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What was the pen name of the illustrator Hablot Knight-Brown? | Hablot Knight Browne Hablot Knight Browne Hablot Knight Browne (10 July 1815 – 8 July 1882) was an English artist and illustrator. Well-known by his pen name, Phiz, he illustrated books by Charles Dickens, Charles Lever, and Harrison Ainsworth. Of Huguenot ancestry, Hablot Knight Browne was born in England, in Lambeth (near London) on Kennington Lane. He was the fourteenth of Catherine and William Loder Browne's fifteen children. According to biographer, Valerie Browne Lester, Phiz was in fact the illegitimate son of his putative eldest sister Kate and Captain Nicholas Hablot of Napoleon's Imperial Guard. There is some uncertainty regarding the exact date | Hilary Knight (illustrator) Hilary Knight (illustrator) Hilary Knight (born November 1, 1926) is an American writer and artist. He is the illustrator of more than 50 books and the author of nine books. He is best known as the illustrator of Kay Thompson's "Eloise" (1955) and others in the "Eloise" series. Knight has illustrated for a wide variety of clients, creating artwork for magazines, children's fashion advertisements, greeting cards, record albums and posters for Broadway musicals, including "Gypsy", "Irene", "Half A Sixpence", "Hallelujah Baby!" and "No, No Nanette". One of two sons of artist-writers Clayton Knight and Katharine Sturges Dodge, Hilary Knight was |
Variola is the medical name for which disease? | Variola caprina Variola caprina Variola caprina (goat pox) is a contagious viral disease caused by Goatpox virus, a pox virus that affects goats. The virus usually spreads via the respiratory system, and sometimes spreads through abraded skin. It is most likely to occur in crowded stock. Sources of the virus include cutaneous lesions, saliva, nasal secretions and faeces. There are two types of the disease: the papulo-vesicular form and the nodular form (stone pox). The incubation period is usually 8–13 days, but it may be as short as four days. It is thought the same virus spreads sheep pox, to which European | Medical students' disease showing a similar incidence of hypochondria in law students and other non-medical students, which they said call into question "the widely held view that medical students are more likely than others to have excessive anxiety about their health." An episode of the TV show "Scrubs" called "Our Driving Issues" features a class of medical students who, despite having been warned about medical students' disease, nevertheless suffer from it. In the Indian movie "Dharmadhurai" (Tamil) one of the leads suffer from second year syndrome. Medical students' disease Medical students' disease (also known as second year syndrome or intern's syndrome) is a |
Who gave Hampton Court Palace to Henry VIII as a gift in 1528? | Hampton Court Palace Hampton Court Palace Hampton Court Palace is a royal palace in the borough of Richmond upon Thames, south west and upstream of central London on the River Thames. Building of the palace began in 1515 for Cardinal Thomas Wolsey, a favourite of King Henry VIII. In 1529, as Wolsey fell from favour, the cardinal gave the palace to the King to check his disgrace; Henry VIII later enlarged it. Along with St James's Palace, it is one of only two surviving palaces out of the many owned by King Henry VIII. In the following century, King William III's massive rebuilding | The Six Wives of Henry VIII Live at Hampton Court Palace The Six Wives of Henry VIII Live at Hampton Court Palace The Six Wives of Henry VIII: Live at Hampton Court Palace is a live album from English keyboardist and composer Rick Wakeman, released through Eagle Records on 5 October 2009. The album is a live recording of the second of two sold-out concerts on 2 May 2009 at Hampton Court Palace in London. It documents the first live performances of Wakeman's 1973 instrumental concept album "The Six Wives of Henry VIII" in its entirety, in celebration of the 500th anniversary of Henry VIII's accession to the throne. Wakeman performs |
The Bear Inn in Oxford with a collection of over 4500 is a haven for cravatologists. What do they collect? | Bear Inn, Oxford 4,500 snippets of club ties, started in 1952 by the landlord, Alan Course, who has worked as cartoonist at the Oxford Mail. Tie ends were clipped with a pair of scissors in exchange for half a pint of beer. These were originally pinned to the wall and are now displayed in glass-fronted cases on the walls and even the (low) ceiling. The ties mostly indicate membership of clubs, sports teams, schools and colleges, etc. The Bear Inn also has a long running weekly pub quiz on Tuesday nights. The Bear is recorded in Richard Edes's 1583 verse "Iter Boreale". Edes | Bear Inn, Oxford Last Post on his bugle, for a student lying in the middle of the street outside the pub. Bear Inn, Oxford The Bear Inn (or just "The Bear") is one of the oldest pubs in Oxford, England, dating back to 1242. Its circa-17th century incarnation stands on the corner of Alfred Street and Blue Boar Street, opposite Bear Lane in the centre of Oxford, just north of Christ Church. The earliest mention of the lands and buildings subsequently occupied by "The Bear Inn" are found in the "Cartularies of St Frideswide". Christina Pady, who was part of the ruling group |
Which World Heavyweight Champion boxer (1944-2011) won Olympic Gold in 1964? | George Foreman George Foreman George Edward Foreman (born January 10, 1949) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1969 to 1977, and from 1987 to 1997. Nicknamed "Big George", he is a two-time world heavyweight champion and an Olympic gold medalist. Outside the sport he is an ordained minister, author, and entrepreneur. After a troubled childhood Foreman took up amateur boxing and won a gold medal in the heavyweight division at the 1968 Summer Olympics. Having turned professional the next year, he won the world heavyweight title with a second-round knockout of then-undefeated Joe Frazier in 1973. Two successful title | Magomed Omarov (boxer) Magomed Omarov (boxer) Magomed Shakhbanovich Omarov (, born 16 October 16, 1989) is a Russian Super Heavyweight amateur boxer best known to win the 2011 European Amateur Boxing Championships. He also qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics, held in London, where he reached the quarter-final but lost to Azeri World Champion Magomedrasul Majidov. Southpaw Omarov, as 19-year-old, grasped the gold medal at 2011 European Amateur Boxing Championships, held in Ankara, Turkey, in June 2011 by upsetting 2008 Olympic Champion Roberto Cammarelle. Omarov was sent to the Olympics instead of world class local rival Sergei Kuzmin. He qualified for the 2012 |
Terrible Tudors and Awesome Egyptians are the first two titles in which series of illustrated books by Terry Deary? | Horrible Histories (book series) Horrible Histories (book series) Horrible Histories is a series of illustrated history books published in the United Kingdom by Scholastic, and part of the Horrible Histories franchise. The books are written by Terry Deary, Peter Hepplewhite, and Neil Tonge, and illustrated by Martin Brown, Mike Phillips, Phillip Reeve, and Kate Sheppard. The first titles in the series, "The Terrible Tudors" and "The Awesome Egyptians", were published in June 1993. As of 2011, with more than 60 titles, the series had sold over 25 million copies in over 30 languages. The books have had tie-ins with newspapers such as "The Telegraph", | Horrible Histories (book series) first titles in the series, "The Terrible Tudors" and "The Awesome Egyptians," were published in 1993 and 1994. The series also includes two-in-one books, a box set, special books, handbooks, city guides, comic-strips, annuals, novelty books, and more. Deary announced that the series would officially come to an end in 2013. "The Telegraph" said, "After Deary was reported to have given up the bestselling series because he had run out of tales to tell ... his publisher would not risk putting out any new ones." Deary says he cannot write a new book unless commissioned. He has not been told |
"Which word completes the title of the jazz song first recorded in 1931 by Cab Calloway and his Orchestra, ""Minnie the _______""?" | Minnie the Moocher Minnie the Moocher "Minnie the Moocher" is a jazz song first recorded in 1931 by Cab Calloway and His Orchestra, selling over a million copies. "Minnie the Moocher" is most famous for its nonsensical ad libbed ("scat") lyrics (for example, "Hi De Hi De Hi De Ho"). In performances, Calloway would have the audience and the band members participate by repeating each scat phrase in a form of call and response, until making it too fast and complicated for the audience to replicate it. "Minnie the Moocher" was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1999. The song is | The Cab Calloway Orchestra The Cab Calloway Orchestra The Cab Calloway Orchestra, based at the exclusive Cotton Club in Harlem, was, for more than a decade, one of the most important jazz bands in America. Different lineups featured the best available established musicians. In 1930, Cab Calloway and His Orchestra was hired to replace Duke Ellington at the Cotton Club, and recorded for Brunswick and the ARC dime store labels (Banner, Cameo, Conqueror, Perfect, Melotone, Banner, Oriole, etc.) from 1930–1932. In 1932, he signed with Victor for a year, but he was back on Brunswick in late 1934 through 1936, when he signed with |
The momentum of a body is calculated by multiplying its mass by its what? | Angular momentum can be elements of a continuous distribution, such as a solid body. Rearranging equation () by vector identities, multiplying both terms by "one", and grouping appropriately, gives the total angular momentum of the system of particles in terms of moment of inertia formula_5 and angular velocity formula_124, In the case of a single particle moving about the arbitrary origin, For the case of the center of mass fixed in space with respect to the origin, In modern (20th century) theoretical physics, angular momentum (not including any intrinsic angular momentum – see below) is described using a different formalism, instead of | Angular momentum formula_2 turning moment arm formula_13) with a linear (straight-line equivalent) speed formula_15. Linear speed referred to the central point is simply the product of the distance formula_13 and the angular speed formula_6 versus the point: formula_63 another moment. Hence, angular momentum contains a double moment: formula_64 Simplifying slightly, formula_65 the quantity formula_66 is the particle's moment of inertia, sometimes called the second moment of mass. It is a measure of rotational inertia. Because rotational inertia is a part of angular momentum, it necessarily includes all of the complications of moment of inertia, which is calculated by multiplying elementary bits of |
Which ‘Doctor Who’ played the title character in the film Carry On Sergeant? | Carry On Sergeant Carry On Sergeant Carry On Sergeant is a 1958 comedy film about National Service starring William Hartnell, Bob Monkhouse and Eric Barker; it is the first in the series of "Carry On" films, with 31 entries. The film was based on a play "The Bull Boys" by R. F. Delderfield and was adapted into a script by Norman Hudis with John Antrobus contributing additional material and replacing the conscripted ballet dancers of the novel into a married couple. It was directed by Gerald Thomas and produced by Peter Rogers, a partnership which would last until 1978. Actors in this film, | Carry On Sergeant for an Army officer to use; the American equivalent is, "As you were." The title that replaced "The Bull Boys" was suggested by Stuart Levy to cash in on the popularity of the 1957 film "Carry on Admiral," which was written by Val Guest. At the time, the success of "Carry On Sergeant" prompted applause and audience laughter in serious settings where the phrase was used, including amongst audiences of the film "The Devil's Disciple" (1959). The film was the third most successful movie at the British box office in 1958. Interiors: Exteriors: "Variety" called "Carry On Sergeant" "a modest, |
What was the stage name of American ecdysiast Rose Louise Hovick (1911- 1970)? | Rose Thompson Hovick Rose Thompson Hovick Rose Evangeline Hovick (née Thompson; August 31, 1890 – January 28, 1954) was the mother of two famous performing daughters: burlesque artist Gypsy Rose Lee and actress and dancer June Havoc. Her career as her daughters' manager is dramatized in the musical "Gypsy". Rose Evangeline Thompson was born in Wahpeton, North Dakota, in 1890, the daughter of Anna (née Egle) and Charles J. Thompson. Her maternal grandparents were German. Rose Thompson married her first husband, Jack Hovick, when she was a teenager. She gave birth to Rose Louise Hovick on January 8, 1911, in Seattle, Washington, and | Rose Thompson Hovick incidents from Thompson Hovick's life. One is to an unidentified "hotel manager" whom Thompson Hovick pushed out a window to his death. She claimed self-defense and was not charged. She also tried to shoot Bobby Reed, the young man who eloped with Baby June in 1928, in a police station after cops found him and brought him to the station house. A police officer had told the two to make their peace. Reed approached with his hand extended, and Thompson Hovick withdrew a concealed gun and aimed it at Reed, but the safety was still on and no bullets were |
Which species of penguin is named after the cold water current that it swims in? | Humboldt penguin Humboldt penguin The Humboldt penguin ("Spheniscus humboldti") (also termed Peruvian penguin, or patranca) is a South American penguin that breeds in coastal Chile and Peru. Its nearest relatives are the African penguin, the Magellanic penguin and the Galápagos penguin. The penguin is named after the cold water current it swims in, which is itself named after Alexander von Humboldt, an explorer. The species is listed as Vulnerable by the IUCN. Humboldt penguins are medium-sized penguins, growing to long and a weight of 3.6-5.9 kg (8-13 lbs). They have a black head with a white border that runs from behind the | Hot and Cold Penguin Hot and Cold Penguin Hot and Cold Penguin is a 1955 Chilly Willy cartoon directed by Alex Lovy and produced by Walter Lantz. It was the third "Chilly Willy" entry in the series and was the first Alex Lovy directed at the Walter Lantz Studio since his departure in 1943. Although Tex Avery had departed the year prior, he left behind several storyboards ultimately utilized by Lovy for "Hot and Cold Penguin", "Room and Wrath" and "Hold That Rock". Lovy remained director of the series for the remainder of the decade. Chilly Willy is outside in the snow keeping himself |
In which 1958 film did Virginia McKenna play SOE agent Violette Szabo? | Virginia McKenna her performance. Exhibitors voted her the fourth most popular British star. Travers and McKenna received an offer to go to Hollywood to appear in "The Barretts of Wimpole Street" (1957). Travers played Robert Browning and McKenna had the support part of Elizabeth Barrett Browning's sister. The movie flopped at the box office. Travers and McKenna then co-starred in the comedy "The Smallest Show on Earth" (1957) made back in Britain. McKenna had another hit with "Carve Her Name with Pride" (1958), playing Second World War SOE agent Violette Szabo. She was nominated for another BAFTA Award and was voted the | Violette Szabo the cottage in Wormelow Tump, Herefordshire, that Violette's English cousins formerly owned, and that Violette would visit before the war to enjoy walks in the surrounding hills. She also stayed at the farm while she was recuperating from her ankle injury and between her two missions to France. Tania Szabo attended the museum's opening in 2000, as did Virginia McKenna, Leo Marks and members of SOE. The Jersey War Tunnels have a permanent exhibition room dedicated to Violette Szabo. The Royal College of Music offers an annual award called the Violette Szabo GC Memorial Prize for pianists who accompany singers. |
The flag of Ethiopia from 1897 to 1975 featured which animal, with the crown removed in 1974? | Flag of Ethiopia increase the usage of the flag with the emblem, which had been seen far less than the plain tricolour. As the plain tricolour was used and seen far more often than either the flag of the Derg or the Lion of Judah flag, this was considered unusual. In 2009, the Parliament of Ethiopia passed Proclamation 654/2009 (The Federal Flag Proclamation), which prohibited firstly amongst 23 other provisions "use [of] the Flag without its Emblem", as well as "to deface the Flag by writing or displaying sings, [sic] symbols, emblems or picture [sic]", or "to prepare or use the Flag without | Flag of Ethiopia Flag of Ethiopia The national flag of Ethiopia (, "ye-Ityoppya Sendeq Alama") was adopted on 31 October 1996. It conforms to the specifications set forth in Article 3 of the 1995 Constitution of Ethiopia. However, the diameter of the central disc is increased from that of the flag used from 6 February to 31 October 1996. The three traditional colours of green, yellow and red date back to Iyasu V (reigned 1913–1916). The current flag and emblem were adopted after the defeat of Ethiopia's Marxist regimes headed by Mengistu Haile Mariam (in total, in power from 1974 to 1991). The |
The headquarters of which political party are in Newton Abbot, Devon? | Devon of Devon which is administered by Devon County Council for the purposes of local government. Devon County Council is controlled by the Conservatives, and the political representation of its 62 councillors are: 38 Conservatives, 9 Liberal Democrats, seven Labour, four UKIP, three Independents and one Green. At the 2015 general election, Devon returned 11 Conservatives and one Labour MP from its 12 constituencies through first-past-the-post. The county is represented in the wider South West England (European Parliament constituency), which returned two UKIP, two Conservative, one Labour and one Green MEP at the 2014 election using the d'Hondt method of party-list | Newton Abbot play at the Recreation Ground. The headquarters of Devon County Football Association is in the town. Newton Abbot's cricket club, South Devon C. C., was established in 1851 and also play at the Recreation Ground. The town also has a long-standing rugby union club, Newton Abbot RFC (established 1873), who play home games at Rackerhayes in nearby Kingsteignton. Newton Abbot Newton Abbot is a market town and civil parish on the River Teign in the Teignbridge District of Devon, England, with a population of 25,556. Newton Abbot grew very rapidly in the Victorian era as it was home to the |
What is the middle name of TV producer William G Stewart? | William G. Stewart William G. Stewart William Gladstone Stewart (15 July 1933 – 21 September 2017) was an English television producer, director, and television presenter, best known as the presenter and producer of the Channel 4 general quiz show "Fifteen to One" from 1988 to 2003. In the 1960s, he worked as private secretary to Tom Driberg, about whom he made a documentary in 2009. Among the many shows he produced or directed were "Father, Dear Father", "Love Thy Neighbour", "Bless This House", "My Good Woman", "Spooner's Patch", "The Rag Trade", "Family Fortunes", "Don't Forget Your Toothbrush" and "The Price is Right". He | William G. Stewart (Louisiana) school superintendent and the president from 1935 to 1941 of Louisiana Tech University in Ruston, who died in 1950. William G. Stewart (Louisiana) William Green Stewart (October 25, 1854 – October 31, 1925) was a farmer from a prominent family in his native Webster Parish in northwestern Louisiana, USA. As a former president of the Webster Parish School Board, he was the namesake of William G. Stewart Elementary School, which operated on Middle Landing Street in the parish seat of Minden from 1949 until its demolition in 2011. Stewart was the third of four children of Douglad (correct spelling) Stewart, |
Dennis Waterman, the final member of the original cast of BBC TV show New Tricks left after episode 2 of the current, and final, series to be replaced by which actor playing retired detective Ted Case? | New Tricks respectively. In September 2014, Dennis Waterman announced that he would be leaving the show after filming two episodes of the next series. Larry Lamb replaced him for the rest of the final series. Roy Mitchell, creator of the series, being a supporter of the English football team West Bromwich Albion, named numerous characters after past and then-current players. The original three main male characters derived their names from the club's oldest stand, "The Halfords Lane Stand", at The Hawthorns football ground in West Bromwich. The theme tune of the programme is sung by cast member Dennis Waterman. The song is | Dennis Waterman which also starred George Cole. Waterman sang the theme tunes to three more programmes in which he appeared: the comedy drama "Stay Lucky" with Jan Francis (Yorkshire Television/ITV 1989), sitcom "On the Up" (BBC 1990) and crime drama "New Tricks" (Wall to Wall television for BBC, 2003). In 1997 he appeared as John Danson (the head of the largest UK smuggling network) in series 3 of the UK TV drama "The Knock". He was a regular cast member in every season of "New Tricks", from 2003 to 2014. After expressing his intent to leave the series during its final season |
An anti-emetic is a drug that is effective against what? | 5-HT3 antagonist ginger, is a 5-HT antagonist and is believed to at least partially mediate the anti-emetic activity of this plant. Mirtazapine is a tetracyclic antidepressant with 5-HT antagonist effects and strong anti-emetic properties. Studies show mirtazapine as equally effective in treating chemotherapy-related nausea and vomiting as standard treatments; it is also cheaper and has fewer side effects than typical anti-emetics, and its antidepressant qualities may be an added benefit for cancer populations. Mirtazapine has also been used in the treatment of the motility disorder gastroparesis due to its anti-emetic effects. Olanzapine, an atypical antipsychotic with anti-emetic properties similar to those of | What Bird is That? Edition What Bird is That?" was published by Australia's Heritage Publishing in 2011, the latest release of Cayley’s “big bird book” complete with Lindsey’s revisions. It is 832 pages, features 769 birds and includes all 460 of Cayley’s full-colour paintings, many showing groups of related birds. New to this edition was an accompanying e-book "What Bird Call is That?", which identifies and illustrates 101 birds from "What Bird is That?", as well as providing sound files of each featured bird’s distinctive call. The sound files were provided by David Stewart. "What Bird is That?" plays a central role in Australian |
After whom was the tower block in Peckham, the home to the Trotters, in Only Fools and Horses named? | Only Fools and Horses July 2018, John Sullivan's son, Jim Sullivan, announced that an "Only Fools and Horses" musical was nearing completion and is due to launch on 9 February 2019 at the Theatre Royal Haymarket, London. Derek "Del Boy" Trotter (played by David Jason), a fast-talking, archetypal South London 'fly' trader, lives in a council flat in a high-rise tower block, Nelson Mandela House, in Peckham, South London, with his much younger brother, Rodney Trotter (Nicholas Lyndhurst), and their elderly Grandad (Lennard Pearce). Their mother, Joan, died when Rodney was young, and their father Reg absconded soon afterwards, so Del became Rodney's surrogate | Only Fools and Horses by Coca-Cola, was in fact just purified tap water from Sidcup, mocking parallels were made with the "Only Fools and Horses" episode, "Mother Nature's Son", in which Del sells tap water as "Peckham Spring". In the closing ceremony of the 2012 London Olympics, the Trotters' yellow Reliant van appeared on stage, along with two characters dressed as Batman and Robin, a reference to the "Only Fools and Horses" episode "Heroes and Villains". Rose Tyler's Father Pete Tyler is referred to as "a bit of a Del Boy" in the "Doctor Who" episode "Father's Day". "Only Fools and Horses" was sold |
In which Shakespeare play does Dogberry, a constable, manage to uncover Don John’s plot to discredit Hero? | Dogberry Dogberry Dogberry is a character created by William Shakespeare for his play, "Much Ado About Nothing". He is described by The Nuttall Encyclopædia as a "self-satisfied night constable" with an inflated view of his own importance as the leader of a group of comically bumbling police watchmen. Dogberry is notable for his numerous malapropisms, which sometimes are referred to as "dogberryisms" after him. The Dogberry character was created for William Kempe, who played comic roles in Shakespeare's theatre company the Lord Chamberlain's Men. In the play, Dogberry is the chief of the citizen-police in Messina. He is first seen instructing | Dogberry the Elizabethan common name for the fruit of the Common Dogwood ("Cornus sanguinea"), considered lowly and inferior to other edible berries. Shakespeare appears to be poking mild fun at the amateur police forces of his day, in which respectable citizens spent a fixed number of nights per year fulfilling an obligation to protect the public peace, a job for which they were, by and large, unqualified. Dogberry and his crew, however, are also given a thematic function, for it is they who (accidentally) uncover the plot of Don John and begin the process of restoration that leads to the play’s |
Who has been the Leader of the SNP in the House of Commons since 2007? | History of the Scottish National Party SNP underperformed against polling expectations, losing 21 seats to bring their Westminster MPs down to 35. In what was largely attributed to their stance on holding a second Scottish independence referendum and saw a significant swing to the Unionist parties, with seats being gained by the Conservatives, Labour and the Liberal Democrats and a significant reduction in their majorities in the seats they did manage to retain. High-profile losses included: SNP House of Commons leader Angus Robertson in Moray and former SNP leader and First Minister Alex Salmond in Gordon; both of whom lost their seats to the Conservative Party. | Leader of the House of Commons years, the post has been held jointly with that of Lord President of the Council, Lord Privy Seal, or First Secretary of State. The Leader is assisted in the Office of the Leader of the House of Commons by the Deputy Leader of the House of Commons. At times the nominal leadership was held by the Prime Minister but the day-to-day work was done by a Deputy. At other times a Deputy was appointed merely to enhance an individual politician's standing within the government. However, since 2010 the Deputy Leader of the House of Commons has been a ministerial role |
Whose first novel published in 1985 was Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit? | Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit with a gay character or that includes gay experience is only for queers." A television adaptation of the book was made and aired by the BBC in 1990, starring Charlotte Coleman and Geraldine McEwan, which won the Prix Italia in 1991. The book was released on cassette by BBC Audiobooks in 1990, also read by Coleman. A two-part dramatisation, adapted by Winterton and starring Lesley Sharp, was broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2016. Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit is a novel by Jeanette Winterson published in 1985, which she subsequently adapted | Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit (TV serial) that she is a lesbian. The allegorical fairytales that are woven into the novel do not appear on the screen. Miss Jewsbury's love-making with the underage Jess, which appears in the novel, was also excluded. Even with these cuts the series caused controversy when shown due to the remaining lesbian sex scenes and its portrayal of the Elim Pentecostal faith. The series won the BAFTA award for Best Drama. In 1991, via the PBS network, the series won the GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding TV Movie or Limited Series. In 2010, "The Guardian" ranked the serial at number 8 in |
The name of which species of penguin derives from the narrow black band under their heads which makes it appear as if they are wearing black helmets? | Chinstrap penguin Chinstrap penguin The chinstrap penguin ("Pygoscelis antarcticus") is a species of penguin which inhabits a variety of islands and shores in the Southern Pacific and the Antarctic Ocean. Its name derives from the narrow black band under its head which makes it appear as if it were wearing a black helmet, making it one of the most easily identified types of penguin. Other common names are "ringed penguin", "bearded penguin", and "stonecracker penguin" due to its loud, harsh call. Chinstrap penguins have an average body length of and a weight of , but their weight can drop as low as | African penguin South America, and the Galápagos penguin found in the Pacific Ocean near the equator. All are similar in shape, colour and behaviour. The African penguin is a member of the class Aves, and the order Sphenisciformes. It belongs to the penguin family Spheniscidae. It is classified as "Spheniscus demersus". The genus to which the African penguin belongs, "Spheniscus", derives from the Ancient Greek word "sphen", which means "wedge". This refers to their streamlined body shape. Its species name, "demersus", is a Latin word for "plunging". African penguins grow to tall and weigh between . They have a black stripe and |
In which 1963 film does Richard Attenborough play Squadron Leader Roger Bartlett, known as Big X? | Roger Bushell in the "London Gazette" dated 13 June 1946. Bushell Green in Bushey is named in his honour, one of a number of streets in the area named after Battle of Britain pilots. Bushell's name also appears on the war memorial in Hermanus, South Africa, where his parents spent their last years and where they were buried. Bushell was the basis for the character "Roger Bartlett" in the film "The Great Escape", played by Richard Attenborough. Ian McShane played Bushell in "". Roger Bushell Squadron Leader Roger Joyce Bushell RAF (30 August 1910 – 29 March 1944) was a South African-born | The Great Escape (film) by John Sturges. The film had its Royal World Premiere at the Odeon Leicester Square in London's West End on 20 June 1963. In 1943, after having recaptured escaped Allied POWs, the Germans move those still-determined-to-escape-again POWs (under their senior British officer, Group Captain Ramsey) to a new, high-security prisoner of war camp under the supervision of Luftwaffe Colonel von Luger. Meanwhile, Gestapo agents Kuhn and Preissen and SS Lieutenant Dietrich bring RAF Squadron Leader Roger Bartlett to the camp. Known as "Big X", Bartlett is introduced as the principal escape organiser. As Kuhn leaves, he warns Bartlett that if |
Of which South American country was Alberto Fujimori the President between 1990 and 2000? | Pardon of Alberto Fujimori the power to grant a humanitarian pardon when the condemned person presents a terminal illness; an advanced, incurable, degenerative illness where prison conditions put the person's life, health, or integrity at risk; or a chronic, degenerative, mental illness where prison conditions put the person's life, health or integrity at risk. Alberto Fujimori was President of Peru between 1990 and 2000 in the period of the so-called "Fujimorato". While still president, Fujimori fled the country and took refuge in Japan when faced with charges of corruption in 2000. On arriving in Japan he attempted to resign his presidency via fax, but | Alberto Fujimori that "[i]n no other country in Latin America did a president have so much control over the armed forces". A 2002 report by Health Minister later suggested that Fujimori was involved in the forced sterilizations of up to 300,000 indigenous women between 1996 and 2000, as part of a population control program. A 2004 World Bank publication said that in this period Montesinos' abuse of the power Fujimori granted him "led to a steady and systematic undermining of the rule of law". The 1993 constitution limited a presidency to two terms. Shortly after Fujimori began his second term, his supporters |
On the shores of which of the Great Lakes is Whistling Straits, the course that staged the 2015 US PGA Championship? | The Golf Club at Harbor Shores keep the three holes at Jean Klock Park. Harbor Shores hosted the Senior PGA Championship in 2012, 2014, 2016, and 2018 and is scheduled to host the tournament in 2020, 2022, and 2024. The Golf Club at Harbor Shores The Golf Club at Harbor Shores is a golf club located in Benton Harbor, Michigan, part of the Harbor Shores development on Lake Michigan. All 18 holes of the course were opened on July 1, 2010. The course held its Grand Opening on July 10, 2010, with Johnny Miller, Arnold Palmer, Tom Watson, and its designer, Jack Nicklaus, in attendance. Local | 2015 PGA Championship 2015 PGA Championship The 2015 PGA Championship was the 97th PGA Championship, held August 13–16 on the Straits Course of Whistling Straits in Kohler, Wisconsin (the course is physically in Haven but holds a Kohler mailing address due to its Kohler Company ownership). It was the third PGA Championship at Whistling Straits, which previously hosted in 2004 and 2010, as well as the United States Senior Open in 2007, all held on the Straits Course. Jason Day won his first major championship title with a total score of 268 (−20), at the time the lowest score in relation to par |
Which future King became Lord of Ireland aged 10 years in 1177? | Norman invasion of Ireland 1177, which marked a change of policy towards Ireland. He declared his son John (aged ten) to be "Lord of Ireland", and made plans for him to become king of all Ireland when he came of age. The territory held by the Anglo-Normans thus became known as the Lordship of Ireland and formed part of the Angevin Empire. Henry also encouraged the Anglo-Norman lords to conquer more territory. He granted the kingdom of Thomond to Philip de Braose and granted Desmond to Robert FitzStephen and Miles de Cogan. Over the following months, the Anglo-Normans invaded the kingdoms of Desmond, Thomond, | Lordship of Ireland Lordship of Ireland The Lordship of Ireland (), sometimes referred to retroactively as Norman Ireland, was the part of Ireland ruled by the King of England (styled as "Lord of Ireland") and controlled by loyal Anglo-Norman lords between 1177 and 1542. The lordship was created as a Papal possession following the Norman invasion of Ireland in 1169–1171. As the lord of Ireland was also the king of England, he was represented locally by a governor, variously known as justiciar, lieutenant, or Lord Deputy. The kings of England claimed lordship over the whole island, but in reality the king's rule only |
Who was the doctor and chief scientist on Scott’s Terra Nova Expedition to the South Pole? | Terra Nova Expedition and Anton Omelchenko (groom), also landed. To head his scientific programme, Scott appointed Edward Wilson as chief scientist. Wilson was Scott's closest confidant among the party; on the "Discovery" Expedition he had accompanied Scott on the Farthest South march to 80°S. As well as being a qualified medical doctor and a distinguished research zoologist, he was also a talented illustrator. His scientific team – which Scott's biographer David Crane considered "as impressive a group of scientists as had ever been on a polar expedition" — included some who would enjoy later careers of distinction: George Simpson the meteorologist, Charles Wright, | Terra Nova Expedition Terra Nova Expedition The Terra Nova Expedition, officially the British Antarctic Expedition, was an expedition to Antarctica which took place between 1910 and 1913. It was led by Robert Falcon Scott and had various scientific and geographical objectives. Scott wished to continue the scientific work that he had begun when leading the "Discovery" Expedition to the Antarctic in 1901–04. He also wanted to be the first to reach the geographic South Pole. He and four companions attained the pole on 17 January 1912, where they found that the Norwegian team led by Roald Amundsen had preceded them by 34 days. |
George Spencer-Churchill, Marquess of Blandford is heir to which Dukedom? | George Spencer-Churchill, Marquess of Blandford George Spencer-Churchill, Marquess of Blandford George John Godolphin Spencer-Churchill, Marquess of Blandford (born 28 July 1992), styled as the Earl of Sunderland until 2014, is a British aristocrat and polo player. He is a model and brand ambassador for La Martina, an Argentinean polo clothing and equipment company. He is the heir apparent to the Dukedom of Marlborough. He is the son of Jamie Spencer-Churchill, 12th Duke of Marlborough and his first wife, Rebecca Mary Few Brown. Lord Blandford is a distant relative of the wartime prime minister Winston Churchill (first cousin of his great-great-grandfather) and of Diana, Princess of | John Churchill, Marquess of Blandford awarded the title Marquess of Blandford. In 1696, 10-year-old Churchill was sent to Eton College, where he remained and studied until 1700, his fourteenth year. It was Blandford's personal wish to follow a military career as his father did, and join the latter's regiment, but his mother was concerned at the risks and wanted to ensure the dukedom could be passed through the male line. He was sent to King's College, Cambridge in 1700. Blandford was especially close to his godfather the Earl of Godolphin, whom he often visited, travelling from Cambridge to Newmarket. Thomas Bruce, 2nd Earl of Ailesbury, |
King Power Stadium in Leicester is named after the leading travel retail company in which country? | King Power King Power The King Power International Group is Thailand's leading travel retail group, based in Bangkok. The chairman and CEO was Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha until his death in October 2018. He was succeeded as chairman by his son, Aiyawatt Srivaddhanaprabha. King Power's "...cash cow is the proprietary concession of Thailand's duty-free business." The company is the largest duty-free retailer in Thailand. Its duty free shopping mall in Bangkok's central business district covers over </sup> and it has branches at Suvarnabhumi Airport and Thailand's other major airports. In 2015, King Power launched an online site selling duty-free and duty-paid items. King Power | King Power Stadium King Power Stadium The King Power Stadium (also known as the King Prawn or Leicester City Stadium due to UEFA sponsorship regulations and formerly known as the Walkers Stadium) is a football stadium in Leicester, England. It is the home of Leicester City, the 2015–2016 champions of the Premier League. The all-seater stadium opened in 2002 and has a capacity of 32,312, the 20th largest football ground in England. It is named after travel retail group King Power, a company owned by the club's owners. Leicester's previous stadium was at nearby Filbert Street, which had been their home since 1891. |
Who jointly led the expedition from Melbourne to the Gulf of Carpentaria in 1860 to 1861 with Robert O’Hara Burke? | A Romance of Burke and Wills Expedition of 1860 A Romance of Burke and Wills Expedition of 1860 A Romance of Burke and Wills Expedition of 1860 is a 1918 Australian silent film. The plot is fictional and is loosely based around the Burke and Wills expedition. Robert O'Hara Burke leads an expedition from Melbourne to the north of Australia, including William John Wills, John King, Gray, Dandells and Brahe. Although he reaches the Gulf of Carpentaria along with Wills and King when they return to their base at Cooper Creek they discover their comrades have left without them. Burke and Wills both die but King is rescued by | Robert O'Hara Burke Robert O'Hara Burke Robert O'Hara Burke (6 May 1821c. 28 June 1861) was an Irish soldier and police officer who achieved fame as an Australian explorer. He was the leader of the ill-fated Burke and Wills expedition, which was the first expedition to cross Australia from south to north, finding a route across the continent from the settled areas of Victoria to the Gulf of Carpentaria. The expedition party was well equipped, but Burke was not experienced in bushcraft. A Royal Commission report conducted upon the failure of the expedition was a censure of Burke's judgement. Burke was born in |
By what two-word name is the brother of Horrid Henry known in the books by Francesca Simon? | Perfect Peter Perfect Peter Perfect Peter is a main character in the "Horrid Henry" series created by American author Francesca Simon and British illustrator Tony Ross. He is the younger brother of the series' protagonist, Horrid Henry. Perfect Peter is named according to his overachieving, polite, and perfectionist personality and mannerisms, especially in opposition to those demonstrated by his older brother Henry. Obedient, innocent, and sweet-natured, Peter takes pride in proper organization of his personal possessions and bedroom, and often is the main target of Henry's torment and vicious harassment. They share a strong sibling rivalry due to their conflicting personalities, to | Horrid Henry (book) Horrid Henry (book) Horrid Henry is the first book of the "Horrid Henry" series. It was published in 1994 and written by Francesca Simon and illustrated by Tony Ross. The book is a collection of short stories about the same characters, along the lines of the Just William books. Horrid Henry is a horrid boy who loves doing unimaginable horrible things. He throws food, he snatches things, he pushes, shoves and pinches. He has a younger brother called Perfect Peter. He is an extremely perfect boy who does uncountable good deeds. He always says "Please" and "Thank You", he loves |
A simple statement of Boyle’s Law is that the pressure of a gas is inversely proportional to its what? | Boyle's law Boyle's law Boyle's law, sometimes referred to as the Boyle–Mariotte law, or Mariotte's law (especially in France), is an experimental gas law that describes how the pressure of a gas tends to increase as the volume of the container decreases. A modern statement of Boyle's law is The absolute pressure exerted by a given mass of an ideal gas is inversely proportional to the volume it occupies if the temperature and amount of gas remain unchanged within a closed system. Mathematically, Boyle's law can be stated as or where "P" is the pressure of the gas, "V" is the volume | Graham's law Graham's law Graham's law of effusion (also called Graham's law of diffusion) was formulated by Scottish physical chemist Thomas Graham in 1848. Graham found experimentally that the rate of effusion of a gas is inversely proportional to the square root of the mass of its particles. This formula can be written as: where: Graham's law states that the rate of diffusion or of effusion of a gas is inversely proportional to the square root of its molecular weight. Thus, if the molecular weight of one gas is four times that of another, it would diffuse through a porous plug or |
Which actress, who appeared in 24 of the films, played Calpurnia in Carry On Cleo? | Carry On Cleo Carry On Cleo Carry On Cleo is a British film comedy which was released in 1964. It is the tenth in the series of "Carry On" films to be made, and the website ICONS.a portrait of England describes "Carry On Cleo" as "perhaps the best" of the series. Regulars Sid James, Kenneth Williams, Kenneth Connor, Charles Hawtrey, and Jim Dale are present and Connor made his last appearance until his return in "Carry On Up the Jungle" six years later. Joan Sims returned to the series for the first time since "Carry On Regardless" three years earlier. Sims would now | Carry On Cleo English at the University of Exeter, labelled this film (together with "Carry On Up The Khyber") as one of the best films of all time. In 2007, the pun "Infamy, infamy, they've all got it in for me", spoken by Kenneth Williams, was voted the funniest one-line joke in film history. Carry On Cleo Carry On Cleo is a British film comedy which was released in 1964. It is the tenth in the series of "Carry On" films to be made, and the website ICONS.a portrait of England describes "Carry On Cleo" as "perhaps the best" of the series. Regulars |
Which King was born at Dunfermline Palace in November 1600? | Dunfermline Palace palace was given as a wedding present by the king, James VI, to Anne of Denmark after their marriage. She gave birth to three of their children there; Elizabeth (1596), Charles (1600) and Robert (1602). After the Union of Crowns in 1603, the removal of the Scottish court to London meant that the building came to be rarely visited by a monarch. Ten tapestries from the royal tapestry collection were still there in 1616, left from the time the infant Prince Charles resided at the Palace. When Charles I returned in 1633 for his Scottish coronation he only made a | Dunfermline Palace brief visit to his place of birth. The last monarch to occupy the palace was Charles II who stayed at Dunfermline in 1650 just before the Battle of Pitreavie. Soon afterwards, during the of Scotland, the building was abandoned and by 1708 it had been unroofed. All that remains of the palace today is the kitchen, its cellars, and the impressive south wall with a commanding prospect over the Firth of Forth to the south. Dunfermline Palace Dunfermline Palace is a ruined former Scottish royal palace and important tourist attraction in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland. It is currently, along with other |
Who won the World Figure Skating Championship ten times between 1901 and 1911 – a jump is named after him? | History of figure skating skating was lent a more athletic character through the developments of Ulrich Salchow, a Swede. Salchow was considered the greatest figure skater of his day by far, winning the world championships ten times. The crowning achievement of his career, however, was his development of ice skates with slightly serrated blades, giving enough traction on the ice to launch long jumps. The salchow jump, still used prominently in figure skating routines today, is named for him, and was considered Salchow's greatest contribution to figure skating. Figure skating's Olympic debut came at the 1908 Summer Olympics—it was the first winter sport introduced | 1901 World Figure Skating Championships 1901 World Figure Skating Championships The World Figure Skating Championships is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union in which figure skaters compete for the title of World Champion. The 1901 competition took place from February 10 to 11 in Stockholm, Sweden. Originally allotted to London the competition was transferred to Stockholm due to the death of Queen Victoria . There were only two contestants. Four out of six judges came from Sweden. None of the judges came from the German Empire. Still the placings were the same. Adams, Pettersson, and Westergren put Salchow in first |
Guitarist David Gilmour joined which rock band in 1967? | David Gilmour David Gilmour David Jon Gilmour, (born 6 March 1946) is an English guitarist, singer and songwriter who was a member of the progressive rock band Pink Floyd. He joined the group as guitarist and co-lead vocalist in 1968 shortly before the departure of founding member Syd Barrett. Pink Floyd subsequently achieved international success with the concept albums "The Dark Side of the Moon", "Wish You Were Here", "Animals", and "The Wall". By the early 1980s, they had become one of the best-selling and most acclaimed acts in music history; by 2012, the band had sold over 250 million records worldwide, | David Gilmour In 1962, Gilmour began studying A-Level modern languages at Cambridge Technical College. Despite not finishing the course, he eventually learnt to speak fluent French. Barrett was also a student at the college, and he spent his lunchtimes practising guitar with Gilmour. In late 1962, Gilmour joined the blues rock band Jokers Wild. They recorded a one-sided album and a single at Regent Sound Studio, in west London, but only fifty copies of each were made. In August 1965, Gilmour busked around Spain and France with Barrett and some other friends, performing songs by the Beatles. They were arrested on one |
Which battle took place on August 22nd 1485? | John Babington (died 1485) He was killed on 22 August 1485 by Sir John Blount fighting for Richard III at the Battle of Bosworth Field on 22 August 1485. He is mentioned in the Ballad of Bosworth Field as one of the nobles supporting Richard III in the 294th line of the ballad within the 74th stanza. John Babington (died 1485) Sir John Babington (d. 22 August 1485) of Dethick Manor was High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire and the Royal Forests from 1479-1480. He was the son of Thomas Babington of Dethick (son of Sir John Babington and Benedicta Ward) and Isabel Dethick. He | 22nd Battalion (Australia) early 1918, the Germans launched a large-scale offensive – the Spring Offensive – following the collapse of Russia on the Eastern Front. Throughout March and April, the 22nd Battalion undertook defensive duties as the German offensive was blunted, before the Allies launched their own offensive around Amiens in August. After this, the 22nd Battalion took part in a number of battles including the Battle of Mont St Quentin and the Battle of Montbrehain. The fighting around Montbrehain, which took place on 5 October 1918, was the final action fought by Australian infantrymen on the Western Front during the war, and |
Which battle that took place on December 2nd 1805 is also known as the Battle of the Three Emperors? | Battle of Austerlitz might have faced a very different ending from the one they achieved at the real battle of Austerlitz. This essentially was Kutuzov's successful strategy in 1812, after the Battle of Borodino. Battle of Austerlitz The Battle of Austerlitz (2 December 1805/11 Frimaire An XIV FRC), also known as the Battle of the Three Emperors, was one of the most important and decisive engagements of the Napoleonic Wars. In what is widely regarded as the greatest victory achieved by Napoleon, the "Grande Armée" of France defeated a larger Russian and Austrian army led by Emperor Alexander I and Holy Roman Emperor | Battle of Caldiero (1805) solitary military success in this war", although he was aware that the French historian Adolphe Thiers considered the battle to be a French victory. Battle of Caldiero (1805) The Battle of Caldiero took place on 30 October 1805, pitting the French "Armée d'Italie" under Marshal André Masséna against an Austrian army under the command of Archduke Charles, Duke of Teschen. The French engaged only a part of their forces, around 33,000 men, whilst Archduke Charles engaged the bulk of his army, 49,000 men, leaving out Paul Davidovich's corps to defend the lower Adige and Franz Seraph of Orsini-Rosenberg's corps to |
Who was the US Secretary of State between 2001 and 2005? | Condoleezza Rice's tenure as Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's tenure as Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice served as United States Secretary of State under George W. Bush. She was preceded by Colin Powell and followed by Hillary Clinton. As secretary of state she traveled widely and initiated many diplomatic efforts on behalf of the Bush administration. On November 16, 2004, Bush nominated Rice to be Secretary of State. On January 26, 2005, the Senate confirmed her nomination by a vote of 85-13. The negative votes, the most cast against any nomination for Secretary of State since 1825, came from Senators who, according to Senator Barbara Boxer, wanted | Secretary of state Bundestag") serves in place of a proper ministry for this department. Since 1998, the office of "Kulturstaatsminister" has been held by Michael Naumann (1998–2001), Julian Nida-Rümelin (2001–2002), Christina Weiss (2002–2005), Bernd Neumann (2005-2013) and Monika Grütters (since 2013). In Greece, the title "Secretary of State" () was used only intermittently during the early years of the modern Greek state. It was first employed for the head of the cabinet under the governorship of Ioannis Kapodistrias, a post held successively by Spyridon Trikoupis (1828–29) and Nikolaos Spiliadis (1829–31). It was then abandoned, until used instead of the title of "Minister" (Υπουργός) |
Who was the drummer with Led Zeppelin who died in 1980? | Led Zeppelin – The 1980s, Part One Led Zeppelin – The 1980s, Part One Led Zeppelin – The 1980s, Part One was a planned autumn 1980 concert tour of North America by the rock band Led Zeppelin. It was scheduled to take place from 17 October through 15 November of that year and cover much of the East Coast and Midwest. The band cancelled the tour when drummer John Bonham died on 25 September, one day after the group's initial rehearsal for the tour. In the wake of Led Zeppelin's turmoil-plagued 1977 American tour, which ended abruptly with the sudden death of his son Karac, singer Robert | Tangerine (Led Zeppelin song) some disagreement over who wrote the lyrics. In addition to being credited as the songwriter on all Led Zeppelin releases, Page claims to be responsible for the lyrics: "I'd written it after an old emotional upheaval and I just changed a few of the lyrics for the new version". "Tangerine" and "Dazed and Confused" are the only Led Zeppelin songs with lyrics that credit Page as the sole songwriter However, Case, Shadwick, and Williamson identify the Yardbirds' song as a joint or co-compostion by Page and Yardbirds' singer and primary lyricist Keith Relf. Yardbirds' drummer Jim McCarty and bassist Chris |
Which city is the capital of Tanzania? | Geography of Tanzania Tanzania is a large plateau, which is part of the East African Plateau. The southern half of this plateau is grassland within the Eastern Miombo woodlands ecoregion, the majority of which is covered by the huge Selous National Park. Further north the plateau is arable land and includes the national capital, Dodoma. The eastern coast contains Tanzania's largest city and former capital, Dar es Salaam. Just north of this city lies the Zanzibar Archipelago, a semi-autonomous territory of Tanzania which is famous for its spices. The coast is home to areas of East African mangroves, mangrove swamps that are an | Barclays Bank of Tanzania Barclays Bank of Tanzania Barclays Bank of Tanzania (BBT), is a commercial bank in Tanzania and a subsidiary of South Africa-based Absa Group Limited. BBT is licensed by the Bank of Tanzania, the country's central bank and national banking regulator. The headquarters and main branch of Barclays Bank of Tanzania Limited are located in Barclays House, along Ohio Street, in the city of Dar es Salaam, the financial capital and largest city of Tanzania. The geographical coordinates of the bank's headquarters are: 06°48'40.0"S, 39°17'12.0"E (Latitude:-6.811111; Longitude:39.286667). BBT is a large financial services provider in Tanzanian, serving large corporations, small-to-medium enterprises, |
On show in the Louvre, who painted The Raft of the Medusa? | The Raft of the Medusa but the exhibition there was far less successful, in large part due to a competing exhibition of a moving panorama, "The Wreck of the Medusa" by the Marshall brothers firm, which was said to have been painted under the direction of one of the survivors of the disaster. "The Raft of the Medusa" was championed by the curator of the Louvre, comte de Forbin who purchased it for the museum from Géricault's heirs after his death in 1824. The painting now dominates its gallery there. The display caption tells us that "the only hero in this poignant story is humanity". | The Raft of the Medusa others had been killed or thrown overboard by their comrades, died of starvation, or thrown themselves into the sea in despair. The incident became a huge public embarrassment for the French monarchy, only recently restored to power after Napoleon's defeat in 1815. "The Raft of the Medusa" portrays the moment when, after 13 days adrift on the raft, the remaining 15 survivors view a ship approaching from a distance. According to an early British reviewer, the work is set at a moment when "the ruin of the raft may be said to be complete". The painting is on a monumental |
Which city is the capital of Nigeria? | Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria The Federal Capital Territory, commonly known as FCT, or loosely as FCT-Abuja, is a federal territory in central Nigeria. Abuja, the capital city of Nigeria, is located in this territory. FCT was formed in 1976 from parts of the states of Nasarawa, Niger and Kogi. It is within the Middle Belt region of the country. Unlike the States of Nigeria, which are headed by elected Governors, it is administered by the Federal Capital Territory Administration, headed by a minister appointed by the President. The territory is located just north of the confluence of the Niger River | Capital Airlines (Nigeria) Capital Airlines (Nigeria) Capital Airlines was an airline headquartered in Lagos, Nigeria, that operated scheduled and chartered domestic flights out of its base at Murtala Muhammed International Airport and Ilorin International Airport. Capital Airlines was founded in 2003. The Nigerian government set a deadline of April 30, 2007 for all airlines operating in the country to re-capitalise or be grounded, in an effort to ensure better services and safety. Capital Airlines satisfied the demanded criteria in terms of re-capitalization and was re-registered for operation. In 2009, Capital Airlines failed to meet the NCAA (Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority) requirement of having |
In which county is the Thames-side town of Marlow? | Marlow Lock Temple Lock. Temple Regatta takes place in early May between Marlow Bridge and Temple Lock, and Marlow Town Regatta is held in June. The Thames Path leaves Marlow and continues on the Bucks side to Temple Lock. The poet Percy Bysshe Shelley lived in Marlow and spent much of his time on the river above the lock in a skiff. It was during this time that he composed The Revolt of Islam. Marlow Lock Marlow Lock is a lock and weir situated on the River Thames in the town of Marlow, Buckinghamshire, England. The first pound lock was built by | Marlow Town Regatta and Festival Marlow Town Regatta and Festival Marlow Town Regatta and Festival (MTRF) is a rowing regatta and festival held in Marlow on the River Thames in southern England. Marlow's annual rowing regatta was founded in 1855. The first MTRF in its current form was held on 16 June 2001 and was opened by the joint MTRF presidents, Sir Steve and Lady Redgrave (the five-time Gold Medal-winning Olympic rower and his wife). The regatta is held two weeks before the more famous Henley Royal Regatta, upriver from Marlow at Henley-on-Thames. The MTRF remains a major event in the town and surrounding areas |
Who created the private detective Philip Marlowe? | Philip Marlowe, Private Eye the show set in the 1930s, true to the original Raymond Chandler stories. The series chronicles the cases of private detective Philip Marlowe. Set in Los Angeles during the 1930s, storylines were adapted from Chandler's short stories. "Philip Marlowe, Private Eye" aired in two short runs beginning in April 1983 to June 1983 in the US and May 1984 in the UK. The second run began in April 1986 and ended in June 1986. Philip Marlowe, Private Eye Philip Marlowe, Private Eye is an American mystery series that aired on HBO in the United States from April 16, 1983 through | Philip Marlowe names of the protagonists to Philip Marlowe. His first two stories, "Blackmailers Don't Shoot" and "Smart-Aleck Kill" (with a detective named Mallory), were never altered in print but did join the others as Marlowe cases for the television series "Philip Marlowe, Private Eye". Marlowe's character is foremost within the genre of hardboiled crime fiction that originated in the 1920s, notably in "Black Mask" magazine, in which Dashiell Hammett's The Continental Op and Sam Spade first appeared. Underneath the wisecracking, hard-drinking, tough private eye, Marlowe is quietly contemplative and philosophical and enjoys chess and poetry. While he is not afraid to |
What is vitamin B2 also known as? | Blood as food to make a healthy soup. Pig blood is rich in vitamin B2, vitamin C, protein, iron, phosphorus, calcium, niacin and other nutrients, while tofu is good for the liver and stomach, and therefore this soup has a reputation as a healthy and tasty meal in China. In Hungary when a pig is slaughtered in the morning, the blood is fried with onions and served for breakfast. In Korea, blood curd is typically made of cattle blood and is often used as an ingredient for different kinds of soups and stews, such as hangover soup. In Tibet, congealed yak's blood is | Vitamin of ultraviolet light present in sunlight. Humans can produce some vitamins from precursors they consume: for example, vitamin A is synthesized from beta carotene; and niacin is synthesized from the amino acid tryptophan. The Food Fortification Initiative lists countries which have mandatory fortification programs for vitamins folic acid, niacin, vitamin A and vitamins B1, B2 and B12. Vitamins are classified as either water-soluble or fat-soluble. In humans there are 13 vitamins: 4 fat-soluble (A, D, E, and K) and 9 water-soluble (8 B vitamins and vitamin C). Water-soluble vitamins dissolve easily in water and, in general, are readily excreted from |
Film-maker and screenwriter Jill Craigie was the wife of which politician? | Jill Craigie died in 1999 of heart failure at the Royal Free Hospital in Hampstead, London. The archives of Jill Craigie are held at The Women's Library at the Library of the London School of Economics, ref 7JCC Jill Craigie Jill Craigie (7 March 1911 – 13 December 1999) was an English documentary film director, screenwriter and feminist. She married the Labour Party politician Michael Foot (1913–2010), whom she met during the making of her film "The Way We Live". Born Noreen Jean Craigie to a Russian mother and a Scottish father in Fulham, London, Craigie started her career in film as | Jill Craigie and gender equality. After directing five films and writing two others, Craigie retired from the film business for almost forty years, returning to make a single film for BBC television. Craigie was one of the scriptwriters of "Trouble in Store," Norman Wisdom's film debut, which screened in December 1953. The film broke box office records at 51 out of the 67 London cinemas in which it played. After writing the first draft of the script, Craigie reportedly asked that her name be removed from the credits after learning of Wisdom's participation. In latter years Craigie became an authority on the |
On the Plimsoll Line what doers F denote? | Deadweight tonnage Deadweight tonnage Deadweight tonnage (also known as deadweight; abbreviated to DWT, D.W.T., d.w.t., or dwt) or tons deadweight (TDW) is a measure of how much weight a ship can carry, not its weight, empty or in any degree of load. DWT is the sum of the weights of cargo, fuel, fresh water, ballast water, provisions, passengers, and crew. DWT is often used to specify a ship's maximum permissible deadweight (i.e. when she is fully loaded so that her Plimsoll line is at water level), although it may also denote the actual DWT of a ship not loaded to capacity. Deadweight | Samuel Plimsoll Samuel Plimsoll Samuel Plimsoll (10 February 1824 – 3 June 1898) was an English politician and social reformer, now best remembered for having devised the Plimsoll line (a line on a ship's hull indicating the maximum safe draft, and therefore the minimum freeboard for the vessel in various operating conditions). Samuel Plimsoll was born in Bristol and soon moved to Whiteley Wood Hall, Sheffield, also spending part of his childhood in Penrith, Cumberland. Leaving school at an early age, he became a clerk at Rawson's Brewery, and rose to be manager. In 1853, he attempted to become a coal merchant |
How many centimetres in diameter is a standard C.D. | C. A. Seydel Söhne Solist Pro 12 Steel- This model is similar to the Hohner SBS. However, this model has 12 holes instead of 14 is available in Low C, Low D, C, and A. The idea is that you get a low octave under the standard diatonic. However compared to the SBS, this model is missing the 10 hole on a standard diatonic. Saxony- This model is a chromatic harmonica with stainless steel reeds. De Luxe- High end chromatic model with brass reeds. Standard- Standard chromatic model with brass reeds. Fanfare-S- This model is a tremolo model with Stainless steel reeds Fanfare-This model | Diameter tape Diameter tape A diameter tape (D-tape) is a measuring tape used to estimate the diameter of a cylinder object, typically the stem of a tree or pipe. A diameter tape has either metric or imperial measurements reduced by the value of π. This means the tape measures the diameter of the object. It is assumed that the cylinder object is a perfect circle. The diameter tape provides an approximation of diameter; most commonly used in dendrometry. Diameter tapes are usually made of cloth or metal, and on one side of the tape have diameter measurements and on the other standard |
What was the first hit for Roxy Music | Roxy Music (album) the cover of Mott the Hoople's 1974 album "The Hoople"). The album was dedicated to Susie, a drummer who auditioned for Roxy Music in the early days. "Roxy Music", particularly the album's LP incarnation, has been released in different packages over the years. The album's original cover, as issued in 1972 by Island Records, featured a gatefold sleeve picturing the band (including original bass guitarist Graham Simpson) in stage attire designed by Antony Price, and did not include the track "Virginia Plain". The album's original US release, in late 1972 on Warner Bros. Records' Reprise subsidiary, included "Virginia Plain", which | Roxy Music top-10 single "Street Life". The fourth album, "Country Life", was released in 1974, and was the first Roxy Music album to enter the US Top 40, albeit at No. 37. "Country Life" was met with widespread critical acclaim, with "Rolling Stone" referring to it "as if Ferry ran a cabaret for psychotics, featuring chanteurs in a state of shock". Their fifth album, "Siren", contained their only US hit, "Love Is the Drug". (Ferry said the song came to him while kicking the leaves during a walk through Hyde Park.) After the concert tours in support of "Siren" in 1976, Roxy |
Who appeared in the Spencer Davis Group, Blind Faith and Traffic | The Spencer Davis Group The Spencer Davis Group The Spencer Davis Group are a British rock band formed in Birmingham in 1963, by Spencer Davis with Steve Winwood and his brother, Muff Winwood. Their best known songs include the UK number ones "Somebody Help Me" and "Keep on Running" (both written by reggae musician Jackie Edwards), "I'm a Man" and "Gimme Some Lovin'", which reached #2 in the UK and #7 in the US. Steve Winwood left in 1967 to form Traffic before joining Blind Faith, then forging a career as a solo artist. After releasing a few more singles, the band ceased activity | Blind Sighted Faith Blind Sighted Faith Blind Sighted Faith is the debut album by English folk-rock band The Dunwells. The album was released on 14 February 2012 on Playing In Traffic Records. Playing In Traffic Records, in conjunction with Concord Music Group, plans to re-release the album on 28 August 2012 with the addition of the new single "So Beautiful." "Blind Sighted Faith" is an 11-track collection produced by nine-time Grammy winner John Porter (The Smiths, Elvis Costello, Ryan Adams). After signing with the Austin, Texas based label Playing In Traffic Records in May 2011, The Dunwells recorded "Blind Sighted Faith" during the |
Which actress enjoyed the Good Life then went Solo | Solo (TV series) Solo (TV series) Solo is a British sitcom that aired on BBC1 from 1981 to 1982. Starring Felicity Kendal, "Solo" was written by Carla Lane, a writer well known for having previously written the sitcom "Butterflies". Kendal plays Gemma Palmer, a woman who changes her life after discovering her live-in boyfriend has had an affair. Following the success of the BBC sitcom The Good Life, each of its four main stars were given their own programme with them as the lead, and "Solo" was Kendal's. Similar to Carla Lane's sitcom "Butterflies", "Solo" has serious themes and plots but still has | The Good Life (1975 TV series) as well as Belgium and the Netherlands. After the success of "The Good Life", the four cast members who were little known beforehand were given their own "vehicles" commissioned by the then Head of Comedy and producer of "The Good Life", John Howard Davies. Keith starred alongside Peter Bowles in "To the Manor Born", which broadcast a year after "The Good Life" ended. Eddington joined Nigel Hawthorne and Derek Fowlds in "Yes Minister" and its sequel "Yes Prime Minister". Kendal, who had become something of a sex symbol, went on to join Elspet Gray in "Solo", and Jane Asher in |
What was the first name of Terry Collier's often seen sister in The Likely Lads | The Likely Lads (film) The Likely Lads (film) The Likely Lads is a 1976 British comedy film directed by Michael Tuchner, starring James Bolam and Rodney Bewes. It is a spin-off from "Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?", although it shares its title with the earlier 1960s British television series "The Likely Lads", of which "Whatever" was the sequel. The screenplay is by the scriptwriters of the television show, Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais; and the principal roles of Bob and Terry, as well as those of Bob's wife Thelma and Terry's sister Audrey, are played by the original television cast. An opening | Bob Ferris (Likely Lads) Bob Ferris (Likely Lads) Robert Andrew Scarborough Ferris is a fictional character in British sitcoms "The Likely Lads", "Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?" and "The Likely Lads" film played by Bingley born actor Rodney Bewes. He is single in "The Likely Lads", marries Thelma Chambers in "Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?" and is still married to her in the film. He works as an electrician and later as a civil engineer. Bob is a long-term friend of Terry Collier. Bob was conceived in Scarborough (hence his middle name) by unmarried parents, the day before his father was posted |
In which British city is Waverley Railway Station | Edinburgh Waverley railway station from Haymarket, Waverley has been the principal railway station in Edinburgh. From 1870 to 1965 the city had a second major station, Princes Street, operated by the rival Caledonian Railway, but this was never as important as Waverley. As at other large railway stations of the Victorian and Edwardian eras, the railway company constructed a grand station hotel beside their station. The North British Hotel, adjacent to the station at the corner between Princes Street and North Bridge (on the site of the coachworks) opened in 1902. In 1983 British Rail sold it to the Forte hotel group. In 1988 | Waverley Road railway station new Glen Waverley line, and in 1948 the line terminating at Ashburton was extended a kilometre to the new Alamein station. Waverley Road railway station Waverley Road was a station on the Outer Circle railway line, located near the current East Malvern station in Malvern East, Victoria, Australia, in what is now the Malvern Urban Forest. The platform, the mound of which can still be seen, was located approximately 120 metres SSE of the line's Waverley Road crossing. Named after the nearby road that crossed the tracks, the station was originally named "Waverley" until it was changed on 23 June |
A pioneer of today's ingeniously fitted vehicles what was produced by Eccles Motor Transport in 1919 | Transport in Niger by rapids at many spots. Camel caravan transport was historically important in the Sahara desert and Sahel regions which cover most of the north. Transport, including motor vehicles, highways, airports, and port authorities, are overseen by the Nigerien Ministry of Transport's Directorate for Land Water and Air Transport (""Ministère des Transport et de l'aviation civile/Direction des Transports Terrestres, Maritimes et Fluviaux""). Border controls and import/export duties are overseen by an independent tax police, the ""Police du Douanes". Air traffic control is overseen and operated in conjunction with the pan-African ASECNA, which bases one of its five air traffic zones at | 1919 Motor Transport Corps convoy 1919 Motor Transport Corps convoy The 1919 Motor Transport Corps convoy was a long distance convoy (described as a Motor Truck Trip with a "Truck Train") carried out by the US Army Motor Transport Corps that drove over on the historic Lincoln Highway from Washington, D.C., to Oakland, California and then by ferry over to end in San Francisco. Lt Col Charles W. McClure and Capt Bernard H. McMahon were the respective expedition and train commanders and civilian Henry C. Ostermann of the Lincoln Highway Association was the pilot (guide). Official observers included those from the Air Service, A.S.A.P., Coast |
La Presse is a best selling daily newspaper in which country | La Presse (Canadian newspaper) La Presse (Canadian newspaper) La Presse, founded in 1884, is a French-language digital newspaper published daily in Montréal, Québec, Canada. It is owned by a social trust. "La Presse" was a broadsheet daily published seven days a week. Its Sunday edition was discontinued in 2009, and the weekday edition in 2016. The weekend Saturday printed edition was discontinued on 31 December 2017, turning "La Presse" into an entirely digital newspaper marketed as La Presse+ (pronounced La Presse Plus). La Presse is also available on the web: lapresse.ca as well as on mobile: La Presse Mobile. "La Presse" is a digital | La Presse (French newspaper) of the industrialized press era in France. La Presse (French newspaper) La Presse was the first penny press newspaper in France. "La Presse" was founded on 16 June 1836 by Émile de Girardin as a popular conservative enterprise. While contemporary newspapers depended heavily on subscription and tight party affiliation, "La Presse" was sold by street vendors. Girardin wanted the paper to support the government, without being so tied to specific cabinets that it would limit the newspaper's readership. The initial subscription to "La Presse" was only 40 francs a year while other newspapers charged around 80 francs. "La Presse" and |
What is New York's equivalent to the Financial Times | The New York Times controversies "New York Times" with his information, choosing to go to the "Guardian" and "Washington Post" instead. Much controversy was caused when, on June 23, 2006, The Times (along with the Wall Street Journal and the Los Angeles Times) revealed the existence of the Terrorist Finance Tracking Program, a CIA/Department of Treasury scheme to access transactional database of the Brussels-based Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication ("SWIFT"). In September 2006, the Belgian government declared that the SWIFT dealings with U.S. government authorities were, in fact, a breach of Belgian and European privacy laws. On December 22, 2006 at the request of | The New York Times as "Tammany Hall" (from its early 19th century meeting headquarters)—that led to the end of the Tweed Ring's domination of New York's City Hall. Tweed had offered "The New York Times" five million dollars (equivalent to more than 100 million dollars today) to not publish the story. In the 1880s, "The New York Times" gradually transitioned from supporting Republican Party candidates in its editorials to becoming more politically independent and analytical. In 1884, the paper supported Democrat Grover Cleveland (former Mayor of Buffalo and Governor of New York State) in his first presidential campaign. While this move cost "The New |
In which newspaper does the cartoon dog Fred Basset appear | Fred Basset Fred Basset Fred Basset is a comic strip about a male basset hound. The cartoon was created by Scottish cartoonist Alex Graham and published first in the "Daily Mail" on 8 July 1963. It has since been syndicated around the world. Fred's cartoon strips are renamed as "Wurzel" in Germany, "Lillo il Cane Saggio" (Lillo the wise dog) in Italy, "Lorang" in Norway, "Laban" in Sweden and "Retu", "Pitko" or "Koiraskoira" in Finland. "Fred Basset" has been published in the United Kingdom newspaper "Daily Mail", and latterly "The Mail On Sunday", from 1963 to the present. Alex Graham based Fred | Fred Basset of surrealism is evident, with one early strip having his owners mention they thought the "Fred Basset" strip in the day's newspaper was "quite amusing" (cartoon 553 in book number 4). Later strips mention both Fred, his owners and passers-by being surreally aware of the newspaper "Fred Basset" strip and commenting as such, unaware that their own Fred is the character mentioned. Fred has a certain amount of snobbishness and appreciates the finer qualities of life, as shown clearly in the Alex Graham era strips, with attitudes of the time. He is equally at home misbehaving, being selfish, chasing other |
In which Sunday newspaper do The Broons and Oor Wullie appear | Oor Wullie instance one entitled Oor Bowie, was inspired by David Bowie, while a spaceman-themed statue was inspired by Tim Peake. Oor Wullie Oor Wullie () is a Scottish comic strip published in the D.C. Thomson newspaper "The Sunday Post". It features a character called Wullie, the familiar Scots nickname for boys named William. His trademarks are spiky hair, dungarees and an upturned bucket, which he often uses as a seat - most strips since early 1937 begin and end with a single panel of Wullie sitting on his bucket. The earliest strips, with little dialogue, ended with Wullie complaining ("I nivver | Oor Wullie date inside them. Starting in 1940 the "Oor Wullie" strips also appeared in the form of a Christmas annual which alternated every second year with “The Broons”, another D. C. Thomson product. (No annuals were published between 1943 and 1946.) Pre-1966 annuals were undated. Starting in 2015, both titles are now published annually. A facsimile of the first "The Broons" annual was released on 25 November 2006 and of the first "Oor Wullie" annual the following year. Since 1996 - the 60th anniversary of the strip - D.C. Thomson has also published a series of compilation albums featuring "The Broons" |
Who took over as captain of England from Nasser Hussain for the one day series against Sri Lanka in 2001 | Nasser Hussain his education at Forest School, Walthamstow, E17. At the age of 14 Hussain was selected to play for England Schools where he first came into contact with his friend and future England colleague Mike Atherton. Born five days apart, Hussain and Atherton soon found their careers progressing in parallel as they captained, batted and bowled legspin for England age-group teams. As well as Atherton, who was considered the "Golden Boy" of the North at the time, Hussain played with and against others such as Mark Ramprakash, Graham Thorpe and Trevor Ward. At the age of 15, and captain of England | Nasser Hussain as England captain, with 17, his percentage of Tests won was higher than any of the previous five captains. Hussain became Test captain in July 1999, taking over from Alec Stewart for the series against New Zealand at home, after which he was booed by the England fans as he and his team stood on the pavilion balcony. In 2000 he led England to a 3–1 victory over the West Indies at home, and in that winter, the England team beat both Pakistan and Sri Lanka away. Under Hussain, England won four Test series in a row and rose to |
Who won the Canadian Grand Prix in 2001 | 2001 Canadian Grand Prix 15 December, the organiser of the Canadian Grand Prix Normand Legault was awarded the prize as "Best Promoter". 2001 Canadian Grand Prix The 2001 Canadian Grand Prix (formally the Grand Prix Air Canada 2001) was a Formula One motor race held on 10 June 2001 at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal, Quebec in front of a crowd of 111,000 people. It was the eighth round of the 2001 Formula One season and the 33rd Canadian Grand Prix as part of the Formula One World Championship. The 69-lap race was won by Williams driver Ralf Schumacher after starting from the | 2001 Australian Grand Prix 2001 Australian Grand Prix The 2001 Australian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on 4 March 2001 at the Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit. It was the 66th running of the Australian Grand Prix and the first race of the 2001 Formula One season. The race was won by German driver Michael Schumacher driving a Ferrari F2001, but the race was marred by the death of track marshal Graham Beveridge during the race. This was the last trackside death in Formula One until the 2013 Canadian Grand Prix. Heading into the new season, several teams opted to retain |
Who beat Chris Eubank in two World Title fights in 1995 | Chris Eubank Eubank signed an eight-fight £10-million deal with Sky Sports for contests in South Africa, Manchester, London and Millstreet. Eubank made five further successful defences, beating British world title contenders Henry Wharton and Sam Storey as well as unbeaten Dan Schommer and Mauricio Amaral Costa. In March 1995, however, Eubank lost his title to Irishman Steve Collins, by unanimous decision. Eubank won an eliminator for his old title against Jose Ignacio Barruetabena, as well as a win over Bruno Ruben Godoy. A rematch with Collins took place in Cork, Ireland, and Eubank lost again by a surprisingly narrow split decision. He | Nigel Benn vs. Chris Eubank shared in the first half of the 1990s", and goes on to label the fights between the pair as "titanic clashes". On the ITV documentary 'Best Ever Big Fight Live', former world champion Duke McKenzie said of the Benn–Eubank rivalry: "It may never be rivalled". Barry McGuigan agreed, saying; "There was real antipathy and ill-will there. But what fights, what fights." The legacy of the feud was summed up with the first fight being shown, and given the moniker; "A war to end all wars". Nigel Benn vs. Chris Eubank Nigel Benn vs. Chris Eubank was a series of two |
Who was the last team to win the FA Cup with 11 Englishmen | 1975 FA Cup Final capitalised after Mellor failed to hold on to Graham Paddon's shot. The 1975 West Ham team remains the last all-English team to win the FA Cup. It also remains the only occasion that Fulham have appeared in an FA Cup final, and it was their last major final for 35 years, until the 2010 UEFA Europa League Final. 1975 FA Cup Final The 1975 FA Cup Final was the 94th final of the FA Cup. It took place on 3 May 1975 at Wembley Stadium and was contested by London clubs West Ham United and Fulham. The Fulham team contained | History of the FA Cup were in the Conference at the time, whilst Coventry were in the First Division, and had won the cup 18 months earlier. This was the last occasion that a non-League club beat a top division club in the FA Cup until Luton Town defeated Norwich City in the 4th round in 2012–13 season. On 11 December 2007 Chasetown became the smallest team ever to reach the FA Cup third round. The Southern League Division One Midlands side stunned League One Port Vale as Danny Smith's last-minute goal sealed a 1–0 win after Port Vale missed two penalties. There was a |
Which member of the cuckoo family can run at 15 m.p.h. | Diederik cuckoo either "cuprea" (coppery) or "capensis" (of Cape of Good Hope). The English name is an onomatopoeic rendition of its call. Diederik cuckoo The Diederik cuckoo ("Chrysococcyx caprius"), formerly dideric cuckoo or didric cuckoo, and sometimes called Diederik's cuckoo, is a member of the cuckoo order of birds, the Cuculiformes, which also includes the roadrunners and the anis. The diederik cuckoo is a smallish cuckoo at 18 to 20 cm. Adult males are glossy green above with copper-sheened areas on the back and whitish underparts. They have a broken white eye-stripe and a short, green malar stripe. All remiges have three | P. M. H. Atwater P. M. H. Atwater P. M. H. Atwater (born Phyllis Marie DeKeyser, September 19, 1937) is a North American writer and researcher on subjects related to Idaho, life and death issues, and spirituality from a New Thought point of view. Atwater was born in Twin Falls, Idaho and was later adopted by Kenneth L. Johnston. She married John Bernard Huffman in 1956 (divorced in 1976) and had three children: Kelly, Natalie, and Pauline. She became a secretary, and a prize-winning cook at the Twin Falls County Fair. It was because of a hand-writing analysis in the mid-60s that Atwater ever |
What is the largest of Saturn's moons | Moons of Saturn Moons of Saturn The moons of Saturn are numerous and diverse, ranging from tiny moonlets less than 1 kilometer across to the enormous Titan, which is larger than the planet Mercury. Saturn has 62 moons with confirmed orbits, 53 of which have names and only 13 of which have diameters larger than 50 kilometers, as well as dense rings with complex orbital motions of their own. Seven Saturnian moons are large enough to be ellipsoidal in shape, yet only two of those, Titan and Rhea, are currently in hydrostatic equilibrium. Particularly notable among Saturn's moons are Titan, the second-largest moon | Moons of Saturn telescopes. A survey starting in late 2000 and conducted using three medium-size telescopes found thirteen new moons orbiting Saturn at a great distance, in eccentric orbits, which are highly inclined to both the equator of Saturn and the ecliptic. They are probably fragments of larger bodies captured by Saturn's gravitational pull. In 2005, astronomers using the Mauna Kea Observatory announced the discovery of twelve more small outer moons, in 2006, astronomers using the Subaru 8.2 m telescope reported the discovery of nine more irregular moons, in , Tarqeq (S/2007 S 1) was announced and in May of the same year |
Where were the Summer Olympics held in 1948 | 1948 Summer Olympics 1948 Summer Olympics The 1948 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XIV Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event which was held in London, United Kingdom from July 29 to August 14, 1948. After a twelve-year hiatus caused by the outbreak of World War II; these were the first Summer Olympics held since the 1936 Games in Berlin. The 1940 Olympic Games had been scheduled for Tokyo, and then for Helsinki; the 1944 Olympic Games had been provisionally planned for London. This was the second occasion that London had hosted the Olympic Games, having previously hosted them in | Basketball at the 1948 Summer Olympics Basketball at the 1948 Summer Olympics Basketball at the 1948 Summer Olympics was the second appearance of the sport as an official medal event. A total number of 23 nations entered the competition. Olympic basketball returned to indoor competition in Harringay Arena, after the disastrous weather conditions of the final game in the 1936 Summer Olympics. For the team rosters see: "Basketball at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Men's team squads". Each country was allowed to enter one team of 14 players and they all were eligible for participation. A total of 298"(*)" basketball players from 23 nations competed at |
Who did Nathunan Godse assassinate in 1948 | Gopal Godse Gopal Godse Gopal Vinayak Godse (; c. 12 June 1919 – 26 November 2005) was the younger brother of Nathuram Godse and one of the conspirators in the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi on 30 January 1948. He was the last among them to die and lived his last days in Pune. Gopal-rao Godse was born in Khed (now Rajgurunagar) in Pune district. He was the third among the four sons of Vinayak Godse and Lakshmi who survived infancy. Nathuram was his eldest living brother. His primary education began at Karjat in Raigad District, and continued at Ratnagiri. After his father | Mugdha Godse show. Mugdha Godse Mugdha Veira Godse is an Indian actress and model who appears in Bollywood films. A former model, Godse was a semi-finalist at the Femina Miss India 2004 competition. She made her acting debut in Madhur Bhandarkar's 2008 film, "Fashion". She was one of the judges in a Marathi reality show, "Marathi Paul Padte Pudhe". Mugdha completed her B.Com from Marathwada Mitra Mandal College of Commerce, Pune. Godse is a vegetarian. Mugdha was born in 1986 in a small middle-class family in Pune, She did her schooling from Marathi medium school named Nutan Marathi Vidyalaya, Sadashiv Peth, Maharashtra. |
Broderick Crawford won an Oscar as best actor for his part in which 1949 film | Broderick Crawford television at 6734 Hollywood Boulevard. Broderick Crawford William Broderick Crawford (December 9, 1911 – April 26, 1986) was an American stage, film, radio, and TV actor, often cast in tough-guy roles and best known for his portrayal of Willie Stark in "All the King's Men" and for his starring role as Dan Mathews in the television series "Highway Patrol" (1955–1959). Until filming "All the King's Men", Crawford's career had been largely limited to "B films" in supporting or character roles. He realized he did not fit the role of a handsome leading man, once describing himself as looking like a | Broderick Crawford series during his career and remained an especially durable presence in television. Crawford is mentioned in the 1977 film Smokey and the Bandit in the scene where a patrol officer angrily confronts Sheriff Buford T. Justice (Jackie Gleason) and his damaged vehicle. When Justice starts to introduce himself, the trooper interrupts him and barks, "I don't care if your name is Broderick Crawford!" His last role was as a film producer who is murdered in a 1982 episode of the "Simon and Simon" television series. The actor who played the part of the suspected murderer was Stuart Whitman, who had |
What make of car was Mike Hawthorn driving when he won the F1 World Drivers Championship in 1958 | 1958 Moroccan Grand Prix 1958 Moroccan Grand Prix The 1958 Moroccan Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Ain-Diab Circuit, Casablanca on 19 October 1958, after a six-week break following the Italian Grand Prix. It was race 11 of 11 in the 1958 World Championship of Drivers and race 10 of 10 in the 1958 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers. It is the only time Morocco has hosted a World Championship Grand Prix. Mike Hawthorn (Ferrari) started from pole position, but Stirling Moss won the race driving for Vanwall. Hawthorn finished second which secured him the World Drivers' Championship. Phil | 1958 Formula One season 1958 Formula One season The 1958 Formula One season was the 12th season of FIA Formula One motor racing. It featured the 1958 World Championship of Drivers which commenced on 19 January 1958, and ended on 19 October after eleven races. This was the first Formula One season in which a Manufacturers title was awarded, the International Cup for F1 Manufacturers being contested concurrently with the World Championship of Drivers with the exception of the Indianapolis 500 which did not count towards the Cup. Englishman Mike Hawthorn won the Drivers' title after a close battle with compatriot Stirling Moss and |
What did Sir Winston Churchill win in 1953 | Honours of Winston Churchill He was also appointed Grand Seigneur of the Hudson's Bay Company in December 1955. In 1945, he was mentioned by Halvdan Koht among seven candidates that were qualified for the Nobel Peace Prize. However, he did not explicitly nominate any of them. Actually he nominated Cordell Hull. Churchill held the office of Deputy Lieutenant (DL) of Kent in 1949. In 1953, he was awarded two major honours: he was invested as a Knight of the Garter (becoming Sir Winston Churchill, KG) and he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature ""for his mastery of historical and biographical description as well | Sir Winston Churchill (schooner) Sir Winston Churchill (schooner) Sir Winston Churchill was a sail training ship which was built in Hessle, Yorkshire by Richard Dunston Ltd. She was sold out of service in 2000 and currently serves as a private yacht. "Sir Winston Churchill" was designed by Camper & Nicholson and built in 1966 to compete in the Tall Ships Race. The patron of the project was Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. Public donations partly funded construction of the ship, and the Sail Training Association raised about half the needed money. The vessel was named after Winston Churchill, wartime leader and twice Prime Minister |
Who was assassinated in a Harlem ballroom in Feb. 1965 | History of Harlem operated in New York, many of them in Harlem. The most important of these was the Nation of Islam, whose Temple Number Seven was run by Malcolm X from 1952–1963. Malcolm X was assassinated in the Audubon Ballroom in Washington Heights in 1965. The neighborhood remains an important center for the Nation of Islam. In 1963, Inspector Lloyd Sealy became the first African-American officer of the NYPD to command a police station, the 28th precinct in Harlem. Community relations between Harlem residents and the NYPD were strained as civil rights activists requested that the NYPD hire more black police officers, | Savoy Ballroom Savoy Ballroom The Savoy Ballroom was a large ballroom for music and public dancing located at 596 Lenox Avenue, between 140th and 141st Streets in the Harlem neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City. Lenox Avenue was the main thoroughfare through upper Harlem. Poet Langston Hughes calls it the Heartbeat of Harlem in Juke Box Love Song, and he set his work "Lenox Avenue: Midnight" on the legendary street. The Savoy was one of many Harlem hot spots along Lenox, but it was the one to be called the "World's Finest Ballroom". It was in operation from March 12, 1926, to |
Who were Young Gifted and Black in the sixties | To Be Young, Gifted and Black the song were recorded by Donny Hathaway (on his 1970 album "Everything Is Everything"), Aretha Franklin (on her 1972 album "Young, Gifted and Black") and Bob and Marcia (whose 1970 recording reached number 5 in the UK Singles Chart and number 15 in Ireland). Jamaican rocksteady/reggae trio The Heptones recorded a version for Coxsone Dodd's Studio One label in 1970. American singer Meshell Ndegeocello included a version on her 2012 tribute album "". Elton John recorded a version of "To Be Young, Gifted and Black" prior to his solo success. Intended to be released as a low-budget sound-alike version of | To Be Young, Gifted and Black To Be Young, Gifted and Black "To Be Young, Gifted and Black" is a song by Nina Simone with lyrics by Weldon Irvine. It was written in memory of Simone's late friend Lorraine Hansberry, author of the play "A Raisin in the Sun", who had died in 1965 aged 34. The song was originally recorded and released by Simone in 1969, also featuring on her 1970 album "Black Gold", and was a Civil Rights Movement anthem. Released as a single, it peaked at number eight on the R&B chart and number 76 on the Hot 100. Notable cover versions of |
Which oil tanker ran aground on Seven Stones Reef in 1967 (Pollard Rock) | Seven Stones Reef Seven Stones Reef The Seven Stones reef is a rocky reef nearly west-northwest (WNW) of Land's End, Cornwall and east-northeast (ENE) of the Isles of Scilly. The reef consists of two groups of rocks and is nearly long and in breadth. They rise out of deep water and are a navigational hazard for shipping with 71 named wrecks and an estimated 200 shipwrecks overall. The most infamous is the "Torrey Canyon" in 1967, which was at that time the world's costliest shipping disaster, and to date, still the worst oil spill on the coast of the United Kingdom. The Sevenstones | RAF Chivenor 1970s. In March 1967 the oil tanker ran aground on Seven Stones Reef near Lands End, spilling oil. For three days, Hunters from Chivenor and other bases fired training rockets at the ship to hole it below the waterline, before bombing it with high explosive and napalm in an unsuccessful effort to burn off the oil. The final Hunter unit based at Chivenor was the Singapore Operational Training Flight. In 1974, 229 OCU was transferred to RAF Brawdy and the station was put into a rebuilding programme. It was in June 1957 that a new chapter in Chivenor's story started |
For which role did John Cleese win a BAFTA in 1979 | John Cleese school, and then Cambridge-educated Cleese and the working class, self-educated Mancunian Dawson) were marked, but both worked well together from series 8 onwards until the series ended in 1976. Cleese achieved greater prominence in the United Kingdom as the neurotic hotel manager Basil Fawlty in "Fawlty Towers", which he co-wrote with his wife Connie Booth. The series won three BAFTA awards when produced and in 2000, it topped the British Film Institute's list of the 100 Greatest British Television Programmes. The series also featured Prunella Scales as Basil's acerbic wife Sybil, Andrew Sachs as the much abused Spanish waiter Manuel | John Cleese when Cleese reprised his role in "Die Another Day", the character was promoted, making Cleese the new quartermaster (Q) of MI6. In 2004, Cleese was featured as Q in the video game "", featuring his likeness and voice. Cleese did not appear in the subsequent Bond films, "Casino Royale", "Quantum of Solace" and "Skyfall"; in the latter film, Ben Whishaw was cast in the role of Q. Cleese is Provost's Visiting Professor at Cornell University, after having been Andrew D. White Professor-at-Large from 1999 to 2006. He makes occasional well-received appearances on the Cornell campus. In 2001, Cleese was cast |
Who did Terry Griffiths beat to win the snooker World Championship in 1979 | 1979 World Snooker Championship for compiling a higher break than the championship record of 142. 1979 World Snooker Championship The 1979 World Snooker Championship (also known as the 1979 Embassy World Snooker Championship for sponsorship purposes) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 16 and 28 April 1979 at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England. Terry Griffiths won in the final 24–16 against Dennis Taylor. The tournament was sponsored by cigarette manufacturer Embassy. The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below: Numbers in (parentheses) indicate seedings. Sources: Source: There were 13 century breaks at the championship, the highest | Terry Griffiths Terry Griffiths Terrence "Terry" Griffiths, (born 16 October 1947) is a retired Welsh snooker player and current snooker coach and pundit. He won the World Championship in 1979 at the first attempt, and reached the 1988 final. He also won the Masters in 1980 and the UK Championship in 1982, making him one of ten players to have completed snooker's triple crown. He was known for his slow, cautious yet elegant style of play. Griffiths was born in Llanelli. A former postman, insurance salesman, miner and bus conductor, he had a long amateur career, winning the Welsh Amateur Championship in |
Who directed the 1976 film Taxi Driver | Taxi Driver Taxi Driver Taxi Driver is a 1976 American neo-noir psychological thriller film directed by Martin Scorsese, written by Paul Schrader, and starring Robert De Niro, Jodie Foster, Cybill Shepherd, Harvey Keitel, Peter Boyle, Albert Brooks and Leonard Harris. Set in a decaying New York City following the Vietnam War, the film tells the story of a lonely veteran (De Niro) working as a taxi driver, who descends into insanity as he plots to assassinate a presidential candidate (Harris) and then the pimp (Keitel) of an underage prostitute (Foster) whom he befriends. Critically acclaimed upon release and nominated for four Academy | Taxi Driver (1954 film) Taxi Driver (1954 film) Taxi Driver is a 1954 Hindi movie produced by Navketan Films. The film was directed by Chetan Anand and stars his brother Dev Anand, Dev's wife-to-be Kalpana Kartik and Johnny Walker. The film was written by Chetan himself, along with his wife Uma Anand and his other brother Vijay Anand. The film's music director was S. D. Burman and the lyrics were written by Sahir Ludhianvi. Mangal (Dev Anand) is a taxi driver who is called "Hero" by his friends because of his altruistic habits. He is a driver who drives a cab by day, then |
With which group did Stevie Nicks sing in the seventies | Stevie Nicks the single to fans who ordered the album via certain websites. Nicks originally wrote "Secret Love" in 1976 and recorded a demo of it for Fleetwood Mac's 1977 album, "Rumours". It did not make the final cut for the album. The demo version had been circulating among fans for many years prior to its inclusion on "In Your Dreams". Nicks promoted the song with a video directed by Dave Stewart. Nicks' goddaughter Kelly appears in the video wearing a vintage dress that Nicks wore on stage in 1976. According to Nicks, Kelly portrays the young Stevie Nicks blending with the | Stevie Nicks grandfather, Aaron Jess "A.J." Nicks, Sr. (May 18, 1892 – August 1, 1974), a struggling country music singer, taught Nicks to sing duets with him by the time she was four years old. Nicks's mother was so protective that she kept her at home "more than most people" and during that time fostered in her daughter a love of fairy tales. The infant Stephanie could pronounce her own name only as "tee-dee", which led to her nickname of "Stevie". Her father's frequent relocation as a food business executive had the family living in Phoenix, Albuquerque, El Paso, Salt Lake City, |
What were the revolutionary changes in the stockmarket that took place in 1986 called | Building Societies Act 1986 to de-mutualise and become public limited companies subject to the agreement of their depositors. This Act and the Big Bang stockmarket reform, also in the UK, also in 1986, were the two central planks of the move to financial deregulation in the United Kingdom in the 1980s. The Financial Services Act 1986 was also part of that movement. Building Societies Act 1986 The Building Societies Act 1986 is an Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom governing building societies (mutually-owned mortgage-lending institutions). It removed certain restrictions on the range of services they could offer, so that they could compete with | Revolutionary government in the Philippines his citing of Aquino's People Power Revolution as the 1986 revolution was initiated by the people of the Philippines, and not by an incumbent president. The opposition criticized Duterte's statements, stating that his revolutionary government will be another martial law age in the Philippines. He has threatened communist rebels of arrest and a full-scale war against the CPP–NPA–NDF once a revolutionary government that would last until the end of his term was declared. Though by November 2017, Duterte has dropped the idea saying that he doesn't need to declare a revolutionary government in order to arrest communist rebels. Revolutionary government |
Which London embassy was stormed by S.A.S. troops in 1980 | Embassy of Iran, London Embassy of Iran, London The Embassy of Iran in London is the diplomatic mission of Iran in the United Kingdom. It is located in a terrace overlooking Hyde Park in South Kensington, Westminster, London, next to the embassy of Ethiopia. Iran also maintains a Consular Section at 50 Kensington Court, South Kensington. The embassy building, along with the Ethiopian Embassy and the Polish Institute and Sikorski Museum, is one of a group of Grade II listed stucco buildings. The embassy was the location of the 1980 Iranian Embassy siege in which members of the Iranian-Arab nationalist group the Democratic Revolutionary | 1980 Dominican Republic Embassy siege in Bogotá 1980 Dominican Republic Embassy siege in Bogotá The Dominican Republic Embassy siege was the 1980 siege of the embassy of the Dominican Republic by M-19 guerrillas in Bogotá, Colombia. The guerrillas held nearly 60 people, including 14 ambassadors, hostage for 61 days. The siege began on the mid-day of February 27, 1980, when seventeen guerrillas dressed in the warm-up clothes of joggers stormed the embassy compound, located in a suburb of Bogotá. Many diplomats were attending a diplomatic reception celebrating the Dominican Independence Day and consequently were taken hostage. The guerrillas, wielding grenades, AK-47's, and Rosemberg Pabón held a Browning |
For which cosmetic company did Liz Hurley become the model face in 1995 | Elizabeth Hurley Elizabeth Hurley Elizabeth Jane Hurley (born 10 June 1965), more generally known as Liz Hurley, is an English actress and model. She has been associated with the cosmetics company Estée Lauder since the company gave Hurley her first modelling job at the age of 29. They have featured her as a representative and model for their products, especially perfumes such as Sensuous, Intuition, and Pleasures, since 1995. Hurley owns an eponymous beachwear line. As an actress, her best-known film roles to date have been as Vanessa Kensington in Mike Myers' hit spy comedy, "" (1997) and as the Devil in | Elizabeth Hurley been her first TV role. In the late 1980s, Hurley portrayed the title character in a five-part television drama, "Christabel". After appearing in John Cleese's "The Human Face" (2001), she hosted the inaugural series of the British reality show "Project Catwalk" on Sky 1 in 2006. The show drew tepid ratings with only 1% of its target audience tuning into the first few episodes. Hurley was criticised as a presenter by Marcelle D'Argy Smith, a former editor of "Cosmopolitan" magazine, who described her as "witheringly boring" and added: "Liz Hurley has no fashion experience whatsoever. She wore a dress and |
Why was Ronnie O'Sullivan disqualified from the 1998 Irish Masters snooker championship | 1998 Irish Masters 1998 Irish Masters The 1998 Irish Masters was the twenty-fourth edition of the professional invitational snooker tournament, which took place from 24 to 29 March 1998. The tournament was played at Goffs in Kildare, and featured twelve professional players. Ronnie O'Sullivan won the final 9–3 against Ken Doherty, however O'Sullivan failed a post-final drugs test and tested positive for cannabis. He was stripped of the title and disqualified from the tournament with the victory awarded to Doherty. <nowiki>*</nowiki> Ronnie O'Sullivan was stripped of the title and disqualified from the tournament after winning 9–3. O'Sullivan failed a drugs test after testing | 1998 Irish Masters positive for Cannabis. Ken Doherty was awarded the title. 1998 Irish Masters The 1998 Irish Masters was the twenty-fourth edition of the professional invitational snooker tournament, which took place from 24 to 29 March 1998. The tournament was played at Goffs in Kildare, and featured twelve professional players. Ronnie O'Sullivan won the final 9–3 against Ken Doherty, however O'Sullivan failed a post-final drugs test and tested positive for cannabis. He was stripped of the title and disqualified from the tournament with the victory awarded to Doherty. <nowiki>*</nowiki> Ronnie O'Sullivan was stripped of the title and disqualified from the tournament after |
What was the name of the restaurant opened in London in 1993 by Bruce Willis Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger | Bruce Willis track "Free Willis (Ruminations from Behind Uncle Bob's Machine Shop)". In early 2009, he appeared in an advertising campaign to publicize the insurance company Norwich Union's change of name to Aviva. Willis starred with Tracy Morgan in the comedy "Cop Out", directed by Kevin Smith and about two police detectives investigating the theft of a baseball card. The film was released in February 2010. Willis appeared in the music video for the song "Stylo" by Gorillaz. Also in 2010, he appeared in a cameo with former Planet Hollywood co-owners and '80s action stars Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger in the | The Expendables 2 The Expendables 2 The Expendables 2 is a 2012 American action film directed by Simon West, written by Richard Wenk and Sylvester Stallone and based on a story by Ken Kaufman, David Agosto and Wenk. Brian Tyler returned to score the film. It is the sequel to the 2010 action film "The Expendables", and stars Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Jet Li, Dolph Lundgren, Chuck Norris, Terry Crews, Randy Couture, Liam Hemsworth, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Bruce Willis, and Arnold Schwarzenegger. The story follows the mercenary group known as "the Expendables" as they undertake a seemingly simple mission which evolves into a |
What was the name of the craft that made a man powered flight over the Channel in 1979 | Human-powered transport to the takeoff method. The first officially authenticated regularly feasible take-off and landing of a human-powered aircraft (one capable of powered takeoffs, unlike a glider) was made on 9 November 1961 by Derek Piggott in Southampton University's Man Powered Aircraft (SUMPAC). Perhaps the best-known human-powered plane is the Gossamer Albatross, which flew across the English Channel in 1979. The current distance and duration record recognised by the FAI, a straight distance of in 3 hours and 54 minutes, was achieved on 23 April 1988 from Heraklion on Crete to Santorini in a MIT Daedalus 88 piloted by Kanellos Kanellopoulos. The | Claims to the first powered flight a steam-powered aeroplane which took off from a ramp with a sailor on board and remained airborne for a short distance. This has sometimes been claimed as the first powered flight in history but the claim is generally rejected because takeoff was gravity-assisted and flight was not sustained. It is however credited as the first powered take-off in history. Ten years later in 1884 the Russian Alexander Mozhaysky achieved similar success, launching his craft from a ramp and remaining airborne for 30 m (98 ft). The claim that this was a sustained flight has not been taken seriously outside Russia. |
In which TV quiz show does a computer called Mr Babbage feature | Family Fortunes Christmas specials of "All Star Family Fortunes" have aired as well. The most iconic aspects of the show are the large computer screen, named "Mr Babbage" by original host Bob Monkhouse and the famous computerised "Eh-uhh" sound used when wrong answers are given. Both were originally designed to appear high-tech but have since become fondly regarded for being quite the opposite (as compared to the original US "Feud", which has used a video board since its 1999 revival). The computer screen name "Mr Babbage" was in recognition to the English mathematician, philosopher, inventor, and mechanical engineer who originated the concept | Buzz!: Quiz TV Buzz!: Quiz TV Buzz!: Quiz TV (developed under the working title Buzz! PS3), developed by Relentless Software and Sleepydog, is the seventh game in the "Buzz!" series of quiz games and the first to appear on the PlayStation 3 console. It debuts new wireless Buzz! controllers, as well as new game rounds. It is the first "Buzz!" game to feature user created content and online play. "Buzz! Quiz TV" was one of the first games to support the PlayStation 3 trophy system, and the first online game to support the feature. The game is available in a game only (Solus) |
Which car manufacturer make the Megane | Jaap van Lagen guest driver, therefore he was ineligible for points. Jaap van Lagen Jaap van Lagen (born 22 December 1976 in Ede) is a Dutch racing driver, who is a former competitor in the Formula Renault 3.5 Series and a former Eurocup Megane Trophy champion. He has also raced in the World Touring Car Championship. In 2008 he raced in the World Touring Car Championship for Russian Bears Motorsport in a Lada 110. For the 2009 WTCC season he returned with full manufacturer backing from Lada. He never scored a single point. After his return to the class and Lada in 2015, | Megane Bridge Megane Bridge On July 23, 1982, a disastrous deluge washed away six of the ten stone bridges over the Nakashima River. Meganebashi was badly damaged but almost all the original stones were retrieved and the bridge was restored to its original appearance. As well as being damaged in a flood in 1982 another flood in 1647 destroyed Megane Bridge but was rebuilt the following year in 1648 by Koumu Hirado. There is a similar but larger "Spectacles Bridge" in Isahaya Park. Near Megane Bridge are 20 heart shaped stone within the bridge's embankment from which you can make a wish |
In which English city did trams return to the U.K. In 1992 after an absence of 40 years | 1992–93 in English football Nottingham Forest player Martin O'Neill. Leading goalscorers: Darren Foreman (Scarborough), and Carl Griffiths (Shrewsbury Town) – 27 For subsequent transfer deals see 1993–94 in English football. 3 July 1992 – Ron Atkinson appoints Dave Sexton, whom he succeeded as Manchester United manager eleven years ago, to his coaching staff at Aston Villa. 6 July 1992 – Liverpool sign 21-year-old goalkeeper David James from Watford for £1 million. 8 July 1992 – Blackburn Rovers sign Middlesbrough winger Stuart Ripley for £1.3 million. 10 July 1992 – Oldham Athletic pay a club record £600,000 for Manchester City defender Neil Pointon. 11 July | Trams in Copenhagen building a Copenhagen metro (opened 30 years after closure of tram system) and expanding the bus network. After a 40-year absence, plans are now underway to build a new light rail line in Copenhagen between Lundtofte and Ishøj, scheduled for completion by 2020. Trams in Copenhagen The Copenhagen tram system was a tramway network in service from 22 October 1863 - 22 April 1972 in and around Copenhagen, Denmark. The first lines were horse-drawn trams which were replaced in the 1880s by steam-powered tramways. In the 1890s electrical trams were introduced. The trams were operated by a number of private |
On what day of the week is the Jewish Sabbath | Names of the days of the week which is mainly based on a medieval version of Spanish, the five days of Monday–Friday closely follow the Spanish names. Sunday uses the Arabic name, which is based on numbering, because a Jewish language was not likely to adapt a name based on "Lord's Day" for Sunday. As in Spanish, the Ladino name for Saturday is based on "Sabbath". However, as a Jewish language—and with Saturday being the actual day of rest in the Jewish community—Ladino directly adapted the Hebrew name, "Shabbat". From Latin "Dominicus (Dominica)" or Greek Κυριακή (Christian Sabbath) After No Work. In Russian also "Day After Week(end)" | Sabbath in seventh-day churches longer binding for Christians. On the other hand, Congregationalists, Presbyterians, Methodists, and Baptists, as well as many Episcopalians, have historically espoused the view of first-day Sabbatarianism, describing the Sabbath as being transferred to the Lord's Day (Sunday), the first day of the week, merged with the day of Christ's resurrection, forming the Christian Sabbath. "Seventh-day Sabbatarians" are Christians who seek to reestablish the practice of some early Christians who kept the Sabbath according to normal Jewish practice. They usually believe that all humanity is obliged to keep the Ten Commandments, including the Sabbath, and that keeping all the commandments is |
Which Hebrew prophet ascended to heaven in a fiery chariot | Heaven what heaven is like. There is almost no mention in the Hebrew Bible of heaven as a possible afterlife destination for human beings, who are instead described as "resting" in Sheol (, , ). The only two possible exceptions to this are Enoch, who is described in as having been "taken" by God, and the prophet Elijah, who is described in as having ascended to heaven in a chariot of fire. According to Michael B. Hundley, the text in both of these instances is ambiguous regarding the significance of the actions being described and in neither of these cases does | Riders in the Chariot a lack of care. The climax is a mock crucifixion of an old Jewish refugee (one of the four main characters) in the courtyard of the factory where he works. The owner of the factory fears to interfere, and a young aborigine says three times, that he does not know the victim. The main four characters are outsiders with deeply different lives made more difficult because they are religious visionaries. Each experience the same vision of four horses drawing a chariot into a shining future: the fiery chariot from the Book of Ezekiel in the Hebrew bible; visions that make |
What was the water that Jesus walked on | Jesus walking on water Sea of Galilee, without Jesus who went up the mountain to pray alone. John alone specifies they were headed "toward Capernaum". During the journey on the sea, the disciples were distressed by wind and waves, but saw Jesus walking towards them on the sea. John's Gospel specifies that they were five or six kilometers away from their departure point. The disciples were startled to see Jesus, but he told them not to be afraid. Matthew's account adds that Peter asked Jesus, "if it is you", to tell him, or command him, to come to Jesus on the water (waters). According | Jesus walking on water against the wind for most of the night, the disciples saw Jesus walking on the sea. They were frightened, thinking they were seeing a spirit, but when Jesus told them not to be afraid, they were reassured. After Jesus entered the ship, the wind ceased, and they arrived at land. According to the version in the Gospel of Matthew, Peter walked on the water towards Jesus, but he became afraid and began to sink, so Jesus rescued him. The story of Jesus walking on water appears in the gospels of Matthew, Mark, and John, but is not included in the |
Ex baseball player Randy Moffit has a famous sister, name her | Billie Jean King USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center. In 2018, she won the BBC Sports Personality of the Year Lifetime Achievement Award. Billie Jean Moffit was born in Long Beach, California, into a conservative Methodist family, the daughter of Betty (née Jerman), a housewife, and Bill Moffitt, a firefighter. Her family was athletic; her mother excelled at swimming, her father played basketball, baseball and ran track. Her younger brother, Randy Moffitt, became a Major League Baseball pitcher, pitching for 12 years in the major leagues for the San Francisco Giants, Houston Astros, and Toronto Blue Jays. She also excelled at baseball | Bill Moffit marching band shows and competitions from the late 1960s to the early 1990s, when drum corps began to become popular. A prolific arranger, Moffit arranged more than 450 popular songs for marching bands as part of his famous Soundpower Series published by Hal Leonard, a staple of collegiate and pep bands for decades and still in widespread use today. Moffit was known to hear a new song on radio and have it arranged for his band the following week – sometimes so fast that proper copyright clearances could not be obtained. Bill Moffit William C. "Bill" Moffit (born May 12, |
What sport is played by Portland Trailblazers | Salem Trailblazers Salem Trailblazers The Salem Trailblazers were an American professional basketball team located in Salem, Oregon who played in the Pacific Coast Professional Basketball League (PCPBL) during the 1946–47 season. The Trailblazers used the Salem Armory as their home court. In February, 1947 the Trailblazers left Salem and became a traveling team because of low attendance. Len Yandle was the head coach of the team until he was replaced by Frank Shone, who eventually resigned the position. The team finished their home games in Mt. Angel, Oregon at the Mount Angel Abbey. The Trailblazers were owned by Dan Hay who struggled | North Carolina Trailblazers North Carolina Trailblazers The North Carolina Trailblazers is a women's recreational ice hockey association founded in April 1995 in Raleigh, North Carolina. It is one of the oldest existing women's hockey programs in the Southeastern United States. The Trailblazers were founded by Lise Barley-Maloney and a group of women and girls who held their first practices in Dorton Arena on the N.C. State Fairgrounds. By the 2000-01 season, the organization had expanded to the point of fielding two full teams. Since then, it has fielded at least two and sometimes three teams each season ranging in skill level from B |
What nationality was F1 Grand Prix driver Ronnie Peterson | Ronnie Peterson Ronnie Peterson Bengt Ronnie Peterson (; 14 February 1944 – 11 September 1978) was a Swedish racing driver. Known by the nickname 'SuperSwede', he was a two-time runner-up in the FIA Formula One World Drivers' Championship. Peterson began his motor racing career in kart racing, traditionally the discipline where the majority of race drivers begin their careers in open-wheel racing. After winning a number of karting titles, including two Swedish titles in 1963 and 1964, he moved on to Formula Three, where he won the Monaco Grand Prix Formula Three support race for the 1969 Grand Prix. Later that year | 1978 Argentine Grand Prix 1978 Argentine Grand Prix The 1978 Argentine Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on 15 January 1978 at Buenos Aires. It was the first race of the 1978 World Championship of F1 Drivers and the 1978 International Cup for F1 Constructors. The 52-lap race was won from pole position by American driver Mario Andretti, driving a Lotus-Ford, with Austrian Niki Lauda second in a Brabham-Alfa Romeo and Frenchman Patrick Depailler third in a Tyrrell-Ford. Mario Andretti took pole in his Lotus, with Carlos Reutemann's Ferrari joining him on the front row and Ronnie Peterson in the other |
What cars were used in the film the Italian Job | The Italian Job (charity event) part in 1992. The Italian Job (charity event) The Italian Job is an annual fundraising event, inspired by the original 1969 film The Italian Job, starring Michael Caine and Noël Coward. The run takes place during late October and early November, and involves Minis and other cars driving from the UK to northern Italy and back. A wide variety of Minis have participated in this modern-day self-preservation society, ranging from models built as early as 1959, the first year of production of the Mini, to brand new BMW MINIs, via derivatives such as the Innocenti, Mini Moke, Mini Marcos, Domino | The Italian Job (2003 film) I wrote it years ago, and they just keep rolling it over on IMDb. Paramount—what can I say?" When asked about the sequel that June, Green said ""The Brazilian Job" doesn't exist actually" and called it a "wonderful myth of IMDb." However, the next month, Mark Wahlberg said that sequel production was "active" again. The Italian Job (2003 film) The Italian Job is a 2003 American heist film directed by F. Gary Gray, written by Wayne and Donna Powers and produced by Donald DeLine. The film stars Mark Wahlberg, Charlize Theron, Edward Norton, Jason Statham, Seth Green, Mos Def and |
Who was the host of the radio quiz show, Have a Go | Have A Go the money, Mabel". The programme's popularity was such that at one time it was attracting an estimated 20 million listeners weekly. Have A Go Have A Go was a BBC Radio show that ran from 1946 to 1967. Hosted by Wilfred Pickles and co-presented with his wife Mabel (nee Myerscough), it involved the couple travelling to venues around the UK and speaking to members of the public, who were then invited to answer quiz questions in the hope of winning a small amount of money. It was the first quiz show in Britain to offer such a prize. Pickles' presentation | That! Medical Quiz Show That! Medical Quiz Show That! Medical Quiz Show is a half-hour radio quiz show hosted by Dr. T. Glenn Pait and co-hosted by Lisa Cornwell that quizzes contestants on medically related issues and topics. It is produced in the US and broadcasts online and on various NPR affiliate stations. "That! Medical Quiz Show" is a studio produced radio show, featuring three contestants per show who are quizzed by host Dr. T. Glenn Pait and co-host Lisa Cornwell. Contestants are usually not experienced in the medical field. After introductions, the first featured round begins, which differs every broadcast. There are a |
What were the names given to the two sides in the American Civil War | Hispanics in the American Civil War Hispanics in the American Civil War Hispanics in the American Civil War fought on both the Union and Confederate sides of the conflict. Not all the Hispanics who fought in the American Civil War were "Hispanic-Americans", in other words citizens of the United States. Many of them were Spanish subjects or nationals from countries in the Caribbean, Central and South America. Some were born in a US Territory and therefore did not have the right to US Citizenship. It is estimated that approximately 3,500 Hispanics, mostly Mexican-Americans, Puerto Ricans and Cubans (Puerto Rico and Cuba were Spanish colonies) living in | Names of the American Civil War was commanded by Isaac Avery and Nicholl's Brigade by Jesse Williams. Nicknames were common in both armies, such as the Iron Brigade and the Stonewall Brigade. Union artillery batteries were generally named numerically and Confederate batteries by the name of the town or county in which they were recruited (e.g. Fluvanna Artillery). Again, they were often simply referred to by their commander's name (e.g. Moody's Battery, Parker's Battery). Names of the American Civil War The American Civil War has been known by a number of names since it began in 1861. These names reflect the historical, political, and cultural sensitivities |
The tiger snake is one of the deadliest, in which country is it found in it's natural habitat | Tiger snake caused by snakebite in Australia, those from tiger snakes are exceeded only by the brown snake. In most Australian states, they are protected species, and to kill or injure one incurs a fine up to $7,500, as well as a jail sentence of 18 months in some states. It is also illegal to export a native Australian snake. Tiger snake Tiger snakes are a highly venomous snake species found in the southern regions of Australia, including its coastal islands, such as Tasmania. These snakes are highly variable in their colour, often banded like those on a tiger, and forms in | The World Is What It Is in 1996. The biography has been extensively reviewed: the reviewers include Paul Theroux, who wrote an earlier book about Naipaul. The biography was selected by the editors of the "New York Times Book Review" as one of the "Times"' "10 Best Books of 2008". It won the 2008 National Book Critics Circle Award in Biography, and the British literary award the Hawthornden Prize. The World Is What It Is The World Is What It Is: The Authorized Biography of V. S. Naipaul is a biography of the Nobel Prize-winning author V. S. Naipaul by Patrick French. It was published in |
Who ruled England until Richard 11 came of age | Richard II of England the right to govern in his own name. Furthermore, John of Gaunt returned to England in 1389 and settled his differences with the king, after which the old statesman acted as a moderating influence on English politics. Richard assumed full control of the government on 3 May 1389, claiming that the difficulties of the past years had been due solely to bad councillors. He outlined a foreign policy that reversed the actions of the appellants by seeking peace and reconciliation with France, and promised to lessen the burden of taxation on the people significantly. Richard ruled peacefully for the next | Richard I of England Richard I of England Richard I (8 September 1157 – 6 April 1199) was King of England from 1189 until his death. He also ruled as Duke of Normandy, Aquitaine and Gascony, Lord of Cyprus, Count of Poitiers, Anjou, Maine, and Nantes, and was overlord of Brittany at various times during the same period. He was the third of five sons of King Henry II of England and Duchess Eleanor of Aquitaine. He was known as ' or Richard the Lionheart because of his reputation as a great military leader and warrior. He was also known in Occitan as ' |
Members of which profession are most likely to understand the metonic cycle | Metonic cycle Metonic cycle For astronomy and calendar studies, the Metonic cycle or Enneadecaeteris (from , "nineteen years") is a period of very close to 19 years that is nearly a common multiple of the solar year and the synodic (lunar) month. The Greek astronomer Meton of Athens (fifth century BC) observed that a period of 19 years is almost exactly equal to 235 synodic months and, rounded to full days, counts 6,940 days. The difference between the two periods (of 19 years and 235 synodic months) is only a few hours, depending on the definition of the year. Considering a year | Metonic cycle Babylonian calendar, ancient Chinese calendar systems (the 'Rule Cycle' 章) and the medieval computus ("i.e.", the calculation of the date of Easter). It regulates the 19-year cycle of intercalary months of the modern Hebrew calendar. The start of the Metonic cycle depends on which of these systems is being used; for Easter, the first year of the current Metonic cycle is 2014. At the time of Meton, axial precession had not yet been discovered, and he could not distinguish between sidereal years (currently: 365.256363 days) and tropical years (currently: 365.242190 days). Most calendars, like the commonly used Gregorian calendar, are |
Which country does tennis star Marcelo Rios represent | Marcelo Ríos Masters Cup), Ríos withdrew at round robin stage after playing the first match. He was replaced by then world No. 11 Greg Rusedski." "At the 1998 Eurocard Open (Stuttgart Masters), Ríos withdrew prior to quarterfinals." "At the 2001 Monte Carlo Masters, Ríos withdrew prior to second round." Marcelo Ríos Marcelo Andrés Ríos Mayorga (; born 26 December 1975) is a former world No. 1 tennis player from Chile. Nicknamed "El Chino" ("The Chinese") and "El zurdo de Vitacura" ("The Lefty from Vitacura"), he became the first Latin American player to reach the top position on the Association of Tennis Professionals | Luke Smith (tennis) of a Grand Slam tournament, to Marcelo Rios at the 1997 US Open and Andrei Medvedev at the 1998 Australian Open. He twice reached the third round of the Australian Open men's doubles, with Lleyton Hewitt at the 1998 Australian Open and Paul Baccanello at the 2001 Australian Open. Luke Smith (tennis) Luke Smith (born 25 October 1976) is a former professional tennis player from Australia. Smith played collegiate tennis with the UNLV Rebels and won both the NCAA Division I singles and doubles titles in 1997. He defeated Southern California's George Bastl in the singles final. In the doubles |
Who lit the Olympic flame at the Sydney Olympics | 2000 Summer Olympics torch relay students. 2000 Summer Olympics torch relay The 2000 Summer Olympics torch relay was the transferral of the Olympic Flame to Sydney, Australia that built up to the 2000 Summer Olympics. The torch travelled to various island nations as part of a tour of Oceania before beginning an extensive journey around Australia. For the first time the Flame was taken underwater, with a special flare-like torch taken on a dive down to the Great Barrier Reef. At the opening ceremony the cauldron was lit by Aboriginal athlete Cathy Freeman. A History of the Olympic Torch Relay has been written by Janet | Olympic flame ignited at the site where the temple of Hera used to stand. When the tradition of an Olympic fire was reintroduced during the 1928 Summer Olympics, an employee of the Electric Utility of Amsterdam lit the first modern Olympic flame in the Marathon Tower of the Olympic Stadium in Amsterdam. The Olympic flame has been part of the Summer Olympics ever since. The Olympic flame was first introduced to the Winter Olympics at the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen. By contrast to the Olympic flame proper, the Olympic torch relay, which transports the flame from Olympia, Greece to the various |
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