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Which French General was Supreme Allied Commander at the end of World War One? | Supreme Allied Commander United States, SACLANT was decommissioned and Allied Command Transformation established. The headquarters of ACT is at the former SACLANT headquarters in Norfolk, Virginia, USA. Each has a Supreme Allied Commander as its commander. Supreme Allied Commander Supreme Allied Commander is the title held by the most senior commander within certain multinational military alliances. It originated as a term used by the Allies of World War I during World War I, and is currently used only within NATO. The current NATO Supreme Allied Commander Europe is U.S. General Curtis M. Scaparrotti. On 26 March 1918, the French marshal Ferdinand Foch was | Supreme Allied Commander in July 1945 shortly after the End of World War II in Europe. In 1951, Eisenhower would again be a Supreme Allied Commander, the first to hold the post for NATO (see next section). Field Marshal Henry Maitland Wilson succeeded Eisenhower in the Mediterranean theatre, given the title Supreme Allied Commander Mediterranean. Wilson was succeeded by Field Marshal Harold Alexander, who continued in charge of those Allied forces until the end of the war. Admiral of the Fleet Lord Louis Mountbatten was Supreme Allied Commander South East Asia (SACSEA) throughout most of its existence. He replaced General Archibald Wavell. General |
In ancient Greece whose warriors were called The Myrmidons? | Myrmidons Myrmidons The Myrmidons ( "Myrmidones") were legendary people of Greek mythology, native to the region of Thessaly. During the Trojan War, they were commanded by Achilles, as described in Homer's "Iliad". According to Greek legend, they were created by Zeus from a colony of ants and therefore took their name from the Greek word for ant, "myrmex" (). Ovid mentions an etiological myth of the Myrmidons in "Metamorphoses", Book 7 (8 CE). In Ovid's telling, Hera, jealous because her husband Zeus has named the island of Aegina after his lover, the nymph Aegina, causes a devastating plague which wipes out | Clothing in ancient Greece Yellow was a common dye for the average citizen, and warriors wore red- so as not to see blood when wounded. Peasants usually dyed their clothes greens, browns, and grays as it was cheaper but mostly stuck to whites and natural colors. Clothing in ancient Greece Clothing in ancient Greece primarily consisted of the chiton, peplos, himation, and chlamys. Ancient Greek men and women typically wore two pieces of clothing draped about the body: an undergarment (chiton or peplos) and a cloak (himation or chlamys). Ancient Greek clothing was mainly based on necessity, function, materials, and protection rather than identity. |
Which TV chef had a dog called Chalky? | Chalky Chalky Chalky was TV chef Rick Stein's rough-haired Jack Russell Terrier dog, who regularly accompanied Stein when filming his popular cookery shows and became recognised and popular in his own right - many of Stein's friends and interviewees claimed he was more famous than the chef himself. The fearless, ferocious yet frequently affectionate terrier was a perfect foil to Stein's phlegmatic demeanor, and added notes of humour (frequently unintentional) to the series. An example was his name. Chalky had his own line of merchandise, including plushes, teatowels, art prints, art paw prints and two speciality beers - "Chalky's Bite" and | A Dog Called Ego A Dog Called Ego A Dog Called Ego is a German post rock band from Hamburg, Germany formed in 2006 by Christoph Stepan (guitar, vocals), Dirk Bakker (drums), Marcel Habbe (guitar, vocals) and Gregor Kaisser (bass guitar). Christoph Stepan and Gregor Kaisser had already been playing together in several musical projects when they started working on musical material for a project that carried the working title "A DOG CALLED EGO". In early 2006 they decided to record an album and asked two friends, Marcel Habbe and Dirk Bakker, to join them for a recording. The project quickly turned into a |
In the TV western series, who (played by Leif Erikson) owned the High Chaparral? | The High Chaparral a huge estate on the Mexican side of the border adjoining the "High Chaparral". Part of the price for the alliance is the sealing of the pact by the marriage of John Cannon to Montoya's beautiful, dark-haired, sophisticated daughter, Victoria, 30 years younger. Montoya's feckless son, Manolito, whose relationship with his father is strained, accompanies his sister to get away from Don Sebastian. John's son, Blue, is also vehemently opposed to the strange "mixed marriage", coming so soon after Anna-Lee's death. Reinforced by Montoya's men, the Cannons are able to fight off the Indian attacks, and with the services of | The High Chaparral box with season one (28 episodes) on May 2, 2012. Season two released on January 28, 2013. Season three released on September 3, 2013, and the final season released January 26, 2014. "The High Chaparral" is also released in Sweden with each season in two boxes. In Australia, they have also released "The High Chaparral" in four boxes. The High Chaparral The High Chaparral is an American Western-themed television series starring Leif Erickson and Cameron Mitchell, which aired on NBC from 1967 to 1971. The series, made by Xanadu Productions in association with NBC Productions, was created by David Dortort, |
In which sport could you win the Val Barker Trophy? | Val Barker Trophy the previous Games in 2012. The inaugural female winner was middleweight Claressa Shields who became the first American boxer to win two consecutive Olympic gold medals when she defeated Dutch boxer Nouchka Fontijn in Rio de Janeiro. Val Barker Trophy The Val Barker Trophy is presented every four years to the most "outstanding boxer" at the Olympic Games. In theory, the award goes to the top "pound for pound" boxer in the Olympics. The winner is selected by a committee of International Boxing Association (amateur) (AIBA) officials. The trophy is named after British boxer Val Barker who won the Amateur | Renault Sport Trophy Renault Sport Trophy The Renault Sport Trophy was a one-make racing series created and managed by Renault Sport. The series has raced with the Renault Sport R.S. 01 in 2015 and 2016 as part of the Renault Sport Series (formerly World Series by Renault), but was folded after just two seasons. In 2014, Renault announced its intention to create a new one-make sports car championship. The company unveiled the racecar for the series, called Renault Sport RS 01, at the 2014 Moscow Motor Show. The RS 01, developed by Renault Sport, has a Gibson Technology-tuned 3.8-litre V6 twin-turbo engine supplied |
What name is given to the speed it is necessary for a rocket to achieve in order for it to overcome the Earth's gravitational pull? | Nuclear photonic rocket may accelerate at a maximum of perhaps 1/10,000 m/s² (0.1 mm/s²) which is 10"g". The velocity change would be at the rate of 3,000 m/s per year of thrusting by the photon rocket. If a photon rocket begins its journey in low earth orbit, then one year of thrusting may be required to achieve an earth escape velocity of 11.2 km/s if the vehicle is already in orbit at a velocity of 9,100 m/s. Upon escaping the Earth's gravitational field the rocket will have a heliocentric velocity of 30 km/s in interplanetary space. Eighty years of steady photonic thrusting would | What It Is to Burn "All Our Kings Are Dead" (2010), A Day to Remember's "What Separates Me from You" (2010), D.R.U.G.S.'s "D.R.U.G.S." (2011), and The Amity Affliction's "Chasing Ghosts" (2012). All songs written by Finch. Personnel per booklet. Finch Additional musicians Production Citations Sources What It Is to Burn What It Is to Burn is the debut album by American post-hardcore band Finch. Finch originally formed under the name Numb with Nate Barcalow on vocals, Alex Linares on guitar, Derek Doherty on bass and Alex Pappas on drums. Guitarist Randy Strohmeyer was invited to join Finch after they witnessed him play with his band |
Which American actor, best known for his role in the 1970's TV series 'Kung Fu', died in June 2009? | Kung Fu (TV series) and Joanna start a relationship when they both admit to being big fans of "Kung Fu", and suggest watching it together. In the film "Pulp Fiction" by Quentin Tarantino, Jules tells Vincent that he intends to "walk the Earth like Caine in Kung Fu." Tarantino later cast Carradine as the title character in his films "" and "." The British comedy series "The Goodies" had an episode called "Kung Fu Kapers" which was mostly a parody of "Kung Fu". Kung Fu (TV series) Kung Fu is an American action-adventure martial arts western drama television series starring David Carradine. The series | Kung Fu (TV series) Ping Hai. The second series ran for four years, from 1993 to 1997. The first season was released in Germany on DVD in 2009. In June 2006, Ed Spielman and Howard Friedlander announced that a feature film (which would serve as a prequel to the original "Kung Fu" series and take place in China) was in development. In September 2007, it was announced that Max Makowski would direct the movie and that he planned to make the film edgier than the original television series. Actor-director Bill Paxton was in talks to direct the adaptation of the TV series. On April |
In which English cathedral would you find the 'Mappa Mundi'? | Hereford Mappa Mundi Hereford Mappa Mundi The Hereford Mappa Mundi is a medieval map of the known world (mappa mundi in Latin), of a form deriving from the T and O pattern, dating from c. 1300. It is displayed at Hereford Cathedral in Hereford, England. It is the largest medieval map still known to exist. The Hereford Mappa Mundi hung, with little regard, for many years on a wall of a choir aisle in the cathedral. During the troubled times of the Commonwealth the map had been laid beneath the floor of Bishop Audley's Chantry, where it remained secreted for some time. In | Mappa mundi map-making, the coordinate system which Claudius Ptolemy outlined in the "Geographia" became extremely influential. Over time maps influenced by these new ideas displaced the older traditions of mappae mundi. The last examples of the tradition, including the massive map of Fra Mauro, may be seen as hybrids, incorporating Portolan-style coastlines into the frame of a traditional mappa mundi. Mappa mundi A mappa mundi (Latin ; plural = "mappae mundi") is any medieval European map of the world. Such maps range in size and complexity from simple schematic maps or less across to elaborate wall maps, the largest of which was |
By what name was the American serial killer David Berkowitz, who confessed to the murder of six people in New York City in the late 1970's, better known? | David Berkowitz Green Jellÿ's comedy rock video "Cereal Killer" (1992) by the name of "Toucan Son of Sam", but it was later removed under threat of a copyright lawsuit by the Kellogg Company. David Berkowitz David Richard Berkowitz (born Richard David Falco, June 1, 1953), known also as the Son of Sam and the .44 Caliber Killer, is an American serial killer who pleaded guilty to eight separate shooting attacks that began in New York City during the summer of 1976. The crimes were perpetrated with a .44 caliber Bulldog revolver. He killed six people and wounded seven others by July 1977. | Pedro López (serial killer) serial killer encyclopedias. There was an English language documentary made by A&E better known as the Biography Channel. "Guinness World Records" briefly credited Lopez as being the "most prolific serial killer". Two Associated Press (AP) wire reports from July 1980 and January 1981 are extant. The first is a late report of López's arrest in March, and his confession to killing 103 girls, including 53 whose bodies had been found. The second reports that he was convicted of three murders, and had confessed to three hundred sexual assaults and stranglings. Did You Know Facts Pedro López (serial killer) Pedro Alonso |
Who became English football's most expensive player when he moved from Middlesbrough to Manchester United for £2.3 million in August 1989? | 1989–90 in English football Town pay a club record £650,000 for striker Lars Elstrup from Danish side OB Odense. 22 August 1989 – Tottenham Hotspur sign defender Pat van den Hauwe from Everton for £650,000. 23 August 1989 – Paul Bracewell, who has missed most of the last three years because of injury, joins Sunderland for £250,000. 24 August 1989 – West Ham United prepare for their Second Division promotion push with a £675,000 move for Queens Park Rangers midfielder Martin Allen, just weeks after a move to First Division champions Arsenal collapsed. 29 August 1989 – Gary Pallister becomes Britain's most expensive defender | 1989–90 in English football for 19–year–old Leytonstone defender Warren Barton. 31 July 1989 – Norwich City pay Coventry City £525,000 for Welsh winger David Phillips. 3 August 1989 – Nottingham Forest pay Leeds United £650,000 for Republic of Ireland midfielder John Sheridan. 7 August 1989 – Everton sign Aston Villa defender Martin Keown for £750,000. 14 August 1989 – Adrian Heath returns to English football after less than a year in Spain when he joins Aston Villa from Espanyol for £360,000. 18 August 1989 – Property tycoon Michael Knighton agrees to buy control of Manchester United in a deal which is believed to be |
The name of which chemical element, with the symbol 'TI', is derived from the Greek for 'budding twig'? | Thallium Thallium Thallium is a chemical element with symbol Tl and atomic number 81. It is a gray post-transition metal that is not found free in nature. When isolated, thallium resembles tin, but discolors when exposed to air. Chemists William Crookes and Claude-Auguste Lamy discovered thallium independently in 1861, in residues of sulfuric acid production. Both used the newly developed method of flame spectroscopy, in which thallium produces a notable green spectral line. Thallium, from Greek , , meaning "a green shoot or twig", was named by Crookes. It was isolated by both Lamy and Crookes in 1862; Lamy by electrolysis, | Systematic element name Systematic element name A systematic element name is the temporary name assigned to a newly synthesized or not yet synthesized chemical element. A systematic symbol is also derived from this name. In chemistry, a transuranic element receives a permanent name and symbol only after its synthesis has been confirmed. In some cases, such as Transfermium Wars, such controversies have been protracted and highly political. In order to discuss such elements without ambiguity, the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) uses a set of rules to assign a temporary systematic name and symbol to each such element. This approach |
Which year saw the death of Josef Stalin and the first televised Academy Awards Ceremony? | 25th Academy Awards 25th Academy Awards The 25th Academy Awards ceremony was held on March 19, 1953. It took place at the RKO Pantages Theatre in Hollywood, and the NBC International Theatre in New York City. It was the first Academy Awards ceremony to be televised, and the first ceremony to be held in Hollywood and New York City simultaneously. It was also the only year that the New York ceremonies were to be held in the NBC International Theatre on Columbus Circle, which was shortly thereafter demolished and replaced by the New York Coliseum convention center. A major upset occurred when the | 63rd Academy Awards 63rd Academy Awards The 63rd Academy Awards ceremony, organized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), took place on March 25, 1991, at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles beginning at 6:00 p.m. PST / 9:00 p.m. EST. During the ceremony, Academy Awards (commonly referred to as the Oscars) were presented in 23 categories. The ceremony, which was televised in the United States on ABC, was produced by Gil Cates and directed by Jeff Margolis. Actor Billy Crystal hosted for the second consecutive year. Three weeks earlier in a ceremony held at The Beverly Hilton in Beverly |
Which 13th century philosopher and theologian was known as 'Doctor Angelicus'? | Thomas Aquinas Thomas Aquinas Saint Thomas Aquinas (; , lit. "Thomas of Aquino"; 1225 – 7 March 1274) was an Italian Dominican friar, Catholic priest, and Doctor of the Church. He was an immensely influential philosopher, theologian, and jurist in the tradition of scholasticism, within which he is also known as the Doctor Angelicus and the Doctor Communis. The name "Aquinas" identifies his ancestral origins in the county of Aquino in present-day Lazio, Italy. He was the foremost classical proponent of natural theology and the father of Thomism; of which he argued that reason is found in God. His influence on Western | Codex Angelicus but in the 7th edition of his Novum Testamentum he used L. Gregory gave the number 020 to it. The name of the codex came from the library in Rome where it is located now, at the Biblioteca Angelica (No. 39). Codex Angelicus Codex Angelicus designated by L or 020 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), α 5 (von Soden), is a Greek uncial manuscript of the New Testament. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 9th century. Formerly it was known as "Codex Passionei". The codex contains text of the Acts of the Apostles, the Catholic epistles, and the Pauline epistles, |
Which year saw Yuri Gagarin become the first man in space and the erection of the 'Berlin Wall'? | Yuri Gagarin Yuri Gagarin Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin (; 9 March 1934 – 27 March 1968) was a Soviet pilot and cosmonaut. He became the first human to journey into outer space when his Vostok spacecraft completed one orbit of the Earth on 12 April 1961. Gagarin became an international celebrity and was awarded many medals and titles, including Hero of the Soviet Union, his nation's highest honour. Vostok 1 was his only spaceflight, but he served as the backup crew to the Soyuz 1 mission, which ended in a fatal crash. Gagarin later served as the deputy training director of the Cosmonaut | Gagarin: First in Space Gagarin: First in Space Gagarin: First in Space aka. First man In Space ( "or" поехали!) is a 2013 Russian docudrama biopic about the first man in space, Yuri Gagarin, and the mission of Vostok 1. It was released by Central Partnership theatrically in Russia on June 6, 2013, and in the United Kingdom on DVD on June 23, 2014 by Entertainment One. The film's running time of 108 minutes approximates the time it took Gagarin to go around the Earth before returning. It stars Yaroslav Zhalnin as Soviet fighter pilot and cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin. The film received mixed reviews, |
In poetry, which word, deriving from the Greek for 'carrying back', is given to the repetition of the same word or group of words at the beginning of several consecutive sentences or verses to emphasize an image or a concept? | When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd emotional response. According to Warren, Whitman "uses "anaphora", the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of lines; "epistrophe", the repetition of the same words or phrase at the end of lines, and "symploce" (the combined use of "anaphora" and "epistrophe"), the repetition of both initial and terminal words. According to Raja Sharma, Whitman's use of "anaphora" forces the reader "to inhale several bits of text without pausing for breath, and this breathlessness contributes to the incantatory quality". This sense of incantation in the poem and for the framework for the expansive lyricism that scholars have called "cataloguing". | Word chain Words (Russian: слова). Writing poetry following the same principle is called "capping verses." Various other variants exist, such as Ancient Greek skolion. Word chain Word chain, also known as Grab on Behind, Last and First, Alpha and Omega, and The Name Game. is a word game in which players come up with words that begin with the letter or letters that the previous word ended with. A category of words is usually chosen, there is a time limit such as five seconds, and words may not be repeated in the same game. An example chain for food would be: Soup |
'The Weaver Of Raveloe' is the subtitle of which famous 19th century novel? | Silas Marner Silas Marner Silas Marner: The Weaver of Raveloe is the third novel by George Eliot, published in 1861. An outwardly simple tale of a linen weaver, it is notable for its strong realism and its sophisticated treatment of a variety of issues ranging from religion to industrialisation to community. The novel is set in the early years of the 19th century. Silas Marner, a weaver, is a member of a small Calvinist congregation in Lantern Yard, a slum street in Northern England. He is falsely accused of stealing the congregation's funds while watching over the very ill deacon. Two clues | Subtitle (titling) Subtitle (titling) In books and other works, a subtitle is an explanatory or alternate title. As an example, Mary Shelley gave her most famous novel the title "Frankenstein; or, the Modern Prometheus"; by using the subtitle "the Modern Prometheus", she references the Greek Titan as a hint of the novel's themes. In English, subtitles were traditionally denoted and separated from the title proper by the conjunction "or", perhaps hinting at their function as an alternate title. A more modern usage is to simply separate the subtitle by punctuation, making the subtitle more of a continuation or sub-element of the title |
Although Maple bats are becoming increasingly popular, which wood is traditionally used to make Baseball bats? | Chandler Bats to start its own local youth baseball organization. Chandler Baseball is an organization that gives young baseball players in the Philadelphia area a chance to showcase their skills. The teams play in different tournaments throughout the United States. Chandler Bats Chandler Bats are wooden baseball bats made by the company Chandler. Chandler is an American manufacturer located in Norristown, Pennsylvania, and was founded in 2010 by David Chandler. Chandler Bats are made out of two types of wood: maple and ash. They are a product of RxSport. Furniture maker David Chandler opened of Chandler bats in 2010. David started RxSport | Louisville Bats mascot consist of the winged mammal, the bat is also synonymous with the Louisville Slugger baseball bat. Traditionally one of the top-drawing minor league teams, the Bats' attendance in 2011 was second of all minor league teams with an average of 8,716 per game. In 2016, "Forbes" listed the Bats as the 11th-most valuable Minor League Baseball team with a value of $36 million. The Bats have once won the Governors' Cup—the championship of the IL—and twice played in the championship series. "Note: The Bats were ahead 1-0 in the championship series when the September 11, 2001, attacks occurred. The |
'The Modern Prometheus' was the subtitle of which 19th century novel? | Subtitle (titling) Subtitle (titling) In books and other works, a subtitle is an explanatory or alternate title. As an example, Mary Shelley gave her most famous novel the title "Frankenstein; or, the Modern Prometheus"; by using the subtitle "the Modern Prometheus", she references the Greek Titan as a hint of the novel's themes. In English, subtitles were traditionally denoted and separated from the title proper by the conjunction "or", perhaps hinting at their function as an alternate title. A more modern usage is to simply separate the subtitle by punctuation, making the subtitle more of a continuation or sub-element of the title | The Castle of Otranto The Castle of Otranto The Castle of Otranto is a 1764 novel by Horace Walpole. It is generally regarded as the first gothic novel. In the second edition, Walpole applied the word 'Gothic' to the novel in the subtitle – "A Gothic Story". The novel merged medievalism and terror in a style that has endured ever since. The aesthetics of the book shaped modern-day gothic books, films, art, music and the goth subculture. The novel initiated a literary genre which would become extremely popular in the later 18th and early 19th century, with authors such as Clara Reeve, Ann Radcliffe, |
Who became English football's most expensive player when he moved from Norwich City to Blackburn Rovers for £5 million in July 1994? | 1994–95 Norwich City F.C. season and vacated the manager's seat to make way for 36-year-old player-coach Gary Megson. Megson in turn quit after failing save Norwich from the drop. The man selected by chairman Robert Chase to revert Norwich's declining fortunes was Martin O'Neill, who had just taken Wycombe Wanderers to the brink of the Division Two play-offs in only their second season in the Football League. "Norwich City's score comes first" 1994–95 Norwich City F.C. season During the 1994–95 English football season, Norwich City competed in the Premier League. Despite losing striker Chris Sutton to Blackburn Rovers before the start of the season in | Chris Sutton was being linked with some of the biggest clubs in the country, including Blackburn Rovers, Arsenal and Manchester United. Sutton became the most expensive player in English football in July 1994, when he was transferred from Norwich City to Blackburn Rovers for £5 million. In his first season at Ewood Park he developed a strong partnership (known as 'SAS') with Alan Shearer (who scored 34 times that season) and scored fifteen Premier League goals to help secure the club's first league title since 1914. A succession of injuries, combined with a loss of form, saw him make just 13 Premier |
Located off the northwest coast of Ireland, which is the only BBC shipping forecast area to begin with the letter 'R'? | Shipping Forecast in Rockall, Malin, Hebrides, Bailey, and Fair Isle"). This sometimes follows the opposite format (e.g., "There are warnings of gales in all areas except Biscay, Trafalgar and FitzRoy"). The "General Synopsis" follows, giving the position, pressure (in millibars) and track of pressure areas (e.g., "Low, Rockall, 987, deepening rapidly, expected Fair Isle 964 by 0700 tomorrow"). Each area's forecast is then read out. Several areas may be combined into a single forecast where the conditions are expected to be similar. Wind direction is given first, then strength (on the Beaufort scale), followed by precipitation, if any, and (usually) lastly visibility. | Shipping Forecast of the Shipping Forecast as "a bedtime story for grown-ups". The Shipping Forecast is published online by the Met Office and the BBC. The daily 0048 forecast is available online via BBC iPlayer. In 2009, an unofficial Twitter feed was created, but it has not been updated since November 2014. Shipping Forecast The Shipping Forecast is a BBC Radio broadcast of weather reports and forecasts for the seas around the coasts of the British Isles. It is produced by the Met Office and broadcast by BBC Radio 4 on behalf of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency. The forecasts sent over |
Which 13th century English philosopher and scientist was known as 'Doctor Mirabilis'? | Doctor Mirabilis (novel) Doctor Mirabilis (novel) Doctor Mirabilis is a historical novel written in 1964 by the science fiction author James Blish. This is the second book in Blish's quasi-religious trilogy "After Such Knowledge", and is a recounting of the English philosopher and Franciscan friar Roger Bacon's life and struggle to develop a 'Universal Science'. Though thoroughly researched, with a host of references, including extensive use of Bacon's own writings, frequently in the original Latin, the book is written in the style of a novel, and Blish himself referred to it as 'fiction' or 'a vision'. Blish's view of Bacon is uncompromisingly that | Mirabilis Liber Mirabilis Liber The Mirabilis liber ("Mirabilis liber qui prophetias revelationesque, necnon res mirandas, preteritas, presentes et futuras, aperte demonstrat...") is an anonymous and formerly very popular compilation of predictions by various Christian saints and divines that was published in France in 1522 (though purportedly published in Rome in 1524, probably because it was the date of an important and long-anticipated planetary alignment) and reprinted several times thereafter. It is not to be confused with the almost contemporary "Liber mirabilis". Its unwitting contributors include: plus, in French, an anonymous anthology including a collection of late 13th-century prophecies elsewhere attributed to ‘Merlin’. |
Who was the 7th century Anglo-Saxon bishop, who whilst living on the Farne Islands off Northumberland, instituted special laws to protect the Eider ducks nesting there? | Farne Islands 687, when Saint Aethelwold took up residence instead. Among other acts, Cuthbert introduced special laws in 676 protecting the eider ducks, and other seabirds nesting on the islands; these are thought to be the earliest bird protection laws anywhere in the world. The islands were used by hermits intermittently from the seventh century. These included Saint Bartholomew of Farne. The last hermit was Thomas De Melsonby, who died on the islands in 1246. A formal monastic cell of Benedictine monks was established on the islands circa 1255. The cell was dependent on Durham Abbey, now Durham Cathedral. A very small | Farne Islands Farne Islands The Farne Islands are a group of islands off the coast of Northumberland, England. There are between 15 and 20 islands depending on the state of the tide. They are scattered about from the mainland, divided into two groups, the Inner Group and the Outer Group. The main islands in the Inner Group are Inner Farne, Knoxes Reef and the East and West Wideopens (all joined together on very low tides) and (somewhat separated) the Megstone; the main islands in the Outer Group are Staple Island, the Brownsman, North and South Wamses, Big Harcar and the Longstone. The |
Which two word term is used to describe the gravitational boundary enclosing a 'Black Hole', from which nothing can escape? | Black hole Black hole A black hole is a region of spacetime exhibiting such strong gravitational effects that nothing—not even particles and electromagnetic radiation such as light—can escape from inside it. The theory of general relativity predicts that a sufficiently compact mass can deform spacetime to form a black hole. The boundary of the region from which no escape is possible is called the event horizon. Although the event horizon has an enormous effect on the fate and circumstances of an object crossing it, no locally detectable features appear to be observed. In many ways a black hole acts like an ideal | Rotating black hole conserved attributes of an object which can be determined from a distance by examining its electromagnetic and gravitational fields. All other variations in the black hole will either escape to infinity or be swallowed up by the black hole. This is because anything happening inside the black hole horizon cannot affect events outside of it. In terms of these properties, the four types of black holes can be defined as follows: Rotating black holes are formed in the gravitational collapse of a massive spinning star or from the collapse or collision of a collection of compact objects, stars, or gas |
From which wood are 'Ten-Pin Bowling' pins traditionally made? | Bowling pin end. Bowling pins are constructed by gluing blocks of rock maple wood into the approximate shape, and then turning on a lathe. After the lathe shapes the pin, it is coated with a plastic material, painted, and covered with a glossy finish. Because of the scarcity of suitable wood, bowling pins can be made from approved synthetics. Currently there are synthetic pins sanctioned for play in five-pin, duckpin, and candlepin. There is one synthetic ten pin model approved by the USBC. When hit by the ball, synthetic pins usually sound different from wooden pins. Juggling clubs could be mistaken for | Ten-pin bowling Ten-pin bowling Ten-pin bowling is a sport in which a player (called a "bowler") rolls a bowling ball down a wood or synthetic (polyurethane) lane and towards ten pins positioned at the end of the lane. The objective is to score the highest pinfall by knocking down as many pins as possible. Two finger holes and sometimes a thumb hole are drilled into a traditional bowling ball, and weights vary considerably to make the sport playable for all ages. For young children who like bowling, a ramp is often used. Generally, the heavier the ball, the more pins that will |
On which island did Gracie Fields die in 1979? | Gracie Fields Gracie Fields Dame Gracie Fields, (born Grace Stansfield; 9 January 189827 September 1979) was an English actress, singer and comedienne and star of both cinema and music hall. She spent the later part of her life on the isle of Capri, Italy. Fields was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) for "services to entertainment" in 1938, and in 1979, seven months before her death, she was invested a Dame by Queen Elizabeth II. Fields was born Grace Stansfield, over a fish and chip shop owned by her grandmother, Sarah Bamford, in Molesworth Street, Rochdale, Lancashire. | Gracie Fields 156, was named in her honour. Fields was granted the Freedom of Rochdale. The local theatre in Rochdale, the Gracie Fields Theatre, was opened by her in 1978. In September 2016, a statue of Fields was unveiled outside Rochdale Town Hall which is the first statue of a woman to be erected for over a century in Greater Manchester. For a number of years, British film exhibitors voted her among the top ten stars in Britain at the box office via an annual poll in the "Motion Picture Herald". Gracie Fields Dame Gracie Fields, (born Grace Stansfield; 9 January 189827 |
By what name is the Italian painter Jacopo Robusti, born the son of a silk dyer in 1518, better known? | Marietta Robusti 1560 and died when she was thirty during child birth. She lived in Venice all her life. She was the eldest daughter of the painter Jacopo Robusti, from whom she inherited her nickname, la Tintoretta (translated as "little dyer girl", after Jacopo’s father’s occupation as a "tintore", or dyer). She is thus variously known as Marietta Robusti, Marietta Tintoretto, and la Tintoretta. She was followed by three brothers and four sisters. Since conventions of the time dictated that women remained in the privacy of the domestic sphere and were not welcome in the public world of art production and sale, | Jacopo Brocardo Jacopo Brocardo Jacopo Brocardo (Anglicised as James Brocard(e), ) (c.1518 – 1594?) was an Italian Protestant convert and biblical interpreter. He regarded the year 1584 as the inauguration of a major new cycle. He prophesied that the last age would last 120 years from the birth of Martin Luther in 1483. As an apocalyptic thinker he was influenced by Martin Cellarius. He was born in Pinerolo around 1518. He became a scholar and grammarian, and a follower of Giulio Camillo. Brocardo is not considered a very reliable witness to his own biography. He was in France in the late 1540s, |
Which American actress, born in 1906, appeared in the 1927 film 'It', thus becoming the first 'It Girl'? | It (1927 film) It (1927 film) "It" is a 1927 silent romantic comedy film that tells the story of a shop girl who sets her sights on the handsome, wealthy boss of the department store where she works. It is based on a novella by Elinor Glyn that was originally serialized in "Cosmopolitan" magazine. This film turned actress Clara Bow into a major star, and led people to label her the "It girl". The film had its world premiere in Los Angeles on January 14, 1927, followed by a New York showing on February 5, 1927. ""It"" was released to the general public | The Girl from Chicago (1927 film) The Girl from Chicago (1927 film) The Girl from Chicago is a lost 1927 American silent criminal romantic drama film directed by Ray Enright and starring Myrna Loy and Conrad Nagel. It was produced and distributed by the Warner Bros. and is based upon a short story by Arthur Somers Roche that appeared in the June 1923 "Redbook". The film later had a Vitaphone soundtrack of sound effects and music added. The film is one of the earliest starring roles for Loy who at this time, 1927, did not usually star but was a supporting player. Warner Bros. took a |
In horse racing, at which racecourse are all five of the Irish Classics held? | Curragh Racecourse two miles long and horseshoe-shaped. Races up to one mile are run on a straight course. Additionally there are several training facilities on the site. The Curragh offers the highest purses and highest quality level of flat racing in Ireland. In 2007, ten of Ireland's twelve Group One races were held at the track. All five Irish classics are run at The Curragh. On race days, there are shuttle buses from Kildare railway station to The Curragh. Dublin Coach's routes to Portlaoise and Ennis also serve the racecourse on these days. The racecourse was once served by two railway stations: | Leopardstown Racecourse Leopardstown Racecourse Leopardstown Racecourse is an Irish horse-racing venue, located in Leopardstown, Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown, 8km south of the Dublin city centre. Like the majority of Irish courses, it hosts both National Hunt and Flat racing. The course, built by Captain George Quin and modelled on Sandown Park Racecourse in England, was completed in 1888 and acquired by the Horse Racing Board of Ireland in 1967. Many important races are held here and racing takes place all year round, with about 22 meetings per year. The "Leopardstown Hall of Fame" honours famous Irish horse racing trainers, jockeys and horses like, Vincent |
For what did the 'J' stand in the name of the 'Dallas' character 'JR Ewing'? | J. R. Ewing personalized license plate "EWING 3". J. R. Ewing John Ross "J. R." Ewing Jr. is a fictional character in the American television series "Dallas" (1978–91) and its spin-offs, including the revived "Dallas" series (2012–14). The character was portrayed by Larry Hagman from the series premiere in 1978 until his death in late 2012, and Hagman was the only actor who appeared in all 357 episodes of the original series. As the show's most famous character, J.R. has been central to many of the series' biggest storylines. He is depicted as a covetous, egocentric, manipulative and amoral oil baron with psychopathic | Ann Ewing (Dallas) Ann Ewing (Dallas) Ann Ewing (maiden name Smith; formerly Ryland) is a fictional character from the TNT soap opera "Dallas", portrayed by Brenda Strong. She made her first appearance during the episode broadcast on June 13, 2012. Strong's casting was announced on April 5, 2011. Ann is the third wife of Bobby Ewing (Patrick Duffy). The couple married in 2005 and Ann has become the matriarch of Southfork Ranch. She is protective of her stepson and loyal to her family. On April 5, 2011, Matt Webb Mitovich from TVLine reported former "Desperate Housewives" actress Brenda Strong had joined the cast |
Who played the title character in the 2009 film 'X-Men Origins: Wolverine'? | X-Men Origins: Wolverine interpretation of Deadpool. X-Men Origins: Wolverine X-Men Origins: Wolverine is a 2009 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics fictional character Wolverine. It is the fourth installment of the "X-Men" film series and the first spin-off of its standalone Wolverine trilogy. The film was directed by Gavin Hood, written by David Benioff and Skip Woods, and produced by and starring Hugh Jackman. It co-stars Liev Schreiber, Danny Huston, Dominic Monaghan, will.i.am and Ryan Reynolds. The film is a prequel / spin-off focusing on the violent past of the mutant Wolverine and his relationship with his half-brother Victor Creed. The | X-Men Origins: Wolverine was set to be the first of a series of "X-Men Origins" prequels, with the other being focused on Magneto. However, "X-Men Origins: Magneto" entered development hell and was eventually canceled. "", released in 2011, was another prequel to the series. Set in 1962, the film features a young Professor X and Magneto and the foundation of the X-Men. In 2013, a second Wolverine film was released titled "The Wolverine", set years after the events of "", but mostly serving as a stand-alone sequel. The follow-up to "First Class", 2014's "", was confirmed to erase the events of "X-Men Origins: |
Which Italian painter was forced to flee Rome in 1606 after murdering a man in a fit of temper? | Mary Magdalen in Ecstasy Mary Magdalen in Ecstasy Mary Magdalen in Ecstasy (1606) is a painting by the Italian artist Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1571-1610). Caravaggio's "Mary Magdalen in Ecstasy" (or variations on that name) exists in at least eighteen copies, of which this version, in a private collection in Rome, illustrated in John Gash's "Caravaggio" (revised 2003 edition only), has been claimed as the most likely original. The painting was done in the few months following Caravaggio's flight from Rome after the death of Ranuccio Tommassoni on 29 May 1606, while he was in hiding on the estates of his protectors, the powerful | The Man Who Returned to Life The Man Who Returned to Life The Man Who Returned to Life is a 1942 American black-and-white drama film directed by Lew Landers, written by Gordon Rigby and released by Columbia Pictures. David Jameson lives in a rural town in Maryland. He is forced to flee after he is suspected of murdering Beth Beebe, who tried to force him to marry her although he was engaged to another woman, Daphne Turner. He flees from town and takes on a new identity as George Bishop, marries Jane Meadows, and gets a comfortable job. Years later a skeleton is found on the |
What was the pseudonym used by the English essayist Charles Lamb when contributing to the 'London Magazine'? | Charles Lamb Charles Lamb Charles Lamb (10 February 1775 – 27 December 1834) was an English essayist, poet, and antiquarian, best known for his "Essays of Elia" and for the children's book "Tales from Shakespeare", co-authored with his sister, Mary Lamb (1764–1847). Friends with such literary luminaries as Samuel Taylor Coleridge, William Wordsworth, and William Hazlitt, Lamb was at the centre of a major literary circle in England. He has been referred to by E. V. Lucas, his principal biographer, as "the most lovable figure in English literature". Lamb was born in London, the son of Elizabeth Field and John Lamb. Lamb | Charles Lamb university English departments". Notwithstanding, there has always been a small but enduring following for Lamb's works, as the long-running and still-active "Charles Lamb Bulletin" demonstrates. Because of his notoriously quirky, even bizarre, style, he has been more of a "cult favourite" than an author with mass popular or scholarly appeal. Lamb was honoured by The Latymer School, a grammar school in Edmonton, a suburb of London where he lived for a time; it has six houses, one of which, "Lamb", is named after Charles. Charles Lamb Charles Lamb (10 February 1775 – 27 December 1834) was an English essayist, poet, |
Which German composer wrote the 'Rheinish Symphony'? | Symphony No. 2 (Schumann) Symphony No. 2 (Schumann) The Symphony in C major by German composer Robert Schumann was published in 1847 as his Symphony No. 2, Op. 61, although it was the third symphony he had completed, counting the B-flat major symphony published as No. 1 in 1841, and the original version of his D minor symphony of 1841 (later revised and published as No. 4). Schumann began to sketch the symphony on December 12, 1845, and had a robust draft of the entire work by December 28. He spent most of the next year orchestrating, beginning February 12, 1846. His depression and | Hans Lang (German composer) compositions mainly consist of works for choral works, and vocal art songs. He also wrote several works for the accordion which are still popular today. Hans Lang (German composer) Hans Lang (20 August 1897 – 17 July 1968) was a German composer. He studied at the Akademie der Tonkunst in Munich with Joseph Haas from 1921 to 1926. In 1927 he joined the faculty at the Rheinische Musikhochschule in Cologne, where he taught for three years. In 1930 he became a teacher at the Konservatorium in Nuremberg and took the role of headmaster at the Städtische Berufsschule für Musiker in |
In Greek mythology, who was the master craftsman who built the 'Labyrinth' for King Minos? | The Labyrinth of Time The story of "The Labyrinth of Time" is loosely based on Greek mythology. The game begins during player's commute home from work. While aboard the subway, the player and their train car are suddenly sucked into an alternate dimension. An illusion in the form of the mythological character Daedalus explains that King Minos has forced him to oversee the construction of a labyrinth that spans the space-time continuum. Upon its construction, King Minos will invade and conquer all times and places with his supernatural powers. Daedalus pleads for the player to find a way to destroy the labyrinth before Minos | USS Minos (ARL-14) USS Minos (ARL-14) USS "Minos" (ARL-14) was one of 39 "Achelous"-class landing craft repair ships built for the United States Navy during World War II. Named for Minos (in Greek mythology, a son of Zeus and Europa, who was a king and lawgiver of Crete), she was the only U.S. Naval vessel to bear the name. Originally laid down as "LST-644" by the Chicago Bridge & Iron Company of Seneca, Illinois; launched 15 September 1944; sponsored by Miss Ruth D. Rix; redesignated USS "Minos" (ARL 14) effective 14 August 1944; and commissioned 26 September 1944 at New Orleans, Louisiana with |
Which American film actress, born in 1921, was known as 'The Sweater Girl' because of her tight fitting clothes in the 1937 film 'They Won't Forget'? | Lana Turner in popular culture Lana Turner in popular culture Since her rise to fame in the 1940s, American film actress Lana Turner (19211995) has appeared and been referenced in numerous works across literature, film, art, and music. Her glamorous persona and publicized personal troubles have contributed to her recurring prevalence in popular culture. Turner first entered the popular culture lexicon under the nickname "the Sweater Girl" due to her feature film debut in "They Won't Forget" (1937), in which she appeared in a form-fitting sweater that accentuated her bust. She was the first known person to be given the nickname, which went on to | Sweater girl Won't Forget" in a tight-fitting knit top is sometimes considered the first case of the "sweater girl", as Hollywood publicists sought for a catchy phrase to describe the impact she made on the screen. Movie magazines nicknamed her "The Sweater Girl," just as Ann Sheridan was "The Oomph Girl," Dorothy Lamour "The Sarong Girl," and Clara Bow "The It Girl." "Sweater Girl" is the name of a 1942 film written by Robert Blees and Beulah Marie Dix, directed by William Clemens and starring Eddie Bracken, June Preisser, Phillip Terry, and Betty Jane Rhodes. From the 1944 "Army–Navy Screen Magazine" #20, |
Which group had a UK number one hit in July 2009 with 'Beat Again'? | Beat Again Beat Again "Beat Again" is the debut single by English boy band JLS. It was released on 12 July 2009 as the lead single from their self-titled debut studio album "JLS" (2009). The song was written by Wayne Hector and Steve Mac and produced by Mac. The song's B-side is a cover of "Umbrella" by Rihanna, which JLS covered during the semi-finals of the fifth series of "The X Factor" in December 2008. The song debuted at number one on the UK Singles Chart. It also peaked at number three in the Republic of Ireland. It has sold over 574,000 | Hit That Perfect Beat is also quoted in the Die Antwoord song Beat Boy and video, Zef Side. The song also appears at the end of "A Year and a Half in the Life of Metallica", where Lars Ulrich and Kirk Hammett dance to the song's chorus during the film's credits as bassist Jason Newsted walks by bobbing his head. Hit That Perfect Beat "Hit That Perfect Beat" is a single from the British synthpop trio Bronski Beat and appeared on their 1986 album "Truthdare Doubledare". It became a popular dance hit and reached number three in the UK charts in January 1986 and |
According to the Bible, from which wood was 'Noah's Ark' made? | Gopher wood but there is no consensus. Gopher wood Gopher wood or gopherwood is a term used once in the Bible for the substance from which Noah's ark was built. Genesis 6:14 states that Noah was to build the Ark of "gofer" (Hebrew ), more commonly transliterated as "gopher" wood, a word not otherwise known in the Bible or in Hebrew. Although some English Bibles attempt a translation, older English translations, including the King James Version (17th century), leave it untranslated. The word is unrelated to the name of the North American animal, the gopher. The Greek Septuagint (3rd–1st centuries BC) translated | The Black Ark (Noah Howard album) Collection" of recommended jazz recordings. All About Jazz stated "By 1969, Howard was terrifyingly good: as a player, composer and bandleader. The four originals which make up "The Black Ark"—a mutant blues, a free jive samba, a cod-Japanese "ying-tong" melody and a wonderfully lyrical ballad—are catchy and hummable, at a time when most free jazz rejected tunes and structures". "All compositions by Noah Howard" The Black Ark (Noah Howard album) The Black Ark is an album by American free jazz saxophonist Noah Howard recorded in New York City in 1969 for the Freedom label and was rereleased in 2007. The |
Which BAFTA nominated British detective drama series is set in Hastings during World War Two? | Foyle's War Foyle's War Foyle's War is a British detective drama television series set during (and shortly after) the Second World War, created by "Midsomer Murders" screenwriter and author Anthony Horowitz and commissioned by ITV after the long-running series "Inspector Morse" ended in 2000. It began broadcasting on ITV in October 2002. ITV director of programmes Simon Shaps cancelled "Foyle's War" in 2007, but complaints and public demand prompted Peter Fincham (Shaps' replacement) to revive the programme after good ratings for 2008's fifth series. The final episode was broadcast on 18 January 2015, after eight series. Detective Chief Superintendent Christopher Foyle (Michael | Our World War (TV series) Our World War (TV series) Our World War is a British television drama series based on eyewitness accounts of the soldiers who served in the First World War. The series was inspired by the 2012 BAFTA-winning series "Our War". The series shows how the war affected people on the battlefield. Joe Barton, the writer of the series, based this drama on first hand accounts of what happened during the First World War. The series makes use of modern film techniques like fixed, body-mounted cameras and overhead battle scene animations, alongside a modern soundtrack featuring artists such as PJ Harvey, to |
At which racecourse is the Scottish Grand National run each April? | Scottish Grand National Scottish Grand National The Scottish Grand National is a Grade 3 National Hunt steeplechase in Great Britain which is open to horses aged five years or older. It is run at Ayr, Scotland, over a distance of about 4 miles and during its running there are 27 fences to be jummped. It is a handicap race, and takes place each year in April. It is Scotland's equivalent of the Grand National, and is held during Ayr's two-day Scottish Grand National Festival meeting. The race, then known as the "West of Scotland Grand National", was first run at a course near | Grand National Hurdle Stakes day of steeplechasing at Far Hills includes seven races, the most important of which is the Grand National. Grand National Hurdle Stakes The Grand National Hurdle Stakes is an American National Steeplechase Association sanctioned steeplechase race run each fall at Far Hills, New Jersey. It is a Grade 1 event run over miles. It has been known by a variety of names over the years, including the Breeders' Cup Grand National. The race dates back to 1899 where it was first run at Morris Park Racecourse. It was long the premier stakes in U.S. jump racing. Past winners include 11 |
Which group had a UK number one hit in August 2009 with 'I Gotta Feeling'? | I Gotta Feeling I Gotta Feeling "I Gotta Feeling" is the second single from The Black Eyed Peas' fifth album "The E.N.D.", produced by French DJ David Guetta. The song was released on June 23, 2009 and debuted at number two on the Canadian and "Billboard" Hot 100 on the week of June 27, 2009, behind the group's "Boom Boom Pow", making the group one of 11 artists who have occupied the top two positions of the "Billboard" Hot 100 at the same time. It later reached number one on the US charts and 20 charts worldwide. The song was nominated for Record | I Gotta Feeling on the "Billboard" Hot 100 by a duo or group (17 weeks). The song held at number one on the chart for a total of 14 weeks, which ended on the week ending October 17, 2009 when Jay Sean's "Down" took the position, making "I Gotta Feeling" fall to number 5. The song, together with "Boom Boom Pow", earned the group a total of 26 consecutive weeks atop the Hot 100 chart while also earning them their longest running single on the chart, with a total of 56 weeks logged. "I Gotta Feeling" also peaked at number one on several |
'Aston', 'Mick' and 'Davies' are the three central characters in which play by Harold Pinter? | The Caretaker as they are at the beginning and throughout it. The deceit and isolation in the play lead to a world where time, place, identity, and language are ambiguous and fluid. On 27 April 1960, the first production of "The Caretaker" opened at the Arts Theatre, in London, prior to transferring to the West End's Duchess Theatre on 30 May 1960. It starred Donald Pleasence as Davies, Alan Bates as Mick, and Peter Woodthorpe as Aston. The productions received generally strong reviews. Arden, John. Book review of "The Caretaker", by Harold Pinter. "New Theatre Mag." 1.4 (July 1960): 29–30. Billington, Michael. | Honours and awards received by Harold Pinter Honours and awards received by Harold Pinter Honours and awards to Harold Pinter lists (in chronological order) honours, awards, prizes, and honorary degrees received by English playwright Harold Pinter (1930–2008), which often acknowledge his international importance and his reach beyond national and regional boundaries. Pinter declined a British knighthood in 1996, when it was offered to him on behalf of Queen Elizabeth II by British Prime Minister John Major, then leader of the Conservative Party. Despite his declining it, many in the media (both in the UK and elsewhere) still refer erroneously to Pinter as "Sir Harold Pinter". In addition |
In which city in Arizona did 'The Gunfight At The OK Corral' take place in 1881? | Gunfight at the O.K. Corral Gunfight at the O.K. Corral The Gunfight at the O.K. Corral was a 30-second shootout between lawmen and members of a loosely organized group of outlaws called the Cowboys that took place at about 3:00 p.m. on Wednesday, October 26, 1881, in Tombstone, Arizona Territory. It is generally regarded as the most famous shootout in the history of the American Wild West. The gunfight was the result of a long-simmering feud, with Cowboys Billy Claiborne, Ike and Billy Clanton, and Tom and Frank McLaury on one side and town Marshal Virgil Earp, Special Policeman Morgan Earp, Special Policeman Wyatt Earp, | Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (film) film was nominated for two Academy Awards. Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (film) Gunfight at the O.K. Corral is a 1957 American western film starring Burt Lancaster as Wyatt Earp and Kirk Douglas as Doc Holliday, loosely based on the actual event which took place on October 26, 1881. The picture was directed by John Sturges from a screenplay written by novelist Leon Uris. The shootout was portrayed in the movie as a protracted, heavily armed firefight that took place at medium range. The actual event began in a narrow wide empty lot between the Harwood house and C. S. |
What was the name of the British ocean liner sunk by a German U-boat in 1915, killing over 1100 people? | U-boat was cited as a retaliation for British minefields and shipping blockades. Under the instructions given to U-boat captains, they could sink merchant ships, even potentially neutral ones, without warning. In February 1915, a submarine "U-6" ("Lepsius") was rammed and both periscopes were destroyed off Beachy Head by the collier "SS Thordis" commanded by Captain John Bell RNR after firing a torpedo. On 7 May 1915, sank the liner RMS "Lusitania". The sinking claimed 1,198 lives, 128 of them American civilians, and the attack of this unarmed civilian ship deeply shocked the Allies. According to the ship's manifest, "Lusitania" was carrying | German submarine U-32 (1937) command of Hans Jenisch, sank the 42,348-ton liner , which had been previously damaged by German bombs. "Empress" was the largest ship sunk by a U-boat. "U-32" was sunk northwest of Ireland, in position , by depth charges from the British destroyers and on 30 October 1940. Nine crew members were killed; 33 survived and became prisoners of war, including Jenisch. Jenisch then spent six and a half years in British captivity before returning to Germany in June 1947. "U-32" took part in one wolfpack, namely. German submarine U-32 (1937) German submarine "U-32" was a Type VIIA U-boat of Nazi |
Which two colours are found on the flag of Greenland? | Flag of Greenland of Denmark was preferred to the others. Little came of this effort. In 1978, Denmark granted home rule to Greenland, making it an equal member of the "Danish Realm". The home rule government held an official call for flag proposals, receiving 555 (of which 293 were submitted by Greenlanders). The deciding committee came to no consensus, so more proposals were solicited. Finally the present red-and-white design by Christiansen narrowly won over a green-and-white Nordic cross by a vote of fourteen to eleven. Christiansen's red-and-white flag was officially adopted on 21 June 1985. To honour the tenth anniversary of the "Erfalasorput", | Flag of Greenland Danish rowing club HEI Rosport, which was founded before Greenland's flag was chosen. It is not clear whether this is a case of plagiarism or just a coincidence, but the rowing club has given Greenland permission to use their flag. The colours of the "Erfalasorput" are the same as those of the "Dannebrog", symbolizing Greenland's place in the Danish realm. Flag of Greenland The flag of Greenland was designed by Greenland native Thue Christiansen. It features two equal horizontal bands of white (top) and red with a large disk slightly to the hoist side of centre. The top half of |
Complete the title of this famous play by Luigi Pirandello: 'Six Characters In Search Of An ....'? | Six Characters in Search of an Author Six Characters in Search of an Author Six Characters in Search of an Author ( ) is an Italian play by Luigi Pirandello, written and first performed in 1921. An absurdist metatheatrical play about the relationship among authors, their characters, and theatre practitioners, it premiered at the Teatro Valle in Rome to a mixed reception, with shouts from the audience of ""Manicomio"!" ("Madhouse!") and ""Incommensurabile"!" ("Incommensurable!"), a reaction to the play's illogical progression. Reception improved at subsequent performances, especially after Pirandello provided for the play's third edition, published in 1925, a foreword clarifying its structure and ideas. The play had | Luigi Pirandello Pirandello's poetry was translated for the first time in 2016 by George Hochfield. Luigi Pirandello Luigi Pirandello (; 28 June 1867 – 10 December 1936) was an Italian dramatist, novelist, poet, and short story writer whose greatest contributions were his plays. He was awarded the 1934 Nobel Prize in Literature for "his almost magical power to turn psychological analysis into good theatre." Pirandello's works include novels, hundreds of short stories, and about 40 plays, some of which are written in Sicilian. Pirandello's tragic farces are often seen as forerunners of the Theatre of the Absurd. Pirandello was born into an |
In 2008, Daniel Day-Lewis won the 'Oscar' for Best Actor for his role in which film? | Daniel Day-Lewis novel "Oil!", titled "There Will Be Blood". Day-Lewis received the Academy Award for Best Actor, BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role, Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama, Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role (which he dedicated to Heath Ledger, saying that he was inspired by Ledger's acting and calling the actor's performance in "Brokeback Mountain" "unique, perfect"), and a variety of film critics' circle awards for the role. In winning the Best Actor Oscar, Day-Lewis joined Marlon Brando and Jack Nicholson as the only | Daniel Day-Lewis the BAFTA Britannia Award for Excellence in Film. At the 70th Golden Globe Awards, on 14 January 2013, Day-Lewis won his second Golden Globe Award for Best Actor, and at the 66th British Academy Film Awards on 10 February, he won his fourth BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role. At the 85th Academy Awards, Day-Lewis became the first three-time recipient of the Best Actor Oscar for his role in "Lincoln". John Hartoch, Day-Lewis' acting teacher at Bristol Old Vic theatre school, said of his former pupil's achievement, Following his historic third Oscar win, there was much debate |
Which British scholar and idealist is best remembered for his works 'The Rights Of Man' and 'The Age Of Reason'? | The Age of Reason dark time, we shall require an age of reason". His ends with the claim that "in a time ... when both rights and reason are under several kinds of open and covert attack, the life and writing of Thomas Paine will always be part of the arsenal on which we shall need to depend." The Age of Reason The Age of Reason; Being an Investigation of True and Fabulous Theology is a work by English and American political activist Thomas Paine, arguing for the philosophical position of Deism. It follows in the tradition of eighteenth-century British deism, and challenges institutionalized | The Age of Reason power and revenue." This kind of attack distinguishes Paine's book from other deistic works, which were less interested in challenging social and political hierarchies. He argues that the Church and the State are a single corrupt institution which does not act in the best interests of the people—both must be radically altered: As Jon Mee, a scholar of British radicalism, writes: "Paine believed ... a revolution in religion was the natural corollary, even prerequisite, of a fully successful political revolution." Paine lays out a vision of, in Davidson and Scheick's words, "an age of intellectual freedom, when reason would triumph |
Deriving from the Greek for 'crescent', what name is given to the convex or concave upper surface of a column of liquid, the curvature of which is caused by surface tension? | Meniscus (liquid) the same radius, "r", as the inside of the tube. The tube experiences a downward force of magnitude 2πrσ, where σ is the surface tension of the liquid. Meniscus (liquid) The meniscus (plural: "menisci", from the Greek for "crescent") is the curve in the upper surface of a liquid close to the surface of the container or another object, caused by surface tension. It can be either concave or convex, depending on the liquid and the surface. A concave meniscus occurs when the particles of the liquid are more strongly attracted to the container (adhesion) than to each other (cohesion), | Surface tension in a phenomenon known as capillary action. The height to which the column is lifted is given by Jurin's law: where Pouring mercury onto a horizontal flat sheet of glass results in a puddle that has a perceptible thickness. The puddle will spread out only to the point where it is a little under half a centimetre thick, and no thinner. Again this is due to the action of mercury's strong surface tension. The liquid mass flattens out because that brings as much of the mercury to as low a level as possible, but the surface tension, at the same |
Playing for Wigan Athletic, who is the only Columbian currently registered as a Premier League footballer? | History of Wigan Athletic F.C. despite remaining in the bottom three for the majority of the season, Wigan Athletic managed to retain their Premier League status on the last day of the season, defeating Stoke City at the Britannia Stadium after a goal from Hugo Rodallega. On 7 May Wigan Athletic simultaneously secured their Premier League status and relegated Blackburn Rovers with a 1–0 victory at Ewood Park. On 20 February 2012, the club announced a financial loss of £7.2 million. On 31 December 2012 the club reported a net profit of £4.3 million, the first profit in six years. The biggest expense at the | Wigan Athletic F.C. stop policing Wigan Athletic matches at the stadium from 2 April. This move left Wigan Athletic facing the prospect of playing their home games in the Premier League in an empty stadium, so they paid the money they owed to the police. The club appealed against the payments in court and won, with the claims expected to earn the club around £37,000. On 25 March 2009 it was announced that Wigan Athletic would change the name of their stadium to The DW Stadium, after chairman Dave Whelan's commercial venture, DW Sports Fitness. For 2013–14 Europa League fixtures held at the |
Deriving from the Latin for 'thunderbolt', what name is given to the natural hollow glass tubes formed in sand or soil by lightening strikes? | Trinitite has several similar naturally occurring minerals as it is itself a melt glass. While trinitite and similar materials are anthropogenic, fulgurites, found in many thunderstorm-prone regions and in deserts, are naturally-formed, hollow or solid glassy tubes, masses, droplets, clumps, or crusts composed of quartzose sand, silica, rock, caliche, biomass, clay or other soil and sediment types, and are generated by lightning strikes. A material similar to trinitite can be formed by meteor impacts, these are impact glasses. For a time it was believed that the desert sand had simply melted from the direct radiant thermal energy of the fireball and | Erika (given name) name in many Western societies. It is also a popular given name for women in Japan (even though its origin has nothing in common with the Nordic roots of the Western version). "Erica" is also the name of a genus of approximately 860 species of flowering plants in the family Ericaceae, commonly known as "heaths" or "heathers" in English, and is the Latin word for "heather". Erika (given name) The given name Erika, or Erica, is a feminine form of Eric, deriving from the Old Norse name "Eiríkr" (or "Eríkr" in Eastern Scandinavia due to monophthongization). The first element, "ei-" |
Who is the MP for Surrey Heath and current Secretary of State for Education? | Surrey Heath (UK Parliament constituency) majority of 28,392. One of Hawkins' opponents for selection was future Speaker, John Bercow. Bercow was selected as the Conservative candidate for the Buckingham constituency on the same day. In 2004, the Conservative constituency association, then the richest in the country, deselected their MP Nick Hawkins in the hope of obtaining an MP of Cabinet calibre. The Member since 2005, Michael Gove, was formerly Secretary of State for Justice and Lord Chancellor. Surrey Heath (UK Parliament constituency) Surrey Heath is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2005 by Michael Gove, a Conservative. In | Secretary of State for Education Secretary of State for Education Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Education (frequently shortened to the Education Secretary) is the chief minister of the Department for Education in the United Kingdom government. The position was re-established on 12 May 2010. Under the provisions for devolved government in the UK its remit applies only to England, covering; A committee of the Privy Council was appointed in 1839 to supervise the distribution of certain government grants in the education field. The members of the committee were the Lord President of the Council, the Secretaries of State, the First Lord of the |
Who was the 19th century English essayist who wrote 'The Spirit Of The Age' and 'On The Pleasure Of Hating'? | The Spirit of the Age The Spirit of the Age The Spirit of the Age (full title "The Spirit of the Age: Or, Contemporary Portraits") is a collection of character sketches by the early 19th century English essayist, literary critic, and social commentator William Hazlitt, portraying 25 men, mostly British, whom he believed to represent significant trends in the thought, literature, and politics of his time. The subjects include thinkers, social reformers, politicians, poets, essayists, and novelists, many of whom Hazlitt was personally acquainted with or had encountered. Originally appearing in English periodicals, mostly "The New Monthly Magazine" in 1824, the essays were collected with | The Spirit of the Age of the half-dozen most sustained pieces of invective in English", the sketch of Gifford in "The Spirit of the Age" is "even more effective". Francis Jeffrey (1773–1850), later Lord Jeffrey, was a Scottish jurist, Whig politician, literary critic, and editor of and major contributor to the quarterly "Edinburgh Review". Arising from the intellectual ferment in Edinburgh around the turn of the 19th century, the "Edinburgh" was the first periodical of its kind to engage in extensive analysis and broad commentary, in which a "review" was really "an extended article based on a book and frequently departing from it." It featured |
Which singer has had a 2010 UK number one album with 'Recovery'? | Recovery (Eminem album) album of all time on the "Billboard Top 200 Albums of All Time". Notes Sample credits Credits for "Recovery" adapted from AllMusic. Recovery (Eminem album) Recovery is the seventh studio album by American rapper Eminem. It was released on June 18, 2010, by Aftermath Entertainment, Shady Records, and Interscope Records as the follow-up to Eminem's previous album "Relapse" (2009). Originally planned to be released as "Relapse 2", the album was renamed to "Recovery" when Eminem found the album musically different from its predecessor. Production of the album took place during 2009 to 2010 at several recording studios and was handled | Recovery (Eminem album) the top spot after one week at number two. As of August 18, 2010, the album has sold 277,000 copies in Canada. In Japan, Oricon recorded a debut of number six with 20,678 units sold. It also went gold in its first week in New Zealand and Australia, debuting at number one in both countries. The album has since sold over 210,000 copies in Australia, certifying it triple platinum. By the end of its release year, "Recovery" had sold over 5.7 million copies worldwide. It was one of the best-selling album of 2010 in the United States with 3.4 million |
Which internationally recognised non-SI unit of pressure is equal to 101,325 Pascals? | Pascal (unit) fields, the kilopascal (1000 pascals) is used instead. Pascal (unit) The pascal (symbol: Pa) is the SI derived unit of pressure used to quantify internal pressure, stress, Young's modulus and ultimate tensile strength. It is defined as one newton per square metre. It is named after the French polymath Blaise Pascal. Common multiple units of the pascal are the hectopascal (1 hPa = 100 Pa) which is equal to one millibar, and the kilopascal (1 kPa = 1000 Pa) which is equal to one centibar. The unit of measurement called standard atmosphere (atm) is defined as . Meteorological reports typically | Oil well control is a very important concept in the oil and gas industry. Pressure can be defined as: the force exerted per unit area. Its SI unit is newtons per square metre or pascals. Another unit, bar, is also widely used as a measure of pressure, with 1 bar equal to 100 kilopascals. Normally pressure is measured in the U.S. petroleum industry in units of pounds force per square inch of area, or psi. 1000 psi equals 6894.76 kilo-pascals. Hydrostatic pressure (HSP), as stated, is defined as pressure due to a column of fluid that is not moving. That is, a column |
Which Icelandic explorer discovered Newfoundland in modern-day Canada early in the 11th century? | Ancient maritime history settlements Northern Europe from the late 8th century to the 11th century. Vikings has been a common term for Norsemen in the early medieval period, especially in connection with raids and monastic plundering made by Norsemen in Great Britain and Ireland. Leif Ericson was an Icelandic explorer known to be the first European to have landed in North America (presumably in Newfoundland, Canada). During a stay in Norway, Leif Ericsson converted to Christianity, like many Norse of that time. He also went to Norway to serve the King of Norway, Olaf Tryggvason. When he returned to Greenland, he bought the | Agriculture in Scotland in the early modern era Grant's Monymusk on the outskirts of the new ranch-style farms, to the new industrial centres of Glasgow, Edinburgh, or northern England. Tens of thousands of others emigrated to Canada or the United States, finding opportunities there to own and farm their own land. Agriculture in Scotland in the early modern era Agriculture in Scotland in the early modern era includes all forms of farm production in the modern boundaries of Scotland, between the establishment of the Renaissance in the early sixteenth century and the beginning of the Industrial Revolution in the mid-eighteenth century. This era saw the impact of the |
Which singer has had a 2010 UK number one album with 'Aphrodite'? | Aphrodite (album) On 28 June 2011, a three-disc remix collection of "Aphrodite", subtitled the " Edition", was released. It contains remixes of the original songs by various producers such as Pete Hammond, Denzal Park, Muscles, and Bimbo Jones. Credits for "Aphrodite" adapted from liner notes. Aphrodite (album) Aphrodite is the eleventh studio album by Australian singer Kylie Minogue, released on 5 July 2010 by Parlophone. Beginning in early 2009, the singer met with British singer-songwriter Nerina Pallot to begin recording sessions for a new album. Although successful at first, the sessions later became unproductive; Minogue then began working with British electronic music | Aphrodite (album) "Aphrodite" debuted at number one on UK Albums chart, selling 79,000 copies on the chart date of 17 July 2010. The same feat had been accomplished by Minogue's debut studio album "Kylie" (1988) during the same week 22 years prior. "Aphrodite" was Minogue's fourth studio album to peak at number one in the region, after "Kylie", "Enjoy Yourself" (1989), and "Fever", and her tenth studio album to chart within the top 10. The album spent one week at number one and a total of 29 weeks in the top 40 of the chart. In April 2011, "Aphrodite" was certified platinum |
Which is the only American state beginning with the letter 'L'? | A. L. Williams (American football) A. L. Williams (American football) Albert Lawrence Williams Jr., known as A. L. Williams (born March 11, 1934), is the retired former head football coach for the Northwestern State Demons and the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs. A native of Haynesville in Claiborne Parish next to the Arkansas border, Williams graduated in 1953 from Fair Park High School in Shreveport in northwestern Louisiana. He led the 1952 Fair Park team to its only statewide championship in history. He then played football at Louisiana Tech under Coach Joe Aillet. In three seasons at Louisiana Tech, Williams averaged 17.9 yards per punt return on | The Very Best of Chicago: Only the Beginning The Very Best of Chicago: Only the Beginning The Very Best of Chicago: Only the Beginning is a double greatest hits album by the American band Chicago, their twenty-seventh album overall. Released in 2002, this collection marked the beginning of a long-term partnership with Rhino Entertainment which, between 2002 and 2005, would remaster and re-release Chicago's 1969–1980 Columbia Records catalog. In Europe, a greatest hits compilation was released as The Chicago Story: Complete Greatest Hits with a different track listing. "The Very Best of Chicago: Only the Beginning" combines almost all of Chicago's greatest successes from their entire recording career |
Which actor and comedian plays the role of 'Pete Brockman' in the TV series 'Outnumbered'? | Outnumbered (UK TV series) the second Comic Relief special is available on the Series 4 DVD. It has been said that the second Sport Relief special will either be available on the next Christmas Special DVD or the Series 5 DVD (if they will be filmed or if they have been filmed). The DVDs have been published by 2 Entertain. Outnumbered (UK TV series) Outnumbered is a British sitcom starring Hugh Dennis as a father and Claire Skinner as a mother who are outnumbered by their three children (played by Tyger Drew-Honey, Daniel Roche and Ramona Marquez). There were five series, which aired on | Taskmaster (TV series) Taskmaster (TV series) Taskmaster is a British comedy panel game show originally created by British comedian Alex Horne during the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2010, and transferred to television on Dave in 2015. The TV series stars comedian and actor Greg Davies now in the title role of the Taskmaster, issuing simple comedic and bizarre tasks to five regular contestants – usually comedians – with Horne acting as Davies' assistant and umpire during the challenges. The show has aired for seven series plus a two-part "Champion of Champions" special. It has been commissioned for two further series. The show is |
What name is given to the Scottish woollen cap, worn by Highlanders, with straight sides and a crease down the crown? | The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders of Canada (Princess Louise's) those of The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment), who wear Government No. 1 Tartan, are knife pleated. The Glengarry worn by the Argylls is unique in having red and white dicing; other Scottish and Highland units generally have a black square alternating with red in the centre row. This pattern of dicing was worn by the 93rd Sutherland Highlanders on Kilmarnock bonnets and balmorals from their inception in 1803 to their amalgamation with the Argyllshire Highlanders in 1881, and on glengarries by the Imperial Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders from 1881 to 2006. Affiliate regiments in the Commonwealth also wear this | Forage cap the "staff pattern" with wider crown and leather peak; the model worn by the Household Cavalry with straight sides and peak; and that worn by cavalry regiments - a small round cap without a peak, braided and coloured according to regimental pattern, worn at an angle on the head and held in place by a leather chin strap. In 1902 a new style of forage cap was introduced and named after the then Secretary of State for War, St John Brodrick. The 'Brodrick cap' took the form of a stiffened and round shaped forage cap with no peak that was |
Which famous Greek wine is flavoured with pine resin? | Ancient Greek cuisine from water and pomace (the residue from squeezed grapes), mixed with lees, was made by country people for their own use. The Greeks sometimes sweetened their wine with honey and made medicinal wines by adding thyme, pennyroyal and other herbs. By the first century, if not before, they were familiar with wine flavoured with pine resin (modern "retsina"). Aelian also mentions a wine mixed with perfume. Cooked wine was known, as well as a sweet wine from Thásos, similar to port wine. Wine was generally cut with water. The drinking of "akraton" or "unmixed wine", though known to be practised | Resinated wine Resinated wine Resinated wine is a type of wine which derives part of its flavor from exposure to tree resins, most generally pine resin. Prior to the widespread use of barrels in Europe, wine was stored in amphorae, often sealed with Aleppo pine resin. Wines thus sealed were flavored by the resin, and over time this became a feature of the wine itself rather than an unwanted side effect. Though today mainly associated with Greece, resinated wine appears to have been widespread in the past. In his "Natural History" (book XIV), Pliny the Elder noted that in the modern-day Rhône |
'Operation Avalanche' was the codename given to the Allied invasion of which country during World War II? | Allied invasion of Italy Allied invasion of Italy The Allied invasion of Italy was the Allied amphibious landing on mainland Italy that took place on 3 September 1943 during the early stages of the Italian Campaign of World War II. The operation was undertaken by General Sir Harold Alexander's 15th Army Group (comprising General Mark W. Clark's Fifth Army and General Bernard Montgomery's British Eighth Army) and followed the successful invasion of Sicily. The main invasion force landed around Salerno on 9 September on the western coast in Operation Avalanche, while two supporting operations took place in Calabria (Operation Baytown) and Taranto (Operation Slapstick). | Operation Kingpin (World War II) Operation Kingpin (World War II) Operation Kingpin was part of the run-up to Operation Torch, the planned Allied invasion of North Africa during World War II. It was a successor to Operation Flagpole, in which a secret meeting between U.S. General Mark W. Clark and diplomat Robert Murphy, representing the Allies, and General Charles E. Mast, the leader of a group of pro-Allied Vichy France officers in French North Africa, was arranged to secure their cooperation with the invasion. In Operation Kingpin, French General Henri Giraud, code-named "Kingpin", was released from confinement and brought to Gibraltar to meet with Operation |
Which distinct, topaz-coloured wine is mentioned in the National Anthem of Hungary? | Tokaji Tokaji Tokaji ( ) or Tokay is the name of the wines from the Tokaj wine region (also "Tokaj-Hegyalja wine region" or "Tokaj-Hegyalja") in Hungary or the adjoining Tokaj wine region in Slovakia. This region is noted for its sweet wines made from grapes affected by noble rot, a style of wine which has a long history in this region. The "nectar" coming from the grapes of Tokaj is also mentioned in the national anthem of Hungary. The Slovak wine region of Tokaj may use the "Tokajský/-á/-é" label ("of Tokaj" in Slovak) if they apply the Hungarian quality control regulation. | Topaz characteristic which means it is sometimes confused with the less valuable gemstone citrine. A variety of impurities and treatments may make topaz wine red, pale gray, reddish-orange, pale green, or pink (rare), and opaque to translucent/transparent. The pink and red varieties come from chromium replacing aluminium in its crystalline structure. Orange topaz, also known as precious topaz, is the traditional November birthstone, the symbol of friendship, and the state gemstone of the US state of Utah. Imperial topaz is yellow, pink (rare, if natural) or pink-orange. Brazilian imperial topaz can often have a bright yellow to deep golden brown hue, |
Which element is added to iron to make steel? | Steel alloying elements such as manganese, chromium, nickel, tungsten, and so on. Basically, steel is an iron-carbon alloy that does not undergo eutectic reaction. In contrast, cast iron does undergo eutectic reaction. Too little carbon content leaves (pure) iron quite soft, ductile, and weak. Carbon contents higher than those of steel make a brittle alloy commonly called pig iron. While iron alloyed with carbon is called carbon steel, alloy steel is steel to which other alloying elements have been intentionally added to modify the characteristics of steel. Common alloying elements include: manganese, nickel, chromium, molybdenum, boron, titanium, vanadium, tungsten, cobalt, and | Iron Steel Iron Steel Iron Steel is an American heavy metal supergroup from Atlanta, Georgia. The band was formed on the No Fear Music tour by "Fran Strine" when he was bored one day and wanted to make song. Their current line-up consists of five members: Fran Strine (vocals), Tommy Redd (guitar), Jim LaMarca (guitar), David Ellefson (bass) and Morgan Rose (drums). To date Iron Steel has released EP album titled "Devil May Care". It is a hit on college and metal radio. The band has debuted at No. 35 with a bullet on the FMQB charts, No. 3 Most Added at |
The name of which famous Spanish newspaper translates into English as 'the country'? | Diario AS Diario AS Diario AS () is a Spanish daily sports newspaper, concentrating particularly on football. "Diario AS" is part of "PRISA" which also owns "El Pais" and "Cinco Días". The paper particularly covers news of the Madrid football teams: Real Madrid, Atlético Madrid and Rayo Vallecano. It competes directly with "MARCA". In addition to Madrid, the newspaper also has satellite bureaus in Barcelona, Bilbao, A Coruña, Seville, Valencia and Zaragoza. In May 2012 the newspaper launched an English language sub-site offering articles translated from the original Spanish by native English-language speakers. The circulation of "Diario AS" was 181,172 copies in | Expansión (Spanish newspaper) the most read business newspaper in the country. The OJD certified circulation of the paper was 55,971 copies in 2012. Expansión (Spanish newspaper) Expansión is a Spanish economic and business newspaper published in Madrid, Spain. "Expansión" was established in May 1986. The paper is published in tabloid format and is owned by the Grupo Recoletos. The publisher of the paper is Unidad Editorial. Its sister newspapers are "El Mundo" and "Marca". "Expansión" was part of the British group Pearson, which had a share of 39% in the paper during the late 1990s. During this period the publisher was Ârea Editorial. |
Which metal is mixed with steel to make stainless steel? | Stainless steel alone. Stainless steel, due to its superior corrosion resistance relative to most other metals, including steel and aluminum, becomes the cathode accelerating the corrosion of the anodic metal. An example is the corrosion of aluminum rivets fastening stainless steel sheets in contact with water. At elevated temperatures all metals react with hot gases. The most common high temperature gaseous mixture is air, and oxygen is the most reactive component of air. Carbon steel is limited to ~ in air. Chromium in stainless steel reacts with oxygen to form a chromium oxide scale which reduces oxygen diffusion into the material. The | Stainless steel more refined microstructure; this in turn results in better mechanical properties. However, stainless steel is not used as much as materials like Ti6Al4V in the 3D printing industry; this is because manufacturing stainless steel products via traditional methods is currently much more economically competitive. Stainless steel is 100% recyclable. An average stainless steel object is composed of about 60% recycled material of which approximately 40% originates from end-of-life products and about 60% comes from manufacturing processes. According to the International Resource Panel's Metal Stocks in Society report, the per capita stock of stainless steel in use in society is 80–180 |
Which horse won the 1967 Grand National at odds of 100/1 after a melee at the 23rd. fence caused most of the field to pull up? | 1967 Grand National 1967 Grand National The 1967 Grand National was the 121st renewal of the world-famous Grand National steeplechase that took place at Aintree Racecourse near Liverpool, England, on 8 April 1967. The race is best remembered for being won by rank outsider Foinavon at odds of 100/1, after being the only horse to avoid a mêlée at the 23rd fence and jump it at the first attempt. Much of the early stages of the race were inconsequential, with 28 of the 44 competitors having safely cleared the 22nd fence, Becher's Brook on the second circuit. One horse, Vulcano, had been injured | 1983 Grand National 1983 Grand National The 1983 Grand National (Known as the 1983 Sun Grand National for sponsorship reasons) was the 137th renewal of the world-famous Grand National horse race that took place at Aintree Racecourse near Liverpool, England, on 9 April 1983. The race was won by Corbiere, the first Grand National winner to have been trained by a female trainer in Jenny Pitman. His jockey was Ben de Haan. The favourite of the 41-strong field was last year's winner Grittar, at odds of 7/1. Going over Valentine's, the 23rd fence, Corbiere held a four-length advantage over his nearest challenger, Greasepaint. |
Which city is the administrative centre of the French region of Alsace? | Alsace-Lorraine dispositions are still applied in the territory in the form of a "local law". In relation to its special legal status, since its reversion to France following World War I, the territory has been referred to administratively as Alsace-Moselle. Since 2016, the historical territory is now part of the French administrative region of Grand Est. Alsace-Lorraine had a land area of . Its capital was Straßburg. It was divided in three districts ("Bezirke" in German): The largest urban areas in Alsace-Lorraine at the 1910 census were: The modern history of Alsace-Lorraine was largely influenced by the rivalry between French and | Alsace wine region Alsace wine region The wine region of Alsace produces wines under three different "Appellations d'Origine Contrôlées" (AOCs): Alsace AOC for white, rosé and red wines, Alsace Grand Cru AOC for white wines from certain classified vineyards and Crémant d'Alsace AOC for sparkling wines. This region is the only French wine region allowed to label its wines based on variety (i.e., varietal wines). Unlike most other French wine regions, there is only one AOC for most wines made in the whole of Alsace. In 2006, 78 per cent of the Alsatian vineyards were producing wine under the Alsace AOC appellation. Other |
The group of French composers known as 'Les Six' were, Francis Poulenc, Georges Auric, Louis Durey, Germaine Tailleferre and which other? | Germaine Tailleferre Germaine Tailleferre Marcelle Germaine Tailleferre (; 19 April 18927 November 1983) was a French composer and the only female member of the group of composers known as "Les Six". She was born Marcelle Taillefesse at Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, Val-de-Marne, France, but as a young woman she changed her last name to "Tailleferre" to spite her father, who had refused to support her musical studies. She studied piano with her mother at home, composing short works of her own, after which she began studying at the Paris Conservatory where she met Louis Durey, Francis Poulenc, Darius Milhaud, Georges Auric, and Arthur Honegger. At | Les Six who contributed to the suite were [[Jean Françaix]], [[Léo Preger]] and [[Henri Sauguet]]. In 1952, Auric, Honegger, Poulenc, Tailleferre and three other composers collaborated on an orchestral work called "[[La guirlande de Campra]]". In 1956, Auric, Milhaud, Poulenc and five other composers created an orchestral suite in honour of the pianist [[Marguerite Long]], called "[[Variations sur le nom de Marguerite Long]]" [[Category:Les Six| ]] Les Six "Les Six" () is a name given to a group of six French composers who worked in Montparnasse. The name, inspired by Mily Balakirev's "The Five", originates in critic Henri Collet's 1920 article "" |
In the Christian calendar, what name is given to the Sunday immediately prior to Palm Sunday? | Palm Sunday Lent in the traditional calendar, which was "Passion Sunday". In the Church of Pakistan (a member of the Anglican Communion), the faithful on Palm Sunday carry palm branches into the church as they sing Psalm 24. In many Protestant churches, children are given palms, and then walk in procession around the inside of the church . In traditional usage of the Methodist Church, "The Book of Worship for Church and Home" (1965) provides the following Collect for Palm Sunday: In Spanish, it is sometimes called "Pascua florida", and it was from this day in 1512 that the state of Florida | Palm Sunday Palm Sunday Palm Sunday is a Christian moveable feast that falls on the Sunday before Easter. The feast commemorates Jesus' triumphal entry into Jerusalem, an event mentioned in each of the four canonical Gospels. In Catholic, Episcopal, and other denominations, and in the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, worship services on Palm Sunday include a procession of the faithful carrying palms, representing the palm branches the crowd scattered in front of Jesus as he rode into Jerusalem. The difficulty of procuring palms in unfavorable climates led to their substitution with branches of native trees, including box, olive, willow, and yew. The Sunday |
Which Christian feast is celebrated on the Thursday following Trinity Sunday? | Trinity Sunday if the ferial Mass is being said. The Thursday after Trinity Sunday is observed as the Feast of Corpus Christi. In some countries, including the United States, Canada, and Spain, it may be celebrated on the following Sunday, when parishioners are more likely to attend Mass and be able to celebrate the feast. The Athanasian Creed, although not often used, is recited in certain Anglican churches, particularly those of High Church tendency. Its use is prescribed in the 1662 Book of Common Prayer of the Church of England for use on certain Sundays at Morning Prayer, including Trinity Sunday, and | Feast of the Ascension Feast of the Ascension The Feast of the Ascension of Jesus Christ, also known as Holy Thursday, Ascension Day, or Ascension Thursday, commemorates the Christian belief of the bodily Ascension of Jesus into heaven. It is one of the ecumenical (i.e., universally celebrated) feasts of Christian churches, ranking with the feasts of the Passion, of Easter, and Pentecost. Ascension Day is traditionally celebrated on a Thursday, the fortieth day of Easter (following the accounts given in , and ), although some Christian denominations have moved the observance to the following Sunday. The observance of this feast is of great antiquity. |
Which city is the administrative centre of the French region of Lorraine? | Palace of the Dukes of Lorraine Palace of the Dukes of Lorraine The Ducal Palace of Nancy (French: "Palais ducal du Nancy") is a former princely residence in Nancy, France, which was home to the Dukes of Lorraine. It houses the Musée Lorrain, one of Nancy's principal museums, dedicated to the art, history and popular traditions of Lorraine until the early 20th century. It has been listed since 1840 as a "monument historique" by the French Ministry of Culture. The palace was built in the 15th century for René II, Duke of Lorraine. In the 18th century the palace was extended by Baroque architects. Under the | Lorraine historical Lorraine Lotharingia, and Alsace, which, while still part of Lorraine's identity, is now a separate administrative region. Most of the region forms part of the Paris Basin, with a plateau relief cut by river valleys presenting cuestas in the north-south direction. The eastern part is sharper with the Vosges. Many rivers run through Lorraine, including Moselle, Meurthe, and Meuse. Most of them are on the Rhine drainage basin. Lorraine has an oceanic climate with continental influences. Most of Lorraine has a clear French identity, with the exception of the northeastern part of the region, today known as Moselle, which |
What name is given to the cooler areas of the Sun's surface that are visible as dark patches? | Sun called sunspots and in solar prominences. The magnetic field also varies in time and location. The quasi-periodic 11-year solar cycle is the most prominent variation in which the number and size of sunspots waxes and wanes. Sunspots are visible as dark patches on the Sun's photosphere, and correspond to concentrations of magnetic field where the convective transport of heat is inhibited from the solar interior to the surface. As a result, sunspots are slightly cooler than the surrounding photosphere, and, so, they appear dark. At a typical solar minimum, few sunspots are visible, and occasionally none can be seen at | Dark Is the Sun Dark Is the Sun Dark Is The Sun is a science fiction novel by American writer Philip José Farmer, first published in 1979. It tells the story of the people and creatures left on Earth when the Sun is dead and the universe is heading towards the Big Crunch. By the year 15 billion AD, Earth's species have evolved to the point of being super selected to a purpose. Every form has a sentient representative: animal, plant, and mineral. Pairing of sentient beings, including humans, is controlled by the use of "Soul Eggs" which are given shortly after birth, worn |
The Order of the Chrysanthemum is the highest order of which country? | Order of the Golden Kite Order of the Golden Kite The was an order of the Empire of Japan, established on 12 February 1890 by Emperor Meiji "in commemoration of Jimmu Tennō, the Romulus of Japan". It was officially abolished by the Supreme Commander of the Allied Powers of Occupied Japan in 1947 after World War II. The Order of the Golden Kite was an exclusively military award, conferred for bravery, leadership or command in battle. It ranked just below the Order of the Chrysanthemum in precedence and was the military equivalent of the Order of the Paulownia Flowers; therefore, it could be considered analogous | Order of the Chrysanthemum Order of the Chrysanthemum Apart from the Imperial Family, only six Japanese citizens have ever been decorated with the collar in their lifetimes; the last such award was to former Prime Minister Saionji Kinmochi in 1928. Seven others have been posthumously decorated with the collar; the last such award was to former Prime Minister Sato Eisaku in 1975. Today, only the reigning Emperor holds this dignity as sovereign of the order; however, exceptions are made for foreign heads of state, who can be awarded the collar in friendship. The grand cordon is the highest possible honour a Japanese citizen can |
What was the name of the IRA hunger striker who died in 1981 after refusing to eat for 66 days? | Bobby Sands: 66 Days from the state (via Northern Ireland Screen and the BBC). Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin TD, who was Director of Elections for hunger striker Kieran Doherty in 1981 and a National Executive member of the Anti H-Block/Armagh Committee, praised the documentary as "powerful" and "emotionally charged for republicans who had participated in the struggle" during those years. However, he was critical of the prominence given to Irish Times columnist Fintan O'Toole, describing his on-screen analysis as "insulting, completely off-the mark" and "deserving of derision." Bobby Sands: 66 Days Bobby Sands: 66 Days is a 2016 documentary film about Bobby Sands and the | Joe McDonnell (hunger striker) wing O'Rawe and McFarlane were on, Anthony McIntyre, has backed up O'Rawe's version of events in relation to the 1981 hunger strike. McDonnell is commemorated on the Irish Martyrs Memorial at Waverley Cemetery in Sydney, Australia. Joe McDonnell (hunger striker) Joseph (Joe) McDonnell (14 September 1951 – 8 July 1981) was a volunteer in the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA), who died in the 1981 Irish hunger strike. McDonnell was born on Slate Street in the lower Falls Road of Belfast as one of 10 children. He attended a nearby Roman Catholic school. He married Goretti in 1970, and moved |
Released in 2008, 'Escape 2 Africa' was the title of the second instalment in which film series? | Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa become co-leaders. Skipper marries a bobblehead doll from the plane, and he, the other penguins, and the chimpanzees head off to honeymoon in Monte Carlo. Alex, Marty, Melman, Gloria, and the lemurs happily decide to stay on the reserve for a while. A sequel to "Madagascar" had been in development since 2005, when the first film had been released, with a release date planned for late 2008. In the first teaser trailer, which was released in March 2008, the film was subtitled with "The Crate Escape". By June 2008, the film was given its final title – "Escape 2 Africa". | Ape Escape 2 Blue Monkey and Kakeru. Ape Escape 2 was re-released as a PSN title in 2016, featuring trophies and upscaled graphics. There's also remote play and second screen options available On release, "Famitsu" magazine scored the game a 32 out of 40. "Kotaku" praised the game citing the PS4 port which was released on PSN in August, 2016. Ape Escape 2 Ape Escape 2, known as in Japan, is a platform video game developed and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation 2 video game console. It is the second game in the "Ape Escape" series, and is also used |
In Arthurian legend, what name is given to the sunken land believed to lie off the Isles of Scilly? | Isles of Scilly land of Lyonesse, referred to in Arthurian literature, of which Tristan is said to have been a prince. This may be a folk memory of inundated lands, but this legend is also common among the Brythonic peoples; the legend of Ys is a parallel and cognate legend in Brittany as is that of in Wales. Scilly has been identified as the place of exile of two heretical 4th century bishops, Instantius and Tiberianus, who were followers of Priscillian. In 995, Olaf Tryggvason became King Olaf I of Norway. Born 960, Olaf had raided various European cities and fought in several | Council of the Isles of Scilly Council of the Isles of Scilly The Council of the Isles of Scilly is a sui generis unitary local government authority covering the Isles of Scilly off the west coast of Cornwall. It is currently made up of 16 seats, with all councillors being Independents as of 2 May 2013. The council was created in 1890 as the Isles of Scilly Rural District Council and was renamed in 1974. Historically, the Isles of Scilly were administered as one of the hundreds of Cornwall, although the Cornwall quarter sessions had limited jurisdiction there. For judicial purposes, shrievalty purposes, and lieutenancy purposes, |
Which 1980 Olivia Newton-John and ELO song is the only UK number one single to begin with the letter 'X'? | Xanadu (Olivia Newton-John and Electric Light Orchestra song) Xanadu (Olivia Newton-John and Electric Light Orchestra song) "Xanadu" is the title song from the soundtrack album "Xanadu", and is the title song from the 1980 film of the same name. The song is performed by the Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) and Olivia Newton-John. Newton-John sings the primary vocals, with ELO lead singer Jeff Lynne adding "parenthetic" vocals in the style of their other songs on the "Xanadu" soundtrack, along with ELO providing the instrumentation. It is Jeff Lynne's favourite song of all that he has written. The single reached number one in several countries, and was the band's only | Landslide (Olivia Newton-John song) programs during the international promotion. Landslide (Olivia Newton-John song) "Landslide" is a song by Australian singer Olivia Newton-John from her twelfth studio album "Physical". It was released in several countries as the third and last single from the album in April 1982. In United Kingdom, however, it was released in January 1982 as the second single ("Make a Move on Me" was the third and last single). The single didn't achieve the success of its predecessors from the album, but peaked at the top 20 on the UK Singles Charts. The song also wasn't performed during the Physical Tour, but |
What was the name of the British nurse who was shot by a German firing squad during World War I after being court-martialled for helping Allied troops escape from a military hospital in Belgium? | Edith Cavell Edith Cavell Edith Louisa Cavell (; 4 December 1865 – 12 October 1915) was a British nurse. She is celebrated for saving the lives of soldiers from both sides without discrimination and in helping some 200 Allied soldiers escape from German-occupied Belgium during the First World War, for which she was arrested. She was accused of treason, found guilty by a court-martial and sentenced to death. Despite international pressure for mercy, she was shot by a German firing squad. Her execution received worldwide condemnation and extensive press coverage. The night before her execution, she said, "Patriotism is not enough. I | German occupation of Belgium during World War I war, was arrested after helping Allied soldiers to escape the country and was executed by a German firing squad in 1915. Another "résistante", Gabrielle Petit, who had participated in various forms of resistance activity, was executed in 1916 at the "Tir national" in Schaerbeek and became a posthumous national heroine. A resistance movement developed in Belgium soon after the German occupation. The resistance took various forms. Although some sabotages by the resistance, notably the destruction of the Brussels-Aachen railway line, were celebrated at the time, armed resistance represented a minority of their acts. Around 300 separate resistance networks existed which |
By what traditional name was the Chinese city of Guangzhou known in Britain? | Guangzhou Shanghai, but continued to serve as a major entrepôt. In modern commerce, Guangzhou is best known for its annual Canton Fair, the oldest and largest trade fair in China. For the three consecutive years 2013–2015, Forbes ranked Guangzhou as the best commercial city on the Chinese mainland. "Guǎngzhōu" is the pinyin romanisation of the Chinese name , which was simplified in mainland China to in the 1950s. The name of the city is taken from the ancient Guang Province (Guang Zhou), after it had become the prefecture's seat of government, which is how some other Chinese cities, including Hangzhou, Suzhou, | Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine () is a higher education institution, located in Guangzhou, the capital of Guangdong Province, China. It is a Chinese Ministry of Education Double First Class Discipline University, with Double First Class status in certain disciplines. It was founded in 1924, known as Guangdong Traditional Chinese Medicine and Pharmacology School. It was already a higher educational institution that was approved by the government of the Republic of China. In 1956, it became Guangzhou Traditional Chinese Medicine College, with the approval of the State Council of the People's Republic of China, and |
How was the American outlaw and gunfighter Harry Longabaugh better known? | Sundance Kid Sundance Kid Harry Alonzo Longabaugh (1867 – November 7, 1908), better known as the Sundance Kid, was an outlaw and member of Butch Cassidy's Wild Bunch in the American Old West. He likely met Butch Cassidy (real name Robert Leroy Parker) after Parker was released from prison around 1896. Together with the other members of "The Wild Bunch" gang, they performed the longest string of successful train and bank robberies in American history. After pursuing a career in crime for several years in the United States, the pressures of being pursued, notably by the Pinkerton Detective Agency, forced Longabaugh, his | The Gunfighter turned it down, despite having expressed a strong desire to play the part, because of his longstanding hatred for Columbia's president, Harry Cohn. Columbia sold the rights to Twentieth Century Fox, where the role went to Peck. Wayne's final film, "The Shootist" (1976), is often compared to "The Gunfighter" and contains numerous plot similarities. The script was loosely based on the purported exploits of an actual western gunfighter named Johnny Ringo, a distant cousin of the outlaw Younger family and a purported survivor of the infamous gunfight at the OK Corral against Doc Holliday and the Earp brothers. As in |
Which girls' name gave 'Kool & The Gang' a top ten hit in 1983? | Joanna (Kool & the Gang song) Joanna (Kool & the Gang song) "Joanna" is a song by Kool & the Gang from their 1983 album, "In the Heart". Released as a single on December 17, 1983, the song was an immediate hit peaking at #2 in the US for one week, behind "Karma Chameleon" by Culture Club. Additionally, the track reached #2 in the UK as well as #1 on the US R&B chart. A romantic ballad similar to many of Kool & The Gang's later releases, the song features as its main subject the eponymous girl named "Joanna". In the group's music video, "Joanna" is | Forever (Kool & the Gang album) Forever (Kool & the Gang album) Forever is the seventeenth studio album by the funk band Kool & the Gang, released in 1986. The album included two major hits on the US Hot 100 Chart: "Victory" (US #10, R&B #2) and "Stone Love" (US #10, R&B #4). Two further singles, "Holiday" and "Special Way" were also released from the album; the former reached the top ten on the R&B Chart, the latter hit reached #6 on the Adult Contemporary chart. After this album, lead vocalist James "J.T." Taylor would leave the group for a solo career. He would return in |
Which famous nude painting in the National Gallery was attacked with an axe, by a militant suffragette in 1914? | Vandalism of art mentally ill and restricted to a psychiatric hospital. The painting was restored by two leading Russian experts within a week; the work was greatly assisted by the availability of good-quality photographs of the painting. On 10 March 1914, militant suffragette Mary Richardson walked into the National Gallery of London and attacked Diego Velázquez's painting "Rokeby Venus" with a meat cleaver. Her action was ostensibly provoked by the arrest of fellow suffragette Emmeline Pankhurst the previous day, although there had been earlier warnings of a planned attack on the collection. Richardson left seven slashes on the painting, all of which have | Suffragette in a six-month period in 1913. There are reports in the Parliamentary Papers which include lists of the 'incendiary devices', explosions, artwork destruction (including an axe attack upon a painting of The Duke of Wellington in the National Gallery), arson attacks, window-breaking, post-box burning and telegraph cable breaking that took place during the most militant years, from 1910 to 1914. Both suffragettes and police spoke of a "Reign of Terror"; newspaper headlines referred to "Suffragette Terrorism". Suffragettes were not recognised as political prisoners, and many of them staged hunger strikes while they were imprisoned. The first woman to refuse food |
Which all-girl group had a hit in 1996 with 'Say You'll Be There'? | Say You'll Be There The group dressed in tight bronze and copper-coloured outfits made by Italian fashion designer Roberto Cavalli. Published by Windswept Pacific Music Ltd/Sony ATV Music Publishing. Bibliography Say You'll Be There "Say You'll Be There" is a song by English girl group the Spice Girls from their debut studio album, "Spice" (1996). It was co-written by the Spice Girls with Jonathan Buck and Eliot Kennedy. Production duo Absolute incorporated a mix of pop and R&B into the song, which includes a harmonica solo, played by Judd Lander. The lyrics—which describe the things the group went through together and how they were | Say You'll Be There in the delectably frothy girl-group melody". Stephen Thomas Erlewine from AllMusic, in a review of their debut album "Spice", said that "what is surprising is how the sultry soul of 'Say You'll Be There' is more than just a guilty pleasure". In a review of the group's 2007 compilation album "Greatest Hits", "NME" said that it is a "fine song in any age". In July 2017, "Billboard" named the song number 25 on their list of the 100 Greatest Girl Group Songs of All Time. "Say You'll Be There" was released in the UK on 14 October 1996 once the |
Which car company produces a model called the 'Charade'? | Daihatsu Charade the last Charade model introduced under the Daihatsu nameplate in Europe. Daihatsu Charade The Daihatsu Charade is a supermini car produced by the Japanese manufacturer Daihatsu from 1977 to 2000. It is considered by Daihatsu as a "large compact" car, to differentiate it from the smaller "kei car" compacts in its line-up, such as the Daihatsu Mira. In Japan, it offers buyers more interior space and a larger engine that is more appreciated with regards to Japanese driving conditions and speed limits in Japan realistically not exceeding in urban areas. It replaced the Daihatsu Consorte, although the Charmant took over | Daihatsu Charade mind, featuring a hollow crankshaft and camshaft, and the weight of a four-cylinder car was no higher than a similarly equipped three-cylinder model. Featuring fully independent suspension front and rear, either three-door or five-door hatchback body styles were originally offered. A four-door sedan later expanded the range, sold as the Charade Social in Japan. There was also a version with permanent four-wheel drive and the fuel injected 1.3 liter engine, called the TXF/CXF (3-door/5-door). In New Zealand, this generation was available with a 846 cc ED-series three-cylinder engine. A 1.0-litre twin-cam fuel injected intercooled turbo ("CB70"/"CB80"), named GTti and delivering |
Which shipping area lies between Wight and Plymouth? | Shipping Forecast Wight, Portland and Plymouth respectively Pas de Calais, Antifer, Casquets and Ouessant. In the forecast, areas are named in a roughly clockwise direction, strictly following the order above. However, a forecast for Trafalgar is found only in the 0048 forecast – other forecasts do, however, report when there are warnings of gales in Trafalgar. The coastal weather stations named in the Shipping Forecast (and numbered on the map) are: The Shipping Forecast includes a "general situation" update for the British Isles, followed by a forecast for inshore waters of the United Kingdom, divided by area. These areas are: The forecast, | Isle of Wight Wildlife Management Area black ducks, buffleheads, scaup, brant, Canada and snow geese, the common loon, and swans. Although hunting in season is permitted in the WMA, the area south of Route 90 is closed to hunting and is managed as a day use recreation area by Worcester County. Isle of Wight Wildlife Management Area Isle of Wight Wildlife Management Area is a state wildlife management area (WMA) of Maryland located on the Isle of Wight, a small peninsula between the St. Martin's River and Isle of Wight Bay in Worcester County. Although called Isle of Wight, a small strip of marsh and road |
Which European country was ruled by the 'House of Vasa' from 1523-1818? | House of Vasa House of Vasa The House of Vasa (, , ) was an early modern royal house founded in 1523 in Sweden, ruling Sweden 1523–1654, the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth 1587–1668, and the Tsardom of Russia 1610–1613 (titular until 1634). Its agnatic line became extinct with the death of King John II Casimir of Poland in 1672. The House of Vasa descended from a Swedish 14th-century noble family, tracing agnatic kinship to Nils Kettilsson (Vasa) (died 1378), "fogde" of "Tre Kronor" Castle in Stockholm. Several members held high offices during the 15th century. In 1523, after the abolition of the Kalmar Union, Gustav | Władysław IV Vasa Władysław IV Vasa Władysław IV Vasa or Ladislaus IV Vasa (9 June 1595 – 20 May 1648) was king of Poland of the Royal House of Vasa who ruled from 1632 until his death in 1648. He was elected Tsar of Russia by the Seven Boyars in 1610, but did not assume the Russian throne due to his father's position and a popular uprising. Władysław IV was the son of Sigismund III Vasa (Polish: "Zygmunt III Waza") and his wife, Anna of Austria (also known as Anna of Habsburg). Nevertheless, until 1634 he used the title of Grand Duke of |
Which measurement is a tenth of a nautical mile? | Nautical mile 1 sea mile", followed by "For most practical purposes distance is measured from the latitude scale, assuming that one minute of latitude equals one nautical mile". One tenth of a nautical mile is a cable length. The derived unit of speed is the knot, defined as one nautical mile per hour. The metre was originally defined as of the meridian arc from the North pole to the equator passing through Dunkirk. The Earth’s circumference is therefore approximately 40,000 km. The equatorial circumference is slightly longer than the polar circumference – the measurement based on this (40,075.017 km x x = | Nautical mile ) is known as the geographical mile. Nautical mile A nautical mile (also known as an air mile) is a unit of measurement defined as exactly . Historically, it was defined as one minute of latitude, which is one sixtieth of a degree of latitude – i.e. since a minute of a degree is x = , the Earth's polar circumference is approximately 21,600 nautical miles. It is a non-SI unit which today has a continued use in both air and marine navigation, and for the definition of territorial waters. There is no single internationally agreed symbol. While using M |
What name is given to a volcanic opening that gives out gas and steam? | Volcanic gas smokers, at the point of emission into the cold seawater. The gas release can occur by advection through fractures, or via diffuse degassing through large areas of permeable ground as diffuse degassing structures (DDS). At sites of advective gas loss, precipitation of sulfur and rare minerals forms sulfur deposits and small sulfur chimneys, called fumaroles. Very low-temperature (below 100 °C) fumarolic structures are also known as solfataras. Sites of cold degassing of predominantly carbon dioxide are called mofettes. Hot springs on volcanoes often show a measurable amount of magmatic gas in dissolved form. Volcanic gases were collected and analysed as | Combined gas and steam Combined gas and steam Combined gas and steam (COGAS) is the name given to marine compound powerplants comprising gas and steam turbines, the latter being driven by steam generated using the heat from the exhaust of the gas turbines. In this way, some of the otherwise lost energy can be reclaimed and the specific fuel consumption of the plant can be decreased. Large (land-based) electric powerplants built using this combined cycle can reach conversion efficiencies of over 60%. If the turbines do not drive a propeller shafts directly and instead a turbo-electric transmission is used, the system is also known |
After which battle of June 1800 in northern Italy was Napoleon's future secured? | Battle of Höchstädt (1800) as deputy commander and Oberst (Colonel) Franz von Weyrother as Chief of Staff. The campaign culminating in Kray's evacuation of Ulm was one of Moreau's most resounding triumphs. Napoleon Bonaparte had given Moreau specific instructions about the conduct of the campaign, all of which Moreau had ignored. Regardless, their combined efforts damaged Habsburg military operations. In Spring 1800, while Moreau wrecked Austrian defenses in Germany, Massena and Desaix ran into stiff Austrian offensives in Northern Italy. Napoleon brought in the reserve corps and defeated the Austrians at Marengo. The battle near Höchstädt, five days after the Austrian disaster at Marengo, | Battle of Ampfing (1800) Battle of Ampfing (1800) At the Battle of Ampfing on 1 December 1800, Paul Grenier's two divisions of the First French Republic opposed against the Austrian army southwest of the town of Ampfing during the French Revolutionary Wars. The Austrians, under the leadership of Archduke John of Austria, forced their enemies to retreat, though they sustained greater losses than the French. Ampfing is located east of Munich and west of Mühldorf am Inn. In Spring 1800, while Moreau wrecked Austrian defenses in Germany, Generals Massena and Desaix ran into stiff Austrian offensives in Northern Italy. In June, Napoleon brought in |
Which car company produces a model called the 'Sonata'? | Hyundai Sonata in Eastern Europe, just as in North America and South Korea. Sales of the "YF" Sonata in South Korea began on 2 September 2009, before the production vehicle's South Korean launch. The US version of the sixth generation Sonata was unveiled at the 2009 Los Angeles Auto Show, with sales beginning in 2010 for model year 2011. The Sonata was the second vehicle, after the Tucson, to carry Hyundai's then-radical "Fluidic Sculpture" design language. For the US market, the sixth generation Sonata boasted a direct-injection 2.4-liter four-cylinder engine. This new engine improves fuel economy and produces a maximum of at | Campbell Motor Car Company Campbell Motor Car Company The Campbell Motor Car Company was an automobile manufacturer, in business for only one year, from 1918 to 1919. The Campbell Motor Car Company was originally called the Emerson Motors Company. But, in 1917, after the company was charged with stock manipulation, Theodore A. Campbell and his brother George renamed the company after themselves. While the car made by the Emerson company was a low $395, the new Campbell, a small, 4-cylinder 22 hp car, cost $835, compared to a Ford Model T Touring Car that cost $360. In May 1919, the company went into receivership. |
Which game has the nickname 'Nero's Game' and is probably the oldest dice game still played? | Tables (board game) Tables (board game) Tables is a general name given to a class of board games similar to backgammon, played on a board with two rows of 12 vertical markings called "points". Players roll dice to determine the movement of pieces. Tables games are among the oldest known board games, and many variants are played throughout the world. The ancient Egyptians played a game called Senet, which belonged to the same family of "race games" as modern tables games, with moves controlled by the roll of dice as early as 3500 BC. The Royal Game of Ur, played in ancient Mesopotamia, | The Game (dice game) The Game (dice game) The Game is a dice game designed by Reinhold Wittig. It was first published in Germany in 1979, without rules and under the German name "Das Spiel". It contains a triangular base plate and 281 dice of four different colours, and a rule book that gives rules for some 50+ games. Most of the games are centered on building or demolishing pyramids of dice, but there are also racing games and games of skill. The game has been originally published by Diego Rodriguez (Reinhold Wittig), Göttingen, in 1979. "The Game" won the 1980 Spiel des Jahres |
Deficiency in which vitamin causes 'Night Blindness'? | Vitamin A deficiency fat malabsorption such as pancreatitis, cystic fibrosis, tropical sprue, and biliary obstruction. Other causes of vitamin A deficiency are inadequate intake, fat malabsorption, or liver disorders. Deficiency impairs immunity and hematopoiesis and causes rashes and typical ocular effects (e.g., xerophthalmia, night blindness). Along with poor diet, a large amount of infection and disease is present in many developing communities. Infection is very draining on vitamin A reserves and this vitamin A deficit leaves the individual more susceptible to infection; increased documentation of xerophthalmia has been seen after an outbreak of measles and the varying stages of xerophthalmia become a good | Vitamin D deficiency in Australia Vitamin D deficiency in Australia Vitamin D deficiency has become a worldwide health epidemic with clinical rates on the rise. In the years of 2011-12, it was estimated that around 4 million adults were considered deficient in Vitamin D throughout Australia. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) found 23%, or one in four Australian adults suffer from some form of Vitamin D deficiency. Outlined throughout the article are the causes of increase through subgroups populations, influencing factors and strategies in place to control deficiency rates throughout Australia. Vitamin D plays an important role in which it supports calcium absorption in |
Which all-girl group had a hit in 1998 with 'C'est La Vie'? | C'est La Vie (Rouge album) C'est La Vie (Rouge album) C'est La Vie () is the second studio album by Brazilian pop girl group Rouge, released in . The album is the successor to the band's first album, "Rouge" (2002), which sold more than 2 million copies, having as main hit the song "Ragatanga". The album features zouk as the main style in the songs "Brilha La Luna" and "Vem Cair na Zueira", as well as international versions such as "Eu Quero Fugir" (version for "Runaway" by The Corrs) and "C'est La Vie" (version of the song of the same name of the band B*Witched). | Sweet Life (La vie est belle) Sweet Life (La vie est belle) "Sweet Life "La vie est belle"" is a song recorded by Congolese singer Fally Ipupa, from his third studio album "Power "Kosa Leka"" (2013). Because Music released "Sweet Life "La vie est belle"" as the lead single from the album, on December 17, 2013. The song's music video was directed by Charly Clodion and shot in France. Ipupa posted the music video on his official YouTube channel on 2013. "Sweet Life "La vie est belle"" is an R&B and hip hop song, which is written and composed by Fally Ipupa. The lyrics to the |
Which 'Ivy League' University is at Ithaca in New York State? | Ithaca, New York Ithaca, New York Ithaca is a city in the Finger Lakes region of New York. It is the seat of Tompkins County, as well as the largest community in the Ithaca–Tompkins County metropolitan area. This area contains the municipalities of the Town of Ithaca, the village of Cayuga Heights, and other towns and villages in Tompkins County. The city of Ithaca is located on the southern shore of Cayuga Lake, in Central New York. It is named for the Greek island of Ithaca. Ithaca is home to Cornell University, an Ivy League school of over 20,000 students, most of whom | State Theater (Ithaca, New York) Theatre from Historic Ithaca. The State Theatre consists of a primary staff of Executive Director Doug Levine, Official Talent Buyer Dan Smalls Presents, Director of Theater Operations Jean Hubbell, Director of Marketing Casey Martin, House Manager Carrie Calhoun and Back of House Manager Bob Andrews. A twelve-member board of directors oversees the State Theatre of Ithaca. Volunteers assist as ushers, ticket takers, concessions workers, office helpers, and stagehands. State Theater (Ithaca, New York) State Theatre of Ithaca is a historic, 1600-seat theatre located at Ithaca in Tompkins County, New York that hosts various events from bands, to plays, to comedy |
Which country's flag incorporates a wheel in the centre? | Flag of India and Ireland. In November 1920, the Indian delegation to the League of Nations wanted to use an Indian flag, and this prompted the British Indian government to place renewed emphasis on the flag as a national symbol. In April 1921, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi wrote in his journal "Young India" about the need for an Indian flag, proposing a flag with the "charkha" or spinning wheel at the centre. The idea of the spinning wheel was put forth by Lala Hansraj, and Gandhi commissioned Pingali Venkayya to design a flag with the spinning wheel on a red and green banner, the | Flag of the Faroe Islands Flag of the Faroe Islands The flag of the Faroe Islands is an offset cross, representing Christianity. It is similar in design to other Nordic flags – a tradition set by the "Dannebrog" of Denmark, of which the Faroe Islands are an autonomous country. The flag is called Merkið, which means "the banner" or "the mark". It resembles the flags of neighbouring Norway and Iceland. The design of the flag incorporates a red Nordic cross, which is offset to the left. The red cross is fimbriated azure and is set on a white field. The flag design closely resembles that |
Which artefact in the British Museum was painstakingly restored after being smashed by a drunkard in 1845? | Nigel Williams (conservator) was his 1988–1989 restoration of the Portland Vase. Regarded as "probably the most famous glass object in the world" by the "Journal of Glass Studies", the vase is "a masterpiece of Roman cameo glass." First recorded in 1600–1601, the vase is dated to around 30–20 B.C., or shortly afterward. It was placed on display in the British Museum in 1810, and then intentionally smashed in 1845 by a young man who admitted to "indulging in intemperance for a week before". It was restored the same year by John Doubleday, and then again in 1948–1949 by J. W. R. Axtell. By | Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump of the society. In Blackfoot, the name for the site is "Estipah-skikikini-kots". According to legend, a young Blackfoot wanted to watch the buffalo plunge off the cliff from below, but was buried underneath the falling buffalo. He was later found dead under the pile of carcasses, where he had his head smashed in. Head-Smashed-In was abandoned in the 19th century after European contact. The site was first recorded by Europeans in the 1880s, and first excavated by the American Museum of Natural History in 1938. It was designated a National Historic Site in 1968, a Provincial Historic Site in 1979, |
In Greek mythology, whose punishment was to stand in a lake whose waters receded whenever he tried to drink? | Greek mythology in popular culture elements tantalum and niobium are always found together in nature, and have been named after the King Tantalus and his daughter Niobe. The element promethium also draws its name from Greek mythology, as does titanium, which was named after the titans who in mythology were locked away far underground, which reflected the difficulty of extracting titanium from ore. The U.S. Apollo Space Program to take astronauts to the moon, was named after Apollo, based the god's ability as an archer to hit his target and being the god of light and knowledge. Oceanographer Jacques-Yves Cousteau named his research ship, a | Whose Was the Hand? Detective Sharp investigates further, leading him to the nephew, whose finger prints do match. The film ends with the rescue of the murdered man's daughter from a burning building, and the arrest of the murderer's accomplices. An important scene involves a burning building where a lady is rescued. The chapter headings were: The film was shot in Sydney. One critic said "the production was one of exceptional excellence. For clever acting, extensive staging, daring effects and quality of photography, the film stands as a masterpiece." Whose Was the Hand? Whose Was the Hand? is a 1912 Australian silent film directed |
Which battle near Moscow turned the tide against Napoleon in 1812? | Fire of Moscow (1812) Fire of Moscow (1812) The 1812 Fire of Moscow broke out on 14 September 1812, when Russian troops and most of the remaining residents abandoned the city of Moscow just ahead of Napoleon's vanguard troops entering the city after the Battle of Borodino. The fire all but destroyed the city, which had been mostly abandoned by its residents the previous month. Before leaving Moscow Count Rostopchin gave orders to have the Kremlin and major public buildings (including churches and monasteries) either blown up or set on fire. But this was not the foremost cause of the fire that destroyed the | Moscow 1812: Napoleon's Fatal March Moscow 1812: Napoleon's Fatal March Moscow 1812: Napoleon's Fatal March is a non-fiction book analysing the events and circumstances during the French Invasion of Russia and the events during the reign of Napoleon, which would, ultimately, mark the ending of the Napoleonic empire after his troops were defeated after attempting to access Moscow. The book was written by Adam Zamoyski and first published on August 3, 2004 by HarperCollins; receiving positive reviews by critics and the media. Napoleon I of France was, at the time, a very prominent military and political figure, desiring to create a French-governed Europe. He succeeded |
Which American city is served by 'Stapleton Airport'? | Stapleton International Airport Stapleton International Airport Stapleton International Airport was the primary airport serving Denver, Colorado, United States from 1929 to 1995. At different times it served as a hub for Continental Airlines, the original Frontier Airlines, People Express, Trans World Airlines (TWA), United Airlines and Western Airlines. Other airlines with smaller hub operations at Stapleton included Aspen Airways, the current version of Frontier Airlines and Rocky Mountain Airways, with all three of these air carriers being based in Denver at the time. In 1995, Stapleton was replaced by Denver International Airport. It has since been decommissioned and the property redeveloped as a | Benjamin F. Stapleton in the 1931 mayoral election to George D. Begole. The airport was later renamed Stapleton International Airport on August 25, 1944 in his honor. Today, the airport no longer exists, replaced by a neighborhood, also named Stapleton, and Stapleton Street, both of which continue to bear his name despite increasing political pressure to rename them due to Stapleton's adherence to white supremacy and controversial membership in the Ku Klux Klan. In 1935, Stapleton appointed George Cranmer, a wealthy former stockbroker, as manager of Improvements and Parks. Cranmer had luckily pulled his assets out of the stock market a year before |
By what name was Music Hall entertainer Matilda Wood known to the general public? | Daisy Wood Daisy Wood Daisy Violet Rose Wood (15 September 1877 – 19 October 1961), was an English music hall singer. Wood was born in Hoxton, London, the fifth of nine children, the oldest being Matilda Alice Victoria Wood (1870–1922), who performed under the stage name Marie Lloyd. Seven of the siblings took up stage careers. In their earliest years, costumed by their mother (Matilda Mary Caroline), they performed as "The Fairy Bells Minstrels", singing temperance songs in local missions and church halls. This ceased when the eldest sister made her professional debut at the age of fifteen. The children were entranced | Billy Williams (music hall performer) Billy Williams (music hall performer) Richard Isaac Banks (March 3, 1878 – March 13, 1915), who changed his name to Billy Williams after leaving his birthplace of Australia, was a popular vaudeville and music hall entertainer of his era. (see B.Rust: Music Hall On Record, Gramophone 1979 p. 282 et seq.) Over 500 recordings sold in their thousands long after his early death in 1915. Born in Melbourne, Williams tried a number of jobs before embarking on an entertainment career which led him to come to England in 1899. He became a popular entertainer in the music halls singing what |
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