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Who played the title role in 1997 film George Of The Jungle? | George of the Jungle Theatrical Trailer (1997) - YouTube George of the Jungle Theatrical Trailer (1997) Want to watch this again later? Sign in to add this video to a playlist. Need to report the video? Sign in to report inappropriate content. The interactive transcript could not be loaded. Loading... Rating is available when the video has been rented. This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. Published on Dec 29, 2012 Brendan Fraser (and his body of sin) takes on the title role inspired by the classic cartoon series. Category |
Which King created the George Cross medal? George III, George V or George VI? | King George VI, King of the United Kingdom (1895-1952) King George VI, King of the United Kingdom (1895-1952) King George VI, King of the United Kingdom (1895-1952) View other collectors The second son of King George V and Queen Mary Served in the Royal Navy during the First World War Duke of York from 1920 to 1936, living in London and also (from 1932) at Royal Lodge, Windsor Great Park In 1923 married Lady Elizabeth Bowes Lyon; their elder daughter, later HM Queen Elizabeth II, was born in 1926 Succeeded to the throne on the abdication of his brother, King Edward VIII, in December 1936 With Queen Elizabeth, paid state visits to France in 1938, and to Canada and the USA in 1939 With his consort was a focal point for the nation throughout the Second World War Instituted the George Cross and George Medal (1940), awarded for acts of bravery by citizens, and organised displays of Orders, Medals and Decorations at Windsor Following the declarations of independence by Pakistan and India in 1947, ceased to be Emperor of India In 1948 revived the annual ceremonial for the Order of the Garter at Windsor, where he is buried Added paintings by Ricci, Kneller and Knyff to the Collection Reigned: 1936–52 |
What is a more common name for the Aurora Borealis? | Northern Lights or Aurora Borealis Explained What are Northern Lights? The bright dancing lights of the aurora are actually collisions between electrically charged particles from the sun that enter the earth's atmosphere. The lights are seen above the magnetic poles of the northern and southern hemispheres. They are known as 'Aurora borealis' in the north and 'Aurora australis' in the south.. Auroral displays appear in many colours although pale green and pink are the most common. Shades of red, yellow, green, blue, and violet have been reported. The lights appear in many forms from patches or scattered clouds of light to streamers, arcs, rippling curtains or shooting rays that light up the sky with an eerie glow. What causes the Northern Lights? The Northern Lights are actually the result of collisions between gaseous particles in the Earth's atmosphere with charged particles released from the sun's atmosphere. Variations in colour are due to the type of gas particles that are colliding. The most common auroral color, a pale yellowish-green, is produced by oxygen molecules located about 60 miles above the earth. Rare, all-red auroras are produced by high-altitude oxygen, at heights of up to 200 miles. Nitrogen produces blue or purplish-red aurora. The connection between the Northern Lights and sunspot activity has been suspected since about 1880. Thanks to research conducted since the 1950's, we now know that electrons and protons from the sun are blown towards the earth on the 'solar wind'. (Note: 1957-58 was International Geophysical Year and the atmosphere was studied extensively with balloons, radar, rockets and satellites. Rocket research is still conducted by scientists at Poker Flats, a facility under the direction of the University of Alaska at Fairbanks - see web page http://www.gi.alaska.edu/ The temperature above the surface of the sun is millions of degrees Celsius. At this temperature, collisions between gas molecules are frequent and explosive. Free electrons and protons are thrown from the sun's atmosphere by the rotation of the sun and escape through holes in the magnetic field. Blown towards the earth by the solar wind, the charged particles are largely deflected by the earth's magnetic field. However, the earth's magnetic field is weaker at either pole and therefore some particles enter the earth's atmosphere and collide with gas particles. These collisions emit light that we perceive as the dancing lights of the north (and the south). The lights of the Aurora generally extend from 80 kilometres (50 miles) to as high as 640 kilometres (400 miles) above the earth's surface. Where is the best place to watch the Northern Lights? Northern Lights can be seen in the northern or southern hemisphere, in an irregularly shaped oval centred over each magnetic pole. The lights are known as 'Aurora borealis' in the north and 'Aurora australis' in the south. Scientists have learned that in most instances northern and southern auroras are mirror-like images that occur at the same time, with similar shapes and colors. Because the phenomena occurs near the magnetic poles, northern lights have been seen as far south as New Orleans in the western hemisphere, while similar locations in the east never experience the mysterious lights. However the best places to watch the lights (in North America) are in the northwestern parts of Canada, particularly the Yukon, Nunavut, Northwest Territories and Alaska. Auroral displays can also be seen over the southern tip of Greenland and Iceland, the northern coast of Norway and over the coastal waters north of Siberia. Southern auroras are not often seen as they are concentrated in a ring around Antarctica and the southern Indian Ocean. Areas that are not subject to 'light pollution' are the best places to watch for the lights. Areas in the north, in smaller communities, tend to be best. When is the best time to watch for auroral displays? Researchers have also discovered that auroral activity is cyclic, peaking roughly every 11 years. The next peak period is 2013. Winter in the |
In September 2003, Fathers 4 Justice campaigner Jason Hatch caused an embarrassing security breach at Buckingham Palace dressed as who? | Jason Hatch - Fathers 4 Justice Jason Hatch - Fathers 4 Justice Wednesday, 3 October 2007 Two cleared in handcuffed MP case Mr Hatch and Mr Stanseby were cleared of false imprisonment A fathers' rights campaigner who handcuffed himself to former children's minister Margaret Hodge has been cleared of false imprisonment. Mrs Hodge was ambushed at a Law Society conference at the Lowry Hotel in Salford, Greater Manchester, in 2004. The MP was handcuffed for 20 minutes Manchester Crown Court heard. Jonathan Stanesby, 41, from Ivybridge, Devon, was cleared along with Jason Hatch, 35, from Cheltenham, who tried but failed to reach the MP. Mrs Hodge, who is now culture minister, had to be freed with bolt cutters. The minister was at the Lowry Hotel on 19 November for a conference called "Battle of the Sexes". Margaret Hodge MP was at a Law Society conference She was handcuffed by Mr Stanesby as she took part in a question-and-answer session afterwards. He cuffed her wrist to his, saying: "Margaret Hodge, I'm arresting you for covering up child abuse." This was a reference to Mrs Hodge's time as a councillor in Islington, north London. Mr Hatch also attempted to handcuff the Cabinet minister and MP for Barking but was blocked from reaching her by Mrs Hodge's assistant private secretary. At the trial Mrs Hodge described how she was "distressed" by the activists' actions. 'Upset and disturbed' "I did have a pain on my wrist for about six months afterwards," she said. "I was upset and I was very disturbed by that incident." But Kyri Argyropoulos, for Mr Stanesby, suggested that the minister was not prepared to meet members of Fathers 4 Justice because of their past behaviour. He suggested she was "far from accessible" - a charge Mrs Hodge denied. Alan Wolstenholme, prosecuting, said the men "went much further than they were entitled to do". The verdicts were met with cheers and applause from Fathers 4 Justice supporters in the public gallery. The court heard how both men had previously been involved in high-profile protests for the group. Mr Hatch, who gained notoriety after scaling the walls of Buckingham Palace dressed as Batman, thanked the jury after the not guilty verdict was read out. He said he was "ecstatic" at the verdict. "The jury are sending a clear message that the family law courts must be overhauled immediately. "The breakdown in our society can quite clearly be traced to the breakdown of families. The only way this can be rectified is by stopping the secrecy of family courts. "I carried out a citizen's arrest on Margaret Hodge and it looks like the jury thought I was justified to do so." Posted by Glos Fathers at 14:37 Saturday, 29 September 2007 COURT TOLD PROTESTERS HANDCUFFED MP Two fathers' rights protesters - one from Ivybridge - handcuffed former children's minister Margaret Hodge during a family law conference, a court heard today. Jason Hatch, 35, and Jonathan 'Jolly' Stanesby, 41, walked up to the MP during a question-and-answer session in Salford, Greater Manchester and grabbed her by the arms, Manchester's Minshull Street Crown Court was told. Stanesby, of Ivybridge, told the minister she was being "arrested" for child abuse before cuffing her left wrist to his, the court heard. Mrs Hodge, who is MP for Barking, was trapped in the fixed handcuffs for 15 minutes and eventually had to be released using bolt cutters. Opening the case for the prosecution, Alan Wolstenholme said Hatch had intended to handcuff himself to Mrs Hodge's other arm but she struggled free with the help of her assistant private secretary. Hatch, of Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, was grabbed by a security guard but managed to get free and leave the conference at the Lowry Hotel, dropping his handcuffs on the way, the court heard. Mr Wolstenholme said the pair were both members of Fathers4Justice at the time of the incident on November 19, 2004, and had aimed to gain publicity for their cause. Mr Wolstenholme said Mrs Hodge, who, at the time, was minister for children, young people and families, arrived at the hotel at around 10am. She sp |
Which English city stands on the river Nene? | River Nene - Major Rivers Of The British Isles Major Rivers Of The British Isles Image courtesy of Richard Dear, wikimedia commons The River Nene is an important drainage river situated in eastern England. The river is the country's tenth longest river at ninety one miles long with a catchment area of six hundred and thirty one square miles. The river is also unique for having three sources. The river starts life at three locations in the county of Northamptonshire, at Arbury Hill to the west where this stream is known as the Daventry Nene and at Naseby and Yelvertoft to the north where these two streams are known as the Brampton Nene and the Yelvertoft Nene. These three streams converge at Northampton Lock on the junction of the Grand Union Canal. From Northampton the river meanders in an easterly direction through the flat, wide Nene Valley, passing the towns of Great Gidding, Earl's Barton, Wellingborough, Thrapston, Oundle, the City of Peterborough, March, Guyhirn, Wisbech, Sutton Bridge, Tydd Gote and Gedney Drove End, before eventually draining into England's largest bay, The Wash, situated on the coasts of Lincolnshire and Norfolk, which the Nene also shares with it's tributaries the Rivers Welland and Witham and the Rivet Great Ouse. The river flows through miles of open, flat countryside where it passes under the Grand Union Canal, the West Coast Railway Line and part of the M1 Motorway as it makes it’s way past the nineteenth century, Kislingbury Watermill just outside Northampton, the one hundred and ten mile long, Nene Way, long distance footpath, the seven point five mile long, Nene Valley Railway at Peterborough, the one hundred and eighty acre, Titchmarsh Nature Reserve at Thrapston, the thirty seven acre, Barnwell Country Park at Oundle, Oundle Marina, the Bronze Age Archeological Park at Flag Fen near Whittlesey and the River Nene Washes, a three thousand, seven hundred acre Ramsar Wetland and Special Protected Area (SPA) situated east of the City of Peterborough. The river has several tributaries the largest of which are the sixty five mile long, River Welland and the eighty two mile long River Witham. The river also links the Grand Union Canal with the River Great Ouse at Salter’s Lode at Middle Level, a two hundred and seventy square mile, low lying fenland drainage system which is located at or slightly below sea level and is criss-crossed with a multitude of drains and dykes. The river is navigable for eighty eight miles, from Northampton through to the Wash, where it is served by seven sluices and thirty seven locks. The river is also served by four railway viaducts located at Irthlingborough, Thrapston, Wansford and Wellingborough and several road and pedestrian bridges. There is an interesting old stone bridge located in the Northamptonshire town of Oundle, a brick built bridge in the Northamptonshire town of Yarwell, a nine arch, stone bridge located in the village of Islip in Northamptonshire, pictured above, a Grade II Listed, single span, iron bridge located in Wisbech in Norfolk which was opened in 1857 and the City of Peterborough’s London Road Bridge, a three arch, concrete road bridge which was opened in 1934, located in the county of Cambridgeshire. There are two lighthouses on the river situated at Guy's Head, Long Sutton which were never built as functioning lighthouses. They are known as the East Lighthouse, located on the east bank of the River Nene and the West Lighthouse situated on the west bank of the River Nene, which were built solely to mark the entrance to the small channel which is situated there. The river, which was for many years an important transportation route from the North Sea through to the cathedral City of Peterborough, the medieval market town of Wellingborough and the historic county town of Northampton, is better known today for providing leisure pursuits such as boating and angling, where the river is renowned for it’s many varieties of coarse fish. You can read about the River Nene's estuary on our page - The Wash . |
What were the christian names of the Blues Brothers? | The Original Blues Brothers Band The Original Blues Brothers Band The Original Blues Brothers Band It was always about the music. Jake and Elwood may have fronted the show, but to back them up they made sure to have the meanest, sickest line-up of badass blues cats ever assembled. These were the men behind Otis Redding, Booker T & the MGs, Muddy Waters, James Cotton, Wilson Pickett, Sam & Dave, and the SNL Band -- just to name a few. These players have since emerged as a powerful entity in their own right, and although scheduling makes it difficult, they have played together sporadically over the past three decades. Since regrouping in 1988, the 'Original' Blues Brothers Band has triumphantly performed in international venues large and small, headlining at most of the jazz and blues festivals throughout Europe, such as Nimes Fair, France; North Sea Jazz Festival, the Netherlands; Pistoia Blues Festival, Italy; and, most famously, at the Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland, playing to audiences estimated up to 60,000 in one performance. Book them for a night of masterful, magical, chest-thumpin' blues, gospel, and soul. |
What is the official residence of the Archbishop of Canterbury? | FAQ FAQ Q: How can I contact the Archbishop of Canterbury? A: Details of the correspondence address, email address, and telephone number for Lambeth Palace can be found on the ' Contact ' page of this site. Q: Does the Archbishop read and reply to all the correspondence he receives? A: The Archbishop values the letters and emails that people send to him and is grateful that so many take the trouble to write. He hopes correspondents will understand that because so many letters and emails are sent to him, he is unable to read or reply personally to many of them. In these circumstances he instructs his staff to reply on his behalf, in accordance with agreed policies, and is regularly informed about the nature and content of the incoming correspondence that he does not have the opportunity to see. Sometimes a particular campaign, public debate or issue will generate a substantial amount of communication from the public, making it impossible for a reply to be issued to each individual correspondent. It is very much hoped that the absence of a reply in such cases will not be interpreted as a discourtesy, or a lack of interest in what they have to say. Q: How can I visit / take a guided tour / hold an event at Lambeth Palace? A: Please see our visit Lambeth Palace page . Q: Can I invite the Archbishop to an event, or to my local church? A: If you wish to extend an invitation to the Archbishop, please do so in writing using the details on the ' Contact ' page. Do bear in mind that there are many demands on the Archbishop's time and as a result he is often unable to accept as many invitations as he would like. Q: Can you tell me where my nearest church is? A: If you are a UK resident the website 'A Church Near You' can give you details of where your nearest Anglican Church can be found. Q: Where is Lambeth Palace? A: Lambeth Palace is situated south of the Thames on Lambeth Palace Road, London. Click here to see a map showing the location of Lambeth Palace. Q: Does the Archbishop really live at Lambeth Palace? A: The Archbishop of Canterbury lives in a flat in part of the Palace. It is his official London residence. He is also able to use accommodation at ‘The Old Palace’ in the precincts of Canterbury Cathedral when he is in Canterbury Diocese. Q: How old is Lambeth Palace? A: The oldest parts of Lambeth Palace date back to 1197. Morton's Tower, the main entrance to the Palace was constructed in approximately 1490. The Great Hall, now part of Lambeth Palace Library was reconstructed by Archbishop Juxon after 1660. The main sections of the Palace that you will see today were designed by Architect William Blore in 1833. The newest section of the Palace, the Atrium, was opened by The Prince of Wales in the year 2000. See the ' Lambeth Palace ' section for more information. Q: Who does what at Lambeth Palace? A: The Archbishop is supported by a dedicated team of advisers, administrators and clerical, technical and maintenance staff at Lambeth Palace - see further details here . |
Who painted The Laughing Cavalier? | Famous Painters: Frans Hals and The Laughing Cavalier Famous Painters: Frans Hals and The Laughing Cavalier Tweet Frans Hals, along with Rembrandt van Rijn and Johannes Vermeer, were three famous painters who dominated the Golden Age of Dutch Art in the 17th century. Frans Hals, born circa 1581, introduced a vitality and expressivenesss not previously seen in portraiture. Of the 300 or so paintings he created, nearly all are portraits, typically of Haarlem citizens as individuals or in groups. Among his most famous artwork is The Laughing Cavalier, also called The Merry Cavalier. Frans Hals, The Laughing Cavalier. Oil on canvas. 1624. 33 3/4" x 27". The Wallace Collection, London. Here, the courtly soldier epitomizes Baroque gallantry and seemingly flaunts his amorous tendencies - his sleeves are ornately decorated with bees of Cupid and Mercury's winged staff and hat. The intricacy of the embroidery is juxtaposed by Frans Hals' broad, energetic brushwork in the cavalier's black sash. As in most portraits by Frans Hals, a fleeting moment is captured with immediacy. Fast forward three centuries to the 1920s, a time during which the three masters of the Dutch Golden Age were frequently imitated and forged. Noted art historian Cornelis Hofstede de Groot had devoted himself to determining which 17th century Dutch paintings were authentic, and which were created by followers or forgers. In 1924, he published a brief article titled, "Some Recently Discovered Works by Frans Hals", announcing his discovery of The Merry Cavalier. De Groot proclaimed it an authentic Frans Hals painting, after which the work was sold to an auction house. Shortly thereafter, the auction house claimed it a forgery and demanded partial reimbursement of the purchase price. Profoundly offended, De Groot stated that if he was wrong, he'd donate his personal (and sizeable) art collection to Holland's museums, further vowing "never to express another word, either in writing or verbally, about the genuineness of an unknown Frans Hals." The subsequent trial provided incontrovertible proof that De Groot had erred -- although Frans Hals died in 1666, the blue paint in the cavalier's coat was first available in 1826; another blue in the background was made in 1820, while the white in the collar was zinc white, only made after 1781. Furthermore, the canvas was attached to its stretcher with modern, paint-splattered nails, meaning that they were positioned before the painter began. In spite of this data, De Groot was steadfast in his conviction that he'd found an authentic Frans Hals work. Before the trial concluded and a verdict announced, De Groot - contending he was the victim of injustice - purchased Merry Cavalier for himself. The following year, he published a booklet entitled True or False? Eye or Chemistry?. Here he stated that a connoisseur's eye was the best determination of artistic authenticity, adding that scientific analyses were beside the point. "A forger could scarcely imagine a more welcome message", notes Edward Dolnick in The Forger's Spell. If you are engaged by the complexities of art forgery -- in the work themselves and in the mind of the forger -- I strongly recommend Dolnick's work, "a true story of Vermeer, Nazis and the greatest art hoax of the twentieth century". |
What is the name of Derek Trotter's local? | Only Fools And Horses characters - British Comedy Guide Del AKA: Derek Trotter; Del Boy; Del Trotter. Trader. Played by: David Jason Derek Trotter - Del Boy to his friends (and enemies) - is a loveable rogue and dodgy market trader. In the 1980s and early 1990s he and his brother worked their socks off trying to make some easy money with the help of their yellow 3 wheeled van and a suitcase, but none of their deals amounted to anything. However, Del's luck changed in 1996 when an antique watch hidden in his garage made him an overnight millionaire. He lived the high life for 5 years before losing it all in 2001 due to a stock market crash. Del thinks of himself as very cultured but doesn't realise that his pretentious cocktails and misunderstood French phrases don't quite make him a connoisseur. Rodney AKA: Rodney Trotter; Rodders. Played by: Nicholas Lyndhurst Tall and thin Rodney (or "Rodders" as Del calls him) is Derek's brother. Rodney looks upon his brothers dodgy dealings with an air of pessimism, usually well-founded, yet he always somehow ends up getting involved. Academically, Rodney is much brighter than Del but he lacks his elder brother's street-smart, blinding confidence and self-assurance. His romantic life has never been very stable, largely thanks to Del. He eventually married girlfriend Cassandra, but a trial separation, miscarriage and her high-stress job caused plenty of arguments between the pair. Uncle Albert (Series 4-7) AKA: Albert Gladstone Trotter. Played by: Buster Merryfield Uncle Albert is taken in by Del and Rodney after Grandad's funeral, when it becomes apparent he has nowhere to live. Albert's an old sea dog, seemingly with a Navy tale to suit every occasion - much to Del and Rodney's annoyance. Some of his tales are a little suspect in the truth department too! Uncle Albert is often more of a hindrance than help to Del, but his heart's in the right place. Grandad (Series 1-3) AKA: Edward Trotter. Played by: Lennard Pearce Del and Rodney's paternal grandfather, Grandad is described in the first ever episode as an "out of work lamplighter, hoping that gas'll make a comeback". The original third member of the TIT gang, he's an indolent, scruffy man constantly moaning about his lot in life. Despite giving off the aura of not being the smartest card in the deck, Grandad could be extremely crafty if required. Having trained as a chef at one of London's largest venues (the Ear, Nose and Throat Hospital), Del and Rodders' stomachs were the main beneficiaries when Grandad passed away. Trigger AKA: Colin Ball. Roadsweeper. Played by: Roger Lloyd-Pack Trigger is an old school friend of Del's, and is probably one of the simplest people ever. A roadsweeper by trade, he holds just one qualification: a Grade 3 Cycling Proficiency Diploma. Trig is constantly providing the boys with laughs and causing them to sigh in despair because of the dopey things he says. For some unknown reason, Trig believes Rodney to be called 'Dave' - no amount of correction will get through to him! Boycie AKA: Aubrey Boyce. Car Dealer. Played by: John Challis Wealthy Boycie is the local second hand car dealer. He's extremely arrogant, a scrooge and a complete snob; no surprise, therefore, that he's the but of many of the pub regulars' jokes. Despite this he is still regarded as "one of the boys", and one of Del's best mates. Despite appearances, and their constant jokes and remarks at each others' expense, Boycie and Marlene's marriage is strong. If only he wasn't, as Del puts it, "a jaffa"... Marlene (Series 3-7) Played by: Sue Holderness The long-suffering wife of Boycie, Marlene has developed somewhat of a taste for the finer things in life. She was a bit of a go-er when younger, but her expensive lifestyle means she'd never leave her husband - after all, who else would be able to afford her keep? After years spent pining for a child, and treating her beloved dog Duke as a surrogate offspring, Marlene eventually fell pregnant with baby Tyler. Raquel (Series 5 & 7) AKA: Rachel Turner. Played by: Tessa Peake-Jones |
What are Dominican Monks also known as? Blackfriars, Greyfriars or Whitefriars? | The Friars in Medieval Norwich The Friars in Medieval Norwich Women and Lollardy in Norwich The Friars in Medieval Norwich The Benedictine cathedral priory of the Most Holy Trinity in Norwich was founded by Bishop Herbert de Losinga in 1096. Together with the Benedictine nunnery at Carrow, founded in 1146, the monks and nuns were the main figures in the religious life of the city and people of Norwich. Then, in the early years of the thirteenth century, the city became home to the first of the orders of mendicant friars that were to bring about great changes in both the landscape and the life of the city. These orders, whose members lived a life of poverty, chastity and obedience, were formed to combat the problems encountered by the church throughout Europe. Eventually Norwich had houses of all four major orders of friars, in common with all the major towns and cities throughout the country. Franciscans and others In 1226 the Franciscans, usually know as Greyfriars from the colour of their habits, founded by St Francis of Assisi (1181-1226) arrived in Norwich and set up a house in the area north of Conesford , in the area bounded by the present St Faith‘s Lane and Rose Lane. In the same year the Friars Preachers, known as the Dominicans or Blackfriars, arrived in Norwich and, at first, settled ‘over the water‘, in the area of the present Golden Dog Lane. They subsequently moved to occupy the site of the present St Andrew‘s and Blackfriars‘ Halls. Founded by St Dominic, who was born about 1170 in Spain, their original mission was to combat the Cathar heresy, prevalent in the Languedoc region of France. The next order of friars to arrive in Norwich were the Carmelites, or Whitefriars, who settled in the parish of St James in 1256, close to the former Jarrold printing works, on land given by a rich merchant, Philip Cowgate. The last friars to come to Norwich were the Augustinian or Austin Friars. They arrived in 1288-89 and set up their priory in King Street, south of the Franciscans‘ house, on a riverside site at St Anne‘s Staithe, next to the present Dragon Hall. The Whitefriars and the Austin Friars did not trace their origins to a particular founder, but were amalgamations of small, earlier communities of hermits living, in the case of the Whitefriars, on Mount Carmel in the Holy Land and, in the case of the Austin Friars, groups of hermits living in northern Italy. Mendicants And so, by the end of the thirteenth century, the mendicant friars and their buildings had become an integral part of daily life in the city of Norwich. Unlike the monks of the cathedral priory, the friars were not confined to their cloister. They went about the streets of the city preaching and teaching the Christian faith, as well as begging for alms for their livelihood. As well as teaching the local people the friars also had schools for educating their own members, preparing them for ordination to the priesthood. Many of the friars attended the universities at Oxford and Cambridge, whilst some studied at universities on mainland Europe. Their schools in Norwich were of a very high standard and attracted scholars from other parts of the country and Europe. A future pope, Alexander V, himself a Franciscan, attended the Norwich Greyfriars‘ school before going on to Oxford. The friaries had extensive libraries, and many of the Norwich friars became authors of international repute. Part of everyday life The friars and their buildings were a significant part of the everyday life of the people of Norwich and its citizens. Their churches, large, spacious, and specially designed for preaching, became home to some of the craft guilds and religious societies that existed in medieval Norwich. Some of the anchorites, or hermits, of whom Norwich had many, had their hermitages built in the grounds of the friaries, often against the wall of the church. They frequently acted as ‘bridges‘ between the friars and the lay people. The considerable number of bequests made by local people to the friars and their convents demonstrate their |
Which motorcycle company makes the Road King FLHR? | Road King® - Harley-Davidson® of Bangkok CONTROL Project RUSHMORE - Control Here are some of the innovations Project RUSHMORE led to: the Reflex™ Linked Brakes with ABS, brighter turn signals, brighter brake lights, and a steering head with stiffer front forks. Locked-uptires are now history even when there’s wet pavement. We’ve made it feel even better to lean your way through a turn. Now you can see better. And we’ve made you more conspicuous to the cage-driving public. Because one thing we all agree on is this: bikes that work better make riders who ride better. Take a ride. See how good you can be. Dunlop® Multi-Tread™ Tires The 180mm back tire is engineered to do more than fill out the rear fender and put a bigger patch of rubber on the road. Dunlop®Multi-Tread™ technology uses harder compounds at the center and softer on the sides for a tire that still knows how to knuckle down on corners. Perfect for making this bike agile on every curvy stretch of road. And the way it feels going through an abrupt off-camber turn will put a grin on your face that'll last to the next state line. High Output Twin Cam 103™ Engine Asking riders if they’d like more passing power is like asking them “Would you like more beer in the pitcher?” when they've reached their final destination at the end of a long, dusty ride. Everybody wants it, and the High Output Twin Cam 103™ engine is 103 cubic inches of Harley-Davidson V-Twin you can rely on to deliver it. The airbox delivers increased intake airflow and the cam optimizes phase and duration. The result: better low-end torque and faster 60 to 80 mph 5th gear roll-on to get you around that 18-wheeler. In the tradition of the Flathead, Knucklehead, Panhead, Shovelhead, Evolution® Twin Cam 88® and Twin Cam 96™ engines that came before it, the High Output Twin Cam 103™engine is raising the bar for the feeling an engine delivers to the rider. There’s a reason we’re called the Harley-Davidson Motor Company. Once you send some fuel to this engine, you’ll have no doubt whose it is. Dual Halogen Headlight and Fog Lamps When the sun goes low, the amount of road you have your eyes trained on stays high. Sitting inside that classic Hiawatha nacelle, you have a dual halogen headlamp and halogen fog lamps to match. Boasting a higher quality of light than previous models courtesy of a darkness-defying 986 lumens, they ensure you’ll have no trouble seeing everything out there that needs to be seen. Steering Head and Front Forks Whether it’s a big sweeping curve or a set of tight turns, a Project RUSHMORE motorcycle feels rock-solid in the corners. We stiffened up the front end, increased the fork diameter to 49mm (an increase of 18 percent) and retuned the damping for a smoother ride. The responsiveness is dialed in. Ergonomically designed hand controls It’s hard to enjoy the ride or keep your eyes focused on what’s coming down the road when you’re fussing and bothering with the switches on your handlebar. So when we built the Project RUSHMORE motorcycles, we worked over the hand controls on our touring bikes with as much passion as we worked over our engine. We made the shape more ergonomic and located and angled them to fall right under your thumbs. We added left-hand cruise for easy activation, toggle switches to control infotainment functions, and an easily locatable trigger switch to control and scan through functional readouts. And we improved the feel to give you a confidence-inspiring click at every push of a button. Even the dash panel switch got better. And it’s all prewired for parts and accessories, which even lets you customize with less fuss and bother. Air-Adjustable Suspension With air-adjustable suspension that comes standard, you can dial in your ride to accommodate heavier or lighter payloads, battle unexpected road conditions or simply set it to how you like to roll. The lighter the load, the softer you can go by decreasing the air pressure a bit, or increase the air pressure for a more firm ride. A convenient air valve is located between the saddlebag and rear fender for quick adju |
What colour are the vertical stripes of the Italian Flag? | Italian Flag: What the Colors Mean & A Little History – Italy Travel Guide in About Italy tagged About Italy / history / italian history by Jessica As a schoolkid in the United States, I distinctly remember learning precisely what all the symbolism of the U.S. flag meant – the stripes, the stars, and the colors. But for some reason, it didn’t occur to me until recently that there was probably similar meaning behind the design and the colors of the Italian flag. So, like a schoolkid once again, I did my homework – and here’s my report. (Plus a shiny apple for the teacher, just cuz I’m that kind of teacher’s pet.) Italian Flag of Today The current Italian flag consists of three equal vertical bands of color – green, white, and red – with the green being the one on the hoist side. This kind of flag is known as a “tricolor” design, the same kind of design the French flag and Irish flag have. In Italian the flag is known as Il Tricolore (tree|koh|LOHR|eh) because of this, in much the same way that the American flag is commonly known as the “stars and stripes.” The modern flag of Italy wasn’t made the country’s official flag until 1948, but the three colors in the flag have been in use since the late 1700s representing the various city-states and kingdoms that made up the country we know as Italy today. What do the colors on the Italian flag mean? Unfortunately, the answer to this question isn’t as simple as you’d want it to be. There are poetic meanings assigned to the colors of Italy’s flag, but they were only associated with the flag after the fact – the flag wasn’t given its colors with those meanings in mind. You’ll read that the colors represent hope (green), faith (white), and charity (red); or that the green is for the hills, the white is for the mountains, and the red for the bloody wars for independence. Rather than poetry, however, it’s the historical merging of governments that we have to thank for the meanings behind the three colors of the Italy flag. As you’ll read below, the first tricolor flag used the colors green, white, and red in order to incorporate the flags and uniforms of regional governments. The flag of Milan, a white flag with a red cross on it, was the flag of the city’s patron saint (St. Ambrose). The red and white colors were combined with the green color of a regional military uniform in a flag to represent a republic in northern Italy, and the rest – as they say – is history. History of the Italian Flag The first use of a green/white/red tricolor design for a flag in what is now Italy was in 1796 when it represented a republic in the north. The red and white came from the flag of Milan, and the green from the color of the region’s military. Within a year, that republic had merged with another – and the tricolor design would be abandoned and re-adopted over the years – but the three colors used would remain. Looking over all of the flags that have flown over Italy is a bit like looking at a quilt. From the early tricolor of the late 1790s to the square-and-diamond designs of the Napoleonic era, to the re-emergence of the tricolor bands (with ever-changing coats of arms of the whoever was in power in the center) after the fall of Napoleon – the flags of Italy tell the story of the country’s chaotic history. All you need to know about Italian history is that the country wasn’t unified until 1861 (and even then it was only done begrudgingly) and didn’t become a republic until 1946, and then it becomes easy to understand why the flags seem so unstable. It’s because the country was unstable! DOWNLOAD OUR TRAVEL GUIDES |
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According his famous poem, what had John Milton lost? | John Milton - John Milton Poems - Poem Hunter John Milton - John Milton Poems - Poem Hunter Do you like this poet? John Milton Poems Paradise Lost: Book 01 Of Man's first disobedience, and the ... Lycidas In this Monody the author bewails a learned Friend, ... Arcades Part of an entertainment presented to the Countess ... All poems of John Milton » Search in the poems of John Milton: John Milton was an English poet, polemicist, a scholarly man of letters, and a civil servant for the Commonwealth (republic) of England under Oliver Cromwell. He wrote at a time of religious flux and political upheaval, and is best known for his epic poem Paradise Lost. Milton's poetry and prose reflect deep personal convictions, a passion for freedom and self determination, and the urgent issues and political turbulence of his day. Writing in English, Latin, and Italian, he achieved international renown within his lifetime, and his celebrated Areopagitica, (written in condemnation of pre-publication censorship) is among history's most influential and impassioned defenses of free ... more » Click here to add this poet to your My Favorite Poets. Quotations more quotations » ''None can love freedom heartily, but good men; the rest love not freedom, but licence.'' John Milton (1608-1674), British poet. repr. In Complete Prose Works of Milton, ed. Ernest Sirluck (1959). The Tenure of Kings and Magistrates (1649).... ''No man who knows aught, can be so stupid to deny that all men naturally were born free.'' John Milton (1608-1674), British poet. repr. In Complete Prose Works of Milton, ed. Ernest Sirluck (1959). The Tenure of Kings and Magistrates (1649).... A man may be a heretic in the truth; and if he believe things only because his pastor says so, or the assembly so determines, without knowing other reason, though his belief be true, yet the very trut... John Milton (1608-1674), British poet. Areopagitica: a Speech for the Liberty of Unlicensed Printing to the Parliament of England (1644). I cannot praise a fugitive and cloistered virtue, unexercised and unbreathed, that never sallies out and sees her adversary, but slinks out of the race where that immortal garland is to be run for, no... John Milton (1608-1674), British poet. Areopagitica: a Speech for the Liberty of Unlicensed Printing to the Parliament of England (1644). ''Give me the liberty to know, to utter, and to argue freely according to conscience, above all liberties.'' John Milton (1608-1674), British poet. Areopagitica: a Speech for the Liberty of Unlicensed Printing to the Parliament of England (1644). |
Which Disney annimation saw a young King Arthur enjoying his encounter with Merlin? | Arthur Pendragon | Merlin Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia [src] King Arthur Pendragon of Camelot was the only child of Uther Pendragon and Ygraine de Bois , the husband of Queen Guinevere , brother-in-law to Sir Elyan , son-in-law to Tom the blacksmith, the half brother of Morgana , the nephew of Tristan de Bois and Agravaine de Bois , and the best friend and master of the greatest warlock and sorcerer ever, Merlin . According to the prophesies of Kilgharrah , Arthur is destined to unite the land of Albion. As a young prince, Arthur was spoiled, narrow-minded, and arrogant, though good-hearted; as time passed, he eventually matured and became best friends with his manservant, Merlin. This was partially due to his dislike of the way his father ruled, and also because of the influence Merlin had on him. Arthur tended to have negative opinions about Uther’s harsher policies, particularly his aversion to magic, but during his reign he kept his father’s decree banning magical practice due to his war with Morgana. Arthur’s great conviction is in peace and justice, and during his reign he revived the Round Table and managed to establish peace between the five kingdoms for the first time in centuries. Arthur died at the hands of Mordred by the shores of Avalon , but, as the Once and Future King, he is destined to one day rise again. Contents Biography Early Life Arthur was born in Camelot to Uther and Ygraine Pendragon with help of magic by the sorceress and priestess, Nimueh . Ygraine was barren and incapable of giving birth, so Uther, who was desperate for her to conceive an heir, went to Nimueh and persuaded her to use her magic to help Ygraine . However, as Nimueh used the power over life and death for Arthur to be born, a sacrifice had to be made for a life to be created and Ygraine died in the process after Arthur was born. As a result of her death, Uther despised magic and had its practitioners executed but kept the true nature of her death secret from Arthur. Arthur also had a half-sister named Morgana , who was born from an affair Uther had with her mother Vivienne some time before Ygraine's death and probably before their marriage. Arthur grew up with Morgana but remained unaware of her true paternity. Meeting Merlin Arthur meets Merlin for the first time. ( The Dragon's Call ) “Who do you think you are? The King?" "No. I'm his son, Arthur. ” — Merlin to Arthur Arthur first encounters Merlin while he is doing target practice with his friends and bullying the servant who is carrying the target. Merlin, unaware of Arthur's identity, stands up to him. Arthur has Merlin thrown in prison and subsequently into the stocks. They later fight again in town where Merlin uses his magic to try and get the better of Arthur. Later, at a feast celebrating twenty years since magic was banished from Camelot, Mary Collins takes the guise of Lady Helen with the intent of killing Arthur as revenge for Uther killing her own son. Using his magic, Merlin manages to save Arthur and, in return, Uther makes Merlin Arthur's manservant. ( The Dragon's Call ) At first the two of them want nothing to do with one another, but quickly become close friends. Arthur remains ignorant of Merlin's powers for a very long time due to consequences which could occur if he finds out. Early Adventures with Merlin Sophia guides Arthur to the lake of Avalon Arthur frequently finds himself in danger and though he does not often realise it, is rescued by Merlin on several occasions. These have included drinking a poisoned chalice that was supposedly for Arthur, ( The Poisoned Chalice ) and saving him from being sacrificed by a young Sidhe named Sophia after she enchanted him into believing he was in love with her. ( The Gates of Avalon ) Arthur sometimes avoids taking blame for things. He allows Merlin to be sent to the stocks twice when he abandons his duties to see Sophia and once more when he forces Merlin to lie about where he was. ( The Gates of Avalon ) Arthur aids other characters when they need it. He travels to the Forest of Balor to retrieve an antidote whe |
What sign did God give to Noah to show that the Earth would not be flooded again? | Genesis 9:11 I establish my covenant with you: Never again will all life be destroyed by the waters of a flood; never again will there be a flood to destroy the earth." Matthew Henry Commentary 9:8-17 As the old world was ruined, to be a monument of justice, so this world remains to this day a monument of mercy. But sin, that drowned the old world, will burn this. Articles of agreement among men are sealed, that what is promised may be the more solemn, and the doing of what is covenanted the more sure to mutual satisfaction. The seal of this covenant was the rainbow, which, it is likely, was seen in the clouds before, but was never a seal of the covenant till now it was made so. The rainbow appears when we have most reason to fear the rain prevailing; God then shows this seal of the promise, that it shall not prevail. The thicker the cloud, the brighter the bow in the cloud. Thus, as threatening afflictions abound, encouraging consolations much more abound. The rainbow is the reflection of the beams of the sun shining upon or through the drops of rain: all the glory of the seals of the covenant are derived from Christ, the Sun of righteousness. And he will shed a glory on the tears of his saints. A bow speaks terror, but this has neither string nor arrow; and a bow alone will do little hurt. It is a bow, but it is directed upward, not toward the earth; for the seals of the covenant were intended to comfort, not to terrify. As God looks upon the bow, that he may remember the covenant, so should we, that we may be mindful of the covenant with faith and thankfulness. Without revelation this gracious assurance could not be known; and without faith it can be of no use to us; and thus it is as to the still greater dangers to which all are exposed, and as to the new covenant with its blessings. The Covenant of the Rainbow …10and with every living creature that is with you, the birds, the cattle, and every beast of the earth with you; of all that comes out of the ark, even every beast of the earth. 11 "I establish My covenant with you; and all flesh shall never again be cut off by the water of the flood, neither shall there again be a flood to destroy the earth." 12God said, "This is the sign of the covenant which I am making between Me and you and every living creature that is with you, for all successive generations;… |
What is the name of the statue by Antony Gormley that stands near the A1 motorway in Gateshead? | Antony Gormley NEWS ANGEL OF THE NORTH, 1998 Is it possible to make a work with purpose in a time that demands doubt? I wanted to make an object that would be a focus of hope at a painful time of transition for the people of the north-east, abandoned in the gap between the industrial and the information ages. The work is made of corten steel, weighs 200 tonnes and has 500 tonnes of concrete foundations. The mound near the A1 motorway which was the designated site of the sculpture was made after the closure of the Lower Tyne Colliery, out of the destroyed remains of the pithead baths. It is a tumulus marking the end of the era of coal mining in Britain. The ANGEL resists our post-industrial amnesia and bears witness to the hundreds and thousands of colliery workers who had spent the last three hundred years mining coal beneath the surface. The scale of the sculpture was essential given its site in a valley that is a mile and a half a mile wide, and with an audience that was travelling past on the motorway at an average of 60 miles an hour. The exo-skeleton seemed the best solution for transforming a self-supporting fibreglass and lead structure into an object 10 times life-size, or 20 m high. It uses the Tyneside engineering vernacular of ships and the Tyne Bridge, to produce a strong structure that would withstand the prevailing south-easterly winds. This has the added advantage of giving the form a strong surface articulation that deals equally well with volume and light. We made a series of models to work out how this was going to work: the challenge was to transfer a rib structure that radiates from a central axis in the bodyform onto the wings, and the solution was to have an increasing distance between the ribs, suggesting a broadcasting of energy. The work stands, without a spolight or a plinth, day and night, in wind, rain and shine and has many friends. It is a huge inspiration to me that the Angel is rarely alone in daylight hours, and as with much of my work, it is given a great deal through the presence of those that visit it. ANGEL OF THE NORTH, 1998 Steel |
Which of Batman's villains did Burgess Meridith play in the sixties TV series? | A Visual Guide to All 37 Villains in the 'Batman' TV Series | Mental Floss A Visual Guide to All 37 Villains in the 'Batman' TV Series Here they all are with a little extra Bam! Pow! Zap! for good measure. 1. THE RIDDLER (FRANK GORSHIN) SEASON 1 (EPISODES 1, 2, 11, 12, 23, 24, 31, 32), SEASON 3 (EPISODE 2) The quintessential (and first) Batman villain to star in the ’66 series, Frank Gorshin would end up playing The Riddler in all of the character’s appearances in the series except for a two episode span during season two when John Astin stepped into the green tights. 2. THE RIDDLER (JOHN ASTIN) SEASON 2 (EPISODES 45, 46) Perhaps best known for playing Gomez Addams in ABC’s 1964 TV series The Addams Family, John Astin donned The Riddler’s costume for a short two-episode arc during Batman’s second season. 3. THE PENGUIN (BURGESS MEREDITH) SEASON 1 (EPISODES 3, 4, 21, 22, 33, 34), SEASON 2 (EPISODES 17, 18, 27, 28, 37, 38, 39, 42, 43, 44), SEASON 3 (EPISODES 1, 4, 5, 20) Burgess Meredith’s portrayal of The Penguin may be the most iconic (at least in appearance) of the entire series. With his purple top hat, monocle, and long cigarette, Meredith’s Penguin would appear in more Batman episodes (20) than any other villain. 4. THE JOKER (CESAR ROMERO) SEASON 1 (EPISODES 5, 6, 15, 16, 25, 26), SEASON 2 (EPISODES 21, 22, 37, 38, 39, 47, 48, 57, 58), SEASON 3 (EPISODES 10, 16, 17, 24) Second only to Burgess Meredith as The Penguin, Cesar Romero appears in Batman as The Joker in 19 episodes in total. Known for his bright green hair, stark white makeup, and wide smile, Romero’s Joker would become one of the show’s most memorable villains. The actor famously refused to shave his signature mustache and you can see it under the white face paint particularly well on the high-definition transfers included on this Blu-ray box set. 5. MR. FREEZE (GEORGE SANDERS) SEASON 1 (EPISODES 7, 8) Appearing as Mr. Freeze for only two episodes during the show’s first season, George Sander’s Mr. Freeze is quite low tech compared to the getups that Otto Preminger and Eli Wallach would wear during season two. When he does eventually don his signature suit, Sanders looks more like an astronaut than a villain with super freezy powers. 6. MR. FREEZE (OTTO PREMINGER) SEASON 2 (EPISODES 19, 20) Legendary, groundbreaking director Otto Preminger (Laura) took over the role of Mr. Freeze for two episodes during Batman’s second season and gives perhaps the most bizarre (and cool) performance of the three actors that would play the character. 7. MR. FREEZE (ELI WALLACH) SEASON 2 (EPISODES 59, 60) Eli Wallach (who passed away in June 2014 at the age of 98) played the frigid villain for the final two episodes of season two. His Mr. Freeze, who discovers an instant ice formula, is easily the most mustache-twirlingly and villainous of the three versions. It is also likely to be the most memorable. 8. ZELDA THE GREAT (ANNE BAXTER) SEASON 1 (EPISODES 9, 10) The great Anne Baxter (All About Eve, The Razor’s Edge, The Ten Commandments) plays Zelda the Great in a two-episode arc that includes the kidnapping of poor Aunt Harriet. This isn’t, however, the last time fans would see Baxter on the series... 9. MAD HATTER (DAVID WAYNE) SEASON 1 (EPISODES 13, 14), SEASON 2 (EPISODES 35, 36) Screen and stage veteran David Wayne plays The Mad Hatter in four episodes spread over two seasons of Batman. The villain, obsessed with getting his hands on Batman’s cowl, conceals a Super Instant Mesmerizer in one of his many hats in an attempt to get the job done. The Dynamic Duo, of course, has other plans. 10. FALSE FACE (MALACHI THRONE) SEASON 1 (EPISODES 17, 18) Malachi Throne was a staple of geek TV throughout his career: He made appearances in Star Trek: The Original Series, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Lost in Space, The Six Million Dollar Man, Babylon 5, and many more nerd-centric shows. We don’t even really get to see his recognizable face in Batman, however, as he plays a villain named False Face, who looks different nearly every time we see him. 11. CATWOMAN (JULIE NEWMA |
Which singer was born in London with the name Steven Georgiou and is now called Yusuf Islam? | Cat Stevens - Biography - IMDb Cat Stevens Biography Showing all 24 items Jump to: Overview (3) | Mini Bio (1) | Spouse (1) | Trade Mark (1) | Trivia (15) | Personal Quotes (3) Overview (3) 5' 10" (1.78 m) Mini Bio (1) Cat Stevens was born on July 21, 1948 in London, England as Stephen Demetre Georgiou. He has been married to Fawzia Ali since September 9, 1979. They have five children. Spouse (1) ( 9 September 1979 - present) (5 children) Trade Mark (1) More often than not sports a beard Trivia (15) Released his first album in 17 years - "Life of the Last Prophet" (1995); It contains 66 minutes of narration about the life of Mohammad plus three traditional Islamic songs. Decided to pursue religion after nearly drowning off the coast of Malibu, California. He converted to Islam after his brother took a trip to Jerusalem. Changed his name from Stephen Georgiou to Cat Stevens to Yusuf Islam. Parents are Stavros Georgiou and Ingrid Wickman. Re-recorded hit song "Peace Train" for the collective album "Hope" (April 2003) in support of peace for Iraq. Family: Is of Greek Cypriot heritage - his father is Greek, mother is Swedish. Has four daughters and one son. Universally derided in 1989 when he allegedly went on record supporting the Ayatollah Khomeini 's death sentence against The Satanic Verses author Salman Rushdie . Stevens's records were burned and taken out of stores, and many radio stations permanently boycotted his music. Nearly a decade later, Stevens claimed he was highly misquoted, that he did not support the Ayatollah's sentence. Rather, he merely reiterated the Koran's teachings about those who "defame the prophet". Stevens says he bears no ill will towards Rushdie, and did not wish for him to be killed. Released in November 1968 after spending three months in hospital recovering from tuberculosis. On a flight from London on September 21, 2004, he was refused entry to the United States on national security grounds. The flight had already taken off before his name was spotted as being on the American "watch list". The plane was diverted to Bangor, Maine, where he was taken off and returned to London. Wrote "Sweet Scarlet" for love interest Carly Simon and she wrote "Anticipation" for him. Refused to license his song "Father and Son" for use in Moulin Rouge! (2001). It was the first musical number in the original script. Because of his current religious beliefs, he objected to the sexual content in the film. The scene featuring "Father and Son" was to have been between Christian and his father in his father's office, with all his father's employees joining in for the chorus. This was to be the segue into his leaving home for Paris. The scene is included in the complete script on the Special Edition DVD. Following the 9/11 attacks, he issued a statement "expressing his horror at the attacks on the innocent people of the United States". He also stated that "no right thinking Muslim would ever condone such Acts". Is a vegetarian. |
Who is the last British player to win the women's singles title at Wimbledon? | Virginia Wade: a Wimbledon champion written out of British history | Sport | The Guardian Pass notes Virginia Wade: a Wimbledon champion written out of British history The Andy Murray headlines have ignored the fact that a Briton won a Wimbledon singles title in 1977. Ah, but she was a woman Virginia Wade with her trophy after winning the Wimbledon women's singles championship in 1977. Photograph: Pa/PA Archive/Press Association Ima Monday 8 July 2013 07.18 EDT First published on Monday 8 July 2013 07.18 EDT Age: 67. Appearance: Airbrushed. Out of history. Who or what is Virginia Wade ? Until last Sunday, the last British tennis player to win Wimbledon. Huh? When? 36 years ago. Back in 1977. Then how come I've never heard of her? Because journalists have forgotten she exists. Ouch. And, on the front page of the Telegraph: "After 77 years, the wait is over. " Oof. And, on the front page of the Daily Mail: "Andy Murray ends 77 years of waiting for a British champion." Jeez. Even the Daily Mail forgot about her win? Yep. Which is especially unforgivable, since they also published an interview with her, in which she told the paper: "You never forget how it feels to win Wimbledon." Incredible. So where does the 77-year figure come from? That's the figure for the men's championships. The last British man to win before Murray was Fred Perry in 1936. Meaning the real wait was actually just 41 years? No, in reality, British tennis fans were never made to wait at all. Dorothy Round Little won the women's singles – for the second time in her career – one year later, in 1937. So there have been two British winners since? No, actually there have been four. Four British women have won Wimbledon since Fred Perry? Yep. Partially deaf player Angela Mortimer won the championship in 1961, and underdog Ann Haydon-Jones beat legend of the sport Billie Jean King to win again in 1969. This is a dark day for sports journalism, isn't it? Afraid so. But a good day for feminist writer Chloe Angyal, whose tweet "Murray is indeed the first Brit to win Wimbledon in 77 years unless you think women are people" has been re-tweeted, at time of writing, 9,425 times. That's a lot, right? It is. But it only really counts when men re-tweet it. Do say: "If Murray wins, he's British. If he loses, he's Scottish." Don't say: "If Wade wins, she's forgotten." |
Which British player reached the fourth round of the mens singles in 1992 and 1994? | Top 10: Wimbledon matches | Tennis News | Sky Sports Get Sky Sports Top 10: Wimbledon matches We take a trip down memory lane and pick out some of the best clashes from the greatest tournament of them all By Raz Mirza Last Updated: 22/06/16 4:13pm Rafa Nadal and Roger Federer contested arguably the greatest match ever in 2008 The fourth-set tie-break between John McEnroe and Bjorn Borg in the 1980 final, Boris Becker's classic dive volley at the net, or a young Roger Federer upsetting Pete Sampras - we all remember classic matches or moments from yesteryear. The greatest grass-court tournament of them all has a bit of history of producing the best matches of all time - usually helped by a partisan Centre Court crowd. Here, Sky Sports recall 10 of the most memorable matches from the greatest tennis tournament of them all ... Boris Becker v Kevin Curran - 1985 A fresh-faced Boris Becker defeated Kevin Curran to win the title in 1985 On July 7, 1985, a 17-year-old boy by the name of Boris Becker was crowned Wimbledon champion. What an achievement it was for this teenager, who became the first unseeded player to win the tournament, and the first German. But it might have been so different. In the third round, he came through 9-7 in the final set against Joakim Nystrom, and he then turned his ankle in the fourth round against Tim Mayotte but eventually came through in five sets. His opponent Kevin Curren had already knocked out legends John McEnroe and Jimmy Connors en route to the final. And in front a very heated and intense Centre Court, Becker showed all his athleticism to come through in four sets 3-6 7-6 6-7 4-6. When he went back to his home town Leimen, 50,000 people turned out to greet him. Becker successfully defended his title the following year, defeating world No 1 Ivan Lendl before claiming a hat-trick of titles in 1989 against Stefan Edberg. Pat Cash v Ivan Lendl - 1987 Australian ace Pat Cash was a big hit with the Wimbledon crowd This was beyond doubt the crowning moment for everybody's favourite bandana wearing Australian. Having already beaten Mats Wilander in the quarter-finals and Jimmy Connors in the semi-finals, the 11th seed defeated Lendl in straight sets 7-6 6-2 7-5 to secure the title. Accomplished guitarist Cash had only lost one set during the entire tournament. But the match is best remembered for his unique celebration as he showed complete disregard for All England Club protocol by climbing up into the stands with the help of spectators and up to the player's box at Centre Court, where he was greeted by his family, girlfriend, and coach, Ian Barclay. Jeremy Bates v Guy Forget - 1992 Jeremy Bates lost to Guy Forget in the fourth round twice Jeremy Bates was Britain's precurser to Tim Henman back in the early 90s. As a singles player, he reached the fourth round at Wimbledon twice - in 1992 and 1994 - but sadly for him, and for us, he came up against Frenchman Guy Forget on both occasions. The 1992 encounter will always be remembered when gallant Bates - inspired by the crowd, the cheers and fluttering Union flags, held a match point in the fourth set, but failed to convert it. He ended up losing in five 7-6 4-6 6-3 6-7 3-6. The following year 263rd-ranked Chris Bailey held match point at 6-5 in the final set on Goran Ivanisevic's serve. The Croatian faulted on his first serve and then served a let before hitting a second serve ace. Needless to say he went on to clinch his place in the third round. Only at Wimbledon, it seems, can defeat be as glorious as victory! John McEnroe & Michael Stich - 1992 The unlikely pair of John McEnroe and Michael Stich won the men's doubles This match took up two days, was played on two different courts and required a five-hour effort, but the unlikely pairing between John "you cannot be serious" McEnroe and the previous year's singles champion Michael Stich came up trumps as they claimed the Wimbledon doubles championship by defeating the fourth-seeded duo Jim Grabb and Richey Reneberg in an epic five-set encounter 5-7 7-6 3-6 7-6 19-17. In a darkening Court One o |
What are the two traditional colours of Wimbledon? | History of the Wimbledon Tennis Championships By Ben Johnson | Comments The Championships, Wimbledon, or just Wimbledon as it is more commonly referred to, is the oldest tennis tournament in the world and arguably the most famous. Since the first tournament 125 years ago in 1877, The Championships have been hosted by the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London and take place over two weeks in late June – early July. Of the four major annual tennis tournaments known as the ‘Grand Slams’, Wimbledon is the only one to still be played on grass, which is where the name lawn tennis originated. Grass is also the surface which provides the fastest game of tennis. Of the other three, the Australian Open and the US Open are both played on hard courts and the French Open is played on clay. In stark contrast to today’s sporting extravaganza, the first year of the Championships took place with very little fanfare. The All England Club had originally been called the All England Croquet Club when it opened in 1869, but as the new game of lawn tennis – an offshoot of the original indoor racquet sport known by traditionalists as ‘real tennis’ – began to grow in popularity at the end of the nineteenth century, the club decided to provide tennis courts for their visitors. On 14 April 1877 the Club introduced the first of a number of name changes to become the All England Croquet and Lawn Tennis Club. Unlike today’s tournament, which involves four junior and four invitation competitions alongside the five main contests – the men’s single and double matches, the women’s single and double matches and the mixed doubles – the first Wimbledon championships had one event, the Gentleman’s Singles. As it was not permissible for women to enter the tournament in 1877, the first Wimbledon champion from a group of twenty-two male competitors was twenty seven year old Spencer William Gore. In front of a crowd of 200, who had paid a shilling apiece to attend, Gore beat his opponent William Marshall in a decisive 6-1, 6-2, 6-4 defeat lasting only forty-eight minutes. As would also be the tradition for many Wimbledon tournaments to follow until a retractable roof was installed over centre court in 2009, the final was postponed due to rain. When it was eventually played three days later the weather conditions had not greatly improved. Ladies at Wimbledon The game of lawn tennis was still in its infancy at this stage, with players using basic handmade equipment and imprecise strokes, unlike the slick powerful serves and top of the range rackets we see today. However, modern day Wimbledon spectators would be sure to recognise many of the rules of the game which were first introduced by the All England Club’s Committee in 1877 as an adaptation of those put in place by the Marylebone Cricket Club, perversely the then controlling body of ‘real’ tennis. Whilst no tournaments were held at Wimbledon during 1915-1918 and 1940-1945 because of the First and Second World War s, the game continued to grow in popularity. In 1884 the men’s doubles competition was introduced and the same year women were also invited to join the tournament. In the fifties the club moved from its original rented site on Worple Road to the larger, present day Church Road site and in 1967 the tournament made history when the event became the first broadcast to ever be televised in colour. Trophies and prize money Following the completion of the five major competitions the winners are presented with the traditional Wimbledon trophies. Having had to replace both the Field Cup in 1883 and the Challenge Cup in 1886, the All England Club decided that future trophies should no longer become property of the Championship winners, who would instead receive a replica of the trophy whilst the originals were housed in the Wimbledon museum . For the men’s singles winners the trophy was a silver gilt cup engraved with the words "The All England Lawn Tennis Club Single Handed Champion of the World" and inscribed with the name of winners dating back to 1877. In 2009, when there was |
Who won the men's singles title at Wimbledon in 2001, 11 years after he first competed in the tournament? | Best never to win a Wimbledon singles title | NBC Sports Best never to win a Wimbledon singles title / Andy Roddick Without Roger Federer, who knows how many Grand Slam titles Andy Roddick would have won. The American came up against Federer in four Grand Slam finals, including three at Wimbledon in 2004, 2005 and 2009, and fell short each time. The 2009 contest went to 16-14 in the fifth set. Roddick's serve and power are well suited for grass courts, but he's been unfortunate enough to run up against one of the greatest grass players of all time. Justine Henin Unless she reconsiders her decision to retire, Justine Henin never will be able to remove her name from the list of the best players to never win a Wimbledon title. She came close twice, losing in three sets to Venus Williams in 2001 and to Amelie Mauresmo in three sets in 2006, and fell three times in the semifinals. Although Henin's career record at Wimbledon is far from shabby -- she won 27 of the 34 singles matches she played at the All England Club -- it is the major at which she had the worst winning percentage. Jennifer Capriati A former junior doubles champion at the All England Club, Jennifer Capriati also has the distinction of being Wimbledon's youngest-ever semifinalist. The 15-year-old beat defending champion Martina Navratilova in straight sets in the quarterfinals but fell to runner-up Gabriela Sabatini the next round. That was the farthest Capriati would go at Wimbledon, equaling that finish 10 years later in 2001. Capriati never won a title on grass. Ivan Lendl Although he played in 19 Grand Slam singles finals and won eight Grand Slam singles titles, Ivan Lendl was never able to add a Wimbledon championship to his career resume. Lendl fell five times in the semifinals at the All England Club, but he did reach the finals in 1986 and 1987. Both times he lost in straight sets, first to Boris Becker and then to Pat Cash. Monica Seles Of Monica Seles' 53 career singles titles, only one came on grass. Unfortunately for her, it wasn't on the grass courts of Wimbledon, and the nine-time Grand Slam champion never achieved a career Grand Slam. Seles made the finals at the All England Club just once, losing in straight sets to Steffi Graf in 1992. Her career record at Wimbledon was 30-9, a far cry from her 43-4 record at the Australian Open, 54-8 record at the French Open, and 53-10 record at the U.S. Open. Mats Wilander He did win a men's doubles title at Wimbledon in 1986, but Mats Wilander never earned the honor of hoisting the men's singles championship trophy at the All England Club. In fact, his best finish at the tournament was the quarterfinals. His struggles at Wimbledon, however, weren't related to the surface. Two of his three Australian Open titles were won when the championships were still played on grass. Pancho Gonzales The top-ranked professional in the world for an astounding eight years in the 1950s and 1960s and arguably the greatest men's tennis player prior to the Open era, Pancho Gonzales (also written as Gonzalez) never won a title at Wimbledon. He did, however, play in one of the most memorable matches ever at the All England Club. Competing against Charlie Pasarell in the third round in 1969, Gonzales and the amateur battled for five hours and 12 minutes in a match that spanned five sets and two days. Gonzales finally prevailed, 22-24, 1-6, 16-14, 6-3, 11-9. Tracy Austin In the six Wimbledons in which she played, Tracy Austin bowed out before the quarterfinals just twice. However, she also never made it past the semifinals, reaching that mark both in 1979 and in 1980. Although she was disappointed with her singles result in 1980, Austin did enjoy some success at the All England Club that year; she won the mixed doubles title at Wimbledon. Jim Courier The only American in the Open era to win two French Open titles, Jim Courier didn't experience similar success at Wimbledon. A four-time Grand Slam championship victor, Courier made it to the finals at the All England Club just once, in 1993, and he lost that year in four sets to Pete |
What is the number of the court at Wimbledon which is nicknamed The Graveyard Of Champions due to a large number or seeded players being beaten on it by lower ranked players? | The Championships, Wimbledon The Championships, Wimbledon 128S (128Q) / 64D (16Q) [b] Current champions 2016 Wimbledon The Championships, Wimbledon, commonly known simply as Wimbledon, is the oldest tennis tournament in the world, and is widely considered the most prestigious. [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] It has been held at the All England Club in Wimbledon , London since 1877 and is played on outdoor grass courts . Wimbledon is one of the four Grand Slam tennis tournaments, the others being the Australian Open , the French Open and the US Open. Since the Australian Open shifted to hardcourt in 1988, Wimbledon is the only major still played on grass . The tournament takes place over two weeks in late June and early July, culminating with the Ladies’ and Gentlemen’s Singles Final, scheduled for the second Saturday and Sunday of July respectively. Five major, junior, and invitational events are held each year. Wimbledon traditions include a strict dress code for competitors and Royal patronage. The tournament is also notable for the absence of sponsor advertising around the courts. In 2009, Wimbledon’s Centre Court was fitted with a retractable roof to lessen the loss of playing time due to rain. Contents Spencer Gore , the winner of the inaugural Wimbledon Championship . Beginning The All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club is a private club founded on 23 July 1868, originally as “The All England Croquet Club”. Its first ground was off Worple Road, Wimbledon. [7] In 1876, lawn tennis , a game devised by Major Walter Clopton Wingfield a year or so earlier and originally given the name Sphairistikè, was added to the activities of the club. In spring 1877, the club was renamed “The All England Croquet and Lawn Tennis Club” and signalled its change of name by instituting the first Lawn Tennis Championship. A new code of laws, replacing the code administered by the Marylebone Cricket Club , was drawn up for the event. Today’s rules are similar except for details such as the height of the net and posts and the distance of the service line from the net. The inaugural 1877 Wimbledon Championship started on 9 July 1877 and the Gentlemen’s Singles was the only event held. It was won by Spencer Gore , an old Harrovian rackets player, from a field of 22. About 200 spectators paid one shilling each to watch the final. [8] The lawns at the ground were arranged so that the principal court was in the middle with the others arranged around it, hence the title “ Centre Court “. [c] The name was retained when the Club moved in 1922 to the present site in Church Road, although no longer a true description of its location. [10] However, in 1980 four new courts were brought into commission on the north side of the ground, which meant the Centre Court was once more correctly defined. The opening of the new No. 1 Court in 1997 emphasised the description. Ladies Championship, 1884 . First prize, awarded to Maud Watson , was a silver flower-basket worth 20 guineas . By 1882, activity at the club was almost exclusively confined to lawn tennis and that year the word “croquet” was dropped from the title. However, for sentimental reasons it was restored in 1899. In 1884, the club added Ladies’ Singles and Gentlemen’s Doubles competitions. Ladies’ Doubles and Mixed Doubles events were added in 1913. Until 1922, the reigning champion had to play only in the final, against whomever had won through to challenge him/her. As with the other three Major or Grand Slam events, Wimbledon was contested by top-ranked amateur players, professional players were prohibited from participating. This changed with the advent of the open era in 1968. No British man won the singles event at Wimbledon between Fred Perry in 1936 and Andy Murray in 2013, while no British woman has won since Virginia Wade in 1977, although Annabel Croft and Laura Robson won the Girls’ Championship in 1984 and 2008 respectively. The Championship was first televised in 1937. Though properly called “The Championships, Wimbledon”, depending on sources the event is also known as “The All England Lawn Tenn |
How many times did Boris Becker win the Men's Singles title at Wimbledon? | BBC ON THIS DAY | 7 | 1985: Boris Becker wins Wimbledon at 17 1985: Boris Becker wins Wimbledon at 17 A West German teenager has become the youngest ever player to win the Wimbledon tennis tournament. Boris Becker, a 17-year-old unseeded outsider before the tournament began, raised the coveted silver trophy above his head to rapturous applause on centre court. Becker is also the first German ever to win the title, and the first unseeded player. He had dominated the match from the start, taking just three hours and 18 minutes to overpower eighth-seeded Kevin Curren, a South-African-born American. Flamboyant The match was a dramatic clash in the brilliant sunshine, made more spectacular by Becker's flamboyant style. His massive serve sent balls scorching across the net. He scored 21 aces to Curren's 19. Becker also has a habit of flinging himself around the court, diving headlong for volleys and baseline shots. For half a set he played with his shirt caked in dirt after one particularly spectacular fall. The final result was 6-3, 6-7, 7-6, 6-4. 'Idol' for Germany "This is going to change tennis in Germany," he said after the match. "I am the first Wimbledon winner and now they have an idol." After his defeat, Kevin Curren said he thought the game would see an increase in the number of successful young players, and predicted they would have more intense, but shorter, careers. There was some speculation that Curren had been unnerved by Becker's openly aggressive style. The young player sent a hostile stare to his opponent before and after points, and in the final caught Curren's shoulder as they passed when changing ends. But Becker defended his tactics, saying "I'm going on court to win, to fight, to do what I can." Child prodigy Becker has had a brief but brilliant career. He began playing tennis aged eight, and by 12 years old was concentrating almost wholly on the game. He won the West German junior championship aged 15 and was runner-up in the US junior championship. Last January he took the Young Masters tournament in Birmingham, and won his first Grand Prix tournament at Queen's just three weeks ago. He has won 28 of his 39 matches this year, and is expected to lead West Germany in the Davis Cup against the United States next month. |
In what year was the Mixed Doubles first contested in Wimbledon? | In what year was the Mixed Doubles first contested at Wimbledon? - thinkypedia.com In what year was the Mixed Doubles first contested at Wimbledon? 1913, between H Crisp & Mrs C Tuckey versus J Parke & Mrs D Larcombe. Parke and Larcombe won first set 6-3 but retired in second 5-3 down. |
What mythical creature has the head and wings of an eagle and the body of a lion? | Mythical Hybrids MYTHICAL HYBRIDS Go to A-Z List Hybrids, in the mythical realm, are creatures that combine the features and body parts of more than one real species. There are non-human versions that combine features of one or more animal species such as the basilisks , the Chimera and griffins . Then, there are also part human combinations such as the very popular centaurs and mermaids . Now, these mythical creatures seem as they have all the capabilities of being formidable beings especially when having, perhaps even mastering the command of all the strongest features of each of it's mixed species. On the other hand, some of the combinations you will read about will make you wonder how such creatures could even sustain themselves, let alone survive. This category is comprised of very well known, strong and mighty creatures. It also includes unsavoury beasts with all the necessary features and powers required to create the most horrifying and terrible nightmares possible. I mean, think of just simply crossing paths with a skinless mouse (or a skinless anything) never mind a huge headed man-horse like the Nuckelavee stretching his long arms about trying to grab at you - very creepy. THE A-Z LIST Adaro - Evil mermen sea spirits Adlet - Human and dog cross with red fur Ahuizotl - Dog and monkey cross with five hands Alkonost - A bird with the head of a beautiful woman Ammit - Female demon that is part lion, hippopotamus & crocodile Anubis - Tall human male with the head of a jackal Basilisk - Head and claws of a rooster with a reptile's body and tail Bastet - Female human with the head of a domesticated cat Catoblepas - Large boar's head, small pig's body with wings Centaur - Human horse hybrids, top half human with body of a horse Cerberus - Three headed canine with a mane of serpents Chimera - Head and body of a lioness, head of a goat, serpent's tail Cockatrice - Head, claws and wings of a rooster, reptile's body and tail Echidna - Upper half of a beautiful woman, lower body of a serpent Formorians - Large, deformed bodies made up of animal parts Gargoyles - Grotesque stone statues Goatman - A half goat, half man creature Gorgons - Woman's upper half, snakes for hair and a serpents body Griffin - Head, claws and wings of an eagle, body and tail of a lion Harpies - Top half of a witch, claws and wings of a vulture Hippocampi - Horses with a serpentine lower half Hippogriff - Head, wings and claws of an eagle - body of a horse Khnum - Strong human male with the head of a ram Lamia - Woman’s head, scaly body, four legs and a tail Leucrocuta - Horse's head and legs, neck and body of a lion Lusca - Large octopus/shark hybrid Manticore - Lion's body, human head, poisonous scorpion-like tail Merlion - Head of a lion, body of a large fish Mermaids - Beautiful women with a fish-like lower body Minotaur - Body of a human male with the head and tail of a bull Nuckelavee - Skinless monster, resembles popular hybrid - the Centaur Onocentaur - Top half human & lower half donkey Orthus - Two headed dog with a serpent's tail Perytons - Head of a deer with wings of an eagle Piasa - Face of a man, antlers, wings and four legs Satyr - Human upper body with goat-like legs & tail Scylla and Charybdis - Six headed monster and a deadly whirlpool Scorpion Men - Powerful half man and half scorpion mythical creatures Sekhmet - Lion head with a large human-like female body Serpopard - Falcon headed leopard with wings Sirens - Head and body of a woman, legs and wings of a bird Sphinx - Head of a woman, body of a lion with wings and a snake's tail Typhon - Enormous multi-headed monster with wings, serpent's body Weretiger - Half human and half tiger Werewolves - Large wolf-like body, long fangs, glowing eyes |
In cricket when a ball is hit for four, what is the line the ball crosses over called? | Glossary of cricket terms & sayings GLOSSARY OF CRICKET TERMS & SAYINGS A Across the line -- (of batting shot) in which the bat swings across the path of the ball, rather than along it. Risky, since it requires expert timing to make good contact. AGM -- See Annual General Meeting. Agricultural shot -- See Cow shot. All out -- The batting team is said to be all out when ten of its eleven batsmen are dismissed. The eleventh batsman cannot continue without a partner, and is recorded as 'not out' in the scorebook. All-rounder -- A player who can both bat and bowl, or occasionally, both bat and keep wicket. (Bowler-wicketkeeper all-rounders are a rare breed.) Strictly speaking, a true all-rounder would be worth his place as a specialist in either role, although such players at Test level come along very infrequently. As a guide, an all-rounder's batting average ought to be at least equal to his bowling average. A true all-rounder can bat at number 6 (See Batting order), thus giving the side the 'ideal' balance of five bowlers, six batsmen and a specialist wicketkeeper. Wanderers' very own Andrew Symonds fills this role for the Australian ODI team. Annual General Meeting -- A requirement under Australian law of any incorporated club, at which accounts are presented, officers elected and the club's policy decided for the year to come. Appeal -- The fielding side's invitation to the umpire to give a batsman out, answered with an upraised finger or a call of 'not out'. Any member of the side may make an appeal, but if the fielding captain feels a batsman has been given out wrongly - for example, a catch not taken cleanly - he may withdraw the appeal and reinstate the batsman. Arm ball -- A finger-spinner's delivery bowled without spin, in the hope of deceiving the batsman into allowing for turn that does not come. Ashes -- Test series between England and Australia are played for The Ashes. In 1883, Australia beat England at The Oval for the first time in England. This led an English sporting paper, The Sporting Times, to publish a mock obituary of English cricket, which concluded with the words, "The body will be cremated and the ashes taken to Australia." Accounts vary, but the 'body' was in fact a bail (or two, or a stump) which had been burned by "certain ladies." The ashes were placed in a tiny, goblet-shaped urn only four inches high and the urn was presented to the Honorable Ivo Bligh (later Lord Darnley). In his will, Lord Darnley bequeathed the urn to the M.C.C. Nowadays, the urn itself is kept permanently in the Long Room at Lord's, but the side that last won a Test series between the two countries is said to hold The Ashes. In the event of a tied series, the holding country retains The Ashes. After the present series, The Ashes will next be contested in the Australian summer of 1998-99. Average, batting -- The total of a batsman's runs during the period for which the average is calculated, divided by the number of his completed innings, i.e. the number of times he was out in that period. An average of 40 is considered proficient, 50 outstanding. D.G.Bradman (Australia) averaged 99.6 in Tests. Average, bowling -- The total of runs scored off a bowler in the period to which the average refers, divided by the number of wickets he took in that period. A proficient bowler will aim for an average of less than 30. B Backing up -- Backing up: (1) Non-striker's action in walking up the pitch as the bowler bowls, in order to be ready for a quick run (similar to 'taking a lead' in baseball.) As the ball is in play at this point, he risks being run out if the bowler spots him out of his ground, although some batsmen seem to regard such a dismissal as unsporting conduct on the bowler's part, rather than sloppy cricket on their own. (2) Fielder's action in taking a position on the opposite side of the wicket from the fielder throwing the ball, in order to prevent overthrows. Its absence is the principal cause of recrimination within club second XIs. Backward -- Fielding position prefix indicating 'slightly behind square' - us |
Which famous song, sung at the Last Night of the Proms begins with the line When Britain first at Heav'n's command? | Blake’s “Jerusalem” as a Hymn | Michael Ferber | Blake/An Illustrated Quarterly | Volume 34, Issue 3 Blake’s “Jerusalem” as a Hymn By Michael Ferber Blake’s poem “And did those feet,” given the title “Jerusalem” since its setting in 1916 by Hubert Parry, is Blake’s best known work, except perhaps for “The Tyger.” The “second national anthem” of England and Wales, a staple of English hymnals and public schools, the last song of the Last Night of the Proms, it has been sung with equal fervor by suffragettes, Fabians, high-church Tories, Presbyterian missionaries, and American leftists. Having heard it and sung it many times myself and come to love it, I have grown interested in how it came to be written and what groups or causes adopted it—its “reception history”—as well as how it works as a song. The two standard biographies of Parry give the main facts about its inception and early performances, though there is more one would like to know. 1 ↤ 1 Charles L. Graves, Hubert Parry: His Life and Works, 2 vols. (London: Macmillan, 1926); Jeremy Dibble, C. Hubert H. Parry: His Life and Music (Oxford: Clarendon, 1992). I would like to thank Jeremy Brecher, Richard Flacks, David Fuller, Susan Reilly, Judith Sizer, and Phillip Zaeder for helpful tips. I have not found any extended discussion of it as a setting, and hence an interpretation, of Blake’s text. 2 ↤ 2 A recent article by Samuel J. Rogal, “Blake’s ‘And did those feet’ as Congregational Hymn,” in The Hymn: A Journal of Congregational Song 44:3 (July 1993): 22-25, is disappointing, indeed maddening. It confidently asserts that the “feet” of the first line belong to the Druids (per Stukeley), it thinks it important to track the chariot back to Gray and Milton, and is generally at a loss regarding the text. Worse is a peculiar suggestion that Parry’s “hymn tune known today as Jerusalem” existed independently of the text: “Blake’s ‘And did those feet in ancient time,’ set to the Parry tune Jerusalem . . .”; “Parry’s choral song, ‘Jerusalem,’ accompanying Blake’s ‘And did those feet in ancient time’ . . .,” as if Parry had the tune lying around in his notebook and then found that it suited Blake’s verses. Rogal may have been misled by the existence of new lyrics to the Parry setting in certain unforgivable hymnals, such as A New Hymnal for Colleges and Schools, ed. Jeffrey Rowthorn and Russell Schulz-Widmar (New Haven: Yale UP, 1992), where the “music” to hymn 567 is “Jerusalem” by Parry but the words begin: “O day of peace that dimly shines / through all our hopes and prayers and dreams, / guide us to justice, truth, and love, / delivered from our selfish schemes.” Nor have I found much concerning its later history in Britain or America. In this essay, then, I will present what is generally known about its origins and history and discuss it as a hymn. Some of what follows will be sketchy, but I hope it will at least provoke others, especially those with better access to British libraries, to fill in the gaps around this wonderful song. “Jerusalem,” of course, is not Blake’s name for it, nor is it part of Jerusalem/The Emanation of The Giant Albion. The four-quatrain poem appears untitled at the end of the prose “Preface” to Milton (E 95-96). 3 ↤ 3 The “Preface” (E pl. 1) is lacking in copies C and D, probably the last two of the four extant copies of Milton. Though Milton is dated “1804” on the title page, the paper of the two copies with the “Preface” (A and B) is watermarked 1808. See Erdman’s note, E 806. Taken out of that immediate context, the poem’s opening is a bit mysterious—“And did those feet in ancient time, / Walk upon Englands mountains green”—for we can only infer whose feet “those feet” are when we are given the next two lines—“And was the holy Lamb of God, / On Englands pleasant pastures seen!”—and invoke the biblical stylistic principle of parallel members, whereby two or three successive verses are variants of the same general meaning. In the prose context there is a clear suggestion, though it is hardly obvious, that those are indeed Jesus’s feet, for the |
What UK bank holiday is celebrated 2 days after Good Friday? | Easter 2016 Dates - UK Bank Holidays. Blog How is The Date of Easter Calculated? In the northern hemisphere the date of Easter is defined as the first Sunday after the full moon (the Paschal Full Moon) following the 21st March spring equinox. The date of Easter Sunday therefore varies between 22nd March and 25th April. In the southern hemisphere: Easter falls on the first Sunday on or after the first full moon after the Autumnal equinox, not after the first day of Autumn. Schools generally are closed for 2 weeks during the UK Easter spring holidays. As the date Easter falls on changes from year to year it is advisable to check with your local authority as to the exact times schools are closed. Use our website to research the Easter school holidays in your area. Many local councils will publish school term dates up to 3 years in advance. Easter and School Holidays: Schools in some countries, like the UK, schedule a long Spring break to coincide with the religious holiday, so the length of school terms varies from year to year. There are plenty of problems caused by the moving date. The Church of England and the UK government have made attempts over the years to fix a permanent date, and an Act of Parliament was actually passed in 1928 to pin Easter in the UK down to the Sunday after the 2nd Saturday in April. That Act was never put into effect, partly because it would have been impractical to celebrate Easter on a different date in the UK from the rest of Europe, the Commonwealth and the United States. Any change to the present system would be bound to provoke huge controversy, so the chances are that the quirky and inconvenient astronomical calculation we use now will go on well into the future. When Does British Summer Time Begin and End? Year Sunday 26th March Sun 29th October In the UK the clocks go forward one hour at 1am on the last Sunday in March and go back one hour at 2am on the last Sunday in October. The period when the clocks are one hour ahead is called British Summer Time (BST). This means there is more daylight in the evenings and less in the mornings. Often this is also referred to as Daylight Saving Time. It can be written as GMT+1 When the clocks are turned back one hour in October, the UK reverts back to Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). Again often written as GMT+0. Ireland also follows the same time zone as the UK and the clocks are put forward and back on the same dates. Author; by Malcolm Oakley Breaks Scheduled dates of bank holidays, Easter and public holidays in England, Wales and Scotland for the next three years. There are different bank and public holidays in different parts of the UK. There are currently six permanent bank holidays in England and Wales. Christmas Day and Good Friday are public holidays. St Georges Day is not yet a public holiday but is celebrated all over England. Easter school holiday dates for 2016 and 2017. Halloween is not a public holiday in the UK but is increasingly a popular event celebrated by families. UK Bank holidays, Easter Dates England and Wales 2016 and 2017. England and Wales Substitute days are marked with * Special bank holidays. There are laws in place that allow the dates of UK bank holidays to be changed, or other holidays to be declared, for example to celebrate special state occasions. There was a a special bank holiday in 2012 to celebrate the Queen's Diamond Jubilee. The 2012 late May bank holiday was moved to Monday 4 June 2012 and an additional Jubilee bank holiday was held on Tuesday 5 June 2012. *Substitute days: When the usual date of a bank or public holiday falls on a Saturday or Sunday, a 'substitute day' is given, normally the following Monday. For example in 2009 Boxing Day was on Saturday 26 December, so there was a substitute bank holiday on Monday 28 December. NOTE: If Boxing Day naturally falls on a Monday, the next day (Tuesday) is normally the public holiday associated with Christmas Day, as in the case for 2016. Scottish Bank Holidays 2016 and 2017. UK Easter Dates. There are seven permanent bank holidays across the whole of Scotland. Chri |
What's the collective name for a group of lions? | Collective Nouns Collective Nouns One of the many oddities of the English language is the multitude of different names given to collections or groups, be they beasts, birds, people or things. Many of these collective nouns are beautiful and evocative, even poetic. A colony of auks (flock, raft) A colony of avocets A flock of birds (dissimulation, fleet, flight, parcel, pod, volary, ) A sedge of bitterns (siege) A chain of bobolinks A brood of chickens (cletch, clutch, peep) A chattering of choughs (clattering) A covert of coots ( commotion, cover, fleet, flock, pod, rasp, swarm) A flight of cormorants (gulp) A sedge of cranes (herd, sedge, siege) A murder of crows ( hover, muster, parcel) A head of curlews (herd) A trip of dotterels A dole of doves ( dule, flight, piteousness, pitying, prettying) A flush of ducks (badelynge, brace, bunch, dopping, flock, paddling, plump, raft, safe, skein, sord, string, team) A flight of dunbirds (rush) A fling of dunlins A convocation of eagles (aerie) A cast of falcons A charm of finches (chirm, trembling, trimming) A stand of flamingos A gaggle of geese (flock, plump, skein, team, wedge) A charm of goldfinches (chattering, drum, troubling) A dopping of goosanders A covey of grouse (brace, brood, flight, pack) A bazaar of guillemots A mews of hawks (aerie, cast, kettle, mew, moulting, screw, stream) A brood of hens A sedge of herons (flight, hedge, rookery, siege) A charm of hummingbirds (chattering, drum, troubling) A colony of ibises A band of jays (party, scold) A desert of lapwings (deceit) A parcel of linnets An exaltation of larks (ascension, bevy, flight) A congregation of magpies (charm, flock, gulp, murder, tiding, tittering, tribe, ) A sord of mallards (flush, puddling, sute) A plump of moorhens A watch of nightingales (match, pray) A pride of ostriches (flock) A parliament of owls (stare) A fling of oxbirds A company of parrots (flock, pandemonium, psittacosis) A covey of partridges (bevy, bew, clutch, warren) A muster of peacocks (ostentation, pride) A pod of pelicans (scoop) A colony of penguins (parcel, rookery) A cadge of peregrines A nye of pheasants (bouquet, head, nide, warren, ) A flight of pigeons (flock, kit, passel, ) A knob of pintails [small number] A congregation of plovers (band, flight, leash, stand, wing) A rush of pochards (flight, knob[small number]) A run of poultry A bevy of quails (covey, drift) An unkindness of ravens (aerie, conspiracy) A crowd of redwings A parliament of rooks (building, clamour, congregation, shoal, wing) A hill of ruffs A dopping of sheldrakes (doading) A walk of snipes (wisp) A host of sparrows (meinie, quarrel, tribe, ubiquity) A murmuration of starlings (chattering, cloud, congregation, clutter) A mustering of storks (flight, phalanx) A flight of swallows (gulp) A herd of swans (bank, bevy, drift, eyrar, game, herd, lamentation, sownder, squadron, team, wedge, whiteness, whiting) A flock of swifts A spring of teals (bunch, coil, knob, raft) A mutation of thrushes A flock of turkeys (dole, dule, raffle, raft, rafter, posse) A pitying of turtledoves A colony of vultures (committee, wake) A plump of waterfowls (bunch, knob, raft) A company of widgeons (bunch, coil, flight, knob, trip) A trip of wildfowls (bunch, knob, lute, plump,scry, skein, sord, sute) A fall of woodcocks (covey, flight, plump) A descent of woodpeckers A cluster of antelopes (herd, tribe) A shrewdness of apes (troop) A pace of asses (drove, coffle, herd) A congress of baboons (flange, troop) A cete of badgers (colony) A cloud of bats (colony) A sloth of bears (sleuth) A colony of beavers (family, lodge) A herd of bisons (gang) A sute of bloodhounds A herd of boars (singular) A sounder of (wild) boars [12+] A herd of bucks (leash) A gang of buffalos (herd, obstinacy) A drove of bullocks A flock of camels (caravan, herd, train) A herd of caribous A clowder of cats (glaring, cluster, clutter) A destruction of (wild) cats (dout, dowt) A herd of cattle (drift, drove, mob) A herd of chamois A rake of colts (rack, rag) A bury of conies (game) A flink of cows [12+] A pac |
From what London building in 1936 were the first BBC TV broadcasts made? | BBC Studios | Alexandra Palace Find us Alexandra Palace Situated between Muswell Hill & Wood Green, Alexandra Palace is well served by all forms of public transport and is easy to reach by underground, road, rail & air. Alexandra Palace Way, London, N22 7AY Tube: Wood Green Bus: W3 or Shuttle Bus Sat Nav: N22 7AY Back to Hidden gems BBC Studios Alexandra Palace is known globally as the birthplace of television. In 1935 the British Broadcasting Corporation leased the eastern part of the Palace, from which the first public television transmissions were made. Plan your journey Alexandra Palace is known globally as the birthplace of television. In 1935 the British Broadcasting Corporation leased the eastern part of the Palace, from which the first public television transmissions were made. These early transmissions were famously introduced by one of the first presenters, Elizabeth Cowell, with the words “this is direct television from the studios at Alexandra Palace…” Alexandra Palace: Birthplace of Television “I found an old tyre, no roof, no doors and could see the sky. The smell of cat in the old banqueting rooms nearly made me sick and the whole thing looked the most dreadful mess.” Desmond Campbell, Lighting Engineer, BBC Television, 1935. It was a rather inauspicious start to BBC television, but nevertheless the BBC did hire this “dreadful mess”, which encompassed the whole of the south-east corner of Alexandra Palace for conversion into television studios. Over 73 years ago, on 2nd November 1936, the world’s first regular high definition public television service was transmitted from Alexandra Palace. The BBC chose its new home because it was high up, already built and available. But with only 18 months to prepare for its television debut, the race was on to convert Alexandra Palace’s banqueting and tea rooms in the south-east wing into two state of the art studios, make-up and dressing rooms with associated facilities. They were to remain in use for 45 years. Originally in 1936 Studio A was equipped with the fully electronic system of the Marconi –EMI Company. Across the centre of the studio was a special lighting bridge for spot and flood lights: a replica can be seen today. High up at the far end of the studio was the plate-glass window of the control room with a panel to control sound and vision, monitor screens and desk for the producer in charge. Next door were racks of equipment for controlling the cameras and the equipment for the transmission of films on television. Further down the corridor was Studio B – equipped with the varying systems of the Baird’s Company. This studio was exactly the same size as EMI’s but laid out quite differently because the BBC was exploring different ways of using television technology. Less well-known is the role played by the TV Studios during the Second World War. Though television broadcasts were stopped during the war, BBC transmitters at the palace were used in a secret operation to jam radio signals used by German bomber pilots to identify their positions and targets. A directional beam was transmitted from various points in occupied Europe across Britain. Specially trained Luftwaffe crews few along these beams that ultimately led them to their target over Britain. These signals were received on the southern coast, fed to the transmitter at Alexandra Palace and re-radiated on the same frequency. This caused the pilots to lose their bearings and miss their target. As a result, around four-fifths of the raids using the German navigational aid called Y-Gerät aid were unsuccessful. At the end of the war in 1945, the BBC was given the go ahead to reinstate the Television Service. Engineers wee demobbed early from the services to join their pre-war colleagues in commissioning the equipment in June 1946. By the early 1950s the BBC had begun to move the bulk of television production to other centre’s in London, most notably Lime Grove studios in Shepherds Bush. In early 1954 the television studios at Alexandra Palace officially closed. But was this to be the end of television at Al |
Which four American Presidents have their faces scultped on Mount Rushmore? | Mount Rushmore Audio Tour Mount Rushmore National Memorial is one of the country's most recognizable landmarks, attracting more than two million people each year. This huge sculpture features the carved faces of four beloved U.S. presidents approximately sixty feet in height. The four presidents from left to right are George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln. These four distinguished leaders were chosen by the lead sculptor of the project because of their role in preserving the country and expanding it. George Washington George Washington was born on February 22, 1732, and is most famous for being the first President of the United States. His role as commander of the Continental Army in the American Revolutionary War prior to his presidency was also key in obtaining independence from the British. With George Washington's incredible influence in the formation of the country, he is referred to with much affection as the "Father" of the country. One of his most notable quotes is, "It is better to be alone than in bad company." Thomas Jefferson Thomas Jefferson was born on April 13, 1743, and served as the third President of the United States. He is also well known as being the main author of the Declaration of Independence in 1776. His visions of what America should be have made him one of the most influential of the Founding Fathers. Major accomplishments during his presidency include the Louisiana Purchase and the Lewis and Clark Expedition. He is known for many philosophical statements, including, "A democracy is nothing more than mob rule, where fifty-one percent of the people may take away the rights of the other forty-nine." Theodore Roosevelt Theodore Roosevelt was born on October 27, 1858, and is well known for his energetic persona and his cowboy image. He served as the twenty-sixth President of the United States, and was a key figure in the Republican Party during his political career. He is also known for inviting the press into the White House for daily briefings, which later became a tradition, and for adding on to the Monroe Doctrine, and passing the Pure Food and Drug Act. Theodore Roosevelt was known to have said, "A man who is good enough to shed his blood for the country is good enough to be given a square deal afterwards." Abraham Lincoln Abraham Lincoln was born on February 12, 1809, and served as the 16th President of the United States. Although his presidential term was cut short when he was assassinated in 1865, he led the country through the Civil War and was successful in ending slavery in the country. His Emancipation Proclamation in 1863 abolished slavery, and he also promoted passage of the Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution. In speaking of the Civil War, Lincoln stated, "A house divided against itself cannot stand." Mount Rushmore Grand Legends Tour You can learn more about Mount Rushmore and the many other attractions in the area with the nine hour Mount Rushmore Grand Legends Tour. This comprehensive guided tour begins with a visit to Mount Rushmore, and then moves on to Custer State Park , the Iron Mountain Road, Sylvan Lake , and the Crazy Horse Memorial . The final leg of this great experience takes you on the 1880 Train , a vintage train that travels across the Black Hills . |
In four colour process printing, which is also known as CMYK, which are the only four colours that are used? | Four Color Process Printing Explained Get a price for your project now. Get free customized samples today. It's Right. It's On Time. Or It's FREE! Expert Help on all Your Projects High Quality and Fast Turnaround 100% Satisfaction Guarantee! How 4 Color Process Printing (CMYK) Works Four color process printing is a system where a color image is separated into 4 different color values (called a color separation) by the use of filters and screens. This used to be done with photographic film on a graphic arts camera, but is usually done digitally with software now. The result is a color separation of 4 images that when transferred to printing plates and sequentially printed on a printing press with the colored inks cyan (blue), magenta (red), yellow and black (the k in cmyk), reproduces the original color image. Most of the entire spectrum or gamut of colors are reproduced with just the four process ink colors. The four color printing process is universally used in the graphic arts and commercial printing industry for the reproduction of color images and text. CMYK Process Printing Features Uses same 4 standardized base colors all the time (Cyan, Magenta, Yellow and Black) Small dots of these colors are printed at different angles to create the printed image Most widely used and cost effective color system in commercial printing Significantly cheaper than toner based printing for larger quantity runs The use of color in print increases readership and information retention. Studies in a major publication revealed that the use of color increased readership by 40% or more. A university study showed a 65% increase in the retention of material when full color was used instead of black and white. Also see Color in the Printing Process for more information on four color process in commercial printing. Video explaining four color process printing |
What are the first four books of the Bible? | The Pentateuch -- the first five books of the Bible The Hebrew Scriptures a.k.a. Old Testament Who wrote the Pentateuch, a.k.a. the Five Books of Moses? Sponsored link. The five books of Moses are a.k.a. The Pentateuch, the Books of the Law, the Law, and the Torah Conflicting quotations: "...despite all the arguments made against Mosaic authorship/editorship, the traditional view [that Moses wrote the Pentateuch] is still as critically tenable as any of the others." J.D. Douglas et al. 1 "..there is hardly a biblical scholar in the world actively working on the [authorship] problem who would claim that the Five Books of Moses were written by Moses." R.E. Friedman. 2 "...it has long been recognized that...[Moses] cannot have been the author, and that the Pentateuch is in fact anonymous." D.J.A. Clines. 3 Biblical Terms: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy are sometimes referred to as: the "Five Books of Moses," because the writings themselves identify the author as Moses, or the "Pentateuch," a Greek term meaning "pente (5) teuchos (volumes)," or the "Books of the Law", or the "Torah" (a Hebrew word meaning "instruction") These books were originally written as a single unbroken scroll. Sometime before the 2nd Century BCE , it was divided into the 5 books that we see today. What does the Bible itself say about authorship of the Pentateuch? There are about two dozen verses in the Hebrew Scriptures and one dozen in the Christian Scriptures which state or strongly imply that Moses was the author. Consider the following passages from the New Living Translation (NLT): Passages in the Pentateuch itself: Exodus 17:14 "Then the Lord instructed Moses, 'Write this down as a permanent record...'" Exodus 24:4 "Then Moses carefully wrote down all the Lord's instructions." Exodus 34:27 "And the Lord said to Moses, 'Write down all these instructions, for they represents the terms of my covenant with you and with Israel.'" Leviticus 1:1 "The Lord called to Moses from the Tabernacle and said to him, 'Give the following instructions to the Israelites...'" Leviticus 6:8 "Then the Lord said to Moses, 'Give Aaron and his sons the following instructions...'" Deuteronomy 31:9 "So Moses wrote down this law and gave it to the priests." Deuteronomy 31:24-26 "When Moses had finished writing down this entire body of law in a book..." Passages elsewhere in the Hebrew Scriptures: Joshua 1:7-8 "...Obey all the laws Moses gave you." Joshua 8:31-34 "He followed the instructions that Moses the Lord's servant had written in the Book of the Law..." Joshua 22:5 "...obey all the commands and the laws that Moses gave to you." 2 Chronicles 34:14 "...Hilkiah the high priest...found the book of the Law of the Lord as it had been given through Moses." Passages in the Gospels which show that Jesus and John the Baptizer believed Moses to be the author: Matthew 19:7-8 "...why did Moses say a man could merely write an official letter of divorce and send her away?", they asked. Jesus replied, 'Moses permitted divorce...'" Matthew 22:24 "Moses said, 'If a man dies without children...'" Mark 7:10 "For instance, Moses gave you this law from God..." Mark 12:24 "...haven't you ever read about this in the writings of Moses, in the story of the burning bush..." Luke 24:44 "...I told you that everything written about me by Moses and the prophets and in the Psalms must all come true." John 1:17 "For the law was given through Moses..." John 5:46 "But if you had believed Moses, you would have believed me because he wrote about me. And since you don't believe what he wrote, how will you believe what I say?" John 7:23 "...do it, so as not to break the law of Moses..." Passages elsewhere in the Christian Scriptures: Acts 26:22 "...I teach nothing except what the prophets and Moses said would happen..." Romans 10:5 "For Moses wrote..." But nowhere in the Bible is it specifically stated that Moses wrote the entire Pentateuch. Even if one believes in the inerrancy of the Bible, a case can be made that he authored only parts of the Torah, and that other writers added |
Which four American states begin with the letter I? | How many U.S. states begin with the letter "I"? | Reference.com How many U.S. states begin with the letter "I"? A: Quick Answer According to About.com, there are four states in the United States that begin with the letter "I." Idaho, Illinois, Indiana and Iowa all start with this vowel. The letters that start the most states, both with eight each, are "M" and "N." Full Answer The letters that rank second in starting the most states, all with four states each, are "A," "I" and "W." Seven letters do not begin the name of any states: "B," "E," "J," "Q," "X," "Y" and "Z." According to State Symbols USA, Idaho was simply a made up word with no real meaning. Illinois is "the French version of an Algonquin Indian word for "warriors." Indiana means "Land of the Indians" and Iowa was named after a tribe of Sioux Indians called the Ioway. |
In which film did Rex Harrison appear alongside a two-headed llama? | Doctor Dolittle - Buy, Rent, and Watch Movies & TV on Flixster More reviews for Doctor Dolittle Flixster Audience Score: 57% Flixster User Reviews Phil Hubbs Yes that's right kids, that hideous Eddie Murphy movie is actually based on a very famous set of children's novels by Hugh Lofting and before the… More Yes that's right kids, that hideous Eddie Murphy movie is actually based on a very famous set of children's novels by Hugh Lofting and before the modern revamp came this far far superior children's movie. This film is actually based on three of the Dolittle novels, all fused together, but you'd never have guessed that. The film feels like its set in stages, first off we meet Matthew Mugg and Tommy Stubbins in the whimsical little English port town of Puddleby-on-the-marsh. Once we the audience are acquainted with this cute couple its off to see the doctor in his typically traditionally beautiful little English cottage on the hill. From there on we watch the trio get stuck in various ordeals involving various animals as they try to raise money to go on a voyage to find the Giant Great Pink Sea-Snail. Eventually the second leg of the movie kicks in as the trio and the obligatory beautiful female set sail into the unknown. The third part of movie would involve the crew getting shipwrecked but finding land, land that conveniently happens to harbour the Pink Sea-Snail. Where to begin?! I was virtually raised with this film (amongst other classics), as a kid I hated it truth be told, probably down to forced repeat viewings but as I have matured I can see what a fantastic picture it really is. The movie didn't perform too well upon release which really amazed me frankly as I personally think this is way better than say...'Mary bloody Poppins'. It didn't help that Disney's 'Jungle Book' came out around the same time of course. The village scenes filmed in Wiltshire, UK are absolutely gorgeous to look at they really are, if ever you wanted to see the perfect little olde worlde English hamlet then voila. Unfortunately they had to use sets eventually down to the locals not liking what was happening to their little home but I don't see the issue really. The fishing port mockup with farm animals, cats and period dressed locals is so quaint and lovely looking, probably lots of droppings everywhere but hey come on! different times they were. There really isn't a scene in the entire movie which isn't bright bold and colourful with excellent detailed props and costumes. The locations were magnificently chosen and really brought the picture to life. You can easily tell the sets of Sea-Star Island compared to the real locations shoots of St Lucia, had it all been sets it clearly would not have been half as spectacular visually. Personally (apart from Puddleby at the start) I think the circus sequences and sets were the most impressive and enjoyable. Being a simple circus tent scenario it wouldn't have been too hard to pull off but you gotta remember everything is period set within the Victorian era. This setting is what makes the movie so attractive to look at with the lavish Victorian decorations sets props costumes etc...Even more so within the circus scenes with classic clowns, strong men, bearded ladies, big butch bald guys...and many with thick waxed moustaches. Its the circus scenes where I think we see the best performance which is from Attenborough as Albert Blossom the ringmaster. His physical appearance was perfect for the role and the added makeup with obligatory fat tash really nailed this character. His cheerful loud brash ringmaster with a northern accent is a sheer joy to behold as he prances around in that classic top hat and red tails attire, along with his funny little tweed looking suit with breast pocket watch. Its also here we come across the most memorable song 'I've never seen anything like it' sung merrily by Attenborough with all his circus folk in their various colourful patchwork clothes. If your kids don't enjoy these sequences then by thunder I'll...errm be surprised. Yes the film is a musical much l |
Which character has been played on TV by Phil Silvers and on film by Steve Martin? | The Phil Silvers Show (TV Series 1955–1959) - IMDb IMDb There was an error trying to load your rating for this title. Some parts of this page won't work property. Please reload or try later. X Beta I'm Watching This! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Error Sgt. Ernie Bilko is the ultimate con man. He runs the motor pool at a small Kansas US Army Camp. Colonel Hall, nominally in charge of the base tries to keep Bilko's plans in check. Bilko ... See full summary » Creator: Colonel Hall is attempting to set a new Army record for inducting new recruits. Unfortunately he also inducts a chimpanzee then has to convene a court martial to discharge Private Harry Speakup. 9.2 It's Fort Baxter Day at the camp. It's tradition for the platoon to date each other's sisters. Doberman's sister is without a date. Bilko can't find anyone to date Duane's sister, that is until he ... 9.1 Bilko hears a recording made by a mystery singer & sets out to find out who the voice belongs to. Doberman is the mystery singer & Bilko sets up an audition at a record company. Is Duane about to ... 9.0 a list of 30 titles created 03 Sep 2012 a list of 33 titles created 15 Oct 2014 a list of 26 titles created 18 May 2015 a list of 31 titles created 12 Jun 2015 a list of 30 titles created 4 months ago Title: The Phil Silvers Show (1955–1959) 8.6/10 Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Won 8 Primetime Emmys. Another 2 wins & 10 nominations. See more awards » Photos Sensitive teenager Dobie Gillis (yes, Dobie being his real given name) exasperates his grocer father Herbert T. Gillis and is the apple of Winnie Gillis' eye, she being his mother. Dobie ... See full summary » Stars: Dwayne Hickman, Bob Denver, Frank Faylen Danny Williams, a successful nightclub singer, encounters a variety of difficult or amusing situations in trying to balance his career with his family: his outspoken wife Kathy, teenage ... See full summary » Stars: Danny Thomas, Rusty Hamer, Marjorie Lord The popular radio show comes to life in this hit sitcom about a wise family man, Jim Anderson, his common-sense wife Margaret and their children Betty, Bud and Kathy. Whenever the kids need... See full summary » Stars: Robert Young, Jane Wyatt, Billy Gray Widower Steve Douglas raises three sons with the help of his father-in-law, and is later aided by the boys' great-uncle. An adopted son, a stepdaughter, wives, and another generation of sons join the loving family in later seasons. Stars: Fred MacMurray, Stanley Livingston, Don Grady Bill Davis is a highly paid and successful engineer living in a large apartment in New York with his valet, Mr. Giles French . His life is suddenly changed when his niece, Buffy shows up. ... See full summary » Stars: Brian Keith, Kathy Garver, Anissa Jones The adventures in the Florida Everglades of a game warden, Tom Wedloe, his wife Ellen, their son Mark, and Mark's tame bear Ben. Stars: Dennis Weaver, Clint Howard, Beth Brickell Top Cat is the leader of a group of alley cats, always trying to cheat someone. Stars: Leo DeLyon, Allen Jenkins, Arnold Stang A nouveau riche hillbilly family moves to Beverly Hills and shakes up the privileged society with their hayseed ways. Stars: Buddy Ebsen, Donna Douglas, Irene Ryan The misadventures of a wisecracking talking horse and his human owner. Stars: Allan Lane, Alan Young, Connie Hines The Man of Steel fights crime with help from his friends at the Daily Planet. Stars: George Reeves, Noel Neill, John Hamilton Seven men and women are stranded on an uncharted island following a torrential storm. Stars: Bob Denver, Alan Hale Jr., Jim Backus A bus driver and his sewer worker friend struggle to strike it rich while their wives look on with weary patience. Stars: Jackie Gleason, Art Carney, Audrey Meadows Edit Storyline Sgt. Ernie Bilko is the ultimate con man. He runs the motor pool at a small Kansas US Army Camp. Colonel Hall, nominally in charge of the base tri |
Mary Nichols and Anne Chapman were two of the six victims of who? | Jack the Ripper claims first victim - Aug 31, 1888 - HISTORY.com Jack the Ripper claims first victim Share this: Jack the Ripper claims first victim Author Jack the Ripper claims first victim URL Publisher A+E Networks Prostitute Mary Ann Nichols, the first victim of London serial killer “Jack the Ripper,” is found murdered and mutilated in Whitechapel’s Buck’s Row. The East End of London saw four more victims of the murderer during the next few months, but no suspect was ever found. In Victorian England, London’s East End was a teeming slum occupied by nearly a million of the city’s poorest citizens. Many women were forced to resort to prostitution, and in 1888 there were estimated to be more than 1,000 prostitutes in Whitechapel. That summer, a serial killer began targeting these downtrodden women. On September 8, the killer claimed his second victim, Annie Chapman, and on September 30 two more prostitutes–Liz Stride and Kate Eddowes–were murdered and carved up on the same night. By then, London’s police had determined the pattern of the killings. The murderer, offering to pay for sex, would lure his victims onto a secluded street or square and then slice their throats. As the women rapidly bled to death, he would then brutally mutilate them with the same six-inch knife. The police, who lacked modern forensic techniques such as fingerprinting and blood typing, were at a complete loss for suspects. Dozens of letters allegedly written by the murderer were sent to the police, and the vast majority of these were immediately deemed fraudulent. However, two letters–written by the same individual–alluded to crime facts known only to the police and the killer. These letters, signed “Jack the Ripper,” gave rise to the serial killer’s popular nickname. On November 7, after a month of silence, Jack took his fifth and last victim, Irish-born Mary Kelly, an occasional prostitute. Of all his victims’ corpses, Kelly’s was the most hideously mutilated. In 1892, with no leads found and no more murders recorded, the Jack the Ripper file was closed. Related Videos |
Who played the chef Gareth Blackstock in the sitcom "Chef"? | Chef! (TV Series 1993–1996) - IMDb IMDb There was an error trying to load your rating for this title. Some parts of this page won't work property. Please reload or try later. X Beta I'm Watching This! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Error Famous chef Gareth Blackstock struggles with dividing time between wife Janice and the restaurant. It's a good thing he can let off steam with his remarks. Stars: Gareth prepares a lunch for renowned chef Albert Roux, but has trouble finding unpasteurized Stilton. 8.6 Gareth Blackstock, chef of Le Château Anglais, has to cut the kitchen budget. He refuses, forcing his wife Janice to think of a plan. 8.4 Janice wants to cut down on expenses and open the restaurant at Christmas. She arranges a blind test to find a cheaper turkey. 8.2 a list of 21 titles created 07 Jan 2011 a list of 30 titles created 15 Jul 2012 a list of 29 titles created 21 Mar 2014 a list of 41 titles created 4 months ago a list of 25 titles created 4 months ago Search for " Chef! " on Amazon.com Connect with IMDb Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Edit Storyline A comedy, conceived by Lenny Henry, playing the *finest* chef in England, possibly the world. Chef! is set in the kitchen of _Le Chateau Anglais_, the finest French restaurant in England. Gareth Blackstock, the aforementioned chef, embodies all the worst qualities of someone at the top of their profession... Written by Michael Masterson <[email protected]> 28 January 1993 (UK) See more » Filming Locations: Janice Blackstock : And you're a man... Gareth : Janice, I can hardly deny that with you holding the evidence. A chef's quest for perfection leads to hilarity.... 27 March 2005 | by macpro75 (USA) – See all my reviews Chef Gareth Blackstock cares about nothing so much as preparing the finest meals for the guests at his restaurant, often to the frustration of his beautiful, intelligent wife and long-suffering staff. Chef understands how difficult he can be in his never-ending quest to be the best. He describes himself as knowing nothing else: he has no hobbies, doesn't help out friends, or go out at night. In fact, he (loudly) describes himself as "a personality problem under a silly white hat." The humor is rapid-fire and intelligent, as Chef verbally eviscerates anyone who dares to come between him and a perfectly prepared plate of food. Lenny Henry is acerbic perfection as Chef Blackstock, exhibiting both broad humor and extremely dry, biting wit, and still remaining a sympathetic character. Highly recommended for Brit-com lovers and anyone who enjoys sly, rapier sharp, lightning fast wit! 7 of 10 people found this review helpful. Was this review helpful to you? Yes |
Who painted the Flatford Mill? | 'Flatford Mill (‘Scene on a Navigable River’)', John Constable, 1816–7 | Tate Catalogue entry Summary Constable began this picture, his largest exhibition canvas to be painted mainly outdoors, a few months before his marriage to Maria Bicknell (see Tate Gallery T03900 ). He wrote to Maria from Bergholt on 12 September 1816: 'I am now in the midst of a large picture here which I had contemplated for the next exhibition - it would have made my mind easy had it been forwarder - I cannot help it - we must not expect to have all our wishes complete' (in R.B. Beckett, ed., John Constable's Correspondence, II, Ipswich 1964, p.203). Prior to 1814, the artist produced his exhibition pictures in the studio, working from oil sketches and drawings , but in that year he declared his intention to make finished paintings from nature. The summers of 1816 and 1817 were the last occasions upon which Constable spent any length of time at East Bergholt, and the last in which the artist painted directly from the scenery of his Suffolk childhood. Constable frequently depicted the scenes of his 'careless boyhood' which, he wrote to his friend Archdeacon Fisher, he associated with 'all that lies on the banks of the Stour. They made me a painter (& I am gratefull)' (letter of 23 October 1821; in Beckett, VI, 1968, p.78). The Constable family business was at Flatford, about a mile from East Bergholt. The family had a watermill on the Stour for grinding corn, and a dry dock for building the barges to transport grain to Mistley for shipment to London, as well as a watermill upstream at Dedham. The passage up and down the river required the use of horse-drawn barges; the ropes had to be disconnected in order to allow the barges to be poled under Flatford bridge. In this picture, a boy is disconnecting a rope and another sits astride a tow-horse. Constable painted the inscription to appear as if it had been scratched in the earth with a stick. Although the painting was probably executed largely on the spot, various details were almost certainly added in the studio, such as the boy and the horse, the timberwork in the foreground and the mooring-post on the left. It is known from x-rays that the artist painted out a horse on the tow-path and substituted the figures of two boys. Constable evidently experienced difficulty painting outdoors on such a large canvas as this one, for after showing it at the Royal Academy in 1817, he repainted the tops of the trees and the entire sky, presumably in time for the picture's second showing at the British Institution in January 1818. Constable made several drawings and oil sketches of the subject from various angles, but the only certain preparatory studies for the picture are an oil sketch in the collection of David Thomson and two drawings, one in the Tate (Tate Gallery T05493 ). This is a pencil tracing of an image made with a brush on a sheet of glass held on an easel in front of the subject itself. The tracing was made by placing a piece of paper over the image on the glass, and was squared for transfer to the canvas. It contains the two barges but none of the figures seen in the painting. Further reading: Leslie Parris and Ian Fleming-Williams, Constable, exhibition catalogue, Tate Gallery, London 1991, pp.17, 69, 120, 179-81, 229, 286, 413, 467, 469, 510, reproduced p.181 in colour Terry Riggs Read more Display caption Landscape painting flourished in the 19th century, ranging from the epic, through rustic nostalgia to the naturalism championed by John Constable. He based what he called his ‘natural painture’ on study of nature, experience of his subjects and attention to working life, especially in the Stour Valley where his father was a miller and merchant. When possible, he sketched or worked on pictures outdoors. Flatford Mill shows barges approaching Flatford footbridge after passing through the lock near his father’s mill. Its bright, airy realism was unprecedented at the time. Gallery label, February 2016 Catalogue entry N01273 Scene on a Navigable River (Flatford Mill) 1816–17, dated & exhibited 181 |
Which toy was originally called the Pluto Platter when it was first sold in 1955? | Welcome to the Classic Toy Museum - Pluto Platter ( Frisbee ) Inventor Walter Frederick Morrison & Pluto Platter FUN FACTS! 1n 1937, inventor Walter F. Morrison flips a popcorn lid to friends at a Thanksgiving gathering. In 1946, Walter F. Morrison sketches a design for the world's first flying disc and names it Whirlo-Way. In 1955, Walter F. Morrison's company PIPCO manufactured and sold the PLUTO PLATTER flying disc. In 1957, Walter F. Morrison signs all rights to the PLUTO PLATTER over to Wham-O. Later in 1957, Wham-O changes the name to FRISBEE. |
Which of the Teletubbies has a triangular antenna on their head? | Characters | Teletubbies Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Share Ad blocker interference detected! Wikia is a free-to-use site that makes money from advertising. We have a modified experience for viewers using ad blockers Wikia is not accessible if you’ve made further modifications. Remove the custom ad blocker rule(s) and the page will load as expected. Characters Tinky Winky (played by Dave Thompson , Mark Heenehan , and Simon Shelton ) is the first Teletubby. He is the largest of the Teletubbies, is covered in bright purple terrycloth, and has a triangular antenna on his head. He is notable for the red luggage (described by the show as a "magic bag", but often described by other media as a handbag) he always carries. His character has caused controversy due to allegations that his character's behavior, bag and body colour have homosexual qualities ( see below ). Dipsy (played by John Simmit ) is the second Teletubby. He is lime green and is named "Dipsy" because his antenna resembles a dipstick . He likes his black and white furry top hat , which he once lost. Laa-Laa found it, but instead of simply returning Dipsy's hat to the stricken Dipsy, she ran around it for about ten minutes shouting "Dipsy Hat! Dipsy Hat!". He is the most stubborn of the Teletubbies, and will sometimes refuse to go along with the other Teletubbies' group opinion. His face is also notably darker than the rest of the Teletubbies, and the creators have stated that he is Black . [9 ] Laa-Laa (played by Nikky Smedley ) is the third Teletubby. She is sunflower yellow, and has a curly antenna. She likes to sing and dance, and is often seen to look out for the other Teletubbies. Her favourite thing is a bouncy, orange ball, which is almost as big as she is. Po (played by Pui Fan Lee , Pui Fan Lee ) is the fourth and last Teletubby. She is the smallest and youngest of the Teletubbies, is rosy red, and has an antenna shaped like a stick used for blowing soap bubbles . Her favourite object is her scooter , which she calls "scoota" (she also calls it "coota", or just "cooter"). Po can sometimes be mischievous and naughty, as when she disobeys the commands of the "Voice Trumpets". She has been stated by the show's creators to be Cantonese , [9 ] and as such, she is bilingual, speaking both English and Cantonese. Although many are unsure of Po's gender, or consider her to be male (possibly because of her scarlet colour and tomboyish antics), she is clearly referred to as female in several episodes, such as "Dad's Portrait" (Episode 216, first broadcast 1998) and "Numbers: 2" (Episode 30). Many refer to her as "he" even though it is "she" (the same happens with Laa-Laa). Noo-Noo (played by Dean Mark Dean ) seems to be both the Teletubbies' guardian and housekeeper, due to its resemblance to a vacuum cleaner , which is its principal purpose in the house. Noo-Noo hardly ventures outside, instead remaining indoors and constantly cleaning with its sucker-like nose. It does not speak like the other characters, instead communicating through a series of slurping and sucking noises. At times, Noo-Noo gets annoyed with the Teletubbies' antics and can vacuum their food or toys. This usually prompts the Teletubbies to scold Noo-Noo through a cry of "Naughty Noo-Noo!". Usually after this, Noo-Noo flees and the Teletubbies pursue it comically around the house until they grow tired, are distracted by something, or forgive Noo-Noo. This sequence ends with them hugging it, or with it shooting out their absorbed objects. The Bear with Brown Fuzzy Hair(played by Penelope Keith ) is a bear who is one of the characters in the infamous The Lion And Bear sketch , where she plays hide and seek. She is a mechanical thing on a red skateboard looking thing with green eyes, big ears, big eyebrows, a big round nose and a mechanical mouth with a red tongue inside, as well as brown fur, long arms and legs and white claws. Her personality is silly, immature and also eerie. She has a sense of humour by doing a 'joke' where she sticks her tongue out with her eyes rolling in circles, before p |
On a standard keyboard, which is the largest key? | Guidelines for Keyboard User Interface Design (Windows) Guidelines for Keyboard User Interface Design Collapse the table of content Expand the table of content This documentation is archived and is not being maintained. This documentation is archived and is not being maintained. Guidelines for Keyboard User Interface Design Microsoft Corporation April 2002 Summary: This article describes the guidelines for designing a keyboard user interface for a Microsoft Windows application. (35 printed pages) Windows Shortcut Keys Overview This article describes the guidelines for designing a keyboard user interface (UI) for a Microsoft Windows application. A keyboard UI allows users to navigate an application and manipulate UI elements by using a keyboard alone or in combination with a mouse (or another pointing device). Following these guidelines will help you design a keyboard UI that makes your application more accessible to people with disabilities. Role of the Keyboard UI in Accessibility A well-designed keyboard UI is an important aspect of software accessibility. It enables users who are blind or who have certain motor disabilities to navigate an application and interact with its features. Such users may be unable to operate a mouse, and may rely on assistive technologies — such as keyboard enhancement tools, on-screen keyboards, screen enlargers, screen readers, and voice input utilities — all of which depend on an application's keyboard UI. Many assistive technologies use the keyboard UI programmatically,even if users are not using a standard keyboard input device. Although some assistive technologies may have custom keyboard shortcuts that can make an operation easier, consistency and standardization in keyboard UI design — for assistive technologies and for all aspects of accessibility — are critical to avoid confusing users. The Windows UI design maximizes input flexibility. Accessibility Options in Control Panel offers tools that enhance keyboard functionality, such as StickyKeys, FilterKeys, ToggleKeys, and MouseKeys. These tools can help users to operate applications with the keyboard. However, they do not replace the accessibility provided by a well-designed keyboard UI. Fundamentals of Keyboard UI Design Well-designed applications include two basic requirements: They must be usable even when the keyboard is the sole input device. They must also be functional and user-friendly. The following sections provide information that you should be familiar with before you begin to design a keyboard UI. Keyboard UI Design Rules To design an effective keyboard UI, use the following design rules: Provide keyboard access to all features, and document the keyboard interface. It is recommended that the keyboard be able to perform the same tasks as a mouse device. Document the keyboard UI in the product manual and through online Help. Be sure that the input focus location (the point at which input is being directed in the UI) is provided programmatically as well as visually. For more information, see GetAsyncKeyState and Retrieving the State of a Key . Common Keyboard UI Design Mistakes and Limitations Ideally, all application features must be accessible through the keyboard. However, this may not always be feasible. Sometimes keyboard access to a feature forces users to follow awkward or complicated steps. Or it may be programmatically challenging to implement a feature through the keyboard UI. The following list describes issues and challenges associated with creating keyboard UIs. Inconsistent navigation order in dialog boxes. The navigation order must be logical and follow the direction in which the language is read. Frequently, the order is corrupted when a new control has been added to an existing dialog box. In a group of controls, the navigation between each control must be sequential and orderly. Input focus stops on each individual option button. The input focus must be on the selected item only, and a user must be able to select other options by using arrow keys. Inconsistent or missing navigation between panes and views |
In which English county would you find a town called Westard Ho!, the only English town to contain an exclamation mark in its name? | Macclesfield Pub Quiz League: November 2007 Macclesfield Pub Quiz League FIRST ROUND OF THE CUP 27 NOVEMBER 1. WHAT DID WAINWRIGHTS ORIGINALLY MAKE? WAGONS 2. WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE TIRELESS WORKHORSE IN GEORGE ORWELL’S ANIMAL FARM? BOXER 3. WHAT IS THE MOST EASTERN SATE OF THE U.S.A.? MAINE 4. TO WHICH PRIME MINISTER WAS MARGOT ASQUITH REFERRING WHEN SHE SAID, "HE COULD NEVER SEE A BELT WITHOUT HITTING BELOW IT"? DAVID LLOYD GEORGE 5. IN WHICH GILBERT AND SULLIVAN OPERETTA WOULD YOU HEAR "HE IS AN ENGLISHMAN"? H.M.S. PINAFORE 6. WHO HAS BEEN THE ONLY DIVORCED PRESIDENT OF THE U.S.A.? RONALD REGAN 7. NAME ONE OF THE OTHER COUNTRIES THAT JOINED THE COMMON MARKET AT THE SAME TIME AS THE U.K.? EIRE OR DENMARK 8. WHERE CAN THE WALLACE MONUMENT BE FOUND? STIRLING 9. HOW MANY PRE-DECIMAL PENNIES WAS A FLORIN WORTH? 24 10. WHO RAN THE POST OFFICE IN POSTMAN PAT'S VILLAGE OF GREENDALE? MRS. GOGGINS 11. WHOSE 1950'S ECONOMIC PROGRAMME WAS CALLED THE GREAT LEAP FORWARD? MAO TSE TUNG 12. WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE SMALL LEATHER BOXES WORN BY JEWISH MEN DURING WORSHIP? PHYLACTERIES 13. WHERE WAS RICK'S CAFE? CASABLANCA 14. WHAT PET NAME FOR A DOG IS LATIN FOR I TRUST? FIDO 15. WHICH ENGLISH CITY IS HOME TO THE CRUCIBLE THEATRE? SHEFFIELD 16. WHO WROTE THE PLAY THE CRUCIBLE? ARTHUR MILLER 17. WHICH ACTOR STARRED AS IVANHOE, THE SAINT AND JAMES BOND? ROGER MOORE 18. PHOBOS AND DEMOS ARE MOONS OF WHICH PLANET? MARS 19. WHAT WAS OSCAR WILDE'S SECOND GIVEN NAME? FINGAL 20. IF CLINT EASTWOOD WAS THE GOOD, LEE VAN CLEEF WAS THE BAD, WHO WAS THE UGLY? ELI WALLACH 21. WHAT DOES THE LETTER F STAND FOR ON A PLIMSOLL LINE? FRESH WATER 22 UNDER WHAT NAME DID ERICH WEISS ACHIEVE FAME? HARRY HOUDINI 23. HOW MANY DEGREES ARE THERE IN AN OCTANT? 45 24. WHICH SCIENCE FICTION T.V. SERIES TEATURED EVIL ROBOTS CALLED CYLONS? BATTLESTAR GALLACTICA 25. ON WHICH ISLAND IS THE VOLCANO MOUNT ETNA? SICILY 26. WHAT WAS THE TITLE OF GRAHAM GREENE'S FIRST NOVEL? THE MAN WITHIN 27. WHICH COUNTRY HAS A PARLIAMENT BUILDING KNOWN AS THE BEEHIVE? NEW ZEALAND 28. WHICH MUSICAL FEATURES THE SONG 'DAY BY DAY'? GODSPELL 29. WHICH TEAM WON THE FIRST SCOTTISH FA. CUP FINAL? QUEENS PARK RANGERS 30. ON WHAT WOULD YOU SEE A GNOMON? SUNDIAL 31. WHAT WAS THE NATIVE LANGUAGE OF JESUS CHRIST? ARAMAIC 32. IN WHICH CITY IS THE HERMITAGE MUSEUM? ST. PETERSBURG 33 WHO ASSASSINATED ROBERT KENNEDY IN 1968? SIRHAN SIRHAN 35. WHICH SONG IS SET TO MUSIC FROM ONE OF ELGAR'S POMP AND CIRCUMSTANCE MARCHES? LAND OF HOPE AND GLORY 36. WHAT IS THE SI UNIT OF ILLUMINATION? LUX 37. WHAT WAS THE NAME OF JACQUES COUSTEAU'S SHIP? CALYPSO 38. IN WHICH CHARLES DICKENS NOVEL DOES MRS. PARDIGGLE APPEAR? BLEAK HOUSE 39. IN THE CHINESE GAME OF MAHJONG, WHAT DOES THE WORD MAHJONG MEAN? GOLDFISH 40. IN WHICH ACTIVITY ARE JESSES USED? FALCONRY 41. WHAT WAS THE NAME OF RIGSBY'S CAT IN THE T.V. COMEDY SERIES RISING DAMP? VIENNA 42. WHICH CAR MANUFACTURER HAS A TRIDENT AS ITS EMBLEM? MASERATI 43. WHICH CAR MANUFACTURER HAS THE INITIALS ACBC ON ITS BADGE? LOTUS 44. WHO WAS THE FIRST LEADER OF KENYA AFTER INDEPENDENCE FROM BRITAIN? JOMO KENYATTA 45 WHO WAS THE FIRST LEADER OF GHANA AFTER INDEPENDENCE FROM BRITAIN? KWAME NKRUMAH 46. WHICH COMPANY PRODUCED THE HURRICANE WWII FIGHTER AIRCRAFT? HAWKER AIRCRAFT CO. 47. WHICH COMPANY PRODUCED THE SPITFIRE WWII FIGHTER AIRCRAFT? SUPERMARINE 48. WHAT IS THE FUNCTION OF A GUDGEON PIN? IT CONNECTS THE PISTON TO THE CONNECTING ROD IN AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE. 49. WHAT IS A PANHARD ROD? A COMPONENT OF A CAR SUSPENSION SYSTEM 50. WHO WROTE THE NOVEL MADAME BOVARY? GUSTAV FLAUBERT 51. WHO WROTE THE NOVEL. NAUSEA? JEAN-PAUL SARTRE 52. WHOSE ENGLAND TRY WAS DISALLOWED IN THE 2007 RUGBY WORLD CUP FINAL? MARK CUETO 53. WHO PRECEDED BRIAN ASHTON AS ENGLAND UNION COACH? ANDY ROBINSON 54 WHICH BEATLES ALBUM INCLUDES THE SONG "LOVELY RITA"? SGT. PEPPER'S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND 55. WHAT WAS THE BEATLES FIRST ALBUM? PLEASE PLEASE ME 56. WHICH CHARACTER DID LIZE MINELLI PLAY IN |
In 1968, the first inter-racial kiss on American TV took place in which long running series? | Did Star Trek really show TV’s first interracial kiss? – the agony booth by Dr. Winston O'Boogie · November 22, 2015 [Note: This is an update to an article I posted one year ago today. Read on to learn about several scenes I’ve come across in the past year that are even stronger contenders for TV’s first interracial kiss. Also: GIFs of all the kisses being discussed!] On November 22, 1968, exactly 46 years ago today, NBC aired the Star Trek episode “Plato’s Stepchildren” , in which William Shatner’s Captain Kirk kissed Nichelle Nichols’ Lt. Uhura and they made TV history. Or did they? Nowadays, it’s generally accepted that this episode depicted TV’s first interracial kiss, which was all the more historically significant considering the civil rights struggles of the time. Over the years, I’ve seen various books and articles and blog posts assert that the episode was highly controversial in its original airing, with some NBC affiliates (usually only identified as being in “the south”) refusing to air the episode, sponsors threatening to pull their ads, and viewers subsequently responding with an avalanche of hate mail. Given the times, it certainly sounds plausible enough, right? Being the child of an interracial couple myself, I’ve long wondered what actually went down back then. Figuring that an episode that provoked such strong reactions must have made news at the time, I decided to dig through online archives of newspapers, books, and various periodicals to see what the media was saying about it in November of 1968. Alas, I found virtually no mention of the episode being any sort of milestone or noteworthy event at the time it aired, or even for many years afterwards. The article continues after this advertisement... Take Ebony magazine, for instance: it didn’t mention Star Trek at all until the following February, when it published a lengthy feature profiling most of the black actors on TV during the 1968-1969 season, including Nichelle Nichols. But it never mentioned the kiss. Somehow, Ebony, of all magazines, didn’t find the supposed first kiss between a white actor and black actress on primetime TV to be worthy of note. As it turns out, the first references in the media to Star Trek having “TV’s first interracial kiss” don’t show up until over a decade later. And yet, the assertion was pretty much taken at face value, and by the early 1990s, the idea of this kiss being the “first” was ingrained enough into popular culture for both Shatner and Nichols to talk about it at length in both of their memoirs. They each tell a slightly different tale: Shatner describes how NBC executives were afraid that some of their affiliates might refuse to air “Plato’s Stepchildren”, and wanted to remove the kiss completely, so they compromised and filmed it in such a way that you never see Kirk and Uhura’s lips touching. Shatner even writes that “the widely held assumption that Star Trek features the first interracial kiss in the history of television is absolutely untrue,” due to the fact that their lips never touched, though Nichols insists in her memoir that they did kiss for real. In her version, the network instead demanded the filming of alternate takes where the two actors never kissed at all, and so Shatner goofed off in every attempt at filming those takes, forcing them to use the shot of them kissing that we see in the finished episode. While Shatner’s account appears the most accurate upon viewing the actual scene, I find both stories easy to believe. There’s a long, documented history of skittish network executives and censors meddling in the creative affairs of TV shows, particularly when it comes to matters of sexuality. I have no reason to doubt that NBC feared backlash from affiliates, sponsors, and of course the viewers over Kirk and Uhura’s kiss. However, that’s the network’s reaction. The anecdotes don’t say much about the actual public reaction to the kiss, leading some to mistakenly believe there was massive outrage over a white man kissing a black woman on TV. Casual fans today might be under the impression the |
In The Wizard Of Oz, what was the Tin Man looking for? | The Wizard of Oz (5/8) Movie CLIP - Finding The Tin Man (1939) HD - YouTube The Wizard of Oz (5/8) Movie CLIP - Finding The Tin Man (1939) HD Want to watch this again later? Sign in to add this video to a playlist. Need to report the video? Sign in to report inappropriate content. The interactive transcript could not be loaded. Loading... Rating is available when the video has been rented. This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. Uploaded on May 26, 2011 The Wizard of Oz movie clips: http://j.mp/1L5gtKP BUY THE MOVIE: http://bit.ly/2cmiEyC Don't miss the HOTTEST NEW TRAILERS: http://bit.ly/1u2y6pr CLIP DESCRIPTION: Dorothy (Judy Garland) meets The Tin Man (Jack Haley) and oils him up so he can move again, but she quickly learns that he's missing a heart. FILM DESCRIPTION: Not to be confused with the cinematic classic starring Judy Garland that would follow six years later, this animated short film is one of countless other celluloid adaptations of L. Frank Baum's best-loved story, The Wizard of Oz. Directed by Ted Eshbaugh, the Canadian film features no dialogue and tells the story of Dorothy, Toto, Scarecrow, and Tin Man's adventures in Oz with a mix of black & white and color animation. CREDITS: Cast: Ray Bolger, Jack Haley, Judy Garland, Terry Directors: George Cukor, Victor Fleming, Mervyn LeRoy, Norman Taurog, King Vidor Producers: Mervyn LeRoy, Arthur Freed Screenwriters: Noel Langley, Florence Ryerson, Edgar Allan Woolf, L. Frank Baum, Irving Brecher, William H. Cannon, Herbert Fields, Arthur Freed, Jack Haley, E.Y. Harburg, Samuel Hoffenstein, Bert Lahr, John Lee Mahin, Herman J. Mankiewicz, Jack Mintz, Ogden Nash, Robert Pirosh, George Seaton, Sid Silvers WHO ARE WE? The MOVIECLIPS channel is the largest collection of licensed movie clips on the web. Here you will find unforgettable moments, scenes and lines from all your favorite films. Made by movie fans, for movie fans. SUBSCRIBE TO OUR MOVIE CHANNELS: |
Which African American civil rights activist was assassinated in 1968 by escaped convict James Earl Ray? | The Top 5 Assassinations Of Black Leaders | News One The Top 5 Assassinations Of Black Leaders 4.93K reads Today, political assassinations are rare inside the U.S. During the civil rights movement, anybody who stood up for the rights of African Americans was a possible assassination target. RELATED: The Top 5 Unsolved Hip-Hop Murders Often times the assassinations were carried out by white supremacists, who were not convicted for their crimes due to racism in government, or even by police departments. These assassinated leaders have served as martyrs for the civil rights movement and the struggle for African people in America and abroad. 5. Medgar Evers Civil rights activist Medgar Evers was assassinated by Byron De La Beckwith, a member of the White Citizens Council. Evers was a World War II veteran who would become the Secretary of the NAACP in Mississippi helping to integrate the University of Mississippi. Beckwith would shoot Evers at his home in Jackson, Mississippi. It would take over 30 years after Evers’ murder for Beckwith to be convicted in 1994. 4. Fred Hampton Fred Hampton, a leader for the Black Panther Party in Chicago, Illinois was killed in his apartment during a police raid while sleeping, unarmed in 1968. The police raid was in retaliation for a previous shoot out police had with members of the Black Panther Party that killed two policemen. The policeman who killed Hampton were acquitted in court, but members of the Black Panther Party would call it an assassination. 3. Harry and Harriette Moore Harry and Hariette Moore were a husband and wife team of civil rights activists and teachers who founded the NAACP in Brevard County, Florida. In 1951, the couple’s house was bombed and both of them were murdered. 55 years after the bombing, the state of Florida concluded an investigation into the bombing and found that three, since deceased members of the Ku Klu Klan were responsible. 2. Malcolm X Malcolm X, one the the most prominent Black leaders of the 20th Century rose from prison inmate to spokesman for the Nation Of Islam. While Malcolm X would clash with the government and other Black leaders, it would be members of the Nation Of Islam who would be convicted of his killing.Years later, it would be revealed that the FBI used COINTLPRO agents to infiltrate the Nation Of Islam and cause tension between them and Malcolm; and created false letters between the Malcolm and the Nation. 1. Martin Luther King Martin Luther King was the face and voice of the civil rights movement. Martin would serve as a martyr for the movement after he was killed in Memphis in 1968, while supporting striking black sanitary public works employees. King would be shot while outside his hotel room in Memphis. Escaped convict, James Earl Ray would confess to killing King but would later recant his confession. While their have been allegations of a conspiracy, no charges were ever made. |
Which George Orwell novel features a character called Napoleon? | Animal Farm by George Orwell :: Animal Farm Essays Animal Farm by George Orwell Length: 1022 words (2.9 double-spaced pages) Rating: Excellent Animal Farm by George Orwell The novel Animal Farm is an allegorical novel which features Napoleon who opens the novel as ‘A young, rather fierce looking Berkshire Boar’ who is just and fair in his decisions. But after the revolution and the expulsion of Mr.Jones, Napoleon becomes the leader of the farm with a band of secret police; who has his nearest rival chased out and, by the conclusion of the novel Napoleon’s regime has become just as bad as that of Mr.Jones’. Napoleon represents Joseph Stalin, the communist leader of Russia and the novel is George Orwell’s representation of the Russian revolution with each character in the novel representing someone from the real life Russian revolution. A number of factors contribute to Napoleon becoming leader of Animal Farm. After the ‘Battle of the cowshed’ Napoleon and Snowball are the major leaders of the farm but they are unable to cooperate, this we know because ‘these two (Napoleon and Snowball) disagreed at every point where disagreement was possible’. This proves that they didn’t get along because they would argue whenever it was possible. Napoleon didn’t like this because he wanted to get things his own way even if Snowball’s plans were more beneficial for the farm than his. Napoleon needed something that would get rid of his nearest rival for good; this is where the dogs or ‘Napoleon’s secret police’ come into the novel. Napoleon takes the ‘nine sturdy puppies’ as they are referred to, near the end of chapter three. He tells their mother’s, Jessie and Bluebell that ‘He will make himself responsible for their education, he took them up into a loft room which could only be reached by a ladder from the harness room and there he kept them in such seclusion, that the rest of the farm soon forgot their existence’. The chance to remove Snowball arose when he began drawing up the plans for the windmill ‘Everyone including the chickens came to marvel at the plans’, so with no-one worrying about what he was planning, Napoleon was able to train How to Cite this Page MLA Citation: the dogs to attack on his command and finally rids himself of his nearest rival at the unveiling of Snowball’s plans for the windmill ‘Nine enormous dogs dashed straight for Snowball……he put on extra spurt and, with a few inches to spare, slipped through a hole in the hedge and was seen no more’. This is the exact moment Napoleon seizes power of Animal Farm. After Napoleon has seized control he sets about feeding the other animal’s disinformation about Snowball being a traitor. He gets his sickly, fat sidekick Squealer, who is extremely sycophantic towards him, to do his dirty work. Squealer tells the other animals that ‘The plan which Snowball had drawn on the incubator shed floor had actually been stolen from among Napoleon’s papers’. We are aware Snowball wouldn’t have done this but the animals are forced to believe that he did steal the plans because; some of the animals are not the sharpest Knives in the drawer and believe whatever they are told, and those with the slightest amount of intelligence believe he must of stolen the plans out of spite because of his stormy relationship with Napoleon. Squealer also stated things like ‘He (Napoleon) had seemed to oppose the windmill, simply as a manoeuvre to get rid of Snowball’. Squealer told the animal’s things like this to try and make it look like Napoleon had made the windmill plans and that Napoleon was the innocent party. He made it look as though Napoleon was just extracting his revenge by having Snowball chased out of the farm. This was Napoleon’s corruption coming to the forefront. Napoleon begins his joint leadership with Snowball as being just and fair, when, after the ‘Battle of the cowshed’ he awarded himself and Snowball ‘Animal Hero, First Class’ and the dead sheep ‘Animal Hero, Second Class’. But Napoleon shows early signs of corruption when he takes the fresh milk and apples while the other anima |
Which 1997 British film had the working title of Eggs, Beans and Chippendales? | The Full Monty (1997) Author: mjw2305 from England Robert Carlyle and Mark Addy combine with a great support cast to bring one of the freshest comedies in years to the big screen. Set in Sheffield after the great 'City of Steel' Days, there are more people in the dole queue, than out at work. Struggling for money the pair decide that if the Chippendale's can get the kit off and make a packet, then why can't they. They recruit some more strippers, all desperate for some cash, and promise the city the Full Monty. Now all they need is to learn how to dance, learn how to overcome there fear of the Full Monty and sell some tickets. This film is a very funny view of a struggling community in what was once a thriving city. Great characters, slick and realistic dialogue and great direction, this is one of the finest British comedies ever. 8/10 |
Lord David Sutch, who committed suicide in 1999, was famous for founding what in 1983? | David Edward "Screaming Lord Sutch" Sutch (1940 - 1999) - Find A Grave Memorial David Edward "Screaming Lord Sutch" Sutch Death: Jun. 16, 1999 Comedian. He was born in Kilburn, North-West London. His father was a policeman who was killed in the War when the boy was ten months old. After leaving school, David worked as a plumber's mate before becoming a singer. His stage name came from his main influence, Screaming Jay Hawkins, and from the fur-lined crash helmet which he wore on stage, topped with bobbles so that it resembled a coronet. In 1968, he changed his name by deed poll to Lord David Sutch. Although he never had any hits, his antics on and off stage brought him great notoriety, and he was to record with, among others, Jimmy Page, John Bonham, Jeff Beck, Noel Redding, Ritchie Blackmore, Nicky Hopkins and Keith Moon. In 1963, he stood for Parliament as the National Teenager's Candidate in Stratford-on-Avon, following the resignation of John Profumo after the scandal with Christine Keeler and Mandy Rice-Davies. Although he gained only 209 votes, nearly all the policies he advocated - reducing the voting age to 18, commercial radio, calling for pubs to be open all day - were to become law long before his death. He was to contest 44 elections and is mentioned in the Guinness Book of Records as having stood for Parliament more times than anyone else. In the 1980's, he tried to change his name again, to Mrs. Thatcher, but was refused permission, allegedly on the grounds that it might cause confusion if he did make it to the House of Commons. He was to become Great Britain's longest serving party leader, having formed the Monster Raving Loony Party in 1983. He was never elected and, indeed, never retained his deposit. However, in May 1990 at Bootle, he received 418 votes to the Social Democratic Party's 156; following which Dr. David Owen, the leader of the S.D.P and a former Labour Foreign Secretary, retired from politics. What was not known to the general public was that Sutch suffered from depression and had been on medication for many years. This became more acute following the death of his mother in 1997. In the same year, he met a lady named Yvonne Elwood. (Sutch never married but, in 1975, had a son, Tristram, with an American model.) His last years were dogged with financial troubles, but he seemed to be more cheerful in his last weeks and was looking forward to concerts in Belgium and Las Vegas. However, in June 1999, he was found by Yvonne at his late mother's house, 10 Parkfield Road, near South Harrow Station, having hanged himself. The last entry in his diary read : "Depression, depression, depression is all too much." The coroner at the inquest described Sutch as "A comedian with tragedy in his heart. The public saw the public face, a cheery outgoing character, yet, in the privacy of his room, his true sadness emerged." (bio by: Iain MacFarlaine) Cause of death: Suicide (hanging) |
Which colour features in the title of number one hits by Tom Jones and Shakin Stevens? | Popular Songs With Green In The Title at Tunecaster Top Rock Songs With Color In The Title Song Criteria For This Page To be included on this popular songs list, a song with a color in the title must have received some measure of popularity since 1950, with a few very significant older songs. These are songs you know or may know, and not obscure album tracks. Of course, all the chart hits are here. If you think another song should be included, let us know. Reduce this list of songs to include only pop and rock hits and the biggest rock classics before 1980. Top Pop Green Songs |
In a greyhound race, what colour does the greyhound in trap 3 wear? | Question About Racetracks And The Jackets The Dogs Wear - Everything else Greyhound - Greytalk Question About Racetracks And The Jackets The Dogs Wear Started by jimsherriek , Aug 21 2012 02:13 AM Please log in to reply 8 replies to this topic Posted 21 August 2012 - 02:13 AM This question if for all the experts out there. When it comes to the racing jackets the dogs wear in the race to identify their position in the race, does each track create their own individual jackets for the dogs to wear, or are they standard from track to track? If they are unique to each track, can anyone identify what track this jacket came from? Curiosity is running rampant. Dottie ( Rooftop Spottie); Betsy (Bee Better Now) Missing our pups at the Bridge--Amandas Kelsey 03-15-1996 to 05-02-2008; Melissa May 07-17-1998 to 11-23-2009; Emily's Maggie 10-05-1995 to 05-20-2010; Flying Kendra 01-13-2003 to 02-28-2011; Izzy (Smile Please) 06-27-2002 to 03-28-2012: Senator (EF Rob Statesman) 04-30-2000 to 12-30-2013: Secret (Seperate Secrets) 04-10-2003 to 08-03-2014: Tugboat (Thugboat) 06-07-2007 to 07-27-2015 Location:Keene NH Posted 21 August 2012 - 02:19 AM the type in your pic are snap type - Southland & Bluffs Runs use those, but so do other tracks some tracks like Wheeling and SOKC use strectch vests they are availible from Halemar fairly cheaply Alarm Wilbon (Oshkosh Slammer x Valleri) , Grumpy Lumpy (Soprano Drive x Silver Faith), L Chrisblade (Flying Hydrogen x Slatex Alice) and Neka the Husky bridge angels: Blitzkrieg (Oshkosh Slammer x Greys Fly By) and Blaze & Ruger the St. Bernards Gable Get Rhythm - you didnt make it home, but your still in my heart Location:CSA Consulate, Rm. 101, Glos., UK Posted 21 August 2012 - 07:16 AM the colour/patterns for each number are fairly standard, some differences between the US and UK ones. the stretchy ones are fairly new, most tracks use the ones like the photo. Greyhound racing in UK has a standard colour scheme. Trap 1 = Red with White numeral Trap 2 = Blue with White numeral Trap 3 = White with Black numeral Trap 4 = Black with White numeral Trap 5 = Orange with Black numeral Trap 6 = Black & White Stripes with Red numeral A racing jacket worn by a reserve bears an additional letter 'R' prominently on each side. traps 7,8,9 no longer used. AMERICAN GREYHOUND BLANKET COLORS |
In which capital city did the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand trigger World War I? | World War One trigger: Murder of Franz Ferdinand and the gunshots that change history | WWI | News | Daily Express 01:52, Sat, Jun 28, 2014 Archduke Franz Ferdinand was worried about what would happen in Sarajevo[REX] Nineteen-year-old Gavrilo Princip wasn't expecting the royal convoy to pass his vantage point outside a delicatessen in Sarajevo's Franz Josef Strasse. After an unsuccessful bomb attack on the visiting Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie by one of Princip's nationalist comrades less than an hour earlier, the young Bosnian Serb assumed the route would have been changed. He was right about that but nobody had thought to tell the driver. The man at the wheel only realised his mistake when a senior member of the party saw they were going the wrong way and told him to turn the open-topped car around. In doing so he stalled it, giving Princip the chance to shoot the 50-year-old heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne from just five feet away. The Archduke's wife also collapsed and at first it was assumed she had fainted. But she had been shot in the abdomen. That double assassination, during a visit so obviously perilous that the Archduke had tried several times to cancel it, has gone down in history as the incident that triggered the First World War. In as much as Ferdinand is remembered personally, it is as a stolid and unpopular figure with jug ears and an ornate moustache, disliked and distrusted by his uncle, the elderly emperor, and famed for his volcanic temper, meanness with money and immense appetite for hunting (he shot 274,889 animals in his lifetime). The assassination took place three days before his 14th wedding anniversary and the treatment of the wife who died with him symbolised the stuffy out-datedness of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy. A new book by royal historians Greg King and Sue Woolmans focuses on the sacrifices Ferdinand made to marry Sophie, who was treated as a pariah by the snobbish and anachronistic Habsburg court simply because she wasn't deemed royal enough. Born in Graz, Austria, in December 1863, Franz Ferdinand was the eldest son of Karl Ludwig, younger brother of the Emperor Franz Josef. At the age of 12 he inherited the estates and fortune of the Archduke of Austria-Este, making him hugely wealthy. A greater change came in 1889 when his cousin, Crown Prince Rudolf, shot his mistress and himself in a suicide pact at the imperial hunting lodge at Mayerling in the Vienna woods. That made Ferdinand's father the heir to the throne. Seven years later Karl Ludwig drank polluted water from the River Jordan and died of typhoid, putting Ferdinand directly in line. Distrusting his nephew, the Emperor declined to make him a crown prince. The fiercely traditional Franz Josef's view of his heir was not improved when the Archduke announced his intention to marry a Bohemian aristocrat called Countess Sophie Chotek. Cosmopolitan, intelligent and vivacious, Sophie was related to the Habsburgs as well as to the Hohenzollern dynasty in Prussia and the princes of Liechtenstein. But her father had no inherited wealth and had to rely on his salary as an Austrian diplomat. Sophie went to work as a lady-in-waiting to Princess Isabella, a Habsburg grandee who wanted Ferdinand to marry her own daughter. But when Sophie and Franz Ferdinand met at a ball in Prague in 1894 they fell in love. When the romance was discovered Sophie was unceremoniously sacked. The furious Isabella complained to the Emperor that Ferdinand had made fools of her family and humiliated her daughter simply to carry on a scandalous affair with her lady-in-waiting. FAMILY MAN: Ferdinand with Sophie and children Ernst, Sophie and Max [REX] I can and will never marry anyone else, for it repels me and I am unable to tie myself to another without love, making her and myself unhappy, while my heart belongs and will always belong to the Countess Ferdinand denied any misconduct but revealed he had already asked Sophie to marry him. Franz Josef gave his nephew a week to reconsider, saying: "Love makes people lose all sense of dignity." |
Nairobi is the capital of which African country? | Nairobi, capital city of Kenya All... Nairobi, capital city of Kenya Long a jumping-off point for safaris for adventurers like Ernest Hemingway and Teddy Roosevelt, Nairobi remains the first stop for travelers ready to explore East Africa's many wildlife parks. A little more than one hundred years ago, the capital was a glorified water depot for British railway workers, but it is now home to imposing public buildings, grand hotels and expats from around the world. It is the best evidence of modernity in East Africa, and many first-time visitors are surprised by the city's skyline. It is one of Africa's largest capitals, and although some early architecture remains, most of the city is marked by modern office towers. Even with the relatively new influx of Western culture and business, the city still retains much of its charm. Hotels recall the elegance of times gone by, brilliant bougainvillea line the streets and the horizon bursts with lavender colors as the jacaranda blossoms. The Nairobi National Museum is a good introduction to the history of both the capital and Kenya overall. Exhibits include fascinating reproductions of rock art and Richard and Mary Leakey's important archaeological discoveries. In the 1960s, the couple discovered the remains of early human ancestors at Lake Turkana, and their findings pointed to the Rift Valley as the likely Cradle of Humankind. The museum also showcases beautiful paintings by Joy Adamson and an intriguing collection of the country's colorful butterflies and birds. Visitors can even take guided bird walks from the museum, led by the knowledgable experts of the Kenya Museum Society. Karen Blixen, author of ìOut of Africa,î made Nairobi her home from 1913 to 1931. Visitors today can visit the grand estate, where she once hosted lavish dinner parties for British royalty and carried on a passionate relationship with famous aviator Denys Finch Hatton. Exhibits include some of Blixen's treasured belongings and even some of the farm machinery that once cultivated the surrounding land for tea and coffee. More of her furniture and personal effects can be viewed at Nairobi's McMillan Library, and the estate offers magnificent views of the nearby hills, covered with euphorbia, also known as the candelabra cactus. Another must-see sight in the capital is the Railway Museum, developed to preserve the records and relics of the area's harbors and railways. Children of all ages will especially enjoy the displays, and visitors can see Teddy Roosevelt's original rhino catcher from his 1908 safari and the carriage owned by Charles Ryall, an English railway man who was dragged out of the carriage window by a hungry lion. Other exhibits include rare posters and photos and silver service from the days of Nairobi's elegant overnight trains. Visit on the second Saturday of the month to take a ride on an authentic steam train. Get in touch with Nairobi's wild side at the David Sheldrick Orphanage for Rhinos and Elephants. There, you can watch baby elephants bathe and play before they mature enough to be reintroduced to the wild. The experience is incredibly heartwarming and definitely a must-do while in the capital. Immerse yourself in local life at the City Market, a vast jumble of activity, color and noise. Housed in a 1930s aircraft hangar, the market is loaded with stalls selling everything from traditional fabrics to exotic meats. Haggling is expected, so do not be shy about bargaining for the best price. Nairobi Geographical Location Nairobi is located in the southwest of Kenya adjacent to the east edge of the Rift Valley. The population of Nairobi is approximately 3,200,000 and is the largest city in Kenya. Nairobi Language English and Kiswahili are the official languages of Kenya and are widely spoken however there are a total of 69 languages spoken in minorities throughout Kenya. Nairobi Predominant Religion |
What is the capital of Vietnam? Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City or Phnom Penh? | Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh City - Vietnam - Cambodia - Mekong River Cruise Most meals: 14 breakfasts, 7 lunches & 13 dinners day-to-day itinerary Day #1 Hanoi Fly to Hanoi, former capital of French Indochina, then transfer to your hotel.* Check in for a 2-night stay, then relax or take a walk to stretch your legs and begin getting acquainted with the city. Day #2 Hanoi After breakfast, take a tour of this unique, thousand-year-old Asian capital where old and new combine in a lush setting of parks and lakes. Visit the Museum of Ethnology which includes a number of fascinating exhibits that bring Vietnam’s history and astonishingly diverse culture to life. Then tour the notorious “Hanoi Hilton,” a facility where American POWs were held captive during the Vietnam War. In the afternoon, visit Hanoi’s Temple of Literature. Founded in 1070 as Vietnam’s first university, this mazelike compound features inviting courtyards, gateways, pavilions, walkways, lakes and a museum. Continue on to the One Pillar Pagoda, an 11th-century monument that was rebuilt after being destroyed by the French in 1954. En route, pass some colonial landmarks such as the magnificent Opera House and St. Joseph’s Cathedral. Relax this afternoon before dinner at a local restaurant. (B, D) Day #3 Hanoi & Siem Reap In the morning, take a leisurely ride through Hanoi’s Old Quarter by “green” electric car. Enjoy some free time before your short afternoon flight to Siem Reap in Cambodia. Check in to your hotel for a 3-night stay; tonight’s dinner is accompanied by a traditional Apsara dance show. (B, D) Day #4 Angkor Wat & Siem Reap Siem Reap is the gateway to Angkor, a UNESCO World Heritage Site and one of the most important archeological sites in the world. Begin your day with a visit to one of Angkor’s largest Khmer temples, Angkor Wat, built for King Suryavarman II in the 12th century A.D. With its beautiful proportions and extensive, intricate bas-relief stone carvings, it is one of the most spectacular sights in Southeast Asia. Spend some time exploring the fortified city of Angkor Thom, which houses several of Angkor’s most popular sights such as the Terrace of the Elephants and the Terrace of the Leper Kings with their dramatic bas reliefs. Today you also visit the mysterious Bayon Temple, known for its giant, stone carved faces with their enigmatic smiles. Dine at a local restaurant and relax this evening. (B, D) Day #5 Angkor & Siem Reap Today, ride to the spectacular 10th-century Hindu temple Banteay Srey (“Citadel of Women”) to see magnificent carvings of Shiva and Vishnu. Then, journey to Ta Prohm, one of the most popular of the temples of Angkor. Unlike many other buildings, it has been largely left intact as it was when discovered, with trees and large shrubs growing over the ruins. Return to Siem Reap this afternoon and learn how local crafts are alive and well in the modern-day city. Visit a vocational center that trains 650 young apprentices every year in the traditional crafts of stone sculpture, wood carving and painting; then mingle with the locals at some of Siem Reap’s open air markets or just relax before your final dinner in Siem Reap. (B, D) Day #6 Kampong Thom & Kampong Cham After breakfast, visit a local village supported by Viking River Cruises and spend time with children at one of the village schools. Check out of your Siem Reap hotel and begin your coach tour through the Cambodian countryside which brings you to your ship in Kampong Cham, via the provincial capital of Kampong Thom. Due to its central location, this area is rapidly becoming an important hub for fishing and agriculture; it also has a rich archeological heritage, to which the 200 temples—some of which predate the Khmer empire—attest. This afternoon, board your ship; after you get settled in, meet the ship’s officers over a welcome cocktail. (B, L, D) Day #7 Kampong Cham This morning visit the twin holy mountains of Phnom Pros and Phnom Srey with their many temples and pagodas, still used during traditional Khmer festivals. After visit an orphanage in Kampong Cham, whose s |
What is the capital city of Canada? | Capital Cities of Canada Capital Cities of Canada Toronto, Halifax and Yellowknife are among Canada's provincial capitals Ottawa Parkway Heading Downtown. Dennis McColeman / Photographer's Choice / Getty Images By Susan Munroe Updated October 18, 2016. Canada has 10 provinces and three territories, each of which has its own capital. From Charlottetown and Halifax in the east to Toronto and Winnipeg in the center, to Yellowknife in the north and Victoria in the west, each of Canada’s capital cities has its own unique identity. The nation's capital is Ottawa, which was incorporated in 1855 and gets its name from the Algonquin word for trade. Ottawa's archaeological sites point to an indigenous population that lived there for centuries before Europeans discovered the area. Between the 17th century and 19th century, the Ottawa River was the primary route for the Montreal fur trade. By 1830, Ottawa was a major supplier of timber to Britain, and the Grand Trunk Railway secured the city's status as the country's capital. Ottawa is home to a number of post-secondary, research and cultural institutions, including the National Arts Centre and the National Gallery. Read on for more about the capital cities of Canada's provinces and territories. Edmonton, Alberta Edmonton , on the North Saskatchewan River, is the northernmost of Canada’s large cities and is frequently referred to as the Gateway to the North, due to its road, rail, and air transportation links. Indigenous people inhabited Edmonton area for centuries before Europeans arrived. It’s believed that one of the first Europeans to explore the area was Anthony Henday, who visited in 1754 on behalf of the Hudson’s Bay Company. Henday sought to establish fur trading with Edmonton’s indigenous people. Fort Edmonton, named for Edmonton, London in England, was established in 1795 along the river’s northern banks. The Canadian Pacific Railway, which arrived in Edmonton in 1885, was a boon for the local economy, bringing new arrivals from Canada, the United States, and Europe to the area. Edmonton was incorporated as a town in 1892, and later as a city in 1904. It became the capital of the newly-formed province of Alberta a year later. Modern-day Edmonton has evolved into a city with a wide range of cultural, sporting and tourist attractions, and is the host of more than two dozen festivals each year. Most of Edmonton's population works in the service and trade industries as well as in the municipal, provincial and federal governments. Victoria, British Columbia Named after the English queen, Victoria is the capital city of the province of British Columbia. Victoria is a gateway to the Pacific Rim, is close to American markets, and has many sea and air links that make it a business hub. With the mildest climate in Canada, Victoria is known for its gardens and has a large retiree population. Its metropolitan area is the 15th largest in Canada. Before Europeans arrived in western Canada in the 1700s, Victoria was inhabited by indigenous Coastal Salish people and the native Songhees, who still have a large presence in the area. Juan Perez of Spain visited in 1774, and James Cook of England arrived in 1778. Fort Victoria was established by Hudson’s Bay trader James Douglas in 1841, although it was known as Fort Albert until 1843. Douglas became the first governor of British Columbia in 1858. Victoria became the capital of British Columbia when the province joined the Canadian Confederation in 1871. The focus of downtown Victoria is the inner harbor, which features the Parliament Buildings and the historic Fairmont Empress Hotel. Victoria also is home to the University of Victoria and Royal Roads University, as well as several other smaller colleges. Winnipeg, Manitoba Located at the geographical center of Canada, Winnipeg’s name is a Cree word meaning “muddy water.” Indigenous people inhabited Winnipeg well before the first French explorers arrived in 1738. Winnipeg was incorporated as a city in 1873 and is now the eighth-largest city in Canada. Named for nearby Lake Winnipeg, |
Bon Scott was the lead singer for which famous rock band? | Bon Scott Biography - Childhood, Life Achievements & Timeline Musicians Bon Scott Biography Bon Scott was a rock musician famous for serving as the lead singer and lyricist of the hard rock band AC/DC. This biography of Bon Scott provides detailed information about his childhood, life, achievements, works & timeline. Quick Facts John Curtin College of the Arts Image Credit http://www.3news.co.nz/entertainment/acdc-fans-launch-kickstarter-campaign-for-bon-scott-statue-2013051513#axzz3aYcLZ4zM Ronald Belford âBonâ Scott was an Australian musician of Scottish origins who rose to fame as the leading singer and songwriter of the hugely popular hard rock band AC/DC during the 1970s. He loved music from a young age and was a highly creative and rebellious youngster. As is common with unruly teenagers, he often found himself in trouble with the authorities. He dropped out of school at 15 and had brushes with the law which had him sent to the Riverbank Juvenile Institution. Labeled as a social misfit, he was denied a position in the Australian army. He worked at several odd jobs to support himself after leaving school. He started playing drums during his adolescent years and formed his first band The Spektors, in 1964. He played for some other bands as well before joining AC/DC as their lead singer. The bandâs popularity reached new heights after Scott joined them; the bandâs debut album âHigh Voltageâ was a big hit. Within a year the band brought out the single, âIt's a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock 'n' Roll)â which soon became known as the quintessential rock anthem. However the promising young musician soon got caught up in the shackles of alcoholism which put an abrupt full stop on his career by snuffing out his life. Childhood & Early Life He was the son of Charles Belford Scott and his wife Isabelle Cunningham. He was born in Scotland though the family later migrated to Australia. He attended North Fremantle Primary School and went to the John Curtin College of Arts. He was however never interested in studies much and dropped out when he was 15. He had learned to play the drums as a member of the Fremantle Scots Pipe Band. He had a record as a troublemakerâhe spent time in Fremantle Prisonâs assessment centre and was committed to the Riverbank Juvenile Institution for nine months on charges of theft and sexual misconduct. Career He worked at a number of odd jobs such as a postman, bartender and truck packer for sometime. He formed his first band, The Spektors, in 1966 in which he played the drums and sang occasionally. The Spektors merged with another band, the Winstons to form a new band The Valentines in 1967. The new band was doing well and recorded several songs before a drug scandal erupted that tarnished the reputation of the band causing it to break up in 1970. He joined the rock band Fraternity in 1970. The band played at the Festival of Australian Progressive Music in 1971 and released the LPs âLivestockâ and âFlaming Galahâ. The band went on a tour of the U.K. in 1973 and played there under the name âFangâ. However the band went on a hiatus after returning to Australia. He got involved in a serious motorbike accident in 1974 which left him in a coma for three days. His friend Vince Lovegrove helped him by giving him odd jobs during his recovery. He also introduced the struggling musician to the band AC/DC who were looking for a new lead singer. The hard rock band AC/DC was formed by the Young brothers, Malcolm and Angus. Scott joined the band in September 1974 and changed the fortunes of the band for the better. Within a month of his joining, the band released its album âHigh Voltageâ in October 1974 in Australia only. Scott had contributed lyrics to the songs featured in the album. The band released the single âIt's a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock 'n' Roll)â, which became their signature song. The band went on an international tour of Europe in 1976 which was called the âLock Up Your Daughters Summer Tourâ. The band grew in popularity and supported lea |
Who was the first Beatle to get married? | The Day John Lennon Married Yoko Ono The Day John Lennon Married Yoko Ono By Dave Swanson March 20, 2015 8:54 AM REDDIT Simpson / Hulton Archive, Getty Images On March 20, 1969, John Lennon married Yoko Ono . The two met in November 1966 as she was preparing to open an art exhibit called Unfinished Paintings and Objects, which was held at the Indica Gallery, located in the basement of the Indica Bookshop in London. (Coincidentally, one of the shop’s earliest supporters was Paul McCartney .) At the time, Lennon was still married to his first wife, Cynthia. The two were wed in August 1962 and had one child together, Julian. After years of putting up with her husband’s infidelity, Cynthia filed for divorce in August 1968. In the meantime, John and Yoko had already become a couple and, once the divorce was final that November, plans were made to be married. The two had originally hoped to to hold their nuptials in Paris, or more specifically, on the way to Paris. “We wanted to get married on a cross-channel ferry – that was the romantic part,” Lennon said in the Beatles ‘ Anthology documentary. “We went to Southampton and then we couldn’t get on because she wasn’t English, and she couldn’t get the day visa to go across. They said, ‘Anyway, you can’t get married. The Captain’s not allowed to do it any more.'” Lennon later crafted an autobiographical Beatles song titled “The Ballad of John and Yoko” that laid out the rest of their journey: “Finally made the plane into Paris, honeymooning down by the Seine. [Apple assistant] Peter Brown called to say, you can make it okay; you can get married in Gibraltar near Spain.” The couple arrived at the British Consulate Office there, and they were married in a 10-minute ceremony performed by registrar Cecil Wheeler. Since Gibraltar was a British colony, and Lennon a British citizen, there was no issue. “We went there and it was beautiful,” Lennon said. “It’s the ‘Pillar of Hercules,’ and also symbolically they called it the ‘End of the World’ at one period. They thought the world outside was a mystery from there, so it was like the Gateway to the World. So, we liked it in the symbolic sense, and the rock foundation of our relationship.” Their wedding, which took place just one week after that of fellow Beatle McCartney to Linda Eastman, would be followed by a honeymoon which wasn’t be anywhere near as low key. Instead, Lennon and Ono staged a raucous “Bed-In” for peace for the week of March 25-31 at the Amsterdam Hilton Hotel, surrounded by the press and various hangers on. “We decided that if we were going to do anything like get married that we would dedicate it to peace,” Lennon told Rolling Stone in 1971. “And during that period, because we are what we are, it evolved that somehow we ended up being responsible to produce peace.” The Top 100 Rock Albums of the ’70s Image of |
Which word appears in the title of a Police hit in 1981, a Queen hit in 1986 and a Take That hit in 1992? | Top 10 Police Songs Top 10 Police Songs REDDIT Martyn Goddard, Getty Images Fans looking for a handy compendium of the Police ‘s top songs could do worse than picking up a copy of their 1986 compilation, ‘Every Breath You Take: The Singles’ — in fact, a majority of the tracks on this Top 10 list appear on that album. But the British trio were more than just a collection of hits, of course, and to get a better overall picture of the Police, one must dig a little deeper than the five-times-platinum seller. With that in mind, we offer you our picks for the Top 10 Police Songs. 10 From: ‘Outlandos d’Amour’ (1978) The influence of reggae on the Police is pretty apparent to even casual fans, but few of the band’s song are as overtly connected to the genre as ‘So Lonely,’ which singer-bassist Sting admits was based on a Bob Marley classic — with a little punk thrown in for good measure. “Let’s be honest here, ‘So Lonely’ was unabashedly culled from ‘No Woman No Cry’ by Bob Marley,” he told Revolver . “Same chorus. What we invented was this thing of going back and forth between thrash punk and reggae. That was the little niche we created for ourselves.” The Police’s 1983 swan song ‘Synchronicity’ is the disc that made the band global superstars — it was their only album to top the charts in the US, where it eventually went eight-times platinum — and ‘Wrapped Around’ was its second of no less than five hit singles. Supposedly about the dissolution of a doomed marriage, the tune meshes dark-edged New Wave and reggae flourishes to create a moody pop masterpiece. ‘Can’t Stand Losing You’ From: ‘Outlandos d’Amour’ (1978) The second single off the Police’s first album, this catchy number nearly topped the UK singles chart — despite the controversy that surrounded the cover art. The BBC “had a problem with [the cover] because the photo on the cover of the single had Stewart standing on a block of ice with a noose around his neck, waiting for the ice to melt,” explained Sting, although he failed to mention that the song is indeed about suicide. From: ‘Ghost in the Machine’ (1981) ‘Invisible Sun’ found the Police exploring another rather dark realm, both in sound (thanks to the haunting synthesizer loop that runs through the track) and in the content of the lyrics, which make a veiled reference to the Provisional Irish Republican Army. The accompanying video, which featured clips taken from the conflict in Northern Ireland, was also banned by the BBC. From: ‘Reggatta de Blanc’ (1979) It may come across as rather lightweight in tone — its lyrics, about a lonely island castaway who one day is surprised with “a hundred billion bottles washed up on the shore” after a year of despair over his unanswered message in a bottle — but something about ‘Message in a Bottle’ certainly struck a chord with fans, who helped make the tune the Police’s first No. 1 hit in the UK. It’s also Sting’s personal favorite, he told BBC presenter Jools Holland. ‘Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic’ From: ‘Ghost in the Machine’ (1981) ‘Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic’ is a key step in the evolution of the Police. The choppy reggae guitars and ire-inflected beats of their early days are still there, but now they are adorned with sweetly subtle layers of pop piano and synth. It all ties together into a four-minute nugget of the kind of pop genius that would make their next LP, ‘Synchronicity,’ such a massive worldwide hit. Most bands can’t turn a song that references an obscure Hungarian novelist (Arthur Koestler) and the father of analytical psychology (Carl Jung) into an international hit, but then again, most bands don’t have Sting writing their tunes. Add in odd tempos and eerie instrumentation on top of the esoteric lyrics, and ‘King of Pain’ is pure pop brilliance as only the Police can do — and get away with. ‘Don’t Stand So Close to Me’ From: ‘Zenyatta Mondatta’ (1980) Before his foray into the world of rock ‘n’ roll stardom, Sting was a teacher, but he later put to rest rumors that ‘Don’t Stand So Close to Me’ — which tell |
What was Madonna's first UK number one single? | Madonna’s Official Number One Singles' Sales Revealed! 07 February 2014 Madonna’s Official Number One Singles' Sales Revealed! It’s an incredible 30 years since the undisputed Queen of Pop had her very first Top 10 hit with Holiday. To celebrate, we count down her 13 Number 1s and reveal the biggest selling of them all… Google + It’s an incredible 30 years since the undisputed Queen of Pop had her very first Top 10 hit with Holiday. To celebrate Madonna’s three decades of Official Charts supremacy, we count down her 13 Number 1s and reveal the biggest selling of them all… 13. Sorry (2006) To kick things off, it’s one of Madonna’s most recent chart-toppers. The second single to be released from Madge’s big return to the disco album Confessions On A Dance Floor, Sorry was something of a surprise Number 1 for her. The video was Madonna in full kitsch mode – first driving around in her own version of the Vengabus (possibly) before rollerskating dressed like a kind of disco astronaut. It was catchy, it was energetic and it was a worthy chart-topper WHO DID IT BEAT? Corinne Bailey Rae’s Put Your Records On had to settle for Number 2. CHART FACT: It was the first time she’d had two consecutive Number 1s in five years. SALES: 200,000 12. Who’s That Girl (1987) A product of Madonna’s movie ambitions – with some success – Who’s That Girl was the first of three tracks released from the soundtrack of the movie of the same name. After a whole campaign with blond hair, brunette Madonna was back and up to her usual tricks, dancing about and ‘causing a commotion’ in between clips from the movie. Critics had their knives out for the movie, in which Madonna played a kooky ex-con with sticky fingers but a heart of gold, but Madge just about pulls it off. As lead singles go, it may not be up there with Madonna’s finest, but it has a certain charm. WHO DID IT BEAT? Madonna knocked Pet Shop Boys’ It’s A Sin off the top. Almost 20 years later, they would remix Sorry for its single release. So no hard feelings, then. That's good. CHART FACT: Who’s That Girl was Madonna’s second chart-topper to spend just one week at Number 1. SALES: 350,000 11. American Pie (2000) A long, long time ago… well, 1972 to be exact, Don McLean had a hit with the classic American Pie, which was so long it took up two sides of a 7” single (ask your mum). Madonna, for reasons that are unclear, decided to cover the song, but to make it all fit nicely onto one CD (ask your older sister) she edited the track considerably. Then-collaborator William Orbit added his signature swooshes and even Rupert Everett, Madonna’s co-star from movie The Next Best Thing, popped in to lay down some backing vocals and appear in the video. WHO DID IT BEAT? American Pie knocked All Saints’ Pure Shores – another William Orbit production – off the top spot and left N Sync settling for Number 3 with Bye Bye Bye. Madonna would later go on to team up with N Sync's Justin Timberlake on another Number 1… CHART FACT: Don McLean’s version only got to Number 2. SALES: 390,000 10. La Isla Bonita (1987) Just before Who’s That Girl came La Isla Bonita, a song which, legend has it, was originally written for Michael Jackson. Madonna got her hands on it first, however, and created a new anthem for anybody who wishes their holiday would go on for a bit longer – and she loves a Holiday does our Madge . WHO DID IT BEAT? La Isla Bonita held off Judy Boucher’s boohoofest Can’t Be With You Tonight. CHART FACT: La Isla Bonita took four weeks to slowly climb from Number 5 to spend two weeks on the top spot. Not bad for a fifth and final single from an already huge-selling album, True Blue. SALES: 410,000 9. Music (2000) Madonna was a force to be reckoned with in late 2000, and enjoyed her second Number 1 of the year with this, the true lead single off her album Music. Although she had just given birth to her second child, Madonna went on a promo blitz for Music, performing a special concert in Brixton that was broadcast over the internet (more impressive then than it sounds now). The Mirwais-produced Art Of Noise-s |
How many sisters are in the group Sister Sledge? | Sledge, Sister - Dictionary definition of Sledge, Sister | Encyclopedia.com: FREE online dictionary Sledge, Sister COPYRIGHT 2004 Gale, a part of Cengage Learning Sister Sledge Sources The disco era of American music, which hit its peak in the late 1970s, would not have been the same without the energetic grooves performed by Sister Sledge. Their 1979 hits “He’s the Greatest Dancer” and “We Are Family” inspired dancers in the club scene around the world. The infectious chorus of “We Are Family” was adopted by the Pittsburgh Pirates baseball team in their 1979 World Series championship season. Over time, the song has become the anthem for several causes, including gay rights and as a call for tolerance after the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in the United States . Four sisters make up the group Sister Sledge. Debbie, Joni, Kathy, and Kim Sledge were all born and raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania . Their father and mother met in New York where both were pursuing careers in entertainment. Edwin Sledge, a renowned tap dancer, made entertainment history by being the first African American to perform on Broadway . Florez Williams acted and danced until she took on the full responsibility of raising her daughters. Their grandmother, Viola Williams, was a lyric opera performer who taught the girls basic vocal techniques. As young children, Debbie, Joni, Kathy, Kim, and their sister Carol performed as Mrs. Williams’ Grandchildren. Appearing throughout Philadelphia, the girls sang for charities, churches, and other events under their grandmother’s guidance. One of their primary performance venues was the church they attended, Williams Temple Christian Methodist Episcopal (CME). In 1971, as the Sisters Sledge, they recorded their first single, “Time Will Tell,” on a local label named Money Back. They changed their name to Sister Sledge not long afterward and began recording for various Atlantic Records labels. Much of their early work with Atlantic involved singing background vocals. Then in 1974 they released their first album, Circle of Love. A single from that album, “Love, Don’t You Go through No Changes On Me,” reached number 31 on the R&B charts. The album was wildly popular in Japan , and in 1975, Sister Sledge was invited to the International Tokyo Music Festival, where they won the Silver Prize. Their second album, Together, released in 1977, produced single that made it to number 61 on the R&B charts, called “Blockbuster Boy.” By the end of the 1970s, the sisters had begun to question their devotion to the music industry. Despite years of experience, their future seemed uncertain. Carol had already decided to leave her singing career to pursue teaching. The four remaining sisters promised themselves that if they did not make it really big in the next year that they would disband and go their separate ways. As fate would have it, Sister Sledge became the pet project of producers Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards, the team that had worked with the group Chic to produce the popular dance hit “Le Freak.” Rodgers and Edwards’ production skills, combined with the vocal talents of Sister Sledge, led to the 1979 breakthrough album We Are Family. The first single from the album, “He’s The Greatest Dancer,” went to number one on the R&B charts. The second single, “We Are Family,” not only hit number one on the R&B charts, but broke through to reach number two on the pop charts as well. Willie Stargel of the Pittsburgh Pirates baseball team chose the song as his team’s anthem in the 1979 championship season. The infectious fun and call for togetherness embodied in the song helped bond crowds with the Pirates as they eventually won the 1979 World Series. The album itself was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Rodgers and Edwards produced the group’s third album, Love Somebody Today, released in 1980. The single from that album, “Got to Love Somebody,” made it to number six on the R&B charts. For their 1981 release, All American Girls, Sister Sledge recruited new producers and scored |
Which footballer won the Golden Boot for scoring the most goals at 1986 World Cup Finals? | World Cup Golden Boot Winners - Historical World Cup Top Scorers Argentina 5 One of the most active markets for any World Cup is the Golden Boot with a number of players vying for an award which is presented to the highest goal scorer in the tournament. Over the years, there have been some incredible goal scoring feats at World Cup finals but who are the individuals that have made their mark in previous tournaments and what indicators can they give those of us who are making predictions for 2014? The Record Breaker France’s Just Fontaine holds the record for the most goals in a single World Cup tournament and it’s one that may never be broken. In current World Cup competitions, the most successful teams could play as many as seven games but could any of the current players match the 13 strikes that Fontaine achieved in Sweden in 1958? The striker was prolific in club football and averaged nearly a goal a game during his eight years with Stade Reims. His ratio at international level was even better and his performances at the 1958 finals would leave Fontaine with a record of 30 goals from 23 appearances. It’s claimed that he was playing in a pair of borrowed boots when he began his campaign with a hat trick in a 7-3 defeat of Uruguay. The Frenchman followed that achievement with a brace against Yugoslavia and a single, winning goal against the Scots which allowed his country to progress to the next phase. Three goals followed over two matches against Northern Ireland and Brazil before Fontaine netted no less than four times in the third place play off against West Germany. Behind this incredible achievement, Sandor Kocsis managed eleven strikes in the finals of 1954 but since Gerd Muller’s 10 in 1970, no player has managed more than eight in a single tournament. The Prolific Nations Aside from Just Fontaine’s magnificent 13 back in 1958, no Frenchman has taken the Golden Boot award. In fact, after the Stade Reims centre forward, there is a considerable gap in the country’s all time list. The finals in Sweden were the only time that Fontaine appeared in a tournament so he finished seven clear of Thierry Henry who scored six goals – three in 1998 and three in 2002. Other countries have been more prolific over a longer span and they tend to be the more successful nations in terms of World Cup victories. Brazil are well represented when it comes to the tournament’s leading goal scorers and out of eighteen finals, five Brazilians have either shared the Golden Boot or won it outright. The most successful of these was Ronaldo who currently holds the overall record for goals scored at the World Cup finals. The former Real Madrid target man has 15 strikes, spread over three tournaments, including a top scoring effort of eight as his country lifted the trophy in 2002. Behind Ronaldo, the legendary Pele has 12 goals in four tournaments although the man who many believe was the greatest to ever play the game, never actually won a Golden Boot. Germany also feature heavily in the list of all time leading scorers and Miroslav Klose has a chance of eclipsing Ronaldo’s record at the 2014 tournament. Along with the great Gerd Muller , the Lazio centre forward has 14 goals in World Cup finals and is set to be Germany’s first choice front man in Brazil. In total, German or West German players have finished as top scorer in three tournaments. Gerd Muller recorded an impressive ten goals in 1970 before Klose took an outright win in 2006. Thomas Muller completes the trio although the Bayern Munich man shared the award in 2010 with David Villa and Wesley Sneijder. An unlikely hero After West Germany’s Gerd Muller took the prestigious Golden Boot in 1970, he joined up with the national squad as they looked to win the World Cup on home soil four years later. The host nation duly completed a win after edging past the Netherlands by two goals to one in the final and while the man they called ‘Der Bomber’ scored four times, the top scorer accolade finished in the hands of an unlikely recipient. Poland’s Grzegorz Lato featured in three FIFA World Cup |
Which snooker player is nicknamed the Rocket? | Ronnie O'Sullivan Best Snooker Shots NEW 2013 - YouTube Ronnie O'Sullivan Best Snooker Shots NEW 2013 Want to watch this again later? Sign in to add this video to a playlist. Need to report the video? Sign in to report inappropriate content. Rating is available when the video has been rented. This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. Published on Jun 16, 2013 Download Now for Free from Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/de... . Ronnie O'Sullivan Best Snooker Shots Ronald Antonio "Ronnie" O'Sullivan (born 5 December 1975) is an English professional snooker player known for his rapid playing style, and is nicknamed "The Rocket". He is the reigning World Snooker Champion and has been World Champion on four occasions (2001, 2004, 2008 and 2012) and, with career earnings of over £6 million is second, after Stephen Hendry, on snooker's all-time prize-money list. He has been the world's no. 1 player on five occasions, and has won a total of 24 ranking titles. O'Sullivan's achievements also include four Masters and four UK Championship titles. He also won the Nations Cup with England in 2000. He is second, again behind Hendry, on the list of players making the most competitive century breaks, with a total of 678.O'Sullivan has compiled 11 maximum breaks in professional competition, a record which he shares with Hendry. He also holds the record for the fastest maximum break at 5 minutes 20 seconds, which he compiled at the 1997 World Championship. He is considered by many to be the most naturally talented player in the history of the sport, with some labelling him a 'genius'. Several of his peers regard him as the greatest player ever, although a temperamental streak sometimes leads to a lack of confidence or interest, and he has performed inconsistently throughout his controversial career thus far, with observers noting the 'two Ronnies' aspect of his character. According to Stephen Hendry after his defeat at the 2008 World Championship, "O'Sullivan is the best player in the world by a country mile". O'Sullivan is one of the most popular players on the circuit and is noted for being a 'showman'. He is perhaps the biggest draw in the game today, and has helped improve the image of snooker to the general public. O'Sullivan himself has stated his desire for entertaining the watching public, and has said that slow, gritty games put viewers off. He has often been compared to Alex Higgins and Jimmy White, because of both his natural talent and popularity. O'Sullivan has compiled 678 competitive centuries during his career, second only to Hendry. Category |
The field of play for which sport is often called a grid-iron? | Gridiron - definition of gridiron by The Free Dictionary Gridiron - definition of gridiron by The Free Dictionary http://www.thefreedictionary.com/gridiron a. The field of play. b. The game itself. 2. A metal structure high above the stage of a theater, from which ropes or cables are strung to scenery and lights. 3. a. A flat framework of parallel metal bars used for broiling meat or fish. b. An object resembling such a framework. [Middle English gridirne, lattice, grill, alteration (influenced by iren, irne, iron) of gridere, alteration of gridel; see griddle.] gridiron 1. (Cookery) a utensil of parallel metal bars, used to grill meat, fish, etc 2. any framework resembling this utensil 3. (Theatre) a framework above the stage in a theatre from which suspended scenery, lights, etc, are manipulated 4. (American Football) a. the field of play in American football b. an informal name for American football c. (as modifier): a gridiron hero. Often shortened to: grid [C13 gredire, perhaps variant (through influence of ire iron) of gredile griddle] grid•i•ron n. 1. a football field. 2. a utensil consisting of parallel metal bars on which to broil meat or other food. 3. any framework or network resembling a gridiron. 4. a structure above the stage of a theater, from which scenery and the like are manipulated. 6. to mark off into squares. [1250–1300; Middle English gridirne, gridir(e), gridere, alter. of gridel griddle ] gridiron The football field, marked with white lines. ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend: cooking utensil , cookware - a kitchen utensil made of material that does not melt easily; used for cooking 2. football field football stadium - a stadium where football games are held athletic field , playing area , playing field , field - a piece of land prepared for playing a game; "the home crowd cheered when Princeton took the field" Translations 2. (US) (Sport) → campo m de fútbol (americano) gridiron Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us , add a link to this page, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content . Link to this page: View in context She watched the fish with as much tender care and minuteness of attention as if,--we know not how to express it otherwise,--as if her own heart were on the gridiron, and her immortal happiness were involved in its being done precisely to a turn! View in context Only I thought you had struck out a new idea, and invented a scheme that was going to revolutionize the timeworn and ineffectual methods of the--" He stopped, and turned to Blake, who was happy now that another had taken his place on the gridiron. View in context Or even," said he, "if you was helped to knocking her up a new chain for the front door - or say a gross or two of shark-headed screws for general use - or some light fancy article, such as a toasting-fork when she took her muffins - or a gridiron when she took a sprat or such like--" |
At which event has Steve Backley won Olympic Bronze and Silver medals? | Steve Backley OBE | Coporate Speaking, Athletics Sydney 2000 Steve turned to the javelin after initially starting out in athletics as a cross-country and middle distance runner. 25 years later he's the four times European javelin champion and has won the Commonwealth Games three times. Steve is the first British athlete to have medalled at three consecutive Olympic Games. He has made the world top 10 every year since 1989 and on three occasions has been world number one. Career History 1987: Steve started his championship career well by winning the European junior champs in front of a home crowd in Birmingham 1988: Backley set a world junior record of 79.50, but was beaten by the capable Russian, Victor Ovchinikov in the World junior championships in Canada. 1989: Bursts onto the senior scene with wins at both the World and European Cup after winning the World Student Games. He also won the Grand prix final, finishing 2 nd overall to Said Ouita. 1990: A dream summer for Steve starts with a world record of 89.58m in Stockholm and then surpassed 90m for another world record with a throw of 90.98m at his home ground, Crystal Palace , beating his arch rival Jan Zelezny. He grabbed his first major championship golds with wins at both the European Championships and the Commonwealth Games. To round it off he was awarded the IAAF athlete of the year in Monaco. 1991: Injury interrupted the positive momentum of the past 4 years and despite a disappointing world championships in Tokyo, Steve managed to salvage the season with a new British and Commonwealth record (91.36m) in front of an appreciative crowd in Sheffield 1992: Following the ban of the Nemeth javelin Backley again sets the world standard with a huge 91.46m world record throw in New Zealand. Takes the bronze medal at the Barcelona Olympics. 1993: More injuries made it difficult for Steve to maintain the domination he had achieved over the past 4 years, a disappointing 4th place in the world championships and the upsurge of the already huge rival Jan Zelezny meant Steve had his work cut out. 1994: Steve began to build his form and against all odds beat the relatively unrivalled Zelezny, as well as Finland 's Seppo Raty, in the Olympic stadium in Helsinki- the home of javelin throwing. He backed this up with wins at the Commonwealth games and World cup to cap off one of his most successful summers. 1995: Despite Steve beating the best in the world at the London grand prix; Zelezny, with one of his most successful summers proved too much for Steve who was beaten into second place in the World championships in Sweden . 1996: Takes Olympic silver just three months after an operation on his Achilles. Steve was awarded the MBE for his services to sport 1997: Follows this up with another silver medal at the 1997 World Championships. Steve decided to join his arch rival Zelezny's training group at the end of the summer and train alongside him under the guidance of his coach Jan Pospisil. This proved to be a successful move. 1998: Having performed well at the 3 championships in the 3 previous years and 'only' to take silver medals at each games', it was time for Steve to return to winning ways. He successfully defended his European title but was surprisingly beaten into silver at the Commonwealth Games by South Africa 's Marius Corbett with a huge throw of over 88m. Steve's average throw for the year was in excess of 87m, making this his best performing year. 1999: The high level of training and performance of the previous year took its toll and Steve suffered more injury and ended up having knee surgery. He did manage however to throw over 87m at the AAAs and make the world championships final. 2000: Proved his championship pedigree yet again in Sydney when his 89.85m in the second round broke the Olympic record, only for arch-rival Jan Zelezny to respond with a 90m-plus effort. 2001: Built on that form with his best throw for nine years, 90.81 at the British Grand Prix 2002: Added to mo |
The Solheim cup is the women's equivalent of which famous sporting cup? | Solheim Cup 2015: USA roar back to win after bitter row on 17th green | Sport | The Guardian Solheim Cup 2015: USA roar back to win after bitter row on 17th green • Players in tears after argument over whether USA putt was conceded • USA win 14-1/2 to 13-1/2 after argument centred on Suzann Pettersen Team USA celebrates after winning the Solheim Cup back from their European rivals Photograph: Uwe Anspach/dpa/Corbis Sunday 20 September 2015 06.10 EDT Last modified on Monday 4 April 2016 08.12 EDT Close This article is 1 year old Sometimes there is no finer sporting motivation than a deep sense of injustice. So it proved once more in south-west Germany, where a United States team, earlier reduced to tears and fury, roared back to claim the Solheim Cup for the first time since 2009. They took the acclaim of the neutral golfing observer in doing so, by 14½ points to 13½. Two things will never be known. We can only guess as to the outcome of this event had Suzann Pettersen backed down in her Sunday morning row with Alison Lee, amid which the European player flatly refused to grant her opponent the tiny putt the American thought she heard as a concession. Despite inevitable claims to the contrary, it is pure speculation as to whether a member of the United States team would have acted the same as Pettersen in equivalent circumstances. What is known is that the tawdry incident on the 17th green completely overshadowed this event and, sadly, a wonderful American comeback. An undercurrent of bad feeling, which was noticeable on Friday and Saturday, subsequently consumed all around it. Pettersen had the chance to remedy the situation and was unwilling to do so, in offering either an example of a ferocious will to win or unpalatable mean spirit. She and Hull would defeat Lee and Brittany Lincicome at the last. Lee cried, Hull did likewise. Juli Inkster, the American captain, was scathing as to the conduct of the Norwegian. “You don’t do that to your peers,” Inkster insisted. “It is bullshit.” After the dust had settled, a grinning Pettersen cut a mixture of unrepentant and non-plussed. This was, truth be told, a highly dubious stance from one so experienced. Hull’s lack of contrition can at least be partly attributed to teenage naivety. “It was very clear from Charley and me that we wanted to see the putt [in],” Pettersen said. “We are all trying to win, to play golf. I totally respect the Americans. We totally respect the game. At that point of time in the match and the putt she left … I would still like to see it.” Pressed on whether her stance changed with benefit of hindsight, Pettersen added: “I think I just said I would still like to see the putt.” Hull claimed her own tears were out of sympathy for Lee. “At the end of the day, rules are rules,” said the Englishwoman. Pettersen and Hull were supported by their captain, Carin Koch. “It wasn’t a short enough putt where they would have even given it,” Koch said. “We have to follow the rules of golf.” Yet Laura Davies, a 12-times Solheim Cup participant, said she was “disgusted” by the European conduct. By the time the trophy had been awarded, Inkster’s diplomatic skills had kicked in. She admitted to being “mad” at the time of Pettersen’s stance. “I think they were ready to go but I also think that incident maybe just lit the fire a little bit more,” Inkster said. “I think in their bellies they wanted to just maybe do a little bit more. That little bit more got us the Solheim.” Maybe 10-6 never wins. Europe held that advantage before a singles ball was struck in American anger. The United States men held precisely the same lead in 2012, when astonishingly upstaged by the visiting contingent in the Ryder Cup at Medinah. Through Caroline Masson, Europe had a 12ft chance to retain the cup. That was, however, a moment of rare opportunity. Only Karine Icher, Melissa Reid and Anna Nordqvist won their singles matches for the home team. Reid’s gleaming of three and a half points from a possible four will be of little consolation. The US had singles success via Morgan Pressel, Lee, Gerin |
What was the attendance at the 2003 Rugby World Cup final when England beat Australia? | Record Rugby World Cup attendance at Wembley Stadium Crowd pleaser Record Rugby World Cup attendance at Wembley Stadium The 89,019 fans who watched the New Zealand-Argentina clash beat the mark set at the RWC 2003 final in Sydney 20/09/2015 17:23 Issued on behalf of England Rugby 2015 89,019 fans attended Wembley Stadium and broke the record for the biggest ever crowd at a Rugby World Cup match Previous record was 82,957 at the Rugby World Cup 2003 Final Opening weekend has engaged the nation with full venues and great Rugby Tickets for some great matches featuring England at Manchester City Stadium, New Zealand at the Olympic Stadium and Australia at the Millennium Stadium are still on sale via tickets.rugbyworldcup.com Rugby World Cup 2015 entered the record books on Sunday when 89,019 fans attended Wembley Stadium for New Zealand v Argentina and broke the record for the biggest ever crowd at a Rugby World Cup match. The previous record of 82,957 at the Rugby World Cup 2003 Final was broken by Match 8 in one of England's most iconic sporting venues where the winners of Rugby World Cup 2011, New Zealand, took on Argentina in a thrilling match. England Rugby 2015 Managing Director, Stephen Brown, said: "We are delighted to see such a fantastic crowd at Wembley Stadium this afternoon and secure a record Rugby World Cup match attendance with over 89,000 fans enjoying New Zealand v Argentina. The opening weekend has been a true celebration of Rugby with full venues, exciting Rugby and a real buzz in and around the Host Cities with over 100,00 people enjoying our official Fanzones and we're looking forward to more of the same over the coming weeks.” World Rugby Chairman, Bernard Lapasset, added: "This has been a weekend where Rugby has captivated and inspired a nation and a new generation of fans and players and what better way to cap it than with a Rugby World Cup record crowd. Great people make great events and the stars of this Tournament so far, alongside the players, have been the wonderful fans, the 21st Rugby World Cup team.” Rugby World Cup 2015 has already become the biggest Tournament to date selling over 2.35 million tickets, crossing the 2.25 million tickets sold in France 2007. Fans can still be part of the Tournament however with some great matches including England at Manchester City Stadium, New Zealand at the Olympic Stadium and Australia at the Millennium Stadium via tickets.rugbyworldcup.com. |
Which University in the UK has the largest number of students? | UKCISA - International students in UK HE - International student statistics: UK higher education International students in UK HE - International student statistics: UK higher education You need to be logged in as a member to view this page. Email address Student experience projects & research International student statistics: UK higher education These pages are updated from the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA). HESA gathers data for all publicly funded Higher Education Institutions and the University of Buckingham. The data also includes stats on Higher Education (HE) level courses which are delivered at Further Education (FE)Colleges. The first data for 15/16 was released on 12 January 2017 and our pages have been updated. Some tables will be updated in the second release in February - check the date below each table to see what year the data relates to. For information about the data for 15/16 see the links below: Summary of data from HESA (see Charts 4, 7 and 8) You can access data this year on the new HESA app . For responses to the 15/16 data see: PIE News 12/01/17 Chief Executive, Dominic Scott commented: ‘These figures for 2015/16 (which always come out reliably but frustratingly late) appear largely to confirm what other sources (such as informal reports and Home Office visa figures) have been saying for some time. That compared with many other countries our non EU recruitment is virtually stagnant – with first year arrivals decreasing, countries like India nosediving but fortunately China keeping the totals as high as they are. Whilst they accord with official Home Office statistics (as HESA note), ministers often attempt to give a far more positive figure by merely quoting the number of visa applicants to Russell Group universities which they say are on the increase. But all this shows – and without doubt as a direct result of visa restrictions – the picture for the whole of the UK HE sector is far from rosy and certainly not the time for the government to consider the sort of further measures suggested in October by the Home Secretary’ Last modified: 16 January 2017 Sections Please note - the data based on the first release from HESA on 12/01/17 has been updated. The remainder will be updated with the next release in February 2017. Note: totals differ in the tables below due to rounding within the HESA data. International (non-UK) students in UK HE in 2015-16 81% of students studying in HE in the UK are from the UK. 6% are from the rest of the EU and 14% are from the rest of the world 46% of students studying at postgraduate level in the UK are from outside the EU. The number of Chinese students far exceeds any other nationality at 91,215. This is the only country showing a significant increase in student numbers. The number of Indian students coming to the UK to study continues to fall (44% decrease in the last five years). Across the UK: England has the highest number of students from outside the EU (14%) Scotland has the highest number of students from the EU (not including UK) (9%) Wales has had the largest decrease in numbers from students from outside the EU (11% drop since 2014-15) Northern Ireland has seen a 7% decrease in students from outside the EU since 2014-15. International students in UK HE by domicile, level and mode, European Union (EU) (excluding UK) and non-EU, 2014-15 Level of Study/Domicile |
Which childrens novel by Raymond Briggs has a main character whose job it is to scare people? | _Black_Acrylic: Fungus the Bogeyman Tuesday, 11 September 2012 Fungus the Bogeyman Fungus the Bogeyman (1977) is a children's graphic novel by British artist Raymond Briggs. It follows one day in the life of the titular character, a working class Bogeyman with the mundane job of scaring human beings. The book follows a typical day for Fungus the Bogeyman, starting when he wakes up and ending just before he falls asleep. As his day progresses, he undergoes a mild existential crisis, pondering what his seemingly pointless job of scaring surface people is really for. He is a member of the Bogey society, which is very similar to British society, but Bogeymen enjoy things which humans (called Drycleaners because of their contrasting environmental preferences) would not be comfortable around; for example darkness, damp, cold and over-ripe food. The book depicts the mundane details of Bogey life in loving detail, with definitions of Bogey slang and numerous annotations concerning the myths, pets, hobbies, literature, clothing and food of the Bogeys. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fungus_the_Bogeyman Raymond Briggs's Fungus the Bogeyman is the current bedtime reading for my kids, and I'd forgotten what a rich, imaginative and complex philosophical work it is. Far from being a simple celebration of all things wet and slimy, Briggs' book creates an upside-down underworld where a gloomy nihilism is the order of the day, and with whose attitudes Briggs clearly has some sympathy. The book was first published in 1977 and has a definite punky, "no future", Sex Pistols quality. The book masterfully combines a thorough anatomy of Bogeyworld with a meditation on the futility of existence. As Fungus moves slowly through his day (or, I should say, his night, since Bogeys are nocturnal), he is given to such reflections as "Not to reason why... not ask questions... just keep bogling away". Tom Hodgkinson http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/booksblog/2007/apr/24/whatimreadingfungusthebog The book, as with all Raymond Briggs childrens books, is beautifully illustrated in that soft, rounded style which is all Briggs own. Throughout the story we are treated to some gory and gruesome sights, and learn a lot about Bogeyman culture, and how it mirrors our own. The tale is presented in the form of a comic strip, but most of the panels of the story are full of little jokes and gags beyond that required to tell us about Fungus’ adventures. Fungus is a great book for parents to read to their children as they will get just as much joy from it as their kids. Whilst the young ‘uns will enjoy all the frights and horrible tricks that Fungus gets up to, adults will see another layer of wit on top of this in the way Fungus’ job and world is perhaps not quite so different to our own as it first appears. Big Boo http://www.childofthe1980s.com/2009/02/23/fungus-the-bogeyman/ It has been called "the nastiest book ever published for children," and it stands in a pivotal position among the picture books of the British artist-writer Raymond Briggs. Fungus the Bogeyman (1977; first American edition 1979) offers both the most fully developed fantasy and the most outrageous affront to conventional mores of all Briggs's children's books to date. It also marks the midpoint of a philosophic curve Briggs has been tracing from the cheerful confidence of Jim and the Beanstalk (1970), to the black despair of When the Wind Blows (1982). A close look at Fungus reveals the common concerns that tie these two extremes together, and that make the last book a wholly logical development from the first. Bogies, according to K.M. Briggs's Encyclopedia of Fairies, comprise "a whole class of mischievous, frightening and even dangerous spirits whose delight it is to torment mankind." From this basis in folklore, Raymond Briggs has postulated a race of large, blobby, green-skinned beings who inhabit their own underground world. At night (their day), the Bogeymen emerge to carry on their "work"—frightening human beings with mysterious footsteps, scrapings on windowpane |
What is the colour of the flag of Libya, which is the only national flag consisting of only one colour? | Libya's Flag Change: World Loses the Only Single Colored National Flag Libya's Flag Change: World Loses the Only Single Colored National Flag Updated on January 24, 2012 Libya's Old and New Flags Libya's Old and New Flags Death of the Living Another endangered species has gone extinct. No we are not talking about the animal or plant kingdom but the national flag of the Libyan kingdom (agreed technically it was not a kingdom but it was no democracy either). With the demise of their king (read Muammar Gaddafi) comes the demise of a symbol that became the reason why primary school kids know of the existence of a nation called Libya. (If you have been on a sail-around-the-world-tour and are wondering what am I talking about, I suggest you take a tour of Wikipedia before returning to this land.) Libya's plain green (ex) flag, which was the only national flag of its kind, has been replaced by the original flag of 1951 that was adopted when the Kingdom of Libya came into being. One will no longer be able to ask what may have been one of the favorite GK questions in the domain of flags. Rebirth of the Dead The new (or original) flag has a design typical of Islamic nations. It consists of a horizontal tricolor of red, black and green with a white crescent and star centered on the black center stripe. To give credit to the designer, the flag was designed by Omar al Fayek Shennib who was the Minister of Defense along with being Chief of the Royal Diwan and Vice-President of the Libyan National Assembly under the reign of King Idris al Senussi. The flag which became a symbol of protest in the Libyan Revolution leading to the ousting of the military regime was officially notified to the United Nations by the National Transitional Council (NTC) of Libya on 3 August 2011. Evolution History The earlier plain green design with no symbol or insignia was adopted by Muammar Gaddafi in 1977. If you are wondering why did a colorful person like Gaddafi adopt such a simple design then this had to do with his Green Book on Third International Theory which was proposed as an alternative to capitalism and communism for third world countries. Gaddafi adopted the flag after he had overthrown the king in a military coup in 1969. But history has a knacky way of repeating itself. The military ruler had come to power after a bloodless coup but his end of rule was not to be so peaceful. He was captured and brutally murdered by NTC revolutionaries. Condolences The revolutionaries have succeeded in their efforts. The new flag flies proudly all over Libya. Muammar Gaddafi is gone. And so is the flag he gave Libya for the world to admire. May both of them rest in peace. |
Which patron saint's day is observed on November 30th? | St. Andrews Day is celebrated on November 30th | Feast of Saint Andrew | St. Andrew's Feast Day Feast of Saint Andrew Biography of St. Andrew St. Andrew Cathedrals Patronage of St. Andrew St. Andrew Medals Feast Day of St. Andrew St. Andrew's Cross Prayers to St. Andrew Pictures About Me St. Andrew day St Andrew's Day, the 30th of November, is marked by celebrations around the globe. Many cities hold celebrations of St. Andrew's feast day, and his status as patron saint of fishermen is observed with a feast of St. Andrew in fishing villages as well. Germany and Austria have their own traditions and folklore surrounding St Andrews Day, or Andreasnacht as it is known to locals. St. Andrews feast day is near to, and some years coincides with, the start of Advent (the first Sunday following the 26th of November) Among his many responsibilities, St Andrew is patron saint of unmarried women, so Andreasnacht is regarded as a particularly auspicious occasion for girls and young women to perform the various folkloric rituals designed to reveal the identity of future husbands. Austrian Girls would traditionally perform the ritual, which might be anything from divining by pouring molten lead into water, to kicking a straw bed in the nude, while reciting the Andreasgebet or St. Andrew's Prayer . All the while looking for a lucky sign of love at their feast of St. Andrew. St Andrew's Day, however, is best known as a celebration of Scottish culture. Since 2006, it has been officially recognized as a national holiday in Scotland, with events such as celebratory St. Andrew Feast dinners happening around the nation, and is marked around the world by the many St Andrew's Societies from the Americas to the Far East composed of Scottish expatriates, descendents of the Scots diaspora, and others who simply have an interest in all things Scottish. The town of St. Andrews celebrates its patron in style with the weeklong St. Andrews Festival, incorporating music, arts, dance and drama. You and your family can celebrate your own Saint Andrew feast. Let the main course be fish and perhaps include some Scottish traditions. Giving your guests St. Andrew's medals or jewelry is a special way to honor St. Andrew and your guests on this day. Recite the prayers of St. Andrew, reflecting on how he lived his life, the first-called apostle of our Lord Jesus Christ. Join us on |
What is Fleetwood Mac's only UK number one single? | Fleetwood Mac | Rolling Stone artists > F > Fleetwood Mac > Bio Fleetwood Mac Bio The only thing about Fleetwood Mac that hasn't changed since the band formed in 1967 is the rhythm section of Mick Fleetwood and John "Mac" McVie — fitting, since the band is named after those two. Through the Seventies, the band's personnel and style shifted with nearly every recording as Fleetwood Mac metamorphosed from a traditionalist British blues band to the maker of one of the best-selling pop albums ever, Rumours, then kept on for decades after that — to varying degrees of success. Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac was formed by ex–John Mayall's Bluesbreakers Green, McVie, and Fleetwood along with Elmore James enthusiast Jeremy Spencer. McVie had been a charter member of the Bluesbreakers in 1963, Fleetwood had joined in 1965, and Green had replaced Eric Clapton in 1966. With its repertoire of blues classics and Green's blues-style originals, the group's debut at the British Jazz and Blues Festival in August 1967 netted it a record contract. Fleetwood Mac was popular in Britain immediately, and its debut album stayed near the top of the British chart for 13 months. The quartet had hits in the U.K. through 1970, including "Black Magic Woman" and the instrumental "Albatross" (which was Number One in 1968 and reached Number Four when rereleased in 1973). America, however, largely ignored Fleetwood Mac: its first U.S. tour had the group third-billed behind Jethro Tull and Joe Cocker, neither of whom was as popular in Britain. Green and Spencer recorded Fleetwood Mac in Chicago with Willie Dixon, Otis Spann, and other blues patriarchs in 1969 (the LP wasn't released until 1971), yet the group was already moving away from the all-blues format. In May 1970 Green abruptly left the group to follow his ascetic religious beliefs. He stayed out of the music business until the mid-Seventies, when he made two solo LPs. His departure put an end to Fleetwood Mac's blues leanings. Danny Kirwan and Christine Perfect moved the band toward leaner, more melodic rock. Perfect, who had sung with Spencer Davis in folk and jazz outfits before joining British blues-rockers Chicken Shack in 1968, had performed uncredited on parts of Then Play On, but contractual obligations to Chicken Shack kept her from joining Fleetwood Mac officially until 1971. By then she had married McVie. Early in 1971, Spencer disappeared in L.A. and turned up as a member of a religious cult, the Children of God (later the title of a Spencer solo effort). Fleetwood Mac went through a confused period. Bob Welch joined, supplementing Kirwan's and Christine McVie's songwriting. Next Kirwan was fired and replaced by Bob Weston and Dave Walker, both of whom soon departed. Manager Clifford Davis then formed a group around Weston and Walker, called it Fleetwood Mac, and sent it on a U.S. tour. An injunction filed by the real Fleetwood Mac forced the bogus band to desist (they then formed the group Stretch), but protracted legal complications kept Fleetwood Mac from touring for most of 1974. From then until around the time of the Tusk tour in 1979-80, the band managed itself, with Mick Fleetwood taking most of the responsibility. The group relocated to California in 1974. After Welch left to form the power trio Paris in 1975, Fleetwood Mac finally found its best-selling lineup. Producer Keith Olsen played an album he'd engineered, Buckingham-Nicks (Polydor), for Fleetwood and the McVies as a demo for his studio; Fleetwood Mac hired not only Olsen but the duo of Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks, who had played together in the Bay Area acid-rock group Fritz from 1968 until 1972, before recording with Olsen. Fleetwood Mac now had three songwriters, Buckingham's studio craft, and an onstage focal point in Nicks, who became a late-Seventies sex symbol as Fleetwood Mac (Number One, 1975) racked up 5 million in sales. The McVies divorced in 1976, and Buckingham and Nicks separated soon after, but the tensions of the two years between albums helped shape the songs on Rumours (Number |
Which chemical element has the symbol Fe? | Chemical Elements.com - Iron (Fe) The homepage of the Iron and Steel Society If you know of any other links for Iron, please let me know Bentor, Yinon. Chemical Element.com - Iron. <http://www.chemicalelements.com/elements/fe.html>. For more information about citing online sources, please visit the MLA's Website . This page was created by Yinon Bentor. Use of this web site is restricted by this site's license agreement . Copyright © 1996-2012 Yinon Bentor. All Rights Reserved. |
The actor Johnny Depp had a tattoo on his arm surgically altered after the break up of his relationship with which actress? | Johnny Depp alters Amber Heard tattoo to read 'scum' | Celebrities | Entertainme Johnny Depp alters Amber Heard tattoo to read 'scum' Saturday, July 02, 2016 11:37 AM EDT | Updated: Saturday, July 02, 2016 11:57 AM EDT In this Jan. 2, 2016 file photo, Amber Heard, left, and Johnny Depp arrive at the 27th annual Palm Springs International Film Festival Awards Gala in Palm Springs, Calif. A Los Angeles Superior Court spokeswoman says the temporary restraining order Heard obtained against Depp will remain in effect until Aug. 15. (Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File) Johnny Depp accused of stalling divorce Johnny Depp has altered a tattoo on his hand that was dedicated to his estranged wife Amber Heard. The Pirates of the Caribbean star inked the knuckles of his right hand with the word SLIM, which was his nickname for Heard, after the pair married last year. He also has another tattoo, a full length-portrait of the Texas-born actress, on his arm. Now, photos have been released that reveal Depp has changed the letters of his knuckle tattoo to spell the word SCUM. According to TMZ.com , the alteration has happened over the course of the past week. It could be a hint to the actor's feelings toward his spouse, who accused him of domestic abuse and obtained a restraining order against him after she filed for divorce in May. Depp was spotted with the tattoo alteration while on a visit to Los Angeles on Wednesday, as he gathered with family and friends to pay tribute to his late mother Betty Sue, who died days before Heard filed for divorce. This isn't the first time Depp has had to change a tattoo following a break-up. He famously was inked with "Winona Forever" during his relationship in the 1990s with Winona Ryder, but was forced to change it to "Wino Forever" after they broke up. Ryder, who dated Depp for four years after they met at a film premiere in 1989, came out in defence of her former fiance earlier this week, and revealed she was baffled by Heard's allegations against the star. "I can only speak from my own experience, which was wildly different than what is being said," she told Time magazine . "He was never, never that way towards me. Never abusive at all towards me. I only know him as a really good, loving, caring guy who is very, very protective of the people that he loves." The actor was on a European tour with his band The Hollywood Vampires when the divorce drama began, and later retreated to his private island in the Bahamas. The band, also featuring Alice Cooper and Aerosmith guitarist Joe Perry, played the first of their U.S. tour dates in Pennsylvania on Friday, and will continue their tour until the end of the month. Meanwhile, Depp will face off with his wife for the first time since they split in a Los Angeles courtroom in mid-August, when her request for a permanent restraining order against Depp will be discussed. The pair was scheduled to face off in court last month but the hearing was postponed amid reports the former couple was attempting to reach a private settlement. The actress has accused the father-of-two of abuse throughout their relationship and showed up at court last month with a bruised face, accusing Depp of throwing an iPhone at her. In response to Heard's abuse allegations, Depp's lawyers have claimed the actress is "attempting to secure a premature financial resolution by alleging abuse". Sponsored Links |
What is the capital city of China? | Capital Of China, Where Is China's Capital Capital of China Last updated by fabiowzgogo at 2016/12/16 Beijing, which means "Northern Capital" (from the Chinese characters 北 for north and 京 for capital), is the capital of the People’s Republic of China and one of the most heavily populated cities in the world. Beijing is the second largest Chinese city by urban population after Shanghai -the 2010 census revealed that the official total population in Beijing was 19,612,368- and is the nation's political, cultural, and educational centre of China. The Beijing Capital International Airport is the second busiest in the world by passenger traffic. The city's history dates back to three millennia. As the last of the Four Great Ancient Capitals of China, Beijing has been the political centre of the country for much of the past eight centuries. The city is illustrious for its opulent palaces, temples, gardens, tombs, walls and gates and its art treasures and universities have made it the heart of culture and art in China. Few cities in the world have been the political and cultural core of an area as immense for so long. Beijing is unique among most big cities of China since it shows at the same time the characteristics of old and new China. The first facet is seeable not only in the very numerous historic monuments of the city, but also in its typical old town districts “Hutong” still very vast. The fast moving modern metropolis come into sight during a walk in Guomao area in Chaoyang District, the central business district of Beijing and along Dongdaqiao Road or Jianguo Avenue. Administrative division Beijing Municipality currently comprises 16 administrative county-level subdivisions including 14 urban and suburban districts and two rural counties or xian. Geography The metropolis is located in northern China and the municipality of Beijing extends over a surface of 16 800 km2. Mountains to the north, northwest and west shield the city which is close to the Great Wall of China. Beijing has a rather dry, monsoon-influenced humid continental climate characterized by hot, humid summers and usually cold, windy, dry winters. The monthly daily average temperature in January is −3.7 °C (25.3 °F), while in July it is 26.2 °C (79.2 °F). The most pleasant months for tourism are: May, with an average temperature of 26,4 °C and September with 25,8°C. July and August are the months of the year when it is most raining with an average of 10 rainy days during the month. History The earliest traces of human habitation in the Beijing municipality were found in the caves of Dragon Bone Hill near Zhoukoudian village in Fangshan District, where Peking man lived. It is in 1153 that the city became for the first time the capital of the country as the Jurchen Jin dynasty moved their capital to Nanjing (also known as Yanjing—the city which is now Beijing) renaming it Zhongdu, the "Central Capital". However it loses of its notoriety as the city was besieged by Genghis Khan's invading Mongolian army in 1213. Two generations later, Kublai Khan ordered the creation of Dadu, a new capital for his Yuan dynasty to be located adjacent to the Jin ruins. The construction took from 1264 to 1293. In 1368, the rebel leader Zhu Yuanzhang sent an army to Khanbaliq and burnt it to the ground and a new town was established to supply the military garrisons in the area. This was called Beiping. Yingtian (Nanjing) situated some hundred kilometres north became the Ming capital. The city of Beiping turned into Shuntian– now Beijing- in 1403. The construction of the new imperial residence, the Forbidden City, took from 1406 to 1420; this period was also accountable for several other of the modern city's major attractions, such as the Temple of Heaven and Tian'anmen (although the square facing it was not cleared until 1651). When everything was finished in 1421, Beijing became the empire's primary capital (Jingshi) and Yingtian – now called Nanjing – lost much of its importance. By the 15th century, Beijing had essentially taken its current shape. It is generally believed |
Which famous tourist attraction can be viewed from the 'Maid Of The Mist'? | Maid of the Mist | Niagara Falls Attraction RESERVATIONS: 1-800-618-9059 Maid of the Mist The Maid of the Mist boat tours almost need no introduction. These ferries have been running along the Niagara River for a long time – since 1846 there has been a Maid of the Mist boat on the waters, originally as the only passage across the tumultuous Niagara River and quickly developing into a prestigious tourist attraction in its own right. As such it can boast as being one of the oldest attractions in North America, with frequent updates to its fleet to keep the experience safe, modern and enjoyable. The Maid has the privilege of allowing passengers to sidle up to the various waterfalls of Niagara, providing them with an opportunity to become intimately acquainted with the powerful landmark that defines the region. The Maid of the Mist ferries currently embark from a docking station on the American side of the Niagara River, at the base of the Prospect Point observation tower. The tower is the main entry point to the ferry – approach from the New York township of Niagara Falls at the top of the gorge and take the elevator down to reach the Maid’s loading point. Currently two ferries are operational, with one departing at least every half hour for the trip to the falls. The ferry takes passengers, all supplied with a complimentary poncho for the trip, along all three waterfalls that make up the Niagara landmark, swimming through the misty spray created by the sheer force of the cascading water. The Maid of the Mist ferries are an icon of Niagara Falls and one of the cornerstones of the region’s tourism industry. They operate from April to October in standard weather conditions, and when it’s operational the Maid always guarantees an amazing experience, regardless of the weather (after all, the ferry hands out ponchos for a reason – patrons on deck should expect to get wet!). Any visitor to the Niagara region owes it to themselves to ride the Maid of the Mist and travel the same route as Princess Diana and Mick Jagger, and enjoy the most iconic view of the waterfalls from the most iconic ride in Canada. While in Niagara Falls stay at the highly rated four star Marriott on the Falls Hotel. Combine our best rates with valuable add-ons with one of our: |
Which London railway station has the most platforms? | Which station has the most platforms? - SkyscraperCity Which station has the most platforms? User Name As a general reminder, please respect others and respect copyrights. Go here to familiarize yourself with our posting policy. Page 1 of 5 Likes (Received): 5382 Which station has the most platforms? I'm sure this has been covered before (probably ad nauseum) but I cant seem to get the search function to find anything. Just wondering if anyone can help answer somewthing I was discussing with some friends last night. We were trying to work out: Which train station has the most platforms in : a) London b) The UK My guess was Birmingham New Street for the UK and Clapham Junction for London. As an aside we all agreed that the station with the most platforms under a single roof would be Waterloo for London and Birmgingam New street for the UK. Last edited by Octoman; February 26th, 2010 at 12:42 PM. These are a quick count of ones I use regularly: Stoke 3 Originally Posted by Zim Flyer These are a quick count of ones I use regularly: Stoke 3 Thats quite unusual isnt it? To have an odd number of platforms I mean. I always thought they came in pairs. My local station in Epsom has 4 platforms. Just down the line is Cheam station which has to be a candidate for the weirdest station in the UK. It has two platforms with a massive no mans land between them. It looks horrible. They should at least plant some flowers or something. Thats quite unusual isnt it? To have an odd number of platforms I mean. I always thought they came in pairs. Nope, there are quite a few with odd numbered platforms Weybridge is a good example. 3 platforms, 2 for the mainline and 1 for the terminus coming from Addlestone. If you add Underground and the unused Eurostar platforms, Waterloo has 32. Thats quite unusual isnt it? To have an odd number of platforms I mean. I always thought they came in pairs. Yeh Stoke is a strange one, it's a busy station but doesn't have many platforms. Platform 3 is a buffer stop and is for the local train stations between Stoke and Manchester. Nice "North Staffordshire Railway" or "Knotty" architecture at Stoke. Thats quite unusual isnt it? To have an odd number of platforms I mean. I always thought they came in pairs. My local station in Epsom has 4 platforms. Just down the line is Cheam station which has to be a candidate for the weirdest station in the UK. It has two platforms with a massive no mans land between them. It looks horrible. They should at least plant some flowers or something. That's because Cheam used to have four platforms, with an island platform between the remaining pair, so fast services could overtake stoppers. (If you look closely, you can see where the subway linking the platforms was modified when the island was removed.) Greenwich used to have a similar wide layout dating to its opening in 1836; it was a terminus for some decades and had additional tracks the purpose. The gap was removed with the arrival of the DLR, which involved resiting the "up" platform closer to the "down" to make room for the DLR's own facilities. |
What colour is the leftmost stripe on the French flag? | World's Ten Most Colorful Flags World's Ten Most Colorful Flags World's 10 Most Colorful Flags Here are ten of the most colorful flags from around the world. While it is fairly common for flags to have just three colors, like the red, white, and blue of the United States or the black, red, and gold of Germany, some flags are much more colorful than that. What makes a flag colorful tends to be a subjective decision, however. There are many flags that use eight or more colors in them, but because the majority of the colors appear in small sections of a coat of arms, it just doesn't seem that colorful. Likewise, other flags may only have three or four colors, but a complex primary design or prominent display of the colors makes the flags appear to be extremely colorful. Here are ten of the world's most colorful flags. For our purposes here, we have considered design as well as the number of colors in selecting the most colorful flags. As the only nation to use six colors in their flag's primary design, South Africa gets first place on our list of the world's most colorful flags. The flag's design is made up of a green horizontal Y, positioned so that the Y touches both the upper and lower left corners of the flag. The triangular shape along the leftmost end of the flag is black with a yellow border. On the right side of the flag, the area above the Y is red, and the area below is blue, both with a white border. The colors and the Y design are meant to represent the convergence of two separate paths: those of the South Africans, and those of the Europeans who colonized the country. Turkmenistan Although with four colors in its design, Turkmenistan's flag is far from having the most colors. It does have the honor of being the most intricate of all the national flags in the world. The flag is primarily green, but with a wide vertical stripe near the left end of the flag. This stripe is primarily red, with five tribal patterns that are used in designing the traditional rugs the country is known for. Orange, white, red, and green can be found in the tribal designs, with a white crescent moon encompassing five white five-pointed stars on the field of green to the right of the stripe, near the top of the flag. Obviously, the five tribal designs represent the country's traditional heritage, while the five stars stand for the five regions of the nation. Saint-Pierre and Miquelon The flag of Saint-Pierre and Miquelon is a very interesting flag. Designed in 1982, this flag is actually a local flag, with the flag of France used as the islands' official flag. The design depicts a yellow ship on a light blue background with waves drawn in black and white, with three flags forming a narrow border along the leftmost side of the flag: a white, green, and red design in the top third, a black and white design in the middle third, and two yellow lions on a red background in the bottom third. The ship represents the colonization of the islands beginning in 1535, while the three individual designs stand for the origins of the islands' colonists: Basque Country (top), Brittany (middle), and Normandy (bottom). Central Africa The Central African Republic uses five colors in their flag: blue, white, green, yellow, and red. The colors are boldly blocked out in four horizontal stripes of the first four colors, bisected by a single vertical stripe in red. All of the stripes are the same width. In the upper left hand corner, on the leftmost end of the blue stripe, is a single yellow five-point star. Like many nations' flags, the colors represent various pieces of the country's history: The colors are those of the Pan-African and French flags combined, with the red stripe present to represent the bloodshed in the battle for independence. The star is there as a reminder of the hopes for a great future. Dominica The country of Dominica uses six different colors, but not all of those colors are used in the flag's primary design. The flag features a centered cross of yellow, black, and white stripes, with a green background. In the center of the cross |
In which district of London would you find Harrods department store? | Harrods (London, England): Top Tips Before You Go - TripAdvisor Seven floors and 330 departments showcase the best of luxury merchandise, from high-end fashion and accessories to the finest homewares and the latest technology. There are 28 restaurants in-store; we continue to enhance our portfolio with Galvin Demoiselle, Bentley's Sea Grill, and the institution that is The Georgian. Customers enjoy a wealth of exclusive services, such as By Appointment Personal Shopping and The Penthouse, a private suite dedicated to unsurpassed bespoke service in a beautiful environment. Urban Retreat at Harrods spa, a theatre ticket bureau, and The Studio, the store's interior-design service. Qatar Holding acquired the business in 2010, and it continues to guide - and invest strongly in - the store according to its philosophy: Anything is possible. surpass the desires and expectations of its customers, staying true to its original motto: Omnia omnibus ubique (everything for everyone, everywhere). Harrods is located on Brompton Road, near the Knightsbridge London Underground station. Neighborhood Profile Knightsbridge When millions of tourists want to shop 'til they drop, they do it along Brompton Road and its boutique-lined tributaries, including the world-renowned Harrods. And when millionaires want to flaunt what they've already got, many of them find Knightsbridge and Belgravia the perfect place to do so, often behind stately mansion walls or down quiet private mews. Delve beyond the ultra-luxe exterior and you'll find some of this city's cosiest pubs, quiet gardens, and all sorts of indie retailers and enterprises worth a short exercise in spontaneous window shopping. For those looking to take a break from shopping, Hyde Park, Kensington Gardens, and some of the city's most popular museums are nearby. |
In the song The Twelve Days Of Christmas, how many ladies dancing are given as gifts in total? | The Twelve Days of Christmas - How Many Presents? » The Twelve Days of Christmas - How Many Presents? The Twelve Days of Christmas - How Many Presents? By Murray Bourne , 16 Dec 2008 A partridge in a pear tree Most people wrongly believe that the '12 Days of Christmas' refers to the days before Christmas. However, it's really the period starting on Christmas day and finishing with the Epiphany (January 6th, when the 3 kings from 'the East' brought gifts). You may be familiar with the Christmas song, The 12 Days of Christmas. The first few lines go like this: On the first day of Christmas, my true love sent to me A partridge in a pear tree. On the second day of Christmas, my true love sent to me Two turtle doves, And a partridge in a pear tree. On the third day of Christmas, my true love sent to me Three French hens, Two turtle doves, And a partridge in a pear tree. The song continues, adding 4 calling birds on the 4th day, 5 golden rings on the 5th, and so on up to the 12th day, when 12 drummers add to the cacophony of assorted birds, pipers and lords leaping all over the place. Notice that on each day there is one partridge (so I will have 12 partridges by the 12th day), and each day from the second day onwards there are 2 doves (so I will have 22 doves), and from the 3rd there are 3 hens (total of 30 hens), and so on. So, how many presents are there altogether? Partridges: 1 × 12 = 12 Calling birds: 4 × 9 = 36 Golden rings: 5 × 8 = 40 Geese: 6 × 7 = 42 Drummers: 12 × 1 = 12 Total = 364 We observe that we have the same number of partridges as drummers (12 of each); doves and pipers (22 of each); hens and lords (30 of each) and so on. So the easiest way to count our presents is to add up to the middle of the list and then double the result: (12 + 22 + 30 + 36 + 40 + 42) × 2 = 364. Efficiently counting the presents What if we have more than 12 days? How many presents then? Let's now generalize the above result just in case out true love decides to be extraordinarily generous and keeps on giving us gifts - up to 100 days, say. (Multiplying and adding could get quite tedious.) Mathematically speaking, my true love is giving me 1 + 2 + 3 + ... + n presents on the n-th day after Christmas. The number of presents each day is 1 on the 1st, then 3 on the 2nd, then 6 on the 3rd, then 10 on the 4th. We call this set of numbers the triangular numbers, because they can be drawn in a dot pattern that forms triangles: To get the total number of presents, we need to add those triangular numbers, like this: 1 (on the first day) + 3 (on the 2nd day) + 6 + 10 + ... Another way of writing this is: On the first day, 1 present. On the 2nd day, 1 + 3 = 4 presents On the 3rd day, 1 + 3 + 6 = 10 presents On the 4th day, 1 + 3 + 6 + 10 = 20 presents. These partial sums are called tetrahedral numbers, because they can be drawn as 3-dimensional triangular pyramids (tetrahedrons) like this: So how many dots (representing presents) will there be in the 12th tetrahedron? Of course, we could just start adding with our calculator, but what if my true love is very generous, and starts giving me presents for 30 days after Christmas? Or for 100 days? How would I calculate it then? Our aim is to produce a formula that will allow us to find any tetrahedral number. Here's one of the possible ways of doing this. Let's take (for example) the sum of the first 4 triangular numbers and represent it as a triangle. Each row in the triangle (on the left, below) adds to a triangular number and the sum of the whole triangle is the sum of the first 4 triangular numbers. Let's now re-arrange the first triangle in 2 different ways, then add the result, in respective positions. (My total is 3 times what I really need. I will divide by 3 later to cater for this). Notice that by doing this, I get a total of 6 in every position in the result triangle. The answer of "6" is 2 more than the 4 triangular numbers that we are adding. So if we were adding the first 7 triangular numbers, our result in the right triangle would be all 9's; if it was the first n triangular numbers, we |
Who was the first monarch in Britain to make a Christmas Day broadcast? | The first Christmas speech | History of government The first Christmas speech — No 10 guest historian series , Prime Ministers and No. 10 , The Monarchy Through one of the marvels of modern Science, I am enabled, this Christmas Day, to speak to all my peoples throughout the Empire. I take it as a good omen that Wireless should have reached its present perfection at a time when the Empire has been linked in closer union. For it offers us immense possibilities to make that union closer still. King George V - Christmas Speech - 1932 These were the opening lines of the first Christmas speech broadcast by King George V in 1932, an institution that has now continued uninterrupted for eighty years. Yet securing agreement for the first Christmas message broadcast by a monarch was not as smooth as the King’s eventual delivery and, if it were not for efforts of the then Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald, it might never have happened. Reluctant speaker By the 1920s radio was increasingly becoming the medium through which leaders could talk to their nations and, in some cases, their empires, with radio the norm in the US by this point. Inspired by this, John Reith, General Manager of the newly formed BBC, wrote to the King in 1923 to inquire whether he would be interested in ‘delivering a message to his people’ on a significant holiday such as Christmas, New Year or Easter. Unfortunately, the King was a reluctant speech-giver – due to a self-perceived lack of oral talent – and also an unashamed technophobe. He politely declined this request, much to the BBC’s disappointment. The next year the BBC gave the King a radio set, which was gratefully received and regularly used, the King being a particular fan of the news service; but the set did little to encourage him to make a personal address. At the opening of various functions throughout the 1920s, such as the British Empire Exhibition in 1924, the King’s opening addresses were recorded by the BBC, with some attracting around 10 million listeners throughout the empire, a record for the period. However, despite his evident popularity with radio audiences, the King could not be persuaded to give a personal message to the population on Christmas Day. This was due largely to his belief that he lacked the sophistication and flair of other broadcasters, and as the message would be personal in nature he could not hide behind formality to combat his fears. Even his Private Secretary, Lord Stamfordham, who favoured the idea (and whose advice the King trusted and mostly accepted) felt that pursuing a Christmas speech by the monarch was a lost cause. Simple and honest All this changed with the appointment of Ramsay MacDonald as the first Labour Prime Minister in 1929, a man whose simplicity in approach the King admired and respected. MacDonald assuaged many of the King’s fears about a personal broadcast, saying that a simple, honest approach would be more than adequate for the task. The Prime Minister suggested that Rudyard Kipling could write the speech, thus relieving the King of another anxiety. However, it was the new Statute of Westminster, signed in 1931, that finally persuaded the King. This was the first step in transforming the Empire into the Commonwealth, as it effectively removed the dominion nations from Britain’s direct imperial control, thereby creating a federation of equals under the Crown. At this time of change and financial hardship, MacDonald explained to the King, the Monarchy was pivotal for maintaining unity. So, on Christmas Day 1932, as the people of the British Empire sat around their radios, the King entered their home – verbally at least – for the first time. The event had been widely trailed in the newspapers, the reports emphasising that the King would deliver a personal message to his people as opposed to a formal address – a novelty then. The speech was advertised in one Australian newspaper as ‘proof of the innate solidarity of Empire’. From his naval days the King felt most comfortable in small rooms, so the speech was made from the box room under the stairs a |
On what date does Saint Nicholas' Day fall? December 6th, December 16th or December 26th? | How and when did St. Nicholas day (December 6th) become associated with Christmas day (December 25th)? - Quora Quora Written Jan 8, 2016 December 6 is the Feast Day for Saint Nicholas - meaning that Catholics (all Christians before the Reformation) remembered him and celebrated him on that day. Saint Nicholas is the patron saint of children, and so there would be many celebrations featuring children - some churches would have "boy bishop" celebrations where boys would perform the functions of the bishop. Because Saint Nicholas gave gifts to children, and his feast was during the time of Advent (the 4 weeks leading up to Christmas) he became linked with Christmas celebrations. Some countries and traditions use St. Nick and Santa Claus interchangeably, but they are 2 very distinct individuals. St. Nick doesn't have elves or live at the north pole :) You can learn more about St. Nicholas at the St. Nicholas Center website: Discovering the Truth About Santa Claus |
Which Christmas number one includes the line All I wish that everyday was christmas, what a nice way to spend the year? | Shakin' Stevens - Merry Christmas Everyone lyrics | LyricsMode.com Merry Christmas Everyone lyrics To explain lyrics, select line or word and click "Explain". Create lyrics explanation Select some words and click "Explain" button. Then type your knowledge, add image or YouTube video till "Good-o-meter" shows "Cool" or "Awesome!". Publish your explanation with "Explain" button. Get karma points! OK, got it! New! Read & write lyrics explanations Highlight lyrics and explain them to earn Karma points. Shakin' Stevens – Merry Christmas Everyone lyrics Snow is falling Time for parties and celebration People dancing all night long Time for presents Time for singing christmas songs We're gonna have a party tonight I'm gonna find that girl underneath the misteltoe, We'll kissed by candlelight Room is swaying, records playing All the old songs, we love to hear All I wish that everyday was christmas What a nice way to spend the year We're gonna have a party tonight I'm gonna find that girl Underneath the mistletoe, we'll kiss by candle light Snow is fallin, all around me Children playing, having fun It's the season, love and understanding Merry christmas everyone Snow is falling, all around me Children playing, having fun It's the season, love and understanding Merry christmas everyone Snow is falling, all around me Children playing, having fun It's the season, love and understanding Merry christmas everyone Snow is falling, all around me Children playing, having fun It's the season, love and understanding Merry christmas everyone Correct Add song structure elements Click "Correct" to open the "Correction form". There you can add structure tags, correct typos or add missing words. Send your correction and get karma points! Result of your work will appear after moderating. OK, got it! 0 UnregisteredNov 18, 2013 at 9:10 pm This song is just so flippin nice - everyone jive to it this christmas. Go stevie basically sucha nice guy I reckon this song should be top hits stevie should be made like a serious popstar he is like one cooool dude funky toon loony toons basically lets all sing this song this christmas we could like make the worrrld spin! We could get mrs armitage burping her purple breath out! This is like one cool song! Who likes christmas songs? Me moi j'inclure john fulcher do you like christmas songs? Of coss! Shaky stevie should make milkshakes then he could be called milkshakin stevens weep. Still laffing now. Egbert managed to expire his last kindred eggpuff before spitting vehemently upon the unearthly grail which had a sincere but excruciating meaning which took espousals from all areas of the post war effort in which talktalk posted their extra beneficial animal testing campaign which lasted through the christmas of 2009 right up to the astronomical effort in which lassez faire economics played serious and unbelievable aspirational attributes to the aphological esitanes which grabedes upon all aexenes of the english acronyms. Add your reply Write about your feelings and thoughts Know what this song is about? Does it mean anything special hidden between the lines to you? Share your meaning with community, make it interesting and valuable. Make sure you've read our simple tips Hey! It's useful. If this song really means something special to you, describe your feelings and thoughts. Don't hesitate to explain what songwriters and singer wanted to say. Also we collected some tips and tricks for you: Don't write just "I love this song." Hidden between the lines, words and thoughts sometimes hold many different not yet explained meanings Remember: your meaning might be valuable for someone Don't post links to images and links to facts Write correctly Don't spam and write clearly off-topic meanings Don't write abusive, vulgar, offensive, racist, threatening or harassing meanings Do not post anything that you do not have the right to post Please note: We moderate every meaning Follow these rules and your meaning will be published . Write song meaning Type your knowledge till "Good-o-meter" shows "Awesome!". Then send your mean |
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Which 2004 film sees Tom Hanks take a boy on a trip to the North Pole to visit Santa Claus? | The Polar Express (2004) - IMDb IMDb There was an error trying to load your rating for this title. Some parts of this page won't work property. Please reload or try later. X Beta I'm Watching This! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Error In 1 theater near Seattle WA US [ change ] WATCH NOW ON DISC ALL A young boy embarks on a magical adventure to the North Pole on the Polar Express. During his adventure he learns about friendship, bravery, and the spirit of Christmas. Director: a list of 46 titles created 10 Mar 2012 a list of 21 titles created 24 Dec 2013 a list of 29 titles created 07 Nov 2015 a list of 31 titles created 3 months ago a list of 37 titles created 1 week ago Title: The Polar Express (2004) 6.6/10 Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Nominated for 3 Oscars. Another 5 wins & 22 nominations. See more awards » Videos An animated retelling of Charles Dickens' classic novel about a Victorian-era miser taken on a journey of self-redemption, courtesy of several mysterious Christmas apparitions. Director: Robert Zemeckis When a man inadvertantly kills Santa on Christmas Eve, he finds himself magically recruited to take his place. Director: John Pasquin After inadvertently wreaking havoc on the elf community due to his ungainly size, a man raised as an elf at the North Pole is sent to the U.S. in search of his true identity. Director: Jon Favreau On the outskirts of Whoville, there lives a green, revenge-seeking Grinch who plans on ruining the Christmas holiday for all of the citizens of the town. Director: Ron Howard An 8-year old troublemaker must protect his home from a pair of burglars when he is accidentally left home alone by his family during Christmas vacation. Director: Chris Columbus A grumpy hermit hatches a plan to steal Christmas from the Whos of Whoville. Directors: Chuck Jones, Ben Washam Stars: Boris Karloff, Thurl Ravenscroft, June Foray Scott Calvin has been a humble Santa Claus for nearly ten years, but it might come to an end if he doesn't find a Mrs. Claus. Director: Michael Lembeck One year after Kevin was left home alone and had to defeat a pair of bumbling burglars, he accidentally finds himself in New York City, and the same criminals are not far behind. Director: Chris Columbus In the 1940s, a young boy named Ralphie attempts to convince his parents, his teacher, and Santa that a Red Ryder B.B. gun really is the perfect Christmas gift. Director: Bob Clark Santa's clumsy son Arthur gets put on a mission with St. Nick's father to give out a present they misplaced to a young girl in less than 2 hours. Directors: Sarah Smith, Barry Cook Stars: James McAvoy, Jim Broadbent, Bill Nighy Frosty the Snowman (TV Short 1969) Animation | Short | Comedy A living snowman and a little girl struggle to elude a greedy magician who is after the snowman's magic hat. Directors: Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin Jr. Stars: Jackie Vernon, Billy De Wolfe, Jimmy Durante A father vows to get his son a Turbo Man action figure for Christmas, however, every store is sold out of them, and he must travel all over town and compete with everybody else in order to find one. Director: Brian Levant Edit Storyline This is the story of a young hero boy on Christmas Eve who boards on a powerful magical train that's headed to the North Pole and Santa Claus's home. What unfolds is an adventure which follows a doubting boy, who takes an extraordinary train ride to the North Pole; during this ride, he embarks on a journey of self-discovery which shows him that the wonder of life never fades for those who believe. Written by Anthony Pereyra {[email protected]} This Holiday Season... Believe. See more » Genres: 10 November 2004 (USA) See more » Also Known As: The Polar Express: An IMAX 3D Experience See more » Filming Locations: $23,323,463 (USA) (12 November 2004) Gross: Did You Know? Trivia The locomotive in the movie is based on the Pere Marquette 1225, a restored steam locomoti |
Which Generation Game presenter was famous for his catchphrase Shut That Door? | BBC - Coventry and Warwickshire - History - Shut that door with Larry Grayson You are in: Coventry and Warwickshire > History > Famous People > Shut that door with Larry Grayson Larry Grayson Shut that door with Larry Grayson Nuneaton's Larry Grayson was one of the most popular performers of his generation, discover a little more about the fabulous comedian. Pop-it-in-Pete, Apricot Lil and, best of all, Slack Alice and Everard became close friends of the British public during the 1970s and it was all thanks to one man. It was the amazing Larry Grayson, star of the Generation Game and stages up and down the country - as well as a star of his beloved Nuneaton community, where he spent most of his life. Larry was a true comic genius, who could make millions of people howl at their TVs on a Saturday night with just a raise of an eyebrow or a shout of "shut that door!". But it was from humble beginnings that one of the greatest ever light entertainers came. Paying attention Born William White in Banbury in 1923, he was put up for adoption by his unmarried mother Ethel. At the tender age of ten days, he arrived in Nuneaton to live with his new foster family, Alice and Jim Hammond and their daughters Flo and May. Sadly, Alice died when young Billy was just six and eldest sister Flo took it upon herself to take special care of her baby brother. She adopted the role of Billy’s mother and their special and very deep relationship led to him thinking of her, and referring to her, as Mum for the rest of his life. Larry's agent and star maker, Michael Grade Billy’s early days in Nuneaton helped to form some of his comic creations for his later life. The closely-knit community was typical of its time, with plenty of gossip over back fences, on the bus and on the streets and he listened intently, storing up some of the seemingly mundane conversations for later life. His showbusiness bent started early and he staged shows for friends and neighbours at his home - proving a huge success and paving the way for his future ambitions. Becoming Larry After leaving school, Billy started work in a shoe shop but he lasted only two days before a kindly neighbour offered him a slot at the local working men’s club. His stage debut saw him sing the music hall ditty In the Bushes at the Bottom of the Garden - and he became a roaring success. His act progressed as he began working in other clubs around the Midlands and he eventually extended his act to include drag - he dressed as a woman in the first half and came back on as a man. Not many people realised the acts both side of the break were one and the same person, a testament to his success! Larry takes to the floor His act continued - under his new stage name of Billy Breen - until he linked up with agent Eve Taylor. They decided on a name change, she chose Larry and he chose Grayson after one of his idols, the singer Kathryn Grayson, star of Kiss Me Kate. Shut that door! He continued his trek around the country’s clubs for 30 years as Larry Grayson but though popular, wasn’t receiving the recognition he craved. His health began to suffer and he suffered three burst ulcers during 1969 and then from nervous problems. Things were about to change, however, and when young Michael Grade spotted him performing in London, he was signed up immediately and under Grade’s management, he started to get some television appearances. He proved a massive hit instantly and was signed up for his own show, Shut That Door - a half an hour long variety show, featuring his inimitable brand of comedy and led to him being voted Britain’s Funniest Man in the TV Times awards, voted for by the public. He continued working for ITV for more than six years, recording more of his own shows and specials and worked in many of his famous characters, like Slack Alice, Apricot Lil and Everard. However, he never left his roots and though he was able to move to a more exclusive part of the town, he remained in Nuneaton and the only visible show of his new fortune was a white Rolls Royce. Larry Grayson with Isla St Clair Scores on the d |
During which TV game show were the contestants invited to go wild in the aisles? | How to Become a Fan of the TV Game Show Called Supermarket Sweep How to Become a Fan of the TV Game Show Called Supermarket Sweep Community Q&A In the 1990s and early 2000s, there was once a TV game show that let contestants run wild through a supermarket in an attempt to claim a 5,000 (US) dollar prize if you passed all three levels. Although many people were and are fans of the show then and now, if you'd like to become a fan of this show, read on, as you too can become a fan of this show much like the rest of the current fans. Steps 1 Recognize how the show's introductory credits began. Although their introductory credits differed from other shows, this show had a special segment before they called out the contestants. Although each season had it's own introductory statement, the same statement was used throughout each episode in the season. At first it asked questions like "What show lets you run wild through a Supermarket? (To which the audience yelled Supermarket Sweep) or "What show lets you grab everything you can get your hands on?(again, the audience yells Supermarket Sweep) and several other statement questions. However, following this, the announcer to the show asked for players from three teams of two in the audience (later in the series' run when this show went onto the PAX-TV channel, they filmed the three sets of 2 contestants running around the corner opposite the audience area from the supermarket) "Who's got the (product name)?" To which point, they told them "OK, you're on!" And following these, the announcer called "And here's our host, David Ruprecht". 2 Notice how the game was played. There were several parts to this game, with each part containing several pricing games that were related to pricing products you'd find on the average supermarket shelf and which related to time you'd obtain to run the Big Sweep at the end of the game, the winner of that game going onto the Bonus sweep all to earn your $5,000 prize Pricing games: The game began with each team being awarded a free minute and thirty second time that they could use in the Big Sweep at the end of the game. The show began with what Supermarket Sweep called the "Mini sweep" which was introduced a year into the show's run on Lifetime after the company realized that the players weren't being given enough Big Sweep time and could pick up some money in the end as a result. The host gave a clue to a product using a rhyming phrase/sentence. These were very easy, and sometimes you could even tell which item they were trying to find by listening to the intonation of the words that were boldly mentioned. The player who guessed the right answer, could pick up either a free $50 (if they brought back this product within 30 seconds) or $100 (if brought back within 20 seconds). They asked the players to split up. One player of each team stayed onset and the other was asked to leave. Leading up to the Round Robin round, only one player was allowed out on the floor to play the remainder of the pricing game. However, halfway through (up until the first advertisement) these players switched and ended up playing more pricing games - all in an attempt to pick up time for the Big Sweep. Throughout this series' run, they played several pricing games. For most pricing games they had, what the teams won from guessing correctly would be time to add to the Sweep time. Sometimes even, teams would get 10 seconds of sweep time for only 1 correct answer out of 3 (if given a pricing game where they had to select 1 of 3 prices along a row of products) (Such as pick the product with the lowest price: 1) Axe deodorant 2) Planters Peanuts or 3) Box of Kleenex tissues (price would be based on Pacific coast prices)). (this type of game was common before the first advertisement break, but could sometimes happen following the first podium pricing game (if the game happened during the PAX-TV run of the series. If all three contestants chose to answer the same way to a multiple choice question and were all correct, all three would pick up an extra thirty seconds of Sweep time. A l |
Who hosted the BBC gameshow Going For Gold which featured contestants from various European countries? | January | 2015 | ADAM'S NOSTALGIC MEMORIES ADAM'S NOSTALGIC MEMORIES Where I remember old things. Menu Game Show Memories – Part 4. Going For Gold (BBC1, 1987-1996) Another game show review, and even though it was only ever shown in daytime, this show became very popular. It was partly because people were coming, and everyone’s trying. This review will mostly be based on the first series. It was the show where people competed to become the quiz champion of Europe. Henry Kelly was the host and revealed to find that champion would take 23 weeks because of the rather compilated knockout system. But we were assured that after 92 episodes and nearly six months we would have our winner who received the star prize of a trip to the Olympics in Seoul, and there were a few other smaller prizes on offer for the runners-up. The contestants came from 14 countries across Europe and in the rather overcrowded preliminary round they were asked “what am I?”-type questions as four were needed to progress to what was oddly called “the first round proper”. At this point Henry would talk to the contestants about their interests and a lot of viewers found it rather amusing as he tried to start a conversation with some guy from Holland or Austria. They then answered questions on categories, the first three to score six points go into the next round. In the four in a row round, contestants simply had to pick a category and then get four questions right in a row in the time they had. The two highest scorers then went into the final. This round was memorable for the catchphrases such as “the big four zone” and “playing catch-up”. The winner was the first to nine points. Congratulations Hans, you’re into the next round! This carried on for endless weekly finals, semi-finals and so on until they finally got their super champion many months later. This format carried on for many years, until curiously, in the final series the show only featured contestants from the UK so they were all representing their various counties to keep it competitive. I do believe that the early series were shown across Europe though and it gained a following in various countries. Going For Gold ran for nine years on the BBC, and a few years later, Channel 5 revived the show under the name One To Win (not to be confused with the other One To Win that I reviewed recently that was actually a revival of Bob’s Full House). Then, about a decade later, Channel 5 revived it again, but this time back under the Going For Gold name. However, this time it was an hour long so there was a lot of padding with annoying phone-in competitions and it lasted just one series. I did enjoy watching Going For Gold but it’s not my favourite BBC daytime game show, I’ll writing about that soon, it’s a show that is less famous but I think is a lot better. The Going For Gold format does still linger though, the French version is still very popular to this day. Obscure TV Memories – Part 5. Caught In The Act (BBC1, 1992) In 1990, ITV launched You’ve Been Framed, a show which featured a lot of what were always called “home video howlers”. BBC1 decided that they wanted to do a show like this, so a couple of years later they launched Caught In The Act which had practically the same idea. It was hosted by Shane Richie in one of his earliest TV presenting roles, fully a decade before he landed his dream part of playing a barrowboy in EastEnders. The format would be that every week Shane would firstly introduce some “camcorder calamities” from around the world, and then he would have a stilted conversation with a reporter in a particular country who would introduce some more clips from where they were. All of these clips were accompanied by daft slide whistle and trumpet noises. Do this four times. Then there would be another segment where Shane introduced three contestants from various parts of the UK who had sent in a video. The studio audience then had to press their buttons to determine which one they thought was the funniest. The winner would get a cash prize, an editing suite, and a place in the |
Of all the gameshows that were revived for a series of one-off specials in Ant And Dec's Gameshow Marathon which was the oldest? | UK Game Show Records - UKGameshows UK Game Show Records This Good Game Guide lists various UK game show records. If you have a question that you think should be included, feel free to contact us . Contents 7.1 Highest rated game show Firsts First UK-produced radio game show: The oldest show for which we have a listing is the write-in quiz What's Wrong with This? from 1925. The earliest we know of with actual on-air contestants is Inter Regional Spelling Competition, broadcast on the BBC Regional Service on 25 November 1937. First TV game show: Spelling Bee , shown by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) on 31st May 1938, transmitted live from Alexandra Palace. First TV game show offering cash prizes: Take Your Pick , broadcast on 23rd September 1955 by Associated-Rediffusion. Broadcasting records Longest running Longest-running game show (TV): This used to be an easy one to call, as Come Dancing enjoyed such a head start that even after it ended, it took a very long time for other long-runners to catch up. However, as that show didn't have a made-for-TV competition format for its first couple of years (it covered existing contests, but didn't stage its own), we can now declare it officially overtaken, by not one but two shows: A Question of Sport and University Challenge . Which of those is the actual longest-running, depends on how you measure it. Counting only the periods when they ran as regular series, University Challenge (21/9/62 to 3/9/87 and 21/9/94 to present) beats A Question of Sport (5/1/70 to present), but if you count AQoS from its regional pilot (2/12/68) then it has the upper hand. Though if you consider the UC revival to have begun with the 1992 special, then University Challenge takes the lead again. It's a big can of worms, but two things we can say for certain are that AQoS has the longest continuous period in regular production, while UC has aired new episodes in the most different calendar years; 2016 was its fiftieth (while "only" the 48th for AQoS). All-time longest-running game show (radio): Round Britain Quiz has run continuously since 1947. Longest-running game show broadcast in UK (TV): Technically, it's A Song for Europe , which first aired in 1957, and annually between 1959 and 2010 (sometimes under different titles). The Eurovision Song Contest has been broadcast annually since 1956, but is not usually a UK production. Most episodes produced: Countdown aired its 6000th episode on 5 September 2014, and is still going strong with around 250 new episodes each year. Shortest running All-time shortest-running game show (TV): Aside from intentional one-offs, ITV Play 's The Debbie King Show started and ended on Monday 5th March 2007. Exports Most successful UK format export: Who Wants to be a Millionaire? has been licensed to at least 107 territories including Algeria, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, the Caribbean, Chile, China, Colombia, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Ecuador, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Latvia, Lithuania, Malaysia, Mexico, Middle East, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Peru, the Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Ireland, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Turkey, Ukraine, United States, Uruguay, Venezuela, and Vietnam. The Weakest Link is not far behind with at least 98 territories licensed. Hosts Longest serving hosts Longest tenure by time (TV): Counting only regular series, Magnus Magnusson 's span as host of Mastermind lasted ten days short of 25 years, beating Bamber Gascoigne 's tenure on University Challenge by eight days. However, if you count the 1987 International University Challenge specials which followed the end of the regular series, then Bamber's run is extended by nearly four months. You could extend it even further by including Bamber's appearances |
Who was the special guest who took part in the 200th edition of A Question Of Sport to help give it its highest ever viewing figures of over 19 million? | A Question of Sport - UKGameshows A Question of Sport Bill Beaumont (2 programmes, 1996) Sue Barker (2 programmes in 1996, then 1997-) Jimmy Carr (Sport Relief special 2008) Jason Manford (A Question of Sport: Super Saturday) Co-hosts Phil Tufnell (2008-) There have also been several stand-in captains over the years. They have included: Bobby Moore; Bobby Charlton; John Barnes; Roger Black; Jonathan Davies; Will Carling; Sam Torrance; Matthew Pinsent; David Ginola; David Seaman; Michael Owen; Shane Warne; Jamie Redknapp; Ricky Hatton; Dennis Taylor and Gary Speed. Ally McCoist, John Parrott and Phil Tufnell were all also stand-in captains before becoming regulars. Broadcast BBC1 North West (regional), 2 December 1968 (Pilot) BBC North West for BBC1, 5 January 1970 to present as A Question of Sport: Super Saturday BBC One, 21 June to 19 July 2014 (5 episodes in 1 series) Synopsis The eternal question: What Happens Next? This show has been going for years and years and years. And maybe longer than that. Past captains (well, Bill Beaumont anyway - and of course David Coleman) have hosted the show and it has been regular prime-time viewing. And yes, it's about sport. Each team is made up of three people, two famous sporting guests and a captain who is usually more portly. The traditional show invariably began with the Picture Round. 12 boxes each hide a picture of a famous sportsperson in an interesting pose (usually, Media Studies fans, a long shot but always an action shot). Each person would score two points if they got it correct, but if they don't know it's passed over to the opposition for a bonus. Every member of both teams gets a go. Generally there is two pictures for every sport represented by the team members that week. A typical picture from the board. This, believe it or not, is Princess Anne - although Emlyn Hughes failed to recognise her (see 'Key Moments', below). Then comes the Specialised Subject round. Each person would get a collage of clips based on their sport, and they would be asked to name two specific people in it. The captains, however, would get a completely random selection of sports, being the captains and everything. Then comes the Home and Away round, a round devoted to everybody's third-favourite Australian soap. Ha, not really! Actually each guest in turn chooses to answer either a question on their own sport ("home") for one point or a general question ("away") for two. The team captains usually don't get the choice and have to take an "away" question. Mystery Personality next, and a short piece of film of a famous personality filmed from odd positions and situations. They are carefully filmed so as never to completely give away who they are (or not, as was the case when they decided to show a full facial shot of Katharine Merry). Two points for a correct answer and one point if they don't know and the opposition gets it. Then, it's What Happens Next? A piece of film starts and at an inopportune moment it stops and the contestants need to guess... well, you get the idea. Usually with some outrageous (i.e.wrong) guesses, you can be sure that hilarity will ensue when it turns out that a little cat runs onto the pitch or somesuch. Every week. The One Minute Round, nine questions, nine points and sixty seconds. A nice mixture of trivia, picture questions and the famous "These three people all have surnames connected with snowball fighting" question. Completely random, completely pointless but good fun nonetheless. Finally, the Picture Round reprise, the six remaining pictures are taken one at a time a la Round One and the same points apply and at the end of the round, whoever wins, wins and whoever loses loses, predictably enough. For no particularly good reason except to annoy us, the 1998 season reordered the rounds, and dropped the One Minute Round in favour of an On the Buzzer end game that Ally McCoist tended to dominate (John Parrott was once so miffed by McCoist's constant luck in that round that he (Parrott) went to sit in the audience in protest). Not a particularly inspired decision, |
Who presented Ask The Family when it was revived in 2005? | Ask the Family (TV Series 1967–1984) - IMDb IMDb There was an error trying to load your rating for this title. Some parts of this page won't work property. Please reload or try later. X Beta I'm Watching This! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Error General knowledge contest between two families of four, each consisting of the two parents and two offspring. Creator: a list of 299 titles created 11 Mar 2012 a list of 1911 titles created 9 months ago a list of 22 titles created 5 months ago Title: Ask the Family (1967–1984) 6.7/10 Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Add Image Add an image Do you have any images for this title? Storyline General knowledge contest between two families of four, each consisting of the two parents and two offspring. 12 June 1967 (UK) See more » Company Credits Referenced in Serendipity (2001) See more » Soundtracks Performed by Joe Harriott John Mayer Double Quintet Theme tune (Isle Of Bute , Scotland) – See all my reviews BBC 2 are currently doing a reinvention of this almost forgotten quiz show and when I say " reinvention " I do mean reinvention. Comparing the new version presented by Dick and Dom to this rather staid original is like comparing the new version of DOCTOR WHO with the old series , especially the worst moments featuring Colin Baker and Sylvester McCoy It's surely no coincidence that BBC 2 has intermittently been showing the original on weekday afternoons and are probably having a cheap laugh at it too . The quiz starts with a really snazzy theme tune that was reworked by Mint Royale as From Rusholme With Love , you'll know the tune even if you don't know the title , when Sly and Mickey had a punch up in GET CARTER that was the sound playing in the background , similiarly when Tom Cruise runs through deserted streets at the start of VANILLA SKY that was From Rusholme With Love on the soundtrack . A really funky tune and funky is not in keeping with this show as the lights go up and presenter Robert Robinson presents the two families with father who looks either like a well dressed Friar Tuck or a young Anthony Eden , two children who could be either boys or girls it's so hard to tell ( well it was the 1970s ) and mother . This is what I don't understand , the parents look totally sexually frigid and it's impossible to believe they actually have an active sex life . I'm not being cheeky or nothing but the parents always without exception come across as repressed middle class church goers who only have sex to reproduce The questions are asked and take the form of " What symphony was this taken from ? " or " what is this an anagram of ? " etc . It's done in a studio without an audience and this only adds to the sterile proceedings . In fact I would say there's more atmosphere on the moon . The winners go through to the next round and in the grand final both families are given a prize of their choice . One winning family received furniture for their home but I don't know what the other family got because I was too busy laughing at the formers prize . Furniture ? FURNITURE ? I guess they were too proud to pop down to the social security and ask for some new furniture . Possibly the most middle class quiz show ever produced and certainly the most dated 4 of 11 people found this review helpful. Was this review helpful to you? Yes |
What were the names of the four original zones in The Crystal Maze? | The Crystal Maze : Wikis (The Full Wiki) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Crystal Maze The Crystal Maze title card (series 3-6) Format 6 (inc. 5 Christmas Specials) No. of episodes Lee International Studios, Shepperton then later Aces High Studio, North Weald, UK Running time 15 February 1990 – 10 August 1995 Chronology Fort Boyard The Crystal Maze was a game show , produced by Chatsworth Television and shown on Channel 4 in the United Kingdom from 15 February 1990 to 10 August 1995. There was one series per year, with the first four series presented by Richard O'Brien and the final two by Ed Tudor-Pole , who made his debut in the 1993 Christmas special. Each show was one hour long, including commercial breaks. Contents 13 External links Format Originally, Chatsworth Television intended to make a British version of the French show Fort Boyard , but when it became clear that the fort would not be available at the time of the pilot show, Fort Boyard's creator Jacques Antoine was consulted about developing an alternative format that could be shot elsewhere. As a result, the show ended up using a similar concept to Fort Boyard, but was substantially different in presentation and style. It was filmed on a very large set, originally at H Stage in Shepperton Studios , but in later series at an adapted aircraft hangar named Aces High Studios, at North Weald Airfield in Essex . A UK version of Fort Boyard was eventually made by Five, long after Channel 4 ended The Crystal Maze. The set was divided into four 'Zones' (originally Aztec, Futuristic, Medieval and Industrial; Industrial was replaced by Ocean from series four onwards), as well as the Crystal Dome, a giant geometric acrylic glass 'crystal' (see the title card at the right) at the centre of the maze, where the teams play their final challenge after playing games in each of the four Zones. In each episode, a team consisting of three men and three women (including a team captain and vice-captain) would enter the 'maze,' starting from a pre-determined Zone, and play three or four games of various types in each Zone before entering the Crystal Dome. The teams were put together by Chatsworth from individual applicants, only meeting each other for the first time on the day before filming their episode, unlike the UK version of Fort Boyard which was eventually made some years later, in which teams applied and played as teams. The objective of the show was to amass as many 'time crystals' as possible (these were golf ball-sized Swarovski glass crystals) by playing the games in each Zone; each game successfully played would win one 'time crystal.' When the team reached the Crystal Dome, they had to collect as many gold 'tokens' as possible in order to win a prize. Each crystal that the team won earlier would allow them five seconds of time in the Dome to collect tokens, so the more crystals the team won in the Zones, the more time and thus the better chance they had of getting a high gold token count. Before each game in a Zone, the team captain(or vice captain should the team captain be locked in) would choose which contestant would play and which type of challenge the game would involve. Games were classed as Physical, Mental, Skill or Mystery. These were typically puzzle games, often involving dexterity (especially the Skill games). The chosen team member would be sent into a chamber to play a game, and their team-mates could advise them from outside (except in specific mental games where the team would be instructed not to confer, although general encouragement could still be shouted in). Successfully solving the puzzle would release a crystal. In the early series, the captain's choice of game and contestant was genuine; in later series, it was not a free choice and was 'imposed' on the team by the production team. Each game had a time limit of two, two-and-a-half, or three minutes. If the contestant failed to exit the chamber in time, they would be 'locked in.' In some games, known as 'automatic lock-in' games, the contestant could also be locked in by committing a f |
Who commanded the Scottish army at the Battle Of Bannockburn? | Robert the Bruce at the Battle of Bannockburn approximately 20,000 men Battle Summary: In the spring of 1314, Edward Bruce, brother of King Robert the Bruce, laid siege to English-held Stirling Castle . Unable to make any significant progress, he struck a deal with the castle's commander, Sir Philip Moubray, that if the castle was not relieved by Midsummer Day (June 24) it would be surrendered to the Scots. By the terms of the deal a large English force was required to arrive within three miles of the castle by the specified date. This arrangement displeased both King Robert, who wished to avoid pitched battles, and King Edward II who viewed the potential loss of the castle as a blow to his prestige. Seeing an opportunity to regain the Scottish lands lost since his father's death in 1307, Edward prepared to march north that summer. Assembling a force numbering around 20,000 men, the army included seasoned veterans of the Scottish campaigns such as the Earl of Pembroke, Henry de Beaumont, and Robert Clifford. Departing Berwick-upon-Tweed on June 17, it moved north through Edinburgh and arrived south of Stirling on the 23rd. Long aware of Edward's intentions, Bruce was able to assemble 6,000-7,000 skilled troops as well as 500 cavalry, under Sir Robert Keith, and approximately 2,000 "small folk." With the advantage of time, Bruce was able train his soldiers and better prepare them for the coming battle. The basic Scottish unit, the schiltron (shield-troop) consisted of around 500 spearmen fighting as a cohesive unit. As the immobility of schiltron had been fatal at the Battle of Falkirk , Bruce instructed his soldiers in fighting on the move. As the English marched north, Bruce shifted his army to the New Park, a wooded area overlooking the Falkirk-Stirling road, a low-lying plain known as the Carse, as well as a small stream, the Bannock Burn, and its nearby marshes. As the road offered some of the only firm ground on which the English heavy cavalry could operate, it was Bruce's goal to force Edward to move right, over the Carse, in order to reach Stirling. To accomplish this, camouflaged pits, three feet deep and containing caltrops, were dug on both sides of the road. Once Edward's army was on the Carse, it would be constricted by the Bannock Burn and its wetlands and forced to fight on a narrow front, thus negating its superior numbers. Despite this commanding position, Bruce debated giving battle until the last minute but was swayed by reports that English morale was low. On June 23, Moubray arrived in Edward's camp and told the king that battle was not necessary as the terms of the bargain had been met. This advice was ignored, as part of the English army, led by the Earls of Gloucester and Hereford, moved to attack Bruce's division at the south end of the New Park. As the English approached, Sir Henry de Bohun, nephew of the Earl of Hereford, spotted Bruce riding in front of his troops and charged. The Scottish king, unarmored and armed with only a battle axe, turned and met Bohun's charge. Evading the knight 's lance, Bruce cleaved Bohun's head in two with his axe. Chastised by his commanders for taking such a risk, Bruce simply complained that he had broken his axe. The incident helped inspire the Scots and they, with aid of the pits, drove off Gloucester and Hereford's attack. To the north, a small English force led by Henry de Beaumont and Robert Clifford was also beaten off by the Scottish division of the Earl of Moray. In both cases, the English cavalry was defeated by the solid wall of Scottish spears. Unable to move up the road, Edward's army moved to the right, crossing the Bannock Burn, and camped for the night on the Carse. At dawn on the 24th, with Edward's army surrounded on three sides by the Bannock Burn, Bruce turned to the offensive. Advancing in four divisions, led by Edward Bruce, James Douglas, the Earl of Moray, and the king, the Scottish army moved towards the English. As they drew near, they paused and knelt in prayer. Seeing this, Edward reportedly exclaimed, "Ha! they kneel for mercy!" To wh |
With which re-released song did The Bluebells have a number one hit in 1993? | The Bluebells ~ Young at Heart (HQ) - YouTube The Bluebells ~ Young at Heart (HQ) Want to watch this again later? Sign in to add this video to a playlist. Need to report the video? Sign in to report inappropriate content. Rating is available when the video has been rented. This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. Published on Sep 27, 2013 Going back to the 80's now with this great song by "The Bluebells" which was released in 1984 and made number 8 in the UK charts, but was re-released as a single in 1993 when the song was used for a car TV advertisement, and on that occasion it made number 1 for four weeks... I can't believe it was 29 years ago when this one was released, am feeling old now lol... Try and watch this one to the very end as the last picture has a message for all of us who are not quite as mature as the ones in this video... Category |
At which athletics event did American Mike Powell break the world record in 1991, a record which had stood for almost 33 years? | The jump for the ages | NBC SportsWorld By Nick Zaccardi The jump for the ages Mike Powell broke an iconic record in 1991, supplanting its holder and a legendary long jumper in one bound. And it may never be broken. Mike Powell/Allsport Mike Powell knew the milestone was coming. On July 11, Powell’s world record in the men’s long jump turned 8,351 days old, and his thoughts traveled back to its birth, Aug. 30, 1991. They often do. The previous world record, etched indelibly by Bob Beamon at the 1968 Olympics, turned 8,351 days old on Aug. 30, 1991. Powell snapped it that night, in Tokyo during a World Championships epic event with Carl Lewis. Powell has now held the world record longer than Beamon did, and nobody is currently jumping close to it. “It’s lasted 23 years,” Powell, an avowed stat geek, said in a recent phone interview. “I didn’t think it would last 23 minutes.” Neither did Beamon on Oct. 18, 1968. *** As storm clouds gathered, Bob Beamon bowed, stepped back, leaned forward and accelerated down a runway for his first Olympic final jump at Mexico City’s Olympic Stadium . “It felt like a regular jump,” he told Sports Illustrated 46 years ago. Beamon loped 19 strides and launched off the takeoff board like nobody had ever seen. Jesse Owens, peering through binoculars inside the stadium, estimated Beamon leapt vertically five to six feet, according to SI. Beamon fell to Earth. His white shoes dug into the landing pit, six seconds after his first step down the runway. Momentum carried Beamon to three mini jumps out of the pit. He jogged away, wiggling his arms and receiving one low-five before reaching a bench. Then he waited. Bob Beamon. Mexico City. 1968. (Credit: Tony Duffy /Allsport) The jump was so long, so unexpected, that the measuring device couldn’t extend far enough to record it. It took about a half-hour to locate and lay out tape to confirm what Beamon figured, that he’d broken the world record of 27 feet, 4 3/4 inches. Officials announced the mark in meters – 8.90 – but Beamon, not fully versed in metrics, couldn’t fathom it. He has said he thought it might have been a shot put mark. Teammate Ralph Boston, the 1960 Olympic champion, broke the news to him: Beamon leaped clear past 28 feet, to 29 feet, 2 1/2 inches. He shattered the record by nearly two feet. Beamon collapsed to his knees and covered his eyes in disbelief. Descriptions of the feat have since ranged from a “mutation” performance by a medical expert; to being in “the twilight zone” by Beamon; to what “might be the clearest instance of adrenaline-driven overachievement that the sports world has ever seen” by SI. Perhaps the best came on Oct. 18, 1968, from one of Beamon’s competitors to SI. “Compared to that jump, the rest of us are children,” said Igor Ter-Ovanesyan of the Soviet Union, who ceded his share of the world record that day. Mexico City marked Beamon’s first and last Olympics, nine months before man landed on the moon. He never again jumped 27 feet, partially due to injury. *** Beamon has said he expected his world record to be broken “in the next 30 minutes” at the Olympics. The conditions were ripe, jumping at an altitude more than 7,000 feet above sea level. Beamon also benefited from the maximum allowable tailwind for record purposes, 2 meters per second. But nobody challenged it in Mexico City. In fact, nobody would jump within a foot of Beamon through the 1970s. Then came Carl Lewis, whose prodigious talent was rivaled by his steadfast confidence that he would one day break Beamon’s record. Lewis would win four straight Olympic long jump gold medals from 1984 through 1996, along with five more in the sprints. Officially, he never beat Beamon’s mark, but Lewis maintains the record book lies. He and others point to the National Sports Festival in Indianapolis on July 24, 1982. “Carl jumped 30 feet,” NBC Olympics track and field analyst Dwight Stones said. “I was right there.” Stones, then a high jumper, said long jumper Jason Grimes approached him in the infield before Lewis sprinted down the runway that day. “You want to s |
International Nursing Day was chosen as May 12th as it is the anniversary of the birth of which famous person from history? | International Nurses Day 12 May » Tripoli International Nurses Day Information about International Nurses Day with this year's events and a history and the origin of nurses week: Each year, on the 12th of May, nurses celebrate nursing and raise the profile of their work in a variety of ways and events. Few can say they are untouched by the hard work and dedication of nurses in the UK and throughout the world and International Nurses Day is an opportunity to learn about the work of nurses and their workplaces. Many hospitals, day centres, wards, etc hold open days, coffee mornings, fund raising events and use the day for health care promotions and to raise the profile of the profession. It is also a day for nurses worldwide to celebrate their profession and unite to take pride in their jobs and show the world the importance of their work. Nurses Day The reason that Nurses Day is held on the 12th May each year is because this is the birth date of Florence Nightingale. She made many reforms to nursing and health care and drastically cut the death rate amongst soldiers in the Crimean War as a result of her hard work, dedication and training of fellow nurses. Westminster Abbey Nurses Day Service Each year, on the day that would have been her birthday, there is a service at Westminster Abbey, London to commemorate her life and celebrate the nursing profession. A lamp is taken from the Nurses' Chapel at the Abbey and handed from one nurse to the next nurse during the service. The last person the lamp is handed to is the Dean who then places the symbolic lamp onto the High Altar. This ceremony is done to signify the passing of knowledge from one nurse to another, much like Florence Nightingale did when she set up her Schools of Nursing. It also signifies her nickname The Lady of the Lamp. St Margaret's Church Service Florence Nightingale was buried at St Margaret's Church, East Wellow, Hampshire and there is a service of remembrance on her birthdate as well as the Sunday after the anniversary of her birthday. A nursing student carries a candle to the alter at the beginning of this service. The first QARANC student nurse to have been the candle bearer was Private Jeremy Done in 2012. The Drummer Boy continues the adventures of QARANC nurse, Scott Grey, who has the special gift of seeing military ghosts. In this novel he is haunted by the ghost of a Gordon Highlander Drummer Boy from the Battle of Waterloo. It is based on the legends of the Tidworth Military Hospital Drummer Boy. Chapters take place in modern day Aberdeen, at the Noose & Monkey bar and restaurant as well as His Majesty�s Theatre and Garthdee. Other scenes take place at Tidworth and during the Napoleonic War where I describe battlefield medical care of this era. Read the first three chapters for free on most devices. If you like this page and would like to easily share it with your friends and family please use the social networking buttons below: Tweet History of Nurses Day The International Council For Nurses (ICN) in America started the event in 1965, though it was not officially recognised by the US Government until 1974. In 1999 nurses and public sector employees union UNISON mounted a campaign to change the date and remove the historical importance of Florence Nightingale from Nurses Week because they felt that she no longer reflected modern day nursing because of her class and social background. They thought that she was not in keeping with the multi-cultural nature of modern nursing. Unison suggested the day be celebrated on 21 May which was the birthday of Elizabeth Fry. She was a 19th century reformer who founded the Institution of Nursing Sisters several years before Florence Nightingale set up her own nursing team. She went on to improve the life of the mentally ill and made many reforms in hospitals. The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) disagreed with this campaign and were backed by many more nurses who felt that Florence Nightingale was an important founder of modern nursing and should rightly be remembered and celebrated on Internation |
In music, which group named themselves after the main character in the 1984 film Paris, Texas? | Paris, Texas - Dictionary definition of Paris, Texas | Encyclopedia.com: FREE online dictionary Paris, Texas International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers COPYRIGHT 2001 The Gale Group Inc. PARIS, TEXAS West Germany-France, 1984 Director: Wim Wenders Production: Road Movies Filmproduktion (West Berlin)/Argos Films (Paris), in association with Westdeutscher Rundfunk, Channel 4, and Project Film; in color; running time: 148 minutes; length: 13,320 feet. Released 1984. Executive producer: Chris Sievernich; producers: Don Guest, Anatole Dauman; screenplay: Sam Shepard; assistant director: Claire Denis; photography: Robby Muller; assistant photographers: Agnes Godard, Pim Tjujerman; editor: Peter Pryzgodda; assistant editor: Anne Schnee; sound editor: Dominique Auvray; sound recordist: Jean-Paul Mugel; sound re-recordist: Hartmut Eichgrun; art director: Kate Altman; music: Ry Cooder. Cast: Harry Dean Stanton (Travis Anderson); Dean Stockwell (Walter R. Anderson); Aurore Clement (Anne Anderson); Hunter Carson (Hunter Anderson); Nastassja Kinski (Jane); Bernhard Wicki (Doctor Ulmer); Sam Berry (Gas Station Attendant); Claresie Mobley (Car Rental Clerk); Viva Auder (Woman on TV); Socorro Valdez (Carmelita); Edward Fayton (Hunter's Friend); Justin Hogg (Hunter, age 3); Tom Farrell (Screaming Man); John Lurie ("Slater"); Jeni Vici ("Stretch"); Sally Norwell ("Nurse Bibs"); Sharon Menzel (Comedienne); The Mydolls (Rehearsing Band). Awards: BAFTA Award for Best Director, 1984. Palme d'Or at Cannes, 1984. Publications Shepard, Sam, Paris, Texas (in English, French and German), edited by Chris Sievernin, Berlin, 1984. Books: Devillers, Jean-Pierre, Berlin, L.A., Berlin: Wim Wenders, Paris, 1985. Boujut, Michel, Wim Wenders, third edition, Paris, 1986. Wenders, Wim, Written in the West: Photographien aus demAmerikanischen Western, Munich, 1987. Geist, Kathe, The Cinema of Wim Wenders: From Paris, France, toParis, Texas, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1988. Kolker, Robert P., and Peter Beicken, The Films of Wim Wenders, New York, 1993. Cook, Roger F., and Gerd Gemunden, editors, The Cinema of WimWenders: Image, Narrative and the Postmodern Condition, Detroit, 1997. Wenders, Wim, The Act of Seeing: Essays and Conversations, translated by Michael Hofmann, New York, 1999. Articles: Berthelius, M., "Drömmen om Amerika: Historien om Wim Wenders," in Chaplin (Stockholm), vol. 26, no. 3, 1984. Variety (New York), 23 May 1984. Carson, Kit, in Film Comment (New York), May-June 1984. Bergala, Alain, and others, in Cahiers du Cinéma (Paris), Summer 1984. Welsh, H., in Jeune Cinéma (Paris), July-August 1984. Johnston, Sheila, in Monthly Film Bulletin (London), August 1984. "Production Diary" in Cinema (West Germany), August, September, and October 1984. Bishop, R., and T. Ryan, "Wim Wenders: An American Saga," in Cinema Papers (Melbourne), August 1984. Pym, John, "The Road from Wuppertal," in Sight and Sound (London), Autumn 1984. Ranvaud, Don, "Paris, Texas, to Sydney, Australia," in Sight andSound (London), Autumn 1984. "Special Issue" of Positif (Paris), September 1984. Simsolo, Noël, and others, in Revue du Cinéma/Image et Son (Paris), September 1984. Goldschmidt, D., in Cinématographe (Paris), September-October 1984. Baron, Saskia, in Stills (London), October 1984. Proper, R. A. F., interview with Robby Müller, in Skoop (Amsterdam), November 1984. Simons, J., "Paris, Texas: Wim Wenders' Wedergeboorte," in Skrien (Amsterdam), November-December 1984. Film (West Germany), December 1984. Kornum Larsen, J., in Kosmorama (Copenhagen), December 1984. Verstappen, W., in Skoop (Amsterdam), December 1984-January 1985. Dieckmann, F., in Film Quarterly (Berkeley), Winter 1984–85. Wooton, Adrian, in Film Directions (Belfast), Winter 1984–85. Bromet, Frans, and M. J. A. Holland, in Skoop (Amsterdam), February 1985. Scharres, B., "Robby Müller and Paris, Texas," in American Cinematographer (Los Angeles), February 1985. Freitag, I., in Filmfaust (Frankfurt), February-March 1985. De Gaetano, R., and P. Lughi, in Cinema Nuovo (Bari), June 1985. Fantauzzi, S., "Wenders |
Who were the last football team other than Manchester United, Arsenal and Chelsea to win the top league in England? | History of the English Premier League - SuperSport - Football History of the English Premier League William McGregor statue © Action Images What is now known as the English Premier League has its roots in an earlier league, called the Football League, which was originally founded in 1888. The Football League, also known as the npower Football League for sponsorship reasons, is a league competition featuring professional association football clubs from England and Wales. Founded in 1888, it is the oldest such competition in world football. It was the top level football league in England from its foundation until 1992. Since 1995 it has had 72 clubs evenly divided into three divisions, which are currently known as The Championship, League One and League Two. Promotion and relegation between these divisions is a central feature of the League and is further extended to allow the top Championship clubs to exchange places with the lowest placed clubs in the Premier League. A director of Aston Villa, William McGregor, was the first to set out to bring some order to a chaotic world where clubs arranged their own fixtures. On March 2, 1888, he wrote to the committee of his own club, Aston Villa, as well as to those of Blackburn Rovers, Bolton Wanderers, Preston North End and West Bromwich Albion, suggesting the creation of a league competition that would provide a number of guaranteed fixtures for its member clubs each season. The first meeting was held at Anderson's Hotel in London on March 23, 1888, on the eve of the FA Cup Final. The Football League was formally created and named in Manchester at a further meeting on April 17 at the Royal Hotel. In 1992, the First Division clubs resigned from the Football League to take advantage of a lucrative television rights deal and on May 27, 1992, the Premier League as we know it today was formed. This meant a break-up of the 104-year-old Football League that had operated until then with four divisions; the Premier League would operate with a single division and the Football League with three. There was no change in competition format; the same number of teams competed in the top flight, and promotion and relegation between the Premier League and the new First Division remained on the same terms as between the old First and Second Divisions. The 22 inaugural members of the new Premier League were Arsenal, Aston Villa, Blackburn Rovers, Chelsea, Coventry City, Crystal Palace, Everton, Ipswich Town, Leeds United, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United, Middlesbrough, Norwich City, Nottingham Forest, Oldham Athletic, Queens Park Rangers, Sheffield United, Sheffield Wednesday, Southampton, Tottenham Hotspur, and Wimbledon. A total of 43 clubs have played in the Premier League from its inception in 1992 until the end of the 2009/10 season. Two other clubs (Luton Town and Notts County) were signatories to the original agreement that created the Premier League, but were relegated prior to the inaugural Premier League season and have not subsequently returned to the top flight. Seven clubs have been members of the Premier League for every season since its inception. This group is composed of Arsenal, Aston Villa, Chelsea, Everton, Liverpool, Manchester United, and Tottenham Hotspur. Due to insistence by Fifa that domestic leagues reduce the number of games clubs played, the number of clubs was reduced to 20 in 1995 when four teams were relegated from the league and only two teams promoted. On June 8, 2006, Fifa requested that all major European leagues, including Italy's Serie A and Spain's La Liga be reduced to 18 teams by the start of the 2007/08 season. The Premier League responded by announcing their intention to resist such a reduction. Ultimately, the 2007/08 season kicked off again with 20 teams. The league changed its name from the FA Premier League to simply the Premier League in 2007. FOREIGN PLAYERS At the inception of the Premier League in 1992/93, just 11 players named in the starting line-ups for the first round of matches were 'foreign' (players hailing from outside of the |
From which country does the drink Stella Artois originate? | Stella Artois | Beer Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Stella Artois Logo 2015 Stella Artois brewery in Leuven Stella Artois is a 5.2% ABV global lager first brewed in Leuven, Belgium in 1926 as a Christmas brew, and named Stella after the Latin for "star." [1] Although Belgium is best known internationally for its ales, the so-called "table beers," the bottom-fermented pilsner lagers such as Stella Artois head the list for domestic consumption, making up almost 75% of Belgian beer production. Stella is promoted as an international brand by its brewer, InBev . In its home market of Belgium, however, it is marketed, priced and sold as a regular lager. It is brewed in Belgium and the United Kingdom , as well as other countries, including Australia . Much of the Stella Artois exported from Europe is currently produced at the InBev Brewery in Belgium, and packaged in the Beck's brewery in Bremen, Germany . The Anno 1366 on the Stella Artois logo refers to the origin of brewing in the city of Leuven. The city's tax records dated 1366 mention the existence of a local brewpub called Den Hoorn, ('Hoorn' in Flemish meaning 'Horn' in English, as is represented in the logo on the beer label). The name Artois was coupled to the brewery in 1708, when new owner Sebastian Artois achieved the title of Master Brewer . The frame that surrounds the name Stella Artois on the label refers to the traditional style of window frame found in Flemish architecture. Stella Artois is available on draught and in several packaged sizes, including a 275 ml bottle, 284 ml bottle, a 330 ml bottle, a 440 ml can, a 50cl can, a pint size can known as "La Grande Biere" (568 ml), 66 cl bottle, 70 cl bottle and a 1-liter bottle. Contents 1366 - Records of taxes exist on Leuven's Den Horen Brewery, a brewery that is still in existence today. 1708 - Sebastian Artois becomes the master brewer at Den Horen. 1717 - Sebastian Artois gives his name to the brewery. 1926 - Stella Artois was launched initially as a seasonal beer especially for the Christmas holiday market. 1930 - The first Stella Artois beer is exported to the European market. 1960 - 1 million hectoliters of Stella Artois is produced annually for the first time. 1993 - InBev open a new fully automated brewery in Leuven. 2006 - Total production volume reaches over 10 million hectoliters annually. Advertising Edit For some time, Stella Artois' advertising slogan in the United Kingdom was "Reassuringly Expensive". The UK television advertising campaigns became known for their distinctive style of imitating European cinema and their leitmotiv inspired by Giuseppe Verdi's La forza del destino. The campaigns began with a series of adverts based on Jean de Florette, moving on to other genres including war movies, silent comedy and even surrealism (for which the slogan was changed to "Reassuringly Elephants"). They have used notable movie directors such as Jonathan Glazer, and their aim was to portray the drink in a context of sophisticated European culture. During 2007, the "reassuringly expensive" slogan was dropped, and the word "Stella" has been avoided in the advertisements. This has been seen as a reaction to the lager's perceived connection with aggression and binge-drinking in the United Kingdom, where it is nicknamed "wife beater". [2] In Belgium, Stella Artois is promoted as Mijn thuis is waar mijn Stella staat and Chez moi, c'est près de ma Stella (My home is where my Stella is). Interestingly, in Belgium, Stella is sold as a regular lager and does not enjoy the more flattering reputation it has abroad. Stella Artois is also brewed in Abbotsford, Melbourne by Carlton & United Beverages for the Australian market under license from InBev. Stella Artois has had a long association with film. Dating back to 1994 (in the UK), the beer has organized a range of events as well as TV sponsorship of Channel 4 films and a website. Most recently the beer brand has adopted the new identity - Studio Artois. Stella Artois has been a primary sponsor of the film festivals at Cannes and Sundance. In May 2008, an advertisi |
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