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Which European city is home to the Gewandhaus Orchestra? | Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra The Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra ("Gewandhausorchester"; also previously known in German as the "Gewandhausorchester Leipzig") is a German symphony orchestra based in Leipzig, Germany. The orchestra is named after the concert hall in which it is based, the Gewandhaus ("Garment House"). In addition to its concert duties, the orchestra also performs frequently in the Thomaskirche and as the official opera orchestra of the Leipzig Opera. The orchestra's origins can be traced to 1743, when a society called the "Grosses Concert" began performing in private homes. In 1744 the "Grosses Concert" moved its concerts to the "Three Swans" Tavern. | Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra The orchestra thus has a good claim to being the oldest continuing orchestra in Germany founded by the bourgeoisie, while older orchestras were part of royal suites. In 1835, Felix Mendelssohn became the orchestra's music director, with the traditional title of "Gewandhauskapellmeister", and held the post until his death in 1847. Several other musicians shared the duties with Mendelssohn during his tenure, including Ferdinand David, Ferdinand Hiller, and Niels Gade. In 1885, the orchestra moved into a new hall. This was destroyed by bombing in 1944. The present Gewandhaus is the third building with the name. It was opened in |
What sort of creature is a Krait? | Burmese krait of human fatalities have been attributed to this species. Burmese krait The Burmese krait ("Bungarus magnimaculatus"), also known as the spotted krait or the splendid krait, is a species of venomous snake of the genus "Bungarus" that is endemic to Myanmar. The Burmese krait is a medium-sized krait, typically approximately in total length, although some specimens may grow up to . Like most kraits, they are slender snakes with short tapering tails measuring around . The head is flat and slightly distinct from the neck. The eyes of this species are generally small to medium in size with black round | MV Krait MV Krait The MV "Krait" is a wooden-hulled vessel famous for its use during World War II by the Z Special Unit (Z Force) of Australia during the raid against Japanese ships anchored in Singapore Harbour. The raid was known as Operation Jaywick. The MV "Krait" is on display at the Australian National Maritime Museum. The vessel was moved to Michael Bartley Shipwrights for hull restoration works at Woolwich. MV Krait has now returned to ANMM for continuation of her restoration by Museum Shipwrights and Engineers to the 1943 configuration representing the time of the Singapore raid. Installations such as |
Which Spanish airport is the regular destination for holidays in Benidorm? | Benidorm Benidorm Benidorm (; ; ) is a city and municipality in the province of Alicante in eastern Spain, on the Mediterranean coast. Benidorm has been a tourist destination within Spain since 1925, when its port was extended and the first hotels were built. However, the real "boom" of Benidorm as a coastal resort did not happen until the 1950s, when it became a famous summer destination for people coming from inland Spain, especially Madrid. Today it is known for its hotel industry, beaches and skyscrapers and receives as many or even slightly more foreign tourists as Spanish ones. According to | Benidorm Bastards which seem strange to young people. The mayor of the Spanish town of Benidorm does not approve of the programme's title "Benidorm Bastards". He demands that "Benidorm" be removed from the title. Episodes of the original Belgian version of the show, air in Australia on SBS2 in Dutch with English subtitles, India as "Benidorm Pranksters" with English dubbing and on ATV Home's RTHK programming block with Cantonese dubbing. A Dutch version of the show, announced on 15 April 2010, is broadcast by RTL 4 since 21 August 2010, recast with Dutch actors. The United States network NBC announced it would |
How are comedians Paul & Barry Elliot better known? | Elliot Paul Elliot Paul Elliot Harold Paul (February 10, 1891 – April 7, 1958), was an American journalist and author. Born in Linden, a part of Malden, Massachusetts, Elliot Paul graduated from Malden High School then worked in the U.S. West on the government Reclamation projects for several years until 1914 when he returned home and took a job as a reporter covering legislative events at the State House in Boston. In 1917, he joined the U.S. Army Signals Corps to fight in World War I. Paul served in France where he fought in the Battle of Saint-Mihiel and in the Meuse-Argonne | How to Build a Better Boy single by Walt Disney Records. How to Build a Better Boy How to Build a Better Boy is a Disney Channel Original Movie directed by Paul Hoen and written by Jason Mayland. It stars China Anne McClain, Kelli Berglund and Marshall Williams. The first images were shown during a promo for Disney Channel's Summer 2014, while the first promo aired on June 27, 2014 during the premiere of the Disney Channel Original Movie "Zapped". The film premiered on August 15, 2014. The movie premiered on Disney Channel UK on September 19, 2014. Mae Hartley and Gabby Harrison are intelligent tenth |
Which fictional detective, created by Caroline Graham in novels such as 'Faithful Unto Death' and 'The Killing at Badgers Drift' features in a popular TV series? | Tom Barnaby Tom Barnaby Detective Chief Inspector Thomas Geoffrey "Tom" Barnaby (born 20 April 1943) is a fictional detective created by Caroline Graham and was one of the main characters in the ITV drama "Midsomer Murders". Tom Barnaby (played by John Nettles) first appears in the programme's first episode "The Killings at Badger's Drift" and last appears in "Fit for Murder", an episode broadcast on 2 February 2011, which is the final episode of the thirteenth series. He states in an episode called "Picture of Innocence" that his birthday is 20 April 1943. He is married to Joyce Barnaby, played by Jane | Faithful unto Death (alongside regulars John Nettles, Jane Wymark, Laura Howard and Daniel Casey) Michele Dotrice, Peter Jones, Rosalind Ayres, Roger Allam, Tessa Peake-Jones and David Daker. Faithful unto Death Faithful unto Death is a work of detective fiction by Caroline Graham, the fifth in her popular Chief Inspector Barnaby series, which has been adapted into the equally successful ITV drama "Midsomer Murders". When local housewife Simone Hollingsworth doesn't show up for bell-ringing practice, nobody even raises an eyebrow, let alone suspect anything sinister. However, after her suspicious neighbours, the elderly Brockleys, notice her husband digging holes in his garden late one night, |
For which film in 1950, starring Bette Davis and Anne Baxter, did British actor George Sanders win the Oscar as Best Supporting Actor? | George Sanders George Sanders George Henry Sanders (3 July 1906 – 25 April 1972) was a British film and television actor, singer-songwriter, music composer, and author. His career as an actor spanned over forty years. His upper-class English accent and bass voice often led him to be cast as sophisticated but villainous characters. He is perhaps best known as Jack Favell in "Rebecca" (1940), Scott ffolliott in "Foreign Correspondent" (1940) (a rare heroic part), Addison DeWitt in "All About Eve" (1950), for which he won an Academy Award, Sir Brian De Bois-Guilbert in "Ivanhoe" (1952), King Richard the Lionheart in "King Richard | Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor winner in this category for his role as Officer Jason Dixon in "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri". In the following table, the years are listed as per Academy convention, and generally correspond to the year of film release in Los Angeles County; the ceremonies are always held the following year. The following individuals received two or more Best Supporting Actor awards: The following individuals received three or more Best Supporting Actor nominations: Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor The Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor (often referred to as the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor) is an award presented annually |
Name the year: Valentina Tereshkova first woman in space; the Great Train Robbery took place; John Profumo resigned? | Valentina Tereshkova Valentina Tereshkova Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova (; born 6 March 1937) is a retired Russian cosmonaut, engineer, and politician. She is the first woman to have flown in space, having been selected from more than 400 applicants and five finalists to pilot Vostok 6 on 16 June 1963. In order to join the Cosmonaut Corps, Tereshkova was honorarily inducted into the Soviet Air Force and thus she also became the first civilian to fly in space. Before her recruitment as a cosmonaut, Tereshkova was a textile-factory assembly worker and an amateur skydiver. After the dissolution of the first group of female | Valentina Tereshkova named Valentina in her honor. The 2017 mobile RPG "" has a hero named "Valentina, the Star Pioneer" in honor of Tereshkova. In 2017, Uruguayan electronic duo "Corvis" released a full album inspired by Valentina's courage, "Krasnyy". They specially made her a tribute naming "Chaika" to the most climatic and emotional track of the album. The BBC drama "Call the Midwife" (Season 7, Episode 4; broadcast 11 February 2018) used the space flight of Tereshkova as an example of heroism by a woman. Valentina Tereshkova Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova (; born 6 March 1937) is a retired Russian cosmonaut, engineer, and |
If you drove a AMG performance luxury saloon car what make of car would you drive? | Personal luxury car distinctive, often custom-bodied two-seat and 2+2 coupes powered by exotic alloy-lightened engines straight off the race track. In between could be found such combinations of luxury and performance as the Mercedes-Benz 300SL and 190SL, BMW 507, Alfa Romeo 1900 Sprint, and DKW 1000Sp. With both custom luxury cars and GTs beyond the reach of all but the wealthiest, the 1950s saw a growing trend in both the United States and Europe towards mass-market "specialty cars". Affluent consumers sought a combination of luxury and reliability of a regular car along with distinctive or sporty styling. They were also interested in such | Luxury Car Tax Option as LCT is included in this amount. Organisations which report and pay GST annually are only required to report LCT on their annual GST return (GSTR) Businesses are only permitted to quote their ABN when the vehicle is used for the following purposes: The LCT becomes due and payable when you on-sell the luxury car or stop using it for a quotable purpose. This might happen if you hold a car as trading stock and start using it for private purposes or if it becomes a capital asset of your business. Luxury Car Tax statistics can be found in |
Which Manchester Brewery produces Jekyll's Gold? | Food and drink in Manchester in Luton but cask Boddingtons continues to be brewed in the city by Hydes brewery in Moss Side. Hydes is a long-established independent brewery. Another Manchester brewer is Joseph Holt, whose Derby Brewery in Cheetham is just city. There are also a notable number of microbreweries producing smaller quantities of high-quality beer, cider and perry. Breweries in the cities of Manchester and Salford which closed within the last twenty years include Wilson's, whose Newton Heath brewery closed in the late 1980s, and Whitbread/Chester's in Salford. Food and drink in Manchester This article is about the food and drink of Manchester. | Marble Brewery (Manchester, England) Marble Brewery (Manchester, England) The Marble Brewery is a microbrewery in Manchester, England which makes cask ale from organic and vegetarian ingredients. The original brewery consisted of a five-barrel plant, designed and installed by Brendan Dobbin, former proprietor of the West Coast Brewing Company. The copper and hot liquor tank were situated in the back of the Marble Arch pub behind glass observation windows. The fermenters and conditioning tanks were in the cellars. Due to increased production the brewery expanded in 2011 to 12-barrel capacity, and the brewery was moved from the back room of the Marble Arch pub to |
Which wood was the one mainly used by Thomas Chippendale? | Thomas Chippendale Consequently, recognisably "Chippendale" furniture was produced in Dublin, Philadelphia, Lisbon, Copenhagen and Hamburg. Catherine the Great and Louis XVI both possessed copies of the "Director" in its French edition. The Director shows four main styles: English with deep carving, elaborate French rococo in the style of Louis XV furniture, Chinese style with latticework and lacquer, and Gothic with pointed arches, quatrefoils and fret-worked legs. His favourite wood was mahogany; in seat furniture he always used solid wood rather than veneers. The workshop was continued by his son, Thomas Chippendale, the younger (1749–1822), who worked in the later Neoclassical and Regency | Thomas Chippendale Chippendale brought out the first edition of the "Director". Rannie and his bookkeeper, Thomas Haig, probably looked after the finances of the business. His wife, Catherine, died in 1772. After James Rannie died in 1766, Thomas Haig seems to have borrowed £2,000 from Rannie's widow, which he used to become Chippendale's partner. One of Rannie's executors, Henry Ferguson, became a third partner and so the business became Chippendale, Haig and Co. Thomas Chippendale (Junior) took over the business in 1776 allowing his father to retire. He moved to what was then called Lob's Fields (now known as Derry Street) in |
The Russian rouble is made up of 100 what? | Rouble Nagi Rouble Nagi Rouble Nagi (born 8 July 1980) is an Indian artist specialising in sculptures, art installations and paintings. Rouble Nagi is the Founder of Rouble Nagi Art Foundation, an NGO that conducts art workshops for children throughout India. The foundation aims to transform the community through art. She is also the founder of Rouble Nagi Design Studio. She has over 800 murals to her credit and has held over 150 exhibitions worldwide. She is a member of the India Design Council (IDC). She has taken up an initiative to start Mumbai beautification with ‘Art Installations’ in and around the | What Love Is Made Of performed "What Love Is Made Of". She also performed it during her headline set at the Yahoo! Wireless Festival 2013. What Love Is Made Of "What Love Is Made Of" is a song recorded by British recording artist Katy B. Written by Katy alongside Goldon Warren, who also produced it under the name Geeneus, the track was released as a standalone single via digital retailers on 8 July 2013 by Rinse and Columbia Records. It was composed after Katy had been listening to dance genres. The theme conveyed in the lyrics is love while musically, the song has been described |
Which film awards are presented by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association? | Hollywood Foreign Press Association film, and mounted on a pedestal. In 1950, differing philosophies among members caused a schism within the organization, resulting in a split into two separate groups – The Hollywood Foreign Correspondents Association and the Foreign Press Association of Hollywood. The separation ended in 1955 when the journalists reunited under the collective title "The Hollywood Foreign Press Association" with firm guidelines and requirements for membership. In 1955, the Golden Globes began honoring achievements in television as well as in film. The first honorees in the Best Television Show category that year were "Dinah Shore," "Lucy & Desi," "The American Comedy" and | 9th Youth in Film Awards 9th Youth in Film Awards The 9th Youth in Film Awards ceremony (now known as the Young Artist Awards), presented by the Youth in Film Association, honored outstanding youth performers under the age of 21 in the fields of film, television and music for the 1986-1987 season, and took place on December 5, 1987, at the Hollywood Palladium in Hollywood, California. Established in 1978 by long-standing Hollywood Foreign Press Association member, Maureen Dragone, the Youth in Film Association was the first organization to establish an awards ceremony specifically set to recognize and award the contributions of performers under the age |
Which British author wrote the 1996 Booker winning novel “Last Orders”? | Last Orders Last Orders Last Orders is a 1996 Booker Prize-winning novel by British writer Graham Swift. In 2001 it was adapted for the film "Last Orders" by Australian writer and director Fred Schepisi. The story makes much use of flashbacks to tell the convoluted story of the relationships between a group of war veterans who live in the same corner of London, the backbone of the story being the journey of the group from Bermondsey to Margate to scatter the ashes of Jack Dodds into the sea, in accord with his last wishes. The narrative is split into short sections told | The Last Full Measure (novel) The Last Full Measure (novel) The Last Full Measure (published May 2, 2000, by Ballantine Books; (), () is the sequel to "The Killer Angels" and "Gods and Generals". Together, the three novels complete an American Civil War trilogy relating events from 1858 to 1865. "The Last Full Measure" (and "Gods and Generals", 1996) was written by Jeffrey Shaara after his father, Michael Shaara, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning "The Killer Angels" died in 1988. Employing the same style as the previous two books in the series, "The Last Full Measure" takes the reader inside the minds of several of |
The Austrian schilling was made up of 100 what? | Austrian schilling banknote was issued and the 5 and 10 schilling notes were replaced by coins. However, although 20 schilling coins were issued from 1980, the 20 schilling note continued to be produced, with 5,000 schilling notes added in 1988. Austrian schilling The schilling (German: "Schilling") was the currency of Austria from 1925 to 1938 and from 1945 to 1999, and the circulating currency until 2002. The euro was introduced at a fixed parity of €1 = 13.7603 schilling to replace it. The schilling was divided into 100 groschen. The schilling was established by the schilling Act (Schillingrechnungsgesetz) of December 20, 1924 | Austrian schilling rate of 1 new schilling for 3 old schillings thereafter. Coins were not affected by this reform. The currency stabilised in the 1950s, with the schilling being tied to the U.S. dollar at a rate of $1 = 26 schilling. Following the breakdown of the Bretton Woods system in 1971, the schilling was initially tied to a basket of currencies and then, in July 1976, the schilling was coupled to the German mark. Although the euro became the official currency of Austria in 1999, euro coins and notes were not introduced until 2002. Old schilling denominated coins and notes were |
Which organisations controlled trade and economic life in medieval times? | Norman and Medieval London population was little more than 15,000. By 1300 it had grown to roughly 80,000. Trade in London was organised into various guilds, which effectively controlled the city, and elected the Lord Mayor of London. Medieval London was made up of narrow and twisting streets, and most of the buildings were made from combustible materials such as wood and straw, which made fire a constant threat. Sanitation in London was poor. London lost at least half of its population during the Black Death in the mid-14th century. Between 1348 and the Great Plague of 1666 there were sixteen outbreaks of plague | Medieval Times is too valiant to be slain and sentences him to life in prison. He is dragged away to the dungeon. The show ends with a celebration of the Champion knight; then all of the characters appear in the arena to take their bows. Medieval Times Medieval Times Dinner and Tournament is a family dinner theater featuring staged medieval-style games, sword-fighting, and jousting. Medieval Times Entertainment, the holding company, is headquartered in Irving, Texas. There are nine locations, of which eight in the United States are built as replica 11th-century castles and one is located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada inside the |
How are comedians Giedroyc and Perkins better known? | Mel Giedroyc TV director; while her other sister, children's writer Kasia, is the wife of Philip Parham, a British diplomat. Giedroyc is married to Ben Morris, a television director and teacher at LAMDA. Mel Giedroyc Melanie Clare Sophie Giedroyc (, born 5 June 1968) is an English television presenter and actress. With Sue Perkins, she has co-hosted series including "Light Lunch" for Channel 4, "The Great British Bake Off" for the BBC and chat show "Mel and Sue" for ITV. In early 2017, Giedroyc began co-presenting the BBC show "Let It Shine". Giedroyc was born in Epsom, Surrey, and grew up in | Mel Giedroyc Comic Relief" alongside Sue Perkins on BBC One. Also in 2017, Giedroyc competed in the fourth series of "Taskmaster" against Lolly Adefope, Hugh Dennis, Noel Fielding and Joe Lycett. Since June 2017, Giedroyc has presented Saturday night entertainment series "Pitch Battle" for BBC One. She also presented daily BBC Two game show "Letterbox" for 15 episodes. On 23 July 2017, it was confirmed that Giedroyc and Perkins would host a new version of "The Generation Game" for BBC One. In November 2017, she co-presented "Children in Need" for the first time. In December 2017 she hosted an episode of "Have |
What was first published in Edinburgh between 1768 and 1771 thanks to the efforts of the 'Society of Gentlemen in Scotland'? | Encyclopædia Britannica First Edition who was offered 200 pounds sterling to produce the encyclopedia in 100 parts (called "numbers" and equivalent to thick pamphlets), which were later bound into three volumes. The first number appeared on 6 December 1768 in Edinburgh, priced sixpence or 8 pence on finer paper. The "Britannica" was published under the pseudonym "A Society of Gentlemen in Scotland", possibly referring to the many gentlemen who had bought subscriptions. By releasing the numbers in weekly installments, the "Britannica" was completed in 1771, having 2,391 pages. The numbers were bound in three equally sized volumes covering Aa–Bzo, Caaba–Lythrum, and Macao–Zyglophyllum; an estimated | Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh The Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh was a now defunct learned society which was based in Edinburgh, Scotland "for the cultivation of the physical sciences". The society was founded in 1771 as the Physico-Chirurgical Society but soon after changed its name to the Physical Society. After being granted a Royal Charter in 1778 it became the Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh. It absorbed a number of other societies over the next fifty years, including the Edinburgh Medico-Chirurgical Society in 1782 (not to be confused with the modern Medico-Chirurgical Society of Edinburgh, founded in 1821), the |
If you drove an M5 performance luxury saloon car what make of car would you drive? | Personal luxury car distinctive, often custom-bodied two-seat and 2+2 coupes powered by exotic alloy-lightened engines straight off the race track. In between could be found such combinations of luxury and performance as the Mercedes-Benz 300SL and 190SL, BMW 507, Alfa Romeo 1900 Sprint, and DKW 1000Sp. With both custom luxury cars and GTs beyond the reach of all but the wealthiest, the 1950s saw a growing trend in both the United States and Europe towards mass-market "specialty cars". Affluent consumers sought a combination of luxury and reliability of a regular car along with distinctive or sporty styling. They were also interested in such | Luxury Car Tax Option as LCT is included in this amount. Organisations which report and pay GST annually are only required to report LCT on their annual GST return (GSTR) Businesses are only permitted to quote their ABN when the vehicle is used for the following purposes: The LCT becomes due and payable when you on-sell the luxury car or stop using it for a quotable purpose. This might happen if you hold a car as trading stock and start using it for private purposes or if it becomes a capital asset of your business. Luxury Car Tax statistics can be found in |
In which Classic book and film does the character Mr Kurtz appear? | Colonel Kurtz Colonel Kurtz Colonel Walter E. Kurtz, portrayed by Marlon Brando, is a fictional character and the main antagonist of Francis Ford Coppola's film "Apocalypse Now" (1979). Colonel Kurtz is based on the character of a nineteenth-century ivory trader, also called Kurtz, from the novella "Heart of Darkness" (1899) by Joseph Conrad. Walter Kurtz was a career officer in the United States Army; he was a third-generation West Point graduate who had risen through the ranks and was seen to be destined for a top post within the Pentagon. A dossier read by the narrator, Captain Willard, implies that Kurtz saw | The Mysterious Mr. Wong The Mysterious Mr. Wong The Mysterious Mr. Wong is a tongue-in-cheek 1934 mystery film starring Bela Lugosi as a powerful Fu Manchu type criminal mastermind of the Chinatown underworld, and Wallace Ford as a wisecracking reporter. The film is based on Harry Stephen Keeler's 1928 short story "The Strange Adventure of the Twelve Coins of Confucius" one of three stories in Keeler's book "Sing Sing Nights". Despite the name of the title character and being directed by William Nigh, it has no relation to Monogram Pictures later Mr Wong film series. The character of Mr. Wong does not appear in |
Which group had a 1967 hit with “Night of Fear”? | Night of Fear Night of Fear "Night of Fear" is the title of The Move's debut single. It was written by Roy Wood. The main riff and the bass line in the chorus is derived from Tchaikovsky's "1812 Overture". At one point, it was intended that its B-side "Disturbance" would be The Move's first A-side, but "Night of Fear" was eventually chosen as it was deemed to be more commercial. It was released in December 1966, and reached number 2 in the UK Singles Chart on 26 January 1967, staying for ten weeks in the charts. The song features all four of The | Fear in the Night (1972 film) sound of a boys' choir begins emanating from the building. In the tree behind the school, Robert's dead body hangs from the noose. "Fear in the Night" derived from a script written by Jimmy Sangster called "Brainstorm" that was originally developed for Universal Pictures in 1963. The film had been scheduled to go into production several times: first in Autumn 1964, then "tentatively" in 1965. In 1967 he retitled the film "The Claw". It was not until 1971 that the script was altered by Sangster and co-writer Michael Syson and turned into "Fear in the Night". The film was shot |
Which group had a 1967 hit with “Paper Sun”? | Paper Sun vocal section with lyrics sung by Winwood. The original B-side version was later released as a bonus track on a CD reissue of "Mr. Fantasy". The song was later issued in a modified version (4:20) on "Mr. Fantasy". The album version begins and ends with overdubbed spoken parts (probably by Chris Wood). The song appeared on the soundtrack of the 2010 British film "Made in Dagenham". Paper Sun "Paper Sun" was the British band Traffic's debut single, released in May 1967. It was a number 5 hit in the United Kingdom, number 4 in Canada, and peaked at number 70 | Paper Lace Paper Lace Paper Lace are a Nottingham-based pop group who rose to success in 1974 and during that year had their only three UK Top 40 hit singles. In the United States they are considered a one-hit wonder, having just a single chart hit in that country. There are currently two active bands featuring members from the hits period using the name Paper Lace or a direct derivation of it. The core of the band originally formed in 1967 as Music Box, members being Cliff Fish, Dave Manders, Roy White and Phil Wright, the band performing covers by the likes |
"Which writer wrote novels based on his own youthful experiences, science fiction and, in 1920, the massive ""The Outline of History""?" | The Outline of History The Outline of History The Outline of History, subtitled either "The Whole Story of Man" or "Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind", is a work by H. G. Wells that first appeared in an illustrated version of 24 fortnightly instalments beginning on 22 November 1919 and was published as a single volume in 1920. It sold more than two million copies, was translated into many languages, and had a considerable impact on the teaching of history in institutions of higher education. Wells modelled the "Outline" on the "Encyclopédie" of Denis Diderot. Many revised versions were produced during Wells's | Galaxy Science Fiction Novels Galaxy Science Fiction Novels Galaxy novels, sometimes titled Galaxy Science Fiction Novels, were a series of mostly reprint American science fiction novels published between 1950 and 1961. The series was started by H.L. Gold, the editor of "Galaxy Science Fiction", in 1950 as a companion to the main "Galaxy" magazine. There was one (often abridged) novel per issue, which appeared in digest size format, which made the books in the series look like digest magazines. In 1959, after 35 issues, the series was sold to Beacon Books, which changed the format to mass-market (small size) paperback and introduced its own |
Which British author wrote the 1995 Booker winning novel “The Ghost Road”? | The Ghost Road The Ghost Road The Ghost Road is a war novel by Pat Barker, first published in 1995 and winner of the Booker Prize. It is the third volume of a trilogy that follows the fortunes of shell-shocked British army officers towards the end of the First World War. The other books in the trilogy are "Regeneration" and "The Eye in the Door". The war poet Siegfried Sassoon, who appears as a major character in the first book, "Regeneration", is relegated to a minor role in this final volume, in which the main players are the fictional working-class officer Billy Prior | The Ghost (Harris novel) premiered at the 60th Berlin International Film Festival on 12 February 2010. The Ghost (Harris novel) The Ghost is a contemporary political thriller by the best-selling English novelist and journalist Robert Harris. In 2010, the novel was adapted into a film, "The Ghost Writer", directed by Roman Polanski and starring Pierce Brosnan, for which Polanski and Harris co-wrote the screenplay. In 2007 British prime minister Tony Blair resigned. Harris, a former Fleet Street political editor, dropped his other work to write the book. The ghost of the title refers both to a professional ghostwriter, whose lengthy memorandum forms the novel, |
Which Canadian city is the capital of Alberta state? | Capital Health (Alberta) Capital Health (Alberta) Capital Health was a public health authority providing complete health services to Edmonton, Alberta's capital city, and its surrounding central Alberta communities. It was also the largest single employer in the province of Alberta, employing approximately 30,000 people. In 2008 it was merged into Alberta Health Services. The Capital Health Authority was created on June 24, 1994 under Alberta's Regional Health Authorities Act. On May 26, 2003 it was renamed Capital Health. On July 1, 2008 it was absorbed into the province-wide Alberta Health Services Board. Capital Health was entered in the province of Alberta, it is | Capital City F.C. Capital City F.C. Capital City F.C. was a Canadian soccer team based in Ottawa, Ontario, which joined the Canadian Soccer League Canadian soccer pyramid, in March 2011. Founded by Neil Malhotra, the club pitch was Terry Fox Athletic Facility in Mooney's Bay Park. In April 2012, the club announced it would no longer field a team in future seasons. Head coach Shaun Anthony Harris led Capital City into 2011-12 season as head coach and technical director. Capital City FC opened with a 2-0 loss on May 20, 2011 vs Toronto Croatia. The team quickly rebounded with a successful road trip |
What is the transverse portion of a cross shaped church known as? | Transept tunnel allows passengers to see the platforms, creating a less cramped feeling and making orientation easier. Transept A transept (with two semitransepts) is a transverse part of any building, which lies across the main body of the edifice. In churches, a transept is an area set crosswise to the nave in a cruciform ("cross-shaped") building within the Romanesque and Gothic Christian church architectural traditions. Each half of a transept is known as a "semitransept". The transept of a church separates the nave from the sanctuary, apse, choir, chevet, presbytery, or chancel. The transepts cross the nave at the crossing, which | Transverse Ligament of the Palmar Aponeurosis of the fingers. Transverse Ligament of the Palmar Aponeurosis The Transverse Ligament of the Palmar Aponeurosis (TLPA) is a thin band of transverse fibers of the distal portion of the palmar aponeurosis. It runs deep and transverse to the longitudinally oriented pretendinous bands of the palmar fascial complex, and serves as an attachment point for the septa of Legueu and Juvara. The TLPA is also known as the "Ligament of Skoog". It should not be confused with the Natatory Ligament (also known as the "Superficial Transverse Metacarpal Ligament"), which runs parallel and distal to the TLPA, forming the webbing in |
Which novelist was a King's Scholar at Eton, a policeman in Burma, a dishwasher in Paris and a Republican soldier in Spain? | A Handbook for Travellers in Spain performed under so humble a title." Ford marked, with George Borrow the eccentric English traveller, an interest in Spain that would continue through the twentieth century on the part of British writers: Gerald Brenan, Norman Lewis and George Orwell were among the most eminent of these successors, with Jason Webster (the author of "Duende", "Andalus" and "Guerra") and Chris Stewart (the author of "Driving Over Lemons") being contemporary. The original edition was published by John Murray in 1845 in two volumes. The following year in 1846 he prepared a more manageable version entitled "Gatherings from Spain" which included some extra | Ask a Policeman not a remake, 2007's "Hot Fuzz" borrowed the plot device of policemen uncovering organised crime in a sleepy area of rural England. The makers of the Indian film "Naalu Policeum Nalla Irundha Oorum" (2015) have acknowledged "Ask a Policeman" as an influence on it. Ask a Policeman Ask a Policeman is a 1939 British comedy film directed by Marcel Varnel which stars Will Hay, Moore Marriott and Graham Moffatt. The title comes from the popular music hall song "Ask a Policeman". The Turnbotham Round police force are threatened with dismissal by their Chief Constable and decide to manufacture some smugglers |
Name the year- The Beatles awarded the MBE; Winston Churchill died? | Winston Churchill Memorial Trusts Winston Churchill Memorial Trusts The Winston Churchill Memorial Trusts are three independent but related living memorials to Sir Winston Churchill. They are based in the UK, Australia, and New Zealand. The UK Trust was founded on 1 February 1965, the day after Churchill's funeral. Elizabeth II extended her Royal Patronage to the Trust in 1965. The Trusts were founded to 'perpetuate and honour the memory of Sir Winston Churchill' by administering the award of Travelling Fellowships known as a "Churchill Fellowship". While the three Trusts are independent, they have a similar approach, identifying potential themes each year and inviting members | The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill the United Kingdom during the Second World War. It was published on November 6, 2012, 24 years after the publication of the previous volume. The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill is a trilogy of biographies covering the life of Winston Churchill. The first two were published in the 1980s by author and historian William Manchester, who died while working on the last volume. However, before his death, Manchester had selected Paul Reid to complete it, and the final volume was published in November 2012. The 973-page volume was published in 1983. In 2011, the |
Which precious stone can be described as being 'of the first water'? | Hierarchy of precious substances Hierarchy of precious substances In popular culture, sets of precious substances may form hierarchies which express conventional perceived relative value or merit. Precious metals appear prominently in such hierarchies, but as they grow, gems and semi-precious materials may be introduced as part of the system. The sequences can provide interesting examples of the arbitrariness of semiotic signs. Jubilees have a hierarchy of years: silver (25 years), ruby (40 years), golden (50 years), diamond (60 years), and platinum (70 years). Wedding anniversaries extend the jubilee hierarchy with various sequences of substances filling in many of the gaps between the same major | The Ghost of Vermeer of Delft Which Can Be Used As a Table The Ghost of Vermeer of Delft Which Can Be Used As a Table The Ghost of Vermeer of Delft Which Can Be Used As a Table is a small Surrealist oil painting by Salvador Dalí. Its full title is The Ghost of Vermeer of Delft Which Can Be Used as a Table (Phenomenologic Theory of Furniture-Nutrition). It makes reference to "The Art of Painting" by Johannes Vermeer, a famous seventeenth-century work in which a painter, thought to be a self-portrait of Vermeer, is depicted with his back to us, in distinctive costume. It is one of a number of paintings |
"Who was the hero of several Sir Arthur Canon Doyle stories, first introduced in ""The Lost World""?" | The Lost World (Conan Doyle novel) The Lost World (Conan Doyle novel) The Lost World is a novel released in 1912 by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle concerning an expedition to a plateau in the Amazon basin of South America where prehistoric animals (dinosaurs and other extinct creatures) still survive. It was originally published serially in the popular "Strand Magazine" and illustrated by New-Zealand-born artist Harry Rountree during the months of April–November 1912. The character of Professor Challenger was introduced in this book. The novel also describes a war between indigenous people and a vicious tribe of ape-like creatures. Edward Malone, a young reporter for the "Daily | The Lost World (TV series) DVD in 4:3 PAL under the title, "The Lost World The Beginning" by ILC Prime licensed by Fremantle Corporation. Note: The Pilot TV Movie was edited down into episodes 1 "The Journey Begins" & episode 2 "Stranded" for the TV series. The Lost World (TV series) Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's The Lost World is a syndicated television series loosely based on the 1912 novel by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, "The Lost World". The show premiered in the United States in the fall of 1999 (after the TV-movie/pilot aired in February on DirecTV and then on the cable television channel TNT |
What name is given to a mechanical model of the Solar System? | Stability of the Solar System involved constructing the Digital Orrery by Gerry Sussman and his MIT group in 1988. The group used a supercomputer to integrate the orbits of the outer planets over 845 million years (some 20 per cent of the age of the Solar System). In 1988, Sussman and Wisdom found data using the Orrery which revealed that Pluto's orbit shows signs of chaos, due in part to its peculiar resonance with Neptune. If Pluto's orbit is chaotic, then technically the whole Solar System is chaotic, because each body, even one as small as Pluto, affects the others to some extent through gravitational | Solar System model Solar System model Solar System models, especially mechanical models, called "orreries", that illustrate the relative positions and motions of the planets and moons in the Solar System have been built for centuries. While they often showed relative sizes, these models were usually not built to scale. The enormous ratio of interplanetary distances to planetary diameters makes constructing a scale model of the Solar System a challenging task. As one example of the difficulty, the distance between the Earth and the Sun is almost 12,000 times the diameter of the Earth. If the smaller planets are to be easily visible to |
Who played Frank Spencer’s long suffering wife Betty in the TV series “Some Mothers Do ‘Ave ‘Em”? | Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em a UK tour at the Wyvern Theatre in Swindon in February 2018. Comedian Joe Pasquale plays Frank Spencer, with Sarah Earnshaw as Betty and Susie Blake as Mrs Fisher. Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em is a British sitcom created and written by Raymond Allen and starring Michael Crawford and Michele Dotrice. It was first broadcast in 1973 and ran for three series, ending in 1978, and returning in 2016 for a one-off special. The series follows the accident-prone Frank Spencer and his tolerant wife, Betty, through Frank's various attempts to hold down a job, which | Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em the United Kingdom six episodes from "Series 1" and various selected episodes of "Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em" were originally released by BBC Video on VHS in the 1990s. "Series 1" and "Series 2" were released on VHS and DVD on 21 October 2002. "Series 3" and the "Christmas Specials" were released on VHS and DVD on 19 May 2003. "The Complete Series" was released on VHS and DVD on 6 October 2003, by "Second Sight" available in Region 2. On 1 November 2010, 2 entertain reissued "Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em – The Complete Christmas Specials". On 14 February |
Which football team beat Benfica on penalties to win the Europa League in 2014? | 2014 UEFA Europa League Final 2014 UEFA Europa League Final The 2014 UEFA Europa League Final was the final match of the 2013–14 UEFA Europa League, the 43rd season of Europe's secondary club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the fifth season since it was renamed from the UEFA Cup to the UEFA Europa League. It was played at the Juventus Stadium in Turin, Italy on 14 May 2014, between Spanish side Sevilla and Portuguese side Benfica. Sevilla won the match 4–2 on penalties, following a 0–0 draw after extra time. Sevilla secured their third title in eight years, after winning the competition in 2006 | 2014 UEFA Europa League Final Beto saved goals from Óscar Cardozo and Rodrigo. Paul Gardner writing for Soccer America opined that the assistant referee standing on the goal line allowed Beto to advance too far when he saved the two goals and that Benfica should have been allowed to take the shots again. </div> 2014 UEFA Europa League Final The 2014 UEFA Europa League Final was the final match of the 2013–14 UEFA Europa League, the 43rd season of Europe's secondary club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the fifth season since it was renamed from the UEFA Cup to the UEFA Europa League. It |
Which stretch of water do the Germans call the Bodensee? | Wasserburg am Bodensee Wasserburg am Bodensee Wasserburg am Bodensee is one of the three Bavarian municipalities on the shores of Lake Constance. It is a well known resort, sought out for the supposedly healthy nature of its atmosphere. The community is made up of several distinct districts: Wasserburg (literally: a castle in the water) was founded in 784, at which time it lay on an island. It was part of the lands of the monastery of St Gallen. In 1384 it came within the power of the Counts of Montfort, who sold it in 1592 to the Fuggers. In 1720 the island became | Do not call list number, on its internal "do-not-call" list. The request must be honored within a reasonable time, not to exceed 30 days of the request. Do not call list A do not call list or do not call registry is a list of personal phone numbers that are off-limits to telemarketers in some countries. Specific examples include: Consistent consumer complaints spurred Congress to sign the Telephone Consumer Protection ACT (TCPA) in 1991. The TCPA outlined new restrictions on sales calls and the use of automated dialers and voicemail recordings. It also suggested the creation of a database of consumer phone numbers that |
Considered to be a possible location for the fabled Camelot, in which county is Cadbury Castle? | South Cadbury includes surviving work of the 12th century. It is a Grade I listed building. South Cadbury South Cadbury is a village in the civil parish of South Cadbury and Sutton Montis, in the South Somerset council area of the English county of Somerset. The parish includes the village of Sutton Montis. It is famous as the location of the hill fort of Cadbury Castle, thought by some to be King Arthur's Camelot. The name Cadbury means "Cada's fort" and refers to Cadbury Castle, which is immediately to the south west of the village. It is a vast Iron Age hill | Camelot tenable Camelot. Modern archaeologists follow him in rejecting the name, calling it instead Cadbury Castle hill fort. Despite this, Cadbury remains widely associated with Camelot. The name of the Romano-British town of Camulodunum in Essex was derived from the Celtic god Camulus. However, it was located well within territory usually thought to have been conquered early in the 5th century by Saxons, so it is unlikely to have been the location of any "true" Camelot. The town was definitely known as Colchester as early as the "Anglo-Saxon Chronicle" in 917. Even Colchester Museum argues strongly regarding the historical Arthur: "It |
Taxus is the generic name for which tree? | Taxus celebica is densely covered with minute projections. It is, along with other yew species, unsustainably harvested across Asia for their bark and needles, which contain a chemical used in the cancer medication Taxol. Taxus celebica Taxus celebica is a large, evergreen shrub or tree of the yew family (Taxaceae), widespread in China at elevations up to 900 meters (3,000 feet). It is commonly called Chinese yew though the term also refers to the "Taxus chinensis" or "Taxus sumatrana". The tree is up to 14 m (46 ft) tall and wide and bushy when cultivated. The leaves are up to 4 centimeters | Taxus wallichiana modified, berry-like, with a single scale developing into a soft, juicy red aril 1 cm diameter, containing a single dark brown seed 7 mm long. The pollen cones are globose, 4 mm diameter, produced on the undersides of the shoots in early spring. Similar plants occurring further east through China to Taiwan, Vietnam and the Philippines are included in "Taxus wallichiana" as "T. wallichiana" var. "chinensis" (Pilger) Florin by some authors, but are more often treated as a separate species "Taxus chinensis". The tree has medicinal use in Ayurveda and Tibetan medicine. "Taxus wallichiana" is also a source of the |
The TV dramatization “Threads” concerned the effects of a nuclear strike on which English city? | Threads Threads Threads is a 1984 British apocalyptic war drama television film jointly produced by the BBC, Nine Network and Western-World Television Inc. Written by Barry Hines, and directed and produced by Mick Jackson, it is a docudrama account of nuclear war and its effects on the city of Sheffield in Northern England. The plot centres on two families as a confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union erupts. As the nuclear exchange between NATO and the Warsaw Pact begins, the film depicts the medical, economic, social and environmental consequences of nuclear war. Shot on a budget of £400,000, | Nuclear Strike of action games. IGN wrote the game was a "fine example" of the series, also citing a broader range of vehicles over "Soviet Strike". Nonetheless it gave "Nuclear Strike" a lower score than the game's predecessor, saying "at its heart Nuclear Strike is the same game as Soviet Strike [...] It's not a bad game, it's just more of the same." "GameFan's" reviewers called "Nuclear Strike" "the definitive strike game" and said it "trounces all other "Strikes" that have come before." Previewing the PlayStation version, "Super GamePower" predicted the improved explosion effects, missions and wider range of vehicles would make |
The prefix “thio” indicates the presence of which chemical element? | Thio- of oxygen to sulfur is called thionation or thiation. Thio- can be prefixed with di- and tri- in chemical nomenclature. The word derives from Greek "theîon" = "sulfur" (which occurs in Greek epic poetry as "théweion" and may come from the same root as Latin "fumus" (Indo-European "dh-w") and may have originally meant "fumigation substance".) Thio- The prefix thio-, when applied to a chemical, such as an ion, means that an oxygen atom in the compound has been replaced by a sulfur atom. This term is often used in organic chemistry. For example, from the word "ether," referring to an | Chemical element February 2010. The heaviest element that is believed to have been synthesized to date is element 118, oganesson, on 9 October 2006, by the Flerov Laboratory of Nuclear Reactions in Dubna, Russia. Tennessine, element 117 was the latest element claimed to be discovered, in 2009. On 28 November 2016, scientists at the IUPAC officially recognized the names for four of the newest chemical elements, with atomic numbers 113, 115, 117, and 118. The following sortable table shows the 118 known chemical elements. Chemical element A chemical element is a species of atoms having the same number of protons in their |
Which duo had top five hits in the 1980’s with “Torch” and “Say Hello Wave Goodbye”? | Say Hello, Wave Goodbye "The Mad Woman in the Attic", Series 16, first broadcast: 17 September 2014. David Gray's cover is used in "Psych," season 3, episode 16 - "An Evening With Mr. Yang" 2009 Featured in Master of None season 2 episode 5 "The Dinner Party". The song is played during the credits of the concert film "Shut Up and Play the Hits", which chronicles the band LCD Soundsystem's last show and the day after with lead singer James Murphy. Say Hello, Wave Goodbye "Say Hello, Wave Goodbye" is a song from the album" Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret" by English synthpop duo Soft Cell | Say Hello to Goodbye (EP) Say Hello to Goodbye (EP) Say Hello to Goodbye is the first extended play and debut release on a record label by Canadian singer-songwriter Alee. It was released through Wax Records on July 10, 2015. The EP has spawned four singles, including "Moonshine", which was Alee's first Top-20 hit on the "Billboard" Canada Country airplay chart. Alee embarked upon a promotional radio tour in support of "Moonshine" in the spring of 2015 and followed that with a tour of summer festivals to support the EP in the summer of 2015, kicking off on Canada Day (July 1), 2015 in St. |
Which gap-toothed comedy actor was drained of blood by Vincent Price in the 1971 film “The Abominable Doctor Phibes”? | The Abominable Dr. Phibes The Abominable Dr. Phibes The Abominable Dr. Phibes is a 1971 British comedy horror film, produced by Ronald S. Dunas and Louis M. Heyward, directed by Robert Fuest, written by William Goldstein and James Whiton, and starring Vincent Price and Joseph Cotten. Its art deco sets, dark humour and performance by Price have made the film and its sequel "Dr. Phibes Rises Again" cult classics. The film also features Terry-Thomas and Hugh Griffith, with an uncredited Caroline Munro appearing in still photographs as Phibes's wife. The film follows the title character, Dr. Anton Phibes, who blames the medical team that | The Abominable Dr. Phibes of print. A sequel, "Dr. Phibes Rises Again", was released in 1972. It was also directed by Robert Fuest and stars Price as Phibes. Several other screenplays and sequels were proposed well into the 1980s featuring potential actors such as David Carradine, Roddy McDowall, and Orson Welles. The Abominable Dr. Phibes The Abominable Dr. Phibes is a 1971 British comedy horror film, produced by Ronald S. Dunas and Louis M. Heyward, directed by Robert Fuest, written by William Goldstein and James Whiton, and starring Vincent Price and Joseph Cotten. Its art deco sets, dark humour and performance by Price have |
Which car company made the Chamois and Gazelle models? | Singer Gazelle No.214 in their famous series, on a Singer Gazelle III first registered on 2 January 1961. What is not made clear is whether this was a Gazelle IIIb or an earlier Gazelle IIIa model, fitted with the twin carburettors. In comparison with the new Gazelle IIIb tested on 17 March 1961, it reached 0-60 mph in 23.9secs,compared with the used car at only 19.9secs. A 4sec saving. The standing quarter mile was also covered in 21.3sec. compared with 22.2 for the new IIIb model. The IIIB, launched September 1960, reverted to a single carburettor which improved fuel consumption and facilitated | Gazelle (bicycle company) Gazelle (bicycle company) Royal Dutch Gazelle is the largest and most famous bicycle manufacturer in the Netherlands. Gazelle employs 550 workers at its factory in Dieren, Netherlands, producing 300,000 bicycles a year. Total production has passed 13 million. The company was founded 1892 by Willem Kölling and Rudolf Arentsen. Initially they sold bicycles imported from England. They started their own production using the Gazelle name in 1902. During the period from the 1920s to the 1940s, Gazelle had success exporting bicycles to the East Indies. Many Gazelle bicycles survive throughout Indonesia even today and are a highly sought after Dutch |
Which snooker player is nicknamed “The Jester from Leicester”? | Joe O'Connor (snooker player) beat Andrew Norman 10–3 to become the English Amateur Champion before turning professional. On November 28 2018 O’Connor defeated world number 12 Ryan Day 6–2 in the first round at the 2018 UK Championship. Joe O'Connor (snooker player) Joe O'Connor (born 8 November 1995) is a professional English snooker player from Leicester. A pool champion as a junior he has faced Neil Robertson and Mark Selby at the UK Championship and has qualified for the main draw at the Wuxi Classic. He won four events on the 2017–18 English amateur tour. Ahead of the 2018–19 season, he defeated Brandon Sargeant | Jin Long (snooker player) Jin Long (snooker player) Jin Long (; born 23 May 1981) is a Chinese former professional snooker player. He is nicknamed "Golden Dragon", which is a translation of his given name. He became professional in 2001 following his strong runs to the finals of the Asian and Chinese Championships. His first Main Tour stints were rather unsuccessful, with the best result a last 48 appearance at the 2004 Grand Prix. Jin has managed to regain a Main Tour place by winning the 2008 Asian Championship, beating Aditya Mehta 7–3 in the final, having had spells on the tour on three |
Who composed the opera “The Girl of the Golden West”? | The Girl of the Golden West (play) US for several years. The play has been adapted numerous times, most notably as the 1910 opera "La fanciulla del West" by Giacomo Puccini. It was also made into four films, all titled "The Girl of the Golden West", in 1915, 1923, 1930 and 1938. In 1911, Belasco wrote a novel based on the play. (1911 novel based on the play) The Girl of the Golden West (play) The Girl of the Golden West is a theatrical play written, produced and directed by David Belasco, set in the California Gold Rush. The four-act melodrama opened at the old Belasco Theatre | The Girl of the Golden West (play) The Girl of the Golden West (play) The Girl of the Golden West is a theatrical play written, produced and directed by David Belasco, set in the California Gold Rush. The four-act melodrama opened at the old Belasco Theatre in New York on November 14, 1905 and ran for 224 performances. Blanche Bates originated the role of The Girl, Robert C. Hilliard played Dick Johnson, and Frank Keenan played Jack Rance. Bates was joined by Charles Millward and Cuyler Hastings for two-week Broadway runs in 1907 and 1908. William Furst composed the play's incidental music. The play toured throughout the |
The emmet is an archaic name for which insect? | Emmet (Cornish) Emmet (Cornish) Emmet (alt spellings emmit or emit) is a pejorative nickname that some Cornish people use to refer to the non-Cornish. It originally referred to tourists who visit Cornwall but has also been used by native Cornish Folk to refer to "incomers" or residents who have moved to the county but were not born there. It is commonly thought to be derived from the Cornish-language word for ant, being an analogy to the way in which both tourists and ants are often red in colour and appear to mill around. However the use of 'emmet' to mean ants is | Emmet Swimming Emmet Swimming Emmet Swimming (who write their name as "emmet swimming") is a rock band from Fairfax, Virginia that was formed in 1990 at George Mason University. The band's name is a misspelled reference to Emmett Till, who died after being shot and thrown into a river. "The idea of the name was basically that a 14-year-old boy should be swimming in the river, not dying in it," said singer/founder Todd Watts. "Emmet Swimming" is also the name of an early song the band wrote. The band recently sold out (1,200 tickets) their performance at the 930 Club celebrating their |
Which writer created the detective Van der Valk? | Van der Valk Van der Valk Van der Valk is a British television series that was produced by Thames Television for the ITV network. It starred Barry Foster in the title role as Dutch detective Commissaris "Piet" (real name Simon) van der Valk. Based on the characters and atmosphere (but not the plots) of the novels of Nicolas Freeling, the first series was shown in 1972. The stories are mostly based in and around Amsterdam, where Commissaris van der Valk is a cynical yet intuitive detective. Drugs, sex and murder are among the gritty themes of the casework, contrasted against picturesque Amsterdam locations. | Mary van der Valk Mary van der Valk Maria Elisabeth van der Valk (born July 13, 1958) is a Dutch Children's literature and spirituality writer. She has written a series of children books for the 9-13 age group- In 2009, her book "Dolfijnenmysterie in Mexico!" ("Dolphin Mystery in Mexico!"), was the recipient of the Berlicum Children's Jury Award as the best children's book of the year. In 2016 she released her first thriller, 'De Lotsbestemming'. Van der Valk was born in Bloemendaal, Netherlands. Her formal training is in psychology and natural health care, receiving a degree. In 2005, she was approached by Uitgeverij De |
What is the more familiar name of the house plant Ficus elastica? | Ficus elastica rubber making. Just as with "Hevea brasiliensis", the latex of "Ficus elastica" is an irritant to the eyes and skin and is toxic if taken internally. Ficus elastica Ficus elastica, the rubber fig, rubber bush, rubber tree, rubber plant, or Indian rubber bush, Indian rubber tree, is a species of plant in the fig genus, native to eastern parts of South Asia and southeast Asia. It has become naturalized in Sri Lanka, the West Indies, and the US State of Florida. It is a large tree in the banyan group of figs, growing to (rarely up to ) tall, with | Ficus elastica prefers bright sunlight but not hot temperatures. It has a high tolerance for drought, but prefers humidity and thrives in wet, tropical conditions. Ornamental hybrids (such as Robusta) have been derived from "Ficus elastica" with broader, stiffer and more upright leaves than the wild form. Many such hybrids exist, often with variegated leaves. "Ficus elastica" yields a milky white latex, a chemical compound separate from its sap and carried and stored in different cells. This latex was formerly used to make rubber, but it should not be confused with the Pará rubber tree, the main commercial source of latex for |
Which duo had top five hits in the 1980’s with “Shout” and “Everybody Wants to Rule the World”? | Everybody Wants to Rule the World Everybody Wants to Rule the World "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" is a song recorded by English band Tears for Fears. It was written by Roland Orzabal, Ian Stanley, and Chris Hughes with production handled by Hughes. The song was released in 1985 by Phonogram, Mercury and Vertigo Records as the third single from their second album, "Songs from the Big Chair" (1985). "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" is a new wave song. Its lyrics detail the desire humans have for control and power and centers on themes of corruption. Music critics praised "Everybody Wants to Rule the | Everybody Wants to Rule the World list. In 1986, the song won "Best Single" at the Brit Awards. Band member and co-writer Roland Orzabal argued that the song deserved to win the Ivor Novello International Hit of the Year award, claiming that the winner—"19" by Paul Hardcastle—was not an actual song, but only a "dialogue collage". In 2015, 30 years after its release, the song was honoured at the annual BMI Awards in London for achieving 6 million radio airplays. "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" is regarded as the group's signature song, along with "Shout" (1984). "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" was banned for |
Which German city is the capital of Lower Saxony? | Nienburg, Lower Saxony September 2016 showed the following results: Nienburg, Lower Saxony is twinned with: Nienburg, Lower Saxony Nienburg (official name: "Nienburg/Weser") (Low German: "Nienborg", "Neenborg" or "Negenborg") is a town and capital of the district Nienburg, in Lower Saxony, Germany. Situated on the scenic German Timber-Frame Road, Nienburg lies on the river Weser, approximately southeast of Bremen, and northwest of Hanover. Nienburg is the largest town in the Middle Weser Region. Nienburg, including quarters The major reason for the emergence and development of Nienburg into the largest city in the Middle Weser region was its location at a convenient ford in the | Lower Saxony state and city of Bremen is an enclave entirely surrounded by Lower Saxony. The Bremen/Oldenburg Metropolitan Region is a cooperative body for the enclave area. To the southeast, the state border runs through the Harz, low mountains that are part of the German Central Uplands. The northeast and west of the state, which form roughly three-quarters of its land area, belong to the North German Plain, while the south is in the Lower Saxon Hills, including the Weser Uplands, Leine Uplands, Schaumburg Land, Brunswick Land, Untereichsfeld, Elm, and Lappwald. In northeast, Lower Saxony is Lüneburg Heath. The heath is dominated |
On which horse did Lester Piggott ride the first of nine Epsom Derby winners? | The Casbah Coffee Club back to Liverpool in 1945, where they lived in various houses. After moving to Queenscourt Road in 1948—where the Bests lived for nine years—Mona was told by Rory about a large Victorian house for sale at 8 Hayman's Green, in 1954. The Best family claim that Mona then pawned all her jewellery and placed a bet on a horse that was ridden by Lester Piggott in the 1954 Epsom Derby called, "Never Say Die", which won at 33–1, and used her winnings to buy the house in 1957 The house (built around 1860 by an unknown architect), had previously been | Lester Piggott Lester Piggott Lester Keith Piggott (born 5 November 1935) is a retired English professional jockey. With 4,493 career wins, including nine Epsom Derby victories, he is widely regarded as one of the greatest flat racing jockeys of all time and the originator of a much imitated style. Popularly known as "The Long Fellow" he was known for his competitive personality, keeping himself thirty pounds under his natural weight, and on occasion not sparing the whip on horses such as Nijinsky. Piggott regarded Sir Ivor as the easiest to ride of the great winners. Lester Piggott was born in Wantage to |
Historically associated with George Washington, in which English county is Sulgrave Manor | Sulgrave Club 1932, for $125,000. The women renamed it the Sulgrave Club, a club intended for music, art and social gatherings. The new club's name came from Sulgrave, the civil parish in Northamptonshire, England that had been the ancestral family home of George Washington. The Sulgrave Club was designed by Frederick H. Brooke in a Beaux-Arts design from the 18th century. It is one of Washington's first mansions to follow this style of architecture. The house was built of yellow Roman brick and cream terra cotta. Sulgrave Club The Sulgrave Club is a private club located at 1801 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W., on | Sulgrave doorway of which are set in plaster the royal arms of England and initials "ER" for "Elizabeth Regina" commemorating Elizabeth I, who acceded to the English throne in 1558. The doorway spandrels are decorated with the Washington family arms: two bars and three mullets or spur-rowels. In about 1673 Sulgrave Manor passed to the Rev Moses Hodges, from whom it passed to his son John Hodges. The lands of Sulgrave manor had become divided into three estates, but John Hodges reunited them. Behind the great hall is a staircase with twisted balusters that was added late in the 17th century. |
In the famous novel by Charles Dickens, what is Little Dorrit’s first name? | Little Dorrit Dickens' story provided inspiration for the web comic "The Adventures of Dorrit Little ("http://dorritlittle.com/) by artist Monica McKelvey Johnson. Online editions Map Little Dorrit Little Dorrit is a novel by Charles Dickens, originally published in serial form between 1855 and 1857. The story features Amy Dorrit, youngest child of her family, born and raised in the Marshalsea prison for debtors in London. Arthur Clennam encounters her after returning home from a 20-year absence, ready to begin his life anew. The novel satirises the shortcomings of both government and society, including the institution of debtors' prisons, where debtors were imprisoned, unable | Little Dorrit (1987 film) Little Dorrit (1987 film) Little Dorrit is a 1987 film adaptation of the novel "Little Dorrit" by Charles Dickens. It was written and directed by Christine Edzard, and produced by John Brabourne and Richard B. Goodwin. The music, by Giuseppe Verdi, was arranged by Michael Sanvoisin. The film stars Derek Jacobi as Arthur Clennam and Sarah Pickering in the title role. A huge cast of seasoned British and Irish stage and film actors was assembled to play the dozens of roles, among them are Alec Guinness, Simon Dormandy, Joan Greenwood, Roshan Seth, Miriam Margolyes, Cyril Cusack and Max Wall. Pickering, |
The TV documentary “Death of a Princess” caused a diplomatic rift between Britain and which other country? | Death of a Princess is not available for Internet viewing through PBS. Death of a Princess Death of a Princess is a British 1980 drama-documentary produced by ATV in cooperation with WGBH in the United States. The drama is based on the true story of Princess Misha'al, a young Saudi Arabian princess and her lover who had been publicly executed for adultery. Its depiction of the customs of Saudi Arabia led some Middle Eastern governments to oppose its broadcast under threat of damaging trade relations. The film was based on numerous interviews by journalist Antony Thomas, who, upon first hearing the story, grew passionately | A History of Britain (TV series) Books. All entitled "A History of Britain", they were subtitled as follows: A History of Britain (TV series) A History of Britain is a BBC documentary series written and presented by Simon Schama, first transmitted in the United Kingdom from 30 September 2000. A study of the history of the British Isles, each of the 15 episodes allows Schama to examine a particular period and tell of its events in his own style. All the programmes are of 59 minutes' duration and were broadcast over three series, ending 18 June 2002. The series was produced in conjunction with The History |
The poet John Suckling is credited as the inventor of which card game? | John Suckling (poet) John Suckling (poet) Sir John Suckling (10 February 1609 – after May 1641) was an English poet and a prominent figure among those renowned for careless gaiety and wit, the accomplishments of a Cavalier poet. He was also the inventor of the card game cribbage. He is best known for his poem "Ballad Upon a Wedding". He was born at Whitton, in the parish of Twickenham, Middlesex, and baptized there on 10 February 1609. His father, Sir John Suckling, was Secretary of State under James I and Comptroller of the Household of Charles I, and his mother was Elizabeth Cranfield, | John Suckling (poet) describing a meeting of the contemporary versifiers under the presidency of Apollo to decide who should wear the laurel wreath, is the prototype of many later satires. A collection of Suckling's poems was first published in 1646 as "Fragmenta aurea". The so-called "Selections" (1836) published by Alfred Inigo Suckling is in fact a complete edition of his works, of which WC Hazlitt's edition (1874; revised ed., 1892) is little more than a reprint with some additions. "The Poems and Songs of Sir John Suckling", edited by John Gray and decorated with woodcut border and initials by Charles Ricketts, was artistically |
Which darts player is known as “The Count”? | Steve Douglas (darts player) was OK to play darts, the doctor said it shouldn't be a problem as long as it wasn't too stressful, however Douglas omitted the fact that he would be playing on live TV at the World Championships. Steve Douglas (darts player) Steve Douglas (born 17 November 1977) is a former English darts player. His nickname was The Game. Douglas won the 1995 WDF Europe Youth Cup, and made his BDO World Darts Championship debut in 2000. He defeated Gary Spedding in the first round before losing to eventual champion Ted Hankey in the second round. Douglas returned to the BDO | Mark Webster (darts player) Mark Webster (darts player) Mark Webster (born 12 August 1983 in St Asaph) is a professional left-handed Welsh darts player who lives in Denbigh. Known as Webby, but nicknamed The Spider he plays in Professional Darts Corporation events. Webster began his career on the British Darts Organisation (BDO) circuit, winning the BDO World Championship in 2008. Webster became a full-time professional in 2009, having previously been a fully qualified registered plumber. Webster made progress once he was aged 18 and could play in Local Darts Leagues in public houses in his native North Wales. He started playing for the local |
Muriatic acid is an alternative name for which acid? | Hydrochloric acid , Bulgarian: солна киселина, Russian: соляная кислота, , Korean: 염산, and Taiwanese: iâm-sng. Gaseous HCl was called "marine acid air". The old (pre-systematic) name "muriatic acid" has the same origin ("muriatic" means "pertaining to brine or salt", hence "muriate" means hydrochloride), and this name is still sometimes used. The name "hydrochloric acid" was coined by the French chemist Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac in 1814. Hydrochloric acid has been an important and frequently used chemical from early history and was discovered by the alchemist Jabir ibn Hayyan around the year 800 AD. Aqua regia, a mixture consisting of hydrochloric and nitric acids, | Shikimic acid is also an alternative to shikimic acid as a starting material for the synthesis of oseltamivir. Shikimate can be used to synthesise (6S)-6-Fluoroshikimic acid, an antibiotic which inhibits the aromatic biosynthetic pathway. Glyphosate, the active ingredient in the herbicide Roundup, kills plants by interfering with the shikimate pathway in plants. More specifically, glyphosate inhibits the enzyme 5-enolpyruvylshikimate-3-phosphate synthase (EPSPS). "Roundup Ready" genetically modified crops overcome that inhibition. Shikimic acid Shikimic acid, more commonly known as its anionic form shikimate, is a cyclohexene, a cyclitol and a cyclohexanecarboxylic acid. It is an important biochemical metabolite in plants and microorganisms. Its name |
Which former chart topping song for Frankie Laine gave the Jimi Hendrix Experience their first British hit? | The Jimi Hendrix Experience French Tour 1966 after drummer Mitch Mitchell joined on October 6. The set lists for the first three dates of the tour remain unclear, though are known to have included "Hey Joe", planned as the band's first single; Howlin' Wolf's "Killing Floor"; "Land of a Thousand Dances", popularised by Wilson Picket; Otis Redding's "Respect"; and Don Covay's "Mercy, Mercy", which Hendrix usually referred to as "Have Mercy". "Killing Floor" and "Hey Joe" were retained for the final date at the Olympia, to which rock standard "Wild Thing" was added as a finale; this was the first Experience performance recorded. The Jimi Hendrix Experience | Fire (The Jimi Hendrix Experience song) SSQ covered the song as a B-side to their single "Synthicide". Fire (The Jimi Hendrix Experience song) "Fire" is a song written by Jimi Hendrix and recorded by the Jimi Hendrix Experience in early 1967. It has been described as "an exercise in soul, psychedelic rock, and polyrhythmic jazz-inspired drumming" by AllMusic critic Matthew Greenwald. The song was remixed in stereo for the American release of the album. In 1969, it was released as a stereo single in the UK with the title "Let Me Light Your Fire". One of Hendrix's most popular songs, he frequently played it in concert. |
Which writer created the detective Paul Temple? | Paul Temple films were released on DVD. Paul Temple Paul Temple is a fictional character, created by English writer Francis Durbridge (1912–1998). Temple is a professional author of crime fiction and an amateur private detective. Together with his journalist wife Louise, affectionately known as "Steve" from her pen name 'Steve Trent', he solves whodunnit crimes through subtle, humorously articulated deduction. Always the gentleman, the strongest oath he ever utters is ""by Timothy"". Created for the BBC radio serial "Send for Paul Temple" in 1938, the Temples featured in more than 30 BBC radio dramas, twelve , four British feature films, a dozen | Paul Temple Returns Paul Temple Returns Paul Temple Returns is a 1952 British crime film directed by Maclean Rogers and starring John Bentley, Patricia Dainton and Peter Gawthorne. Known in the U.S. as "Bombay Waterfront", it was the fourth and last in the series of Paul Temple films, although the character was revived for the BBC television series "Paul Temple" in 1969. Aspiring novelist and amateur detective Paul Temple begins investigating the case of a famous unsolved murder and ends up in a mansion full of snakes. With the aid of his wife Steve, he eventually solves the murder, and gets renown for |
Which car company made the Sceptre and Snipe models? | Humber Sceptre by the MK II. Production of the MK I and IA models totaled 17,011 units. The Sceptre MK II, introduced in 1965, featured revised front end styling and a twin carburettor version of the engine. It was produced until 1967. Production of the MK II totaled 11,983 units. The Mk II series of the Humber Sceptre was a capable car with performance figures recorded by Motor magazine, published in the edition dated 16 April 1966, Maximum 94.8 mph (mean), 0-60 mph 12.5secs, with a Standing quarter-mile of 19.5secs. The Sceptre MK III, introduced in 1967, was a derivative of the | Sceptre Incorporated the metallic brush bezel on their 2014 models. It is unclear what differences, if any, the actual hardware has compared to their Sceptre counterparts. Sceptre Incorporated Sceptre (pronounced 'septer') is a privately owned American consumer-electronics producer headquartered in the city of Industry, California. Sceptre is best known for its affordable LED, LCD, and 4K displays. Its other products include audio, car cams, and car batteries. Sceptre Inc. has also produced CRT televisions, notebook PCs, touch screens, CRT computer monitors, WiFi networking products, USB flash drives and cameras. From its earliest beginnings in 1984 until the mid-90s, Sceptre exclusively specialized in |
What kind of bird is a Lammergeyer? | What Kind of Man (Florence and the Machine song) an indecisive man who wronged Welch. "What Kind of Man" received acclaim from music critics. Al Horner of the "NME" wrote, "Musically, it's "big". Wagnerian backing vocals and horn blasts turn 'What Kind Of Man' into a spectacle worthy of [Welch's] new festival headliner status". Dee Lockett of Vulture dubbed it a "fiery rocker". Andrew Unterberger of "Spin" opined that the song "starts off a letdown, but quickly proves to be ['Ship to Wreck's] roaring equal, with the unexpected arrival of a thick guitar chop and regal horn salute that gives Florence the instrumental support she deserves as she excoriates | What Bird is That? to the League for £300. The book was extolled fulsomely by S.R. Thomas, of the NSW Department of Education, as follows; ""What Bird is That?" is the most comprehensive and informative bird book published in the Commonwealth – if not in the world. The coloured plates are a triumph not only of the genius and imagination of the artist – our own Neville Cayley on whom has fallen so fittingly the mantle of his famous father – but also of the block-maker’s and printer’s art. The publishers have done nothing finer of its kind. The life-like portrayals of our feathered |
Who composed the opera “The Silken Ladder”? | La scala di seta La scala di seta La scala di seta (The Silken Ladder or Die seidene Leiter) is an operatic "farsa comica" in one act by Gioachino Rossini to a libretto by Giuseppe Maria Foppa. It was first performed in Venice, Italy, at the Teatro San Moisè on 9 May 1812. The overture has been frequently recorded and continues to be featured in the modern concert repertoire. From 1810 to 1813, the young Rossini composed four Italian "farse", beginning with "La cambiale di matrimonio" ("The Bill of Marriage"), his first opera, and ending with "Il Signor Bruschino". These types of short pieces | The Silken Affair The Silken Affair The Silken Affair is a 1956 British romantic comedy film directed by Roy Kellino and starring David Niven, Geneviève Page, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Joan Sims, Irene Handl and Ronald Squire. The screenplay concerns an accountant who is creative with his firm's books and uses the money to fund a romantic spree. In the "Radio Times", David McGillivray called it a "frivolous romantic comedy," in which, "the theme was exploited much more effectively 20 years later in Jonathan Demme's "Something Wild"", while "TV Guide" wrote, "This film tries to be a light, stylish British comedy in the sophisticated manner |
Which Shakespeare play is set in Navarre? | Shakespeare authorship question for the common players". That same year Derby was recorded as financing one of London's two children's drama companies, Paul's Boys; he also had his own company, Derby's Men, which played multiple times at court in 1600 and 1601. Derby was born three years before Shakespeare and died in 1642, so his lifespan fits the consensus dating of the works. His initials were W. S., and he was known to sign himself "Will", which qualified him to write the punning "Will" sonnets. Derby travelled in continental Europe in 1582, visiting France and possibly Navarre. "Love's Labour's Lost" is set in | Shakespeare in Love (play) Royal, Nottingham (15 to 20 October), Festival Theatre, Malvern (23 to 27 October), Oxford Playhouse (30 October to 3 November), Cambridge Arts Theatre (5 to 9 November), King's Theatre, Edinburgh (12 to 17 November) and Chichester Festival Theatre (20 to 24 November), with further dates and casting to be announced. It was announced in August 2018 that Shakespeare in Love will be one of the two headlining productions for the 30th Anniversary of Bard on the Beach in the Kitsilano Neighbourhood in Vancouver, British Columbia. Shakespeare in Love (play) Shakespeare in Love is a play by Lee Hall adapted from |
Which stretch of water is known in Welsh as Llyn Tegid? | Tegid Foel MS B gives another genealogy naming another daughter, Dwywai. Tegid Foel Tegid Foel is the husband of Ceridwen in Welsh mythology. His name rendered into English would be "Tacitus the Bald". In folklore, Tegid Foel is associated with Llyn Tegid (Bala Lake) in Gwynedd and may have been the tutelary deity of that lake. Tegid Foel is known chiefly from the story of Taliesin's birth, first recorded in full in the 16th century but dating to a much earlier period. According to the story, he lived by Llyn Tegid in the region of Penllyn with his wife, the sorceress Ceridwen. | Ioan Tegid Ioan Tegid John Jones (10 February 1792 – 2 May 1852), commonly known by his bardic name of Ioan Tegid or simply Tegid, was a Welsh clergyman and writer. He was born at Bala and educated there and at the grammar school in Carmarthen, going on to Jesus College, Oxford. In 1819 he was ordained and became chaplain of Christ Church, Oxford. A scholar of the Welsh language, he was closely associated with both Lady Charlotte Guest and Lady Llanover. He was also a Hebrew scholar, publishing a translation of the Book of Isaiah in 1830. Tegid has won a |
Which footballer scored a late goal in this season’s playoff final to take QPR back into the Premier League? | Queens Park Rangers F.C. Wigan Athletic in the semi-finals. In the final against favourites Derby County on 24 May 2014, QPR won 1–0 with a goal scored by Bobby Zamora in the 90th minute to return to the Premier League. Following promotion to the Premier League, QPR endured a difficult 2014–15 campaign. Their initial manager, Harry Redknapp, resigned in February after poor results and mutual frustration with the board. He was replaced by Chris Ramsey. The team finished the season last, amassing only 30 points, and were relegated back to the Championship after only one season. After a poor start to the Championship, Chris | Premier League Goal of the Season Premier League Goal of the Season The Premier League Goal of the Season is an annual football award for the player to has deemed to have scored the best goal in the Premier League the concluding season. The shortlist is typically made of the season's nine Premier League Goal of the Month winners, although its inaugural season featured a goal from May which did not have a monthly vote. The winner is decided by a combination of an online public vote — which contributes to 10% of the final tally — and a panel of experts. The award was first |
On which Mediterranean island are the Nebrodi mountains? | Nebrodi been cleared to make mountain pastures. On 4 August 1993 large areas of the Nebrodi Mountains were made into national parkland. The park covers 856.87 km². It touches on many of the comuni in the mountains and is one of the largest protected parks in Sicily. Nebrodi The Nebrodi (, ; Sicilian: Munti Nèbbrudi) is a mountain range that runs along the north east of Sicily. Together with the Madonie and the Peloritani, they form the Sicilian Apennines. The mountains run from the Peloritani on the eastern part of the island to the foothill of the Madonie mountains to the | Mediterranean woodlands and forests the lower slopes of the Middle Atlas and High Atlas ranges of Morocco, with isolated enclaves along the Saharan Atlas range of Algeria. Two coastal enclaves lie further east along the Mediterranean Sea: one along the southeastern Tunisian shore of the Gulf of Gabes, including the island of Djerba; and the second in the Jebel Akhdar mountains along the shore of the Cyrenaica Peninsula in northeastern Libya. The Mediterranean woodlands and forests are bounded on the south by the drier Mediterranean dry woodlands and steppe, which occupies the plateaus and mountain ranges bordering the Sahara; and on the north by |
Electrum is an alloy chiefly consisting of gold and which other metal? | Electrum Electrum Electrum is a naturally occurring alloy of gold and silver, with trace amounts of copper and other metals. It has also been produced artificially, and is often known as green gold. The ancient Greeks called it 'gold' or 'white gold', as opposed to 'refined gold'. Its colour ranges from pale to bright yellow, depending on the proportions of gold and silver. The gold content of naturally occurring electrum in modern Western Anatolia ranges from 70% to 90%, in contrast to the 45–55% of gold in electrum used in ancient Lydian coinage of the same geographical area. This suggests that | Electrum about 600 BCE shows that the gold content was about 55.5% in the coinage issued by Phocaea. In the early classical period, the gold content of electrum ranged from 46% in Phokaia to 43% in Mytilene. In later coinage from these areas, dating to 326 BCE, the gold content averaged 40% to 41%. In the Hellenistic period, electrum coins with a regularly decreasing proportion of gold were issued by the Carthaginians. In the later Eastern Roman Empire controlled from Constantinople, the purity of the gold coinage was reduced, and an alloy that can be called electrum began to be used. |
If the eight Royal Parks in London are arranged alphabetically which comes last? | Royal Parks Foundation Half Marathon for more than 500 UK charities. The route starts and ends in Hyde Park and travels through and past many of central London's famous landmarks on closed roads. It also takes in four of the eight Royal Parks in London, namely Hyde Park, The Green Park, St. James's Park and Kensington Gardens. Royal Parks Foundation Half Marathon The Royal Parks Foundation Half Marathon, first held in 2008, takes place each October, starting and finishing in Hyde Park. It is the only Half-Marathon that travels through central London and is one of London's largest half-marathons with over 16,000 participants. The Royal | Royal Parks of London Royal Parks of London The Royal Parks of London are lands originally owned by the monarchy of the United Kingdom for the recreation, mostly hunting, of the royal family. They are part of the hereditary possessions of The Crown. With increasing urbanisation of London, some of these were preserved as freely accessible open space and became public parks with the introduction of the Crown Lands Act 1851. There are today eight parks formally described by this name and they cover almost of land in Greater London. Hyde Park and Kensington Gardens (which are adjacent), Green Park, Regent's Park and St |
His father was an MP. His mother was an MEP. His wife is a Prime Minister. Who was elected MP for Aberavon in the 2015 General Election? | Aberavon (UK Parliament constituency) Aberavon (UK Parliament constituency) Aberavon (Welsh: "Aberafan") is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It returns one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system. It is represented by Stephen Kinnock of the Labour Party. The constituency was created for the 1918 general election by a division of the Swansea District. With the exception of the first term, it has always been held by the Labour Party. Ramsay MacDonald, who became Labour's first Prime Minister in 1924, held the seat from 1922 to 1929. Its current MP, Stephen | June 2015 Turkish general election 6 June 2015. Voting subsequently took place between 07:00 and 17:00 local time on Sunday 7 June 2015. Prime Minister Erdoğan, who was re-elected for a third time in the 2011 general election, was barred from standing as an MP for a fourth term by the AKP's by-laws. Erdoğan became his party's presidential candidate for the 2014 presidential election and won narrowly in the first round with 51.79% of the vote. His ascension to the presidency required him to sever all ties with political parties and step down from parliament, requiring the AKP to elect a new leader. Foreign Minister |
In which year was the first FA Cup Final played at Wembley? | 1980 FA Cup Final 1980 FA Cup Final The 1980 FA Cup Final was contested by West Ham United and Arsenal at Wembley. West Ham won by a single goal, scored by Trevor Brooking. To date, it is the last time a team from outside the top flight has won the FA Cup. It was West Ham's third FA Cup triumph and the last time that they have won a major trophy. The 1980 Cup Final was the 99th final to be played since 1872, and the 52nd to be played at Wembley since 1923. The tie involved Arsenal, who had played in the | 2007 FA Cup Final to halt a late United comeback, but Drogba's goal proved to be the last chance of the game as Mourinho's side held on to win the first ever FA Cup Final at the new Wembley Stadium. Source: ESPN 2007 FA Cup Final The 2007 FA Cup Final was played on Saturday, 19 May 2007 between Chelsea and Manchester United. It was the 126th FA Cup Final and the first to be played at the new Wembley Stadium. Manchester United suffered a 1–0 defeat to Chelsea by Didier Drogba's extra time goal, completing a domestic cup double for the Blues in |
"Who plays Cedric Diggory in the film ""Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire""?" | Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (film) to him for the dangers he endured. Harry reveals that he saw his parents in the graveyard; Dumbledore names this effect as "Priori Incantatem". Soon after Hogwarts, Durmstrang, and Beauxbatons bid farewell to each other. Robert Pattinson replaced stunt performer/actor Joe Livermore as Hogwarts champion Cedric Diggory, who made a brief appearance in the previous film during a Quidditch sequence. Clémence Poésy plays the role of Beauxbatons champion Fleur Delacour, while Stanislav Ianevski portrays Durmstrang champion and Quidditch star Viktor Krum. Miranda Richardson portrays "The Daily Prophet" reporter Rita Skeeter. Predrag Bjelac acts as Igor Karkaroff, Headmaster of Durmstrang and | Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire in time in a misguided effort to change history and save Cedric Diggory - which only leads to them damaging events in the present and worsening the situation. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire is a fantasy book written by British author J. K. Rowling and the fourth novel in the "Harry Potter" series. It follows Harry Potter, a wizard in his fourth year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry and the mystery surrounding the entry of Harry's name into the Triwizard Tournament, in which he is forced to compete. The |
A man and a woman sitting in a Paris bar — who painted L 'Absinthe in 1876? | L'Absinthe L'Absinthe L'Absinthe (English: The Absinthe Drinker or Glass of Absinthe) is a painting by Edgar Degas, painted between 1875 and 1876. Its original title was Dans un Café, a name often used today. Other early titles were A sketch of a French Café and Figures at Café. Then, when exhibited in London in 1893, the title was changed to "L'Absinthe", the name by which the painting is now commonly known. It is in the permanent collection of the Musée d'Orsay in Paris. Painted in 1875–76, the work portrays a woman and man sitting side-by-side, drinking a glass of absinthe. They | A Man Smoking and a Woman Drinking in a Courtyard A Man Smoking and a Woman Drinking in a Courtyard A Man Smoking and a Woman Drinking in a Courtyard (1658–1660) is an oil on canvas painting by the Dutch painter Pieter de Hooch; it is an example of Dutch Golden Age painting and is part of the collection of the Mauritshuis. This painting by Hooch was documented by Hofstede de Groot in 1910, who wrote:297. COURTYARD WITH A MAN SMOKING AND A WOMAN DRINKING. Sm. 30 ; de G. 56. This picture corresponds precisely to the Rothschild picture (295), except that the figure of the second man is here |
The first international cricket match was played in Pakistan last month since 2009 when in March of that year the team bus of which country was attacked in Lahore? | Zimbabwean cricket team in Pakistan in 2015 Zimbabwean cricket team in Pakistan in 2015 The Zimbabwe cricket team toured Pakistan from 19 to 31 May 2015. The tour consisted of three One Day International (ODI) and two Twenty20 International (T20I) matches, all played at Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore. It was the first tour by a Test-playing nation since the attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team in 2009. Pakistan won the T20I series 2–0 and won the ODI series 2–0 after the third match finished as a no result. It was Pakistan's first ODI series win in two years. Pakistan ODI captain Azhar Ali said "it's been | Bangladeshi cricket team in Pakistan in 1986 better. Skipper Gazi Ashraf did an admirable job as a part-time spinner, but the absence of a genuinely match winning spinner was badly felt in the close finishes. Either Anwarul Amin Azhar or Wahidul Gani would have been useful in the slow turning tracks. In the game against the Lahore Cricket Association, all the 10 batsman of the Lahore team were out caught. WK Hafizur Rahman Sani alone took 6 catches. Bangladeshi cricket team in Pakistan in 1986 The tour, during March, 1986, was in preparation for Bangladesh's participation in the 2nd Asia Cup, later that month. Also, this tour |
Which Shakespeare play could be summarised as 'The magician Prospero shipwrecks the enemies that originally ousted him from Italy, but when Ferdinand falls for his daughter Miranda he finally faces them down and learns to forgive'? | Ferdinand (The Tempest) Ferdinand (The Tempest) Ferdinand is the prince of Naples and the son of Alonso, the King of Naples, in Shakespeare's play, "The Tempest". He falls in love with Miranda. He is quick to promise the title of queen and wife to Miranda even though he doesn't know her name. He is happy in humble labours, blinded by love. He makes a solemn vow to be truthful to Prospero, and not to violate Miranda's chastity before their wedding. Ferdinand is aboard the ship that is run aground due to the storm created by the sorcerer and old Duke, Prospero. Ferdinand is | Ferdinand (The Tempest) kept chained below."" Ferdinand displays noble intentions, assuring Prospero that he will not untie Miranda's "virgin knot" until they are formally married. Much to his delight, Ferdinand is eventually re-united with his father and friends. They all return to Naples and Prospero regains his Dukedom. As Samuel Johnson observed, the play thus ends in "the final happiness of the pair for whom our passions and reason are equally interested." ""(to MIRANDA) Oh, if a virgin, And your affection not gone forth, I'll make you The queen of Naples"." When Ferdinand meets Miranda, he falls in love at first sight and |
Which member of the Royal family is Earl of Carrick and Baron of Renfrew? | Baron of Renfrew (title) Baron of Renfrew (title) Baron of Renfrew is a dignity held by the heir apparent to the British throne, currently Prince Charles. It was held by the Scottish heir apparent beginning in 1404. It is closely associated with the title Duke of Rothesay. An act of the Scottish Parliament passed in 1469 confirmed the pattern of succession. Renfrew, a town near Glasgow, is sometimes called the "cradle of the royal Stewarts." In Scotland, barons hold feudal titles, not peerages: a Scottish lord of Parliament equates to an English or British baron. Some, however, claim that the Act of 1469 effectively | Earl of Carrick (Ireland) the second Earl. Lord Carrick was a Major in the Welsh Regiment. His son, the seventh Earl, was Comptroller of the Household to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland from 1913 to 1915 and fought in the First World War, where he was mentioned in despatches. Lord Carrick had already in 1912 been created Baron Butler of Mount Juliet, in the County of Kilkenny, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, which gave him an automatic seat in the House of Lords. the titles are held by his great-great-grandson, the eleventh Earl, who succeeded his father in 2008. The family seat |
Whose thirteenth studio album released in March this year is Rebel Heart? | Rebel Heart Rebel Heart Rebel Heart is the thirteenth studio album by the American singer and songwriter Madonna. Interscope Records released it on March 6, 2015. Following the completion of her "MDNA" album and its promotion, Madonna worked on "Rebel Heart" throughout 2014, co-writing and co-producing it with various musicians, including Diplo, Avicii, and Kanye West. Unlike her previous endeavors, working with many collaborators posed problems for Madonna in keeping a cohesive sound and creative direction for the album. Thematically, "Rebel Heart" represents the singer's romantic and rebellious sides; the ideas grew organically during the writing and recording sessions. Musically, it is | "What Is This Heart?" "What Is This Heart?" "What Is This Heart?" is the third studio album by How to Dress Well released on June 23, 2014 on Weird World, an imprint of Domino. It is his highest-charting album peaking at number 145 on The Billboard 200. The songs "A Power" and "What You Wanted" were co-written and co-produced by CFCF. Krell described the album's title in a message on Twitter: ""What Is This Heart?"" received mostly positive reviews from contemporary music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score |
Sir Seretse Khama was from 1966 to 1980 the first President of which African country? | Seretse Khama Seretse Khama Sir Seretse Goitsebeng Maphiri Khama, GCB, KBE (1 July 1921 – 13 July 1980) was the first President of Botswana, in office from 1966 to 1980. Born into one of the most powerful African royal families of what was then the British Protectorate of Bechuanaland, he was educated abroad in neighboring South Africa and in the United Kingdom. He married a British woman, Ruth Williams, which initially was controversial because she was white. She became popular among his people. Khama led his country's independence movement. He founded the Botswana Democratic Party in 1962 and became Prime Minister in | Seretse Khama father’s death in 1925. At the age of 4, Seretse became "kgosi" (king), with his uncle Tshekedi Khama as his regent and guardian. After spending most of his youth in Tiger Kloof Educational Institution in South Africa, Khama attended Fort Hare University College there, graduating with a general B.A. in 1944. He travelled to the United Kingdom and studied for a year at Balliol College, Oxford. He next joined the Inner Temple in London in 1946, to study to become a barrister. In June 1947, Khama met Ruth Williams, an English clerk at Lloyd's of London. After a year of |
Which is the only one of the Great Lakes which does not border the US state of Michigan? | Great Lakes of the lakes: Ontario does not border Lake Michigan, and Michigan does not border Lake Ontario. New York and Wisconsin's jurisdictions extend into two lakes, and each of the remaining states into one of the lakes. As the surfaces of Lakes Superior, Huron, Michigan, and Erie are all approximately the same elevation above sea level, while Lake Ontario is significantly lower, and because the Niagara Escarpment precludes all natural navigation, the four upper lakes are commonly called the "upper great lakes". This designation, however, is not universal. Those living on the shore of Lake Superior often refer to all the | Little League World Series (Great Lakes Region) Lakes Region has a unique definition that does not correspond with the normally understood definition of the "Great Lakes" area, even when the context is restricted to the U.S. Although eight U.S. states (and the Canadian province of Ontario) border on the Great Lakes, only five of the U.S. states are in Little League's Great Lakes Region: One state that does not border any of the Great Lakes, and in fact has no territory within the Great Lakes watershed, is included in this region: Two states that border on the Great Lakes, New York and Pennsylvania are part of the |
What is the nickname of the character Henrietta played by Anna Chancellor in the film Four Weddings and a Funeral? | Anna Chancellor daughter whilst still studying at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. She separated from Scot a few years later. She got her first acting role on television playing Mercedes Page in "Jupiter Moon", a BSkyB soap, then came a commercial for Boddingtons beer and a part in the film "Four Weddings and a Funeral" (1994), playing "Duckface" opposite Hugh Grant. Chancellor is a niece of the journalist Alexander Chancellor, a great-granddaughter of Raymond Asquith (son of the Liberal Prime Minister H. H. Asquith), a first cousin of the model Cecilia Chancellor and a second cousin of the actress | Four Weddings and a Funeral (miniseries) would make a guest appearance in a nod to her starring role in the 1994 film, albeit not as her original character Carrie from the film. On December 7, 2018, it was announced that Tom Mison and Ashley Madekwe had been cast in recurring roles and that Tommy Dewey would make a guest appearance. Principal photography for the series commenced on November 26, 2018, in London, England. Four Weddings and a Funeral (miniseries) Four Weddings and a Funeral is an upcoming American comedy web television miniseries, based on the 1994 British film of the same name written by Richard Curtis, |
What is the atomic number of the element ununpentium? | Chemical element February 2010. The heaviest element that is believed to have been synthesized to date is element 118, oganesson, on 9 October 2006, by the Flerov Laboratory of Nuclear Reactions in Dubna, Russia. Tennessine, element 117 was the latest element claimed to be discovered, in 2009. On 28 November 2016, scientists at the IUPAC officially recognized the names for four of the newest chemical elements, with atomic numbers 113, 115, 117, and 118. The following sortable table shows the 118 known chemical elements. Chemical element A chemical element is a species of atoms having the same number of protons in their | Atomic number Atomic number The atomic number or proton number (symbol "Z") of a chemical element is the number of protons found in the nucleus of an atom. It is identical to the charge number of the nucleus. The atomic number uniquely identifies a chemical element. In an uncharged atom, the atomic number is also equal to the number of electrons. The sum of the atomic number "Z" and the number of neutrons, "N", gives the mass number "A" of an atom. Since protons and neutrons have approximately the same mass (and the mass of the electrons is negligible for many purposes) |
Who owns the Empress of Blandings the creation of P G Wodehouse | Empress of Blandings Empress of Blandings Empress of Blandings is a fictional pig, featured in many of the Blandings Castle novels and stories by P. G. Wodehouse. Owned by the doting Lord Emsworth, the Empress is an enormous black Berkshire sow, who wins many prizes in the "Fat Pigs" class at the local Shropshire Agricultural Show, and is the subject of many plots and schemes, generally involving her kidnap for various purposes. In 2005 Hall & Woodhouse, the Dorset-based Brewers of Badger beer, named a public house in Hampshire in honour of the Empress. Once the pig bug has taken hold of her | P. G. Wodehouse minor characters P. G. Wodehouse minor characters The following is an incomplete compendium of the fictional characters featured in the stories of P. G. Wodehouse (other than the ones already described in separate guides about Wodehouse series such as Blandings, Jeeves, etc.), in alphabetical order by surname. The rather mild headmaster of Sanstead House during the events of "The Little Nugget", Mr Arnold Abney is a tall and suave man, with a high forehead, thin white hands, a cooing intonation, and a general air of hushed importance. Abney is an incorrigible namedropper, who rarely completes a sentence without mentioning some noble or |
Which word beginning with 'o' is the branch of medical science that deals with pregnancy and childbirth? | Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) is professional association based in London, United Kingdom. Its members, including people with and without medical degrees, work in the field of obstetrics and gynaecology (O&G), that is, pregnancy, childbirth, and female sexual and reproductive health. The College has over 16,000 members in over 100 countries with nearly 50% of those residing outside the British Isles. The College's primary object is given as "The encouragement of the study and the advancement of the science and practice of obstetrics and gynaecology", although its governing documents impose no | Beginning of pregnancy controversy poses larger social, legal, medical, religious, philosophical, and political ramifications because some people, such as Concerned Women for America, equate the beginning of a pregnancy with the beginning of an individual human being's life. Many of these arguments are related to the anti-abortion movement. In this way of thinking, if the pregnancy has not yet begun, then stopping the process is not abortion and therefore can contain none of the moral issues associated with abortion, but if it is a pregnancy, then stopping it is a morally significant act. A major complication is that ideological and religious concepts such as |
Complete the title of the 1933 book by Gertrude Stein The Autobiography of Alice B …? | The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas have noted that Stein creates a new format, building upon Virginia Woolf's fictional biography, "Orlando", in her own reinterpretation of the autobiography. The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas is a 1933 book by Gertrude Stein, written in the guise of an autobiography authored by Alice B. Toklas, her life partner. In 1998, Modern Library ranked it as one of the 20 greatest English-language nonfiction books of the 20th century. Alice B. Toklas, as narrator of the work, says she was born into an affluent family in San Francisco. Later she met Gertrude Stein's sister-in-law | The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas talks about her friendship with Sherwood Anderson and Ernest Hemingway, who helped with the publication of "The Making of Americans". There the couple makes friends with a coterie of Russian artists, but they constitute no artistic movement. Later, Gertrude gives a lecture at Oxford University. Alice then mentions more parties with artists. Later, they abridge "The Making of Americans" to four hundred pages for commercial reasons and devise the idea of authoring an autobiography. Gertrude Stein admitted to writing the work in six weeks with an end to making money. However, she did not like writing it for that particular |
In which English county is the Tank Museum at Bovington? | The Tank Museum The Tank Museum The Tank Museum (previously The Bovington Tank Museum) is a collection of armoured fighting vehicles at Bovington Camp in Dorset, South West England. It is about north of the village of Wool and west of the major port of Poole. The collection traces the history of the tank. With almost 300 vehicles on exhibition from 26 countries it is the largest collection of tanks and the third largest collection of armoured vehicles in the world. It includes Tiger 131, the only working example of a German Tiger I tank, and a British First World War Mark I, | The Tank Museum the world's oldest surviving combat tank. It is the museum of the Royal Tank Regiment and the Royal Armoured Corps and is a registered charity. The writer Rudyard Kipling visited Bovington in 1923 and, after viewing the damaged tanks that had been salvaged at the end of the First World War, recommended a museum should be set up. Accordingly a shed was established to house the collection but was not opened to the general public until 1947. George Forty, who was appointed Director of the Museum in 1982, expanded and modernized the collection. He retired in 1993 after which he |
What is the name of the brother of Peppa Pig? | Peppa Pig of December 2015, it had grossed £2,326,328. A second film, branded a "cinema experience" was released on 16 March 2017, and was shown in cinemas on 7 April 2017. It features nine exclusive new episodes, four of which share the same theme, Peppa's holiday in Australia. Between the episodes are segments with a live-action host named Daisy and Peppa and George as 3D puppets, based on the "Peppa Pig Live" stage show. Peppa Pig World, a family theme park located in the New Forest, Hampshire, opened on 9 April 2011 at Paultons Park, Hampshire, UK with seven rides, an indoor | Peppa Pig platform, digitally manipulated images are banned. Despite this, Peppa Pig is incredibly popular within mainstream Chinese culture, as two Peppa Pig theme parks are set to open in Beijing and Shanghai in 2019. "Peppa Pig: The Game" was developed by Ubisoft and published by Pinnacle Inc. It was released on 27 November 2009 for the Nintendo Wii console and Nintendo DS hand-held game system. It is a children's video game to learn and play, and it contains 11 games and activities. "Peppa Pig: Fun and Games" was developed by Ubisoft and published by Pinnacle Inc. It was released on 22 |
Complete the title of the 1934 book by Evelyn Waugh A Handful of. | Evelyn Waugh Evelyn Waugh Arthur Evelyn St. John Waugh (; 28 October 1903 – 10 April 1966) was an English writer of novels, biographies, and travel books, and he was also a prolific journalist and book reviewer. His most famous works include the early satires "Decline and Fall" (1928) and "A Handful of Dust" (1934), the novel "Brideshead Revisited" (1945), and the Second World War trilogy "Sword of Honour" (1952–61). He is recognised as one of the great prose stylists of the English language in the 20th century. Waugh was the son of a publisher, educated at Lancing College and then at | Evelyn Waugh as "He-Evelyn" and "She-Evelyn". Waugh was at this time dependent on a £4-a-week allowance from his father and the small sums he could earn from book reviewing and journalism. The Rossetti biography was published to a generally favourable reception in April 1928: J. C. Squire in "The Observer" praised the book's elegance and wit; Acton gave cautious approval; and the novelist Rebecca West wrote to express how much she had enjoyed the book. Less pleasing to Waugh was the "Times Literary Supplement"s references to him as "Miss Waugh". When "Decline and Fall" was completed, Duckworths objected to its "obscenity", but |
Which book of the Bible immediately follows Psalms? | Bible translations into the languages of Russia New Testament in 2001, Ruth, Esther, Jonah and Lamentations in 2003, and the Pentateuch, Proverbs and Psalms in 2005. The complete Bible was published in 2011. The translation of the Bible into Wakhi language has begun in Moscow. The first publication of a biblical text into Wakhi, was an excerpt from the Gospel of Luke (2:1-20) in a book on the birth of Jesus in the 80 languages of the peoples of the CIS, (IBT, 2000. p. 68-69). In 2001 the Institute for Bible Translation published 1,500 copies of "Selections from Luke". An edition of the Gospels into the Sakha | Psalms Psalms The Book of Psalms ( or ; , , "praises"), commonly referred to simply as Psalms or "the Psalms", is the first book of the "Ketuvim" ("Writings"), the third section of the Hebrew Bible, and thus a book of the Christian Old Testament. The title is derived from the Greek translation, , meaning "instrumental music" and, by extension, "the words accompanying the music". The book is an anthology of individual psalms, with 150 in the Jewish and Western Christian tradition and more in the Eastern Christian churches. Many of the psalms are linked to the name of David, but |
Lewis Hamilton signed a new three year contract last month with which motor racing team? | Lewis Hamilton while leading in the late stages. He finished in fourth place in the World Championship. In September 2012, it was announced after much speculation that Hamilton would be leaving McLaren to join the Mercedes for the season, partnering Nico Rosberg after signing a three-year contract with the team. The move was met the surprise by pundits and the public, with some describing the move to Mercedes, a team with no recent history of success, as a gamble. In his first race for Mercedes, the , Hamilton qualified in third and ended the race in fifth. Hamilton finished third in Malaysia | Lewis Hamilton . The rivalry between the pair led to speculation that either Hamilton or Alonso would leave McLaren at the end of the season. Alonso and McLaren subsequently terminated their contract by mutual consent in November. A month after Alonso's departure, it was confirmed that Heikki Kovalainen would drive the second car for McLaren in alongside Hamilton, who signed a new five-year multimillion-pound contract to stay with the team until 2012. Hamilton won the first race of the season, the , from pole. In Malaysia, he finished fifth from ninth on the grid, serving a penalty for impeding Nick Heidfeld's qualifying |
Which Welsh town was granted city status in 1969? | Swansea City A.F.C. league record by opponent Swansea City A.F.C. league record by opponent Swansea City () is a Welsh football club based in the city of Swansea, which competes in the Premier League. The club was founded in 1912 as Swansea Town, and competed in the Southern Football League until they were elected to The Football League in 1920, as founders of the Third Division. The club changed its name in 1969, when it adopted the name Swansea City to reflect Swansea's new status as a city. In 2010, after winning a Championship Play-off final, Swansea became the first Welsh team to compete in the Premier | City status in the United Kingdom granted them city status by issuing letters patent. Some cities today are very small because they were granted city status in or before the 16th century, then were unaffected by population growth during the Industrial Revolution—notably Wells (population about 10,000) and St Davids (population about 2,000), After the 16th century, no new dioceses (and no new cities) were created until the 19th century. A long-awaited resumption of creating dioceses began in 1836 with Ripon. Ripon Town Council assumed that this had elevated the town to the rank of a city, and started referring to itself as the "City and Borough |
The peninsula of Istria is shared between Italy, Slovenia and which other country which has about 89%? | History of Istria Croatia and Slovenia runs on the former republic borders. In December 1992, Istria became one of the twenty counties in the Republic of Croatia. The Gulf of Piran area is the subject of an ongoing border dispute between Croatia and Slovenia. History of Istria Istria, formerly Histria (Latin), is the largest peninsula in the Adriatic Sea. The peninsula is located at the head of the Adriatic between the Gulf of Trieste and the Bay of Kvarner. It is shared by three countries: Croatia, Slovenia, and Italy. The first known appearance of human life in Istria dates to Lower Paleolithic, as | Slovene Istria it has borrowed many words from the Istrian dialect, it is markedly distinguishable from it. Traditionally, the Istrian Italians living in Slovenian Istria have spoken the Venetian language, which is nowadays being increasingly replaced by standard Italian. Slovene Istria Slovene Istria (, ) is a region in southwest of Slovenia. It comprises the northern part of the Istrian peninsula, and it is part of the wider geographical-historical region known as the Slovene Littoral ("Primorska"). Its largest urban center is Koper. Other large settlements are Izola, Piran and Portorož. The whole region has around 120 settlements. In its coastal area, both |
Errol Brown who died last month was best known as a member of which band? | Errol Brown Errol Brown Errol Brown MBE (12 November 1943 – 6 May 2015) was a British-Jamaican singer and songwriter, best known as the frontman of the soul and funk band Hot Chocolate. In 2004, Brown received the Ivor Novello Award for Outstanding Contribution to British Music. Brown was born in Kingston, Jamaica, but moved to the UK when he was twelve years old. His break in music came in 1969 when he recorded a version of John Lennon's "Give Peace a Chance" with a band called "Hot Chocolate Band". Unable to change the lyrics without Lennon's permission, he sent a copy | Errol Brown (cricketer) Errol Brown (cricketer) Errol Earl Brown (born 16 June 1952, St Catherine, Jamaica) is a former Jamaican cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1978 to 1985. He toured India and Sri Lanka in 1978-79 with the West Indian team but did not play Test cricket. Brown made his first-class debut for Jamaica in the 1977-78 season, playing five games and taking 15 wickets at an average of 33.00 with his off-spin, with a best analysis of 6 for 62 in the victory over Trinidad. When most of the senior West Indian cricketers were playing World Series Cricket in Australia in |
Ali Bongo Ctadimba is the President of which African country - his father Omar Bongo held the position from 1967 to 2009? | Ali Bongo Ondimba children—a daughter, Malika Bongo Ondimba, and three sons, Noureddin Bongo Valentin, Jalil Bongo Ondimba and Bilal Bongo—whom he and Sylvia adopted in 2002. Ali Bongo Ondimba Ali Bongo Ondimba (born Alain Bernard Bongo; 9 February 1959) is a Gabonese politician who has been President of Gabon since October 2009. Bongo was the son of Omar Bongo, who was President of Gabon from 1967 until his death in 2009. During his father's presidency, he was Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1989 to 1991 and represented Bongoville as a Deputy in the National Assembly from 1991 to 1999; subsequently he was Minister | Omar Bongo Patience Dabany. They had a son, Alain Bernard Bongo, and a daughter, Albertine Amissa Bongo. Born at Brazzaville in 1959, Alain Bernard Bongo (later known as Ali-Ben Bongo) served as Foreign Minister from 1989 to 1992, then as Defence Minister from 1999 to 2009, and was then elected President in August 2009 to replace his father. Bongo then married Edith Lucie Sassou-Nguesso, nearly 30 years his junior, in 1989. She was the daughter of Congolese President Denis Sassou-Nguesso. She was a trained pediatrician, known for her commitment to fighting AIDS. She bore Bongo two children. Edith Lucie Bongo died on |
Lake Ontario is bounded by the Canadian province of Ontario and which US state? | Lake Ontario Lake Ontario Lake Ontario is one of the five Great Lakes of North America. It is surrounded on the north, west, and southwest by the Canadian province of Ontario, and on the south and east by the American state of New York, whose water boundaries meet in the middle of the lake. Ontario, Canada's most populous province, was named for the lake. Many of Ontario's most populous cities, including Toronto, Canada's most populous city, and Hamilton, are on the lake's northern or western shores. In the Huron language, the name "" means "Lake of Shining Waters". Its primary inlet is | Southwestern Ontario Southwestern Ontario Southwestern Ontario is a secondary region of Southern Ontario in the Canadian province of Ontario. It occupies most of the Ontario Peninsula bounded by Lake Huron, including Georgian Bay, to the north and northwest; the St. Clair River, Lake St. Clair, and Detroit River, to the west; and Lake Erie to the south. To the east, on land, Southwestern Ontario is bounded by Central Ontario and the Golden Horseshoe. The region had a population of 2,583,544 in 2016. The largest cities in Southwestern Ontario, in order of population (2016), are: London, Kitchener, Windsor, Guelph, Cambridge, Waterloo, Brantford, Sarnia, |
What is the name of the four-wheeled horse-drawn convertible carriage, named after a town in Germany, used in Blackpool? | Landau (carriage) gift from E.P. Taylor. A number of horse-drawn carriages, known in Japan as "zagyoshiki", are maintained by the Imperial household and regularly used when new ambassadors present their credentials to the emperor as well as for royal weddings and coronations. Landau (carriage) A landau is a coachbuilding term for a type of four-wheeled, convertible carriage. It was a city carriage of luxury type. The low shell of the landau made for maximum visibility of the occupants and their clothing, a feature that makes a landau still a popular choice for the Lords Mayors of certain cities in the United Kingdom | Horse-drawn vehicle Horse-drawn vehicle A horse-drawn vehicle is a mechanized piece of equipment pulled by one horse or by a team of horses. These vehicles typically had two or four wheels and were used to carry passengers and/or a load. They were once common worldwide, but they have mostly been replaced by automobiles and other forms of self-propelled transport. A two-wheeled horse-drawn vehicle is a cart (see various types below, both for carrying people and for goods). Four-wheeled vehicles have many names – one for heavy loads is most commonly called a wagon. Very light carts and wagons can also be pulled |
Name the twin city to Minneapolis on the other side of the Mississippi. | Minneapolis–Saint Paul and Thunderjacks, and two traveling teams. The annual Twin Cities Marathon is held in the fall with a course running through Minneapolis and St. Paul. Minneapolis was the birthplace of Rollerblade and is a center for inline skating, as well as home to the most golfers per capita of any city in the U.S. Additionally, water skiing got its start on Lake Pepin, a lake southeast of the metropolitan area, located in the Mississippi River about downstream from St. Paul. Some other sports teams gained their names from being in Minnesota before relocating. The Los Angeles Lakers get their name | History of Minneapolis Cleveland and Theodore Wirth. Although the sawmills and the flour mills are long gone, Minneapolis remains a regional center in banking and industry. The two largest milling companies, General Mills and the Pillsbury Company, now merged under the General Mills name, still remain prominent in the Twin Cities area. The city has rediscovered the riverfront, which now hosts parkland, the Mill City Museum, and the Guthrie Theater. Minneapolis grew up around Saint Anthony Falls, the only waterfall on the Mississippi River and the end of the commercially navigable section of the river until locks were installed in the 1960s. French |
The town of Coober Pedy in South Australia is a major source of which gemstone? | District Council of Coober Pedy District Council of Coober Pedy The District Council of Coober Pedy is a local government area located around the opal mining town of the same name in Outback South Australia. The district's economy is based on the large opal deposits found beneath it, which have made it a major mining centre and also a popular tourist destination. The town of Coober Pedy was settled entirely for the large finds of opal nearby, with the first deposits uncovered in 1915, before substantially more miners moved in by 1917. The town was named ‘Coober Pedy’ by the local Progress and Miners Association | Coober Pedy producers, with parts of "Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome", "The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert", "" and "Pitch Black" having been filmed in the area. A rare exhibition cachet, signed by Coober Pedy Postmaster Alfred P. North, was discovered in Memphis, Tennessee on 3 February 2016. To date, it is the only known example of this cachet in the world. Coober Pedy Coober Pedy is a town in northern South Australia, north of Adelaide on the Stuart Highway. In the 2016 Census, there were 1,762 people in Coober Pedy (State Suburbs). Of these 962 were male and 801 were |
Which comedy sketch programme featured Open University presenter 'Professor Denzil Dexter' and gentlemen's outfitters 'Ken and Kenneth'? | The Fast Show but it went unchanged through production and eventually remained as the final title. The first series introduced many signature characters and sketches including Ted and Ralph, Unlucky Alf, the Fat Sweaty Coppers, Ron Manager, Roy and Renée, Ken and Kenneth (The Suit You Tailors), Jesse (of "Jesse's diets"), Arthur Atkinson, Bob Fleming, Brilliant Kid, Insecure Woman, Janine Carr, Denzil Dexter, Carl Hooper, Ed Winchester, the Patagonians, "Jazz Club" and the popular parody "Chanel 9." Many characters were never given any "official" name, with their sketches being written to give their catchphrase as the punchline of each sketch. Examples include "Anyone | Sketch comedy comedy and variety shows, talk shows and some children's television series (such as "Sesame Street"). Warner Bros. Animation made two sketch comedy shows, including "Mad" and "Right Now Kapow". Sketch comedians routinely differentiate their product from a "skit", maintaining that a skit is a (single) dramatized joke (or "bit") while a sketch is a comedic exploration of a concept, character or situation. Sketch comedy has its origins in vaudeville and music hall, where a large number of brief, but humorous, acts were strung together to form a larger programme. In Britain, it moved to stage performances by Cambridge Footlights, such |
By what name are Football League team Heaton Norris now known? | Heaton Norris deck-access or high-rise estates (such as Lancashire Hill) and Victorian terraced housing. Heaton Norris Rovers, now known as Stockport County Football Club, was formed in 1883, and used to play on a pitch behind the Nursery Inn on Green Lane. In 1902, they left the Green Lane ground and moved to Edgeley Park. Heaton Norris, Heaton Mersey, Heaton Moor and Heaton Chapel are on the north bank of the River Mersey, and south of the Cringle Brook, to the west of Reddish and the River Tame. The land slopes gently towards the north from a high point in the south | Heaton Norris above a steep descent to the Mersey. Most of the townships are between 60 m and 70 m above sea level, and 30 m to 60 m above the river. Heaton Norris is about 7 km south of St Ann's Square, Manchester. The soil is clay on marl and red sandstone. The former Manchester to Buxton Roman road and the later turnpike, now the A6, pass through Heaton Norris, as does the London to Manchester railway. This is carried from Edgeley to Heaton Norris by the massive brick-built Stockport Viaduct. Along the north bank of the River Mersey ran the |
In the book of Genesis where did the Land of Nod lie? | Land of Nod Land of Nod The Land of Nod (, "eretz-Nod") is a place mentioned in the Book of Genesis of the Hebrew Bible, located "on the east of Eden" ("qidmat-‘Eden"), where Cain was exiled by God after Cain had murdered his brother Abel. According to Genesis 4:16: "Nod" (נוד) is the Hebrew root of the verb "to wander" (לנדוד). Therefore, to dwell in the land of Nod is usually taken to mean that one takes up a wandering life. Genesis 4:17 relates that after arriving in the Land of Nod, Cain's wife bore him a son, Enoch, in whose name he | Wife–sister narratives in the Book of Genesis Noah's and Lot's drunkenness and David's adultery. On the other hand, commentators such as Allan Turner, in his essay "Lying: Is It Ever Right?", takes the standpoint that the patriarchal individuals did not actually lie, but merely concealed part of the truth. Wife–sister narratives in the Book of Genesis There are three wife-sister narratives in Genesis, part of the Torah, all of which are strikingly similar. The narratives occur in Genesis 12, 20 and 26. At the core of each is the story of a Biblical Patriarch, who has come to be in the land of a powerful foreign overlord |
Which famous musician owned a film company called Handmade Films? | HandMade Films HandMade Films HandMade Films is a British film production and distribution company. Notable films from the studio include "Monty Python's Life of Brian", "Time Bandits" and "Withnail and I". HandMade Films was formed by former Beatle George Harrison and business partner Denis O'Brien in 1978 to finance the Monty Python film "Life of Brian". Harrison had first been introduced to O'Brien by actor Peter Sellers in 1973. Soon after, the two went into business together. When the original financiers of "Brian", EMI Films, pulled out of the project less than a week before filming was to commence, the creators had | HandMade Films sales, marketing and financial packaging company) was also acquired. It was subsequently renamed Handmade Films International. The parent company, now known as HandMade plc, is currently publicly traded under the symbol HMF. On 7 January 2010, the company's shares were suspended on the London AIM stock market pending financial restructuring. In July 2010, Handmade was purchased for £6.1 million by a syndicate of Jersey-based businessmen, including William Child-Villiers, 10th Earl of Jersey, at which time wealth-manager David Francis was reported to be deciding what to do with the business. HandMade Films HandMade Films is a British film production and distribution |
In which sea is the Gulf of Genoa? | Genoa low into the Ionian Sea. Genoa low A Genoa low (also known as Genoa Cyclogenesis, Ligurian Depression, or V(5)-track cyclone) is a cyclone that forms or intensifies from a pre-existing cyclone to the south of the Alps over the Gulf of Genoa, Ligurian Sea, Po Valley and northern Adriatic. Vb cyclones are rare events which occur on average only 2.3 times per year. The northwestern Mediterranean and the Gulf of Genoa in particular, are not only a transition area for passing cyclones, but are frequently areas of cyclogenesis. Low pressure areas move into or are formed as a result of North | Sea urchins of the Gulf of California is a sea urchin endemic to the Gulf of California. Approximately 23 species of sea urchins, 3 species of heart urchins, and 9 species of sand dollars call the Gulf of California habitat their home. Where they are found throughout the Gulf of California, can be classified into three biogeographic regions called the Northern Gulf, Central Gulf, and Southern Gulf. Two other regions are also used to classify sea urchins and other marine animals, and are called the Southwest Baja California Sur Region and the Colorado River Delta Biosphere Reserve. World Distribution Acronyms are used by marine biologists to designate |
Which of Marilyn Monroe'sfilms included her version of the song, 'I Want To Be Loved By You'? | I Wanna Be Loved by You I Wanna Be Loved by You "I Wanna Be Loved by You" is a song written by Herbert Stothart and Harry Ruby, with lyrics by Bert Kalmar, for the 1928 musical "Good Boy". It was chosen as one of the Songs of the Century in a survey by the RIAA to which 200 people responded (out of 1300 asked). One of Marilyn Monroe's most famous musical performances is her singing the song in Billy Wilder's classic farce "Some Like It Hot." The song was first performed in 1928 by Helen Kane, who became known as the 'Boop-Boop-a-Doop Girl' because of | I Wanna Be Loved by You Annette Hanshaw, Jack Lemmon, Frank Sinatra, Rhonda Towns, Rose Murphy, Tina Louise, Verka Serduchka, Patricia Kaas, Sinéad O'Connor, Jinx Titanic, Shiina Ringo, Paul Manchin, Claire Johnston, Lorraine Allan (formerly Lorraine Gray), Eve's Plum, Barry Manilow (in a duet with the Marilyn Monroe recording) and many more. Actress Rue McClanahan performed a humorous rendition of the song while portraying Blanche Devereaux in the sitcom "The Golden Girls". Actor and actress Robert Reed and Florence Henderson sang "I Wanna Be Loved By You" in a 1973 episode "Never Too Young" of "The Brady Bunch". I Wanna Be Loved by You "I Wanna |
A wind speed of 32-38 mph is described as what on the Beaufort Scale? | Variable speed wind turbine be seen from considering the torque-rotor speed diagram. In reference to the above torque-rotor speed diagram, by reducing the rotor speed at high wind speeds, the turbine enters the stall region, thus bringing some limiting to the power output. Pitch regulation thus allows the wind turbine to actively change the angle of attack of the air on the blades. This is preferred over a stall-regulated wind turbine as it enables far greater control of the power output. Identical to the stall-regulated variable-speed wind turbine, the initial operating strategy is to operate on the formula_37 curve. However, due to constraints such | Beaufort scale used in Taiwan and mainland China, which are often affected by typhoons. Internationally, WMO Manual on Marine Meteorological Services (2012 edition) defined the Beaufort Scale only up to force 12 and there was no recommendation on the use of the extended scale. Wind speed on the 1946 Beaufort scale is based on the empirical relationship: Where "v" is the equivalent wind speed at 10 metres above the sea surface and "B" is Beaufort scale number. For example, "B" = 9.5 is related to 24.5 m/s which is equal to the lower limit of "10 Beaufort". Using this formula the highest |
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