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On which London street would you find the Selfridges store? | Selfridges, Oxford Street 29 January 1977, setting the building ablaze and causing an injury. In 2002, Selfridges was awarded the London Tourism Award for visitors' favourite London store. Selfridges was named world's best department store in 2010, and again in 2012. It claims to contain the UK's largest beauty department, and Europe's busiest doorway which siphons 250,000 people a week past the Louis Vuitton concession on to Oxford Street. Selfridges' 27 Oxford Street windows have become synonymous with the brand, and to a certain degree have become as famous as the store and the Oxford Street location itself. The windows consistently attract tourists, | Selfridges Building, Birmingham by Selfridge's then chief executive, Vittorio Radice, to design only the third store outside London. Although Selfridges was physically integrated with the Bullring Shopping Centre the client wanted a distinct design approach which would set the store apart from the rest of the development and become an instantly recognisable signpost for the brand. The building's facade is curved, wrapping around the corner of Moor Street and Park Street. The facade comprises 15,000 anodised aluminium discs mounted on a blue background. Selfridges Building, Birmingham The Selfridges Building is a landmark building in Birmingham, England. The building is part of the Bullring |
What is the name of the lake in London's Hyde Park? | Hyde Park, London within the park for people lacking mobility and disabled visitors is provided free of charge by Liberty Drives, located at Triangle Carpark. Notes Citations Sources Hyde Park, London Hyde Park is a Grade I-listed major park in Central London. It is the largest of four Royal Parks that form a chain from the entrance of Kensington Palace through Kensington Gardens and Hyde Park, via Hyde Park Corner and Green Park past the main entrance to Buckingham Palace. The park is divided by the Serpentine and the Long Water lakes. The park was established by Henry VIII in 1536 when he | London Calling: Live in Hyde Park the closing of Giants Stadium. All songs written by Bruce Springsteen, except where noted. Credits: As listed in the DVD liner notes: London Calling: Live in Hyde Park London Calling: Live in Hyde Park is a concert video of Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band's performance during the Hard Rock Calling music festival in Hyde Park, London on June 28, 2009. The film was released on DVD and Blu-ray formats by Columbia Records on June 22, 2010. The work takes its name from the rendition of The Clash's "London Calling" that began the concert. Performances of three songs from |
And in which gardens will you find the Albert Memorial? | Albert Memorial Albert Memorial The Albert Memorial is situated in Kensington Gardens, London, directly to the north of the Royal Albert Hall. It was commissioned by Queen Victoria in memory of her beloved husband Prince Albert, who died in 1861. The memorial was designed by Sir George Gilbert Scott in the Gothic Revival style. Opened in July 1872 by Queen Victoria, with the statue of Albert ceremonially "seated" in 1876, the memorial consists of an ornate canopy or pavilion, in the style of a Gothic ciborium over the high altar of a church, containing a statue of the prince facing south. The | Love Will Find Its Way to You of the same name. It was also recorded by Marie Osmond on her 1985 album, "There's No Stopping Your Heart". Love Will Find Its Way to You "Love Will Find Its Way to You" is the title of a song written by Dave Loggins and J.D. Martin, and recorded by American country music artist Reba McEntire. It was released in January 1988 as the second single from the album "The Last One to Know". "Love Will Find Its Way to You" was Reba McEntire's tenth number one country single. The single went to number one for one week and spent |
Where in London can you find the 'Rosetta Stone'? | Rosetta Stone stone has been on display in a specially built case in the centre of the Egyptian Sculpture Gallery. A replica of the Rosetta Stone is now available in the King's Library of the British Museum, without a case and free to touch, as it would have appeared to early 19th-century visitors. The museum was concerned about heavy bombing in London towards the end of the First World War in 1917, and the Rosetta Stone was moved to safety, along with other portable objects of value. The stone spent the next two years below ground level in a station of the | Rosetta Stone is now used in other contexts as the name for the essential clue to a new field of knowledge. The Rosetta Stone is listed as "a stone of black granodiorite, bearing three inscriptions ... found at Rosetta" in a contemporary catalogue of the artefacts discovered by the French expedition and surrendered to British troops in 1801. At some period after its arrival in London, the inscriptions on the stone were coloured in white chalk to make them more legible, and the remaining surface was covered with a layer of carnauba wax designed to protect the Rosetta Stone from visitors' fingers. |
Which London street is traditionally associated with newspapers? | Media in London News 1152. The London newspaper market is dominated by London editions of the national newspapers, all of which are edited in London. Until the 1970s, most of the national newspapers were concentrated in Fleet Street, but in the 1980s they relocated to new premises with automated printing works. Most of these are in East London, most famously the News International plant at Wapping. The move was resisted strongly by the printing trade union SOGAT 82, and strike action at Wapping in 1986 led to violent skirmishes. The last major news agency in Fleet Street, Reuters, moved to Canary Wharf in | Associated Newspapers (U.S.) from 1924 to 1929, when he was lured away by King Features Syndicate. The Great Depression brought hard times to Associated Newspapers (among many others). In 1930, Associated Newspapers was acquired by John Neville Wheeler's Bell Syndicate to become part of the Bell-McClure Syndicate, although it continued to syndicate material under the Associated Newspapers name. In 1933, just as the concept of "comic books" was getting off the ground, Eastern Color Printing published "Funnies on Parade", which reprinted in color several comic strips licensed from the Ledger Syndicate, the McNaught Syndicate, the Bell Syndicate, and Associated Newspapers' "Keeping Up with |
Madame Tussaud's and it's neighbour the London Planetarium are to be found on which London Street? | London Planetarium London Planetarium The building known as the London Planetarium is in Marylebone Road, London. It is adjacent to Madame Tussauds and is owned by the same company. A famous London landmark, it was once a notable tourist attraction, housing a planetarium, which offered shows relating to space and astronomy. It closed in 2006 as a separate attraction and is now part of Madame Tussauds. From 2010 forward, the building that once housed the London Planetarium houses the Marvel Super Heroes 4D attraction. The only planetarium in London is now the Peter Harrison Planetarium in Greenwich, south east London. In 1958 | London Planetarium author, broadcaster and Graecophile was director of the London Planetarium (b. 1923 – d. 2005). The London Planetarium no longer exists and it is no longer possible to visit it as a separate attraction. The web site is redirected to Madame Tussauds and here is a statement from their web site: "In 2006 the Planetarium was rebranded and renamed the Star Dome. The Star Dome is part of the Madame Tussauds attraction and is included in the ticket price. Please note that we no longer show astronomy-based shows" From 2010 forward, the building that once housed the London Planetarium houses |
Who, traditionally, lives at 'Lambeth Palace'? | Lambeth Palace Lambeth Palace Lambeth Palace is the official London residence of the Archbishop of Canterbury in England, in north Lambeth, on the south bank of the River Thames, 400 yards south-east of the Palace of Westminster, which houses the Houses of Parliament, on the opposite bank. The building, originally called the Manor of Lambeth or Lambeth House, has been – for nearly 800 years – the London residence of the Archbishop of Canterbury, whose original residence was in Canterbury, Kent. In addition, Lambeth Palace is home to the Community of Saint Anselm, an Anglican religious order that is under the patronage | Lambeth Palace The south bank of the Thames along this reach, not part of historic London, developed slowly because the land was low and sodden: it was called Lambeth Marsh, as far downriver as the present Blackfriars Road. The name "Lambeth" embodies ""hithe"", a landing on the river: archbishops came and went by water, as did John Wycliff, who was tried here for heresy. In the English peasants' revolt of 1381 the Palace was attacked. The oldest remaining part of the palace is the Early English chapel. Lollard’s Tower, which retains evidence of its use as a prison in the 17th century, |
The Houses of Parliament and the London Eye are on the same side of the River Thames. True or false? | 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 | Grand Panorama of London from the Thames Grand Panorama of London from the Thames The Grand Panorama of London from the Thames is an 1844 woodcut engraving depicting the north bank of the Thames river in London (then the world's largest city) running from Western Stone Wharf by the unfinished Houses of Parliament (the tower to house Big Ben is not yet constructed) to the Belfast, Cork, Leith and Glasgow Steam Wharf, just east of St Katharine Docks; a distance of approximately ten miles. An illustration, based on the engraving, was published as four separate supplements (each sheet measuring 31 and a half inches by 42 and |
Where in London can you find 'Nelson's Column'? | Nelson's Column waves. A much shorter statue of Lord Nelson in Trafalgar Square, Bridgetown, Barbados is older than its counterpart in London. Nelson's Column Nelson's Column is a monument in Trafalgar Square in the City of Westminster, Central London built to commemorate Admiral Horatio Nelson, who died at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805. The monument was constructed between 1840 and 1843 to a design by William Railton at a cost of . It is a column of the Corinthian order built from Dartmoor granite. The Craigleith sandstone statue of Nelson is by E.H. Baily, and the four bronze lions on the | Where I Find You Where I Find You Where I Find You is the second studio album release by Kari Jobe, which was released January 24, 2012, but was her first album on the Sparrow Records label. The song "We Are" is the only radio and charted hit off of the album, so far. The album has charted on three "Billboard" charts: No. 10 on "Billboard" 200, No. 1 on Christian Albums and at No. 5 on Digital Albums. All of the peak positions occurred on February 11, 2012 selling 25,000 copies in the first week. "Where I Find You" earned a Grammy Award |
By what name is the Collegiate Church of St Peter at Westminster better known? | Close of the Collegiate Church of St Peter 1900 it became part of the Metropolitan Borough of Westminster. It was abolished as a civil parish in 1922. Close of the Collegiate Church of St Peter The Close of the Collegiate Church of St Peter was an extra-parochial area, and later civil parish, in the metropolitan area of London, England. It corresponded to the area of Westminster Abbey and was an enclave between the parishes of St Margaret and St John, within the City and Liberty of Westminster. In 1875 it was added to the St George's Poor Law Union, which also included the parishes of St George Hanover | Collegiate Church of St Peter and St Paul (Kilmallock) Collegiate Church of St Peter and St Paul (Kilmallock) The Collegiate Church of St Peter and St Paul is a medieval collegiate church and a National Monument in Kilmallock, Ireland. The church is located on the south bank of the River Loobagh, to the north of Kilmallock's main street. The church is believed to have been built on the site of an ancient monastery, founded by Mocheallóg c. AD 600. A round tower has its foundations here. The church was completed by 1241, on what was probably the site of an earlier monastery. It was dedicated to Peter and Paul |
What is the capital of Uruguay? | Uruguay Uruguay Uruguay (; ), officially the Oriental Republic of the Uruguay (), is a country in the southeastern region of South America. It borders Argentina to its west and Brazil to its north and east, with the Río de la Plata (River of Silver) to the south and the Atlantic Ocean to the southeast. Uruguay is home to an estimated /1e6 round 2 million people, of whom 1.8 million live in the metropolitan area of its capital and largest city, Montevideo. With an area of approximately , Uruguay is geographically the second-smallest nation in South America, after Suriname. Uruguay was | Rocha, Uruguay Rocha, Uruguay Rocha () is the capital city of the Rocha Department in Uruguay. The city is located on the intersection of Route 9 with Route 15, about northeast of San Carlos of Maldonado Department. The stream Arroyo Rocha flows along the west limits of the city. It was founded in 1793 and had acquired the status of "Villa" (town) before the Independence of Uruguay. On 7 July 1880 it was made capital of the Department of Rocha by the Act of Ley Nº 1.474, while its status was elevated to "Ciudad" (city) on 10 January 1894 by the Act |
In which Indian city can you find the 'Taj Mahal'? | Taj Mahal the basis for subsequent theories and controversies. Taj Mahal The Taj Mahal (; , meaning "Crown of the Palaces") is an ivory-white marble mausoleum on the south bank of the Yamuna river in the Indian city of Agra. It was commissioned in 1632 by the Mughal emperor, Shah Jahan (reigned from 1628 to 1658), to house the tomb of his favourite wife, Mumtaz Mahal. It also houses the tomb of Shah Jahan, the builder. The tomb is the centerpiece of a complex, which includes a mosque and a guest house, and is set in formal gardens bounded on three sides | Maestro (Taj Mahal album) Maestro (Taj Mahal album) Maestro is an album by American blues artist Taj Mahal. It was nominated for Best Contemporary Blues Album at the 2009 Grammy Awards (but lost out to Dr. John and the Lower 911's "City That Care Forgot"). <br> The release of "Maestro" marked the 40th anniversary of Taj Mahal's career as a recording artist. It features numerous guest artists: Los Lobos appear on "Never Let You Go" and "TV Mama", Jack Johnson shares vocals on a re-recording of Taj's classic "Further On Down the Road", and Ben Harper's vocals can be heard on "Dust Me Down". |
Which port stands at the mouth of the river Seine? | Seine Commercial craft (barges and push-tows) can use the river from Marcilly-sur-Seine, to its mouth. At Paris, there are 37 bridges. The river is only above sea level from its mouth, making it slow flowing and thus easily navigable. The Seine Maritime, from the English Channel at Le Havre to Rouen, is the only portion of the Seine used by ocean-going craft. The tidal section of the Seine Maritime is followed by a canalized section ("Basse Seine") with four large multiple locks until the mouth of the Oise at Conflans-Sainte-Honorine (170 km). Smaller locks at Bougival and at Suresnes lift the | Seine River (Ontario) community of Seine River Village (post office established in 1895 on the right bank, and reaches its mouth at Seine Bay on Rainy Lake. Gold was discovered in the area by J.S. Campbell in 1893, which resulted in the Golden Crescent Mine. Other notable mines included the Foley Mine (1897-1898), the Gold Star Mine, and the Olive Mine (1897-1909). However, most of the mines in the area closed down with the collapse of the gold rush from 1903 to 1904. Seine River (Ontario) The Seine River is a river in Kenora, Rainy River and Thunder Bay Districts in northwestern Ontario, |
How much does ten gallons of water weigh in pounds? | Water supply and sanitation in Pakistan Board, the unmetered water tariff after the increase was 111 Pakistani Rupees (about US$1.17) for a residences of 100 square yard, corresponding to US$0.08 per m. For larger residences the flat tariff is much higher. The metered tariff, however, was 71 Rupees per 1,000 gallons, corresponding to about US$0.16 per m. In many cities and towns, especially smaller ones, municipalities subsidize water supply because tariff revenues are insufficient to recover costs. The National Drinking Water Policy of 2009 does not mention cost recovery, while a draft of the policy called for increased cost recovery. In Rawalpindi a new Managing Director | How Much Land Does a Man Need? to his daughter that it is "the greatest story that the literature of the world knows"; Ludwig Wittgenstein was another well-known admirer. Motifs from the short story are used in the 1969 West German film "" directed by Hans-Jürgen Syberberg. - a collection including "How Much Land Does a Man Need?" How Much Land Does a Man Need? "How Much Land Does a Man Require?" (Russian: Много ли человеку земли нужно?, "Mnogo li cheloveku zemli nuzhno?") is an 1886 short story by Leo Tolstoy about a man who, in his lust for land, forfeits everything. The protagonist of the story |
Who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993 jointly with F W de Klerk? | F. W. de Klerk end apartheid. Nelson Mandela was distrustful of the role played by de Klerk in the negotiations, particularly as he believed that de Klerk was knowledgeable about 'third force' attempts to foment violence in the country and destabilize the negotiations. In 1990, de Klerk gave orders to end South Africa's nuclear weapons programme; the process of nuclear disarmament was essentially completed in 1991. The existence of the programme was not officially acknowledged before 1993. In 1993, de Klerk and Mandela were jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for their work in ending apartheid. The awarding of the prize to de Klerk | F. W. de Klerk spoke fondly of him. In May 1996, after the National Party objected to the new constitution, de Klerk withdrew it from the coalition government; the party disbanded the following year and reformed as the New National Party. In 1997, he retired from active politics and since then has lectured internationally. De Klerk is a controversial figure. His role in dismantling apartheid and introducing universal suffrage to South Africa brought him international recognition and praise, including the Félix Houphouët-Boigny Peace Prize in 1991, the Prince of Asturias Award in 1992, and the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993. Anti-apartheid figures criticised him |
London's first railway terminus opened on 20th July 1837. What was it called? | Euston railway station in the country. It is the sixth-busiest terminus in London by entries and exits. There is a bus station directly in front of the main entrance for several key bus services, including 10, 59, 73, 205 and 390. Euston was the first inter-city railway station in London. It opened on 20 July 1837 as the terminus of the London and Birmingham Railway (L&BR). The old station building was demolished in the 1960s and replaced with the present building in the international modern style. The site was chosen in 1831 by George and Robert Stephenson, engineers of the L&BR. The area | Southampton Terminus railway station Southampton Terminus railway station Southampton Terminus railway station served the Port of Southampton and Southampton City Centre, England from 1839 until 1966. The station was authorised on 25 July 1834 and built as the terminus of the London and Southampton Railway, which later changed its name to the London and South Western Railway (LSWR). The station opened as "Southampton" on 10 June 1839, although it was not officially operational until 11 May 1840, due to the track not being fully linked between Winchester and Basingstoke. The station building was constructed in 1839–40 to the design of Sir William Tite. The |
Who/what was David Ben Gurion? | David Ben-Gurion a simple funeral alongside his wife Paula at Midreshet Ben-Gurion. David Ben-Gurion David Ben-Gurion (; , born David Grün; 16 October 1886 – 1 December 1973) was the primary national founder of the State of Israel and the first Prime Minister of Israel. Ben-Gurion's passion for Zionism, which began early in life, led him to become a major Zionist leader and Executive Head of the World Zionist Organization in 1946. As head of the Jewish Agency from 1935, and later president of the Jewish Agency Executive, he was the "de facto" leader of the Jewish community in Palestine, and largely | David Ben-Gurion first meeting with Ben-Gurion as a young activist in the No'ar Ha'Oved youth movement. Ben-Gurion gave him a lift, and out of the blue told him why he preferred Lenin to Trotsky: "Lenin was Trotsky’s inferior in terms of intellect", but Lenin, unlike Trotsky, "was decisive". When confronted with a dilemma, Trotsky would do what Ben-Gurion despised about the old-style diaspora Jews: he manoeuvred; as opposed to Lenin, who would cut the Gordian knot, accepting losses while focusing on the essentials. In Peres' opinion, the essence of Ben-Gurion's life work were "the decisions he made at critical junctures in Israel’s |
Who/what was Llewelyn ap Gruffydd, or Llewelyn the Great? | Gethin ap Gruffydd The Llewelyn Society sought to remember Llewelyn ein llyw olaf (Llewelyn the Last), the last Welsh Prince of Wales; the Young Patriots League was successful in recruiting numbers of youths; the Lost Lands Liberation League would agitate for the return to Welsh status of areas lost to England, across the counties of Cheshire, Gloucestershire, Hereforedshire, Monmouthshire and Shropshire. Cofiwn Glyndŵr (aka Owain Glyndŵr League) brought together various organizations, including the Free Wales Army, the Welsh Language Society and others, for a 1967 parade through the streets of Machynlleth. Anticipating a clampdown on their activities by Special Branch and the British | Llywelyn ap Gruffydd Fychan was a man held in great respect". Dwnn also notes Llewelyn's grandsons "Llywelyn, Tomas [and] Morgan meibion [sons of] Gwilim ap Llewelyn ap Gruffydd vachan ap Dafydd vongam ap David ap Meurig goch" as holding Mallaen in the parish of Caeo, and traces the family back to Selyf, King of Dyfed through the lords of Caeo and Cilycwm. Llewelyn's (probable) grandson, Llewelyn ap Gwilym ap Llewelyn, was said by Edward Lhuyd to have lived at the mansion of Neuadd Fawr at Cilycwm, where his "motto over his door was "Gresso pan dhelech, a chennad pan vynnech, a phan dhelech tra |
Which British national newspaper went on sale for the first time on 7th October, 1986? | The New Day (newspaper) launch. "The New Day" was owned by Trinity Mirror, which also owns the "Daily Mirror", "Sunday Mirror", and "Sunday People". It was first published for free on Monday 29 February 2016, as the first new British national daily newspaper since the "i" in 2010, and the first new standalone title since "The Independent" in 1986. The newspaper, 40 pages long, was primarily aimed at a female audience between 35 and 55. It was edited by Alison Phillips, who had held the same position at the "Sunday Mirror" and "Sunday People". It was published by a staff of 25, most of | The Post (British newspaper) get" page design and was the first national newspaper to be both conceived and composed by journalists, it had, for its short life, the most advanced production techniques devised, project managed and implemented by both Bryan Dean and Graham Binns . In addition to this, the pages were transmitted by phone line to the printshop, which gave extra lead time (no courier service). The Post (British newspaper) The Post was a national tabloid newspaper in the United Kingdom, owned by Eddy Shah. It ran for only five weeks in November and December 1988. The first edition was issued on Thursday |
In the Vietnam War, what was the name of the North Vietnam communist forces? | 1965 in the Vietnam War 1965 in the Vietnam War In 1965, the United States rapidly increased its military forces in South Vietnam, prompted by the realization that the South Vietnamese government was losing the Vietnam War as the communist-dominated Viet Cong gained influence over much of the population in rural areas of the country. North Vietnam also rapidly increased its infiltration of men and supplies to combat South Vietnam and the U.S.. The objective of the U.S. and South Vietnam was to prevent a communist take-over. North Vietnam and the insurgent Viet Cong sought to unite the two sections of the country. Political instability | Republic of China in the Vietnam War In addition to the diving trainers there were several hundred military personnel. Military commandos from the ROC were captured by communist forces three times, on 16 July 1961 July 1963 and again on 23 October 1963, trying to infiltrate North Vietnam. The island of Taiwan was a popular R&R location for US military service members. Republic of China in the Vietnam War The Republic of China (Taiwan), commonly known as Nationalist China supported South Vietnam (Republic of Vietnam) during the Vietnam War. Both were anti-communist Asian nations fighting against rival communist regimes, the People's Republic of China and North Vietnam |
Mother Teresa received the Order of Merit from whose hands in 1983? | Order of Merit an interest in the matter; it was recorded in his diary that he met Robert Peel on 16 January 1844 to discuss the "idea of institution of a civil Order of Merit" and, three days later, he conferred with the Queen on the subject. The concept did not wither and, on 5 January 1888, British prime minister Lord Salisbury submitted to the Queen a draft constitution for an Order of Merit in Science and Art, consisting of one grade split into two branches of knighthood: the Order of Scientific Merit for Knights of Merit in Science, with the post-nominal letters | Criticism of Mother Teresa wishes and disputes surreptitious baptisms. "...those who are quick to criticise Mother Teresa and her mission, are unable or unwilling to do anything to help with their own hands." Criticism of Mother Teresa The work of Roman Catholic nun, missionary, and saint Mother Teresa received mixed reactions from prominent people, governments and organizations. Her practices and those of the Missionaries of Charity, the order she founded, were subject to numerous controversies. These include objections to the quality of medical care they provided, suggestions that some deathbed baptisms constituted forced conversion, and alleged links to colonialism and racism. Teresa received extensive |
In 1886, the longest railway tunnel in Britain to date, opened. What was its name? | South Wales Railway ferry connection, but this was not capable of handling bulk minerals, and there was soon a move to cross under the Severn. This was a prodigious undertaking; the tunnel when completed was 4 miles 624 yards (7,008 m) in length; it was the longest tunnel in the United Kingdom until 2007, and the longest underwater tunnel in the world until 1987. The line was opened on 1 September 1886, although passenger trains were not run until 1 December 1886. When the South Wales Railway was constructed, Swansea was placed on a branch line from the through route towards Carmarthen; the | Bolsover Tunnel at Scarcliffe. Bolsover Tunnel Bolsover Tunnel is a disused and infilled twin-track railway tunnel between Carr Vale and Scarcliffe in Derbyshire, England. At it was the 18th longest railway tunnel in Britain prior to its closure in 1951. The tunnel was opened by the Lancashire, Derbyshire and East Coast Railway (later part of the Great Central Railway and subsequently the LNER) in March 1897. As originally planned, this was a highly ambitious scheme, as its name suggests, but only the central section between Chesterfield Market Place and Lincoln, together with a branch from Langwith Junction to the outskirts of Sheffield, |
Who was the Supreme Commander of the Allies at the end of World War One? | Supreme Allied Commander United States, SACLANT was decommissioned and Allied Command Transformation established. The headquarters of ACT is at the former SACLANT headquarters in Norfolk, Virginia, USA. Each has a Supreme Allied Commander as its commander. Supreme Allied Commander Supreme Allied Commander is the title held by the most senior commander within certain multinational military alliances. It originated as a term used by the Allies of World War I during World War I, and is currently used only within NATO. The current NATO Supreme Allied Commander Europe is U.S. General Curtis M. Scaparrotti. On 26 March 1918, the French marshal Ferdinand Foch was | Supreme Commander of the Swedish Armed Forces even after the end of the war. The Supreme Commander would in wartime formally report to the King in Council until the enactment of the new Instrument of Government in 1974, and after 1 January 1975 to the Government. The command flag of the Supreme Commander is drawn by Brita Grep and embroidered by hand by the Kedja studio, Heraldica. Blazon: "Fessed in blue and yellow; on blue three open yellow crowns placed two and one, on yellow two blue batons of command with sets of open yellow crowns placed two and one in saltire." The coat of arms of |
The Witan was the name for a parliament held by which early people in Britain? | Parliament the Anglo-Saxon kings, there was an advisory council, the Witenagemot. The name derives from the Old English ƿitena ȝemōt, or witena gemōt, for "meeting of wise men". The first recorded act of a witenagemot was the law code issued by King Æthelberht of Kent ca. 600, the earliest document which survives in sustained Old English prose; however, the witan was certainly in existence long before this time. The Witan, along with the folkmoots (local assemblies), is an important ancestor of the modern English parliament. As part of the Norman Conquest of England, the new king, William I, did away with | Acting Witan of Mercia Witan of Mercia, which aimed to spearhead the full democratisation of the region and the re-establishment of its de facto independence. On 29 May 2004, the first Mercian Independence Day anniversary, members of the Acting Witan launched a new currency for the region, the Mercian penny, in Victoria Square, Birmingham, and handed out the coins free to people who registered as citizens of Mercia. By May 2009, over 2,000 people had registered as Mercian citizens. On 26 February 2010, outside the Potteries Museum & Art Gallery, in Stoke-on-Trent, the convener of the Acting Witan (Jeff Kent) and the Acting Sheriff |
Who was the first of the Plantagenet kings? | House of Plantagenet and formed different dynasties, such as the Capetian House of Anjou and the Valois House of Anjou. Consequently, there is disagreement between those who consider Henry III to be the first Plantagenet monarch, and those who do not distinguish between Angevins and Plantagenets and therefore consider the first Plantagenet to be Henry II. The term "Angevin Empire" was coined by Kate Norgate in 1887. There was no known contemporary collective name for all of the territories under the rule of the Angevin Kings of England. This led to circumlocutions such as "our kingdom and everything subject to our rule whatever | House of Plantagenet after an invasion of foreign mercenaries led by Henry Tudor, who claimed the throne through his mother Margaret Beaufort. Tudor assumed the throne as Henry VII, founding the Tudor dynasty and bringing the Plantagenet line of kings to an end. When Henry Tudor seized the throne there were eighteen Plantagenet descendants who might today be thought to have a stronger hereditary claim, and by 1510 this number had been increased further by the birth of sixteen Yorkist children. Henry mitigated this situation with his marriage to Elizabeth of York. She was the eldest daughter of Edward IV, and all their |
Where did Italy invade in 1935? | Kingdom of Italy under Fascism (1922–1943) to 1935. In 1935, Mussolini believed that the time was right for Italy to invade Ethiopia (also known as Abyssinia) to make it a colony. As a result, the Second Italo-Abyssinian War erupted. Italy invaded Ethiopia from the Italian colonies of Eritrea and Somaliland. Italy committed atrocities against the Ethiopians during the war, including the use of aircraft to drop poison gas on the defending Ethiopian soldiers. Ethiopia surrendered in 1936, completing Italy's revenge for its failed colonial conquest of the 1880s. King Victor Emmanuel III was soon proclaimed Emperor of Ethiopia. The international consequences for Italy's belligerence resulted in | Where to Invade Next Where to Invade Next Where to Invade Next is a 2015 American documentary film written and directed by Michael Moore. The film, in the style of a travelogue, has Moore spending time in countries such as Italy, France, Finland, Tunisia, Slovenia, Germany, and Portugal where he experiences those countries' alternative methods of dealing with social and economic ills experienced in the United States. Moore's first film in six years, "Where to Invade Next" opened on December 23, 2015, in the United States and Canada, in a limited run for one week only in a Los Angeles and New York City |
In what year did clothes rationing end? | Rationing in the United Kingdom May 1942 clothing austerity measures were introduced which restricted the number of buttons, pockets and pleats (among other things) on clothes. Clothes rationing ended on 15 March 1949. All types of soap were rationed. Coupons were allotted by weight or (if liquid) by quantity. In 1945, the ration gave four coupons each month; babies and some workers and invalids were allowed more. A coupon would yield: The Fuel and Lighting (Coal) Order 1941 came into force in January 1942. Central heating was prohibited "in the summer months". Domestic coal was rationed to for those in London and the south of | Rationing Food rations for Indian people and black people were significantly smaller. The first modern rationing systems were brought in during the First World War. In Germany, suffering from the effects of the British blockade, a rationing system was introduced in 1914 and was steadily expanded over the following years as the situation worsened. Although Britain did not suffer from food shortages, as the sea lanes were kept open for food imports, panic buying towards the end of the war prompted the rationing of first sugar and then meat. It is said to have in the most part benefited the health |
In 'The Fellowship of the Ring', how many hobbits are there? | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Fellowship of the Ring" makes extensive use of digital, practical and make-up special effects throughout. One notable illusion used in almost every scene involved setting a proper scale so that the characters all appear to be the correct height. For example, Elijah Wood is tall in real life, but his character Frodo Baggins is barely four feet in height. A variety of techniques were used to depict the hobbits and Gimli the Dwarf as being of diminutive stature. Fortunately, John-Rhys Davies – who played Gimli – happens to be the correct height in proportion to the hobbit actors, so did | The Fellowship of the Ring and Frodo's three Hobbit companions. These Nine Walkers (called the Fellowship or, more properly, the Company of the Ring) are chosen to represent all the free races of Middle-earth and as a balance to the Nazgûl. They are also accompanied by Bill the Pony, whom Aragorn and the Hobbits acquired in Bree as a pack horse. The Fellowship attempt to cross the Misty Mountains is foiled by heavy snow, and then they are attacked by a host of wargs. Thus, they are forced to take a path under the mountains, through the mines of Moria, the ancient dwarf kingdom. There, |
Elvis Presley died in which year? | Elvis Presley In 1968, following a seven-year break from live performances, he returned to the stage in the acclaimed television comeback special "Elvis", which led to an extended Las Vegas concert residency and a string of highly profitable tours. In 1973, Presley gave the first concert by a solo artist to be broadcast around the world, "Aloha from Hawaii". Years of prescription drug abuse severely compromised his health, and he died suddenly in 1977 at his Graceland estate at the age of 42. Presley is one of the most celebrated and influential musicians of the 20th century. Commercially successful in many genres, | Elvis Presley Enterprises Elvis' grandmother Minnie Mae Presley, and his nine-year-old daughter Lisa Marie Presley. After Vernon's death in 1979, Elvis' ex-wife Priscilla Presley, as Lisa Marie's legal guardian, began co-managing the trust along with the National Bank of Commerce in Memphis, which was the bank Elvis and Vernon had done business with, and Joseph Hanks, who had been Elvis and Vernon's accountant for a number of years, and formed EPE in 1979. With Minnie Mae's passing in 1980, Lisa Marie became the only surviving beneficiary named in Elvis's will. Following Elvis' death, his manager "Colonel Tom" Parker had set up a licensing |
Ray Reardon won his last World Snooker Championship in what year? | 1978 World Snooker Championship 1978 World Snooker Championship The 1978 World Snooker Championship (also known as the 1978 Embassy World Snooker Championship for the purposes of sponsorship) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 17 and 29 April 1978 at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England. The final was contested by Ray Reardon and Perrie Mans. Reardon led 5–2 after the first session, before Mans levelled the match at 8–8 after the first day's play. After the third interval Reardon led 12–11 and won the 24th frame with a 64 break to lead 13–11. After the second day Reardon led 18–14, | 1970 World Snooker Championship Reardon also made the highest break of the tournament with 118. Sources: First round Best of 21 frames 1970 World Snooker Championship The 1970 World Snooker Championship (also known as the Player's No.6 World Snooker Championship for sponsorship reasons) was a snooker tournament that took place in 1970. Like the previous year the final was held at the Victoria Hall in London, from 6 to 11 April 1970. For the second and last time the event was sponsored by Player's No.6. Ray Reardon won in the final 37–33 against John Pulman. This year was the first of Reardon's six world |
Who was the most prolific Wimbledon Women's singles champion in the 1980s? | 2017 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles 2017 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles Serena Williams was the two-time defending champion, but did not participate this year due to . Garbiñe Muguruza won her second Grand Slam singles title, defeating Venus Williams in the final, 7–5, 6–0. Muguruza became the second Spanish woman to win Wimbledon after Conchita Martínez in 1994. Muguruza also became the first player to defeat both Williams sisters in Grand Slam singles finals. Williams was the oldest player to reach the final since Martina Navratilova, also in 1994, and played her 100th singles match at Wimbledon when she defeated reigning French Open champion Jeļena | 1996 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles 1996 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles Steffi Graf was the defending champion, and successfully defended her title, defeating Arantxa Sánchez Vicario in the final, 6–3, 7–5 to win the Ladies' Singles tennis title at the 1996 Wimbledon Championships, giving Graf the seventh Wimbledon title of her career. It was the second consecutive major final between the two women, with Graf also winning the French Open crown a month earlier. With this victory, Graf captured her seventh and final Wimbledon crown, while it marked Sánchez Vicario's last appearance in the ladies' Wimbledon final. Steffi Graf (Champion) Chanda Rubin withdrew due to |
Who presented the first ever 'Top of the Pops'? | Top of the Pops 2006. Edith Bowman co-presented its hour-long swansong, along with Jimmy Savile (who was the main presenter on the first show), Reggie Yates, Mike Read, Pat Sharp, Sarah Cawood, Dave Lee Travis, Rufus Hound, Tony Blackburn and Janice Long. The final day of recording was 26 July 2006 and featured archive footage and tributes, including the Rolling Stones – the very first band to appear on "Top of the Pops" – opening with "The Last Time", the Spice Girls, David Bowie, Wham!, Madonna, Beyoncé, Gnarls Barkley, the Jackson 5, Sonny and Cher and Robbie Williams. The show closed with a final | Top of the Pops Pops" in November 1978 on RTÉ2. This was the UK version being transmitted at the same time as on BBC. The broadcasts ceased in late 1993. "Top of the Pops" had short-lived fame in the United States. In 1987, the CBS television network decided to try an American version of the show. It was hosted by Nia Peeples and even showed performances from the BBC version of the programme. The show was presented on late Friday nights as part of "CBS Late Night", and lasted almost a year. In 2002, BBC America presented the BBC version of "Top of the |
Which country was called 'Albion' by the Romans? | Albion, Queensland 1880s, is a harness racing club and greyhound racing track found in Breakfast Creek, a locality in southern Albion. The name "Albion" comes from the Albion Hotel built by Thomas Hayseldon (also written as Hazeldon), which was so called because the white wall of John Petrie's quarry reminded Hayseldon of the England's white cliffs (Albion being an old name for England, from the Latin "albus" meaning white). From 1866 to 1870, the proprietor was Edward Hudson. Albion has a number of heritage-listed sites, including: In the , Albion recorded a population of 1,986 people, 48.4% female and 51.6% male. The | Albion (Blake) Albion (Blake) In the complex mythology of William Blake, Albion is the primeval man whose fall and division results in the Four Zoas: Urizen, Tharmas, Luvah/Orc and Urthona/Los. The name derives from the ancient and mythological name of Britain, Albion. In the mythical story of the founding of Britain, Albion was a Giant son of Poseidon, the Greek god of the sea. He was a contemporary of Heracles, who killed him. Albion founded a country on the island and ruled there. Britain, then called Albion after its founder, was inhabited by his Giant descendants until about 1100 years before Julius |
Which English football team plays ay Upton Park? | Upton Park, London Upton Park, London Upton Park is an area of the East London borough of Newham, centred on Green Street which is the boundary between West Ham and East Ham. West Ham United Football Club formerly played at the Boleyn Ground, commonly known as Upton Park. The term ‘Upton Park’ first applied to a housing estate developed to the east of West Ham Park in the 1880s. The estate took its name from the adjacent village of Upton with the suffix ‘Park’ added for marketing reasons. The estate's developers paid for a new station to be built which was named after | 1917 Camp Upton football team 1917 Camp Upton football team The 1917 Camp Upton football team represented the United States Army's 77th Division that trained at Camp Upton in Yaphank on Long Island, New York, during the 1917 college football season. Former Princeton halfback Frank Glick was the team's coach. By October 1917, 30,000 recruits were stationed at Camp Upton, and athletic competition was part of the camp's training regimen. Regimental football teams competed against one another before an all-cantonment team was formed in November 1917. Former Harvard All-American Robert Treat Paine Storer played for the Camp Upton all-cantonment team. On November 24, the team |
"In what year did Magnus Magnusson say ""I've started, now I've finished""?" | Magnus Magnusson and "BC The Archaeology of the Bible Lands"), as well as appearing in news programmes. Magnusson presented the long-running quiz show "Mastermind" from 1972 to 1997. His catchphrase, which the current presenter John Humphrys has continued to use, was "I've started so I'll finish". Magnusson made cameo appearances as himself, hosting "Mastermind" in Morecambe and Wise as well as the children's series "Dizzy Heights" and as Magnus Magnesium in "The Goodies" episode "Frankenfido". Magnusson ended his 25-year run of hosting Mastermind in 1997, and the original Black Chair was given to him at the end of the production, passing to | F-ve Dolls a new group. On September 2015, Cho Seunghee re-debuted with new group DIA, but she left the group the following year. F-ve Dolls F-ve Dolls (; sometimes stylized as F-VE DOLLS, formerly known as 5dolls) was a South Korean girl group formed by Core Contents Media in 2011. The group was composed of six members: Hyoyoung, Seunghee, Yeonkyung, Hyewon, Eunkyo and Nayeon. They debuted with two single tracks, "Lip Stains" (입술자국) and "I Mean You" (너 말이야), in 2011. The group was known as "Female Unit" of Coed School until CCM's announced that the group became independent in 2013. The |
Where in England would you find' Lime Street Station'? | Lime Street, Liverpool novels and plays, including Alun Owen's "No Trams to Lime Street" and Helen Forrester's autobiographical "Lime Street at Two". In 2012 the farce "A Nightmare on Lime Street" was performed at the Royal Court Theatre in Liverpool, starring David Gest as Frankenstein's monster, being recreated in the bowels of Lime Street railway station. Lime Street, Liverpool Lime Street in Liverpool, England, was created as a street in 1790. Its most famous feature is Lime Street railway station. It is part of the William Brown Street conservation area. The street was named for lime kilns owned by William Harvey, a local | Liverpool Lime Street railway station Street Station passed into the ownership of the newly-formed London, Midland and Scottish (LMS) railway. The station played an early role in the development of mail trains, the Post Office first dispatched mail by train from Lime Street. Upon nationalisation of the railways during 1948, Lime Street Station became a part of the London Midland Region of British Railways. On 28 January 1948, a new signal box controlling movements in and around Lime Street was commissioned; this signal box would remain in use for almost 70 years, being one of the last lever frames boxes still in operation by the |
Dick Turpin was hanged in York. True or false? | True or False-Face 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 watchful eyes of the police. Included with the false crown is planning to rob an armored car. Batman catches False-Face, who is disguised as one of the armored car drivers but manages to escape in his Trick-Truck. Batman and Robin follow False-Face into an alley, | Dick Turpin as Turpin in the 1974 Carry On film "Carry On Dick" and LWT cast Richard O'Sullivan as Turpin in their eponymous series "Dick Turpin". Footnotes Notes Bibliography Dick Turpin Richard Turpin (bapt. 21 September 1705 – 7 April 1739) was an English highwayman whose exploits were romanticised following his execution in York for horse theft. Turpin may have followed his father's trade as a butcher early in his life but, by the early 1730s, he had joined a gang of deer thieves and, later, became a poacher, burglar, horse thief and killer. He is also known for a fictional overnight |
Hypnophobia is the fear of what? | The Story of the Youth Who Went Forth to Learn What Fear Was their wedding, the boy's continuing complaints annoyed his wife to no end. Reaching her wits' end, she sent for a bucketful of stream water, complete with gudgeons. She tossed the freezing water onto her husband while he was asleep. As he awoke, shuddering, he exclaimed that while he had finally learned to shudder, he still did not know what true fear was. The fairy tale is based on a tale from the German state of Mecklenburg and one from Zwehrn in Hesse, probably from Dorothea Viehmann, as told by Ferdinand Siebert from the area of the Schwalm. In the first | The Fear Is What Keeps Us Here melodic elements that were introduced on the album "The Funeral of God", it takes a somewhat raw, black metal-influenced sound. The Fear Is What Keeps Us Here The Fear Is What Keeps Us Here is the eighth full-length album by metalcore band Zao. It was released on June 13, 2006 on Ferret Records in the US and on June 12, 2006 in Europe. The album showcases the addition of drummer Jeff Gretz and bassist Martin Lunn. In interviews Gretz jokingly claimed it would be titled "The George Lucas Neckfat". The album was released in two versions. The limited edition deluxe |
Who was the French novelist - nearly 100 books all La Comedie Humaine? | La Comédie humaine plan (1845) of the "Comédie Humaine" is as follows (projected works are not included; dates are those of initial publication, whether or not the work was initially conceived as part of the "Comédie Humaine"): La Comédie humaine La Comédie humaine (, "The Human Comedy") is the title of Honoré de Balzac's (1799–1850) multi-volume collection of interlinked novels and stories depicting French society in the period of the Restoration (1815–1830) and the July Monarchy (1830–1848). The "Comédie humaine" consists of 91 finished works (stories, novels or analytical essays) and 46 unfinished works (some of which exist only as titles). It does | La Bête Humaine (film) La Bête Humaine (film) La Bête Humaine (English: The Human Beast and Judas Was a Woman) is a 1938 French film directed by Jean Renoir, with cinematography by Curt Courant. The picture features Jean Gabin and Simone Simon, and is loosely based on the novel "La Bête humaine" by Émile Zola. "La Bête Humaine" is partially set "on a train that may be thought of as one of the main characters in the film." Although generally listed as a romantic drama, it is sometimes considered a precursor to the film noir genre. The solitary Lantier, who drives a locomotive between |
Joel Chandler Harris wrote which series of stories? | Joel Chandler Harris for Best Original Song. Walter White of the NAACP acknowledged "the remarkable artistic merit" of the film in his telegraphed press release on November 27, 1946, but decried the "impression it gives of an idyllic master-slave relationship." Since its debut, the public perception of Harris and the Uncle Remus stories has largely been tied to the reception of "Song of the South". Joel Chandler Harris Joel Chandler Harris (December 9, 1848 – July 3, 1908) was an American journalist, fiction writer, and folklorist best known for his collection of Uncle Remus stories. Harris was born in Eatonton, Georgia, where he | Joel Chandler Harris reconciliation after the Reconstruction era. As Joel Chandler Harris, fiction writer and folklorist, he wrote many 'Brer Rabbit' stories from the African-American oral tradition and helped to revolutionize literature in the process. Joel Chandler Harris was born in Eatonton, Georgia in 1848 to Mary Ann Harris, an Irish immigrant. His father, whose identity remains unknown, abandoned Mary Ann and the infant shortly after his birth. The parents had never married; the boy was named Joel after his mother's attending physician, Dr. Joel Branham. Chandler was the name of his mother's uncle. Harris remained self-conscious of his illegitimate birth throughout his |
The Three Crowns is the national ice hockey team which country? | Sweden men's national ice hockey team Sweden men's national ice hockey team The Sweden men's national ice hockey team (), nicknamed Tre Kronor (Three Crowns in Swedish), as it is called in Sweden, is one of the most successful ice hockey teams in the world. The team is controlled by the Swedish Ice Hockey Association, and it is considered a member of the so-called "Big Six", the unofficial group of the six strongest men's ice hockey nations, along with Canada, the Czech Republic, Finland, Russia and the United States. The name "Tre Kronor" means "Three Crowns" and refers to the three crowns on the team jersey. | Basque Country national ice hockey team the Catalan municipality of Puigcerdà. Basque Country won the match 9–1, recording their first win in international competition. Gorka Extebarria holds the team record for most games played, with two, and most points, with six. Basque Country national ice hockey team The Basque Country national ice hockey team (; ) was the national ice hockey team of the Spanish autonomous community of the Basque Country. They are controlled by the Basque Federation of Winter Sports (; ). The team last participated in an international game in 2016, a 4–3 loss to Catalonia. The Basque Country played its first game in |
What animals make up the Suidae family? | Suidae Suidae Suidae is a family of artiodactyl mammals which are commonly called pigs, hogs or boars. In addition to numerous fossil species, 17 extant species are currently recognized (or 18 counting domestic pigs and wild boars separately), classified into between four and eight genera. The family includes the domestic pig, "Sus scrofa domesticus" or "Sus domesticus", in addition to numerous species of wild pig, such as babirusas and warthogs. All suids, or swine, are native to the Old World, ranging from Asia to Europe and Africa. The earliest fossil suids date from the Oligocene epoch in Asia, and their descendants | What Strong Fences Make What Strong Fences Make What Strong Fences Make is a 2009 play by Israel Horovitz. Horovitz told an interviewer that he wrote "What Strong Fences Make" because "another voice needed to be heard" in the wake of Caryl Churchill's play "Seven Jewish Children", which he argues "offensive, distorted and manipulative". Horovitz has offered to allow any theater that wishes to produce "What Strong Fences Make" free of royalties, provided that a collection is taken up following all performances for the benefit of ONE Family Fund, a charity that assists children wounded in attacks on Israel. The playwright has made the |
In golf the no 10 iron is usually called what? | Iron (golf) most situations where these irons are used). The pitching wedge is on the cusp between the short irons and the wedges, and has behaviors and uses falling into either class. Most matched iron sets include a pitching wedge, and it follows the normal loft progression of the iron set. In some sets, such as older sets produced by MacGregor Golf, it is labelled the 10-iron (MacGregor has since adopted the "P" terminology common to other manufacturers). In other sets such as Callaway Golf's "Big Bertha" line, the set includes a 10-iron in addition to a pitching wedge (simply labelled "W"), | Iron (golf) Iron (golf) An iron is a type of club used in the sport of golf to propel the ball towards the hole. Irons typically have shorter shafts and smaller clubheads than woods, the head is made of solid iron or steel, and the head's primary feature is a large, flat, angled face, usually scored with grooves. Irons are used in a wide variety of situations, typically from the teeing ground on shorter holes, from the fairway or rough as the player approaches the green, and to extract the ball from hazards, such as bunkers or even shallow water hazards. Irons |
What did the ancient Greeks use instead of soap? | Soap distinct feel. The seed oils give softer but milder soaps. Soap made from pure olive oil, sometimes called Castile soap or Marseille soap, is reputed for its particular mildness. The term "Castile" is also sometimes applied to soaps from a mixture of oils, but a high percentage of olive oil. The earliest recorded evidence of the production of soap-like materials dates back to around 2800 BC in ancient Babylon. A formula for soap consisting of water, alkali, and cassia oil was written on a Babylonian clay tablet around 2200 BC. The Ebers papyrus (Egypt, 1550 BC) indicates the ancient Egyptians | What Did the Ancient Israelites Eat? MacDonald argues that the diet of the Israelites was very high in bread and grains and often contained little meat or vegetables, leading many to become deficient in vitamins and minerals. He also notes that they endured frequent famines. He criticizes the Bible Diet and maintains that the bible is best used to provide religious and moral, rather than nutritional, instruction. He argues that while people who attempt to determine an ideal diet based on the bible may offer sound nutritional advice, they frequently use flawed hermeneutics to arrive at their conclusions. What Did the Ancient Israelites Eat? What Did |
UK band involved in a US court case - Subliminal messages 80s? | Wilson Bryan Key Wilson Bryan Key Wilson Bryan Key Ph.D. (January 31, 1925 – October 8, 2008) was the author of several books about subliminal messages and subliminal advertising. Key obtained his doctorate in communications from the University of Denver and taught journalism for a short period of time at the University of Western Ontario. He was a colleague and friend of Marshall McLuhan. In a 1990 a Reno, Nevada court case against Judas Priest regarding subliminal messages and a suicide pact between two young men gained international attention. Key advised the plaintiffs lawyer to hire Bill Nickloff, an audio engineer, to find | Subliminal stimuli as self-esteem tapes felt their self-esteem had increased and the same with memory). This effect is often referred to as a placebo. There are multiple other studies on subliminal self-help with different measures and have given similar results. Some studies have looked at the efficacy of subliminal messaging in television. Subliminal messages produce only one-tenth of the effects of detected messages and the findings related the effects of subliminal messaging were relatively ambiguous. Also, participants’ ratings of positive response to commercials are not affected by subliminal messages in the commercials. Karremans suggests that subliminal messages have an effect when the |
Name the author who created Hannibal Lecter? | Hannibal Lecter Hannibal Lecter Dr. Hannibal Lecter is a character in a series of suspense novels by Thomas Harris. Lecter was introduced in the 1981 thriller novel "Red Dragon" as a forensic psychiatrist and cannibalistic serial killer. The novel and its sequel, "The Silence of the Lambs", feature Lecter as one of the primary antagonists after the two serial killers in both novels. In the third novel, "Hannibal", Lecter becomes a protagonist. His role as the antihero occurs in the fourth novel, "Hannibal Rising", which explores his childhood and development into a serial killer. The first film adapted from the Harris novels | Hannibal Lecter a cultural icon. In 2001, "Hannibal" was adapted to film, with Hopkins reprising his role. In the film adaptation, the ending is revised: Starling attempts to apprehend Lecter, who escapes after cutting off his own hand to free himself from her handcuffs. In 2002, "Red Dragon" was adapted again, this time under its original title, with Hopkins again as Lecter and Edward Norton as Will Graham. Hopkins wrote a screenplay for a "Hannibal" sequel, ending with Starling killing Lecter, but it was never produced. In late 2006, the novel "Hannibal Rising" was adapted into the film of the same name, |
What does the name Ghengis Khan mean? | Come Out Fighting Ghengis Smith Come Out Fighting Ghengis Smith Come Out Fighting Ghengis Smith is English folk / rock singer-songwriter and guitarist Roy Harper's second album and was released in 1968. The album was re-issued in 1977 as The Early Years, re-issued once more on Compact disc in 1991, and was re-released again in December 2017 in a remastered, 180 Gram Vinyl format. Columbia Records, recognising Harper's potential, hired American producer Shel Talmy to produce the album. Talmy later claimed that 'Harper was difficult... truculent... we battled. But we got round to it'. Musically, the album was notable for the 11 minute track "Circle" | What Does Anything Mean? Basically What Does Anything Mean? Basically What Does Anything Mean? Basically is the second studio album by English post-punk band the Chameleons. It was recorded in January 1985 and released 1 October 1985 by record label Statik. One single was released from the album: "Singing Rule Britannia (While the Walls Close In)". "What Does Anything Mean? Basically" was recorded in January 1985 at Highland Studios in Inverness, Scotland. The album's sole single, "Singing Rule Britannia (While the Walls Close In)", was released on 1 August 1985. This song used uncredited Lennon-McCartney lyrics, with the final passage of the song quoting key |
In what movie did Sinatra sing My Kind of Town? | My Kind of Town recorded by many other artists prior to Sinatra's death. The lyrics, which praise the city of Chicago for its people and institutions, repeat the title phrase several times, usually in a line that says "My kind of town, Chicago is". The original context of the song, in the film "Robin and the 7 Hoods", is the mob boss Robbo (Sinatra) having just been acquitted of murdering the sheriff, a crime for which he had been framed. He walks out of the courthouse and joyously sings the song in gratitude to the gathered crowd of Chicagoans. The people eventually join in | My Kind of Town was the B-side to the 1957 Academy Award for Best Original Song winner, "All the Way". On Ruby Braff's 1981 tribute album, "Very Sinatra" he does a medley called "New York, New York/My Kind Of Town (Chicago Is)". On Barry Manilow's 1998 album "Manilow Sings Sinatra", he includes a 3:00 version of the song. Jack Jones, who won two Grammy Awards in the 1960s and charted dozens of songs including the theme from The Love Boat, recorded an album entitled "My Kind of Town" with a title track by the same name. Among the other artists who have recorded versions |
Who was Canada's first prime minister? | Spouse of the Prime Minister of Canada turn herself into a First Lady. Canada has had two prime ministers who were bachelors, William Lyon Mackenzie King and R.B. Bennett. Mackenzie Bowell, a widower whose wife, Harriet, died in 1884, was also not married during his term in office. Pierre Trudeau began his term as a bachelor, became the first Canadian prime minister to get married while in office and ended it as Canada's first divorced prime minister. Three other Canadian prime ministers—John A. Macdonald, Alexander Mackenzie, and John Diefenbaker—were widowers, who each married their second wives during their terms as prime minister. Macdonald's first wife was Isabella | Prime Minister of Canada the First World War, around the time of Robert Borden's premiership. While contemporary sources will still speak of early prime ministers of Canada as "premier", the modern practice is such that the federal head of government is known almost exclusively as the "prime minister", while the provincial and territorial heads of government are termed "premiers" (save for within Quebec and New Brunswick, where the premiers are addressed in French as "Premier ministre du [province]", literally translated as "Prime Minister of [province]"). The Prime Minister–designate of Canada refers to the person who has been designated as the future prime minister by |
Stanley Burrell became famous as who? | Stanley Burrell (basketball) Stanley Burrell (basketball) Stanley Dewayne Burrell, Jr. (born September 16, 1984) is an American professional basketball player who last played for Energa Czarni Słupsk of the Polish Basketball League. Standing at , he plays the point guard position. Burrell played college basketball for Sean Miller at Xavier University (Cincinnati, OH). He was the starting guard for four seasons at Xavier and finished his career #12 on the All-Time scoring list (with 1,612 points). He also played in a school record 132 collegiate games. Burrell was born to Wonda and Stanley Burrell in Fort Knox, Kentucky. Burell's parents divorced at an | Stanley Burrell (basketball) D-League playoffs that season. After attending free-agent camp with the NBA's Memphis Grizzlies in May 2009, Burrell signed his 2nd professional contract for 1 year with Royal Basket Club Verviers-Pepinster of the Basketball League Belgium (BLB). In 31 games, Burrell averaged 10.8 points per game and led the entire Belgian League in assists with 142 (4.6 apg). At the end of the 2009-10 season with Pepinster, Burrell was signed to a 1-year deal by Generali Okapi Aalstar of the Basketball League Belgium (BLB). In 2010, Burrell began his 3rd professional basketball season as point guard for Generali Okapi Aalstar. In |
PG Woodhouse books Bertie Wooster used what London Club? | Bertie Wooster Bertie's are occasionally mentioned who do not play major roles in the Jeeves stories, including Freddie Widgeon, Cyril "Barmy" Fotheringay-Phipps, and Oofy Prosser. Many Drones Club members appear in the separate Wodehouse Drones Club stories. Bertie is acquainted with Lord Emsworth, another of Wodehouse's best-known characters, who appears in the Blandings Castle stories. Bertie also knows Lord Emsworth's son Freddie Threepwood. Bertie encounters a number of adversaries who are suspicious of him or threaten him in some way. These individuals are often quick to misinterpret Bertie's actions, which may seem strange due to the bizarre situations he becomes involved in, | Bertie Wooster Bertie Wooster Bertram "Bertie" Wilberforce Wooster is a recurring fictional character in the comedic Jeeves stories created by British author P. G. Wodehouse. A young English gentleman and one of the "idle rich", Bertie frequently appears alongside his valet, Jeeves, whose intelligence manages to save Bertie or one of his friends from numerous awkward situations. As the first-person narrator of ten novels and over 30 short stories, Bertie Wooster ranks as one of the most vivid comic creations in popular literature. Bertie Wooster is the central figure in all but one of Wodehouse's Jeeves short stories and novels, which were |
Marduk was the creator of the world to what ancient people? | Land grant to Marduk-zākir-šumi kudurru Land grant to Marduk-zākir-šumi kudurru The Land grant to Marduk-zākir-šumi kudurru is an ancient Mesopotamian "narû", or entitlement stele, recording the gift ("irīmšu") of 18 "bur" 2 "eše" (about 120 hectares or 300 acres) of corn-land by Kassite king of Babylon Marduk-apla-iddina I (ca. 1171–1159 BC) to his "bēl pīḫati" (inscribed and meaning "person responsible"), or a provincial official. The monument is significant in part because it shows the continuation of royal patronage in Babylonia during a period when most of the near East was beset by collapse and confusion, and in part due to the lengthy genealogy of the | Marduk Marduk Marduk (cuneiform: AMAR.UTU; Sumerian: "amar utu.k" "calf of the sun; solar calf"; Greek , "Mardochaios"; ) was a late-generation god from ancient Mesopotamia and patron deity of the city of Babylon. When Babylon became the political center of the Euphrates valley in the time of Hammurabi (18th century BC), he slowly started to rise to the position of the head of the Babylonian pantheon, a position he fully acquired by the second half of the second millennium BC. In the city of Babylon, Marduk was worshiped in the temple Esagila. Marduk is associated with the divine weapon Imhullu. "Marduk" |
What was Mohammad Ali's birth name? | Mohammad Ali Bogra Mohammad Ali Bogra Sahibzada Mohammad Ali Bogra (, ); (19 October 1909 – 23 January 1963), also sometimes known as Mohammad Ali of Bogra, was a Bengali politician, statesman, and a career diplomat who served as third Prime Minister of Pakistan, appointed in this capacity in 1953 until he stepped down in 1955 in favor of Finance Minister Muhammad Ali. After his education at the Presidency College at the University of Calcutta, he started his political career on Muslim League's platform and joined the Bengal's provincial cabinet of then-Prime Minister H. S. Suhrawardy in the 1940s. After the independence of | Mohammad-Ali Jamalzadeh Mohammad-Ali Jamalzadeh Mohammad-Ali Jamālzādeh Esfahani () (January 13, 1892, Isfahan, Iran – November 8, 1997, Geneva, Switzerland), was one of the most prominent writers of Iran in the 20th century, best known for his unique style of humour. In view of his vast influence over Persian short-story writing, he is often referred to as the father of this genre in Iran. Sayyed Mohammad-Ali Jamalzadeh was born in Esfahan into a middle-class family. The date of his birth is uncertain; years between 1892 and 1896 have been mentioned and, by the end of his life, even he himself was not certain |
Who is the presenter of the Weakest Link? | International versions of The Weakest Link the only version to have reached as many episodes. Legend: International versions of The Weakest Link "The Weakest Link" is a television game show which first appeared in the United Kingdom on BBC Two on 14 August 2000 and originally ended on 31 March 2012 when its host Anne Robinson completed her contract. The original British version of the show is still aired around the world on BBC Entertainment. The format has been licensed across the world, with many countries producing their own series of the programme and is the 2nd most popular international franchise, behind only the "Who Wants | The Weakest Link (UK game show) Ring", featuring Robert Webb as an overly harsh presenter who makes mistakes whilst reading questions. The 1,693rd episode was titled "You are "The Weakest Link" - Goodbye" and aired on BBC One on 31 March 2012. Filming for the final original edition took place on 11 December 2011. It was the 1,693rd edition of "The Weakest Link" in the United Kingdom. The ending of the show was the only special part to the last edition. A normal daytime edition of the show was made, with some of Anne's favourite contestants from over the years taking part, and with no audience |
Who played Basil Fawlty in 'Fawlty Towers'? | Basil Fawlty the place in a week",the way he'd handle guests' demands. In the next episode, the idea of him running a hotel was seen as him being a Basil Fawlty. In the 2004 film "Shrek 2", John Cleese's character of King Harold references the character by using Fawlty's excuse of "war wound shrapnel" with "Crusade war shrapnel". Basil Fawlty Basil Fawlty is the main character of the British sitcom "Fawlty Towers", played by John Cleese. Basil has become an iconic British comedy character that is widely recognised around the world, despite only 12 half-hour episodes ever having been made. Basil, who | Sybil Fawlty Sybil Fawlty Sybil Fawlty is a fictional character from the BBC sitcom "Fawlty Towers". She is played by Prunella Scales. Her age is listed as 34 years old as seen on her medical chart in the 1975 episode "The Germans", thus presumably indicating that she was born in 1941. Scales was 43 years old when "Fawlty Towers" began. She is Basil Fawlty's wife, and the only regular character in the series who usually refers to him by his first name (Major Gowen addresses Basil by his first name in "Communication Problems"). Sybil is a far more effective worker and manager |
In a game of chess, what is the only piece able to jump over other pieces? | Chess piece middle game, endings). A for example, is worth half a pawn. In specific circumstances, the values may be quite different: A knight can be more valuable than a queen in a particular decisive attack. Courier Chess, a predecessor of modern chess, used all six chess pieces plus a courier, man (or rath or sage), and jester. Although the symbols for pieces have international standards, the characters implied by pieces' names vary between languages. For example, in many languages, the piece known in English as the "knight" is named a term that translates to "horse". Chess piece A chess piece, or | Chess piece each of the two players begins with the following sixteen pieces in a standard game: The rules of chess prescribe the types of move a player can make with each type of chess piece. Each piece type moves in a different way. During play, the players take turns moving one of their own chess pieces. Pieces other than pawns capture in the same way that they move. A capturing piece replaces the opponent piece on its square, except for an "en passant" capture. Captured pieces are immediately removed from the game. A square may hold only one piece at any |
Who had a hit single with 'Crocodile Rock`'n 1972? | Crocodile Rock Crocodile Rock "Crocodile Rock" is a song written by Elton John and Bernie Taupin, and recorded in summer 1972 at the Château d'Hérouville studio in France (it was listed as "Strawberry Studios" in the album's credits), where John and his team had previously recorded the "Honky Château" album. It was released on 27 October 1972 in the UK and 20 November 1972 in the U.S., as a pre-release single from his forthcoming 1973 album "Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player", and became his first U.S. number-one single, reaching the top spot on 3 February 1973, and stayed there | Eagle Rock (song) toured Australia during 1972 and was so inspired by Daddy Cool's hit single "Eagle Rock" that, with lyricist Bernie Taupin, he wrote "Crocodile Rock". The cover of John's 1973 album "Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player", which featured "Crocodile Rock", has a photo of Taupin wearing a "Daddy Who?" promotional badge. Taupin is also seen wearing Daddy Cool memorabilia on albums "Tumbleweed Connection" and "Honky Chateau". In 1998 Australia Post issued a special-edition set of twelve stamps celebrating the early years of Australian Rock 'n' Roll, featuring Australian hit songs of the late 1950s, the 1960s and the |
A.A. Milne is most famous for creating which Bear? | A. A. Milne ashamed to create a Blank Verse Tragedy at the bidding of others." Milne is most famous for his two "Pooh" books about a boy named Christopher Robin after his son, Christopher Robin Milne, and various characters inspired by his son's stuffed animals, most notably the bear named Winnie-the-Pooh. Christopher Robin Milne's stuffed bear, originally named "Edward," was renamed "Winnie" after a Canadian black bear named Winnie (after Winnipeg), which was used as a military mascot in World War I, and left to London Zoo during the war. "The pooh" comes from a swan the young Milne named "Pooh." E. H. | A. A. Milne France by the Nazis and imprisoned for a year. Wodehouse made radio broadcasts about his internment, which were broadcast from Berlin. Although the light-hearted broadcasts made fun of the Germans, Milne accused Wodehouse of committing an act of near treason by cooperating with his country's enemy. Wodehouse got some revenge on his former friend (e.g., in "The Mating Season") by creating fatuous parodies of the Christopher Robin poems in some of his later stories, and claiming that Milne "was probably jealous of all other writers... But I loved his stuff." Milne married Dorothy "Daphne" de Sélincourt in 1913 and their |
In the TV show 'Fawlty Towers' from which city does the waiter Manuel hail? | Fawlty Towers of whether more episodes would be produced, Cleese revealed (in an interview for the complete DVD box set, which was republished in the book "Fawlty Towers Fully Booked") that he once had the genesis of a feature-length special – possibly sometime during the mid-1990s. The plot, never fleshed out beyond his initial idea, would have revolved around the chaos that a now-retired Basil typically caused as he and Sybil flew to Barcelona to visit their former employee Manuel and his family. Of the idea, Cleese said: We had an idea for a plot which I loved. Basil was finally invited | Manuel (Fawlty Towers) for some exercise (which leads to the rat ending up loose in the hotel), manages to spell "Spleep" from S-L-E-E-P, and pronounces cholesterol as "costellorol", even though the two words are identical in English and Spanish (colesterol). Sachs claimed that he only had a few weeks to learn the difficult and complex accent that Manuel is so famous for (in fact, having lived in Germany until he was eight, Sachs initially suggested playing a German waiter), but loved his experiences on the show and still had Manuel's attire. Sachs suffered two serious injuries during "Fawlty Towers". In "The Wedding Party", |
What is the furthest planet from the sun? | The Secret of the Ninth Planet Plutonians dead, the danger to the solar system is past. Burl sees then the people of other planets and of other stars coming together in peace and mutual understanding. The book was reviewed by “When the power of the sun becomes noticeably diminished, young Burl Denning and his expedition take off in an anti-gravitational ship to discover the cause and its location. After a dizzying tour of all the planets, they realize that the trouble springs from Pluto, a belligerent planet which is trying to usurp the life-giving power which the sun gives earth. Making an alliance with the friendly | What Planet Are You From? What Planet Are You From? What Planet Are You From? is a 2000 American science fiction comedy film directed by Mike Nichols and written by Michael Leeson, Garry Shandling, Ed Solomon, and Peter Tolan based on a story by Leeson and Shandling. The film stars an ensemble cast featuring Shandling, Annette Bening, Greg Kinnear, Ben Kingsley, Linda Fiorentino, and John Goodman. A denizen (Garry Shandling) of a faraway planet occupied only by highly evolved males is ordered by his superior, Graydon (Ben Kingsley), to find a female human, impregnate her and bring the baby back to the planet. The visitor |
How many red balls are used in a game of snooker? | Six-red snooker Six-red snooker Six-red snooker (sometimes spelled six-reds, 6-red, and also known as super 6s), is a variant of snooker, but with only six initially on the table as opposed to the standard fifteen. In Six-red snooker, the traditional game of snooker is shortened, with fewer red-balls to pot. The game is played with all other rules unchanged, meaning that foul shots are more significant to the overall score. The maximum break in six-red snooker is 75, as compared to 147 for traditional snooker. The table is the same size as in the traditional 15-red game. The format was designed to | Classic Snooker the colors of the balls from each other. So it is hardly possible to recognize the pink, brown and red balls as well as the yellow and the white ball." ASM were pleased with the graphics despite this, saying "Of course, the mentioned drawback spoils the fun, but this disadvantage is offset by the quite realistic presentation." Zzap! 64 reviewed the game, commenting on how the poorly the game ran on the Commodore 16 system, saying that the game "plays okay, but the screen tends to flicker quite violently at times and can prove most off-putting." Classic Snooker Classic Snooker |
In which famous film would first have come across the character of Dorothy Gale? | Dorothy Gale antagonist, Lord Vortech. Lord Vortech imprisons Dorothy and uses the Ruby Slippers as one of the foundation elements needed to create his "perfect world". Whatever becomes of Dorothy after Vortech's demise is up for questioning. Dorothy Gale Dorothy Gale is a fictional character created by American author L. Frank Baum as the main protagonist in many of his "Oz" novels. She first appears in Baum's classic children's novel "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" (1900) and reappears in most of its sequels. In addition, she is the main character in various adaptations, notably the classic 1939 film adaptation of the novel, | Dorothy Gale Dorothy on the throne of Oz while she is away visiting Queen Lurline's fairy band. The magic of Oz keeps Dorothy young. In "The Lost King of Oz" (1925), a Wish Way carries Dorothy to a film set in Hollywood, California. She begins to age very rapidly to her late 20s, making up for at least some of the years that have already passed. The Wish Way carries her back to Oz and restores her to her younger self, but she learns then that it would be unwise for her ever to return to the outside world. Baum never states |
Who played Jerry in the film `Jerry McGuire`? | Jerry Maguire Weekly" named "Jerry Maguire" one of the 100 Greatest Characters of the Last 20 Years. The motion picture soundtrack CD includes: Includes: "Secret Garden," originally a Bruce Springsteen track from 1995, was re-released in 1997 after its exposure in the film and on the soundtrack, and peaked at No. 19 on the "Billboard" Hot 100. The film was scored by director Crowe's then-wife, Nancy Wilson, who is a member of the rock band Heart. Jerry Maguire Jerry Maguire is a 1996 American romantic comedy-drama sports film written, produced and directed by Cameron Crowe, and stars Tom Cruise, Cuba Gooding Jr. | Jerry (film) Jerry (film) Jerry is a 2006 Indian romantic comedy film directed by S. B. Khanthan and written by Crazy Mohan. The film stars Jithan Ramesh as the titular character along with Shruthi Raj, Mumtaj, and Meera Vasudevan as the female leads. The music was composed by Ramesh Vinayagam Jayaram alias Jerry (Jithan Ramesh) is a man who takes risks and hates love. He is challenged by his friends to make three women love him. He makes a police inspector and his classmate Janaki (Shruthi Raj), an actress Janani (Mumtaj, and a police officer Jeeva (Meera Vasudevan) fall in love with |
How many strings are on a violin? | Violin Violin The violin, also known informally as a fiddle, is a wooden string instrument in the violin family. Most violins have a hollow wooden body. It is the smallest and highest-pitched instrument in the family in regular use. Smaller violin-type instruments are known, including the violino piccolo and the kit violin, but these are virtually unused. The violin typically has four strings tuned in perfect fifths, and is most commonly played by drawing a bow across its strings, though it can also be played by plucking the strings with the fingers (pizzicato) and by striking the strings with the wooden | Concerto for Violin and Strings (Mendelssohn) Czarnacki (conductor), Southwest German Chamber Orchestra (Pforzheim), recorded 1996, AG 69 Alberto Lysy (violin), Camerata Lysy (Gstaad), 1999, Claves 509213 Mayumi Seiler (violin), Richard Hickox (conductor), City of London Sinfonia, recorded 1991, VCL 2-61504 Liviu Prunaru (violin), Concertgebouw Kammerorchester, Avrotros Klassiek, 2016. Concerto for Violin and Strings (Mendelssohn) The Concerto for Violin and String Orchestra in D minor was composed by Felix Mendelssohn at the age of thirteen. It has three movements, Allegro–Andante–Allegro, and performance duration is approximately 22 minutes. Mendelssohn was considered by many of his time to be a prodigy comparable only to the young Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. |
January 6, 1941 saw President Franklin D Roosevelt deliver his famous 4 freedoms speech. For a point each, what were the 4 freedoms? | Four Freedoms Award Four Freedoms Award The Four Freedoms Award is an annual award presented to those men and women whose achievements have demonstrated a commitment to those principles which US President Franklin Delano Roosevelt proclaimed in his historic speech to United States Congress on January 6, 1941, as essential to democracy: freedom of speech and expression, freedom of worship, freedom from want, freedom from fear. The annual award is handed out in alternate years in New York City by the Roosevelt Institute to Americans and in Middelburg, Netherlands, by the Roosevelt Stichting to non-Americans. The awards were first presented in 1982 on | Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms Park Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms Park The Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms Park is a memorial to Franklin D. Roosevelt that celebrates the Four Freedoms he articulated in his 1941 State of the Union address. It is located adjacent to the historic Smallpox Hospital in New York City at the southernmost point of Roosevelt Island, in the East River between Manhattan Island and Queens. It was designed by the architect Louis Kahn. President Roosevelt made his Four Freedoms speech to the United States Congress in 1941. The Four Freedoms speech has inspired and been incorporated in the Four Freedoms Monument |
January 5, 1993 saw the execution of total asshat, serial killer Westley Allan Dodd, the last man to be executed by what means? | Westley Allan Dodd Westley Allan Dodd Westley Allan Dodd (July 3, 1961 – January 5, 1993) was an American serial killer and convicted sex offender. His execution (which was performed at his own request) on January 5, 1993, was the first legal hanging in the United States since 1965. Westley Allan Dodd was born in Toppenish, Washington, on July 3, 1961, the oldest of Jim and Carol Dodd's three children. Dodd claimed he was never abused or neglected as a child. He claimed, however, that the words "I love you" were never said to him as he grew up, nor could he ever | Westley Allan Dodd to Dodd's murder of Lee Iseli. Dodd was also mentioned in Michael Connelly's novel "The Concrete Blonde". Several books have been written about the case, including: "When The Monster Comes Out Of The Closet" by Lori Steinhorst, who communicated with Dodd in writing and by phone almost daily for 18 months prior to his execution; "Driven to Kill" by true crime author Gary C. King; and Dr. Ron Turco's book about his experience during the initial investigation to assist in developing a profile of the killer. Westley Allan Dodd Westley Allan Dodd (July 3, 1961 – January 5, 1993) was |
A day of perpetual mourning, January 6, 1919 saw the death of what former US President, the 26th, whom the BSA gave the title of Chief Scout Citizen, the only such person to hold that honor, shortly before his death? | History of the Boy Scouts of America second-class councils with volunteer commissioners could keep five cents. The first annual meeting was held in February 1911 at the White House. It was agreed that the President of the United States— then William Howard Taft —was to be the honorary president of the BSA. Every U.S. president since has been elected by the Executive Board as the honorary president of the BSA. Former President Theodore Roosevelt was selected as the Chief Scout Citizen and honorary vice-president. Gifford Pinchot was selected as Chief Woodsman. The new edition of the handbook– "The Official Handbook for Boys" was published. West was elevated | The Death of a President The Death of a President The Death of a President: November 20–November 25, 1963 is historian William Manchester's 1967 account of the assassination of John F. Kennedy. The book gained public attention before it was published when Kennedy's widow Jacqueline, who had initially asked Manchester to write the book, demanded that the author make changes in the manuscript. "Death" is dedicated ""For all in whose hearts he still lives -- a watchman of honour who never sleeps"". The book chronicles the long November weekend in 1963 from a small reception the Kennedys hosted in the White House the evening of |
Signed on Sept 8, 1951, the Treaty of San Francisco officially ended what? | Treaty of San Francisco treaty served to officially end Japan's position as an imperial power, to allocate compensation to Allied civilians and former prisoners of war who had suffered Japanese war crimes during World War II, and to end the Allied post-war occupation of Japan and return sovereignty to that nation. This treaty made extensive use of the United Nations Charter and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights to enunciate the Allies' goals. This treaty, along with the Security Treaty signed that same day, is said to mark the beginning of the "San Francisco System"; this term, coined by historian John W. Dower, signifies | Treaty of San Francisco payment was made to the Philippines on July 22, 1976. Germany: Treaty of San Francisco The , or commonly known as the Treaty of Peace with Japan, Peace Treaty of San Francisco, or San Francisco Peace Treaty), mostly between Japan and the Allied Powers, was officially signed by 48 nations on September 8, 1951, in San Francisco, California. It came into force on April 28, 1952 and officially ended the American-led Allied Occupation of Japan. According to Article 11 of the Treaty, Japan accepts the judgments of the International Military Tribunal for the Far East and of other Allied War |
What is the name of the Roman god of gates, doors, doorways, beginnings, endings and time, which gave us the month of January? | Janus Janus In ancient Roman religion and myth, Janus (; ("Iānus"), ) is the god of beginnings, gates, transitions, time, duality, doorways, passages, and endings. He is usually depicted as having two faces, since he looks to the future and to the past. It is conventionally thought that the month of January is named for Janus (Ianuarius), but according to ancient Roman farmers' almanacs Juno was the tutelary deity of the month. Janus presided over the beginning and ending of conflict, and hence war and peace. The gates of a building in Rome named after him (not a temple, as it | The Beginnings of Western Science The Beginnings of Western Science The Beginnings of Western Science, subtitled "The European Scientific Tradition in Philosophical, Religious, and Institutional Context, 600 B.C. to A.D. 1450" (1992 edition) or "The European Scientific Tradition in Philosophical, Religious, and Institutional Context, Prehistory to A.D. 1450" (2007 edition), is an introductory book on the history of science by David C. Lindberg. The book focuses on what is called Western science, prominently covering Greek, Roman, Islamic and Mediaeval European science, while the 2007 second edition expands on precursors to Greek science, such as Mesopotamian and Egyptian science, and on Islamic science. "Western science" is |
January 2nd, saw the enactment of a bill mandating the lowering of the national speed limit to 55 mph, in an attempt to conserve gasoline during an OPEC embargo. Who was the president that signed the bill? | History of the United States (1964–1980) cut production and laid off workers. No single factor did more than the oil embargo to produce the soaring inflation of the 1970s, though this event was part of a much larger energy crisis that characterized the decade. The U.S. government response to the embargo was quick but of limited effectiveness. A national maximum speed limit of 55 mph (88 km/h) was imposed to help reduce consumption. President Nixon named William E. Simon as "Energy Czar", and in 1977, a cabinet-level Department of Energy was created, leading to the creation of the United States' Strategic Petroleum Reserve, not a new | Lowering Gasoline Prices to Fuel an America That Works Act of 2014 Lowering Gasoline Prices to Fuel an America That Works Act of 2014 The Lowering Gasoline Prices to Fuel an America That Works Act of 2014 () is a bill that would revise existing laws and policies regarding the development of oil and gas resources on the Outer Continental Shelf. The bill is intended to increase domestic energy production and lower gas prices. The bill was introduced and passed in the United States House of Representatives during the 113th United States Congress. The administration of President Barack Obama delayed the sale of some oil and natural gas sales off the coasts |
What TV staple, introduced on Jan 6, 1973, featured such episodes as: My Hero, Zero, Lolly, Lolly, Lolly Get Your Adverbs Here, I'm Just a Bill, and Inter-planet Janet? | Buffalo Tom guitar on the song "Impossible" from Buffalo Tom's self-titled debut. Buffalo Tom had their highest-charting songs in the mid-1990s: "Sodajerk" (1993) peaked at #8 and "Sleepy Eyed" (1995) peaked at #4 on the Heatseekers chart. Their album, "Big Red Letter Day", peaked at #17 in the UK Albums Chart in October 1993. The band contributed the track "For All To See" to the 1993 AIDS-Benefit Album No Alternative produced by the Red Hot Organization, and the track "Lolly Lolly Lolly, Get Your Adverbs Here" to the CD "School House Rock! Rocks". Buffalo Tom's song "Sodajerk" was featured on the soundtrack | Lolly Allen a "troubled soul", who is good at lying. Pepper Steiger (Nicky Whelan) discovers a large bruise on Lolly and she is convinced that Lolly is being abused. Her fears are correct and it is revealed that Lolly is being abused by her stepmother, Sandy (Catherine Hill). When Pepper confronts Lolly and tries to get her to talk about what it happening, Lolly accuses Pepper of being violent towards her instead. Pepper is suspended from her job, but Lolly later confesses that she lied. When Sandy arrives in Ramsay Street for a visit, Lolly decides that she cannot live with the |
Which U.S. president introduced a recovery plan popularly known as The New Deal? | New Deal New Deal The New Deal was a series of programs, public work projects, financial reforms and regulations enacted by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in the United States between 1933 and 1936. It responded to needs for relief, reform and recovery from the Great Depression. Major federal programs included the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), the Civil Works Administration (CWA), the Farm Security Administration (FSA), the National Industrial Recovery Act of 1933 (NIRA) and the Social Security Administration (SSA). They provided support for farmers, the unemployed, youth and the elderly. The New Deal included new constraints and safeguards on the banking industry | Disaster recovery plan The Institute further states that a Business Continuity Plan (BCP) consists of the five component plans: The Institute states that the first three plans (Business Resumption, Occupant Emergency, and Continuity of Operations Plans) do not deal with the IT infrastructure. They further state that the Incident Management Plan (IMP) does deal with the IT infrastructure, but since it establishes structure and procedures to address cyber attacks against an organization’s IT systems, it generally does not represent an agent for activating the Disaster Recovery Plan, leaving The Disaster Recovery Plan as the only BCP component of interest to IT. Disaster Recovery |
What is the common name for the liquid secreted by your lacrimal glands? | Ciaccio's glands Ciaccio's glands Ciaccio's glands or Wolfring's glands are small tubular accessory lacrimal glands ("glandulae lacrimales accessoriae") found in the lacrimal caruncle of the eyelid. They are located in the upper border of the tarsus, approximately in the middle between the extremities of the tarsal glands. Sometimes they are situated slightly above the tarsus. There are usually 2 to 5 of these glands in the upper eyelid, and their function is to produce tears which are secreted onto the surface of the conjunctiva. They are named after Italian anatomist Giuseppe Vincenzo Ciaccio (1824–1901), who described these glands in 1874. They are | Ciaccio's glands sometimes called "Wolfring's glands" after Polish ophthalmologist Emilj von Wolfring (1832-1906), who described them during the same time period as did Ciaccio. Another type of accessory lacrimal gland are "Krause's glands", which are smaller, more numerous than "Ciaccio's glands" and are found along the superior and inferior fornices of the conjunctival sac. Ciaccio's glands Ciaccio's glands or Wolfring's glands are small tubular accessory lacrimal glands ("glandulae lacrimales accessoriae") found in the lacrimal caruncle of the eyelid. They are located in the upper border of the tarsus, approximately in the middle between the extremities of the tarsal glands. Sometimes they are |
In Scrabble, whats the value of the blank tile? | Numble multiple of 3) A zero is allowed at each end and duplicate digits are allowed (except for having more than one zero at either end). The following is valid; 0,2,3,6,7,0 but not 0,0,2,3,6,7 or 2,3,6,7,0,0. 1,1,3,6,7 is ok too. Each tile is worth its digit's value in points. A blank could be placed anywhere and, unlike in Scrabble, did not count as a particular digit, so the same blank tile could, for example, be between 3 and 4 in a horizontal sequence and between 8 and 9 in a vertical one. (This is used to get the extra points from | Scrabble variants receive points for their own words, and at the end, when there are no more consonants or no more vowels, the player with the most points wins the game. This form of Scrabble can often result in many players participating simultaneously; the official record for participation in France, where Duplicate Scrabble is the preferred form of the game, is 1485 at the 1998 tournament in Vichy. It is also the predominant format used in the French World Scrabble Championships. So called because in it the blank tiles are recycled. If a blank tile is played to represent a particular letter, |
January 3, 1938 saw Franklin D. Roosevelt found the charity March of Dimes. What epidemic disease was it targeting? | March of Dimes 1938 as the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis. In 1976 it became known as the March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation. In 2007, the formal name became the March of Dimes Foundation. The group was founded by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on January 3, 1938, as a response to U.S. epidemics of polio, a condition that can leave people with permanent physical disabilities. Roosevelt was himself diagnosed with polio in 1921, although his symptoms are now known to be more consistent with Guillain–Barré syndrome – an autoimmune neuropathy which Roosevelt's doctors failed to consider as a diagnostic possibility. The foundation | Franklin D. Roosevelt is located next to the Jefferson Memorial on the Tidal Basin. A much more modest memorial, a block of marble in front of the National Archives building, was erected in 1965. Roosevelt's leadership in the March of Dimes is one reason he is commemorated on the American dime. Roosevelt has also appeared on several U.S. Postage stamps. Franklin D. Roosevelt Franklin Delano Roosevelt (, ; January 30, 1882 – April 12, 1945), often referred to by his initials FDR, was an American statesman and political leader who served as the 32nd President of the United States from 1933 until his |
What is the name of Tiny Tim’s father in the story, ‘A Christmas Carol’? | Tiny Tim (A Christmas Carol) Tiny Tim (A Christmas Carol) Timothy Cratchit, called "Tiny Tim", is a fictional character from the 1843 novella "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens. He is a minor character, the youngest son of Bob Cratchit, and is seen only briefly, but serves as an important symbol of the consequences of the protagonist's choices. When Ebenezer Scrooge is visited by the Ghost of Christmas Present he is shown just how ill the boy really is (the family cannot afford to properly treat him on the salary Scrooge pays Cratchit). When visited by the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come, Scrooge sees | Tiny Tim (A Christmas Carol) that Tiny Tim has died. This, and several other visions, lead Scrooge to reform his ways. At the end of the story, Dickens makes it explicit that Tiny Tim does not die, and Scrooge becomes a "second father" to him. In the story, Tiny Tim is known for the statement, "God bless us, every one!" which he offers as a blessing at Christmas dinner. Dickens repeats the phrase at the end of the story; this is symbolic of Scrooge's change of heart. Dickens often used his characters to demonstrate the disparity between social classes that existed in England during the |
In the world of ungulates, if it's called a reindeer in Europe, what is it called in North America? | Mountain reindeer tackle a healthy adult bull or cow, so they generally target calves. Wolverines follow a similar hunting strategy, although, unlike lynx, they are capable of tackling adult reindeer. Mountain reindeer The mountain reindeer ("Rangifer tarandus tarandus"), also called the Norwegian reindeer, northern reindeer or mountain caribou, is a mid-sized to large subspecies of the reindeer that is native to the western Scandinavian Peninsula, particularly Norway. In Norway, it is called "fjellrein", "villrein" or "tundra-rein". Mountain reindeer are medium to large even-toed ungulates with a thick double coat that protects them from the Norwegian winter. Male reindeer (bulls) weigh on average | In a World Called Catastrophe a strong anti-war viewpoint. In a World Called Catastrophe "In a World Called Catastrophe" is a song by Canadian rock artist Matthew Good. It was released in January 2003 as the second single from his debut solo album, "Avalanche". The song reached number 5 on Canada's Singles Chart. As with the previous single "Weapon", the song features accompaniment by the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra. The song was featured on the 8th edition of the Canadian series of "Now That's What I Call Music". The music video for "In a World Called Catastrophe" was directed by Kyle Davison and premiered in early |
In the classic holiday movie Home Alone, where is the McCallister family heading for vacation? | Home Alone Home Alone Home Alone is a 1990 American Christmas comedy film written and produced by John Hughes and directed by Chris Columbus. The film stars Macaulay Culkin as Kevin McCallister, an 8-year-old boy who is mistakenly left behind when his family flies to Paris for their Christmas vacation. Kevin initially relishes being home alone, but soon has to contend with two burglars, played by Joe Pesci and Daniel Stern. The film also features John Heard and Catherine O'Hara as Kevin's parents. Culkin was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Musical or Comedy, and the film was | Home Alone: The Holiday Heist Home Alone: The Holiday Heist Home Alone: The Holiday Heist (also known as Home Alone 5) is a 2012 American comedy television film and the fifth and final installment in the "Home Alone" franchise. It stars Christian Martyn, Jodelle Ferland, Malcolm McDowell, Debi Mazar, Eddie Steeples. The film premiered on ABC Family on November 25, 2012, during the network's annual "Countdown to 25 Days of Christmas" programming block. It is the second film, after "Home Alone 3", not to focus on the McCallister family. There are numerous homages to the previous movies throughout the film. The Baxter family move from |
This years hottest toy is a line of robotic hamsters known as what? | Stuffed toy and robotic plush toys were fads when they were first released. These include Tickle Me Elmo, a laughing and shaking plush toy based on the character Elmo from the Sesame Street television show, released in 1996, Furby, a robotic talking plush toy with its own language, released in 1998 and Zhu Zhu Pets, a line of robotic plush hamsters released in 2009. Some brands of stuffed toys use marketing strategies to encourage the collection of a series of stuffed toys, such as Beanie Babies. They are very popular. Webkinz stuffed animals were created by Ganz in 2005. Each Webkinz toy | Transformers (toy line) new direction and a new beginning. While there had been Transformers that change into robotic animals, the premise of the new line was that all figures would transform into animals with realistic appearances. The Beast Wars toy line was launched in the autumn of 1995, and Mainframe Entertainment produced a computer-generated imagery, or CGI, animated series program to tie in with the new toy line. A fresh idea coupled with a TV series program with strong stories assured this series the success Hasbro and Takara needed, as this series was a giant hit in international markets as well as in |
According to the song, how many piper piping are there? | How Many Times (DJ Khaled song) How Many Times (DJ Khaled song) "How Many Times" is the third single by DJ Khaled, featuring Chris Brown, Lil Wayne and Big Sean from Khaled's eighth studio album "I Changed a Lot". It was released on May 12, 2015, as the third single from Khaled's eighth studio album, "I Changed a Lot" (2015). A music video for the song was released on May 11, 2015. This video was famously known for featuring Khaled saying "Another one!" when demanding another kiss from a woman in the video. Ace Hood makes a cameo. This quote would then quickly evolve into a | How Many Miles to Babylon? How Many Miles to Babylon? "How Many Miles to Babylon" is an English language nursery rhyme. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 8148. The accepted modern lyrics are: <poem>How many miles to Babylon? Three score miles and ten. Can I get there by candle-light? Yes, and back again.. If your heels are nimble and your toes are light, You may get there by candle-light.</poem> A longer Scottish version has the lyrics: <poem>King and Queen of Cantelon, How many miles to Babylon? Eight and eight, and other eight. Will I get there by candle-light? If your horse be |
In grammar, what word is used to describe a pair or group of words that consist of a subject and a predicate? | Predicate (grammar) part of the matrix predicate, but also adjectives, nouns, prepositions, etc. The understanding of predicates suggested by these examples sees the main predicate of a clause consisting of at least one verb and a variety of other possible words. The words of the predicate need not form a string nor a constituent, but they can be interrupted by their arguments (or adjuncts). The approach to predicates illustrated with these sentences is widespread in Europe, particularly in Germany. This modern understanding of predicates is compatible with the dependency grammar approach to sentence structure, which places the finite verb as the root | Predicate (grammar) Predicate (grammar) There are two competing notions of the predicate, generating confusion concerning the use of the term "predicate" in general. The first concerns traditional grammar, which tends to view a predicate as one of two main parts of a sentence, the other part being the subject. The purpose of the predicate is to complete an idea about the subject, such as what it does or what it is like. For instance, in a sentence such as "Frank likes cake", the subject is "Frank" and the predicate is "likes cake". The second notion of predicates is derived from work in |
The world's first themed amusement park, Holiday World, originally called Santa Claus Land, is located in what aptly named Indiana town? | Holiday World & Splashin' Safari Santa Claus was not there. In response, Koch developed the idea for a park where children could have fun and visit Santa year-round. Although initial construction plans were delayed by World War II, construction of Santa Claus Land eventually began on August 4, 1945. At this time, Indiana had only one Amusement Park which was Indiana Beach (at the time called Ideal Beach) that had opened in 1926, 20 years before Santa Claus Land opened. Santa Claus Land opened on August 3, 1946. At no cost, the park offered a Santa, a toy shop, toy displays, a restaurant, and themed | Gay World Amusement Park World Park was once situated. This hotel is the only remaining evidence that Gay World Park used to be a popular landmark in its good old days, to the extent that a hotel was named after it. Gay World Amusement Park Gay World, formally known as Happy World was one of the famous trio of "World" amusement parks in Kallang, Singapore. It was formerly located between Geylang Road and Grove Road (now Mountbatten Road). Together with the other two "Worlds", Great World Amusement Park (1930s–1978) at Kim Seng Road and New World Amusement Park (1923–1987) at Jalan Besar, Gay World |
What is the name of the town that is host to It's a Wonderful Life? | It's a Wonderful Life election. The angel shows him Bedford Falls as it would have been not if he had never been born, but as it would have been if he had gone into business instead of politics. Seneca Falls, New York, claims that when Frank Capra visited their town in 1945, he was inspired to model Bedford Falls after it. The town has an annual "It's a Wonderful Life Festival" in December. In mid-2009, The Hotel Clarence opened in Seneca Falls, named for George Bailey's guardian angel. On December 10, 2010, the "It's a Wonderful Life" Museum opened in Seneca Falls, with Karolyn | The World Is What It Is The World Is What It Is The World Is What It Is: The Authorized Biography of V. S. Naipaul is a biography of the Nobel Prize-winning author V. S. Naipaul by Patrick French. It was published in 2008 (by Picador in the UK and Knopf in the USA). The title is a quotation from Naipaul's book "A Bend in the River". "The world is what it is; men who are nothing, who allow themselves to become nothing, have no place in it." French deals with Naipaul's family background and his life from his birth in 1932 until his second marriage |
What US Defense Department agency is responsible for tracking Santa each Christmas eve? | NORAD Tracks Santa that for Christmas 2013, it logged 19.58 million unique visitors to its website on Christmas Eve, and 1,200 volunteers answered 117,371 calls. Through social media, it had 146,307 Twitter followers and 1.45 million "likes" on Facebook. That year, NORAD contracted with Bing Maps to provide 2D map tracking, ending a five-year contract with Google. In 2014, NORAD logged almost 20 million visits to its Santa Tracker. NORAD Tracks Santa relies on corporate sponsorship, and is financed by neither American nor Canadian taxpayers. U.S. military units have provided publicity for the program, including the Northeast Air Defense Sector of the New | Christmas Eve and Other Stories in the U.S. and has been certified 3× platinum by the RIAA for selling 3 million copies in the US. As of November 2016, the album track "Christmas Eve/Sarajevo 12/24" has sold 1.3 million downloads, becoming one of the best-selling Christmas songs of all-time in the US as well. , "Christmas Eve and Other Stories" was the ninth best-selling Christmas/holiday album in the United States during the Nielsen SoundScan era of music sales tracking (1991 – present), with sales of 3,430,000 copies according to SoundScan. On November 28, 2011, "Christmas Eve and Other Stories" was certified 3× platinum by the |
Blood and Fire is the motto of what international movement, quasi-military in structure, that focuses on evangelical, social and charitable work? | Lakeshore Area Regional Recovery of Indiana hours per term. AmeriCorps NCCC has worked with LARRI almost since its creation, and has been involved in many home rebuilds since 2006. Recently, LARRI welcomed its fifth AmeriCorps NCCC team to the Northwest Indiana region. The Salvation Army is an evangelical Christian church known for charitable work. It is an international movement that currently works in 121 countries. It has its International Headquarters (IHQ) at 101 Queen Victoria Street, London, England. The Salvation Army's stated mission is to perform evangelical, social and charitable work and bring the Christian message to the poor, destitute and hungry by meeting both their | Lebanon Social and Political Structure Lebanon Social and Political Structure Lebanon social and political structure and its effect on forming Amal movement is a book written by Ali Haghshenas, an Iranian Writer and Historian, that has published in Tehran in 2009. This book is the first Persian source about Amal movement which has been written in 240 pages. The author of the book traveled to Lebanon, and performed field research and spoke with top authorities on the Amal movement. The details were inserted in the book. Iranian agencies know this book as a valuable work for students and researchers in the fields of political science |
For a point each, name the characters in a bottle of Flintstones Chewable Vitamins. | Flintstones Chewable Vitamins purchased in pharmacies, grocery stores, and on the Internet. They feature pills in the shapes of the following characters: Fred Flintstone, Wilma Flintstone, Pebbles Flintstone, Barney Rubble, Betty Rubble, Bamm-Bamm Rubble, Dino, and The Great Gazoo. For over twenty years, Betty was not included as one of the vitamins. However, after a grassroots campaign and the results of a Bayer telephone poll came in favor of including Betty, the character was added to the lineup in 1995, replacing the Flintstone car. The rock band Betty's Not a Vitamin was named after this situation, but their first album was released in | Flintstones Chewable Vitamins Flintstones Chewable Vitamins Flintstones Chewable Vitamins are supplemental multivitamins for children based on the animated sitcom "The Flintstones". They were introduced in 1968 by Miles Laboratories and taste faintly like candy. Miles Laboratories was acquired by Bayer in 1979. The vitamins are one of the most successful Flintstones products. Some advertisements have been under heavy rotation without being related to "The Flintstones". Their jingle/tagline, "We are Flintstones Kids, Ten Million Strong and Growing . . ." (music by Martin O'Donnell, lyric by Jim Morris, AKA Tagline Jim), has reached fame through the heavy circulation of advertisements. The vitamins can be |
Hymen is the Greek god of what? | Hymen (god) Hymen (god) Hymen (), Hymenaios or Hymenaeus, in Hellenistic religion, is a god of marriage ceremonies, inspiring feasts and song. Related to the god's name, a "hymenaios" is a genre of Greek lyric poetry sung during the procession of the bride to the groom's house in which the god is addressed, in contrast to the "Epithalamium", which is sung at the nuptial threshold. He is one of the winged love gods, Erotes. Hymen is the son of Apollo and one of the muses, Clio or Calliope or Urania or Terpsichore. Hymen is supposed to attend every wedding. If he did | Hymen (god) also mentioned in Virgil's "Aeneid" and in seven plays by William Shakespeare: "Hamlet", "The Tempest", "Much Ado about Nothing", "Titus Andronicus", Pericles, Prince of Tyre, Timon of Athens, and "As You Like It", where he joins the couples at the end — There is a song to Hymen in the comic opera "H.M.S. Pinafore" by W.S. Gilbert & A. Sullivan. Hymen also appears in the work of the 7th- to 6th-century BCE Greek poet Sappho (translation: M.L. West, "Greek Lyric Poetry", Oxford University Press): Hymen is the son of Dionysus/Bacchus (god of revelry) and Aphrodite (goddess of love); or, in |
Which nanny did Julie Andrews win an Oscar for playing? | Julie Andrews Julie Andrews Dame Julia Elizabeth Andrews (; born 1 October 1935) is an English actress, singer, and author. Andrews, a child actress and singer, appeared in the West End in 1948 and made her Broadway debut in "The Boy Friend" (1954). She rose to prominence starring in Broadway musicals such as "My Fair Lady" (1956), playing Eliza Doolittle, and "Camelot" (1960), playing Queen Guinevere. In 1957, Andrews starred in the premiere of Rodgers and Hammerstein's written-for-television musical "Cinderella", a live, network broadcast seen by over 100 million viewers. Andrews made her feature film debut in "Mary Poppins" (1964), and won | Julie Andrews also autobiographies) under her name, as well as the pen names Julie Andrews Edwards and Julie Edwards. Julie Andrews Dame Julia Elizabeth Andrews (; born 1 October 1935) is an English actress, singer, and author. Andrews, a child actress and singer, appeared in the West End in 1948 and made her Broadway debut in "The Boy Friend" (1954). She rose to prominence starring in Broadway musicals such as "My Fair Lady" (1956), playing Eliza Doolittle, and "Camelot" (1960), playing Queen Guinevere. In 1957, Andrews starred in the premiere of Rodgers and Hammerstein's written-for-television musical "Cinderella", a live, network broadcast seen |
What legendary Universal Studios horror star, the Eighth Wonder of the World, had his home on Skull Island before filmmaker Carl Denham drags his hairy ass back to New York? | Carl Denham Carl Denham Carl Denham is a fictional character in the films "King Kong" and "The Son of Kong" (both released in 1933), as well as in the 2005 remake of "King Kong", and a 2004 illustrated novel titled "Kong: King of Skull Island". The role was played by Robert Armstrong in the 1933 films and by Jack Black in the 2005 remake. Denham's function in the story is to initiate the action by bringing the characters to Skull Island, where they encounter the giant beast Kong. Denham then brings Kong to New York City to put him on display as | Carl Denham Denham convinces her the job will involve no "funny business". Denham had obtained a map of Skull Island and opted to produce his next film there. This means abandoning plans to film on set, which had lost him his studio's favor. They decide to take what footage he has and sell it as stock footage to other studios. This drives Denham to steal the equipment necessary to make it to the island. However, he has misinformed his crew that they were heading to Singapore, and only admits the truth to screenwriter Jack Driscoll, who is still working on the screenplay |
What is the name of the owl who told us Give a hoot dont pollute in a series of Public Service Announcements? | Woodsy Owl Woodsy Owl Woodsy Owl is an owl icon for the United States Forest Service most famous for the motto "Give a hoot—don't pollute!" His current motto is "Lend a hand—care for the land!" Woodsy's target audience is children five to eight years of age, and he was designed to be seen as a mentor to children, providing them with information and advice to help them appreciate nature. Harold Bell of Western Publishing (and the producer of the Smokey Bear public service announcements), along with Glen Kovar and Chuck Williams, originally created the mascot in 1970 as part of a United | The Owl Service (TV series) killed in an unprovoked pub attack the previous year). A further repeat took place on Channel 4 in 1987. Despite its success, "The Owl Service" was never issued on VHS, but was released on DVD in April 2008. An audio dramatisation of "The Owl Service" was produced and transmitted by BBC Radio 4 in 2000. The Owl Service (TV series) The Owl Service is an eight-part television series based on the fantasy novel of the same name by Alan Garner. Produced in 1969 and televised over the winter of 1969–1970, the series was remarkably bold in terms of production. It |
Which herbivore has fingerprints so identical to those of a human that even with an electron microscope, it can be difficult to distinguish them? | Fingerprint objects; these include many primates, such as gorillas and chimpanzees, Australian koalas and aquatic mammal species such as the North American fisher. According to one study, even with an electron microscope, it can be quite difficult to distinguish between the fingerprints of a koala and a human. Koalas' independent development of fingerprints is an example of convergent evolution. Mark Twain's memoir "Life on the Mississippi" (1883), notable mainly for its account of the author's time on the river, also recounts parts of his later life, and includes tall tales and stories allegedly told to him. Among them is an involved, | Electron microscope Electron microscope An electron microscope is a microscope that uses a beam of accelerated electrons as a source of illumination. As the wavelength of an electron can be up to 100,000 times shorter than that of visible light photons, electron microscopes have a higher resolving power than light microscopes and can reveal the structure of smaller objects. A scanning transmission electron microscope has achieved better than 50 pm resolution in annular dark-field imaging mode and magnifications of up to about 10,000,000x whereas most light microscopes are limited by diffraction to about 200 nm resolution and useful magnifications below 2000x. Electron |
What are the 6 official documental languages of the UN? | Official languages of the United Nations and Spanish. In the Economic and Social Council, as of 1992, there were six official languages (Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish) of which three were working languages (English, French, and Spanish). Later, Arabic, Chinese, and Russian were added as working languages in the Economic and Social Council. In 1996, the Universal Declaration of Linguistic Rights was presented to UNESCO but has yet to be officially ratified. Many international linguistics still expect that the UN will eventually add new official languages such as Hindi, Swahili, and Malay to represent Asian and African populations and put more resources into assisting | Official languages of the United Nations to a lesser extent, Turkish, Bengali, or other languages as additional official languages. The most recent example being when the Deputy Secretary General was asked in January 2018 about the process of adding Hindi as an official language. Most proposed languages are spoken in more than one nation and/or have a large number of speakers. As of June 2018, the media branch of the United Nations, UN News (https://news.un.org/), includes website translations into Portuguese and Swahili in addition to the 6 official languages. Other UN documents and websites are already translated into Bengali (referred to as Bangla), Hindi, Urdu, Malay, |
Which comic book superhero, originally published from 1984 to 1993 and reintroduced in 2005, wears a costume that consists of a giant carrot mask, containing a nuclear powered pogo stick, a white shirt, red pants, and flippers on his feet (in case he has to swim)? | Flaming Carrot Comics and a short-lived spin-off comic book series. The Flaming Carrot himself does not appear in the film, although a handful of characters like Mr. Furious, the Shoveler, and Dr. Heller do. The Carrot wears a costume that consists of a giant carrot mask which extends from above his head to below his crotch, a white shirt, red pants, and flippers on his feet (in case he has to swim). The mask has a continually burning flame at the top and a secret compartment containing a nuclear-powered pogo stick (the mask and the pogo stick were invented by Dr. Heller of | Red Robin (comic book) made some slight changes to his outfit to make it more his own. Alfred updated the gloves and boots, gave him a cape he could glide with, a new belt, and he took the ends of the shirt off. However, in September 2011, DC comics rebooted the main universe. Tim Drake is now the leader of the Teen Titans. His symbol is now on his left shoulder, and he has a wing-like cape to help him glide. He now wears a domino mask instead of a cowl. Red Robin (comic book) Red Robin was an American comic book ongoing series, |
Oh my God, they killed Kenny! You bastards! is frequently heard on what tv classic? | Kenny McCormick catchphrase ""Oh, my God! They killed Kenny!"", followed by Kyle exclaiming ""...You bastards!"" Since the show began its sixth season in 2002, the practice of killing Kenny has been seldom used by the show's creators. Various episodes have set up the gag, sometimes presenting a number of explanations for Kenny's unacknowledged reappearances. Kenny attends South Park Elementary as part of Mr. Garrison's fourth grade class. During the first 58 episodes, Kenny and the other main child characters were in the third grade. Kenny comes from a poor household, presided over by his violent, alcoholic, unemployed father, Stuart McCormick. His mother | Kenny McCormick Eric Cartman's eponymous superhero alter ego. He unmasks himself at the end of the episode, but his identity is left intentionally ambiguous. He is not revealed to be Kenny until the Season 14 episode "Mysterion Rises", the character's third appearance as part of a story arc. Prior to season six, Kenny died in almost every episode. The nature of the deaths were often gruesome and portrayed in a comically absurd fashion, and usually followed by Stan and Kyle respectively yelling "Oh my God! They killed Kenny!" and "You bastards!" Shortly afterward, rats would commonly appear and begin picking at his |
Who is credited with inventing the first mass-produced helicopter? | Helicopter helicopter include "chopper", "copter", "helo", "heli", and "whirlybird". Helicopters were developed and built during the first half-century of flight, with the Focke-Wulf Fw 61 being the first operational helicopter in 1936. Some helicopters reached limited production, but it was not until 1942 that a helicopter designed by Igor Sikorsky reached full-scale production, with 131 aircraft built. Though most earlier designs used more than one main rotor, it is the single main rotor with anti-torque tail rotor configuration that has become the most common helicopter configuration. Tandem rotor helicopters are also in widespread use due to their greater payload capacity. Coaxial | Inventing the AIDS Virus to be harmless." He argued that while Duesberg put forward a "changeable" mixture of ideas that could not be falsified. He accused Duesberg of ignoring contrary evidence and accusing others of being influenced in their views by political, psychological, and other forces but not himself. John Lauritsen, writing in his and Ian Young's anthology "The AIDS Cult: Essays on the Gay Health Crisis" (1997), credited Duesberg with cogently explaining the logic of Koch's first postulate and providing a clear explanation of how AZT functions as a "non-selective terminator of DNA synthesis." Inventing the AIDS Virus Inventing the AIDS Virus is |
In a 1996 April Fools Day prank, a fast food restaurant chain caused an uproar when they claimed they had acquired what national symbol from the U.S. government? | Taco Liberty Bell massive awareness" for its then-new "Nothing Ordinary About It" ad campaign. From the other side, activist Paul Rogat Loeb lamented that the hoax "felt too real for comfort" in an era "when every value, ideal, and public symbol has a profit-seeking sponsor". Taco Liberty Bell The Taco Liberty Bell was an April Fool's Day joke played by fast food restaurant chain Taco Bell. On April 1, 1996, Taco Bell took out a full-page advertisement in seven leading U.S. newspapers announcing that the company had purchased the Liberty Bell to "reduce the country's debt" and renamed it the "Taco Liberty Bell". | April Fools' Day April Fools' Day April Fools' Day (sometimes called All Fools' Day) is an annual (primarly) Western celebration commemorated on April 1 by playing practical jokes and spreading hoaxes. The jokes and their victims are called April fools. People playing April Fool jokes often expose their prank by shouting "April fool(s)" at the unfortunate victim(s). Some newspapers, magazines and other published media report fake stories, which are usually explained the next day or below the news section in smaller letters. Although popular since the 19th century, the day is not a public holiday in any country. Aside from April Fools' Day, |
Bluto is the arch enemy of what animated character? | Bluto Bluto Bluto is a cartoon and comics character created in 1932 by Elzie Crisler Segar as a one-time character, named "Bluto the Terrible", in his "Thimble Theatre" comic strip (later renamed "Popeye"). Bluto made his first appearance September 12 of that year. Fleischer Studios adapted him the next year (1933) to be the main antagonist of their theatrical "Popeye" animated cartoon series. Bluto is a large, bearded, muscle-bound fellow who serves as Popeye's nemesis and arch-rival for the love of Olive Oyl. He mostly uses his physical brawn to accomplish what he is trying to do, but does display some | Arch Enemy classified as melodic death metal. AllMusic critic Steve Huey describes the band's sound as a "blend [of] progressive and death metal influences." Earlier albums, such as "Burning Bridges", while still classified as melodic death metal, are more centered around classic death metal. Influences to Arch Enemy are cited as Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Black Sabbath, Manowar, Metallica, Megadeth, Slayer, Testament, Pantera, Death, Carcass, Obituary, Mercyful Fate, and King Diamond. Current members Arch Enemy Arch Enemy is a Swedish melodic death metal band, originally a supergroup, from Halmstad, formed in 1995. Its members were in bands such as Carcass, Armageddon, Carnage, |
Whos the black private dick thats a sex machine to all the chicks? | GLC: The Carnage Continues... funky sex machine? Ken!" (compare the lyrics to the theme from Shaft: "who's the black private dick that's a sex machine to all the chicks? Shaft!"). In a 2014 show for LBC, Livingstone said "I don't know if you'll be applying for tickets to go to Kate Bush's new tour, but don't forget, she did one great song - "Ken Is The Leader Of The GLC" ["sic"] - which I've still got at home. It's very good." The song appeared as an extra track on her 1990 single "Love and Anger" along with "The Confrontation" and "One Last Look Around | Black Tiger Sex Machine Black Tiger Sex Machine Black Tiger Sex Machine, often abbreviated as BTSM, are a Canadian electronic music trio. The trio are the label heads for Kannibalen Records, which has signed such artists as Kai Wachi, Apashe, Dabin and Lektrique. BTSM specialize in various forms of aggressive, dark electronic music, as well as a unique live show that extends beyond a DJ performance. The trio are Marc Chagnon, Julien Maranda and Patrick Barry. The group can be identified by their state-of-the-art tiger helmets. Black Tiger Sex Machine perform a live show as a three piece band. They utilize a central mixer, |
What was the name of the cliched hunchback assistant to Dr. Victor Frankenstein, tasked with fetching a brain for the good doctors creation? | Victor Frankenstein (film) Eventually, their experiments get them into trouble with the authorities, and Dr. Frankenstein and Igor become fugitives as they complete their goals to use science as a way to create life from death. The film received generally negative reviews and became a box office bomb, grossing $34.2 million against a budget of $40 million. In London, ambitious medical student Victor Frankenstein attends a circus performance, where he helps save an injured aerialist, Lorelei, by aid of a nameless hunchback enslaved by the circus' ringleader, who harbors feelings for the girl. Impressed by the hunchback's vast knowledge of human anatomy, acquired | Presumption; or, the Fate of Frankenstein he has a good idea of what Frankenstein is up to (Presumption, Act 1, Scene 1). Neither Clerval nor Fritz try to stop Frankenstein in the midst of his work, even though they show concern for his welfare. The creation of the Creature happens off stage, during which the audience hears Victor Frankenstein cry 'it lives!', and then run on stage as his creation breaks out of the laboratory and reveals itself to the audience. Frankenstein draws a sword and points it at the Creature, who promptly snatches it and breaks it in two. Throwing Victor Frankenstein to the floor, |
In what 80s arcade game were you armed with a lance and mounted upon an ostrich or a stork? | Atomic Battle Dragons Atomic Battle Dragons Atomic Battle Dragons is a Jousting and platform game on dragons featuring two-dimensional graphics. It is a remake of the Williams classic Arcade hit Joust from 1982. It was developed by Isotope 244 and released in December 2005. The gameplay is based on the 1982 Jousting game "Joust" by Williams. However, the sprites are much larger and pre-rendered. The player takes the role of a knight, is armed with a lance and rides a battle dragon (instead of an ostrich as in "Joust"). Just as in "Joust", flying is done by flapping the wings of the dragon | Black Stork in a Landscape Black Stork in a Landscape Black Stork in a Landscape is an 18th-century watercolor painting of a woolly-necked stork. The painting, which is currently in the collection the Metropolitan Museum of Art, was commissioned by Claude Martin as part of a series of 658 ornithological paintings. The painting depicts a Woolly-necked stork ("Ciconia episcopus"), a large wading bird that includes the Indian subcontinent in its range. Done in watercolor on European paper, the work was produced by an unknown Indian artist, in what is known as the Company style. The work is traceable to a series of 658 paintings of |
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