickshire against Durham in 1994) and Test cricket (400 not out for the West Indies against England in 2004). Lara amassed his world record 501 in 474 minutes off only 427 balls. He hit 308 in boundaries (10 sixes and 62 fours). His partners were Roger Twose (115 partnership – 2nd wicket), Trevor Penney (314 – 3rd), Paul Smith (51 – 4th) and Keith Piper (322 unbroken – 5th). Earlier in that season Lara scored six centuries in seven innings while playing for Warwickshire. He is the only man to have reclaimed the Test record score, | Brian Lara Cricket swing. Fielding can be manual or automatic. Brian Lara Cricket has pseudo-3D graphics which appears to make the perspective change when playing the game. The sound effects in the game are digitised. The game included the NVR save feature which allowed games to be stored using a battery to supply power to the memory inside the cartridge. It also claims to have hundreds of frames of animation for each sprite. Brian Lara Cricket Brian Lara Cricket is the first in a series of cricket games to be endorsed by Brian Lara. There have been more games in the series, Brian |
Runa Islam, Mark Leckey, Goshka Macuga and Cathy Wilkes are this year's nominees for which prize? | 2008 Turner Prize 2008 Turner Prize The 2008 Turner Prize was awarded on 1 December 2008 to Mark Leckey. The £25,000 Turner Prize is awarded by the Tate to one of four nominees and is based on their work in the previous year. The other three 2008 nominees were Runa Islam, Goshka Macuga and Cathy Wilkes; for the first time since 1998, there were three female nominees. The chairman of the jury was Stephen Deuchar, director of Tate Britain. The artwork shown by the nominees at the invitational exhibition was generally unpopular with critics. Nicholas Serota made a short speech before the award | Turner Prize 2008 events. The nominees were Runa Islam, Mark Leckey, Goshka Macuga, and Cathy Wilkes; the Prize exhibition opened at Tate Britain on 30 September and the winner was announced on 1 December. The winner of the £25,000 Prize was Richard Wright. Stephen Deuchar again chaired the jury. The other shortlisted artists were Enrico David, Roger Hiorns and Lucy Skaer. The winner was Susan Philipsz who graduated from Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design in Dundee. She was the first artist ever to win with a purely aural work, having made an installation under three bridges in Glasgow in |
What was the name of the cross-dressing potter who won the Turner Prize in 2003? | History of cross-dressing as a dragoon in 1740. Hannah Snell served as a man in the Royal Marines 1747–1750, being wounded 11 times, and was granted a military pension. Dorothy Lawrence was an English war reporter who disguised herself as a man so she could become a soldier in World War I. The British writer and doctor Vernon Coleman cross-dresses and has written several articles defending men who cross-dress, stressing they are often heterosexual and usually do not want to change sex. British artist and Turner Prize winner, Grayson Perry often appears as his alter-ego, Clare. Japan has a centuries-old tradition of male | History of cross-dressing earlier centuries were lower class women who would gain access to economic independence as well as freedom to travel risking little of what they had. Cross-dressing that consisted of women dressing as men had more positive attitudes than vice versa; Altenburger states that female to male cross-dressing depicted a movement forward in terms of social status, power, and freedom. Men who cross-dressed were looked down upon because they automatically lost status when dressed as a woman. It was also said that men would cross-dress to gain access around women for their own sexual desire. Ballads have many cross-dressing heroines. While |
By what name was the Spanish nobleman Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar better known? | El Cid: The Legend El Cid: The Legend El Cid: The Legend (Spanish: El Cid: La leyenda) is a Spanish animated film released on 19 December 2003, written by José Pozo, and based on the historical legend of Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar, also known as "El Cid". The Berber tyrant Ibn Yusuf invades the Muslim Taifa of Zaragoza, as the beginning of his campaign to conquer the entire Iberian peninsula. As a result, Prince Al-Mu'tamin flees to Castile to warn king Ferdinand of Yusuf's invasion. In Castile, Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar is living a life of privilege as the son of a nobleman. He | Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar y Mendoza, 1st Marquis of Cenete favored in the dispute by Philip I of Castile and Íñigo by Ferdinand II of Aragon. Rodrigo moved permanently to Valencia after his brother was named Viceroy. He played an active political and military role in the quelling of the Revolt of the Brotherhoods. He there displayed great diplomatic skill which in turn kept him in Valencia even after the death of his brother. With his second wife, María de Fonseca y Toledo: Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar y Mendoza, 1st Marquis of Cenete Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar y Mendoza, (c. 1466, Guadalajara – February 22, 1523, Valencia) was a Spanish |
Which sportsman married Erin Nordegren in 2004? | Elin Nordegren award. Elin Nordegren Elin Maria Pernilla Nordegren (; formerly Woods; born January 1, 1980) is a Swedish former model and the ex-wife of professional golfer Tiger Woods. Nordegren was born in Stockholm, Sweden. Her mother, Barbro Holmberg, is a politician and the former Swedish migration and asylum policy minister, and the former Governor of Gävleborg County. Her father, Thomas Nordegren, is a radio journalist who served as a bureau chief in Washington, D.C. She has an older brother, Axel, and a twin sister, Josefin. Nordegren and her sister had odd summer jobs and as cashiers in supermarkets to finance their | Elin Nordegren proposed at the luxury Shamwari Game Reserve. They were married in October 2004, by the 19th hole of the Sandy Lane resort in Barbados. Woods rented the entire complex for a week, including three golf courses and 110 rooms, costing almost Shortly after Nordegren's relationship with Woods became public, nude photographs purporting to be of Nordegren began circulating on the Internet, which were established to be fakes. Despite the debunking, in 2006, Irish magazine "The Dubliner" published the nude photographs and stated they were of Nordegren. On November 16, 2006, Nordegren filed a libel suit against "The Dubliner". Nordegren won |
How many theses were nailed to the door of Wittenburg | Polemic Polybius practised "quite bitter self-righteous polemic" against some twenty philosophers, orators, and historians. Polemical writings were common in medieval and early modern times. During the Middle Ages, polemic had a religious dimension, as in Jewish texts written to protect and dissuade Jewish communities from converting to other religions. Medieval Christian writings were also often polemical; for example in their disagreements on Islam. Martin Luther's 95 Theses, famously nailed to the door of the church in Wittenburg, was a powerful polemic launched against the Catholic Church. Robert Carliell's 1619 defence of the new Church of England and diatribe against the Roman | Kaya Wittenburg in real estate and later opening his own modeling agency. After working for Magestic Properties he went on to be the President of Titanium X Global Properties. In 2010 Wittenburg founded Ocean Models with co-founder Josh Souza, based in Miami. Models from the agency have been photographed in Vogue and Elle Magazine. He also founded Miami based real estate firm Sky Five Properties. Wittenburg was on the board of Directors for the Miami Beach Chamber of Commerce from 2007 to 2008. In 2007 Wittenberg was judge of Rothschild Business Planning Competition at the University of Miami. Kaya Wittenburg Kaya Wittenburg |
What was the name of the robot in the 1951 film, 'The Day The Earth Stood Still'? | Gort (The Day the Earth Stood Still) Gort (The Day the Earth Stood Still) Gort is a fictional humanoid robot that appeared first in the 1951 20th Century Fox American science fiction film "The Day the Earth Stood Still" and later in its 2008 remake. His depiction varies between film adaptations, however, the original character was loosely based on the character Gnut, from "Farewell to the Master", a 1940 "Astounding Science Fiction" short story written by Harry Bates, used as the basis for Edmund H. North's screenplay. In that story, Gnut is a moving green statue that is apparently attendant upon Klaatu, but in the terminus of | The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008 film) The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008 film) The Day the Earth Stood Still is a 2008 American science fiction thriller film, a loose adaptation of the 1951 film of the same name. The screenplay by David Scarpa is based on the 1940 classic science fiction short story "Farewell to the Master" by Harry Bates and on the 1951 screenplay adaptation by Edmund H. North. Directed by Scott Derrickson and starring Keanu Reeves as Klaatu, this version replaces the Cold War theme of nuclear warfare with the contemporary issue of humankind's environmental damage to the planet. It follows Klaatu, an |
Who was Clive Ponting accused of leaking information to during his 1985 secrets trial? | Clive Ponting Clive Ponting Clive Sheridan Ponting (born 13 April 1946) is a former senior civil servant, best known for leaking documents about the sinking of the ARA "General Belgrano" in the Falklands War. He is the author of a number of revisionist books on British and world history. While a senior civil servant at the Ministry of Defence (MoD), Ponting sent two documents, subsequently nicknamed "the crown jewels", to Labour MP Tam Dalyell in July 1984 concerning the sinking of an Argentine navy warship "General Belgrano", a key incident in the Falklands War of 1982. After Ponting admitted revealing the information, | Clive Ponting the Ministry of Defence suspended Ponting without pay. On 17 August 1985, he was charged with a criminal offence under Section 2 of the Official Secrets Act of 1911. The Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher, had his pay reinstated once she had been briefed on what had happened. Ponting's defence at the trial was that the matter and its disclosure to a Member of Parliament was in the public interest. This was the first case under the Official Secrets Act that involved giving information to Parliament. Although Ponting expected to be imprisoned, he was acquitted by the jury. The acquittal came |
Who was John McCain's running partner in the 2008 American Presidential election? | John McCain 2008 presidential campaign of 2008, on August 29, leading up to the convention, McCain selected Governor Sarah Palin of Alaska as his running mate for Vice President. Five days later, at the 2008 Republican National Convention, McCain was formally selected as the Republican Party presidential nominee in the 2008 presidential election. McCain began the campaign as the apparent frontrunner among Republicans, with a strategy of appearing as the establishment, inevitable candidate; his campaign website featured an Associated Press article describing him as "[a] political celebrity". He made substantial overtures towards elements of the Republican base that had resisted his 2000 insurgency campaign. However, | Newspaper endorsements for John McCain in the 2008 United States presidential election Newspaper endorsements for John McCain in the 2008 United States presidential election During the 2008 United States presidential election, newspapers, magazines, and other publications made general election endorsements. As of November 4, 2008, Barack Obama had received more than twice as many publication endorsements as John McCain; in terms of circulation, the ratio was more than 3 to 1, according to the detailed tables below. In summary: According to Editor & Publisher magazine, as of November 3, 2008, there was 273 newspapers endorsing Barack Obama compared to 172 for John McCain. By comparison, the magazine reported that before election day |
In which year was the Euro introduced, the film 'Saving Private Ryan' appear, and President Clinton accused of perjury? | Saving Private Ryan (soundtrack) of building a casino on the grounds of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania where the Battle of Gettysburg was fought. Source: Saving Private Ryan (soundtrack) Saving Private Ryan: Music from the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is the soundtrack album for the 1998 film "Saving Private Ryan", directed by Steven Spielberg. The album was produced by composer John Williams and distributed by DreamWorks Records. Recorded in Symphony Hall, Boston, Massachusetts, the scores were performed by the Boston Symphony Orchestra, with two of the ten compositions featuring vocals from the Tanglewood Festival Chorus. The soundtrack runs for almost an hour, while the film itself lasts | Saving Private Ryan May 4, 2010 in the US, as part of Paramount Home Video's premium Sapphire Series. However, only weeks after its release, Paramount issued a recall due to audio synchronization problems. The studio issued an official statement acknowledging the problem, which they attributed to an authoring error by Technicolor that escaped the quality control process, and that they had already begun the process of replacing the defective discs. On May 8, 2018, Paramount Home Media Distribution released "Saving Private Ryan" on Ultra HD Blu-ray to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the release of the film. Saving Private Ryan Saving Private Ryan |
In one word, what is the meaning of 'Glasnost'? | Glasnost Glasnost In the Russian language the word Glasnost (; , ) has several general and specific meanings. It has been used in Russian to mean "openness and transparency" since at least the end of the eighteenth century. In the Russian Empire of the late-19th century, the term was particularly associated with reforms of the judicial system, ensuring that the press and the public could attend court hearings and that the sentence was read out in public. In the mid-1980s, it was popularised by Mikhail Gorbachev as a political slogan for increased government transparency in the Soviet Union. "For centuries", human | Glasnost rights activist Lyudmila Alexeyeva has explained, the word "glasnost" has been in the Russian language: "It was in the dictionaries and lawbooks as long as there had been dictionaries and lawbooks. It was an ordinary, hardworking, non-descript word that was used to refer to a process, any process of justice or governance, being conducted in the open." In the mid-1960s, however, as Alexeyeva recounts, it acquired a new and topical importance. On 5 December 1965, a key event in the emergence of the Soviet civil rights movement, often known as the Glasnost rally, took place in Moscow when protesters on |
What movement was founded by Charles Taze Russell in 1881? | Charles Taze Russell Charles Taze Russell Charles Taze Russell (February 16, 1852 – October 31, 1916), or Pastor Russell, was an American Christian restorationist minister from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and founder of what is now known as the Bible Student movement. After his death, Jehovah's Witnesses and numerous independent Bible Student groups developed from this base. In July 1879, Russell began publishing a monthly religious journal, "Zion's Watch Tower and Herald of Christ's Presence". In 1881 he co-founded Zion's Watch Tower Tract Society with William Henry Conley as president; in 1884 the corporation was officially registered, with Russell as president. Russell wrote many articles, | Charles Taze Russell Mason ... Something I do seems to be the same as Masons do, I don't know what it is; but they often give me all kinds of grips and I give them back, then I tell them I don't know anything about it except just a few grips that have come to me naturally. Throughout his ministry he said that he believed Christian identity is incompatible with Freemasonry. He described Freemasonry, Knights of Pythias, Theosophy, and other such groups as "grievous evils" and "unclean". Charles Taze Russell Charles Taze Russell (February 16, 1852 – October 31, 1916), or Pastor Russell, |
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