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Which city held the 1972 Olympic Games? | Asterix at the Olympic Games Asterix at the Olympic Games Asterix at the Olympic Games is the 12th comic book album in the Asterix series. Serialized in Pilote issues 434–455 in 1968 (to coincide with the Mexico City Olympics), it was translated into English in 1972 (to coincide with the Munich Olympics). The story satirizes performance-enhancing drug usage in sports. Gluteus Maximus, an athletic Roman legionary, is chosen as one of Rome's representatives for the upcoming Olympic Games in Greece. Gaius Veriambitius, his centurion, hopes to share in the glory of Olympic victory. While training in the forest, Gluteus Maximus encounters Asterix and Obelix, who | Antisemitism in the Olympic Games least in 1972, which ended in the death of eleven Israeli athletes. Because Israel is the only Jewish state, most of the manifestations of antisemitism have taken anti-Israel forms. Antisemitism in the Olympic Games The modern Olympic Games or Olympics, are leading international sporting events featuring summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games are considered the world's foremost sports competition with more than 200 nations participating. The Olympic Games are held every four years, with the Summer and Winter Games alternating by occurring every |
Who was the only Heavy weight boxing champion to retire undefeated? | Michele Aboro should she decide to remain inactive and, ultimately, to retire from boxing, she would join Rocky Marciano and a handful of others in boxing's history to retire as an undefeated world champion. Michele Aboro Michele Aboro (born 17 July 1967 in London, England) is a British female boxer of Nigerian descent who currently resides in Shanghai, China. Aboro was the WIBF world Super Bantamweight champion from her victory over Eva Jones Young on 5 February 2000, to her retirement following the successful defence against Nadia Debras on 24 November 2001. Michele Aboro, along with her countrywoman Michelle Sutcliffe and with | Weight class (boxing) different class if there is space in the tournament. At major events such as boxing at the Olympics, there is a limit of one boxer per country per weight class. A boxer may fight different bouts at different weight classes. The trend for professionals is to move up to a higher class as they age. Winning titles at multiple weight classes to become a "multiple champion" is considered a major achievement. In amateur boxing, bouts are much shorter and much more frequent, and boxers fight at their "natural" weight. One boxer is said to be better "pound for pound" than |
Who became the World Chess Champion after beating Boris Spassky in 1972? | Boris Spassky Boris Spassky Boris Vasilievich Spassky (; born January 30, 1937) is a Russian chess grandmaster. He was the tenth World Chess Champion, holding the title from 1969 to 1972. Spassky played three world championship matches: he lost to Tigran Petrosian in 1966; defeated Petrosian in 1969 to become world champion; then lost to Bobby Fischer in a famous match in 1972. Spassky won the Soviet Chess Championship twice outright (1961, 1973), and twice lost in playoffs (1956, 1963), after tying for first place during the event proper. He was a World Chess Championship candidate on seven occasions (1956, 1965, 1968, | World Chess Championship 1972 of the World Championship. The first game was played on July 11, 1972. The last game (the 21st) began on August 31, was after 40 moves, and Spassky resigned the next day without resuming play. Fischer won the match 12½–8½, becoming the eleventh undisputed World Champion. In 2016, former World Chess Champion Garry Kasparov commented on the global significance of the match, saying: I think the reason you look at these matches probably was not so much the chess factor but to the political element, which was inevitable because in the Soviet Union, chess was treated by the Soviet authorities |
Which famous London landmark was erected on the Embankment in September 1878? | Victoria Embankment of Britain Monument, Cleopatra's Needle and the modernistic Cleopatra's Kiosk. Describes the construction of the Victoria and Albert Embankments Victoria Embankment Victoria Embankment is part of the Thames Embankment, a road and river-walk along the north bank of the River Thames in London. It runs from the Palace of Westminster to Blackfriars Bridge in the City of London. As well as being a major thoroughfare for road traffic between the City of Westminster and the City of London, it is noted for several memorials, such as the Battle of Britain Monument, permanently berthed retired vessels, such as HMS "President", and | The Landmark London was followed by several of the railway hotels it later returned to its original use, as demand for luxury hotels in London grew and the city centre expanded in the late 20th and early 21st centuries. The building was purchased by a Japanese company in 1986 and reopened as a hotel in 1993, under the name of The Regent, London. In 1995, it was purchased by the Lancaster Landmark Hotel Company Limited, and renamed The Landmark London. The Landmark Group is a Thai company which opened a hotel called The Landmark in 1987 and owns several other hotels in London. |
Which English footballer was accused and later cleared of stealing an emerald bracelet in Colombia in 1970? | Bogotá Bracelet Bogotá Bracelet The Bogotá Bracelet incident took place in May 1970 when Bobby Moore, the captain of the England national football team, was detained in Colombia for four days after being accused of stealing a bracelet from a jewellery shop located in the Bogotá hotel in which the team were staying. The arrest took place in the build-up to the World Cup Finals where England were to defend the cup they had won in 1966. It provoked widespread reaction in the United Kingdom, including a diplomatic intervention at the behest of the British Prime Minister Harold Wilson, and across the | 1970–71 in English football sponsorship of the competition is notable, with the 1970–71 season marking a watershed for sponsorship in English football. In addition to the Ford Sporting League, the season saw the first Watney Cup and first Texaco Cup, although The Football League itself turned down an offer of £600,000 to sponsor the Football League Cup. Frank McLintock was credited for his key role in Arsenal's double triumph with the FWA Footballer of the Year award. 1970–71 in English football The 1970–71 season was the 91st season of competitive football in England. The 1971 FA Cup Final saw Arsenal beat Liverpool 2–1 to |
In what year were the Blackpool Illuminations first switched on? | Blackpool Illuminations also encourage worldwide support. Separate from the Illuminations, as part of the Festival of Light, Blackpool Christmas Lights are switched on every year in November in a very similar fashion to the Illuminations. They are located on various streets leading out of The Promenade. On Christmas Eve, and New Year's Eve, the Illuminations are switched on non-commercially to accompany the Christmas Lights. Blackpool Illuminations Blackpool Illuminations is an annual lights festival, founded in 1879 and first switched on 18 September that year, held each autumn in the British seaside resort of Blackpool on the Fylde Coast in Lancashire. Also known | Blackpool Illuminations Bank Road at Bispham. The Illuminations were ready to shine in 1939 but the outbreak of the Second World War again interrupted the annual display and post war austerity meant the lights were not switched on again until 1949. Every year there is also the Festival of Light which features interactive installations and is described as being "a contemporary look at the concept of light and art working together to create entertainment". The Illuminations have been used in modern culture in households around the United Kingdom, mainly with people quoting the following saying: "Turn the lights off, it's like Blackpool |
In 1893 which country were the first to allow women to vote? | Women in government first half of the 20th century. New Zealand was the first country to grant women the right to vote. On the 19th of September in 1893, New Zealand became the first country that allowed women the right to participate in elections. The change in the law was a result of a petition headed by Kate Shepherd on behalf of the Women's Temperance Union. The petition was signed by 32000 women, almost one in four of New Zealand women at the time. In Europe, the last countries to enact it were Switzerland and Liechtenstein. In Switzerland, women gained the right to | Right of expatriates to vote in their country of origin Right of expatriates to vote in their country of origin The right of expatriates to vote in elections in their country of origin varies depending on the legislation of an expatriate’s country of origin. Some countries (such as France) grant their expatriate citizens unlimited voting rights, identical to those of citizens living in their home country. Other countries allow expatriate citizens to vote only for a certain number of years after leaving the country, after which they are no longer eligible to vote (e.g. 15 years for the UK and 25 years for Germany). Other countries reserve the right vote |
First shown in 1984, which sit-com featured the characters Cliff and Clair Huxtable? | Clair Huxtable Clair Huxtable Clair Olivia Hanks Huxtable is a fictional character who appears on the American sitcom "The Cosby Show" (1984–1992). Portrayed by actress Phylicia Rashad, Clair, the wife of Cliff Huxtable and mother of their five children, is the matriarch of the show's central Huxtable family. Working as a lawyer, Clair values the importance of maintaining a successful career and strong household simultaneously. The character debuted alongside most of her family in the pilot episode, "Theo's Economic Lesson", which premiered on September 20, 1984. Created by comedian Bill Cosby, Clair is based on Cosby's own wife, Camille. Cosby originally intended | Clair Huxtable is revered as one of television's most beloved mothers; as one of television's first working mothers, the character's profound influence on African-American women and female lawyers in television has been dubbed the "Clair Huxtable effect". However, in light of several recent sexual assault allegations made against Cosby, some critics have begun to question the comedian's intentions behind creating Clair. Born Clair Olivia Hanks, Clair is a graduate of the fictional Hillman College located in Virginia, the school at which she first met and fell in love with Dr. Heathcliff "Cliff" Huxtable. Clair is the matriarch of the upper middle class |
What is the name of Cleo Laine's husband who died in February 2010? | Cleo Laine street in Adelaide, South Australia was named "Cleo Lane" after her. Cleo Laine Dame Cleo Laine (born 28 October 1927) is an English jazz and pop singer and an actress, known for her scat singing and for her vocal range. Though her natural range is that of a contralto, she is able to produce a G above high C, giving her an overall compass of well over three octaves. Laine is the only female performer to have received Grammy nominations in the jazz, popular and classical music categories. She is the widow of jazz composer Sir John Dankworth. Laine was | Cleo Laine alto sax and clarinet sound as gossamer as ever, while Laine’s voice remains a wonder of agility and plummy richness. After 57 years of dual music-making (and 50 of marriage), the Dankworths can anticipate one another’s every move; they make a stage seem as comfortable as their living room." In 2010, Laine and her husband appeared in an episode of the CBeebies children's show "ZingZillas". The episode was called "ScatZilla!". In the 1997 New Year's Honours list, Laine became a Dame Commander, and she was appointed Dame Cleo Laine DBE. In the 2006 New Year's Honours list, her husband was |
Fidel Castro made the longest speech ever at the 'United Nations' in 1960. How long was the speech? | Fidel Castro fiery speeches, which typically lasted for hours and which were delivered without the use of written notes. During speeches Castro regularly cited reports and books he had read on a wide variety of subjects, including military matters, plant cultivation, filmmaking, and chess strategies. Castro's speech before the United Nations General Assembly in September 1960 remains the longest speech delivered at the United Nations General Assembly, with the speech lasting 4 hours and 29 minutes. For 37 years, Castro publicly wore nothing but olive-green military fatigues, emphasizing his role as the perpetual revolutionary, but in the mid-1990s began wearing dark civilian | 2006 Chávez speech at the United Nations 2006 Chávez speech at the United Nations On 20 September 2006, Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez delivered a speech to the United Nations General Assembly damning U.S. President George W. Bush, with particular focus on foreign policy. While the speech was received with sustained applause in the General Assembly, it was met with abrasive bipartisan criticism by officials in the United States. Despite the criticism that this speech attracted from U.S. officials, Chavez' UN speech came at a time when then President George W. Bush's approval rating was at an all time low among the American public. Speaking one day after |
After only 33 days in office, which Pope died in 1978? | Pope John Paul II Cardinals would be the ones who would give him most support at his eventual election to the papacy In August 1978, following the death of Pope Paul VI, Cardinal Wojtyła voted in the papal conclave, which elected Pope John Paul I. John Paul I died after only 33 days as pope, triggering another conclave. The second conclave of 1978 started on 14 October, ten days after the funeral. It was split between two strong candidates for the papacy: Giuseppe Cardinal Siri, the conservative Archbishop of Genoa, and the liberal Archbishop of Florence, Giovanni Cardinal Benelli, a close friend of John | Ranking of liturgical days in the Roman Rite which Psalms were said in the Divine Office. The simple octaves were those of Saint Stephen, Saint John the Evangelist, the Holy Innocents, Saint Lawrence, the Nativity of Mary and, locally, secondary patrons. These were all Doubles of the II class, their Octave day was a Simple and, in contrast to the situation before Pope Pius X, their Mass was not repeated on the days within the octave. In Pope Pius XII's reform, only the octaves of Christmas, Easter and Pentecost were kept. The days within the Easter and Pentecost octaves were raised to double rite, had precedence over all |
Who played James Herriot in the TV drama series 'All Creatures Great and Small'? | All Creatures Great and Small (TV series) one of the directors said, "Why don't we give [the Herriot part] to Christopher Timothy and "make" him a name?" In 2003, Timothy said that Alf Wight wrote him a letter after the series started, saying "You are the Herriot I wrote about". Siegfried Farnon, based on Wight's real life partner Donald Sinclair, is played by Robert Hardy. Writer Michael Russell sums up the character's composition thus: "He is capricious, cantankerous, whimsical, arbitrary, unreasonable, unpredictable, ill-tempered, extravagant, effusive, contradictory, etc., yet in the midst of all that, the most loyal and caring of friends." The cast met for the first | All Creatures Great and Small (TV series) All Creatures Great and Small (TV series) All Creatures Great and Small is a British television series based on the books of the British veterinary surgeon Alf Wight, who wrote under the pseudonym James Herriot. In early 1977, the BBC tasked producer Bill Sellars with the creation of a television series from Herriot's first two novels, "If Only They Could Talk" and "It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet", using the title of the 1975 film adaptation. It is part of a series of movies and television series based on Herriot's novels. The Herriot novels were written in an episodic style, |
Who played Anna in the film version of 'The King and I'? | The King and I (1956 film) autobiographical, although various elements of them have been called into question. The film stars Deborah Kerr and Yul Brynner. The film was a critical and commercial success, and was nominated for nine Academy Awards, winning five, including Best Actor for Brynner. Another film adaptation of the same musical, the animated film "The King and I", was released in 1999. Strong-willed, widowed schoolteacher Anna Leonowens arrives in Bangkok from Wales with her young son Louis after being summoned to tutor the many children of King Mongkut. The two are introduced to the intimidating Kralahome, King Mongkut's confidant and Siam's prime minister. | Anna and the King of Siam (film) 1999 as "Anna and the King" with Jodie Foster and Chow Yun-fat. The portrayal of Tuptim in "Anna and the King of Siam", is considerably less sympathetic than in the musical version "The King and I", as the 1946 film shows animosity between Tuptim and Anna, while the musical makes her into a romantic character. Also, Tuptim is ultimately executed cruelly by the king, following an episode in Leonowens's book, while in the musical, her fate is made ambiguous. In 1862. Anna Owens (Irene Dunne) arrives in Bangkok, with her son Louis (Richard Lyon), to tutor the children of the |
What was Roger Moore's first Bond film? | Roger Moore Roger Moore Sir Roger George Moore (14 October 1927 – 23 May 2017) was an English actor. He is best known for having played Ian Fleming's fictional British secret agent James Bond in seven feature films from 1973 to 1985. Moore took over the role of Bond from Sean Connery in 1972, made his first appearance as 007 in "Live and Let Die" (1973), and went on to portray the spy in six more films until his retirement from the role in 1985. Appointed a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador in 1991, Moore was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in 2003 for | Roger Moore in the UK, on 2 October 2008 (). On 16 October 2012, "Bond on Bond" was published to tie in with the 50th anniversary of the James Bond films. The book, with many pictures, is based on Moore's own memories, thoughts, and anecdotes about all things 007, with some of the profits of the book going to UNICEF. Roger Moore Sir Roger George Moore (14 October 1927 – 23 May 2017) was an English actor. He is best known for having played Ian Fleming's fictional British secret agent James Bond in seven feature films from 1973 to 1985. Moore took |
What word would describe a type of shoe and and Irish accent? | Brogue shoe a bog. However, contemporary descriptions of the original brogues do not mention such holes. The word "brogue" came into English in the late sixteenth century. It comes from the Gaelic "bróg" (Irish), "bròg" (Scottish) "shoe", from the Old Norse "brók" meaning "leg covering". The Scots word "brogue" is also used to denote a bradawl or boring tool as well as the action of piercing with such a tool. The word "brogue" was first used to describe a form of outdoor, country walking shoe in the early twentieth century traditionally worn by men. At that time the brogue was not considered | Comparison of Scottish Gaelic and Irish led to further divergence, though conversely more recent spelling reforms in Scottish Gaelic have reduced the divergences to some extent. One difference is that the accent is written as a grave accent (, "heavy stroke/accent") in Scottish Gaelic, as opposed to the acute accent (, "length accent"; , "sharp stroke/accent") used in Irish; hence the word for "welcome" is written as in Scottish Gaelic and in Irish as . Irish has no grave accent, only acute accents, while until recently Scottish Gaelic had both grave and acute accents which were used to differentiate between open and closed vowel sounds. However, |
In the TV series 'Rawhide', what was Clint Eastwood's character called? | Rawhide (TV series) Rawhide (TV series) Rawhide is an American Western TV series starring Eric Fleming and Clint Eastwood. The show aired for eight seasons on the CBS network on Friday nights, from January 9, 1959, to September 3, 1965, before moving to Tuesday nights from September 14, 1965, until January 4, 1966, with a total of 217 black-and-white episodes. The series was produced and sometimes directed by Charles Marquis Warren, who also produced early episodes of "Gunsmoke". Spanning seven and a half years, "Rawhide" was the sixth-longest-running American television Western, exceeded only by eight years of "Wagon Train", nine years of "The | Clint Eastwood Madison County" onward. It also released the album of a 1996 jazz concert he hosted, titled "Eastwood after Hours—Live at Carnegie Hall". Eastwood owns an extensive collection of LPs, which he plays on a Rockport turntable. Eastwood co-wrote "Why Should I Care" with Linda Thompson and Carole Bayer Sager, which was recorded by Diana Krall. Clint Eastwood Clinton Eastwood Jr. (born May 31, 1930) is an American actor, filmmaker, musician, and political figure. After achieving success in the Western TV series "Rawhide", he rose to international fame with his role as the Man with No Name in Italian filmmaker Sergio |
The 'Battle of Waterloo' was fought in which country? | Battle of Waterloo Battle of Waterloo The Battle of Waterloo, also called the Battle of Mount St. John, was fought on Sunday, 18 June 1815, near Waterloo in present-day Belgium, then part of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands. A French army under the command of Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte was defeated by two of the armies of the Seventh Coalition: a British-led Allied army under the command of the Duke of Wellington, and a Prussian army under the command of Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, Prince of Wahlstatt. The battle marked the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Upon Napoleon's return to power in March | The Battle of Waterloo (film) After the start of World War I, many of the same filmmakers who produced Waterloo were put to work on propaganda films, the most famous of which is "The Battle of the Somme". The original prints of "The Battle of Waterloo" were made on nitrate film and have since been destroyed by irreversible nitrate decomposition. Only fragments survive in the British Film Institute archive. The entire film was thought lost until 2002, when 22 minutes were rediscovered in the archive. Additional fragments have been compiled, the equivalent of about two and a half reels of film. The Battle of Waterloo |
In what year was Sir Cliff Richard born? | Cliff Richard case. Cliff Richard's 1958 hit "Move It" is widely regarded as the first authentic British rock and roll record, and "laid the foundations" for the Beatles and Merseybeat music. John Lennon said of Richard: "before Cliff and the Shadows, there had been nothing worth listening to in British music". In contrast with contemporaries such as Marty Wilde, Billy Fury and Adam Faith, his successful performing and recording career in the UK has extended over several decades. Cliff Richard Sir Cliff Richard, (born Harry Rodger Webb, 14 October 1940) is a British pop singer, musician, performer, actor and philanthropist. Richard has | Cliff Richard tours more than 150,000 copies. Country – Week 1 – Week 2 – Week 3 – Week 4 – Week 5 Cliff Richard tours This article is a document relating to tours by British entertainer Sir Cliff Richard, as well his tours with The Shadows and other performers Note: This list is not complete : More information can also be found at Sir Cliff Richard's Official Website: Hank Marvin(l/g), Bruce Welch(r/g), Brian Bennett(drums/perc), Alan Jones(bass), Cliff Hall(kb). ...(incomplete list)... Hank Marvin(l/g), Bruce Welch(r/g), Brian Bennett(drums), Alan Jones(bass), Cliff Hall(kb). To celebrate Cliff Richard and The Shadows 50th Anniversary. Both acts reunited |
Whitney Houston reached No.1 in the UK charts in October 1988 with what song? | Whitney Houston rock concert raised over $1 million for charities while bringing awareness to apartheid. Houston then flew back to the US for a concert at Madison Square Garden in New York City in August. The show was a benefit concert that raised a quarter of a million dollars for the United Negro College Fund. In the same year, she recorded a song for NBC's coverage of the 1988 Summer Olympics, "One Moment in Time", which became a Top 5 hit in the US, while reaching number one in the UK and Germany. With her world tour continuing overseas, Houston was still | Whitney Houston albums discography the Official UK Charts Company in October 2012, Houston is at number four in the top 10 biggest selling female singles artists of all-time list with a sales total of 8.5 million singles. Whitney Houston is one of pop music's best-selling music artists of all-time, with an estimated 170–200 million records sold worldwide. Whitney Houston albums discography The discography of American singer Whitney Houston (1963–2012) consists of seven studio albums, six compilations, two soundtrack albums, five box sets, six extended plays, and 57 singles. In 1985, Houston released her self-titled debut album. It spent 14 weeks at No.1 on the |
Which 'Blue Peter' presenter was once a Dr. Who assistant? | Blue Peter pets this was not necessarily a bad thing; "Blue Peter" presenter Peter Purves once said that she was often bad-tempered and would "gum you to death" if she had the chance. When Purves started working on the "Blue Peter" show and became Petra's handler on the set, Petra had already been on the show for about five years. Petra was an irritable nervous dog on the set, so Biddy Baxter had the idea that Purves should be Petra's permanent keeper, and so he looked after her at his home too. He became fond of Petra and was sad when she died, | Blue Peter were personal; as a girl, she had written to Enid Blyton and twice received a standard reply, which had upset her. The next year, from 28 September 1964, "Blue Peter" began to be broadcast twice weekly, with Baxter becoming the editor in 1965, and Barnes and Rosemary Gill (an assistant producer who had joined as a temporary producer while Baxter was doing jury service) becoming the programme's producers. The first "Blue Peter" book, an annual in all but name, was published that year, and one was produced nearly every year after that, until 2010. A third presenter, John Noakes, was |
What is the title of the song that Nick Berry took to No. 1 in 1986? | Nick Berry Nick Berry Nicholas Berry (born 16 April 1963) is an English actor and pop singer. He is best known for his roles as Simon Wicks in "EastEnders" from 1985 to 1990 and a one-off appearance in 2012 , and as PC Nick Rowan in "Heartbeat" from 1992 to 1998. He sang UK chart singles with "Every Loser Wins" in 1986, which went to number one, and the theme song from "Heartbeat", a cover of the Buddy Holly song "Heartbeat", in 1992. Berry started acting at the age of eight. After attending the Sylvia Young Theatre School in London he played | Nick Berry role of Yorkshire policeman PC (later Sgt) Nick Rowan in ITV's drama series "Heartbeat" (1992–98). Berry recorded the title song "Heartbeat" in 1992, a cover of the 1959 Buddy Holly hit, which reached number two in the UK singles chart and spawned a second album. His wife Rachel Robertson also appeared in the series in small one-off roles. In 1998, Berry left "Heartbeat" for the BBC 1 written, produced, and directed series "Harbour Lights". Shot around the area of Bridport he played a harbourmaster. Less successful than his two previous character-based programmes, it ran for two series. Berry returned to |
In what year was King George 1 Crowned? | George I of Great Britain politicians in Britain were jostling for power. She suffered a stroke, which left her unable to speak, and died on 1 August 1714. The list of regents was opened, the members sworn in, and George was proclaimed King of Great Britain and Ireland. Partly due to contrary winds, which kept him in The Hague awaiting passage, he did not arrive in Britain until 18 September. George was crowned at Westminster Abbey on 20 October. His coronation was accompanied by rioting in over twenty towns in England. George mainly lived in Great Britain after 1714, though he visited his home in | King George V Coronation Medal to decide who would be awarded a medal and why. A total of 15,901 medals were awarded, including 286 to Australians. Recipients who were also eligible for the 1911 Delhi Durbar Medal received the Coronation medal only, and wore a crowned clasp inscribed on the ribbon. In addition, a Police Coronation Medal, of a different design and ribbon, was awarded to police officers on duty during the official Coronation celebrations. King George V Coronation Medal The King George V Coronation Medal was a commemorative medal instituted in 1911 to celebrate the coronation of King George V, that took place on |
Violet Carson OBE played which character in a famous British Soap Opera? | Violet Carson Violet Carson Violet Helen Carson, OBE (1 September 1898 – 26 December 1983) was a British actress of radio and television, and a singer and pianist, who had a long and celebrated career as an actress and performer during the early days of BBC radio, and during the latter decades of her life as the matronly Christian widow, town gossip and original battle-axe Ena Sharples in the ITV television soap opera "Coronation Street". Carson was born on German Street in Ancoats, Manchester. Her father ran a flour mill and her mother was an amateur singer. As a child, she took | Rosa 'Violet Carson' featured in the graphic novel "V for Vendetta", but in the movie version, is renamed to the fictitious "Scarlet Carson" which Ruth grows for her partner (Valerie) and V grows during his imprisonment in the Larkhill Resettlement Camp. They were portrayed in the film by red 'Grand Prix' roses. Rosa 'Violet Carson' Violet Carson is a salmon-pink rose cultivar, an uncommon hybrid of the red hybrid tea 'Mme Léon Cuny' (Gaujard, 1955) and the orange floribunda 'Spartan' (Boerner, 1955), created by Samuel McGredy IV between 1963 and 1964. It was named after the English actress Violet Carson (1898-1983), who played |
What was the nationality of composer Franz Liszt? | Franz Liszt Franz Liszt Franz Liszt (; , in modern usage "Liszt Ferenc" ; 22 October 181131 July 1886) was a prolific 19th-century Hungarian composer, virtuoso pianist, conductor, music teacher, arranger, organist, philanthropist, author, nationalist and a Franciscan tertiary during the Romantic era. Liszt gained renown in Europe during the early nineteenth century for his prodigious virtuosic skill as a pianist. He was a friend, musical promoter and benefactor to many composers of his time, including Frédéric Chopin, Richard Wagner, Hector Berlioz, Robert Schumann, Camille Saint-Saëns, Edvard Grieg, Ole Bull, Joachim Raff, Mikhail Glinka, and Alexander Borodin. As a composer, Liszt was | Franz von Liszt service career as the head of the newly created Austrian General Prosecutor's Office. Franz von Liszt's mother was Karolina Pickhart (aka Caroline Pickhardt) (1827–1854). Karolina, who was Eduard von Liszt's first wife, was born in Çilli, Turkey, and died of cholera in Vienna in 1854. Eduard von Liszt's second wife was Henriette Wolf (1825–1920), whom he married on January 24, 1859 in Vienna. The piano virtuoso and composer Franz Liszt was Franz von Liszt's cousin and also acted as his godfather. The Austrian title of nobility Ritter was awarded the composer Franz Liszt in 1859 by the Emperor Francis Joseph |
Which battle was the first battle of the English Civil Was in 1642? | Cornwall in the English Civil War Cornwall in the English Civil War Cornwall played a significant role in the English Civil War, being a Royalist enclave in the generally Parliamentarian south-west. The English Civil War lasted nearly nine years, having begun with the battle of Edgehill, in Warwickshire, on Sunday, 23 October 1642, and ended with the battle of Worcester, on 3 September 1651. The principal events in Cornwall happened in the following order. In October 1642, Cornwall was secured for the king when some 10,000 men rose under the command of the local Royalist gentry and drove out the small force of Cornish Parliamentarians who | Worcestershire in the English Civil War Worcestershire in the English Civil War Worcestershire was the county where the first battle and last battle of the English Civil War took place. The first battle, the Battle of Powick Bridge, fought on 23 September 1642, was a cavalry skirmish and a victor for the Royalists (Cavaliers). The final battle, the battle of Worcester, fought on 3 September 1651, was decisive and ended the war with a Parliamentary (Roundhead) victory and King Charles IIa wanted fugitive. During the First Civil War the county was under the control of the Royalists although many of their fortified garrisons were besieged by |
Who was the actor that played Dr. Who when Tom Baker stepped down in 1980? | The Doctor (Doctor Who) 1978 serial "The Invasion of Time", the Fourth Doctor is asked to sign a document; although the signature itself is not directly seen on screen, his hand movements clearly indicate that he signs it with a question mark. A similar scene occurs with the Seventh Doctor in "Remembrance of the Daleks." In the early years of the franchise, the character was credited as "Doctor Who" or "Dr Who", up to the final story of season 18, "Logopolis" (1981), which was the last story featuring Tom Baker as the then-incumbent Fourth Doctor. Beginning with the debut of Peter Davison as the | Tom Baker (American actor) Tom Baker (American actor) Tom Baker (August 23, 1940 – September 2, 1982) was an American actor who starred in the Andy Warhol film "I, A Man" (1967). He was a close friend of Jim Morrison of The Doors. Baker was the son of Tom Baker Jr. and Ellie, military parents who retired in San Francisco. His older sister married and then divorced a well-known British Formula 1 racer. Baker started his career as a stage actor in New York City and assisted Norman Mailer in the stage adaptation of Mailer's novel "The Deer Park". Once he moved to Hollywood, |
In the TV series 'Pennies From Heaven' who played the character Arthur Parker? | Pennies from Heaven (TV series) Pennies from Heaven (TV series) Pennies From Heaven is a 1978 BBC musical drama serial written by Dennis Potter. The title is taken from the song "Pennies from Heaven" written by Johnny Burke and Arthur Johnston. It was one of several Potter serials (another being "The Singing Detective") to mix the reality of the drama with a dark fantasy content, and the earliest of his works where the characters burst into extended performances of popular songs. In the mid-1930s, Arthur and Joan Parker (Bob Hoskins and Gemma Craven) are an incompatible married couple living in the London suburbs. Arthur, a | Pennies from Heaven (TV series) Michael Grade, chief executive of Channel 4, Alan Yentob, controller of BBC1, and Kenith Trodd, Potter's producer, read a scene from "Pennies". [And Trodd] told of their last meeting before the playwright's death from cancer: 'Dennis slugging Courvoisier, fortified by liquid heroin and morphine . . . after an hour he seemed to crumple and he said, 'I do have one very real fear of death. It is that you might get asked to speak at my memorial service'." Pennies from Heaven (TV series) Pennies From Heaven is a 1978 BBC musical drama serial written by Dennis Potter. The title |
Born in 1945, who was the front man of the group 'The Mindbenders'? | The Mindbenders The Mindbenders The Mindbenders were an English beat group from Manchester, England. Originally the backing group for Wayne Fontana, they were one of several acts that were successful in the mid-1960s British Invasion of the US charts, achieving major chart hits with "Game of Love" (a number-one single with Fontana) in 1965 and "A Groovy Kind of Love" in 1966. Wayne Fontana founded the band in 1963 with Bob Lang, Ric Rothwell, and Eric Stewart. The group was later joined by Grahame Foote. The name of the group was inspired by the title of a 1963 UK feature film, starring | The Man Who Was Never Born the idea, and it had [in it], as I remember, a lot of what I was feeling at the time. I always liked romantic stories, and this was a chance to do something that you really don’t get to do very often in television. I gravitated toward that. "Q: Did Stefano, the show’s producer, contribute to the script of “The Man Who Was Never Born”?" A: Not much to that. [...] The Man Who Was Never Born "The Man Who Was Never Born" (original title: "Cry of the Unborn") is an episode of the original "The Outer Limits" television show. |
Who played Pink in the movie The Wall? | Pink Floyd – The Wall Pink, after screen tests, he was removed from the starring role and replaced with punk musician and frontman of the Boomtown Rats, Bob Geldof. In "Behind the Wall", both Waters and Geldof later admitted to a story during casting where Geldof and his manager took a taxi to an airport, and Geldof's manager pitched the role to the singer, who continued to reject the offer and express his contempt for the project throughout the fare, unaware that the taxi driver was Waters' brother, who promptly proceeded to tell Waters about Geldof's opinion. Since Waters was no longer in the starring | Pink Floyd – The Wall Pink Floyd – The Wall Pink Floyd – The Wall is a 1982 British live-action/animated musical drama film directed by Alan Parker with animated segments by political cartoonist Gerald Scarfe, and is based on the 1979 Pink Floyd album of the same name. The film centers around a confined rocker named Pink, who, after being driven into insanity by the death of his father and many depressive moments during his lifetime, constructs a metaphorical (and sometimes physical) wall to be protected from the world and emotional situations around him. When this coping mechanism backfires he puts himself on trial and |
Richard Wagner was the father of which other famous composer? | Wieland Wagner Wieland Wagner Wieland Wagner (5 January 1917 – 17 October 1966) was a German opera director. Wieland Wagner was the elder of two sons of Siegfried and Winifred Wagner, grandson of composer Richard Wagner, and great-grandson of composer Franz Liszt through Wieland's paternal grandmother. In 1941, he married the dancer and choreographer Gertrud Reissinger. They had four children: Iris (b. 1942), Wolf Siegfried (b. 1943), Nike (b. 1945) and Daphne (b. 1946). Their son Wolf married Marie Eleanore von Lehndorff-Steinort, sister of fashion model Veruschka, whose father was involved in the July 20 plot to assassinate Hitler. Late in his | Richard Wagner and Nazism, the performance of his music in the State of Israel has been a source of controversy. Prose works by Wagner Other sources Richard Wagner Wilhelm Richard Wagner (; ; 22 May 181313 February 1883) was a German composer, theatre director, polemicist, and conductor who is chiefly known for his operas (or, as some of his later works were later known, "music dramas"). Unlike most opera composers, Wagner wrote both the libretto and the music for each of his stage works. Initially establishing his reputation as a composer of works in the romantic vein of Carl Maria von Weber |
Who was first offered the role of Lt. Columbo before Peter Falk ? | Columbo of cancer while the play was touring in out-of-town tryouts; Columbo was his last role. In 1968, the same play was made into a two-hour television movie that aired on NBC. The writers suggested Lee J. Cobb and Bing Crosby for the role of Columbo, but Cobb was unavailable and Crosby turned it down because he felt it would take too much time away from the golf links. Director Richard Irving convinced Levinson and Link that Falk, who wanted the role, could pull it off even though he was much younger than the writers had in mind. Originally a one-off | Peter Falk Peter Falk Peter Michael Falk (September 16, 1927 – June 23, 2011) was an American actor, known for his role as Lieutenant Columbo in the long-running television series "Columbo" (1968–2003), for which he won four Primetime Emmy Awards (1972, 1975, 1976, 1990) and a Golden Globe Award (1973). He first starred as Columbo in two 90-minute TV pilots; the first with Gene Barry in 1968 and the second with Lee Grant in 1971. The show then aired as part of "The NBC Mystery Movie" series from 1971 to 1978, and again on ABC from 1989 to 2003. Falk was twice |
What is the Roman Numeral for 1000? | Roman numeral analysis analysis. In music theory, fake books and lead sheets aimed towards jazz and popular music, many tunes and songs are written in a key, and as such for all chords, a letter name and symbols are given for all triads (e.g., C, G7, Dm, etc.). In some fake books and lead sheets, all triads may be represented by upper case numerals, followed by a symbol to indicate if it is not a major chord (e.g. "m" for minor or "" for half-diminished or "7" for a seventh chord). An upper case numeral that is not followed by a symbol is | Roman numeral analysis Roman numeral analysis In music, Roman numeral analysis uses Roman numerals to represent chords. The Roman numerals (I, II, III, IV, ...) denote scale degrees (first, second, third, fourth, ...); used to represent a chord, they denote the root note on which the chord is built. For instance, III denotes the third degree of a scale or the chord built on it. Generally, uppercase Roman numerals (such as I, IV, V) represent major chords while lowercase Roman numerals (such as i, iv, v) represent minor chords (see Major and Minor below for alternative notations); elsewhere, upper-case Roman numerals are used |
Famous composer Handel originally studied which profession? | Bill Handel the Law", which launched in 1985 and is syndicated by Premiere Radio Networks, co-owned with KFI by iHeartMedia, Inc. Handel on The Law is heard on more than 150 stations in the U.S. His legal show is currently his longest running radio program to date. Both of Handel's shows played across the U.S. on the America's Talk channel 158 on XM Satellite Radio. In 2008, Handel's shows were discontinued by XM Radio when it merged with Sirius Satellite Radio. Handel was born Wolf Handel in Brazil, to Leo and Nechama Handel. His father, Leo Handel, was a Polish Jew who | Semele (Handel) one of Handel's most famous arias, the lyrical "Where'er you walk" for the tenor, with words from Alexander Pope's "The Pastorals". Comedy is interwoven into the drama, notably in the scene in the cave of the god of sleep. The monumental chorus "O terror! and astonishment" after Semele's death shows the influence of the earlier English composer Henry Purcell. Semele (Handel) Semele (HWV 58) is a 'musical drama', originally presented "after the manner of an oratorio", in three parts by George Frideric Handel. Based on a pre-existent opera libretto by William Congreve, the work is an opera in all but |
Hey Big Spender is a song from which musical? | Big Spender Big Spender "Big Spender" is a song written by Cy Coleman and Dorothy Fields for the musical "Sweet Charity", first performed in 1966. It is sung, in the musical, by the dance hostess girls; it was choreographed by Bob Fosse for the Broadway musical and the 1969 film. It is set to the beat of a striptease as the girls taunt the customers. A hit version of the song by Shirley Bassey reached #21 in the UK Singles Chart in December 1967. This version is featured in the 2004 film "The Life and Death of Peter Sellers", and in the | Big Spender (TV series) Big Spender (TV series) Big Spender is a United States reality television series on the A&E Network. Host Larry Winget visits people in financial crisis, then advises them how to solve the problems and avoid repeating the same mistakes. The show is produced by NorthSouth Productions and premiered in July 2006. All episodes show: A writer for "The Arizona Republic" described Winget's style as "blunt" and "quite funny." Discussing "Big Spender," the writer noted, "Every Saturday night, he can be seen berating people who make lousy financial choices." Another reviewer lauded the educational information, but said Winget "uses a form |
What place is called Rapa-nui by its native inhabitants? | Rapa Nui people of bone meal. Rapa Nui people The Rapa Nui are the aboriginal Polynesian inhabitants of Easter Island in the Pacific Ocean. The easternmost Polynesian culture, the descendants of the original people of Rapa Nui (Easter Island) make up about 60% of the current Rapa Nui population and have a significant portion of their population residing in mainland Chile. They speak both the traditional Rapa Nui language and the primary language of Chile, Spanish. At the 2002 census there were 3,304 island inhabitants—almost all living in the village of Hanga Roa on the sheltered west coast. As of 2011, Rapa Nui's | Rapa Iti considered part of the Austral Islands, Rapa Iti and the Bass Islands have a different geological, linguistic and cultural history. Rapa Iti was first settled by Polynesians, most likely in the 13th century. Their Polynesian dialect developed into what is today the Rapa over the centuries. It is believed that the depletion of natural resources on the island resulted in warfare, and the inhabitants lived in up to 14 fortified settlements ("pa" or "pare", a type of fort) on peaks and clifftops. It is considered that the oldest of these is Morongo Uta, which was developed . The first European |
New Zealand hosted the 'Commonwealth Games' in which city in 1974? | New Zealand at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games New Zealand at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games New Zealand (abbreviated NZL) had a team of 145 competitors and 33 officials to the 1974 British Commonwealth Games, which were held at Christchurch, New Zealand. Warwick Nicholl was the flagbearer at the opening ceremony. The theme song was "Join Together" by Steve Allen. The games, which became known as "the friendly games", were held in Christchurch, New Zealand. The main venue was QEII Park. The games marked the beginning of colour television broadcasts in New Zealand. The trademark logo of these Games served as the 'benchmark' design for logo designs for | 1974 Commonwealth Paraplegic Games The Outstanding Performers in Dunedin The most successful athlete in Dunedin amongst the men was P. Reid from Jamaica who won 4 gold and 1 silver medal in field events, pentathlon and swimming. Amongst the women the most successful athlete was Caz Bryant from England who won 5 gold, 1 silver and 1 bronze medal in fencing, field events, pentathlon, table tennis and track events. Commonwealth Games hosted in New Zealand 1974 Commonwealth Paraplegic Games The fourth Commonwealth Paraplegic Games were held in Dunedin, New Zealand from 13 to 19 January 1974. The Games were opened by Sir Denis Blundell, |
Amerigo Vespucci airport is in which city? | Amerigo Vespucci first name. Amerigo Vespucci was born and raised in Florence on the Italian Peninsula. He was the third son of Ser Nastagio (Anastasio) Vespucci, a Florentine notary, and Lisabetta Mini. The father of Ser Nastagio (Anastasio) Vespucci had the name Amerigo Vespucci also. His family lived close to the Ognissanti church, the church of "All Saints", also dedicated to san Salvatore, the "saint Saviour": these familiar places may have influenced the later decision to name the Bay of All Saints and the city of Salvador, Bahia. Amerigo Vespucci was educated by his uncle, Fra Giorgio Antonio Vespucci, a Dominican friar | Colegio Amerigo Vespucci are mandatory. Colegio Amerigo Vespucci Colegio Amerigo Vespucci is an Italian private school in Caracas, Venezuela. The college is named after Amerigo Vespucci, an Italian explorer, navigator and cartographer who first demonstrated that Brazil and the West Indies did not represent Asia's eastern outskirts as initially conjectured from Columbus' voyages, but instead constituted an entirely separate landmass hitherto unknown to Old Worlders: even because of this demonstration the name "America" of this landmass is derived from him. The school is an italo-venezuelan "Unidad educativa" in the capital Caracas and has "kinder", "elementary" and "bachelor" (or high school) sections, where the |
Where do the Sami people live? | Sami people different. Finns living in Finnish Lapland generally call themselves "lappilainen", whereas the similar word for the Sámi people is "lappalainen". This can be confusing for foreign visitors because of the similar lives Finns and Sámi people live today in Lapland. Lappalainen is also a common family name in Finland. As in the Scandinavian languages, "lappalainen" is often considered archaic or pejorative, and "saamelainen" is used instead, at least in official contexts. Since prehistoric times, the Sami people of Arctic Europe have lived and worked in an area that stretches over the northern parts of the regions now known as Norway, | Sami people not mean that hunters, herders, and fishing people do not know where the borders of their territories are located as well as those of their neighbors. Although the Sami have considered themselves to be one people throughout history, the idea of Sápmi, a Sami nation, first gained acceptance among the Sami in the 1970s, and even later among the majority population. During the 1980s and 1990s, a flag was created, a national song was written, and the date of a national day was settled. The Sami flag was inaugurated during the Sami Conference in Åre, Sweden, on 15 August 1986. |
If you see the letters UHT on a food or milk carton, what does it mean? | Flavored milk milk should be removed from schools and children should be taught to drink plain milk. A 2018 analysis of more than 90 popular chilled flavoured dairy milks revealed that a carton of flavoured milk can contain as much sugar as a can of soft drink, with many of the bestselling brands containing more than a day’s worth of added sugar in a single serving. Flavored milk Flavored milk is a sweetened dairy drink made with milk, sugar, food colorings and artificial or natural flavorings. Flavored milk is often pasteurized using ultra-high-temperature (UHT) treatment, which gives it a longer shelf-life than | If You Know What I Mean If You Know What I Mean "If You Know What I Mean" is a song written and recorded by Neil Diamond. The song is a track from Diamond's 1976 album, "Beautiful Noise", and was Diamond's third number one on the Easy Listening chart, where it spent two weeks. "If You Know What I Mean" went to number one for two nonconsecutive weeks and peaked at number eleven on the "Billboard" Hot 100. In Canada, the song reached number 19 on the pop singles chart and hit number one on the Adult Contemporary chart. Diamond has stated that the song is |
In which book of the Bible did David kill Goliath? | Goliath role in 'David and Goliath' fight with Nikolai Valuev"—"The Guardian"); business ("On Internet, David-and-Goliath Battle Over Instant Messages"—"The New York Times"); science ("David and Goliath: How a tiny spider catches much larger prey"—"ScienceDaily"; politics ("Dissent in Cuba: David and Goliath"—"The Economist"); social justice ("David-and-Goliath Saga Brings Cable to Skid Row"—"Los Angeles Times"). Goliath Goliath is described in the biblical Book of Samuel as a Philistine giant defeated by the young David in single combat. The story signified Saul's unfitness to rule, as Saul himself should have fought for the Kingdom of Israel. The phrase "David and Goliath" (or "David versus | David and Goliath (book) taking us somewhere else instead—somewhere better." David and Goliath (book) David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants is a non-fiction book written by Malcolm Gladwell and published by Little, Brown and Company on October 1, 2013. The book focuses on the probability of improbable events occurring in situations where one outcome is greatly favored over the other. The book contains many different stories of these underdogs who wind up beating the odds, the most famous being the story of David and Goliath. Despite generally negative reviews, the book was a bestseller, rising to #4 on "The |
N2O or Nitrous Oxide is more commonly known as what? | N2O: Nitrous Oxide N2O: Nitrous Oxide NO (or NO: Nitrous Oxide) is a tunnel shooter (similar to the 1980 hit "Tempest") notably featuring a soundtrack composed by the American electronic music duo, The Crystal Method. The soundtrack was heavily used to promote the game, and the music is stored in Red Book format meaning the game disc can be played as a music CD on an ordinary CD player. N2O was given an official port on Steam on June 29, 2015, based on the free and open-source emulator PCSXR. "NO" takes the form of a tube shooter in which the player shoots insects | Nitrous oxide engine the throttle body in carbureted applications. In wet systems the high pressures of the nitrous injected causes the aerosolization of the fuel injected in tandem via the nozzle, allowing for more thorough and even distribution of the nitrous/fuel mixture. A "direct port" nitrous system introduces the nitrous or fuel/nitrous mixture as close to the intake ports of the engine as is feasible via individual nozzles directly in each intake runner. Direct port nitrous systems will use the same or similar nozzles as those in single nozzle systems, just in numbers equal to or in multiples of the number of intake |
In which Musical would you find the song 'There is Nothing Like a Dame'? | There Is Nothing Like a Dame There Is Nothing Like a Dame "There Is Nothing Like a Dame" (for 4 part male voices, 2 tenors and 2 basses) is one of the songs from the musical "South Pacific". The song was written by Richard Rodgers with lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II. It is widely popular in the musical arts, often sung by men's choirs. It is sung by the sailors (e.g. Sven Larsen) because they all long for women in their lives. The song is broken up in the middle when the nurses run by, and Billis gives Nurse Nellie Forbush her laundry. The song also | Nothing Like a Dame 20 April 2006 "[congratulating] BBC Today reporter Andy Hosken on his book, "Nothing Like a Dame", recounting the story of Dame Shirley Porter's regime at Westminster City Council..." The motion went on to "[call] upon the Government to recommend to Her Majesty the Queen, that the honour of [Porter's] DBE should be withdrawn, it having been awarded under false pretences, and representing an affront to those whose public service genuinely merits such recognition." Nothing Like a Dame Nothing Like a Dame: The Scandals of Shirley Porter is a 2006 biography by British journalist Andrew Hosken. The book was first published |
Where would you find Narita airport? | Airport Narita Airport Narita The was once a "Rapid" limited-stop suburban rail service in Greater Tokyo operated since April 1991 until March 2018 by East Japan Railway Company (JR East). It ran from to via the Yokosuka, Sōbu, and Narita lines, with a total length of 152.5 km. Only trains heading towards Narita Airport were identified as "Airport Narita"; those on the return journey towards Tokyo were unnamed. See Yokosuka Line for local trains. See Sōbu Line (Rapid) for rapid trains. All "Airport Narita" services were operated using E217 series electric multiple unit (EMU) trains. The "Airport Narita" rapid services were introduced | Airport Narita from 20 April 1991 to supplement the popular "Narita Express" limited express services which commenced the previous month. Initially, 16 services ran in each direction daily, using 113 series EMU formations based at Ōfuna and Makuhari depots. Trains including SaRo 124 Green (first class) cars were allocated to these services, as these had expanded luggage storage space. From the start of the revised timetable on 17 March 2018, the name "Airport Narita" was discontinued on rapid services to Narita Airport, in order to avoid confusion with the limited express "Narita Express" services which also serve Narita International Airport. Airport Narita |
The first 10 hp Rolls-Royce ever made is worth over £250,000 today. How much did it cost when new? | Rolls-Royce 10 hp Rolls-Royce 10 hp The Rolls-Royce 10 hp was the first car to be produced as a result of an agreement of 23 December 1904 between Charles Rolls and Henry Royce, and badged as a Rolls-Royce. The 10 hp was produced by Royce's company, Royce Ltd., at its factory in Cooke Street, Hulme, Manchester, and was sold exclusively by Rolls' motor dealership, C.S.Rolls & Co., at a price of £395. The 10 hp was exhibited at the Paris Salon in December 1904, along with 15 hp and 20 hp cars and engine for the 30 hp models. The 10 hp was | Rolls-Royce 15 hp Rolls-Royce 15 hp The Rolls-Royce 15 hp was one of four cars to be produced as a result of an agreement of 23 December 1904 between Charles Rolls and Henry Royce. Badged as a Rolls-Royce, the 15 hp was produced by Royce's company, Royce Ltd., at its factory in Cooke Street, Hulme, Manchester. It was sold exclusively by Rolls' motor dealership, C.S.Rolls & Co., at a price of GBP500. The 15 hp was exhibited at the Paris Salon in December 1904, along with the 10 hp, 20 hp and engine for the 30 hp models, but as the new three-cylinder |
True or False. Toyota currently manufacture about the same number of cars in a week as Rolls-Royce have in their entire 104-year existence? | True or False-Face BMT?<br> WILL THE DYNAMIC DUO DICE WITH DEATH - AND DESCEND TO DEFEAT?<br> CAN BATMAN AND ROBIN BREAK THE UNBREAKABLE, SLIP OUT OF THE CHEMICAL CLUTCHES, ESCAPE THE EPOXY?<br> KEEP YOUR BAT-WINGS CROSSED UNTIL TOMORROW - SAME TIME - SAME CHANNEL - SAME PERILOUS PREDICAMENT! True or False-Face "True or False-Face" is the 17th episode of the "Batman" television series, first airing on ABC March 9, 1966 in its first season. It guest starred Malachi Throne as False-Face. The master of disguise, False-Face, manages to steal the jeweled Mergenberg Crown and replace it with a false one right under the | Rolls-Royce Motor Cars to include extended wheelbase, two-door coupé, and convertible versions of the Phantom sedan, as well as the smaller Ghost four-door sedan and Wraith two-door coupé. Rolls-Royce Motor Cars Limited was created as a wholly owned subsidiary of BMW in 1998 after BMW licensed the rights to the Rolls-Royce brand name and logo from Rolls-Royce PLC and acquired the rights to the Spirit of Ecstasy and Rolls-Royce grille shape trademarks from Volkswagen AG. Rolls-Royce Motor Cars Limited has been manufacturing Rolls-Royce branded cars since 2003. Although the Rolls-Royce brand has been in use on vehicles since 1906, the Rolls-Royce Motor Cars |
In what year did Rolls-Royce acquire Bentley? | Rolls-Royce–Bentley L-series V8 engine mass production V8-engined automobile. Rolls-Royce acquired Bentley in 1931 and continued to use Bentley engines alongside their own for a time, although none was a V8. Prior to World War 2, Rolls-Royce had developed a 7.3-litre V-12 for the Phantom III, which was succeeded by the inlet-over-exhaust B60 straight-6 and B80 straight-8 series of engines. The B80 powered the Phantom IV limousine, whilst the 4.3-litre B60 was used until 1955 to power the Rolls-Royce Silver Wraith and Silver Dawn and the Bentley Mark VI. The B60's bore was enlarged in 1955, increasing the displacement to 4.9 litres, that engine being | Rolls-Royce–Bentley L-series V8 engine company in late 1997. BMW would reach an agreement with Vickers to acquire Rolls-Royce and Bentley Motor Cars on 31 April 1998 for £340m, but this was superseded by an agreement for Volkswagen Group to acquire the business for £430m, which was announced eight days later, on 7 May 1998. The Volkswagen sale appeared to have collapsed later in May, with BMW being announced as the preferred buyer for the Rolls-Royce and Bentley business 1 June 1998, subject to shareholder approval. Shareholder approval was not forthcoming and the BMW deal collapsed when Volkswagen subsidiary Audi agreed to buy Cosworth from |
And in what year did they part company? | What Katie Did (company) What Katie Did (company) What Katie Did is a British lingerie design house founded in 1999 by Katie Thomas. In 1999, being unable to afford fully fashioned stockings, Thomas decided to invest in nylons to sell at The London Fetish Fair. This led to Thomas creating her own website. In 2002, What Katie Did's first reproduction of the Bullet bra was launched, the first to be produced in the country. The next year, the company opened a boutique in London Portobello. In 2010, Thomas was asked to advise on an bra of Marilyn Monroe that was put up for auction. | What Katie Did (company) Thomas has also appeared advising on corsets on ABC's Nightline in 2012 and in the same year was nominated for Cosmopolitan's Businesswoman of the Year. The brand recreates designs from the 1950s including the bullet bra, which has been worn by celebrities such as Madonna and Rihanna. What Katie Did are also known for their steel boned corsets. Models for the company include Bernie Dexter, Missy Malone, Jami Deadly and Miss Polly Rae. What Katie Did (company) What Katie Did is a British lingerie design house founded in 1999 by Katie Thomas. In 1999, being unable to afford fully fashioned |
Who now owns the Rolls-Royce name? | Rolls-Royce Holdings Allison is now known as Rolls-Royce Corporation, part of Rolls-Royce North America. In 1999 Rolls-Royce acquired Vickers plc for its marine businesses. The portion retained is now Vinters Engineering Limited. Rolls-Royce sold Vickers Defence Systems (the other major Vickers area of business) to Alvis plc in 2002, which then became Alvis Vickers. Rolls-Royce has established a leading position in the corporate and regional airline sector through the development of the Tay engine, the Allison acquisition and the consolidation of the BMW Rolls-Royce joint venture. In 1999, BMW Rolls-Royce was renamed Rolls-Royce Deutschland and became a 100% owned subsidiary of Rolls-Royce | Rolls-Royce Phantom V representative purposes. The car is now displayed at the Museum of Yugoslavia, Belgrade. The Republic of the Philippines owns one. The former First Lady, Imelda Romualdez Marcos used the Rolls-Royce Phantom V as her official car Then Beatle John Lennon's Phantom V, a 1960s counter-culture icon, came from the factory finished in Valentines black, with Lennon commissioning the custom paint job atop it in the style of a Romany gypsy wagon (not "psychedelic" as often referenced). Rolls-Royce Phantom V The Rolls-Royce Phantom V is a large, ultra-exclusive four-door limousine produced by Rolls-Royce Limited from 1959 to 1968. Based on the |
How much did the late Jimmy Saville's Rolls-Royce Corniche convertible fetch at a charity auction? | Jimmy Savile the sea". The coffin was encased in concrete "as a security measure". An auction of Savile's possessions was conducted at the Royal Armouries Museum, Leeds, on 30 July 2012, with the proceeds going to charity. His silver Rolls-Royce Corniche convertible was sold for £130,000 to an Internet bidder. The vehicle's number plate, JS 247, featured the original medium wave wavelength used by BBC Radio 1 (247 metres). During Savile's lifetime, sporadic allegations of child abuse were made against him dating back to 1963, but these only became widely publicised after his death. Savile claimed the key to his success on | Rolls-Royce Corniche Rolls-Royce Corniche The Rolls-Royce Corniche is a two-door, front-engine, rear wheel drive five-seater produced by Rolls-Royce Motors as a coupé and convertible from 1971 to 1995. The Corniche was a development of the Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow, with the two door variants of that model marketed as the "Silver Shadow Mulliner Park Ward two door fixed head coupé & drop head coupé" until March 1971 when the Corniche name was applied. The exterior design was by John Polwhele Blatchley. The model was assembled and finished in London at Mulliner Park Ward as continuation of the 1965 Silver Shadow coupe and 1966 |
What name is given to the famous flying lady mascot adorning the radiator grill on a Rolls-Royce? | Rolls-Royce Silver Spirit Rolls-Royce Silver Spirit The Silver Spirit is a full-size luxury car produced by Rolls-Royce Motors, in Crewe, England, from 1980 to 1999. It was the first model in the SZ series. The Silver Spur is a long-wheelbase version of the Silver Spirit, produced at the same time. It was the first car to feature the retractable Spirit of Ecstasy. The spring-loaded Mascot sank into the radiator shell if dislodged from its position. The Silver Spirit was introduced by Rolls-Royce in 1980 as the first of a new generation of company models. It formed the basis for the Flying Spur, Silver | Rolls-Royce Motors and the shape of the radiator grille. However, the Rolls-Royce brand name and logo were controlled by aero-engine maker Rolls-Royce plc, and not Rolls-Royce Motors. The aero-engine maker decided to license the Rolls-Royce name and logo to BMW and not to Volkswagen, largely because the aero-engine maker had recently shared joint business ventures with BMW. BMW paid £40m to license the Rolls-Royce name and "RR" logo, a deal that many commentators thought was a bargain for possibly the most valuable property in the deal. Volkswagen Group had the rights to the mascot and grille but lacked rights to the Rolls-Royce |
Can you name the first Pope? | Regnal name of Saint Peter's Basilica to proclaim the new Pope, informing the world of the man elected Pope, and under which name he would be known during his reign. <poem> Annuntio vobis gaudium magnum: Habemus Papam, Eminentissimum ac Reverendissimum Dominum, Dominum [forename], Sanctæ Romanæ Ecclesiæ Cardinalem [surname], qui sibi nomen imposuit [papal name]. </poem> <poem> I announce to you a great joy: We have a Pope, The Most Eminent and Most Reverend Lord, Lord [forename], Cardinal of the Holy Roman Church [surname], who conferred upon himself the name [papal name]. </poem> During the first centuries of the church, priests elected bishop | People Know You by Your First Name People Know You by Your First Name "People Know You by Your First Name" is a song co-written and recorded by Canadian country music artist Dean Brody. It was released in March 2011 as the fourth single to his 2010 album "Trail in Life". The song reached No. 93 on the Canadian Hot 100 in June 2011. "People Know You by Your First Name" is a song that chronicles small town life and the people who live there. The narrator states that people in the town know you by what type of pickup truck you drive and what you did |
Off the coast of which county would you find the 'Goodwin Sands'? | Goodwin Sands Goodwin Sands Goodwin Sands is a long sandbank at the southern end of the North Sea lying off the Deal coast in Kent, England. The area consists of a layer of approximately depth of fine sand resting on an Upper Chalk platform belonging to the same geological feature that incorporates the White Cliffs of Dover. The banks lie between above the low water mark to around below low water, except for one channel that drops to around below. Tides and currents are constantly shifting the shoals. More than 2,000 ships are believed to have been wrecked upon the Goodwin Sands | Goodwin Sands firm Beckett Rankine believes their proposals for up to five offshore runways at Goodwin Airport are the 'most sustainable solution' with the 'least adverse impact' when compared to other options that have been proposed for the expansion of runway capacity in the southeast. They claim that this is due to the absence of statutory environmental protection on the Goodwin Sands and the alignment of the runways which avoids any overflying of the coast. In the summer of 1824, Captain K. Martin, then the Harbourmaster at Ramsgate, instituted the proceedings of the first known cricket match on the Goodwin Sands, at |
Where would you find the 'English end' of the Channel Tunnel? | Channel Tunnel February 2017, by Jesse Norman, Minister for Industry and Energy. Channel Tunnel The Channel Tunnel (; also nicknamed the Chunnel) is a rail tunnel linking Folkestone, Kent, in the United Kingdom, with Coquelles, Pas-de-Calais, near Calais in northern France, beneath the English Channel at the Strait of Dover. It is the only fixed link between the island of Great Britain and the European mainland. At its lowest point, it is deep below the sea bed and below sea level. At , the tunnel has the longest undersea portion of any tunnel in the world, although the Seikan Tunnel in Japan | Tunnelling the English Channel Tunnelling the English Channel Tunneling the English Channel () is a 1907 silent film by pioneer filmmaker Georges Méliès. The plot follows King Edward VII and President Armand Fallières dreaming of building a tunnel under the English Channel. The idea of building a tunnel under the Channel was much discussed in 1907; Méliès's film is a highly topical take on the popular subject. Méliès appears in the film as the engineer who presents the blueprints for the tunnel. Fernande Albany, an actress who also appeared in Méliès's "The Impossible Voyage", "An Adventurous Automobile Trip", and "The Conquest of the Pole", |
It's January 1st, the time, 635pm and the British nation watches the first ever 'Top of the Pops'. What year? | Top of the Pops called "Summer 2001", a sister DVD to the album of the same name. Top of the Pops Top of the Pops, also known as TOTP, is a British music chart television programme, made by the BBC and originally broadcast weekly between 1 January 1964 and 30 July 2006. The programme was shown every Thursday evening on BBC One, except for a short period on Fridays in mid-1973 before being again moved to Fridays at 7:30pm in 1996 and then to Sundays on BBC Two in 2005. Each weekly programme consisted of performances from some of that week's best-selling popular music | Top of the Pops brand of the "Now That's What I Call Music!" range in the EMI / Virgin / Universal joint venture. Similarly to the roles of "Top of the Pops" on BBC One and BBC Two in the late 1990s and early 2000s, the compilation albums range featured current hits for the main series and classic hits (such as '70s Rock) for the "Top of the Pops 2" spin-offs. The "Top of the Pops" brand has now been licensed by EMI who released a compilation series in 2007–08, with one CD for each year that "Top of the Pops" was running. The |
In the TV cop series 'Z Cars' who played PC Fancy Smith? | Z-Cars Watt), James Ellis (Bert Lynch) and Brian Blessed ("Fancy" Smith). Barlow and Watt were later spun into a separate series "Softly, Softly". The title comes from the radio call signs allocated by Lancashire Constabulary. Lancashire police divisions were lettered from north to the south: "A" Division (based in Ulverston) was the detached part of Lancashire at the time around Barrow-in-Furness, "B" Division was Lancaster, and so on. Letters further into the alphabet were in the south around the Manchester and Liverpool areas. (See also the Wikipedia page about Home Office radio.) The TV series took the non-existent signs Z-Victor 1 | Z-Cars episodes and is still open to information regarding missing editions of 'lost' BBC television programmes. British vintage television enthusiasts Kaleidoscope are also interested in the recovery of 'lost' television shows, regardless of their original maker or broadcaster. In a 2000 poll to find the 100 Greatest British Television Programmes of the 20th century conducted by the British Film Institute, "Z-Cars" was voted 63rd. It was also included in television critic Alison Graham's alphabetical list of 40 "all-time great" TV shows published in "Radio Times" in August 2003. Z-Cars Z-Cars or Z Cars is a British television drama series centred on |
In January of which year was the first episode of 'Z Cars' aired? | Z-Cars Z-Cars Z-Cars or Z Cars is a British television drama series centred on the work of mobile uniformed police in the fictional town of Newtown, based on Kirkby, Lancashire (now Merseyside). Produced by the BBC, it debuted in January 1962 and ran until September 1978. The series differed sharply from earlier police procedurals. With its less-usual Northern setting, it injected a new element of harsh realism into the image of the police, which some found unwelcome. "Z-Cars" ran for 801 episodes, of which fewer than half have survived. Regular stars included: Stratford Johns (Detective Inspector Barlow), Frank Windsor (Det. Sgt | Z-Cars longer format would still work. Thereafter, "Z Cars" was shown in alternating spells of either 2 x 25 minutes episodes or the single 50-minute episode each week over the next sixteen months. This arrangement ended with the showing of the final 2-parter, "Breakage" (Series 6, parts 74 and 75, on 21 and 22 August 1972 respectively), after which the series returned permanently to a regular pattern of one 50-minute episode per week. The "Z-Cars" theme tune was arranged by Fritz Spiegl and his then-wife, composer Bridget Fry, from the traditional Liverpool folk song "Johnny Todd". It was released on record |
Who played DI Jack Regan in the TV series 'The Sweeny'? | The Sweeney "Shouting George from "The Weeny"" (played by Jim Broadbent). Despite the character's name, he is in fact a direct yet affectionate parody of Jack Regan. In 1977 and 1978, publishers Brown Watson (who specialised in annuals based on TV series') published two editions of 'The Sweeney Annual' featuring a mix of comic strips (some with art by Brian Lewis) and illustrated text stories, interspersed with occasional features on the TV series, articles about policing, puzzles and (in the 1978 annual) an interview with John Thaw and Dennis Waterman. In the early 1980s, the comic "Jackpot" featured a strip called "The | Jack Regan (hurler) the minor team. Regan subsequently joined the Meath under-21 team, winning an All-Ireland medal as captain in 2016. By this stage he had also joined the Meath senior team, making his debut during the 2014 league. Jack Regan (hurler) Jack Regan (born 7 August 1995) is an Irish hurler who plays as a full-forward for the Meath senior team. Born in Summerhill, County Meath, Regan first played competitive hurling at juvenile and underage levels with the Kiltale club. He eventually became a member of the club's senior team, and has won five county senior championship medals since 2012. Regan made |
What was the real name of traitor 'Lord Haw Haw' who was executed for treason in 1946? | Lord Haw-Haw of the Lord Haw-Haw nickname and came to announce him as "William Joyce, otherwise known as Lord Haw-Haw". After Joyce took over, Mittler was paired with the American-born announcer Mildred Gillars in the Axis Sally programme and also broadcast to ANZAC forces in North Africa. Mittler survived the war and appeared on postwar German radio, and occasionally television, until his death. Baillie-Stewart was sentenced to five years' imprisonment. Joyce was captured by British forces in northern Germany just as the war ended, tried, and eventually hanged for treason on 3 January 1946. Joyce's defence team, appointed by the court, argued | Lord Haw-Haw forces! Haw, Haw," a low-brow putdown obviously meant as a discouragement to the opposition. The "Haw, Haw" name reference was then applied to a number of different announcers and, even soon after Barrington coined the nickname, it was uncertain exactly which specific German broadcaster he was describing. Some British media and listeners just used "Lord Haw-Haw" as a generic term to describe all English-language German broadcasters, although other nicknames, like "Sinister Sam", were occasionally used by the BBC to distinguish between obviously different speakers. Poor reception may have contributed to some listeners' difficulties in distinguishing between broadcasters. In reference to |
In 1938, Arthur Askey and Richard Murdoch starred in which new radio comedy series? | Arthur Askey role in the first regular radio comedy series, "Band Waggon" on the BBC. "Band Waggon" began as a variety show, but had been unsuccessful until Askey and his partner, Richard Murdoch, took on a larger role in the writing. During the broadcasting of "Band Waggon" they attempted to advertise a scouring powder with the chant of "Askeytoff will take it off" with the result that an announcer came on and shut the show down as advertising was strictly prohibited on the BBC. During the Second World War Askey starred in several Gainsborough Pictures comedy films, including "Band Waggon" (1940), based | Richard Murdoch the then rising star Arthur Askey, acquiring the nickname "Stinker" in mocking reference to his superior formal education. As Askey moved from radio performing into cinema at the end of the 1930s, Murdoch went with him and they appeared in a number of Askey star vehicle films together, Murdoch's tall athletic physique, good looks and upper middle class English Home Counties demeanor contrasting comedically with Askey's short stature, homely appearance, Lancashire provincial accent and working class performance persona. Their working partnership broke up during World War 2 when Murdoch joined the Armed Forces, but they briefly reprised it in the |
What was the name of King Henry V111's 4th wife who he married in 1540? | Treason Act 1540 or to procure or do any thing to the repeal of this act." Treason Act 1540 The Treason Act 1540 (32 Hen.8 c.25) was an Act of the Parliament of England. Its short title was "An Act declaring the Dissolution of the King's pretensed Marriage with the Lady Anne of Cleves." The Act confirmed that the marriage between King Henry VIII and Anne of Cleves was annulled. They had married on 6 January 1540, but Henry had had the marriage annulled on 9 July of the same year. The Act also made it high treason for anyone "by word or | Duarte of Portugal, 4th Duke of Guimarães Duarte of Portugal, 4th Duke of Guimarães Duarte of Portugal, 4th Duke of Guimarães (October 7, 1515 in Lisbon – September 20, 1540 in Lisbon) was a Portuguese "infante" (prince); the sixth son of King Manuel I of Portugal and his wife Maria of Aragon. He had as tutor André de Resende, who later wrote Duarte's biography. He also loved hunting and was quite a good musician. In 1537 he married Isabella of Braganza, daughter of James, Duke of Braganza, who was dowried with the Dukedom of Guimarães in her own right. After the marriage, "Infante" Duarte became the 4th |
Which group had a hit with 'Lily the Pink' in 1969? | Lily the Pink (song) Lily the Pink (song) "Lily the Pink" is a 1968 song released by the UK comedy group The Scaffold. It is a modernisation of an older folk song titled "The Ballad of Lydia Pinkham". The lyrics celebrate the "medicinal compound" invented by Lily the Pink, and chronicle the "efficacious" cures it has brought about, such as inducing morbid obesity to cure a weak appetite, or bringing about a sex change as a remedy for freckles. The Scaffold's record, released in November 1968, became No. 1 in the UK Singles Chart for the four weeks encompassing the Christmas holidays that year. | The Pink & the Lily it after his parents. Thom has said in interviews that the story inspired the title track of the album. To promote the album Thom has travelled around her home country, Scotland, appearing in HMV branches in Aberdeen, Dundee, Perth and Edinburgh, performing tracks from her new album and signing records. This was followed by the Pink & Lily Tour to promote the new release which failed to sell out was enthusiastically received by those who attended. The Pink & the Lily The Pink & The Lily is the second studio album by the Scottish singer Sandi Thom, released in both |
The Pentagon is the headquarters of the United States Department of Defense, where is it located? | The Pentagon 3,460 recipients of the Medal of Honor, the United States' highest military decoration. The Hall is also used for promotions, retirements, and other ceremonies. Notes Bibliography The Pentagon The Pentagon, in Arlington County, Virginia, across the Potomac River from Washington, D.C., is the headquarters of the United States Department of Defense. As a symbol of the U.S. military, the phrase "The Pentagon" is often used as a metonym for the Department of Defense and its leadership. The building was designed by American architect George Bergstrom and built by contractor John McShain. Ground was broken on September 11, 1941, and the | Chief Management Officer of the Department of Defense Chief Management Officer of the Department of Defense The Chief Management Officer (CMO) of the United States Department of Defense (DoD) is the third-in-command of the department after the Secretary of Defense and Deputy Secretary of Defense. The position's purpose is to reduce costs by improving the quality and productivity of DoD's business operations. The CMO's office contains six "reform leaders" in the areas of logistics and supply chains, real property, community services, human resources, and health care, and a Program Executive Officer for IT Business Systems. The office also oversees Washington Headquarters Services and Pentagon Force Protection Agency, and |
Who won the gold medal for the woman's heptathlon? | Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's heptathlon existing World and Olympic records were as follows. Wind: +0.7, −0.2, +2.0, +0.9, +1.3 m/s. Wind: +0.8, +0.9, +0.3, +0.6, -0.3 m/s. The final results of the event are in the following table. Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's heptathlon ] The Women's heptathlon competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom. The event was held at the Olympic Stadium on 3–4 August. The gold medal was won by Jessica Ennis. She bettered Eunice Barber's World Heptathlon Best in the 100 metres hurdles by .08 of a second. Many others in the field also achieved their | 2009 World Championships in Athletics – Women's heptathlon with competitive marks in the long jump and javelin throw (her weaker events) and she won the final 800 metres race, gaining her first major championship gold medal and setting a world leading mark and much improved personal best of 6731 points. Olympic champion Dobrynska faded into fourth place on the final day, while Jennifer Oeser set a personal best for the silver medal and Kamila Chudzik took bronze, Poland's first ever heptathlon medal at the competition. The competition represented a breakthrough for Ennis, who had missed the 2008 Beijing Olympics through injury and whose previous best result was fourth |
In cycling who won the gold medal for the men's time trial? | Cycling at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's road time trial winner of a time trial in the Giro, who represented Italy. The competition consisted of a time trial over one lap of a course, with staggered starts. The entry list was published on 1 August. Cycling at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's road time trial The men's road time trial, one of the cycling events at the 2012 Olympic Games in London, took place on 1 August over a course in southwest London and Surrey. Bradley Wiggins of Great Britain won the gold medal. Each nation in the top 15 of the 2011 UCI World Tour, top 7 of | Cycling at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's road time trial Cycling at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's road time trial The women's road time trial, one of the cycling events at the 2012 Olympic Games in London, took place on 1 August in southwest London and Surrey. Kristin Armstrong of the United States was the defending champion. The competition consisted of a time trial over one lap of a course, with staggered starts. Armstrong retained the title and won the gold medal with a winning time of 37 minutes 34.82 seconds. Judith Arndt from Germany was second and won silver, while Olga Zabelinskaya of Russia collected bronze. The provisional |
In cycling who won the gold medal for the men's individual sprint? | Cycling at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's team sprint the world record. France won the silver medal and Germany took bronze. Cycling at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's team sprint The men's cycling team sprint at the 2012 Olympic Games in London took place at the London Velopark on 2 August. The Great Britain team consisting of Philip Hindes, Chris Hoy and Jason Kenny won the gold medal in world record-breaking time. Grégory Bauge, Michaël D'Almeida and Kévin Sireau from France took silver, and the bronze medal was won by Germany's René Enders, Maximilian Levy and Robert Förstemann. A men's team sprint race consists of a three-lap race | Cycling at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's team sprint teams advanced to the first round. The first round comprised head-to-head races based on seeding (1st vs. 8th, 2nd vs. 7th, etc.). The winners of those four heats advanced to the medal round, with the two fastest winners competing in the gold medal final and the two slower winners facing off for bronze. Cycling at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's team sprint The women's cycling team sprint at the 2012 Olympic Games in London took place at the London Velopark on 2 August. Kristina Vogel and Miriam Welte of Germany won the gold medal with a time of 32.798 |
In Sailing, who won gold in the Men's Finn class? | Sailing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Finn management could choose from many course configurations. Sailing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Finn The Men's Finn was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 2012 Summer Olympics program in Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy. Eleven races (last one a medal race) were scheduled and completed. 24 sailors, on 24 boats, from 24 nations competed. Ten boats qualified for the medal race on course area Nothe in front of Weymouth, where each position scored double points. Ben Ainslie took his fifth consecutive sailing medal, and his fourth consecutive gold. However, there was a heavy battle with Jonas | Finn (dinghy) The class rules are overseen by the International Finn Association. The Finn Gold Cup serves as the World Championship for the Finn class. Finn (dinghy) The Finn dinghy is the men's single-handed, cat-rigged Olympic class for sailing. It was designed by Swedish canoe designer, Rickard Sarby, in 1949 for the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki. Since the 1952 debut of the boat, the design has been in every summer Olympics, making it one of the most prolific Olympic sailboats as it is the longest serving dinghy in the Olympic Regatta. It currently fills the slot for the Heavyweight Dinghy at |
For which event did Peter Wilson win Team GB's only shooting medal (gold)? | Peter Wilson (sport shooter) Peter Wilson (sport shooter) Peter Robert Russell Wilson MBE (born 15 September 1986), is a retired English sport shooter who specialises in the double trap. He is the current world record holder for the event, having scored 198 out of 200 at a World Cup event in Arizona during 2012. A member of the British team for the 2012 Summer Olympics, he was the youngest competitor in the men's double trap event, where he won the gold medal. Born in Dorset on 15 September 1986, Wilson took up shooting at his father's suggestion after he suffered nerve damage to his | Team GB GBR". The 'Team GB' branding has been credited with creating a 'team feel', and direct comparisons were made of the performance at the 1996 Olympic Games in which the British Olympic Association's representatives won one gold medal, and the 2000 games where Great Britain and Northern Ireland performed under the 'Team GB' name and returned with eleven gold medals. Comedian and columnist David Mitchell described the British Olympic Association's decision to create a nickname and rebrand their representative team as "capitalism's final victory" and "pathetic", going on to say that anyone who thought rebranding the Olympic squad has helped win |
Who won gold for the Taekwondo - Women's Lightweight (57 kg)? | Taekwondo at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's 57 kg Taekwondo at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's 57 kg The women's 57 kg competition at the 2016 Summer Olympics was held on 18 August, at the Carioca Arena 3. The defending champion, Jade Jones, representing Great Britain, successfully defended her title, winning her second Olympics gold. Eva Calvo from Spain finished with a silver medal, beating second-time Olympian Hedaya Malak in the semifinal and Iran's Kimia Alizadeh in the quarterfinal, both of whom went on to win a bronze in the repechage. The main bracket consisted of a single elimination tournament, culminating in the gold medal match. The top | Taekwondo at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's 57 kg in the gold medal match. The taekwondo fighters eliminated in earlier rounds by the two finalists of the main bracket advanced directly to the repechage tournament. These matches determined the bronze medal winner for the event. Taekwondo at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's 57 kg The women's 57 kg competition in taekwondo at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens took place on August 27 at the Faliro Coastal Zone Olympic Complex. South Korea's Jang Ji-Won outwitted her American counterpart Nia Abdallah to strike the women's featherweight title in the final with a default score of 2–1. Mexican fighter and |
What was the total number of medals won in the 2012 Olympic Games by Team GB? | Great Britain at the 2012 Summer Olympics On 7 August 2012, Great Britain had reached its 48-medal target, and surpassed the 19 gold-medal tally from Beijing, making it the most successful Olympics since 1908. Great Britain left the Summer Olympic Games with a total of 65 medals (29 gold, 17 silver, and 19 bronze), finishing third in the medal table rankings, and fourth in the total number of medal rankings. At least one medal was awarded to Team GB in seventeen sports, eleven of them contained at least one gold. British athletes dominated the medal standings in cycling, wherein they won a total of 12 Olympic medals, | Team GB more medals "are either morons or they think our athletes are". Scottish columnist Gerry Hassan commented that "Team GB represents something which is a fiction and an illusion which doesn't correspond with any political form". A celebratory parade took place on 10 September 2012, commemorating the Olympic and Paralympic Games. 'Our Greatest Team' was the slogan used by the BOA for the London 2012 Summer Olympics. Team GB Team GB is the brand name used since 1999 by the British Olympic Association (BOA) for their Great Britain and Northern Ireland Olympic team. The brand was developed after the 1996 Summer |
At the fabulous closing ceremony, who sang from the top of 5 London cabs? | Mel B Barlow and Tulisa Contostavlos. In Summer 2012, Brown reunited with the Spice Girls for a one off performance at the 2012 Summer Olympics Closing Ceremony in London, performing on top of London Cabs to a medley of two of their best known hits, Wannabe and Spice Up Your Life. The performance was the most tweeted about moment from the whole ceremony. Later the year, the Spice Girls reunited again to launch and attend the premiere of Viva Forever! (Musical). In March 2013,it was confirmed that Brown would judge "Australia's Got Talent" along with fellow Brit Dawn French. The same month, | 1996 Summer Olympics closing ceremony 1996 Summer Olympics closing ceremony The Closing Ceremony of the 1996 Summer Olympics took place on August 4, 1996, at the Centennial Olympic Stadium in Atlanta, United States at approximately 8:00 PM EDT (UTC -4). It was produced by Don Mischer. The official motto of the closing ceremony is "An American Day of Inspiration". The closing ceremony began after a 126-second countdown in tribute to all the past Summer Olympic Games with the Atlanta Olympic Band, led by John Williams, performing "Summon the Heroes." The R&B group Boyz II Men sang The Star Spangled Banner. The presentation of the medals |
Also at the closing ceremony, what song was sung by Eric Idle? | Eric Idle a poem about the sex life of ants. It starts as follows: Idle is an accomplished songwriter, having composed and performed many of the Pythons' most famous comic pieces, including "Eric the Half-a-Bee", "The Philosophers' Song", "Galaxy Song", "Penis Song" and, probably his most recognised hit, "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life", which was written for the closing scene of the Monty Python film "Life of Brian", and sung from the crosses during the mass crucifixion. The song has since been covered by Harry Nilsson, Bruce Cockburn, Art Garfunkel and Green Day. Idle, his fellow Pythons, and assorted | Eric Idle family and friends performed the song at Graham Chapman's memorial service. Idle performed the song at the closing ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games on 12 August 2012 and as the farewell song of the last show of the Pythons at the O2 arena, 20 July 2014. As Ko-Ko in the 1987 English National Opera production of "The Mikado", Idle wrote his own 'Little List' on "". In 1990, Idle sang and co-wrote the theme tune to the popular British sitcom "One Foot in the Grave". The song was later released, but did poorly in the charts. However, when |
Who was portrayed by Timothy Spall during the closing ceremony? | Timothy Spall portrayed Winston Churchill in critically acclaimed film "The King's Speech" for which as a member of the ensemble he was jointly awarded the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture. Spall reprised the role at the 2012 Summer Olympics closing ceremony. In 2012, Spall filmed "Wasteland" (known as "The Rise" in Britain), with actors Matthew Lewis and Vanessa Kirby. The Newport Beach Film Festival in Newport Beach, California, screened "Wasteland" in April 2013. Also in 2012 Spall played Charlie Morgan in the edgy film "Comes a Bright Day". In 2014, he won the | Timothy Spall: ...at Sea Timothy Spall: ...at Sea Timothy Spall at Sea series is a set of three BBC Four television series that follow the journey of actor Timothy Spall and his wife Shane as they take their £350,000 (£200,000 at the time of purchase, May 2010) seagoing (category B) Dutch barge, the "Princess Matilda", (FCN 54, built by Peter Nicholls Yacht Builders), on a trip around the British Coast, including Northern Ireland and the Isle of Man. This TV documentary series is made by the same team who make Escape to the Chateau for Channel 4 that features Dick Strawbridge and his wife |
What name is given to the festival that is held in the Valencian town of Buñol, Spain, in which participants throw tomatoes and get involved in this tomato fight purely for fun. It is held on the last Wednesday of August.? | La Tomatina La Tomatina La Tomatina () is a festival that is held in the Valencian town of Buñol, in the East of Spain from the Mediterranean, in which participants throw tomatoes and get involved in a tomato fight purely for entertainment purposes. Since 1945 it has been held on the last Wednesday of August, during a week of festivities in Buñol. It started the last Wednesday of August in 1945 when some young people spent the time in the town square to attend the Giants and Big-Heads figures parade. The young boys decided to take part in a parade with musicians, | This Is What You Want... This Is What You Get were not re-recorded for "This Is What You Want...This Is What You Get" (although a remixed version of "Blue Water" was included as the B-side on the "This Is Not a Love Song" 12" single). Songs on "This Is What You Want...This Is What You Get" which did not appear in any form on "Commercial Zone" are "Tie Me to the Length of That", "The Pardon" and "1981", and are the only songs on the album which do not credit Keith Levene as a co-writer. PiL was supposed to score the soundtrack for the 1983 suspense film "Copkiller", starring Harvey |
In 1982 who had a No.1 UK hit with 'Land of Make Believe'? | The Land of Make Believe Quartet in 1957. The Land of Make Believe "The Land of Make Believe" is a 1981 single by British band Bucks Fizz. It reached No.1 in the UK in early 1982 - the second single by the band to do so. The song was produced by Andy Hill with music by Hill and lyrics by ex-King Crimson member Peter Sinfield. Despite the apparent sugar-coated style of the song, Sinfield later claimed it was a subtle attack on Margaret Thatcher and her government's policy at the time. "The Land of Make Believe" became a big hit across Europe in early 1982, | The Land of Make Believe original version and had a more euro-pop sound. The music video was set in a circus tent, with each individual member of the band performing tricks e.g. being cut in half, levitating or juggling. The single performed to moderate success, achieving allSTARS*' highest UK chart position of No.9. Track listing "The Land of Make Believe" has also been recorded by future fellow Eurovision winner Celine Dion (translated into French: "A Quatre pas D'ici") in 1983 for her album "Du soleil au cœur" (Hill and Sinfield would later pen her hits "Think Twice" and "Call the Man"). In 1982, French singer |
Near which UK city would you find 'Spaghetti Junction? | Spaghetti Junction Spaghetti Junction "Spaghetti Junction" is a nickname sometimes given to a complicated or massively intertwined road traffic interchange that is said to resemble a plate of spaghetti. Such interchanges may incorporate a variety of interchange design elements in order to maximize connectivity. The term was originally used to refer to the Gravelly Hill Interchange on the M6 motorway in Birmingham, United Kingdom. In an article published in the "Birmingham Evening Mail" on 1 June 1965 the journalist Roy Smith described plans for the junction as "like a cross between a plate of spaghetti and an unsuccessful attempt at a Staffordshire | Spaghetti Junction knot", with the headline above the article on the newspaper's front page, written by sub-editor Alan Eaglesfield, reading "Spaghetti Junction". Since then many complex interchanges around the world have acquired the nickname. Throughout North America, this type of interchange is widely referred to as a spaghetti junction, mixing bowl, knot, or maze, often including the name of the freeway, city, or notable landmark near enough to the interchange. Japan, somewhat colloquially, has adopted the term tentacle junction in lieu of the Western phrase. Autopista Norte-Sur and Autopista Francisco Fajardo in Caracas. Spaghetti Junction "Spaghetti Junction" is a nickname sometimes given |
In which country would you find the city of St. Moritz? | St. Moritz liking, he would reimburse their travel costs. If they were to find St. Moritz attractive in winter, he would invite them to stay as his guests for as long as they wished. This marked not only the start of winter tourism in St. Moritz but the start of winter tourism in the whole of the Alps. The first tourist office in Switzerland was established the same year in the village. St. Moritz developed rapidly in the late nineteenth century; the first electric light in Switzerland was installed in 1878 at the Kulm Hotel, and the first curling tournament on the | St. Moritz 1928 games, the cross-country skiing and the cross-country skiing part of the Nordic combined events took place around the hills of St. Moritz. Twenty years later, once again the cross-country skiing, the cross-country skiing part of the Nordic combined, and the ice hockey events took place in St. Moritz. In addition to the above sports, St. Moritz is also well known as a destination for sailing. It is the host venue for the annual St. Moritz Match Race held on lake St. Moritz. The St. Moritz Match Race event is part of the prestigious World Match Racing Tour which covers |
"Who wrote the poem ""A Rime of the Ancient Mariner?" | The Rime of the Ancient Mariner The Rime of the Ancient Mariner The Rime of the Ancient Mariner (originally The Rime of the Ancyent Marinere) is the longest major poem by the English poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge, written in 1797–98 and published in 1798 in the first edition of "Lyrical Ballads". Some modern editions use a revised version printed in 1817 that featured a gloss. Along with other poems in "Lyrical Ballads", it is often considered a signal shift to modern poetry and the beginning of British Romantic literature. "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" relates the experiences of a sailor who has returned from a | The Rime of the Ancient Mariner a salvation story. The poem's structure is multi-layered text based on Coleridge's interest in Higher Criticism. "Like the Iliad or Paradise Lost or any great historical product, the "Rime" is a work of transhistorical rather than so-called universal significance. This verbal distinction is important because it calls attention to a real one. Like The Divine Comedy or any other poem, the "Rime" is not valued or used always or everywhere or by everyone in the same way or for the same reasons." George Whalley, in his 1946–47 essay, "The Mariner and the Albatross", suggests that the Ancient Mariner is an |
Which British coin was discontinued in 1970? | Half crown (British coin) Proof mintages are indicated in "italics". Half crown (British coin) The half crown was a denomination of British money, equivalent to two shillings and sixpence, or one-eighth of a pound. The half crown was first issued in 1549, in the reign of Edward VI. No half crowns were issued in the reign of Mary, but from the reign of Elizabeth I half crowns were issued in every reign except Edward VIII, until the coins were discontinued in 1967. The half crown was demonetised (ahead of other pre-decimal coins) on 1 January 1970, the year before the United Kingdom adopted decimal | Florin (British coin) piece was issued in 1992, after which the old florin was demonetised on 30 June 1993. The florin, the first decimal coin, was the last coin in general circulation just prior to decimalisation to be withdrawn. Florin (British coin) The British florin, or two shilling coin, was issued from 1849 until 1967, with a final issue for collectors dated 1970. Valued at one tenth of a pound (24 old pence), it was the last coin circulating immediately prior to decimalisation to be demonetised, in 1993, having for a quarter of a century circulated alongside the ten pence piece, identical in |
Who was the first woman to swim the English Channel? | English Channel latter part of the 19th century when Captain Matthew Webb made the first observed and unassisted swim across the Strait of Dover, swimming from England to France on 24–25 August 1875 in 21 hours 45 minutes. In 1927, at a time when fewer than ten swimmers (including the first woman, Gertrude Ederle in 1926) had managed to emulate the feat and many dubious claims were being made, the Channel Swimming Association (CSA) was founded to authenticate and ratify swimmers' claims to have swum the Channel and to verify crossing times. The CSA was dissolved in 1999 and was succeeded by | The Woman Who Was Poor The Woman Who Was Poor The Woman Who Was Poor () is an 1897 novel by the French writer Léon Bloy. It follows a woman, Clotilde, who becomes involved with the Paris art and literary scene in the 1880s. It was Bloy's second novel. An English translation by I. J. Collins was published in 1939. Ernest Boyd of the "Saturday Review" wrote in 1939 about the English-language edition: The translator duly apologizes for his squeamishness, although none of our current exponents of the "Anglo-Saxon" monosyllables would have been deterred by Bloy, even if disgusted by his deliberate and unnecessary blasphemies. |
Which character was played by William Shatner in 'Star Trek'? | William Shatner William Shatner William Shatner, (born March 22, 1931) is a Canadian actor, author, producer, director and singer. In his seven decades of television, Shatner became a cultural icon for his portrayal of James T. Kirk, captain of the USS "Enterprise", in the "Star Trek" franchise. He has written a series of books chronicling his experiences playing Captain Kirk and being a part of "Star Trek", and has co-written several novels set in the "Star Trek" universe. He has also written a series of science fiction novels called "TekWar" that were adapted for television. Shatner also played the eponymous veteran police | William Shatner 'captain' of the maiden voyage of a "Star Trek"-themed cruise entitled ""Star Trek": The Cruise". The cruise was the first licensed by CBS Productions to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the show. Through PETA, Shatner asked that the 2018 cruise not offer any "swim with dolphins" experiences, explaining in a letter to the Norwegian Cruise Line's CEO that "The exploitation of any species for profit and entertainment would have violated the Prime Directive." Shatner has been in over 20 films and 30 television shows along with video games and commercials. William Shatner William Shatner, (born March 22, 1931) is a |
Adam; Hoss and Joe lived on the 'Ponderosa', what was their surname? | Ponderosa (TV series) "Bonanza" starts, the Cartwright family moves onto some scrub land. In this new land Ben Cartwright, a new widower, tries to raise his three young sons – at their late teens Adam and Hoss, and a pre-teen Joseph, commonly known as Little Joe. A number of minor (or perceived) inconsistencies exist between "Ponderosa" and "Bonanza", and a few glaring retcons are present. Shortly after the series first aired, four episodes were released on two DVDs. The first DVD featured both parts of the pilot episode, while the second featured "Brother vs. Brother" and "Treasure". On May 25, 2004, The "Ponderosa: | The Adam and Joe Show progressed. Following this they created "The Adam and Joe Show" for the same channel. The show took the form of short, condensed sketches interspersed with links filmed in what was purportedly Adam and Joe's bedsit, but was actually a shared "performance space" above a branch of The Body Shop in Brixton, South London. When in this room, Adam wore a plain black T-shirt with 'Ad' and Joe wore one with 'Joe' written on the front. Although the two comedians were involved in other projects before and after it was aired, "The Adam and Joe Show" remains their most popular and |
Who played 'Ned Kelly' in the 1969 film of the same name? | Ned Kelly (1970 film) Ned Kelly (1970 film) Ned Kelly is a 1970 British-Australian biographical (and part musical) film. It was the seventh Australian feature film version of the story of 19th-century Australian bushranger Ned Kelly. It is notable for being the first Kelly film to be shot in colour. The film was directed by Tony Richardson, and starred Mick Jagger in the title role. Scottish-born actor Mark McManus played the part of Kelly's friend Joe Byrne. It was a British production, but was filmed entirely in Australia, shot mostly around Braidwood in southern New South Wales, with a largely Australian supporting cast. Ned | Ned Kelly (2003 film) Ned Kelly (2003 film) Ned Kelly is a 2003 Australian historical drama film based on Robert Drewe's 1991 novel "Our Sunshine". Directed by Gregor Jordan, the film's adapted screenplay was written by John Michael McDonagh. The film dramatises the life of Ned Kelly, a legendary bushranger and outlaw who was active mostly in Victoria, the colony of his birth. In the film, Kelly, his brother Dan, and two other associates—Steve Hart and Joe Byrne—form a gang of Irish Australians in response to Irish and English tensions that arose in 19th century Australia. Heath Ledger stars in the title role, with |
Which country was called Hibernia by the Romans? | Hibernia Hibernia Hibernia is the Classical Latin name for the island of Ireland. The name "Hibernia" was taken from Greek geographical accounts. During his exploration of northwest Europe (c. 320 BC), Pytheas of Massilia called the island "Iérnē" (written ). In his book "Geographia" (c. 150 AD), Claudius Ptolemaeus ("Ptolemy") called the island "Iouerníā" (written , where "ου"/"ou" stands for "w"). The Roman historian Tacitus, in his book "Agricola" (c. 98 AD), uses the name Hibernia. The High King Brian Boru (c. 941–1014) based his title on being emperor of the Scots people, which was in Latin "Imperator Scottorum", as distinct | Hibernia 41-E Hibernia 41-E Hibernia 41-E and 42-E were steam locomotives of Hibernia AG. Locomotive No 42-E was scrapped, but No 41-E does still exist and was temporarily displayed in front of the Starlight Express Theater in Bochum. The coal mining company Hibernia AG bought 1942 during World War II two five-coupled and one four-coupled locomotives from Henschel & Son in Kassel for use around the mine. The locomotives were used above ground on the rail network of the former "Bergwerks-AG Recklinghausen" which was later called "Bergbau AG Herne/Recklinghausen" until 1970 and 1971, respectively. Hibernia 41-E was finally used in the coal |
Who wrote the WW11 novel 'The Cruel Sea'? | The Cruel Sea (novel) The Cruel Sea (novel) The Cruel Sea is a 1951 novel by Nicholas Monsarrat. It follows the lives of a group of Royal Navy sailors fighting the Battle of the Atlantic during the Second World War. It contains seven chapters, each describing a year during the war. The novel, based on the author's experience of serving in corvettes in the North Atlantic in the Second World War, gives a matter-of-fact but moving portrayal of ordinary men learning to fight and survive in a violent, exhausting battle against the elements and a ruthless enemy. The action commences in 1939. Lieutenant-Commander George | Who Wrote The Dead Sea Scrolls? Who Wrote The Dead Sea Scrolls? Who Wrote The Dead Sea Scrolls?: The Search For The Secret Of Qumran is a book by Norman Golb which intensifies the debate over the origins of the Dead Sea Scrolls, furthering the opinion that the scrolls were not the work of the Essenes, as other scholars claim, but written in Jerusalem and moved to Qumran in anticipation of the Roman siege in 70 AD. Writing in "Church History", Gregory T. Armstrong stated: "This book is 'must reading' for every historian regardless of her or his period of specialization. It demonstrates how a particular |
Glenda Jackson won an Oscar in 1971 for which film? | Glenda Jackson Glenda Jackson Glenda May Jackson (born 9 May 1936) is a British actress and former Labour Party politician. She is among the few performers to achieve the Triple Crown of Acting. As a professional actress from the late 1950s, she spent four years as a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company from 1964, being particularly associated with the work of director Peter Brook. During her film career, she won two Academy Awards for Best Actress: for "Women in Love" (1970) and "A Touch of Class" (1973). Other award-winning performances include Alex in the film "Sunday Bloody Sunday" (1971) and the | Mary, Queen of Scots (1971 film) and Best Sound (Bob Jones, John Aldred). The film received several Golden Globe Award nominations, including Best Motion Picture - Drama, Best Motion Picture Actress - Drama (Glenda Jackson), Best Motion Picture Actress - Drama (Vanessa Redgrave), Best Original Score (John Barry), and Best Screenplay (John Hale). Mary, Queen of Scots (1971 film) Mary, Queen of Scots is a 1971 British Universal Pictures biographical film based on the life of Mary, Queen of Scots, written by John Hale and directed by Charles Jarrott. Leading an all-star cast are Vanessa Redgrave as the title character and Glenda Jackson as Elizabeth I. |
When is a racehorse's official birthday? | Birthday birth day (e.g., when someone born on the 25th of the month turns 25 or when someone born on the ninth turns nine). An individual's Beddian birthday, named in tribute to firefighter Bobby Beddia, occurs during the year that his or her age matches the last two digits of the year he or she was born. In many cultures and jurisdictions, if a person's real birthday is not known (for example, if he or she is an orphan), then their birthday may be adopted or assigned to a specific day of the year, such as January 1. The birthday of | Grand Duke's Official Birthday Grand Duke's Official Birthday The Grand Duke's Official Birthday (), also known as Luxembourgish National Day (, ), is celebrated as the annual national holiday of Luxembourg. It is celebrated on 23 June, although this has never been the actual birthday of any ruler of Luxembourg. When the monarch of Luxembourg is female, it is known as the Grand Duchess' Official Birthday. The monarch's birthday has not always been celebrated on 23 June. Under William I (1815–40), the date was 24 April (although his actual birthday was 24 August), and under William II (1840–49), it was 6 December, his actual |
In which ocean would you find the Maldives? | Islam in the Maldives Islam in the Maldives Islam is the major religion and the most widespread religion of the Maldives. It is also the official religion of Maldives. The Maldivians population consists of over 80 percent Muslims, with about 10 to 15 percent either unaffiliated or of other views. The importance of the Arabs as traders in the Indian Ocean by the 12th century may partly explain why the last Buddhist king of Maldives Dhovemi converted to Islam in the year 1153 (or 1193, for certain copper plate grants give a later date). The king thereupon adopted the Muslim title and name (in | Tourism in the Maldives tropical species, and help to preserve and recover these fragile ecosystems. ""There are big challenges that come with the advantages of the islands' tourist assets, however"," said Richard Damania, World Bank Lead Environmental Economist. ""The country's coral reefs, which protect it from storm surges and serve as the main attraction for the tourism-driven economy, are in danger of being damaged or destroyed by poorly handled waste disposal methods"." The Maldives are known for their natural environment including the blue ocean, white beaches, and clean air. The climate of the Maldives is ideal for visitors to get engaged in water sports |
Charity Tate (nee Dingle) ? | Charity Dingle Couple". Charity Dingle Charity Dingle (also Tate, Sharma, and Macey) is a fictional character from the British soap opera "Emmerdale", played by Emma Atkins. Suranne Jones originally auditioned for the role of Charity, before Atkins was cast. The actress began filming her first scenes in February 2000 and she made her first screen appearance as Charity during the episode broadcast on 30 March 2000. The character has been involved in numerous high-profile storylines during her time on the show, such as her marriage to Chris Tate (Peter Amory), an affair with Chris's sister, Zoe Tate (Leah Bracknell), the arrival of | Charity Dingle in a flashback episode about Charity's past which aired on 29 May 2018. Charity comes to Emmerdale for her cousin, Butch's (Paul Loughran) funeral. It emerges that she is working as a prostitute and there is a warrant out for her arrest. Charity stays with Zak Dingle (Steve Halliwell) and his wife Lisa (Jane Cox). Charity begins dating Chris Tate (Peter Amory), which his sister, Zoe (Leah Bracknell), is unhappy about and offers her money to end it but Charity refuses. Zoe and Charity then have an affair but Charity ends it when Zoe gets too possessive. Chris proposes marriage |
The 'Chelsea Flower Show' is held in which month (a) May (b) June or (c) July? | May Flower (shipwreck) Lake Superior: the "May Flower" in Minnesota and the "Grey Oak" in Thunder Bay. The wreck site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2012 for its state-level significance in the themes of commerce, historical archaeology, and maritime history. It was nominated for its informational potential in illuminating late-19th-century wooden shipbuilding methods and maritime life. The "May Flower" holds particular value due to the rarity of her type and her atypical design. May Flower (shipwreck) The May Flower was a wooden hulled scow schooner that sank on June 2, 1891, in Lake Superior near Duluth, Minnesota, United | Chelsea Flower Show Chelsea Flower Show The RHS Chelsea Flower Show, formally known as the "Great Spring Show", is a garden show held for five days in May by the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) in the grounds of the Royal Hospital Chelsea in Chelsea, London. Held at Chelsea since 1912, it is the most famous flower and landscape gardens show in the United Kingdom, and perhaps in the world. The show is attended by members of the British Royal Family and attracts visitors from all continents. Highlights to the Chelsea Flower Show include the avant-garde show gardens designed by leading names with Floral |
Who played 'Private Pike' in Dad's Army? | Private Pike Mainwaring refers to Pike as 'stupid boy' as he did in the series.<ref> Private Pike Private Frank Pike is a fictional Home Guard private and junior bank clerk; he was appointed as the platoon's information officer by Captain Mainwaring in The Man and the Hour. He is frequently referred to by Captain Mainwaring as "stupid boy". In the BBC television sitcom "Dad's Army" he was portrayed by Ian Lavender. Pike was born in 1922, and is the youngest of the Walmington-on-Sea platoon. Aged 17 when the series begins, he is not old enough to join the army, although presumably he | Private Pike 1, Pike does show some mild romantic attraction to Janet King, Mainwaring's secretary when he talks to her about his guard duties. In War Dance, Pike becomes engaged to an Army girl called Violet Gibbons who works in a fish and chip shop, but it gets called off. Later on, Pike starts seeing a young cinema girl called Ivy, who speaks so quietly, nobody can ever hear her say anything. He briefly develops a crush on Hodges's niece Sylvia, but that quickly fizzles out. In The Royal Train, it is revealed that Pike can drive a steam locomotive, having learned |
Which nuts are used to make satay sauce? | Peanut sauce Peanut sauce Peanut sauce, satay sauce, bumbu kacang, sambal kacang, or pecel is a sauce made from ground roasted or fried peanuts, widely used in cuisines worldwide. Peanut sauce is used with chicken, meat and vegetables, adding flavor to grilled skewered meat, such as satays, poured over vegetables as salad dressing such as in "gado-gado", or as dipping sauce. The main ingredient is ground roasted peanuts, for which peanut butter can act as a substitute. Several different recipes for making peanut sauces exist, resulting in a variety of flavours, textures and consistency. A typical recipe usually contains ground roasted peanuts | Satay closed to vehicular traffic and the stalls and tables occupy the street, it mimics the open-air dining style of previous establishments. Other notable outlets include the ones at Newton Food Centre, East Coast Park Seafood Centre and Toa Payoh Central. Peanut sauce is used in Singaporean satays, Malay satay is quite similar to Indonesian satay by using "kecap manis" (sweet soy sauce), while Chinese Hainan satay uses pineapple purée sauce and marinated in five-spice powder. The common types of satay sold in Singapore include "Satay Ayam" (chicken satay), "Satay Lembu" (beef satay), "Satay Kambing" (mutton satay), "Satay Perut" (beef intestine), |
Thomas à Beckett was killed in which English Cathedral? | Who Killed Thomas Becket? Who Killed Thomas Becket? Who Killed Thomas Becket? is a 2000 Channel 4 documentary concerning the murder of Thomas Becket, who was Archbishop of Canterbury from 1162 to his death in 1170. He is venerated as a saint and martyr by both the Roman Catholic Church and the Anglican Communion. Becket engaged in conflict with Henry II of England over the rights and privileges of the Church and was assassinated by followers of the king in Canterbury Cathedral. The documentary was directed by Andrew Chater and had appearances by actors Guy Henry as Thomas Becket, Rupert Wickham as Henry II, | Thomas à Beckett appointed a supreme court judge in September 1886. À Beckett served as a judge from 30 September 1886 until 30 June 1917 on the Supreme Court of Victoria. He retired on 31 July 1917. Thomas à Beckett Sir Thomas à Beckett (31 August 1836 – 21 June 1919) was an Australian solicitor and judge. Thomas à Beckett was born in London, England. He was the eldest son of Thomas Turner à Beckett and arrived in Australia with his father (brother of Sir William à Beckett) in January 1851, arriving in Melbourne on the "Andromache". À Beckett attended a private school |
'Meg; Jo; Beth and Amy' is the sub-title to which Louisa May Scott novel? | Louisa May Alcott these books are strong and smart. She also produced stories for children, and after they became popular, she did not go back to writing for adults. Other books she wrote are the novelette "A Modern Mephistopheles" (1875), which people thought Julian Hawthorne wrote, and the semi-autobiographical novel "Work" (1873). Alcott became even more successful with the first part of "Little Women: or Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy" (1868), a semi-autobiographical account of her childhood with her sisters in Concord, Massachusetts, published by the Roberts Brothers. Part two, or "Part Second", also known as "Good Wives" (1869), followed the March sisters | Little Women have to work in order to support the family: Meg teaches a nearby family of four children; Jo assists her aged great-aunt March, a wealthy widow living in a mansion, Plumfield. Beth, too timid for school is content to stay at home and help with housework; Amy is still at school. Meg is beautiful and traditional, Jo is a tomboy who writes; Beth is a peacemaker and a pianist; Amy is an artist who longs for elegance and fine society. Jo is impulsive and quick to anger. One of her challenges is trying to control her anger, a challenge that |
In which year did the Munich Air Disaster happen? | Munich air disaster Munich air disaster The Munich air disaster occurred on 6 February 1958 when British European Airways Flight 609 crashed on its third attempt to take off from a slush-covered runway at Munich-Riem Airport, West Germany. On the plane was the Manchester United football team, nicknamed the "Busby Babes", along with supporters and journalists. Twenty of the 44 on the aircraft died at the scene. The injured, some unconscious, were taken to the Rechts der Isar Hospital in Munich where three more died, resulting in 23 fatalities with 21 survivors. The team was returning from a European Cup match in Belgrade, | Munich air disaster lost their lives in Munich, including Roger Byrne Close, David Pegg Walk, Geoff Bent Walk, Eddie Colman Close, Billy Whelan Walk, Tommy Taylor Close and Mark Jones Walk. Among those roads is an old people's home named after Duncan Edwards. Edwards was also honoured with street names in his home town of Dudley; there is a small close off Stourbridge Road named Duncan Edwards Close. and in 2008, the Dudley Southern Bypass was renamed Duncan Edwards Way. The road bridge over the Luas tram line at Fassaugh Road, Cabra, Dublin 7 is named after Liam Whelan. Munich air disaster The |
What was the name of the horse in the TV comedy 'Steptoe and Son'? | Steptoe and Son "Steptoe and Son in Murder at Oil Drum Lane", written by Ray Galton and John Antrobus, brought the storyline to a close. The series was one of the first UK situation comedy programmes to employ actors rather than comedians in the principal roles. Galton and Simpson had decided that they wanted to try to write for performers who "didn't count their laughs". The series' title music, "Old Ned", won its composer Ron Grainer his second successive Ivor Novello award. The series had no standard set of opening titles but the opening sequences would often feature the Steptoe's horse, Hercules. "Steptoe | Steptoe and Son Ride Again Steptoe and Son Ride Again Steptoe and Son Ride Again is a 1973 comedy film. It is a sequel to the film "Steptoe and Son" (1972) based on the television series. Again the film starred Wilfrid Brambell and Harry H. Corbett. The Steptoes have retired their horse - because the horse is lame, after having to pull the cart (and Harold) home from York, after the horse walked into the back of a removal van which then drove off - and plan to buy a new one with Albert's life savings of £80, putting £9 away for "emergencies". Harold sends |
In which country would you find 'Lake Como'? | Lake Como In guidebooks the lake may be variously referred to as Lake Como, Lake of Como, or Como Lake. Its name comes from the city of Como, known to the Romans as "Comum". While the city of Como is referred to as "Como", the lake is never referred to solely by this name. This is not true of another lake in Italy, Lake Garda, where "Garda" may refer to either the town fronting the lake, or the lake. The lake is shaped much like an inverted letter "Y". The northern branch begins at the town of Colico, while the towns of | Lake Como there are several farms which produce goods such as honey, olive oil, cheese, milk, eggs and salamis. Visitors can find lists of these farms and typically visit the farm itself in person to make their purchases. In 2018, both a fashion event of the Italian luxury label Dolce and Gabbana and a Netflix production starring Jennifer Aniston and Adam Sandler took place at Lake Como. Argegno is the home and studio village of watercolour artist Paul Wright. He is also the author of the Italian Trilogy series of books. The first book 'An Italian Home’ Settling by Lake Como published |
In what year were 'Premium Bonds' first introduced? | Premium Bond Investment "Premium Bond Prize Checker" website, which provides lists of winning bond numbers for the past 6 months. Older winning numbers (more than 18 months old) can also be checked in the "London Gazette Premium Bonds Unclaimed Prizes Supplement". Premium Bond A Premium Bond is a lottery bond issued by the United Kingdom government's National Savings and Investments agency. The bonds are entered in a regular prize draw and the government promises to buy them back, on request, for their original price. The bonds were introduced by Harold Macmillan in 1956. The government pays interest on the bond (1.40% per | Premium Bond Cuthbert Ackroyd, bought the first bond from the Postmaster-General, Dr Charles Hill, for £1. Councillor William Crook, the mayor of Lytham St Anne's, bought the second. The Premium Bonds office was based in St Annes-on-Sea until it moved to Blackpool in 1978. In December 2008, NS&I dropped the interest rate (and therefore the odds of winning) due to the drop in the Bank of England base rate during the credit crunch, leading to criticism from members of Parliament, financial experts and holders of bonds; many claimed Premium Bonds were now "worthless", and somebody with £30,000 invested and "average luck" would |
Which horse won both the 1973 and 1974 Grand Nationals? | 1973 Grand National and Kintai in 1979). 1973 is often considered among the greatest Grand Nationals of all time, and the dramatic final-stretch battle between the two greats Crisp and Red Rum has also been described as one of the greatest sporting moments. 1973 Grand National The 1973 Grand National was the 127th renewal of the Grand National horse race that took place at the Aintree Racecourse near Liverpool, England, on 31 March 1973. The race is best remembered for being the first of Red Rum's three Grand National wins; Red Rum also broke the record set by Reynoldstown in 1935, and in | 1973 Belgian Grand Prix race - the numbers teams raced with at Zolder lasted until the end of the season. For 1974, the finishing positions in the Constructors' Championship were used to allocated the numbers, after which teams did not change numbers unless they won the Drivers' Championship (or signed the current World Champion). 1973 Belgian Grand Prix The 1973 Belgian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Zolder on 20 May 1973. It was race 5 of 15 in both the 1973 World Championship of Drivers and the 1973 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers. The race was won by |
What make of motor car was the Dolomite ? | Triumph Dolomite the upmarket variants of front-wheel drive designs, and also to replace a sporting relative of the Herald, the six-cylinder Triumph Vitesse, the Triumph Dolomite was unveiled at the London Motor Show in October 1971. However, due to a number of strikes and other industrial upsets, the car was not reported to be in full production until October 1972. The name "Dolomite" had been used by Triumph for a range of models prior to the Second World War and this was revived for the new car. The Dolomite used the longer bodyshell of the front wheel drive Triumph 1500, but with | Motor Trend Car of the Year regimen. Introduced in 1970 for one year and then brought back in 1976 due to differences between imports and American cars. This was discontinued after the 1999 model year when the line between what is a domestic vehicle and what is not became problematic. "Motor Trend" magazine's China-market cousin, "Auto Club-Motor Trend", also issues a "Car of the Year" award for that market. Motor Trend Car of the Year The "Motor Trend" Car of the Year (COTY) is an annual award given by "Motor Trend" magazine to recognize the best new or significantly refreshed car in a given model year. |
In which US state would you find the Grand Canyon? | SS Grand Canyon State (T-ACS-3) in a 5-day readiness status (ROS-5). SS Grand Canyon State (T-ACS-3) SS "Grand Canyon State" (T-ACS-3) is a crane ship in ready reserve for the United States Navy. The ship was named for the state of Arizona, which is also known as the "Grand Canyon State". Grand Canyon State was laid down on 20 March 1964, as the combination breakbulk-container ship SS "President Polk", ON 500484, IMO 6510899, a Maritime Administration type (C4-S-1aq) hull under MARAD contract (MA 164). Built by National Steel and Shipbuilding, San Diego, CA, hull no. 338, she was launched on 23 January 1965, and delivered | Grand Canyon National Park come after you, as the one great sight which every American should see." Despite Roosevelt's enthusiasm and strong interest in preserving land for public use, the Grand Canyon was not immediately designated as a national park. The first bill to establish Grand Canyon National Park was introduced in 1882 by then-Senator Benjamin Harrison, which would have established Grand Canyon as the second national park in the United States after Yellowstone. Harrison unsuccessfully reintroduced his bill in 1883 and 1886; after his election to the presidency, he established the Grand Canyon Forest Reserve in 1893. Theodore Roosevelt created the Grand Canyon |
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