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Which influential writer of the French Renaissance, who helped to popularise the essay as a literary form , is perhaps best remembered for his 'Apology For Raymond Sebond'? | French Renaissance literature influential French playwright — by the range of his styles and by his mastery of the new forms — would be Robert Garnier. All of these eclectic traditions would continue to evolve in the "baroque" theater of the early 17th century, before French "classicism" would finally impose itself. The French Renaissance was rich in a whole body of moral, literary, philological and philosophical writing. Michel de Montaigne was the first essayist of modern times ("The Essays") and a remarkable writer on the human condition. Étienne Pasquier's "Recherches de la France" was another monumental compendium of historical, political and cultural observations. | An Apology for Poetry An Apology for Poetry An Apology for Poetry (or, The Defence of Poesy) is a work of literary criticism by Elizabethan poet Philip Sidney. It was written in approximately 1580 and first published in 1595, after his death. It is generally believed that he was at least partly motivated by Stephen Gosson, a former playwright who dedicated his attack on the English stage, "The School of Abuse", to Sidney in 1579, but Sidney primarily addresses more general objections to poetry, such as those of Plato. In his essay, Sidney integrates a number of classical and Italian precepts on fiction. The |
Who was the American engine driver and folk hero on the Cannonball Express who died in 1900 trying to prevent his train from crashing into a freight train? | Casey Jones Casey Jones Jonathan Luther "Casey" Jones (March 14, 1863 – April 30, 1900) from Jackson, Tennessee, was an American railroader who worked for the Illinois Central Railroad (IC). He was killed on April 30, 1900, when his train collided with a stalled freight train near Vaughan, Mississippi. His dramatic death while trying to stop his train and save the lives of his passengers made him a hero; he was immortalized in a popular ballad sung by his friend Wallace Saunders, an African-American engine wiper for the IC. As a boy, he lived near Cayce, Kentucky, where he acquired the nickname | Freight Train (folk song) Freight Train (folk song) "Freight Train" is an American folk song written by Elizabeth Cotten in the early 20th century, and popularized during the American folk revival and British skiffle period of the 1950s and 1960s. By Cotten's own account in the 1985 BBC series "Down Home", she composed “Freight Train” as a teenager (sometime between 1906 and 1912), inspired by the sound of the trains rolling in on the tracks near her home in North Carolina. Cotten was a one-time nanny for folk singer Peggy Seeger, who took this song with her to England, where it became popular in |
What was the name of the fictional paper company whose offices provide the setting for the British sit-com 'The Office'? | The Office (UK TV series) The Office (UK TV series) The Office is a British television mockumentary sitcom, first broadcast in the UK on BBC Two on 9 July 2001. Created, written and directed by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant, the program is about the day-to-day lives of office employees in the Slough branch of the fictional Wernham Hogg Paper Company. Gervais also stars in the series, playing the central character, David Brent. Two six-episode series were made, along with a pair of 58-minute Christmas specials. When it was first shown on BBC Two, it was nearly cancelled due to low ratings, but it has | Paper Airplane (The Office) Office" for an "Outstanding Guest Actor in Comedy Series" Emmy consideration. Paper Airplane (The Office) "Paper Airplane" is the twentieth episode of the ninth season of the American comedy television series "The Office". It originally aired on NBC on April 25, 2013. The episode features a guest appearance from Roseanne Barr as Andy's agent Carla Fern. It was also the final half-hour episode of the series, being the fourth-to-last episode aired. The series—presented as if it were a real documentary—depicts the everyday lives of office employees in the Scranton, Pennsylvania, branch of the fictional Dunder Mifflin Paper Company. In the |
Which former World Heavyweight Boxing Champion won his first 48 fights before losing to Michael Spinks in 1985? | Michael Spinks a successful amateur career, which culminated in his Olympic gold medal win, Spinks went undefeated in his first 31 professional fights, beating such opponents as Dwight Muhammad Qawi, Eddie Mustafa Muhammad, Marvin Johnson and Eddie Davis en route to becoming the undisputed light heavyweight champion. Following ten successful title defenses, Spinks moved up to heavyweight, and as an underdog defeated long-reigning IBF heavyweight champion Larry Holmes; in doing so, Spinks became the first reigning light heavyweight world champion to win the heavyweight title. In his final fight, Spinks was knocked out by Mike Tyson in 91 seconds, the only defeat | Michael Spinks Michael Spinks Michael Spinks (born July 13, 1956) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1977 to 1988. He is a two-weight world champion, having held the undisputed light heavyweight title from 1983 to 1985, and the lineal heavyweight title from 1985 to 1988. As an amateur he won a gold medal in the middleweight division at the 1976 Summer Olympics. Nicknamed "Jinx", which spawned the nickname of his right hand, "The Spinks Jinx", Spinks is the brother of former world heavyweight champion Leon Spinks, and uncle of Cory Spinks, a former welterweight and light middleweight champion. After |
With the scientific name Taurotragus oryx, which is the largest species of antelope? | Taurotragus a male hormone, which is highest during rutting. Taurotragus Taurotragus is a genus of large antelopes of the African savanna, commonly known as elands. It contains two species: the common eland "T. oryx" and the giant eland "T. derbianus". "Taurotragus" is a genus of large African antelopes, placed under the subfamily Bovinae and family Bovidae. The genus authority is the German zoologist Johann Andreas Wagner, who first mentioned it in the journal "Die Säugthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur, mit Beschreibungen" in 1855. The name is composed of two Greek words: "Taurus" or "Tauros", meaning a bull or bullock; and | Scimitar oryx no more changes since then, though many papers published after 1956 created confusion by using names like "O. gazella tao". Its scientific name, "Oryx dammah", is derived from: Ancient Greek ("orux"), meaning a gazelle or antelope (originally a pickaxe); Latin "damma" (fallow deer or antelope); and Arabic "dammar" (sheep). The scimitar oryx is named for its horns, which resemble scimitars. Its common name in English is "scimitar-horned oryx", or simply "scimitar oryx". The scimitar oryx has 58 chromosomes. It has one pair of large submetacentric autosomes and 27 acrocentric autosomal pairs. The X and Y chromosomes are the largest and |
Which American rock star survived the car crash that killed Eddie Cochran in April 1960? | Chippenham the brakes business was taken over by the German company Knorr-Bremse, and is based at a site in nearby Melksham. On 17 April 1960, American singers Eddie Cochran and Gene Vincent, and songwriter Sharon Sheeley, were involved in a car crash in Chippenham at Rowden Hill. Cochran died as a result of his injuries and a memorial plaque was erected near the site. Each year Chippenham hosts an Eddie Cochran festival (see below). On 13 February 1998, two unexploded bombs from World War II were discovered in the field behind Hardens Mead during preparations for the building of Abbeyfield School. | Eddie Cochran in 2002, and is featured on their album "Live at Leeds"). The glam-rock artist Marc Bolan had his main Gibson Les Paul guitar refinished in a transparent orange to resemble the Gretsch 6120 played by Cochran, who was his music hero. He was also an influence on the guitar player Brian Setzer, of Stray Cats, who plays a 6120 almost like that of Cochran, whom he portrayed in the film "La Bamba". The following songs also made the following chart entries in the UK: Eddie Cochran Edward Ray Cochran (; October 3, 1938 – April 17, 1960) was an American |
What was the name of the real-life castaway upon whom Daniel Defoe based 'Robinson Crusoe'? | Robinson Crusoe to believe he was a real person and the book a travelogue of true incidents. Epistolary, confessional, and didactic in form, the book is presented as an autobiography of the title character (whose birth name is Robinson Kreutznaer)—a castaway who spends 28 years on a remote tropical desert island near Trinidad, encountering cannibals, captives, and mutineers, before ultimately being rescued. The story has been thought to be based on the life of Alexander Selkirk, a Scottish castaway who lived for four years on a Pacific island called "Más a Tierra", now part of Chile, which was renamed Robinson Crusoe Island | The Farther Adventures of Robinson Crusoe The Farther Adventures of Robinson Crusoe The Farther Adventures of Robinson Crusoe (now more commonly rendered as ""The Further adventures of Robinson Crusoe"") is a novel by Daniel Defoe, first published in 1719. Just as in its significantly more popular predecessor, "Robinson Crusoe" (1719), the first edition credits the work's fictional protagonist Robinson Crusoe as its author. It was published under the considerably longer original title: "The Farther Adventures of Robinson Crusoe; Being the Second and Last Part of His Life, And of the Strange Surprising Accounts of his Travels Round three Parts of the Globe." Although intended to be |
Which philosopher was Dean of Notre Dame in Paris in 1115 but became a monk after a scandal that led to his castration? | Castration Georgia to ensure the supremacy of George's branch of the family. Another victim of castration was the medieval French philosopher, scholar, teacher, and (later) monk Pierre Abélard. He was castrated by relatives of his lover, Héloïse. Bishop Wimund, a 12th-century English adventurer and invader of the Scottish coast, was castrated. In medieval England those found guilty of high treason were hanged, drawn and quartered, which often included emasculation or removal of the genitalia. In ancient Greek mythology, Cronus castrated his father, Uranus, after the latter imprisoned the Cyclopes and Hecatonchires. William Wallace, the Scottish resistance leader, was castrated as part | Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral of the Archdiocese of Paris, Notre-Dame contains the "cathedra" of the Archbishop of Paris, currently Michel Aupetit. 12 million people visit Notre-Dame yearly, which makes it the most visited monument in Paris. The Cathedral of Notre-Dame de Paris was built on a site which in Roman Lutetia is believed to have been occupied by a pagan temple, and then by a Romanesque church, the Basilica of Saint Étienne, built between the 4th century and 7th century. The basilica was about forty meters west of the current cathedral, and was wider and lower, and roughly half its size. King Louis |
Who was the Iranian Ayatollah who sentenced Salman Rushdie to death in absentia after the publication of the novelist's 'Satanic Verses'? | The Satanic Verses controversy The Satanic Verses controversy "The Satanic Verses" controversy, also known as the Rushdie Affair, was the heated and frequently violent reaction of Muslims to the publication of Salman Rushdie's novel "The Satanic Verses", which was first published in the United Kingdom in 1988 and inspired in part by the life of Muhammad. Many Muslims accused Rushdie of blasphemy or unbelief and in 1989 the Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini of Iran issued a fatwa ordering Muslims to kill Rushdie. Numerous killings, attempted killings, and bombings resulted from violent Muslims over the novel. The Iranian government backed the fatwa against Rushdie until 1998, | The Satanic Verses This was the first time they had commented on the issue since publication. The Satanic Verses The Satanic Verses is Salman Rushdie's fourth novel, first published in 1988 and inspired in part by the life of Muhammad, the prophet of Islam. As with his previous books, Rushdie used magical realism and relied on contemporary events and people to create his characters. The title refers to the satanic verses, a group of Quranic verses that refer to three Pagan Meccan goddesses: Allāt, Uzza, and Manāt. The part of the story that deals with the "satanic verses" was based on accounts from |
In which US city doe the American Football team known as the 'Raiders' play their home games? | Oakland Raiders voted nearly unanimously to approve the Raiders' application to relocate from Oakland to Las Vegas, Nevada, in a 31-to-1 vote at the annual league meetings in Phoenix, Arizona. The Raiders plan to remain in Oakland through 2018 – and possibly 2019 – and relocate to Las Vegas in either 2019 or 2020, depending on the completion of the team's planned new stadium. The Raiders are known for their extensive fan base and distinctive team culture. The Raiders have 14 former members who have been enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. The Raiders currently play their home games at | River City Raiders River City Raiders The River City Raiders (formerly known as the Missouri Monsters and the St. Louis Attack) was a professional indoor football team based in St. Charles, Missouri. They play their home games at Family Arena. As of February 2018 the River City Raiders website and social media pages have been removed. No formal announcement has ever been publicly made by the Raiders or their ownership after their final 2017 regular season game regarding their future or folding. The Raiders are the second indoor football team to be based in St. Charles, the other being the River City Rage |
Who was both the last President of Czechoslovakia and the first President of the Czech republic? | President of the Czech Republic upon the former President's death. The official residence of the president of the Czech Republic is Prague Castle. However, the living quarters are small and not particularly comfortable, so recent presidents (Václav Havel and Václav Klaus) have chosen to live elsewhere. The last president to reside more or less full-time in the residence in the Prague Castle was Gustáv Husák. The president also maintains a summer residence at the castle in the village of Lány, 35 km west of Prague. There is one living former Czech President: President of the Czech Republic The President of the Czech Republic is the | President of the Czech Republic President of the Czech Republic The President of the Czech Republic is the elected formal head of state of the Czech Republic and the commander-in-chief of the Military of the Czech Republic. Unlike counterparts in other Central European countries such as Austria and Hungary, who are generally considered figureheads, the Czech president has a considerable role in political affairs. Because many powers can only be exercised with the signatures of both the President and the Prime Minister of the Czech Republic, responsibility over some political issues is effectively shared between the two offices. The framers of the Constitution of the |
Which French Revolutionary leader was assassinated whilst taking a bath in 1793? | Jean-Paul Marat "sans-culottes", publishing his views in pamphlets, placards and newspapers, notably his periodical "L'Ami du peuple" ("Friend of the People"), which helped make him their unofficial link with the radical, republican Jacobin group that came to power after June 1793. Marat was assassinated by Charlotte Corday, a Girondin sympathizer, while taking a medicinal bath for his debilitating skin condition. In death, Marat became an icon to the Jacobins as a revolutionary martyr, as portrayed in Jacques-Louis David's famous painting, "The Death of Marat". For this assassination, Corday was executed four days later, on 17 July 1793. Jean-Paul Marat was born in | Campaigns of 1793 in the French Revolutionary Wars French Revolution from 1789 to 1814", by François Mignet (1824), as made available by Project Gutenberg, as well as other Wikipedia articles. Campaigns of 1793 in the French Revolutionary Wars The French Revolutionary Wars continued from 1792, with new powers entering the First Coalition after the execution of King Louis XVI. Spain and Portugal entered the coalition in January 1793, and on 1 February France declared war on Great Britain and the Netherlands. At the opening of the year, Dumouriez chose to ignore orders from the government in Paris to defend Belgium and instead began an invasion of the Netherlands, |
In 1984, which Indian cricketer became only the second person to score six sixes from one over in first class cricket? | Wankhede Stadium the 1978–79 series and all round heroics like Ian Botham's century and thirteen wickets in the Jubilee Test in 1979–80, which England won by ten wickets. The highest score by an Indian at the Wankhede Stadium is Virat Kohli's 235 against England in 2016-17. Incidentally Ravi Shastri's six sixes in an over off Baroda's Tilak Raj in Ranji Trophy, en route to the fastest double-hundred in first-class cricket were recorded on this ground in 1984–85. His unbeaten 200 in 113 minutes off 123 balls with 13 fours and 13 sixes at this ground, is the fastest double century in first-class | Indian cricket team in England in 1971 14 fours in 106*. Set 251 in 240 minutes after a declaration, India won with half an hour to spare. Gavaskar scored 128 in 155 minutes with ten fours and four sixes. He brought up his fifty in 65 minutes and hundred in 120, hitting Peter Parfitt for two sixes and a four in one over and Brian Close for a six and a four off consecutive balls in another. Indian cricket team in England in 1971 The Indian cricket team toured England in the 1971 season and played 19 first-class fixtures, winning 7, losing only one and drawing 11. |
Which berry is used to make the Italian liqueur Sambuca? | Sambuca Sambuca Sambuca () is an Italian anise-flavoured, usually colourless, liqueur. Its most common variety is often referred to as "white sambuca" to differentiate it from other varieties that are deep blue in colour ("black sambuca") or bright red ("red sambuca"). Like other anise-flavoured liqueurs, the ouzo effect is sometimes observed when combined with water. Sambuca is flavoured with essential oils obtained from star anise, or less commonly, green anise. Other spices such as elderflower, liquorice and others may be included, but are not required as per the legal definition. It is bottled at a minimum of 38% alcohol by volume. | Sambuca shot with one coffee bean, called "con la mosca", which means "with the fly", is as common. The traditional serving is with three coffee beans, each representing health, happiness and prosperity. The shot may be ignited to toast the coffee beans with the flame extinguished immediately before drinking. Sambuca Sambuca () is an Italian anise-flavoured, usually colourless, liqueur. Its most common variety is often referred to as "white sambuca" to differentiate it from other varieties that are deep blue in colour ("black sambuca") or bright red ("red sambuca"). Like other anise-flavoured liqueurs, the ouzo effect is sometimes observed when combined |
Which famous sculpture, made approximately 150 BC, was found on the Aegean island of Melos in 1820? | Milos Milos Milos or Melos (; Modern Greek: ; "Melos") is a volcanic Greek island in the Aegean Sea, just north of the Sea of Crete. Milos is the southwesternmost island in the Cyclades group. The island is famous for the statue of Aphrodite (the ""Venus de Milo"", now in the Louvre), and also for statues of the Greek god Asclepius (now in the British Museum), the Poseidon and an archaic Apollo in Athens. Milos is a popular tourist destination during the summer. The Municipality of Milos also includes the uninhabited offshore islands of Antimilos and Akradies. The combined land area | Siege of Melos the Melian experience was extreme. The earliest known reference to the starvation of the Melians is in Aristophanes' play, "The Birds", which was first performed in 414 BC. Its usage lasted well into the Byzantine era, as it is mentioned in the "Suda", a 10th-century Byzantine encyclopedia. Siege of Melos The Siege of Melos occurred in 416 BC during the Peloponnesian War, a war fought between Athens and Sparta. Melos is an island in the Aegean Sea roughly 110 km east of mainland Greece. At the time it was populated by Dorians. Though the Melians were of the same ethnic |
What was the name of the terrorist group that murdered eleven Israeli athletes at the Munich Olympics in 1972? | Sport in Munich games were played at the stadium during the World Cup of 2006: The 1972 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Munich, in what was then West Germany, from August 26 to September 11, 1972. The Games were largely overshadowed by what has come to be known as the Munich massacre. On September 5 a group of eight Palestinian terrorists belonging to the Black September organization broke into the Olympic Village and took eleven Israeli athletes, coaches and officials hostage in their apartments. Two of the hostages who resisted | Israel at the 1972 Summer Olympics by locals on his fluent German, he responded: "I learned it in Bergen-Belsen". He survived the Munich massacre by jumping off a balcony. The following nominated referees and judges were in the delegation: The following coaches and officials were in the delegation: Israel at the 1972 Summer Olympics Israel competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany, which began on August 26. On September 5 and 6, in the Munich massacre, 11 members of the Israeli delegation—5 athletes, 2 referees, and 4 coaches (names bolded on this page)—were taken hostage by PLO terrorists and murdered. The remainder of |
Which popular video game was designed and programmed by Russian computer engineer Alexey Pajitnov in 1985? | Alexey Pajitnov 24 June 2009, he received the honorary award at the LARA - Der Deutsche Games Award in Cologne, Germany. In 2012, IGN included Pajitnov on their list of 5 Memorable Video Game Industry One-Hit Wonders, calling him "the ultimate video game one-hit wonder." Alexey Pajitnov Alexey Leonidovich Pajitnov (born 14 March 1956) is a Russian video game designer and computer engineer who developed "Tetris" while working for the Dorodnitsyn Computing Centre of the Soviet Academy of Sciences, a Soviet government-founded R&D center. He only started to get royalties from his creation in 1996 when he and Henk Rogers formed The | Alexey Pajitnov MSN Mind Aerobics and MSN Games groups. Pajitnov's new, enhanced version of "Hexic", "Hexic HD", was included with every new Xbox 360 Premium package. On 18 August 2005, WildSnake Software announced that Pajitnov would be collaborating with them to release a new line of puzzle games. Pajitnov's son, Dmitri, died in a skiing accident on Mount Rainier in 2017. In 1996, GameSpot named him as the fourth most influential computer game developer of all time. On 7 March 2007, he received the Game Developers Choice Awards First Penguin Award. The award was given for pioneering the casual games market. On |
The Order of the Elephant is the premier order that can be awarded in which European country? | Order of the Elephant death of a Knight of the Order of the Elephant, the insignia of the order must be returned. There are a few exceptions known. Previous knights have included: Order of the Elephant The Order of the Elephant () is a Danish order of chivalry and is Denmark's highest-ranked honour. It has origins in the 15th century, but has officially existed since 1693, and since the establishment of constitutional monarchy in 1849, is now almost exclusively used to honour royalty and heads of state. A Danish religious confraternity called the Fellowship of the Mother of God, limited to about fifty members | Order of the Elephant current form on 1 December 1693 by King Christian V as having only one class consisting of only 30 noble knights in addition to the Grand Master (i.e., the king) and his sons. The statutes of the order were amended in 1958 by a Royal Ordinance so that both men and women could be members of the order. The elephant and castle design derives from an elephant carrying a howdah, the familiar castle replacing the unfamiliar howdah, and finds use elsewhere in European iconography, as discussed at howdah. The Danish monarch is the head of the order. The members of |
In which city is the Uffizi Gallery to be found? | Friends of the Uffizi Gallery knight chess piece. Representing loyalty and the right cause, the horse symbolizes the commitment of the Associations Amici degli Uffizi and Friends of the Uffizi Gallery to the benefit of the Uffizi Gallery. Every two years, the Friends of the Uffizi Gallery organize the Florentine Weekend, which includes art-focused activities at the Uffizi Gallery and in nearby locations throughout the City of Florence that relate to both Renaissance art and Italian culture. It is a members-only event open to Friends of the Uffizi Gallery members at the Botticelli, Michelangelo and Leonardo membership levels. More than thirty restorations designated as a | Friends of the Uffizi Gallery priority by the Uffizi Gallery have been completed with funds raised by both Friends of the Uffizi Gallery and Amici degli Uffizi. The Michelangelo Room, which opened to the public on January 29, 2013, is an example of a completed project by this organization. The Friends of the Uffizi Gallery and the Amici degli Uffizi funded the re-construction of this room on the second floor and the re-installation of the paintings. The re-construction involved restoring the original marble floor and re-plastering the walls and painting them red. The re-installation included Michelangelo’s "Tondo Doni" (ca. 1507 oil and tempera on panel) |
Which group had 90s hits with 'Life Of Riley', 'Perfect' and 'Lucky You'? | The Life of Riley (song) writer of the song, Ian Broudie, cites his son Riley as the namesake of the piece. The song title has also been used by the band for their greatest hits album, "". A remix of "The Life of Riley" appeared on the single "Sense", and an instrumental version appeared on "Change". The single was also later reissued. A cover of the song by Willie Dowling - Jackdaw 4 was used as the theme to the 2009 BBC television sitcom, "Life of Riley". The trailers for the show used the original Lightning Seeds version. The Life of Riley (song) "The Life | Greatest Hits (2000 Ace of Base album) Greatest Hits (2000 Ace of Base album) Greatest Hits is a compilation album by the Swedish group Ace of Base. "Greatest Hits" was the North American counterpart to the international album, "Singles of the 90s". "Greatest Hits" was released by Arista Records in March 2000, fulfilling their contractual obligations with the group and ending their relationship. It contained a track error on "The Sign" (which cut one second from the beginning of the song) and only one new track, "C'est La Vie (Always 21)", which was also featured on "Singles Of The 90s" along with two other new tracks. "Life |
During which war was the Battle of Inkerman fought? | Battle of Inkerman Battle of Inkerman The Battle of Inkerman was fought during the Crimean War on 5 November 1854 between the allied armies of Britain, France and Ottoman Empire against the Imperial Russian Army. The battle broke the will of the Russian Army to defeat the allies in the field, and was followed by the Siege of Sevastopol. The role of troops fighting mostly on their own initiative due to the foggy conditions during the battle has earned the engagement the name "The Soldier's Battle". The allied armies of Britain, France, Sardinia, and the Ottoman Empire had landed on the west coast | Inkerman, Renfrewshire these settlements had their own rivalries. On Saturday 12 July 1859 the miners from "The Redan" in Linwood, on one side of the Black Cart Water, and their rivals from "Inkerman", on the other side, met in the (grandly called) "Battle of Linwood Bridge". (The bridge is still there at the end of "Bridge Street, Linwood"). The men were armed with various weapons such as mining tools, swords and cudgels. A bloody battle was fought resulting in the death of one man and several others were badly injured "Inkerman" was near Candrens, where "Blackstone Road" passes under the A737. It |
In which city do Sampdoria play their home games? | U.C. Sampdoria Sud. Sampdoria's biggest rivals are Genoa, against whom they play the "Derby della Lanterna". When Sampdoria were relegated from Serie A in 2011, more than 30,000 Genoa supporters staged a mock funeral procession through the streets of the city carrying a coffin draped in blue. The recent season-by-season performance of the club: Serie A Coppa Italia Supercoppa Italiana Serie B European Cup UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Wembley International Tournament Amsterdam Tournament Joan Gamper Trophy U.C. Sampdoria Unione Calcio Sampdoria, commonly known as Sampdoria , is an Italian association football club based in Genoa. Sampdoria currently competes in Serie A. The | U.C. Sampdoria being stretched by Champions League football, Sampdoria embarked on a miserable run of results and were relegated to Serie B after loss 2–1 at home to Palermo in May 2011. However, in the following season, Sampdoria won the playoffs after defeating Varese 1–0 in the final return of the play-off after the 3–2 of the first round and return to Serie A. They were the first club outside of the third place to win the play-off, as well as the first sixth-placed club to do so. In the club's first few seasons back in Serie A, the side achieved consecutive |
Which member of the Cabinet has been MP for Rushcliffe since 1970? | Rushcliffe (UK Parliament constituency) apolitical role in the House of Lords, in which the holder no longer sits. Rushcliffe (UK Parliament constituency) Rushcliffe is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 1970 by Ken Clarke, a Conservative and the current Father of the House. The constituency was formed by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 (for first use during the election that year). Since 1950 it has been a safe seat for the Conservative Party whose members have held it without marginal majorities except for a four-year period when it was held by Labour from 1966 coinciding with | Rushcliffe the south of the district, which has the Sutton Bonington Campus of the University of Nottingham. Rushcliffe Rushcliffe is a local government district with borough status in Nottinghamshire, England. The population of the Local Authority at the 2011 Census was 111,129. Its council, Rushcliffe Borough Council (0115 981 9911), is based in West Bridgford. It was formed on 1 April 1974 by merging the West Bridgford Urban District, the Bingham Rural District and part of Basford Rural District. The district was named after the old Rushcliffe wapentake. Rushcliffe means "cliff where brushwood grows", from Old English "hris" "brushwood" and clif |
Whose last film as a director was 'Eyes Wide Shut' in 1999? | Eyes Wide Shut of "Eyes Wide Shut" – referencing two scenes in "" in which, through camera angles and coincidences, sexual body parts are blocked from view in a comical way – his review stated that this joke referred to an early rough draft of the altered scene, never publicly released. Notes Bibliography Eyes Wide Shut Eyes Wide Shut is a 1999 erotic drama film directed, produced, and co-written by Stanley Kubrick. Based on Arthur Schnitzler's 1926 novella "Traumnovelle" ("Dream Story"), the story is transferred from early 20th-century Vienna to 1990s New York City. The film follows the sexually charged adventures of Dr. | Eyes Wide Shut in VHS and DVD on March 7, 2000. The original DVD release corrects technical gaffes, including a reflected crew member, and altering a piece of Alice Harford's dialogue. Most home videos remove the verse that was claimed to be cited from the sacred Hindu scripture Bhagavad Gita (although it was Pook's reworking of "Backwards Priests" as stated above.) On October 23, 2007, Warner Home Video released "Eyes Wide Shut" in a special edition DVD, plus the HD DVD and Blu-ray Disc formats. This is the first home video release that presents the film in anamorphic 1.78:1 (16:9) format (the film |
Which mammal has three species - 'Mountain', 'Plains' and 'Grevy's'? | Grant's zebra has devastated its wildlife populations, including its once-abundant plains zebra, and destroyed the national parks administration and infrastructure. Consequently, Grant's zebra is probably extinct or nearly so in Angola, although confirmation will have to wait until future surveys are conducted. More Grant’s zebras are in the wild than any other species or subspecies of zebras. Unlike Grevy and mountain zebras, they are not endangered. Grant’s zebras eat the coarse grasses that grow on the African plains, and they are resistant to diseases that often kill cattle, so the zebras do well in the African savannas. However, recent civil wars and | Mammal scheme used, are the [[Primate]]s including the [[ape]]s, [[monkey]]s and [[lemur]]s; the [[Cetartiodactyla]] including [[whale]]s and [[even-toed ungulates]]; and the [[Carnivora]] which includes [[cat]]s, [[dog]]s, [[weasel]]s, [[bear]]s, [[Pinniped|seals]] and allies. According to "[[Mammal Species of the World]]", 5,416 species were identified in 2006. These were grouped into 1,229 [[genus|genera]], 153 [[family (biology)|families]] and 29 orders. In 2008, the [[International Union for Conservation of Nature]] (IUCN) completed a five-year Global Mammal Assessment for its [[IUCN Red List]], which counted 5,488 species. According to a research published in the "[[Journal of Mammalogy]]" in 2018, the number of recognized mammal species is 6,495 |
Who duetted with Robbie Williams on the 2001 number one 'Somethin' Stupid'? | Somethin' Stupid Somethin' Stupid "Somethin' Stupid", also "Something Stupid", is a song written by C. Carson Parks. It was originally recorded in 1966 by Parks and his wife Gaile Foote, as Carson and Gaile. The song is best known for the 1967 version by Frank Sinatra and his daughter Nancy Sinatra, which reached number one on the "Billboard" Hot 100 chart. In 2001, a cover version by British vocalist Robbie Williams and Australian actress Nicole Kidman reached number one in the UK Singles Chart. In the early 1960s, Carson Parks was a folk singer in Los Angeles. He was an occasional member | Somethin' Stupid all earning a Silver Certification by the BPI. The accompanying music video was directed by Vaughan Arnell. The song was the 30th best selling single of 2001 in the UK. The song also became another number-one single for Williams in New Zealand, being certified Gold, and became, at the time, his best selling single in Europe, charting inside the top ten in most countries. In Australia, it became Williams' fourth top ten single, earning a Gold certification for over 35,000 copies sold. UK CD single UK DVD single Somethin' Stupid "Somethin' Stupid", also "Something Stupid", is a song written by |
Who is both the youngest and oldest man to be US Secretary of Defence, serving under Gerald Ford and George W Bush? | USS Gerald R. Ford named the USS "Gerald Ford"." The final version signed by President George W. Bush on 17 October 2006 declared only that it "is the sense of Congress that ... CVN-78 should be named the U.S.S. "Gerald R. Ford"." Since such "sense of" language is typically non-binding and does not carry the force of law, the Navy was not required to name the ship after Ford. On 3 January 2007, former United States Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld announced that the aircraft carrier would be named after Ford during a eulogy for President Ford at Grace Episcopal Church in East Grand | Death and state funeral of George H. W. Bush Death and state funeral of George H. W. Bush On November 30, 2018, George H. W. Bush, the 41st President of the United States, died at his home in Houston, Texas, seven months after the death of his wife of 73 years, Barbara Bush. Bush was the first former president to die since Gerald Ford in 2006; at the age of 94 years and 171 days, Bush was the longest-lived U.S. president in history. His death resulted in Jimmy Carter becoming the oldest living former President of the United States; Carter is also 94, having been born four months after |
John Taylor and Roger Taylor are members of which band, which at times has also included Andy Taylor, although none of them are related? | John Taylor (bass guitarist) year, Taylor also launched his first solo effort, recording the single "I Do What I Do..." for the soundtrack to the movie "9½ Weeks" starring Kim Basinger. He also wrote some instrumental music for the movie's score with collaborator Jonathan Elias. When Andy Taylor and Roger Taylor left the band, the three remaining members reformed Duran Duran for the 1986 "Notorious" album, and continued to record and tour throughout the 1990s with new guitarist Warren Cuccurullo. Taylor recorded a fair amount of unreleased solo material on the side, including several tracks used on the soundtrack of the Allison Anders movie | Roger Taylor (Queen drummer) reality TV show "The X Factor" with May as Queen mentoring the contestants, performing "Bohemian Rhapsody". Also in that month, Taylor confirmed he was planning to tour with Taylor Hawkins, which Taylor described as a "quick tour". At the 2011 MTV Europe Music Awards on 6 November, Queen received the Global Icon Award, and Taylor and May closed the awards ceremony, with Adam Lambert on vocals, performing "The Show Must Go On", "We Will Rock You", and "We Are the Champions". In 2011, Taylor, along with Steven Tyler and Roger Daltrey, joined the advisory board of Edge Music Network. Taylor |
Which planet has a mass which is over three hundred times that of the Earth? | Double planet the "New Horizons" space probe in June 2015. Under this definition, the Earth–Moon system is not currently a double planet; although the Moon is massive enough to cause the Earth to make a noticeable revolution around this center of mass, this point nevertheless lies well within Earth. However, the Moon migrates outward from Earth at a rate of approximately per year; in a few hundred million years, the Earth–Moon system's center of mass will lie outside Earth, which would make it a double-planet system. The center of mass of the Jupiter–Sun system lies outside the surface of the Sun, though | Earth mass Earth mass Earth mass (M or , where ⊕ is the standard astronomical symbol for planet Earth) is the unit of mass equal to that of Earth. The current best estimate for Earth mass is , with a standard uncertainty of It is equivalent to an average density of . The Earth mass is a standard unit of mass in astronomy that is used to indicate the masses of other planets, including rocky terrestrial planets and exoplanets. One Solar mass is close to 333,000 Earth masses. The Earth mass excludes the mass of the Moon. The mass of the Moon |
Jazz musician Julian Edwin Adderley was usually known as '........... (what) Adderley'? | Julian "Cannonball" Adderley (album) set the bar high for what Adderley would produce through a long and fruitful career as a jazz master. This album is the seed for that field of flowers". "The Penguin Guide to Jazz" gave the album a three star rating saying "the confidence and bro is already in place and seemingly unstoppable". Julian "Cannonball" Adderley (album) Julian "Cannonball" Adderley is the second album by jazz saxophonist Cannonball Adderley, and his first released on the EmArcy label, featuring an octet with Nat Adderley, Jerome Richardson, Cecil Payne, John Williams, Paul Chambers, Jimmy Cleveland or J. J. Johnson, and Kenny Clarke | Nat Adderley heavy blues feel, catchy riffs, and a presence of the church. The point of soul jazz was to bring back a simpler type of jazz that had direct influence from blues and church music. However, this is not the only style that Adderley wrote and played. The quintet was also widely known for their hard bop, which comprised roughly half of their recorded work. This is a rougher, edgier style descended from bebop, and virtuosic abilities are required to be able to play it. As a soloist and composer, Adderley had a wide range of abilities. He could improvise simpler, |
In which country does the city of Nelson lie on the eastern shores of Tasman Bay? | Nelson, New Zealand Nelson, New Zealand Nelson () is a city on the eastern shores of Tasman Bay. Nelson is the oldest city in the South Island and the second-oldest settled city in New Zealand – it was established in 1841 and was proclaimed a city by royal charter in 1858. Nelson city is bordered to the west and south-west by the Tasman District Council and the north-east, east and south-east by the Marlborough District Council. The city does not include Richmond, the area's second-largest settlement. Nelson City has a population of around 50,000, making it New Zealand's 12th most populous city and | Tasman Bay the bay's south coast. Tasman Bay contains the rare rock formation known as the Boulder Bank. The fertile land around the centre of the bay's coast is extensively cultivated and known for its horticultural crops such as apples, kiwifruit, olives, grapes and hops. In the middle of the twentieth century the Tasman Bay area produced large crops of Tobacco. There is a tobacco museum in Motueka. It is also the most densely populated part of the South Island's north coast, and several towns and the city of Nelson are all located close to the shore. These towns include Motueka, Riwaka |
In humans how many teeth are incisors? | Incisor humans, the incisors serve to cut off pieces of food, as well as in the grip of other food items. Incisor Incisors (from Latin "incidere", "to cut") are the front teeth present in most mammals. They are located in the premaxilla above and on the mandible below. Humans have a total of eight (two on each side, top and bottom). Opossums have 18, whereas armadillos have none. Adult humans normally have eight incisors, two of each type. The types of incisor are: Children with a full set of deciduous teeth (primary teeth) also have eight incisors, named the same way | Permanent teeth Permanent teeth Permanent teeth or adult teeth are the second set of teeth formed in diphyodont mammals. In humans and old world simians, there are thirty-two permanent teeth, consisting of six maxillary and six mandibular molars, four maxillary and four mandibular premolars, two maxillary and two mandibular canines, four maxillary and four mandibular incisors. The first permanent tooth usually appears in the mouth at around six years of age, and the mouth will then be in a transition time with both primary (or deciduous dentition) teeth and permanent teeth during the mixed dentition period until the last primary tooth is |
Which jockey won the 2010 Aintree Grand National on 'Don't Push It', at his fifteenth attempt? | 2010 Grand National 2010 Grand National The 2010 Grand National (known as the John Smith's Grand National for sponsorship reasons) was the 163rd renewal of the world-famous Grand National horse race that took place at the Aintree Racecourse near Liverpool, England, on 10 April 2010. The main race was held at 16:15 BST and was won by Don't Push It, ridden by Tony McCoy, five lengths ahead of Black Apalachi in second, and twenty ahead of State of Play in third. It was McCoy's first win in the Grand National at his fifteenth attempt. Don't Push It started the race as 10–1 joint-favourite, | 2008 Grand National 2008 Grand National The 2008 Grand National (known as the John Smith's Grand National for sponsorship reasons) was the 161st official annual running of the world-famous Grand National steeplechase which took place at Aintree Racecourse near Liverpool, England, on 5 April 2008 and attracted the maximum permitted field of 40 runners, competing for total prize money of £450,640. Joint-favourite Comply or Die and Irish jockey Timmy Murphy won the race (it was Murphy's eleventh attempt at the National), four lengths ahead of King John's Castle in second place and Snowy Morning in third. Cloudy Lane, ridden by Jason Maguire, was |
"""OK, Which one of you losers nicked my deodorant"" is the opening line of an advert for which chocolate bar?" | Chocolate bar components: cocoa solids, cocoa butter, sugar, and milk. The relative presence or absence of these define the subclasses of chocolate bar made of dark chocolate, milk chocolate, and white chocolate. In addition to these main ingredients a chocolate bar may contain flavorings such as vanilla and emulsifiers such as soy lecithin to alter its consistency. While vanilla is the most common flavouring, many other flavours are available, including mint, orange, and coffee. Chocolate bars containing other ingredients feature a wide variety of layerings or mixtures that include nuts, fruit, caramel, nougat, and fondant. A popular example is a Snickers bar, | Yorkie (chocolate bar) notable advert for the chocolate bar was, trains arriving at York railway station would pass a billboard which read "Welcome to" and then a picture of a Yorkie bar, with the end bitten off, so it read "Welcome to York" (and beneath it, the slogan "Where the men are hunky and the chocolate's chunky"). Yorkie bars were originally composed of six chunks of chocolate each marked Rowntree; they were wrapped in both foil and an outer paper wrapper and weighed 2 oz or 58 g. The wrapping was later switched to a single plastic foil wrapper. More recently, in an |
Three British athletes have been nominated for the Laureus World Sports Award for Sportswoman of the Year - Paula Radcliffe (3 times), Kelly Holmes (who won in 2005) and which Heptathlete in 2011? | Sunday Times and Sky Sports Sportswomen of the Year Awards Louise Martin Helen Rollason Award for Inspiration: Mel Woodards 2013 Sunday Times & Sky Sports Sportswoman of the Year Awards Venue: "Sky Sports" studios Sportswoman of the Year: Christine Ohuruogu Young Sportswoman of the Year: Becky James Team of the Year: England national netball team Disability Sportswoman of the Year: Amy Marren Community Award: Rimla Akhtar The Helen Rollason Award for Inspiration: Sarah Winckless Lifetime Achievement Award: Sarah Springman 2012 The Sunday Times Sportswomen of the Year Awards Venue: "The Sunday Times" offices Sportswoman of the Year: Jessica Ennis Young Sportswoman of the Year: Laura Robson and Heather Watson Olympian | Laureus World Sports Award for Sportswoman of the Year Laureus World Sports Award for Sportswoman of the Year The Laureus World Sports Award for Sportswoman of the Year is an annual award honouring the achievements of individual women from the world of sports. It was first awarded in 2000 as one of the seven constituent awards presented during the Laureus World Sports Awards. The awards are presented by the Laureus Sport for Good Foundation, a global organisation involved in more than 150 charity projects supporting 500,000 young people. The first ceremony was held on 25 May 2000 in Monte Carlo, at which Nelson Mandela gave the keynote speech. , |
In which ITV comedy drama which ran for five series did James Nesbitt and Helen Baxendale play one of three couples? | James Nesbitt were cut from the broadcast episode. At the end of the fourth series in 2001, Nesbitt decided to quit to move on to other projects. Executive producer Andy Harries persuaded him to stay for one more series by suggesting that Adam be killed off, so Nesbitt signed on for the fifth series. During pre-production of the fifth series, Mike Bullen decided to kill off Adam's wife Rachel (played by Helen Baxendale) instead. "Cold Feet" ran for five years from 1998 to 2003, and Nesbitt won the British Comedy Award for Best TV Comedy Actor in 2000, the Television and Radio | Helen Baxendale at London's Vaudeville Theatre. In 2008 and 2009 she has also appeared in several TV adverts for Morrisons, a British supermarket chain. In January 2011, she co-starred with Trevor Eve in the three-part ITV drama "Kidnap and Ransom", filmed on location in South Africa. Later in the same year, she starred as DCI Marion Bettany in Val McDermid's radio crime drama "Village SOS". In 2010 Helen Baxendale appeared in the pilot episode of "Dirk Gently" as Susan Harmison. In 2012 she reprised her role in the second episode of the commissioned first and only series. She then appeared in the |
Who wrote the music for 'Billy Elliot, The Musical'? | Billy Elliot the Musical garnered ten 2008-09 Outer Critics Circle Awards nominations, winning seven, including Outstanding New Broadway Musical, as well as receiving an honorary Special Achievement Award for its three Billys. The six juvenile principals were recognized with an honorary Young Artist Award as Outstanding Broadway Musial Ensemble. Billy Elliot the Musical Billy Elliot the Musical is a musical based on the 2000 film "Billy Elliot". The music is by Elton John, and the book and lyrics are by Lee Hall, who wrote the film's screenplay. The plot revolves around Billy, a motherless British boy who trades boxing gloves for ballet shoes. The | Billy Elliot the Musical cast includes Elliott Hanna in the title role with Ruthie Henshall as Mrs. Wilkinson, Deka Walmsley as Billy’s dad, Chris Grahamson as Tony and Ann Emery as Grandma. Further cast included Claudia Bradley as Dead Mam, Howard Crossley as George, David Muscatt as Mr Braithwaite, Alan Mehdizadeh as Big Davey, Liam Mower as Older Billy and David Stoller as Posh Dad. Billy Youth Theatre was a countrywide scheme as part of which participating schools and youth groups were given the opportunity to stage their own production of the musical. "Billy Elliot" writer Lee Hall, together with Martin Koch (Musical Supervision |
Which of the three Graces of Greek myth is also the name of one of the Muses? | The Three Graces (sculpture) The Three Graces (sculpture) Antonio Canova’s statue The Three Graces is a Neoclassical sculpture, in marble, of the mythological three charites, daughters of Zeus – identified on some engravings of the statue as, from left to right, Euphrosyne, Aglaea and Thalia – who were said to represent youth/beauty (Thalia), mirth (Euphrosyne), and elegance (Aglaea). The Graces presided over banquets and gatherings, to delight the guests of the gods. As such they have served as subjects for historical artists including Sandro Botticelli and Bertel Thorvaldsen. A version of the sculpture is in the Hermitage Museum, another is owned jointly and exhibited | Valley of the Muses rectangular foundation of a small temple of the Muses. He also indicated the remains of the theatre on the mountain slope. The French Archaeological School under Jamot excavated systematically in 1888, 1889 and 1890, and discovered all the antiquities (G. Roux, Le Val des Muses et les Musees chez les auteurs anciens, in Bulletin de Correspondance Hellenique, 1954, 1, pp. 22–48). The Sanctuary consisted of: Valley of the Muses The Valley of the Muses was the site of an ancient Greek sanctuary to the Muses and the "Mouseia" festivals held in their honor. It is an open-air historical site open |
Who was the UK Foreign Secretary from 1979 to 1982, resigning following the Argentinean invasion of the Falklands? | Richard Luce, Baron Luce the 1992 general election. Luce was appointed the Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Minister of Trade and Consumer Affairs in 1972. After the Conservative Party lost the February 1974 general election, he became an Opposition whip. When the Conservatives returned to power at the 1979 general election, he became Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. In 1981, he was promoted to Minister of State for Foreign Affairs within the same department. In 1982, he followed his Secretary of State, Lord Carrington, in resigning over Argentina's invasion of the Falkland Islands. He returned to | 1982 invasion of the Falkland Islands 1982 invasion of the Falkland Islands On 2 April 1982, Argentine forces launched the invasion of the Falkland Islands (), beginning the Falklands War. The Argentines mounted amphibious landings, and the invasion ended with the surrender of Government House. Governor Rex Hunt was informed by the British Government of a possible Argentine invasion on 1 April 1982. At 3:30 pm that day he received a telegram from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office stating: The Governor summoned the two senior Royal Marine officers of Naval Party 8901 to Government House in Stanley to discuss the options for defending the Falklands. He |
Tom Rowlands and Ed Simons make up which musical duo? | The Chemical Brothers The Chemical Brothers The Chemical Brothers are an English electronic music duo composed of Tom Rowlands and Ed Simons, originating in Manchester in 1989. Along with The Prodigy, Fatboy Slim, The Crystal Method, and fellow acts, they were pioneers at bringing the big beat genre to the forefront of pop culture. In the United Kingdom they have had six number one albums and 13 top 20 singles, including two number ones. Ed Simons was born in Herne Hill, South London, on 9 June 1970 to a barrister mother and Simons' two main interests when he was young were aeroplanes and | TGC (musical duo) TGC (musical duo) TGC (abbreviated from The Green Children) are a European musical duo, who write and self-produce atmospheric electropop music. The group consists of Milla Sunde (born 17 December 1983) from Norway, and Marlow Bevan [Tom Marlow Bevan] (born 4 October 1984) from England. The band also established The Green Children Foundation, to support microcredit, education and healthcare. In June 2006, TGC shot a music video in Bangladesh to celebrate the work of Professor Muhammad Yunus, the father of microcredit and founder of Grameen Bank. In December 2006, TGC released a fundraising CD/DVD entitled "Hear Me Now" throughout Norway. |
What is the surname of the character played by Joanna Lumley in 'Absolutely Fabulous'? | Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie made. Saunders now wishes to focus on new projects and spend more time with her family. "Absolutely Fabulous The Movie" released on DVD , Blu-ray and Digital Download in the UK and Ireland on 5 December 2016. Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie is a 2016 British female buddy comedy film directed by Mandie Fletcher and written by Jennifer Saunders, based on the television show "Absolutely Fabulous". It stars Saunders, Joanna Lumley, Julia Sawalha, June Whitfield and Jane Horrocks. The film finds the drug-addicted, alcoholic PR agent Edina Monsoon and her best friend/codependent Patsy Stone on the run | Absolutely Fabulous (song) Australia and New Zealand, which was also the highest peak position ever for the duo in Australian charts. Coincidentally this single is the Pet Shop Boys last top 10 single in both Australia and New Zealand to date. The accompanying video features the Pet Shop Boys performing while "Absolutely Fabulous" characters Edina and Patsy (Jennifer Saunders and Joanna Lumley) dance around them. Clips from the first two original TV series are interspersed throughout the video. Apart from its release as a single, the song "Absolutely Fabulous" also appears on the "Further Listening" disc that came with the 2001 re-issue of |
Which jockey won the 2007 Derby at Epsom on 'Authorized', at his fifteenth attempt? | Authorized (horse) appeared at the time to be the best performance in any of the 2007 Trial races for the Epsom Derby and Authorized was made favourite for the race. Media attention ahead of the Derby focused on Frankie Dettori who, despite winning all the other British Classics at least twice each, had so far failed to win the Derby in 14 attempts. For the race itself, run at Epsom Downs Racecourse on 2 June 2007, Authorized was a clear favourite at odds of 5 to 4, and justified the odds by winning by five lengths in a fast time. Dropped back | Frankie Dettori time he has completely rededicated himself to riding. He was rewarded for his newfound dedication by becoming the British Champion Jockey in 2004. The Epsom Derby was the only British Classic Race Dettori had not won in his career, until his fifteenth attempt on 2 June 2007 on the Peter Chapple-Hyam trained Authorized. The following day he won the Prix du Jockey Club on Lawman, notching up a derby double. In 2007 Dettori became the face of "Jockey" yoghurt, sold across Europe, but especially popular in France. Controversial at first for its sweet flavour, Dettori's advertising campaign: "Frankie know whatta |
Which resort was advertised in a travel poster as '............ is so bracing'? | Poster Fisherman" with the "Skegness is so Bracing" slogan. The development of this commercial art form throughout the first half of the 20th century reflected the changes in British society, along with the changing styles of art, architecture and fashion as well as changing patterns of holidaymaking. Posters advertising events have become common. Any sort of public event, from a rally to a play, may be advertised with posters; a few types of events have become notable for their poster advertisements. Boxing Posters were used in and around the actual venue to advertise the forthcoming fight, date, ticket prices, and usually | Bramley Is So Bracing the railway company's 1908 poster, The Jolly Fisherman. The story was illustrated by James Williamson in "The Saturday Evening Post" and by Gilbert Wilkinson in the "Strand". This was the last Wodehouse story published by the "Strand". The 1940 American edition of "Eggs, Beans and Crumpets" featured the story. It was also included in the 1978 collection "Vintage Wodehouse", and in the 1982 collection "Tales from the Drones Club". "Bramley Is So Bracing" was included in the 1984 collection "The World of Wodehouse Clergy", which featured clergy-related Wodehouse stories. Bramley Is So Bracing "Bramley is So Bracing" is a short |
How are the TS Eliot poems 'Burnt Norton', 'East Coker', 'The Dry Salvages' and 'Little Giddings' known collectively? | Burnt Norton independent work in 1941, the same year "East Coker" and "The Dry Salvages", two later poems of the "Four Quartets", were published. The actual Burnt Norton is a manor located near the village of Aston Subedge in Gloucestershire that Eliot visited with Emily Hale during 1934. The original Norton House was a mansion burned down in 1741 by its owner, Sir William Keyt, who died in the fire. Even though Eliot was married, he spent a lot of time with Hale and might possibly have become involved with her had he not been married. Even after their time at Burnt | The Dry Salvages and experience found in "East Coker", this image reinforces the need to look at the whole of life and try to see things beyond the limitations of time. Men are supposed to progress, but they aren't supposed to focus on what they can gain in the future. The prayer to the Virgin Mary is intended to help guide the journey which would end with understanding eternity and the Annunciation. It is Mary who will guide the metaphorical sailors to their proper harbour. While connecting back to his earlier works, Eliot also connects back to his family's past; the "Dry Salvages" |
In the 'Toy Story' series of animated films, which character is voiced by Don Rickles? | Toy Story (franchise) Buzz, Kristen Schaal as Trixie, Wallace Shawn as Rex, Timothy Dalton as Mr. Pricklepants, Don Rickles as Mr. Potato Head, and Joan Cusack as Jessie, with Kevin McKidd joining as a new character, Reptillus Maximus. Taking place after a Christmas season, the toys find themselves lost in the world when a set of the coolest action figures turns out to be dangerously delusional. It is up to Trixie to help the toys to return to Bonnie's room. In 2011, Pixar started releasing short animated films to supplement the "Toy Story" films, called "Toy Story Toons". The shorts pick up where | Toy Story Midway Mania! snippets of dialogue performed by comedian Don Rickles, who voiced the character in the "Toy Story" films. The sophisticated figure identifies people in the audience, sings and tells jokes. Only five mini-games can be used at a time. So far, only one game has left the attraction. On May 21, 2010, the original dart throwing game, Bo Peep's Baaa-loon Pop, was replaced with "Rex and Trixie's Dino Darts" (updated with the release of "Toy Story 3"). Toy Story Midway Mania! is one of the most technologically sophisticated attractions yet developed by Walt Disney Imagineering, costing an estimated $80 million to |
Following the French defeat who was the Chief of State of Vichy France from 1940 to 1944? | Vichy French Air Force Vichy French Air Force The Vichy French Air Force () was the aerial branch of the armed forces of Vichy France - the government of France that collaborated with the Axis powers following the defeat of France by Germany in 1940. The Vichy French Air Force existed between December 1940 and December 1942 and largely served to defend Vichy French territories abroad. After the defeat of France, Marshal Henri-Philippe Pétain signed the armistice with Germany on 22 June 1940. This was however not the end for the French Air Force. The branch was soon split into two camps: those who | Vichy French Air Force of combat between (Vichy) France and the Allies during World War II. Barely two weeks later, the Germans invaded the then-unoccupied zone of metropolitan France and ordered the complete dissolution of the Vichy French armed forces on 1 December 1942. General Jean C. Romatet: 23 September 1940 – 21 December 1942 Vichy French Air Force The Vichy French Air Force () was the aerial branch of the armed forces of Vichy France - the government of France that collaborated with the Axis powers following the defeat of France by Germany in 1940. The Vichy French Air Force existed between December |
Give either of the real 'first' names of 'Count' Basie? | Count Basie of Congress National Recording Registry. The board selects songs in an annual basis that are "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant." Count Basie William James "Count" Basie (August 21, 1904 – April 26, 1984) was an American jazz pianist, organist, bandleader, and composer. In 1935, Basie formed his own jazz orchestra, the Count Basie Orchestra, and in 1936 took them to Chicago for a long engagement and their first recording. He led the group for almost 50 years, creating innovations like the use of two "split" tenor saxophones, emphasizing the rhythm section, riffing with a big band, using arrangers to broaden | Count Basie album "The Count Basie Story" (Frank Foster, arranger) and "Basie and Eckstine, Inc.": album featuring Billy Eckstine, Quincy Jones (as arranger) and the Count Basie Orchestra. It was released by Roulette Records, then later reissued by Capitol Records. Later that year, Basie appeared on a television special with Fred Astaire, featuring a dance solo to "Sweet Georgia Brown", followed in January 1961 by Basie performing at one of the five John F. Kennedy Inaugural Balls. That summer, Basie and Duke Ellington combined forces for the recording "First Time! The Count Meets the Duke", each providing four numbers from their play |
Which European country consists of a peninsula and many islands including Funen and Zealand? | Funen Funen Funen (, ), with an area of , is the third-largest island of Denmark, after Zealand and Vendsyssel-Thy. It is the 165th-largest island in the world. It is located in the central part of the country and has a population of 466,284 (2013). Funen's main city is Odense, which is connected to the sea by a seldom-used canal. The city's shipyard, Odense Steel Shipyard, has been relocated outside Odense proper. Funen belongs administratively to the Region of Southern Denmark. From 1970 to 2006 the island formed the biggest part of Funen County, which also included the islands of Langeland, | Denmark 74 are inhabited (January 2015), with the largest being Zealand, the North Jutlandic Island, and Funen. The island of Bornholm is located east of the rest of the country, in the Baltic Sea. Many of the larger islands are connected by bridges; the Øresund Bridge connects Zealand with Sweden; the Great Belt Bridge connects Funen with Zealand; and the Little Belt Bridge connects Jutland with Funen. Ferries or small aircraft connect to the smaller islands. The four cities with populations over 100,000 are the capital Copenhagen on Zealand; Aarhus and Aalborg in Jutland; and Odense on Funen. The country occupies |
The human heart has four chambers - two auricles (or atria) and two ............ what? | Heart although this description is disputed, as the heart is likely to be slightly larger. Well-trained athletes can have much larger hearts due to the effects of exercise on the heart muscle, similar to the response of skeletal muscle. The heart has four chambers, two upper atria, the receiving chambers, and two lower ventricles, the discharging chambers. The atria open into the ventricles via the atrioventricular valves, present in the atrioventricular septum. This distinction is visible also on the surface of the heart as the coronary sulcus. There is an ear-shaped structure in the upper right atrium called the right atrial | Blue baby syndrome Blue baby syndrome Blue baby syndrome refers to at least two situations that lead to cyanosis in infants: congenital cyanotic heart diseases, and nitrate contaminants from drinking water leading to methemoglobinemia. A number of cardiovascular defects may lead to Blue baby syndrome. The most common cyanotic heart defects include the following: The most common cause of blue baby syndrome, and the one which was the subject of the classic "blue baby operation" developed at Johns Hopkins in the 1940s, is tetralogy of Fallot. In the normal heart, there are four separate chambers; the two top chambers, or atria, pump blood |
.ee is the top-level internet domain name for which former Soviet republic? | .ee .ee .ee is the internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) of Estonia, operated by the Estonian Internet Foundation. The top-level domain .ee was introduced in 1992 and was operated by EENet until July 2010. The administrator of .ee domain was the academic Endel Lippmaa. There was a limit of one domain name per legal entity, and registrations of additional names to protect trademarks were specifically denied because "The domain name has no trademark status". As domains under .ee were meant to be an institution's identification on the Internet (like the register code in the commercial register), registration of additional domains | Top-level domain Top-level domain A top-level domain (TLD) is one of the domains at the highest level in the hierarchical Domain Name System of the Internet. The top-level domain names are installed in the root zone of the name space. For all domains in lower levels, it is the last part of the domain name, that is, the last label of a fully qualified domain name. For example, in the domain name www.example.com, the top-level domain is com. Responsibility for management of most top-level domains is delegated to specific organizations by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), which operates |
Who duetted with Marc Almond on the 1989 number one 'Something's Gotten Hold Of My Heart'? | Marc Almond Marc Almond Peter Mark Sinclair "Marc" Almond, (born 9 July 1957) is an English singer-songwriter and musician. Almond first began performing and recording in the synthpop/new wave duo Soft Cell. He has also had a diverse career as a solo artist. His collaborations include a duet with Gene Pitney on the 1989 UK number one single "Something's Gotten Hold of My Heart". Almond has sold over 30 million records worldwide. He spent a month in a coma after a near-fatal motorcycle accident in 2004 and later became a patron of the brain trauma charity Headway. He was appointed Officer of | Hold on My Heart Hold on My Heart "Hold on My Heart" is a 1992 single by English rock band Genesis from their fourteenth studio album "We Can't Dance" (1991). It was released as the album's third single on 6 April 1992. The song was successful in the UK and US, reaching number one on the U.S. "Billboard" Adult Contemporary and Canadian singles charts, and number 12 on the U.S. "Billboard" Hot 100. It also peaked at No. 16 on the official UK singles chart. It was the last Top 20 single for Genesis on the U.S. "Billboard" Hot 100. The music video shows |
In which play by George Bernard Shaw is the daughter of 'Lady Britomart Undershaft' an Officer of the Salvation Army? | Major Barbara play in a more contemporary context, away from the immediate historical context of its original period. Major Barbara Major Barbara is a three-act English play by George Bernard Shaw, written and premiered in 1905 and first published in 1907. The story concerns an idealistic young woman, Barbara Undershaft, who is engaged in helping the poor as a Major in the Salvation Army in London. For many years, Barbara and her siblings have been estranged from their father, Andrew Undershaft, who now reappears as a rich and successful munitions maker. Undershaft, the father, gives money to the Salvation Army, which offends | Major Barbara regards the Salvation Army's acceptance of Undershaft's money as hypocrisy, Shaw did not intend that it should be thought so by the audience. Shaw wrote a preface for the play's publication, in which he derided the idea that charities should only take money from "morally pure" sources. He points out that donations can always be used for good, whatever their provenance, and he quotes a Salvation Army officer, "they would take money from the devil himself and be only too glad to get it out of his hands and into God's". Lady Britomart Undershaft, the daughter of a British earl, |
Whose only 'Oscar' for Best Director was for 'Annie Hall' in 1978? | New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Director New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Director The New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Director is one of the awards given by the New York Film Critics Circle to honour the finest achievements in filmmaking. In the last three decades (1970s, 1980s, and 1990s), the New York Film Critics have rarely made the same choice as the Academy Awards. Both associations have agreed on the same winner, over the period 1970–1999, on the following: Woody Allen for "Annie Hall" (1977) and Jonathan Demme for "The Silence of the Lambs" (1991). It’s notable that from 2000 to | Annie Hall critical reviews, indicating "universal acclaim". Annie Hall won four Oscars at the 50th Academy Awards on April 3, 1978, and was nominated for five in total. Producer Charles H. Joffe received the statue for Best Picture, Allen for Best Director and, with Brickman, for Best Original Screenplay, and Keaton for Best Actress. Allen was also nominated for Best Actor. Many had expected "Star Wars" to win the major awards, including Brickman and Executive Producer Robert Greenhut. The film was also honored four times at the BAFTA awards. Along with the top award for Best Film, Keaton won for Best Actress, |
There are fifteen Parliamentary constituencies in South Yorkshire. Only one is not represented by a Labour MP. Who is he? | 2014 South Yorkshire Police and Crime Commissioner by-election the assessment of their leader and South Yorkshire MP, Nick Clegg, that PCCs are "a failed experiment". Turnout was 14.88%. 2014 South Yorkshire Police and Crime Commissioner by-election The South Yorkshire Police and Crime Commissioner by-election was a 2014 by-election on 30 October 2014 for the position of Police and Crime Commissioner in the South Yorkshire Police region of the United Kingdom. It was triggered by the resignation of Shaun Wright, the inaugural South Yorkshire Police and Crime Commissioner, who stepped down from the position on 16 September 2014 following the Rotherham child sexual exploitation scandal. Wright had been head | Parliamentary constituencies in Hertfordshire Parliamentary constituencies in Hertfordshire The county of Hertfordshire in England is divided into eleven Parliamentary constituencies. Each of the eleven elects a Member of Parliament (MP) to represent it at the United Kingdom (UK) Parliament in Westminster. As of the 2015 general election, all of Hertfordshire's eleven MPs are Conservatives. The county currently has two urban borough constituencies (BC) – Broxbourne and Watford – while the other nine are classed as more rural county constituencies (CC). Hertfordshire has been represented in Parliament since 1290. The number of MPs and the geographic areas they have represented have changed considerably, with some |
Which British aircraft company produced the 'Tiger Moth', 'Mosquito' and 'Comet'? | De Havilland Tiger Moth a scaled-down version of the DH.51, designated the "DH.60" de Havilland Gipsy Moth. The starting point for the Tiger Moth was, in fact, the successful Gypsy Tiger. Successively more capable engines had been developed, and the company had produced a prototype to test the new de Havilland Gipsy III engine. This prototype, a low-wing monoplane, was initially a modification of the standard Gypsy Tiger; it later became the first aircraft to be referred to as the "Tiger Moth". Improvements made on the Tiger Moth monoplane were first incorporated into a military trainer variant of the de Havilland DH.60 Moth, designated | Comet moth moth cannot feed and only lives for 4 to 5 days. Although endangered in the wild due to habitat loss, the comet moth has been bred in captivity. In its natural habit, larvae feed on "Weinmania eriocampa", "Uapaca" species, "Eugenia cuneifolia" and "Sclerocarya caffra". Substitution plants are "Rhus cotinus", "Eucalyptus gunnii", "Pistacia terebinthus", "Pistacia lentiscus", "Rhus copallina", "Rhus laurina", "Rhus toxicodendron", "Rhus typhina", "Schinus molle", "Schinus terebinthifolius", "Mimosa" species and "Liquidambar styraciflua". This moths figures on the former banknote of 1000 Malagasy ariary. Comet moth The comet moth or Madagascan moon moth ("Argema mittrei") is a moth native to the |
NH3 is the chemical formula for which gaseous base? | Gaseous signaling molecules Gaseous signaling molecules Gaseous signaling molecules are gaseous molecules that are either synthesised internally (endogenously) in the organism, tissue or cell or are received by the organism, tissue or cell from outside (say, from the atmosphere or hydrosphere, as in the case of oxygen) and that are used to transmit chemical signals which induce certain physiological or biochemical changes in the organism, tissue or cell. The term is applied to, for example, oxygen, carbon dioxide, nitric oxide, carbon monoxide, hydrogen sulfide, sulfur dioxide, nitrous oxide, hydrogen cyanide, ammonia, methane, hydrogen, ethylene, etc. Many, but not all, gaseous signaling molecules are | Chemical formula Chemical formula The connectivity of a molecule often has a strong influence on its physical and chemical properties and behavior. Two molecules composed of the same numbers of the same types of atoms (i.e. a pair of isomers) might have completely different chemical and/or physical properties if the atoms are connected differently or in different positions. In such cases, a structural formula is useful, as it illustrates which atoms are bonded to which other ones. From the connectivity, it is often possible to deduce the approximate shape of the molecule. A condensed chemical formula may represent the types and spatial |
In which year did Jimmy Carter win the Nobel Peace Prize? | 2002 Nobel Peace Prize 2002 Nobel Peace Prize The 2002 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Jimmy Carter "for his decades of untiring effort to find peaceful solutions to international conflicts". Carter has been involved in a variety of national and international public policy, conflict resolution, human rights and charitable causes. In 1982, he established The Carter Center in Atlanta to advance human rights and alleviate human suffering. The non-profit, nongovernmental Center promotes democracy, mediates and prevents conflicts, and monitors the electoral process in support of free and fair elections. It also works to improve global health through the control and eradication of diseases | Nobel Peace Prize Norway has been able to use the prize as an instrument for nation building and furthering Norway's foreign policy and economic interests. In another 2011 "Aftenposten" opinion article, the grandson of one of Nobel's two brothers, Michael Nobel, also criticised what he believed to be the politicisation of the award, claiming that the Nobel Committee has not always acted in accordance with Nobel's will. Norwegian lawyer Fredrik S. Heffermehl has criticized the management of the Peace Prize. The awards given to Mikhail Gorbachev, Yitzhak Rabin, Shimon Peres, Menachem Begin and Yasser Arafat, Lê Đức Thọ, Henry Kissinger, Jimmy Carter, Al |
Famous for Oysters, Whitstable is in which English county? | Whitstable Whitstable Whitstable () is a seaside town on the north coast of Kent in south-east England, 5 miles (8km) north of Canterbury and 2 miles (3km) west of Herne Bay. It has a population of about 32,000. Whitstable was famous for its 'Native Oysters' which were collected from beds beyond the low water mark from Roman times until the mid-20th century. This is celebrated at the annual Whitstable Oyster Festival, which takes place during the summer. In 1830, one of the earliest passenger railway services was opened by the Canterbury and Whitstable Railway Company. In 1832, the company built a | Whitstable the last 31 years. Future events will be more sea borne with yachting and rowing, and plans for swimming and even the traditional greasy pole. May Day is celebrated with the annual Jack-in-the-Green parade, with traditional English dancing throughout the town, a fair at Whitstable Castle and a maypole dance by local schoolchildren overlooking the sea. It has been run by Whitstable and Herne Bay Lions Club for 34 years. The importance of oysters to the tradition of Whitstable is celebrated with the Oyster Festival in July each year. The nine-day festival starts with an opening parade on the nearest |
Miracle, Kelvedon Wonder, and Meteor are all types of which vegetable? | Kelvedon the production of flower and vegetable seeds. Another large seed merchant, based nearby in the hamlet of Inworth, and trading worldwide was E W Deal & Sons (a founder member of Asmer Seeds based in Leicester) who were famous for developing the Kelvedon Wonder Pea and other varieties of flowers and vegetables. In the 1930s, with the advent of the automobile, High Street became the A12, the main road through Essex. Ribbon development saw houses sprawl along the road for miles. Ayletts Foundation School closed in 1944, though its building still stands and now houses the Kelvedon Library and Museum. | Animal, Vegetable, Miracle Boston Globe" that "this text will fold quietly into the reader's consciousness, with affecting grace and dignity, because of its prose and sensibilities." and that "Kingsolver is no pious soapboxer, but instead explores these ideas with enthusiasm and the awe of discovery." Animal, Vegetable, Miracle Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life (2007) is a non-fiction book by Barbara Kingsolver detailing her family's attempt to eat only locally grown food for an entire year. The book revolves around the concept of improving the family's diet by eating only foods that her family was able to grow themselves or obtain |
"Who played a stuntman and getaway driver in the 2012 film ""Drive""?" | Drive (2011 film) music culture. Jewel told Vehlinggo that "Drive"s "blend of sonic and visual nostalgia with a contemporary spin is always deadly." The soundtrack was listed on "Spin" magazine's list of 40 Movie Soundtracks That Changed Alternative Music. Drive (2011 film) Drive is a 2011 American action drama film directed by Danish filmmaker Nicolas Winding Refn. The screenplay, written by Hossein Amini, is based on James Sallis' 2005 novel "Drive." The film stars Ryan Gosling as an unnamed Hollywood stunt driver who moonlights as a getaway driver. He quickly grows fond of his neighbor, Irene (Carey Mulligan), and her young son, Benicio. | Drive (2011 film) split personality, being a stuntman by day and a getaway driver at night, than the plot of the story. Believing that the director might be intimidated by the script, as it was unlike anything he had done before, Gosling had concerns about whether Refn wanted to participate. Refn took on the project without hesitation. When casting roles in his films, Refn does not watch casting tapes or have his actors audition for him. Instead, he meets with them, and casts them on the spot if he feels they are right. "Drive" was the first film that British actress Carey Mulligan |
Which female artist recorded album “The Id” in 2001? | The Id (album) The Id (album) The Id is the second studio album by American singer and songwriter Macy Gray. It was released on September 17, 2001, by Epic Records. The album was not as commercially successful as its predecessor, "On How Life Is", in the United States, where it debuted at number 11 on the "Billboard" 200 with 93,000 copies sold in its first week. As of January 2004, it had sold 593,000 copies in the US. Elsewhere, "The Id" topped the charts in the United Kingdom and Denmark, while reaching the top five in Australia, Italy, and Switzerland. The Tom Morello | Single White Female (album) Single White Female (album) Single White Female is the fourth studio album by American country artist Chely Wright. The album was released on May 18, 1999 on MCA Nashville Records and was produced by Tony Brown, Buddy Cannon, and Norro Wilson. "Single White Female" became Wright's most successful album, receiving an RIAA certification and spawning two major hit singles. The album received mainly positive reviews from critics, many of which praised the blending of its musical differentiation. "Single White Female" was recorded during January 1999 in Nashville, Tennessee, United States and consisted of ten tracks. The record was Wright's second |
"Who played the young CIA agent Matt Weston in the 2012 film ""Safe House""?" | Safe House (2012 film) Safe House (2012 film) Safe House is a 2012 South African-American action thriller film directed by Daniel Espinosa, starring Denzel Washington and Ryan Reynolds. The film follows Matt Weston (Reynolds), a CIA agent on his first low-level posting in Cape Town who is in charge of a safe house where the CIA is interrogating Tobin Frost (Washington), a veteran operative who has allegedly betrayed the agency. When the safe house is attacked by mercenaries who kill almost all the agents, Weston flees with Frost in his charge, and they end up on the run. As the team of killers, who | Safe House (2012 film) and secret money transfers involving American CIA, British MI6, and other intelligence agencies; Weston recognises the reference to the Mossad because the CIA accused Frost of selling secrets to them before he became a rogue agent. Frost leaves Weston, who passes out from his wounds. Meanwhile, Linklater arrives in South Africa and informs Barlow of the device's existence, but not its contents. Barlow then kills her and travels to the safe house where he reveals that he is Vargas' employer. He confirms that the file contains incriminating evidence against him, and encourages Weston to lie about what has happened. Frost |
Marmande, Tiny Tim, Harbinger and Delicante are all varieties of what fruit? | Tiny Tim (musician) 1963–1974 (Rare & Unreleased)", released on Secret Seven Records. In 2013, a biography of Tiny Tim was released in two editions. "Tiny Tim: Tiptoe Through A Lifetime" was released July 16, 2013, and is by Lowell Tarling (author) and Martin Sharp (illustrator). Ship To Shore PhonoCo followed up "Lost & Found Vol 1" with a "Vol 2" featuring Tiny Tim's 1974 live recording of "(Nobody Else Can Love Me Like) My Old Tomato Can" on a limited edition wax cylinder. In 2016, Ship To Shore PhonoCo released "Tiny Tim's America", a collection of demos recorded by Tiny Tim in 1974 | Tiny Tim (A Christmas Carol) both with "Fred" in the name; one called Frederick and another named Alfred. Alfred died young. Also, Dickens had a sister named Fanny who had a disabled son named Henry Burnett Jr. Tiny Tim did not take his name from Fanny's child, but the actual aspects of Tiny Tim's character are taken from Henry Burnett Jr. Dickens tried other names such as "Tiny Mick" after "Little Fred" but eventually decided upon "Tiny Tim". After dropping the name "Little Fred," Dickens instead named Scrooge's nephew "Fred". Dickens did not explicitly say what Tiny Tim's illness was. However, renal tubular acidosis (type |
Of which African country is Maseru the capital? | Maseru Maseru Maseru is the capital and largest city of Lesotho. It is also the capital of the Maseru District. Located on the Caledon River, Maseru lies directly on the Lesotho-South Africa border. Maseru is Lesotho's capital city with a population of 330,760 in the 2016 census. The city was established as a police camp and assigned as the capital after the country became a British protectorate in 1869. When the country achieved independence in 1966, Maseru retained its status as capital. The name of the city is a Sesotho word meaning "red sandstones". Maseru was founded by the British as | Maseru a small police camp in 1869, following the conclusion of the Free State–Basotho Wars when Basutoland became a British protectorate. Maseru is located at the edge of the "conquered territories" relinquished to the Orange Free State (now the Free State province of South Africa) as part of the peace terms. It was located west of Basotho King Moshoeshoe I's stronghold of Thaba Bosiu, the previous "de facto" capital. A bustling market town soon grew around the area. Maseru initially functioned as the state's administrative capital between 1869 and 1871, before administration of Basutoland was transferred to the Cape Colony. During |
Which Dutch car /truck manufacturer was taken over in the 1970's by Volvo? | Volvo Cars and blocked it. A deal to merge with Renault was blocked in 1993, mainly opposed by a Swedish stockholders' association. A collection of Volvo's most important historical vehicles are now housed in the Volvo Museum, which opened in a permanent location in Arendal at Hisingen on 30 May 1995. For several years, the collection had been housed at the Blue Hangar, at the then closed Torslanda Airport. In the early 1970s, Volvo acquired the passenger car division of the Dutch company DAF, and marketed their small cars as Volvos before releasing the Dutch-built Volvo 340, which went on to be | Volvo Car Gent was formerly known as . In November 2016 the 6th million car was produced. NOTE: the plant's name is "Volvo Car Gent" and not "Volvo Cars Ghent". It is a proper name in which the city name is in its original Dutch format, not in English. Volvo Car Gent Volvo Car Gent (until 2007 known as Volvo Cars Europe Industry N.V.) is an automobile manufacturer located in the port district of Ghent in western Belgium. In recent years, the Ghent plant has become the largest Volvo plant in terms of the number of cars produced. The company is a wholly |
In internet domain names what country is represented by the domain code '.dk'? | .dk names, as these were the initial names on the Danish UUCP network started 2 January 1983. .dk .dk is the country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Denmark. The supervision of the .dk top-level domain is handled exclusively by DK Hostmaster. Any new .dk domain name has to be applied for via an approved registrar. Then the domain name applicant can ask the registrar to manage his domain name or have it managed directly by the DK Hostmaster. Registrations of domain names with the characters æ, ø, å, ö, ä, ü, and é are also allowed. The country code top-level domain | Internationalized country code top-level domain Internationalized country code top-level domain An internationalized country code top-level domain is a top-level domain in the Domain Name System (DNS) of the Internet. IDN ccTLDs are specially encoded domain names that are displayed in an end user application, such as a web browser, in their language-native script or alphabet, such as the Arabic alphabet, or a non-alphabetic writing system, such as Chinese characters. IDN ccTLDs are an application of the internationalized domain name system to top-level Internet domains assigned to countries, or independent geographic regions. Although the domain class uses the term "code", some of these ccTLDs are not |
Which fictional hero was created by Alex Raymond and widely syndicated in 1934? | Alex Raymond was concurrently illustrating "Secret Agent X-9", which premiered January 22, 1934, two weeks after the two other strips. It was "Flash Gordon" that would outlast the others, quickly "develop[ing] an audience far surpassing" that of "Buck Rogers". "Flash Gordon", wrote Stephen Becker, "was wittier and moved faster," so "Buck's position as America's favorite sci-fi hero", wrote historian Bill Crouch, Jr., "went down in flames to the artistic lash and spectacle of Alex Raymond's virtuoso artwork." Alex Raymond has stated, "I decided honestly that comic art is an art form in itself. It reflects the life and times more accurately and | White hunter study desk or board-room table, contributed to the Imperial effect." Perhaps the first fictional Victorian adventure hero was Allan Quatermain, a white hunter who appeared in books by H. Rider Haggard, starting with "King Solomon's Mines" (1885). In 1924, Richard Connell published his short story "The Most Dangerous Game", in which an American big-game hunter finds himself being hunted by a Russian aristocrat who has tired of hunting in Africa; the story is still widely read. Alex Raymond created the "Jungle Jim" comic strip in 1934 that later lead to a comic book, film serial, film series, and television show. |
Who along with Norman Foster designed the Millennium Bridge? | Millennium Bridge, London Southwark council and RIBA Competitions. The winning entry was an innovative "blade of light" effort from Arup Group, Foster and Partners, and Sir Anthony Caro. Due to height restrictions, and to improve the view, the bridge's suspension design had the supporting cables below the deck level, giving a very shallow profile. The bridge has two river piers and is made of three main sections of , , and (north to south) with a total structure length of ; the aluminium deck is wide. The eight suspension cables are tensioned to pull with a force of 2,000 tons against the piers | Norman Foster, Baron Foster of Thames Bank its shape. Foster worked with engineers to integrate complex computer systems with the most basic physical laws, such as convection. Foster's earlier designs reflected a sophisticated, machine-influenced high-tech vision. His style has evolved into a more sharp-edged modernity. In 2004, Foster designed the tallest bridge in the world, the Millau Viaduct in Southern France, with the Millau Mayor Jacques Godfrain stating; "The architect, Norman Foster, gave us a model of art." Foster worked with Steve Jobs from about 2009 until Jobs' death to design the Apple offices, Apple Campus 2 now called Apple Park, in Cupertino, California. Apple's board and |
Which brewery, based in Bedford, produces Bombardier bitter? | Marston's Brewery rebranded "The golden beer". The acquisition of Charles Wells's Eagle Brewery in Bedford increased Marston's share of the British ale market. It also widened its geographical reach giving it southern English brands Bombardier, Courage, the global Young's licence and Scottish brands McEwan's and William Younger. Marston's Brewery Marston's is a British brewery, pub and hotel operator. It operates 1,568 pubs in the UK, and is the world's largest brewer of cask ale. 80 per cent of profits come from the pubs division. It was known as Wolverhampton and Dudley Breweries plc until 2007 when it rebranded as Marston's. It owns | Power's Brewery Power's Bitter, Power's Gold and Power's Dry. The replacement facility now produces all of the CUB beers consumed outside of Victoria. The story of Power's Brewery can now be found on Liquid wit-Power's Bitter advertising campaign. Other mentions of the beer can be found on the Foster's lager page and Australian beer page. Power's Brewery Power's Brewery now CUB brewery, is a brewery based at Yatala in South East Queensland, Australia. It started out as an upstart brewery headed by publican Bernie Power to compete against the major Queensland brewery Castlemaine Perkins, in particular XXXX, during the Australian beer wars |
What Suffolk town sits at the most easterly point of England? | Ness Point Ness Point Ness Point, also known as Lowestoft Ness, is the most easterly point of England, the United Kingdom and the British Isles. It is located in Lowestoft in the Waveney district of the county of Suffolk. The site is located to the north of the town centre and has a direction marker, known as Euroscope, marking locations in other countries and how far away they are from Ness Point. Ness point is the site for the Orbis Energy Centre, a renewable energy development centre. Also located at Ness Point is the previous record holder for Britain's tallest wind turbine, | Somerton, Suffolk Hartest and Somerton, and a giant stone found in Somerton was stolen by Hartest and rolled down the valley where it still sits on their village green. The nearest town is Bury St Edmunds or Sudbury. Somerton, Suffolk Somerton is a civil parish in the Babergh district of Suffolk in eastern England. Somerton is split into two smaller villages: Upper Somerton with a population of approximately 50 and Somerton with a population of about 20. Upper Somerton is at the top of one valley and has St. Margaret's Church, a phone box and post box. Somerton is at the bottom |
In which country is there a volcano called Hecla? | HMS Hecla (1815) HMS Hecla (1815) HMS "Hecla" was a Royal Navy "Hecla"-class bomb vessel launched in 1815. Like many other bomb vessels, she was named for a volcano, in this case Hekla in Iceland. She served at the Bombardment of Algiers. Subsequently she took part in three expeditions to the Arctic. She then served as a survey vessel on the coast of West Africa until she was sold in 1831. She became a merchantman and in 1834 a Greenland whaler. She was wrecked in 1840. Commander William Popham commissioned "Hecla" for service in the Mediterranean. "Hecla" saw wartime service as part of | Hecla Mining basis for future cooperation between Hecla and the governments in the Coeur d’Alene Basin." In January 2017 Hecla Mining reported full year 2016 production totaling 17.2 million ounces of silver and 233,929 ounces of gold. Hecla Mining Hecla Mining is a silver and other precious metals mining company based in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. Founded in 1891, Hecla Mining was prominent in what became known as the Silver Valley (Idaho), which had the second-largest deposits of silver in the country. In 1983 this area was designated as a Superfund site by the Environmental Protection Agency, because of land, water and air |
What is the State Capital of Arkansas? | Arkansas State Capitol Arkansas State Capitol The Arkansas State Capitol, often called the Capitol Building, is the home of the Arkansas General Assembly, and the seat of the Arkansas state government. It sits atop Capitol Hill at the eastern end of the Capitol Mall in Little Rock, Arkansas. In 1899, the St. Louis architect George R. Mann visited the governor of Arkansas Daniel W. Jones, and presented his drawings of his winning competition design from 1896 for the Montana State Capitol, which had not yet been built in their state capital of Helena. They were hung on the walls of the old Capitol | Capital punishment in Arkansas Capital punishment in Arkansas Capital punishment is a legal penalty in the U.S. state of Arkansas. Since 1820, a total of 505 individuals have been executed. According to the Arkansas Department of Correction, as of March 13, 2018, a total of 29 men were under a sentence of death in the state. When the prosecution seeks the death penalty, the sentence is decided by the jury and must be unanimous. In case of a hung jury during the penalty phase of the trial, a life sentence is issued, even if a single juror opposed death (there is no retrial). The |
In the Bible, who was the son of Elizabeth and Zacharias? | Islamic view of the Christian Bible the Qur'an and the Bible include: Aaron, Abel, Abraham, Adam, Cain, David, the disciples of Jesus, Elias, Elisha, Enoch, Eve, Ezra, Goliath, Isaac, Ishmael, Jacob, Jesus, John the Baptist, Jonah, Joseph, Lot, Mary, Moses, Noah, the Pharaohs of Egypt, Samuel, Saul, Solomon, and Zacharias. Islamic view of the Christian Bible The Islamic view of the Christian Bible, which Christians hold to be revelations from God, is based on the belief that the Qur'an says that parts of Bible are a revelation from Allah (God), but believe that some of it has become distorted or corrupted ("tahrif"), and that a lot | The Birth of Saint John the Baptist (Artemisia Gentileschi) is one of the most renowned works from Artemisia's Naples period, especially due to its detailed rendering of fabrics and floor tiles. The painting depicts a Bible story from Luke 1:5-80, in which Zacharias and his wife, Elizabeth, are too old to have children. One day the angel Gabriel appears to tell Zacharias that he and Elizabeth will have a son named John. Zacharias is literally dumbfounded and loses his ability to speak. Later, the baby is born and all the couple’s neighbors and midwives insist that the baby should be named Zacharias, after his father. Elizabeth disagrees, so they |
Which 18th-19th Century English artist painted 'Hannibal Crossing The Alps' and 'Dido Building Carthage'? | Dido building Carthage by the National Gallery. Most of Turner's works eventually moved to the Tate Gallery in the early 20th century, but "Dido building Carthage" and "Sun rising through Vapour" remain at the National Gallery, shown with the Claudes; a few other selected works by Turner, including "Rain, Steam and Speed" and "The Fighting Temeraire" remain as examples of English painting at the National Gallery. Dido building Carthage Dido building Carthage, or The Rise of the Carthaginian Empire is an oil on canvas painting by J. M. W. Turner. The painting is one of Turner's most important works, greatly influenced by the | Snow Storm: Hannibal and his Army Crossing the Alps Hannibal may have used to cross the Alps, which Turner had also visited in 1802. Identifying Napoleon and France with Hannibal and Carthage was unusual: as a land power with a relatively weak navy, France was more usually identified with Rome, and the naval power of Britain drew parallels with Carthage. A more typical symbolism, linking the modern naval power of Britain with the ancient naval power of Carthage, can be detected in Turner's later works, "Dido Building Carthage", and "The Decline of the Carthaginian Empire". The irregular composition, without geometric axes or perspective, breaks traditional rules of composition. It |
By what other name is the bird the apteryx known? | North Island brown kiwi Island brown kiwi. However using genetic codes from each of the above it was determined that the tokoeka was a separate species, it took the "Apteryx australis" name, leaving the brown kiwi with its current "Apteryx mantelli" name. Soon after, in 1998, more genetic tests were done with the rowi and it was determined that it (the rowi) was a separate species ("Apteryx rowi"). In 2004 an injured bird was found with streaked white around the head and identified by Massey University. The white feathering is likely due to a rarely seen genetic variation sometimes described as a partial albino. | What Bird is That? Edition What Bird is That?" was published by Australia's Heritage Publishing in 2011, the latest release of Cayley’s “big bird book” complete with Lindsey’s revisions. It is 832 pages, features 769 birds and includes all 460 of Cayley’s full-colour paintings, many showing groups of related birds. New to this edition was an accompanying e-book "What Bird Call is That?", which identifies and illustrates 101 birds from "What Bird is That?", as well as providing sound files of each featured bird’s distinctive call. The sound files were provided by David Stewart. "What Bird is That?" plays a central role in Australian |
"Which explorer sailed on the ""Endurance""?" | Endurance (1912 ship) History Museum, London suggests the Antarctic Circumpolar Current could preserve the wreck on the seabed by keeping wood-boring "ship worms" away. Endurance (1912 ship) Endurance was the three-masted barquentine in which Sir Ernest Shackleton sailed for the Antarctic on the 1914 Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition. She was launched in 1912 from Sandefjord in Norway and was crushed by ice, causing her to sink three years later in the Weddell Sea off Antarctica. Designed by Ole Aanderud Larsen, "Endurance" was built at the Framnæs shipyard in Sandefjord, Norway and fully completed on 17 December 1912. She was built under the supervision of | ENDURANCE compelling scientific endeavors. The legacy on ENDURANCE is being applied now to SPINDLE cryobot. ENDURANCE ENDURANCE (Environmentally Non-Disturbing Under-ice Robotic Antarctic Explorer) is an autonomous underwater vehicle designed to map in three dimensions the geochemistry and biology of underwater terrains in Antarctica. The vehicle was built and designed by Stone Aerospace, and is the second incarnation of the DEPTHX vehicle, which was significantly reconfigured for the challenges particular to the Antarctic environment. The principal investigator for the ENDURANCE project was Earth and environmental scientist Peter Doran of the University of Illinois at Chicago. Bill Stone, CEO of Stone Aerospace, was |
Frederico Franco became President of which South American country in 2012? | Leryn Franco Leryn Franco Leryn Dahiana Franco Steneri (born 1 March 1982 in Asunción) is a Paraguayan model, actress and former athlete who currently works for the athletics department of Club Sol de América. Franco participated at the 2004, 2008 and 2012 Olympics competing in the javelin throw. On 8 June 2012, Franco achieved a personal best throw of 57.77 m in Barquisimeto, Venezuela at the 2012 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics. Her achievement also became the new national record, having surpassed the previous record of 55.66 m, which Franco threw at the 2011 South American Championships in Athletics. In 2013, she was | Frederico Marques 29. Since 2014, Marques is sponsored by KTM, which helps him cover the logistics associated with touring alongside Sousa. Frederico Marques Frederico Marques (born 4 September 1986) is a Portuguese professional tennis coach who currently coaches João Sousa in the ATP World Tour. After a short playing career, he became head coach at the BTT Tennis Academy in Barcelona, where he works with Sousa. Since January 2015, Marques is the Global Professional Tennis Coach Association president in Portugal. He is the youngest coach to have an athlete in the ATP top 100 ranking and the first Portuguese member of the |
What instrument did jazz musician, Chet Baker play? | Chet Baker in Milan cool jazz from seeking a copy of "Chet Baker in Milan", as the album capturers all of what is vibrant about the genre". Chet Baker in Milan Chet Baker in Milan is an album by trumpeter Chet Baker which was recorded in Italy in 1959 and released on the Jazzland label. Allmusic awarded the album with 3 stars stating "If the adage that claims music as the universal language was never proven before, it certainly becomes obvious here. The Italian musicians are intimately familiar with the decidedly American art form of jazz, so much so that the accompanying sax solos | Chet Baker "The Wind" for her album "Emotions". It's listed as the final track for the album, sampling hook, and riffs from Chet Baker version, and sampled a piano melody from Russell Freeman during the 1950s. In 1991, singer-songwriter David Wilcox recorded the song "Chet Baker's Unsung Swan Song" on his album "Home Again", speculating on what might have been Baker's last thoughts before falling to his death. In 2004, Randall Bramblett released the song "Chet Baker" on his "Thin Places" album. Jeroen de Valk has written a biography of Baker: "Chet Baker: His Life and Music" is the English translation. Other |
In which African capital city are the headquarters of the Organisation of African Unity? | Organisation of African Unity heavily depends on Western help (Military and Economic) to intervene in African affairs despite African leaders displeasure dealing with the international community especially Western Countries. Autonomous specialised agencies, working under the auspices of the OAU, were: Organisation of African Unity The Organisation of African Unity (OAU; ) was established on 25 May 1963 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia with 32 signatory governments. It was disbanded on 9 July 2002 by its last chairperson, South African President Thabo Mbeki, and replaced by the African Union (AU). Some of the key aims of the OAU were to encourage political and economic integration among | Organisation of African Unity a "Dictators' Club" or "Dictator's Trade Union". The OAU was, however, successful in some respects. Many of its members were members of the UN, too, and they stood together within the latter organisation to safeguard African interests – especially in respect of lingering colonialism. Its pursuit of African unity, therefore, was in some ways successful. Total unity was difficult to achieve, however, as the OAU was largely divided. The former French colonies, still dependent on France, had formed the Monrovia Group, and there was a further split between those that supported the United States and those that supported the USSR |
In which European capital city are the headquarters of 'Greenpeace'? | Criticism of Greenpeace reported that one employee lost 3.8 millon euros by betting on fixed rate concurrency exchange when the euro was gaining against foreign currency. Internal leaked communications by Kumi Naidoo, executive director of Greenpeace, indicates a "huge problem" and that the staff have "good reason" to be upset. At the same time Pascal Husting, one of the top executives of the organization, was shown to commute several times a month during a two-year period between Luxembourg, his home residence, and Amsterdam, the Headquarters of Greenpeace. This is against the company's view that short flights add to the CO2 emissions and internal | Greenpeace would bring the scattered Greenpeace offices under the auspices of a single global organization. The European Greenpeace paid the debt of the Canadian Greenpeace office and on October 14, 1979, Greenpeace International came into existence. Under the new structure, the local offices would contribute a percentage of their income to the international organization, which would take responsibility for setting the overall direction of the movement with each regional office having one vote. Some Greenpeace groups, namely London Greenpeace (dissolved in 2001) and the US-based Greenpeace Foundation (still operational) however decided to remain independent from Greenpeace International. Greenpeace consists of "Greenpeace |
What instrument did jazz musician, Woody Herman play? | Woody Herman business and this influenced Woody Herman at an early age. As a child he worked as a singer and tap-dancer in Vaudeville, then started to play the clarinet and saxophone by age 12. In 1931, he met Charlotte Neste, an aspiring actress; they married on September 27, 1936. Woody Herman joined the Tom Gerun band and his first recorded vocals were "Lonesome Me" and "My Heart's at Ease". Herman also performed with the Harry Sosnick orchestra, Gus Arnheim and Isham Jones. Isham Jones wrote many popular songs, including "It Had to Be You" and at some point was tiring of | Woody Herman 1945 Down Beat poll; Silver Award by critics in 1946 and 1947 Esquire polls; won Metronome poll, band division, 1946 and 1953. A documentary film titled "Woody Herman: Blue Flame- Portrait of a Jazz Legend" was released on DVD in late 2012 by the jazz documentary filmmaker Graham Carter, owner of Jazzed Media, to salute Herman and his centenary in May 2013. Gold Records Between 1937 and 1956, Woody Herman had numerous hits on Billboard's charts. Grammy Awards (albums) Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award Woody Herman Woodrow Charles Herman (May 16, 1913 – October 29, 1987) was an American jazz clarinetist, |
"Which French painter, a customs official, painted ""The Sleeping Gypsy"", and ""The Hungry Lion""?" | The Sleeping Gypsy The Sleeping Gypsy The Sleeping Gypsy (French: "La Bohémienne endormie") is an 1897 oil painting by French Naïve artist Henri Rousseau (1844–1910). It is a fantastical depiction of a lion musing over a sleeping woman on a moonlit night. Rousseau first exhibited the painting at the 13th Salon des Indépendants, and tried unsuccessfully to sell it to the mayor of his hometown, Laval. Instead, it entered the private collection of a Parisian charcoal merchant where it remained until 1924, when it was discovered by the art critic Louis Vauxcelles. The Paris-based art dealer Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler purchased the painting in 1924, | The Sleeping Gypsy although a controversy arose over whether the painting was a forgery. It was acquired by art historian Alfred H. Barr Jr. for the New York Museum of Modern Art. Rousseau described his painting as follows: "A wandering Negress, a mandolin player, lies with her jar beside her (a vase with drinking water), overcome by fatigue in a deep sleep. A lion chances to pass by, picks up her scent yet does not devour her. There is a moonlight effect, very poetic." The Sleeping Gypsy The Sleeping Gypsy (French: "La Bohémienne endormie") is an 1897 oil painting by French Naïve artist |
Finland has two official languages. Finnish is one. What is the other? | Languages of Finland Finnish and in Swedish. Languages of Finland The two main official languages of Finland are Finnish and Swedish. There are also several official minority languages: three variants of Sami, Romani, Finnish Sign Language and Karelian. Finnish is the language of the majority, 89% of the population. It is a Finnic language closely related to Estonian and less closely to the Sami languages. The Finnic languages belong to the Uralic language family, so Finnish is distantly related to languages as diverse as Hungarian (a Ugric language) and Nenets (a Samoyedic language) in Siberia. Swedish is the main language of 5.3% of | The Official Finnish Charts Charts were the only sales charts published in Finland. Presently the following weekly charts are composed and published by Musiikkituottajat, according to sales and streaming: In addition, Musiikkituottajat owns and publishes a digital chart which tracks digital sales of songs and is compiled by the Official Charts Company. In November 2013, Musiikkituottajat began to publish the Official Finnish Airplay Chart: The Official Finnish Charts The Official Finnish Charts (, ) are national record charts in Finland composed by Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. The name "Suomen virallinen lista/Finlands officiella lista" (lit. "the Official Finnish Chart"), which is singular in both Finnish |
Complete the name of the following American baseball team 'San Diego.......'? | History of the San Diego Padres History of the San Diego Padres The Padres adopted their name from the Pacific Coast League team which arrived in San Diego in 1936. That minor league franchise won the PCL title in 1937, led by then-18-year-old San Diegan Ted Williams. The team's name, Spanish for "fathers", refers to the Spanish Franciscan friars who founded San Diego in 1769. In 1969, the San Diego Padres joined the ranks of Major League Baseball as one of four new expansion teams, along with the Montreal Expos (now the Washington Nationals), the Kansas City Royals and the Seattle Pilots (now the Milwaukee Brewers). | 2018 San Diego State Aztecs baseball team 2018 San Diego State Aztecs baseball team The 2018 San Diego State Aztecs baseball team represented San Diego State University in the 2018 NCAA Division I baseball season as a member of the Mountain West Conference. The team was coached by Mark Martinez and played their home games at Tony Gwynn Stadium. The Aztecs finished 42–21 overall, and 20–10 in the conference. During the season, the Aztecs were invited and participated in the Tony Gwynn Classic in San Diego, California. San Diego State defeated Notre Dame to earn 5th place. In the postseason, San Diego State defeated New Mexico in |
Famous for crabs, the seaside resort of Cromer is in which English county? | Eversley Hotel, Cromer Eversley Hotel, Cromer The Eversley Hotel was a former hotel in the English seaside resort town of Cromer in the county of Norfolk. The hotel closed it doors shortly after the second world war and is now used as residential flats and is called "Eversley Court". The building is on the western side of the town centre on the corner of Hamilton road and Prince of Wales road (A149 coast road), with its main façade facing Prince of Wales Road. The building has been designed in the Queen Anne style and stands over four floors. It is built in red | Seaside resort rail travel. The Dublin and Kingstown Railway introduced day-trippers from Dublin to Kingstown (now Dún Laoghaire) in South Dublin, and the coastal town became Ireland's first seaside resort. Other South Dublin towns and villages such as Sandycove, Dalkey and Killiney grew as seaside resorts when the rail network was expanded. Since the opening of Bray Daly Station in 1852, the County Wicklow coastal town of Bray has become the largest seaside resort on the East Coast of Ireland. The town of Greystones, five miles south of Bray, also grew as a seaside resort when the railway line was extended in |
What is the name of the baseball team for Los Angeles? | History of the Los Angeles Angels franchise in the California League. The Angel moniker has always been natural for Los Angeles teams, since "The Angels" is a literal English translation of the Spanish "Los Angeles". It was also a nod to the long-successful PCL team that played in Los Angeles from 1903 through 1957. O'Malley still owned the rights to the Angels name even after moving the team to Spokane to make way for the Dodgers, so Autry paid O'Malley $300,000 for the rights to the name. The Angels and their fellow expansionists, the new Washington Senators (now the Texas Rangers) chose players from other American | History of the Los Angeles Angels History of the Los Angeles Angels The Los Angeles Angels are a professional baseball team is based in Anaheim, California. The Angels compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) West division. The "Angels" name originates from the city that was their original home, Los Angeles, and was inspired by a minor league club of the same name. The Angels have played home games at Angel Stadium since 1966. For many years, there had been talk of an existing American League team relocating to Los Angeles. In 1940, the St. Louis Browns asked |
Before entering show business, what was the occupation of Leonard Rossiter? | Leonard Rossiter demobbed he worked for six years as an insurance clerk in the claims and accident departments of the Commercial Union Insurance Company. From childhood he was an apparently unlikely but in fact enthusiastic and capable sportsman in football, cricket, tennis and later squash. Rossiter joined the Wavertree Community Centre Drama Group and made his first appearance with the Adastra Players in Terence Rattigan's "Flare Path". The local critic said that he "was particularly outstanding, his one fault being a tendency to speak too fast on one or two occasions". He gave up his insurance job to enrol in Preston repertory | Leonard Rossiter Leonard Rossiter Leonard Rossiter (21 October 1926 – 5 October 1984) was an English actor. He had a long career in the theatre but achieved his greatest fame for his television comedy roles, most notably starring as Rupert Rigsby in the ITV series "Rising Damp" from 1974 to 1980, and Reginald Perrin in the BBC's "The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin" from 1976 to 1979. Rossiter was born on 21 October 1926 in Wavertree, Liverpool, the second son of Elizabeth (née Howell) and John Rossiter. The family lived over the barber shop owned by his father. He was educated |
Which town is the birthplace of Wordsworth and the home of Jennings brewery? | Jennings Brewery Jennings Brewery Jennings Brewery was established as a family concern in 1828 in the village of Lorton, between Buttermere and Cockermouth in the Lake District, England. The brewery was started by John Jennings Snr, son of William Jennings (a maltster). Jennings brewed exclusively in Lorton until 1874 when its present home, the Castle Brewery in Cockermouth, was purchased. The Lorton brewery closed some five years later. Jennings Brewery brew a range of ales using lakeland water drawn from the brewery's own well, malted Maris Otter barley from Norfolk and Goldings, Fuggles and Challenger hops from Kent, Herefordshire and Worcestershire. The | William Jennings Bryan Boyhood Home William Jennings Bryan Boyhood Home The William Jennings Bryan Boyhood Home is a historic house located at 408 S. Broadway in Salem, Illinois. The house was the birthplace and boyhood home of William Jennings Bryan, three-time Democratic Party nominee for president. The two-story frame house was built in 1852 for Silas Bryan, an Illinois State Senator and father of William Jennings Bryan. William Jennings Bryan was born in the home in 1860. The city of Salem operates the home as a museum, including information and memorabilia about Bryan, his politics and his times. Bryan himself donated the house to the |
Which new state was proclaimed at the Gate of Heavenly Peace on 1st October 1949? | The Gate of Heavenly Peace (film) Film Festival. This time, controversy would be generated not by the exiled dissident community, but by the Chinese government. According to "Newsweek" (Oct. 9, 1995), the Chinese Consulate in New York was “not happy” to hear that "The Gate of Heavenly Peace" would be part of the festival. Consular officials said that “the film was an insult to China, and unless it was removed from the festival, they would be forced to withdraw [Zhang Yimou’s new film] Shanghai Triad.” Other film festivals were also subjected to similar pressures; for example, in an official letter to the director of Filmfest DC, | The Gate of Heavenly Peace (film) Letter in May 2009, referring to what he said was "false reporting and editing" with regard to Chai Ling in "The Gate of Heavenly Peace." The filmmakers posted both Feng's letter and a lengthy response on their website in July 2009; in this response, they write, "The alleged falsehoods that are described in the Open Letter simply do not exist in the film." They go on to provide a detailed examination of Feng's charges, citing specific examples from the film. "The Gate of Heavenly Peace" was completed in the fall of 1995, and premiered that October at the New York |
What ingredient gives pasta verde its green colouring? | Pasta extruder through which the pasta is pushed determine the shape that results. The pasta is then dried at a high temperature. The ingredients to make dried pasta usually include water and semolina flour; egg for colour and richness (in some types of pasta), and possibly vegetable juice (such as spinach, beet, tomato, carrot), herbs or spices for colour and flavour. After mixing semolina flour with warm water the dough is kneaded mechanically until it becomes firm and dry. If pasta is to be flavoured, eggs, vegetable juices, and herbs are added at this stage. The dough is then passed into | Banana pasta Banana pasta Banana pasta is a type of pasta prepared using banana as a primary ingredient. The product is typically made with unripe, green bananas that are dried and then milled into banana flour. Banana pasta is a gluten-free food. The product can be dried for later cooking or can be cooked immediately after preparation. Banana pasta is cooked like standard pasta, typically by boiling it. A study found that banana pasta has a higher water absorption rate compared to standard pasta, which generates higher yields after cooking. In 2012, University of Brasília researchers found that banana pasta can be |
Which valley in South Australia produces most of that State's wine? | South Australian wine South Australian wine The South Australian wine industry is responsible for more than half the production of all Australian wine. South Australia has a vast diversity in geography and climate which allows the state to be able to produce a range of grape varieties–from the cool climate Riesling variety in the Clare Valley wine region to the big, full bodied Shiraz wines of the Barossa Valley. Some of Australia's best-known wines like Penfolds Grange, Jacob's Creek, Yalumba and Henschke Hill of Grace are produced there, as well as many of Australia's mass-produced box wines. As with most agriculture in Australia, | Goulburn Valley wine region the middle of the region, and the southern point is south of Seymour. Goulburn Valley wine region Gouburn Valley wine region is a wine region in the state of Victoria in Australia. It is part of the Central Victoria zone and roughly corresponds to the Goulburn Valley tourist and government region. The first vineyards and winery were established in the Goulburn Valley in 1860. Tahbilk was the original winery, and still produces some wine from vines planted in the 1860s. The Australian Geographical Indication "Goulburn Valley" has been protected since 29 November 1999. Tahbilk was founded by a syndicate which |
Who wrote the book Tarka The Otter? | Tarka the Otter (film) Tarka the Otter (film) Tarka the Otter is a 1979 film directed by David Cobham. It is based on the novel of the same name by Henry Williamson. "Tarka the Otter" was voted 98th in Channel 4’s poll of the "100 Greatest Family Films". The role of Tarka was played by an otter called Spade. The principal animal handler for the film, Peter Talbot, published an e-book called "Tarka and me" with the sub-title "a ripple of ancient sunlight". The sub-title alludes to Williamson's view of nature being uniquely connected by this story to that of Gavin Maxwell. Talbot trained | Tarka the Otter continued to be an influential work. Rachel Carson once wrote that Williamson's work had "deeply influenced" her and said that "Tarka the Otter" and "Salar the Salmon" would be two of three books she might take to a desert island. Ted Hughes, who later became friends with an elderly Williamson, repeatedly cited reading the book as an important experience for him, while the author Roger Deakin wrote that he admired the "beauty and ice-clear accuracy" of Williamson's writing and described "Tarka" as a "great mythic poem". Others to whom the book was significant included the nature writers Kenneth Allsop and |
What word is used in the NATO phonetic alphabet to represent the letter I? | NATO phonetic alphabet by those who exchange voice messages by radio or telephone, regardless of language differences or the quality of the communication channel. The 26 code words in the NATO phonetic alphabet are assigned to the 26 letters of the English alphabet in alphabetical order as follows: , Bravo, Charlie, Delta, Echo, Foxtrot, Golf, Hotel, India, , Kilo, Lima, Mike, November, Oscar, Papa, Quebec, Romeo, Sierra, Tango, Uniform, Victor, Whiskey, X-ray, Yankee, Zulu. Strict adherence to the prescribed spelling words is required in order to avoid the problems of confusion that the spelling alphabet is designed to overcome. As noted in a | NATO phonetic alphabet underlined syllable of each letter word should be emphasized, and each syllable of the code words for the figures (1969–Present) should be equally emphasized. The Radiotelephony Spelling Alphabet is used by the International Civil Aviation Organization for international aircraft communications. The ITU-R Radiotelephony Alphabet is used by the International Maritime Organization for international marine communications. NATO phonetic alphabet The NATO phonetic alphabet, officially denoted as the International Radiotelephony Spelling Alphabet, and also commonly known as the ICAO phonetic alphabet, and in a variation also known officially as the ITU phonetic alphabet and figure code, is the most widely used radiotelephone |
In which film did Marilyn Monroe sing 'I Wanna 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 |
Who replaced Anneka Rice on TV’s Treasure Hunt? | Anneka Rice 1988, being replaced by former tennis player Annabel Croft. Rice hosted the BBC's Children in Need appeal in 1987 and tested an early version of her next project, "Challenge Anneka". This had been devised by Rice herself and was launched in 1989 on BBC 1. It ran for a further five years. On 9 June 2006, it was announced that "Challenge Anneka" would return, but this time on ITV. The first of three specials was broadcast on Boxing Day 2006. A further episode was aired on 6 June 2007. As a result of her owning the rights to "Challenge Anneka" | Anneka Rice news on English language television station TVB Pearl. Upon returning to the UK three years later, she worked as a secretary in the BBC Children's department. In 1982 she landed her first major TV job as the jump-suited "skyrunner" of Channel 4's "Treasure Hunt", which was hosted by former BBC newsman Kenneth Kendall. The show proved one of Channel 4's most popular programmes and was nominated for a BAFTA in 1986, in the category "Best Light Entertainment Programme". In the same year, Rice was given the "Rear of the Year" award. Rice left "Treasure Hunt" when she became pregnant in |
Which religious building gave the New Vaudeville Band a Top Five hit In 1966? | The New Vaudeville Band The New Vaudeville Band The New Vaudeville Band was a group created by songwriter Geoff Stephens (born 1 October 1934, New Southgate, North London) in 1966 to record his novelty composition "Winchester Cathedral", a song inspired by the dance bands of the 1920s and a Rudy Vallee megaphone style vocal. To his surprise, the song became a transatlantic hit that autumn, reaching the Top 10 in the United Kingdom and rising to #1 in the United States. The record sold over three million copies worldwide, earning the RIAA certification of gold disc status. The track also won a Grammy Award | The New Vaudeville Band music at the time. Only Bob Kerr from that group was interested, so he left The Bonzos to help Stephens form a touring version of The New Vaudeville Band, which included original session drummer Henri Harrison. The lead singer of the touring version of the group was Alan Klein, who was billed as 'Tristram - Seventh Earl of Cricklewood'. In 1967, The New Vaudeville Band released the "On Tour" album, with the single "Peek-A-Boo," which made the "Billboard" chart that February and reached #7 in the UK Singles Chart. Further UK hits followed with "Finchley Central" (#11) and "Green Street |
In mythology who famously competed against Melanion? | Golden apple Golden apple The golden apple is an element that appears in various national and ethnic folk legends or fairy tales. Recurring themes depict a hero (for example Hercules or Făt-Frumos) retrieving the golden apples hidden or stolen by a monstrous antagonist. Alternatively, they are depicted as divine food and the source of immortality in Norse mythology, and as part of the mysterious apple branch of Otherworld in Irish mythology. Three instances of golden apples were featured in Greek mythology: The first case concerns a huntress named Atalanta who raced against a suitor named Melanion. Melanion used golden apples to distract | Pholus (mythology) Pholus (mythology) In Greek mythology, Pholus () was a wise centaur and friend of Heracles who lived in a cave on or near Mount Pelion. It is well known that Chiron, the famously civilized centaur, had origins which differed from those of the other centaurs. Chiron was the son of Cronus and a minor goddess Philyra, which accounted for his exceptional intelligence and honor, whereas the other centaurs were bestial and brutal, being the descendants of Centaurus who is the result of the unholy rape of a minor cloud-goddess that resembled Hera by the mortal king Ixion. Where Chiron was |
The treaty known at The Peace of Westphalia formally ended which seventeenth-century contact? | Westphalia to be Catholic. Osnabrück was divided almost equally between Catholicism and Protestantism. Parts of Westphalia came under Brandenburg-Prussian control during the 17th and 18th centuries, but most of it remained divided by duchies and other areas of feudal power. The Peace of Westphalia of 1648, signed in Münster and Osnabrück, ended the Thirty Years' War. The concept of nation-state sovereignty resulting from the treaty became known as "Westphalian sovereignty". After the defeat of the Prussian Army by the French at the Battle of Jena–Auerstedt, the Treaty of Tilsit in 1807 made the easternmost portion of today's Westphalia part of the | Peace treaty peace treaties known as the Peace of Westphalia. It initiated modern diplomacy, involving the modern system of nation-states. Subsequent wars were no longer over religion, but rather revolved around issues of state. This allowed Catholic and Protestant powers to ally, leading to a number of major realignments. The Korean War is an example of a conflict that was ended by an armistice rather than a peace treaty with the 1953 . The Korean War has never technically ended because a final peace treaty or settlement has not been achieved. A more recent example of a peace treaty is the 1973 |
Which number on the Beaufort scale denotes a gentle breeze? | SS Empire Breeze Memorial, London. Official Numbers were a forerunner to IMO Numbers. "Empire Breeze" had the UK Official Number 168662 and used the Code Letters GPFP. SS Empire Breeze Empire Breeze was a cargo ship which was built in 1940 for the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT). Shortly after entering service she ran aground but was repaired. "Empire Breeze" was torpedoed and sunk by on 25 August 1942. "Empire Breeze" was built by J L Thompson & Sons Ltd, Sunderland. She was yard number 603. Launched on 3 October 1940, she was completed in January 1941. "Empire Breeze" was long, with a | A Gentle Breeze in the Village the 2007 Asahi Best Ten Film Festival Number 1, 2007 Japan Movie Best Ten Number 2, and as the 2007 Yokohama Film Festival Japan Movie Best Ten Number 2. Kaho has won two new actress awards from this film, including the Best New Actress award. A Gentle Breeze in the Village A Gentle Breeze in the Village, also known as , is a Japanese slice of life shōjo manga series written and illustrated by Fusako Kuramochi, serialized in the magazine "Chorus" from 1994 to 2000. The manga won the 20th Kodansha Manga Award in 1996. It was made into a |
The Jewish festival of Purim celebrates the story of which woman in the Bible? | Book of Esther Book of Esther The Book of Esther, also known in Hebrew as "the Scroll" ("Megillah"), is a book in the third section ("Ketuvim", "Writings") of the Jewish "Tanakh" (the Hebrew Bible) and in the Christian Old Testament. It is one of the five Scrolls ("Megillot") in the Hebrew Bible. It relates the story of a Hebrew woman in Persia, born as Hadassah but known as Esther, who becomes queen of Persia and thwarts a genocide of her people. The story forms the core of the Jewish festival of Purim, during which it is read aloud twice: once in the evening | Purim in which the community was saved during a battle. Other historic Purim celebrations in Jewish history have occurred in Yemen, Italy, Vilna and other locations. Adolf Hitler banned and forbade the observance of Purim. In a speech made on November 10, 1938 (the day after Kristallnacht), Julius Streicher surmised that just as "the Jew butchered 75,000 Persians" in one night, the same fate would have befallen the German people had the Jews succeeded in inciting a war against Germany; the "Jews would have instituted a new Purim festival in Germany". Nazi attacks against Jews were often coordinated with Jewish festivals. |
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