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What comic strip, introduced by Chester Gould in 1931, features the adventures of a hard hitting, fast-shooting, and intelligent police detective? | Red Barry (comic strip) Red Barry (comic strip) Red Barry was a detective comic strip created by Will Gould (1911–1984) for King Features. The strip about two-fisted undercover cop Barry began Monday, March 19, 1934, as one of several strips introduced to compete with "Dick Tracy" by Chester Gould (no relation). Comics historian Rick Marschall labeled "Red Barry" as "one of the most individualistic strips of all time." In 1929, Gould began as a sports cartoonist for the "Bronx Home News" where he also drew the comic strip "Felix O'Fan". For the "New York Graphic" he created "Asparagus Tipps". Relocating to California in 1930, | Chester Gould October 4, 1931. The original comic was based on a New York detective Gould was interested in. The comic then branched to the fictional character that became famous. He drew the comic strip for the next 46 years from his home in Woodstock, Illinois. In order to keep informed of police methods, Gould took courses in forensics and investigative procedures. He was later proud of having introduced in 1946, the two-way wrist radio for Tracy, and in 1947, the closed-circuit television, both of which were later invented, though in somewhat different forms. Gould's stories were rarely pre-planned, since he preferred |
What famed fashion designer was gunned down outside his Miami home by certified asshat Andrew Cunanan on July 15, 1997? | Andrew Cunanan Andrew Cunanan Andrew Phillip Cunanan (31 August 1969 – 23 July 1997) was a Filipino Americana spree killer who murdered at least five people, including Italian fashion designer Gianni Versace and Chicago real estate developer Lee Miglin, during a three-month period in mid-1997. Cunanan's string of murders ended on July 23 with his suicide by firearm. He was 27 years old. In his final years, Cunanan lived without a job, befriending wealthy older men and spending their money to impress acquaintances in the local gay community in Miami Beach, Florida by boasting about social events at clubs and often paying | Andrew Cunanan episode covering Cunanan, titled "Andrew Cunanan - The Versace Killer". Another true-crime show, "Six Degrees Of Murder," featured Cunanan's crimes in "The Body in the Rug," the premiere episode of its first season, when it premiered on Investigation Discovery on 13 July 2016. In Season 2, Episode 12 of "American Dad" the character Roger quotes Cunanan's yearbook by saying “Après moi le déluge” then attributing the quote to Cunanan. The ABC television network documentary and news series 20/20 released an episode reporting on evidence tying Cunanan to the murder of Versace Andrew Cunanan Andrew Phillip Cunanan (31 August 1969 – |
In what traditional nursery rhyme do we see 4 and 20 blackbirds baked in a pie? | Pie bird tools. The nursery rhyme "Sing a Song of Sixpence" makes reference to "Four and twenty blackbirds, baked in a pie..." but it is uncertain whether pie vents were designed to look like birds because of this song. Pie bird A pie bird, pie vent, pie whistle, pie funnel, or pie chimney is a hollow ceramic device, originating in Europe, shaped like a funnel, chimney, or upstretched bird with open beak used for supporting or venting a pie. Funnel-style steam vents have been placed in the center of fruit and meat pies during cooking since Victorian times; bird shapes came later. | Traditional rhyme books, no more teacher's dirty looks," seems to be found in literature no earlier than the 1930s—though the first reference to it in that decade, in a 1932 magazine article, deems it, "the old glad song that we hear every spring." Traditional rhyme A traditional rhyme is generally a saying, sometimes a proverb or an idiom, couched in the form of a rhyme and often passed down from generation to generation with no record of its original authorship. Many nursery rhymes may be counted as traditional rhymes. Examples of a traditional rhyme include the historically significant "Ring Around the Rosie", |
According to the fictional sea shanty, were do we find 15 men, yo-ho-ho and a bottle of rum? | Mario Gully like to reteam up with Gully again for another project. "Treasure Island" is a comic book that Gully worked on as a illustrator. "Contains material originally published in magazine form as Marvel Illustrated: Treasure Island, $1-6 "Fifteen men on the dead man's chest-- yo-ho-ho and a bottle of rum!' With this sinister snatch of piratical song echoing along the English coast, the mysterious Billy Bones ushers young Jim Hawkins into an undreamed-of world of danger and adventure on the far-flung, mist-shrouded "Treasure Island". And over it all looms the towering shadow of the most famous corsair of them all-- the | Buccaneer Bunny Buccaneer Bunny Buccaneer Bunny is a 1948 "Looney Tunes" cartoon directed by Friz Freleng. The cartoon opens with titles featuring an instrumental of "The Sailor's Hornpipe" (also one of the theme songs to the "Popeye" cartoon series), seguéing to a scene of Sam digging a hole to bury his treasure on a beach. Sam is singing the stereotypical pirate shanty "Dead Man's Chest"—on the second strain, Sam switches from the typical "yo-ho-ho and a bottle of rum!" to a decidedly more original "yo-ho-ho and a bottle of... Ma's old fashioned ci-"der"" with a conga kick on the last syllable and |
The Trinity test site, outside of Alamogordo, NM, saw the first test of the atomic bomb on July 16, 1945. Headed by J. Robert Oppenheimer, what was the name of the project that developed the bomb? | J. Robert Oppenheimer J. Robert Oppenheimer Julius Robert Oppenheimer (; April 22, 1904 – February 18, 1967) was an American theoretical physicist and professor of physics at the University of California, Berkeley. Oppenheimer was the wartime head of the Los Alamos Laboratory and is among those who are credited with being the "father of the atomic bomb" for their role in the Manhattan Project, the World War II undertaking that developed the first nuclear weapons used in the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The first atomic bomb was detonated on July 16, 1945, in the Trinity test in New Mexico; Oppenheimer later | J. Robert Oppenheimer it on scientific issues. In its presentation to the Interim Committee the scientific panel offered its opinion not just on the likely physical effects of an atomic bomb, but on its likely military and political impact. This included opinions on such sensitive issues as whether or not the Soviet Union should be advised of the weapon in advance of its use against Japan. The joint work of the scientists at Los Alamos resulted in the first artificial nuclear explosion near Alamogordo on July 16, 1945, on a site that Oppenheimer codenamed "Trinity" in mid-1944. He later said this name was |
“Following in his father’s footsteps as a naval aviator, Lieutenant Commander Harmon Rabb, Jr. suffered a crash while landing his Tomcat on a storm tossed carrier at sea. Diagnosed with night-blindness, Harm transferred to the Navy’s Judge Advocate General Corps which investigates, defends and prosecutes the law of the sea. There, with fellow JAG lawyer Major Sarah McKenzie, he now fights in and out of the courtroom with the same daring and tenacity that made him a Top Gun in the air.” | Harmon Rabb Harmon Rabb Captain Harmon 'Harm' Rabb, Jr., JAGC, USN, played by David James Elliott, is a fictional and lead character in the American television series "JAG". In the pilot episode, he is introduced as a young Navy lieutenant serving as a Judge Advocate. The viewer follows his naval career from that point as the series progresses. With the longevity of JAG, plenty of information on his past life and previous military service is given at various points in the series. Harmon Rabb, Jr. was born on October 25, 1963 in La Jolla, California to naval aviator Lieutenant Harmon Rabb, Sr. | Harmon Rabb of their finest attorneys (and officers). One of his most memorable moments was, in his zealous prosecution of a Navy SEAL Chief Petty Officer, he fired a machine gun into the courtroom ceiling. Other notable cases Rabb was involved in include going undercover as a Force Recon Gunnery Sergeant, and investigating whether the actions of Navy SEAL Lieutenant Curtis Rivers warrant the awarding of the Medal of Honor. After a few years as a Judge Advocate, he had laser surgery to correct what was misdiagnosed as night blindness (actually blurred vision as a result of retinal scarring caused by service |
You got big dreams? You want fame? Well, fame costs. And right here is where you start paying–in sweat.” | Debbie Allen title role of Bob Fosse's "Sweet Charity". One of her earlier television appearances was in the TV sitcom "Good Times" in a memorable 2-part episode titled "J.J.'s Fiancee'" as J.J.'s drug-addicted fiancée, Diana. Allen was first introduced as Lydia Grant in the 1980 film "Fame". Although her role in the film was relatively small, Lydia would become a central figure in the television adaptation, which ran from 1982 to 1987. During the opening montage of each episode, Grant told her students: ""You've got big dreams? You want fame? Well, fame costs. And right here is where you start paying ... | You Want It You Got It You Want It You Got It You Want It, You Got It is the second studio album by Canadian singer-songwriter Bryan Adams, released on 21 July 1981 by A&M Records. This was the album that established the sound that Adams has retained throughout his recording career. Unlike the debut album where Adams and Vallance played most of the instruments themselves, "You Want It You Got It" was recorded live in the studio. It was recorded at Le Studio Morin Heights, Quebec over a two-week period during the spring of 1981 and was mixed in New York City. The album was |
What you are about to witness is real. The participants are not actors. They are the actual people who have already either filed suit or been served a summons to appear in a California municipal court. Both parties in the suit have agreed to dismiss their court cases and have their disputes settled here, in our forum: The People's Court. | The People's Court Levin is now based in Los Angeles with TMZ, the viewing area has moved to the Third Street Promenade in Santa Monica, California, while production of "The People's Court" has moved to Connecticut. The opening outlines of the taped cases are shown to people in the outdoor viewing area on a monitor. Their responses are edited into the program. Judge Jerry Sheindlin (husband of former New York Family Court Judge Judith Sheindlin, the presiding judge over the court show "Judge Judy") sat on the bench from September 13, 1999, to March 9, 2001, and ratings on the show lagged. The | Court show was the courtroom; however, performance and drama had been known to leave the courtroom sporadically for short periods so as to add a story-like quality and fill out the plotline. Some of the shows had thematic cases, such as traffic-themed ("Traffic Court"), divorce-themed ("Divorce Court"), etc. Far more realistic than their dramatized predecessors, arbitration-based reality versions do not use actors, scripts, or recreations. Rather, they feature litigants who have legitimately been served and filed lawsuits, presenting their cases to an adjudicator (in exchange for agreeing to appear on the show, the litigants must agree to dismiss their genuine cases with |
Housed in a distinctive red case, July 12, 1960 saw the introduction of what popular toy, manufactered by The Ohio Art Company, which was originally called "The Magic Screen"? | Ohio Art Company today. The name of the product was Etch A Sketch. In the 1950s, a man named W.C Killgallon began working for the Ohio Art Company. The Killgallon family still owns and operates the Ohio Art Company. The final product of the Etch A Sketch was first produced on July 12, 1960 at the Bryan, Ohio factory. Though the Ohio Art Company partook in the toy industry and was very successful, the metal lithography sector of the company remains the core part of its business. It is one of the leading producers of specialty lithographic components. In 1995, the Etch A | Ohio Art Company out of wood-grained metal sheets. In 1917, the Ohio Art Company began manufacturing toys such as the windmills and climbing monkey. After World War I, the toy company grew exponentially, leading to the introduction of colorful tea sets and drums. In the late 1950s, a French electrician named André Cassagnes created a drawing toy that used a joystick, glass and aluminum powder. The combination, which he called the "Telecran", gave users the ability to draw a picture and also erase it. After much collaboration with many individuals, the system they developed in the late 1950s is the same one used |
Former Governor-General of the Phillipines, who is the only person ever to hold the positions of both US President and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court? | Solicitor General of the United States is among the most influential and knowledgeable members of the legal community with regard to Supreme Court litigation. Six Solicitors General have later served on the Supreme Court: William Howard Taft (who served as the 27th President of the United States before becoming Chief Justice of the United States), Stanley Forman Reed, Robert H. Jackson, Thurgood Marshall, and Elena Kagan. Some who have had other positions in the office of the Solicitor General have also later been appointed to the Supreme Court. For example, Chief Justice John Roberts was the Principal Deputy Solicitor General during the George H. W. Bush | Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines The Chief Justice of the Philippines () presides over the Supreme Court of the Philippines and is the highest judicial officer of the government of the Philippines. As of November 28, 2018, the position is currently held by Lucas Bersamin, who was appointed by President Rodrigo Duterte following the mandatory retirement of his predecessor Teresita Leonardo-De Castro in October 2018. The Chief Justice, who was first named in June 11, 1901 in the person of Cayetano Arellano, is the oldest existing major governmental office continually held by a Filipino, preceding the |
What was the name of the quasireligous organization founded by that asshat Jim Jones, that ultimately lead to the death of 918 people? | Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones, also called The Mad Messiah, is a 1980 television miniseries about the Peoples Temple led by Jim Jones, and their 1978 mass suicide at Jonestown. Based on the book by Charles A. Krause, entitled "Guyana Massacre: The Eyewitness Account", the film was originally shown on television on April 15, 1980. The film draws on "Guyana Massacre: The Eyewitness Account" and reports from "The Washington Post" at the time, to describe the life of Jim Jones from a 1960s idealist to the November 1978 mass murder/suicide of | People of Faith Against the Death Penalty against the death penalty and, ultimately, to obtain the universal abolition of the death penalty. A prominent member of PFADP was the late Dean Smith, Basketball Hall of Fame head coach of the University of North Carolina Tar Heels. Smith was part of a 1998 delegation that confronted then-Governor of North Carolina Jim Hunt, with Smith quietly calling Huntand everyone else in the room, including Smitha "murderer" for allowing capital punishment to take place. People of Faith Against the Death Penalty People of Faith Against the Death Penalty (PFADP) is a nonpartisan, nonprofit, interfaith non-governmental organization whose mission and purpose |
What city is missing from the following group: Phoenix, Houston, Chicago, Los Angeles? | Los Angeles County Fire Department busiest department in the US, behind New York City Fire Department, Chicago Fire Department, Houston Fire Department, Los Angeles City Fire Department, and Dallas Fire Department. The Department responded to 389,313 calls for service in 2015.The department is commanded by Chief Daryl L. Osby with an annual budget of $1.15 Billion. The Los Angeles County Fire Department began in 1920, and was known as the "Los Angeles County Forestry Department and Los Angeles County Fire Protection Districts." The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors enlisted Stuart J. Flintham to lead the new department, and directed him to establish a program | City of Los Angeles (train) Actor Ronald Reagan often traveled on this train and even did a full page print ad for it that appeared in the National Geographic magazine. In a cost-cutting move, the "City of Los Angeles" was combined with the "City of San Francisco" in 1960. In 1979 Amtrak created the "Desert Wind", running mostly on the City of LA route from Los Angeles to Ogden, Utah where it connected to the Oakland-Chicago train. (After a year or two some of its cars ran through to Chicago.) The Desert Wind ceased operation in 1997. The "City of Los Angeles" name has also |
According to the 1973 motion picture, what was “Soylent Green”? | Soylent Green where he sees the human corpses converted into Soylent Green, but is spotted and has to flee. Returning to make his report, he is ambushed by Fielding and others. In the ensuing firefight, Thorn kills his attackers but is himself wounded. When Hatcher arrives, he tells him what he has discovered and urges him to tell the researchers so that they can make a case against Soylent and to spread the truth about Soylent Green. Hatcher promises that he will. Thorn is taken away by paramedics, shouting out: "Soylent Green is people!" The screenplay was based on Harry Harrison's novel | Soylent Green Soylent Green Soylent Green is a 1973 American dystopian thriller film directed by Richard Fleischer and starring Charlton Heston and Leigh Taylor-Young. Edward G. Robinson appears in his final film. Loosely based on the 1966 science fiction novel "Make Room! Make Room!" by Harry Harrison, it combines both police procedural and science fiction genres; the investigation into the murder of a wealthy businessman and a dystopian future of dying oceans and year-round humidity due to the greenhouse effect, resulting in suffering from pollution, poverty, overpopulation, euthanasia and depleted resources. In 1973 it won the Nebula Award for Best Dramatic Presentation |
Burgess Meredith and Danny Devito have both played which Batman character? | Penguin (character) emperor penguins. The character has been featured in various media adaptations, such as feature films, television series, and video games. For example, the Penguin has been voiced by Paul Williams and David Ogden Stiers in the DC animated universe, Tom Kenny in "The Batman", and Nolan North in the . His live-action portrayals include Burgess Meredith in the 1960s "Batman" television series and its spinoff film, Danny DeVito in "Batman Returns", and Robin Lord Taylor in the television series "Gotham". The Penguin has repeatedly been named one of the best Batman villains, and one of the greatest villains in comics. | Danny DeVito Danny DeVito Daniel Michael DeVito Jr. (born November 17, 1944) is an American actor and filmmaker. He gained prominence for his portrayal of the taxi dispatcher Louie De Palma in the television series "Taxi" (1978–1983), which won him a Golden Globe Award and an Emmy Award. A major film star, he is known for his roles in "Tin Men", "Throw Momma from the Train", "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest", "Ruthless People", "Man on the Moon", "Terms of Endearment", "Romancing the Stone", "Twins", "Batman Returns", "Look Who's Talking Now", "Big Fish", "Other People's Money", "Get Shorty", "Be Cool" and "L.A. |
Cesar Romero and Jack Nicholson have both played which Batman character? | Cesar Romero Cesar Romero Cesar Julio Romero Jr. (February 15, 1907 – January 1, 1994) was an American actor, singer, dancer and vocal artist. He was active in film, radio, and television for almost 60 years. His wide range of screen roles included Latin lovers, historical figures in costume dramas, characters in light domestic comedies, and the Joker on the "Batman" television series, who was included in "TV Guide's "2013 list of The 60 Nastiest Villains of All Time. Cesar Julio Romero Jr. was born in New York City on February 15, 1907, the son of Cesar Julio Romero Sr. and Maria | Jack Nicholson that Nicholson's character "blazed and roared". The film's director, Rob Reiner, recalls how Nicholson's level of acting experience affected the other actors during rehearsals: "I had the luck of having Jack Nicholson there. He knows what he's doing, and he comes to play, every time out, full-out performance! And what it says to a lot of the other actors is, 'Oooooh, I better get on my game here because this guy's coming to play! So I can't hold back; I've got to come up to him.' He sets the tone." In 1996, Nicholson collaborated once more with "Batman" director Tim |
If a team at contract bridge wins a grand slam, how many tricks have they won? | Contract bridge awards a bonus for holding a certain combination of high cards), although some are common between the two. A larger bonus is awarded if the declaring side makes a small slam or grand slam, a contract of 12 or 13 tricks respectively. If the declaring side is not vulnerable, a small slam gets 500 points, and a grand slam 1000 points. If the declaring side is vulnerable, a small slam is 750 points and a grand slam is 1,500. In rubber bridge, the rubber finishes when a partnership has won two games, but the partnership receiving the most "overall" points | Grand Slam (tennis) Grand Slam titles. No male or female player has won all twelve events in one calendar year, although a "career boxed set" has been achieved by three female players. The term "slam" for winning all of the tricks in the (see also whist terms) is attested from early in the 17th century. "Grand slam" for all of the tricks, in contrast to "small slam" or "little slam" for all but one, dates from early in the 19th century. This use was inherited by contract bridge, a modern development of whist defined in 1925 that became very popular in Britain and |
While filming the documentary Super Size Me, Morgan Spurlock ate at what fast food restaurant exclusively for 30 days? | Super Size Me Super Size Me Super Size Me is a 2004 American documentary film directed by and starring Morgan Spurlock, an American independent filmmaker. Spurlock's film follows a 30-day period from February 1 to March 2, 2003, during which he ate only McDonald's food. The film documents this lifestyle's drastic effect on Spurlock's physical and psychological well-being, and explores the fast food industry's corporate influence, including how it encourages poor nutrition for its own profit. Spurlock ate at McDonald's restaurants three times per day, eating every item on the chain's menu at least once. Spurlock consumed an average of 20.9 megajoules or | Super Size Me 2: Holy Chicken! Super Size Me 2: Holy Chicken! Super Size Me 2: Holy Chicken! is a 2017 American documentary film directed by Morgan Spurlock. A sequel to the 2004 film "Super Size Me", it explores the ways in which the fast food industry has rebranded itself as healthier since his original film through the process of Spurlock working to open his own fast food restaurant, thus exposing some of the ways in which that rebranding is more perception than reality. At the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival, where it premiered on September 8, 2017, the film was second runner-up for the . |
How many cups are in a gallon? | Gallon pints. These pints are divided into two cups (though the imperial cup is rarely used now), which in turn are divided into two gills (gills are also rarely used). Thus a gallon is equal to four quarts, eight pints, sixteen cups or thirty-two gills. The imperial gill is further divided into five fluid ounces, whereas the US gill is divided into four fluid ounces. Thus an imperial fluid ounce is of an imperial pint or of an imperial gallon, while a US fluid ounce is of a US pint or of a US gallon. The imperial gallon, quart, pint, cup | A Gallon of Gas A Gallon of Gas "A Gallon of Gas" is the ninth track from The Kinks' album, "Low Budget." It was written by Ray Davies. "A Gallon of Gas", like many songs by The Kinks from this period, tells of economic problems of the time, in this case the gas shortage. The singer laments about how he "can't buy a gallon of gas", even "for any amount of cash". Author Nick Hasted describes it as "a heavy electric blues." The song was the second single released from "Low Budget", and is one of two singles from the album to be released |
Which stock market trend is associated with decreased investor confidence? Bull? Or Bear? | Market trend secular bull market the prevailing trend is "bullish" or upward-moving. The United States stock market was described as being in a secular bull market from about 1983 to 2000 (or 2007), with brief upsets including the crash of 1987 and the market collapse of 2000–2002 triggered by the dot-com bubble. In a secular bear market, the prevailing trend is "bearish" or downward-moving. An example of a secular bear market occurred in gold between January 1980 to June 1999, culminating with the Brown Bottom. During this period the nominal gold price fell from a high of $850/oz ($30/g) to a low | Market trend a trend reversal, the end of a market downturn, and the beginning of an upward moving trend (bull market). It is very difficult to identify a bottom (referred to by investors as "bottom picking") while it is occurring. The upturn following a decline is often short-lived and prices might resume their decline. This would bring a loss for the investor who purchased stock(s) during a misperceived or "false" market bottom. Baron Rothschild is said to have advised that the best time to buy is when there is "blood in the streets", i.e., when the markets have fallen drastically and investor |
On July 16, 1945, the nuclear age was ushered in with the explosion of a test bomb at the Trinity test site in what US state? | Trinity (nuclear test) Trinity (nuclear test) Trinity was the code name of the first detonation of a nuclear weapon. It was conducted by the United States Army at 5:29 a.m. on July 16, 1945, as part of the Manhattan Project. The test was conducted in the Jornada del Muerto desert about 35 miles (56 km) southeast of Socorro, New Mexico, on what was then the USAAF Alamogordo Bombing and Gunnery Range, now part of White Sands Missile Range. The only structures originally in the vicinity were the McDonald Ranch House and its ancillary buildings, which scientists used as a laboratory for testing bomb | Trinity (nuclear test) Trinity monument, a rough-sided, lava-rock obelisk about high, marks the explosion's hypocenter. It was erected in 1965 by Army personnel from the White Sands Missile Range using local rocks taken from the western boundary of the range. A simple metal plaque reads: "Trinity Site Where the World's First Nuclear Device Was Exploded on July 16, 1945." A second memorial plaque on the obelisk was prepared by the Army and the National Park Service, and was unveiled on the 30th anniversary of the test in 1975. A special tour of the site was conducted on July 16, 1995, to mark the |
The March of Dimes was originally started to raise money to combat what disease? | March of Dimes since 1970. The March of Dimes states that seventy-six cents of every dollar raised in March for Babies is spent on research and programs to help prevent premature birth, birth defects and infant mortality. The first person to walk for the March of Dimes was John Harrison Finger, a textile worker in High Point, North Carolina. In 1948, his daughter came home from school and asked for a donation for the polio fund. Finger replied that he did not have the money but that he would raise some. In what is thought to be the first walkathon in March of | March of Dimes the largest fundraiser of the year for the March of Dimes, as well as the oldest nationwide charitable walking event. In the decades since, many other organizations have used the walkathon format to help raise money. Funds raised by the event support March of Dimes-sponsored research and other programs to prevent premature birth, birth defects and infant mortality. According to the March of Dimes, March for Babies is held in more than 900 communities across the nation. Every year, 1 million people—including 20,000 company teams, family teams and national sponsors—participate in the event, which has raised more than $1.8 billion |
Much to the dismay of Paul Simon, what Kodak product was recently retired after a 74 year run? | Paul Simon in Concert: Live Rhymin' Paul Simon in Concert: Live Rhymin' Paul Simon in Concert: Live Rhymin' is a live album by Paul Simon, released in March 1974 by Columbia Records. It was recorded in the wake of the release of "There Goes Rhymin' Simon" – which produced a number of hit singles ("Kodachrome" and "Loves Me Like a Rock") and radio staples (as "Something So Right" and "Take Me to the Mardi Gras") during Simon's 1973-74 tour, at the University of Notre Dame in Indiana and Carnegie Hall in New York. However, the album presents a truncated version of the concerts he performed on | The Paul Simon Songbook "Paul Simon: Still Crazy After All These Years" (New York: Doubleday, 1989). . The Paul Simon Songbook The Paul Simon Songbook is the first solo studio album by Paul Simon. It was released in the UK in 1965 and was supposedly deleted in 1979 at Simon's request. It was made available in the U.S. as part of the LP box set "Paul Simon: Collected Works" (1981). The album was produced by Reginald Warburton and Stanley West as CBS Records LP 62579; remastered CD Columbia/Legacy 90281. "The Paul Simon Songbook" was recorded in London. Simon made several trips to England in |
At what address did fictional detective Sherlock Holmes live/work with Dr. Watson? | Sherlock Holmes from then until 1927, eventually totalling four novels and 56 short stories. All but one are set in the Victorian or Edwardian eras, between about 1880 and 1914. Most are narrated by the character of Holmes's friend and biographer Dr. Watson, who usually accompanies Holmes during his investigations and often shares quarters with him at the address of 221B Baker Street, London, where many of the stories begin. Though not the first fictional detective, Sherlock Holmes is arguably the best known, with "Guinness World Records" listing him as the "most portrayed movie character" in history. Holmes's popularity and fame are | The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson () is a series of Soviet television films portraying Arthur Conan Doyle's fictional English detective, starting in 1979. They were directed by Igor Maslennikov. In 2006, Vasily Livanov became an Honorary MBE (Member of the Order of the British Empire) for his portrayal of Sherlock Holmes. Between 1979 and 1986, Soviet television produced a series of five films at the Lenfilm movie studio, split into eleven episodes, starring Vasily Livanov as Sherlock Holmes and Vitaly Solomin as Dr. Watson. Later, a cinematic adaptation was |
In the English language version of Scrabble, what is the point value of the vowels? | The Computer Edition of Scrabble word is acceptable by the game, the player moves the cursor to the game board to position the word onscreen and score the move. The player may also pass a turn, request a hint of one playable word, and see the tile values at any time through the use of a pull-down menu. In 1988, "Dragon" gave the Macintosh version of the game 3 out of 5 stars. The Computer Edition of Scrabble The Computer Edition of Scrabble is a computer game developed by Leisure Games for the Macintosh in 1988, and was an official computerized version of the board | English-language Scrabble Japan. English-language Scrabble English-language Scrabble is the original version of the popular word-based board game invented in 1938 by US architect Alfred Mosher Butts who based the game on the letter distribution in "The New York Times" in English. The Scrabble variant most popular in English is standard match play, where two players compete over a series of games. Duplicate Scrabble is not popular in English, and High score Scrabble is no longer practised. Although English is a worldwide language, the official list of allowable words and some tournament rules change between territories. The main Scrabble associations in North America |
To what type of animal does ursine relate? | Ursine colobus Ursine colobus The ursine colobus ("Colobus vellerosus", white-thighed colobus, Geoffroy's black-and-white colobus, white-thighed black-and-white colobus) is a species of primate in the family Cercopithecidae. The ursine colobus is quite distinctive, with predominantly black fur and lacking a white mantle. They have a black and naked face which is surrounded by a thick white halo of fur. The ursine colobus is further characterized by white patches on the thighs which vary in width and length. Like other species of colobus, the babies are born with an all white fur coat, which starts to turn black at around three months of age. | Strange to Relate then released. Strange to Relate Strange to Relate was the name of a weekly syndicated newspaper column written by Rabbi Philip R. Alstat, that appeared in the Jewish press for almost 40 years, from 1938 through 1976, the year of Alstat's death. It first appeared in "The Jewish Youth Journal" and "The American Examiner". The column was sometimes referred to as a mixture of journalism, Jewish education and "Ripley's Believe It or Not!" In the approximately 1500 weekly columns that Alstat wrote, "Strange to Relate" revealed fascinating and little-known information about Judaism, its history, its people, and their intersection with |
What makeup slathered asshat, along with her husband Jim, bilked millions from unsuspecting believers, as head of the daily religious TV show, the PTL club? | The PTL Club The PTL Club The PTL Club (PTL stands for "Praise The Lord" or "People That Love"), later called The Jim and Tammy Show, and in its last days PTL Today and Heritage Today, was a Christian television program first hosted by evangelists Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker, which ran from 1974 to 1989. "The PTL Club", which adopted a talk-show format, was the flagship television program of the Bakkers' PTL Satellite Network. Jim Bakker and his wife Tammy had been in the ministry with the Assemblies of God since the early 1960s prior to joining Pat Robertson's Christian Broadcasting Network, | The PTL Club of the $165 million in donations. "The PTL Club" continued as a television program for considerable time after this, first with Falwell as its host and PTL personality Doug Oldham as co-host. Falwell later brought in Christian singer Gary McSpadden as the show's co-host, along with PTL musical talent Ron Aldridge. The show was renamed "PTL Today", then — in an effort to distance the show from the PTL name — "Heritage Today". Aldridge continued as co-host alongside another PTL singer, Brenda Davis, after Falwell suddenly resigned from the now-bankrupt PTL ministry. McSpadden and Oldham subsequently left the show out |
Lake Ontario is the smallest of the Great Lakes by area. What is the smallest by volume? | Lake Ontario the Niagara River from Lake Erie. The last in the Great Lakes chain, Lake Ontario serves as the outlet to the Atlantic Ocean via the Saint Lawrence River. It is the only Great Lake not to border the state of Michigan. Lake Ontario is the easternmost of the Great Lakes and the smallest in surface area (7,340 sq mi, 18,960 km), although it exceeds Lake Erie in volume (393 cu mi, 1,639 km). It is the 14th largest lake in the world. When its islands are included, the lake's shoreline is long. As the last lake in the Great Lakes' | Smallest organisms were first described in 1996 by Philippa Uwins of the University of Queensland. Smallest organisms The smallest organisms found on Earth can be determined according to various aspects of organism size; including volume, mass, height, length, or genome size. Given the incomplete nature of scientific knowledge, it is possible that the smallest organism is undiscovered. Furthermore, there is some debate over the definition of life, and what entities qualify as organisms; consequently the smallest known organism (microorganism) is debatable. Many biologists consider viruses to be non-living because they lack a cellular structure and cannot metabolize by themselves, requiring a host |
Founded in 1892, Ezra Fitch hooked up with whom in order to open their first sporting good store, before ultimately settling on fashion? | History of Abercrombie & Fitch History of Abercrombie & Fitch The history of Abercrombie & Fitch began in the nineteenth century and extends into the twenty-first century. Key figures who changed and influenced the course of Abercrombie & Fitch's history include co-founders David T. Abercrombie and Ezra Fitch, Limited Brands and Michael Jeffries, the former Chairman and CEO. David Abercrombie founded A&F in 1892 as an upscale sporting goods store. Forming a partnership with Ezra Fitch, the company continued to expand in the new 20th century. After Abercrombie left the company, Fitch became sole owner and ushered in the "Fitch Years" of continued success. Shortly | Ezra Fitch York. He was the only child of Roswell Reed Fitch and Margaretta Wyanna Hasbrouck, both were Christians. Roswell Reed Fitch (1841-1888) was the son of Ezra Fitch (1805-1870) and Margaret Reed. Margaretta Hasbrouck (1846-1865) was the daughter of Benjamin L. Hasbrouck and Margaret Rim. Ezra’s mother died shortly after his birth. Ezra spent his early years growing up at the Fitch estate on the banks of the Hudson in Coxsackie built by his grandfather around 1850. The estate included a large Gothic Revival mansion, numerous dependent structures and a dock on the river from which the family conducted a profitable |
Where do the 12 Greek gods call home? | Percy Jackson's Greek Gods in the book, and gave a sneak peek of one, depicting Hades kidnapping Persephone. During the "Blood of Olympus" tour, Rick Riordan announced a sequel, titled "Percy Jackson's Greek Heroes", to be released on August 18, 2015. Percy Jackson adds his own viewpoint to the Greek myths. Here he presents an introduction to Greek mythology and the 12 major gods and goddesses. With 19 chapters, this includes a variety of stories, from the early tales of Gaea and the Titans, to individual tales about the gods readers encountered in the Camp Half-Blood chronicles. Percy's irreverent voice is evident from titles | Greek sea gods rows of sea-gods and nymphs arranged in a coiling procession of intertwined fish-tails. Other scenes show the birth of Aphrodite, often raised in a conch shell by a pair of sea centaurs, and accompanied by fishing Erotes (winged love gods). It was in this medium that most of the obscure maritime gods of Homer and Hesiod finally received standardised representation and attributes. Greek sea gods The ancient Greeks had a large number of sea deities. The philosopher Plato once remarked that the Greek people were like frogs sitting around a pond—their many cities hugging close to the Mediterranean coastline from |
George Washington was the first US president. Who was the second? | George Washington Adams Adams. He was named for the first president. His grandfather John Adams was the first Vice President of the United States and also the second President. He was born a month after his grandfather left office. Adams's grandmother, Abigail Adams, was unhappy with the decision of her son to name the child after George Washington and not after her husband. She thought the decision "ill judged" and "wrong," adding that John Adams also seemed offended. John Quincy Adams's second son John Adams II (1803–1834) was named after his grandfather. Adams graduated from Harvard University in the Class of 1821 and | The Girl Who Was... Death The Girl Who Was... Death The Girl Who Was ... Death is the debut album by Devil Doll. Its official release date was March 4, 1989, but there was a pre-release of cassette tapes in December 1988. This was the second album by Devil Doll, but their first to be released to the public (the group's first release, "The Mark of the Beast", had only one copy pressed, to be owned by the leading band member, Mr. Doctor). The album was entirely written by Mr. Doctor and is based on a television series by Patrick McGoohan called "The Prisoner". The |
What is the largest member of the cat family that purrs? | Cat member of the cat family, the felids, which are a rapidly evolving family of mammals that share a common ancestor only 10–15 million years ago and include lions, tigers, cougars and many others. Within this family, domestic cats ("Felis catus") are part of the genus "Felis", which is a group of small cats containing about seven species (depending upon classification scheme). Members of the genus are found worldwide and include the jungle cat ("Felis chaus") of southeast Asia, European wildcat ("F. silvestris silvestris"), African wildcat ("F. s. lybica"), the Chinese mountain cat ("F. bieti"), and the Arabian sand cat ("F. | The Family Cat an album "Pop Tarkovsky" as The April Seven in 2017. Graves is now a wine expert at Bibendum (Wine), resident on the South Coast of England. Jelbert is currently working as a freelance journalist based in London, often writing for "The Times". McVay and Downing are still good friends living their own life in Cornwall. The Family Cat The Family Cat were a British independent band, formed in Stoke Newington, London in 1988. Three members were originally from Cornwall, one from Plymouth and one from Southampton. The band played live for five years and recorded three albums, the mini-album "Tell |
What famed Welsh pirate lends his name to a brand of rum? | Captain Morgan Captain Morgan Captain Morgan is a brand of rum produced by alcohol conglomerate Diageo. It is named after the 17th-century Welsh privateer of the Caribbean, Sir Henry Morgan who died on 25 August 1688. Since 2011, the label has used the slogan "To Life, Love and Loot." In 1944, the Seagram Company, based in Canada, started producing rum under the name Captain Morgan Rum Company. Seagram CEO Samuel Bronfman purchased a distillery named Long Pond from the Jamaican government. Among the buyers of raw rum from the Long Pond distillery was a Kingston pharmacy named Levy Brothers. The Levy family | Selvarey Rum at the Ultimate Spirits Challenge. 2014. RumXP Gold Award for SelvaRey Cacao at the Miami Rum Festival Selvarey Rum SelvaRey Rum is a US-based rum brand whose rums are distilled in Pesé, Panama by Master Blender Francisco "Don Pancho" Fernandez in four antique copper column stills. Pronounced Sel-Va-Rey, the brand name "translates loosely from Spanish to 'king of the jungle' (Selva-Rey)" and "is a nod to Fernandez carving his distillery and sugarcane fields out of the Panamanian wilderness, with the label's gorilla signifying jungle regality." SelvaRey is currently distributed in California, Nevada, Hawaii, New York, New Jersey, Washington D.C., South |
Michael Jackson’s number one hit “Ben” was an ode to what type of animal? | Speechless (Michael Jackson song) Christensen said that "Speechless" was "produced by Mr. Jackson in bombastic style à la Celine Dion". He added that as the track ended with an emotional Jackson, it drew a parallel with the singer's 1972 ode to a rat, "Ben". Vaughn Watson of "The Providence Journal" hailed "Speechless" as "Invincible"s "best song, and one of Jackson's finest of any album". He added that with the song, the musician acknowledged the pain that accompanies isolation. In a review of "Invincible", "The Wichita Eagle" stated that "Speechless", "Don't Walk Away" and "Cry" were among the "sincere ballads" in which Jackson was exemplary. | Ben (Michael Jackson album) commented that "Ben"s title track was a "testament to his talent" and added that the album would "always be defined" by that song. Adapted from AllMusic. Ben (Michael Jackson album) Ben is the second studio album by Michael Jackson, released by Motown Records on August 4, 1972, while Jackson was still a member of The Jackson 5. The album received mixed reviews from contemporary music critics. "Ben" was more successful on the music charts than Jackson's previous studio album, having charted within the top ten on the "Billboard" 200. Internationally, the album was less successful, peaking at number twelve in |
Seven years older, Mycroft is the more corpulent, more intelligent brother of whom? | William Mycroft is a suggestion that Arthur Conan Doyle derived the name of Mycroft the older brother of Sherlock Holmes from William Mycroft. Conan Doyle was a first-class cricketer who later played for MCC and had a respect for fast bowlers. Mycroft played his last first-class match for MCC in 1886. He umpired four first-class matches before his retirement and later umpired two more during the 1891 season. He died of influenza at the age of 53 in Derby. Mycroft's half-brother, Thomas, played for Derbyshire between 1877 and 1885. William Mycroft William Mycroft (1 February 1841 – 19 June 1894) was an | Mycroft (software) Mycroft (software) Mycroft is a free and open-source voice assistant for Linux-based operating systems that uses a natural language user interface. Its code was formerly copyleft, but is now under a permissive license. Inspiration for Mycroft came when Ryan Sipes and Joshua Montgomery were visiting the Kansas City makerspace, where they came across a simple and basic intelligent virtual assistant project. They were interested in the technology, but did not like its inflexibility. Montgomery believes that the burgeoning industry of intelligent personal assistance poses privacy concerns for users and has promised that Mycroft will protect privacy through its open source |
According to the fairy tale Goldilocks, whose bed was too hard? | Goldilocks and the Three Bears girl named Goldilocks, and the third and by far most well-known version replaced the original bear trio with Papa Bear, Mama Bear and Baby Bear. What was originally a frightening oral tale became a cozy family story with only a hint of menace. The story has elicited various interpretations and has been adapted to film, opera, and other media. "Goldilocks and the Three Bears" is one of the most popular fairy tales in the English language. In Southey's tale, three anthropomorphic bears – "a little, small, wee bear, a middle-sized bear, and a great, huge bear" – live together in | Goldilocks and the Three Bears path between opposites is of extraordinary importance in storytelling". This concept has spread across many other disciplines, particularly developmental psychology, biology, economics and engineering where it is called the "Goldilocks principle". In planetary astronomy, a planet orbiting its sun at just the right distance for liquid water to exist on its surface, neither too hot nor too cold, is referred to as being in the 'Goldilocks Zone'. Goldilocks and the Three Bears "Goldilocks and the Three Bears" (originally titled "The Story of the Three Bears") is a 19th-century fairy tale of which three versions exist. The original version of the |
Before being supposedly discovered at the counter of Schwab's Drug store, Marilyn Monroe was known as who? | Marilyn Monroe by Ben Lyon, a 20th Century-Fox executive. Head executive Darryl F. Zanuck was unenthusiastic about it, but he was persuaded to give her a standard six-month contract to avoid her being signed by rival studio RKO Pictures. Monroe's contract began in August 1946, and she and Lyon selected the stage name "Marilyn Monroe". The first name was picked by Lyon, who was reminded of Broadway star Marilyn Miller; the last was picked by Monroe after her mother's maiden name. In September 1946, she divorced Dougherty, who was against her working. Monroe had no film roles during the first months of | S. Schwab Company In addition, all 37 of the 'Little Me outlet and specialty stores' were liquidated by Great American Group. S. Schwab Company S. Schwab Company was an apparel design and marketing company specializing in high-end clothing for infants and toddlers. The company was known for its "Little Me" branded clothing line sold in many large department stores such as Macy's, Nordstrom, and Lord & Taylor. S. Schwab Company was started by Sam Schwab who immigrated to the US from France in the early 1900s to New York. Schwab later started a clothing manufacturing business in the city of New York City, |
What does one have a pocketful of in the nursery rhyme “Sing a Song of Sixpence”? | Sing a Song of Sixpence of historical events or folklorish symbols such as the queen symbolizing the moon, the king the sun, and the blackbirds the number of hours in a day; or, as the authors indicate, the blackbirds have been seen as an allusion to monks during the period of the Dissolution of the Monasteries by Henry VIII, with Catherine of Aragon representing the queen, and Anne Boleyn the maid. The rye and the birds have been seen to represent a tribute sent to Henry VII, and on another level, the term "pocketful of rye" may in fact refer to an older term of | Sing a Song of Sixpence Sing a Song of Sixpence "Sing a Song of Sixpence" is a well-known English nursery rhyme, perhaps originating in the 18th century. It is listed in the Roud Folk Song Index as number 13191. The rhyme's origins are uncertain. References have been inferred in Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night" (c. 1602), (Act II, Scene iii), where Sir Toby Belch tells a clown: "Come on; there is sixpence for you: let's have a song" and in Beaumont and Fletcher's "Bonduca" (1614), which contains the line "Whoa, here's a stir now! Sing a song o' sixpence!" In the past it has often been attributed |
Which author of books such as The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, First Things First, Principle-Centered Leadership, and The Seven Habits of Highly Effective Families, died on Monday due to complications from a bicycle accident? | The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens The Seven Habits of Highly Effective Teens is a 1998 bestselling self-help book written by Sean Covey, the son of Stephen Covey. The book was published on October 9, 1998 through Touchstone Books and is largely based on The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People. In 1999 Covey released a companion book entitled "Daily Reflections For Highly Effective Teens". In 2000 "The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens" was named as one of the YALSA's "Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults". In the book Covey discusses how teenagers can become more independent and effective | The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People on the upward spiral. The idea of renewal by education will propel one along the path of personal freedom, security, wisdom, and power. "The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People" has sold more than 25 million copies in 40 languages worldwide, and the audio version has sold 1.5 million copies, and remains one of the best selling nonfiction business books in history. In August 2011 "Time" listed "7 Habits" as one of "The 25 Most Influential Business Management Books". U.S. President Bill Clinton invited Covey to Camp David to counsel him on how to integrate the book into his presidency. |
Signed on July 16, 1790, the Residence Act established what as the US Capitol? | South Capitol Street South Capitol Street South Capitol Street is a major street dividing the southeast and southwest quadrants of Washington, D.C., in the United States. It runs south from the United States Capitol to the D.C.-Maryland line, intersecting with Southern Avenue. After it enters Maryland, the street becomes Indian Head Highway (Maryland Route 210) at the Eastover Shopping Center, a terminal or transfer point of many bus routes. South Capitol Street from the United States Capitol to the Anacostia River was part of the L'Enfant Plan of streets for the District of Columbia. The Residence Act of 1790 gave President George Washington | Residence Act the current area of the District in its entirety. 那就这样了。 Residence Act The Residence Act of 1790, officially titled An Act for establishing the temporary and permanent seat of the Government of the United States (), was a United States federal statute adopted during the second session of the First United States Congress, and signed into law by President George Washington on July 16, 1790. The Act provided for a national capital and permanent seat of government to be established at a site along the Potomac River and empowered President Washington to appoint commissioners to oversee the project. It also |
What is the more common name for a lexicon, of which Dr. Johnson's is an early example? | The Lexicon of Comicana names he invented for them sometimes appear in dictionaries, and serve as convenient terminology occasionally used by cartoonists and critics. A 2001 gallery showing of comic- and street-influenced art in San Francisco, for example, was called "Plewds! Squeans! and Spurls!" Additional symbolia terms include whiteope, sphericasia, that-a-tron, spurls, oculama, crottles, maledicta balloons, farkles, doozex, staggeration, boozex, digitrons, nittles, waftaroms, and jarns. The Lexicon of Comicana The Lexicon of Comicana is a 1980 book by the American cartoonist Mort Walker. It was intended as a tongue-in-cheek look at the devices used by cartoonists. In it, Walker invented an international set of | A Biographical Sketch of Dr Samuel Johnson wrote: "[Tyers] abounded in anecdote, but was no sufficiently attentive to accuracy. I therefore cannot venture to avail myself much of a biographical sketch of Johnson which he published, being one among the various persons ambitious of appending their names to that of my illustrious friend. That sketch is, however, an entertaining little collection of fragments." A Biographical Sketch of Dr Samuel Johnson A Biographical Sketch of Dr Samuel Johnson was written by Thomas Tyers for "The Gentleman's Magazine"'s December 1784 issue. The work was written immediately after the death of Samuel Johnson and is the first postmortem biographical work |
Which Mesoamerican culture worshipped the feathered serpent known as Quetzalcoatl? | Feathered Serpent civilization. However, in the Popol Vuh, the K'iche' feathered serpent god Tepeu Q'uq'umatz is the creator of the cosmos. Along with the feathered serpent deity, several other serpent gods existed in the pantheon of Mesoamerican gods with similar traits. Feathered Serpent The Feathered Serpent was a prominent supernatural entity or deity, found in many Mesoamerican religions. It was called Quetzalcoatl among the Aztecs, Kukulkan among the Yucatec Maya, and Q'uq'umatz and Tohil among the K'iche' Maya. The double symbolism used in its name is considered allegoric to the dual nature of the deity, where being feathered represents its divine nature | Quetzalcoatl Quetzalcoatl Quetzalcoatl (; ; , in honorific form: "Quetzalcohuātzin", ) is a deity in Mesoamerican culture and literature whose name comes from the Nahuatl language and means "feathered serpent" or "Quetzal-feathered Serpent". The worship of a Feathered Serpent is first documented in Teotihuacan in the first century BC or first century AD. That period lies within the Late Preclassic to Early Classic period (400 BC – 600 AD) of Mesoamerican chronology, and veneration of the figure appears to have spread throughout Mesoamerica by the Late Classic period (600–900 AD). In the Postclassic period (900–1519 AD), the worship of the feathered |
Although it was headquartered at Oak Ridge, TN, and the University of Chicago, what was the name of the WWII project that created the atomic bomb? | Oak Ridge, Tennessee Oak Ridge, Tennessee Oak Ridge is a city in Anderson and Roane counties in the eastern part of the U.S. state of Tennessee, about west of Knoxville. Oak Ridge's population was 29,330 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Knoxville Metropolitan Area. Oak Ridge's nicknames include "the Atomic City", "the Secret City", "the Ridge", and "the City Behind the Fence". Oak Ridge was established in 1942 as a production site for the Manhattan Project—the massive American, British, and Canadian operation that developed the atomic bomb. As it is still the site of Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Y-12 | Oak Ridge, Tennessee For most residents, however, their "landlord" was known as "MSI" (Management Services, Inc.). The news of the use of the first atomic bomb against Japan on August 6, 1945, revealed to the people at Oak Ridge what they had been working on. Oak Ridge was developed by the federal government as a segregated community as a requirement by the Southern bloc of Democrats in Congress to authorize funding for the project. Due to generally holding lower-ranked jobs, their assigned dwellings were predominantly government-built "hutments" (one-room shacks) located very close to the Y-12 plant, in the one residential area designated as |
If you are eating salted, unfertilized sturgeon roe, what are you eating? | Persian sturgeon roe. Formerly omnipresent in the region, heavy fishing of the sturgeon for caviar has forced it to Critically Endangered Species status. The Persian sturgeon feeds at the shelf zone of the sea, primarily in the eastern part of the South Caspian. Individual specimens are found in the North Caspian, western part of the Middle and South Caspian. The Persian sturgeon is a heterotroph equipped with tactile and gustatory receptors; when feeding it simply sucks in its food. The eating habits of the sturgeon change throughout its life. As it begins life the sturgeon feeds on invertebrates including Mysid shrimp, Chironomid | What's Eating You What's Eating You What's Eating You is an American reality documentary series about people with eating disorders. The series premiered on October 13, 2010, on the E! cable network. The reality documentary series was announced in April 2010. The six-part television series features people who have compulsive eating disorders; each episode introduces two people whose lives are threatened by harmful eating habits and features doctors trying to help them to overcome the disorders. JD Roth, one of the producers of the series, said, "One might assume that a show about severe eating disorders would focus solely on participants' bizarre behavior |
Obtained from the ore cinnabar, vermilion is a shade of what color? | Vermilion English word vermin. The name originated because it had a similar color to the natural red dye made from an insect, the "Kermes vermilio", which was widely used in Europe. The words for the color in Portuguese ("vermelho"), Galician ("vermello") and Catalan ("vermell") have the same origin. The first recorded use of "vermilion" as a color name in English was in 1289. The term cinnabar was used interchangeably with vermilion until the 17th century, when vermilion became the more common name. By the late 18th century 'cinnabar' applied to the unground natural mineral only. Vermilion is a dense, opaque pigment | Vermilion paint the walls of some of the most luxurious villas in Pompeii, including the Villa of the Mysteries. Pliny reported that the painters of that villa stole a large portion of the expensive pigment by frequently washing their brushes and saving the wash water. In the Byzantine Empire, the use of cinnabar and the vermilion color was reserved for the use of the Imperial family and administrators; official letters and imperial decrees were written in vermilion ink, made with cinnabar. Vermilion was also used by the peoples of North and South America, to paint ceramics, figurines, murals, and for the |
Whose Wild West show, which ran from 1883 until 1908, featured such performers as Annie Oakley, Sitting Bull, and Frank Butler, among many others? | Annie Oakley Annie Oakley Annie Oakley (born Phoebe Ann Mosey; August 13, 1860 – November 3, 1926) was an American sharpshooter and exhibition shooter. Her amazing talent first came to light when at age 15 she won a shooting match against traveling-show marksman Frank E. Butler, whom she later married. The couple joined "Buffalo Bill's Wild West" show a few years later. Oakley became a renowned international star, performing before royalty and heads of state. Oakley also was variously known as "Miss Annie Oakley", "Little Sure Shot", "Little Miss Sure Shot", "Watanya Cicilla", "Phoebe Anne Oakley", "Mrs. Annie Oakley", "Mrs. Annie Butler", | Annie Oakley (1935 film) what she says is true and unhappily retreats. After a triumphant tour of Europe, the show next plays in New York City, Toby's home town. When he attends the show, Sitting Bull spots him and reunites the loving couple. The film was the first Western for both Stevens and Stanwyck. While based on the real life of Annie Oakley, it took some liberties with the details: Rather than focusing on her career, the 1935 production centered on the love story between Annie and "Toby Walker," the film's stand-in for Oakley's husband Frank Butler. In the film, Oakley throws the couple's |
The Oscar winning song "A Whole New World" accompanies Aladdin and Jasmine when they explore the world atop of what? | A Whole New World A Whole New World "A Whole New World" is a song from Disney's 1992 animated feature film "Aladdin", with music by Alan Menken and lyrics by Tim Rice. A duet originally recorded by singers Brad Kane and Lea Salonga in their respective roles as the singing voices of the main characters Aladdin and Jasmine, the ballad serves as both the film's love and theme song. Lyrically, "A Whole New World" describes Aladdin showing the confined princess a life of freedom and the pair's acknowledgment of their love for each other while riding on a magic carpet. The song garnered an | A Whole New World studio album "Passion" (1993) and on Bryson's studio album "Through the Fire" (1994). A Whole New World "A Whole New World" is a song from Disney's 1992 animated feature film "Aladdin", with music by Alan Menken and lyrics by Tim Rice. A duet originally recorded by singers Brad Kane and Lea Salonga in their respective roles as the singing voices of the main characters Aladdin and Jasmine, the ballad serves as both the film's love and theme song. Lyrically, "A Whole New World" describes Aladdin showing the confined princess a life of freedom and the pair's acknowledgment of their love |
First settled in 1565, what is the oldest, continually occupied European-established city in the continental US? | Spanish language in the United States American Spanish in the United States. Spanish was among the very first European languages spoken in North America, preceded only by Old Norse. Spanish arrived in the territory of the modern United States in 1493, with Columbus' arrival to Puerto Rico. Ponce de León explored what is now Florida in 1513. In 1565, the Spaniards founded St. Augustine, Florida, and as of the early 1800s, it became the oldest continuously occupied European settlement in what is now the United States. In 1898, San Juan, the capital of Puerto Rico, became the oldest city in all of the U.S. territory: Juan | First Coast region's history as the first place in the continental United States to see European contact and settlement. Juan Ponce de León may have landed in this region during his first expedition in 1513, and the early French colony of Fort Caroline was founded in present-day Jacksonville in 1563. Significantly, the First Coast includes St. Augustine, the oldest continuously inhabited European-established city in the continental U.S., founded by the Spanish in 1565. A 2007 survey by geographers Ary J. Lamme and Raymond K. Oldakowski notes that the term "First Coast" has superseded two earlier geographical appellations for the region: "Florida's Crown" |
Durum, Spelt, and Einkorn are all types of what? | Einkorn wheat India, Italy, Morocco, the former Yugoslavia, Turkey and other countries. Einkorn has a higher percentage of protein than modern red wheats and is considered more nutritious because it has also higher levels of fat, phosphorus, potassium, pyridoxine, and beta-carotene. None of the species and hybrids of wheat are suitable for people with gluten-related disorders, as celiac disease, non-celiac gluten sensitivity and wheat allergy. Australian scientists have succeeded in breeding the salt-tolerance feature of "T. monococcum" into durum wheat. Einkorn wheat Einkorn wheat (from German "Einkorn", literally "single grain") can refer either to the wild species of wheat, "Triticum boeoticum", or | Nordic bread culture Nordic Gene Bank and a few grain types found in an old farmhouse. This strategy has resulted in the marketing of organic flour made from emmer, einkorn, spelt, kamut, ølandshvede, durum and svedjerug. New bakers – The baker’s traditional monopoly in delivering fresh baked bread has been challenged by petrol station outlets selling good quality bake-off bread. Centuries ago, bread was an important part of the daily meal; for the poorest households, it was the only meal of the day. Cultivated varieties were barley, which is the oldest cultivated grain, followed by rye and oat; all used for porridge and |
What can be an adage, a tool, and a film franchise? | Adage truth; these are generally known as "proverbs" or "bywords". An adage that describes a general moral rule is a "maxim". A pithy expression that has not necessarily gained credibility by tradition, but is distinguished by especial depth or excellent style is denominated an "aphorism", while one distinguished by wit or irony is often denominated an "epigram". Through overuse, an adage may become denominated a "cliché", "truism", or "old saw". Adages originating in modernity are often given proper names and denominated "laws", in imitation of the nomenclature of physical laws, or "principles". Some adages, such as Murphy's Law, are first formulated | Adage Adage An adage (; Latin: adagium) is a concise, memorable, and usually philosophical aphorism that communicates an important truth derived from experience, custom, or both, and that many persons consider true and credible because of its longeval tradition, i. e. being handed down generation to generation, or memetic replication. An adage sometimes implicates a failure to plan, such as "do not count your chickens before they hatch" and "do not burn your bridges". Adages may be interesting observations, ethical rules, or skeptical comments on life in general. Some adages are products of folk wisdom that attempt to summarize a basic |
For a point each, name the 2 countries that share a border with the Republic of Ecuador. | Ecuador Territory of the Gran Colombia) passed on June 25, 1824. This law set the border at the river Carchi and the eastern border that stretched to Brazil at the Caquetá river. Later, Ecuador contended that the Republic of Colombia, while reorganizing its government, unlawfully made its eastern border provisional and that Colombia extended its claims south to the Napo River because it said that the Government of Popayán extended its control all the way to the Napo River. When Ecuador seceded from the Gran Colombia, Peru decided not to follow the treaty of Guayaquil of 1829 or the protocoled agreements | Colombia–Ecuador relations following individual communications with and under a deal brokered by former U.S. President Jimmy Carter. As official diplomatic relations began to thaw, and the countries restored their ambassadorial exchange, social organizations and international assistance also began investing in grassroots peacebuilding and conflict resolution capacity building in the Ecuadorian-Colombian border region. Colombia–Ecuador relations Colombia–Ecuador relations refers to the diplomatic relations between the neighboring Republic of Colombia and Republic of Ecuador. The present territory of both countries was part of the Spanish Empire from the sixteenth to nineteenth centuries. After the wars for independence against the Spain led by Simón Bolívar, Ecuador, |
What is ursus arctos horribilis commonly known as? | Kodiak bear Kodiak bear The Kodiak bear ("Ursus arctos middendorffi"), also known as the Kodiak brown bear, sometimes the Alaskan brown bear, inhabits the islands of the Kodiak Archipelago in southwest Alaska. It is the largest recognized subspecies of brown bear, and one of the two largest bears alive today, the other being the polar bear. Physiologically, the Kodiak bear is very similar to the other brown bear subspecies, such as the mainland grizzly bear ("Ursus arctos horribilis") and the now-extinct California grizzly bear ("U. a. californicus"†), with the main difference being in size. While there is generally much variation in size | Ursus dolinensis of the cranial and mandibular bones, that to some extent resemble those of "Ursus arctos" and "Ursus etruscus". Yet its overall morphological characteristics suggest a kinship with the line of the speloid bears. Finally Garcia and Arsuaga have concluded that "Ursus dolinensis" "is the ancestor of "Ursus savini" and to be very close to the common ancestor of "Ursus arctos"". The type specimen of the Gran Dolina bear is a long left mandible fragment with the acronym "Ata96-TDW4-E9-1", that retains the canine, a premolar 4, a molar 2 and the alveoli of the premolars P1, P2 and P3. Several paratype |
Gonzo journalism, a style in which reporters involve themselves in the action to such a degree that they become the central figures of their stories, was created by whom? | Gonzo journalism Gonzo journalism Gonzo journalism is a style of journalism that is written without claims of objectivity, often including the reporter as part of the story via a first-person narrative. The word "gonzo" is believed to have been first used in 1970 to describe an article by Hunter S. Thompson, who later popularized the style. It is an energetic first-person participatory writing style in which the author is a protagonist, and it draws its power from a combination of social critique and self-satire. It has since been applied to other subjective artistic endeavors. Gonzo journalism involves an approach to accuracy that | Gonzo journalism for instance, I almost never try to reconstruct a story. They're both much better reporters than I am, but then I don't really think of myself as a reporter." In 1998, Christopher Locke asserted that the webzine genre is descended from gonzo journalism, a claim that has since been extended to social media. Gonzo journalism Gonzo journalism is a style of journalism that is written without claims of objectivity, often including the reporter as part of the story via a first-person narrative. The word "gonzo" is believed to have been first used in 1970 to describe an article by Hunter |
Born Lee Jun-fan in San Francisco, what famed martial artist, who died on Jul 20, 1973, founded the martial art known as Jeet Kune Do? | Jeet Kune Do is about to attack. Jeet Kune Do practitioners believe in minimal effort with maximum effect. On January 10, 1996, the Bruce Lee Foundation decided to use the name Jun Fan Jeet Kune Do () to refer to the martial arts system which Lee founded; "Jun Fan" being Lee's Chinese given name. In the screenplay of the 1973 Warner Brothers film, "Enter the Dragon", when Lee is asked, "What's your style?" Lee replied, "My style?...You can call it the art of fighting without fighting." Bruce Lee believed that kata forms and martial art tournament matches alike (like Karate) were simply "organised | Hybrid martial arts Vale tudo fighting and Jun Fan Jeet Kune Do, among others. Jeet Kune Do is actually the only philosophy that is often confused as a fighting style but actually represents the belief of using "no way" or one's best way as a technique. This formless technique exists beyond the realm of street fighting or in-competition tournaments. The term "mixed martial arts", while in its literal meaning a synonym, has come to refer to this specific combat sport. Sipalki Dan Bong Kwan Argentina Hybrid martial arts Hybrid martial arts, also known as hybrid fighting systems or sometimes eclectic martial arts or |
Doing something that must surely have earned him an asswhuppin, for what did Jack of Jack and the Beanstalk fame, trade the cow he was supposed to sell at the market? | Jack and the Beanstalk the market to be sold. On the way, Jack meets a bean dealer who offers magic beans in exchange for the cow, and Jack makes the trade. When he arrives home without any money, his mother becomes angry and disenchanted, throws the beans on the ground, and sends Jack to bed without dinner. During the night, the magic beans cause a gigantic beanstalk to grow outside Jack's window. The next morning, Jack climbs the beanstalk to a land high in the sky. He finds an enormous castle and sneaks in. Soon after, the castle's owner, a giant, returns home. He | Jack and the Beanstalk (1952 film) of the fairy tale. In his dream Jack learns that the Giant (Buddy Baer), who lives in a castle in the sky, has stolen all of the land's wealth and food. The situation obliges the kingdom's princess to marry The Prince (James Alexander) of a neighboring kingdom, whom she has never met. Jack must also make sacrifices, when his mother sends him to sell the last family possession, their beloved cow "Henry", to the local butcher, Mr. Dinklepuss. Along the way Jack meets The Prince, disguised as a troubador (who is kidnapped by the Giant soon afterward). The unscrupulous Dinklepuss |
What sport features a scrum, in which three rows of opposing players lock together and compete for a ball placed on the ground? | Scrum (rugby union) Scrum (rugby union) In rugby union a scrum is a means of restarting play after a minor infringement. It involves up to eight players from each team, known as the pack or forward pack, binding together in three rows and interlocking with the free opposing teams forwards. At this point the ball is fed into the gap between the two forward packs and they both compete for the ball to win possession. Teams can be penalised for intentionally causing the scrum to collapse, and for not putting the ball into the scrum correctly. A scrum is most commonly awarded when | Scrum (rugby) between the opposing hooker and loosehead prop. The props then bind by gripping the back or side of the opposing prop's jersey. The scrum-half from the team that has possession then throws the ball in the gap formed between the two front rows. The two hookers (and sometimes the props) then compete for possession by trying to hook the ball backwards with their feet, while the entire pack tries to push the opposing pack backwards. The side that wins possession usually transfers the ball to the back of the scrum — which is done with their feet. Once at the |
Which part of the human body does impetigo affect? | Impetigo Impetigo Impetigo is a bacterial infection that involves the superficial skin. The most common presentation is yellowish crusts on the face, arms, or legs. Less commonly there may be large blisters which affect the groin or armpits. The lesions may be painful or itchy. Fever is uncommon. It is typically due to either "Staphylococcus aureus" or "Streptococcus pyogenes". Risk factors include attending day care, crowding, poor nutrition, diabetes mellitus, contact sports, and breaks in the skin such as from mosquito bites, eczema, scabies, or herpes. With contact it can spread around or between people. Diagnosis is typically based on the | Impetigo The name is from the Latin "impetere" meaning "attack". This most common form of impetigo, also called nonbullous impetigo, most often begins as a red sore near the nose or mouth which soon breaks, leaking pus or fluid, and forms a honey-colored scab, followed by a red mark which heals without leaving a scar. Sores are not painful, but they may be itchy. Lymph nodes in the affected area may be swollen, but fever is rare. Touching or scratching the sores may easily spread the infection to other parts of the body. Skin ulcers with redness and scarring also may |
What famous outlaw committed the Wild West's first train robbery on July 21, 1873 in Adair, Iowa? | Train robbery stop or derail the train and then begin the holdup. Famous train robbers include Bill Miner, Jesse James, and Butch Cassidy. Jesse James is mistakenly thought to have completed the first successful train robbery in the American West when on July 21, 1873 the James-Younger Gang took US $3,000 from a Rock Island Railroad train after derailing it southwest of the town of Adair, Iowa. However, the first peacetime train robbery in the United States actually occurred on October 6, 1866, when robbers boarded the Ohio & Mississippi train shortly after it left Seymour, Indiana. They broke into one safe | James–Younger Gang in Illinois. Arthur McCoy had lived in this area and knew it quite well; he was likely involved and may have been the planner and leader. On July 21, 1873, the gang carried out what was arguably the first train robbery west of the Mississippi River, derailing a locomotive of the Rock Island Railroad near Adair, Iowa. Engineer John Rafferty died in the crash. The outlaws took $2,337 from the express safe in the baggage car, having narrowly missed a transcontinental express shipment of a large amount of cash. On November 24, John Newman Edwards published a lengthy glorification of |
What jazz legend was commonly known as Satchmo, short for satchelmouth, and has the New Orleans airport named for him? | Satchmo SummerFest joyous and characteristically New Orleans festivals of the year." Satchmo SummerFest Satchmo SummerFest (also known as Satchmofest) is an annual music festival held in New Orleans, Louisiana, in celebration of the jazz trumpeter Louis Armstrong. It is held in early August in order to coincide with August 4, Armstrong's birthday. Traditionally it is held on the grounds of the old New Orleans Mint, now part of the Louisiana State Museum. It has multiple stages, including stages for traditional and contemporary jazz, big-band jazz, and a children's stage for up-and-coming jazz musicians. In his book "New Atlantis", John Swenson said that | New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival preserve local culture. There are 12 music stages and tents of various sizes, as well as two food stages, set up at the Festival. The following are the stages for 2015, and they are listed roughly in the order of capacity. New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, often known as Jazz Fest, is an annual celebration of the music and culture of New Orleans and Louisiana. The term "Jazz Fest" also refers to the days surrounding the festival and the many shows at unaffiliated New Orleans nightclubs scheduled during the festival weekends. Jazz |
According to Greek mythology, both blessed and cursed by the god Apollo, which daughter of King Priam was given the gift of prophecy with the rub that nobody would believe her? | Cassandra (metaphor) Cassandra (metaphor) The Cassandra metaphor (variously labelled the Cassandra "syndrome", "complex", "phenomenon", "predicament", "dilemma", or "curse") occurs when valid warnings or concerns are dismissed or disbelieved. The term originates in Greek mythology. Cassandra was a daughter of Priam, the King of Troy. Struck by her beauty, Apollo provided her with the gift of prophecy, but when Cassandra refused Apollo's romantic advances, he placed a curse ensuring that nobody would believe her warnings. Cassandra was left with the knowledge of future events, but could neither alter these events nor convince others of the validity of her predictions. The metaphor has been | Laodice (daughter of Priam) Laodice (daughter of Priam) In Greek mythology, Laodice (; , ; "people-justice") was the daughter of Priam of Troy and Hecuba. She is described as the most beautiful of Priam's daughters. Before the outbreak of the Trojan war Laodice fell in love with Acamas, son of Theseus, who had come to Troy to try to recover Helen through diplomatic means. She became pregnant and bore him the son Munitus. Munitus was given to Acamas' grandmother Aethra, who was then a slave to Helen. After the war had ended, Acamas took his son with him. Much later, Munitus was bitten by |
Produced by the The Herman Goelitz Candy Company, Jelly Bellys, a favorite of Ronald Reagan, are what type of candy? | Jelly Belly Wisconsin, is for distribution. The Fairfield and Pleasant Prairie locations offer free daily tours. The self-guided Fairfield tour features interactive exhibits, Jelly Belly bean art, and videos featuring the candy manufacturing process. It was named one of the best factory tours for children by "FamilyFun Magazine" in 2014. The Pleasant Prairie tour features a train ride through the warehouse with videos and displays about the candy manufacturing process and company history. Jelly Belly Jelly Belly Candy Company, formerly known as Herman Goelitz Candy Company and Goelitz Confectionery Company, manufactures Jelly Belly jelly beans and other candy. It is based in | Jelly Belly and joined him in the business. In 1898, the company began manufacturing mellowcreme candies (also called mellow cream, and butter cream). Candy corn, a type of mellowcreme candy, was likely developed by George Renniger, an employee of Wunderlee Candy Company in Philadelphia. The Goelitz Confectionery Company was successful in selling a variety of mellowcreme candy including candy corn. In 1904, the company relocated to Chicago, and then to North Chicago in 1913. Herman Goelitz, the son of Gustav, moved to the West Coast to start his own business, Herman Goelitz Candy Company. The company eventually settled in Oakland, California, in |
What was the number of the mobile hospital unit on TVs M*A*S*H? | M*A*S*H from the front and a surgeon removing shrapnel from a soldier, similar to "Microsurgeon". "InfoWorld" called "M*A*S*H" "the exception" among the TI 99/4A's generally poor game library. M*A*S*H M*A*S*H is an American media franchise consisting of a series of novels, a film, several television series, plays, and other properties, owned by 20th Century Fox and based on the semi-autobiographic fiction of Richard Hooker. The franchise depicts a group of fictional characters who served at the fictional "4077th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital (M*A*S*H)" during the Korean War, loosely based on the historic 8055th MASH unit. Hawkeye Pierce is featured as the | Mobile army surgical hospital (United States) Mobile army surgical hospital (United States) The Mobile Army Surgical Hospital (MASH) refers to a United States Army medical unit serving as a fully functional hospital in a combat area of operations. The units were first established in August 1945, and were deployed during the Korean War and later conflicts. The term was made famous in the television series "M*A*S*H", which depicted a fictional MASH unit. The U.S. Army deactivated the last MASH unit on February 16, 2006. The successor to the Mobile Army Surgical Hospital is the Combat Support Hospital. The American Expeditionary Force Mobile Hospital No.1 was established |
On July 17, 1938 Douglas "Wrong Way" Corrigan filed a flight plan that indicated he was flying from New York to Low Angeles. True to his name, where did he end up? | Douglas Corrigan Douglas Corrigan Douglas Corrigan (January 22, 1907 – December 9, 1995) was an American aviator born in Galveston, Texas. He was nicknamed "Wrong Way" in 1938. After a transcontinental flight from Long Beach, California, to New York City, he flew from Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn, New York, to Ireland, though his flight plan was filed to return to Long Beach. He claimed his unauthorized flight was due to a navigational error, caused by heavy cloud cover that obscured landmarks and low-light conditions, causing him to misread his compass. However, he was a skilled aircraft mechanic (he was one of | Douglas Corrigan his triumph. He was also given a ticker tape parade in Chicago. He appeared as a contestant on the July 16, 1957 episode of To Tell the Truth. Although Lindbergh did not immediately acknowledge the accomplishment, Lindbergh wrote a friendly four page handwritten letter to Corrigan in 1939 after Corrigan sent him a copy of the autobiography. Corrigan wrote his autobiography, "That's My Story", within months of the flight; it was published for the Christmas market on 15 December 1938. He also endorsed 'wrong-way' products including a watch that ran backwards. The following year, he starred as himself in RKO |
July 20, 1919, was the birth of what New Zealand mountaineer, explorer and philanthropist, who made sherpa Tenzing Norgay an international celebrity? | Jamling Tenzing Norgay is focused when those lost are clients. Norgay is an alumnus of Northland College. Jamling Tenzing Norgay Jamling Tenzing Norgay (; born 23 April 1965) is a Nepali and Indian Sherpa mountain climber. Norgay is the son of Nepali mountaineer and guide Tenzing Norgay (who first climbed Mount Everest in 1953 with Sir Edmund Hillary) and Daku, his third wife. Jamling Tenzing Norgay himself later followed in his father's footsteps and climbed Everest in 1996 with a team led by David Breashears that also included mountaineer Ed Viesturs and Araceli Segarra, an experience documented in the 1998 IMAX film "Everest". | Tenzing Norgay Australia, and Tenzing, Kalden and Yonden Trainor. Tenzing Trainor rose to fame on "Liv and Maddie". Norgay died of a cerebral hemorrhage in Darjeeling, West Bengal, India, on May 9, 1986 at the age of 71. His remains were cremated in the Himalayan Mountaineering Institute, Darjeeling, his favorite haunt. His widow Dakku died in 1992. Tenzing Norgay Tenzing Norgay GM OSN (; "tendzin norgyé"; 29 May 1914 – 9 May 1986), born Namgyal Wangdi and often referred to as Sherpa Tenzing, was a Nepali-Indian Sherpa mountaineer. He was one of the first two individuals known to reach the summit of |
July 18, 1969 saw the death of campaign worker Mary Jo Kopechne, when a car driven by what famed politician went off a bridge on Chappaquiddick Island, MA, an accident from which he was the only survivor? | Mary Jo Kopechne Mary Jo Kopechne Mary Jo Kopechne (; July 26, 1940 – July 18, 1969) was an American teacher, secretary, and political campaign specialist who died in a car accident at Chappaquiddick Island on July 18, 1969, while she was a passenger in a car being driven by U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy. Kopechne was born in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, although she is sometimes described as being from nearby Forty Fort, Pennsylvania. She was an only child. Her father, Joseph Kopechne, was an insurance salesman, and her mother, Gwen (née Jennings), was a homemaker. Kopechne was of part Polish heritage. Two of her | Martha's Vineyard of sociolinguistics. The island received international notoriety after the "Chappaquiddick incident" of July 18, 1969, in which Mary Jo Kopechne was killed in a car driven off the Dike Bridge by U.S. Senator Edward "Ted" Kennedy. The bridge crossed Poucha Pond on Chappaquiddick Island (a smaller island formerly connected to the Vineyard and part of Edgartown). As a foot bridge, it was intended for people on foot and bicycles, as well as the occasional emergency vehicle when conditions warranted. Currently, 4×4 vehicles with passes are allowed to cross the reconstructed bridge. On November 23, 1970, in the Atlantic Ocean just |
Named for the founder, what is the name given to the upscale luxury hotels and resorts operated by the Hilton hotel chain? | Conrad Hotels Conrad Hotels Conrad Hotels & Resorts is an international brand of luxury hotels and resorts owned and operated by Hilton Worldwide. Conrad was considered the luxury flagship brand in the Hilton Family of Brands, named after company founder Conrad Hilton, until being supplanted by The Waldorf-Astoria Collection in 2006. Barron Hilton, son of Conrad Hilton, founded Conrad Hotels, taking the name from that of his father. Hilton Hotels was, at the time, a separate company from Hilton International, and could not operate hotels outside the United States under the Hilton name. The newly named chain solved that problem. Hilton International | The Leela Palaces, Hotels and Resorts The Leela Palaces, Hotels and Resorts The Leela Palaces, Hotels and Resorts, commonly known as The Leela, is an Indian luxury hotel chain, founded in 1986 by C. P. Krishnan Nair, and owned by The Leela Group. Currently, The Leela is a group of nine luxury palaces and hotels. The Leela Hotels were founded by C P Krishnan Nair, owner of The Leela Group, which he named after his wife. Nair bought 11 acres of land near his house in Sahar Village, Mumbai to build his first hotel, The Leela Mumbai, in 1986. It was the first luxury hotel near |
“To infinity… and beyond!” is the catchphrase of what Toy Story character? | Toy Story well as humanism. In addition, "Toy Story" left an impact with its catchphrase "To Infinity and Beyond", sequels, and software, among others. In 2005 (10 years after its theatrical release), the film was selected for preservation in the National Film Registry by the United States Library of Congress, one of only six films to be selected in its first year of eligibility. Buzz Lightyear's classic line "To Infinity and Beyond" has seen usage not only on themed merchandise, but among philosophers and mathematical theorists as well. In 2008, during STS-124 astronauts took an action figure of Buzz Lightyear into space | Toy Story on the "Discovery" Space Shuttle as part of an educational experience for students while stressing the catchphrase. The action figure was used for experiments in zero-g. It was reported in 2008 that a father and son had continually repeated the phrase to help them keep track of each other while treading water for 15 hours in the Atlantic Ocean. The phrase occurs in the lyrics of Beyoncé's 2008 song "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)", during the bridge. "Toy Story" has spawned three sequels: "Toy Story 2" (1999), "Toy Story 3" (2010), and "Toy Story 4", to be released |
The Crocodile Hunter was a nickname given to what Australian naturalist, who was killed by a slightly irritated sting ray in 2006? | The Crocodile Hunter Diaries first child Bindi, medical problems with Steve's dog Sui, the construction of the Crocoseum, daily ups and downs experienced by zoo staff on the job and animal rescue adventures. This season was shot in 1998. This season was shot between 2001 and 2003. This season was shot between 2003 and 2004. The Crocodile Hunter Diaries The Crocodile Hunter Diaries is a wildlife documentary television series first aired on cable TV channel Animal Planet. It was created as a spin-off to the original "The Crocodile Hunter" series hosted by Australian naturalist Steve Irwin and his wife Terri Irwin. In the UK | The Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course and his director never come up with an adequate reason why we should pay money for what we can get on television for free." The film made $28.4 million at the American box office, with a worldwide gross of $33.4 million, which against the production budget of $12 million, makes the film a considerable box office success. The "Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course" was released to VHS and DVD in the United States on 17 December 2002. The Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course The Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course is a 2002 Australian-American adventure comedy film based on the nature documentary television series |
What amusement park, the second most visited park in the world in 2010, was first opened on July 17, 1955? | Amusement park City. The park is still owned and operated by the Herschends and the family has several other parks including Dollywood, Celebration City and Wild Adventures. The first regional amusement park, as well as the first Six Flags park, Six Flags over Texas was officially opened in 1961 in Arlington, Texas. The first Six Flags amusement park was the vision of Angus Wynne, Jr. and helped create the modern, competitive amusement park industry. In the late 1950s, Wynne visited Disneyland and was inspired to create an affordable, closer, and larger amusement park that would be filled with fantasy. He followed in | Palisades Amusement Park Palisades Amusement Park Palisades Amusement Park was a 30-acre amusement park located in Bergen County, New Jersey, across the Hudson River from New York City. It was located atop the New Jersey Palisades lying partly in Cliffside Park and partly in Fort Lee. The park operated from 1898 until 1971, remaining one of the most visited amusement parks in the country until the end of its existence. After the park closed in 1971, a high-rise luxury apartment complex was built on its site. The park overlooked the Hudson River on of New Jersey riverfront land. It straddled what is now |
The legend of the Pied Piper of Hamelin, who lured all but three of the children of Hamelin to their death, was originally hired by the townspeople to rid the town of what? | Pied Piper of Hamelin Pied Piper of Hamelin The Pied Piper of Hamelin (, also known as the Pan Piper or the Rat-Catcher of Hamelin) is the titular character of a legend from the town of Hamelin (Hameln), Lower Saxony, Germany. The legend dates back to the Middle Ages, the earliest references describing a piper, dressed in multicolored ("pied") clothing, who was a rat-catcher hired by the town to lure rats away with his magic pipe. When the citizens refuse to pay for this service, he retaliates by using his instrument's magical power on their children, leading them away as he had the rats. | Pied Piper of Hamelin a large group of children travelled from Erfurt to Arnstadt (about 20 km), jumping and dancing all the way, in marked similarity to the legend of the Pied Piper of Hamelin, which originated at around the same time. Others have suggested that the children left Hamelin to be part of a pilgrimage, a military campaign, or even a new Children's crusade (which is said to have occurred in 1212) but never returned to their parents. These theories see the unnamed Piper as their leader or a recruiting agent. The townspeople made up this story (instead of recording the facts) to |
July 19, 1860 saw the birth of what infamous New England spinster who, When she saw what she had done gave her father forty-one? | Lizzie Borden Took an Ax the former asks her sister if she wants to know the truth. Lizzie then whispers into Emma's ear as a series of flashbacks show Lizzie committing the murders. A visibly upset Emma leaves the room, and eventually, moves out of their home, never seeing Lizzie again. Lizzie walks outside and hears three children jump roping to the famous nursery rhyme: "Lizzie Borden took an axe/She gave her mother forty whacks/When she saw what she had done/She gave her father forty-one." The teaser trailer featured the time period's popular children's skipping-rope rhyme: In its original January 25, 2014 premiere on the | What the Peeper Saw What the Peeper Saw What the Peeper Saw or Night Child is a 1972 horror film starring Mark Lester, Britt Ekland, Hardy Krüger and Lilli Palmer. Marcus is a twelve-year-old schoolboy whose mother has recently died, leaving it up to his wealthy father Paul to look after him. He takes a sexual interest in his stepmother Elise. She notices his abnormal behaviour and investigates by visiting his school after discovering a torn-up letter from his headmaster. Elise is shocked by her findings. She becomes increasingly disturbed and wonders if Marcus is to blame for his mother's death. She enlists the |
Named after its founder, Leon Leonwood, what Freeport, ME based retailer of clothing and outdoor gear is well known for their Hudson's Bay Point Blanket? | Leon Leonwood Bean Leon Leonwood Bean Leon Leonwood Bean (October 13, 1872 – February 5, 1967) was an American inventor, author, outdoor enthusiast, and founder of the company L.L.Bean. Bean was born in the town of Greenwood, Maine on October 13, 1872 to Benjamin Warren Bean and Sarah (Swett) Bean, one of six sons. According to a grandson of Leon L. Bean, the latter's middle name may have been originally "Linwood" and accidentally changed to "Leonwood". In fact, in the Freeport Town Clerk's Report for the 1898–1899 period, a "Leon Linwood Bean" married a "Bertha Davis Porter" on September 28, 1898. Bean showed | Hudson's Bay point blanket been enhanced with red on the flag. To celebrate Canada's 150th Anniversary in 2017, HBC added an additional label to the blanket: a picture of voyageurs in a canoe, with CANADA printed at the top. The Hudson's Bay blanket was called by different names in First Nations languages. Some examples are: Hudson's Bay point blanket A Hudson's Bay point blanket is a type of wool blanket traded by the Hudson's Bay Company (HBC) in British North America (now Canada) and the United States during the 1700s and 1800s. The company is named for the Hudson Bay and the blankets were |
The 18th of July, 1976 saw what Romanian athlete score the first ever perfect 10 in Olympic gymnastics? | Perfect 10 (gymnastics) Perfect 10 (gymnastics) Perfect 10 refers to a score of 10.00 for a single routine in artistic gymnastics, which was once thought to be unattainable—particularly at the Olympic Games—under the code of points set by the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG). The first person to score a perfect 10 at the Olympic Games was Romanian Nadia Comăneci, at the 1976 Games in Montreal. Other women who accomplished this feat at the Olympics include Nellie Kim, also in 1976, Mary Lou Retton in 1984, and Daniela Silivaș and Yelena Shushunova in 1988. The first man to score a perfect 10 was Alexander | Perfect 10 (gymnastics) Dityatin, at the 1980 Olympics in Moscow. The FIG changed its code of points in 2006. There are now different top scores, all greater than 10, for the various events, based upon difficulty and artistic merit; there is no consistent perfect score. Men's Artistic Gymnastics had been an Olympic sport since the beginning of the modern games. Women's gymnastics were introduced as a single (team) event in the 1928 games, but were not expanded until the 1952 games, when there were seven events. The International Federation of Gymnastics first drew up a code of points—for men—in 1949. Although the code |
In the Tour de France, the overall leader wears the yellow jersey, the king of the mountain wears the red and white polka dot. What color does the sprint leader wear? | Tour de Georgia Jersey" is worn by the rider that receives the most bonus points awarded through his placing in intermediate sprints and finishing in the top 15 places at the end of the stage. The King of the Mountains Jersey is worn by current leader and overall winner by points awarded by his placing in mountain climbs. The leader wears a Georgia-inspired "Peaches Theme Jersey" (in substitution of the traditional polka dot theme of the Tour de France jersey). The Best Young Rider is the best racer in General Classification that has less than 25 years old. He wears a "Green Jersey". | Mountains classification in the Tour de France Mountains classification in the Tour de France The mountains classification is a secondary competition in the Tour de France, that started in 1933. It is given to the rider that gains the most points for reaching mountain summits first. The leader of the classification is named the King of the Mountains, and since 1975 wears the polka dot jersey (), a white jersey with red polka dots. The first Tour de France crossed no mountain passes, but several lesser cols. The first was the col des Echarmeaux (), on the opening stage from Paris to Lyon, on what is now |
What blues rocker is backed by The Destroyers? | George Thorogood and the Destroyers (album) George Thorogood and the Destroyers (album) George Thorogood and the Destroyers is the self-titled debut album by American blues rock band George Thorogood and the Destroyers, released in 1977. Consisting mostly of covers of blues hits, it includes a medley of John Lee Hooker's "House Rent Boogie" and "One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer", the latter a song written by Rudy Toombs for Amos Milburn, and later covered by Hooker. In 2015 Rounder released "George Thorogood and the Delaware Destroyers", a new remix of the album featuring the three-piece band as originally recorded and mixed. It omits the bass overdubs | Veteran Cosmic Rocker the two songs. Ray Thomas performs a harmonica solo about halfway through the song. At the beginning of the song, Ray Thomas can be faintly heard saying the line "I'll have a Scotch and Coke please, Mother!" At the end of the song is a backward message in which Thomas can be faintly heard saying "What happens anyway, you know?" Veteran Cosmic Rocker "Veteran Cosmic Rocker" is a 1981 song by the progressive rock band The Moody Blues. It was written by the band's flautist Ray Thomas. "Veteran Cosmic Rocker" first appeared as the final track of The Moody Blues |
On July 21, 1873, Jesse James and the James-Younger gang pulled off the first successful what of the American West, in Adair Iowa? | Adair, Iowa town is named after General John Adair, a general in the War of 1812 who later became the 8th governor of Kentucky. Adair was the scene of the first successful train robbery in the American West when on July 21, 1873, the James-Younger Gang (led by Jesse James) took US $3,000 from the Rock Island Express after derailing it southwest of the town. The derailment killed the engineer. A rare F5 tornado occurred near this town on June 27, 1953. Adair is recognizable from Interstate 80 by its tall yellow "smiley-face" water tower. Humorously known as "the happiest town on | James–Younger Gang Iowa; the James and Younger brothers were suspects. The bank contacted the Pinkerton National Detective Agency in Chicago, the first involvement of the famous agency in the pursuit of the James–Younger Gang. Agency founder Allan Pinkerton dispatched his son, Robert Pinkerton, who joined a county sheriff in tracking the gang to a farm in Civil Bend, Missouri. A short gunfight ended indecisively as the gang escaped. On June 24, Jesse James wrote a letter to the "Kansas City Times", claiming Republicans were persecuting him for his Confederate loyalties by accusing him and Frank of carrying out the robberies. "But I |
“When your here, you’re family” is the advertising slogan for what national restaurant chain? | Good Earth (restaurant chain) Good Earth (restaurant chain) Good Earth was a health food restaurant chain originally founded in Reno, Nevada, by William Galt and Nancy Galt. A franchise location in San Rafael, California, was owned by Dean Stanley Ashby and family, wife Georgia Anne Ashby, Aaron Stanley Ashby, and the youngest Dean Stanley Ashby II that existed in the US in the 1970s. It was purchased by General Mills in 1980, which converted most of the restaurants into other chain restaurants they were operating, such as Red Lobster and Olive Garden. Most of the restaurants were located in California. During the period Good | Advertising slogan to scholars. Critics argue taglines are a self-gratifying, unnecessary form of corporate branding that is neither memorable nor pithy. However, proponents argue if taglines enter everyday public discourse, the company's market influence could exponentially increase. A marketing slogan can play a part in the interplay between rival companies. A functional slogan usually: The business sloganeering process communicates the value of a product or service to customers, for the purpose of selling the product or service. It is a business function for attracting customers. Advertising slogan Advertising slogans are short phrases used in advertising campaigns to generate publicity and unify a |
What famed martial artist, who died on July 20, 1970, is buried in Lakeview Cemetery up on Capitol Hill, next to his son, also a martial artist? | Anthony Kelly (martial artist) Anthony Kelly (martial artist) Anthony Kelly (born 1964) is an Australian martial artist and world record holder. Often called the "Arrow Catcher", and referred to as a ninja, Kelly is renowned for his fast reflexes, in particular his ability to catch fast moving items. He has made numerous television appearances. Kelly became interested in martial arts as a child after watching fights by Bruce Lee and Muhammad Ali. He started training in judo in 1978, and had attained black belts in 10 different martial arts styles as of 2012. Kelly started catching arrows at his annual martial arts night in | Thomas Carroll (martial artist) With a Kick". He is also featured training youth in the 1976 documentary "The Warrior Within". Thomas Carroll (martial artist) Thomas "Lapuppet" Carroll, (7 February 1938 – 20 March 1999) was a pioneer African-American martial artist, and also a member of USA Karate Hall of Fame, and the Black Belt Hall of Fame. of Brooklyn, NY. He was also a member of the US Ju-Jitsu Federation. but focussed on Shotokan karate. Carrol died from cancer in March 1999. Thomas Carroll LaPuppet born in South Carolina in 1938, and died on March 23, 1999. He was raised in Brooklyn, NY graduating |
A case that riveted the nation, the case of The State of Tennessee v. John Thomas Scopes concluded on July 21, 1925, with the jury finding Mr. Scopes guilty of teaching what? | John T. Scopes John T. Scopes John Thomas Scopes (August 3, 1900 – October 21, 1970) was a teacher in Dayton, Tennessee, who was charged on May 5, 1925, with violating Tennessee's Butler Act, which prohibited the teaching of evolution in Tennessee schools. He was tried in a case known as the Scopes Trial, in which he was found guilty and fined $100. Scopes was born in 1900 and his parents were Thomas Scopes and Mary Alva Brown who lived on a farm in Paducah, Kentucky, John was the fifth child and only son. The family moved to Danville, Illinois when John was | John T. Scopes Wallace Haggard, father and son pairings Ben and J. Gordon McKenzie, and William Jennings Bryan and William Jennings Bryan Jr. Bryan, Senior, had spoken at Scopes' high school commencement and remembered the defendant laughing while he was giving the address to the graduating class six years earlier. The case ended on July 21, 1925, with a guilty verdict, and Scopes was fined $100. The case was appealed to the Tennessee Supreme Court. In a 3–1 decision written by Chief Justice Grafton Green, the Butler Act was held to be constitutional, but the court overturned Scopes's conviction because the judge had |
What color are the 0 (and potentially 00) spots on a roulette wheel? | Roulette a green pocket numbered 0 (zero). In American roulette, there is a second green pocket marked 00. Pocket number order on the roulette wheel adheres to the following clockwise sequence in most casinos: The cloth-covered betting area on a roulette table is known as the "layout". The layout is either single-zero or double-zero. The European-style layout has a single zero, and the American style layout is usually a double-zero. The American-style roulette table with a wheel at one end is now used in most casinos. The French style table with a wheel in the centre and a layout on either | Roulette the board where players collect their winnings and make new bets. The winning chips remain on the board. In 2004, California legalized a form of roulette known as California Roulette. By law, the game must use cards and not slots on the roulette wheel to pick the winning number. The pockets of the roulette wheel are numbered from 0 to 36. In number ranges from 1 to 10 and 19 to 28, odd numbers are red and even are black. In ranges from 11 to 18 and 29 to 36, odd numbers are black and even are red. There is |
According to the proverb, a what in your hand is worth two in your bush? | Proverb in advertising, often in slightly modified form. Ford once advertised its Thunderbird with, "One drive is worth a thousand words" (Mieder 2004b: 84). This is doubly interesting since the underlying proverb behind this, "One picture is worth a thousand words," was originally introduced into the English proverb repertoire in an ad for televisions (Mieder 2004b: 83). A few of the many proverbs adapted and used in advertising include: The GEICO company has created a series of television ads that are built around proverbs, such as "A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush", and "The pen is | China in Your Hand 7" vinyl Side one Side two 12" vinyl Side one Side two China in Your Hand "China in Your Hand" is a song by the British band T'Pau, released from their album "Bridge of Spies". A re-recorded version was released as a single in October 1987, spending five weeks at number one in the UK and is arguably the song for which the group is best known in their native Britain, though their debut single "Heart and Soul" was a much bigger hit in the United States. "China in Your Hand" was the 600th single to top the UK charts |
Claiming to be the largest independent new and used bookstore in the world, what downtown Portland institution occupies over 68,000 sq feet of retail floor space? | Powell's Books Powell's Books Powell's Books is a chain of bookstores in Portland, Oregon, and its surrounding metropolitan area. Powell's headquarters, dubbed Powell's City of Books, claims to be the largest independent new and used bookstore in the world. Powell's City of Books is located in the Pearl District on the edge of downtown and occupies a full city block between NW 10th and 11th Avenues and between W. Burnside and NW Couch Streets. It contains over , about 1.6 acres of retail floor space. CNN rates it one of the "coolest" bookstores in the world. The City of Books has nine | The Last Bookstore contains 22,000 square feet. The Last Bookstore The Last Bookstore is an independent bookstore located at 453 S Spring Street, Downtown Los Angeles. It claims to be California’s largest new and used book and record store. The store was founded by Josh Spencer in 2005, the first incarnation was a downtown Los Angeles loft, they sold books and other things online only. Then they decided to focus on books, opened a small bookstore on 4th Street and Main Street in December, 2009. They moved to the current incarnation in the Spring Arts Tower at 5th Street and Spring Street on |
A parent company of on of the worlds largest consumer products brands Unilever, What product did Lever Brothers manufacture when they first opened shop in 1885? | Unilever Nigeria Plc in the country, the firm opened a soap factory in Apapa in 1925. The company later expanded into the production of food products, it opened a new soap factory in Aba in 1958 and changed its name to Lever Brothers Nigeria Limited in 1955. In 1960, Lever Bros introduced Omo detergent into the market, the new product gained traction among buyers, prompting the firm to commission a factory to manufacture Omo detergents in 1964. In compliance with the indigenisation decree of 1972, Unilever became a publicly listed company in 1973, selling 60% of its shares to the Nigerian public. The | Hindustan Unilever country's largest exporters; it has been recognised as a Golden Super Star Trading House by the Government of India. Hindustan Unilever Hindustan Unilever Limited (HUL) is an Indian consumer goods company based in Mumbai, Maharashtra. It is a subsidiary of Unilever, a British-Dutch company. HUL's products include foods, beverages, cleaning agents, personal care products and water purifiers. HUL was established in 1933 as Lever Brothers and, in 1956, became known as Hindustan Lever Limited, as a result of a merger among Lever Brothers, Hindustan Vanaspati Mfg. Co. Ltd. and United Traders Ltd. It employs over 16,000 workers, while it also |
Note quite the Canyonero (or suburban, for that matter), what full sized SUV from Chevrolet is the companion to the GMC Yukon? | Chevrolet Suburban On May 31, 2016, the Chevrolet Suburban took third place behind the Tahoe and GMC Yukon in the 2016 J.D. Power Vehicle Dependability Study among full-size SUVs, based on responses from owners of the vehicles. In February 2018, Good Housekeeping named the 2018 Suburban the “Best New Car of Year 2018” in the Large SUV category. In its review of the vehicle from GH and its reason for the decision to award the SUV: “Whether you're bringing the whole soccer team home or moving kids into college, it's a larger-than-life workhorse that can handle your crew and all their stuff.” | Chevrolet Suburban Chevrolet Suburban The Chevrolet Suburban is a full-size SUV from Chevrolet. It is the longest continuous use automobile nameplate in production, starting in 1935 for the 1935 U.S. model year, and has traditionally been one of General Motors' most profitable vehicles. The 1935 first generation Carryall Suburban was one of the first production all-metal bodied station wagons. In addition to the Chevrolet brand, the Suburban was produced under the GMC marque until its version was rebranded Yukon XL, and also briefly as a Holden. For most of its recent history, the Suburban has been a station wagon-bodied version of the |
What futuristic cartoon character had a daughter Judy and a boy named Elroy? | His Boy Elroy His Boy Elroy His Boy Elroy (HBE) is an American alternative rock band from Seattle, Washington. The band's name is taken from the lyrics to the theme song of the American cartoon "The Jetsons", referring to George Jetson's son, Elroy Jetson. The band was founded in January 1992 in Seattle by Johnny Fly (alias Johnny Stevens). The group's 1993 self-titled Epic Records album was constructed mainly in the studio. Most of the album was recorded at Scotland Yard Studios and produced by Karl Stephenson. Clark Stiles recorded and produced the tracks, "Fade to Black" and "Don't Leave Me". Stiles and | Futuristic Love (Elroy) Futuristic Love (Elroy) "Futuristic Love (Elroy)" is a song by American hip hop recording artist Yung L.A.. It was released as a single on April 7, 2009, by Grand Hustle Records and Interscope Records. The song, which was produced by Grand Hustle in-house production team Nard & B, features vocals from his then-Grand Hustle label-mate, Ricco Barrino. The song was originally released as the second single from Yung L.A.'s debut album "Futuristic Leland", however the album would later be shelved. Since its release, the song has reached number 55 on the US "Billboard" Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. The music video |
Which book by Dr. Seuss features a character who calls himself “Sam I Am”? | I Am Sam in key roles. For his role as Sam, Penn was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor at the 74th Academy Awards in 2002. The film launched the career of child actress Dakota Fanning, who was then seven years old and had only acted in two small roles. She became the youngest actress to be nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award. The movie's title is derived from the opening lines "I am Sam / Sam I am" of the book "Green Eggs and Ham", which is read in the movie. Sam Dawson (Sean Penn), a man with an | Dr. Seuss bibliography of Dr. Seuss. Except for "Great Day for Up!", "My Book about ME" and "I Am Not Going to Get Up Today!", these books were illustrated and written by Geisel. Note only first edition information is given. Geisel also wrote several books that were posthumously published under his most recognizable pen name, Dr. Seuss. Geisel also authored several books under the pen name Theo. LeSieg (Geisel spelled backward) and one book under the name Rosetta Stone. These books were written but not illustrated by Geisel. While Geisel was most famous for his literary works, he helped write several propaganda films, |
According to the nursery rhyme, what did Jack trade the cow for, which made him mother somewhat unhappy? | Jack and the Beanstalk (1974 film) Jack and the Beanstalk (1974 film) Jack resides with his mother in a small house out in the country. Being very poor, they eventually find themselves forced to sell their cow, which has stopped giving milk. Jack runs into a mysterious man on the way into town and trades the cow for a handful of "magic" beans. Jack's mother becomes angry at him and spanks him with a broom before throwing the beans out the window. As Jack sleeps, the beanstalk grows, much to the astonishment of Jack's dog, Crosby. Crosby is even more surprised to see a mouse in | Jack and Jill (nursery rhyme) these stanzas were viewed as quatrains with internal rhymes, this would be an example of ballad form, a common form for nursery rhymes. The melody commonly associated with the rhyme was first recorded by the composer and nursery rhyme collector James William Elliott in his "National Nursery Rhymes and Nursery Songs" (1870). The Roud Folk Song Index, which catalogues folk songs and their variations by number, classifies the song as 10266. The phrase "Jack and Jill" was in use in England as early as the 16th century to indicate a boy and a girl. A comedy with the title "Jack |
In a sad day for all of us, July 23, 1984 saw beauty queen Vanessa Williams resign her Miss America crown after nude pictures of her were published in what magazine? | Vanessa Williams and Miss America good for your career, where for me it took every ounce of credibility and talent that I had and wiped it out." Miss America 2016 Post-Miss America 1984 July 1984 resignation speech Miss America 1984 Vanessa Williams and Miss America Vanessa Williams (born March 18, 1963) is an American actress, singer, and fashion designer. She initially gained recognition as the first African American winner of the Miss America title when she was crowned Miss America 1984 in September 1983. Several weeks before the end of her reign, however, a scandal arose when "Penthouse" magazine bought and published unauthorized nude photographs | Miss America 1984 Miss America 1984 Miss America 1984, the 57th Miss America pageant, was held at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey on September 17, 1983 on NBC Network. Debra Maffett (Miss California 1982) crowned her successor, Miss New York 1983, Vanessa Williams at the end of the nationally televised event. Williams was succeeded by Miss New Jersey Suzette Charles in July 1984, when she was forced to resign over the unauthorized publication of nude photographs. Charles served as Miss America until September 1984. Among the contestants who did not place among the 10 finalists, Miss New Mexico 1983 Mai |
What southern state, home of the 17th President of the United States, and site of many Union victories, was the first to be readmitted to the Union on July 24, 1866? | History of Tennessee December. After the war, Tennessee adopted the Thirteenth amendment forbidding slave-holding or involuntary servitude on February 22, 1865; ratified the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution on July 18, 1866; and was the first state readmitted to the Union on July 24, 1866. Because it had ratified the Fourteenth Amendment, Tennessee was the only state that seceded from the Union that did not have a military governor during Reconstruction. "Proscription" was the policy of disqualifying as many ex-Confederates as possible. In 1865 Tennessee disfranchised upwards of 80,000 ex-Confederates. There were only two or three African Americans in the Tennessee | 1866 State of the Union Address as one people" by restoring the States to the condition which they held prior to the rebellion, we should be cautious, lest, having rescued our nation from perils of threatened disintegration, we resort to consolidation, and in the end absolute despotism, as a remedy for the recurrence of similar troubles." The rebellion he is referring to is the American Civil War, which ended in 1865. 1866 State of the Union Address The 1866 State of the Union Address was given by the United States' 17th President, Andrew Johnson, on Monday, December 3, 1866. It was not a spoken address, but |
What is the large pack of bike riders in a race such as the Tour de France called? | Champs-Élysées stage in the Tour de France the Louvre and across the Place de la Concorde back to the Champs-Élysées). In past Tours, the riders would complete ten laps before the Tour was over. When a rider has reached a significant milestone over the course of the concluding Tour, it is customary for the peloton to let him enter the Champs-Elysées section of the stage in first place. Such an honor was bestowed upon American George Hincapie in 2012, in recognition of his final and record setting 17th Tour de France. While a number of riders will try to pull away from the peloton on the Champs-Elysées, | Doping at the Tour de France Doping at the Tour de France There have been allegations of doping in the Tour de France since the race began in 1903. Early Tour riders consumed alcohol and used ether, among other substances, as a means of dulling the pain of competing in endurance cycling. Riders began using substances as a means of increasing performance rather than dulling the senses, and organizing bodies such as the "Tour" and the International Cycling Union (UCI), as well as government bodies, enacted policies to combat the practice. Use of performance-enhancing drugs in cycling predates the Tour de France. Cycling, having been from |
In the stupid celebrity names category, what Las Vegas based entertainer named his daughter Moxie CrimeFighter and his son Zolten? | Penn Jillette documentary about food and health. Jillette is married to Emily Jillette, and they have two children, Zolten and Moxie CrimeFighter. Speculation arises from Jillette's red fingernail on his left hand. From the FAQ from Penn & Teller's official website, there are three common answers: In direct response to questions about his red fingernail, Penn has stated "People are asking about my fingernail. Wear my Dad's ring and my Mom's nail polish. Just for remembrance and respect." The color he uses is Jelly Apple Red (#054) by Essie. On the podcast "Skepticality" in 2012, Jillette said that he was considering changing | Bally's Las Vegas Strip's most popular entertainment destinations. It featured two large theatres: The Ziegfeld Stage and the Celebrity Room. The Ziegfeld regularly featured productions by famed Las Vegas choreographer Donn Arden including the long running Jubilee! and Hallelujah Hollywood. Dean Martin was the starring act for the Grand Opening on December 23, 1973. Sergio Franchi was the first entertainer signed to star in the Celebrity Room (three-year contract starting February 1974). Franchi's frequent co-star was comedian Joan Rivers. The Celebrity Room also hosted such acts as the Carpenters and Barry Manilow. "The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast" shows were filmed at the hotel. |
What part of the body does meningitis affect? | Meningitis an episode of meningitis. Inflammation of the brain (encephalitis) or its blood vessels (cerebral vasculitis), as well as the formation of blood clots in the veins (cerebral venous thrombosis), may all lead to weakness, loss of sensation, or abnormal movement or function of the part of the body supplied by the affected area of the brain. Meningitis is typically caused by an infection with microorganisms. Most infections are due to viruses, with bacteria, fungi, and protozoa being the next most common causes. It may also result from various non-infectious causes. The term "aseptic meningitis" refers to cases of meningitis in | Meningitis defects allow continuity between the external environment and the nervous system. The most common cause of recurrent meningitis is a skull fracture, particularly fractures that affect the base of the skull or extend towards the sinuses and petrous pyramids. Approximately 59% of recurrent meningitis cases are due to such anatomical abnormalities, 36% are due to immune deficiencies (such as complement deficiency, which predisposes especially to recurrent meningococcal meningitis), and 5% are due to ongoing infections in areas adjacent to the meninges. Viruses that cause meningitis include enteroviruses, herpes simplex virus (generally type 2, which produces most genital sores; less commonly |
The Scopes Monkey trial was completed on July 21, 1925 and John Scopes found guilty. How much was he fined? | John T. Scopes John T. Scopes John Thomas Scopes (August 3, 1900 – October 21, 1970) was a teacher in Dayton, Tennessee, who was charged on May 5, 1925, with violating Tennessee's Butler Act, which prohibited the teaching of evolution in Tennessee schools. He was tried in a case known as the Scopes Trial, in which he was found guilty and fined $100. Scopes was born in 1900 and his parents were Thomas Scopes and Mary Alva Brown who lived on a farm in Paducah, Kentucky, John was the fifth child and only son. The family moved to Danville, Illinois when John was | Scopes Trial Scopes Trial The Scopes Trial, formally known as The State of Tennessee v. John Thomas Scopes and commonly referred to as the Scopes Monkey Trial, was an American legal case in July 1925 in which a substitute high school teacher, John T. Scopes, was accused of violating Tennessee's Butler Act, which had made it unlawful to teach human evolution in any state-funded school. The trial was deliberately staged in order to attract publicity to the small town of Dayton, Tennessee, where it was held. Scopes was unsure whether he had ever actually taught evolution, but he purposely incriminated himself so |
A longtime resident of Jellystone National Park, what is the name of Yogi Bears long suffering girlfriend? | Yogi Bear's Jellystone Park Camp-Resorts syndicator of the content of Yogi's studio, Hanna-Barbera) and got approval to associate the names with his campground. Ground broke on the campground in April 1969 and three months later, the campground officially opened for business. The original price to camp at a Jellystone Park was $3.50. There are currently 79 licensed campgrounds located in 30 states and three provinces. Each campground is themed with Yogi Bear elements to provide instant recognition and appeal. An estimated 2 million campers stay at a Jellystone Park Camp-Resort each year. The Yogi Bear characters (including Yogi, Ranger Smith, Boo-Boo, and Cindy) that often | Yogi Bear's Jellystone Park Camp-Resorts the theme throughout the park. Sources and External Links Yogi Bear's Jellystone Park Camp-Resorts Yogi Bear's Jellystone Park Camp-Resorts are a chain of over 75 family campgrounds throughout the United States and Canada. The camp-resorts are franchised through Leisure Systems, Inc. (LSI), a wholly owned subsidiary of The Park River Corporation, based out of Cincinnati, Ohio. The current President of Leisure Systems, Inc. is Robert (Rob) Schutter, Jr. Yogi Bear's Jellystone Park Camp-Resorts were founded in 1969 by Doug Haag & Robert Borkovetz. The first Jellystone Park was built in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, and still remains a part of the |
How many different husbands has Elizabeth Taylor had? | The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo is a novel by Taylor Jenkins Reid. It was published by Atria Publishing Group in 2017. The novel tells the story of the fictional Old Hollywood star Evelyn Hugo, who at the age of 79 decides to give a final interview to an unknown journalist, Monique Grant. According to Reid, Evelyn Hugo was loosely based in part on actresses Elizabeth Taylor, who was married eight times to seven different men, and Ava Gardner, who revealed the secrets of her life to a journalist which was eventually published as | Too Many Husbands Too Many Husbands Too Many Husbands (released in the United Kingdom as My Two Husbands) is a 1940 romantic comedy film about a woman who loses her husband in a boating accident and remarries, only to have her first spouse reappear—yet another variation on the 1864 poem "Enoch Arden" by Alfred, Lord Tennyson. The film stars Jean Arthur, Fred MacMurray and Melvyn Douglas, and is based on the 1919 play "Home and Beauty" by W. Somerset Maugham, which was retitled "Too Many Husbands" when it came to New York. The film was directed by Wesley Ruggles. A couple of months |
What is the name of the British comedian behind the characters Bruno and Borat? | Borat Borat Borat! Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (or simply Borat) is a 2006 British-American mockumentary comedy film written and produced by British comedian Sacha Baron Cohen who also plays the title character, Borat Sagdiyev, a fictitious Kazakh journalist travelling through the United States recording real-life interactions with Americans. The film was directed by Larry Charles and distributed by 20th Century Fox. Much of the film features unscripted vignettes of Borat interviewing and interacting with Americans, who believe he is a foreigner with little or no understanding of American customs. It is the second of | Borat on YouTube, "Borat" was also exposed to viral communication. This triggered discussions on different national identities (Kazakh, American, Polish, Romanian, Jewish, British) that Baron Cohen had exploited in creating the Borat character. American audiences embraced the film, which played to sold-out crowds at many showings on its opening, despite having been shown on only 837 screens. "Borat" debuted at No. 1 on its opening weekend, with a total gross of $26.4 million, beating its competitors "Flushed Away" and "". The film's opening weekend's cinema average was an estimated $31,511, topping "", yet behind "" and "Spider-Man". It retained the top |
What movie franchise included such installments as Back in Training, Citizens on Patrol, and City Under Siege? | Police Academy 6: City Under Siege the city is called the Wilson Heights Gang, a reference to Wilson Heights Boulevard, a street in the Downsview area. The specific area itself is called Wilson Heights as well. "Police Academy 6: City Under Siege" was filmed entirely in Los Angeles, California. Pete Hammond in "Leonard Maltin's Movie Guide" gave "Police Academy 6: City Under Siege" a BOMB rating, writing that "This entry is only—repeat "only"—for those who thought "Police Academy 5" was robbed at Oscar time". "The DVD/Video Guide" by Mick Martin & Marsha Porter gave the first two "Police Academy" films 2 stars out of 5; and | Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol during the various training exercises the volunteers take, Harris, nevertheless, is still determined to make the Citizens on Patrol program fail. Jones learns that volunteers House, Kyle, and Arnie believe themselves ready to go out and catch criminals, so Jones, Mahoney, Hightower, and Tackleberry play a prank on the boys, locking the boys in a prisoner transport van with Hightower, who is posing as a Voodoo practitioner who reanimates his "dead" brother, played by Tackleberry, as a Jason Voorhees-esque maniac with a chainsaw to make them take their training more seriously. Later, after being yelled at again by Captain Harris |
"Where do you want to go today?" was the advertising slogan for what company in the 1990s? | Where do you want to go today? New York Times" as mutual. Dan Wieden, president and chief creative officer of the advertising agency, characterized the relationship with Microsoft as “intense” and said that it had “run its course”. The slogan is used on some Australian commercials. Where do you want to go today? “Where do you want to go today?” was the title of Microsoft’s 2nd global image advertising campaign. The broadcast, print and outdoor advertising campaign was launched in November 1994 through the advertising agency Wieden+Kennedy, the firm best known for its work on behalf of Nike, Inc. The campaign, which "The New York Times" described | Baby What You Want Me to Do wife, Mama Reed." Mama Reed can be heard at the recording session for the song: Of note, nowhere in the song do the lyrics "baby what you want me to do" appear, although later cover versions would often wrongly include the phrase in place of the original "baby why you wanna let go." "Baby What You Want Me to Do" was included on Jimmy Reed's second album "Found Love" (1960), the "Jimmy Reed at Carnegie Hall" album (1961), as well as numerous compilation albums. "Baby What You Want Me to Do" reached number 10 in the "Billboard" R&B chart and |
Irene Adler, known simply as "the woman", is the only woman ever to have bested who, in a battle of wits? | Irene Adler Moriarty's prisoner in a dilapidated house. After rescuing Irene, Holmes is confronted with a final plot twist in "The Woman" and "Heroine": Irene Adler is his nemesis, Jamie Moriarty (gender-swapped from her literary counterpart). Moriarty created the Irene identity to seduce Holmes, and subsequently faked her own death to distract him from possibly uncovering her criminal activities. Natalie Dormer played Adler/Moriarty in the final three episodes of the season. In the 2013 Russian drama "Sherlock Holmes", Irene Adler takes a major role in the series and is portrayed by Lyanka Gryu. In the 2014 Japanese puppetry television show, "Sherlock Holmes", | Have You Ever Loved a Woman Have You Ever Loved a Woman "Have You Ever Loved a Woman" is a blues song written by Billy Myles and first recorded by American blues artist Freddie King in 1961. The song is performed as a slow blues with King's vocal and guitar accompanied by a small combo of pianist Sonny Thompson, bassist Bill Willis, and drummer Phillip Paul. When it was released by Federal Records in 1961, only the B-side to King's single, "You've Got to Love Her with a Feeling" reached the "Billboard" Hot 100 pop chart. The song was included on King's first album, "Freddy King |
Second only to Zeus, who is the Greek god of light and the sun; truth and prophecy; archery; medicine and healing; music, poetry, and the arts; and more? | Apollo Apollo Apollo (Attic, Ionic, and Homeric Greek: , "Apollōn" ( ) is one of the most important and complex of the Olympian deities in classical Greek and Roman religion and Greek and Roman mythology. The national divinity of the Greeks, Apollo has been variously recognized as a god of music, truth and prophecy, healing, the sun and light, plague, poetry, and more. Apollo is the son of Zeus and Leto, and has a twin sister, the chaste huntress Artemis. Seen as the most beautiful god and the ideal of the "kouros" (a beardless, athletic youth), Apollo is considered to be | Healing Words: Poetry and Medicine feelings and emotions in order to become oriented in his/her new situation. Research based on the phenomenon of narratives as agents of healing is of increasing significance in the fields of psychology and medicine. Narrative medicine can help nurses, doctors, social workers, and patients work together. Healing Words: Poetry and Medicine Healing Words: Poetry and Medicine is a sixty-minute documentary () filmed in 2008 primarily at Shands at the University of Florida. The production portrays individuals in personal quest to recover psychologically and physically from illnesses that have dramatically changed their lives. This film validates expressive art in medical settings |
What is the longest exposed mountain range in the world? | Mountain range Pacific Coast, the Aleutian Range, on through Kamchatka, Japan, Taiwan, the Philippines, Papua New Guinea, to New Zealand. The Andes is long and is often considered the world's longest mountain system. The Alpide belt includes Indonesia and southeast Asia, through the Himalaya, and ends in the Alps, Spain and Atlas Mountains. The belt also includes other European and Asian mountain ranges. The Himalayas contain the highest mountains in the world, including Mount Everest, which is high and traverses the border between China and Nepal. Mountain ranges outside these two systems include the Arctic Cordillera, the Urals, the Appalachians, the Scandinavian | Mountain range Mountains, the Great Dividing Range, the Altai Mountains and the Hijaz Mountains. If the definition of a mountain range is stretched to include underwater mountains, then the Ocean Ridges form the longest continuous mountain system on Earth, with a length of . The mountain systems of the earth are characterized by a tree structure, where mountain ranges can contain sub-ranges. The sub-range relationship is often expressed as a parent-child relationship. For example, the White Mountains of New Hampshire and the Blue Ridge Mountains are sub-ranges of the Appalachian Mountains. Equivalently, the Appalachians are the parent of the White Mountains and |
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