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In which European country did the last legal execution of a witch take place | The Execution of Justice The Execution of Justice The Execution of Justice () is a 1985 novel by the Swiss writer Friedrich Dürrenmatt. It tells the story of an attorney who is tasked to reinvestigate a man sentenced for murder. The book criticises elements of the legal system and ponders on the nature of justice. It was adapted into the 1993 film "Justice", directed by Hans W. Geißendörfer. Ursula Hegi reviewed the book in the "Los Angeles Times": "Durrenmatt focuses more on politics than on the characters who play bizarre roles in the machinery of Swiss justice. He is highly critical of his country | Which Witch of 142 times in concert version in the following countries: Norway, Canada, USA, the Netherlands, England, Spain, Finland, Sweden and Denmark. The total attendance figure is approx. 276,000. Total record sales are in excess of 110,000 units. Licensed productions have been staged in several European countries. Which Witch Which Witch is a musical written by Norwegian singers/composers Benedicte Adrian and Ingrid Bjørnov. The storyline for "Which Witch" was derived from the witch finder's manual "Malleus Maleficarum", and the original script was written by Adrian and Bjørnov's manager Ole A. Sørli. The lyrics of the early concert versions were written by |
What is or was the name of Cliff Richard's backing group | Cliff Richard Cliff Richard Sir Cliff Richard, (born Harry Rodger Webb, 14 October 1940) is a British pop singer, musician, performer, actor and philanthropist. Richard has sold more than 250 million records worldwide. He has total sales of over 21 million singles in the United Kingdom and is the third-top-selling artist in UK Singles Chart history, behind the Beatles and Elvis Presley. Richard was originally marketed as a rebellious rock and roll singer in the style of Elvis and Little Richard. With his backing group, the Shadows, Richard dominated the British popular music scene in the pre-Beatles period of the late 1950s | Green Light (Cliff Richard song) sleeve of the album "A lot of you asked for a re-release of "Miss You Nights" so just for you it's included as a bonus and just for me, so is "Green Light"! Music critic Bruce Eder, highlighted a rendition Richard recorded with the backing of the London Philharmonic Orchestra and released in 1983 on the live album "Dressed for the Occasion". In reviewing what he described as Richard's "most impressive concert album", he said: Green Light (Cliff Richard song) "Green light" is a song recorded by Cliff Richard and released as a single in February 1979. It was the |
Liz McLarnon, Natasha Hamilton and Jenny Frost are all members of which pop group | Cradle (Atomic Kitten song) UK Singles Chart and number 46 in Ireland. The video is a montage of the Atomic Kitten's career and includes footage of Jenny Frost and Liz McClarnon visiting Africa for the charity fundraiser. Natasha Hamilton was unable to visit due to being heavily pregnant with her second child. The 2005 version also shows clips of the US version of the "Whole Again" video. The 2000 version features Natasha Hamilton, Liz McClarnon and Kerry Katona behind a plain white and black background. Cradle (Atomic Kitten song) "Cradle 2005" is a song recorded by English girl group Atomic Kitten. It was released | Natasha Hamilton Gavin Hatcher. In July 2005, Hamilton and Hatcher split up and she briefly returned to live with Cosgrave with Hatcher returning to Ipswich to work in the insurance industry. By February 2006, Hamilton and Cosgrave had split for a second time. On 27 September 2006, Hamilton announced her engagement to Riad Erraji. The couple married on 23 November 2007 at Crewe Hall Hotel with both Jenny Frost and Liz McClarnon present. Hamilton has since said that Kerry Katona was not invited to the wedding as the two of them have drifted too far apart. In January 2008, Hamilton found out |
Who is the only man to have won the World Driver's championship driving his own car | Motorsport in Australia won at Calder in 1980 driving his Williams FW07B-Ford, and no Australian has finished on the podium since John Smith finished second in 1983. Since becoming a round of the World Championship in 1985 only 4 Australian drivers have actually raced in the Australian Grand Prix. They are Alan Jones (1985–1986), David Brabham (1990, 1994), Mark Webber (2002–2013) and Daniel Ricciardo (2012–). Two Australians have won the World Driver's Championship: Jack Brabham, who won the title on three occasions, including becoming the first (and so far only) driver to win the World Championship in a car of his own design, | 1984 Australian Sports Car Championship table below. For Round 1 only, points were awarded for each race with the aggregate achieved by each driver divided by two. The result was the driver's championship points allocation for that round. 1984 Australian Sports Car Championship The 1984 Australian Sports Car Championship was an Australian motor racing title open to Sports Cars complying with CAMS Group A regulations. It was the 16th Australian Sports Car Championship. Queensland based owner/driver Bap Romano won the championship driving his Romano WE84 Cosworth. 1982 champion Chris Clearihan, (driving the Kaditcha-Chevrolet that Peter Hopwood used to win the 1983 Championship), placed second and |
What is the home ground of Chelsea FC | History of Chelsea F.C. Football Club were founded on 10 March 1905 at The Rising Sun pub, (now The Butcher's Hook) opposite today's main entrance to the ground on the Fulham Road. Since there was already a team named Fulham in the borough, the name of the adjacent borough, the Metropolitan Borough of Chelsea, was settled on after "London FC", "Kensington FC" and "Stamford Bridge FC" had been rejected. Blue shirts were adopted by Mears, after the racing colors of Lord Chelsea, along with white shorts and dark blue socks. Chelsea initially considering joining the Southern League, but were rejected following objections from Fulham | Chelsea F.C. Whitecaps (as "White is the Colour") and the Saskatchewan Roughriders (as "Green is the Colour"). In the build-up to the 1997 FA Cup Final, the song "Blue Day", performed by Suggs and members of the Chelsea squad, reached number 22 in the UK charts. Chelsea also operate a women's football team, Chelsea Football Club Women, formerly known as Chelsea Ladies. They have been affiliated to the men's team since 2004 and are part of the club's Community Development programme. They play their home games at Kingsmeadow, the home ground of the EFL League One club AFC Wimbledon. The club were |
How many strokes at the start and the turn are competitive breast strokers allowed to take while under water | Take Us to the Start a bit too heavily in the influence of his Hotel Café contemporaries." "This Is Modern" said: "His debut album is so fully awesome that you will be hard pressed to find a track that you don't enjoy, ...Hires has put together one of the best debut albums by any singer/songwriter and will be rewarded by well deserved recognition and success." "Take Us to the Start" debuted at #96 on Billboard 200 albums chart based on only digital download, also charted #16 on Billboard Digital Albums. Songs from the album have appeared on several TV series and in films. The series | Take Us to the Start film "When in Rome". The demo version of "Honey" is featured on the "When in Rome"s soundtrack album. "Turn The Page" also shows up in the trailer for the 2009 film "The Boys Are Back". Take Us to the Start Take Us to the Start is the first full-length studio album by American pop-rock singer-songwriter Matt Hires, released exclusively through iTunes on July 15, 2009 and then released August 25, 2009 on Atlantic Records. The digital-only release hit the top 10 on iTunes' "Top Albums" chart, despite only being available in a digital format, the album debuted at #96 on |
What sport is played by Cleveland Browns | Cleveland Browns examples include: Cleveland Browns The Cleveland Browns are a professional American football team based in Cleveland, Ohio. The Browns compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the American Football Conference (AFC) North division. The Browns play their home games at FirstEnergy Stadium, which opened in 1999, with administrative offices and training facilities in Berea, Ohio. The Browns' official colors are brown, orange and white. They are unique among the 32 member franchises of the NFL in that they do not have a logo on their helmets. The franchise was founded in 1945 by businessman Arthur | 2008 Cleveland Browns season 2008 Cleveland Browns season The 2008 Cleveland Browns season was the team's 60th season as a professional sports franchise and its 56th season as a member of the National Football League (NFL). The Browns finished with a 4–12 record and failed to qualify for the playoffs. The season marked Romeo Crennel's fourth (and what would be final) year as head coach of the Browns. Cleveland played all of their home games at Cleveland Browns Stadium in Cleveland, Ohio. In the 2008 season, the Browns failed to score a touchdown for 24 consecutive quarters. Also from 2008 to present, the Browns |
What type of animals are Cheviots, Southdowns and Shropshires | Olde English 'Babydoll' Southdown sheep type, and by 1990 had found 350 suitable animals. These sheep became the foundation flock of the breed, and he set up a registry for them in 1991, naming them 'Olde English Babydoll Southdowns'. They have docile temperaments, and the ewes have good mothering ability. 'Babydoll' Southdowns are kept as pets and have found success as weeders in vineyards and orchards. They produce a 19-22 micron wool that is highly barbed, ideal for blending with other fibers. Olde English 'Babydoll' Southdown sheep The Olde English 'Babydoll' Southdown is a breed of sheep developed in the United States to reflect the | Animals Are Like That 9, 1939 Animals Are Like That Animals Are Like That! was Frank Buck’s sixth book, which continued his stories of capturing exotic animals. If you should find yourself with a monkey or ape on your hands and no knowledge of what to do with it, Buck tells co-author Carol Weld, just treat it like a child. And the elephant, like a man in the tropics, needs a sheltered siesta in mid-afternoon because he is susceptible to sunstroke. Monkeys pick up human ways and copy them. But you should never, never trust a tiger, any more than you should trust a |
Who is the most famous daughter of Major Bruce Shand | Bruce Shand Bruce Shand Major Bruce Middleton Hope Shand MC and bar, DL (22 January 1917 – 11 June 2006) was an officer in the British Army. He is best known as the father of Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, the second wife of Charles, Prince of Wales. Shand was born in London into a wealthy family whose ancestors had emigrated to England from Scotland. He is the son of Philip Morton Shand (1888–1960), an architectural writer and critic who was a close friend of Walter Gropius and Le Corbusier and whose company, "Finmar", imported furniture by Alvar Aalto into Great Britain. His | Bruce Shand life after the relationship became public. After a period of a strained relationship, both men eventually grew to like each other. His wife Rosalind died on 14 July 1994, aged 72, having long suffered from osteoporosis. He died from cancer in 2006, aged 89 at his home in Stourpaine, Dorset, with his family at his bedside. After a funeral service at the Holy Trinity Church in Stourpaine on 16 June, Shand's body was cremated. Bruce Shand Major Bruce Middleton Hope Shand MC and bar, DL (22 January 1917 – 11 June 2006) was an officer in the British Army. He |
What breed of dog is identified with Hush Puppies advertising | Hush Puppies Hush Puppies Hush Puppies is an American internationally marketed brand of contemporary, casual footwear for men, women and children. The shoes have been described as "the classic American brushed-suede shoes with the lightweight crepe sole". A division of Wolverine World Wide, Hush Puppies is headquartered in Rockford, Michigan. Wolverine markets and completely licenses the Hush Puppies name for footwear in over 120 countries throughout the world. In addition, the Hush Puppies name is licensed for non-footwear fashion categories, including clothing, eyewear, plush toys and more. Hush Puppies uses a Basset Hound named Jason as its logo which are occasionally referred | Hush Puppies to as "hush puppies" for that reason. The Hush Puppies brand was founded in 1958 following extensive work by Wolverine to develop a practical method of pigskin tanning for the US military. (Pigskin is considered one of the most durable leathers and the government was interested in its use in gloves and other protective materials for soldiers.) Chairman Victor Krause developed the concept of a "casual" pigskin shoe to appeal to the then-growing post-war suburbia in the United States. The brand became instantly recognizable as a leisure casual staple of late 1950s and 1960s American life. The Hush Puppies Dog |
What product did Actor Rutger Hauer advertise on TV | Rutger Hauer also attempted to capitalize, with far less success, on Hauer's spiritual qualities in the martial arts action adventure "Blind Fury" (1989). Hauer returned to science fiction with "The Blood of Heroes" (1990), in which he played a former champion in a post-apocalyptic world. By the 1990s, Hauer was well known for his humorous Guinness commercials as well as his screen roles, which had increasingly involved low-budget films such as "Split Second", "Omega Doom", the film adaptation of 'The Beans of Egypt Maine (retitled 'Forbidden Choices)' and "New World Disorder". He also appeared in the Kylie Minogue music video "On a | Rutger Hauer published his autobiography "All Those Moments: Stories of Heroes, Villains, Replicants, and Blade Runners" (co-written with Patrick Quinlan), in which he discusses many of his movie roles. Proceeds from the book go to the Rutger Hauer Starfish Association. The filmography of Rutger Hauer gives an overview of all his performances as an actor in films, television films, and television series from 1969 to present, and also in upcoming films. Rutger Hauer Rutger Oelsen Hauer (; born 23 January 1944) is a Dutch actor, writer, and environmentalist. He has acted in both Dutch and English-language TV series and films. His career |
What gives macaroons their distinctive flavour | Thoothukudi macaroon Thoothukudi macaroon A Thoothukudi macaroon (or Tuticorin macaroon) is a special type of macaroon which was first made in the port town of Thoothukudi (formerly Tuticorin) in the state of Tamil Nadu in India. While macaroons are traditionally made from ground almonds, Thoothukudi macaroons have cashew nuts as their major ingredient. Thoothukudi macaroons are basically European macaroons indianised in Thoothukudi. Local legend states that Portuguese sailors who came to Thoothukudi used local labour for baking macaroons who improvised it to the present form. A similar product is also widely popular in the bakeries of Mangalore.. These macaroons also owe their | Flavour (musician) a song made by the aforementioned duo. The singing duo accused Flavour N'abania of stealing their song's rhythm, chorus, and tempo. !Year !Title !Album !Director !Ref Flavour (musician) Chinedu Okoli (born 23 November 1983), better known by his stage name Flavour N'abania or simply Flavour, is a Nigerian singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and performer. He began his musical career as a drummer for a local church in his hometown of Enugu State. Flavour is popularly known across Africa and the world for his hit song "Nwa Baby (Ashawo Remix)". He is currently signed to 2nite Entertainment. In 2005, he released his |
Tooth's lager is brewed in which country | Crown Lager increasing competitive beer market. Crown Lager sales in the March 2014 results had shown that it had declined in the past year. Crown Lager Crown Lager is a 4.9% premium Australian beer originally made by Carlton & United Breweries (CUB), a subsidiary of Foster's Group. The beer was first brewed in 1919 under its former name, "Foster's Crown Lager". Carlton & United Breweries has promoted Crown Lager (known colloquially as a "crownie") with the story that it was originally brewed in 1919 as "Foster's Crown Lager" and was initially only available to visiting dignitaries that visited Australia. During the first | Pale lager variously termed bock, malt liquor, super strength lager, Oktoberfestbier/Märzen, or European strong lager. Bock is a strong lager which has origins in the Hanseatic town of Einbeck in Germany. The name is a corruption of the medieval German brewing town of Einbeck, but also means billy goat (buck) in German. The original bocks were dark beers, brewed from high-colored malts. Modern bocks can be dark, amber or pale in color. Bock was traditionally brewed for special occasions, often religious festivals such as Christmas, Easter or Lent. Malt liquor is an American term referring to a strong pale lager. In the |
From which country do we get the cheese Danbo | Danbo cheese, after making the traditional Danbo Cheese with Brazilian milk. This cheese is called Queijo prato. Danbo Danbo is a semi-soft, aged cow's milk cheese from Denmark. It was awarded Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) status under European Union law on 2017. The cheese is typically aged between 12 and 52 weeks in rectangular blocks of , coated with a bacterial culture. The culture is washed off at the end of the aging cycle, and the cheese is packaged for retail sales. Danbo is sold under various trade and brand names, including "Lillebror", "Gamle Ole", and "Riberhus" by Arla Foods. | Danbo (character) two elementary school students joined forces to improvise a story in order to not destroy Yotsuba's dream. When Danbo claims to be going home, he leaves the Ayase home, with Miura still inside and Yotsuba still believing in him. In the second semester, submitted to school as a summer project, Danbo receives a stamp from the teacher on the back of his head that reads "Very well done." After that, the Danbo costume is stored in Miura's room, left to decompose. Yotsuba and Ena visit Miura, where she finds the Danbo costume and is shocked to see that Danbo doesn't |
What is the main ingredient of the Indian dish dhal | Sambar (dish) powder. In Andhra Pradesh, it is called as "Pappu chaaru". Apart from dal and tamarind, vegetables used in preparing is few. Vegetables are onions, dosakaaya, bitter gourd and tomatoes. Sambar without lentils (but with vegetables, or dried or fresh fish) is called kuzhambu in Tamil Nadu. Sambar is usually served with steamed rice as one of the main courses of both formal and everyday south Indian cuisine. A two-course meal of sambar mixed with rice and eaten with some sort of vegetable side dish, followed by yoghurt mixed with rice, is a prime southern Indian staple. "Vada" sambar and "idli" | The Main Ingredient (band) The Main Ingredient (band) The Main Ingredient is an American soul and R&B group best known for their 1972 hit song "Everybody Plays the Fool". The group was formed in Harlem, New York City in 1964 as a trio called the Poets, composed of lead singer Donald McPherson, Luther Simmons, Jr., and Panama-born Tony Silvester. They made their first recordings for Leiber & Stoller's Red Bird label, but soon changed their name to the Insiders and signed with RCA Records. In 1968, after a couple of singles, they changed their name once again, this time permanently, to The Main Ingredient. |
Who won an Oscar by playing the male lead in the 1999 film American Beauty | American Beauty (1999 film) American Beauty (1999 film) American Beauty is a 1999 American drama film written by Alan Ball and directed by Sam Mendes in his feature film directorial debut. Kevin Spacey stars as Lester Burnham, a 42-year-old advertising executive who has a midlife crisis when he becomes infatuated with his teenage daughter's best friend, Angela (Mena Suvari). Annette Bening co-stars as Lester's materialistic wife, Carolyn, and Thora Birch plays their insecure daughter, Jane. Wes Bentley, Chris Cooper, and Allison Janney also feature. The film is described by academics as a satire of American middle-class notions of beauty and personal satisfaction; analysis has | American Beauty (1999 film) integrity. On September 21, 2010, Paramount Home Entertainment released "American Beauty" on Blu-ray, as part of Paramount's Sapphire Series. All the extras from the DVD release were present, with the theatrical trailers upgraded to HD. "American Beauty" was widely considered the best film of 1999 by the American press. It received overwhelming praise, chiefly for Spacey, Mendes and Ball. "Variety" reported that "no other 1999 movie has benefited from such universal raves." It was the best-received title at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), where it won the People's Choice award after a ballot of the festival's audiences. TIFF's director, |
What is the name of the wind that brings heavy seasonal rain to Southern Asia | Climate of Asia peninsula. This is known as the Northeast Monsoon or Retreating Monsoon. While traveling towards the Indian Ocean, the dry cold wind picks up some moisture from the Bay of Bengal and pours it over peninsular India and parts of Sri Lanka. Cities like Madras, which get less rain from the Southwest Monsoon, receives rain from this Monsoon. About 50% to 60% of the rain received by the state of Tamil Nadu is from the Northeast Monsoon. In Southern Asia, the northeastern monsoons take place from December to early March when the surface high-pressure system is strongest. The jet stream in | Levant (wind) Levant (wind) The levant (, , , , ) is an easterly wind that blows in the western Mediterranean Sea and southern France, an example of mountain-gap wind. In Roussillon it is called "llevant" and in Corsica "levante". In the western Mediterranean, particularly when the wind blows through the Strait of Gibraltar, it is called the Viento de Levante or the Levanter. It is also known as the Solano. When blowing moderately or strongly, the levant causes heavy swells on the Mediterranean. Usually gentle and damp, the levant frequently brings clouds and rain. When it brings good weather, it is |
What was Robin Williams' job in the film Good Morning Vietnam | Good Morning, Vietnam The project was eventually scrapped, due to disagreements between Williams, Levinson, and The Walt Disney Company, over the film's direction. Good Morning, Vietnam Good Morning, Vietnam is a 1987 American comedy-drama war film written by Mitch Markowitz and directed by Barry Levinson. Set in Saigon in 1965, during the Vietnam War, the film stars Robin Williams as a radio DJ on Armed Forces Radio Service, who proves hugely popular with the troops, but infuriates his superiors with what they call his "irreverent tendency". The story is loosely based on the experiences of AFRS radio DJ Adrian Cronauer. Most of Williams' | Good Morning, Vietnam film was merely "a Robin Williams concert movie welded clumsily onto the plot from an old Danny Kaye picture." Rotten Tomatoes gave the film a score of 90% based on reviews from 41 critics, with an average rating of 7.3/10. The website's critical consensus states: "A well-calibrated blend of manic comedy and poignant drama, Good Morning, Vietnam offers a captivating look at a wide range of Robin Williams' cinematic gifts." On Metacritic is has a score of 67% based on reviews from 15 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews". Audiences surveyed by CinemaScore gave the film a grade of A-. Alex |
What was the name of the character played by Christopher Lloyd in the Back to The Future series of films | Back to the Future (franchise) Back to the Future (franchise) The "Back to the Future" franchise is an American science fiction–adventure comedy film series written and directed by Robert Zemeckis, produced by Bob Gale and Neil Canton for Steven Spielberg's Amblin Entertainment, and distributed by Universal Pictures. The franchise follows the adventures of a high school student, Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox), and an eccentric scientist, Dr. Emmett L. Brown (Christopher Lloyd), as they use a DeLorean time machine to time travel to different periods in the history of Hill Valley, California. The first film was the highest-grossing film of 1985 and became an international | Back to the Future: The Game Back to the Future: The Game Back to the Future: The Game is an episodic graphic adventure based on the "Back to the Future" film franchise. The game was developed and published by Telltale Games as part of a licensing deal with Universal Pictures. Bob Gale, co-creator, co-writer and co-producer of the film trilogy, assisted Telltale in writing the game's story. Original actors Michael J. Fox and Christopher Lloyd allowed the developers to use their likenesses in the game for the lead characters Marty McFly and Doc Brown, respectively. Lloyd reprises his role as Doc, while A.J. Locascio plays the |
Who had a No 1 in the 90's with Saturday Night | Saturday Night (Whigfield song) with their début single. It stayed at number one for a total of four weeks selling 680,000 in the process, and has sold a total of 1.18 million copies. "Saturday Night" is also the 15th biggest-selling single by a female artist in the United Kingdom. "Saturday Night" also was a No. 1 hit in Germany, Ireland, Italy, Scotland, Spain and Switzerland. In Denmark, France, Iceland and Norway it peaked at No. 2. The official music video features numerous different scenes of Whigfield standing in front of a mirror, getting ready to go out on Saturday night. There is a dance | Saturday Night Live (season 1) Saturday Night Live (season 1) The first season of "Saturday Night Live", an American sketch comedy series, originally aired in the United States on NBC from October 11, 1975 to July 31, 1976. In 1974, NBC "Tonight Show" host Johnny Carson requested that the weekend broadcasts of "Best of Carson" (officially known as "The Weekend Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson") come to an end (back then, "The Tonight Show" was a 90-minute program), so that Carson could take two weeknights off and NBC would thus air those repeats on those nights rather than feed them to affiliates for broadcast on |
Who wrote the song Crazy, made famous by Patsy Cline | Crazy (Willie Nelson song) Crazy (Willie Nelson song) "Crazy" is a ballad composed by Willie Nelson. It has been recorded by several artists, most notably by Patsy Cline, whose version was a No. 2 country hit in 1962. Partly due to the genre-blending nature of the song, it has been covered by dozens of artists in several genres over the years; nevertheless, the song remains inextricably linked with Cline. Nelson's own version appears on his 1962 debut album "...And Then I Wrote". With some help from a friend named Oliver English, Nelson wrote the song in early 1961; at the time he was a | Imagine That (Patsy Cline song) Imagine That (Patsy Cline song) Imagine That is a country/pop song written for Patsy Cline by Justin Tubb. "Imagine That" was one of three minor hits produced by Patsy Cline in 1962. By this time as well, Patsy Cline was already a very successful Country/Pop singer, racking up a string of major hits like "I Fall to Pieces", "Walkin' After Midnight", "Crazy" and "She's Got You". "Imagine That" however was not as successful as its counterparts that were also minor hits for Cline. The song only reached to #21 on the Country charts and to #90 on the Pop charts, |
Who sang the theme tune for the first series of Auf Wiedershen Pet | Auf Wiedersehen, Pet find themselves heading back to Germany once more. On the ferry from England, Neville is asked what Brenda said to him when he told her he was heading off to Germany, he replied that she said "Auf Wiedersehen... pet." Following a dedication to Pat Roach, the closing credits of the final episode are accompanied by the opening theme tune from Series 1. The wives, girlfriends and exes: The main supporting cast from all four series: The opening and closing credits for the first two series were each accompanied by songs performed by Joe Fagin. In series one "Breakin' Away", written | Auf Wiedersehen, Pet Auf Wiedersehen, Pet Auf Wiedersehen, Pet () is a British comedy-drama series about seven English migrant construction workers who leave the UK to search for employment overseas. In the first series, the men live and work on a building site in Düsseldorf. The series was created by Franc Roddam after an idea from Mick Connell, a bricklayer from Stockton-on-Tees, and written by Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais, who also wrote "The Likely Lads", "Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?" and "Porridge". It starred Tim Healy, Kevin Whately, Jimmy Nail, Timothy Spall, Christopher Fairbank, Pat Roach and Gary Holton, with |
What was the first top ten entry for The Jam (1979) | The Jam in advance of their new album. It became their first top 10, rising to No. 3 on the UK charts. November 1979 saw the release of the "Setting Sons" album, another UK hit, and their first chart entry in the US, albeit at 137 on the "Billboard" 200. The album began life as a concept album about three childhood friends, though in the end many of the songs did not relate to this theme. Many of the songs had political overtones; "The Eton Rifles" was inspired by skirmishes between demonstrators on a "Right to Work March" – a campaign initiated | 1979 NHL Entry Draft 1979 NHL Entry Draft The 1979 NHL Entry Draft took place on August 9, 1979, at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal, Quebec. The National Hockey League (NHL) teams selected 126 players eligible for entry into professional ranks, in the reverse order of the 1978–79 NHL season and playoff standings. The draft was the first to be conducted after the NHL-WHA merger. As part of the terms of the merger, the four former WHA teams had joined the NHL on the condition that they be placed at the bottom of the draft order, as opposed to the top of the |
Which well known singer is the daughter of the founder of the Simon and Schuster publishing company | Richard L. Simon of partial "Moorish" origin based on her mother's exotic looks, but was in fact of Afro-Cuban descent). They had four children: Simon died in 1960 after suffering a heart attack. Simon was a resident of Fieldston, an area within Riverdale in the Bronx. Richard L. Simon Richard Leo Simon (March 6, 1899 – July 29, 1960) was an American book publisher. He was a Columbia University graduate, co-founder of the publishing house Simon & Schuster, and father of world-famous singer-songwriter Carly Simon. Simon was born to a Jewish family in 1899 in New York City. His father, Leo Simon, was | Simon & Schuster Simon & Schuster Simon & Schuster, Inc. (), a subsidiary of CBS Corporation, is an American publishing company founded in New York City in 1924 by Richard Simon and Max Schuster. As of 2016, Simon & Schuster was publishing 2,000 titles annually under 35 different imprints. In 1924, Richard Simon's aunt, a crossword puzzle enthusiast, asked whether there was a book of "New York World" crossword puzzles, which were very popular at the time. After discovering that none had been published, Simon and Max Schuster decided to launch a company to exploit the opportunity. At the time, Simon was a |
What was Captain Mainwaring's favourite description of Private Pike | Private Pike Mainwaring refers to Pike as 'stupid boy' as he did in the series.<ref> Private Pike Private Frank Pike is a fictional Home Guard private and junior bank clerk; he was appointed as the platoon's information officer by Captain Mainwaring in The Man and the Hour. He is frequently referred to by Captain Mainwaring as "stupid boy". In the BBC television sitcom "Dad's Army" he was portrayed by Ian Lavender. Pike was born in 1922, and is the youngest of the Walmington-on-Sea platoon. Aged 17 when the series begins, he is not old enough to join the army, although presumably he | Private Pike really was a Mr. Pike, as he is never clearly mentioned. (However, if she is a widow, then Mr. Pike would have died when Pike was a baby, or may have died before Pike was born or even conceived, as he initially called Wilson "Daddy" until told to call him "Uncle.") It is common for Pike to threaten to set his mum on either Captain Mainwaring, his commanding officer, or Sergeant Wilson if he is shouted at or forced to do something. Although naive, Pike is aware something is going on with his mother and Wilson: Early in the series |
In which American cop series did the hero keep a cockatoo called Fred | Cockatoo World Parrot Trust. Two 1970s police dramas featured protagonists with pet cockatoos. In the 1973 film "Serpico", Al Pacino's character had a pet white cockatoo and the television show "Baretta" saw Robert Blake's character with Fred the Triton cockatoo. The popularity of the latter show saw a corresponding rise in popularity of cockatoos as pets in the late 1970s. Cockatoos have been used frequently in advertising; a cockatoo appeared in a 'cheeky' (and later toned-down) 2008 advertising campaign for Cockatoo Ridge Wineries. A team of scientists from Oxford University, the University of Vienna and the Max Planck Institute conducted tests | A Show Called Fred and "Son of Fred". The 1995 convention of the Goon Show Preservation Society was billed as "A Weekend Called Fred", followed in 2003 by its successor, the "Great Grandson of a Weekend Called Fred", held in Egham, Surrey. A Show Called Fred A Show Called Fred was the successor series to "The Idiot Weekly, Price 2d". It was made by Associated-Rediffusion and broadcast only in the London area. It was 25 minutes plus adverts. It was predominantly a sketch comedy attempting to translate the audio antics of "The Goon Show" into visual antics in bizarre and often surreal comedy sketches |
In Roman mythology how were Romulus and Remus related | Romulus and Remus Romulus and Remus In Roman mythology, Romulus and Remus () are twin brothers, whose story tells the events that led to the founding of the city of Rome and the Roman Kingdom by Romulus. The killing of Remus by his brother, and other tales from their story, have inspired artists throughout the ages. Since ancient times, the image of the twins being suckled by a she-wolf has been a symbol of the city of Rome and the Roman people. Although the tale takes place before the founding of Rome around 750 BC, the earliest known written account of the myth | Romulus and Remus with Amulius, the capture of Remus is not mentioned. Instead, Romulus, upon being told of his true identity and the crimes suffered by him and his family at the hands of the Alban king, simply decided to avenge them. He took his supporters directly to the city and killed Amulius, afterwards restoring his grandfather to the throne. Modern scholarship approaches the various known stories of Romulus and Remus as cumulative elaborations and later interpretations of Roman foundation-myth. Particular versions and collations were presented by Roman historians as authoritative, an official history trimmed of contradictions and untidy variants to justify contemporary |
After how many years does the mythical phoenix build it's funeral pyre and is then reborn | First Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia) the Son of God." To the right is the phoenix, an unusual but ancient symbol of the Resurrection. This mythical bird was said to live for five hundred years before being consumed by fire. It was then reborn from its ashes. The phoenix is surrounded by the text from Luke 24: 34 which is also the response to the Easter salutation, "The Lord is risen indeed". The library windows by Willet Studios of Philadelphia were given by the congregation in 1988 in memory of Dr. J. Ernest Somerville, minister of the church for thirty years before his death in 1986. | Funeral Pyre Funeral Pyre "Funeral Pyre" is The Jam's thirteenth single released on 29 May 1981. Backed by the B-side "Disguises", a cover of a Who track, it reached No. 4 in the UK Singles Chart. "Funeral Pyre" is the only single co-written by the band, and only the second song which has writing credits for all three members, the other being "Music for the Last Couple" which features on the "Sound Affects" album. The song begins as a studio jam between drummer Rick Buckler and bassist Bruce Foxton, with Paul Weller's contribution coming later. The song does not appear on any |
What was the sword of Damocles hanging from | Damocles at the pommel only by a single hair of a horse's tail to evoke the sense of what it is like to be king: though having much fortune, always having to watch in fear and anxiety against dangers that might try to overtake him. Damocles finally begged the king that he be allowed to depart because he no longer wanted to be so fortunate, realizing that with great fortune and power comes also great danger. King Dionysius effectively conveyed the sense of constant fear in which a person with great power may live. Cicero used this story as the last | The Sword of Damocles (virtual reality) The Sword of Damocles (virtual reality) The Sword of Damocles is widely considered to be the first virtual reality (VR) head-mounted display (HMD) system. It was created in 1968 by computer scientist Ivan Sutherland with the help of his student Bob Sproull. Before he began working toward what he termed "the ultimate display", Ivan Sutherland was already well respected for his accomplishments in computer graphics (see Sketchpad). At MIT's Lincoln Laboratory beginning in 1966, Sutherland and his colleagues performed what are widely believed to be the first experiments with head-mounted displays of different kinds. The device was primitive both in |
Which sport is played under Cartwright Rules | Alexander Cartwright to find other work. He became a bookseller with his brother, Alfred. One of the earliest known established clubs was the Gotham Base Ball Club, who played a brand of bat-and-ball game often called "town ball" or "round ball," but in New York more usually "base ball," somewhat similar to but not identical to the English sport of rounders, on a field at 4th Avenue and 27th Street. In 1837, Gotham member William R. Wheaton drew up rules converting this playground game into a more elaborate and interesting sport to be played by adults. In 1842, Cartwright led the establishment | Kelly Cartwright losing her leg, she played netball. She climbed Mt Kilimanjaro in 2009. , she works as a receptionist. She is also an Australian Paralympic Committee and Make-A-Wish Foundation ambassador. In 2012, she was named one of "Zoo Weekly"s sexiest Paralympians. Cartwright appeared on the fifteenth season of "Dancing with the Stars". She has a son (born 4 January 2016) with her partner Ryan. Cartwright is a T42 classified runner. She is coached by Tim Matthews. In 2008, she had a scholarship with the Australian Institute of Sport. , she has a scholarship with the Victorian Institute of Sport. Cartwright started |
How many hurdles are jumped in a men's 400 metres hurdle race | 400 metres hurdles to 400 metres, or one lap of the stadium, and the number of hurdles was reduced to ten. The official height of the hurdles was set to 91.4 cm (3 feet) for men and 76.20 cm (2 ft, 6 inches) for women. The hurdles were now placed on the course with a run-up to the first hurdle of 45 metres, a distance between the hurdles of 35 metres each, and a home stretch from the last hurdle to the finish line of 40 metres. The first documented 400 m hurdles race for women took place in 1971. The International Association | 400 metres hurdles there is no longer any penalty for knocking hurdles over, runners prefer to clear them cleanly, as touching them during the race slows runners down. The best male athletes can run the 400 m hurdles in a time of around 47 seconds, while the best female athletes achieve a time of around 53 seconds. The current men's and women's world record holders are Kevin Young with 46.78 seconds and Yuliya Pechonkina with 52.34 seconds. Compared to the 400 metres run, the hurdles race takes the men about three seconds longer and the women four seconds longer. The 400 m hurdles |
Which British surgeon is generally recognised as the founder of antiseptic surgery | Serjeant Surgeon oversight of torture to ensure the prisoner was not killed, and the screening of applicants to be touched by the king for the cure of the King's evil (tuberculous glands of the neck). The first knighthood to be granted to a serjeant surgeon was in the reign of Henry VIII, to John Aylef, who was said to have cured the king of a fistula. The first serjeant surgeon to receive a peerage was Joseph Lister, the founder of antiseptic surgery, who was created Baron Lister of Lyme Regis in the County of Dorset by Queen Victoria. Serjeant Surgeon The Serjeant | British Society for Surgery of the Hand Hand Club in 1956 at the instigation of Graham Stack after the original Hand Club, formed by plastic surgeon Patrick Clarkson in 1952, refused to admit younger surgeons. In the late 1960s it became the British Club for Surgery of the Hand and in 1968 adopted its current name and a formal constitution. The first president was Guy Pulvertaft. Other notable surgeons to participate were Rainsford Mowlem, J. I. P. James, and John Barron. The society became a registered charity in 1975. The society is recognised as an institution that provides education and training in its field: British Society for |
Which very well known British TV actor's real name is David White | Arthur White (actor) Arthur White (actor) Arthur White (born 1933) is an English stage and screen actor, best known for his occasional role as police archivist Ernie Trigg in the crime drama "A Touch of Frost", alongside his real-life younger brother David Jason. His parents were Arthur R White and Olwen Jones. He also appeared briefly along with his brother in two episodes of "The Darling Buds of May". In 1978 White appeared as part of an underworld gang, playing the role of Freddy in an apisode of the hard-hitting 1970s British police drama "The Professionals", the episode entitled "When the Heat Cools | John Pickard (British actor) John Pickard (British actor) John Pickard is a British actor, best known for playing 'David Porter' in the BBC One 1991 TV series "2point4 Children" and playing Dominic Reilly (brother of Tony Hutchinson, played by Pickard's own brother Nick Pickard) in Channel 4's "Hollyoaks". He trained at the Sylvia Young Theatre School. He has performed on stage, in films and on TV. Between 1990 and 1991, he appeared in Series 12 of the children's BBC drama series 'Grange Hill' as the character 'Neil Timpson'. In 1991 he was cast as David Porter, alongside Gary Olsen and Belinda Lang in BBC |
What does a barometer measure | Barometer caused by weather. The word "barometer" is derived from the , and "-meter" from Ancient Greek: μέτρον (“measure”). Although Evangelista Torricelli is universally credited with inventing the barometer in 1643,<ref name="http://www.islandnet.com/~see/weather/history/barometerhistory1.htm"></ref><ref name="http://www.barometerfair.com/history_of_the_barometer.htm"></ref><ref name="http://www.juliantrubin.com/bigten/torricellibarometer.html"></ref> historical documentation also suggests Gasparo Berti, an Italian mathematician and astronomer, unintentionally built a water barometer sometime between 1640 and 1643. French scientist and philosopher René Descartes described the design of an experiment to determine atmospheric pressure as early as 1631, but there is no evidence that he built a working barometer at that time. On July 27, 1630, Giovanni Battista Baliani wrote a letter to Galileo | Freedom barometer Freedom barometer The Freedom Barometer is an attempt by the Southeast and East Asian regional office of the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Liberty to measure the degree of freedom in Asian countries from a liberal perspective. Covering the countries of Southeast Asia (Brunei, Burma, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam) as well as the countries of East Asia (China, Japan, North and South Korea and Taiwan), the Freedom Barometer examines the most dynamic economic region of the world. It captures the notion of freedom in a three-pronged way by assessing political, legal and economic rights. There |
What is the name of the topmost bone of the spine that supports the skull | Cervical vertebrae plexus. The cervical spinal nerves emerge from above the cervical vertebrae. For example, the cervical spinal nerve 3 (C3) passes above C3. The atlas (C1) and axis (C2) are the two topmost vertebrae. The atlas, C1, is the topmost vertebra, and along with the axis; forms the joint connecting the skull and spine. Its chief peculiarity is that it has no body because the body of the atlas has been fused with that of the axis. The axis, C2, forms the pivot on which the atlas rotates. The most distinctive characteristic of this bone is the strong odontoid process (dens) | The Spine of the World Wulfgar is blamed, but is helped to escape, and adopts the baby girl as his own. "The Spine of the World" debuted on "The New York Times" bestseller list at No. 25. The Spine of the World The Spine of the World is the second book in R. A. Salvatore's book series, "Paths of Darkness". "The Spine of the World" was written by R. A. Salvatore. It was republished in April 2009 as the twelfth book in the Legend of Drizzt series. Todd Lockwood painted the cover for "Spine of the World". Wulfgar and his new friend, Morik the Rogue, |
What is sports presenter and former goalkeeper Bob Wilson's middle name | Bob Wilson (footballer, born 1941) Anna (1966–1998) and Robert (born 1968). His son John Wilson is a presenter on "Front Row", the BBC Radio 4 arts programme. Robert Wilson is a commercial photographer. It was announced in April 2014 that Wilson was fighting prostate cancer. His unusual middle name, Primrose, stems from a Scottish tradition of giving children their mother's maiden name as a middle name. In February 1994, his daughter Anna was diagnosed with malignant schwannoma, a cancer of the nerve sheath. After a long fight, she died on 1 December 1998, six days before her 32nd birthday. The "Willow Foundation" was set up | John Wilson (broadcaster) John Wilson (broadcaster) John Richard Wilson (born 2 August 1965) is a British journalist and broadcaster. He is the son of Bob Wilson, former Arsenal goalkeeper and television sports presenter. John Wilson was born in London in 1965. He attended Chancellor's School in Hertfordshire and studied at the then Dorset Institute of Higher Education gaining a BA (Hons) in English and Media awarded by the University of Southampton in 1988. He worked as a reporter on local newspapers in north London before beginning his radio career in 1990, presenting and reporting for the BBC Radio Five magazine show "The Mix". |
Who was Dawn French married to | Dawn French a cover version of The Beatles song "Help!", and was released on the London Records label, entering the UK Singles Chart on 25 February 1989 and reaching a high of #3. It remained in the chart for nine weeks. French, Saunders and Burke returned for Comic Relief in 1997 as "The Sugar Lumps," along with Llewella Gideon and Lulu, to parody The Spice Girls, with whom they performed a version of "Who Do You Think You Are?" In 1986 she appeared as a blonde in Kate Bush's music video titled "Experiment IV." French met Lenny Henry on the alternative comedy | Dawn French Dawn French Dawn Roma French (born 11 October 1957) is a British actress, writer, comedian and presenter from Holyhead, Wales. She is best known for starring in and writing for the BBC comedy sketch show "French and Saunders" with comedy partner Jennifer Saunders and for playing the lead role as Geraldine Granger in the BBC sitcom "The Vicar of Dibley". French has been nominated for seven BAFTA TV Awards and also won a BAFTA Fellowship with Jennifer Saunders. French was born in Holyhead, to English parents Denys Vernon French (5 August 1932 – 11 September 1977) and Felicity Roma French |
Who were the real life married couple who starred in the 1990 film Mr and Mrs Bridge | Mr. and Mrs. Bridge Awards Mr. and Mrs. Bridge Mr. & Mrs. Bridge is a 1990 American drama film based on the novels by Evan S. Connell of the same name. It is directed by James Ivory, with a screenplay by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala and produced by Ismail Merchant. The film stars real-life couple Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward as Mr. and Mrs. Bridge. The character of Mrs. Bridge is based on Connell's mother, Ruth Connell. The story of a traditional family living in the Country Club District of Kansas City, Missouri, during the 1930s and 1940s. The Bridges grapple with changing mores and | Mr. and Mrs. Bridge Mr. Bridge (Paul Newman), is a lawyer who resists his children's rebellion against the conservative values he holds dear. Mrs. Bridge (Joanne Woodward), labors to maintain a Pollyanna view of the world against her husband's emotional distance and her children's eagerness to adopt a world view more modern than her own. "Mr. and Mrs. Bridge" was filmed entirely on location in Kansas City, Missouri; Paris, France; and Ottawa, Canada. Joanne Woodward received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress. Academy Award Golden Globe Award Independent Spirit Award Kansas City Film Critics Circle Award New York Film Critics Circle |
Which former bandleader was married to Ava Gardner and Lana Turner | Ava Gardner Artie Shaw, from 1945 to 1946. Shaw had previously been married to Lana Turner. Gardner's third, and last, marriage was to singer and actor Frank Sinatra, from 1951 to 1957. She would later say in her autobiography that he was the love of her life. Sinatra left his wife, Nancy, for Gardner, and their subsequent marriage made headlines. Sinatra was blasted by gossip columnists Hedda Hopper and Louella Parsons, the Hollywood establishment, the Roman Catholic Church, and by his fans for leaving his wife for a noted femme fatale. Gardner used her considerable influence, particularly with Harry Cohn, to get | Faith Domergue House of Seven Corpses" (1974), an independent horror film shot in Salt Lake City. In 1942, Domergue began an intermittent relationship with Howard Hughes. After she discovered that Hughes was also seeing Ava Gardner, Rita Hayworth, and Lana Turner, the couple broke up in 1943. She later wrote a book about the experience, titled "My Life with Howard Hughes" (1972). In 1946, Domergue married bandleader Teddy Stauffer. The marriage lasted six months, ending in 1947. That same year, she married director Hugo Fregonese with whom she had two children, Diana Maria (b. 1949) and John Anthony (b. 1951). The couple |
Which American motor manufacturer used to make the Wildcat | Buick Wildcat Volkswagen Beetle, Ford Model T and the Lada Riva. Buick has used the name "Wildcat" for five concept vehicles, three in the early 1950s, one in 1985 and another in 1997. The 1953 Wildcat I, 1954 Wildcat II and 1955 Wildcat III were all designed under the guidance of Harley Earl. The I and II still exist today. The 1985 Wildcat was a radical mid-engined, all-wheel-drive sports car with an exposed high-performance, double-overhead cam V6. The chassis was built of carbon-fiber and vinyl-ester resin and the body featured a 'lift-up' canopy for entry and exit. This futuristic vehicle is still | The American Manufacturer The American Manufacturer The American Manufacturer was a newspaper published in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States, on a mostly weekly basis from 1830 until 1842. The paper was Democratic in its political leanings, and stood out as radical and provocative. Its successor by merger was the "Pittsburgh Post", which by further consolidation became the "Pittsburgh Post-Gazette". In February, 1830, William B. Conway issued a prospectus for a new weekly newspaper to be called "The American Manufacturer". He announced that the first issue would appear on March 6 of the same year, and set the subscription price at $2 per annum. Conway |
Which motor manufacturer made the commercial vehicle called the Vario | Commercial Motor Motor" is an official media partner of the Commercial Vehicle Show. In October 2012 a new event under the "Commercial Motor" brand called Commercial Motor Live was launched. Exhibitors at this event included truck manufacturers such as Mercedes-Benz and service suppliers to the road transport industry including Backhouse Jones. The event was held again in 2013. Commercial Motor Commercial Motor is a weekly magazine serving the road transport industry in the United Kingdom. Founded in 1905, it is notable for having been "the first journal to be devoted exclusively to the commercial vehicle engaged in the conveyance of goods or | Commercial vehicle Commercial vehicle A commercial vehicle is any type of motor vehicle used for transporting goods or paying passengers. The European Union defines a "commercial motor vehicle" as any motorized road vehicle, that by its type of construction and equipment is designed for, and capable of transporting, whether for payment or not: (1) more than nine persons, including the driver; (2) goods and "standard fuel tanks". This means the tanks permanently fixed by the manufacturer to all motor vehicles of the same type as the vehicle in question and whose permanent fitting lets fuel be used directly, both for propulsion and, |
Which British motor cycle manufacturer made the Manx | Norton Manx Norton Manx The Norton Manx or Manx Norton is a British racing motorcycle that was made from 1947 to 1962 by Norton Motors Ltd. A Norton had contested every Isle of Man TT race from the inaugural 1907 event through into the 1970s, a feat unrivalled by any other manufacturer, and the development and honing of the Manx racing motorcycle was another step in this racing achievement. New Manx Nortons, built to various specifications are still available to buy new, from various suppliers around the world. These suit different categories and definitions of Classic Motorcycle Racing and Historic Motorcycle Racing | Hercules Cycle and Motor Company Hercules Cycle and Motor Company "For the German Bicycle and Motorcycle manufacturer see: Hercules Fahrrad GmbH & Co" The Hercules Cycle and Motor Company Limited was a British bicycle manufacturer founded on 9 September 1910 in Aston in England. The name Hercules was chosen for its associations of durability and robustness. The company was founded by Edmund and Harry Crane and started life in Coventry Street, Birmingham, England, initially producing 25 bicycles a week. Crane's parents bought the Petros Cycle Company which was subsequently managed by Edmund's mother, Edith. Their children, Harry and Ted, left school at 14 and helped |
Which car manufacturer made the Stilo | Fiat Stilo Fiat Stilo The Fiat Stilo (Type 192) is a small family car available as a three door and a five door hatchback, as well as an estate (Fiat Stilo MultiWagon), produced by the Italian automaker Fiat. The Stilo three door and five door were launched in November 2001, at the Bologna Motor Show, to replace the Fiat Bravo/Brava, with the Stilo MultiWagon following in January 2003. The Fiat Bravo was the successor of the Stilo in most markets, however, the five door Stilo continued to be manufactured in Brazil until December 2010, when it was replaced by the Bravo. The | Puma (car manufacturer) the rear door. Limited production of the Puma was once again re-started in 2006. in South Africa The all-electric propulsion version of the Puma sports car is being researched and developed in South Africa by a company known as evdrive. Puma (car manufacturer) Puma is a Sports Car manufacturer, based in South Africa, which originally started out in Brazil. While based in South America, the company built cars from 1964 until roughly 1995, and also produced trucks from 1978 to 1999. The company then returned in 2013 under the name of "Puma Automobiles" and began manufacturing the Puma 52 (made |
What is the name of the pub used by the Trotters in Only Fools and Horses | The Chessels The Chessels The Chessels is an area of Bedminster, Bristol that runs from the midsection of Luckwell Rd to the former White Horse pub on West Street. Chessel Street is the main road. The name "Chessel" is taken from the name of a field, recorded in 1350. The White Horse was redeveloped into flats by 2013, but was once used as a location for the fictional Nags Head pub in the BBC television series "Only Fools and Horses". Chessel Street has a number of streets on either side that are named after gemstones, including Ruby Street, Pearl Street, Beryl Road, | Only Fools and Horses Press. The book was written by John Sullivan's son, Jim Sullivan. Two board games based on the show were released: a Monopoly-style game, the ""Trotters Trading Game"", in which participants attempt to emulate the Trotters and become millionaires, and another game set in their local pub, entitled the ""Nag's Head Board Game"". "Only Fools and Horses" is one of the UK's most popular sitcoms. It was among the ten most-watched television shows of the year in the UK in 1986, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1996, 2001, 2002 and 2003. The 1996 Christmas trilogy of "Heroes and Villains", "Modern Men" |
What is the name of the local pub in Eastenders | EastEnders in popular culture it was revealed not to be the real Queen Vic pub but a set cut out. In 2010 in Miranda series 2 episode 3 "Let's Do It", Miranda plays the EastEnders Drumbeat over an episode of EastEnders. In 2011 at the start of the National Television Awards a mini episode of "Doctor Who" entitled "Dermot and the Doctor" sees Dot Branning (June Brown) implying The Doctor only has one set of clothes and he regularly visits Bridge Street Laundrette. In 2013 Mrs. Brown's Boys Series 3 Episode 5, Kathy answers the door and the EastEnders drum beat plays while she | The Rock Pub The Rock Pub The Rock Pub is a rock-metal pub and music venue at Phaya Thai Road, just below Ratchathewi BTS Station and opposite Asia Hotel in Bangkok, Thailand. The pub is located near the Siam area in Pathum Wan District, which contains the Siam Paragon, Siam Center and MBK Center shopping malls and the Siam Square shopping area. In the other direction from the pub Pantip Plaza shopping mall is located. There is live music every night at the Rock Pub. The Rock Pub opened their doors on March 1, 1987, and hundreds of local and international bands have |
Which single was Motown's first American chart topper (It was by The Marvelettes) | The Marvelettes follow up on this success, Motown had the group record "Twistin' Postman" to take advantage of the twist dance craze and the re-release of Chubby Checker's "The Twist". The song eventually peaked at #34 on the pop chart in early 1962. Before the end of 1961, Tamla issued the first Marvelettes album, also named "Please Mr. Postman", but it failed to chart. The group's next single, "Playboy", marked the second time one of their singles was written by a band member, this time by Gladys Horton. Like "Postman", the song was retooled by other writers and upon its release in | Playboy (The Marvelettes song) Marvelettes cohorts Wanda Young, Georgeanna Tillman, Katherine Anderson & Juanita Cowart. This was released as the third single by the Marvelettes and was their second top ten pop hit reaching number seven on the charts while reaching number four on the R&B chart. Playboy (The Marvelettes song) "Playboy" is a song composed by Brian Holland, Robert Bateman, Mickey Stevenson and singer Gladys Horton, lead vocalist of the Motown singing group The Marvelettes, who recorded the song and released it as a single on Motown's Tamla imprint in 1962. The single, led by Horton, is about a man who fools around |
Which Motown singer had a top ten hit with It Should Have Been Me | It Should Have Been Me (Norman Whitfield song) the US dance chart with her version. It Should Have Been Me (Norman Whitfield song) "It Should Have Been Me" is a 1963 song written by William "Mickey" Stevenson and Norman Whitfield for Kim Weston. It has been performed by Yvonne Fair, Gladys Knight & the Pips and Adeva among others. Knight's version peaked at number 40 on the "Billboard" Hot 100 in 1968. Fair had her only hit single with her recording of the song in 1976, reaching number 5 in the UK and number 85 in the US. The song begins: In 1991, dance music artist, Adeva had | It Could Have Been Me Out in Georgia". It Could Have Been Me "It Could Have Been Me" is a 1974 song by Sami Jo Cole. It became a pop hit in both the U.S. (#46) and Canada (#45). It was a bigger hit on the Adult Contemporary charts, reaching #31 and #12 in those nations, respectively. It was the follow-up to her debut hit, "Tell Me a Lie," and both songs were released in advance of her first LP. The song was originally recorded by Vicki Lawrence in 1972. Though not released as a single, it was included on her debut LP, "The Night |
Where did Motown relocate to in 1971 | Motown Diana Ross & the Supremes and the Temptations, "Diana!" with Diana Ross, and "Goin' Back to Indiana" with the Jackson 5. The company loosened its production rules, allowing some of its longtime artists the opportunity to write and produce more of their own material. This resulted in the recordings of successful and critically acclaimed albums such as Marvin Gaye's "What's Going On" (1971) and "Let's Get it On" (1973), and Stevie Wonder's "Music of My Mind" (1972), "Talking Book" (1972), and "Innervisions" (1973). Motown had established branch offices in both New York City and Los Angeles during the mid-1960s, and | Where Did Our Love Go (album) on December 29, 1964. It was equivalent to Motown 25 or Live Aid as a pivotal music concert event . When it hit theaters nationwide, it undoubtedly raised and extended the visibility of the "Where Did Our Love Go" album. All tracks written by Holland–Dozier–Holland except as noted. The original album sold a million copies {in 1964-1965} stateside alone. The limited exclusive "40th Anniversary" version is now listed as "sold out". It remains, to date, their third best-selling studio album. Where Did Our Love Go (album) Where Did Our Love Go is the second studio album by Motown singing group |
What fruit is the main ingredient of guacamole | Guacamole Guacamole Guacamole (; informally shortened to "guac" in English-speaking territories since the 1980s) is an avocado-based dip, spread, or salad first developed by the Aztecs in what is now Mexico. In addition to its use in modern Mexican cuisine, it has become part of international and American cuisine as a dip, condiment and salad ingredient. The name comes from an Aztec dialect via Nahuatl , which literally translates to "avocado sauce", from "āhuacatl" ("avocado") + "molli" ("sauce", literally "concoction"). In Mexican Spanish, it is pronounced , in American English, it is pronounced , and in British English, . Avocados were | The Main Ingredient (band) The Main Ingredient (band) The Main Ingredient is an American soul and R&B group best known for their 1972 hit song "Everybody Plays the Fool". The group was formed in Harlem, New York City in 1964 as a trio called the Poets, composed of lead singer Donald McPherson, Luther Simmons, Jr., and Panama-born Tony Silvester. They made their first recordings for Leiber & Stoller's Red Bird label, but soon changed their name to the Insiders and signed with RCA Records. In 1968, after a couple of singles, they changed their name once again, this time permanently, to The Main Ingredient. |
Which bird was the emblem of the Roman Empire | Scotland during the Roman Empire Ken MacLeod, "Warriors of Alavna" by N. M. Browne, and in the feature films "The Last Legion", "Centurion" and "The Eagle". Scotland during the Roman Empire Scotland during the Roman Empire refers to the protohistorical period during which the Roman Empire interacted with the area that is now Scotland, which was known to them as "Caledonia". Roman legions arrived around 71, having conquered the Celtic tribes of "Britain" (England and Wales) over the preceding three decades. Aiming to annex all of the island of "Albion", Romans under Q. Petilius Cerialis and Gn. Julius Agricola invaded the Caledonians in the 70s | The empire on which the sun never sets in the immense inheritance of Charles V, and that I shall have the empire of both worlds." This was cited in Walter Scott's "Life of Napoleon". It has been claimed that Louis XIV of France's emblem of the "Sun King" and associated motto, ""Nec pluribus impar"" were based on the solar emblem and motto of Philip II. In the 19th century, it became popular to apply the phrase to the British Empire. It was a time when British world maps showed the Empire in red and pink to highlight British imperial power spanning the globe. Scottish author, John Wilson, writing |
What is the common name for the garden flower dianthus barbatus | Dianthus barbatus Dianthus barbatus Dianthus barbatus (Sweet William) is a species of "Dianthus" native to southern Europe and parts of Asia which has become a popular ornamental garden plant. It is a herbaceous biennial or short-lived perennial plant growing to 13–92 cm tall, with flowers in a dense cluster of up to 30 at the top of the stems. Each flower is 2–3 cm diameter with five petals displaying serrated edges. Wild plants produce red flowers with a white base, but colours in cultivars range from white, pink, red, and purple to variegated patterns. The exact origin of its English common name | Dianthus plumarius was being used to refer to the pastel red known as pink in English today. Whether the pinking shear shares a common origin, or is named after the flower, is uncertain. Dianthus plumarius Dianthus plumarius, also known as the common pink, garden pink, or wild pink, is the species of pink-coloured flower in the family, Caryophyllaceae. "Dianthus plumarius" is a compact ground cover evergreen reaching on average of height. The stem is green, erect, glabrous and branched on the top, the leaves are opposite, simple, linear and sessile, more or less erect and flexuous, with a sheath embracing the stem. |
Which David Bowie number one came from the album Scary Monsters | Fashion (David Bowie song) Fashion (David Bowie song) "Fashion" is a track from David Bowie's 1980 album "Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)". It was released as the second single from the album and was accompanied, like its predecessor "Ashes to Ashes", by a highly regarded music video. It was ranked as the 8th best single of 1980 by the NME magazine According to co-producer Tony Visconti, "Fashion" was the last song completed in the "Scary Monsters" sessions, its bassline and some of the melody taking inspiration from Bowie's 1975 hit "Golden Years". Guest guitarist Robert Fripp contributed a series of harsh, mechanical riffs to | Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps) (song) 7" vinyl, it was issued in Compact Cassette format. It has since been performed on a number of Bowie tours. The French release of the single had "Up the Hill Backwards" as the B-side. Pegg, Nicholas, "The Complete David Bowie", Reynolds & Hearn Ltd, 2000, Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps) (song) "Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)" is the title track from David Bowie's 1980 album "Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)". It was also issued as the third single from that album in January 1981. Coming as it did in the wake of two earlier singles from "Scary Monsters", "Ashes to |
What colour is muscovado sugar | Muscovado are "khandsari" and "khand" (sometimes spelt "khaand"). In most other forms of English the name is "muscovado", which derives from the Portuguese "" (unrefined sugar). There is no legal definition of muscovado, and no international standards for it such as "Codex Alimentarius" or "Protected Designation of Origin". This has led to manufacturers calling various sugar products "muscovado", and has led to confusion between muscovado and brown sugar, and even with jaggery. The process of refining sugar was invented in the Indian subcontinent 8,000 years ago, where sugarcane has been grown for thousands of years since the Bronze Age Indus Valley | Muscovado Muscovado Muscovado, also khandsari and khand, is a type of partially refined to unrefined sugar with a strong molasses content and flavour. It is technically considered either a non-centrifugal cane sugar or a centrifuged, partially refined sugar according to the process used by the manufacturer. Muscovado contains higher levels of various minerals than processed white sugar, and is considered by some to be healthier. Its main uses are in food and confectionery, and the manufacture of rum and other forms of alcohol. The largest producer and consumer of muscovado is India. The Indian English names for this type of sugar |
What kind of fruit or vegetable are capsicums | Vegetable of a flowering plant. This is considerably different from the word's culinary meaning. While peaches, plums, and oranges are "fruit" in both senses, many items commonly called "vegetables", such as eggplants, bell peppers, and tomatoes, are botanically fruits. The question of whether the tomato is a fruit or a vegetable found its way into the United States Supreme Court in 1893. The court ruled unanimously in "Nix v. Hedden" that a tomato is correctly identified as, and thus taxed as, a vegetable, for the purposes of the Tariff of 1883 on imported produce. The court did acknowledge, however, that, botanically | Fruit and vegetable wash Fruit and vegetable wash A vegetable wash is a cleaning product designed to aid in the removal process of dirt, wax and pesticides from fruit and vegetables before they are consumed. All fresh produce, even organic, can harbor residual pesticides, dirt or harmful microorganisms on the surface. Vegetable washes may either be a number specially-marketed commercial brands, or they may be home recipes. Commercial vegetable washes generally contain surfactants, along with chelating agents, antioxidants, and other agents. Home recipes are generally dilutions of hydrogen peroxide or vinegar, the former of which may be dangerous at high concentrations. Neither the U.S. |
Cleavon Little was the name of the sheriff in which spoof western | Cleavon Little Cleavon Little Cleavon Jake Little (June 1, 1939 – October 22, 1992) was an American stage, film, and television actor. He began his career in the late 1960s on the stage. In 1970, he starred in the Broadway production of "Purlie", for which he earned both a Drama Desk Award and a Tony Award. His first leading television role was that of the irreverent Dr. Jerry Noland on the ABC sitcom "Temperatures Rising" (1972–1974). While starring in the sitcom, Little appeared in what has become his signature performance, portraying Sheriff Bart in the 1974 Mel Brooks comedy film "Blazing Saddles". | Cleavon Little scattered in New York harbor. For Little's contribution to motion pictures, he was honored with a star February 1, 1994, on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The star is located on the south side of Hollywood Blvd., near El Cerrito Place. Cleavon Little Cleavon Jake Little (June 1, 1939 – October 22, 1992) was an American stage, film, and television actor. He began his career in the late 1960s on the stage. In 1970, he starred in the Broadway production of "Purlie", for which he earned both a Drama Desk Award and a Tony Award. His first leading television role |
Who played Billy the Kid in the film The Left Handed Gun | The Left Handed Gun The Left Handed Gun The Left Handed Gun is a 1958 American western film and the film directorial debut of Arthur Penn, starring Paul Newman as Billy the Kid and John Dehner as Pat Garrett. The screenplay was written by Leslie Stevens from a teleplay by Gore Vidal, which he wrote for the television series "The Philco-Goodyear Television Playhouse" 1955 episode "The Death of Billy the Kid", in which Newman also played the title character. Vidal revisited and revised the material in 1989 with a TV-movie entitled "Billy the Kid". The title refers to the belief that Billy the Kid | The Collected Works of Billy the Kid: Left-Handed Poems March 2018 and subsequently toured. The musical performance was directed by Gérard Lecointe, with the French pop singer Bertrand Belin as Billy the Kid and the soprano Claron MacFadden playing all female role. The Collected Works of Billy the Kid: Left-Handed Poems The Collected Works of Billy the Kid: Left-Handed Poems is a verse novel by Michael Ondaatje, published in 1970. It chronicles and interprets important events in the life of William Bonney, aka Billy the Kid, and his conflict with Sheriff Pat Garrett. The book presents a series of poems not necessarily in chronological order which fictionalize and relate |
What religion was Grace Kelly in the epic western High Noon | Grace Kelly her work in the theater and on television, although she lacked "vocal horsepower", and would likely not have had a lengthy stage career. Kelly was performing in Colorado's Elitch Gardens when producer Stanley Kramer offered her a role co-starring opposite Gary Cooper in Fred Zinnemann's "High Noon", a western set in a historic old mining town in Columbia, California. She accepted the role, and the film was shot in the late summer/early fall of 1951 over a 28-day shooting schedule in hot weather conditions. She was cast as a "young Quaker bride to Gary Cooper's stoic Marshall", and she wore | High Noon Western Americana High Noon Western Americana High Noon is a retailer and auction consulting company. They specialize in Western American art & antique Americana, including cowboy and American Indian artifacts and fine western art. The company is known for founding the High Noon Western Americana Auction and Antique Show in 1991, held every January at the Phoenix Mesa Marriott in Mesa, Arizona. Joseph Sherwood and Linda Kohn Sherwood own and operate the company, based in Los Angeles. High Noon Western Americana was established in 1988 to preserve and promote works of art featuring Cowboys, Native Americans, and Vaqueros for American Western lifestyle |
Who co-starred with John Wayne in El Dorado | El Dorado (1966 film) maintains a high critical praise, earning a 100 percent perfect rating on review compiler Rotten Tomatoes, based on 14 reviews. Popular critic Roger Ebert gave the film a near-perfect rating at 3 1/2 out of four stars, stating ""El Dorado" is a tightly directed, humorous, altogether successful Western, turned out almost effortlessly, it would seem, by three old pros: John Wayne, Robert Mitchum and director Howard Hawks". Praised film poll, "They Shoot Pictures, Don't They?" ranked the film 799 out of 1,000 for the list of greatest films of all time. Notes Citations Bibliography El Dorado (1966 film) El Dorado | El Dorado (1966 film) and was actually filmed before "The War Wagon", but its release was delayed so that Paramount's "Nevada Smith" with Steve McQueen would not have to compete with a John Wayne film at the box office. "El Dorado" finally reached the theatres in June 1967, a month after "The War Wagon" had opened. Film footage from "El Dorado" was later incorporated into the opening montage of Wayne's final film, "The Shootist", to illustrate the backstory of Wayne's character. Director Don Siegel used no scenes from any film shot before 1948 in "The Shootist"s frontispiece even though Wayne's career as a leading |
What could be a hasty kiss, a dry goods measure or a nip with a beak | Dry measure the units are associated with particular goods, so for instance the dry hogshead has been used for sugar and for tobacco, and the peck for apples. There are also special measures for specific goods, such as the cord of wood, the sack, the bale of wool or cotton, the box of fruit, "etc." Because it is difficult to measure actual volume and easy to measure mass, many of these units are now also defined as units of mass, specific to each commodity, so a bushel of apples is a different weight from a bushel of wheat (weighed at a specific | Kiss with a Fist theme and primarily takes place in a room of white-coloured background. It features Florence dressed in a cheeky punk themed outfit, running around - kicking, screaming in turn exclaiming how forceful love can be to contrast with the song's lyrical intention. The track was featured on the soundtrack to the films "Wild Child", "Jennifer's Body", and "", as well as in the television series "90210", "Saving Grace"," Community", and" Chuck". The song was used by Sky Sports to promote the 2013 Investec Ashes Series played between England & Australia. Kiss with a Fist "Kiss with a Fist" is the debut |
Which word will prefix the following, sighted, bread, and hand | The Bread and Alley passers-by for help but no-one pays him any attention, and he must find a solution all by himself: he throws the dog a piece of bread and, while the animal is devouring it, he continues on his way home. The Bread and Alley The Bread and Alley (, "Nān o Kūcheh") is a 1970 Iranian short film directed and written by Abbas Kiarostami. The ten-minute film was the first film directed by Kiarostami. Shot in black and white, the film tells the story of a little boy walking home with a loaf of bread who is confronted by a hungry | Prefix in the sentence), or derivational, creating a new word with a new semantic meaning and sometimes also a different lexical category. Prefixes, like all other affixes, are usually bound morphemes. In English, there are no inflectional prefixes; English uses suffixes instead for that purpose. The word "prefix" is itself made up of the stem "fix" (meaning "attach", in this case), and the prefix "pre-" (meaning "before"), both of which are derived from Latin roots. In English, a fairly comprehensive list, although not exhaustive, is the following. Depending on precisely how one defines a derivational prefix, some of the neoclassical combining |
What could be a hole making tool, a mixed beverage or a blow | Pilot hole Pilot hole A pilot hole is either a small hole drilled into a material to guide a larger drill to the appropriate location and ease the job of the larger drill, to allow for the insertion of another hole making tool, such as a knockout punch, that will produce the final size hole, or, in wood or plastic, to locate, guide, and provide clearance for a self threading screw to prevent damaging the material or breaking the screw. A pilot hole may be drilled the full extent of the final hole, or may only be a portion of the final | Couple in a Hole mysterious atmosphere of unease rather than being interested in plot. It also featured in "The Guardian"'s top 50 films of 2016 (its UK release date). In contrast, "Variety" found it "exasperating and random", concluding that commercial prospects were "remote". Couple in a Hole Couple in a Hole is a 2015 film directed by Tom Geens and starring Kate Dickie and Paul Higgins. The lead actors play a man and woman who live together in the Pyrenees in what could be described as a shallow hole in the ground. Dickie won best actress in a film at the 2016 British Academy |
In the film Summer Holiday with Cliff Richard what was the planned destination of the London bus that they were travelling in | Summer Holiday (1963 film) West End on 10 January 1963. The story concerns Don (Cliff Richard) and his friends (Hayes, Green and Bulloch) who are bus mechanics at the huge London Transport bus overhaul works in Aldenham, Hertfordshire. During a miserably wet British summer lunch break, Don arrives, having persuaded London Transport to lend him and his friends an AEC Regent III RT double-decker bus (and not a later AEC Routemaster as often quoted). This they convert into a holiday caravan, which they drive across continental Europe, intending to reach the South of France. However, their eventual destination is Athens, Greece. On the way, | London in film the rooftop of a skyscraper. "Paddington" (2014) features several London locations, and includes modern landmarks such as The Shard and the London Eye. Cliff Richard was a film star with three successful musical comedies in the early 1960s. The first of these, "The Young Ones" (1961), was set in London. Cliff, The Shadows, and others need money to save their youth club, so they set up a pirate radio station to generate publicity for the show. Although Cliff's second hit, "Summer Holiday" (1963), mostly took place while driving across Europe, it prominently featured a red London AEC, RT bus. The |
The zinnia is a member of which flower family | Zinnia grandiflora Zinnia grandiflora Zinnia grandiflora is a species of flowering plant in the aster family known by the common names Rocky Mountains zinnia and plains zinnia. It is native to the southwestern and south-central United States (Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona) and northern Mexico (Chihuahua, Coahuila, Sonora, Tamaulipas, Nuevo León, Zacatecas). "Zinnia grandiflora" is a small flat-topped or rounded subshrub growing up to 22 centimeters (8.8 inches) tall with many slender, branching stems. The oppositely arranged leaves are linear and 1 to 3 centimeters (0.4–1.2 inches) long. The herbage is covered in short, rough hairs. The flower head has | Zinnia Flower Zinnia Flower Zinnia Flower () is a 2015 Taiwanese film starring Karena Lam, Stone, Ko Chia-yen, Umin Boya, Bryan Chang, Nana Lee and Gen Yan Tsai. The theater release date was October 8, 2015. It was chosen as the closing film of the Taipei Film Festival in 2015. It is based on the story of how its director, Tom Lin, and another lady get over the pain of losing their loved ones during the 100 days following their death. Karena Lam won the Golden Horse Award for Best Leading Actress for her role in the film, and was nominated for |
What is the name of the Jetson's dog | George Jetson George Jetson George J. Jetson is a fictional character from the animated television series "The Jetsons". He is the father of the Jetson family. He is the husband of Jane Jetson and the father of teenage daughter Judy and son Elroy. George resides with his family and his dog Astro in the Skypad Apartments in Orbit City, in a future with the trappings of science fantasy depictions of American life in the future, such as robot servants, flying saucer-like cars, and moving sidewalks. All the apartment buildings are set on giant poles, resembling Seattle's Space Needle; the ground is almost | Nvidia Jetson Nvidia Jetson Nvidia Jetson stands for a series of computation processor boards from Nvidia. The Jetson TK1, TX1 and TX2 models all carry a Tegra processor (or SoC) from Nvidia that integrates an ARM architecture central processing unit (CPU). Jetson is a low-power system and is especially designed for accelerating machine learning applications. The following boards are known: The published performance modes of the Nvidia Jetson TX2 are: Various operating systems and software might be able to run on the Jetson board series. JetPack is a Software Development Kit (SDK) from Nvidia for their Jetson board series. The official Nvidia |
By what name is the Nuffield Radio Astronomy Laboratory better known | The European Radio Astronomy Club aim of the club to unite Europeans with a common interest in Radio Science. The main tool to do this is still a printed newsletter which goes out to all members. E.R.A.C. regularly holds an International Congress for Radio Astronomy which is attended by scientists from all over the world. Meeting in 1997, 2000, and 2003 were held at the Starkenburg Observatory in Heppenheim, before moving to the SRH University of Applied Science in Heidelberg in 2006. In 1997, the director of the British Jodrell Bank Observatory met for the first time, the executive director of the SETI League. The | Mullard Radio Astronomy Observatory of the Mullard Radio Astronomy Observatory commenced at Lord's Bridge, a few kilometres to the west of Cambridge. The observatory was founded under Martin Ryle of the Radio-Astronomy Group of the Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge and was opened by Sir Edward Victor Appleton on 25 July 1957. This group is now known as the Cavendish Astrophysics Group. The site is located a few miles south-west of Cambridge University at Lord's Bridge Station in Greater Cambridgeshire on a former ordnance storage facility, next to the now-unused Oxford-Cambridge Varsity railway line. A portion of the track bed of the old line, |
What are a Bermuda Three Stick, An Indian Fighter and an Eddy | Chapi-chapi flutter (oscillation), that some kite fliers prefer in kite fighting, over stable, quiet flight. Unlike the diamond-shaped Malay kite and Eddy, no extra strings are used in the edges for the frame, making the "chapi-chapi" easier and faster to assemble but relatively more fragile. The "chapi-chapi" is quite similar but not identical to the Thai "female" kite called pakpao, to the Patang or Indian fighter kite, and to the Nagasaki Hata or Matt Star fighter kite. The kite shown in the 1999 Filipino film "Saranggola" was a "chapi-chapi". Chapi-chapi Chapi-chapi is a small, two-stick kite that can be quickly constructed | What Kind of an American are You? found at Pritzker Military Museum & Library. The song urges Americans (specifically immigrants) to use this war to prove their loyalty to the United States; whether that may be by fighting or by simply standing behind the US's actions. For those who show no support, this question is posed: "What are you doing over here?" It upholds the "us-against-them" mentality; the "them" in this case is Germany. The chorus is as follows: What Kind of an American are You? What Kind of an American are you?, also known as What Kind of American are you?, is a World War I |
What was Peter Andre's first top ten entry (1996) | Peter Andre Peter Andre Peter Andre (born Peter James Andrea, 27 February 1973) is an English-Australian singer, songwriter, businessman, presenter, television personality and actor. He gained popularity as a singer, best known for his singles "Mysterious Girl" and "Flava". He is also known for appearing on the third series of "I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!", and the thirteenth series of "Strictly Come Dancing", in which he was partnered with Janette Manrara. During his time on "I'm A Celebrity", Andre developed an on-screen romantic relationship with fellow contestant Katie Price. Andre and Price got married two years after the show's finale; | Peter Andre (album) Peter Andre (album) Peter Andre is the self-titled debut album from Australian singer-songwriter Peter Andre. In 1990, Andre became famous when he took part in the Australian television talent show "New Faces". Following Andre's success in the program, Melodian Records offered him a £1 million pound record deal. In 1992, Andre released his debut single, "Drive Me Crazy", which peaked at #72 on the Australian singles chart. However, Andre's musical breakthrough occurred with his second single, "Gimme Little Sign", which peaked at #3 in Australia and spent 35 weeks in the top 100. Andre's self-titled debut album was released in |
Manchild and Buffalo Stance were hits for which singer | Buffalo Stance Buffalo Stance "Buffalo Stance" is a 1988 single recorded by Neneh Cherry, which she released on her debut album, "Raw Like Sushi." The song peaked at No. 3 on both the UK Singles Chart and the US "Billboard" Hot 100. An early version of the song appeared as the B-side on the 1986 Stock, Aitken, and Waterman-produced single "Looking Good Diving" by duo Morgan-McVey, which was made up of Jamie Morgan and Cherry's future husband Cameron McVey. The song, titled "Looking Good Diving with the Wild Bunch", was sung by Cherry. The song title refers to "Buffalo", a group of | Buffalo Stance photographers, models, musicians, hair and makeup artists, etc. formed by fashion stylist Ray Petri, of which group Cherry, Morgan, and McVey were all members. Such a "stance" would be to stand like such a person who is, or such a group of people who are, posing for a photo shoot in a London fashion magazine. The song's title is also a reference to the Malcolm McLaren song "Buffalo Gals" (1983), which "Buffalo Stance" samples. Other samples came from Rock Steady Crew's "Hey You", and the saxophone break is from the band Miami's song "Chicken Yellow" (1974). Tim Simenon, also called |
What is the last word in Rule Britannia | Rule, Britannia! notes that the Victorians changed "will" to "shall" in the line "Britons never shall be slaves." The song assumed extra significance in 1945 at the conclusion of World War II when it was played at the ceremonial surrender of the Japanese imperial army in Singapore. A massed military band of Australian, British and American forces played as Supreme Allied Commander Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma arrived. "Rule, Britannia!" (in an orchestral arrangement by Sir Malcolm Sargent) is traditionally performed at the BBC's Last Night of the Proms, normally with a guest soloist (past performers have included Jane Eaglen, | Rule, Britannia! the grammar. Richard Dawkins recounts in "The Selfish Gene" that the repeated exclamation "Rule, Britannia! Britannia, rule the waves!" is often rendered as "Rule, Britannia! Britannia rules the waves!", changing both the meaning and inflection of the verse. This addition of a terminal 's' to the lyrics is used as an example of a successful meme. Maurice Willson Disher notes that the change from "Britannia, rule the waves" to "Britannia rules the waves" occurred in the Victorian era, at a time when the British did rule the waves and no longer needed to be exhorted to rule them. Disher also |
With which form of transport was Otto Lilienthal associated | Otto Lilienthal was also constantly taking his own photographs of his flying machines after 1891. There are at least 145 known photographs documenting his test flights, some of excellent quality. All of them are available online at Otto Lilienthal Museum website. The only negatives, preserved in the Deutsches Museum in Munich, were destroyed during World War II. Otto Lilienthal Otto Lilienthal (23 May 1848 – 10 August 1896) was a German pioneer of aviation who became known as the "flying man". He was the first person to make well-documented, repeated, successful flights with gliders. Newspapers and magazines published photographs of Lilienthal gliding, | Otto Lilienthal famous and successful surgeons in Europe at the time. Lilienthal died there a few hours later (about 36 hours after the crash). There are differing accounts of Lilienthal's last words. A popular account, inscribed on his tombstone, is "" ("Sacrifices must be made!"). The director of the Otto Lilienthal Museum doubts that these were his last words. Otto Lilienthal was buried at Lankwitz public cemetery in Berlin. Lilienthal's research was well known to the Wright brothers, and they credited him as a major inspiration for their decision to pursue manned flight. However, they abandoned his aeronautical data after two seasons |
Who was the commander of the French army at the Battle of Borodino | Battle of Borodino Battle of Borodino The Battle of Borodino (; ) was a battle fought on 7 September 1812 in the Napoleonic Wars during the French invasion of Russia. The fighting involved around 250,000 troops and left at least 70,000 casualties, making Borodino the deadliest day of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon's " launched an attack against the Russian army, driving it back from its initial positions but failing to gain a decisive victory. Both armies were exhausted after the battle and the Russians withdrew from the field the following day. Borodino represented the last Russian effort at stopping the French advance on | Battle at Borodino Field Battle at Borodino Field The Battle at Borodino Field was a part of the Battle of Moscow, on the Eastern Front of World War II. While referring to the battle in Russian, the Borodino Field is actually more commonly applied rather than just Borodino, cf. Georgy Zhukov ("...this division [32nd] was forced to cross the arms with the enemy on the Borodino Field..."). At noon on 13 October 1941, German Junkers and Messerschmitt aircraft appeared over the Borodino Field, site of the climactic 1812 French-Russian clash. On 16 October, severe fighting broke out in the center of Borodino Field. Subsequently, |
In which country was the battle of Rorke's Drift in 1879 | Solar eclipse of January 22, 1879 22 January 1879, approximately 1700 British soldiers were annihilated by Zulu warriors during the Zulu War in South Africa. At 2:29 PM there was a solar eclipse, and according to legend, this motivated the Zulus, who claimed that it was a sign that they would prevail. The conflict was named the Battle of Isandlwana, the Zulu name for the battle translates as "the day of the dead moon". Solar eclipse of January 22, 1879 An annular solar eclipse occurred on January 22, 1879. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby totally or partly | Battle of Rorke's Drift close to defeating the much smaller garrison, but were ultimately repelled. Eleven Victoria Crosses were awarded to the defenders, along with a number of other decorations and honours. Rorke's Drift, known as "kwaJimu" ("Jim's Land") in the Zulu language, was a mission station and the former trading post of James Rorke, an Irish merchant. It was located near a drift, or ford, on the Buffalo (Mzinyathi) River, which at the time formed the border between the British colony of Natal and the Zulu Kingdom. On 9 January 1879, the British No. 3 (Centre) Column, under Lord Chelmsford, arrived and encamped |
Who was the British foreign secretary who resigned during the battle of the Falklands | Aftermath of the Falklands War saw the popularity of the Conservative Government increase, with some attributing this rise to the aftermath of the war with others suggesting that the rise in popularity was due to an increase in economic optimism, with the war increasing productivity by 3%. The war did however cause several members of the government to resign, including the Foreign Secretary Lord Carrington, the most recent time that a UK government minister resigned openly in response to a failure of his department (in not anticipating the war). Criticism was levelled at Ted Rowlands, a former junior foreign minister in the preceding government, who | Cultural impact of the Falklands War Cultural impact of the Falklands War The cultural impact of the Falklands War spanned several media in both Britain and Argentina. A number of films and television productions emerged from the conflict. The first Argentine film about the war was "Los chicos de la guerra" ("The Boys of the War") in 1984. The BBC drama "Tumbledown" (1988) told the story of a British officer who got paralysed due to a bullet wound. The computer game "Harrier Attack" (1983) and the naval strategy game "Strike Fleet" (1987) are two examples of Falklands-related games. A number of fictional works were set during |
What is the state capital of South Carolina | South Carolina State House South Carolina State House The South Carolina State House is the building housing the government of the U.S. state of South Carolina. The building houses the South Carolina General Assembly and the offices of the Governor and Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina. Until 1971, it also housed the Supreme Court. It is located in the capital city of Columbia near the corner of Gervais and Assembly Streets. The State House is in the Greek Revival style; it is approximately tall, long, wide. It weighs more than and has of space. The old State House was constructed between 1786 and 1790. | Capital punishment in South Carolina Capital punishment in South Carolina Capital punishment is a legal penalty in the U.S. state of South Carolina. It has executed 43 people since 1976. When the prosecution seeks the death penalty, the sentence is decided by the jury and must be unanimous. In case of a hung jury during the penalty phase of the trial, a life sentence is issued, even if a single juror opposed death (there is no retrial). The governor has the power of clemency with respect to death sentences. The method of execution is lethal injection, unless the condemned requests to be electrocuted. Electrocution is |
Which Australian state has the largest population | Australian regional rivalries from the Federal Government's home in the Australian Capital Territory. The state has the fourth largest population of the Australian States and Territories with 9.8% of the national total, and about one-third the population of Victoria and New South Wales. Some Western Australian towns are located closer to its South East Asian neighbours to the North than to cities interstate; the capital Perth is closer to Jakarta than to Sydney or Melbourne. At the same time, it has abundant natural resources and primary industries that contribute a significant part of Australia's economy, particularly in the mining sector. As at June | 1938 South Australian state election 1938 South Australian state election State elections were held in South Australia on 19 March 1938. All 39 seats in the South Australian House of Assembly were up for election. The incumbent Liberal and Country League government led by Premier of South Australia Richard L. Butler defeated the opposition Australian Labor Party led by Leader of the Opposition Andrew Lacey. This election was the start of the electoral malapportionment which became known as the Playmander. It consisted of rural districts enjoying a 2-to-1 advantage in the state parliament, even though they contained less than half of the population, as well |
Which famous Australian singer had a dessert named after her | Melba toast Melba toast Melba toast is a dry, crisp and thinly sliced toast, often served with soup and salad or topped with either melted cheese or pâté. It is named after Dame Nellie Melba, the stage name of Australian opera singer Helen Porter Mitchell. Its name is thought to date from 1897, when the singer was very ill and it became a staple of her diet. The toast was created for her by chef and fan Auguste Escoffier, who also created the Peach Melba dessert for her. The hotel proprietor César Ritz supposedly named it in a conversation with Escoffier. Melba | Phoenicia dessert cinnamon mixture. Phoenicia dessert Phoenicia dessert is a type of Lebanese/Syrian cookie. The dessert was named after the ancient Phoenicians. The cookie is made using flour, baking powder, orange juice, and oil. No dairy products are used. After baking in the oven, the Phoenicia dessert are rolled in a mixture of cinnamon, sugar and ground walnuts. Hurma, another type of Lebanese, Syrian, Levant and Turkish cuisine dessert, are made with the same ingredients, but after baking, they are dipped into a syrup mixture consisting of sugar, honey, water, orange zest, and cloves. Then they are rolled in the ground walnut, |
Who had a hit in the nineties with Don't Marry Her | Don't Marry Her Don't Marry Her "Don't Marry Her" is a song by The Beautiful South and the opening track on their album "Blue is the Colour". Vocalist Jacqui Abbott begs a man to run away with her from the woman he is going to marry, and attempts to sway him by describing what she thinks married life with the other woman will be like, painting a very uninviting picture. The song's lyrics were substantially altered for the release as a single - changing from "Don't marry her, fuck me" to "Don't marry her, have me", and with "sweaty bollocks," becoming "Sandra Bullocks". | Don T. Griswold Don T. Griswold Ensign Don T. Griswold, Jr., (8 July 1917 – 6 June 1942) was a United States Naval Aviator, who was posthumously awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for his actions during the Battle of Midway. Born in Bryan, Texas, he attended Iowa State and after graduation joined the Naval Aviation Corps. During the Battle of Midway, 6 June 1942, his Douglas SBD-3 "Dauntless" scout-bomber scored a hit on a Japanese ship but was hit by antiaircraft fire and plunged into the sea. Griswold's radioman-gunner, Kenneth Cecil Bunch, also died. Ensign Griswold was posthumously awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross. |
Which American record producer was famous for his Wall of Sound | Wall of Sound Wall of Sound The Wall of Sound (also called the Spector Sound) is a music production formula developed by American record producer Phil Spector at Gold Star Studios in the 1960s, with assistance from engineer Larry Levine and the session musician conglomerate later known as "the Wrecking Crew". The intention was to exploit the possibilities of studio recording to create an unusually dense orchestral aesthetic that came across well through radios and jukeboxes of the era. Spector explained in 1964: "I was looking for a sound, a sound so strong that if the material was not the greatest, the sound | Record producer Record producer A record producer or music producer oversees and manages the sound recording and production of a band or performer's music, which may range from recording one song to recording a lengthy concept album. A producer has many, varying roles during the recording process. They may gather musical ideas for the project, collaborate with the artists to select cover tunes or original songs by the artist/group, work with artists and help them to improve their songs, lyrics or arrangements. A producer may also: The producer typically supervises the entire process from preproduction, through to the sound recording and mixing |
Which Scottish civil engineer was responsible for building the Caledonian Canal | Caledonian Canal tourists to enjoy the canal, such as taking part in the Great Glen Rally, cycling along the tow-paths, or cruising on Hotel Barges. The canal has several names in Scottish Gaelic including "Amar-Uisge/Seòlaid a' Ghlinne Mhòir" ("Waterway of the Great Glen"), "Sligh'-Uisge na h-Alba" ("Waterway of Scotland") and a literal translation "(An) Canàl Cailleannach". Caledonian Canal The Caledonian Canal connects the Scottish east coast at Inverness with the west coast at Corpach near Fort William in Scotland. The canal was constructed in the early nineteenth century by Scottish engineer Thomas Telford. The canal runs some from northeast to southwest. Only | Caledonian Canal Act 1840 leased in 1860. Caledonian Canal Act 1840 Caledonian Canal Act 1840 is an act of the British Parliament that was passed on 4 August of 1840 ""to authorize the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury"" to allow for the leasing and management of the Caledonian canal in Scotland. The Caledonian Canal, which extends from Moray Firth to Loch Linnhe, was completed on 30 October 1822 and opened the same year. An Act of Parliament establishing the "Caledenian Canal Commissioners" was passed on 27 July 1803, and the commissioners made a corporate body in 1848. Both this canal and the Crinan Canal |
The Kiel Canal connects the North Sea with which other sea | North Sea between and among rivers, artificial harbours, and the sea. The Kiel Canal, connecting the North Sea with the Baltic Sea, is the most heavily used artificial seaway in the world reporting an average of 89 ships per day not including sporting boats and other small watercraft in 2009. It saves an average of , instead of the voyage around the Jutland peninsula. The North Sea Canal connects Amsterdam with the North Sea. North Sea The North Sea is a marginal sea of the Atlantic Ocean located between the United Kingdom (particularly England and Scotland), Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Germany, the Netherlands, | North Sea Canal North Sea Canal The North Sea Canal () is a Dutch ship canal from Amsterdam to the North Sea at IJmuiden, constructed between 1865 and 1876 to enable seafaring vessels to reach the port of Amsterdam. This man-made channel terminates at Amsterdam in the closed-off IJ Bay, which in turn connects to the Amsterdam-Rhine Canal. The drainage of the canal to the North Sea is done through the Spui Locks at IJmuiden, augmented by the largest pumping station in Europe. This system is vital to the groundwater management of the Western Netherlands. To improve the connection between the harbour of |
What was the name of the Channel 5 adventure game show presented by Melinda Messenger and Leslie Grantham | Melinda Messenger a nude magician's assistant. In 1998–99 she hosted her own show on Channel 5 called "Melinda's Big Night In". From 1998 to 2001, Messenger became assistant in "Fort Boyard" on Five which ran for four series on the channel. She joined ex-Eastender Leslie Grantham and "Catweazle" star Geoffrey Bayldon in the game show which tested contestants' physical agility and brainpower on the identically named sea fortress in France. In 2002, she appeared on "Celebrity Big Brother" where she was described as a "blonde Vulcan" by fellow contestant Sue Perkins, who questioned her apparent lack of range of emotions. She has | Melinda Messenger Melinda Messenger Melinda Jane Messenger (born 23 February 1971) is an English television presenter and former glamour model and Page 3 girl. She presented the magazine programme "Live from Studio Five" and was formerly the co-presenter of the reality show "Cowboy Builders". Messenger was born in Swindon, Wiltshire, the middle child between two brothers, Brian and Warren. Her parents, Terry and Avis, divorced when she was five years old. After attending different schools, one of which was Dorcan Technology College, she spent six months working as a flight attendant for Britannia Airways. She then joined a local marketing company, rising |
In a recent poll who did Radio Times readers vote as the best male character in a TV sit com | A Touch of Glass was the first episode of "Only Fools and Horses" to attract a UK television audience of over 10 million. Owing to the chandelier scene, it is one of the show's best known episodes. In December 2006, the scene came second in a UKTV Gold poll to find the Top 40 Only Fools Moments, second only to Del Boy falling through an open bar flap in the episode "Yuppy Love". It was also voted the best British comedy moment in a 2000 poll. A Touch of Glass "A Touch of Glass" is an episode of the BBC sit-com, "Only Fools and | TV on the Radio readers poll as well as the Pazz and Jop critic's poll. It was also named the second best album of 2008 by "NME" and the fourth best album of 2008 by Planet Sound. On September 22, 2008, TV on the Radio performed "Dancing Choose" in the setting of a flight of outer apartment stairs on the "Late Show with David Letterman". They also appeared on "Later... with Jools Holland" on September 30, 2008, performing "Golden Age" and "Dancing Choose", which were the same songs they performed on "Saturday Night Live" on February 7, 2009. The band performed "Dancing Choose" on |
What name is given to a triangle with two sides equal | Isosceles triangle only on the angle between its two legs. Euclid defined an isosceles triangle as a triangle with exactly two equal sides, but modern treatments prefer to define isosceles triangles as having at least two equal sides. The difference between these two definitions is that the modern version makes equilateral triangles (with three equal sides) a special case of isosceles triangles. A triangle that is not isosceles (having three unequal sides) is called scalene. "Isosceles" is a compound word, made from the Greek roots "isos" (equal) and "skelos" (leg). The same word is used, for instance, for isosceles trapezoids, trapezoids with | Triangle of the lengths of any two sides of a triangle must be greater than or equal to the length of the third side. That sum can equal the length of the third side only in the case of a degenerate triangle, one with collinear vertices. It is not possible for that sum to be less than the length of the third side. A triangle with three given positive side lengths exists if and only if those side lengths satisfy the triangle inequality. Three given angles form a non-degenerate triangle (and indeed an infinitude of them) if and only if both |
Simultaneous and quadratic are both types of what | Quadratic irrational number Quadratic irrational number In mathematics, a quadratic irrational number (also known as a quadratic irrational, a quadratic irrationality or quadratic surd) is an irrational number that is the solution to some quadratic equation with rational coefficients which is irreducible over the set of rational numbers. Since fractions in the coefficients of a quadratic equation can be cleared by multiplying both sides by their common denominator, a quadratic irrational is an irrational root of some quadratic equation whose coefficients are integers. The quadratic irrational numbers, a subset of the complex numbers, are algebraic numbers of degree 2, and can therefore be | Kaplansky's theorem on quadratic forms Kaplansky's theorem on quadratic forms In mathematics, Kaplansky's theorem on quadratic forms is a result on simultaneous representation of primes by quadratic forms. It was proved in 2003 by Irving Kaplansky. Kaplansky's theorem states that a prime "p" congruent to 1 modulo 16 is representable by both or none of "x" + 32"y" and "x" + 64"y", whereas a prime "p" congruent to 9 modulo 16 is representable by exactly one of these quadratic forms. This is remarkable since the primes represented by each of these forms individually are "not" describable by congruence conditions. Kaplansky's proof uses the facts that |
How many square chains are there in an acre | Acre Prairie Provinces and the US Midwest are on square-mile grids for surveying purposes. Acre The acre is a unit of land area used in the imperial and US customary systems. It is traditionally defined as the area of one chain by one furlong (66 by 660 feet), which is exactly equal to 10 square chains, of a square mile, or 43,560 square feet, and approximately 4,047 m, or about 40% of a hectare. The acre is a statute measure in the United States and was formerly one in the United Kingdom and almost all countries of the former British Empire, | Acre all modern variants of the acre contain 4,840 square yards, there are alternative definitions of a yard, so the exact size of an acre depends on which yard it is based. Originally, an acre was understood as a selion of land sized at forty perches (660 ft, or 1 furlong) long and four perches (66 ft) wide; this may have also been understood as an approximation of the amount of land a yoke of oxen could plough in one day. A square enclosing one acre is approximately 69.57 yards, or 208 feet 9 inches () on a side. As a |
What type of creature is a Dandy Dinmont | Dandie Dinmont Terrier Dandie Dinmont Terrier A Dandie Dinmont Terrier is a small Scottish dog breed in the terrier family. The breed has a very long body, short legs, and a distinctive topknot of hair on the head. They are friendly but tough, and are suitable for interaction with older children. There are no breed-specific health concerns, but they can be affected by spinal problems due to their elongated body, and the breed is affected by canine cancer at a higher than average rate. The breed is named after a fictional character in Sir Walter Scott's novel, "Guy Mannering". This character, Dandie Dinmont, | Creature type (Dungeons & Dragons) Creature type (Dungeons & Dragons) In the "Dungeons & Dragons" fantasy role-playing game, creature types are rough categories of creatures which determine the way game mechanics affect the creature. In the 3rd edition and related games, there are between thirteen and seventeen creature types. Creature type is determined by the designer of a monster, based upon its nature or physical attributes. The choice of type is important, as all creatures which have a given type will share certain characteristics (with some exceptions). In 3rd and 3.5 editions, type determines features such as hit dice, base attack bonus, saving throws, and |
Who helped Theseus to escape from the Labyrinth by giving him a large ball of string | Theseus soon as Theseus entered the Labyrinth, he tied one end of the ball of string to the door post and brandished his sword which he had kept hidden from the guards inside his tunic. Theseus followed Daedalus' instructions given to Ariadne; go forwards, always down and never left or right. Theseus came to the heart of the Labyrinth and also upon the sleeping Minotaur. The beast awoke and a tremendous fight then occurred. Theseus overpowered the Minotaur with his strength and stabbed the beast in the throat with his sword (according to one "scholium" on Pindar's Fifth Nemean Ode, Theseus | Theseus and the Minotaur Theseus and the Minotaur Theseus and the Minotaur is a type of logic maze designed by Robert Abbott. In this maze, the player acts as Theseus, the king of Athens who is attempting to escape the Labyrinth. The main difference between this and the standard type of labrinth, beyond the fact that it is set on a grid, is the fact that the maze is not empty, but also contains a Minotaur who hunts the player down, taking two steps for every one the player takes. While the Minotaur is faster than the player, his moves are predictable and often |
What colour is an emu's egg | Big Green Egg Big Green Egg The Big Green Egg is the brand name of a kamado-style ceramic charcoal barbecue cooker. The Egg is a versatile cooking device capable of acting as a grill, oven, or smoker. They come in a variety of sizes ranging from 'XXLarge' to 'Mini'. They are produced in a distinctive dark green colour. The Big Green Egg Company was founded in 1974 by Ed Fisher and is based in Tucker, Georgia in the United States. Production of the Big Green Egg takes place in Monterrey, Mexico, by the company Daltile. The shape of the Big Green Egg is | Emu oil other as an insect repellent. Emu oil Emu oil is an oil derived from adipose tissue harvested from certain subspecies of the emu, "Dromaius novaehollandiae", a flightless bird indigenous to Australia. Unadulterated emu oil can vary widely in color and viscosity anywhere from an off-white creamy texture to a thin yellow liquid, depending on the diet of the emu and the refining method(s) used. Industrially refined "emu grade" emu oil is composed of a minimum of 70% unsaturated fatty acids. The largest component is oleic acid, a monounsaturated omega-9 fatty acid. Emu oil also contains roughly 20% linoleic acid (an |
Which is the largest member of the penguin family | Penguin they are not found only in cold climates, such as Antarctica. In fact, only a few species of penguin live so far south. Several species are found in the temperate zone, and one species, the Galápagos penguin, lives near the equator. The largest living species is the emperor penguin ("Aptenodytes forsteri"): on average, adults are about tall and weigh . The smallest penguin species is the little blue penguin ("Eudyptula minor"), also known as the fairy penguin, which stands around tall and weighs . Among extant penguins, larger penguins inhabit colder regions, while smaller penguins are generally found in temperate | Antarctica: Empire of the Penguin the Penguin. Antarctica: Empire of the Penguin Antarctica: Empire of the Penguin is a theme area at SeaWorld Orlando featuring a motion-based, trackless dark ride and a penguinarium. The attraction opened on May 24, 2013 as the largest attraction at any SeaWorld Entertainment theme park. The area was generally well received by critics and the public at its opening. In August and September 2011, SeaWorld Entertainment filed trademarks for "Antarctica" to be used for a theme area, and "Empire of the Penguins" to be used for an amusement ride. This led to rumors that SeaWorld Orlando would replace its "Penguin |
Canaries belong to which family of birds | Abnormal behaviour of birds in captivity cages demonstrated that most birds showing this social deprivation had significant behavioural disturbances, such as aggressive behaviour, feather picking, self-mutilation, restlessness, screaming, apathetic behavior, and stereotypies. Cannibalism often occurs in large animal husbandry systems, which are usually impoverished environments with a lack of opportunities. In addition, studies of caged canaries have revealed two common stereotypies. These include spot picking, where birds repeatedly touch a particular spot in the environment with the tip of their beak, and route tracing, a pacing behaviour associated with physical restrictions in movement imposed by the cage. The absence of song learning in zebra finches has | Diseases of Canaries on the Diseases of Birds", has the same content but with some revisions and updated specific information. Diseases of Canaries Diseases of Canaries is a 1933 book by Robert Stroud, better known by his prison nickname of "The Bird Man of Alcatraz". He wrote it while serving a life sentence at Leavenworth Penitentiary. "Diseases of Canaries" is a comprehensive work which contains much information on: Anatomy – Feeding – Feeding Experiments – Insects and Parasites – The Moult – Injuries – Septic Fever – Septicemia – Necrosis – Diarrhoea – Aspergillosis – Bacteriology – Pathogenic Organisms – Drugs. This is |
In Treasure Island who actually found the treasure | Ben Gunn (Treasure Island) Ben Gunn (Treasure Island) Benjamin "Ben" Gunn is a fictional character in the "Treasure Island" novel by Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson. Ben Gunn is an ex-crewman of Captain Flint's who has been marooned for three years on Treasure Island by his crewmates, after his failure to find the treasure without the map. During his time alone on the island, Gunn develops an obsessional craving for cheese. He first appears in the novel when Jim Hawkins encounters him. Ben treats Jim kindly in return for a chance of getting back to his real home. Jim leaves Ben Gunn behind but | The Secret of Treasure Island The Secret of Treasure Island The Secret of Treasure Island is a 1938 Columbia movie serial based on Robert Louis Stevenson's novel "Treasure Island". The serial is broken into fifteen chapters. Reporter Larry Kent travels to an island in the Caribbean to investigate the disappearance of his colleague, and discovers that the island contains a lost treasure trove of gold. Kent meets Toni Morrell, the daughter of a shipmate whose partner knew the location of the treasure, who helps him in his investigation and they search for the treasure together. During their investigation they are opposed by a villain named |
In which Dickens novel does Sidney Carton appear | Sydney Carton French prisons, after a conversation described as a "hand at cards". His final words - or rather, what Dickens suggests could have been his final words, had he been given the time to verbalize his final thoughts - are among the most famous in English literature: On film and television, Sydney Carton has been portrayed by: On radio, he has been portrayed by Orson Welles, Charles Dance and Paul Ready. Sydney Carton Sydney Carton is a central character in Charles Dickens' novel "A Tale of Two Cities". He is a shrewd young Englishman educated at Shrewsbury School, and sometime junior | Mariana (Dickens novel) novel has been described as a semi-autobiography, for example Dickens was kicked out of Drama School "for not being able to act". Mariana (Dickens novel) Mariana (1940) is the first novel by Monica Dickens. "Mariana" is a coming of age novel, which describes the growth and experience of Mary Shannon, a young English girl in the 1930s as the first hints of war begin to permeate English domestic life. First published by Michael Joseph, it was reprinted by Persephone Books in 1999 and is the second in their collection. The title is a reference to the poem of the same |
What was the name of the principal horse in George Orwell's Animal Farm | Boxer (Animal Farm) Boxer (Animal Farm) Boxer is described as a hardworking, but naive and ignorant horse in George Orwell's "Animal Farm". He is shown as the farm's most dedicated and loyal labourer as well. Boxer serves as an allegory for the Russian working-class who helped to oust Tsar Nicholas and establish the Soviet Union, but were eventually betrayed by the Stalinists. Boxer cares and looks out for the other animals. One example of this is when all of the animals are hungry from the poor rations, and he gives away most of his food. He is mostly helpful in the places where | Statue of George Orwell a sculptural group in Sheffield. Statue of George Orwell A statue of George Orwell by the British sculptor Martin Jennings was unveiled on 7 November 2017 outside Broadcasting House, the headquarters of the BBC, in London. The wall behind the statue is inscribed with Orwell's words "If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear", from an unused preface to "Animal Farm". The head of BBC history, Robert Seatter, said of Orwell and the statue that "He reputedly based his notorious Room 101 from "Nineteen Eighty-Four" on a room |
With which film theme did The Central Band of The R.A.F. reach the top twenty in 1955 | Central Band of the Royal Air Force the Band’ programme. The band also played a leading role in marking the 70th anniversary of the ‘Dambusters’ with a performance on BBC Radio 2’s ‘Friday Night is Music Night". Alongside this broadcasting success, the musicians of the Band are well recognised for their recording prowess. Beginning in 1955 with the release of Eric Coates’ 'The Dambusters March' (HMV), the Central Band became the first military band to make a long-playing record and remains at the forefront of military band and contemporary wind ensemble recording. The critical and popular success of "Reach for the Skies" (Decca Records) and collaborative efforts | Top of the World (1955 film) Top of the World (1955 film) Top of the World is a 1955 American adventure film directed by Lewis R. Foster, written by John D. Klorer and N. Richard Nash, and starring Dale Robertson, Evelyn Keyes, Frank Lovejoy, Nancy Gates, Paul Fix, Robert Arthur, and Peter Hansen. Unable to fly jet missions at his age, Major (soon promoted to Lieutenant Colonel) Lee Gannon is reassigned from a Californian air base to a weather station in Alaska, against his wishes. He perks up on learning that ex-wife Virgie now owns a nightclub in Fairbanks. Gannon reports for duty to Major Brad |
Which cover of an Elvis song gave the Pet Shop Boys a number one in 1987 | Pet Shop Boys discography In the summer of 1987, the Pet Shop Boys recorded a cover of Brenda Lee's song "Always on My Mind", which became their third UK number-one single over Christmas 1987. This was followed by another UK number one, "Heart", in spring 1988. The album "Actually" was released in September 1987, peaked at number two in the UK and was certified three-times Platinum by the BPI. The duo's third album, "Introspective", was released in October 1988 and peaked at number two in the UK and Germany and was certified two-times Platinum by the BPI. Next album "Behaviour", came in 1990 and | One More Chance (Pet Shop Boys song) single and album version. Pet Shop Boys were dissatisfied with the mix so Mandelsohn produced a 12-inch remix, which ultimately ended up on the album. The unused 7-inch mix was eventually released in 2001 on the second disc of "Actually / Further Listening 1987–1988". One More Chance (Pet Shop Boys song) "One More Chance" is a song by the English electronic music duo Pet Shop Boys, first released as their second single in 1984 and re-recorded for their second album "Actually" in 1987. The track was originally credited to Neil Tennant and producer Bobby Orlando, before Chris Lowe wrote additional |
Which group had a number two in 1998 with Perfect 10 | Perfect 10 (song) Perfect 10 (song) "Perfect 10" is a song by The Beautiful South, released in 1998. It reached number two in the UK charts. The song also appeared on their album "Quench". The verses of the song - sung alternately by Paul Heaton and Jacqui Abbott - are made up of a series of innuendos using clothing sizes and penis length to illustrate a loving relationship between two people who don't conform to modern stereotypes of physical perfection. The male vocal shows that although his partner is a little on the large side (""but she wears a 12""), she is a | Perfect 10 Perfect 10 was ordered to pay Giganews $5,213,117.06 in attorney's fees and $424,235.47 in costs. In January 2017 the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed the original judgement. Perfect 10 Perfect 10 is an online adult website – and formerly a monthly and then quarterly men's magazine – that features high resolution topless or nude photographs of 'all natural' women who have not had cosmetic surgery. Perfect 10 also promoted and filmed boxing matches between a number of their models, aired most recently as "Perfect 10: Model Boxing" on the Showtime and HDNet cable channels. The last print |
What is the second event in the decathlon | Decathlon who wins the decathlon, thus the world's greatest athlete of all times is the recordman of decathlon (Kevin Mayer as of September 2018). This began when King Gustav V of Sweden told Jim Thorpe, "You, sir, are the world's greatest athlete" after Thorpe won the decathlon at the Stockholm Olympics in 1912. The official decathlon world record holder is French Kevin Mayer, who scored 9,126 points at the 2018 Décastar. The event developed from the ancient pentathlon. Pentathlon competitions were held at the ancient Greek Olympics. Pentathlons involved five disciplines – long jump, discus throw, javelin throw, sprint and a | Decathlon event. The "% Difference" column shows the percentage difference between the time, distance or height of the individual world record and the decathlon record (other than the "Total" entry, which shows the percentage difference between awarded decathlon points). The relative differences in points are much higher in throwing events than in running and jumping events. Decathlon bests are only recognised when an athlete completes the ten-event competition with a score over 7,000 points. Decathlon The decathlon is a combined event in athletics consisting of ten track and field events. The word decathlon is of Greek origin, from δέκα ("déka", meaning |
In which country was the 1985 Heysel Stadium soccer tragedy | Heysel Stadium disaster Heysel Stadium disaster The Heysel Stadium disaster (, ; ; ; ) occurred on 29 May 1985 when mostly Juventus fans escaping from a breach by Liverpool fans were pressed against a collapsing wall in the Heysel Stadium in Brussels, Belgium, before the start of the 1985 European Cup Final between the Italian and English clubs. 39 people—mostly Italians and Juventus fans—were killed and 600 were injured in the confrontation. Approximately an hour before the Juventus-Liverpool final was due to kick off, Liverpool supporters charged at Juventus fans and breached a fence that was separating them from a "neutral area". | Heysel Stadium disaster memorial in the Continassa headquarter. In February 2014, an exhibition in Turin was dedicated both to the Heysel tragedy and Superga air disaster. The name of the exhibition was ""Settanta angeli in un unico cielo – Superga e Heysel tragedie sorelle"" (70 angels in the one same heaven – Superga and Heysel sister tragedies) and gathered material from 4 May 1949 and 29 May 1985. In May 2015, during a Serie A match between Juventus and Napoli at Turin, Juventus fans held up placards to form a banner saying ""+39 Rispetto"" ("respect +39" in Italian) including the names of the |
Great Britain has won most of her Olympic golds in athletics which sport has been the next successful | Great Britain at the 2012 Summer Olympics (two golds and one silver) in total, Victoria Pendleton became Great Britain's most successful female Olympic athlete, surpassing the record of two golds and one bronze medal, previously held by Kelly Holmes, and briefly shared with Rebecca Adlington. For the first time in Olympic history, Great Britain had won a women's rowing gold; in the event, Great Britain secured three of the six gold medals in women's rowing. Heather Stanning and Helen Glover took the first Great Britain gold of the games in the women's pair, and the nation's first ever in women's rowing. Katherine Grainger, winning her first gold | Great Britain at the Olympics from Great Britain. Great Britain is the most successful nation in Skeleton winning a medal at every Games in which the sport has been included and has won at least one medal in each of the five contests of Women's skeleton since its introduction with five different athletes. Lizzy Yarnold is the most successful Skeleton rider of all time winning back to back Gold Medals in 2014 and 2018. No other rider has successfully defended a Gold Medal. Great Britain was the third most successful nation in swimming in 2008, with 2 golds, 2 silvers and 2 bronzes, with Rebecca |
At which sport was Fred Perry World Champion in 1929 | Fred Perry singles Grand Slam title, until Andy Murray won the 2012 US Open. Perry was the first player to win a "Career Grand Slam", winning all four singles titles, which he completed at the age of 26 at the 1935 French Open. He remains the only British player ever to achieve this. Perry's first love was Table Tennis and he was World Champion in 1929. He began playing tennis aged 14 and his tennis career at 21, when in 1930 an LTA committee chose him to join a four-man team to tour the United States. In 1933, Perry helped lead the | Fred Perry good shot, Perry would cry out 'Very clevah.' I never played Fred competitively, but I heard enough from other guys that 'Very clevah' drove a lot of opponents crazy." Perry, however, recalled his days on the professional tour differently. He maintained that "there was never any easing up in his tour matches with Ellsworth Vines and Bill Tilden since there was the title of World Pro Champion at stake." He said "I must have played Vines in something like 350 matches, yet there was never any fixing as most people thought. There were always people willing to believe that our |
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