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What does an ichthyologist study? | Li Sizhong (ichthyologist) Cyprinodontiformes, Beloniformes, Ophidiiformes and Gadiformes, which was published posthumously in 2011. Another volume of the "Fauna Sinica" series which he worked on during his last years, covering fish species in China within the orders of Beryciformes, Zeiformes, Lampriformes, Gasterosteiformes, Mugiliformes and Synbranchiformes, is yet to be published. Li Sizhong (ichthyologist) Li Sizhong (; February 19, 1921 – January 11, 2009) was an ichthyologist with the Institute of Zoology () at the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Throughout his research career, he made numerous discoveries of new fish species (or subspecies), and published many books and research papers describing the fauna and | What Kate Does week." VanDerWerff of the "LA Times", Ryan of the "Chicago Tribune", Sepinwall of "The Star-Ledger", Jensen of "Entertainment Weekly" and Mark Medley of the "National Post" also found the episode to contain humorous lines. This episode was watched by 11 million American viewers and 1.57 million Canadian viewers. What Kate Does "What Kate Does" is the 106th television episode of the American Broadcasting Company's "Lost" and third episode of the sixth season. It was written by executive producers Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz and directed in September 2009 by Paul Edwards. "What Kate Does" was first aired February 9, 2010, |
Which 1970's group recorded Stairway to Heaven? | Stairway to Heaven me it's very sad, because 'Stairway to Heaven' was written with every best intention, and as far as reversing tapes and putting messages on the end, that's not my idea of making music." A different version of this song by Led Zeppelin is featured on the remastered deluxe 2CD version of "Led Zeppelin IV". Titled "Stairway to Heaven ", it was recorded on 5 December 1970, at Island Studio, No. 1, in London with engineer Andy Johns and assistant engineer Diggs. This version runs 8:04, while the original version runs 8:02. The only charting version of "Stairway to Heaven" was | Stairway to Heaven jury should have been able to hear a recorded version of "Taurus". On 28 September 2018, the Ninth Circuit allowed the appeal, vacating in part and remanding to the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California for a new trial on several evidentiary and procedural issues. The inaugural public performance of the song took place at Belfast's Ulster Hall on 5 March 1971. Bassist John Paul Jones recalls that the crowd was unimpressed: "They were all bored to tears waiting to hear something they knew." The world radio premiere of "Stairway to Heaven" was recorded at the Paris |
In the song, 'The House of the Rising Sun' is in which city? | The House of the Rising Sun the Rising Sun, decorated in brothel style. The owners are fans of the song, but there is no connection with the original place. Not everyone believes that the house actually existed. Pamela D. Arceneaux, a research librarian at the Williams Research Center in New Orleans, is quoted as saying: An alternative view proposed by Drew Maloney is that the 'House of the Rising Sun' refers to a place of worship such as a Masonic Temple, Christian Church or perhaps a Pagan Roman Temple. Notes The House of the Rising Sun "The House of the Rising Sun" is a traditional folk | The House of the Rising Sun that the song is about a woman who killed her father, an alcoholic gambler who had beaten his wife. Therefore, the House of the Rising Sun may be a jailhouse, from which one would be the first person to see the sunrise (an idea supported by the lyric mentioning "a ball and chain," though that phrase has been slang for marital relationships for at least as long as the song has been in print). Because women often sang the song, another theory is that the House of the Rising Sun was where prostitutes were detained while being treated for syphilis. |
Who had a 1993 hit with 'Dreams'? | Dreams (Gabrielle song) Dreams (Gabrielle song) "Dreams" is a song by English singer Gabrielle. It was written by Gabrielle and Tim Laws. The song featured Annie Blake on backing vocals. Blake was an unknown singer from Greenwich, with whom Gabrielle went to school with. Blake never received payment for her backing. Dreams was produced by Richie Fermie for her debut studio album "Find Your Way" (1993). Originally, the song included a sample of the song "Fast Car" by Tracy Chapman, but because of copyright reasons the sample had to be removed. Released as Gabrielle's debut single, "Dreams" entered the UK Singles Chart at | Dreams (1993 film) Dreams (1993 film) Dreams or () is a 1993 Russian fantastical absurdist comedy directed by Karen Shakhnazarov and Alexander Borodyansky. ... Russia, end of the 19th century. Countess Prizorova suffers from strange dreams. In them the Countess becomes a dishwasher by the name of Masha Stepanova who works in a dirty Moscow eatery in 1993. Count Prizorov, alarmed by his wife's condition, refers first to a famous doctor, and then, well, to a medium Monsieur Renoir. After the "magical" psychic session Prizorov explains that his wife has a prophetic gift: she dreams about what would happen in Russia a hundred |
Which singer went solo after performing with the Commodores? | Still (Commodores song) country single "Them Good Ol' Boys Are Bad", which reached #13 on the country chart. Still (Commodores song) "Still" is a 1979 song by the soul music group the Commodores. It was released as a single on Motown Records with "Such a Woman" as the B-side. The song appears on their hit album "Midnight Magic". It is notable for being their last #1 before Lionel Richie went solo. The song reached the top of both the pop and R&B charts, as well as number six Adult Contemporary. It also reached #4 in the UK. In 1981, actor-singer John Schneider took | 1940 Vanderbilt Commodores football team 1940 Vanderbilt Commodores football team The 1940 Vanderbilt Commodores football team represented Vanderbilt University during the 1940 college football season. The Commodores were led by Red Sanders, in his first season as head coach. Members of the Southeastern Conference, Vanderbilt went 3–6–1 overall and 1–5–1 in conference play. The Commodores played their seven home games at Dudley Field in Nashville, Tennessee. The 1940 season was coach Sanders only losing season as a head coach. The Commodores opened the 1940 season with a win over Washington and Lee and a loss to Princeton. Next on the schedule was Kentucky, which was |
In 1979 who sang about Walking on the Moon? | Walking on the Moon the quiz from outside, Max considers the answer to be "Walking on the Moon". Walking on the Moon "Walking on the Moon" is a song by English rock band The Police, released as the second single from their second studio album, "Reggatta de Blanc" (1979). The song was written by the band's lead vocalist and bassist Sting when he was drunk. It went on to become the band's second number one hit in the UK. Sting said that he wrote the song when he was drunk one night after a concert in Munich. That following morning, he remembered the song | Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon 3D Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon 3D Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon 3D is a 2005 IMAX 3D documentary film about the first humans on the Moon, the twelve astronauts in the Apollo program. It is co-written, produced and directed by Mark Cowen, and co-written, produced by and starring Tom Hanks. The film includes historical NASA footage as well as re-enactments and computer-generated imagery. Tom Hanks is the narrator, co-writer and co-producer. "Magnificent Desolation" is the third Apollo-related project for Hanks: he was previously involved in the film "Apollo 13" and the miniseries "From the Earth to the Moon". |
Who had his first solo number one hit in the UK with 'I just called to say I love you'? | I Just Called to Say I Love You I Just Called to Say I Love You "I Just Called to Say I Love You" is a ballad written, produced, and performed by Stevie Wonder. It remains Wonder's best-selling single to date, having topped a record 19 charts. The song was the lead single from the 1984 soundtrack album "The Woman in Red", along with two other songs by Wonder, and scored number one on the "Billboard" Hot 100 for three weeks from October 13 to October 27, 1984. It also became his tenth number-one on the R&B chart, and his fourth on the adult contemporary chart; it spent | Just Another Way to Say I Love You Just Another Way to Say I Love You Just Another Way to Say I Love You is the self-produced fourth album by American R&B singer Barry White, released in 1975 on the 20th Century label. The album topped the R&B albums chart, White's fourth in a row to do so, and peaked at #17 on the "Billboard" 200. It also reached #12 on the UK Albums Chart. The album was a success, yielding two Billboard R&B Top Ten singles, "What Am I Gonna Do with You", which peaked at #1, and "I'll Do for You Anything You Want Me To". |
What was the name of the Spice Girls first No 1 single? | Spice Girls least 1987; most notably, it was the name of British pop duo Shampoo's 1996 single and album, later credited by Halliwell as the inspiration for the Spice Girls' mantra. However, it was not until the emergence of the Spice Girls in 1996 with "Wannabe", that the concept of "girl power" exploded onto the common consciousness. The phrase was regularly uttered by all five members—although most closely associated with Halliwell—and was often delivered with a peace sign. The slogan also featured on official Spice Girls merchandise and on some of the outfits the group members wore. The Spice Girls' version was | Spice Girls of the Year for "Spice". In October 1997, the Spice Girls released the first single from "Spiceworld", "Spice Up Your Life". It entered the UK Albums Chart at number one on 19 October 1997, making it the group's fifth consecutive number one hit single. That same month, Simon Fuller took the Spice Girls east to perform their first live major concert to 40,000 fans in Istanbul, Turkey. Later, the group launched The Royal British Legion's Poppy Appeal, then travelled to South Africa to meet Nelson Mandela, who announced, "These are my heroes." This was the year when the Spice Girls |
Who sang with Take That on their 1993 UK No 1 single, 'Relight My Fire'? | Relight My Fire Hartman and Holloway, featuring some samples from "Relight My Fire". South African disco group Café Society recorded this song in 1984. It was the third and last hit from the group. "Relight My Fire" was covered in 1993 by English boy band Take That and featured guest vocals from Lulu, reprising the Holloway role. The second of the band's twelve number-one hits, it topped the UK Singles Chart for two weeks in October 1993. It was the first UK number-one single for Lulu and at the time broke the record between an act's chart debut and their reaching number one | Relight My Fire on the UK Singles Chart, happening 29 years 148 days after her debut with "Shout" in 1964. The band performed Dan Hartman's "Vertigo/Relight My Fire" version as the intro and opening number of their Nobody Else Tour (featuring Juliet Roberts in the female vocal role). In 1999, Love to Infinity remixed Take That's cover and issued it on a "12" vinyl" pressing "3.0 Hitmixes". In 2005, the track was remixed for their reunion compilation, known as the 'Element Remix'. However, only a 3 track CD single featuring the new remix was issued to DJs while the commercial CD single pressing |
With which group was Morrissey the lead singer? | Autobiography (Morrissey) Morrissey's childhood and adolescence, his period as lead singer with The Smiths, his subsequent solo career and his courtroom battles with Smiths drummer Mike Joyce, who successfully sued him for unpaid royalties in the 1990s. He writes extensively about the television, literature and music that influenced him, devoting many pages to the New York Dolls, whom he persuaded to reform in the 2000s. The book includes a number of descriptions of people Morrissey has worked with which his biographer Tony Fletcher calls "character assassinations". Fletcher describes the depiction of Rough Trade Records boss Geoff Travis as particularly unflattering. Morrissey writes | Morrissey he has reached in his lifetime." According to Bret, Morrissey's fanbase "religiously followed his every pitfall and triumph". Simpson highlighted an example during the U.S. leg of Morrissey's 1996 "Maladjusted" tour in which young men asked the singer to sign his autograph on their neck, which they subsequently had permanently tattooed into their skin. Rogan compared Morrissey to Wilde's character Dorian Gray "in reverse; while he slowly ages, his audience remains young". Rogan also noted that while onstage, Morrissey "revels in the messianic adoration" of his fans. Soon after achieving national fame, Morrissey became a gay icon, with Bret noting |
Which group backed Martha Reeves? | Martha Reeves Martha Reeves Martha Rose Reeves (born July 18, 1941) is an American R&B and pop singer and former politician, and is the lead singer of the Motown girl group Martha Reeves and the Vandellas. They scored over a dozen hit singles, including "Come and Get These Memories", "Nowhere to Run", "Heat Wave", "Jimmy Mack", and their signature "Dancing In The Street". From 2005 until 2009, Reeves served as an elected council woman for the city of Detroit, Michigan. Martha Rose Reeves was born in Eufaula, Alabama, the first daughter of Elijah Joshua Reeves and Ruby Lee Gilmore Reeves, and the | Martha Reeves magazine articles in Johnson Publishing Corp. publications including HEP, Ebony and JET, and in "SOUL" newspaper and "SOUL Illustrated" magazine. Reeves was also an early contributing writer for "SOUL". With major success came challenges. They faced standard girl group struggles, struggling to have personal lives while maintaining relentless recording and touring schedules. When original member Rosalind Ashford left in 1968, Martha recruited Sandra Tilley and the lineup of Martha and Lois Reeves and Tilley continued until 1972 when the group disbanded shortly after issuing the "Black Magic" album. In 1972, after Motown moved from Detroit to Los Angeles, Reeves negotiated |
Who had a 1993 album called 'Diva'? | Diva (Annie Lennox album) the album track "Stay By Me" for which no video was made. Diva (Annie Lennox album) Diva is the debut solo album by the Scottish singer-songwriter Annie Lennox, released in 1992. The album entered the UK album chart at number 1 and has since sold over 1.2 million copies in the UK alone, being certified quadruple platinum. It was also a success in the US, where it was a top 30 hit and has been certified double platinum. "Diva" won Album of the Year at the 1993 Brit Awards, and was nominated for Album of the Year at the Grammy | Diva (Annie Lennox album) by Lennox, except where otherwise noted. Lennox simultaneously released a video album for "Diva", featuring promotional videos for seven of the album's tracks. The video album was directed by Sophie Muller who had worked with Lennox during her later years with Eurythmics. Some months after its first release, the "Diva" video album was reissued as "Totally Diva", and featured two additional promotional videos that had been made since the original release ("Walking On Broken Glass" and "Precious"). The only omissions from the video album were "Little Bird" (the video for which had not yet been made at this time), and |
Beginning with a 'C', what word is used to describe 'a disease of the liver'? | Liver disease Liver disease Liver disease (also called hepatic disease) is a type of damage to or disease of the liver. There are more than a hundred different kinds of liver disease. Symptoms may include jaundice and weight loss. These are some of the most common: Liver disease can occur through several mechanisms. One general mechanism, increased DNA damage, is shared by some of the major causes of liver disease. These major causes include infection by hepatitis B virus or hepatitis C virus, alcohol abuse, and obesity.<ref name="urlChronic Liver Disease/Cirrhosis | Johns Hopkins Medicine Health Library"></ref> Viral infection by hepatitis B virus | Liver disease treat infections such as hepatitis B. Other conditions may be managed by slowing down disease progression, for example: Liver disease Liver disease (also called hepatic disease) is a type of damage to or disease of the liver. There are more than a hundred different kinds of liver disease. Symptoms may include jaundice and weight loss. These are some of the most common: Liver disease can occur through several mechanisms. One general mechanism, increased DNA damage, is shared by some of the major causes of liver disease. These major causes include infection by hepatitis B virus or hepatitis C virus, alcohol |
This word means 'to make a flippant or humorous remark about a serious subject? | A Serious Man to the Jefferson Airplane soundtrack motif, reflecting Larry's normal sense of order becoming increasingly disrupted. He writes, "what can happen when 'the wheel falls off the cart', as Velvel says happened to him on the road that night, or 'when the truth is found to be lies', that lyric from 'Somebody to Love' that serves as bookends for this film." Claudia Puig of "USA Today" wrote, ""A Serious Man" is a wonderfully odd, bleakly comic and thoroughly engrossing film. Underlying the grim humor are serious questions about faith, family, mortality and misfortune." "Time" critic Richard Corliss called it "disquieting" and | Nothing to Make a Fuss About film was directed by Jean Valère and stars Micheline Presle, Maurice Ronet and Jean Seberg. Nothing to Make a Fuss About Nothing to Make a Fuss About () is a 1953 novel by the French writer Roger Nimier. The narrative is set in Paris right after World War I. It tells the story of a female ex-ambulance driver with a passion for the arts, who falls in love with a disillusioned Austrian painter, while she in turn is adored by a young woman. The novel was published in English in 1954, as part of an omnibus volume titled "Children of |
What word is often used to describe the mottled or striped leaves of a plant, as opposed to their plain cousins? | Ctenanthe Ctenanthe Ctenanthe is a genus of flowering plants of the family Marantaceae described as a genus in 1884. They are evergreen perennials, native to Central and South America (primarily Brazil). They are grown for their attractive, often variegated foliage. They are frost tender, requiring a minimum temperature of . The Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit has been awarded to the species "Ctenanthe lubbersiana" (common name: bamburanta), which grows to and bears large, oval leaves up to long, heavily striped and mottled with yellow, and the cultivar "Ctenanthe oppenheimiana" 'Tricolor' (common name "never-never plant"), which grows to with narrow, | One Word is Too Often Profaned to the use of the word "love" but because it has been misused often by men everywhere to describe ordinary and worldly feelings, he will not use this word for Jane. The metrical feet used in the poem are a mixture of anapests and iambs. The first line of each couplet contains three accents and the second line contains two. This poem has at times been printed with the titles "To ---" and "Love". The poem was published in London in 1824 in the collection "Posthumous Poems of Percy Bysshe Shelley" by John and Henry L. Hunt. One Word is |
What word beginning with a 'P' means 'noticeable and recognizable'? | Just-noticeable difference Just-noticeable difference In the branch of experimental psychology focused on sense, sensation, and perception, which is called psychophysics, a just-noticeable difference or JND is the amount something must be changed in order for a difference to be noticeable, detectable at least half the time (absolute threshold). This limen is also known as the difference limen, differential threshold, or least perceptible difference. For many sensory modalities, over a wide range of stimulus magnitudes sufficiently far from the upper and lower limits of perception, the 'JND' is a fixed proportion of the reference sensory level, and so the ratio of the JND/reference | Recognizable set means that there exists a subset formula_8 of formula_3 (not necessarily a submonoid of formula_3) such that the image of formula_11 is in formula_8 and the image of formula_13 is in formula_14. Let formula_15 be an alphabet: the set formula_16 of words over formula_15 is a monoid, the free monoid on formula_15. The recognizable subsets of formula_16 are precisely the regular languages. Indeed, such a language is recognized by the transition monoid of any automaton that recognizes the language. The recognizable subsets of formula_20 are the ultimately periodic sets of integers. A subset of formula_1 is recognizable if and only |
What word describes the ability to imagine and share another persons feelings and/or experiences? | Philosophy and literature Since all literary works, almost by definition, contain notional content, aesthetic theories that rely on purely formal qualities tend to overlook literature. The very existence of narrative raises philosophical issues. In narrative, a creator can embody, and readers be led to imagine, fictional characters, and even fantastic creatures or technologies. The ability of the human mind to imagine, and even to experience empathy with, these fictional characters is itself revealing about the nature of the human mind. Some fiction can be thought of as a sort of a thought experiment in ethics: it describes fictional characters, their motives, their actions, | The Mood and Feelings Questionnaire The Mood and Feelings Questionnaire The Mood and Feelings Questionnaire (MFQ) is an inventory tool that measures depressive symptoms in children and young adults which was developed by Adrian Angold and Elizabeth J. Costello in 1987 . The questionnaire consists of a variety of statements describing feelings or behaviors that may manifest as depressive symptoms in children between the ages of 6 and 17. The subject is asked to indicate how much each statement applies to their recent experiences. The Mood and Feelings Questionnaire is created both in the form of a self-report questionnaire for the child to complete as |
What word is used to describe a tube shaped toy containing small pieces of glass and mirrors which when turned changes the patterns? | Kaleidoscope Kaleidoscope A kaleidoscope () is an optical instrument with two or more reflecting surfaces tilted to each other in an angle, so that one or more (parts of) objects on one end of the mirrors are seen as a regular symmetrical pattern when viewed from the other end, due to repeated reflection. The reflectors (or mirrors) are usually enclosed in a tube, often containing on one end a cell with loose, colored pieces of glass or other transparent (and/or opaque) materials to be reflected into the viewed pattern. Rotation of the cell causes motion of the materials, resulting in an | Glass tube types of glass and in diameters ranging from a few millimeters to several centimeters. In most production processes, an "infinitely long" glass tube is drawn directly from the melt, from which approximately 1.5 m long pieces are chopped off after passing a roller track up to the drawing machine. The three common methods differ regarding the drawing direction: In the Danner process, the molten glass runs from the feeder as a belt onto an obliquely downwardly inclined, rotating ceramic hollow cylinder, the Danner pipe. Through the hollow pipe, compressed air is blown to prevent the glass tube from collapsing. At |
What 'C' is used to describe a group of fixed stars? | Fixed stars the "fixed stars," to the dome of the sky, which was the skull of Ymir. The Norse creation myth is one of several cases which treated stars as being fixed to a sphere beyond the earth. Later scientific literature shows astronomical thought which kept a version of this idea until the seventeenth century. Western astronomical knowledge was based on the traditional thoughts from philosophical and observational inquiries of Greek Antiquity. Other cultures contributed to thought about the fixed stars including the Babylonian’s, who from the eighteenth to the sixth century BC constructed constellation maps. Maps of the stars and the | Fixed stars keep the same relative arrangement over time. The other group contained the naked eye planets, which they called "wandering stars". (The Sun and Moon were sometimes called planets as well.) The planets seem to move and change their position over short periods of time (weeks or months). They always seem to move within the band of stars called the zodiac by Westerners. The planets can also be distinguished from fixed stars because stars tend to twinkle, while planets appear to shine with a steady light. However, fixed stars do have parallax, which is a change in apparent position caused by |
What word describes 'Spying on or exposing enemy spies'? | Motives for spying gain access to secret FBI counterintelligence documents. Motives for spying There are many motives for spying. Espionage usually carries heavy penalties, with spies often being regarded as traitors, so motivating factors for it must usually be quite strong. There have been various attempts to explain why people become spies. One common theory is summed up by the acronym MICE: Money, Ideology, Compromise or Coercion (depending on source), and Ego or Extortion (depending on source). Another is the RASCLS framework: For many spies, the primary motivation is the prospect of financial gain. Spies may seek to supplement their existing income, or | Spying on Democracy Spying on Democracy Spying on Democracy: Government Surveillance, Corporate Power, and Public Resistance is a book by Heidi Boghosian, executive director of the National Lawyers Guild, and co-host of Pacifica's WBAI weekly civil liberties radio program, "Law and Disorder." The book details the growing amount of surveillance of everyday citizens, and what this means for society. It is published by City Lights Publishers in the Open Media Series. "Spying on Democracy" focuses mainly on the theme of confidentiality. Boghosian describes the many ways that the government acquires personal information, whether it be from telecommunications companies, or video surveillance cameras. Other |
What word beginning with 'G' means 'Meaningless or nonsensical language.? | Gibberish Gibberish Gibberish, alternatively jibberish, jibber-jabber, or gobbledygook, is language that is (or appears to be) nonsense. It may include speech sounds that are not actual words, or language games and specialized jargon that seems nonsensical to outsiders. Gibberish should not be confused with literary nonsense such as that used in the poem "Jabberwocky" by Lewis Carroll. The word "gibberish" is more commonly applied to informal speech, while "gobbledygook" (sometimes "gobbledegook", "gobbledigook" or "gobbledegoo") is more often applied to writing or language that is meaningless or is made unintelligible by excessive use of abstruse technical terms. "Officialese", "legalese", or "bureaucratese" are | Word the English alphabet. The difficulty of deciphering a word depends on the language. Dictionaries categorize a language's lexicon (i.e., its vocabulary) into lemmas. These can be taken as an indication of what constitutes a "word" in the opinion of the writers of that language. The most appropriate means of measuring the length of a word is by counting its syllables or morphemes. When a word has multiple definitions or multiple senses, it may result in confusion in a debate or discussion. Leonard Bloomfield introduced the concept of "Minimal Free Forms" in 1926. Words are thought of as the smallest meaningful |
Where would you find the port and waters of 'Scapa Flow'? | Scapa Flow of Marwick Head on which a square tower Memorial stands. According to legend, a curse was placed on Scapa long ago by a witch. She buried a thimble in the sand at Nether Scapa, and until it was found no more whales would be caught in the area. Scapa Flow Scapa Flow ( or ; ) is a body of water in the Orkney Islands, Scotland, sheltered by the islands of Mainland, Graemsay, Burray, South Ronaldsay and Hoy. Its sheltered waters have been used by ships since prehistory and it has played an important role in travel, trade and conflict | Scapa Flow Scapa Flow, its wrecks and their marine habitats form an internationally acclaimed diving location. Scapa Flow hosts an oil port in the form of the Flotta Oil Terminal and barring turbulent weather provides a sufficient roadstead (water of moderate conditions) for ship-to-ship transfers of crude oil product and liquefied natural gas (LNG). The world’s first ship-to-ship transfer of LNG took place in Scapa Flow in 2007. Scapa Flow has a shallow sandy bottom not deeper than and most of it is about deep, and is one of the great natural harbours/anchorages of the world, with sufficient space to hold a |
At which racecourse would you watch both the 'Oaks' and the 'Derby'? | Oaks Park (London) was partly rebuilt by Robert Taylor (architect) for John Burgoyne in 1775 and Robert Adam for the 12th Earl of Derby in 1790, was demolished between 1956 and 1960 but the bakehouse, stable block and some outbuildings remain. An archeological investigation was carried out by Carshalton and District History and Archeology Society in July 2009. The estate lent its name to the Oaks horserace which was inaugurated by the Earl in 1779 and is run annually during the Derby meeting at Epsom Downs Racecourse, about 4 miles to the west. The original Oaks Race ran from Barrow Hedges, north of | Derby Racecourse – continued in use up until 1998, but became extremely dilapidated in later years and was demolished in 2001. Its site is now occupied by the ground's Gateway Centre. Other racing-related structures, such as the old stables and judges' box, were adapted for use by the cricket club, but have also been lost to 21st century redevelopment. The last remaining racecourse feature, the jockeys' quarters, was demolished in 2009. A Roman settlement, now known as Derby Racecourse Roman settlement, was previously on the site. Archaeological excavations took place in 1974. Derby Racecourse Derby Racecourse is a former horse racing venue |
How many 'double-score' squares are there on a standard scrabble board? | Scrabble squares, 17 pale red "double-word" squares, of which one, the center square (H8), is marked with a star or other symbol; 12 dark blue "triple-letter" squares, and 24 pale blue "double-letter" squares. In 2008, Hasbro changed the colors of the premium squares to orange for TW, red for DW, blue for DL, and green for TL, but the original premium square color scheme is still preferred for "Scrabble" boards used in tournaments. In an English-language set, the game contains 100 tiles, 98 of which are marked with a letter and a point value ranging from 1 to 10. The number | Super Scrabble standard "Scrabble" in "Super Scrabble" are summarized by the latter's tagline, "More spaces, more tiles, more points—add to your fun!" The board is larger; (21×21 or 441 squares vs. 15×15 or 225 squares); there are more premium squares (going up to quadruple letter and word score spaces); there are 200 tiles, twice as many as a normal "Scrabble" set. The middle 15×15 squares are identical to a "Scrabble" board, so standard "Scrabble" may be played on a "Super Scrabble" board. All the high-scoring quadruple premiums lie near the outside of the board, with the quadruple word squares at the four |
In which US state will you find 'The Everglades'? | Restoration of the Everglades phosphorus-laden water into the Everglades. According to one of the lobbyists who characterized it as a "duh moment", Crist said, "If sugar is polluting the Everglades, and we're paying to clean the Everglades, why don't we just get rid of sugar?" The largest producer of cane sugar in the U.S. will continue operations for six years, and when ownership transfers to Florida, of the Everglades will remain undeveloped to allow it to be restored to its pre-drainage state. In September 2008 the National Research Council (NRC), a nonprofit agency providing science and policy advice to the federal government, submitted a | If There Is Light, It Will Find You and nihilistic mood." idobi Radio also praised the album's emotion, calling it a "current punk masterpiece". The album peaked at 57 on the Billboard 200. In addition, it topped the US Hard Rock Albums chart. Songwriting credits via BMI. If There Is Light, It Will Find You If There Is Light, It Will Find You is the seventh studio album by American rock band Senses Fail. It charted at number 57 on the "Billboard" 200. This is the first Senses Fail album with lyrics written solely by vocalist Buddy Nielsen. On June 27, 2017, The band entered the studio with |
What is the opening song called in the film 'The Graduate'? | The Graduate (soundtrack) The Graduate (soundtrack) The Graduate is an album of songs from the soundtrack of Mike Nichols' movie "The Graduate", featuring many songs from the folk-rock duo Simon & Garfunkel as well as several instrumental pieces by Dave Grusin. Released on January 21, 1968, the album was produced by Teo Macero. Although the album features two versions of the acclaimed "Mrs. Robinson", neither is the full version as featured on "Bookends". The first is an instrumental, while the second is abbreviated, tapering off as it does in the film. However, the other major song of the album, "The Sound of Silence" | What Is This Thing Called Love? (Alexander O'Neal song) What Is This Thing Called Love? (Alexander O'Neal song) "What Is This Thing Called Love?" is a song written by Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis and recorded by American recording artist Alexander O'Neal. It is the second single from the singer's fourth solo album, "All True Man" (1991). The song's distinctive backing vocals were performed by Lisa Keith. Following the successful chart performances of the "All True Man" single "All True Man", "What Is This Thing Called Love?" was released as the album's second single. Alexander O'Neal's 19th hit single and it reached #53 in the UK Singles Chart. In |
Which crime writer created 'Mike Hammer'? | Mike Hammer the complete "Mike Hammer" comic strip, with a special introduction by Max Collins. Mike Hammer Michael Hammer is a fictional hard boiled detective created by the American author Mickey Spillane in the 1947 book "I, the Jury". In 1946, Spillane, an established comic-book writer, worked with illustrator Mike Roy to create the private-eye character Mike Danger for proposed comic-book or comic-strip publication. Unable to sell the project as a comic, he reworked the story as the novel "I, the Jury", converting Mike Danger to Mike Hammer and supporting character Holly to Velda. While pulp detectives such as Sam Spade and | Mike Hammer "hard man": brutally violent, and fueled by a genuine rage against violent crime that never afflicts Raymond Chandler's or Dashiell Hammett's heroes. In "The Big Kill" Hammer describes himself to a bargirl as a misanthrope. Spillane admitted to pulp writer Carroll John Daly, generally regarded as the inventor of the hard-boiled private eye figure, that Hammer was also loosely modeled on Race Williams, Daly's most frequently used detective character. While other hardboiled heroes bend and manipulate the law, Hammer often views it as an impediment to justice, the one virtue he holds in absolute esteem. Hammer nevertheless has a strong |
What is the capital of Nova Scotia? | Government of Nova Scotia loss of control over software, capacity-building and human resource development. IBM Canada will make Halifax a global delivery centre, with a potential for 500 employees by 2021. Government of Nova Scotia The Government of Nova Scotia refers to the provincial government of the Canadian province of Nova Scotia. Nova Scotia is one of Canada’s four Atlantic Provinces, and the second-smallest province in Canada. The capital of the province, Halifax, is Nova Scotia's largest city and its political capital. Halifax is where the Province House, Canada’s oldest legislative building, is located. The Government of Nova Scotia consists of three branches: legislative, | Military history of Nova Scotia founded, Acadians migrated from the capital and established what would become the other major Acadian settlements before the Expulsion of the Acadians: Grand Pré, Chignecto, Cobequid and Pisiguit. The English made six attempts to conquer the capital of Acadia which they finally did in the Siege of Port Royal in 1710. Over the following fifty years, the French and their allies made six unsuccessful military attempts to regain the capital. From 1629 to 1632, Nova Scotia briefly became a Scottish colony. Sir William Alexander of Menstrie Castle, Scotland claimed mainland Nova Scotia and settled at Port Royal, while Ochiltree claimed |
What is the name of the US river which flows between St. Paul and Minneapolis? | St. Paul Subdivision St. Paul Subdivision The St. Paul Subdivision or St. Paul Sub is an railway line running from Minneapolis through neighboring Saint Paul, Minnesota and on into Saint Paul's southeastern suburbs along the Mississippi River. It is a segment of BNSF Railway's Northern Transcon which runs from Chicago, Illinois to Seattle, Washington. Between Minneapolis and Saint Paul themselves, this route runs on former Northern Pacific Railway trackage, and now forms the northern set of BNSF tracks running between the two cities. The companion route running slightly to the south is the Midway Subdivision, though the St. Paul Subdivision is the busier | Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railroad reported 8249 million net ton-miles of revenue freight (and no passengers) on 4693 route-miles and 6104 track-miles operated at the end of the year. The Soo Line was never a major carrier of passenger traffic since its route between Chicago and Minneapolis was much longer than the competing Milwaukee Road, Chicago and North Western and Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad railroads. The Soo Line also had no direct access to Milwaukee. The primary trains operated by the Soo were: Additionally, local trains served Chicago to Minneapolis–St. Paul, Duluth–Superior to Minneapolis–St. Paul, Duluth to Thief River Falls, Minnesota, and some summer-only |
What was the name of John F Kennedy Airport before it was re-named? | John F. Kennedy International Airport the neighborhood of Jamaica in the New York City borough of Queens, southeast of Midtown Manhattan. The airport features six passenger terminals and four runways. It serves as a hub for both American Airlines and Delta Air Lines, and it is the primary operating base for JetBlue Airways. JFK was also formerly was a hub for Pan Am, TWA, Eastern, National, and Tower Air. Opened as New York International Airport in 1948, it was commonly known as Idlewild Airport before being renamed in 1963 as a tribute to John F. Kennedy, the 35th President of the United States, following his | John F. Kennedy International Airport in order to feed its JFK flights. During the 1970s, New York Helicopter offered JFK flights from the top of the then-Pan Am Building in midtown Manhattan, but this service was cancelled after a major accident in 1977. The New York City John F. Kennedy International Airport appears in the 2007 Dreamworks Animation film "Bee Movie" and also appeared in the 2013 Disney film "Planes". John F. Kennedy International Airport John F. Kennedy International Airport (colloquially referred to as Kennedy Airport, JFK Airport, New York-JFK, or simply JFK or Kennedy) is the primary international airport serving New York City. It |
Which cricketer was the first to score a century and take ten wickets in the same Test Match? | Moeen Ali secured a four wicket victory. In the first Test against South Africa, Ali became the fifth-fastest player, in terms of matches played, to score 2,000 runs and take 100 wickets in Tests (38). He also took his first ten-wicket haul in Tests and was the first England player since Ian Botham to score a Test half-century and take ten wickets in the same match. In the third Test, Ali took a hat-trick to bowl South Africa out and end the match; it was the first hat-trick for an England spinner since 1938–39 and the first ever in a Test match | Ravichandran Ashwin huge hit. Ashwin is ranked number two among bowlers and all-rounders in Test cricket as of 2017. In his 37th Test match, Ashwin became the fastest Indian bowler and the second fastest in the world to reach 200 Test wickets after Australian spinner Clarrie Grimmett (36 matches). Ashwin was also the fastest Indian bowler and 5th fastest in the world to reach 100 Test wickets, getting to the milestone in his 18th Test match. Ashwin became the first Indian cricketer to score a century and take five wickets in the same Test match on two separate instances. He achieved this |
What is the name of the Indian girl recued by Peter Pan? | Peter Pan (1924 film) Peter Pan (1924 film) Peter Pan is a 1924 American silent adventure film released by Paramount Pictures, the first film adaptation of the play by J. M. Barrie. It was directed by Herbert Brenon and starred Betty Bronson as Peter Pan, Ernest Torrence as Captain Hook, Mary Brian as Wendy, and Virginia Browne Faire as Tinker Bell. Anna May Wong, a groundbreaking Chinese-American actress, played the Indian princess Tiger Lily. In the story, Peter Pan, a magical boy who refuses to grow up, brings the Darling children (Wendy, John, and Michael) from London to Neverland, where they have adventures that | Fox's Peter Pan & the Pirates 6. Ein Ehrengast zieht Leine – A Special Guest goes away 7. Viel Radau beim Mädchenklau – Making this much Noise, the Girl has no Choice Fox's Peter Pan & the Pirates Fox's Peter Pan & the Pirates is an American animated television series based on J.M. Barrie's "Peter Pan" that aired on Fox from September 8, 1990 to September 10, 1991. The television show focuses as much on the pirates as it does on Peter Pan. Captain Hook and Mr. Smee traditionally are the only pirates who receive any attention in the story, but here, the other crew members |
On which island will you find 'Fingal's Cave'? | Fingal's Cave features this mural also houses a wooden statue named Fingal, which is among the oldest heirlooms at the institute. Scottish Celtic rock band Wolfstone recorded an instrumental titled "Fingal's Cave" on their 1999 album "Seven". The Alistair MacLean novel-based movie, "When Eight Bells Toll" starring Anthony Hopkins was filmed there. Fingal's Cave Fingal's Cave is a sea cave on the uninhabited island of Staffa, in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland, known for its natural acoustics. The National Trust for Scotland owns the cave as part of a National Nature Reserve. It became known as Fingal's Cave after the eponymous hero | Love Will Find Its Way to You of the same name. It was also recorded by Marie Osmond on her 1985 album, "There's No Stopping Your Heart". Love Will Find Its Way to You "Love Will Find Its Way to You" is the title of a song written by Dave Loggins and J.D. Martin, and recorded by American country music artist Reba McEntire. It was released in January 1988 as the second single from the album "The Last One to Know". "Love Will Find Its Way to You" was Reba McEntire's tenth number one country single. The single went to number one for one week and spent |
What religion was Adolph Hitler? | Adolf Hitler which he considered regressive. According to Speer, Hitler believed that Japanese religious beliefs or Islam would have been a more suitable religion for Germans than Christianity, with its "meekness and flabbiness". Historian John S. Conway states that Hitler was fundamentally opposed to the Christian churches. According to Bullock, Hitler did not believe in God, was anticlerical, and held Christian ethics in contempt because they contravened his preferred view of "survival of the fittest". He favoured aspects of Protestantism that suited his own views, and adopted some elements of the Catholic Church's hierarchical organisation, liturgy, and phraseology. Hitler viewed the church | Analysis of the Personality of Adolph Hitler Analysis of the Personality of Adolph Hitler Analysis of the Personality of Adolph Hitler: With Predictions of His Future Behavior and Suggestions for Dealing with Him Now and After Germany's Surrender was a report prepared by Henry A. Murray for the United States Office of Strategic Services during World War II. It was one of two psychoanalytic reports prepared for the OSS on Nazi Germany leader Adolf Hitler; the other was "A Psychological Analysis of Adolph Hitler: His Life and Legend" (later published in book form under the title "The Mind of Adolf Hitler"). Murray's report is dated October 1943. |
How many engines are there on a B-52 bomber? | Boeing B-52 Stratofortress the MIL-STD-1760 interface to enable the internal carriage of smart bombs, which previously could only be carried on the wings. While the B-1 Lancer technically has a larger theoretical payload of 75,000 lb compared to the B-52's 70,000 payload, the aircraft are rarely able to carry their full loads, the most the B-52 carrying being a full load of AGM-86Bs totaling 62,660 lb. The B-1 has the internal weapons bay space to carry more GBU-31 JDAMs and JASSMs, but the B-52 upgraded with the conventional rotary launcher can carry more in other JDAM variants. The eight engines of the B-52 | Boeing B-52 Stratofortress Boeing B-52 Stratofortress The Boeing B-52 Stratofortress is an American long-range, subsonic, jet-powered strategic bomber. The B-52 was designed and built by Boeing, which has continued to provide support and upgrades. It has been operated by the United States Air Force (USAF) since the 1950s. The bomber is capable of carrying up to of weapons, and has a typical combat range of more than 8,800 miles (14,080 km) without aerial refueling. Beginning with the successful contract bid in June 1946, the B-52 design evolved from a straight wing aircraft powered by six turboprop engines to the final prototype YB-52 with |
Which country has the largest area, Australia or Brazil? | Australia–Brazil relations Australia–Brazil relations Australia–Brazil relations are foreign relations between Brazil and Australia. Brazil has an embassy in Canberra and a consulate general in Sydney. Australia has an embassy in Brasília and consulates in São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. Brazil and Australia are the largest countries in the Southern Hemisphere. Australia opened up its first diplomatic mission in Rio de Janeiro in 1945. Brazil opened its first in Canberra the next year. In August 2008, the Brazilian Foreign Relations minister, Celso Amorim, visited Australia and met with Prime Minister Kevin Rudd. The two countries announced that they will negotiate joint actions | South Australia South Australia South Australia (abbreviated as SA) is a state in the southern central part of Australia. It covers some of the most arid parts of the country. With a total land area of , it is the fourth-largest of Australia's states and territories by area, and fifth largest by population. It has a total of 1.7 million people, and its population is the most highly centralised of any state in Australia, with more than 75 percent of South Australians living in the capital, Adelaide, or its environs. Other population centres in the state are relatively small; Mount Gambier, the |
Which fictional detective retired to keep bees? | Jack Spratt (fictional detective) Jack Spratt (fictional detective) Jack Spratt is the protagonist in a series of alternate history science fiction fantasy novels by Jasper Fforde. He was named after the character from the English nursery rhyme. As revealed in "The Big Over Easy", for example, he hates eating fat, and was once married to a woman who ate nothing else (hence, she died). Spratt is an obvious satire on the general detective stereotype. Whereas famous detectives such as Sam Spade, Philip Marlowe and Sherlock Holmes have been portrayed as confident, successful, substance-abusing loners, Spratt does not have a substance abuse problem, and is | Harry Devlin (fictional detective) Harry Devlin (fictional detective) Harry Devlin is a fictional detective created by the British crime writer Martin Edwards. He has appeared in eight novels and eight short stories, and was described by Marcel Berlins in ‘The Guardian’ as ‘a charming but down-at-heel Liverpool solicitor with bruised emotions, a nice line in self-deprecation, and a penchant for Mersey low life.’ The series has received consistently good reviews. In "All the Lonely People", the book which introduced Harry Devlin, his estranged wife Liz is murdered, and he is the prime suspect. Harry needs to clear his name and find who killed the |
Which Renaissance artist's life was fictionalised in the book 'The Agony and the Ecstasy' subsequently made into a film? | The Agony and the Ecstasy (film) The Agony and the Ecstasy (film) The Agony and the Ecstasy is a 1965 American film directed by Carol Reed, starring Charlton Heston as Michelangelo and Rex Harrison as Pope Julius II. The film was partly based on Irving Stone's biographical novel "The Agony and the Ecstasy". This film deals with the conflicts of Michelangelo and Pope Julius II during the painting of the Sistine Chapel's ceiling. It also features a soundtrack co-written by prolific composers Alex North and Jerry Goldsmith. The film was shot in Todd-AO and Cinemascope versions. The Todd-AO version was used for the DVD release because | The Agony and the Ecstasy (film) lot more humour and a lot less prudishness." James Plath of Movie Metropolis was more positive, saying that "For some viewers, the agony will be watching Charlton Heston (over)act, and the ecstasy Rex Harrison. But it IS refreshing for a period film to cover such new and (pun intended) artistic ground." The film was nominated for five Academy Awards: It was nominated for two Golden Globe Awards: It won two awards from the National Board of Review: It won the Best Foreign Film from the David di Donatello Awards. The Agony and the Ecstasy (film) The Agony and the Ecstasy |
Which artist and illustrator painted a portrait of John F. Kennedy in 1960 that was later published on the cover of the Saturday Evening Post after his assassination? | The Saturday Evening Post As of the late 2000s, "The Saturday Evening Post" is published six times a year by the Saturday Evening Post Society, which purchased the magazine in 1982. In 1916, "Saturday Evening Post" editor George Horace Lorimer discovered Norman Rockwell, then an unknown 22-year-old New York artist. Lorimer promptly purchased two illustrations from Rockwell, using them as covers, and commissioned three more drawings. Rockwell's illustrations of the American family and rural life of a bygone era became icons. During his 50-year career with the "Post", Rockwell painted more than 300 covers. The "Post" also employed Nebraska artist John Philip Falter, who | Reactions to the assassination of John F. Kennedy the popular American band, The Byrds, on their second album, "Turn! Turn! Turn!". In 1964, songwriter William Spivery penned "Mr. John," which became popular in the midwestern United States. Topical folksinger Phil Ochs paid tribute to Kennedy in his song, "That Was the President", written shortly after the assassination, and again two years later in his masterpiece "Crucifixion", connecting Kennedy and Christ. Inline citations Bibliography Reactions to the assassination of John F. Kennedy Around the world, there were stunned reactions to the assassination of John F. Kennedy, the President of the United States, on November 22, 1963 in Dallas, Texas. |
What is the name of the toning that produces brown and white photographs? | Photographic print toning has an option to sepia-tone an image in one step. The examples below show a digital color photograph, a black-and-white version and a sepia-toned version. The following are examples of the three types using film: Chemical toning (formulas and technique): Digital "toning": Photographic print toning In photography, toning is a method of changing the color of black-and-white photographs. In analog photography, it is a chemical process carried out on silver-based photographic prints. This darkroom process cannot be performed with a color photograph. The effects of this process can be emulated with software in digital photography. There is debate whether a | Photographic print toning Photographic print toning In photography, toning is a method of changing the color of black-and-white photographs. In analog photography, it is a chemical process carried out on silver-based photographic prints. This darkroom process cannot be performed with a color photograph. The effects of this process can be emulated with software in digital photography. There is debate whether a toned black-and-white photograph should be considered to still be black-and-white, as simply being monochromatic is not a sufficient condition for an image to count as black-and-white. Most toners work by replacing the metallic silver in the emulsion with a silver compound, such |
'Glass of Absinthe' is a sculpture by which 20th century artist? | Absinthe is traditionally bottled at a high level of alcohol by volume, but it is normally diluted with water prior to being consumed. Absinthe originated in the canton of Neuchâtel in Switzerland in the late 18th century. It rose to great popularity as an alcoholic drink in late 19th- and early 20th-century France, particularly among Parisian artists and writers. The consumption of absinthe was opposed by social conservatives and prohibitionists, partly due to its association with bohemian culture. Absinthe drinkers included Ernest Hemingway, James Joyce, Charles Baudelaire, Paul Verlaine, Arthur Rimbaud, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Amedeo Modigliani, Pablo Picasso, Vincent van Gogh, | Absinthe absinthe had been published in numerous credible bartender guides. One of the most famous of these libations is Ernest Hemingway's "Death in the Afternoon" cocktail, a tongue-in-cheek concoction that contributed to a 1935 collection of celebrity recipes. The directions are as follows: "Pour one jigger absinthe into a Champagne glass. Add iced Champagne until it attains the proper opalescent milkiness. Drink three to five of these slowly." Most categorical alcoholic beverages have regulations governing their classification and labelling, while those governing absinthe have always been conspicuously lacking. According to popular treatises from the 19th century, absinthe could be loosely categorised |
With which other painter would you associate painter Francoise Gilot? | Françoise Gilot Gallery in May 2011 and 2015, in New Orleans. Gilot is played by Natascha McElhone in the 1996 film Surviving Picasso, and by Clémence Poésy in the 2018 season of "Genius", which focuses on the life and art of Picasso. Françoise Gilot Françoise Gilot (born 26 November 1921) is a French painter, critic, and bestselling author. In 1973 Gilot was appointed as the Art Director of the scholarly journal "Virginia Woolf Quarterly". In 1976 she was made a member of the board of the Department of Fine Arts at the University of Southern California. She held summer courses there and | Françoise Gilot of five to become a painter. The following year her mother tutored her in art, beginning with watercolors and India Ink. Gilot was then taught by her mother's art teacher, Mlle. Meuge, for six years. She studied English literature at Cambridge University and the British Institute in Paris (now University of London Institute in Paris). While training to be a lawyer, Gilot was known to skip morning law classes to pursue her true passion: art. She graduated from the Sorbonne with a B.A. in Philosophy in 1938 and from Cambridge University with a degree in English in 1939. Gilot had |
"On whose life is Somerset Maugham's ""The Moon and Sixpence"" based on?" | The Moon and Sixpence the time the crime was committed. It is also mentioned frequently in Stephen King's 1998 novel "Bag of Bones" and in passing in his 2015 novel "Finders Keepers". Ray Noble's 1932 dance band hit "We've Got the Moon and Sixpence", sung by Al Bowlly, takes its name from the book and Jack Kerouac mentions the book in his 1958 novella "The Subterraneans". Mario Vargas Llosa's 2003 novel "The Way to Paradise" is also based on Paul Gauguin's life. The Moon and Sixpence The Moon and Sixpence is a novel by W. Somerset Maugham first published in 1919. It is told | The Moon and Sixpence (film) release and 1948 re-release. On December 14, 2011, Turner Classic Movies aired a restored print from George Eastman House which includes the tinted scenes in Tahiti and the final reel in Technicolor (the scenes in London and Paris are in black and white). The Moon and Sixpence (film) The Moon and Sixpence is a 1942 film adaptation of W. Somerset Maugham's novel of the same name. Dimitri Tiomkin was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture. Geoffrey Wolfe (Herbert Marshall), a writer similar to Maugham, tells the story of Charles Strickland (George |
What was the name of the painter who was the son of Hans Holbein the Senior? | Hans Holbein the Elder Hans Holbein the Elder Hans Holbein the Elder (c. 1460 – 1524) was a German painter. Holbein was born in free imperial city of Augsburg (Germany), and died in Isenheim, Alsace (now France). He belonged to a celebrated family of painters; his father was Michael Holbein; his brother was Sigmund Holbein (died 1540). He had two sons, both artists and printmakers: Ambrosius Holbein (c. 1494 – c. 1519) and Hans Holbein the Younger (c. 1497 – 1543), who both had their first painting lessons from their father. The date of Holbein's birth is unknown. His name appears in the Augsburg | Hans Holbein the Younger 1497–98. He was a son of the painter and draughtsman Hans Holbein the Elder, whose trade he and his older brother, Ambrosius, followed. Holbein the Elder ran a large and busy workshop in Augsburg, sometimes assisted by his brother Sigmund, also a painter. By 1515, Hans and Ambrosius had moved as journeymen painters to the city of Basel, a centre of learning and the printing trade. There they were apprenticed to Hans Herbster, Basel's leading painter. The brothers found work in Basel as designers of woodcuts and metalcuts for printers. In 1515, the preacher and theologian Oswald Myconius invited them |
Which museum houses Velazquez's only painting of nude buttocks? | The Boucher Nude (1957) purchased by the National Gallery of Victoria and "Nude with two chairs" (1957) acquired by the Art Gallery of New South Wales, both directly from this initial exhibition. With what has been described as his "characteristic irony", Brack painted his thin dark-haired modelthe only one to respond to his advertisementin "the pose of the more voluptuous Mademoiselle O'Murphy, in François Boucher’s "L’Odalisque" (c.1745)"" In 2008, the painting was sold for AUD1,500,000. The Boucher Nude The Boucher Nude is a 1957 painting by Australian artist John Brack. The painting is a nude, depicting a woman lying on a sofa. Sasha | Buttocks pain in the ass" (a synonym for "a pain in the neck"). People deemed excessively puritanical or proper may be termed "tight asses" (in Australia and New Zealand, "tight arse" refers to someone who is excessively miserly). In the 2010s, the reality TV star Kim Kardashian is famous for her curvaceous buttocks, which have appeared on magazine covers. Kardashian appeared on the cover, and in a pictorial in "Paper"s winter issue in 2014 photographed by Jean-Paul Goude. On the cover, her nude buttocks are featured above the caption: "Break the Internet", which generated considerable comment in both social and traditional |
Emanuel Radinsky was born in Philadelphia in 1890 and died in Paris in 1976. He was a surrealist painter and photographer. By which name is he better known? | Man Ray Man Ray Man Ray (born Emmanuel Radnitzky; August 27, 1890 – November 18, 1976) was an American visual artist who spent most of his career in Paris. He was a significant contributor to the Dada and Surrealist movements, although his ties to each were informal. He produced major works in a variety of media but considered himself a painter above all. He was best known for his photography, and he was a renowned fashion and portrait photographer. Man Ray is also noted for his work with photograms, which he called "rayographs" in reference to himself. During his career as an | He Died with a Felafel in His Hand (film) flip. Each leaves a memento on a charcoal fire in a kettle grill in which Flip's ashes have been dumped. Danny sacrifices his old boombox. Nina throws several credit cards in Robert A. Corcoran's name on the fire. Anya gives Danny a cheque, ostensibly from Penthouse, and Nina declares that she and Anya, now a couple, are going to Paris together, where Nina hopes to be a successful actor. Danny calls Sgt. O'Neill and identifies Nina as Robert J. Corcoran, and he and Sam set off down the street together. The film "He Died with a Felafel in His Hand" |
Which famous artist designed the Chupa Chups logo? | Salvador Dalí an extravagant artist was put to use in a publicity campaign ("If you got it, flaunt it!") for Braniff International Airlines. In 1969, he designed the Chupa Chups logo, in addition to facilitating the design of the advertising campaign for the 1969 Eurovision Song Contest and creating a large on-stage metal sculpture that stood at the Teatro Real in Madrid. In the television programme "Dirty Dalí: A Private View" broadcast on Channel 4 on 3 June 2007, art critic Brian Sewell described his acquaintance with Dalí in the late 1960s, which included lying down in the fetal position without trousers | Chupa Chups abroad, and has a turnover of €500,000,000. In 1991, Bernat passed formal control of the company to his son Xavier. The Smint subsidiary brand/company was founded in 1994. In July 2006 the company as a whole was acquired by the Italian group Perfetti Van Melle. The Chupa Chups logo was designed in 1969 by the artist Salvador Dalí. Its first marketing campaign was the logo with the slogan ""Es rodondo y dura mucho, Chupa Chups"", which translates from Spanish as ""It's round and long-lasting"". Later, celebrities like Madonna were hired to advertise the product. In the 1980s, owing to falling |
What type of paint was made out of pigment and egg yolk? | Paint from the natural emulsion that is milk, were popular in the 19th century and are still available today. Egg tempera (where the medium is an emulsion of raw egg yolk mixed with oil) is still in use as well, as are encaustic wax-based paints. Gouache is a variety of opaque watercolor that was also used in the Middle Ages and Renaissance for manuscript illuminations. The pigment was often made from ground semiprecious stones such as lapis lazuli and the binder made from either gum arabic or egg white. Gouache, also known as 'designer color' or 'body color' is commercially available | Yolk what causes an egg to contain a small particle of grayish tissue instead of a yolk. Since these eggs contain no yolk, so cannot hatch, they were traditionally believed to have been laid by roosters. This type of egg occurs in many varieties of fowl and has been found in chickens, both standard and bantams, guineas, and coturnix quail. The color of an egg yolk is directly influenced by the makeup of the chicken feed. Egg yolk color is generally improved with a feed containing a large component of yellow, fat-soluble pigments, such as the carotenes in dark green plant |
Which painter's trip to and later residence in California inspired him to make a series of paintings of swimming pools in Los Angeles using the comparatively new acrylic medium, rendered in a highly realistic style using vibrant colours? | David Hockney protest. He had refused to write an essay required for the final examination, saying he should be assessed solely on his artworks. Recognising his talent and growing reputation, the RCA changed its regulations and awarded the diploma. After leaving the RCA, he taught at Maidstone College of Art for a short time. Hockney moved to Los Angeles in 1964, where he was inspired to make a series of paintings of swimming pools in the comparatively new acrylic medium using vibrant colours. The artist lived back and forth among Los Angeles, London, and Paris in the late 1960s to 1970s. In | Transportation in Greater Los Angeles to Los Angeles, California, passing through Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, Kansas, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, and California. The Sunset Limited is a passenger train that for most of its history has run between New Orleans and Los Angeles, California, and that from early 1993 through late August 2005 also ran east of New Orleans to Florida, making it during that time the only true transcontinental passenger train in American history (ignoring, of course, the comparatively small gaps between its endpoint stations and the respective seacoasts). The Texas Eagle is a 1306-mile (2102 km) passenger train route operated by Amtrak in the |
What's the name of the Postimpressionist artist known as 'Le Douanier'? | The Cubist Painters, Aesthetic Meditations realized by a force of the same sort as that which realized the Pyramids and the Cathedrals, the constructions in metal, the bridges and the tunnels." The art of Laurencin (and women more generally) brought a "new vision full of the joy of the universe", an "entirely feminine aesthetic" writes Apollinaire. As an artist, he placed Laurencin between Picasso and Le Douanier Rousseau, not as a hierarchical indication, but as a statement of relationship. "Her art dances, like Salome, between that of Picasso, who like a new John the Baptist bathes all the arts in a baptism of light, and | Le Douanier The English translation of the cheese's French name, "Le Douanier", is "the customs officer". Le Douanier Le Douanier is a wash-rinsed cheese made by Fritz Kaiser in Quebec, Canada. It is similar to a Morbier. Le Douanier won the 2004 Canadian Cheese Grand Prix. It also won a Gold award (entry class 5316, number 15) at World Cheese Awards 2015. It is a surface-ripened cheese, ivory in colour and has a little bit of a hazelnut flavour that comes out with age. The wheel of cheese has an edible vegetable line running through its center. This symbolizes the Canada–US border |
How many balls are on the table (including the cue ball) at the start of a snooker game? | Cue sports playing nine-ball. Snooker balls are smaller than American-style pool balls with a diameter of 52.5 mm ( in), and come in sets of 22 (15 reds, 6 "", and a cue ball). English billiard balls are the same size as snooker balls and come in sets of three balls (two cue balls and a red, an object ball). Other games, such as bumper pool, have custom ball sets. Billiard balls have been made from many different materials since the start of the game, including clay, bakelite, celluloid, crystallite, ivory, plastic, steel and wood. The dominant material from 1627 until the | Pool (cue sports) Pool (cue sports) Pool is a classification of cue sports played on a table with six pockets along the , into which balls are deposited. Each specific pool game has its own name; some of the better-known include eight-ball, eightball pool and its variant blackball, nine-ball, ten-ball, seven-ball, straight pool, one-pocket, and bank pool. The generic term pocket billiards is sometimes also used, and favored by some pool-industry bodies, but is technically a broader classification, including games such as snooker, Russian pyramid, and kaisa, which are not referred to as pool games. There are also hybrid games combining aspects of |
What are the 'Society of Friends' commonly called? | Society of Friends (Upper Canada) the Yonge Street Monthly Meeting of the Society of Friends (in what is now Newmarket, Ontario, Canada) during the War of 1812 under the leadership of David Willson. Today, they are primarily remembered for the Sharon Temple, an architectural symbol of their vision of a society based on the values of peace, equality and social justice. Willson said that he was called in a vision to "ornament the Christian Church with the glory of Israel," which he interpreted to mean as abandoning plainness in meeting houses, and in worship. The group founded the community of Hope (now Sharon) in East | What Are Friends For? the cook-out and is glad to see his son making new friends with other children. What Are Friends For? "What Are Friends For?" is the first segment of the twenty-sixth episode (the second episode of the second season (1986–87)) of the television series "The Twilight Zone". Alex Mattingly and his young son Jeff move to a remote cabin in the woods following Alex's divorce. Jeff is lonely and unhappy because he has no one for companionship. Jeff awakens in the middle of the night and sees a boy playing in the woods, but the boy disappears before Jeff can speak |
Which was the first English football club to win the European Cup? | Manchester United F.C. in European football Manchester United F.C. in European football Manchester United Football Club is an English football club based in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester. They were the first English club to enter European competition, entering the European Cup in 1956. Since then, the club has competed in every UEFA-organised competition, with the exception of the now-defunct Intertoto Cup. The competition in which the club has had the most success is the European Cup (now known as the UEFA Champions League); they have won three European Cups, the first of which came in 1968; this win made them the first English club to win | English clubs in the European Cup and UEFA Champions League English clubs in the European Cup and UEFA Champions League The UEFA Champions League (previously known as the European Cup) is a seasonal club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) since 1955 for the most successful football clubs in Europe. The prize, the European Champion Clubs' Cup, is considered the most prestigious club trophy in the sport. As of the end of the 2015–16 UEFA Champions League season, English clubs have twelve European Cup wins along with clubs from Italy. Incidentally, Real Madrid from Spain have won this many by themselves. The most recent English |
Name the two tiles with the highest score in Scrabble? | Word Up (video game) word LAVA would score . The hierarchy of letters is similar to that of Scrabble; Q and Z are the highest-scoring tiles (each 10) followed by X and J (each 8) and so on, the most notable variance is that here L is worth five as opposed to just one in Scrabble. The player starts with two minutes to find as many words as he can; if he manages to use Q, Z, X, or J in any word he is awarded a further 10 seconds. After each successful entry the letters used are discarded with the matrix replacing those | High score Scrabble Scrabble game in 1989. However the official Association of British Scrabble Players website does not list this score as the highest ever, rather 712 by David Webb in 2008, long after high score Scrabble had been replaced by match play Scrabble in the UK. High score Scrabble High score Scrabble is a variant of the board game Scrabble that was popular among tournament players in the United Kingdom in the 1970s and 1980s. The first National Scrabble Championship of the UK was played by high score rules in 1971, and was won by Steven Haskell. In modern "match play Scrabble" |
The Pindus is the main mountain range in what country? | Pindus Pindus The Pindus (also Pindos or Pindhos) () mountain range is located in northern Greece and southern Albania. It is roughly 160 km long, with a maximum elevation of 2,637m (Mount Smolikas). Because it runs along the border of Thessaly and Epirus, the Pindus range is known colloquially as the "spine of Greece". The mountain range stretches from near the Greek-Albanian border in Northern Epirus, entering the Epirus and Macedonia regions in northern Greece down to the north of the Peloponnese. Geologically it is an extension of the Dinaric Alps, which dominate the western region of the Balkan Peninsula. Historically, | Pindus Gorge and the Aoos Gorge. Together with the mountain valley of Valia Kalda they have been declared protected regions and constitute the National Park of Northern Pindos. Furthermore, many mountain settlements with long history and unique architecture are located throughout the range. The Pindus region covers a wide range of elevations and habitats, from deep canyons to steep mountains. The wide range in altitude results in two major forest zones: Large breeding colonies of herons, spoonbills, egrets, and pelicans fish the waters of the mountain lakes of the Pindus. This is one of the few areas in Europe where the |
Joe Yule Jr born 1920 became famous as who? | Joe Yule Joe Yule Ninnian Joseph Yule (April 30, 1892 – March 30, 1950) was a Scottish-American burlesque and vaudeville comedian who later appeared in many films as a character actor. He was noted for his starring role in the "Jiggs and Maggie" film series, opposite Renie Riano, and as the father of Mickey Rooney. Yule was born in Scotland on April 30, 1892 in the Hutchesontown district of Glasgow, and emigrated to the United States when an infant in 1892 with his parents, Ninnian Yule (1866–1943) and Elizabeth Yule, nee McKell, (1866–1919) on the steamship, "Bolivia", which sailed from the Port | Joe Yule of Glasgow, Scotland, and arrived at the Port of New York, August 2, 1892. Their surname was recorded on the ship's manifest as "Yule" not "Ewell." They settled in Brooklyn. His father was a boiler maker. The Yules spelled the men's Christian name as "Ninnian" not as Ninian. As a teenager, he performed in local vaudeville theatres in Brooklyn and later was booked into leading burlesque wheels, including the Columbia Burlesque Wheel; he adopted the stage name Joe Yule. In 1919, he married fellow vaudevillian Nellie W. Carter, a native of Kansas City, Missouri. In 1920, while they were appearing |
Albert Finney turned down which role that won Peter O Toole an Oscar? | Albert Finney to this, Finney had been chosen to play T. E. Lawrence in David Lean's production of "Lawrence of Arabia" after a successful, and elaborate, screen-test that took four days to shoot. However, Finney baulked at signing a multi-year contract for producer Sam Spiegel and chose not to accept the role. The success of "Tom Jones" saw British exhibitors vote Finney the ninth most popular star at the box office in 1963. After "Charlie Bubbles" (1968), which he also directed, his film appearances became less frequent as he focused more on acting on stage. During this period, one of his high-profile | Albert Finney the offer of a CBE in 1980 and a knighthood in 2000. He has criticised the honours system for "perpetuating snobbery". He has five Oscar nominations but has never won. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor four times, for "Tom Jones" (1963), "Murder on the Orient Express" (1974), "The Dresser" (1983), and "Under the Volcano" (1984); and was nominated for Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in "Erin Brockovich" (2000). Julia Roberts mentioned Albert Finney in her Oscar acceptance speech for Best Actress in "Erin Brockovich", thanking him and sharing the Oscar with |
Hans Christian Andersen had what job before writing? | Hans Christian Andersen Copenhagen to seek employment as an actor. Having an excellent soprano voice, he was accepted into the Royal Danish Theatre, but his voice soon changed. A colleague at the theatre told him that he considered Andersen a poet. Taking the suggestion seriously, Andersen began to focus on writing. Jonas Collin, director of the Royal Danish Theatre, held great affection for Andersen and sent him to a grammar school in Slagelse, persuading King Frederick VI to pay part of the youth's education. Andersen had by then published his first story, "The Ghost at Palnatoke's Grave" (1822). Though not a stellar pupil, | Hans Christian Andersen Award Hans Christian Andersen Award The Hans Christian Andersen Awards are two literary awards by the International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY), recognising one living author and one living illustrator for their "lasting contribution to children's literature". The writing award was inaugurated in 1956, the illustration award in 1966. The former is sometimes called the "Nobel Prize for children's literature". The awards are named after Hans Christian Andersen, the 19th-century Danish author of fairy tales, and each winner receives the Hans Christian Andersen Medaille, a gold medal with the bust of Andersen (see image). Medals are presented at the |
The 1960 Summer Olympic Games were held in which city? | Olympic Games the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome, Guttmann brought 400 athletes to compete in the "Parallel Olympics", which became known as the first Paralympics. Since then, the Paralympics have been held in every Olympic year. Since the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, the host city for the Olympics has also played host to the Paralympics. In 2001 the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) signed an agreement guaranteeing that host cities would be contracted to manage both the Olympic and Paralympic Games. The agreement came into effect at the 2008 Summer Games in Beijing, and | Summer Olympic Games every Summer Olympic Games – Australia, France, Great Britain, Greece and Switzerland. The United States leads the all-time medal table for the Summer Olympics. The United States has hosted the Summer Olympic Games more times than any other nation: the 1904 Games were held in St. Louis, Missouri; the 1932 and 1984 Games were both held in Los Angeles, California; and the 1996 Games were held in Atlanta, Georgia. The 2028 Games in Los Angeles will mark the fifth occasion on which the Summer Games have been hosted by the U.S. In 2012, the United Kingdom hosted its third Summer |
Which 19 year old actress made her debut with Humphrey Bogart in the film 'To Have and Have Not'? | To Have and Have Not (film) To Have and Have Not (film) To Have and Have Not is a 1944 American romance-war-adventure film directed by Howard Hawks, loosely based on Ernest Hemingway's 1937 novel of the same name; however, the story was altered for the film. It stars Humphrey Bogart, Walter Brennan and Lauren Bacall in her film debut; it also features Dolores Moran, Hoagy Carmichael, Sheldon Leonard, Dan Seymour, and Marcel Dalio. The plot centers on the romance between a freelancing fisherman in Martinique and a beautiful American drifter which is complicated by the growing French resistance in Vichy France. Ernest Hemingway and Howard Hawks | To Have and Have Not (film) effort, eventually becomes converted through a changed attitude and accepts their duty as a citizen to participate in the war efforts. Along with Harry Morgan's transformation, the Humphrey Bogart persona changed along the years, making him an important casting decision for the film. Harry Morgan, the fisherman, represents the center of the story line of "To Have and Have Not". According to Robin Wood, Harry Morgan represents, at the same time, the personality of Humphrey Bogart and the Hawksian hero. Harry Morgan, as a character, represents a myth the audience accepts as real such as the heroes of Homer. Morgan |
What is the Hebrew word meaning 'So be it'? | So mote it be So mote it be "So mote it be" is a ritual phrase used by Freemasons, in Rosicrucianism, and more recently by Neopagans. It means "so may it be", "so it is required", or "so must it be", and may be said at the end of a prayer in a similar way to "amen". The phrase appears in the Halliwell or Regius Manuscript, the earliest known document relating to a society of Masons in England dating from the first half of the 15th Century. "Amen! amen! so mot hyt be! Say we so all per charyté". The phrase has been taken | Revival of the Hebrew language Hebrew words took on different meanings altogether. For example, the Hebrew word "kǝvīš" (כביש), which now denotes a "street" or a "road," is actually an Aramaic adjective meaning "trodden down; blazoned", rather than a common noun. It was originally used to describe "a "blazoned" trail." In what most rabbis view as an error, Ben-Yehuda is accredited with introducing the new Hebrew word "ribah" (ריבה) for "confiture; marmalade", believing it to be derived from the lexical root "reḇaḇ", and related to the Arabic word "murabba" (jam; fruit conserves; marmalade). He also invented the word "tapuz" (תפוז) for the citrus fruit orange, |
What stone is used to make the flat bed of a snooker table? | Billiard table Billiard table A billiard table or billiards table is a bounded table on which cue sports are played. In the modern era, all billiards tables (whether for carom billiards, pocket billiards, pyramid or snooker) provide a flat surface usually made of quarried slate, that is covered with cloth (usually of a tightly-woven worsted wool called baize), and surrounded by vulcanized rubber cushions, with the whole elevated above the floor. More specific terms are used for specific sports, such as snooker table and pool table, and different-sized billiard balls are used on these table types. An obsolete term is billiard board, | Bed of Stone a positive, albeit more critical, review of the album. Rating the album a B on a scale of A to F, Okeke praised the album's production and its lyrical content, but was more critical of Aṣa's vocal delivery; "Intensified vocals and a surge of instrumentals is what the album needs. It’s called a musical frisson, and Asa could have given us more of it," Okeke said in his review. Bed of Stone Bed of Stone is the third studio album by Nigerian-French recording artist Aṣa. It was released on 25 August 2014 through Naive Records. Recorded in the East-Sussex area |
What is the largest state in the USA? | Alaska USA Federal Credit Union Alaska USA Federal Credit Union Alaska USA Federal Credit Union is a credit union headquartered in Anchorage, Alaska, chartered and regulated under the authority of the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA). In the United States, Alaska USA is among the largest credit unions by assets, and among the 10 largest credit unions by membership. Alaska USA is a federally chartered, member-owned, not-for-profit financial cooperative with more than 100 branch offices and service locations throughout Alaska, Arizona’s Maricopa County, California’s San Bernardino County, and Washington State. As of 2017, Alaska USA had $6.9 billion in assets and more than 600,000 members. | The World Is What It Is The World Is What It Is The World Is What It Is: The Authorized Biography of V. S. Naipaul is a biography of the Nobel Prize-winning author V. S. Naipaul by Patrick French. It was published in 2008 (by Picador in the UK and Knopf in the USA). The title is a quotation from Naipaul's book "A Bend in the River". "The world is what it is; men who are nothing, who allow themselves to become nothing, have no place in it." French deals with Naipaul's family background and his life from his birth in 1932 until his second marriage |
What is the name of Mickey Mouse's dog? | Mickey Mouse appeared in comic books such as Disney Italy's "Topolino", "MM - Mickey Mouse Mystery Magazine", and "Wizards of Mickey", and in television series such as "The Mickey Mouse Club" (1955–1996) and others. He also appears in other media such as video games as well as merchandising and is a meetable character at the Disney parks. Mickey generally appears alongside his girlfriend Minnie Mouse, his pet dog Pluto, his friends Donald Duck and Goofy, and his nemesis Pete, among others (see Mickey Mouse universe). Though originally characterized as a cheeky lovable rogue, Mickey was rebranded over time as a nice guy, | Mickey Mouse universe "Dolly, Polly & Molly," while a lone niece attributed to Mickey appears in the cartoon "Gulliver Mickey" (1934) named "Maisie" (listed in "Mickey Mouse: His Life and Times" (Harper & Row, 1986)). The only possible film appearance of any niece is in 1983's "Mickey's Christmas Carol," where Mickey Mouse, as Bob Cratchit, has a daughter. In this film Morty & Ferdie are said to have played Cratchit's two sons (including one as Tiny Tim), and since Melody seems to be the most consistent name used for any niece attributed to Minnie, it is probable that it was Melody who played |
Who was beaten by Bjorn Borg in his first Wimbledon title? | Björn Borg lost to the Italian Adriano Panatta, who remains the only player to defeat Borg at this tournament. Panatta did it twice: in the fourth round in 1973, and in the 1976 quarterfinals. Borg won Wimbledon in 1976 without losing a set, defeating the favored Ilie Năstase in the final. Borg became the youngest male Wimbledon champion of the modern era at 20 years and 1 month (a record subsequently broken by Boris Becker, who won Wimbledon aged 17 in 1985). It would be the last time Borg played Wimbledon as an underdog. Năstase later exclaimed, "We're playing tennis, he's [Borg] | Bjorn Fratangelo ranking of 99 came out on 6 June 2016, which was the sixtieth birthday of the man he was named after, Björn Borg. This was also his first career match win in the main draw of a Grand Slam. "Current through 2018 Miami Open." Bjorn Fratangelo Bjorn Fratangelo ( ; born July 19, 1993 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is a professional American tennis player who won the boys' singles title at the 2011 French Open. Fratangelo is only the second American out of three to win the event, following John McEnroe in 1977 and preceding Tommy Paul in 2015. Fratangelo was |
John McEnroe was born in which country? | John McEnroe Finals (the new name for the Masters Grand Prix). He was named the ATP Player of the Year and the ITF World Champion three times each: 1981, 1983 and 1984. McEnroe contributed to five Davis Cup titles for the U.S. and later served as team captain. He has stayed active in retirement, often competing in senior events on the ATP Champions Tour. For many years he has also worked as a television commentator during the majors. McEnroe was born in Wiesbaden, Hesse, West Germany (present-day Wiesbaden, Hesse, Germany) to American parents, John Patrick McEnroe Sr. and his wife Kay, "née" | John McEnroe problems. In 1997, McEnroe married rock singer Patty Smyth with whom he has two daughters, Megan and Ava. McEnroe has donated more than $15,000 to Democratic politicians. McEnroe's fiery temper led to him being parodied in pop culture. John McEnroe John Patrick McEnroe Jr. (born February 16, 1959) is a retired American tennis player, often considered among the greatest in the history of the sport. He was known for his shot-making artistry and volleying skills, as well as his confrontational on-court behavior that frequently landed him in trouble with umpires and tennis authorities. McEnroe attained the No. 1 ranking in |
Who patented the 'Zip fastener' in 1893? | Zipper a true slide fastener. Forty-two years later, in 1893 Whitcomb Judson, who invented a pneumatic street railway, marketed a "Clasp Locker". The device served as a (more complicated) hook-and-eye shoe fastener. With the support of businessman Colonel Lewis Walker, Judson launched the Universal Fastener Company to manufacture the new device. The clasp locker had its public debut at the 1893 Chicago World's Fair and met with little commercial success. Judson is sometimes given credit as the inventor of the zipper, but he never made a practical device. The Universal Fastener Company moved to Hoboken, New Jersey, in 1901, reorganized as | Button-Fastener case According to Button-Fastener, Eureka persuaded Button-Fastener's customers to disobey the notices on the machines. Button-Fastener sued Eureka Specialty Co. for alleged infringement of its patents. In its pleadings, Button-Fastener described its business model of selling its patented machine only on condition that buyers of the machines obtain all their staples from Button-Fastener. It stated that notwithstanding its knowledge of this, Eureka "manufacture[d] staples adapted only for use in the machines so sold by [Button-Fastener], and persuade[d] the users of the machines to buy and use them in violation of the above-mentioned restriction." Eureka responded to the suit with a "demurrer" |
Who became the youngest ever 'Amateur World Snooker Champion in 1980? | IBSF World Snooker Championship 2014, fourteen-year-old Yan Bingtao beat Pakistan's Muhammad Sajjad 8–7 to become the youngest ever world champion in snooker. IBSF World Snooker Championship The IBSF World Snooker Championship (also known as the World Amateur Snooker Championship) is the premier non-professional snooker tournament in the world. The event series is sanctioned by the International Billiards and Snooker Federation. A number of IBSF champions have gone on to successful careers in the Pro ranks, notably Jimmy White (1980), James Wattana (1988), Ken Doherty (1989), Stuart Bingham (1996), Marco Fu (1997), Stephen Maguire (2000) and Mark Allen (2004). Both Ken Doherty (in 1997) and | Irish Amateur Championship (snooker) most noticeably Ken Doherty who won the compition in 1987 and 1989 and would go on to become the only former champion to win the World Snooker Championship in 1997 ending Stephen Hendry's run of 5 consecutive World Championship wins. Currently only former champion Ken Doherty is currently playing on the world tour. Irish Amateur Championship (snooker) The Irish Amateur Championship (occasionally known as the Irish National Championship) is an annual snooker competition played in Ireland and is the highest ranking amateur event in Ireland. The competition was first established back in 1927 which was won by T.H. Fayrey. The |
Which Dickens novel features the character 'Uriah Heep'? | Uriah Heep Uriah Heep Uriah Heep is a fictional character created by Charles Dickens in his novel "David Copperfield". Heep is one of the main antagonists of the novel. His character is notable for his cloying humility, obsequiousness, and insincerity, making frequent references to his own umbleness". His name has become synonymous with sycophancy. David first meets the 15-year-old Heep when he comes to live with Mr Wickfield and his daughter Agnes, in chapter 15: Much of "David Copperfield" is autobiographical, and some scholars believe Heep's mannerisms and physical attributes to be based on Hans Christian Andersen, whom Dickens met shortly before | Uriah Heep A. Caro's The Path to Power, Lyndon B. Johnson is said to have resembled the personality of Uriah Heep. A reference to the character of Uriah Heep exists in the "Half Life 2" franchise. A friendly NPC character of one of the aliens from the game was considered, during development, to be a companion to the player for parts of the game, named "Heep". This idea was scrapped in the original game but recycled for "", where a lab assistant of the same species is named Uriah. Uriah Heep Uriah Heep is a fictional character created by Charles Dickens in |
What is wrapped around a fillet steak to make 'Beef Wellington'? | Beef Wellington Beef Wellington Beef Wellington is a preparation of fillet steak coated with pâté (often pâté de foie gras) and duxelles, which is then wrapped in puff pastry and baked. Some recipes include wrapping the coated meat in a crêpe to retain the moisture and prevent it from making the pastry soggy. A whole tenderloin may be wrapped and baked, and then sliced for serving, or the tenderloin may be sliced into individual portions prior to wrapping and baking. The origin of the name is unclear, with no definite connection to Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington. Leah Hyslop, writing in | Beef tenderloin suitable for portion-controlled steaks, as the diameter of the eye remains relatively consistent. The center-cut can yield the traditional filet mignon or tenderloin steak, as well as the Chateaubriand steak and beef Wellington. The tail, which is generally unsuitable for steaks due to size inconsistency, can be used in recipes where small pieces of a tender cut are called for, such as beef Stroganoff. Beef tenderloin A beef tenderloin, known as an eye fillet in Australasia, filet in France, and fillet in the United Kingdom and South Africa, is cut from the loin of beef. As with all quadrupeds, the |
What is the largest city on the Mississippi? | Steamboats of the Mississippi Germany. During Reconstruction, rural Southern blacks flooded into St. Louis as well, seeking better opportunity. By the 1850s, St. Louis had become the largest U. S. city west of Pittsburgh, and the second-largest port in the country, with a commercial tonnage exceeded only by New York. James Eads was a famed engineer who ran a shipyard and first built riverboats in the 1850s, then armed riverboats and finally the legendary bridge over the Mississippi. His Mound City Ironworks and shipyard was famous, and featured often in the naming of vessels. Memphis became another major port on the Mississippi. It was | Mississippi City, Mississippi Mississippi City, Mississippi Mississippi City is an unincorporated community in Harrison County, Mississippi, United States. It is part of the Gulfport–Biloxi, Mississippi Metropolitan Statistical Area. The community was annexed by Gulfport, Mississippi in 1965. As the original county seat for Harrison County, Mississippi City was one of the most important towns on the Mississippi Gulf Coast in the latter half of the 19th century. In 1869 and 1870, the Louisville and Nashville Railroad (L&NRR) was constructed through the southernmost section of Harrison County, connecting New Orleans, Louisiana, and Mobile, Alabama. Mississippi City was situated on the L&NRR, approximately 71 miles |
What was the subject of Bob Hope's book 'Confessions of a Hooker'? | Bob Hope's Confessions of a Hooker Bob Hope's Confessions of a Hooker Bob Hope's Confessions of a Hooker: My Lifelong Love Affair with Golf is a 1985 book written by Bob Hope with the assistance of Dwayne Netland. According to Hope, the genesis of the book took place in discussions with Bill Davis, founder and editor of "Golf Digest" and Dick Symon of the advertising firm D'arcy-Masius-MacManus. Doubleday & Company Inc. published the book. It was re-released in 1987 in paperback format, with an additional chapter. The book's foreword was written by former president Gerald R. Ford. The book chronicles Hope's passion for the game of | True Confessions of a Heartless Girl like hell as she walks out of the room. • "Confessions of Lust - Noreen Age 14": Noreen hates the way Bob, her stepfather, looks at her. As she is leaving the house to meet up with her boyfriend at the time, Brad, Bob remarks that she looks like a hooker. He also says that she better not get herself knocked up like her mother did. Noreen's mother was pregnant with her at age 17, and was on welfare by age 18. This was when she was rescued by Bob. Noreen then goes to meet up with Brad and fools |
Who directed the movie 'Four Weddings and a Funeral'? | Four Weddings and a Funeral it is a twist. It will air in the UK during Red Nose Day on Friday 15 March 2019 and later in the US on their Red Nose Day on May 23, 2019. Four Weddings and a Funeral Four Weddings and a Funeral is a 1994 British romantic comedy film directed by Mike Newell. It was the first of several films by screenwriter Richard Curtis to feature Hugh Grant, and follows the adventures of Charles (Grant) and his circle of friends through a number of social occasions as they each encounter romance. Andie MacDowell stars as Charles' love interest Carrie, | Four Weddings and a Funeral (miniseries) Four Weddings and a Funeral (miniseries) Four Weddings and a Funeral is an upcoming American comedy web television miniseries, based on the 1994 British film of the same name written by Richard Curtis, that is set to premiere on Hulu. The series was created by Mindy Kaling and Matt Warburton and stars Nathalie Emmanuel, Nikesh Patel, Rebecca Rittenhouse, and John Paul Reynolds. "Four Weddings and a Funeral" follows "four American friends — Maya, Craig, Ainsley, and Duffy — who reunite for a fabulous London wedding. But after a bombshell at the altar throws their lives into turmoil, they must weather |
Which motor car company produced the first front wheel drive car in 1934? | Front-wheel drive producers followed: Stoewer offered a car with front-wheel drive in 1931, Adler in 1932 and Audi in 1933. In 1934, the very successful Traction Avant cars were introduced by Citroën of France. The Cord 810 of the United States managed a bit better in the late 1930s than its predecessor one decade earlier. These vehicles featured a layout that places the engine behind the transmission, running "backwards," (save for the Cord, which drove the transmission from the front of the engine). The basic front-wheel-drive layout provides sharp turning, and better weight distribution creates "positive handling characteristics" due to its low | Front-wheel drive the English car company, had produced the front-wheel-drive roadster, Lloyd 650. The two-stroke, two-cylinder motor was mounted transversely in the front and connected to the front wheels through four-speed synchronised gearbox. The high price and lacklustre performance had doomed its production. Only 600 units were produced from 1946 to 1950. In 1954, Alfa-Romeo had experimented with its first front-wheel-drive compact car named "33" (not related or referred to sports car similarly named "33"). It had the same transverse-mounted, forward-motor layout as the modern front-wheel-drive automobiles. It even resembled the smaller version of its popular Alfa Romeo Giulia. However, due to |
Who wrote the best selling book 'The Thorn Birds'? | The Thorn Birds several paintings of children destined for the church. The Thorn Birds The Thorn Birds is a 1977 best-selling novel by the Australian author Colleen McCullough. Set primarily on Drogheda—a fictional sheep station in the Australian Outback named after Drogheda, Ireland—the story focuses on the Cleary family and spans the years 1915 to 1969. The novel is the best selling book in Australian history, and has sold over 33 million copies worldwide. In 1983, the novel was adapted into a television series also called The Thorn Birds that, during its run 27–30 March, became the United States' second highest-rated miniseries of | The Thorn Birds (2011 TV series) The Thorn Birds (2011 TV series) The Thorn Birds () is a 2011 South Korean television series shown on KBS2, where one woman forsakes her love and family for her ambition while another woman embraces with love all that the former had left behind. Fates of a bit part actress Seo Jung-eun (played by Han Hye-jin) and a film producer Han Yoo-kyung (played by Kim Min-jung) who chose success are intertwined and resolved gradually as their mutual stories progress. The "thorn birds" of the title refers to Jung-eun's character, who only brings out her best at the cost of great |
Which county's flag is the only square flag in the world? | Flag of Switzerland squares until 1889, when its dimensions were officially set. The civil and state ensign of Switzerland, used by Swiss ships, boats and non-governmental bodies, is rectangular in shape and has the more common proportions of 3:2. The Swiss flag is one of only two square sovereign-state flags, the other being the flag of Vatican City. The emblem of the Red Cross is the Swiss flag with switched colours. According to the 2017 flag law (SR 232.21), "The Swiss flag shows a Swiss cross on a square background". Special provisions are made for the naval ensign and for civil aircraft identification. | National Flag Square 2017, the Flag Post is dismounted and the National Flag Square closed from public access with fences. President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev laid the foundation stone for National Flag Square near the naval base in Baku's Bayil settlement on 30 December 2007. The project was developed by the US firm, Trident Support, and executed by Azerbaijan’s Azenko company. The opening of the National Flag Square took place on 1 September 2010. At the President's initiative, the National Flag Museum was also established and 9 November was declared the National Flag Day. Baku Boulevard was extended to the National Flag Square |
Who compiled the first complete version of the Bible to be printed in English in 1535? | Coverdale Bible intermediate knowledge of Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek, not being a Hebrew or Greek scholar, he worked primarily from German Bibles—Luther’s Bible and the Swiss-German version (Zürich Bible) of Zwingli and Juda—and Latin sources including the Vulgate. Coverdale Bible The Coverdale Bible, compiled by Myles Coverdale and published in 1535, was the first complete Modern English translation of the Bible (not just the Old Testament or New Testament), and the first complete printed translation into English (cf. Wycliffe's Bible in manuscript). The later editions (folio and quarto) published in 1537 were the first complete Bibles printed in England. The 1537 folio | Bible translations in Norway used was quite free and accessible, close to everyday vernacular. A revised edition was published in 1531. "Christian III's Bible" was the first full Danish-language Bible translation, published in 1550. It was commissioned by King Christian III. A commission of theologians compiled this first 1550 edition, largely based on Luther's complete German-language translation of the Bible published five years earlier in 1545. It was also influenced by: Luther's Low German translation of 1534; the Swedish Bible translation named after Gustav Vasa; Pedersen's translations of the New Testament (1529), Psalms (1531) and Genesis (1535); and on two complete, unpublished translations of |
Who wrote the following books: 'Peter Pan, The Little Minister and Window in Thrums'? | The Little Minister (1934 film) The Little Minister (1934 film) The Little Minister is a 1934 American drama film starring Katharine Hepburn and directed by Richard Wallace. The screenplay by Jane Murfin, Sarah Y. Mason, and Victor Heerman is based on the 1891 novel and subsequent 1897 play of the same title by J. M. Barrie. The picture was the fifth feature film adaptation of the works, following four silent film versions. The original novel was the third of the three "Thrums" novels (a town based on his home of Kirriemuir), which first brought Barrie to fame. Set in rural 1840s Scotland, the plot focuses | Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens not so much a children's book as one for art collectors thanks to the 1906 edition's illustrations by Arthur Rackham. In 1904, Barrie wrote a stage play titled "Peter Pan, or the Boy Who Would Not Grow Up", performed in December of that year, although it had not yet been published. The play is not a sequel or adaptation of the earlier novel; it is a different story, though closely based on the literary style, subtext concepts, and the Peter Pan character he had developed in "The Little White Bird" and "Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens". In the play and |
Which English county lies to the west of Devon? | Devon Devon Devon (), also known as Devonshire, which was formerly its common and official name, is a county of England, reaching from the Bristol Channel in the north to the English Channel in the south. It is part of South West England, bounded by Cornwall to the west, Somerset to the north east, and Dorset to the east. The city of Exeter is the county town. The county includes the districts of East Devon, Mid Devon, North Devon, South Hams, Teignbridge, Torridge, and West Devon. Plymouth and Torbay are each geographically part of Devon, but are administered as unitary authorities. | Devon County Council Devon County Council Devon County Council is the county council administering the English county of Devon. Based in the city of Exeter, the council covers the non-metropolitan county area of Devon. Members of the council (councillors) are elected every four years to represent the electorate of each county division, almost all being nominated by the major national political parties. The population of the area administered by the council is estimated at 765,302, making it the largest local authority in South West England. Devon is an area with "two-tier" local government, meaning that the county is divided into non-metropolitan districts carrying |
Who wrote the children's book 'George's Marvellous Medicine'? | George's Marvellous Medicine George's Marvellous Medicine George's Marvellous Medicine (known as George's Marvelous Medicine in the US) is a book written by Roald Dahl and illustrated by Quentin Blake. First published in 1981, it was praised for its humour, but was also criticised for its underdeveloped plot and offbeat ending. It is one of Dahl's shorter children's books. Being a medical expert was one of what Dahl called his “dreams of glory”: he had huge respect for doctors and particularly those who pioneered new treatments. He dedicated the book to “doctors everywhere”. An audio reading of it was released with the actor Richard | George S. Elrick some college courses. Throughout his career he wrote an astonishing 38 Books! George's favorite book that he had published was "Bonanza - The Bubble Gum Kid". Books written by George S. Elrick: George S. Elrick George Seefurth Elrick (October 7, 1921 – December 29, 1997) George was raised in Evanston, IL, in a 2-story flat near Lake Michigan. He was an only child, and it didn't take him long to develop an aptitude for reading and writing. He attended Northwestern University from 1939 to 1943, and graduated with a Bachelors Degree in English. Soon after, during WWII, he entered the |
General Elections are traditionally held on which day of the week in Britain? | Elections in the United Kingdom Elections in the United Kingdom There are six types of elections in the United Kingdom: elections to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, elections to devolved parliaments and assemblies, elections to the European Parliament, local elections, mayoral elections and Police and Crime Commissioner elections. Within each of those categories, there may be by-elections as well as general elections. Elections are held on Election Day, which is conventionally a Thursday. Since the passing of the Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011 for general elections, all six types of elections are held after fixed periods, though early elections to parliament and the | Elections in Great Britain Elections in Great Britain Elections in the Kingdom of Great Britain were principally general elections and by-elections to the House of Commons of Great Britain. General elections did not have fixed dates, as parliament was summoned and dissolved within the royal prerogative, although on the advice of the ministers of the Crown. The first such general election was that of 1708, and the last that of 1796. In 1801, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland replaced the Kingdom of Great Britain and the Kingdom of Ireland. For the period after 1801, see Elections in the United Kingdom. For |
Dupion, Habotai and Noil are three types of what fabric? | Noil Noil Noil is the short fiber left over from combing wool or spinning silk and used as a decorative additive for many spinning projects, like rovings and yarns. Silk noil is also called "raw silk", although that is a misnomer. As noil is a relatively short fiber, fabric made from noil is weaker and considered less valuable. Silk noil may also be made from the short fibres, directly sourced from the silkworm cocoons. Rather than the continuous length of silk, shorter fibers, which are generally not used to create high quality silk are used for silk noil, which has a | Joseph B. Noil Joseph B. Noil Joseph Benjamin Noil (1841 – March 21, 1882) was a United States Navy sailor and a recipient of America's highest military decoration—the Medal of Honor. Joseph B. Noil enlisted in the Navy from New York; when he re-enlisted for a three-year hitch on December 29, 1874, he was described as thirty-four years old, born in Nova Scotia and a "Negro". His civilian occupation was as a caulker, and he was five feet, six inches tall. While serving on at Norfolk, Virginia on December 26, 1872, he saved a drowning shipmate, Boatswain J.C. Walton. For his conduct on |
Who was the author of the novel 'Doctor Zhivago'? | Doctor Zhivago (novel) Doctor Zhivago (novel) Doctor Zhivago () is a novel by Boris Pasternak, first published in 1957 in Italy. The novel is named after its protagonist, Yuri Zhivago, a physician and poet, and takes place between the Russian Revolution of 1905 and World War II. Due to the author's independent-minded stance on the October Revolution, "Doctor Zhivago" was refused publication in the USSR. At the instigation of Giangiacomo Feltrinelli, the manuscript was smuggled to Milan and published in 1957. Pasternak was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature the following year, an event which embarrassed and enraged the Communist Party of the | Doctor Zhivago (novel) Soviet Union. The novel was made into a film by David Lean in 1965, and since then has twice been adapted for television, most recently as a miniseries for Russian TV in 2006. The novel Doctor Zhivago has been part of the Russian school curriculum since 2003, where it is read in 11th grade. The plot of "Doctor Zhivago" is long and intricate. It can be difficult to follow for two main reasons: first, Pasternak employs many characters, who interact with each other throughout the book in unpredictable ways, and second, he frequently introduces a character by one of his/her |
The oil of which spice is traditionally used to ease the pain of toothache? | Oil of clove as having a wide range of health effects, but there is insufficient medical evidence to support general claims for its use as a therapeutic. Particularly in South Korea and India, eugenol, a phytochemical extracted from clove oil, is used to relieve toothache. Applied to a cavity in a decayed tooth or tooth socket remaining after extraction, eugenol or clove oil can relieve toothache temporarily. The potential mechanisms for how eugenol may inhibit dental pain are under active research. In the United States, the FDA considers eugenol ineffective for treating dental pain, and has downgraded clove oil as an analgesic due | Toothache called "toothache plant". Pellitory (Anacyclus pyrethrum) was traditionally used to relieve toothache. In Kathmandu, Nepal, there is a shrine to Vaishya Dev, the Newar god of toothache. The shrine consists of part of an old tree to which sufferers of toothache nail a rupee coin in order to ask the god to relieve their pain. The lump of wood is called the "toothache tree" and is said to have been cut from the legendary tree, Bangemudha. On this street, many traditional tooth pullers still work and many of the city's dentists have advertisements placed next to the tree. The phrase |
Which New Zealand city is known as the windy city? | Radio Windy Radio Windy Radio Windy was a local radio station in Wellington, New Zealand. Radio Windy first started by "Capital City Radio Limited" broadcasting in Wellington in 1973 on 1080 kHz with the call sign 2XW. In 1976 the station moved to 890 kHz and in 1978, after the AM band spacing in New Zealand was adjusted from 10 kHz to 9 kHz, the station moved to 891 kHz. In 1990 Radio Windy began broadcasting on 100.0 MHz in Wellington and the station was renamed to "Windy FM" and also continued to broadcast on 891 kHz. In 1991 the 100.0 MHz | Windy City (nickname) Windy City (nickname) The city of Chicago has been known by many nicknames, but it is most widely recognized as the "Windy City". The earliest known reference to the "Windy City" was actually to Green Bay in 1856. The first known repeated effort to label Chicago with this nickname is from 1876 and involves Chicago's rivalry with Cincinnati. The term "Windy City" came into common usage when it was popularized by New York City editor, Charles Dana, in "The Sun" during the bidding for the 1893 Columbian Exposition. Chicago won the Exposition, which did not please Dana. The popularity of |
In what year did Indira Gandhi become Prime Minister of India? | Indira Gandhi Indira Gandhi Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi (; née Nehru; November 19, 1917 – October 31, 1984), was an Indian politician, stateswoman and a central figure of the Indian National Congress. She was the first and, to date, the only female Prime Minister of India. Indira Gandhi was the daughter of Jawaharlal Nehru, the first prime minister of India. She served as Prime Minister from January 1966 to March 1977 and again from January 1980 until her assassination in October 1984, making her the second longest-serving Indian Prime Minister after her father. Gandhi served as her father's personal assistant and hostess during | Indira Gandhi members during Indira Gandhi's time in power. In the 1980s, Indira Gandhi along with Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, Zambia's President Kenneth Kaunda, Australian prime minister Malcolm Fraser and Singapore Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew was regarded as one of the pillars of the commonwealth India under Indira also hosted the 1983 Commonwealth heads of Government summit in New Delhi in 1983. Gandhi used to use the Commonwealth meetings as a forum to put pressure on member countries to cut economic, sports, and cultural ties with Apartheid South Africa In the early 1980s under Gandhi, India attempted to reassert its |
Which city is the birthplace of US TV presenter 'Jerry Springer'? | Jerry Springer Jerry Springer Gerald Norman Springer (born February 13, 1944) is an English-born American television presenter, former lawyer, politician, news presenter, actor, and musician. He hosted "The Jerry Springer Show", a tabloid talk show, between September 30, 1991 and July 26, 2018 and debuted the Jerry Springer Podcast in 2015. Springer was born in the London Underground station of Highgate while the station was in use as a shelter from German bombing during World War II, and grew up on Chandos Road, East Finchley. His parents, Margot (née Kallmann; a bank clerk) and Richard Springer (owner of a shoe shop), were | The Jerry Springer Show TV format to the WWE Network for a series of episodes featuring WWE's most controversial segments. In 1999, ITV made 12 UK-based version episodes of the series "Jerry Springer UK", filmed at the same studios as his US show. In 2005, another UK version was shown made for ITV titled "The Springer Show" as a replacement for "Trisha Goddard", which defected to Channel 5. Initially Springer only signed a one-month deal. It beat its talk-show rival "Trisha Goddard" five to one in the ratings, despite it being a subdued and more tongue-in-cheek version of the U.S. show. The series was |
Which 2006 animated Disney film featured the characters 'Lightning McQueen, Doc Hudson and Fillmore'? | Lightning McQueen paint scheme prior to his crash (With a slightly desaturated red paintwork, a more modernized version of the Rust-Eze logo and different lightning bolts), a third "training" paint job in which he is darker red with metallic yellow accents, and a fourth "demolition derby" paint job in which he is all mud brown and numbered 15. At the end of the film, McQueen is decked in a blue "Fabulous Lightning McQueen" paint job reminiscent of Doc Hudson's. He also keeps his working lights. Lightning McQueen Monty "Lightning" McQueen, typically referred to by his surname McQueen, is an anthropomorphic stock car | Doc Hudson accident and he often recalled pieces of advice that Doc gave him in flashbacks. Lightning went to Doc's old trainer, Smokey in Thomasville, Georgia for help and watched movies of Doc's old races for inspiration. Smokey also explained that training Lightning, not racing, was the most enjoyable part of Doc's life. At the end, Lightning adopted Doc's old racing colors and painted "The Fabulous Lightning McQueen" on himself in honor of Doc, "The Fabulous Hudson Hornet." Lightning's bumper also read, "For Doc Hudson." Cruz Ramirez, a trainer who subsequently started a racing career of her own took on Doc's old |
What two colours make up the national flag of Singapore? | National colours of New Zealand New Zealand (see above). In motorracing, New Zealand's national colours are green (based on British racing green) and white. National colours of New Zealand National colours of New Zealand orders include black, white or silver, and red ochre. The national flag of New Zealand is predominantly dark blue and represents the sea and sky. In the top left corner is the union flag with the colours red and white. The Union flag represents the settlement of New Zealand by mainly British people after New Zealand became a British colony in 1840. The four stars on the flag are red with | Flag of Singapore national flag made of hair at the Esplanade - Theatres on the Bay. Lee felt the use of hair to create the nation's flag meant that the flag was in the wrong colours, and was distasteful. Also in 2003, The Rolling Stones performed in Singapore as part of their 2002/2003 Licks World Tour. At the first performance, there were two inflatable dolls on stage. Both of the dolls had flags placed in their crotch area; one had the Rolling Stones logo and the other had a Singapore flag. Because of the illegal use of the state flag, and for fear |
What is the worlds largest sand island northeast of Brisbane? | Moreton Island Moreton Island Moreton Island is an island on the eastern side of Moreton Bay on the coast of South East Queensland, Australia. The Coral Sea lies on the east coast of the island. Moreton Island lies northeast of the Queensland capital, Brisbane. 95% of the island is contained within a national park and a popular destination for day trippers, four wheel driving, camping, recreational angling and whale watching and a 75-minute ferry ride from Brisbane. It is the third largest sand island in the world. Together with Fraser Island, Moreton Island forms the largest sand structure in the world. It | Sand Island (Wisconsin) Bay. Sand Island (Wisconsin) Sand Island is one of the Apostle Islands, in northern Wisconsin, in Lake Superior, and is part of the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore. It is located in the Town of Bayfield in Bayfield County. The Sand Island Light, Hokenson Fishing Dock, the Sevona Cabin, the Shaw Farm and the West Bay Club are located on the island. There is another Sand Island Lake Chippewa in Sawyer County, Wisconsin. Much of the land in the Bayfield and Apostle Islands cleared by the logging industry in the late 19th century was later sold to Scandinavian pioneers seeking to |
"What pop group had a ""Message in a Bottle""?" | Message in a Bottle (song) Message in a Bottle (song) "Message in a Bottle" is a song by English rock band The Police. It was released as the lead single from their second studio album, "Reggatta de Blanc" (1979). Written by the band's lead singer and bassist Sting, the song is ostensibly about a story of a castaway on an island, who sends out a message in a bottle to seek love. A year later, he has not received any sort of response, and despairs, thinking he is destined to be alone. The next day, he sees "a hundred billion bottles" on the shore, finding | Message in a bottle or as "surrendering a part of yourself to something larger", concluding that "every message in a bottle is a prayer". Finding a bottled message has generally been viewed positively, the finder of a 98-year-old message referring to his find as winning the lottery. However, intense media attention over a personal relationship that resulted from one woman's find, is said to have caused her to remark that had she known what would happen, she would have left the bottle on the beach. Another woman said she initially felt shocked and violated by publication of the personal suffering she had expressed in |
Nobody Does it Better was sung in which Bond film? | Nobody Does It Better at the end of a tribute to sportscaster Chris Schenkel. Andy Breckman, writer of "Monk" and co-host of WFMU radio show Seven Second Delay announced on air that it states in his will that he wishes the song to be sung by a local middle school choir and/or his wife at his funeral. Nobody Does It Better "Nobody Does It Better" is a song composed by Marvin Hamlisch with lyrics by Carole Bayer Sager. It was recorded by Carly Simon as the theme song for the 1977 James Bond film "The Spy Who Loved Me". It was the first Bond | Nobody Does It Better "Casino Royale", commercials used the song's title, "Nobody Does It Better", as a catch phrase. Included in the March 2007 DVD release of "Casino Royale" was the documentary featurette "Bond Girls Are Forever"; a version of "Nobody Does it Better" performed by Faith Rivera is heard over the closing credits. Teaser posters for the 1983 Bond film, "Octopussy", featured the tagline: "Nobody does it better... thirteen times" (this was the 13th official James Bond film). The song was featured over a montage of James Bond film clips featuring the character Q; this was included on the VHS release (as well |
Halcyon is the poetic name for which bird? | Halcyon (genus) Halcyon (genus) Halcyon () is a genus of the tree kingfishers, near passerine birds in the subfamily Halcyoninae. The genus "Halcyon" was introduced by the English naturalist and artist William John Swainson in 1821. He named the type species as the woodland kingfisher ("Halcyon senegalensis"). "Halcyon" is a name for a bird in Greek legend generally associated with the kingfisher. There was an ancient belief that the bird nested on the sea, which it calmed in order to lay its eggs on a floating nest. Two weeks of calm weather were therefore expected around the winter solstice. This myth leads | Prayer for the Halcyon Fear on CD and cassette, containing "Flowers Through the Air" and "Zippity-Do-Dah" as bonus material. Bob Bert provided liner notes which detailed the band's history. Prayer for the Halcyon Fear Prayer for the Halcyon Fear is the debut album of folk rock band Tiny Lights, released in 1985 through Uriel Music. Nitsuh Abebe of allmusic said the album has "the continual loose brilliance that's typically only found on debut records." He awarded "Prayer for the Halcyon Fear" four out of five stars, calling it the band's best effort to date. Critics of the "Trouser Press" called it "a delightful debut" that |
Who composed the music for the opera The Tales of Hoffman? | Grammy Award for Video of the Year and later incorporated it into the "montage of music and gags" called "Elephant Parts" after starting the company Pacific Arts Video Records. In 1985, "Elephant Parts" was adapted into a seven-episode summer series on NBC titled "Michael Nesmith in Television Parts". Nominees for the 25th Grammy Awards included: Elton John for "Visions: Elton John", Olivia Newton-John for "Olivia Physical", the rock band The Tubes for "The Tubes Video", a recording of Jacques Offenbach's opera "The Tales of Hoffman" by the Royal Opera conducted by Georges Prêtre with Plácido Domingo, and the interactive disc for children "Fun and Games" by various | The Tales of Hoffmann (film) termed "a composed film", a marriage of image to operatic music. The finale of "Black Narcissus" and the ballet sequence of "The Red Shoes" were earlier steps toward his goal. "The Tales of Hoffmann" is an achievement of this ideal, as the entire opera was pre-recorded to create the soundtrack, and the movie was edited to the rhythms of the music. The production is completely without dialogue and, with the exception of Robert Rounseville and Ann Ayars, none of the actors did their own singing. Some of the singers had established careers in Britain at the time. Grahame Clifford, for |
Franz Kafka wrote in German what nationality was he? | Franz Kafka Society Franz Kafka Society The Franz Kafka Society is a non-profit organisation established in 1990 to celebrate the heritage of German Language literature in Prague. The society is co-sponsor the annual Franz Kafka Prize. Membership currently stands at around 1000 people globally, including Nobel Prize winner Günter Grass and the acting president of the society is Vladimír Železný. Among the stated goals of the organisation is to foster cultural pluarity among the Czech, German and Jewish people of Central Europe. It also aims to translate the entire work of Franz Kafka into Czech. The Franz Kafka Society initiated the creation of | Franz Kafka Prague is dedicated to Kafka and his work. A major component of the museum is an exhibit "The City of K. Franz Kafka and Prague", which was first shown in Barcelona in 1999, moved to the Jewish Museum in New York City, and was finally established in 2005 in Prague in Malá Strana (Lesser Town), along the Moldau. The museum calls its display of original photos and documents "Město K. Franz Kafka a Praha" (City K. Kafka and Prague) and aims to immerse the visitor into the world in which Kafka lived and about which he wrote. The Franz Kafka |
Who produced the Tom and Jerry cartoons until 1956? | Tom and Jerry for Best Short Subject: Cartoons" of 1941. It lost to another MGM cartoon, Rudolph Ising's "The Milky Way". Producer Fred Quimby, who ran the MGM animation studio, quickly pulled Hanna and Barbera off the other one-shot cartoons they were working on, and commissioned a series featuring the cat and mouse. Hanna and Barbera held an intra-studio contest to give the pair a new name by drawing suggested names out of a hat; animator John Carr won $50 with his suggestion of "Tom and Jerry", at the time best known as the name of a Christmastime mixed drink. The "Tom and | Tom and Jerry Instead of the roaring MGM Lion sequence, an opening sequence featuring different clips of the cartoons was used instead. The title cards were also changed. A pink title card with the name written in white font was used instead. Debuting on CBS' Saturday morning schedule on September 25, 1965, "Tom and Jerry" moved to CBS Sundays two years later and remained there until September 17, 1972. In 1975, Tom and Jerry were reunited with Hanna and Barbera, who produced new "Tom and Jerry cartoons" for Saturday mornings. These 48 seven-minute short cartoons were paired with "Grape Ape" and "Mumbly" cartoons, |
The sackbut developed into which modern instrument? | Sackbut Sackbut A sackbut is a type of trombone from the Renaissance and Baroque eras, characterised by a telescopic slide that is used to vary the length of the tube to change pitch. Unlike the earlier slide trumpet from which it evolved, the sackbut possesses a U-shaped slide, with two parallel sliding tubes, which allows for playing scales in a lower range. Records of the term "trombone" predates the term "sackbut" by two decades, and evidence for the German term "Posaune" is even older. "Sackbut", originally a French term, was used in England until the instrument fell into disuse in the | Electronic sackbut the sound in a live situation. Such control is still rare in electronic instruments. Le Caine began working full-time in a new lab at the National Research Council of Canada in 1954, where he built over 20 different new instruments before his death in 1977. While he developed four models of the electronic sackbut, none ever saw commercial production. Electronic sackbut The electronic sackbut is an instrument designed by Hugh Le Caine in the 1940s. The electronic sackbut had a feature which resembles what has become the modulation wheels on moderen synthesizers: The player used the left hand to modify |
The GRA govern which sport? | 1968 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year over to National Greyhound Racing Club rules in April and Cambridge opened on the 6 October as an independent track. The foot and mouth disease had continued into early 1968, which forced racing to lose more fixtures. A new publication started called the "Greyhound Magazine" with the intention of giving the sport complete coverage, although the "Sporting Life" gave results coverage, it did not give an inside view of the sport itself. In September the GRA moved all of the greyhounds out of the Clapton Stadium kennels at Claverhambury Farm and the West Ham Stadium kennels and put them at | Sacro GRA Sacro GRA Sacro GRA (, Italian for "Holy GRA") is a 2013 Italian documentary film directed by Gianfranco Rosi. It won the Golden Lion at the 70th Venice International Film Festival. It was the first documentary film to win the award at the Venice Festival. The film depicts life along the Grande Raccordo Anulare, the ring-road highway that circles Rome. Rosi spent over two years in filming, while the film's editing required eight months of work. According to the director, the film was inspired by Italo Calvino's novel "Invisible Cities" (1972), in which the explorer Marco Polo is imagined describing |
Which record label signed the Rolling Stones in 1991? | Rolling Stones Records each record and the label "Rolling Stones Records" was also printed on each new release, which angered Keith Richards. In fact, through the 1980s and early 1990s, "Rolling Stones Records" continued to be printed on the labels of all new releases up through "Flashpoint" (1991). However, as the back catalogue has been shifted to Virgin/EMI, these markers are the last vapour trails of Rolling Stones Records. In 2008, the group switched distribution of Rolling Stones Records back catalogue material as well as new material to Polydor Records in the UK, and Interscope Records in the US (both imprints of Universal | Rolling Stones Records Rolling Stones Records Rolling Stones Records was the record label formed by the Rolling Stones members Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Mick Taylor, Charlie Watts and Bill Wyman in 1970, after their recording contract with Decca Records expired. The label was initially headed by Marshall Chess, the son of Chess Records founder Leonard Chess. It was first distributed in the United States by Atlantic Records subsidiary Atco Records. Beginning in 1973 it signed a distribution deal with Atlantic Records for the United States until 1984. In the UK, it was distributed by WEA Records from 1971 to 1977 and by EMI |
George Simenon created Maigret - what nationality was he? | Maigret on the Defensive episode of an ITV "Maigret" series starring Michael Gambon. Maigret on the Defensive Maigret on the Defensive (French: Maigret se défend) is a 1964 detective novel by the Belgian writer Georges Simenon featuring his character Jules Maigret. Maigret responds to a call from a young woman in the middle of the night, but he then finds himself accused of raping her. He is forced to clear his name, and search for what had really taken place that night. It was translated into English and released in the United Kingdom in 1966. The story has been adapted several times for film | Georges Simenon most famous character invented by Simenon, Commissaire Maigret, made his first appearance in a piece in "Detective" written at Joseph Kessel's request. This first ever Maigret detective story was written while boating in The Netherlands, particularly in and around the Dutch town of Delfzijl. A statue of Maigret in Delfzijl is a perpetual reminder of this. 1932 saw Simenon travel extensively, sending back reports from Africa, eastern Europe, Turkey, and the Soviet Union. A trip around the world followed in 1934 and 1935. Between 1932 and 1936, Simenon, Tigy, and Boule lived at La Richardière, a 16th-century manor house in |
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