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total number of death row inmates in the us
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"text": "on death row in the United States on January 1, 2013. Since 1977, the states of Texas (464), Virginia (108) and Oklahoma (94) have executed the most death row inmates. , California (683), Florida (390), Texas (330) and Pennsylvania (218) housed more than half of all inmates pending on death row. , the longest-serving prisoner on death row in the US who has been executed was Jack Alderman who served over 33 years. He was executed in Georgia in 2008. However, Alderman only holds the distinction of being the longest-serving \"executed\" inmate so far. A Florida inmate, Gary Alvord, arrived",
"title": "Death row"
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"id": "14192122",
"text": "punishable by death penalty. But perhaps the best indicator that this law is not a deterrent to criminality is the ever-increasing number of death convicts. From 1994 to 1995 the number of persons on death row increased from 12 to 104. From 1995 to 1996 it increased to 182. In 1997 the total death convicts was at 520 and in 1998 the inmates in death row was at 781. As of November 1999 there are a total of 956 death convicts at the National Bilibid Prisons and at the Correctional Institute for Women. As of December 31, 1999, based on",
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{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "12820372",
"text": "on Florida's death row in 1974. On April 9, 2013, Alvord had been on death row for exactly 39 years when he died on May 19, 2013 from a brain tumor, having been longer on death row than any other United States inmate. The oldest prisoner on death row in the United States was Leroy Nash, age 94, in Arizona. He died of natural causes on February 12, 2010. Notes: Naval Consolidated Brig, Miramar is the only facility in the United States Department of Defense designated to house female Level III inmates. When the United Kingdom had capital punishment, sentenced",
"title": "Death row"
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{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "2456648",
"text": "1976. However, this is an under-representation relative to the proportion of convicted murderers; 52.5% of all homicide offenders between 1980 and 2008 were African Americans. According to a 2003 Amnesty International report, blacks and whites were the victims of murder in almost equal numbers. Approximately 13.5% of death row inmates are of Hispanic or Latino descent, while they make up 17.4% of the general population. As of October 1, 2016, the Death Penalty Information Center reports that there are only 54 women on death row. This constitutes 1.86% of the total death row population. 16 women have been executed since",
"title": "Capital punishment in the United States"
},
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"id": "6762996",
"text": "to be 113 per 100,000 for the period 1976–1999. This is about ten times the rate of suicide in the United States as a whole and about six times the rate of suicide in the general U.S. prison population. Since the re-institution of the death penalty in 1976 to January 1, 2017, 145 prisoners have waived their appeals and asked that the execution be carried out. In the post-\"Furman\" era, four states (Connecticut, New Mexico, Oregon, and Pennsylvania) have executed only volunteers. The theory of the death row phenomenon may be traced to 1989, when the European Court of Human",
"title": "Death row phenomenon"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "12820370",
"text": "commit suicide. In the United States, prisoners may wait many years before execution can be carried out due to the complex and time-consuming appeals procedures mandated in the jurisdiction. The time between sentencing and execution has increased relatively steadily between 1977 and 2010, including a 22% jump between 1989 and 1990 and a similar jump between 2008 and 2009. In 2010, a death row inmate waited an average of 178 months (roughly 15 years) between sentencing and execution. Nearly a quarter of inmates on death row in the U.S. die of natural causes while awaiting execution. There were 3,125 people",
"title": "Death row"
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{
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"id": "2457140",
"text": "people, and Gary Lee Sampson who was sentenced to death a second time in 2017 for two carjacking murders (after an original 2003 death sentence for the same crimes was vacated in 2011). As of September 28, 2018, there are 63 offenders on federal death row, most of them at Federal Correctional Complex in Terre Haute, Indiana. The only woman on federal death row as of 2018, Lisa M. Montgomery, is held at Federal Medical Center, Carswell, in Fort Worth, Texas. , aside from those at Terre Haute, three male death row inmates are held at ADX Florence, two are",
"title": "Capital punishment by the United States federal government"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "12820368",
"text": "Death row Death row is a special section of a prison that houses inmates who are awaiting execution after being sentenced to death for the conviction of capital crimes. The term is also used figuratively to describe the state of awaiting execution (\"been on death row\"), even in places where no special facility or separate unit for condemned inmates exists. In the United States, after a person is found guilty of a capital offense, the judge will give the jury the option of imposing a death sentence or life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. It is then up to",
"title": "Death row"
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{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "12820374",
"text": "prisoners who have spent several years under sentence of death, stating that it does not desire to see the death row phenomenon emerge in countries under its jurisdiction. Death row Death row is a special section of a prison that houses inmates who are awaiting execution after being sentenced to death for the conviction of capital crimes. The term is also used figuratively to describe the state of awaiting execution (\"been on death row\"), even in places where no special facility or separate unit for condemned inmates exists. In the United States, after a person is found guilty of a",
"title": "Death row"
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{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "2456647",
"text": "Wyoming, which is the least populous state, has only one condemned man. But executions are more frequent (and happen more quickly after sentencing) in conservative states. Texas, which is the second most populous state of the Union, carried out over 500 executions during the post-\"Furman\" era, more than a third of the national total. California has carried out only 13 executions during the same period, and has carried out none since 2006. African Americans made up 41% of death row inmates while making up only 12.6% of the general population. They have made up 34% of those actually executed since",
"title": "Capital punishment in the United States"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "11517635",
"text": "considered to be a practical life sentence. Over 159,000 people were serving life sentences as of 2012, with just under a third, nearly 50,000, serving life without a chance of parole. In 1993, the \"Times\" survey found, about 20 percent of all lifers had no chance of parole. By 2004, that had risen to 28 percent. As a result, the US is now housing by far the world's largest and most permanent population of prisoners who are guaranteed to die of old age behind bars. At the Louisiana State Penitentiary, for instance, more than 3,000 of the 5,100 prisoners are",
"title": "Life imprisonment in the United States"
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{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "2456646",
"text": "said to be widely or routinely used in the United States; in recent years the average has been about one death sentence for every 200 murder convictions. Alabama has the highest \"per capita\" rate of death sentences. This is because Alabama was one of the few states that allowed judges to override a jury recommendation in favor of life imprisonment, a possibility it removed in March 2017. The distribution of death sentences among states is loosely proportional to their populations and murder rates. California, which is the most populous state, has also the largest death row with over 700 inmates.",
"title": "Capital punishment in the United States"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "8474933",
"text": "a significant and reliable objective index of contemporary values because it is so directly involved\" in the criminal justice system. In \"Enmund\" the Court recited that of 362 appellate decisions since 1954, only 6 involved a death sentence for a nontriggerman convicted of felony murder, and all 6 executions took place in 1955. This was comparatively rarer than death sentences for rape, of which there had been 72 between 1955 and 1977. Also, as of October 1, 1981, there were 796 people on death row in the United States, of whom only 3 had been sentenced to death absent a",
"title": "Felony murder and the death penalty in the United States"
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{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "2456613",
"text": "Illinois and Maryland, governors commuted all death sentences after enacting the new law. In Connecticut, the Connecticut Supreme Court ruled in 2015 that the repeal must be retroactive. New Mexico is the only state with remaining death row inmates and no present death penalty statute. Nebraska's legislature also passed a repeal in 2015, but a referendum campaign gathered enough signatures to suspend it. Capital punishment was reinstated by popular vote on November 8, 2016. The same day, California's electorate defeated a proposal to repeal the death penalty, and adopted another initiative to speed up its appeal process. On October 11,",
"title": "Capital punishment in the United States"
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{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "2513289",
"text": "annual budget of $210 million. It is one of the largest prisons in the United States with a population of 4,223 inmates as of October 30, 2013. By December 2016 the population had declined to 3,774 inmates. Men condemned to death in California (with some exceptions) must be held at San Quentin, while condemned women are held at Central California Women's Facility in Chowchilla. As of December 2015, San Quentin held almost 700 male inmates in its Condemned Unit, or \"death row.\" As of 2001, San Quentin's death row was described as \"the largest in the Western Hemisphere\"; as of",
"title": "San Quentin State Prison"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "2456598",
"text": "161 who were sentenced to death in the modern era were exonerated before their execution. As of April 1, 2018, 2,743 are still on death row. The first recorded death sentence in the British North American colonies was carried out in 1608 on Captain George Kendall, who was executed by firing squad at the Jamestown colony for spying for the Spanish government. The Bill of Rights adopted in 1789 included the Eighth Amendment which prohibited cruel and unusual punishment. The Fifth Amendment was drafted with language implying a possible use of the death penalty, requiring a grand jury indictment for",
"title": "Capital punishment in the United States"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "2460058",
"text": "four times as many as Virginia (the state with the second-highest total of executions in the post-\"Gregg\" era) and over 37 times as many as California (the state with the largest number of death row inmates; California has not executed anyone since January 2006). Lists of people executed in Texas The list of people executed by the U.S. state of Texas, with the exception of 1819-1849, is divided into periods of ten years. Since 1819, 1,313 individuals (all but nine of whom have been men) have been executed in Texas as of December 11, 2018. Between 1819 and 1923, 390",
"title": "Lists of people executed in Texas"
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{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "14024103",
"text": "always to be held accountable for your actions.\" Others point to academic studies that suggest African American defendants are more likely to receive a death sentence than defendants of other races, even when controlling for the circumstances of the murder, suggesting that individual factors do not explain the racial disparities. As of 2017, women account for 1.88% (53 people) of inmates on death row, with men accounting for the other 98.12% (2764). Since 1976, 1.1% (16) of those executed were women. Sexual orientation may also bias sentencing. In 1993, a jury deliberating over the sentencing of convicted murderer Charles Rhines",
"title": "Capital punishment debate in the United States"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "19444260",
"text": "Race and capital punishment in the United States The relationship between race and capital punishment in the United States has been studied extensively. As of 2014, 42% of those on death row in the United States were black. However, this is an under-representation relative to the proportion of convicted murderers; 52.5% of all homicide offenders between 1980 and 2008 were black. According to the FBI’s Supplementary Homicide Reports, between the early 1960s and the late 1970s, the rate of homicides doubled. For every 100,000 U.S residents, the homicide victim rate elevated from 4.6 to 9.7. The homicide victim rate per",
"title": "Race and capital punishment in the United States"
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{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "2456671",
"text": "largest number of clemencies was granted in January 2003 in Illinois when outgoing Governor George Ryan, who had already imposed a moratorium on executions, pardoned four death-row inmates and commuted the sentences of the remaining 167 to life in prison without the possibility of parole. When Governor Pat Quinn signed legislation abolishing the death penalty in Illinois in March 2011, he commuted the sentences of the fifteen inmates on death row to life imprisonment. Previous post-\"Furman\" mass clemencies took place in 1986 in New Mexico, when Governor Toney Anaya commuted all death sentences because of his personal opposition to the",
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2,718
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big little lies season 2 how many episodes
|
[
"seven"
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[
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"has_answer": true,
"id": "18768923",
"text": "series garnered several accolades. It received 16 Emmy Award nominations and won eight, including Outstanding Limited Series and acting awards for Kidman, Skarsgård, and Dern. The trio also won Golden Globe Awards in addition to a Golden Globe Award for Best Miniseries or Television Film win for the series. Kidman and Skarsgård also received Screen Actors Guild Awards for their performances. Despite originally being billed as a miniseries, HBO renewed the series for a second season. Production on the second season began in March 2018 and is set to premiere in 2019. All seven episodes are being written by Kelley",
"title": "Big Little Lies (TV series)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "18768928",
"text": "the second season. On March 27, 2018, it was announced that Douglas Smith had joined the cast in a recurring role. On April 3, 2018, it was confirmed that Kathryn Newton, Robin Weigert, Merrin Dungey, and Sarah Sokolovic were returning for the second season. Newton and Sokolovic have been upped from recurring roles to series regulars. Additionally, it was announced that Crystal Fox had joined the cast in a main role and that Mo McRae would appear in a recurring capacity. On April 10, 2018, it was announced that Martin Donovan had been cast in a recurring role. In May",
"title": "Big Little Lies (TV series)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "18768932",
"text": "show garnered an array of critical accolades, he changed his mind: \"It'd be great to reunite the team and to do it. Are we going to be able to do it, altogether? I wish.\" In July 2017, two weeks after the series was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Limited Series, HBO revealed that a second season was possible, and that Moriarty had been asked to write a story for it. In December 2017, after the Critics' Choice Television Award and Golden Globe Award nomination voting periods were over, HBO officially renewed the series for a seven-episode second",
"title": "Big Little Lies (TV series)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "18768933",
"text": "season to be written by David E. Kelley and directed by Andrea Arnold. Vallée will remain an executive producer of the series. Meryl Streep will join the cast as the mother of Alexander Skarsgård's character. The announcement of the second season, and—specifically—its timing, enraged the producers of rival shows that are competing for award nomination in the limited series category. Immediately following HBO's decision to produce a second installment of \"Big Little Lies\", the Producers Guild of America moved to reclassify the original installment of the show from a limited series to a drama series for the upcoming 2018 PGA",
"title": "Big Little Lies (TV series)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "14603961",
"text": "comedy series \"Married\". Burns was cast as Assistant District Attorney Emily Sinclair in Season Two of the show \"How to Get Away With Murder\". In 2009, \"Entertainment Weekly\" named her one of the \"25 Funniest Actresses in Hollywood\". In June 2013 \"Entertainment Weekly\" named Burns one of \"15 Actresses We're Rooting For\" as part of its \"Emmy Watch\". In 2016, Burns appeared as Margie Turley in the Lorne Michaels-produced \"Brother Nature\". In 2017, Burns appeared as Gabrielle in the HBO original miniseries \"Big Little Lies\" and in the Netflix series \". Sarah Burns Sarah Burns (born July 26, 1981) is",
"title": "Sarah Burns"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "18768930",
"text": "were shot in Pacific Grove and Carmel Highlands as well. On October 16, 2016, HBO released the first teaser trailer for the series. On December 5, 2016, HBO released a full length trailer for the series. On February 7, 2017, the series held its official premiere at the TCL Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles, California. Internationally, the series premiered on February 20, 2017, in Australia on Showcase, and on March 13, 2017, in the United Kingdom and Ireland on Sky Atlantic. The show was initially conceived of and billed as a miniseries of seven episodes. In the wake of the",
"title": "Big Little Lies (TV series)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "18865172",
"text": "Lies\", filmed on location in Monterey, California. It was originally released February 19, 2017 on HBO. The mini-series stars Nicole Kidman, Reese Witherspoon, Shailene Woodley, Alexander Skarsgård, Adam Scott, Laura Dern, and Zoë Kravitz, and won 8 Emmy Awards at the 2017 Primetime Emmy Awards including Outstanding Miniseries. Despite being called a miniseries, HBO announced in December 2017 that the series would return for a second season. Big Little Lies (novel) Big Little Lies is a 2014 novel written by Liane Moriarty. It was published in July 2014 by Penguin Publishing. The novel made the \"New York Times\" Best Seller",
"title": "Big Little Lies (novel)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "20569372",
"text": "Showtime series \"I'm Dying Up Here,\" starring Melissa Leo, Michael Angarano, and Al Madrigal. In addition to cinematography, Frohna served as director for multiple episodes of \"Transparent\", including \"The Book of Life\" and \"I Never Promised You a Promised Land\", and of \"I Love Dick\" for the episode \"This Is Not A Love Letter\". In February 2018, Frohna began pre-production with director Andrea Arnold for season 2 of the HBO series \"Big Little Lies\", starring Reese Witherspoon, Nicole Kidman, Zoë Kravitz, and Laura Dern. In 2017, Frohna was nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Cinematography for a Single-Camera Series",
"title": "Jim Frohna"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "15790703",
"text": "marketing, and two children, George and Anna. Her novel \"Big Little Lies\" has been adapted into a television series by HBO, and stars Reese Witherspoon, Nicole Kidman, Shailene Woodley, Laura Dern, Zoë Kravitz, and Alexander Skarsgård. The series premiered on February 19, 2017, and concluded on April 2, 2017. A second series was announced in December, 2017. A previous novel, \"The Husband's Secret\", is being adapted into a film. In September 2013, CBS Films acquired the rights to the novel. In May 2017, it was announced that the film will star Blake Lively. \"The Space Brigade\" series (also known as",
"title": "Liane Moriarty"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "7854255",
"text": "Andrea Arnold Andrea Arnold, OBE (born 5 April 1961) is an English filmmaker and former actress. She won an Academy Award for her short film \"Wasp\" in 2005. She has since made the leap to feature films and television, including \"Red Road\" (2006), \"Fish Tank\" (2009), and \"American Honey\" (2016), all of which have won the Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival. Arnold has also directed four episodes of the Emmy Award-winning series \"Transparent\", as well as all seven episodes of the second season of the Emmy Award-winning series \"Big Little Lies\". Arnold was born in Dartford, Kent, the",
"title": "Andrea Arnold"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "18768922",
"text": "Big Little Lies (TV series) Big Little Lies is an American drama television series, based on the novel of the same name by Liane Moriarty, that premiered on February 19, 2017, on HBO. Created and written by David E. Kelley, the series' seven-episode first season was directed by Jean-Marc Vallée. \"Big Little Lies\" stars Nicole Kidman, Reese Witherspoon and Shailene Woodley and tells the story of three emotionally troubled women in Monterey, California, who become embroiled in a murder investigation. Alexander Skarsgård, Laura Dern, Jeffrey Nordling, Adam Scott, Zoë Kravitz, and James Tupper feature in supporting roles. Critically acclaimed, the",
"title": "Big Little Lies (TV series)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "18768931",
"text": "Emmy nominations, Reese Witherspoon said: \"As of right now, I think it's pretty whole. I feel really good about where it is, and if this is all it ever was, it's a beautiful thing we all accomplished together\", while Vallée came out strongly against the idea of producing a second season: \"There's no reason to make a season two. That was meant to be a one-time deal, and it's finishing in a way where it's for the audience to imagine what can happen. If we do a season two, we'll break that beautiful thing and spoil it\". Later, when the",
"title": "Big Little Lies (TV series)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "18768935",
"text": "shows of 2017. A soundtrack for the series was released on Google Play and iTunes on March 31, 2017. The first season was released on Blu-ray and DVD on August 1, 2017. Big Little Lies (TV series) Big Little Lies is an American drama television series, based on the novel of the same name by Liane Moriarty, that premiered on February 19, 2017, on HBO. Created and written by David E. Kelley, the series' seven-episode first season was directed by Jean-Marc Vallée. \"Big Little Lies\" stars Nicole Kidman, Reese Witherspoon and Shailene Woodley and tells the story of three emotionally",
"title": "Big Little Lies (TV series)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "18768926",
"text": "announcement of the production's development, it was reported that Kidman and Witherspoon would also star in the adaptation as well. In December 2015, it announced that Shailene Woodley, Adam Scott, Laura Dern, and Zoë Kravitz had joined the cast in lead roles. On January 5, 2016, it was announced that Alexander Skarsgard and James Tupper had joined the main cast and that Jeffrey Nordling, Santiago Cabrera, P. J. Byrne, Kelen Coleman, Sarah Burns, Darby Camp, Cameron and Nicholas Crovetti, Ivy George, Chloe Coleman, Virginia Kull, Sarah Baker, Kathreen Khavari, Larry Bates, Hong Chau, and Gia Carides had joined the show's",
"title": "Big Little Lies (TV series)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "731777",
"text": "make her television debut in a main role by starring in the second season of the HBO series \"Big Little Lies\", in which she plays Mary-Louise Wright, the mother-in-law of Nicole Kidman's character, and will star with Gary Oldman in Steven Soderbergh's political thriller \"The Laundromat\", based on the Panama Papers scandal. In addition, Streep has signed on to play Aunt March in \"Little Women\", an adaptation of Louisa May Alcott's novel \"Little Women\", written and directed by Greta Gerwig with an ensemble cast including Saoirse Ronan, Emma Watson, Timothée Chalamet, Laura Dern, and Chris Cooper. \"Vanity Fair\" commented that",
"title": "Meryl Streep"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "18768927",
"text": "supporting cast. A few days later, it was reported that Iain Armitage had joined the cast in the role of Woodley's character's son. Soon after that, it was reported that Merrin Dungey, Larry Sullivan, and David Monahan had also joined the cast. On January 24, 2018, it was announced that Meryl Streep had joined the main cast in the role of Mary Louise Wright, the mother of Perry (played by Alexander Skarsgard in Season 1). In February 2018, it was confirmed that Shailene Woodley, Laura Dern, Zoë Kravitz, Adam Scott, James Tupper, Jeffrey Nordling and Iain Armitage were returning for",
"title": "Big Little Lies (TV series)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "15704337",
"text": "Gadson, who drummed for Bill Withers. His song \"Cold Little Heart\" serves as the opening theme for the HBO miniseries \"Big Little Lies\". Season 1 of the Netflix series \"Seven Seconds\" features his song \"Love & Hate\". Season 1 of the Netflix series The Get Down features his songs \"Rule the World\", and \"Black Man in a White World\". Season 3 episode 11 of the TNT series Animal Kingdom features his song \"Love and Hate\" Season 7 Episode 8 of Suits entitled \"100\" features his song \"Love and Hate\" Season 1 Episode 4 of Atlanta features his song \"Home Again\"",
"title": "Michael Kiwanuka"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "18768925",
"text": "that television series would be written by David E. Kelley. On May 8, 2015, it was announced that HBO had given the production a series order and that in addition to writing, Kelley would also executive produce. On October 23, 2015, it was reported that Jean-Marc Vallée was in talks to direct the first episode of the series with the potential to direct more. On December 17, 2015, it was announced that Vallée would direct all seven episodes of the series. On November 28, 2016, it was announced that the series would premiere on February 19, 2017. Alongside the initial",
"title": "Big Little Lies (TV series)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "18768929",
"text": "2018, it was reported that Poorna Jagannathan had joined the cast in a recurring capacity. Additionally, it was confirmed that P.J. Byrne would reprise his role of Principal Nippal. On June 15, 2018, it was announced that Denis O'Hare had been cast in a recurring role. The series was shot with an Arri Alexa digital camera. Jean-Marc Vallée, who directed the entirety of the first season, preferred using natural lighting and handheld shooting style to allow actors to move freely around the set. Much of the series was filmed on location on the Monterey Peninsula and Big Sur. Several scenes",
"title": "Big Little Lies (TV series)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "928110",
"text": "a voice role in the animated film \"Sing\", as well as serving as a major performer on the film's soundtrack. The movie became Witherspoon's biggest hit, being the first to make over $200 million domestically and $600 million worldwide. In January 2016, Witherspoon began filming her first television project since \"Return To Lonesome Dove\", the seven-part miniseries adaptation of the Liane Moriarty bestseller, \"Big Little Lies\". She produced the miniseries, along with her co-star, Nicole Kidman, and the show's director, Jean-Marc Vallée, her second project under his direction. The series premiered on February 19, 2017 on HBO and finished on",
"title": "Reese Witherspoon"
}
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who sang waiting for a girl like you
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"Foreigner"
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"has_answer": true,
"id": "8685225",
"text": "Waiting for a Girl Like You \"Waiting for a Girl Like You\" is a 1981 power ballad by the British-American rock band Foreigner. The distinctive synthesizer theme was performed by the then-little-known Thomas Dolby, and this song also marked a major departure from their earlier singles because their previous singles were mid to upper tempo rock songs while this song was a softer love song with the energy of a power ballad. It was the second single released from the album \"4\" (1981) and was co-written by Lou Gramm and Mick Jones. It has become one of the band's most",
"title": "Waiting for a Girl Like You"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "8685227",
"text": "held off the number 1 spot by Olivia Newton-John's single \"Physical\" for nine consecutive weeks, and then by Hall & Oates' \"I Can't Go for That (No Can Do)\" for a tenth week on January 30, 1982. Because of its chart longevity, it ended up being the number 19 song on the Top 100 singles of 1982. The song was the band's biggest hit until \"I Want to Know What Love Is\" hit number 1 in 1985. The song lists at number 100 on \"\"Billboard\"'s Greatest Songs of All Time\". Waiting for a Girl Like You \"Waiting for a Girl",
"title": "Waiting for a Girl Like You"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "8685226",
"text": "successful songs worldwide, peaking at number 2 on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100 and number 1 on \"Billboard\"'s Rock Tracks chart. On the \"Billboard\" Adult Contemporary chart, the song reached number 5. The song peaked at number 8 on the UK Singles Chart. \"Waiting for a Girl Like You\" achieved a chart distinction by spending its record-setting 10 weeks in the number 2 position of the \"Billboard\" Hot 100 chart, without ever reaching the top. It debuted on the Hot 100 chart dated October 10, 1981. It reached the number 2 position in the week of November 28, where it was",
"title": "Waiting for a Girl Like You"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "8710727",
"text": "\"Billboard\" Hot 100 chart, holding that spot for the entire month of September. \"Urgent\" hit #1 on the \"Billboard\" Rock Tracks chart, a position it held for four weeks. \"Urgent\" was the most successful single from the \"4\" album on album-oriented rock radio, though it was outsold by the album's later single, \"Waiting for a Girl Like You\", which reached #2 on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100 in November 1981 and remained at that spot through the end of the following January, for a total of ten weeks, being certified Gold. \"4\" went Gold and Platinum during the chart run of",
"title": "Urgent (song)"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "2521086",
"text": "4 (Foreigner album) 4, also known as Foreigner 4, is the fourth studio album by the British-American rock band Foreigner, released on July 2, 1981 on Atlantic Records. Several singles from the album were hits, including \"Urgent\", \"Waiting for a Girl Like You\" and \"Juke Box Hero\". The album was a success worldwide, holding the #1 position on the \"Billboard\" album chart for a total of 10 weeks. It eventually sold over seven million copies in the US alone. The album was originally titled \"Silent Partners\" and later was changed to \"4\", reflecting both the fact that it was Foreigner's",
"title": "4 (Foreigner album)"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "2521089",
"text": "stereo-multichannel Super Audio CD by Warner Japan in their Warner Premium Sound series. June 2015 saw its re-release on Atlantic Records premium 180-gram vinyl with its original 1981 classic track listing. Album – Billboard (United States) Singles – Billboard (United States) 4 (Foreigner album) 4, also known as Foreigner 4, is the fourth studio album by the British-American rock band Foreigner, released on July 2, 1981 on Atlantic Records. Several singles from the album were hits, including \"Urgent\", \"Waiting for a Girl Like You\" and \"Juke Box Hero\". The album was a success worldwide, holding the #1 position on the",
"title": "4 (Foreigner album)"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "4343681",
"text": "including \"Hot Blooded\", \"Feels Like the First Time\", \"Cold as Ice\", \"Long, Long Way from Home\", \"Double Vision\", \"Blue Morning, Blue Day\", \"Head Games\", \"Dirty White Boy\", \"Urgent\", \"Juke Box Hero\", \"Break It Up\" and \"Say You Will\". He co-wrote most of the songs for the band, which achieved two of its biggest hits with the ballads \"Waiting for a Girl Like You\", which spent ten weeks at #2 on the 1981/82 American Hot 100, and \"I Want to Know What Love Is\", which was a #1 hit internationally (US & UK) in 1985. Gramm and Foreigner founder Mick Jones",
"title": "Lou Gramm"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "20372647",
"text": "among female rappers. It spent sixteen weeks atop the Radio Songs chart, tying Mariah Carey's \"We Belong Together\" as the longest-leading number one this century. Additionally, it reached number one in eleven other countries, including Canada and New Zealand. The song received a nomination for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance at the 61st Annual Grammy Awards. \"Girls Like You\" was revealed as the ninth track on \"Red Pill Blues\" via Apple Music. It was announced as the third official single from the album, following the song \"Wait\". The remix versions of \"Girls Like You\" was released on August 2, 2018, featuring",
"title": "Girls Like You"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "11944858",
"text": "more than 50 million copies worldwide, almost 40 million of them in the United States alone. Among the 47 singles released by the band, 14 of them became top 20 hits in the \"Billboard\" Hot 100 chart, including the number-one song \"I Want to Know What Love Is\" and the number-two \"Waiting for a Girl Like You\", which spent a record-setting 10 weeks at the number 2 position of the chart without ever reaching the top. Four of these singles were certified Gold by the RIAA for shipments of over a million copies, all of them which peaked within the",
"title": "Foreigner discography"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "2529166",
"text": "meantime, Foreigner began work on the next album at Electric Lady Studios in New York City with producer Robert John \"Mutt\" Lange, engineered by Dave Wittman (currently with Trans-Siberian Orchestra). \"4\" (released in July 1981) contained the hits \"Urgent\" (which includes the famous Junior Walker sax solo), \"Waiting for a Girl Like You\", \"Juke Box Hero\" and \"Break it Up\". Before releasing albums of his own, Thomas Dolby played synthesizers on \"4\" (he contributed the signature synth sound on \"Urgent\" and played the intro to \"Waiting for a Girl Like You\"). For their 1981–82 tour in support of \"4\", the",
"title": "Foreigner (band)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "1615929",
"text": "The Troggs The Troggs (originally called the Troglodytes) are an English garage rock band formed in Andover, Hampshire in May 1964. They had a number of hits in the United Kingdom and the United States. Their most famous songs include the US chart-toppers \"Wild Thing\", \"With a Girl Like You\" and \"Love Is All Around\", all of which sold over 1 million copies and were awarded gold discs. \"Wild Thing\" is ranked #257 on the \"Rolling Stone\" magazine's list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time and was an influence on garage rock and punk rock. Reg Presley (lead",
"title": "The Troggs"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "8160429",
"text": "whoever needs a knock on the head. In September 2014, Cobra Verde announced on cobraverde.com that it will be touring again and returning to the studio to record its next album. The OC Cobra Verde recorded a version of \"Waiting for a Girl Like You\" for the Fox television teen drama \"The OC.\" The band also performed the song on the show, called \"The Journey,\" which aired March 16, 2006. Cobra Verde plays a Foreigner tribute band that has been hired by Seth Cohen (Adam Brody) to perform at a birthday party for his friend Ryan Atwood (Ben McKenzie). Ryan",
"title": "Cobra Verde (band)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "5532124",
"text": "Langston of Throwing Muses guests on most tracks. The singles from the album were \"Time\" (the album version being titled \"Question Of Time\"), which included a sample from Pink Floyd's \"Time\" (from \"The Dark Side of the Moon\"), followed by a cover of Randy Newman's \"Mama Told Me Not to Come.\" The single \"A Girl Like You\" was released in May 1992 and became an international hit, scoring No. 2 on the \"Billboard\" US Modern Rock (Alternative Songs) chart on 15 August 1992. The song was later covered by Tom Jones, who then asked the band to write \"Show Me",
"title": "The Wolfgang Press"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "11944859",
"text": "top 3 (\"Hot Blooded\", \"Double Vision\", \"Waiting for a Girl Like You\" and \"I Want to Know What Love Is\"). Despite its British roots, the band achieved only moderate success in the UK Singles Chart, with only two of their songs, \"Waiting for a Girl Like You\" and \"I Want to Know What Love Is\", peaking within the top 20. In 2014, Rhino released a boxed set of the band's seven albums recorded for Atlantic entitled \"Foreigner: The Complete Atlantic Studios Albums 1977-1991\". The first four albums that were expanded to include bonus tracks in 2002 were included in the",
"title": "Foreigner discography"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "10812731",
"text": "With a Girl Like You \"With a Girl like You\" is a song released by the English rock band the Troggs, written by Reg Presley and produced by Larry Page. The song reached number one in the UK Singles Chart on 4 August 1966, where it remained for two weeks. In the U.S., it peaked at #29 on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100. The song is featured, uncut, in a school dance scene from the 1991 Nicole Kidman/Noah Taylor film, \"Flirting\". It is also featured in the films and/or soundtracks to \"Shine\", \"The Good Night\" and \"The Boat That Rocked\". The",
"title": "With a Girl Like You"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "20372646",
"text": "Girls Like You \"Girls Like You\" is a song recorded by American band Maroon 5, from their sixth studio album \"Red Pill Blues\" (2017). A second version featuring American rapper Cardi B was released by 222 and Interscope Records as the album's third single on May 30, 2018. This version was written by Adam Levine, Cirkut, Cardi B, Starrah, Jason Evigan, and Gian Stone and was produced by Cirkut and Evigan. The single reached number one on the US \"Billboard\" Hot 100 chart, making it Maroon 5's fourth and Cardi B's third chart-topper, who extended her record for most number-ones",
"title": "Girls Like You"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "9811935",
"text": "Wait for You (Elliott Yamin song) \"Wait for You\" is a song by former \"American Idol\" contestant Elliott Yamin. It is the first official single from his self-titled album \"Elliott Yamin\" (following the retail-only promotional hit \"Movin' On\"). \"Wait for You\" is a slow-tempo ballad composed in C major. He mentions in the song waiting indefinitely for the one he loves to come back to him. Despite the fact she has left him, he insists he knows she still loves him. \"Wait For You\" is often compared to songs by 98 Degrees (\"My Everything\"), Natalie (\"Goin' Crazy\"), S Club 7",
"title": "Wait for You (Elliott Yamin song)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "18993769",
"text": "Lovato's \"most powerful\" video yet. Lovato and Sirah performed the song live for the very first time on August 13, 2016 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas during the Future Now Tour. Credits adapted from \"Confident\" album liner notes. Waitin for You \"Waitin for You\" is a song recorded by American singer Demi Lovato featuring rapper Sirah. The duo along with Julia Michaels, Jason Evigan and Steve Mac composed the song for Lovato's fifth studio album \"Confident\" (2015). Evigan and Mac also handled the song's production, with Mitch Allan serving as a vocal producer. In December 2013,",
"title": "Waitin for You"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "1615942",
"text": "of a cover version of the Troggs song \"Strange Movies\". In 2012, Norwegian band Ulver covered the song \"66-5-4-3-2-1\" for their covers album \"Childhood's End\". The Troggs The Troggs (originally called the Troglodytes) are an English garage rock band formed in Andover, Hampshire in May 1964. They had a number of hits in the United Kingdom and the United States. Their most famous songs include the US chart-toppers \"Wild Thing\", \"With a Girl Like You\" and \"Love Is All Around\", all of which sold over 1 million copies and were awarded gold discs. \"Wild Thing\" is ranked #257 on the",
"title": "The Troggs"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "13806630",
"text": "was later released as a single re-recorded by John Du Cann. He was born in Andover, Hampshire, England. Bond was the original drummer with the 1960s band The Troggs, whose hits included \"Wild Thing\", (UK no. 2; US no. 1); \"With a Girl Like You\", (UK no. 1; US no. 29) and \"I Can't Control Myself\", (UK no. 2; US top 50), all in 1966, and \"Love is All Around\" (UK no. 5; US no. 7) in 1967 (1968 in the US). The Troggs also had several smaller hits, including \"Any Way That You Want Me\", a UK no. 8",
"title": "Ronnie Bond"
}
] |
Foreigner
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where do you cross the arctic circle in norway
|
[
"Saltfjellet"
] |
[
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "7138810",
"text": "Arctic Norway Arctic Norway () comprises the northernmost parts of Norway that lie above the Arctic circle. Norway, being one of the most stretched-out countries in the world, reaches from approximately 58°N to 81°N, so large parts lie north of the Arctic circle at 66°33′. Arctic Norway consists of four geographically separated parts: The Arctic circle crosses mainland Norway at Saltfjellet, which separates Helgeland from the northern part of Nordland county. Thus about half of the county lies north of the Arctic circle, along with the whole of Troms and Finnmark counties. The total area of mainland Norway above the",
"title": "Arctic Norway"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "7138812",
"text": "the coast of Greenland. It has an area of 373 km. The population is 18, which is the staff of the weather station. Arctic Norway Arctic Norway () comprises the northernmost parts of Norway that lie above the Arctic circle. Norway, being one of the most stretched-out countries in the world, reaches from approximately 58°N to 81°N, so large parts lie north of the Arctic circle at 66°33′. Arctic Norway consists of four geographically separated parts: The Arctic circle crosses mainland Norway at Saltfjellet, which separates Helgeland from the northern part of Nordland county. Thus about half of the county",
"title": "Arctic Norway"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "2720466",
"text": "Hurtigruten Hurtigruten (\"Express Route\", also known as the Norwegian Coastal Express) is a Norwegian cruise, ferry and cargo operator. The company was founded in 1893 to operate voyages on Norway's western and northern coast between Bergen and Kirkenes. Hurtigruten ships sail almost the entire length of the country, crossing the arctic circle and completing the round-trip journey in 11 days. The trip has been described as the \"World's Most Beautiful Sea Voyage,\" with stops in such places as Bergen, the Geiranger fjord, and the Lofoten Islands. The company has nearly 2% of the worldwide cruise market. More recently, Hurtigruten has",
"title": "Hurtigruten"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "3756897",
"text": "European route E6 European route E6 (, , or simply E6) is the main north-south road through Norway, and the west coast of Sweden. It is 3 088 km (1.919 mi) long and runs from the southern tip of Sweden at Trelleborg, into Norway and through almost all of the country north to the Arctic Circle and Nordkapp. The route ends in Kirkenes close to the Russian border. From south to north, E6 runs through Trelleborg, Malmö, Helsingborg, Halmstad, Gothenburg, Svinesund in Sweden, before crossing the border at the Svinesund Bridge into Norway. It then passes Halden, Sarpsborg, Moss to",
"title": "European route E6"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "15272698",
"text": "Hålogaland Bridge The Hålogaland Bridge () is a suspension bridge which crosses the Rombaksfjorden in the municipality of Narvik in Nordland county, Norway. As the second-longest bridge span in Norway, it is part of the European Route E6 highway. It will shorten the driving distance from Narvik to Bjerkvik by and from Narvik to Bjørnfjell, via European Route E10 by . The bridge was estimated to cost . Financing came from a mix of state grants and tolls. The bridge lies above the Arctic Circle and is the longest suspension bridge within the Arctic Circle at the time of its",
"title": "Hålogaland Bridge"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "17442552",
"text": "Circle is divided among 8 countries: Norway, Sweden, Finland, Russia, the United States (Alaska), Canada (Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunavut), Denmark (Greenland) and Iceland (where it passes through the small offshore island of Grímsey). The climate inside the Arctic Circle is generally cold, but the coastal areas of Norway have a generally mild climate as a result of the Gulf Stream, which makes the ports of northern Norway and northwest Russia ice-free all year long. In the interior, summers can be quite warm, while winters are extremely cold. For example, summer temperatures in Norilsk, Russia will sometimes reach as high",
"title": "Arctic Circle"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "9391163",
"text": "Saltfjellet Saltfjellet is a mountain area in Nordland county, Norway that separates the two regions of Helgeland and Salten. It is also a cultural border between the Southern and Central parts of Sápmi. The Saltfjell is one of the largest mountain ranges in Norway, and is also where the Arctic Circle cuts through the country. This range is part of seven municipalities: The northern part is part of Saltdal, Bodø, Beiarn and Gildeskål, the western part is in Meløy and Rødøy while the southern part is in Rana. The highest mountain is Ølfjellet at above sea level. The mountains stretch",
"title": "Saltfjellet"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "7484812",
"text": "Nordkalottruta Nordkalottruta or Arctic Trail (Finnish: \"Kalottireitti\", Swedish: \"Nordkalottleden\") is a marked hiking trail in the Arctic region of the Nordic countries. It has a total length of 800 km and lies along the border of Norway, Sweden and Finland. It begins at Kautokeino (located in Finnmark, Northern Norway) and of the 800 km, 380 km of the trail lies in Norway, 350 km in Sweden and 70 km in Finland. The trail crosses international borders 15 times and ends in the south in Sulitjelma (Norway) or alternately Kvikkjokk (Sweden). The trail was originally planned in 1977. It passes through",
"title": "Nordkalottruta"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "7138811",
"text": "Arctic circle is ca. . The population is about 393,000, which makes this the most populated arctic region in the world. Svalbard archipelago is situated some north of mainland Norway and has an area of . The population is about 2,400, and includes Longyearbyen, the northernmost town in the world. Bear Island () is situated some north of mainland Norway, about two-thirds the distance to Svalbard. It has an area of . The population is 9, which is the staff of the weather station. Jan Mayen is situated some 880 km northwest of mainland Norway and about 450 km off",
"title": "Arctic Norway"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "121290",
"text": "and on 30% of the road. North of Gävle there are varying speed limits, with , and as the most common. The speed limits on the main roads in Sweden were changed on many stretches in October 2008, which saw the introduction of the 120 km/h limit. The E 4 is the fastest road to go from Germany/Denmark to areas north of the Arctic Circle, including places in Norway such as Tromsø or the North Cape. The route passes through or nearby the cities Tornio, Haparanda, Luleå, Piteå, Skellefteå, Umeå, Örnsköldsvik, Härnösand, Sundsvall, Hudiksvall, Söderhamn, Gävle, Uppsala, Stockholm, Södertälje, Nyköping,",
"title": "European route E4"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "1390817",
"text": "Tourism in Norway As of 2008, Norway ranks 17th in the World Economic Forum's Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Report. Tourism in Norway contributed to 4.2% of the gross domestic product as reported in 2016.Every one in fifteen people throughout the country work in the tourism industry. Tourism is seasonal in Norway, with more than half of total tourists visiting between the months of May and August. The main attractions of Norway are the varied landscapes that extend across the Arctic Circle. It is famous for its fjord-indented coastline and its mountains, ski resorts, lakes and woods. Popular tourist destinations in",
"title": "Tourism in Norway"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "1468232",
"text": "Mo i Rana, Mosjøen and Rognan are situated in such valleys. Norway's second-largest glacier, Svartisen, the second-largest lake, Røssvatnet, and the second-deepest fjord, Tysfjord (897 m) are all located in Nordland. The largest river (waterflow) is Vefsna which forms the Laksforsen waterfall. The Saltfjellet mountain range forms a natural border between Helgeland and Salten, and is where the Arctic Circle cuts through the county. The western part of this mountain range is dominated by steep mountains and fjord inlets, with glaciers stretching towards the sea, while the eastern part of the mountains is more gentle and rounded, with some forested",
"title": "Nordland"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "1390823",
"text": "view until May 2009. Tourism in Norway As of 2008, Norway ranks 17th in the World Economic Forum's Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Report. Tourism in Norway contributed to 4.2% of the gross domestic product as reported in 2016.Every one in fifteen people throughout the country work in the tourism industry. Tourism is seasonal in Norway, with more than half of total tourists visiting between the months of May and August. The main attractions of Norway are the varied landscapes that extend across the Arctic Circle. It is famous for its fjord-indented coastline and its mountains, ski resorts, lakes and woods.",
"title": "Tourism in Norway"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "4934745",
"text": "often hugging the sides of fjords until Mo i Rana Station (). From Mo the line runs up the Dunderland Valley at a 1.2% gradient. From Dunderland Station () the line climbs at a 1.8% gradient for onto the Saltfjellet mountain plateau. It reaches its highest elevation just south of Stødi Station (), at above mean sea level, about after passing the Arctic Circle. The line then descends for the next at a 1.8% gradient until reaching almost sea level at Rognan Station (), by which time it has reached the district of Salten. The section onward to Finneid Station",
"title": "Nordland Line"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "4486116",
"text": "south of the Arctic Circle, is called Helgeland. Here there is a multitude of islands and skerries on the outside of the coastal range, some flat, some with impressive shapes, like Mount Torghatten, which has a hole through it, and the Seven Sisters near Sandnessjøen. The inland is covered with dense spruce forests and mountains near the Swedish border; some of the biggest rivers in the region are the Vefsna and the Ranelva. The highest mountain in Northern Norway is found here in the Okstindan range south of Mo i Rana with Oksskolten reaching above sea level, and with the",
"title": "Northern Norway"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "4486117",
"text": "glacier Okstindbreen. The Saltfjellet range, with its Svartisen glacier and intersecting Arctic Circle, divides Helgeland from the next region, called Salten. Notable peaks in Salten are the Børvasstindan south of Bodø, Suliskongen near Fauske (, highest mountain north of the Arctic Circle), the Steigartindan and the phallic Hamarøytinden. Between Saltfjellet and eastern Finnmark, Norway spruce trees have originally been planted and are mostly privately owned. The older plantations are now producing lumber, 80 years after planted. Lofoten is a chain of peaks that jut out of the ocean. From the mainland side it looks very barren, but behind the violet-black",
"title": "Northern Norway"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "6403366",
"text": "Ofotfjord Ofotfjord () or Narvik Fjord is a fjord in Nordland county, Norway. It is an inlet of the Norwegian Sea, located about north of the Arctic Circle. The long Ofotfjorden is Norway's 12th longest fjord and it is also the 18th deepest, with a maximum depth of . In the English language and in many historical documents, this fjord is often called the \"Narvik Fjord\", since the town of Narvik is located on the inner shores of the fjord. The fjord is surrounded by mountains, some reaching , and even in Skjomen, where the \"Frostisen\" glacier can be seen.",
"title": "Ofotfjord"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "16064538",
"text": "Scandinavian Mountains The Scandinavian Mountains or the Scandes is a mountain range that runs through the Scandinavian Peninsula. The Scandinavian Mountains are often erroneously thought to be equivalent to the Scandinavian Caledonides, an ancient mountain range and orogen covering roughly the same area. The western sides of the mountains drop precipitously into the North Sea and Norwegian Sea, forming the fjords of Norway, whereas to the northeast they gradually curve towards Finland. To the north they form the border between Norway and Sweden, still reaching high at the Arctic Circle. The mountain range just touches northwesternmost Finland, but are scarcely",
"title": "Scandinavian Mountains"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "669030",
"text": "(\"night\"), since above the Tropic of Cancer, the Sun never shines from the north, except inside the Arctic Circle during the summer midnight sun. The direction north is often associated with colder climates because most of the world's land at high latitudes is located in the Northern Hemisphere. The Arctic Circle passes through the Arctic Ocean, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Russia, the United States (Alaska), Canada (Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunavut), Denmark (Greenland) and Iceland (where it passes through the small offshore island of Grímsey). By convention, the top side of a map is often north. To go north using a",
"title": "North"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "9391166",
"text": "was closed in the winter. The railway line was built over the mountain during World War II and opened in 1947. The mountain range is named after the Salten district, named after Saltfjorden (the Salt fjord). The last element is the finite form of \"fjell\" which means \"mountain\". Saltfjellet Saltfjellet is a mountain area in Nordland county, Norway that separates the two regions of Helgeland and Salten. It is also a cultural border between the Southern and Central parts of Sápmi. The Saltfjell is one of the largest mountain ranges in Norway, and is also where the Arctic Circle cuts",
"title": "Saltfjellet"
}
] |
Saltfjellet
|
who is the main character in green eggs and ham
|
[
"Sam-I-am"
] |
[
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "3096724",
"text": "Green Eggs and Ham Green Eggs and Ham is a children's book by Dr. Seuss, first published on August 12, 1960. As of 2016, the book has sold 8 million copies worldwide. The story has appeared in several adaptations starting with 1973's \"Dr. Seuss on the Loose\" starring Paul Winchell as the voice of both Sam-I-am and the first-person narrator. The story follows a strange creature who does not like green eggs and ham and his friend Sam-I-Am who wants him to eat it. The story becomes a refrain as Sam persistently follows his friend through an assortment of locations",
"title": "Green Eggs and Ham"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "18936864",
"text": "Green Eggs and Ham (TV series) Green Eggs and Ham is an upcoming American animated television series from Warner Bros. Animation, A Very Good Production, A Stern Talking To, Random House Children's Entertainment and Gulfstream Television and distributed by Warner Bros. Television. It is slated to air for 13 half-hour episodes on Netflix and to be based on the 1960 Dr. Seuss book of the same title. Jared Stern, Ellen DeGeneres, Jeff Kleeman, Mike Karz and David Dobkin are the executive producers of the show. Stern will also serve as a writer and showrunner. The series will have thirteen episodes.",
"title": "Green Eggs and Ham (TV series)"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "3096725",
"text": "(in a house, in a box, in a car, in a tree, on a train, in the dark, in the rain, on a boat) and dining partners (a mouse, a fox, and a goat). The friend finally gives in and tries the dish, just to make Sam “let him be”, and finds it quite tasty, happily responding, \"I do so like green eggs and ham. Thank you. Thank you, Sam-I-am.\" \"Green Eggs and Ham\" is one of Seuss's \"Beginner Books\", written in a very simple vocabulary for beginning readers. The vocabulary of the text consists of just 50 words and",
"title": "Green Eggs and Ham"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "18936865",
"text": "Sam-I-Am and his friend go on a cross-country trip that would test the limits of their friendship. As they learn to try new things, they find out what adventure brings. Green Eggs and Ham (TV series) Green Eggs and Ham is an upcoming American animated television series from Warner Bros. Animation, A Very Good Production, A Stern Talking To, Random House Children's Entertainment and Gulfstream Television and distributed by Warner Bros. Television. It is slated to air for 13 half-hour episodes on Netflix and to be based on the 1960 Dr. Seuss book of the same title. Jared Stern, Ellen",
"title": "Green Eggs and Ham (TV series)"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "1903636",
"text": "in 1999 (though some of Winchell's vocals from previous Pooh animations were included). Other Disney roles included parts in \"The Aristocats\" as a Siamese cat named Shun Gon, and \"The Fox and the Hound\" as Boomer the woodpecker. He was also the original voice of Zummi Gummi on the TV series \"Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears\" for seasons 1–5; Jim Cummings took over for the final season in 1990. Winchell provided the voices of Sam-I-Am and the unnamed character Sam pesters in \"Green Eggs and Ham\" from the animated television special \"Dr. Seuss on the Loose\" in 1973. He",
"title": "Paul Winchell"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "1470849",
"text": "in key roles. For his role as Sam, Penn was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor at the 74th Academy Awards in 2002. The film launched the career of child actress Dakota Fanning, who was then seven years old and had only acted in two small roles. She became the youngest actress to be nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award. The movie's title is derived from the opening lines \"I am Sam / Sam I am\" of the book \"Green Eggs and Ham\", which is read in the movie. Sam Dawson (Sean Penn), a man with an",
"title": "I Am Sam"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "3782228",
"text": "books on the list. The first two stories in the book (\"The Sneetches\" and \"The Zax\") were later adapted, along with \"Green Eggs and Ham\", into 1973's animated TV musical special \"Dr. Seuss on the Loose: The Sneetches, The Zax, Green Eggs and Ham\" with Hans Conried voicing the narrator and both Zaxes respectively, and Paul Winchell and Bob Holt voicing the Sneetches and Sylvester McMonkey McBean respectively. The first story in the collection tells of a group of yellow bird-like creatures called the Sneetches, some of whom have a green star on their bellies. At the beginning of the",
"title": "The Sneetches and Other Stories"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "2960879",
"text": "Fox in Socks Fox in Socks is a children's book by Dr. Seuss, first published in 1965. It features two main characters, Fox (an anthropomorphic fox) who speaks almost entirely in densely rhyming tongue-twisters and Knox (a yellow anthropomorphic character) who has a hard time following up Fox's tongue-twisters until the end. The book in some ways bears a resemblance to \"Green Eggs and Ham\", another book by Dr. Seuss. Both stories contain two main characters: one who is stubborn and wants to be left alone; the other, a persistent and sometimes annoying opposite. The book begins by introducing Fox",
"title": "Fox in Socks"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "17543223",
"text": "Award for Best Comedy. As of August 2015, Wells and partner Flint Wainess are developing a sitcom pilot for Comedy Central titled \"Bad Couple\", which Wells would star in if ordered to series. Wells and Wainess are also consulting writers on the upcoming Netflix animated children's series \"Green Eggs and Ham\", based on the popular Dr. Seuss book. In March 2017, Wells wrote, directed, and starred in the feature film \"Mr. Roosevelt\", which premiered at the SXSW film festival in Narrative Spotlight. It has won multiple awards including the Audience Award and Louis Black Lone Star Jury Award at SXSW",
"title": "Noël Wells"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "2960885",
"text": "poem about an elephant who tripped and fell on his nose. This version of the book was published in 1980 by Keter Publications in Jerusalem. Fox in Socks Fox in Socks is a children's book by Dr. Seuss, first published in 1965. It features two main characters, Fox (an anthropomorphic fox) who speaks almost entirely in densely rhyming tongue-twisters and Knox (a yellow anthropomorphic character) who has a hard time following up Fox's tongue-twisters until the end. The book in some ways bears a resemblance to \"Green Eggs and Ham\", another book by Dr. Seuss. Both stories contain two main",
"title": "Fox in Socks"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "3096726",
"text": "was the result of a bet between Seuss and Bennett Cerf, Dr. Seuss's publisher, that Seuss (after completing \"The Cat in the Hat\" using 236 words) could not complete an entire book without exceeding that limit. The 50 words are: a, am, and, anywhere, are, be, boat, box, car, could, dark, do, eat, eggs, fox, goat, good, green, ham, here, house, I, if, in, let, like, may, me, mouse, not, on, or, rain, Sam, say, see, so, thank, that, the, them, there, they, train, tree, try, will, with, would, you. \"Green Eggs and Ham\" was published on August 12, 1960.",
"title": "Green Eggs and Ham"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "7655069",
"text": "Dr. Seuss on the Loose Dr. Seuss on the Loose (titled Green Eggs and Ham and Other Stories for the sing-a-long videocasette release and the deluxe edition releases) is an animated musical television special, first airing on CBS on October 15, 1973, and hosted by The Cat in the Hat who appears in bridging sequences where he introduced animated adaptations of Dr. Seuss children's stories \"The Sneetches\", \"The Zax\" and \"Green Eggs and Ham\". Allan Sherman reprised his role as the voice of The Cat in the Hat from the 1971 television special. This was the final project Sherman worked",
"title": "Dr. Seuss on the Loose"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "3096729",
"text": "the floor of the United States Senate during his filibuster over the funding over Obamacare. Musician will.i.am has stated that his moniker is inspired by the story. On September 29, 1991, following Dr. Seuss' death earlier that week, the Reverend Jesse Jackson recited an excerpt of \"Green Eggs and Ham\" on \"Saturday Night Live\" during a special tribute segment. In 1965, a withdrawn source claimed that the book was banned in China for its \"portrayal of early Marxism\". The ban was lifted in 1991, following Seuss' death. Green Eggs and Ham Green Eggs and Ham is a children's book by",
"title": "Green Eggs and Ham"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "3907961",
"text": "animation as a storyboard artist for \"Green Eggs and Ham\", a Netflix show produced by Warner Brother premiering in 2018. His previous credits include \"Adventure Time,\" \"Axe Cop,\" \"Golan The Insatiable,\" \"Major Lazer,\" \"Lucas Bros Moving Company\" and \"High School USA.\" The animated short, \"Sympathy for Slenderman\" for which Kim contributed character and background designs was nominated for a Webby Award in 2014. Derek Kirk Kim Derek Kirk Kim is a Korean-American writer, artist and filmmaker. He is currently directing on \"Amphibia\", an animated series airing in 2019 on the Disney Channel. He was also the lead character designer of",
"title": "Derek Kirk Kim"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "3162300",
"text": "The Duck Avenger in \"\". Rob also voiced Alfredo Fettuccini, Bob the Ghost Pirate, Lookout and Ghost Priest in \"The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition\". He voiced the Fox and the Mouse in the \"Green Eggs and Ham\" PC game. He also voiced Tlaloc in \"Tak and the Power of Juju\". Most recently he has voiced The Riddler in \"\", a role he reprised in \"\". Rob is the voice of talking alien dog Beak-Beak in \"Armikrog\". Paulsen also voices Smash Hit in\" \" and \"\". Paulsen is also the off-camera voice of the syndicated television series \"Funniest Pets",
"title": "Rob Paulsen"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "3096728",
"text": "year, it was ranked number 12 among the \"Top 100 Picture Books\" in a survey published by \"School Library Journal\" – the first of five Dr. Seuss books on the list. The book has become sufficiently ingrained in the cultural consciousness that U.S. District Court Judge James Muirhead referenced \"Green Eggs and Ham\" in his September 21, 2007 court ruling after receiving an egg in the mail from prisoner Charles Jay Wolff who was protesting against the prison diet. Muirhead ordered the egg destroyed and rendered his judgment in the style of Seuss. Senator Ted Cruz read the book on",
"title": "Green Eggs and Ham"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "2387159",
"text": "tiny flying \"Elephant-Bird\", amazing everyone but dismaying Horton, who panics at the thought of flying progeny. Gertrude reassures him that they can raise the child together, and they agree to do so. With the story finished, the Cat returns to close the show (\"Finale\"/\"Oh, the Thinks You Can Think!\"), then vanishes along with the scenery, leaving his hat and Jojo, who is now the Boy again. The Boy picks the hat up, dons it, and says, \"Seuss!\" During a curtain call, the company performs a number based on \"Green Eggs and Ham\" (\"Green Eggs and Ham\"). Major characters Minor characters",
"title": "Seussical"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "3907955",
"text": "Derek Kirk Kim Derek Kirk Kim is a Korean-American writer, artist and filmmaker. He is currently directing on \"Amphibia\", an animated series airing in 2019 on the Disney Channel. He was also the lead character designer of \"Adventure Time\" and a storyboard artist for \"Green Eggs and Ham\". He is also the writer of TUNE and the writer and director of the spin-off webseries, Mythomania. He won all three major comics industry awards, the Eisner (2004), the Harvey (2004), and the Ignatz Award (2003) for his debut graphic novel \"Same Difference and Other Stories.\" (The contents of which were originally",
"title": "Derek Kirk Kim"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "3096727",
"text": "By 2001, it had become the fourth-best selling English-language children's hardcover book of all time. As of 2014, the book has sold 8 million copies. In 1999 the National Education Association (NEA) conducted an online survey of children and teachers, seeking the 100 most popular children's books. The children ranked \"Green Eggs and Ham\" third, just above another Dr. Seuss book, \"The Cat in the Hat\". The teachers ranked it fourth. Teachers ranked it fourth again in a 2007 NEA poll. \"Scholastic Parent & Child\" magazine placed it #7 among the \"100 Greatest Books for Kids\" in 2012. That same",
"title": "Green Eggs and Ham"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "115632",
"text": "his well-known pseudonym Dr. Seuss, though he also authored more than a dozen books as Theo LeSieg and one as Rosetta Stone. His books have topped many bestseller lists, sold over 600 million copies, and been translated into more than 20 languages. In 2000, \"Publishers Weekly\" compiled a list of the best-selling children's books of all time; of the top 100 hardcover books, 16 were written by Geisel, including \"Green Eggs and Ham\", at number 4, \"The Cat in the Hat\", at number 9, and \"One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish\", at number 13. In the years after",
"title": "Dr. Seuss"
}
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do veins carry blood to the heart or away
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"to"
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{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "639661",
"text": "Vein Veins are blood vessels that carry blood toward the heart. Most veins carry deoxygenated blood from the tissues back to the heart; exceptions are the pulmonary and umbilical veins, both of which carry oxygenated blood to the heart. In contrast to veins, arteries carry blood away from the heart. Veins are less muscular than arteries and are often closer to the skin. There are valves in most veins to prevent backflow. Veins are present throughout the body as tubes that carry blood back to the heart. Veins are classified in a number of ways, including superficial vs. deep, pulmonary",
"title": "Vein"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "639667",
"text": "venules, which continue to converge and form the larger veins. The de-oxygenated blood is taken by veins to the right atrium of the heart, which transfers the blood to the right ventricle, where it is then pumped through the pulmonary arteries to the lungs. In pulmonary circulation the pulmonary veins return oxygenated blood from the lungs to the left atrium, which empties into the left ventricle, completing the cycle of blood circulation. The return of blood to the heart is assisted by the action of the muscle pump, and by the thoracic pump action of breathing during respiration. Standing or",
"title": "Vein"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "639669",
"text": "pressure. The arteries are perceived as carrying oxygenated blood to the tissues, while veins carry deoxygenated blood back to the heart. This is true of the systemic circulation, by far the larger of the two circuits of blood in the body, which transports oxygen from the heart to the tissues of the body. However, in pulmonary circulation, the arteries carry deoxygenated blood from the heart to the lungs, and veins return blood from the lungs to the heart. The difference between veins and arteries is their direction of flow (out of the heart by arteries, returning to the heart for",
"title": "Vein"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "639666",
"text": "cells called tunica intima. The precise location of veins varies much more from person to person than that of arteries. Veins serve to return blood from organs to the heart. Veins are also called \"capacitance vessels\" because most of the blood volume (60%) is contained within veins. In systemic circulation oxygenated blood is pumped by the left ventricle through the arteries to the muscles and organs of the body, where its nutrients and gases are exchanged at capillaries. After taking up cellular waste and carbon dioxide in capillaries, blood is channeled through vessels that converge with one another to form",
"title": "Vein"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "639663",
"text": "person's skin, how much oxygen is being carried in the blood, and how big and deep the vessels are. When a vein is drained of blood and removed from an organism, it appears grey-white. The largest veins in the human body are the venae cavae. These are two large veins which enter the right atrium of the heart from above and below. The superior vena cava carries blood from the arms and head to the right atrium of the heart, while the inferior vena cava carries blood from the legs and abdomen to the heart. The inferior vena cava is",
"title": "Vein"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "639664",
"text": "retroperitoneal and runs to the right and roughly parallel to the abdominal aorta along the spine. Large veins feed into these two veins, and smaller veins into these. Together this forms the venous system. Whilst the main veins hold a relatively constant position, the position of veins person to person can display quite a lot of variation. The pulmonary veins carry relatively oxygenated blood from the lungs to the heart. The superior and inferior venae cavae carry relatively deoxygenated blood from the upper and lower systemic circulations, respectively. The portal venous system is a series of veins or venules that",
"title": "Vein"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "639683",
"text": "blood, each with distinct and separate functions. Growth and energy were derived from venous blood created in the liver from chyle, while arterial blood gave vitality by containing pneuma (air) and originated in the heart. Blood flowed from both creating organs to all parts of the body where it was consumed and there was no return of blood to the heart or liver. The heart did not pump blood around, the heart's motion sucked blood in during diastole and the blood moved by the pulsation of the arteries themselves. Galen believed that the arterial blood was created by venous blood",
"title": "Vein"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "639670",
"text": "veins), not their oxygen content. In addition, deoxygenated blood that is carried from the tissues back to the heart for reoxygenation in the systemic circulation still carries some oxygen, though it is considerably less than that carried by the systemic arteries or pulmonary veins. Although most veins take blood back to the heart, there is an exception. Portal veins carry blood between capillary beds. For example, the hepatic portal vein takes blood from the capillary beds in the digestive tract and transports it to the capillary beds in the liver. The blood is then drained in the gastrointestinal tract and",
"title": "Vein"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "472789",
"text": "away from the heart to the tissues, except for pulmonary arteries, which carry blood to the lungs for oxygenation (usually veins carry deoxygenated blood to the heart but the pulmonary veins carry oxygenated blood as well). There are two types of unique arteries. The pulmonary artery carries blood from the heart to the lungs, where it receives oxygen. It is unique because the blood in it is not \"oxygenated\", as it has not yet passed through the lungs. The other unique artery is the umbilical artery, which carries deoxygenated blood from a fetus to its mother. Arteries have a blood",
"title": "Artery"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "2824654",
"text": "Venous blood Venous blood is deoxygenated blood which travels from the peripheral vessels, through the venous system into the right atrium of the heart. Deoxygenated blood is then pumped by the right ventricle to the lungs via the pulmonary artery which is divided in two branches, left and right to the left and right lungs respectively. Blood is oxygenated in the lungs and returns to the left atrium through the pulmonary veins. Venous blood is typically colder than arterial blood, and has a lower oxygen content and pH. It also has lower concentrations of glucose and other nutrients, and has",
"title": "Venous blood"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "7389336",
"text": "Hepatic portal system In human anatomy, the hepatic portal system is the system of veins comprising the hepatic portal vein and its tributaries. It is also called the portal venous system, although it is not the only example of a portal venous system, and splanchnic veins, which is \"not\" synonymous with \"hepatic portal system\" and is imprecise (as it means \"visceral veins\" and not necessarily the \"veins of the abdominal viscera\"). The portal venous system is responsible for directing blood from parts of the gastrointestinal tract to the liver. Substances absorbed in the small intestine travel first to the liver",
"title": "Hepatic portal system"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "588400",
"text": "body. This is a result of the left and right side of the heart working together to allow blood to flow continuously to the lungs and other parts of the body. Oxygen poor blood enters the right side of the heart through two large veins. Oxygen rich blood from the lungs enters through the pulmonary veins on the left side of the heart into the aorta and then reaches the rest of the body. The capillaries are responsible for allowing the blood to receive oxygen through tiny air sacs in the lungs. This is also the site where carbon dioxide",
"title": "Blood vessel"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "2981477",
"text": "where carbon dioxide is released and oxygen is picked up during respiration. Arteries are further divided into very fine capillaries which are extremely thin-walled. The pulmonary vein returns oxygenated blood to the left atrium of the heart. The oxygenated blood then leaves the lungs through pulmonary veins, which return it to the left heart, completing the pulmonary cycle. This blood then enters the left atrium, which pumps it through the mitral valve into the left ventricle. From the left ventricle, the blood passes through the aortic valve to the aorta. The blood is then distributed to the body through the",
"title": "Pulmonary circulation"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "47129",
"text": "vary somewhat between species. In non-mammalian vertebrates, however, there are some key differences: Blood is circulated around the body through blood vessels by the pumping action of the heart. In humans, blood is pumped from the strong left ventricle of the heart through arteries to peripheral tissues and returns to the right atrium of the heart through veins. It then enters the right ventricle and is pumped through the pulmonary artery to the lungs and returns to the left atrium through the pulmonary veins. Blood then enters the left ventricle to be circulated again. Arterial blood carries oxygen from inhaled",
"title": "Blood"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "2992577",
"text": "drain into the pulmonary circulation in whole or in part, this is known as a total anomalous pulmonary venous connection (or drainage), or partial anomalous pulmonary connection, respectively. Pulmonary vein The pulmonary veins are the veins that transfer oxygenated blood from the lungs to the heart. The largest pulmonary veins are the four \"main pulmonary veins\", two from each lung that drain into the left atrium of the heart. The pulmonary veins are part of the pulmonary circulation. Two main pulmonary veins emerge from each lung hilum, receiving blood from three or four bronchial veins apiece and draining into the",
"title": "Pulmonary vein"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "473072",
"text": "to and from the body and the pulmonary circulation to and from the lungs. Blood in the pulmonary circulation exchanges carbon dioxide for oxygen in the lungs through the process of respiration. The systemic circulation then transports oxygen to the body and returns carbon dioxide and relatively deoxygenated blood to the heart for transfer to the lungs. The right heart collects deoxygenated blood from two large veins, the superior and inferior venae cavae. Blood collects in the right and left atrium continuously. The superior vena cava drains blood from above the diaphragm and empties into the upper back part of",
"title": "Heart"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "639671",
"text": "spleen, where it is taken up by the hepatic veins, and blood is taken back into the heart. Since this is an important function in mammals, damage to the hepatic portal vein can be dangerous. Blood clotting in the hepatic portal vein can cause portal hypertension, which results in a decrease of blood fluid to the liver. The vessels that remove the deoxygenated blood from the heart muscle are known as cardiac veins. These include the great cardiac vein, the middle cardiac vein, the small cardiac vein, the smallest cardiac veins, and the anterior cardiac veins. Coronary veins carry blood",
"title": "Vein"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "2992574",
"text": "Pulmonary vein The pulmonary veins are the veins that transfer oxygenated blood from the lungs to the heart. The largest pulmonary veins are the four \"main pulmonary veins\", two from each lung that drain into the left atrium of the heart. The pulmonary veins are part of the pulmonary circulation. Two main pulmonary veins emerge from each lung hilum, receiving blood from three or four bronchial veins apiece and draining into the left atrium. An inferior and superior main vein drains each lung, so there are four main veins in total. At the root of the lung, the right superior",
"title": "Pulmonary vein"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "3038825",
"text": "Venule A venule is a very small blood vessel in the microcirculation that allows blood to return from the capillary beds to drain into the larger blood vessels, the veins. Venules range from 7μm to 1mm in diameter. Veins contain approximately 70% of total blood volume, 25% of which is contained in the venules. Many venules unite to form a vein. Venule walls have three layers: An inner endothelium composed of squamous endothelial cells that act as a membrane, a middle layer of muscle and elastic tissue and an outer layer of fibrous connective tissue. The middle layer is poorly",
"title": "Venule"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "588392",
"text": "between the blood and the tissues; and the veins, which carry blood from the capillaries back toward the heart. The word \"vascular\", meaning relating to the blood vessels, is derived from the Latin \"vas\", meaning vessel. A few structures (such as cartilage and the lens of the eye) do not contain blood vessels and are labeled. The arteries and veins have three layers. The middle layer is thicker in the arteries than it is in the veins: Capillaries consist of little more than a layer of endothelium and occasional connective tissue. When blood vessels connect to form a region of",
"title": "Blood vessel"
}
] |
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who played charlie bucket in the original charlie and the chocolate factory
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"Peter Gardner[4] Ostrum"
] |
[
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "3195419",
"text": "Peter Ostrum Peter Gardner Ostrum (; born November 1, 1957) is an American veterinarian and former child actor whose only film role was as Charlie Bucket in the 1971 motion picture \"Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory\". Ostrum was 12 years old when selected by talent agents for \"Willy Wonka\". Though he enjoyed the experience of shooting the film, he opted not to sign a three-film contract when it was over. After eschewing a career in film and theatre, Ostrum became reluctant to speak about his one starring role. In 1990, he began an annual tradition of speaking to schoolchildren",
"title": "Peter Ostrum"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "3195432",
"text": "on Call\", funded by Pfizer, highlighting the work of large animal veterinarians. Peter Ostrum Peter Gardner Ostrum (; born November 1, 1957) is an American veterinarian and former child actor whose only film role was as Charlie Bucket in the 1971 motion picture \"Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory\". Ostrum was 12 years old when selected by talent agents for \"Willy Wonka\". Though he enjoyed the experience of shooting the film, he opted not to sign a three-film contract when it was over. After eschewing a career in film and theatre, Ostrum became reluctant to speak about his one starring",
"title": "Peter Ostrum"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "11448480",
"text": "Diana Sowle Diana Mae Sowle (née Laumer; June 19, 1930 – October 19, 2018) was an American actress of film and theater and voice artist, best known for playing Mrs. Bucket (Charlie Bucket's mother) in the 1971 film \"Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory\" and her performance of \"Cheer up Charlie\" in that film, although her voice in the song was dubbed by Diana Lee. Sowle joined the cast while in Germany, where it was filmed. At the time of her death in 2018, she was the last surviving parent from the film. Sowle's death left three remaining adult cast",
"title": "Diana Sowle"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "1488132",
"text": "film tells the story of Charlie Bucket (Peter Ostrum) as he receives a Golden Ticket and visits Willy Wonka's chocolate factory with four other children from around the world. Filming took place in Munich in 1970, and the film was released by Paramount Pictures on June 30, 1971. With a budget of just $3 million, the film received generally positive reviews and earned $4 million by the end of its original run. The film became highly popular in part through repeated television airings and home entertainment sales. In 1972, the film received an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Score,",
"title": "Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "680741",
"text": "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is a 1964 children's novel by British author Roald Dahl. The story features the adventures of young Charlie Bucket inside the chocolate factory of eccentric chocolatier Willy Wonka. \"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory\" was first published in the United States by Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. in 1964 and in the United Kingdom by George Allen & Unwin, 11 months later. The book has been adapted into two major motion pictures: \"Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory\" in 1971, and \"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory\" in 2005. The book's sequel, \"Charlie",
"title": "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "427555",
"text": "adaptation of the book of the same name by Roald Dahl. Starring Johnny Depp as Willy Wonka, Freddie Highmore as Charlie Bucket and Deep Roy as the Oompa-Loompas, the film generally took a more faithful approach to the source material than the 1971 adaptation, \"Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory\", although some liberties were taken, such as adding Wonka's issue with his father (played by Christopher Lee). \"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory\" was later nominated for the Academy Award for Best Costume Design. The film made over $207 million domestically. Filming proved difficult as Burton, Depp, and Danny Elfman had",
"title": "Tim Burton"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "4330722",
"text": "Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role. In 2005, he portrayed the main role of Charlie Bucket in Tim Burton's musical fantasy film \"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory\", adapted from the book of the same name by Roald Dahl. He was reportedly recommended by co-star Johnny Depp, with whom Highmore had worked in \"Finding Neverland\"; Depp had been impressed by the young actor's performance and thus put his name forward for the role. Highmore had not seen the original 1971 version of the film, and decided not to see it until he was done filming so his",
"title": "Freddie Highmore"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "4273950",
"text": "Elfman contributed to a film score using written songs and his vocals. Filming took place from June to December 2004 at Pinewood Studios in the United Kingdom. \"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory\" was released to positive critical reception and was a box office success, grossing $475 million worldwide. Charlie Bucket (Freddie Highmore) is a poor boy who lives near the Wonka Candy Company. The company's owner, Willy Wonka (Johnny Depp), has for long closed access to his factory due to problems concerning industrial espionage that led him to fire all his employees, among them Charlie's Grandpa Joe (David Kelly). One",
"title": "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (film)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "773955",
"text": "to win. Albertson appeared as Charlie Bucket's Grandpa Joe in \"Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory\" (1971), and in \"The Poseidon Adventure\" (1972), where he played Manny Rosen, husband to Belle, played by Shelley Winters. Albertson said that his one regret was that he did not reprise his role in the movie version of \"The Sunshine Boys\". When producer Ray Stark acquired the film rights from Neil Simon in 1973, Albertson was expected to play the part, but by the time MGM had bought the rights in 1974 and was preparing to begin filming in February 1975, Albertson was not",
"title": "Jack Albertson"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "4273968",
"text": "1971 film for the purpose of money. Depp said he was disappointed by Wilder's comment, and responded that the film was not a remake, but a new adaptation of Dahl's 1964 book. The casting calls for Charlie Bucket, Violet Beauregarde, Veruca Salt, and Mike Teavee took place in the United States and United Kingdom, while Augustus Gloop's casting took place in Germany. Burton said he sought actors \"who had something of the character in them\", and found Mike Teavee the hardest character to cast. Burton was finding trouble casting Charlie, until Depp, who had worked with Freddie Highmore on \"Finding",
"title": "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (film)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "1488133",
"text": "and Wilder was nominated for a Golden Globe as Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy, but lost both to \"Fiddler on the Roof\". The film also introduced the song \"The Candy Man\", which went on to become a popular hit when recorded by Sammy Davis Jr. In 2014, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being \"culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant\". In a small town in 1970, Charlie Bucket, a poor paperboy, watches a group of children visit a candy shop. Walking home, he passes Willy Wonka's",
"title": "Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "4273948",
"text": "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (film) Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is a 2005 musical fantasy comedy film directed by Tim Burton and written by John August, based on the 1964 British novel of the same name by Roald Dahl. The film stars Johnny Depp as Willy Wonka and Freddie Highmore as Charlie Bucket. The storyline follows Charlie, who wins a contest and, along with four other contest winners, is led by Wonka on a tour of his chocolate factory, the most magnificent in the world. Development for a second adaptation of \"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory\" (filmed previously as",
"title": "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (film)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "16869145",
"text": "the same name by Roald Dahl. The film was directed by Tim Burton. The film stars Freddie Highmore as Charlie Bucket and Johnny Depp as Willy Wonka. The storyline concerns Charlie, who takes a tour he has won, led by Wonka, through the most magnificent chocolate factory in the world. Development for another adaptation of \"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory\", filmed previously as \"Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory\", began in 1991, 20 years after the first film version, which resulted in Warner Bros. providing the Dahl Estate with total artistic control. Prior to Burton's involvement, directors such as Gary",
"title": "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (franchise)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "5539991",
"text": "the father of Golden Ticket winner Violet Beauregarde, in \"Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory\". He was the last surviving adult character who toured the factory in the movie; however, Diana Sowle, who played Mrs. Bucket, lived until October 2018. In 1973’s \"Soylent Green\" he played Charles, the manager of the building where the murdered character portrayed by Joseph Cotten lived. He was the bartender in \"The Shakiest Gun in the West\" (1968), and a congressman in \"\" (1972), which starred James Earl Jones as the first black president of the United States. He appeared in the Jerry Lewis vehicle",
"title": "Leonard Stone"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "3195422",
"text": "who were searching nationwide for the actor to portray Charlie Bucket in \"Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory\". The agents took Polaroid photos of Ostrum and recorded him reading from the original novel, then returned to New York. Two months later Ostrum was called to New York for a screen test where he sang \"My Country, 'Tis of Thee\", and a month after that he was contacted and given ten days to prepare to leave for filming. Ostrum left for Munich on August 10, 1970. In 2000, Ostrum recalled that shooting \"Willy Wonka\" in Munich was \"sort of like being",
"title": "Peter Ostrum"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "11448596",
"text": "Ernst Ziegler Ernst Ziegler (born Ernst Aldoff, 16 April 1894 – 11 April 1974), was a German actor. Ziegler began his film career in 1932, appearing in the German film \"Die verkaufte Braut\" (The Bartered Bride). He went on to act in other German films and on German television. In 1970, he appeared in the American film \"Something for Everyone\", starring Angela Lansbury. His final film role was as Grandpa George (Charlie Bucket's grandfather) in the 1971 film \"Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory\". By this time, Ziegler's health was deteriorating, and he was legally blind. He died of emphysema",
"title": "Ernst Ziegler"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "11448597",
"text": "in April 1974, in West Berlin five days before his 80th birthday. Ernst Ziegler Ernst Ziegler (born Ernst Aldoff, 16 April 1894 – 11 April 1974), was a German actor. Ziegler began his film career in 1932, appearing in the German film \"Die verkaufte Braut\" (The Bartered Bride). He went on to act in other German films and on German television. In 1970, he appeared in the American film \"Something for Everyone\", starring Angela Lansbury. His final film role was as Grandpa George (Charlie Bucket's grandfather) in the 1971 film \"Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory\". By this time, Ziegler's",
"title": "Ernst Ziegler"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "11448579",
"text": "Dora Altmann Dora Altmann (born Dora Alrich, 20 February 1881 – 24 December 1971) was a German actress, who acted in on television and film during the 1960s and early 1970s. Altmann was 80 years old when she made her screen debut in 1961 as Veronika in \"Die drei Eisbären\". She played the small uncredited part of Grandma Georgina, (Charlie Bucket's grandmother), in the 1971 film version of \"Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory\", her only US film credit. Her final screen role, as Frau Windegger on the episode \"Wenn Steine sprechen\" of the television series \"Tatort\", was aired in",
"title": "Dora Altmann"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "4273969",
"text": "Neverland\", suggested Highmore for the part. Highmore had already read the book before, but decided to read it once more prior to auditioning. The actor did not see the original film adaptation, and chose not to see it until after Burton's production, so his portrayal would not be influenced. Before Adam Godley was officially cast as Mr. Teavee, Dan Castellaneta, Tim Allen, Ed O'Neill, Bob Saget, and Ray Romano were all considered for the role. It has been rumored that Gregory Peck was considered for the role of Grandpa Joe. Other actors that were considered for Grandpa Joe included Richard",
"title": "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (film)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "11448634",
"text": "Franziska Liebing Franziska Liebing (6 February 1899 – 3 January 1993) also known as Franziska Liebig, was a German film and later US film actress. Liebling was born in Ersnas, Sweden, although many sources stated she was born in Munich, where she spend her working life She was active on screen between 1953 and 1979, papering in TV series and made for TV films, although she was most notable roles as Grandma Josephine (Charlie Bucket's grandmother) in the 1971 film \"Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory\". Her final on-screen role came in \"Der Ruepp\" in 1979 She was married to",
"title": "Franziska Liebing"
}
] |
Peter Gardner[4] Ostrum
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what is 1 radian in terms of pi
|
[
"1/2π"
] |
[
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "318218",
"text": "and the integral computes the area between that half of a circle and the axis. The trigonometric functions rely on angles, and mathematicians generally use radians as units of measurement. plays an important role in angles measured in radians, which are defined so that a complete circle spans an angle of 2 radians. The angle measure of 180° is equal to radians, and 1° = /180 radians. Common trigonometric functions have periods that are multiples of ; for example, sine and cosine have period 2, so for any angle and any integer , Many of the appearances of in the",
"title": "Pi"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "18947201",
"text": "the angle is measured as long as each angle is measured in the same unit. One \"radian\" is the angle subtended by an arc of a circle that has the same length as the circle's radius. The radian is the derived quantity of angular measurement in the SI system. By definition, it is dimensionless, though it may be specified as \"rad\" to avoid ambiguity. Angles measured in degrees, are shown with the symbol °. Subdivisions of the degree are minute (symbol ', 1' = 1/60°) and second {symbol \", 1\" = 1/3600°}. An angle of 360° corresponds to the angle",
"title": "Angular unit"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "318229",
"text": "if a compact surface has Gauss curvature \"K\", then where is the Euler characteristic, which is an integer. An example is the surface area of a sphere \"S\" of curvature 1 (so that its radius of curvature, which coincides with its radius, is also 1.) The Euler characteristic of a sphere can be computed from its homology groups and is found to be equal to two. Thus we have reproducing the formula for the surface area of a sphere of radius 1. The constant appears in many other integral formulae in topology, in particular, those involving characteristic classes via the",
"title": "Pi"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "4908151",
"text": "0.1 mil equals exactly 1 cm at 100 meters), while conversions of minutes of arc to both metric and imperial values are approximate. Because of the definition of pi, in a circle with a diameter of one there are 2000π milliradians (≈ 6283.185 mil) per full turn. In other words, one real milliradian covers just under of the circumference of a circle, which is the definition used by telescopic rifle sight manufacturers in reticles for stadiametric rangefinding. For maps and artillery, three rounded definitions are used which are close to the real definition, but more easily can be divided into",
"title": "Milliradian"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "318256",
"text": "technologically minded groups. Several college cheers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology include \"3.14159\". Pi Day in 2015 was particularly significant because the date and time 3/14/15 9:26:53 reflected many more digits of pi. During the 2011 auction for Nortel's portfolio of valuable technology patents, Google made a series of unusually specific bids based on mathematical and scientific constants, including . In 1958 Albert Eagle proposed replacing by (tau), where , to simplify formulas. However, no other authors are known to use in this way. Some people use a different value, , arguing that , as the number of radians",
"title": "Pi"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "318202",
"text": "being used as late as 1767. Euler started using the single-letter form beginning with his 1727 \"Essay Explaining The Properties Of Air\", though he used , the ratio of radius to periphery, in this and some later writing. Euler first used in his 1736 work \"Mechanica\", and continued in his widely-read 1748 work \"Introductio in analysin infinitorum\" (he wrote: \"for the sake of brevity we will write this number as ; thus is equal to half the circumference of a circle of radius 1\"). Because Euler corresponded heavily with other mathematicians in Europe, the use of the Greek letter spread",
"title": "Pi"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "318257",
"text": "in one turn, or as the ratio of a circle's circumference to its radius rather than its diameter, is more natural than and simplifies many formulas. Celebrations of this number, because it approximately equals 6.28, by making 28 June \"Tau Day\" and eating \"twice the pie\", have been reported in the media. However, this use of has not made its way into mainstream mathematics. In 1897, an amateur American mathematician attempted to persuade the Indiana legislature to pass the Indiana Pi Bill, which described a method to square the circle and contained text that implied various incorrect values for ,",
"title": "Pi"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "7475726",
"text": "second\" is in calculation of the power transmitted by a shaft. In the International System of Units, widely used in physics and engineering, the power \"p\" is equal to the rotational speed \"ω\" (in radians per second) multiplied by the torque \"τ\" applied to the shaft, in newton-meters. Thus, , and the unit is the watt, with no numerical coefficient needed. In other systems, an additional factor may be necessary. For example, if one multiplies angular velocity in revolutions per minute (rpm) by the torque in pound-feet, then a factor is needed to convert the result in horsepower. An angular",
"title": "Radian per second"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "15380595",
"text": "Life of Pi (film) Life of Pi is a 2012 American survival drama film based on Yann Martel's 2001 novel of the same name. Directed by Ang Lee, the film's adapted screenplay was written by David Magee, and it stars Suraj Sharma, Irrfan Khan, Rafe Spall, Tabu Hashmi, Adil Hussain, and Gérard Depardieu. The storyline revolves around an Indian man named \"Pi\" Patel, telling a novelist about his life story, and how at 16 he survives a shipwreck and is adrift in the Pacific Ocean on a lifeboat with a Bengal tiger. The film had its worldwide premiere as the",
"title": "Life of Pi (film)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "318166",
"text": "Pi The number () is a mathematical constant. Originally defined as the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter, it now has various equivalent definitions and appears in many formulas in all areas of mathematics and physics. It is approximately equal to 3.14159. It has been represented by the Greek letter \"\" since the mid-18th century, though it is also sometimes spelled out as \"pi\". It is also called Archimedes' constant. Being an irrational number, cannot be expressed as a common fraction (equivalently, its decimal representation never ends and never settles into a permanently repeating pattern). Still, fractions such",
"title": "Pi"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "337381",
"text": "Pi Day Pi Day is an annual celebration of the mathematical constant (pi). Pi Day is observed on March 14 (3/14 in the \"month/day\" format) since 3, 1, and 4 are the first three significant digits of . In 2009, the United States House of Representatives supported the designation of Pi Day. Pi Approximation Day is observed on July 22 (22/7 in the \"day/month\" format), since the fraction is a common approximation of, which is accurate to two decimal places and dates from Archimedes. Two Pi Day, also known as Tau Day, is lightly observed on June 28 (6/28 in",
"title": "Pi Day"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "318217",
"text": "ellipses, spheres, cones, and tori. Below are some of the more common formulae that involve . The formulae above are special cases of the volume of the \"n\"-dimensional ball and the surface area of its boundary, the (\"n\"−1)-dimensional sphere, given below. Definite integrals that describe circumference, area, or volume of shapes generated by circles typically have values that involve . For example, an integral that specifies half the area of a circle of radius one is given by: In that integral the function represents the top half of a circle (the square root is a consequence of the Pythagorean theorem),",
"title": "Pi"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "352110",
"text": "Radian The radian (SI symbol rad) is the SI unit for measuring angles, and is the standard unit of angular measure used in many areas of mathematics. The length of an arc of a unit circle is numerically equal to the measurement in radians of the angle that it subtends; one radian is just under 57.3 degrees (expansion at ). The unit was formerly an SI supplementary unit, but this category was abolished in 1995 and the radian is now considered an SI derived unit. Separately, the SI unit of solid angle measurement is the steradian. The radian is most",
"title": "Radian"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "352124",
"text": "(μrad) and nanoradians (nrad) are used in astronomy, and can also be used to measure the beam quality of lasers with ultra-low divergence. More common is arc second, which is rad (around 4.8481 microradians). Similarly, the prefixes smaller than milli- are potentially useful in measuring extremely small angles. Radian The radian (SI symbol rad) is the SI unit for measuring angles, and is the standard unit of angular measure used in many areas of mathematics. The length of an arc of a unit circle is numerically equal to the measurement in radians of the angle that it subtends; one radian",
"title": "Radian"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "318183",
"text": "include: Digits in other number systems Any complex number, say , can be expressed using a pair of real numbers. In the polar coordinate system, one number (radius or \"r\") is used to represent 's distance from the origin of the complex plane and the other (angle or ) to represent a counter-clockwise rotation from the positive real line as follows: where is the imaginary unit satisfying = −1. The frequent appearance of in complex analysis can be related to the behavior of the exponential function of a complex variable, described by Euler's formula: where the constant is the base",
"title": "Pi"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "2491193",
"text": "Life of Pi Life of Pi is a Canadian fantasy adventure novel by Yann Martel published in 2001. The protagonist is Piscine Molitor \"Pi\" Patel, an Indian boy from Pondicherry who explores issues of spirituality and practicality from an early age. He survives 227 days after a shipwreck while stranded on a lifeboat in the Pacific Ocean with a Bengal tiger named Richard Parker. The novel has sold more than ten million copies worldwide. It was rejected by at least five London publishing houses before being accepted by Knopf Canada, which published it in September 2001. The UK edition won",
"title": "Life of Pi"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "318232",
"text": "the integral, so it can be replaced by any convenient surface in the same homology class, in particular, a sphere, where spherical coordinates can be used to calculate the integral. A consequence of the Gauss law is that the negative Laplacian of the potential is equal to times the Dirac delta function: More general distributions of matter (or charge) are obtained from this by convolution, giving the Poisson equation where is the distribution function. The constant also plays an analogous role in four-dimensional potentials associated with Einstein's equations, a fundamental formula which forms the basis of the general theory of",
"title": "Pi"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "7475725",
"text": "Radian per second The radian per second (symbol: rad·s or rad/s) is the SI unit of rotational speed (angular velocity), commonly denoted by the Greek letter \"ω\" (omega). The radian per second is also the unit of angular frequency. The radian per second is defined as the change in the orientation of an object, in radians, every second. Since the radian is a dimensionless unit, the radian per second is dimensionally equivalent to the hertz—both are defined as s. This may lead to confusion between the quantities angular frequency \"ω\" and frequency \"ν\". A use of the \"unit radian per",
"title": "Radian per second"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "73252",
"text": "pi, is represented by the Greek letter . The first few decimal digits of the numerical value of are 3.141592653589793 ... Pi is defined as the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter : Or, equivalently, as the ratio of the circumference to twice the radius. The above formula can be rearranged to solve for the circumference: The use of the mathematical constant is ubiquitous in mathematics, engineering, and science. In \"Measurement of a Circle\" written circa 250 BCE, Archimedes showed that this ratio (, since he did not use the name ) was greater than 3 but less",
"title": "Circumference"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "318258",
"text": "including 3.2. The bill is notorious as an attempt to establish a value of scientific constant by legislative fiat. The bill was passed by the Indiana House of Representatives, but rejected by the Senate, meaning it did not become a law. In contemporary internet culture, individuals and organizations frequently pay homage to the number . For instance, the computer scientist Donald Knuth let the version numbers of his program TeX approach . The versions are 3, 3.1, 3.14, and so forth. Footnotes References Pi The number () is a mathematical constant. Originally defined as the ratio of a circle's circumference",
"title": "Pi"
}
] |
1/2π
|
when does season 5 of bates motel come out
|
[
"February 20, 2017"
] |
[
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "18845785",
"text": "Bates Motel (season 5) The fifth and final season of \"Bates Motel\" premiered on February 20, 2017, and concluded on April 24, 2017. The season consisted of 10 episodes and aired on Mondays at 10 p.m. ET/PT on A&E. The series itself is described as a \"contemporary prequel\" to the 1960 film \"Psycho\", following the life of Norman Bates and his mother Norma prior to the events portrayed in the Hitchcock film. However, the final season of the series loosely adapts the plot of \"Psycho\". The series takes place in the fictional town of White Pine Bay, Oregon. The season",
"title": "Bates Motel (season 5)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "18845786",
"text": "was released on Blu-ray and DVD on September 19, 2017. In June 2016, showrunner Kerry Ehrin confirmed the return of Kenny Johnson as Caleb Calhoun for the final season, in an interview with \"Deadline Hollywood\". The following month, it was announced that Rihanna had been cast in the iconic role of Marion Crane. In September 2016, Isabelle McNally joined the cast of the series, portraying the role of Madeleine Loomis, a young woman who resembles Norma. That same month, Brooke Smith joined the cast as Sheriff Jane Greene. In January 2017, Austin Nichols was cast in the role of Sam",
"title": "Bates Motel (season 5)"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "18845789",
"text": "subsequently demolished. <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> The season has received positive reviews from television critics. It received 81 out of 100 from Metacritic, based on 8 reviews, indicating \"universal acclaim\". Review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported that 8 out of 8 critical responses were positive, averaging a 100% rating. Overall, the fifth season of \"Bates Motel\" averaged 1.29 million viewers, with a 0.5 rating in the 18–49 demographic. In its fifth and final season, \"Bates Motel\" was nominated for one award. Bates Motel (season 5) The fifth and final season of \"Bates Motel\" premiered on February 20, 2017, and concluded on April 24,",
"title": "Bates Motel (season 5)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "18845787",
"text": "Loomis, a prominent role in both the source material and the film adaptation. That same month, Ryan Hurst's return as Chick Hogan was reported. In March 2017, it was revealed that series executive producer Carlton Cuse would appear as a police officer trailing Marion Crane. That same month, Natalia Cordova-Buckley joined the cast as Julia Ramos, an attorney. The series was filmed on location in Aldergrove, British Columbia. At the beginning of the first season, a replica of the original Bates Motel set from the film \"Psycho\" was built on 272nd Street. Freddie Highmore was tapped to write an episode",
"title": "Bates Motel (season 5)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "18845788",
"text": "for the season, as well as direct an episode, marking his directorial debut. Max Thieriot and Nestor Carbonell were also tapped to direct an episode each for season 5. Production on the season began on September 16, 2016. The series filmed its final scenes at the specially-built Bates Motel set in Aldergrove on January 25, 2017, and production began tearing the house down the following day. Carbonell filmed his final scenes as Sheriff Alex Romero on January 27, 2017. Filming officially wrapped for the series on January 31, 2017. In February 2017, the Bates Motel exterior set in Aldergrove was",
"title": "Bates Motel (season 5)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "16780293",
"text": "illness becomes dangerous, and Norma as she struggles to protect her son, and those around him, from himself. The series was filmed outside Vancouver in Aldergrove, British Columbia, along with other locations within the Fraser Valley of British Columbia. A&E chose to skip a pilot of the series, opting to go straight-to-series by ordering a 10-episode first season. On June 15, 2015, the series was renewed for a fourth and fifth season, making \"Bates Motel\" A&E's longest-running original scripted drama series in the channel's history. The series' lead actors, Vera Farmiga and Freddie Highmore, received particular praise for their performances",
"title": "Bates Motel (TV series)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "16780305",
"text": "is available through most Canadian cable and satellite companies. In Australia, the series premiered on Fox8 on May 26, 2013. In the UK and Ireland, it premiered on Universal Channel on April 2, 2014. In Jamaica, it premiered on CVM TV on August 11, 2014. In the Middle East, it premiered on OSN First HD in mid-2014. The second season premiered on January 5, 2015. In the Philippines, \"Bates Motel\" began airing on Jack TV on August 12, 2013. In South Africa, the series premiered on MNet on June 21, 2013. The series premiered in India on Colors Infinity on",
"title": "Bates Motel (TV series)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "16780301",
"text": "second season, was promoted to a series regular for the third season. It was announced on July 22, 2016 at San Diego Comic-Con International that Rihanna would appear in the iconic role of Marion Crane for the fifth and final season. A replica of the original Bates Motel set from the film \"Psycho\" was built on location at approximately 1054 272nd Street in Aldergrove, British Columbia, where portions of the series were filmed. The original house and motel is located in Universal Studios, Hollywood, Los Angeles. Additional filming for the series took place in multiple areas in Metro Vancouver, including",
"title": "Bates Motel (TV series)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "16780304",
"text": "Tomatoes reported a 100% positive rating from 17 reviews. The site's consensus reads, \"\"Bates Motel\" fulfills its menacing potential in a fourth season that confidently careens toward the mother-son duo's ghastly destiny.\" The fifth and final season of \"Bates Motel\" received a score of 81 out of 100 on Metacritic, indicating \"universal acclaim\". Rotten Tomatoes reported a 100% rating from 21 reviews. The site's consensus reads, \"\"Bates Motel\"'s final season brings the franchise full circle, with a satisfyingly creepy conclusion to the trials and tribulations of Norman Bates.\" In Canada, the series airs only on the U.S. network A&E, which",
"title": "Bates Motel (TV series)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "5393621",
"text": "100, and Kendrick Lamars single, \"Loyalty\", which earned Rihanna her ninth Grammy Award at the 60th Annual Grammy Awards. In November 2017, Rihanna was part of N.E.R.Ds comeback single \"Lemon\" from the band's album \"No One Ever Really Dies\". Rihanna officially revealed that she had begun work on her ninth studio album, just months after releasing \"Anti\". On 19 October 2017, Shakka revealed that he was working with Rihanna on her \"absolutely insane\" album. Rihanna played the recurring role of Marion Crane in the fifth and final season of \"Bates Motel\". The show received universal acclaim from critics. Rihanna also",
"title": "Rihanna"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "16780297",
"text": "professional help he needs. This complicates their once unbreakable trust as Norman struggles to maintain his grip on reality. Meanwhile, Sheriff Romero once again finds himself drawn into Norma and Norman's lives. He agrees to marry Norma because his insurance will enable her to place Norman in an expensive psychiatric hospital. His generosity backfires, however, when Norman learns of the marriage. Norman bitterly resents Romero for coming between him and his mother and at one point threatens the sheriff with an axe. The fifth season begins two years after the death of Norma. Publicly happy and well-adjusted, Norman struggles at",
"title": "Bates Motel (TV series)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "16780292",
"text": "(White Pine Bay, Oregon, as opposed to Fairvale, California) and in a modern-day setting. However, the final season loosely adapts the plot of \"Psycho\". Max Thieriot and Olivia Cooke both starred as part of the main cast throughout the series' run. After recurring in the first season, Nestor Carbonell was added to the main cast from season two onward. The series begins in Arizona with the death of Norma's husband, after which Norma purchases the Seafairer motel located in a coastal Oregon town so that she and Norman can start a new life. Subsequent seasons follow Norman as his mental",
"title": "Bates Motel (TV series)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "16780291",
"text": "Bates Motel (TV series) Bates Motel is an American psychological horror drama television series that aired from March 18, 2013 to April 24, 2017. It was developed by Carlton Cuse, Kerry Ehrin, and Anthony Cipriano, and is produced by Universal Television and American Genre for the cable network A&E. The series, a contemporary prequel to Alfred Hitchcock's 1960 film \"Psycho\"; based on Robert Bloch's 1959 novel of the same name, depicts the lives of Norman Bates (Freddie Highmore) and his mother Norma (Vera Farmiga) prior to the events portrayed in the novel and film, albeit in a different fictional town",
"title": "Bates Motel (TV series)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "6743213",
"text": "Drama Series in 2013. The series followed Cuse and Ehrin's original plan to run for five seasons of ten episodes each for a total of fifty episodes. An episode of \"Bates Motel\"'s in season 4, entitled \"Forever,\" written by Carlton Cuse with Kerry Ehrin, made the New York Times Memorable TV Episodes of 2016 list and the Hollywood Reporter's 2016 Best Episode list. For its final season, \"Bates Motel\" also won 2017 People's Choice awards for Favorite Cable Drama, and Favorite Actor and Actress for Freddie Highmore and Vera Farmiga. The fifth and final season also included the television series",
"title": "Carlton Cuse"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "7014545",
"text": "\"Bosch\". In August 2015, she joined the main cast of ABC's crime drama series \"Wicked City\". In December 2015, Newman joined the fourth-season cast of \"Bates Motel\" as the major recurring character Rebecca Hamilton, a past love interest of Sheriff Romero (Nestor Carbonell). She will star in Lech Majewski's fantasy film \"Valley of the Gods\", opposite Josh Hartnett and Charlotte Rampling. In August 2016, she was cast in the recurring role of Wildred Darnell on the fifth season of TNT's procedural drama series \"Major Crimes\". The following year, Newman began starring in the series regular role of Sarah Lieberman on",
"title": "Jaime Ray Newman"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "16780306",
"text": "November 6, 2015. NBCUniversal partnered with Hot Topic, the American retailer of pop culture merchandise, to introduce a collection of clothing and accessories inspired by \"Bates Motel\". The merchandise, including items such as bathrobes and bloody shower curtains, became available at Hot Topic's website and select stores on March 18, 2014. As of 2018, the merchandise is no longer available through Hot Topic. Bates Motel (TV series) Bates Motel is an American psychological horror drama television series that aired from March 18, 2013 to April 24, 2017. It was developed by Carlton Cuse, Kerry Ehrin, and Anthony Cipriano, and is",
"title": "Bates Motel (TV series)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "16780302",
"text": "Steveston, Coquitlam, Horseshoe Bay, West Vancouver and Fort Langley. In February 2017, after filming was completed for the series, the Bates Motel exterior set in Aldergrove was demolished. The first season of \"Bates Motel\" received a score of 66 on Metacritic, indicating \"generally favorable reviews\". Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reported that 83% of 42 critics gave the first season a positive review. The site's consensus reads, \"\"Bates Motel\" utilizes mind manipulation and suspenseful fear tactics, on top of consistently sharp character work and wonderfully uncomfortable familial relationships.\" The second season of \"Bates Motel\" received a score of 67 out of",
"title": "Bates Motel (TV series)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "13515683",
"text": "was nominated for a Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actress. Rihanna portrayed Marion in the fifth and final season of the TV series \"Bates Motel\", a contemporary prequel to the 1960 film \"Psycho\", set in the present day. This version of the character is a contemporary take on the role. In this continuity, she is a notary public living in Seattle, Washington. When Marion was a child, her mother got sick and died, Marion's father refused to raise her and sent Marion to live with her aunt in Miami, Florida. When she was a teenager, Marion ran away from home",
"title": "Marion Crane"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "16780300",
"text": "same day, Max Thieriot was cast as Norman's half-brother, Dylan Massett. Shortly after, on September 19, 2012, Nicola Peltz was cast as Bradley Martin, a possible love interest for Norman. Finally, on September 20, 2012, Olivia Cooke was the final main cast member to join the series, in the role of Emma Decody, Norman's best friend. Nestor Carbonell was cast in a recurring role as Sheriff Alex Romero in the first season, but was upgraded to the main cast at the beginning of the second season. In July 2014, Kenny Johnson, who recurred as Norma's brother Caleb Calhoun in the",
"title": "Bates Motel (TV series)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "18845780",
"text": "Bates Motel (season 4) The fourth season of \"Bates Motel\" premiered on March 7, 2016, and concluded on May 16, 2016. The season consisted of 10 episodes and aired on Mondays at 9 p.m. ET/PT on A&E. The series itself is described as a \"contemporary prequel\" to the 1960 film \"Psycho\", following the life of Norman Bates and his mother Norma prior to the events portrayed in the Hitchcock film. The series takes place in the fictional town of White Pine Bay, Oregon. The season received critical acclaim from television critics, and was nominated for two Primetime Creative Arts Emmy",
"title": "Bates Motel (season 4)"
}
] |
February 20, 2017
|
how many episodes are in series 7 game of thrones
|
[
"seven"
] |
[
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "18938987",
"text": "Game of Thrones (season 7) The seventh and penultimate season of the fantasy drama television series \"Game of Thrones\" premiered on HBO on July 16, 2017, and concluded on August 27, 2017. Unlike previous seasons that consisted of ten episodes each, the seventh season consisted of only seven. Like the previous season, it largely consisted of original content not found in George R. R. Martin's \"A Song of Ice and Fire\" series, while also incorporating material Martin revealed to showrunners about the upcoming novels in the series. The series was adapted for television by David Benioff and D. B. Weiss.",
"title": "Game of Thrones (season 7)"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "18938998",
"text": "Bender, who worked on the show's sixth season, said that the seventh season would consist of seven episodes. Benioff and Weiss stated that they were unable to produce 10 episodes in the show's usual 12 to 14 month time frame, as Weiss said \"It's crossing out of a television schedule into more of a mid-range movie schedule.\" HBO confirmed on July 18, 2016, that the seventh season would consist of seven episodes, and would premiere later than usual in mid-2017 because of the later filming schedule. Later it was confirmed that the season would debut on July 16. The seventh",
"title": "Game of Thrones (season 7)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "18938999",
"text": "season of the series includes its longest episode, with the finale running for 81 minutes. The penultimate episode also runs for 71 minutes – around 16 minutes longer than an average \"Game of Thrones\" episode. The first five episodes mostly run longer than average (55 minutes), at 59, 59, 63, 50, and 59 minutes respectively. The previous longest episode in the series was the sixth-season finale, \"The Winds of Winter\", which ran for 69 minutes. Ramin Djawadi returned as the composer of the show for the seventh season. On Metacritic, the season (based on the first episode) has a score",
"title": "Game of Thrones (season 7)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "18938989",
"text": "the Seven Kingdoms. HBO ordered the seventh season on April 21, 2016, three days before the premiere of the show's sixth season, and began filming on August 31, 2016. The season was filmed primarily in Northern Ireland, Spain, Croatia and Iceland. \"Game of Thrones\" features a large ensemble cast, including Peter Dinklage, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Lena Headey, Emilia Clarke, and Kit Harington. The season introduces several new cast members, including Jim Broadbent and Tom Hopper. The series received 22 nominations for the 70th Primetime Emmy Awards, and won for Outstanding Drama Series and Dinklage won for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a",
"title": "Game of Thrones (season 7)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "18938990",
"text": "Drama Series. <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> The recurring actors listed here are those who appeared in season 7. They are listed by the region in which they first appear. Series creators and executive producers David Benioff and D. B. Weiss serve as showrunners for the seventh season. The directors for the seventh season are Jeremy Podeswa (episodes 1 and 7), Mark Mylod (episodes 2 and 3), Matt Shakman (episodes 4 and 5) and Alan Taylor (episode 6). This marks Taylor's return to the series after an absence since the second season. Shakman is a first-time \"Game of Thrones\" director, with the rest each",
"title": "Game of Thrones (season 7)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "18938997",
"text": "fifth season. New York Mets baseball pitcher Noah Syndergaard made a background cameo as a javelin-throwing Lannister soldier in \"The Spoils of War.\" On April 21, 2016, HBO officially ordered the seventh season of \"Game of Thrones\", just three days prior to the premiere of the show's sixth season. In a June 2016 interview with \"Variety\", co-creators David Benioff and D. B. Weiss revealed the seventh season would likely consist of fewer episodes, stating at the time of the interview that they were \"down to our final 13 episodes after this season. We're heading into the final lap.\" Director Jack",
"title": "Game of Thrones (season 7)"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "157544",
"text": "a dozen Emmy Awards, including Outstanding Drama Series. By the end of 2016, all seasons up to season 6 (which premiered on April 24, 2016) had been aired on HBO and all seasons had been released on DVD and/or Blu-ray for home viewing (see List of Game of Thrones episodes). The company confirmed on July 18, 2016 that season 7 would consist of seven episodes instead of the usual ten, and would premiere later than usual, in mid-2017, because of the later filming schedule. This was necessary in order to be shooting during the winter season in Europe. Season 7",
"title": "George R. R. Martin"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "12800963",
"text": "content. In April 2016, the showrunners' plan was to shoot 13 more episodes after the sixth season: seven episodes in the seventh season and six episodes in the eighth. Later that month, the series was renewed for a seventh season with a seven-episode order. Eight seasons were ordered and filmed, adapting the novels at a rate of about 48 seconds per page for the first three seasons. The first two seasons adapted one novel each. For the later seasons, its creators see \"Game of Thrones\" as an adaptation of \"A Song of Ice and Fire\" as a whole rather than",
"title": "Game of Thrones"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "18939002",
"text": "Now and HBO Go apps are included. Over the season, the viewer numbers averaged at over 30 million per episode across all platforms. The season was simulcast around the world by HBO and its broadcast partners in 186 countries. In some countries, it aired the day after its first release. On July 23, 2016, a teaser production trailer was released by HBO at the 2016 San Diego Comic-Con. The trailer mostly consisted of voice overs, and shots of crew members creating sets and props. The first footage from the season was revealed in a new promotional video released by HBO",
"title": "Game of Thrones (season 7)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "12800935",
"text": "Game of Thrones Game of Thrones is an American fantasy drama television series created by David Benioff and D. B. Weiss. It is an adaptation of \"A Song of Ice and Fire\", George R. R. Martin's series of fantasy novels, the first of which is \"A Game of Thrones\". It is filmed in Belfast and elsewhere in Northern Ireland, Canada, Croatia, Iceland, Malta, Morocco, Scotland, Spain, and the United States. The series premiered on HBO in the United States on April 17, 2011, and its seventh season ended on August 27, 2017. The series will conclude with its eighth season",
"title": "Game of Thrones"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "18939000",
"text": "of 77 out of 100 based on 12 reviews, indicating \"generally favorable reviews\". On Rotten Tomatoes, the seventh season has a 94% approval rating from 46 critics with an average rating of 8.31 out of 10, and a 92% average episode score, with the site's consensus reading, \"After a year-long wait, \"Game of Thrones\" roars back with powerful storytelling and a focused interest in its central characters—particularly the female ones.\" The series premiere surpassed 30 million viewers across all of the network's domestic platforms weeks after its release. The show's numbers continued to climb in other countries as well. In",
"title": "Game of Thrones (season 7)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "20300002",
"text": "Beyond the Wall (Game of Thrones) \"Beyond the Wall\" is the sixth and penultimate episode of the seventh season of HBO's fantasy television series \"Game of Thrones\", and the 66th overall. It was written by series co-creators David Benioff and D. B. Weiss, and directed by Alan Taylor. At 70 minutes, it was the series' longest episode until the airing of the season's finale. The episode's main plot focuses on Jon Snow's raiding party as they journey north of the Wall; they successfully capture a wight to prove the threat, though Thoros is killed. Daenerys rescues the group from the",
"title": "Beyond the Wall (Game of Thrones)"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "20049003",
"text": "episodes, stating that after season six, they were \"down to our final 13 episodes after this season. We're heading into the final lap.\" Benioff and Weiss stated that they were unable to produce 10 episodes in the show's usual 12 to 14-month time frame, as Weiss said, \"It's crossing out of a television schedule into more of a mid-range movie schedule.\" HBO confirmed in July 2016, that the seventh season would consist of seven episodes, and would premiere later than usual in mid-2017 because of the later filming schedule. Benioff and Weiss later confirmed that the eighth season will consist",
"title": "Game of Thrones (season 8)"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "12800970",
"text": "of the European locations. Each ten-episode season of \"Game of Thrones\" has four to six directors, who usually direct back-to-back episodes. Alan Taylor has directed seven episodes, the most episodes of the series. Alex Graves, David Nutter, Mark Mylod and Jeremy Podeswa have directed six each. Daniel Minahan directed five episodes, and Michelle MacLaren, Alik Sakharov, and Miguel Sapochnik directed four each. Brian Kirk directed three episodes during the first season, and Tim Van Patten directed the series' first two episodes. Neil Marshall directed two episodes, both with large battle scenes: \"Blackwater\" and \"The Watchers on the Wall\". Other directors",
"title": "Game of Thrones"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "20300029",
"text": "before it was set to air, on August 20, 2017. Four days before its official broadcast, HBO Spain and HBO Nordic accidentally allowed \"Beyond the Wall\" to be available for on-demand viewing for one hour before being removed. Beyond the Wall (Game of Thrones) \"Beyond the Wall\" is the sixth and penultimate episode of the seventh season of HBO's fantasy television series \"Game of Thrones\", and the 66th overall. It was written by series co-creators David Benioff and D. B. Weiss, and directed by Alan Taylor. At 70 minutes, it was the series' longest episode until the airing of the",
"title": "Beyond the Wall (Game of Thrones)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "18938994",
"text": "The Dark Hedges in Stranocum, which was previously used as the Kingsroad in the second season. Some scenes were filmed in Iceland. Filming also occurred in Dubrovnik, Croatia, which is used for location of King's Landing. The scene where Arya was reunited with Nymeria was filmed in Alberta, Canada. \"Deadline\" reported on June 21, 2016, that the five main cast members, Peter Dinklage, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Lena Headey, Emilia Clarke, and Kit Harington had been in contract negotiations for the final two seasons. It was reported that the cast members have increased their salary to $500,000 per episode for the seventh",
"title": "Game of Thrones (season 7)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "18938991",
"text": "having directed multiple episodes in previous seasons. Michele Clapton returned to the show as costume designer, after spending some time away from the show in the sixth season. She previously worked on the show for the first five seasons, as well as the end of the sixth season. The seventh season contains original material not found in the \"A Song of Ice and Fire\" series. Some of the show's sixth season also consists of material revealed to the writers of the television series during discussions with Martin. Filming began on August 31, 2016, at Titanic Studios in Belfast, and ended",
"title": "Game of Thrones (season 7)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "20048998",
"text": "Game of Thrones (season 8) The eighth and final season of the fantasy drama television series \"Game of Thrones\" was announced by HBO in July 2016. Unlike the first six seasons that each had ten episodes and the seventh that had seven episodes, the eighth season will have only six episodes. Like the previous season, it will largely consist of original content not found currently in George R. R. Martin's \"A Song of Ice and Fire\" series and will also adapt material Martin has revealed to showrunners about the upcoming novels in the series, \"The Winds of Winter\" and \"A",
"title": "Game of Thrones (season 8)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "12801004",
"text": "out of 100 (based on 29 reviews) on Metacritic. The sixth season has been praised by critics, though not as highly as its predecessors. It has a score of 73 on Metacritic (based on nine reviews), indicating \"generally favorable reviews\". The seventh season scored 77 out of 100 (based on twelve reviews) and was praised for its action sequences and focused central characters, but received criticism for its breakneck pace and plot developments that \"defied logic.\" Despite its otherwise enthusiastic reception by critics, \"Game of Thrones\" has been criticized for the amount of female nudity, violence, and sexual violence (especially",
"title": "Game of Thrones"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "14195696",
"text": "to begin filming in London in 2016. On April 11, 2016, Season 5 was confirmed to be the show's last; it consists of seven episodes and premiered on August 20, 2017. The series finale, Season 5's \"Episode Seven\", aired on October 8, 2017. \"Episodes\" has received positive reviews by critics, with specific praise being given to the performances of stars Stephen Mangan, Tamsin Greig, and Matt LeBlanc. For his performance in the series Matt LeBlanc won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy and has been nominated for four Primetime Emmy Awards. After married",
"title": "Episodes (TV series)"
}
] |
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who is next in line to be the monarch of england
|
[
"Charles, Prince of Wales"
] |
[
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "3544754",
"text": "Catholics are eligible. Queen Elizabeth II is the sovereign, and her heir apparent is her eldest son, Charles, Prince of Wales. Next in line after him is Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, the Prince of Wales's elder son. Third in line is Prince George, the eldest child of the Duke of Cambridge, followed by his sister, Princess Charlotte and younger brother, Prince Louis. Sixth in line is Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, the younger son of the Prince of Wales. Under the Perth Agreement, which came into effect in 2015, only the first six in line of succession require the",
"title": "Succession to the British throne"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "4058590",
"text": "The Act required that the regent should be the next person in the line of succession who was: The Counsellors of State were to consist of: Thus, at the time of the passing of the Act, Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester would have become Regent in the event that King George VI died while The Princess Elizabeth was still a minor. The current prospective regent under the Act would be Charles, Prince of Wales. Section 4 of the Act prohibits the regent from giving royal assent to a bill to change the line of succession to the British throne or",
"title": "Regency Acts"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "575685",
"text": "the throne remains. The necessary UK legislation making the changes received the royal assent on 25 April 2013 and was brought into force in March 2015 after the equivalent legislation was approved in all the other Commonwealth realms. Though Catholics are prohibited from succeeding and are deemed \"naturally dead\" for succession purposes, the disqualification does not extend to the individual's legitimate Protestant descendants. The Regency Acts allow for regencies in the event of a monarch who is a minor or who is physically or mentally incapacitated. When a regency is necessary, the next qualified individual in the line of succession",
"title": "Monarchy of the United Kingdom"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "4058613",
"text": "is third in line to the throne after his grandfather and father. If the prince were to succeed to the throne before his 18th birthday on 22 July 2031, his uncle, Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex (the Prince of Wales' younger son), would serve as regent, as George's younger siblings Charlotte and Louis (currently fourth and fifth in line, respectively) would also be minors. In the event that Prince Harry would be unable to serve as regent, the next in line would be his uncle (Prince George's grand-uncle) Prince Andrew, Duke of York, followed by the Duke of York's elder",
"title": "Regency Acts"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "3544753",
"text": "Succession to the British throne Succession to the British throne is determined by descent, sex (for people born before October 2011), legitimacy, and religion. Under common law, the Crown is inherited by a sovereign's children or by a childless sovereign's nearest collateral line. The Bill of Rights 1689 and the Act of Settlement 1701 restrict succession to the throne to the legitimate Protestant descendants of Sophia of Hanover that are in \"communion with the Church of England\". Spouses of Roman Catholics were disqualified from 1689 until the law was amended in 2015. Protestant descendants of those excluded for being Roman",
"title": "Succession to the British throne"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "3544794",
"text": "the undoubted king. Succession to the British throne Succession to the British throne is determined by descent, sex (for people born before October 2011), legitimacy, and religion. Under common law, the Crown is inherited by a sovereign's children or by a childless sovereign's nearest collateral line. The Bill of Rights 1689 and the Act of Settlement 1701 restrict succession to the throne to the legitimate Protestant descendants of Sophia of Hanover that are in \"communion with the Church of England\". Spouses of Roman Catholics were disqualified from 1689 until the law was amended in 2015. Protestant descendants of those excluded",
"title": "Succession to the British throne"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "1542327",
"text": "Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester, (Richard Alexander Walter George; born 26 August 1944) is the youngest grandchild of King George V and Queen Mary. He practised as an architect until the death of his elder brother placed him in direct line to inherit his father's dukedom of Gloucester, which he inherited, as the second duke, in 1974. He is a paternal cousin of Queen Elizabeth II, and currently 26th in the line of succession to the British throne as well as the first in line not descended from King George VI. He is also the",
"title": "Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "16966255",
"text": "came into effect was George Windsor, Earl of St Andrews, who had married a Roman Catholic in 1988, and was restored to the line of succession in 34th place, after his father the Duke of Kent. The provision of the Act of Settlement requiring the monarch to be a Protestant continues, as the monarch remains the Supreme Governor of the Church of England. The Royal Marriages Act 1772 is repealed. Instead, only the first six persons in line to the throne require the Sovereign's approval to marry. Marriage without the Sovereign's consent would disqualify the person and the person's descendants",
"title": "Succession to the Crown Act 2013"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "575686",
"text": "automatically becomes regent, unless they themselves are a minor or incapacitated. Special provisions were made for Queen Elizabeth II by the Regency Act 1953, which stated that the Duke of Edinburgh (the Queen's husband) could act as regent in these circumstances. During a temporary physical infirmity or an absence from the kingdom, the sovereign may temporarily delegate some of his or her functions to Counsellors of State, the monarch's spouse and the first four adults in the line of succession. The present Counsellors of State are: the Duke of Edinburgh, the Prince of Wales, the Duke of Cambridge, the Duke",
"title": "Monarchy of the United Kingdom"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "4058612",
"text": "the regent. , under the provisions of the Regency Acts in force, Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, would act as regent in the event of the incapacity of his mother, Queen Elizabeth II. The next person in the line of succession, the Prince of Wales' elder son Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, would also be able to succeed without necessitating a regency and would be eligible to be regent for his grandmother or his father. , the first person under the age of 18 in the line of succession to the throne is William's son Prince George of Cambridge, who",
"title": "Regency Acts"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "575681",
"text": "unanimous consent of all the realms. Succession is governed by statutes such as the Bill of Rights 1689, the Act of Settlement 1701 and the Acts of Union 1707. The rules of succession may only be changed by an Act of Parliament; it is not possible for an individual to renounce his or her right of succession. The Act of Settlement restricts the succession to the legitimate Protestant descendants of Sophia of Hanover (1630–1714), a granddaughter of James I. Upon the death of a sovereign, his or her heir immediately and automatically succeeds (hence the phrase \"The king is dead,",
"title": "Monarchy of the United Kingdom"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "3544778",
"text": "stipulate whoever is monarch of the United Kingdom will also be monarch of that realm. In February 1952, on her accession, Elizabeth II was proclaimed as sovereign separately throughout her realms. In October 2011, the heads of government of all 16 realms agreed unanimously at a meeting held in Perth, Australia, to proposed changes to the royal succession laws that would see the order of succession for people born after 28 October 2011 governed by absolute primogeniture—wherein succession passes to an individual's children according to birth order, regardless of sex—instead of male-preference primogeniture. They also agreed to lift a ban",
"title": "Succession to the British throne"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "568862",
"text": "George II of Great Britain George II (George Augustus; ; 30 October / 9 November 1683 – 25 October 1760) was King of Great Britain and Ireland, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (Hanover) and a prince-elector of the Holy Roman Empire from 11 June 1727 (O.S.) until his death in 1760. George was the last British monarch born outside Great Britain: he was born and brought up in northern Germany. His grandmother, Sophia of Hanover, became second in line to the British throne after about 50 Catholics higher in line were excluded by the Act of Settlement 1701 and the Acts of",
"title": "George II of Great Britain"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "9892967",
"text": "queen and the throne would have been inherited by her eldest child, and so on. Friederike is not considered a pretender to the British throne, as this alternative line of succession is completely hypothetical. Next in line would be her eldest child, Felicitas Catharini Malina Johanna von Reiche. Alternative successions of the English and British crown British history provides several opportunities for alternative claimants to the Crown to arise, and historical scholars have on occasion traced to present times the heirs of those alternative claims. Throughout this article, the names of \"would-have-been\" monarchs are in \"italics\". Richard II abdicated in",
"title": "Alternative successions of the English and British crown"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "3544779",
"text": "on those who marry Roman Catholics. The ban on Catholics themselves was retained to ensure that the monarch would be in communion with the Church of England. The changes came into effect across the Commonwealth realms on 26 March 2015, after legislation was made according to each realm's constitution. Following the changes coming into effect, the positions of the first 27 in line remained unchanged, including Princess Anne and her children and grandchildren, until the birth of Princess Charlotte of Cambridge on 2 May 2015. The first to be affected by the changes, on the day they came into effect",
"title": "Succession to the British throne"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "9892966",
"text": "Prince of Wales; end the ban on marriage of dynasts to Catholics; and limit the requirement for those in line to the throne to acquire permission of the sovereign to marry. However, the requirement for the sovereign to be in communion with the Church of England remains. This change has now been enacted as the Succession to the Crown Act 2013; but it does not apply retroactively. If this system of primogeniture had been applied on the death of Victoria (whose actual successor was her second child and first son Edward VII), then Princess Victoria, Princess Royal would have become",
"title": "Alternative successions of the English and British crown"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "1966895",
"text": "Sir Angus Ogilvy, to whom she was married from 1963 until his death in 2004. As of 14 December 2018, she is 52nd in the line of succession to the British throne; at the time of her birth in 1936, she was sixth. Princess Alexandra was born on 25 December 1936 at 3 Belgrave Square, London. Her parents were Prince George, Duke of Kent, the fourth son of King George V and Queen Mary, and Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark, a daughter of Prince Nicholas of Greece and Denmark and Grand Duchess Elena Vladimirovna of Russia. She was named",
"title": "Princess Alexandra, The Honourable Lady Ogilvy"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "798030",
"text": "Prince William, Duke of Cambridge Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, (William Arthur Philip Louis; born 21 June 1982) is a member of the British royal family. He is a grandson of Queen Elizabeth II, and the elder son of Charles, Prince of Wales, and Diana, Princess of Wales. Since birth, he has been second in the line of succession to the British throne after his father. William was educated at four schools in the United Kingdom and studied for a degree at the University of St. Andrews. During a gap year, he spent time in Chile, Belize, and Africa. In",
"title": "Prince William, Duke of Cambridge"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "579483",
"text": "constraints, but he chose not to engage in a conflict with Parliament and agreed to abide by the statute. The Bill of Rights also settled the question of succession to the Crown. After the death of either William or Mary, the other would continue to reign. Next in the line of succession was Mary II's sister, Anne, and her issue, followed by any children William might have had by a subsequent marriage. Roman Catholics, as well as those who married Catholics, were excluded. Although most in Britain accepted William and Mary as sovereigns, a significant minority refused to acknowledge their",
"title": "William III of England"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "189651",
"text": "Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, (Henry Charles Albert David; born 15 September 1984) is a member of the British royal family. He is the younger son of Charles, Prince of Wales, and Diana, Princess of Wales, and is sixth in the line of succession to the British throne. He was officially styled Prince Henry of Wales from birth until his marriage, but is known as Prince Harry. Harry was educated at schools in the United Kingdom and spent parts of his gap year in Australia and Lesotho. He then underwent officer training at the Royal",
"title": "Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex"
}
] |
Charles, Prince of Wales
|
who is in charge of enforcing the pendleton act of 1883
|
[
"United States Civil Service Commission"
] |
[
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "660304",
"text": "Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act The Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act (ch. 27, ) is a United States federal law enacted in 1883 that mandated that positions within the federal government should be awarded on the basis of merit instead of political affiliation. The act provided selection of government employees by competitive exams, rather than ties to politicians or political affiliation. It also made it illegal to fire or demote government officials for political reasons and prohibited soliciting campaign donations on Federal government property. To enforce the merit system and the judicial system, the law also created the United States",
"title": "Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "3941402",
"text": "in 1883. The Pendleton law was passed in part due to public outcry over the assassination of President Garfield. The Pendleton Act renewed funding for the Civil Service Commission and established a three-man commission to run Civil Service whose commissioners were chosen by President Arthur. The Civil Service Commission administered the civil service of the United States federal government. The Pendleton law required certain applicants to take the civil service exam in order to be given certain jobs; it also prevented elected officials and political appointees from firing civil servants, removing civil servants from the influences of political patronage and",
"title": "United States Civil Service Commission"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "660307",
"text": "to the presidency. Once in office, President Arthur pushed through legislation for civil reform. On January 16, 1883 Congress passed the Civil Service Act, which is sometimes referred to as the Pendleton Act after Senator George H. Pendleton of Ohio, one of the primary sponsors. The Act was written by Dorman Bridgman Eaton, a staunch opponent of the patronage system who was later first chairman of the United States Civil Service Commission. However, the law would also prove to be a major political liability for Arthur. The law offended machine politicians, or politicians who belong to a small clique that",
"title": "Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "13532575",
"text": "and Marshall Jewell as Attorney General and Postmaster General, respectively, who supported Bristow's investigations. In 1875, Pierrepont cleaned up corruption among the United States Attorneys and Marshals in the South. The Civil Service Reform Act (called \"the Pendleton Act\") is an 1883 federal law that created the United States Civil Service Commission. It eventually placed most federal employees on the merit system and marked the end of the so-called \"spoils system\". Drafted during the Chester A. Arthur administration, the Pendleton Act served as a response to President James Garfield's assassination by a disappointed office seeker. The Act was passed into",
"title": "U.S. Civil Service Reform"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "11229834",
"text": "of Congress; the Senate approved the bill 38–5 and the House soon concurred by a vote of 155–47. Arthur signed the Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act into law on January 16, 1883. The bill created a civil service commission to oversee civil service examinations and outlawed the use of \"assessments,\" fees that political appointees were expected to pay to their respective political parties as the price for their appointments. These reforms had previously been proposed by the Jay Commission, which had investigated Arthur during his time as Collector of the Port of New York. In just two years' time, an",
"title": "Presidency of Chester A. Arthur"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "19290368",
"text": "her childhood nickname \"Minnie\". She was raised and grew up in Norwalk. After high school, she attended Vassar College in New York City, graduating in 1880. Her first job was a favorable position for a young lady, a clerk with the Census Bureau in Washington, D.C. Hoyt was the first woman selected to a US civil service position. The Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act, also known as the Civil Service Act, is a federal law established in 1883 which decided that government jobs should be awarded on the basis of merit and examination scores instead of political affiliation. US president",
"title": "Mary F. Hoyt"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "13532576",
"text": "law in January 1883; it was sponsored by Democratic Senator George H. Pendleton of Ohio. It was drafted by Dorman Bridgman Eaton, a leading reformer who became the first chairman of the U.S. Civil Service Commission. Its most famous commissioner was Theodore Roosevelt (1889–95). The new law prohibited mandatory campaign contributions, or \"assessments\", which amounted to 50–75% of party financing in the Gilded Age. Second, the Pendleton Act required entrance exams for aspiring bureaucrats. At first it covered very few jobs but there was a ratchet provision whereby outgoing presidents could lock in their own appointees by converting their jobs",
"title": "U.S. Civil Service Reform"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "8556450",
"text": "$179,700 in 2012. , the Federal Government, excluding the Postal Service and soldiers, employed about 2 million civilian workers. The Federal Government is the nation's single largest employer. Although most federal agencies are based in the Washington, D.C. region, only about 16% (or about 288,000) of the federal government workforce is employed in this region. Public support in the United States for civil service reform strengthened following the assassination of President James Garfield. The United States Civil Service Commission was created by the Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act, which was passed into law on January 16, 1883. The commission was",
"title": "United States federal civil service"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "8556441",
"text": "that are authorized to create their own hiring policies and are not subject to most appointment, pay, and classification laws. In the early 19th century, positions in the federal government were held at the pleasure of the president—a person could be fired at any time. The spoils system meant that jobs were used to support the American political parties, though this was gradually changed by the Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act of 1883 and subsequent laws. By 1909, almost two-thirds of the U.S. federal workforce was appointed based on merit, that is, qualifications measured by tests. Certain senior civil service",
"title": "United States federal civil service"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "660305",
"text": "Civil Service Commission. This board would be in charge of determining the rules and regulations of the act. The act also allowed for the president, by executive order, to decide which positions would be subject to the act and which would not. A result was the shift of the parties to reliance on funding from business, since they could no longer depend on patronage. In 1877, there was growing interest in the United States concerning the effects of the spoils system on the American political system. New York City established the Civil Service Reform Association to help address the issues,",
"title": "Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "2752196",
"text": "well as proprietor of the Metropolitan Hotel. At times he was a member of the United States House of Representatives, the New York City Board of Advisors, and the New York State Senate. In 1873, Tweed was convicted for diverting between $40 million and $200 million of public monies. Six months after James Garfield became president in 1881, Charles J. Guiteau, a disappointed office-seeker, assassinated him. To prevent further political violence and to assuage public outrage, Congress passed the Pendleton Act in 1883, which set up the Civil Service Commission. Henceforth, applicants for most federal government jobs would have to",
"title": "Patronage"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "6567861",
"text": "be incompetent and provided protection for \"whistleblowers\" The CSRA was one of the largest reforms in Federal personnel regulations since the Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act of 1883 and is one of the Carter Administration's major domestic achievements. However, the long lasting effects and the legacy of the CSRA are widely disputed. Some claim that the CSRA has accomplished virtually nothing. Others claim that the CSRA has accomplished quite a bit. On one side of the argument, it is claimed that the CSRA has not affected unequal hiring methods, has not formed a division of experienced administrators that it was",
"title": "Civil Service Reform Act of 1978"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "10418018",
"text": "President\", the new Stalwart president Chester A. Arthur surprised those in his own faction by promoting civil service reform and issuing government jobs based on a merit system. The Half-Breeds put through Congress the Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act (authored by Democrat George H. Pendleton), and Arthur signed the bill into law on January 16, 1883. The act put an end to the spoils system, at least symbolically, placing a significant number of federal employees under the merit system and putting the government on the road to true reform. The act also set up the United States Civil Service Commission,",
"title": "Half-Breeds (politics)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "281641",
"text": "of United States President James A. Garfield by a disappointed office seeker in 1881 proved its dangers. Two years later in 1883, the system of appointments to the United States Federal Bureaucracy was revamped by the Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act, partially based on the British meritocratic civil service that had been established years earlier. The act stipulated that government jobs should be awarded on the basis of merit, through competitive exams, rather than ties to politicians or political affiliation. It also made it illegal to fire or demote government employees for political reasons. To enforce the merit system and",
"title": "Meritocracy"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "11839843",
"text": "National Civil Service Reform League The National Civil Service Reform League was a non-profit organization in the United States founded in 1881 for the purpose of investigating the efficiency of the civil service. Among its founders were George William Curtis, chairman of the first United States Civil Service Commission, and Dorman B. Eaton, principal author of the Pendleton Civil Service Act (1883) and first chairman of the reconstituted commission. Largely through its influence many important civil service measures were passed. During World War I, its work was especially valuable in securing civil service efficiency as a factor in military success.",
"title": "National Civil Service Reform League"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "1489694",
"text": "to the United States Senate. During his only term, from 1881 to 1885, he served concurrently as the Chairman of the Democratic Conference. Following the 1881 assassination of James A. Garfield, he passed his most notable legislation, known as the Pendleton Act of 1883, requiring civil service exams for government positions. The Act helped put an end to the system of patronage in widespread use at the time, but it cost Pendelton politically, as many members of his own party preferred the spoils system. He was thus not renominated to the Senate. Instead, President Grover Cleveland appointed him Envoy Extraordinary",
"title": "George H. Pendleton"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "1489689",
"text": "the 1869 Ohio gubernatorial election, he temporarily left politics. He served as the president of the Kentucky Central Railroad before returning to Congress. Pendleton won election to the U.S. Senate in 1879 and served a single term, becoming Chairman of the Senate Democratic Conference. After the assassination of President James A. Garfield, he wrote and helped pass the Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act of 1883. The act required many civil service hires to be based on merit rather than political connections. Passage of the act lost him support in Ohio and he was not nominated for a second term in",
"title": "George H. Pendleton"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "17672891",
"text": "patronage problem had gotten out of control, and shifted public opinion, convincing the United States that the President of the United States had more important things to do than to engage in patronage. Congress was eventually spurred to pass the Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act of 1883, which created a Civil Service Commission and advocated a merit system for selecting government employees. In addition, passage of the Hatch Act of 1939 forbade the intimidation or bribery of voters and restricted political campaign activities by federal employees. It prohibited using any public funds designated for relief or public works for electoral",
"title": "Political appointments in the United States"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "1399651",
"text": "person could be fired at any time. The spoils system meant that jobs were used to support the political parties. This was changed in slow stages by the Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act of 1883 and subsequent laws. By 1909, almost two thirds of the U.S. federal work force was appointed based on merit, that is, qualifications measured by tests. Certain senior civil service positions, including some heads of diplomatic missions and executive agencies are filled by political appointees. Under the Hatch Act of 1939, civil servants are not allowed to engage in political activities while performing their duties. The",
"title": "Civil service"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "11229835",
"text": "unrepentant Stalwart had become the president who ushered in long-awaited civil service reform. Even after Arthur signed the Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act into law, proponents of the act doubted Arthur's commitment to reform. The act initially applied only to ten percent of federal jobs and, without proper implementation by the president, would not have affected the remaining civil service positions. To the surprise of his critics, Arthur acted quickly to appoint the members of the newly-created Civil Service Commission, naming reformers Dorman Bridgman Eaton, John Milton Gregory, and Leroy D. Thoman as commissioners. The chief examiner, Silas W. Burt,",
"title": "Presidency of Chester A. Arthur"
}
] |
United States Civil Service Commission
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what is the name of latest version of android
|
[
"Oreo"
] |
[
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "20611860",
"text": "Android Pie Android 9 \"Pie\" (codenamed Android P during development) is the ninth major update and the 16th version of the Android operating system. It was first released as an alpha quality developer preview in March 2018 and released to the public on August 6, 2018. Android Pie, then referred to as \"Android P,\" was first announced by Google on March 7, 2018, and the first developer preview was released on the same day. The second preview, considered beta quality, was released on May 8, 2018. The third preview, called Beta 2, was released on June 6, 2018. The fourth",
"title": "Android Pie"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "20068605",
"text": "Android Oreo Android \"Oreo\" (codenamed Android O during development) is the eighth major update and the 15th version of the Android operating system. It was first released as an alpha quality developer preview in March 2017 and released to the public on August 21, 2017. It contains a number of major features, including notification grouping, picture-in-picture support for video, performance improvements and battery usage optimization, and support for autofillers, Bluetooth 5, system-level integration with VoIP apps, wide color gamuts, and Wi-Fi Aware. Android Oreo also introduces two major platform features: Android Go – a software distribution of the operating system",
"title": "Android Oreo"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "19379655",
"text": "Beta Preview 4 was released on June 15, 2016. On June 30, 2016, Google announced that N's release name would be \"Nougat\"; it was also confirmed that Nougat would be version 7.0 of Android. The final Beta Preview, 5, was released on July 18, 2016. Android 7.0 was officially released on August 22, 2016, with the Nexus 6, 5X, 6P, 9, Nexus Player, Pixel C, and as the first devices to receive the update. Dave Burke, Android's Vice President of Engineering, stated in August 2016 that updates to Nougat would be released quarterly as maintenance releases focusing on \"continued refinements",
"title": "Android Nougat"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "19379651",
"text": "Android Nougat Android 7.0 \"Nougat\" (codenamed Android N during development) is the seventh major version and 14th original version of the Android operating system. First released as an alpha test version on March 9, 2016, it was officially released on August 22, 2016, with Nexus devices being the first to receive the update. The LG V20 was the first smartphone released with Nougat. Nougat introduces notable changes to the operating system and its development platform, including the ability to display multiple apps on-screen at once in a split-screen view, support for inline replies to notifications, and an expanded \"Doze\" power-saving",
"title": "Android Nougat"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "20611861",
"text": "preview, called Beta 3, was released on July 2, 2018. The final beta of Android P was released on July 25, 2018. Android \"P\" was officially released on August 6, 2018 as \"Android 9 Pie\" and was initially available for Google Pixel devices and the Essential Phone. The Sony Xperia XZ3 was the first device with Android Pie pre-installed. Google announced it will release Android 9 Pie (Go Edition), the lite version of Android Pie, in autumn. Some users are reporting reduced battery life after upgrading to Android Pie. Android Pie Android 9 \"Pie\" (codenamed Android P during development) is",
"title": "Android Pie"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "20068606",
"text": "for low-end devices – and support for implementing a hardware abstraction layer. , 21.5% of Android devices run Oreo, with 14.0% on 8.0 and 7.5% on 8.1. Android Oreo was internally codenamed \"Oatmeal Cookie.\" On March 21, 2017, Google released the first developer preview of Android \"O\", available for the Nexus 5X, Nexus 6P, Nexus Player, Pixel C, and both Pixel smartphones. The second, considered beta quality, was released May 17, 2017. The third developer preview was released on June 8, 2017 and offered a finalized version of the API. DP3 finalized the release's API to API level 26, changed",
"title": "Android Oreo"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "19661590",
"text": "adding tab navigation with swipe gesture, quick menu, enhanced navigation page (China only), content blocker status UI (in menu). The stable version was subsequently released worldwide in May 2017, following the launch of the Samsung Galaxy S8. Version 6.2 was released on October 30, 2017, adding high contrast mode and night mode. Version 6.4 was released on February 19, 2018, adding download manager and enabled web bluetooth by default. Version 7.2 was released on June 7, 2018, adding WebGL2, Intersection Observer, Web Assembly and Protected Browsing. Version 7.4 was released on August 19, 2018, adding authentication with Intelligent Scan, customised",
"title": "Samsung Internet for Android"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "18770860",
"text": "Android Marshmallow Android 6.0 \"Marshmallow\" (codenamed Android M during development) is the sixth major version of the Android operating system and the 13th version of Android. First released as a beta build on May 28, 2015, it was officially released on October 5, 2015, with Nexus devices being the first to receive the update. Marshmallow primarily focuses on improving the overall user experience of its predecessor, Lollipop. It introduced a new permissions architecture, new APIs for contextual assistants (first used by a new feature \"Now on Tap\" to provide context-sensitive search results), a new power management system that reduces background",
"title": "Android Marshmallow"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "18770871",
"text": "to license Google Mobile Services software. The requirement for mandatory device encryption was originally intended to take effect on Lollipop, but was delayed due to performance issues. Android Marshmallow Android 6.0 \"Marshmallow\" (codenamed Android M during development) is the sixth major version of the Android operating system and the 13th version of Android. First released as a beta build on May 28, 2015, it was officially released on October 5, 2015, with Nexus devices being the first to receive the update. Marshmallow primarily focuses on improving the overall user experience of its predecessor, Lollipop. It introduced a new permissions architecture,",
"title": "Android Marshmallow"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "20391877",
"text": "port. It has a rear-mounted fingerprint scanner and is IP54 dust and water resistant. The Nokia 7 initially came with near-stock Android 7.1.1 \"Nougat\", and HMD released the upgrade to Android 8.1 \"Oreo” in May 2018. Nokia 7 The Nokia 7 is a mid-range Nokia-branded smartphone running Android, by HMD Global. It was launched on 19 October 2017 and was released on 24 October exclusively in China. Nokia 7.1, which is an upgrade to the prior Nokia 7, was released on October 28, 2018 with an upgraded Snapdragon 660 processor. The Nokia 7 comes with the mid-range Snapdragon 630, backed",
"title": "Nokia 7"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "18126825",
"text": "Android Lollipop Android \"Lollipop\" is a codename for the Android mobile operating system developed by Google, spanning versions between 5.0 and 5.1.1. Unveiled on June 25, 2014 at the Google I/O 2014 conference, it became available through official over-the-air (OTA) updates on November 12, 2014, for select devices that run distributions of Android serviced by Google (such as Nexus and Google Play edition devices). Its source code was made available on November 3, 2014. It is the fifth major update and the twelfth version of Android. One of the most prominent changes in the Lollipop release is a redesigned user",
"title": "Android Lollipop"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "15300366",
"text": "Cupcake. The most recent version of Android is Android 9 Pie, which was released in August 2018. The development of Android started in 2003 by Android, Inc., which was purchased by Google in 2005. There were at least two internal releases of the software inside Google and the OHA before the beta version was released. To avoid confusion, the code names \"Astro Boy\" and \"Bender\" were only known to be tagged internally on some early pre-1.0 milestone builds, and thus were never used as the actual code names of the 1.0 and 1.1 release of the OS, as many people",
"title": "Android version history"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "19379653",
"text": "Nougat, with 18.1% on Android 7.0 (API 24) and 10.1% on Android 7.1 (API 25), making Nougat the most widely used codename Android, while Android 6.0 Marshmallow (API 23) is more popular than either of those Nougat versions. The release was internally codenamed \"New York Cheesecake\". On March 9, 2016, ahead of the Google I/O developer conference, Google released the first alpha version of Android \"N\" as part of a new \"Android Beta Program\" intended for testing by developers and enthusiasts before official release \"this summer\". The developer preview builds were compatible with only current Google Nexus devices; the 5X,",
"title": "Android Nougat"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "15300365",
"text": "Android version history The version history of the Android mobile operating system began with the public release of the Android beta on November 5, 2007. The first commercial version, Android 1.0, was released on September 23, 2008. Android is continually developed by Google and the Open Handset Alliance, and it has seen a number of updates to its base operating system since the initial release. Versions 1.0 and 1.1 were not released under specific code names, although Android 1.1 was unofficially known as Petit Four. Android code names are confectionery-themed and have been in alphabetical order since 2009's Android 1.5",
"title": "Android version history"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "19379658",
"text": "Pixel and Pixel XL smartphones released in October 2016; the new version adds support for the Google Daydream VR platform, image keyboards, expanded emoji support (including male and female versions), support for actions to be displayed in menus on home screen app shortcuts, and other new features. A preview of 7.1 for existing Nexus devices was released via Android Beta Program later in the month, and officially released as Android 7.1.1 on December 5, 2016. As of 7.1.1, the Nexus 6 and Nexus 9 were considered end-of-life, and did not receive any further updates. Android 7.1.2 was released in April",
"title": "Android Nougat"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "19379654",
"text": "6P, 6, 9, Pixel C, and Nexus Player. The \"Android Beta Program\" that was introduced allows testers to opt-in for over-the-air updates to new beta versions as they are released. On April 13, 2016, Android N Beta Preview 2 was released. Google further discussed Android \"N\" during the I/O keynote on May 18, 2016, and unveiled its new virtual reality platform, Daydream. Beta Preview 3, the first preview release deemed suitable for wider public beta testing, was released at this time. Google also announced that it would hold a contest to determine the official release name of the operating system.",
"title": "Android Nougat"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "20068607",
"text": "the camera UI, reverted the Wi-Fi and cellular connectivity levels in the status bar back to Wi-Fi left, added themed notifications, added a battery animation in Settings: Battery, a new icon and darker background for the Clock app, and a teardrop icon shape for apps. On July 24, 2017, a fourth developer preview was released which included the final system behaviors and the latest bug fixes and optimizations. Android \"O\" was officially released on August 21, 2017 under the name \"Oreo\". Its lawn statue was unveiled at a promotional event across from Chelsea Market in New York City—a building which",
"title": "Android Oreo"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "15300371",
"text": "camera, which was relaxed to a fixed-focus camera. Android version history The version history of the Android mobile operating system began with the public release of the Android beta on November 5, 2007. The first commercial version, Android 1.0, was released on September 23, 2008. Android is continually developed by Google and the Open Handset Alliance, and it has seen a number of updates to its base operating system since the initial release. Versions 1.0 and 1.1 were not released under specific code names, although Android 1.1 was unofficially known as Petit Four. Android code names are confectionery-themed and have",
"title": "Android version history"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "10693432",
"text": "commercial Android device launched in September 2008. The operating system has since gone through multiple major releases, with the current version being 9 \"Pie\", released in August 2018. The core Android source code is known as Android Open Source Project (AOSP), and is primarily licensed under the Apache License. Android is also associated with a suite of proprietary software developed by Google, called Google Mobile Services (GMS) that very frequently comes pre-installed in devices, which usually includes the Google Chrome web browser and Google Search and always includes core apps for services such as Gmail, as well as the application",
"title": "Android (operating system)"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "20024357",
"text": "Android beta testing program. The official Android 8.0 Oreo update began rolling out to the Nokia 5 on January 30, 2018. Nokia announced on Twitter that the Nokia 5 , along with the Nokia 6 and Nokia 3 will receive the Android Pie update at the usual phase. The Nokia 5 was released in India on 13 June 2017. It was released in the United Kingdom on 16 August 2017. 9. Nokia announced on twitter that the Nokia 5 will get the Android Pie update along with the Nokia 3 and Nokia 6. Nokia 5 The Nokia 5 is a",
"title": "Nokia 5"
}
] |
Oreo
|
why was there so much interest in cuba both before and after the civil war
|
[
"sugar markets"
] |
[
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "14734049",
"text": "on Cuba, with which it had extensive economic ties. Historians have long debated America's intentions in becoming involved in the conflict. For a significant period during and after the war, selfless humanitarian interest in the fate of the Cuban people was accepted as the major impetus for the declaration of war. A supporting argument for this line of thinking is that yellow journalism created an inflammatory mood in the country and swayed public opinion to sympathize with Cuba. Recently this school of thinking has grown less popular. Many historians now believe that the United States was acting more out of",
"title": "United States declaration of war upon Spain"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "1933001",
"text": "of the Soviet Union into Europe after the 1917 Russian Revolution, Castro immediately sought to \"export\" his revolution to other countries in the Caribbean and beyond, sending weapons to Algerian rebels as early as 1960. In the following decades, Cuba became heavily involved in supporting Communist insurgencies and independence movements in many developing countries, sending military aid to insurgents in Ghana, Nicaragua, Yemen and Angola, among others. Castro's intervention in the Angolan Civil War in the 1970s and 1980s was particularly significant, involving as many as 60,000 Cuban soldiers. Following the American embargo, the Soviet Union became Cuba's main ally.",
"title": "Cuban Revolution"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "4295603",
"text": "of the 19th century, Spain had lost most of its American possessions and a series of rebellions had shaken Cuba. This, combined with calls for annexation of Cuba in the United States, led to the Spanish–American War, and in 1902 Cuba gained formal independence. During the first decades of the 20th century, USA interests were dominant and in Cuba, leading to large influence over the island. This ended in 1959 when de facto leader Fulgencio Batista was ousted by revolutionaries led by Fidel Castro. Quickly deteriorating relations with the US led to Cuba's alliance with the Soviet Union and Castro's",
"title": "Cubans"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "17342305",
"text": "Cuba during World War II The history of Cuba during World War II begins in 1939. Because of Cuba's geographical position at the entrance of the Gulf of Mexico, Havana's role as the principal trading port in the West Indies, and the country's natural resources, Cuba was an important participant in the American Theater of World War II, and subsequently one of the greatest beneficiaries of the United States' Lend-Lease program. Cuba declared war on the Axis powers in December 1941, making it one of the first Latin American countries to enter the conflict, and by the war's end in",
"title": "Cuba during World War II"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "7860704",
"text": "known as the Ostend Manifesto was devised by U.S. diplomats, interested in adding a slave state to the Union. The Manifesto proposed buying Cuba from Spain for $130 million. If Spain were to reject the offer, the Manifesto implied that, in the name of Manifest Destiny, war would be necessary. When the plans became public, because of one author's vocal enthusiasm for the plan, the manifesto caused a scandal, and was rejected, in part because of objections from anti-slavery campaigners. The Cuban rebellion 1868-1878 against Spanish rule, called by historians the Ten Years' War, gained wide sympathy in the U.S.",
"title": "Cuba–United States relations"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "380299",
"text": "was the Cuban \"Junta\", under the leadership of Tomás Estrada Palma, who in 1902 became Cuba's first president. The Junta dealt with leading newspapers and Washington officials and held fund-raising events across the US. It funded and smuggled weapons. It mounted a large propaganda campaign that generated enormous popular support in the U.S. in favor of the Cubans. Protestant churches and most Democrats were supportive, but business interests called on Washington to negotiate a settlement and avoid war. Cuba attracted enormous American attention, but almost no discussion involved the other Spanish colonies of the Philippines, Guam, or Puerto Rico. Historians",
"title": "Spanish–American War"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "66094",
"text": "United States but were also quite often a source of dispute with Cuba's ostensible allies in the Kremlin. The Sandinista insurgency in Nicaragua, which led to the demise of the Somoza dictatorship in 1979, was openly supported by Cuba. However, it was on the African continent where Cuba was most active, supporting a total of 17 liberation movements or leftist governments, in countries including Angola, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Guinea-Bissau, and Mozambique. Its Angolan involvement was particularly intense and noteworthy with heavy assistance given to the Marxist–Leninist MPLA in the Angolan Civil War. Cuba's involvement in the Angolan Civil War began",
"title": "History of Cuba"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "380297",
"text": "American Civil War and Cuba's Ten Years' War, U.S. businessmen began monopolizing the devalued sugar markets in Cuba. In 1894, 90% of Cuba's total exports went to the United States, which also provided 40% of Cuba's imports. Cuba's total exports to the U.S. were almost twelve times larger than the export to her mother country, Spain. U.S. business interests indicated that while Spain still held political authority over Cuba, economic authority in Cuba, acting-authority, was shifting to the US. The U.S. became interested in a trans-isthmus canal either in Nicaragua, or in Panama, where the Panama Canal would later be",
"title": "Spanish–American War"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "4860880",
"text": "global communist interests with a valuable \"western front\" against the United States. The United States' opposition to Castro was based on the U.S. government's position that coercion inside Cuba was severe and that the government was serving as a model for allied anti-colonial movements elsewhere in the Americas. Following the failure of the Bay of Pigs Invasion in April 1961, Robert Kennedy and Richard Goodwin suggested to President Kennedy that the U.S. government begin a sustained campaign of intelligence and covert action against the government in Cuba. They believed that a centralized effort led by senior officials from the White",
"title": "Cuban Project"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "65988",
"text": "13 British colonies of North America, and the victory of the French Revolution of 1789, influenced early Cuban liberation movements, as did the successful revolt of black slaves in Haiti in 1791. One of the first, headed by a free black, Nicolás Morales, was aimed at gaining equality between \"mulatto and whites\" and the abolition of sales taxes and other fiscal burdens. Morales' plot was discovered in 1795 in Bayamo, and the conspirators were jailed. As a result of the political upheavals caused by the Iberian Peninsular War and the removal of Ferdinand VII from the Spanish throne, a western",
"title": "History of Cuba"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "65981",
"text": "with any foreign ships. The resultant stagnation of economic growth was particularly pronounced in Cuba because of its great strategic importance in the Caribbean, and the stranglehold that Spain kept on it as a result. As soon as Spain opened Cuba's ports up to foreign ships, a great sugar boom began that lasted until the 1880s. The island was perfect for growing sugar, being dominated by rolling plains, with rich soil and adequate rainfall. By 1860, Cuba was devoted to growing sugar, having to import all other necessary goods. Cuba was particularly dependent on the United States, which bought 82",
"title": "History of Cuba"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "66051",
"text": "in Europe, Cuba played a significant role as a base to protect the West Indies from German U-boat attacks. A draft law was instituted, and 25,000 Cuban troops raised, but the war ended before they could be sent into action. Alfredo Zayas, who had taken part in the Liberal rebellion of 1916-17, was elected President in 1920 and took office in 1921. When the Cuban financial system collapsed after a drop in sugar prices, Zayas secured a loan from the United States in 1922. Despite the country’s nominal independence, one historian has concluded that the continued U.S. military intervention and",
"title": "History of Cuba"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "66102",
"text": "referred to as the \"Special Period\". When the Soviet Union, the country's primary source of trade, was dissolved in late 1991, a major supporter of Cuba's economy was lost, leaving it essentially paralyzed because of the economy's narrow basis, focused on just a few products with just a few buyers. National oil supplies, which were mostly imported, were severely reduced. Over 80% of Cuba's trade was lost and living conditions declined. A \"Special Period in Peacetime\" was declared, which included cutbacks on transport and electricity and even food rationing. In response, the United States tightened up its trade embargo, hoping",
"title": "History of Cuba"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "1872076",
"text": "Spain. On April 25, the United States declared war. America claimed to have had no self-serving interest in Cuba, but some political and military leaders and imperialists did believe the war would be an opportunity for the United States to expand territories overseas and to demonstrate its increasing naval power against a weak foe. Moreover, the United States sought to expand economic ties with Cuba for its resources in sugar and tobacco, all of which influenced America's decision to intervene. It was evident that gaining territories across the globe would increase the strength and influence of the United States and",
"title": "Battle of Santiago de Cuba"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "380306",
"text": "Cuba now suffered losses as the conflict continued unresolved. These firms pressed Congress and McKinley to seek an end to the revolt. Other American business concerns, specifically those who had invested in Cuban sugar, looked to the Spanish to restore order. Stability, not war, was the goal of both interests. How stability would be achieved would depend largely on the ability of Spain and the U.S. to work out their issues diplomatically. While tension increased among the Cubans and Spanish Government, popular support of intervention began to spring up in the United States, due to the emergence of the \"Cuba",
"title": "Spanish–American War"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "7860705",
"text": "Juntas based in New York Raised money, and smuggled men and munitions to Cuba, while energetically spreading propaganda in American newspapers. The Grant administration turned a blind eye to this violation of American neutrality. In 1869, President Ulysses Grant was urged by popular opinion to support rebels in Cuba with military assistance and to give them U.S. diplomatic recognition. Secretary of State Hamilton Fish wanted stability and favored the Spanish government, without publicly Challenging the popular anti-Spanish American viewpoint. Grant and Fish gave lip service to Cuban independence, called for an end to slavery in Cuba, and quietly opposed American",
"title": "Cuba–United States relations"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "66109",
"text": "known as the \"Black Spring\". The government imprisoned 75 dissident thinkers, including 29 journalists, librarians, human rights activists, and democracy activists, on the basis that they were acting as agents of the United States by accepting aid from the U.S. government. Though it was largely diplomatically isolated from the West at this time, Cuba nonetheless cultivated regional allies. After the rise to power of Hugo Chávez in Venezuela in 1999, Cuba and Venezuela formed an increasingly close relationship based on their shared leftist ideologies, trade links and mutual opposition to U.S. influence in Latin America. Additionally, Cuba continued its post-revolution",
"title": "History of Cuba"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "66101",
"text": "Nikolai Leonov, the KGB chief in Mexico City, was one of the first Soviet officials to recognize Fidel Castro's potential as a revolutionary, and urged the Soviet Union to strengthen ties with the new Cuban leader. The USSR saw Cuba as having far more appeal with new revolutionary movements, western intellectuals, and members of the New Left, given Cuba's perceived David and Goliath struggle against U.S. \"imperialism\". In 1963, shortly after the Cuban missile crisis, 1,500 DI agents, including Che Guevara, were invited to the USSR for intensive training in intelligence operations. Starting from the mid-1980s, Cuba experienced a crisis",
"title": "History of Cuba"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "65997",
"text": "blacks, slave traders looked for others sources of cheap labour, such as Chinese colonists and Indians from Yucatán. Another feature of the population was the number of Spanish-born colonists, known as \"peninsulares\", who were mostly adult males; they constituted between ten and twenty per cent of the population between the middle of the 19th century and the great depression of the 1930s. Black unrest and British pressure to abolish slavery motivated many Creoles to advocate Cuba's annexation by the United States, where slavery was still legal. Other Cubans supported the idea due to their desire for American-style economic development and",
"title": "History of Cuba"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "7748896",
"text": "such as food and fuel shortages. The government did not accept American donations of food, medicines, and cash until 1993. On 5 August 1994, state security dispersed protesters in a spontaneous protest in Havana. Cuba has since found a new source of aid and support in the People's Republic of China. In addition, Hugo Chávez, former President of Venezuela, and Evo Morales, President of Bolivia, became allies and both countries are major oil and gas exporters. In 2003, the government arrested and imprisoned a large number of civil activists, a period known as the \"Black Spring\". In February 2008, Fidel",
"title": "Cuba"
}
] |
sugar markets
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when did veterans day start being called veterans day
|
[
"June 1, 1954"
] |
[
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "1454003",
"text": "from Kansas, signed the bill into law on May 26, 1954. It had been eight and a half years since Weeks held his first Armistice Day celebration for all veterans. Congress amended the bill on June 1, 1954, replacing \"Armistice\" with \"Veterans,\" and it has been known as Veterans Day since. The National Veterans Award was also created in 1954. Congressman Rees of Kansas received the first National Veterans Award in Birmingham, Alabama, for his support offering legislation to make Veterans Day a federal holiday. Although originally scheduled for celebration on November 11 of every year, starting in 1971 in",
"title": "Veterans Day"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "918746",
"text": "November fall on a weekday. This became Remembrance Sunday. After the end of World War II, most member states of the Commonwealth of Nations, like the United Kingdom and (as Canada had in 1931), adopted the name Remembrance Day. Other countries also changed the name of the holiday just prior to or after World War II, to honor veterans of that and subsequent conflicts. The United States chose All Veterans Day, later shortened to 'Veterans Day', to explicitly honor military veterans, including those participating in other conflicts. \"For more detail on commemorations of war in different countries, see \"Remembrance Day.",
"title": "Armistice Day"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "1454001",
"text": "to Americans: The United States Congress adopted a resolution on June 4, 1926, requesting that President Calvin Coolidge issue annual proclamations calling for the observance of November 11 with appropriate ceremonies. A Congressional Act (52 Stat. 351; 5 U.S. Code, Sec. 87a) approved May 13, 1938, made November 11 in each year a legal holiday: \"a day to be dedicated to the cause of world peace and to be thereafter celebrated and known as 'Armistice Day'.\" In 1945, World War II veteran Raymond Weeks from Birmingham, Alabama, had the idea to expand Armistice Day to celebrate all veterans, not just",
"title": "Veterans Day"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "1454007",
"text": "which typically falls the following week, is a federal holiday. The National Commission on Federal Election Reform called for the holidays to be merged, so citizens can have a day off to vote. They state this as a way to honor voting by exercising democratic rights. While the holiday is commonly printed as \"Veteran's Day\" or \"Veterans' Day\" in calendars and advertisements (spellings that are grammatically acceptable), the United States Department of Veterans Affairs website states that the attributive (no apostrophe) rather than the possessive case is the official spelling \"because it is not a day that 'belongs' to veterans,",
"title": "Veterans Day"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "1454002",
"text": "those who died in World War I. Weeks led a delegation to Gen. Dwight Eisenhower, who supported the idea of National Veterans Day. Weeks led the first national celebration in 1947 in Alabama and annually until his death in 1985. President Reagan honored Weeks at the White House with the Presidential Citizenship Medal in 1982 as the driving force for the national holiday. Elizabeth Dole, who prepared the briefing for President Reagan, determined Weeks as the \"Father of Veterans Day.\" U.S. Representative Ed Rees from Emporia, Kansas, presented a bill establishing the holiday through Congress. President Dwight D. Eisenhower, also",
"title": "Veterans Day"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "1453999",
"text": "Veterans Day Veterans Day (originally known as Armistice Day) is an official United States public holiday observed annually on November 11, honoring military veterans, that is, persons who have served in the United States Armed Forces. It coincides with other holidays including Armistice Day and Remembrance Day which are celebrated in other countries that mark the anniversary of the end of World War I. Major hostilities of World War I were formally ended at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918, when the Armistice with Germany went into effect. At the urging of major",
"title": "Veterans Day"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "1721583",
"text": "1885 to all federal employees. The original four holidays were: George Washington's Birthday became a Federal holiday in 1880. In 1888 and 1894, respectively, Decoration Day (now Memorial Day) and Labor Day were created. In 1938, Armistice Day (now Veterans Day) was created to mark the end of World War I. The scope and the name of the holiday was expanded in 1954 to honor Americans who fought in World War II and the Korean War. In 1968, the Monday Holiday Act of 1968 shifted several holidays to always fall on a Monday and saw the establishment of Columbus Day.",
"title": "Federal holidays in the United States"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "1454008",
"text": "it is a day for honoring all veterans.\" Veterans Day Veterans Day (originally known as Armistice Day) is an official United States public holiday observed annually on November 11, honoring military veterans, that is, persons who have served in the United States Armed Forces. It coincides with other holidays including Armistice Day and Remembrance Day which are celebrated in other countries that mark the anniversary of the end of World War I. Major hostilities of World War I were formally ended at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918, when the Armistice with Germany",
"title": "Veterans Day"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "1075018",
"text": "Anderson's honor (conditioned upon the new college paying off its mortgage). Emporia is particularly known for its newspaper, the \"Emporia Gazette\", published in the first half of the 20th century by the legendary newspaperman William Allen White. The paper became the widely perceived model of excellence in small-town journalism. In 1953, Emporia was the site of the first Veterans Day observance in the United States. At the urging of local shoe cobbler Alvin J. King, U.S. Representative Edward Rees introduced legislation in The United States Congress to rename Armistice Day as Veterans Day. President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the bill",
"title": "Emporia, Kansas"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "1454004",
"text": "accordance with the Uniform Monday Holiday Act, Veterans Day was moved to the fourth Monday of October (October 25, 1971; October 23, 1972; October 22, 1973; October 28, 1974; October 27, 1975; October 25, 1976, and October 24, 1977). In 1978, it was moved back to its original celebration on November 11. While the legal holiday remains on November 11, if that date happens to be on a Saturday or Sunday, then organizations that formally observe the holiday will normally be closed on the adjacent Friday or Monday, respectively. Because it is a federal holiday, some American workers and many",
"title": "Veterans Day"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "716758",
"text": "Republic\" during the evening hours of 10 November 1919. The first official Armistice Day was subsequently held on the grounds of Buckingham Palace the following morning. During World War II, many countries changed the name of the holiday. Member states of the Commonwealth of Nations adopted Remembrance Day, while the US chose Veterans Day. The common British, Canadian, South African, and ANZAC tradition includes a one- or two-minute silence at the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month (11:00 am, 11 November), as that marks the time (in the United Kingdom) when the armistice became effective. The",
"title": "Remembrance Day"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "1454000",
"text": "U.S. veteran organizations, Armistice Day was renamed Veterans Day in 1954. Veterans Day is distinct from Memorial Day, a U.S. public holiday in May. Veterans Day celebrates the service of all U.S. military veterans, while Memorial Day honors those who \"died\" while in military service. There is another military holiday, Armed Forces Day, a minor U.S. remembrance that also occurs in May, which honors those \"currently serving\" in the U.S. military. On November 11, 1919, U.S. President Woodrow Wilson issued a message to his countrymen on the first Armistice Day, in which he expressed what he felt the day meant",
"title": "Veterans Day"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "716796",
"text": "observance elsewhere is more closely matched by Memorial Day in May. In the United States, and some other allied nations, 11 November was formerly known as Armistice Day; in the United States it was given its new name in 1954 at the end of the Korean War to honour all veterans. Veterans Day is observed with memorial ceremonies, salutes at military cemeteries, and parades. Remembrance Day Remembrance Day (sometimes known informally as Poppy Day owing to the tradition of the remembrance poppy) is a memorial day observed in Commonwealth member states since the end of the First World War to",
"title": "Remembrance Day"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "17810199",
"text": "of the modern post-war Japan emerging in economic importance. Further name changes were attempted later, but were unsuccessful, at which point, the name \"Victory Day\" remained the official name. The holiday celebrates the conclusion of World War II and is related to Victory over Japan Day in the United Kingdom. Rhode Island retains the holiday in tribute to the disproportionate number of sailors it sent and lost in the Pacific front. In 2015, the Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama honored 500 veterans on the 70th anniversary of the end of the war. Victory Day has commemorated the anniversary",
"title": "Victory Day (United States)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "666564",
"text": "convenient three-day weekend. The change moved Memorial Day from its traditional May 30 date to the last Monday in May. The law took effect at the federal level in 1971. After some initial confusion and unwillingness to comply, all 50 states adopted Congress' change of date within a few years. Memorial Day endures as a holiday which most businesses observe because it marks the unofficial beginning of summer. The Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) and Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War (SUVCW) advocated returning to the original date, although the significance of the date is tenuous. The VFW",
"title": "Memorial Day"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "666551",
"text": "B. Murray as the founders of the holiday. Scholars have determined that the Waterloo account is a myth. Snopes and Live Science also discredit the Waterloo account. On May 5, 1868, General John A. Logan issued a proclamation calling for \"Decoration Day\" to be observed annually and nationwide; he was commander-in-chief of the Grand Army of the Republic, an organization of and for Union Civil War veterans. With his proclamation, Logan adopted the Memorial Day practice that had begun in the Southern states three years earlier. The first northern Memorial Day was observed on May 30, 1868. One author claims",
"title": "Memorial Day"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "666563",
"text": "to the Memorial Day weekend. The Final of the NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship has been held on Memorial Day since 1986. The preferred name for the holiday gradually changed from \"Decoration Day\" to \"Memorial Day,\" which was first used in 1882. Memorial Day did not become the more common name until after World War II, and was not declared the official name by Federal law until 1967. On June 28, 1968, Congress passed the Uniform Monday Holiday Act, which moved four holidays, including Memorial Day, from their traditional dates to a specified Monday in order to create a",
"title": "Memorial Day"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "710817",
"text": "the Allies of World War I and the German Empire at Compiègne, France, for the cessation of hostilities on the Western Front of World War I, which took effect at eleven o'clock in the morning—the \"eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month\" of 1918. Most countries changed the name of the holiday after World War II, to honor veterans of that and subsequent conflicts. Most member states of the Commonwealth of Nations adopted the name Remembrance Day, while the United States chose Veterans Day. Armistice An armistice is a formal agreement of warring parties to stop fighting.",
"title": "Armistice"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "1506278",
"text": "of the end of the Second World War in 1995, it has become usual to hold ceremonies on both Armistice Day and Remembrance Sunday. In 2006, then Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown proposed that in addition to Remembrance Sunday, a new national day to celebrate the achievements of veterans should be instituted. The \"Veterans Day\", to be held in the summer, would be similar to Veterans Day celebrations in the United States. This has now been renamed \"Armed Forces Day\", to include currently serving troops to Service families, and from veterans to cadets. The first \"Armed Forces Day\" was",
"title": "Remembrance Sunday"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "918743",
"text": "period of 36 days and had to be extended several times. A formal peace agreement was only reached when the Treaty of Versailles was signed the following year. The date is a national holiday in France, and was declared a national holiday in many Allied nations. During World War II, many countries changed the name of the holiday. Member states of the Commonwealth of Nations adopted Remembrance Day, while the US chose Veterans Day. In some countries Armistice Day coincides with other public holidays.<br> On 11 November 2018, the centenary of the World War One Armistice, commemorations were held globally.",
"title": "Armistice Day"
}
] |
June 1, 1954
|
when did big air snowboarding become an olympic sport
|
[
"2018"
] |
[
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "15427422",
"text": "specific trick to win the major prize. Since 2003, big air has been featured in the X Games and the FIS Snowboard World Championships. In 2018, big air became the newest snowboarding event introduced in the Olympic Games. Big air Big air is a sports discipline where the competitor rides a vehicle, such as a skateboard, a ski (called \"ski big air\"), a snowboard, or a motocross motorcycle; down a hill or ramp and performs tricks after launching off very large jumps. In most versions, there is but one large jump, and therefore only one opportunity to perform a trick.",
"title": "Big air"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "20518694",
"text": "Snowboarding at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Men's big air The men's big air competition of the 2018 Winter Olympics was held on 21 and 24 February 2018 at the Alpensia Ski Jumping Stadium in Pyeongchang, South Korea. The event was making its Olympic debut. Due to a broken shoulder caused by a crash in training for the slopestyle, Niek van der Velden was not able to compete. The top 40 athletes in the Olympic quota allocation list qualified (for both big air and slopestyle, the rankings were combined). This meant only a maximum of 40 could qualify across both",
"title": "Snowboarding at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Men's big air"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "20518696",
"text": "Snowboarding at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Men's big air The men's big air competition of the 2018 Winter Olympics was held on 21 and 24 February 2018 at the Alpensia Ski Jumping Stadium in Pyeongchang, South Korea. The event was making its Olympic debut. Due to a broken shoulder caused by a crash in training for the slopestyle, Niek van der Velden was not able to compete. The top 40 athletes in the Olympic quota allocation list qualified (for both big air and slopestyle, the rankings were combined). This meant only a maximum of 40 could qualify across both",
"title": "Snowboarding at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Men's big air"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "19671968",
"text": "2018 Winter Olympics medal table The 2018 Winter Olympics medal table is a list of National Olympic Committees ranked by the number of medals won during the 2018 Winter Olympics, held in Pyeongchang County (stylized as PyeongChang for the games), South Korea, from 9–25 February 2018. The games featured 102 events in 15 sports, making it the first Winter Olympics to surpass 100 medal events. Four new disciplines in existing sports were introduced to the Winter Olympic programme in PyeongChang, including big air snowboarding, mixed doubles curling, mass start speed skating, and mixed team alpine skiing. The Netherlands achieved a",
"title": "2018 Winter Olympics medal table"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "20518699",
"text": "Snowboarding at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Women's big air The women's big air competition of the 2018 Winter Olympics was held on 19 and 22 February 2018 at the Alpensia Ski Jumping Stadium in Pyeongchang, South Korea. The event made its Olympic debut. The top 30 athletes in the Olympic quota allocation list qualified (for both big air and slopestyle, the rankings were combined). This meant only a maximum of 30 could qualify across both events. A maximum of four athletes per National Olympic Committee (NOC) was allowed. All athletes qualifying must also have placed in the top 30",
"title": "Snowboarding at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Women's big air"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "7145019",
"text": "down a course with jumps, beams and other obstacles. On July 11, 2011, the International Olympic Committee's Executive Board approved the addition of Ski and Snowboard Slopestyle to the Winter Olympics roster of events, effective in 2014. The decision was announced via press conference from the IOC's meeting in Durban, South Africa. A fifth event, parallel slalom, was added only for 2014. Big air was added for 2018. Six athletes have won at least two medals. Shaun White of the United States is the only triple gold medalist. Philipp Schoch of Switzerland and Seth Wescott of the United States are",
"title": "Snowboarding at the Winter Olympics"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "3705045",
"text": "the country overall, after the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. It was the third time that an East Asian country had hosted the Winter Games, after Sapporo (1972) and Nagano (1998), both in Japan. It was also the first of three consecutive Olympics to be held in East Asia, the other two being the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo and the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing. The Games featured 102 events over fifteen disciplines in seven sports, with the addition of \"big air\" snowboarding, mass start speed skating, mixed doubles curling, and mixed team alpine skiing to the Winter Olympic",
"title": "2018 Winter Olympics"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "19718585",
"text": "Snowboarding at the 2018 Winter Olympics Snowboarding at the 2018 Winter Olympics was held at the Bokwang Phoenix Park in Pyeongchang, South Korea. A total of ten snowboarding events were scheduled to take place between 10 and 24 February 2018. The parallel slalom event, which made its debut four years earlier at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, was dropped from the games in 2018 in favour of a new big air event. A total of 258 quota spots were available to athletes to compete at the games (142 men and 116 women). Each National Olympic Committee was permitted to",
"title": "Snowboarding at the 2018 Winter Olympics"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "3705056",
"text": "sold. The opening ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics was held at the Pyeongchang Olympic Stadium on 9 February 2018; the US$100 million facility was only intended to be used for the opening and closing ceremonies of these Olympics and the subsequent Paralympics, and is scheduled to be demolished following their conclusion. The 2018 Winter Olympics featured 102 events over 15 disciplines in 7 sports, making it the first Winter Olympics to surpass 100 medal events. Six new events in existing sports were introduced to the Winter Olympic program in Pyeongchang: men's and ladies' big air snowboarding, mixed doubles curling,",
"title": "2018 Winter Olympics"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "20518695",
"text": "events. A maximum of four athletes per National Olympic Committee (NOC) was allowed. All athletes qualifying must also have placed in the top 30 of a FIS World Cup event (in either big air or slopestyle) or the FIS Freestyle Ski and Snowboarding World Championships 2017 during the qualification period (1 July 2016 to 21 January 2018) and also have a minimum of 50 FIS points to compete. If the host country, South Korea, did not qualify, their chosen athlete would displace the last qualified athlete, granted all qualification criterion was met. The final was held on 24 February 2018.",
"title": "Snowboarding at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Men's big air"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "15427421",
"text": "Big air Big air is a sports discipline where the competitor rides a vehicle, such as a skateboard, a ski (called \"ski big air\"), a snowboard, or a motocross motorcycle; down a hill or ramp and performs tricks after launching off very large jumps. In most versions, there is but one large jump, and therefore only one opportunity to perform a trick. It is an extreme version of slopestyle. Competitors perform complex tricks in the air, aiming to attain sizable height and distance as well, all while securing a clean landing. Many competitions also require the rider to do a",
"title": "Big air"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "19269598",
"text": "(the coldest part of the day) to be later installed on the structure, jump, and landing. The jump was primarily constructed from steel planking and proprietary scaffolding. It was expected to take 4-5 days to tear the entire structure down. The event caught the attention of many elite winter athletes. As a result, many of the top Winter Olympic and X Games athletes signed on immediately. Some of the big names that competed are Ty Walker, Joss Christensen, and Sage Kostenburg. A more comprehensive list is below: Snowboard: Sage Kotsenburg, Chas Guldemond, Jamie Anderson, Ty Walker, Eric Willett, Eric Beauchemin,",
"title": "Polartec Big Air at Fenway"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "506205",
"text": "courses or multiple people on the course at the same time (SBX). Some of the larger snowboarding contests include: the european Air & Style, the japanese X-Trail Jam, Burton Global Open Series, Shakedown, FIS World Championships, the annual FIS World Cup, the Winter X Games and the Winter Dew Tour. Snowboarding has been a Winter Olympic sport since 1998 Winter Olympics. Events have changed through the years. During the 2018 Winter Olympics, the snowboarding events were big air, halfpipe, parallel giant slalom, slopestyle and snowboard cross. Snowboarder Magazine's Superpark event was created in 1996. Over 150 of the World's top",
"title": "Snowboarding"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "19718586",
"text": "enter a maximum of 26 athletes, with a maximum of 14 men or 14 women. Each event had its own maximum number of quota spots, however slopestyle and big air were calculated jointly per nation. The following was the competition schedule for all ten events. Sessions that included the event finals are shown in bold. A total of 248 athletes from 30 nations (including the IOC's designation of Olympic Athletes from Russia) were scheduled to participate (the numbers of athletes are shown in parentheses). Snowboarding at the 2018 Winter Olympics Snowboarding at the 2018 Winter Olympics was held at the",
"title": "Snowboarding at the 2018 Winter Olympics"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "459598",
"text": "North and South Korea and the ongoing Russian doping scandal. Despite tense relations, North Korea agreed to participate in the Games, enter with South Korea during the opening ceremony as a unified Korea, and field a unified team in women's ice hockey. Individual Russian athletes, who qualified and could demonstrate they had complied with the IOC's doping regulations, were given the option to compete neutrally in Pyeongchang as \"Olympic Athletes from Russia\" (OAR) but they were not allowed to compete under the Russian flag. The Games saw the addition of big air snowboarding, mass start speed skating, mixed doubles curling,",
"title": "Winter Olympic Games"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "20518709",
"text": "coma, he won the Olympic bronze medal. In the victory ceremony, the medals were presented by Pierre-Olivier Beckers-Vieujant, member of the International Olympic Committee accompanied by Dexter Paine, FIS vice president. The top 40 athletes in the Olympic quota allocation list qualified (for both big air and slopestyle, the rankings were combined). This meant only a maximum of 40 could qualify across both events. A maximum of four athletes per National Olympic Committee (NOC) was allowed. All athletes qualifying must also have placed in the top 30 of a FIS World Cup event or the FIS Freestyle Ski and Snowboarding",
"title": "Snowboarding at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Men's slopestyle"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "20535866",
"text": "Red Gerard Redmond \"Red\" Gerard (born June 29, 2000) is an American snowboarder and a 2018 Winter Olympics gold medalist of the 2018 United States Olympic team. Gerard was born and raised in Ohio, but currently lives in Silverthorne, Colorado where he has his own miniature snowboarding park in his backyard with a rope lift. Gerard competed in the slopestyle and big air events for the United States at the 2018 Winter Olympics. In slopestyle, Gerard won the gold medal for his performance. He became the first Winter Olympics medalist born in the 2000s. Gerard was also the first American",
"title": "Red Gerard"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "20518700",
"text": "of a FIS World Cup event (in either big air or slopestyle) or the FIS Freestyle Ski and Snowboarding World Championships 2017 during the qualification period (1 July 2016 to 21 January 2018) and also have a minimum of 50 FIS points to compete. If the host country, South Korea at the 2018 Winter Olympics did not qualify, their chosen athlete would displace the last qualified athlete, granted all qualification criterion was met. The top 12 athletes in the qualifiers moved on to the medal round. The final was held on 22 February 2018. Snowboarding at the 2018 Winter Olympics",
"title": "Snowboarding at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Women's big air"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "20553432",
"text": "Katie Ormerod Katie Ormerod (born 25 August 1997) is a British snowboarder who was selected to participate in the 2018 Winter Olympics. She is from Brighouse, West Yorkshire. Ormerod narrowly missed qualifying for the 2014 Winter Olympics when she was 16. In November 2016, she was placed third at the Big Air World Cup in Pyeongchang, a test event for the venue of the 2018 Winter Olympics, and in January 2017 she won the Big Air World Cup event in Moscow and a bronze medal in the Women's SlopeStyle at the Winter X Games XXI in Aspen. In May 2014,",
"title": "Katie Ormerod"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "15285096",
"text": "able to ride at my best and to put the tricks down. To be able to show up and to show the world what I can do is just awesome.\" The victory made Toutant the first men's big air champion in the Olympics as this was the debut of the event at the games. Sébastien Toutant Sébastien Toutant (born November 9, 1992) is a Canadian snowboarder. He is reigning Olympic champion in the men's big air snowboarding event which made its debut at those games. Toutant was twice the gold medal winner in slopestyle at the X Games in 2011",
"title": "Sébastien Toutant"
}
] |
2018
|
who played in the most world series games
|
[
"the New York Yankees"
] |
[
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "8200846",
"text": "World Series television ratings The highest average rating for an entire World Series is tied between the 1978 Series featuring the New York Yankees and Los Angeles Dodgers and the 1980 Series featuring the Philadelphia Phillies and Kansas City Royals. Both Series, each of which went six games, averaged a national rating of 32.8 and a share of 56. However, the 1978 Series had a slightly larger total viewership (44,278,950) than 1980 (42,300,000). The highest-rated individual game in Series history was Game 7 in 1986, as the New York Mets defeated the Boston Red Sox at Shea Stadium in New",
"title": "World Series television ratings"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "13544744",
"text": "became the 11th team to lose the World Series in consecutive seasons. In the American League, the New York Yankees have played in 40 World Series and won 27, the Philadelphia/Kansas City/Oakland Athletics have played in 14 and won 9, and the Boston Red Sox have played in 14 and won 9, including the first World Series. In the National League, the St. Louis Cardinals have appeared in 19 and won 11, the New York/San Francisco Giants have played in 20 and won 8, the Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers have appeared in 20 and won 6, and the Cincinnati Reds have",
"title": "World Series"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "13544794",
"text": "teams have won 66 of the 114 World Series played (57.9%). The New York Yankees have won 27 titles, accounting for 23.7% of all series played and 40.9% of the wins by American League teams. The St. Louis Cardinals have won 11 World Series, accounting for 9.6% of all series played and 23% of the 48 National League victories. When the first modern World Series was played in 1903, there were eight teams in each league. These 16 franchises, all of which are still in existence, have each won at least two World Series titles. The number of teams was",
"title": "World Series"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "4342332",
"text": "1954 World Series The 1954 World Series matched the National League champion New York Giants against the American League champion Cleveland Indians. The Giants swept the Series in four games to win their first championship since , defeating the heavily favored Indians, who had won an AL-record 111 games in the regular season; it has since been broken by the 1998 New York Yankees (114) and again by the 2001 Seattle Mariners (116, tying the 1906 Chicago Cubs for the most wins ever). The Series is perhaps best-remembered for \"The Catch\", a sensational running catch made by Giants center fielder",
"title": "1954 World Series"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "4342346",
"text": "1954 World Series The 1954 World Series matched the National League champion New York Giants against the American League champion Cleveland Indians. The Giants swept the Series in four games to win their first championship since , defeating the heavily favored Indians, who had won an AL-record 111 games in the regular season; it has since been broken by the 1998 New York Yankees (114) and again by the 2001 Seattle Mariners (116, tying the 1906 Chicago Cubs for the most wins ever). The Series is perhaps best-remembered for \"The Catch\", a sensational running catch made by Giants center fielder",
"title": "1954 World Series"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "13544746",
"text": "1884 to 1890, the National League and the American Association faced each other in a series of games at the end of the season to determine an overall champion. These series were disorganized in comparison to the modern World Series, with the terms arranged through negotiation of the owners of the championship teams beforehand. The number of games played ranged from as few as three in 1884 (Providence defeated New York three games to zero), to a high of fifteen in 1887 (Detroit beat St. Louis ten games to five). Both the 1885 and 1890 Series ended in ties, each",
"title": "World Series"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "85855",
"text": "Cubs have appeared in a total of eleven World Series. The 1906 Cubs won 116 games, finishing 116–36 and posting a modern-era record winning percentage of , before losing the World Series to the Chicago White Sox (\"The Hitless Wonders\") by four games to two. The Cubs won back-to-back World Series championships in 1907 and 1908, becoming the first major league team to play in three consecutive World Series, and the first to win it twice. Most recently, the Cubs won the 2016 National League Championship Series and 2016 World Series, which ended a 71-year National League pennant drought and",
"title": "Chicago Cubs"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "13544789",
"text": "of them had gone the full seven games. Since then, the 2011, 2014, 2016, and 2017 World Series have gone the full seven games. This rule was subject to debate, with various writers feeling that home-field advantage should be decided based on the regular season records of the participants, not on an exhibition game played several months earlier. Some writers especially questioned the integrity of this rule after the 2014 All-Star Game, when St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Adam Wainwright suggested that he intentionally gave Derek Jeter some easy pitches to hit in the New York Yankees' shortstop's final All-Star appearance",
"title": "World Series"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "13544795",
"text": "unchanged until 1961, with fourteen expansion teams joining MLB since then. Twelve have played in a World Series (the Mariners and Expos/Nationals being the two exceptions). The expansion teams have won ten of the 22 Series (45%) in which they have played, which is 9% of all 114 series played since 1903. In 2015, the first World Series featuring only expansion teams was played between the Kansas City Royals and New York Mets. This information is up to date through the present time: When two teams share the same state or metropolitan area, fans often develop strong loyalties to one",
"title": "World Series"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "13544769",
"text": "Metrodome in Minnesota. (The last World Series played outdoors during the day was the final game of the 1984 series in Detroit's Tiger Stadium.) During this seven-year period, only three teams won the World Series: the Oakland Athletics from 1972 to 1974, Cincinnati Reds in 1975 and 1976, and New York Yankees in 1977 and 1978. This is the only time in World Series history in which three teams have won consecutive series in succession. This period was book-ended by World Championships for the Pittsburgh Pirates, in 1971 and 1979. However, the Baltimore Orioles made three consecutive World Series appearances:",
"title": "World Series"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "386230",
"text": "New York City, most memorably playing at the legendary Polo Grounds. They have won 23 NL pennants and have played in 20 World Series competitions – both NL records. The Giants' eight World Series championships rank second in the National League and fourth overall (the New York Yankees are first with 27, then the St. Louis Cardinals (the National League record-holders) with 11, and the Oakland Athletics and the Boston Red Sox both with 9). The Giants have played in the World Series 20 times – 14 times in New York, six in San Francisco – but boycotted the event",
"title": "San Francisco Giants"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "7642032",
"text": "11 World Series victories. The Yankees' number of World Series losses, 13, leads Major League Baseball. The Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers are second in total World Series appearances with twentie. Of their 20 World Series appearances, the Dodgers have faced the Yankees eleven times, going 3–8, while the Giants have faced the Yankees seven times, going 2–5. Among North American major sports, the Yankees' success is approached only by the 24 Stanley Cup championships of the Montreal Canadiens of the National Hockey League. The Yankees have played in the World Series against every National League pennant winner except the Houston Astros",
"title": "New York Yankees"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "8200848",
"text": "all-time low rating of 6.1, matched later by Game 3 in 2012 between the San Francisco Giants and the Detroit Tigers. The least-watched World Series was in 2012, a four-game sweep of the Detroit Tigers by the San Francisco Giants that averaged a 7.6 rating and 12 share. Game 7 of the 2016 World Series between the Chicago Cubs and Cleveland Indians saw the highest rating in 25 years, averaging 40 million viewers and more than 75 million viewers saw at least part of the game. A total of 115 million viewers watched the Series at some point. The following",
"title": "World Series television ratings"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "499038",
"text": "(Chicago), Sportsman's Park (St. Louis) and Tiger Stadium (Detroit) have hosted more games. Due to the Yankees' frequent appearances in the World Series, Yankee Stadium played host to 161 postseason games, more than any other stadium in baseball history. The Stadium hosted 37 of the 83 possible World Series during its existence (not counting 1974–75, and the 1994 strike), with the Yankees winning 26 of them. In total, the venue hosted 100 World Series games. 16 of the 17 World Series won in the Bronx were clinched at the 1923 Yankee Stadium, nine by the Yankees and seven by their",
"title": "Yankee Stadium (1923)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "4169553",
"text": "history (that number now stands at 27), and the first of five that Derek Jeter, Mariano Rivera, and Andy Pettitte, won with the Yankees from 1996 to 2009. 1996 World Series (4–2): New York Yankees (A.L.) beat Atlanta Braves (N.L.). This World Series is notable for being one of the few six-game series in which the winning team was outscored.<br>It happened previously in 1918, 1959, 1977, and 1992, and later in 2003.<br> Seven-game series winners were outscored in 1957, 1960, 1962, 1964, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1991, 1997, and 2002; (equaled in 2016 and 2017). On \"The Millennium\", a \"Seinfeld\"",
"title": "1996 World Series"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "2235393",
"text": "was the 1959 World Series. The Marlins have not played in a World Series since 2003, but the Yankees have, as the new Yankee Stadium opened in 2009, the year of their 27th World Championship. 2003 World Series (4–2): Florida Marlins (N.L.) over New York Yankees (A.L.) This World Series is notable for being one of the few six-game series in which the winning team was outscored.<br>It happened previously in 1918, 1959, 1977, 1992, and 1996.<br> Seven-game series winners were outscored in 1957, 1960, 1962, 1964, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1991, 1997, and 2002; (equaled in 2016 and 2017). 2003",
"title": "2003 World Series"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "20830063",
"text": "2018 postseason. The Red Sox surpassed the 100-win mark for the first time since 1946, broke the franchise record of 105 wins that had been set in 1912, and won the most games of any MLB team since the 2001 Seattle Mariners won 116. The 2018 Red Sox were highlighted by All-Stars Mookie Betts, Craig Kimbrel, J. D. Martinez, Mitch Moreland, and Chris Sale. Betts led baseball in batting average and slugging percentage, while Martinez led in runs batted in. Sale tossed only 158 innings due to a shoulder injury late in the year, but was otherwise superb, posting a",
"title": "2018 World Series"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "7642031",
"text": "Sox in the ALDS 3 games to 1. The Red Sox handed the Yankees their worst playoff defeat in team history as well in Game 3, which was a score of 16–1. In Game 3, Brock Holt of the Red Sox also became the first player in MLB history to hit for the cycle in a playoff game. The Yankees have won a record 27 World Series in 40 appearances (which, since the first World Series in 1903, currently amounts to an average appearance every 2.7 seasons and a championship every 4.0 seasons); the St. Louis Cardinals are second with",
"title": "New York Yankees"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "13544770",
"text": "1969 (losing to the \"amazing\" eight-year-old franchise New York Mets), 1970 (beating the Reds in their first World Series appearance of the decade), and 1971 (losing to the Pittsburgh Pirates, as well their 1979 appearance, when they again lost to the Pirates), and the Los Angeles Dodgers' back-to-back World Series appearances in 1977 and 1978 (both losses to the New York Yankees), as well in 1974 losing against the cross-state rival Oakland Athletics. Game 6 of the 1975 World Series is regarded by most as one of the greatest World Series games ever played. It found the Boston Red Sox",
"title": "World Series"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "13544799",
"text": "now-Los Angeles Dodgers four times, losing to them in a four-game sweep in 1963, beating them back-to-back in 1977 and 1978 and losing to them in 1981). An all-New York Series did not recur until 2000, when the Yankees defeated the New York Mets in five games. The last World Series played entirely in one ballpark was the 1944 \"Streetcar Series\" between the St. Louis Cardinals and the St. Louis Browns. The Cardinals won in six games, all held in their shared home, Sportsman's Park. The 1989 World Series, sometimes called the \"Bay Bridge Series\" or the \"BART Series\" (after",
"title": "World Series"
}
] |
the New York Yankees
|
who sings i can't stop this feeling anymore
|
[
"American rock band REO Speedwagon"
] |
[
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "19491767",
"text": "audience.\" Credits adapted from the liner notes of the CD single of \"Can't Stop the Feeling\" (RCA Records). Can't Stop the Feeling! \"Can't Stop the Feeling!\" is a song recorded by American singer-songwriter Justin Timberlake for the soundtrack to the film \"Trolls\" (2016), for which he served as the executive music producer. It was written and produced by Timberlake, Max Martin, and Shellback. Musically, it is an uptempo disco-pop, soul-pop number with funk influences. The song was released as a single on May 6, 2016, six months before the film debuted, and serviced to contemporary hit radio on May 10,",
"title": "Can't Stop the Feeling!"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "19491733",
"text": "Can't Stop the Feeling! \"Can't Stop the Feeling!\" is a song recorded by American singer-songwriter Justin Timberlake for the soundtrack to the film \"Trolls\" (2016), for which he served as the executive music producer. It was written and produced by Timberlake, Max Martin, and Shellback. Musically, it is an uptempo disco-pop, soul-pop number with funk influences. The song was released as a single on May 6, 2016, six months before the film debuted, and serviced to contemporary hit radio on May 10, 2016. Timberlake gave his first televised performance of \"Can't Stop the Feeling!\" during the interval act of the",
"title": "Can't Stop the Feeling!"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "19491766",
"text": "version featured in the soundtrack album includes additional vocals from Anna Kendrick, James Corden, Zooey Deschanel and Gwen Stefani. In June 2016, American country music group Lady Antebellum covered the song in a live performance in Columbus, Ohio. Jon Freeman of \"Rolling Stone\" commented it \"evoked the loose spirit of a jam band unwinding at a summer festival.\" Country performer Hunter Hayes covered the song when he headlined The Paramount in Huntington, New York in June 2017. An editor from Digital Journal opined it was \"in a clever fashion, which was great deal of fun, both for him and the",
"title": "Can't Stop the Feeling!"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "19491735",
"text": "to spend its first ten weeks atop the Digital Songs chart. The single marked his fifth number one single on the Radio Songs chart and his eighth on the Mainstream Top 40. It is among the top twenty longest-leading number one singles on the Adult Contemporary chart. Internationally, it topped the charts in Argentina, Brazil, Belgium, Canada, the Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, Israel, Mexico, the Netherlands, Russia, Scotland, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Sweden, and Switzerland, and the top five in most of Europe. \"Can't Stop the Feeling!\" was the best-selling song of 2016 in the US. , it has",
"title": "Can't Stop the Feeling!"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "6330528",
"text": "Can't Fight This Feeling \"Can't Fight This Feeling\" is a power ballad performed by the American rock band REO Speedwagon. The single remained at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart for three consecutive weeks from March 9 to March 23, 1985. The song first appeared on REO Speedwagon's 1984 album \"Wheels Are Turnin'\". It was the group's second number-one hit on the U.S. charts (the first being 1981's \"Keep on Loving You\", also written by Kevin Cronin) and reached number sixteen in the UK. \"Can't Fight This Feeling\" has appeared on dozens of 'various artists' compilation albums, as",
"title": "Can't Fight This Feeling"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "19491754",
"text": "being listed at 2 on the \"Billboard\" seasonal ranking. Spotify named it the fifth most-streamed song of the summer globally. , it has sold 2.495 million downloads in the country, thus being the best-selling song of the year according to Nielsen Music. It was also the number three most-heard song on US radio in 2016, with 3.422 billion audience impressions for the year. It was the number two most-played song in terms of total number of plays, with 587,000. \"Can't Stop the Feeling!\" is among the top 20 longest-leading number-one singles on the Adult Contemporary chart. It is also one",
"title": "Can't Stop the Feeling!"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "10391424",
"text": "Can't Stop This Thing We Started \"Can't Stop This Thing We Started\" is a song by Canadian singer and songwriter Bryan Adams. The song was written by Adams and Robert John \"Mutt\" Lange, and was the second single from Adams' 1991 album \"Waking Up the Neighbours\", a successor of the massive hit single \"(Everything I Do) I Do It for You\". A rock song in contrast to \"(Everything I Do) I Do It for You\", it peaked at #2 on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100, only behind \"Cream\" by Prince and The New Power Generation, while also reaching #2 on Billboard's",
"title": "Can't Stop This Thing We Started"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "19491736",
"text": "sold 3.3 million downloads in the country. For Apple Music it was the second-best-performing song of the year. The Official Charts Company from the UK named it Timberlake's biggest song in the country, for over one million units sold. The song received several awards and nominations, such as its nominations for the Academy Award for Best Original Song at the 89th annual ceremony (where Timberlake performed the song as the opening number), the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song and the Critics' Choice Award for Best Song, and it won the Grammy Award for Best Song Written for Visual",
"title": "Can't Stop the Feeling!"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "6330532",
"text": "episode of The Goldbergs. In 2016, the song was used in the UK and US on adverts for Sheba cat food. REO Speedwagon Can't Fight This Feeling \"Can't Fight This Feeling\" is a power ballad performed by the American rock band REO Speedwagon. The single remained at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart for three consecutive weeks from March 9 to March 23, 1985. The song first appeared on REO Speedwagon's 1984 album \"Wheels Are Turnin'\". It was the group's second number-one hit on the U.S. charts (the first being 1981's \"Keep on Loving You\", also written by",
"title": "Can't Fight This Feeling"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "19491745",
"text": "the 2017 Billboard Music Awards it won the awards for Top Selling Song and Top Radio Song, and was also nominated for Top Hot 100 Song. The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) recognized it as one of the most performed songs of 2016 and 2017. It is also nominated for World Soundtrack Award for Best Original Song Written Directly for a Film. Instead of Timberlake's solo version, the film version of the song was submitted to the general field and visual media category, eventually getting nominated only in the latter and winning. The Recording Academy changed some",
"title": "Can't Stop the Feeling!"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "13735423",
"text": "Can't Stop Feeling \"Can't Stop Feeling\" is a song by Scottish indie rock band Franz Ferdinand. It was released as the third single from their third studio album, \"\" (2009), on 6 July 2009. The song failed to chart in the United Kingdom, this becoming the first Franz Ferdinand single not to chart the UK top 100. In France, however, the song debuted at #79 in the French top 100 Singles Charts. It spent another 1 week on the chart giving the song a total of 2 weeks. \"Can't Stop Feeling\" first surfaced as one of the songs recorded at",
"title": "Can't Stop Feeling"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "13834639",
"text": "No Smoke \"No Smoke\" is a song written by John McLaughlin, Alan Ross, and Dave James. It was recorded by British singer Michelle Lawson for her 2003 debut album \"I Just Wanna Say\". The song has since been recorded by several artists, including Canadian singer Eva Avila, English singer Nicki French, and German girl group Queensberry, and Belgian singer Esther Seals, who recorded a Flemish version under the title \"Game Over\". In 2008, \"No Smoke\" served as the first promotional single by German girl group Queensberry. Their rendition was released along with ballad \"I Can't Stop Feeling\" on the band's",
"title": "No Smoke"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "19491756",
"text": "popular song of the year on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100. One year after it's release, \"Can't Stop the Feeling!\" finished as the 49th most popular song of the year on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100 in 2017. \"Can't Stop the Feeling!\" reached the top spot in Belgium (Flanders and Wallonia), the Czech Republic, France, Germany, Israel, Scotland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland, and the top 5 in Australia, Austria, Denmark, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Latvia, Lebanon, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Spain, and the United Kingdom. It spent four weeks atop the Euro Digital Songs chart. The song debuted at",
"title": "Can't Stop the Feeling!"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "777451",
"text": "for the albums, he began performing with his band The Tennessee Kids, composed by instrumentalists and dancers. Timberlake voiced the lead character in DreamWorks Animation's \"Trolls\" (2016), whose soundtrack includes his fifth \"Billboard\" Hot 100 chart-topping single, \"Can't Stop the Feeling!\". His fifth studio album \"Man of the Woods\" (2018) became his fourth number one album in the US. Throughout his solo career, Timberlake has sold over 32 million albums and 56 million singles globally, making him one of the world's best-selling music artists. Often cited as a pop icon, Timberlake is the recipient of numerous awards and accolades, including",
"title": "Justin Timberlake"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "777487",
"text": "his eighth U.S. Mainstream Top 40 number-one song, at the moment being the most among male artists. It became the best-selling song of the year in the U.S. with 2.4 million copies sold. On February 26, 2017, Timberlake opened the 89th Academy Awards with a performance of \"Can't Stop the Feeling!\", since the song earned him a nomination. Also that year, Timberlake starred with Kate Winslet and Juno Temple in Woody Allen's drama film \"Wonder Wheel\", and headlined several festivals and live sets, including Rock in Rio, the United States Grand Prix, and the Pilgrimage Music & Cultural Festival, which",
"title": "Justin Timberlake"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "3093136",
"text": "Ariana Grande's third album \"Dangerous Woman\", with half of its songs (including both singles) being produced by him. The same year, he produced the 10th track for Nick Jonas' third studio album, while also co-producing standalone songs for American singers Pink (\"Just Like Fire\") and Katy Perry (\"Rise\"). In 2016, he co-wrote the song \"Can't Stop the Feeling!\" by Justin Timberlake which is also the title song for the film \"Trolls\" with Shellback. The song became Timberlake's fifth and Martin's twenty-second number-one hit in the US. It reached the top spot in 16 other countries. The song gave Timberlake and",
"title": "Max Martin"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "9054333",
"text": "Kevin Cronin Kevin Patrick Cronin (born October 6, 1951) is the lead vocalist, rhythm guitarist, and occasional pianist for the American rock band, REO Speedwagon. REO Speedwagon had several hits on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100 throughout the 1980s, including two chart-toppers written by Cronin: \"Keep on Loving You\" (1981) and \"Can't Fight This Feeling\" (1985). Cronin is from the suburbs of Chicago, Illinois, area. He was born in north suburban Evanston and grew up (and learned guitar) in southwest suburban Oak Lawn. He graduated from Chicago's Brother Rice High School. His brother is Wisconsin weatherman and politician Sean Cronin. REO",
"title": "Kevin Cronin"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "354395",
"text": "REO Speedwagon REO Speedwagon (originally styled as R.E.O. Speedwagon) is an American rock band from Champaign, Illinois. Formed in 1967, the band cultivated a following during the 1970s and achieved significant commercial success throughout the 1980s. \"Hi Infidelity\" (1980) contained four US Top 40 hits and is the group's best-selling album, with over ten million copies sold. Over the course of its career, the band has sold more than 40 million records and has charted thirteen Top 40 hits, including the number ones \"Keep On Loving You\" and \"Can't Fight This Feeling\". REO Speedwagon's mainstream popularity waned in the late",
"title": "REO Speedwagon"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "19491752",
"text": "run to number one for a (non-holiday) song by a male artist in 17 years, since Phil Collins' \"You'll Be in My Heart\" needed only six weeks in 1999. Among all songs, \"Feeling\" made the fastest trip to number one on AC since Adele's \"Hello\": four weeks, in November 2015. Timberlake also earned his sixth number-one on Dance Club Songs with \"Can't Stop the Feeling!\". He reached the top of the chart without the aid of officially commissioned remixes. However, versions from Barry Harris, Fenix and Erick Decks, among others, have helped bring the song to club crowds. \"Can't Stop",
"title": "Can't Stop the Feeling!"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "9536671",
"text": "I Can't Stop This Feeling I've Got \"I Can't Stop This Feeling I've Got\" is a song by the English indie rock band Razorlight, and is the sixth track on their 2006 second album, \"Razorlight\". The song was released 19 March 2007 as the fourth single from that album in the United Kingdom, peaking at #44 in the UK Singles Chart. The song was the first single from the album to fail to enter the top 40 of the UK Singles Chart. Following its #44 debut, it fell to #59 in its second week and dropped out of the top",
"title": "I Can't Stop This Feeling I've Got"
}
] |
American rock band REO Speedwagon
|
who is the month of may named after
|
[
"the Greek Goddess Maia"
] |
[
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "210940",
"text": "a poem about the Roman calendar. The first is that the month is named after the Roman goddess Juno, the goddess of marriage and the wife of the supreme deity Jupiter; the second is that the name comes from the Latin word \"iuniores\", meaning \"younger ones\", as opposed to \"maiores\" (\"elders\") for which the preceding month May \"(Maius)\" may be named. Another source claims June is named after Lucius Junius Brutus, founder of the roman Republic and ancestor of the Roman gens Junia . In ancient Rome, the period from mid-May through mid-June was considered inauspicious for marriage. Ovid says",
"title": "June"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "267615",
"text": "Gubernatis, in his work \"Mythology of Plants\", believes that without doubt the festival was previous to that of said victory. It is a celebration that dates back to ancient peoples, and is very integrated with the rhythms of nature, such as the Celts (celebrating Beltane), Etruscans and Ligures, in which the arrival of summer was of great importance. 1 May is a day that celebrates Spring. Maios (Latin Maius), the month of May, took its name from the goddess Maia (Gr ), a Greek and Roman goddess of fertility. The day of Maios (Modern Greek Πρωτομαγιά) celebrates the final victory",
"title": "May Day"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "255853",
"text": "Greek Goddess Maia, who was identified with the Roman era goddess of fertility, Bona Dea, whose festival was held in May. Conversely, the Roman poet Ovid provides a second etymology, in which he says that the month of May is named for the \"maiores,\" Latin for \"elders,\" and that the following month (June) is named for the \"iuniores,\" or \"young people\" (\"Fasti VI.88\"). Mayovka, in the context of the late Russian Empire, was a picnic in the countryside or in a park in the early days of May, hence the name. Eventually, \"mayovka\" (specifically, \"proletarian mayovka\") came to mean an",
"title": "May"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "255852",
"text": "May May is the fifth month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian Calendars and the third of seven months to have a length of 31 days. May is a month of spring in the Northern Hemisphere and autumn in the Southern Hemisphere. Therefore, May in the Southern Hemisphere is the seasonal equivalent of November in the Northern Hemisphere and vice versa. Late May typically marks the of the summer vacation season in the United States and Canada and ends on Labor Day, the first Monday of September. The month of May (in Latin, \"Maius\") was named for the",
"title": "May"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "3441718",
"text": "Juno, Carna, and the Magna Mater (\"Great Goddess\", referring to the Roman form of Cybele but also a cult title for Maia), as discussed at some length by the late antiquarian writer Macrobius. This treatment was probably influenced by the 1st-century BC scholar Varro, who tended to resolve a great number of goddesses into one original \"Terra\". The association with Juno, whose Etruscan counterpart was Uni, is suggested again by the inscription \"Uni Mae\" on the Piacenza Liver. The month of May (Latin \"Maius\") was supposedly named for Maia, though ancient etymologists also connected it to the \"maiores\" \"ancestors\", again",
"title": "Maia"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "10668219",
"text": "Maius Maius or mensis Maius (May) was the third month of the ancient Roman calendar, following \"Aprilis\" (April) and preceding \"Iunius\" (June). On the oldest Roman calendar that had begun with March, it was the third of ten months in the year. May had 31 days. The Romans considered May an infelicitous month. Although it began with one of the most notoriously licentious holidays of the Roman calendar, the Games of Flora \"(Ludi Florae)\", the middle of the month was devoted to propitiating the \"lemures\", the restless shades of the dead. The Romans did not number days of a month",
"title": "Maius"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "11924616",
"text": "May devotions to the Blessed Virgin Mary May Devotions to the Blessed Virgin Mary refers to special Marian devotions held in the Catholic Church during the month of May honoring the Virgin Mary as \"the Queen of May\". These services may take place inside or outside. A \"May Crowning\" is a traditional Roman Catholic ritual that occurs in the month of May. A number of traditions link the month of May to Mary. Alfonso in the 13th century wrote in his \"Cantigas de Santa Maria\" about the special honoring of Mary during specific dates in May. Eventually, the entire month",
"title": "May devotions to the Blessed Virgin Mary"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "17298731",
"text": "personified announce \"I am the mother of roses\". Among explanations for the month's name was that it derived from \"Maia\", a goddess of growth or increase whose own name was sometimes said to come from the adjective \"maius\", \"greater\". Maia was honored in May with her son Mercury (Greek Hermes), a god of boundaries and commerce, and a conductor of souls to the afterlife. The theological identity of Maia was capacious; she was variously identified with goddesses such as \"Terra Mater\" (\"Mother Earth\"), the Good Goddess \"(Bona Dea)\", the Great Mother Goddess \"(Magna Mater\", a title also for Cybele), Ops",
"title": "Rosalia (festival)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "267592",
"text": "began reconstructing traditions and celebrating May Day as a pagan religious festival. Traditional English May Day rites and celebrations include crowning a May Queen and celebrations involving a maypole. Historically, Morris dancing has been linked to May Day celebrations. Much of this tradition derives from the pagan Anglo-Saxon customs held during \"Þrimilci-mōnaþ\" (the Old English name for the month of May meaning \"Month of Three Milkings\") along with many Celtic traditions. May Day has been a traditional day of festivities throughout the centuries, most associated with towns and villages celebrating springtime fertility (of the soil, livestock, and people) and revelry",
"title": "May Day"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "4281713",
"text": "of Star Names. An Egyptian priestly poet in the time of Thutmose III mentions the star as \"Karbana,\" \"the star which pours his light in a glance of fire, When he disperses the morning dew.\" Under the Ptolemies, the star was known as \"Ptolemaion\" (Greek: Πτολεμαῖον) and its acronychal rising marked the date of the Ptolemaia festival, which was held every four years, from 262 to 145 BC. In the traditional Xhosa calendar, May is named \"UCanzibe\" (the month of Canopus). The Navajo observed the star and named it \"Ma’ii Bizò‘\". It is also personified as the Shou star. In",
"title": "Canopus"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "17737624",
"text": "Poetry and Poetics calls Hugo Mayo \"one of the most influential figures of the 20th century.\" He adopted the pen name \"Hugo Mayo\" in 1921 and remained with that name for the rest of his life. The word \"Hugo\" was for \"Victor Hugo,\" of whom he was a great admirer, and the word \"Mayo\" was for May, the month of spring in Europe. Hugo Mayo Miguel Augusto Egas Miranda, better known by his pen name Hugo Mayo, (November 24, 1895 in Manta – April 5, 1988 in Guayaquil) was an Ecuadorian avant-garde poet. He was the older brother of the",
"title": "Hugo Mayo"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "15359234",
"text": "ten days of May, established in 1978 by a joint resolution in United States Congress. The commemorative week was expanded to a month (Asian Pacific American Heritage Month) by Congress in 1992. The month of May was chosen to celebrate the emigration of the first Japanese Americans on May 7, 1843, and to honor the Chinese immigrants who contributed to the transcontinental railroad which was completed on May 10, 1896. The term is also used by several state boards and commissions, including in Washington, Michigan, Maryland, and Connecticut. The term is also used in the names of several non-profit groups,",
"title": "Asian Pacific American"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "17298730",
"text": "accommodate the blooming season. For month allegories in mosaics, May is often represented with floral wreaths, the fillets or ribbons worn for sacrifice, and wine amphorae. May (Latin \"Maius\") began in the middle of the \"Ludi Florae\", a series of games in honor of the goddess Flora that opened April 28 of the Julian calendar and concluded May 3. Flora was a goddess of flowers and blooming, and her festivities were enjoyed with a notable degree of sexual liberty. In the 2nd century AD, Philostratus connects rose garlands with Flora's festival. A Greek epigram from the \"Palatine Anthology\" has May",
"title": "Rosalia (festival)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "13391545",
"text": "pea flower which bloom in a wide range of soft colors as well as two tone colors. It is said to symbolize pleasure or good-bye. In the Victorian era, these flowers formed a part of the bouquet which was sent to someone to convey gratefulness. May: The month of May is associated with the Lily of the valley flower. It is generally white in colour. The flower conveys sweetness and humility. In the Victorian era, it was given to convey the romantic message ‘you have made my life complete’ June: Rose is the flower of this month. Though roses are",
"title": "Birth flower"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "255856",
"text": "Mercury would receive a sacrifice on the Ides of May (May 15). Tubilustrium took place on May 23 as well as in March. These dates do not correspond to the modern Gregorian calendar. May May is the fifth month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian Calendars and the third of seven months to have a length of 31 days. May is a month of spring in the Northern Hemisphere and autumn in the Southern Hemisphere. Therefore, May in the Southern Hemisphere is the seasonal equivalent of November in the Northern Hemisphere and vice versa. Late May typically marks",
"title": "May"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "10668224",
"text": "otherwise noted, the dating and observances on the following table are from H. H. Scullard, \"Festivals and Ceremonies of the Roman Republic\" (Cornell University Press, 1981), pp. 116–125. Maius Maius or mensis Maius (May) was the third month of the ancient Roman calendar, following \"Aprilis\" (April) and preceding \"Iunius\" (June). On the oldest Roman calendar that had begun with March, it was the third of ten months in the year. May had 31 days. The Romans considered May an infelicitous month. Although it began with one of the most notoriously licentious holidays of the Roman calendar, the Games of Flora",
"title": "Maius"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "267591",
"text": "May Day – with various May devotions to the Blessed Virgin Mary In works of art, school skits, and so forth, Mary's head will often be adorned with flowers in a May crowning. 1 May is also one of two feast days of the Catholic patron saint of workers St Joseph the Worker, a carpenter, husband to Mother Mary, and surrogate father of Jesus. Replacing another feast to St. Joseph, this date was chosen by Pope Pius XII in 1955 as a counterpoint to the communist International Workers Day celebrations on May Day. In the late 20th century, many neopagans",
"title": "May Day"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "11924622",
"text": "popes including Pope Pius XII in his encyclical \"Ingruentium malorum\": Pope Pius XII, recognizing traditional precedents, proclaimed the \"Queenship of Mary\" through his encyclical, \"Ad Caeli Reginam\". While May devotions may differ in various countries, the Marian title \"Queen of May\" exists in several countries as manifested in Marian songs. In English speaking countries such as England, Ireland and the United States a Marian hymn uses the following text: Another similar song greets Mary, the queen of May, who is greeted by the month of May. Another well-known Marian \"Queen of May\" song ends with the words: In Eastern churches,",
"title": "May devotions to the Blessed Virgin Mary"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "267614",
"text": "maggerini adorn themselves. In particular the plant alder, which grows along the rivers, is considered the symbol of life and that's why it is often present in the ritual. Calendimaggio can be historically noted in Tuscany as a mythical character who had a predominant role and met many of the attributes of the god Belenus. In Lucania, the \"Maggi\" have a clear auspicious character of pagan origin. In Syracuse, Sicily, the \"Albero della Cuccagna\" (cf. \"Greasy pole\") is held during the month of May, a feast celebrated to commemorate the victory over the Athenians led by Nicias. However, Angelo de",
"title": "May Day"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "4374265",
"text": "Máj Máj (Czech for the month \"May\"; ) is a romantic poem by Karel Hynek Mácha in four cantos. It was fiercely criticized when first published, but since then has gained the status of one of the most prominent works of Czech literature; in the Czech Republic, the poem now is memorized by schoolchildren and continuously in print. According to the author's epilogue, the poem is a homage to the beauty of spring. It is set in a bucolic landscape, inspired by such features as a lake then called Big Pond (), and now called Lake Mácha (), after the",
"title": "Máj"
}
] |
the Greek Goddess Maia
|
who has the most petroleum in the world
|
[
"Venezuela"
] |
[
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"has_answer": true,
"id": "9857240",
"text": "in the United States, but is responsible for only 2% of electricity generation. Petroleum's worth as a portable, dense energy source powering the vast majority of vehicles and as the base of many industrial chemicals makes it one of the world's most important commodities. The top three oil producing countries are Saudi Arabia, Russia, and the United States. About 80% of the world's readily accessible reserves are located in the Middle East, with 62.5% coming from the Arab 5: Saudi Arabia (12.5%), UAE, Iraq, Qatar and Kuwait. However, with high oil prices (above $100/barrel), Venezuela has larger reserves than Saudi",
"title": "History of the petroleum industry"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "312533",
"text": "parameters, number of vehicles in the world competing for fuel, quantity of oil exported to the world market (Export Land Model), net energy gain (economically useful energy provided minus energy consumed), political stability of oil exporting nations and ability to defend oil supply lines.ci The top three oil producing countries are Russia, Saudi Arabia and the United States. In 2018, due in part to developments in hydraulic fracturing and horizonal drilling, the United States became the world's largest producer. About 80 percent of the world's readily accessible reserves are located in the Middle East, with 62.5 percent coming from the",
"title": "Petroleum"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "3771860",
"text": "is vital to many industries, and is necessary for the maintenance of industrial civilization in its current configuration, making it a critical concern for many nations. Oil accounts for a large percentage of the world’s energy consumption, ranging from a low of 32% for Europe and Asia, to a high of 53% for the Middle East. Other geographic regions' consumption patterns are as follows: South and Central America (44%), Africa (41%), and North America (40%). The world consumes 30 billion barrels (4.8 km³) of oil per year, with developed nations being the largest consumers. The United States consumed 25% of",
"title": "Petroleum industry"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "10004245",
"text": "Petroleum industry in Russia The petroleum industry in Russia is one of the largest in the world. Russia has the largest reserves and is the largest exporter of natural gas. It has the second largest coal reserves, the eighth largest oil reserves, and is one of the largest producers of oil. It is the third largest energy user. Russia produced an average of of oil per day in December 2015. It produces 12% of the world's oil and has a similar share of global oil exports. In June 2006, Russian crude oil and condensate production reached the post-Soviet maximum of",
"title": "Petroleum industry in Russia"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "312569",
"text": "to a high of 53 percent for the Middle East, South and Central America (44%), Africa (41%), and North America (40%). The world at large consumes 30 billion barrels (4.8 km³) of oil per year, and the top oil consumers largely consist of developed nations. In fact, 24 percent of the oil consumed in 2004 went to the United States alone, though by 2007 this had dropped to 21 percent of world oil consumed. In the US, in the states of Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada, Oregon and Washington, the Western States Petroleum Association (WSPA) represents companies responsible for producing, distributing,",
"title": "Petroleum"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "10352466",
"text": "and aviation kerosene prices. This decision appeared to reflect a need to reduce the unsustainably high level of subsidies these fuels attract, given the global trend in the price of oil. Top oil producers were in 2010: Russia 502 Mt (13%), Saudi Arabia 471 Mt (12%), US 336 Mt (8%), Iran 227 Mt (6%), China 200 Mt (5%), Canada 159 Mt (4%), Mexico 144 Mt (4%), UAE 129 Mt (3%). The world oil production increased from 2005 to 2010 1.3% and from 2009 to 2010 3.4%. China's natural gas supply was 1,015 TWh in 2009 that was 3% of the",
"title": "Energy policy of China"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "6683630",
"text": "In 2005, 40% of this energy came from petroleum, 23% from coal, and 22% from natural gas. The remainder was supplied by nuclear power and renewable energy sources. The United States is the world's largest consumer of petroleum. The United States has 27% of global coal reserves. It is the world's largest producer of natural gas and crude oil. For decades, nuclear power has played a limited role relative to many other developed countries, in part because of public perception in the wake of a 1979 accident. In 2007, several applications for new nuclear plants were filed. Issues that affect",
"title": "United States"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "12403713",
"text": "Petroleum in the United States Petroleum in the United States has been a major industry since shortly after the oil discovery in the Oil Creek area of Titusville, Pennsylvania in 1859. The petroleum industry includes exploration for, production, processing (refining), transportation, and marketing of natural gas and petroleum products. As of 2008, the U.S. was the world's third-largest oil producer (after Saudi Arabia and Russia), producing 8.5 million barrels of oil and natural gas liquids per day. The leading oil-producing area in the United States in 2014 was Texas ( per day), followed by the federal zone of the Gulf",
"title": "Petroleum in the United States"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "6683611",
"text": "and Subway are the two most recognized brands in the world. Coca-Cola is the most recognized soft drink company in the world. Chemical products are the leading manufacturing field. The United States is the largest producer of oil in the world, as well as its second-largest importer. It is the world's number one producer of electrical and nuclear energy, as well as liquid natural gas, sulfur, phosphates, and salt. The National Mining Association provides data pertaining to coal and minerals that include beryllium, copper, lead, magnesium, zinc, titanium and others. Agriculture accounts for just under 1% of GDP, yet the",
"title": "United States"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "10557706",
"text": "to China. Venezuela has been producing oil for nearly a century and was an OPEC founder-member. In 2005, Venezuela produced 162 million tons of oil, which is 4.1% of world's total production. By the oil production Venezuela ranks seventh in the world. Venezuela is the world's eight oil exporter and fifth largest net exporter. In 2012, 11 percent of US oil imports came from Venezuela. Since 2010, when the heavy oil from the Orinoco Belt was considered to be economically recoverable, Venezuela has had the largest proved reserves of petroleum in the world, about 298 billion barrels. Oil accounts for",
"title": "Energy policy of Venezuela"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "11818383",
"text": "History of the Venezuelan oil industry Venezuela is one of the world's largest exporters of oil and has the world's largest proven oil reserves at an estimated 296.5 billion barrels (20% of global reserves) as of 2012. In 2008, crude oil production in Venezuela was the tenth-highest in the world at and the country was also the eighth-largest net oil exporter in the world. Venezuela is a founding member of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC). The Indigenous peoples in Venezuela, like many ancient societies already utilized crude oils and asphalts from petroleum seeps, which ooze through the",
"title": "History of the Venezuelan oil industry"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "11895323",
"text": "Petroleum industry in China The impact of the petroleum industry in China has been increasing globally as China is the fourth-greatest oil producer in the world. China imported a record 6.7m barrels a day (b/d) of oil in 2015 and forecasted \"to overtake the U.S. as the world’s biggest crude importer in 2016\" According to the Energy Information Administration (EIA) China first became the \"world's largest net importer of petroleum and other liquids\" by the end of 2013. Before the development of the industry, Chinese oil production was measured in quarts and output used solely as a lubricant. The first",
"title": "Petroleum industry in China"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "10004247",
"text": "tcm), and OPEC (48.7 tcm). However, BP credits Russia with only 31.3 tcm as of 1 January 2014, which would place it in second place, slightly behind Iran (33.1 to 33.8 tcm, depending on the source). In addition to having the world's largest proven reserves of natural gas, according to US Geological Survey estimations, Russia is also likely to have the world's largest volume of still-undiscovered natural gas: a mean probable volume of 6.7 trillion cubic meters. The USGS estimate of Russia's undiscovered oil is 22 billion barrels, second in the world only to those of Iraq. The Russian oil",
"title": "Petroleum industry in Russia"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "11815679",
"text": "Petroleum industry in Mexico The petroleum industry in Mexico makes Mexico the eleventh largest producer of oil in the world and the thirteenth largest in terms of net exports. Mexico has the seventeenth largest oil reserves in the world, and it is the fourth largest oil producer in the Western Hemisphere behind the United States, Canada and Venezuela. Mexico is not a member of the OPEC (the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries) or any petroleum production related organizations, but since 1994 it is a member of the North American Free Trade Agreement. The petroleum sector is crucial to the Mexican",
"title": "Petroleum industry in Mexico"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "3686069",
"text": "Saudi Arabia's total oil production capacity. Saudi Arabia ranks as the largest exporter of petroleum, and plays a leading role in OPEC, its decisions to raise or cut production almost immediately impact world oil prices. It is perhaps the best example of a contemporary energy superpower, in terms of having power and influence on the global stage (due to its energy reserves and production of not just oil, but natural gas as well). Saudi Arabia is often referred to as the world's only \"oil superpower\". In 1998, about 40% of the energy consumed by the United States came from oil.",
"title": "Petroleum politics"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "11818419",
"text": "in Venezuela, malnourished oil workers were too weak to perform their daily tasks, with many beginning to collapse on the job. History of the Venezuelan oil industry Venezuela is one of the world's largest exporters of oil and has the world's largest proven oil reserves at an estimated 296.5 billion barrels (20% of global reserves) as of 2012. In 2008, crude oil production in Venezuela was the tenth-highest in the world at and the country was also the eighth-largest net oil exporter in the world. Venezuela is a founding member of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC). The",
"title": "History of the Venezuelan oil industry"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "11116690",
"text": "Energy in Venezuela Venezuela is one of the world's largest producers of oil, and the country with the largest proven oil reserves in the world. Venezuela is a member of OPEC. Electricity in Venezuela is predominantly produced from hydroelectricity. Venezuela ranked 11th in the world for oil production in 2016. The largest oil company is Petróleos de Venezuela (PDVSA). Oil fields in the country include Bolivar Coastal Field, Boscán Field, Maracaibo Basin and Orinoco Belt. Hydro power provided 74% of domestic electricity in 2008. Venezuela produced 87 TWh hydro power in 2008, 2.6% of the world total. Venezuela was top",
"title": "Energy in Venezuela"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "12552722",
"text": "around 4 million bbl/day. Additionally, Iran has an estimated 988.4 trillion cubic feet of natural gas, around 16 percent of total world reserves, which makes it to play a key role in the global energy security equation. Russia's economy ranks as the twelfth largest by nominal GDP and sixth largest by purchasing power parity in 2015. Russia's extensive mineral and energy resources are the largest such reserves in the world, making it second leading producers of oil and natural gas globally. The Caspian Sea region presently is a significant, but not major, supplier of crude oil to world markets, based",
"title": "Caspian Sea"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "12422001",
"text": "Oil reserves in Venezuela The proven oil reserves in Venezuela are recognized as the largest in the world, totaling as of 1 January 2014. In early 2011, then-president Hugo Chávez and the Venezuelan government announced that the nation's oil reserves had surpassed that of the previous long-term world leader, Saudi Arabia. OPEC said that Saudi Arabia's reserves stood at in 2009. Venezuela's development of its oil reserves has been affected by political unrest in recent years. In late 2002, nearly half of the workers at the state oil company PDVSA went on strike, after which the company fired 18,000 of",
"title": "Oil reserves in Venezuela"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "6630919",
"text": "primarily in the Orinoco Petroleum Belt, are estimated to approximately equal the world's reserves of lighter oil. Petróleos de Venezuela S.A. has estimated that the producible reserves of the Orinoco Belt are up to which would make it the largest petroleum reserve in the world, slightly ahead of the similar unconventional oil source in the Athabasca oil sands, and before Saudi Arabia In 2009, the US Geological Survey increased the estimated reserves to of oil which is \"technically recoverable (producible using currently available technology and industry practices).\" No estimate of how much of the oil is economically recoverable was made.",
"title": "Orinoco Belt"
}
] |
Venezuela
|
who is the sister of for king and country
|
[
"Rebecca St. James"
] |
[
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "16273338",
"text": "in 1991, after their father's job relocation. Their father was a music promoter, and Joel recalls, \"going to these rock concerts, sitting on my father's shoulders, plugging my ears...Honestly, in a lot of ways I feel like music chose me and as I grew older, I made a clear decision to fully lean into it.\" The Smallbones are the younger brothers of Christian recording artist and speaker Rebecca St. James, and the brothers-in-law of Jacob Fink, former bassist for the band Foster the People. They were raised with another sister, Libby, and three other brothers, Ben, Dan, and Josh. On",
"title": "For King & Country (band)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "16273324",
"text": "For King & Country (band) For King & Country, stylized as for KING & COUNTRY and formerly known as Joel & Luke as well as Austoville, is a Christian pop duo composed of Australian brothers Joel (born 5 June 1984) and Luke Smallbone (born 22 October 1986). The Nashville-based brothers' 2012 debut record \"Crave\" has received praise, and the brothers were declared by \"Billboard\" as one of the \"New Artists To Watch\" for 2012. \"American Songwriter\" described them as \"Australia's answer to Coldplay.\" During high school, the brothers supplied background vocals and other supporting roles for their sister, Rebecca St.",
"title": "For King & Country (band)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "18007782",
"text": "is thrown out when Bill shows that all he said had been printed in \"The Times\". Outside the camp, both friends explore what the town offers by way of women. Bill falls for a beautiful but depressive upper-class girl he calls Ophelia (Tamsin Egerton), while Percy is smitten by a bubbly student nurse called Sophie (Aimee-Ffion Edwards) (who throws out some lures to Bill as well). On leave for the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, Percy steals a car to join Bill, who is with his family on the Island. Both are delighted to find Bill's renegade sister Dawn (Vanessa",
"title": "Queen and Country (film)"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "2744842",
"text": "she has released nine published books and starred in five films, a musical stage show, and a \"VeggieTales\" episode (\"An Easter Carol\"). Her ninth book, \"What Is He Thinking?\", was released on 26 September 2011. She has starred in the films \"Unidentified\", \"Sarah's Choice\", \"Rising Stars\", \"The Frontier Boys\", \"Suing the Devil\", \"A Strange Brand of Happy\" and \"Faith of Our Fathers\". She is also an outspoken sexual abstinence and pro-life advocate, a spokesperson for Compassion International, the sister of Joel and Luke Smallbone, who comprise the band for King & Country, and the wife of Foster the People's former",
"title": "Rebecca St. James"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "2744862",
"text": "age 14. She currently resides in Nashville, Tennessee. Two of her brothers, Joel and Luke Smallbone, formed the band For King & Country. On 3 January 2011, she announced her engagement to Foster the People's former bassist Jacob \"Cubbie\" Fink, a Colorado native and a missionary to South Africa. Fink proposed on Christmas Day 2010 at St. James' family's farm in Franklin. They married on 23 April 2011, at the Junípero Serra Museum in San Diego, California. On 4 October 2013, St. James announced that they were expecting their first child and on 18 February 2014, she gave birth to",
"title": "Rebecca St. James"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "20884607",
"text": "No. 3 on the Official Christian & Gospel Albums Chart dated 12-18 October 2018, as published by the Official Charts Company in the United Kingdom. Sample credits Adapted from AllMusic. Burn the Ships Burn the Ships (stylised in all lower-case) is the third studio album by For King & Country, an Australian Christian pop duo comprising brothers Luke Smallbone and Joel Smallbone, released via Word Entertainment on 5 October 2018. It features appearances from Moriah Peters and Courtney, the respective wives of Joel and Luke Smallbone. For King & Country collaborated with Matt Hales, Blake Kanicka, Seth Mosley and Tedd",
"title": "Burn the Ships"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "20884586",
"text": "Burn the Ships Burn the Ships (stylised in all lower-case) is the third studio album by For King & Country, an Australian Christian pop duo comprising brothers Luke Smallbone and Joel Smallbone, released via Word Entertainment on 5 October 2018. It features appearances from Moriah Peters and Courtney, the respective wives of Joel and Luke Smallbone. For King & Country collaborated with Matt Hales, Blake Kanicka, Seth Mosley and Tedd Tjornhom in the production of the album. \"Burn the Ships\" was supported by the release of record-breaking lead single, \"Joy,\" and album pre-order leading up to its release. Garnering critical",
"title": "Burn the Ships"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "16273341",
"text": "Artist of the Year\". In 2015, they won two Grammy Awards at the 57th Grammy Awards, one for Best Contemporary Christian Music Album and one for Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song. Grammy Awards GMA Dove Awards For King & Country (band) For King & Country, stylized as for KING & COUNTRY and formerly known as Joel & Luke as well as Austoville, is a Christian pop duo composed of Australian brothers Joel (born 5 June 1984) and Luke Smallbone (born 22 October 1986). The Nashville-based brothers' 2012 debut record \"Crave\" has received praise, and the brothers were declared by \"Billboard\"",
"title": "For King & Country (band)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "16273339",
"text": "26 June 2010, Luke married Courtney Helm. Their first child, Jude James Smallbone, was born on 19 December 2012. They also have a son, Phoenix Alexander. In late 2016, Luke announced via social media that he and his wife are expecting their third child. On 7 July 2013, Joel married Moriah Peters, who is also a recording artist, in California. The couple saved their first kiss for their wedding day. They now reside in Nashville, Tennessee. The brothers are both dual citizens of Australia and the United States. Joel Smallbone was featured on \"Take this City\" by Everfound. Joel Smallbone",
"title": "For King & Country (band)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "16273337",
"text": "change someone's day, but to impact them for eternity. This is why we write music and sing songs - we hope that people will be moved, encouraged and stirred to live a life for Someone greater than themselves.\" They cite U2, Mutemath, OneRepublic, the Beatles, Goo Goo Dolls, and Switchfoot, as well as film scores such as those from \"Braveheart\" and \"Gladiator\", as their musical influences. Joel David Smallbone was born on 5 June 1984 and Luke James Smallbone was born on 22 October 1986. Both were born in Sydney, to David and Helen Smallbone, and moved to Nashville, Tennessee",
"title": "For King & Country (band)"
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"has_answer": false,
"id": "7220287",
"text": "Stephen Lawrence, the teenager whose murder led to a massive reform of the Metropolitan Police Service, starred as an extra in this film. The film opened in 33 theaters in North America, grossing $62,771 during the opening weekend. It went on to gross a total $191,051. It was released on DVD on June 1, 2004. Film aggregator site Rotten Tomatoes gave the film a 31% rating and an average rating of 5.5/10 based on thirteen reviews. Leonard Maltin described the film as a \"striking, laced-in-acid contemporary thriller of life in Thatcherite Britain\". For Queen and Country For Queen and Country",
"title": "For Queen and Country"
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"has_answer": true,
"id": "19907347",
"text": "Joel Smallbone Joel David Smallbone (born 5 June 1984) is an Australian singer and actor. He is a member of the Christian pop duo for King & Country along with his brother Luke Smallbone. He played the role of James Stevens in the 2016 film Priceless. Smallbone was born in Sydney, and moved to Nashville, Tennessee in 1991. He is the brother of Luke Smallbone and younger brother of Christian recording artist and speaker Rebecca St. James. Smallbone is also the brother-in-law of Jacob Fink, former bassist for the band Foster the People. Smallbone's father was a music promoter, and",
"title": "Joel Smallbone"
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"id": "2744861",
"text": "by Nancy Rue. \"Faith of Our Fathers\", released in July 2015, features St. James portraying a car-stealing Australian hitchhiker. St. James, in October 2017, recorded and released \"Amazing Grace\", with her brothers, of the band for King & Country. She also toured with them and Casting Crowns on a Christmas tour. Announced in August, 2018, St. James has joined the \"Greatest Hits Live\" tour, which comprises Point of Grace, Avalon, Nicole C. Mullen, Bob Carlisle and NewSong. The tour takes place in November 2018. St. James is originally from Australia and moved with her family to the United States at",
"title": "Rebecca St. James"
},
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"has_answer": false,
"id": "15194668",
"text": "Mia Rose Frampton Mia Rose Frampton (born March 10, 1996) is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Becca Keeler, the younger sister of Payson Keeler, in the ABC Family teen drama \"Make It or Break It\", and for her role as Bridgette in the Lifetime television movie \"A Teacher's Obsession\". Frampton was born in Nashville, Tennessee to English rock and roll musician, Peter Frampton, and Tina Elfers. She has one half sibling, through her mother, named Tiffany Wiest, and two half siblings, Jade and Jullian Frampton, from her father's previous marriage. She is the namesake",
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"has_answer": false,
"id": "11776163",
"text": "the legacy and riches after the death of his father Raja Ravi Chandra Varma (Sobhan Babu). King has a younger brother Ajay (Arjan Bajwa), mother (Geetha), maternal uncle (Dharmavarapu Subramanyam), and his late father's three sisters, who are married. Their husbands are Appaji (Jaya Prakash Reddy), Kona Venkat (Krishna Bhagavaan), and Gopi Mohan (Sayaji Shinde). The uncles steal money, which is for the workers. They make it look as though the employee Chandu is responsible. King believes and fires Chandu. Suddenly, King knew that the uncles hid the money in their room. He kept quiet because of his other family.",
"title": "King (2008 film)"
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"has_answer": false,
"id": "7220281",
"text": "For Queen and Country For Queen and Country is a 1988 British-American crime drama film co-written and directed by Martin Stellman and starring Denzel Washington. Washington stars as Reuben James, a Black British former paratrooper, who joined the British Army to escape the poverty of inner city London; Reuben fights in the Falklands War, and upon returning home he finds that society ignores and challenges him while trying to adjust to normal life. The film received mixed reviews and was a box office flop. It has recently been reevaluated as a serious critique of Thatcherism and its effect in the",
"title": "For Queen and Country"
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"id": "17218462",
"text": "Julie King Julie O'Toole King (born October 21, 1989 in St. Louis, Missouri) is an American soccer defender currently playing for North Carolina Courage in the National Women's Soccer League. King's parents are Kevin and Julie; her siblings are model RJ King, model and former \"Amazing Race\" contestant Caitlin King, and reality TV personality Meghan King Edmonds. King's older sister Caitlin played soccer with her at Auburn for two seasons. King attended and played for Nerinx Hall High School in Webster Groves, Missouri, where she was an Honor Roll Student. She was a wing-midfielder for St. Louis Scott Gallagher Club",
"title": "Julie King"
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{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "7220285",
"text": "was always nice to him. He becomes a vigilante bent on change instead of becoming a criminal himself. Reuben acquires a St. Lucia passport and gets two tickets to return to St. Lucia since he won't be able to go to Paris as he had planned to with Stacey, who sees him only as a bloody product of an old era and left him because she couldn't stand men with guns and his best friend's wife left him to move to Ireland. Reuben's old army friend, Tony, also known as Fish (Dorian Healy) - who saved Reuben's life in the",
"title": "For Queen and Country"
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"id": "18007780",
"text": "Queen and Country (film) Queen and Country is a 2014 British drama film directed by John Boorman. It was screened at the Directors' Fortnight section of the 2014 Cannes Film Festival. The film is a sequel to Boorman's 1987 film \"Hope and Glory\", which was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture, and features several of the same characters, though with the passage of time most are played by different actors. On Pharaoh's Island, Bill (Callum Turner) is now 18 and receives his call-up papers for national service. Reporting to the army training camp, he quickly makes friends with",
"title": "Queen and Country (film)"
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{
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"id": "18007786",
"text": "the world. The Army was radically different in having to cope with peacetime mass conscription of mostly unwilling and rebellious 18 year olds. An era passed with the death of King George VI, who had been the focus of loyalty during World War II, and the coronation of his daughter. Some saw a new age of greatness for Britain, while others were pessimistic, and television was beginning its process of turning the nation into passive spectators. The film has received positive reviews from critics and currently holds a 78% rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 86 reviews, with an average",
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}
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Rebecca St. James
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who developed the first periodic table with 8 columns
|
[
"Dmitri Mendeleev"
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[
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "311791",
"text": "form (as shown at various other points in this article), is attributable to Horace Groves Deming. In 1923, Deming, an American chemist, published short (Mendeleev style) and medium (18-column) form periodic tables. Merck and Company prepared a handout form of Deming's 18-column medium table, in 1928, which was widely circulated in American schools. By the 1930s Deming's table was appearing in handbooks and encyclopaedias of chemistry. It was also distributed for many years by the Sargent-Welch Scientific Company. With the development of modern quantum mechanical theories of electron configurations within atoms, it became apparent that each period (row) in the",
"title": "Periodic table"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "3039870",
"text": "their decision by saying that such 'theoretical' topics might be controversial. The importance of Newlands' analysis was eventually recognised by the Chemistry Society with a Gold Medal five years after they recognised Mendeleev's work. It was not until the following century, with Gilbert N. Lewis's valence bond theory (1916) and Irving Langmuir's octet theory of chemical bonding (1919), that the importance of the periodicity of eight would be accepted. The Royal Chemistry Society acknowledged Newlands' contribution to science in 2008, when they put a Blue Plaque on the house where he was born, which described him as the \"discoverer of",
"title": "History of the periodic table"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "3039869",
"text": "the work of Dmitri Mendeleev had been published. In 1864, the English chemist John Newlands classified the sixty-two known elements into eight groups, based on their physical properties. Newlands noted that many pairs of similar elements existed, which differed by some multiple of eight in mass number, and was the first to assign them an atomic number. When his 'law of octaves' was printed in \"Chemistry News\", likening this periodicity of eights to the musical scale, it was ridiculed by some of his contemporaries. His lecture to the Chemistry Society on 1 March 1866 was not published, the Society defending",
"title": "History of the periodic table"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "3039861",
"text": "History of the periodic table The periodic table is an arrangement of the chemical elements and are organized on the basis of their atomic numbers, electron configurations and recurring chemical properties. Elements are presented in order of increasing atomic number. The standard form of the table consists of a grid of elements with rows called periods and columns called groups. The history of the periodic table reflects over a century of growth in the understanding of chemical properties. The most important event in its history occurred in 1869, when the table was published by Dmitri Mendeleev, who built upon earlier",
"title": "History of the periodic table"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "20592924",
"text": "the length scale required for gravitational perturbations to grow in a static nearly homogeneous medium. In chemistry, Dmitri Mendeleev, following the atomic theory of John Dalton, created the first periodic table of elements. In 1859, Charles Darwin published the book \"The Origin of Species\", which introduced the idea of evolution by natural selection. The list of important 19th-century scientists includes: 19th century in science The 19th century in science saw the birth of science as a profession; the term scientist was coined in 1833 by William Whewell, which soon replaced the older term of (natural) philosopher. Among the most influential",
"title": "19th century in science"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "3039862",
"text": "discoveries by scientists such as Antoine-Laurent de Lavoisier and John Newlands, but who is nevertheless generally given sole credit for its development. A number of physical elements (such as platinum, mercury, tin and zinc) have been known from antiquity, as they are found in their native form and are relatively simple to mine with primitive tools. Around 330 BCE, the Greek philosopher Aristotle proposed that everything is made up of a mixture of one or more \"roots\", an idea that had originally been suggested by the Sicilian philosopher Empedocles. The four roots, which were later renamed as \"elements\" by Plato,",
"title": "History of the periodic table"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "1749839",
"text": "1868 he became chief chemist of James Duncan's London sugar refinery, where he introduced a number of improvements in processing. Later he quit the refinery and again became an analyst with his brother, Benjamin. Newlands was the first person to devise a periodic table of chemical elements arranged in order of their relative atomic masses. Continuing Johann Wolfgang Döbereiner's work with triads and Jean-Baptiste Dumas' families of similar elements, he published in 1865 his 'Law of Octaves', which stated that 'any given element will exhibit analogous behaviour to the eighth element following it in the table.' Newlands arranged all of",
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{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "311783",
"text": "at regular intervals. His chart included some ions and compounds in addition to elements. His paper also used geological rather than chemical terms and did not include a diagram; as a result, it received little attention until the work of Dmitri Mendeleev. In 1864, Julius Lothar Meyer, a German chemist, published a table with 44 elements arranged by valency. The table showed that elements with similar properties often shared the same valency. Concurrently, English chemist William Odling published an arrangement of 57 elements, ordered on the basis of their atomic weights. With some irregularities and gaps, he noticed what appeared",
"title": "Periodic table"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "311790",
"text": "rather than in rows, and those columns numbered I to VIII corresponding with the element's oxidation state. He also gave detailed predictions for the properties of elements he had earlier noted were missing, but should exist. These gaps were subsequently filled as chemists discovered additional naturally occurring elements. It is often stated that the last naturally occurring element to be discovered was francium (referred to by Mendeleev as \"eka-caesium\") in 1939. Plutonium, produced synthetically in 1940, was identified in trace quantities as a naturally occurring element in 1971. The popular periodic table layout, also known as the common or standard",
"title": "Periodic table"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "311785",
"text": "and the Chemical Society refused to publish his work. Newlands was nonetheless able to draft a table of the elements and used it to predict the existence of missing elements, such as germanium. The Chemical Society only acknowledged the significance of his discoveries five years after they credited Mendeleev. In 1867, Gustavus Hinrichs, a Danish born academic chemist based in America, published a spiral periodic system based on atomic spectra and weights, and chemical similarities. His work was regarded as idiosyncratic, ostentatious and labyrinthine and this may have militated against its recognition and acceptance. Russian chemistry professor Dmitri Mendeleev and",
"title": "Periodic table"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "311786",
"text": "German chemist Julius Lothar Meyer independently published their periodic tables in 1869 and 1870, respectively. Mendeleev's table was his first published version; that of Meyer was an expanded version of his (Meyer's) table of 1864. They both constructed their tables by listing the elements in rows or columns in order of atomic weight and starting a new row or column when the characteristics of the elements began to repeat. The recognition and acceptance afforded to Mendeleev's table came from two decisions he made. The first was to leave gaps in the table when it seemed that the corresponding element had",
"title": "Periodic table"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "326400",
"text": "below, while the f-block only has 14 columns. One lanthanide and actinide each are d-block elements, belonging to group 3 with scandium and yttrium, though whether these are the first of each series (lanthanum and actinium) or the last (lutetium and lawrencium) has been disputed. The tables below show lanthanum and actinium as group 3 elements, as this is the more common form in the literature. Although precursors to this table exist, its invention is generally credited to Russian chemist Dmitri Mendeleev in 1869. Mendeleev invented the table to illustrate recurring (\"periodic\") trends in the properties of the elements. The",
"title": "Periodic table (detailed cells)"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "3039871",
"text": "the Periodic Law for the chemical elements\". He contributed the word 'periodic' in chemistry. The Russian chemist Dmitri Mendeleev was the first scientist to make a periodic table similar to the one used today. Mendeleev arranged the elements by atomic mass, corresponding to relative molar mass. It is sometimes said that he played 'chemical solitaire' on long train journeys, using cards with various facts about the known elements. On March 6, 1869, Mendeleev gave a formal presentation, \"The Dependence Between the Properties of the Atomic Weights of the Elements\", to the Russian Chemical Society. In 1869, the table was published",
"title": "History of the periodic table"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "3039868",
"text": "of periodic table, which he named \"Vis tellurique\" (the 'telluric helix'), after the element tellurium, which fell near the center of his diagram. With the elements arranged in a spiral on a cylinder by order of increasing atomic weight, de Chancourtois saw that elements with similar properties lined up vertically. His 1863 publication included a chart (which contained ions and compounds, in addition to elements), but his original paper in the \"Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences\" used geological rather than chemical terms and did not include a diagram. As a result, de Chancourtois' ideas received little attention until after",
"title": "History of the periodic table"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "3055912",
"text": "Julius Lothar Meyer Julius Lothar Meyer (19 August 1830 – 11 April 1895) was a German chemist. He was one of the pioneers in developing the first periodic table of chemical elements. Both Mendeleev and Meyer worked with Robert Bunsen. He never used his first given name, and was known throughout his life simply as Lothar Meyer. Lothar Meyer was born in Varel, Germany (then part of the Duchy of Oldenburg). He was the son of Friedrich August Meyer, a physician, and Anna Biermann. After attending the Altes Gymnasium in Oldenburg, he studied medicine at the University of Zurich in",
"title": "Julius Lothar Meyer"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "311789",
"text": "atomic number gives a definitive, integer-based sequence for the elements. Moseley predicted, in 1913, that the only elements still missing between aluminium (Z=13) and gold (Z=79) were Z = 43, 61, 72, and 75, all of which were later discovered. The atomic number is the absolute definition of an element, and gives a factual basis for the ordering of the periodic table. The periodic table is used to predict the properties of new synthetic elements before they are produced and studied. In 1871, Mendeleev published his periodic table in a new form, with groups of similar elements arranged in columns",
"title": "Periodic table"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "20592903",
"text": "the first vaccine against rabies, and also made many discoveries in the field of chemistry, including the asymmetry of crystals. In chemistry, Dmitri Mendeleev, following the atomic theory of John Dalton, created the first periodic table of elements. In physics, the experiments, theories and discoveries of Michael Faraday, Andre-Marie Ampere, James Clerk Maxwell, and their contemporaries led to the creation of electromagnetism as a new branch of science. Thermodynamics led to an understanding of heat and the notion of energy was defined. Other highlights include the discoveries unveiling the nature of atomic structure and matter, simultaneously with chemistry – and",
"title": "19th century in science"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "774251",
"text": "recent discovery being that of tennessine in 2010. As some superheavy elements were predicted to lie beyond the seven-period periodic table, an additional eighth period containing these elements was first proposed by Glenn T. Seaborg in 1969. This model continued the pattern in established elements and introduced a new g-block and superactinide series beginning at element 121, raising the number of elements in period 8 compared to known periods. These early calculations failed to consider relativistic effects that break down periodic trends and render simple extrapolation impossible, however. In 1971, Fricke calculated the periodic table up to \"Z\" = 172,",
"title": "Extended periodic table"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "311782",
"text": "observed that carbon often has four other atoms bonded to it. Methane, for example, has one carbon atom and four hydrogen atoms. This concept eventually became known as valency; different elements bond with different numbers of atoms. In 1862, Alexandre-Emile Béguyer de Chancourtois, a French geologist, published an early form of periodic table, which he called the telluric helix or screw. He was the first person to notice the periodicity of the elements. With the elements arranged in a spiral on a cylinder by order of increasing atomic weight, de Chancourtois showed that elements with similar properties seemed to occur",
"title": "Periodic table"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "4465558",
"text": "many of his predictions within his lifetime brought fame to Mendeleev as the founder of the periodic law. This organization surpassed earlier attempts at classification by Alexandre-Émile Béguyer de Chancourtois, who published the telluric helix, an early, three-dimensional version of the periodic table of the elements in 1862, John Newlands, who proposed the law of octaves (a precursor to the periodic law) in 1864, and Lothar Meyer, who developed an early version of the periodic table with 28 elements organized by valence in 1864. Mendeleev's table did not include any of the noble gases, however, which had not yet been",
"title": "History of chemistry"
}
] |
Dmitri Mendeleev
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who plays skyler on lab rats elite force
|
[
"Paris Berelc"
] |
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"id": "19006564",
"text": "of \"Lab Rats: Elite Force\", \"The Attack\", which aired on October 22, 2016. Emily Ashby of Common Sense Media gave the series four out of five stars. Lab Rats: Elite Force Lab Rats: Elite Force is an American comedy television series created by Chris Peterson and Bryan Moore that aired on Disney XD from March 2 to October 22, 2016. The series is a combined spinoff of \"Lab Rats\" and \"Mighty Med\" and stars William Brent, Bradley Steven Perry, Jake Short, Paris Berelc, and Kelli Berglund. Davenport has come up with a plan to form an elite team of bionic",
"title": "Lab Rats: Elite Force"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "19006561",
"text": "Lab Rats: Elite Force Lab Rats: Elite Force is an American comedy television series created by Chris Peterson and Bryan Moore that aired on Disney XD from March 2 to October 22, 2016. The series is a combined spinoff of \"Lab Rats\" and \"Mighty Med\" and stars William Brent, Bradley Steven Perry, Jake Short, Paris Berelc, and Kelli Berglund. Davenport has come up with a plan to form an elite team of bionic heroes and superheroes to fight a common threat from their headquarters in Centium City. He puts his plan into action after villains have destroyed Mighty Med Hospital.",
"title": "Lab Rats: Elite Force"
},
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"has_answer": false,
"id": "19006562",
"text": "\"Lab Rats: Elite Force\" is created by Chris Peterson and Bryan Moore, the duo who created \"Lab Rats\". It is produced by Britelite Productions and It's a Laugh Productions for Disney XD. On September 3, 2015, it was announced that \"Lab Rats\" and \"Mighty Med\" would have a joint spinoff series called \"Lab Rats: Elite Force\". Only William Brent, formerly credited as Billy Unger, and Kelli Berglund from \"Lab Rats\" and Bradley Steven Perry, Jake Short, and Paris Berelc from \"Mighty Med\" were announced as returning for the new spinoff series. Production on the series began in October 2015. It",
"title": "Lab Rats: Elite Force"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "16256570",
"text": "Rats\" were reported to be returning for the new series, alongside Bradley Steven Perry, Jake Short, and Paris Berelc from \"Mighty Med\". It was subsequently announced that \"Lab Rats: Elite Force\" would premiere on Disney XD on March 2, 2016. Lab Rats (U.S. TV series) Lab Rats, also known as Lab Rats: Bionic Island for the fourth season, is an American comedy television series created by Chris Peterson and Bryan Moore that aired on Disney XD from February 27, 2012 to February 3, 2016. The series stars Billy Unger, Spencer Boldman, Kelli Berglund, Tyrel Jackson Williams, and Hal Sparks. A",
"title": "Lab Rats (U.S. TV series)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "19006563",
"text": "was subsequently announced that \"Lab Rats: Elite Force\" would premiere on Disney XD broadcast services on March 2, 2016, and will be available for earlier viewing on the channel's video-on-demand services on February 29, 2016. In October 2016, actress Kelli Berglund reported on Twitter that there would not be a second season of \"Lab Rats: Elite Force\". The series premiered in Canada on Disney XD on March 2, 2016, and on Disney Channel on March 6, 2016. On October 13, 2016, series co-creator Bryan Moore posted on Twitter that there would be a \"Lab Rats\" marathon followed by the finale",
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},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "17614738",
"text": "after its second season and would be followed by a spinoff series called \"\" that will also include two characters from \"Lab Rats\". Jake Short, Bradley Steven Perry, and Paris Berelc were the only cast members that were announced as returning for the spinoff series. It was subsequently announced that \"Lab Rats: Elite Force\" would premiere on Disney XD on March 2, 2016. Mighty Med Mighty Med is an American Disney XD original series created by Jim Bernstein and Andy Schwartz and produced by It's a Laugh Productions for Disney XD. It stars Jake Short, Bradley Steven Perry, Paris Berelc,",
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},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "13858976",
"text": "Billy Unger William Brent Unger (born October 15, 1995) is an American actor. He is known for playing Chase on the Disney XD series \"Lab Rats\" and \"\". Credited as Billy Unger before 2016, starting with \"Lab Rats: Elite Force\" he is credited as William Brent. Unger was born in Palm Beach County, Florida. He moved to Hollywood with his family in 2006. Since moving to LA, Unger has guest starred on Disney XD's \"Kickin' It\", Disney Channel's \"Sonny with a Chance\" and \"A.N.T. Farm\", and on \"No Ordinary Family\", \"Ghost Whisperer\", \"Hawthorne\", \"\", \"Mental\", \"Medium\", \"Desperate Housewives\", \"Cold Case\",",
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"id": "13090760",
"text": "Augustus Prew Augustus Prew (born 17 September 1987) is an English film and television actor. He is known for his roles in the films \"About a Boy\" (2002), \"The Secret of Moonacre\" (2008), \"Charlie St. Cloud\" (2010), \"The Borgias\" (2011), \"Kick-Ass 2\" (2013), and in the miniseries \"Klondike\" (2014). He also played Drew Jessup on the TV series \"24Seven\" (2001–2002), James Bell on the CBS medical drama \"Pure Genius\" (2016-2017), and David \"Whip\" Martin on the Fox crime drama \"Prison Break\" (2017). Prew was born in Westminster, London, England and is the son of Wendy Dagworthy, a fashion designer, and",
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"id": "3825945",
"text": "G-Force (film) G-Force is a 2009 American family adventure comedy film produced by Walt Disney Pictures and Jerry Bruckheimer Films. Directed by Hoyt Yeatman and written by Cormac and Marianne Wibberley with a story by Yeatman, the film is his directorial debut, having earlier worked in the area of visual effects alongside co-founding Dream Quest Images. The film stars Zach Galifianakis, Bill Nighy, and Will Arnett and it features the voices of Sam Rockwell, Tracy Morgan, Penélope Cruz, Jon Favreau, Nicolas Cage, and Steve Buscemi. Sony Pictures Imageworks handled the film's visual effects. \"G-Force\" was released in the United States",
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"has_answer": false,
"id": "5620099",
"text": "from 5PM to 10PM ET and features Christian rock and hip hop music. The show is streamed live on the station's webpage. Copon is executive producer of Michael Copon Studios. Michael Copon Michael Sowell Copon is an American actor, model, producer, and singer. He is known for playing Felix Taggaro in the television series \"One Tree Hill\", Vin Keahi in the television series \"Beyond the Break\", and Lucas Kendall in \"Power Rangers Time Force\". Copon was born in Chesapeake, Virginia. In 2001, Copon was cast by the Fox Kids Network as the Blue Power Ranger, Lucas Kendall, on the \"Power",
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{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "8702616",
"text": "Robert Curtis Brown Robert Curtis Brown (born April 27, 1957) is an American television, film and stage actor. Brown graduated from Yale University in 1979 With a bachelor's degree in English and Theatre Studies from Yale College, and later a master's degree in 1982 from the Yale School of Drama. He has appeared in such TV shows as \"Criminal Minds\", \"\", \"\", \"NYPD Blue\", \"The X-Files\", \"\", \"The West Wing\" as Congressional Committee Chair, \"Family Law\", \"Murder, She Wrote\", \"Supernatural\", \"\", \"Newhart\", \"Wings\", \"Matlock\", \"Herman's Head\" and \"Search for Tomorrow\" and films such as Rob Zombie's \"Halloween II\", \"Guess Who\",",
"title": "Robert Curtis Brown"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "16589025",
"text": "in the 2017 IFC comedy series \"Brockmire\". Williams was born in Westchester County, New York on March 16, 1997. Tyrel Jackson Williams Tyrel Jackson Williams (born March 16, 1997) is an American actor. He starred as Leo Dooley in the Disney XD series \"Lab Rats\". Williams also co-starred in the 2014 Disney XD television film \"Pants on Fire\". Williams had roles in the feature films \"\" in 2005, and \"Failure to Launch\" in 2006. He has also appeared in national commercials for companies such as Target, Verizon, McDonald's, Chex Mix and General Mills. Williams appeared in two episodes of the",
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"has_answer": false,
"id": "4379235",
"text": "Shia LaBeouf Shia Saide LaBeouf (; born June 11, 1986) is an American actor, performance artist, and filmmaker. He became known among younger audiences as Louis Stevens in the Disney Channel series \"Even Stevens\", a role for which LaBeouf received a Young Artist Award nomination in 2001 and won a Daytime Emmy Award in 2003. He made his film debut in \"The Christmas Path\" (1998). In 2004, he made his directorial debut with the short film \"Let's Love Hate\" and later directed a short film titled \"Maniac\" (2011), starring American rappers Cage and Kid Cudi. In 2007, LaBeouf starred in",
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},
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"text": "Simon Bird Simon Antony Bird (born 19 August 1984) is an English actor and comedian. He played Will McKenzie in \"The Inbetweeners\" and Adam Goodman in the Channel 4 comedy \"Friday Night Dinner\". Bird was born in Guildford, Surrey as the third of four children of Claremont McKenna College Professor Graham Bird and Heather (née Gage). Bird was educated at Cranmore School, West Horsley, the Royal Grammar School, Guildford, and Queens' College, Cambridge, where he read English. At Cambridge, Bird was the President of the Footlights, the university's sketch and theatrical group. While completing an MA in cultural and critical",
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"text": "Rob Sorcher Robert Sorcher (born December 22, 1961) is Executive Vice President and Chief Content Officer at Cartoon Network, starting his job in 2008 (but promoted in 2013). He is a producer for \"We Bare Bears\", Emmy and Peabody-winning \"Adventure Time\", \"Clarence\", \"Regular Show\", \"Steven Universe\", \"Over the Garden Wall\", \"The Powerpuff Girls\" and \"Ben 10\". As Chief Content Officer, he oversees digital strategy, gaming, and original content development for the Cartoon Network. Rob Sorcher currently oversees Cartoon Network Studios in Los Angeles, where he executive produces artist-driven content for worldwide distribution to 192 countries and 370 million homes, and",
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"text": "Jon Favreau Jonathan Kolia Favreau (; born October 19, 1966) is an American actor, director, producer and screenwriter. As an actor, he is known for roles in films such as \"Rudy\" (1993), \"Swingers\" (1996) (which he also wrote), \"Very Bad Things\" (1998), \"The Break-Up\" (2006), \"Friends\" (1994-2004), \"Couples Retreat\" (2009), and \"Chef\" (2014) (which he also directed). He has additionally directed the films \"Elf\" (2003), \"\" (2005), \"Iron Man\" (2008), \"Iron Man 2\" (2010), \"Cowboys & Aliens\" (2011), and \"The Jungle Book\" (2016), and served as an executive producer on \"The Avengers\" (2012), \"Iron Man 3\" (2013), \"\" (2015), \"\"",
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"text": "this marked the first of several post-death appearances for the character). Other notable guest stars for the season included Kevin Alejandro, Dana Ashbrook, Doron Bell Jr., April Bowlby, Catherine E. Coulson, Tony Cox, John DeSantis, William Devane, Nora Dunn, Sherilyn Fenn, Lee Garlington, Jon Gries, Michael Gross, Danielle Harris, John Michael Higgins, C. Thomas Howell, Brian Klugman, Rob LaBelle, Don Lake, Sheryl Lee, Robyn Lively, Bruce Locke, Ralph Macchio, Angus Macfadyen, April Matson, Chi McBride, Ryan McDonald, Vanessa Minnillo, Meredith Monroe, Becky O'Donohue, Franka Potente, Freddie Prinze, Jr., Keshia Knight Pulliam, Brad Raider, Adam Reid, Adam Rodriguez, Jean Smart, Charles",
"title": "Psych (season 5)"
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"text": "Willard E. Pugh Willard Earl Pugh (born June 16, 1959) is an American actor with numerous film and television credits. He has appeared in notable mainstream Hollywood films such as \"The Color Purple\" and \"Air Force One\" as well as genre films such as \"RoboCop 2\" and \"Mil Mascaras vs. the Aztec Mummy\". In the latter film his excellence as an ensemble actor was specifically cited by PopMatters film critic Bill Gibron. Teaching: Taught broadcasting and film classes at Chaffey College for 11years in Rancho Cucamonga, California in the early 1990s. Pugh was born in Memphis, Tennessee, the son of",
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"title": "2007 Utah Blaze season"
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"id": "13090761",
"text": "Jonathan W. Prew, a photographer. Prew is openly gay. He married fellow actor Jeffery Self on 13 January 2018 in Culver City, California. Augustus Prew Augustus Prew (born 17 September 1987) is an English film and television actor. He is known for his roles in the films \"About a Boy\" (2002), \"The Secret of Moonacre\" (2008), \"Charlie St. Cloud\" (2010), \"The Borgias\" (2011), \"Kick-Ass 2\" (2013), and in the miniseries \"Klondike\" (2014). He also played Drew Jessup on the TV series \"24Seven\" (2001–2002), James Bell on the CBS medical drama \"Pure Genius\" (2016-2017), and David \"Whip\" Martin on the Fox",
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Paris Berelc
|
when is season seven of game of thrones coming out
|
[
"July 16, 2017"
] |
[
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"has_answer": false,
"id": "18938989",
"text": "the Seven Kingdoms. HBO ordered the seventh season on April 21, 2016, three days before the premiere of the show's sixth season, and began filming on August 31, 2016. The season was filmed primarily in Northern Ireland, Spain, Croatia and Iceland. \"Game of Thrones\" features a large ensemble cast, including Peter Dinklage, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Lena Headey, Emilia Clarke, and Kit Harington. The season introduces several new cast members, including Jim Broadbent and Tom Hopper. The series received 22 nominations for the 70th Primetime Emmy Awards, and won for Outstanding Drama Series and Dinklage won for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a",
"title": "Game of Thrones (season 7)"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "18938987",
"text": "Game of Thrones (season 7) The seventh and penultimate season of the fantasy drama television series \"Game of Thrones\" premiered on HBO on July 16, 2017, and concluded on August 27, 2017. Unlike previous seasons that consisted of ten episodes each, the seventh season consisted of only seven. Like the previous season, it largely consisted of original content not found in George R. R. Martin's \"A Song of Ice and Fire\" series, while also incorporating material Martin revealed to showrunners about the upcoming novels in the series. The series was adapted for television by David Benioff and D. B. Weiss.",
"title": "Game of Thrones (season 7)"
},
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"has_answer": true,
"id": "18939004",
"text": "On March 9, 2017, HBO hosted a live stream on the \"Game of Thrones\" Facebook page that revealed the premiere date for the seventh season as being July 16, 2017. It was accompanied by a teaser trailer. On March 30, 2017, the first official promo for the show was released, highlighting the thrones of Daenerys Targaryen, Jon Snow, and Cersei Lannister. On April 20, 2017, HBO released 15 official photos shot during the season. On May 22, 2017, HBO released several new photos from the new season. On May 23, 2017, HBO released the official posters featuring the Night King.",
"title": "Game of Thrones (season 7)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "18939005",
"text": "The first official trailer for season 7 was released on May 24, 2017. The trailer set a world record for being the most viewed show trailer ever, being viewed 61 million times across digital platforms, in the first 24 hours. The second official trailer was released on June 21, 2017. The season premiere was screened at the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles on July 12, 2017. The season was released on Blu-ray and DVD in region 1 on December 12, 2017. The season premiere was pirated 90 million times in the first three days after it aired. On",
"title": "Game of Thrones (season 7)"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "18938998",
"text": "Bender, who worked on the show's sixth season, said that the seventh season would consist of seven episodes. Benioff and Weiss stated that they were unable to produce 10 episodes in the show's usual 12 to 14 month time frame, as Weiss said \"It's crossing out of a television schedule into more of a mid-range movie schedule.\" HBO confirmed on July 18, 2016, that the seventh season would consist of seven episodes, and would premiere later than usual in mid-2017 because of the later filming schedule. Later it was confirmed that the season would debut on July 16. The seventh",
"title": "Game of Thrones (season 7)"
},
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"has_answer": false,
"id": "18938997",
"text": "fifth season. New York Mets baseball pitcher Noah Syndergaard made a background cameo as a javelin-throwing Lannister soldier in \"The Spoils of War.\" On April 21, 2016, HBO officially ordered the seventh season of \"Game of Thrones\", just three days prior to the premiere of the show's sixth season. In a June 2016 interview with \"Variety\", co-creators David Benioff and D. B. Weiss revealed the seventh season would likely consist of fewer episodes, stating at the time of the interview that they were \"down to our final 13 episodes after this season. We're heading into the final lap.\" Director Jack",
"title": "Game of Thrones (season 7)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "12800935",
"text": "Game of Thrones Game of Thrones is an American fantasy drama television series created by David Benioff and D. B. Weiss. It is an adaptation of \"A Song of Ice and Fire\", George R. R. Martin's series of fantasy novels, the first of which is \"A Game of Thrones\". It is filmed in Belfast and elsewhere in Northern Ireland, Canada, Croatia, Iceland, Malta, Morocco, Scotland, Spain, and the United States. The series premiered on HBO in the United States on April 17, 2011, and its seventh season ended on August 27, 2017. The series will conclude with its eighth season",
"title": "Game of Thrones"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "18939002",
"text": "Now and HBO Go apps are included. Over the season, the viewer numbers averaged at over 30 million per episode across all platforms. The season was simulcast around the world by HBO and its broadcast partners in 186 countries. In some countries, it aired the day after its first release. On July 23, 2016, a teaser production trailer was released by HBO at the 2016 San Diego Comic-Con. The trailer mostly consisted of voice overs, and shots of crew members creating sets and props. The first footage from the season was revealed in a new promotional video released by HBO",
"title": "Game of Thrones (season 7)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "18938990",
"text": "Drama Series. <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> The recurring actors listed here are those who appeared in season 7. They are listed by the region in which they first appear. Series creators and executive producers David Benioff and D. B. Weiss serve as showrunners for the seventh season. The directors for the seventh season are Jeremy Podeswa (episodes 1 and 7), Mark Mylod (episodes 2 and 3), Matt Shakman (episodes 4 and 5) and Alan Taylor (episode 6). This marks Taylor's return to the series after an absence since the second season. Shakman is a first-time \"Game of Thrones\" director, with the rest each",
"title": "Game of Thrones (season 7)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "18938993",
"text": "filming locations. Girona stood in for Braavos and parts of King's Landing. It was later announced that the seventh season would film in Northern Ireland, Spain and Iceland, with filming in Northern Ireland beginning in August 2016. The series filmed in the Spanish cities Seville, Cáceres, Almodóvar del Río, Santiponce, Zumaia and Bermeo. Spanish sources announced that the series would be filming the seventh season on Muriola Beach in Barrika, Las Atarazanas, the Royal Dockyards of Seville and at the shores of San Juan de Gaztelugatxe, an islet belonging to the city of Bermeo. The series returned to film at",
"title": "Game of Thrones (season 7)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "157544",
"text": "a dozen Emmy Awards, including Outstanding Drama Series. By the end of 2016, all seasons up to season 6 (which premiered on April 24, 2016) had been aired on HBO and all seasons had been released on DVD and/or Blu-ray for home viewing (see List of Game of Thrones episodes). The company confirmed on July 18, 2016 that season 7 would consist of seven episodes instead of the usual ten, and would premiere later than usual, in mid-2017, because of the later filming schedule. This was necessary in order to be shooting during the winter season in Europe. Season 7",
"title": "George R. R. Martin"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "18938991",
"text": "having directed multiple episodes in previous seasons. Michele Clapton returned to the show as costume designer, after spending some time away from the show in the sixth season. She previously worked on the show for the first five seasons, as well as the end of the sixth season. The seventh season contains original material not found in the \"A Song of Ice and Fire\" series. Some of the show's sixth season also consists of material revealed to the writers of the television series during discussions with Martin. Filming began on August 31, 2016, at Titanic Studios in Belfast, and ended",
"title": "Game of Thrones (season 7)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "18938994",
"text": "The Dark Hedges in Stranocum, which was previously used as the Kingsroad in the second season. Some scenes were filmed in Iceland. Filming also occurred in Dubrovnik, Croatia, which is used for location of King's Landing. The scene where Arya was reunited with Nymeria was filmed in Alberta, Canada. \"Deadline\" reported on June 21, 2016, that the five main cast members, Peter Dinklage, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Lena Headey, Emilia Clarke, and Kit Harington had been in contract negotiations for the final two seasons. It was reported that the cast members have increased their salary to $500,000 per episode for the seventh",
"title": "Game of Thrones (season 7)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "18939000",
"text": "of 77 out of 100 based on 12 reviews, indicating \"generally favorable reviews\". On Rotten Tomatoes, the seventh season has a 94% approval rating from 46 critics with an average rating of 8.31 out of 10, and a 92% average episode score, with the site's consensus reading, \"After a year-long wait, \"Game of Thrones\" roars back with powerful storytelling and a focused interest in its central characters—particularly the female ones.\" The series premiere surpassed 30 million viewers across all of the network's domestic platforms weeks after its release. The show's numbers continued to climb in other countries as well. In",
"title": "Game of Thrones (season 7)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "18938992",
"text": "in February 2017. In an interview with the showrunners, it was announced that the filming of the seventh season would be delayed until later in the year due to necessary weather conditions for filming. The showrunners stated \"We're starting a bit later because, you know, at the end of this season, winter is here, and that means that sunny weather doesn't really serve our purposes any more. We kind of pushed everything down the line so we could get some grim, gray weather even in the sunnier places that we shoot.\" Girona, Spain did not return as one of the",
"title": "Game of Thrones (season 7)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "18938999",
"text": "season of the series includes its longest episode, with the finale running for 81 minutes. The penultimate episode also runs for 71 minutes – around 16 minutes longer than an average \"Game of Thrones\" episode. The first five episodes mostly run longer than average (55 minutes), at 59, 59, 63, 50, and 59 minutes respectively. The previous longest episode in the series was the sixth-season finale, \"The Winds of Winter\", which ran for 69 minutes. Ramin Djawadi returned as the composer of the show for the seventh season. On Metacritic, the season (based on the first episode) has a score",
"title": "Game of Thrones (season 7)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "18938995",
"text": "and eighth season. It was later reported that the actors had gone through a renegotiation, for which they had increased their salary to $1.1 million per episode for the last two seasons. On August 31, 2016, \"Entertainment Weekly\" reported that Jim Broadbent had been cast for the seventh season in a \"significant\" role. It was announced that the role of Dickon Tarly has been recast, with Tom Hopper replacing Freddie Stroma, who had previously played the role in \"Blood of My Blood\". The seventh season sees the return of Mark Gatiss as Tycho Nestoris, who did not appear in the",
"title": "Game of Thrones (season 7)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "5621357",
"text": "he appeared in the film \"Another Year\", which earned him a nomination for Best Supporting Actor from the London Film Critics Circle Awards. In 2011, 2013 and 2016, Bradley appeared as Lord Walder Frey in the HBO series \"Game of Thrones\". In January 2017, it was confirmed that Bradley would appear in the seventh season of the show later that year. Bradley played Solomon, a ruthless buccaneer, in the 2012 \"Doctor Who\" episode \"Dinosaurs on a Spaceship\". He previously provided voice work for \"The Sarah Jane Adventures\" serial \"Death of the Doctor\". It was announced in January 2013 that Bradley",
"title": "David Bradley (English actor)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "18938988",
"text": "The penultimate season focuses primarily on the convergence of the show's main plotlines in preparation for the final season. Daenerys Targaryen arrives in Westeros with her army and three dragons and wages war against the Lannisters. Jon Snow forges an alliance with Daenerys in an attempt to unite their forces against the White Walker army, the two falling in love in the process. Arya and Bran return to Winterfell and reunite with their sister Sansa. At the end of the season, the Army of the Dead breaches the Wall (with the help of a reanimated wight dragon) and finally enters",
"title": "Game of Thrones (season 7)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "18939003",
"text": "highlighting its new and returning original shows for the coming year on November 28, 2016, showcasing Jon Snow, Sansa Stark and Arya Stark. On March 1, 2017, HBO and \"Game of Thrones\" teamed up with Major League Baseball (MLB) for a cross-promotional partnership. At least 19 individual teams participated in this promotion. On March 8, 2017, HBO released the first promotional poster for the season ahead of the SXSW Festival in Austin, Texas, which teases the battle of \"ice vs. fire\". Showrunners Benioff and Weiss also spoke at the event, along with fellow cast members Sophie Turner and Maisie Williams.",
"title": "Game of Thrones (season 7)"
}
] |
July 16, 2017
|
who went home on rupaul's drag race season 10 episode 4
|
[
"Dusty Ray Bottoms"
] |
[
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"id": "16516136",
"text": "2014\". It is also one of the select songs available on the demo version. The song is also included on Season 10 Episode 4 of RuPaul's Drag Race. It is featured at the end of the episode when the bottom two contestants, Dusty Ray Bottoms and Monét X Change, had to lip sync for their lives, and Dusty Ray Bottoms was eliminated from the competition. On May 24, 2012, a poll was posted on Minaj's official website asking the fans to choose the next single(s). The poll is divided into three categories. The third and final category asks to choose",
"title": "Pound the Alarm"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "14550317",
"text": "fourth season of \"Drag Race\" and later won the first \"All-Stars\" season. McMichaels joined the cast of the second season of \"RuPaul's Drag Race\" in 2010. She was eliminated after losing a lip sync performance battle to contestant Sahara Davenport, placing eighth out of twelve. McMichaels later went on to participate in the of \",\" where she was eliminated first by BenDeLaCreme for saying she would send home the best competitors if she stayed. This placed her 10th in the season. She returned in the sixth episode among five eliminated queens (Thorgy Thor, Milk, Chi Chi Devayne and Aja) and",
"title": "Morgan McMichaels"
},
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"has_answer": false,
"id": "20584864",
"text": "and names stated are at time of contest)\" Listed in chronological order: Guests who appeared in episodes, but did not judge on the main stage. Episode 1 Episode 2 Episode 4 Episode 5 Episode 7 Episode 8 Episode 9 Episode 10 Episode 11 <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> RuPaul's Drag Race (season 10) The tenth season of \"RuPaul's Drag Race\" began airing on March 22, 2018, on VH1. The premiere was broadcast one week after the finale of the third season of \"\", and episodes are to be followed by \"RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked\". Contestants were officially announced on February 22, 2018, in a",
"title": "RuPaul's Drag Race (season 10)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "20584862",
"text": "RuPaul's Drag Race (season 10) The tenth season of \"RuPaul's Drag Race\" began airing on March 22, 2018, on VH1. The premiere was broadcast one week after the finale of the third season of \"\", and episodes are to be followed by \"RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked\". Contestants were officially announced on February 22, 2018, in a teaser trailer “Ruveal” during an episode of All Stars 3 later followed by a special \"\"Meet the Queens\"\" live-stream on Facebook, hosted by season nine winner, Sasha Velour. This season saw the return of season 9 contestant Eureka O'Hara who was removed from her",
"title": "RuPaul's Drag Race (season 10)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "12801780",
"text": "also follows contestants following their elimination from the show, documenting them packing their belongings and leaving the set. The webseries format continued for the eighth and ninth season. For the show's tenth season, \"Untucked\" returned to television, where it airs on VH1 during the 30 minute time slot after the 90 minute episode airs. Contestants of any sexual orientation or gender identity are accepted, although most contestants to date have been gay men. Transgender women are also eligible to compete and have become more common as seasons have progressed. Sonique, a season two contestant, became the first openly transgender contestant;",
"title": "RuPaul's Drag Race"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "12801804",
"text": "from the show have delved into music careers, with some garnering significant success. Albums released by the shows alumni include \"PG-13\", by season 4 winner Sharon Needles; \"Two Birds\" and \"One Stone\", both by All Stars 3 winner Trixie Mattel; \"Till Death Do Us Party\", by season 6 runner-up Adore Delano; and Call My Life by season 10 contestant Blair St. Clair. \"RuPaul's Drag Race\" has been nominated for 23 Emmy Awards, and won nine. It has also been nominated for nine Reality Television Awards, winning three, and nominated for six NewNowNext Awards, winning three. \"Thrillist\" called \"Drag Race\" \"the",
"title": "RuPaul's Drag Race"
},
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"has_answer": false,
"id": "13913542",
"text": "Sharon Needles was also voted the \"Best Drag Performer\" of Pittsburgh 2015 by the staff of the Pittsburgh City Paper. Needles lives in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Needles was in a four-year relationship with fellow \"RuPaul's Drag Race\" contestant Justin Honard, better known by his stage name Alaska Thunderfuck; they ended their relationship in 2013, but remain friends. Needles is the drag mother of \"Drag Race\" season 10 winner Aquaria. Sharon Needles Sharon Needles (born November 28, 1981), is the stage name of Aaron Coady, an American drag performer and recording artist. A self-described \"stupid genius, reviled sweetheart, and PBR princess\", Needles",
"title": "Sharon Needles"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "19309069",
"text": "Dig\" in 2017, and contributed to the compilation album \"Christmas Queens 3\" (2017). He collaborated with Shangela for a Christmas theme song, \"Deck A Ho\" in December 2017. On March 15, 2018, Bob debuted the podcast \"Sibling Rivalry\" on SoundCloud, with \"Rupaul's Drag Race\" Season 10 sixth place contestant Monét X Change as co-host. On April 2, 2018, a video version of the podcast was uploaded to YouTube. Bob appeared as a guest co-host alongside Trixie Mattel on \"The Trixie & Katya Show,\" filling in for regular co-host Katya during her hiatus. His TV comedy special, \"Bob the Drag Queen:",
"title": "Bob the Drag Queen"
},
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"has_answer": false,
"id": "19309078",
"text": "Race\" Miss Congeniality winners. During her time on \"RPDR\", writer Manuel Betancourt at \"Remezcla\" asked if the inclusion of Fontaine was reinforcing Latin stereotypes due to her behavior on the show. Fontaine was invited back for \"RuPaul's Drag Race\" season 9 as the surprise 14th queen. The show premiered on March 24, 2017. Fontaine ended up securing once again the 10th-place finish, being sent home in a lipsync challenge against Peppermint. In an interview with \"Vulture\", Fontaine stated, \"It was probably my time, you know? I’m a fighter. I may have been a little bit concerned about the challenges and",
"title": "Cynthia Lee Fontaine"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "12801802",
"text": "Are the World\", and featured Alaska, Alyssa Edwards, Coco Montrese, Detox, Ivy Winters, Jade Jolie, Jinkx Monsoon, and Roxxxy Andrews. The second single to surface from the show was a rap song titled \",\" and was released in 2014. The single featured the remaining nine contestants of the season 6 cast: Adore Delano, BenDeLaCreme, Bianca Del Rio, Courtney Act, Darienne Lake, Joslyn Fox, Laganja Estranja, Milk, and Trinity K. Bonet. The third single, \"Read U Wrote U\", was released in 2016. It featured the top 4 contestants from All Stars 2; Alaska, Katya, Detox & Roxxxy Andrews. \"Read U Wrote",
"title": "RuPaul's Drag Race"
},
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"has_answer": false,
"id": "20584863",
"text": "original season following an injury. The prizes for the winner of this season include a one-year supply of Anastasia Beverly Hills cosmetics and a cash prize of $100,000. This is the first season in which each episode was 90 minutes long. The winner of the tenth season of \"RuPaul's Drag Race\" was Aquaria, with Eureka and Kameron Michaels being the runners-up. Mayhem Miller and Eureka competed on the \"RuPaul's Drag Race Holi-slay Spectacular\" on December 7, 2018. Monique Heart and Monét X Change are competing on the fourth season season of \"All Stars\" which started on December 14, 2018. \"(Ages",
"title": "RuPaul's Drag Race (season 10)"
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"has_answer": false,
"id": "20360935",
"text": "Asia O'Hara Asia O'Hara is an American drag queen and costume designer. She is most well known for competing on the 10th season of \"RuPaul's Drag Race\", in which she placed fourth. As a professional entertainer, she has won several national titles in drag pageantry systems, including Miss Gay America in 2016. O'Hara grew up in Grand Prairie, Texas and has five sisters, who Asia helped to raise, and all of whom also became performers. Her parents are deceased. She moved to Dallas when she was 14, and in high school performed in band, color guard, and theater. She toured",
"title": "Asia O'Hara"
},
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"has_answer": false,
"id": "20593229",
"text": "Monique Heart Monique Heart is the stage name of Kevin Richardson, an American drag queen most known for competing on the tenth season of \"RuPaul's Drag Race\". She will appear in the upcoming fourth season of \"\". Heart was born on May 22, 1986 in Long Island, New York. Heart also spent time in areas in Brooklyn, New York with his father when he was growing up. Heart was often teased at school for being different. Heart moved to Kansas City, Missouri after graduating from high school, and studied the Bible at the International House of Prayer University in Grandview.",
"title": "Monique Heart"
},
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"has_answer": false,
"id": "12801775",
"text": "the same seat at the judges table throughout the two seasons. Prior to the grande finale, the three main judges are joined by two celebrity guest judges each week. Guest judges have included Pam Tillis, Paula Abdul, Pamela Anderson, Eve, Ariana Grande, Neil Patrick Harris, Kathy Griffin, Debbie Harry, Khloé Kardashian, La Toya Jackson, Adam Lambert, Demi Lovato, Bob Mackie, Rose McGowan, Olivia Newton-John, Rebecca Romijn, Gigi Hadid, Sharon Osbourne, Dan Savage, John Waters, Michelle Williams, Candis Cayne, Martha Wash, Natalie Cole, Dita Von Teese, Niecy Nash, Debbie Reynolds, Vanessa Williams, Wilmer Valderrama, The Pointer Sisters, Trina, Leah Remini, The",
"title": "RuPaul's Drag Race"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "20593211",
"text": "to prominence when he won the title of Miss Gay Indiana in 2016. He was revealed as one of fourteen contestants on the tenth season of \"RuPaul's Drag Race\" before the official cast was announced due to getting arrested for a DUI violation. He is the first contestant from Indiana to compete on the show. He was the sixth contestant eliminated on a lipsync to Diana Ross' \"I'm Coming Out\", losing to The Vixen, and placing ninth. St. Clair's grand finale dress was designed by Project Runway alumnus Mondo Guerra. After the show, she walked for Guerra's collection at FashioNXT",
"title": "Blair St. Clair"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "20593232",
"text": "Christian. Monique Heart Monique Heart is the stage name of Kevin Richardson, an American drag queen most known for competing on the tenth season of \"RuPaul's Drag Race\". She will appear in the upcoming fourth season of \"\". Heart was born on May 22, 1986 in Long Island, New York. Heart also spent time in areas in Brooklyn, New York with his father when he was growing up. Heart was often teased at school for being different. Heart moved to Kansas City, Missouri after graduating from high school, and studied the Bible at the International House of Prayer University in",
"title": "Monique Heart"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "20593231",
"text": "to \"Cut to the Feeling\" by Carly Rae Jepsen against The Vixen. Heart appeared in the music video for \"Soak It Up\" by fellow Season 10 contestant Monét X Change and Season 8 winner Bob the Drag Queen. On November 9, 2018 it was announced that Heart will be one of the contestants competing in the upcoming fourth season of \"\". Monique Heart performed her debut single \"Brown Cow Stunning\" on the premiere episode of \"RuPaul's Drag Race: All-Stars\". Heart first realized he was gay at the age of 17 while working a shift at Burger King. Heart is a",
"title": "Monique Heart"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "20717109",
"text": "a black belt in karate. Before \"Drag Race\", he worked as a school teacher in Senegal and speaks Wolof. He held a fundraiser for LGBT rights in Uganda in 2016. Cracker was robbed of her money and ID card while on tour in Dublin, Ireland on August 10, 2018. Miz Cracker Miz Cracker (born April 19, 1984) is the stage name of Maxwell Heller, an American drag queen and television personality. He is best known for competing on the tenth season of the reality competition television series \"RuPaul's Drag Race\". Maxwell Heller was born in Seattle, Washington. He began doing",
"title": "Miz Cracker"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "900361",
"text": "It! RuPaul's Guide to Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Style\" (2010). Additionally, \"RuPaul's Drag Race\" has produced ten seasons to date (as of 2018) and has inspired several spin-off series, including \"RuPaul's Drag U\" and \"\". He is also featured as a host on series such as \"Skin Wars\", \"Good Work\", and \"Gay for Play Game Show Starring RuPaul\". RuPaul is noted for his indifference toward the gender-specific pronouns used to address him, as stated in his autobiography: \"You can call me he. You can call me she. You can call me Regis and Kathie Lee; I don't care!",
"title": "RuPaul"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "14589761",
"text": "Drag Race: All-Stars 2 season as guests for the Snatch Game. She was a guest on the first episode of season 10 for the first mini-challenge. She appeared in the music video for RuPaul's song \"Jealous of My Boogie\". She later appeared in the music video \"Queen\" by Mimi Imfurst's band Xelle, along with other \"RuPaul's Drag Race\" contestants. Inthyrath is of Lao descent. She grew up in Boston performing in local gay nightclubs. Jujubee's drag mother is Boston performer Karisma Geneva-Jackson Tae. Jujubee (drag queen) Jujubee, born Airline Inthyrath, (born June 21, 1984) is an American drag queen and",
"title": "Jujubee (drag queen)"
}
] |
Dusty Ray Bottoms
|
when did nigeria become a federation of 19 states
|
[
"1976"
] |
[
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "4895052",
"text": "Nigeria had twelve states. Following the civil war, Benue-Plateau State was one of several large states which were further split up following pressure on the Federal Government. Under the military administration of General Yakubu Gowon, the country was further divided into nineteen states in 1976 and Plateau State was created from Benue-Plateau covering the area of the original Plateau Province. In 1996, Plateau State was further subdivided to create Nasarawa State which was carved out of the western half of Plateau State by Sani Abacha's military regime. Tin mining activities began in 1902 under the British and continue to the",
"title": "Plateau State"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "283580",
"text": "Nigeria The Federal Republic of Nigeria, commonly referred to as Nigeria (), is a federal republic in West Africa, bordering Niger in the north, Chad in the northeast, Cameroon in the southeast, and Benin in the west. Its coast in the south is located on the Gulf of Guinea in the Atlantic Ocean. The federation comprises 36 states and 1 Federal Capital Territory, where the capital, Abuja is located. Nigeria is officially a democratic secular country. Nigeria has been home to a number of ancient and indigenous kingdoms and states over the millennia. The modern state originated from British colonial",
"title": "Nigeria"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "283857",
"text": "The Supreme Court is presided over by the Chief Justice of Nigeria and thirteen associate justices, who are appointed by the President of Nigeria on the recommendation of the National Judicial Council. These justices are subject to confirmation by the Senate. Nigeria is made up of 36 states and 1 territory. They are: the Federal Capital Territory, Abia, Adamawa, Akwa Ibom, Anambra, Bauchi, Bayelsa, Benue, Borno, Cross River, Delta, Ebonyi, Edo, Ekiti, Enugu, Gombe, Imo, Jigawa, Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, Kebbi, Kogi, Kwara, Lagos, Nasarawa, Niger, Ogun, Ondo, Osun, Oyo, Plateau, Rivers, Sokoto, Taraba, Yobe, and Zamfara Each state is further",
"title": "Federal government of Nigeria"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "147718",
"text": "the Union level. The Federal Republic of Nigeria has various states which have evolved over time due to complex socioeconomic issues as well as the effect of their colonial era. However, in modern Nigeria there are thirty six states and one federal capital territory: Abia, Adamawa, Akwa Ibom, Anambra, Bauchi, Bayelsa, Benue, Borno, Cross River, Delta, Ebonyi, Enugu, Edo, Ekiti, Gombe, Imo, Jigawa, Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, Kebbi, Kogi, Kwara, Lagos, Nasarawa, Niger, Ogun, Ondo, Osun, Oyo, Plateau, Rivers, Sokoto, Taraba, Yobe, and Zamfara, and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). There has been significant tension between the southern states and the",
"title": "Federalism"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "15466538",
"text": "government). The Federal Republic of Nigeria came into existence on 1 October 1963. The monarchy was abolished and Nigeria became a republic within the Commonwealth. Following the abolition of the monarchy, former Governor-General Nnamdi Azikiwe became President of Nigeria. Elizabeth II did not visit the Federation of Nigeria between 1960 and 1963. She did visit: Federation of Nigeria The Federation of Nigeria was a predecessor to modern-day Nigeria. It existed between 1 October 1960 and 1 October 1963. When British rule ended in 1960, the Nigeria Independence Act 1960 transformed the Federation of Nigeria into an independent sovereign state. The",
"title": "Federation of Nigeria"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "12633131",
"text": "The Mid-Western Region was formed from the Western Region in 1966, and Lagos, the capital, was effectively governed as an unofficial fourth region outside the bounds of the Western Region. After the first coup and under the short-lived military government of Aguiyi-Ironsi, the country was reorganized under a central government. Following the counter-coup which resulted in Aguiyi-Ironsi's deposition and assassination, Nigeria was reorganized as a federal country, with three of the regions being divided into newer entities and all first-level subdivisions being renamed as states: Mid-Western and the states of former Eastern Region made a bid to secede from Nigeria",
"title": "Federalism in Nigeria"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "12633129",
"text": "between the central government, i.e. the federal government and its components (state and local government). Bernard Bourdillon the Governor-general at that time initiated and laid the foundation of federalism in Nigeria in 1939 by creating three provinces. He later handed over the constitution to his successor Arthur Richards and it became the Richards Constitution of 1946. At the beginning of formal British indirect rule in 1901, Nigeria was divided into two regions: Northern and Southern, both of which were divided into provinces. From 1901 to 1958, the number of regions was increased to three through both acquisition of territories and",
"title": "Federalism in Nigeria"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "15466537",
"text": "Federation of Nigeria The Federation of Nigeria was a predecessor to modern-day Nigeria. It existed between 1 October 1960 and 1 October 1963. When British rule ended in 1960, the Nigeria Independence Act 1960 transformed the Federation of Nigeria into an independent sovereign state. The British monarch, Elizabeth II, remained head of state as the Queen of Nigeria as well as Queen of the United Kingdom and other independent states. Her constitutional roles in Nigeria were delegated to the Governor-General of Nigeria. Two people held the office of governor-general: Abubakar Tafawa Balewa held office as prime minister (and head of",
"title": "Federation of Nigeria"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "12633132",
"text": "as the states of Biafra and Republic of Benin, resulting in the Nigerian Civil War. In 1976, six years after the end of the civil war, the states were further reorganized: State boundaries and names were also reorganized. The demand for the creation of newer states in Nigeria tends to emanate from sub-state groups, often ethnic- or tribal-interest groups, which accuse the current larger state governments of subverting or ignoring the interests and necessities of the more local regions. A much-criticized effect of the current type of federalism, of 36 states from previous pre civil war 3 regions is the",
"title": "Federalism in Nigeria"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "14123499",
"text": "Ghana (formerly the Gold Coast) existed from 1957 until 1960, when it became the Republic of Ghana. The Federation of Nigeria was established as a dominion in 1960, but became the Federal Republic of Nigeria in 1963. The Dominion of Uganda existed from 1962 to 1963. Kenya was a dominion upon independence in 1963, but a republic was declared in 1964. Tanganyika and Zanzibar, predecessor states of Tanzania, were dominions from 1961 to 1962 and 1963 to 1964, respectively. The Dominion of Gambia existed from 1965 until 1970, when it was renamed the Republic of Gambia. Sierra Leone was a",
"title": "Dominion"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "283581",
"text": "rule beginning in the 19th century, and took its present territorial shape with the merging of the Southern Nigeria Protectorate and Northern Nigeria Protectorate in 1914. The British set up administrative and legal structures whilst practicing indirect rule through traditional chiefdoms. Nigeria became a formally independent federation in 1960. It experienced a civil war from 1967 to 1970. It thereafter alternated between democratically elected civilian governments and military dictatorships until it achieved a stable democracy in 1999, with the 2011 presidential election considered the first to be reasonably free and fair. Nigeria is often referred to as the \"Giant of",
"title": "Nigeria"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "16201830",
"text": "was there in 1966, the Nigerian Civil War broke out. Horsfall, from the southern part of the country, returned to Nigeria on the side of the Federal Government. At the time, General Yakubu Gowon's government had dissolved the country's four regions—Northern Region, Western region, Mid-Western Region, and the Eastern Region—into 12 new states. This was calculated to fragment support for the seceding Biafran state, which was mostly made up of the Eastern Region and the Mid-Western State. Horsfall's new Rivers State was formerly part of the Eastern Region, which now sided with the Federal Government in the war. When Horsfall",
"title": "Albert Horsfall"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "1368569",
"text": "in practice highly centralized under the government of the Soviet Union. The Russian Federation has inherited a similar system. Nigeria, Pakistan, India and Malaysia became federations on or shortly before becoming independent from the British Empire. In some recent cases, federations have been instituted as a measure to handle ethnic conflict within a state, such as Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Iraq since 2005. With the United States Constitution having become effective on 4 March 1789, the United States is the oldest surviving federation. On the other end of the timeline is Nepal, which became the newest federation after its constitution",
"title": "Federation"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "16076429",
"text": "These states are Kano, Katsina, Niger, Bauchi, Borno, Kaduna, Gombe, Sokoto, Jigawa, Yobe, and Kebbi. The following is a list of legislation and acts created by the National Assembly: 4th Parliament: 1999 - 2003 5th Parliament: 2003 - 2007 6th Parliament: 2007 - 2011 7th Parliament: 2011 - 2015 8th Parliament: 2015 - 2019 See the following: Law of Nigeria The law of Nigeria consists of courts, offences, and various types of laws. Nigeria has its own constitution which was established on 29 May 1999. The Constitution of Nigeria is the supreme law of the country. There are four distinct",
"title": "Law of Nigeria"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "2866131",
"text": "(OIC) as its 46th member. The OIC was established in 1969. The chief of staff supreme headquarters, Commodore Ebitu Okoh Ukiwe, was removed and replaced from his post as chief of staff supreme headquarters by Babangida, because Ukiwe was opposed to the registration of Nigeria, a secular country, in the OIC. On 23 September 1987, Babangida created two states: Akwa Ibom and Katsina. On 27 August 1991, Babangida created nine more states: Abia, Enugu, Delta, Jigawa, Kebbi, Osun, Kogi, Taraba and Yobe. Bringing the total number of states in Nigeria to thirty in 1991. Babangida issued a referendum to garner",
"title": "Ibrahim Babangida"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "2076948",
"text": "state, Muhammed put in place plans to build a new Federal Capital Territory due to Lagos being overcrowded. He set up a panel headed by Justice Akinola Aguda, which chose the Abuja area as the new capital ahead of other proposed locations. On February 3, 1976, Muhammed announced that the Federal Capital would in the future move to a federal territory location of about 8,000 square kilometres in the central part of the country. On 3rd February 1976 the following seven Nigerian states were created by Murtala Muhammed: Bauchi, Benue, Borno, Imo, Niger, Ogun, and Ondo. This brought the total",
"title": "Murtala Mohammed"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "3603343",
"text": "Adamawa State Adamawa is a state in northeastern Nigeria, with its capital at Yola. In 1991, when Taraba State was carved out from Gongola State, the geographical entity Gongola State was renamed Adamawa State, with four administrative divisions: Adamawa, Ganye, Mubi and Numan. It is the home of the American University of Nigeria in Yola and Modibbo Adama University of Technology Yola. It is one of the thirty-six states that constitute the Federal Republic of Nigeria. On May 14, 2013, President Goodluck Jonathan declared a state of emergency in Adamawa State, along with neighboring Borno State and Yobe State, due",
"title": "Adamawa State"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "3066790",
"text": "to the city by soldiers who apologised for the stench and explained politely that they were doing me and the world a great favor by eliminating Ibos. The Federal Military Government also laid the groundwork for the blockade of the Eastern Region which went into full effect in 1967. On 27 May 1967, Gowon proclaimed the division of Nigeria into twelve states. This decree carved the Eastern Region in three parts: South Eastern State, Rivers State, and East Central State. Now the Igbos, concentrated in the East Central State, would lose control over most of the petroleum, located in the",
"title": "Nigerian Civil War"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "3057163",
"text": "of Bini sent warriors to Eko who were received in a welcoming manner by the residing Awori fishermen. The Bini Prince, Ado, who led the war party, was asked to become their leader. From that point on, Eko belonged to Yoruba. Lagos State was created on 27 May 1967 according to the \"State Creation and Transitional Provisions Decree No. 14 of 1967\", which restructured Nigeria into a Federation of 12 states. Before the issuance of this Decree, Lagos city, which was the country's capital had been administered directly by the Federal Government through the \"Federal Ministry of Lagos Affairs\". However,",
"title": "Lagos State"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "10392003",
"text": "draft constitution to be approved by the military administration of Obasanjo. He led the convention to present an agenda for broad coalition building across ethnic and regional lines. The body pushed for presidential winners to have at least 25% of the total votes cast in two thirds of the nineteen states in Nigeria and that each of the 19 states of the federation should have a minister representing them. The political parties should also have support in at least two thirds of the states. Frederick Rotimi Williams Chief Frederick Rotimi Alade Williams, QC, SAN (16 December 1920 – 26 March",
"title": "Frederick Rotimi Williams"
}
] |
1976
|
when did roller derby first appear in the press
|
[
"1922"
] |
[
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "11105240",
"text": "three decades. Among these races was an 8.5-mile roller marathon organized in 1908 by a group of Chicago rink owners, a 24-hour endurance championship held in Milwaukee in 1913, and a 24-hour banked track race held at Madison Square Garden in 1914. \"The New York Times\" noted that the crowd at Madison Square Garden enjoyed the sudden sprints and spills during the event's preliminary races. The term \"derby\", meaning a race or multi-race event, appeared in the press as early as 1922, when the \"Chicago Tribune\" announced and reported on the results of two \"roller derby\" events held that year.",
"title": "History of roller derby"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "9004044",
"text": "the country to the other which incorporated both male and female participants on a banked track. Seltzer's decision to use women was a double-edged sword for the sport, since it guaranteed a large female audience at a sporting event, but the presence of women athletes made the mainstream press view Roller Derby as a sideshow, not a legitimate sport. The premier race in Chicago was a tremendous success, but subsequent engagements throughout the country were not as successful, and Seltzer's entire enterprise almost ended with a tragic bus crash in 1937 when nineteen members of a touring group of Roller",
"title": "Leo Seltzer"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "2053857",
"text": "was \"The Weekly Newes,\" published in London in 1621. Several papers followed in the 40's and 50's. In 1690, the first American newspaper was published in Boston by Richard Pierce and Benjamin Harris in Boston. However, it did not have permission from the government to be published and was immediately suppressed. In 1729, Benjamin Franklin began writing a new form of newspaper that was more satirical and more involved in civic affairs than previously seen. In 1735, John Peter Zenger was accused of seditious libel by the governor of New York, William Cosby. Zenger was found not guilty, largely in",
"title": "News media"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "15026142",
"text": "coverage of literature, city news, and sports. Sylvester Southworth and Horace P. Whitney (1834 – August 24, 1884) soon joined as additional editors, and the paper began to prosper. Cauldwell and the \"Mercury\" are credited as being the first newspaper to regularly cover the sport of baseball as news, starting in 1853 with a report on a game between the Knickerbockers and the Gothams. (For some time, this 1853 report was thought to be first game ever reported on by the press, but later 20th-century scholarship has located an 1845 report in the \"Herald\".) The paper was the first to",
"title": "Sunday Mercury (New York)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "6731378",
"text": "the columns with dissertations upon colonial rights and government were now otherwise occupied. News from a distance was less full and regular than before; yet when great events happened reports spread over the country with great rapidity, through messengers in the service of patriotic organizations. The quality of reporting was still imperfect. \"The Salem Gazette\" printed a full but colored account of the battle of Lexington, giving details of the burning, pillage, and barbarities charged to the British, and praising the militia who were filled with \"higher sentiments of humanity.\" The Declaration of Independence was published by Congress, 6 July",
"title": "History of American newspapers"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "11105256",
"text": "Red Devils, the Jersey Jolters, the Philadelphia Panthers, the Washington-Baltimore Jets, and the Chicago Westerners. The Jolters played at Armories in Newark, Jersey City, Teaneck, and Paterson. The Westerners played in Chicago, but also in Columbus, Ohio and Miami, Florida. The Red Devils had no venue in Brooklyn, and were essentially a road team, often cast as villains. NRDL season playoffs sold out Madison Square Garden for a week. Also in 1949, when the CBS contract expired, broadcasting was taken over by ABC, and games were televised live throughout the United States. The contract with ABC lasted until Seltzer negotiated",
"title": "History of roller derby"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "2286879",
"text": "Sunday Sport Sunday Sport is a British tabloid newspaper, published by Sport Newspapers, which was originally established in 1986. Defenders of the publication have said the \"Sport\" was never intended to be taken seriously: it has featured such stories as a London Bus being discovered at the Antarctic, a World War II Bomber on the Moon, or a statue of Elvis Presley on Mars. Its content also includes a high quotient of softcore female nudity and advertising for sexual services. The \"Sunday Sport\" was founded in 1986, the first issue for sale was dated 14 September 1986. Its original publisher",
"title": "Sunday Sport"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "3699446",
"text": "After the Stonewall Riots in New York in 1969, the Gay Liberation Front spread from the United States to London in 1970. \"Gay News\" was the response to a nationwide demand by lesbians and gay men for news of the burgeoning liberation movement. The paper played a pivotal role in the struggle for gay rights in the 1970s in the UK. It was described by Alison Hennegan (who joined the newspaper as Assistant Features Editor and Literary Editor in June 1977) as the movement's \"debating chamber\". Although essentially a newspaper, reporting alike on discrimination and political and social advances, it",
"title": "Gay News"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "194138",
"text": "Hunter S. Thompson Hunter Stockton Thompson (July 18, 1937 – February 20, 2005) was an American journalist and author, and the founder of the gonzo journalism movement. He first rose to prominence with the publication of \"\" (1967), a book for which he spent a year living and riding with the Hells Angels motorcycle gang in order to write a first-hand account of the lives and experiences of its members. In 1970 he wrote an unconventional magazine feature entitled \"The Kentucky Derby Is Decadent and Depraved\" for Scanlan's Monthly which both raised his profile and established him as a writer",
"title": "Hunter S. Thompson"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "209310",
"text": "daily and weekly newspapers, especially in large cities. While the first Black newspapers in America were established in the early 19th century, in the 20th century these newspapers truly flourished in major cities, with publishers playing a major role in politics and business affairs. Representative leaders included Robert Sengstacke Abbott ( 1870-1940), publisher of the Chicago Defender; John Mitchell, Jr. (1863–1929), editor of the \"Richmond Planet\" and president of the National Afro-American Press Association; Anthony Overton (1865–1946), publisher of the Chicago Bee, and Robert Lee Vann (1879–1940), the publisher and editor of the Pittsburgh Courier. In the 1920s in the",
"title": "Journalism"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "163429",
"text": "I knew for the past ten years, about 600 people—including me—would be rotting in prison cells from Rio to Seattle today. Absolute truth is a very rare and dangerous commodity in the context of professional journalism.\" The term \"gonzo\" was first used in connection with Hunter S. Thompson by \"The Boston Globe\" magazine editor Bill Cardoso in 1970. He described Thompson's article \"The Kentucky Derby Is Decadent and Depraved,\" which was written for the June 1970 edition of \"Scanlan's Monthly\", as \"pure Gonzo journalism.\" Cardoso claimed that \"gonzo\" was South Boston Irish slang describing the last man standing after an",
"title": "Gonzo journalism"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "7081970",
"text": "the paper and was subsequently dropped, though an element of the idea survived for the TV advert. The slogan used was \"The paper that bites back\". The newspaper's attitude to news values, and the inexperience of its staff, was illustrated on the front page of its first edition on 26 April. The lead story was about a boy in Brazil who had to sell one of his kidneys to pay for medical care. Although most agreed that this was a worthwhile issue, the story was considered inappropriate as the lead story for a British Sunday paper. The paper was not",
"title": "News on Sunday"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "713891",
"text": "news and social trends. It used the motto \"The American Paper for Americans\". Through the 1930s to the 1950s, it excoriated the Democrats and the New Deal of Franklin D. Roosevelt, was resolutely disdainful of the British and French, and greatly enthusiastic for Chiang Kai-shek and Sen. Joseph McCarthy. When McCormick assumed the position of co-editor (with his cousin Joseph Medill Patterson) in 1910, the \"Tribune\" was the third-best-selling paper among Chicago's eight dailies, with a circulation of only 188,000. The young cousins added features such as advice columns and homegrown comic strips such as \"Little Orphan Annie\" and \"Moon",
"title": "Chicago Tribune"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "713897",
"text": "by censors, and had US President Franklin D. Roosevelt so enraged that he considered shutting down the \"Tribune\". The paper is well known for a mistake it made during the 1948 presidential election. At that time, much of its composing room staff was on strike. The early returns led editors to believe (along with many in the country) that the Republican candidate Thomas Dewey would win. An early edition of the next day's paper carried the headline \"Dewey Defeats Truman\", turning the paper into a collector's item. Democrat Harry S. Truman won and proudly brandished the newspaper in a famous",
"title": "Chicago Tribune"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "11105277",
"text": "as the New York Dynamite and, eventually, the Eastern Express. A final team, the Northern Knights, representing Canada, was announced in 1986 but never competed. As before, most of the attention was centered on the Bay Bombers. After skating primarily in Northern California, a Midwest tour was launched in 1984, but flopped due to competition from baseball and football as well as weather-related problems. In 1986, a tournament was carried on ESPN and the IRSL set up sporadic appearances in New York. ESPN dropped the contract in its pursuit of the more lucrative professional football market, and although talks were",
"title": "History of roller derby"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "2262214",
"text": "\"Times\" chose not to publish it. Extensive excerpts from the letter were published, without King's consent, on May 19, 1963, in the \"New York Post Sunday Magazine\". The letter was first published as \"Letter from Birmingham Jail\" in the June 1963 issue of \"Liberation\", the June 12, 1963, edition of \"The Christian Century\", and in the June 24, 1963, issue of \"The New Leader\". The letter gained more popularity as summer went on, and was reprinted in the July \"Atlantic Monthly\" as \"The Negro Is Your Brother\". King included a version of the full text in his 1964 book \"Why",
"title": "Letter from Birmingham Jail"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "554525",
"text": "of publication. The Leveson Inquiry was a judicial public inquiry into the British press; a series of public hearings were held throughout 2011 and 2012. The Inquiry published the \"Leveson Report\" in November 2012, which reviewed the general culture and ethics of the British media, and made recommendations for a new, independent, body to replace the existing Press Complaints Commission, which would be recognised by the state through new laws. During the early 21st century, many newspapers saw a rapid decline in circulation. The sector's advertising revenues fell 15% during 2015 alone, with estimates of a further 20% drop over",
"title": "History of British newspapers"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "7105863",
"text": "The first issue of \"Bicycles and Dirt\" or \"BAD\", premiered with the September 1982 issue. Contrary to Mennenga's expectations, advertisers did not flock to the new magazine, despite its built in audience. Like the newspaper \"ABA Action\" it was a subscription only magazine at the time. With this in mind the ABA put \"BAD\" on newsstands a year after its premier with Stu Thomsen on the cover of its September issue. It did not change the situation. The financial woes of \"BAD\" only grew worse and worse. However, instead of cutting one's losses after a few issues as most publishers",
"title": "American Bicycle Association"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "14467347",
"text": "paper also regularly reprinted cartoons by Jules Feiffer by special permission, material first published in the \"Village Voice.\" Typical issues of the early publication consisted of 8 tabloid-sized pages. The paper was copiously illustrated. In its early years, \"New America\" gave significant coverage to the struggle of African Americans for civil rights and urged an end to nuclear weapons testing. It publish and extensive extract of the November 8, 1962 political trial of Nelson Mandela, the 44-year-old high ranking official of the African National Congress who was sentenced in a political trial to 5 years in prison — 3 years",
"title": "New America (newspaper)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "19564082",
"text": "heat at Cheltenham in 1927, and Argosy Boy that ran a dead heat with Anotto in 1919, and paid ₤301/17/ on the playoff. John Clarence \"Clarrie\" Neate (1904–1972) served as his trainer and also as cartoonist for the newspaper. In June 1915 it republished a number of articles from the recently revived Adelaide \"Truth\". A sister publication, the \"Northern Sportsman\" (6 March 1924 – 8 October 1931) was published as a special regional edition of the newspaper. It advertised itself as a \"\"Sporting paper covering northern country and urban areas of the state including such places as Port Augusta, Clare,",
"title": "The Sport (Adelaide newspaper)"
}
] |
1922
|
what nba team has the highest winning percentage
|
[
"San Antonio Spurs"
] |
[
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "804099",
"text": "at 0.816 (1971–72). They also hold records for having (into the 2009–10 season) the most wins (3,027), the highest winning percentage (61.9%), and the most NBA Finals appearances (31). The 2000–01 team set the NBA record for best playoff record at 15–1, which was later broken by the Golden State Warriors in 2017. The 1971–72 team holds franchise records in wins (69), most points scored, and largest margin of victory; both of the latter came in the team's 63 point win versus Golden State (162–99). They also used to hold the record for most wins at home in the regular",
"title": "Los Angeles Lakers"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "296030",
"text": "top three seeds went to the division winners. The Boston Celtics have won the most championships with 17 NBA Finals wins. The second most successful franchise is the Los Angeles Lakers, who have 16 overall championships (11 in Los Angeles, 5 in Minneapolis). Following the Lakers, are the Chicago Bulls and Golden State Warriors (2 in Philadelphia, 4 in Oakland) with six championships each. The San Antonio Spurs have five championships, all since 1999. Current teams that have no NBA Finals appearances: As one of the major sports leagues in North America, the NBA has a long history of partnerships",
"title": "National Basketball Association"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "803660",
"text": "Celtics (17), Los Angeles Lakers (16), Chicago Bulls (6), and Golden State Warriors (6). The Spurs currently rank first among active franchises for the highest winning percentage in NBA history, and have a winning head-to-head regular season record against every active NBA franchise. In their 40 NBA seasons since 1976–77, the Spurs have won 22 division titles. They have made the playoffs in 27 of the last 28 seasons (since 1989–90) and have only missed the playoffs four times since entering the NBA; they have not missed the playoffs in the 20 seasons since Tim Duncan was drafted by the",
"title": "San Antonio Spurs"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "16706767",
"text": "merger and the only former ABA team to have won an NBA championship. The Spurs' five NBA championships are the fourth most in history behind only the Boston Celtics (17), Los Angeles Lakers (16), and Chicago Bulls (6). The Spurs currently rank first among active franchises for the highest winning percentage in NBA history. In their 38 NBA seasons since 1976–1977, the Spurs have won 20 division titles. They have made the playoffs in 24 of the last 25 seasons (since 1989–1990) and have missed the playoffs four times since entering the NBA; they have not missed the playoffs in",
"title": "Spurs Sports & Entertainment"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "11333143",
"text": "exceeded this total. Their .8105 winning percentage, combined regular season and post season (77-18) in 1983, has been topped since by just five(5) teams, the 1986 Celtics (.820, with 18 losses), the 1996 Bulls (.870), the 1997 Bulls (.832), the 2016 Warriors (.830, also with 18 losses, lost NBA finals), and the 2017 Warriors (.838). In fact, after 66 regular season games, their record stood at 57-9 (the 2016 Golden State Warriors were only 3 games ahead of this pace at 60-6, in the record breaking 73 win regular season). Possessing an exceptionally talented roster, and having a brilliant coaching",
"title": "1982–83 Philadelphia 76ers season"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "804111",
"text": "Phoenix Suns The Phoenix Suns are an American professional basketball team based in Phoenix, Arizona. The Suns compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member team of the league's Western Conference Pacific Division, and are the only team in their division not to be based in California. Since 1992, the Suns have played their home games at Talking Stick Resort Arena in downtown Phoenix. The Suns began play as an expansion team in 1968. The franchise owns the NBA's fourth-best all-time winning percentage, winning 55 percent of its games, as of the end of the 2014–15 season. In",
"title": "Phoenix Suns"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "3569428",
"text": "the following two at the home of the lower-seeded team. The following three are played at each team's home arena alternately. A total of 19 franchises have won the NBA Finals, with the Golden State Warriors the current champion. The Boston Celtics hold the record for the most victories, having won the competition 17 times, as well as winning the competition the most times in a row, winning it eight times from 1959 to 1966. The Los Angeles Lakers have contested the NBA Finals the most times, with 31 appearances. The Eastern Conference has provided the most champions, with 38",
"title": "NBA Finals"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "5174857",
"text": "two times in 2008 and 2010. The two teams have won the two highest numbers of championships in the NBA: the Celtics have won 17, and the Lakers have won 16 (11 as the L.A. Lakers and 5 as the Minneapolis Lakers). Together, they account for 33 of the 72 championships in NBA history. As of 2018, the Celtics and Lakers have a .590 and .596 all-time winning records respectively. As of the end of the 2017–18 season, Boston is the only team with a winning overall record against the Lakers. The rivalry had been less intense since the retirements",
"title": "Celtics–Lakers rivalry"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "539391",
"text": "Boston Celtics The Boston Celtics are an American professional basketball team based in Boston, Massachusetts. The Celtics compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Eastern Conference Atlantic Division. Founded in 1946 as one of the original eight NBA teams to survive the league's first decade, the team is owned by Boston Basketball Partners LLC. The Celtics play their home games at the TD Garden, which they share with the National Hockey League (NHL)'s Boston Bruins. The franchise has won the most championships in NBA history with 17, accounting for 23.9 percent of all NBA",
"title": "Boston Celtics"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "5836002",
"text": "History of the Los Angeles Lakers The Los Angeles Lakers franchise has a long and storied history, predating the formation of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Founded in 1947, the Lakers are one of the NBA's most famous and successful franchises. As of summer 2012, the Lakers hold the all-time records for wins (3,125), winning percentage (.620), and NBA Finals appearances (31). They are second in NBA championships only to the Boston Celtics, winning 16 championships to the Celtics 17 NBA titles. Their rosters have included some of the game's greatest players, including George Mikan, Jim Pollard, Clyde Lovellette, Elgin",
"title": "History of the Los Angeles Lakers"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "9256989",
"text": "play in the NBA, including three of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History: Billy Cunningham, Michael Jordan and James Worthy. Many Tar Heel assistant coaches have gone on to become head coaches elsewhere. From the Tar Heels' first season in 1910–11 through the 2016–17 season, the program has amassed a .739 all-time winning percentage (second highest all-time), winning 2,206 games and losing 781 games in 107 seasons. The Tar Heels also have the most consecutive 20-win seasons with 31 seasons from the 1970–71 season through the 2000–2001 season. On March 2, 2010, North Carolina became the second college basketball",
"title": "North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "804112",
"text": "47 years of play, they have made the playoffs 29 times, posted 19 seasons of 50 or more wins, made nine trips to the Western Conference Finals, and advanced to the NBA Finals twice, in 1976 and 1993. As a result, the Suns are the team with the highest all-time win-loss percentage to have never won an NBA championship. With the National Hockey League's Phoenix Coyotes changing their geographic location name to Arizona on June 27, 2014, which was required as part of their new Gila River Arena lease agreement, the Suns are the only men's major professional sports franchise",
"title": "Phoenix Suns"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "11332929",
"text": "winning percentage was the all-time worst mark in the NBA until the 2011–12 Charlotte Bobcats finished with a .106 winning percentage, whilst their −12.1 points per game point differential has been underdone only by the 2011–12 Bobcats (−13.9 points per game) and the 1992–93 Dallas Mavericks (−15.2 points per game). Only six seasons earlier, the 76ers had set the NBA record for most wins in a season and the highest winning percentage. The Sixers ownership offered the head coaching job to Marquette University head coach Al McGuire, and former University of Kentucky head coach Adolph Rupp, who was seventy years",
"title": "1972–73 Philadelphia 76ers season"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "11640734",
"text": "History of the Boston Celtics The Boston Celtics are an American professional basketball team based in Boston. Founded in 1946 as a charter member of the Basketball Association of America, the Celtics then moved into the National Basketball Association (NBA) in 1949, as said league was formed by the merger of the BAA merged with the National Basketball League. Currently playing in the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference, the Celtics have the most NBA titles with 17 championships. Eleven of those occurred between 1957 and 1969, with a dynasty led by center Bill Russell and coach/general manager Red Auerbach.",
"title": "History of the Boston Celtics"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "11875765",
"text": "the rest of the season, the Bullets managed to make the playoffs with a 44–38 record. This would be considered the worst team in NBA history to win a championship with its record of 44–38. The 1968-69 Boston Celtics, 1974-75 Golden State Warriors, 1976-77 Portland Trail Blazers, and 1994-95 Houston Rockets are the only other NBA championship teams to have won below 50 games in non-lockout seasons since 1958; all of them won more than 44 games. Key: Win Loss Notes: \"Note: GP= Games played; REB= Rebounds; AST= Assists; STL = Steals; BLK = Blocks; PTS = Points; AVG =",
"title": "1977–78 Washington Bullets season"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "3383302",
"text": "capacity 7,500. The teams wore green and white. The NBA returned to the Washington, D.C. area in 1973, when the Baltimore Bullets became the Capital Bullets, now known as the Washington Wizards. The Capitols' 81.7 win percentage in the BAA's inaugural season was the highest in the NBA until surpassed by the Philadelphia 76ers in 1966–67. The Washington Capitols are also noteworthy for two long win streaks during their short history. In 1946, the Capitols won 17 straight games — a single season streak that remained the NBA's longest until 1969. The 15–0 start of the 1948–49 team was the",
"title": "Washington Capitols"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "13822604",
"text": "The arena seats 18,624 for basketball games and 17,565 for ice hockey games. The Bruins were the first American member of the National Hockey League and an Original Six franchise. The Boston Celtics were founding members of the Basketball Association of America, one of the two leagues that merged to form the NBA. The Celtics have the distinction of having won more championships than any other NBA team, with seventeen. While they have played in suburban Foxborough since 1971, the New England Patriots of the National Football League were founded in 1960 as the Boston Patriots, changing their name after",
"title": "Boston"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "804098",
"text": "highest average for a career (27.4) while Bryant has the highest points scored in a single game (81). Baylor, Bryant and West hold the top five single season scoring averages, with Bryant occupying the numbers one (35.4) and four (31.6) spots, while Baylor has the second (34.8), and third (34.0), and West the fifth (31.3). The Lakers hold several NBA records as a team including most consecutive games won overall (33) and most consecutive road games won (16) both of which came during the 1971–72 season. Highest field-goal percentage for a season at 54.5% (1984–85), and highest road winning percentage",
"title": "Los Angeles Lakers"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "14622998",
"text": "years. The Warriors won the championship after going 4–1 in the Finals, and their 16–1 playoff record garnered the best winning percentage (.941) in NBA playoffs history. Kevin Durant was named the Finals MVP award after he scored at least 30 points in all five NBA Finals games and averaging 35.2 points per game. The victory at Oracle Arena to secure the title was the first title victory by a Bay Area team at home since the Oakland Athletics won the World Series in the Oakland–Alameda Coliseum in 1974, capping off a three-peat World Series run. On June 8, 2018,",
"title": "History of the Golden State Warriors"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "3065995",
"text": "the award a record six times. He is also the only player to win the award despite his team not making the playoffs back in the season. Both Bill Russell and Michael Jordan won the award five times, while Wilt Chamberlain and LeBron James won the award four times. Russell and James are the only players to have won the award four times in five seasons. Moses Malone, Larry Bird and Magic Johnson each won the award three times, while Bob Pettit, Karl Malone, Tim Duncan, Steve Nash and Stephen Curry have each won it twice. Only two rookies have",
"title": "NBA Most Valuable Player Award"
}
] |
San Antonio Spurs
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if there is a random change in the genetics of a small population it is termed
|
[
"genetic drift"
] |
[
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "1564044",
"text": "Population bottleneck A population bottleneck or genetic bottleneck is a sharp reduction in the size of a population due to environmental events (such as famines, earthquakes, floods, fires, disease, or droughts) or human activities (such as genocide). Such events can reduce the variation in the gene pool of a population; thereafter, a smaller population, with a smaller genetic diversity, remains to pass on genes to future generations of offspring through sexual reproduction. Genetic diversity remains lower, increasing only when gene flow with another population occurs or very slowly increasing with time as random mutations occur. As a consequence of such",
"title": "Population bottleneck"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "951641",
"text": "Small population size Small populations can behave differently from larger populations. They are often the result of a population bottlenecks from larger populations, leading to loss of heterozygosity and reduced genetic diversity and loss or fixation of alleles and shifts in allele frequencies. A small population is then more susceptible to demographic and genetic stochastic events, which can impact the long-term survival of the population. Therefore, small populations are often considered at risk of endangerment or extinction, and are often of conservation concern. The influence of stochastic variation in demographic (reproductive and mortality) rates is much higher for small populations",
"title": "Small population size"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "792092",
"text": "A population bottleneck is when a population contracts to a significantly smaller size over a short period of time due to some random environmental event. In a true population bottleneck, the odds for survival of any member of the population are purely random, and are not improved by any particular inherent genetic advantage. The bottleneck can result in radical changes in allele frequencies, completely independent of selection. The impact of a population bottleneck can be sustained, even when the bottleneck is caused by a one-time event such as a natural catastrophe. An interesting example of a bottleneck causing unusual genetic",
"title": "Genetic drift"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "951642",
"text": "than large ones. Stochastic variation in demographic rates causes small populations to fluctuate randomly in size. This variation could be a result of unequal sex ratios, high variance in family size, inbreeding or fluctuating population size. The smaller the population the greater the probability that fluctuations will lead to extinction. One demographic consequence of a small population size is the probability that all offspring in a generation are of the same sex, and where males and females are equally likely to be produced (see sex ratio), is easy to calculate: it is given by formula_1 (The chance of all animals",
"title": "Small population size"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "1716153",
"text": "to move or spread (vagility), and tendency to remain or come back to natal place (philopatry), natural populations rarely all interbreed as may be assumed in theoretical random models (panmixy). There is usually a geographic range within which individuals are more closely related to one another than those randomly selected from the general population. This is described as the extent to which a population is genetically structured. Genetic structuring can be caused by migration due to historical climate change, species range expansion or current availability of habitat. Gene flow is hindered by mountain ranges, oceans and deserts or even man-made",
"title": "Population genetics"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "4640265",
"text": "Population size In population genetics and population ecology, population size (usually denoted \"N\") is the number of individual organisms in a population. Population size is directly associated with amount of genetic drift, and is the underlying cause of effects like population bottlenecks and the founder effect. Genetic drift is the major source of decrease of genetic diversity within populations which drives fixation and can potentially lead to speciation events. Of the five conditions required to maintain Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium, infinite population size will always be violated; this means that some degree of genetic drift is always occurring. Smaller population size leads",
"title": "Population size"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "951651",
"text": "risk of extinction focus on increasing population size as well as genetic diversity, which determines the fitness of a population and its long-term persistence. Some methods include captive breeding and genetic rescue. Stabilizing the variance in family size is an effective way can double the effective population size and is often used in conservation strategies. Small population size Small populations can behave differently from larger populations. They are often the result of a population bottlenecks from larger populations, leading to loss of heterozygosity and reduced genetic diversity and loss or fixation of alleles and shifts in allele frequencies. A small",
"title": "Small population size"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "792100",
"text": "at best. The concept of genetic drift was introduced by a founder of population genetics, Sewall Wright. His first use of the term \"drift\" was in 1929, though at the time he was using it in the sense of a directed process of change, or natural selection. Random drift by means of sampling error came to be known as the \"Sewall–Wright effect,\" though he was never entirely comfortable to see his name given to it. Wright referred to all changes in allele frequency as either \"steady drift\" (e.g., selection) or \"random drift\" (e.g., sampling error). \"Drift\" came to be adopted",
"title": "Genetic drift"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "2421906",
"text": "human-caused population effects. A genetic bottleneck can occur when a population goes through a period of low number of individuals, resulting in a rapid decrease in genetic diversity. Even with an increase in population size, the genetic diversity often continues to be low if the entire species began with a small population, since beneficial mutations (see below) are rare, and the gene pool is limited by the small starting population. This is an important consideration in the area of conservation genetics, when working toward a rescued population or species that is genetically-healthy. Random mutations consistently generate genetic variation. A mutation",
"title": "Genetic diversity"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "12094281",
"text": "Population stratification Population stratification (or population structure) is the presence of a systematic difference in allele frequencies between subpopulations in a population, possibly due to different ancestry, especially in the context of association studies. The basic cause of population stratification is non-random mating between groups, often due to their physical separation (e.g., for populations of African and European descent) followed by genetic drift of allele frequencies in each group. In some contemporary populations there has been recent admixture between individuals from different populations, leading to populations in which ancestry is variable (as in African Americans). In some parts of the",
"title": "Population stratification"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "951646",
"text": "genetic diversity, which will be discussed in the next section as a harmful factor in small populations. Conservationists are often worried about a loss of genetic variation in small populations. There are two types of genetic variation that are important when dealing with small populations: Genetic drift and the likelihood of inbreeding tend to have greater impacts on small populations, which can lead to speciation. Both drift and inbreeding cause a reduction in genetic diversity, which is associated with a reduced population growth rate, reduced adaptive potential to environmental changes, and increased risk of extinction. The effective population size (Ne),",
"title": "Small population size"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "1716149",
"text": "recombination. This leads to copy-number variation within a population. Duplications are a major source of raw material for evolving new genes. Other types of mutation occasionally create new genes from previously noncoding DNA. \"Genetic drift\" is a change in allele frequencies caused by random sampling. That is, the alleles in the offspring are a random sample of those in the parents. Genetic drift may cause gene variants to disappear completely, and thereby reduce genetic variability. In contrast to natural selection, which makes gene variants more common or less common depending on their reproductive success, the changes due to genetic drift",
"title": "Population genetics"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "792066",
"text": "Genetic drift Genetic drift (also known as allelic drift or the Sewall Wright effect) is the change in the frequency of an existing gene variant (allele) in a population due to random sampling of organisms. The alleles in the offspring are a sample of those in the parents, and chance has a role in determining whether a given individual survives and reproduces. A population's allele frequency is the fraction of the copies of one gene that share a particular form. Genetic drift may cause gene variants to disappear completely and thereby reduce genetic variation. It can also cause initially rare",
"title": "Genetic drift"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "397473",
"text": "and color differences. During allopatric (from the ancient Greek \"allos\", \"other\" + \"patrā\", \"fatherland\") speciation, a population splits into two geographically isolated populations (for example, by habitat fragmentation due to geographical change such as mountain formation). The isolated populations then undergo genotypic or phenotypic divergence as: (a) they become subjected to dissimilar selective pressures; (b) they independently undergo genetic drift; (c) different mutations arise in the two populations. When the populations come back into contact, they have evolved such that they are reproductively isolated and are no longer capable of exchanging genes. Island genetics is the term associated with the",
"title": "Speciation"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "2421905",
"text": "Small populations are more likely to experience the loss of diversity over time by random chance, which is called genetic drift. When an allele (variant of a gene) drifts to fixation, the other allele at the same locus is lost, resulting in a loss in genetic diversity. In small population sizes, inbreeding, or mating between individuals with similar genetic makeup, is more likely to occur, thus perpetuating more common alleles to the point of fixation, thus decreasing genetic diversity. Concerns about genetic diversity are therefore especially important with large mammals due to their small population size and high levels of",
"title": "Genetic diversity"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "2291249",
"text": "and thus the function of the enzyme. Geographic variation means genetic differences in populations from different locations. This is caused by natural selection or genetic drift. Genetic variation within a population is commonly measured as the percentage of gene loci that are polymorphic or the percentage of gene loci in individuals that are heterozygous. Random mutations are the ultimate source of genetic variation. Mutations are likely to be rare and most mutations are neutral or deleterious, but in some instances, the new alleles can be favored by natural selection. Polyploidy is an example of chromosomal mutation. Polyploidy is a condition",
"title": "Genetic variation"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "15291908",
"text": "size reproduced, indirectly decreasing the population. When a population is small, the influence of genetic drift increases, which leads to less and/or random fixation of alleles. In turn, this leads to increased homozygosity, negatively affecting individual fitness. The performance of plants may be compromised by less effective selection which causes an accumulation of deleterious mutations in small populations. Since individuals in small populations are more likely to be related, they are more likely to inbreed. A reduction in fitness may occur in small plant populations because of mutation accumulation, reduced genetic diversity, and increased inbreeding. Over time, the evolutionary potential",
"title": "Population fragmentation"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "4640266",
"text": "to increased genetic drift, which is has been hypothesized to give these groups an evolutionary advantage for acquisition of genome complexity. An alternate hypothesis posits that while genetic drift plays a larger role in small populations developing complexity, selection is the mechanism by which large populations develop complexity. Population bottlenecks occur when population size reduces for a short period of time, decreasing the genetic diversity in the population. The founder effect occurs when few individuals from a larger population establish a new population and also decreases the genetic diversity, and was originally outlined by Ernst Mayr. The founder effect is",
"title": "Population size"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "7690801",
"text": "divergence, and subsequently reproductive isolation, are the outcomes of multiple small mutations over evolutionary time. Genetic divergence Genetic divergence is the process in which two or more populations of an ancestral species accumulate independent genetic changes (mutations) through time, often after the populations have become reproductively isolated for some period of time. In some cases, subpopulations living in ecologically distinct peripheral environments can exhibit genetic divergence from the remainder of a population, especially where the range of a population is very large (see parapatric speciation). The genetic differences among divergent populations can involve silent mutations (that have no effect on",
"title": "Genetic divergence"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "9523869",
"text": "Hill–Robertson effect In population genetics, the Hill–Robertson effect, or Hill–Robertson interference, is a phenomenon first identified by Bill Hill and Alan Robertson in 1966. It provides an explanation as to why there may be an evolutionary advantage to genetic recombination. In a population of finite size which is subject to natural selection, random linkage disequilibria will occur. These can be caused by genetic drift or by mutation, and they will tend to slow down the process of evolution by natural selection. This is most easily seen by considering the case of disequilibria caused by mutation: Consider a population of individuals",
"title": "Hill–Robertson effect"
}
] |
genetic drift
|
who played vincent in nanny mcphee and the big bang
|
[
"Oscar Steer"
] |
[
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "13508073",
"text": "Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang (released in the United States and Canada as Nanny McPhee Returns) is a 2010 fantasy comedy family film directed by Susanna White, produced by Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner and Lindsay Doran with music by James Newton Howard and co-produced by StudioCanal, Relativity Media, Working Title Films and Three Strange Angels. It is a sequel to the 2005 film \"Nanny McPhee\". It was adapted by Emma Thompson from Christianna Brand's \"Nurse Matilda\" books. Thompson reprises her role as Nanny McPhee, and the film also stars Maggie Gyllenhaal, Ralph Fiennes,",
"title": "Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "13508074",
"text": "Rhys Ifans, Ewan McGregor, Asa Butterfield and Maggie Smith. The film was theatrically released on August 20, 2010 by Universal Pictures. The film received positive reviews from critics and it earned $93.2 million on a $35 million budget. It also received a Young Artist Award nomination for Best Performance in a Feature Film. The film was released on DVD and Blu-ray in the UK on 19 June 2010. On a farm during World War II, while her husband is away at war, Isabel Green is driven to her wits end by her hectic life. Between trying to keep the family",
"title": "Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "13508086",
"text": "were cancelled for future films. Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang (released in the United States and Canada as Nanny McPhee Returns) is a 2010 fantasy comedy family film directed by Susanna White, produced by Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner and Lindsay Doran with music by James Newton Howard and co-produced by StudioCanal, Relativity Media, Working Title Films and Three Strange Angels. It is a sequel to the 2005 film \"Nanny McPhee\". It was adapted by Emma Thompson from Christianna Brand's \"Nurse Matilda\" books. Thompson reprises her role as Nanny McPhee, and the film also",
"title": "Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "13508084",
"text": "stating \"the film is an ingenious entertainment machine fuelled by a profound understanding of what children enjoy, whether it's cowpats, talking welly boots or piglets doing synchronised swimming. Thompson has written a properly funny script, which is performed superbly by Ifans, Maggie Smith, Bill Bailey, Ralph Fiennes and some estimable child actors.\" Eros Vlahos was nominated for Best Leading Young Actor at the Young Artist Awards 2011 against Noah Ringer for \"The Last Airbender\", Zachary Gordon for \"Diary of a Wimpy Kid\" and Jaden Smith (winner) for \"The Karate Kid\". In the UK, the film opened at number one, with",
"title": "Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "6386408",
"text": "Emma Thompson revealed on \"Friday Night with Jonathan Ross\" that two more films were planned. The second film, \"Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang\" (also called \"Nanny McPhee Returns\"), was released in March 2010. It co-stars Rhys Ifans, Maggie Smith, Ralph Fiennes and Maggie Gyllenhaal. The character of Aggie Brown returns as the now elderly Mrs. Docherty. In it, Nanny McPhee takes charge of the children of a woman whose husband has gone to war. A third film was planned to be set in modern-day England but, despite taking $93 million at the box-office, the sequel under-performed to studio expectations",
"title": "Nanny McPhee"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "13508081",
"text": "Mr. Green, in army uniform with an injured arm, making his way to them. He runs to his family and they embrace. The village in the film is Hambleden in Buckinghamshire, the farm set and scenes were filmed in Hascombe, near Godalming in Surrey and the War Office scenes, both interior and exterior, were filmed at the University of London, and the motorbike scenes on various London roads. Senate House. Dunsfold Aerodrome, the location of Top Gear, name Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang as being filmed there The film is one of a wave of adaptations of the book",
"title": "Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "3571809",
"text": "on the life of the drug smuggler Howard Marks. He played Nemo Nobody's father in \"Mr. Nobody\", starring Jared Leto and Diane Kruger. He played a villain in \"Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang,\" which also starred Emma Thompson and Maggie Gyllenhaal. On 11 October 2010, the Associated Press confirmed that Ifans would portray the villain in the Spider-Man reboot movie, \"The Amazing Spider-Man\". The villain was revealed as the Lizard a few days later, and the film was released in July 2012. In 2015, Ifans starred with Jennifer Aniston in \"She's Funny That Way,\" directed by Peter Bogdanovich. He",
"title": "Rhys Ifans"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "13508083",
"text": "on 14 December 2010. Critical response for the film was positive. Review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes gave the film a rating of 76% based on 115 reviews, with the site's consensus stating: \"Emma Thompson's second labor of love with the Nanny McPhee character actually improves on the first, delivering charming family fare with an excellent cast.\" \"News of the World\" gave it 4/5 stars, stating the film was \"smart, witty and beautifully crafted – exactly what you want from a family film\" and excited about the next film said \"Roll on Nanny McThree\". \"The Independent\" gave a very favourable review,",
"title": "Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "15130208",
"text": "Eros Vlahos Eros Vlahos (born 13 January 1995) is an English-Greek actor and comedian, probably best known for his roles as Cyril Gray in \"Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang\", Jake Farley in \"Summer in Transylvania\", and Lommy Greenhands in \"Game of Thrones\". He also appeared in a recurring role on the television series \"Da Vinci's Demons\", as Nico Machiavelli. Eros Vlahos was born in London on 13 January 1995. His parents are Terry Davy (mother) and Spiros Vlahos (father), and he has a younger brother (approx. 7 years age difference), Tron Vlahos. He is of British (maternal) and Greek",
"title": "Eros Vlahos"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "13508082",
"text": "trilogy by children's author Christianna Brand, \"Nurse Matilda\". The books are not directly connected to the film, but most scenes in the film are adapted from the books. Emma Thompson started to write the script based on Brand's books in the spring of 2007. \"Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang\" was theatrically released on August 20, 2010 by Universal Pictures (April 2, 2010 in the UK). The film was released on DVD and Blu-ray in the UK on 19 June 2010. \"Nanny McPhee Returns\", as the film was renamed for the North American market, was released on DVD and Blu-ray",
"title": "Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "15130211",
"text": "on Radio London and has appeared on CBBC Extra. He has been involved with the \"Comedy Club 4 Kids UK\" children's Comedy Academy. Vlahos is active on Twitter, maintains an official website, and has a blog on Tumblr; on which he intermittently posts examples of his comedy writing. He also engages in various other creative activities online, including uploading pictures and occasional videos or video clips. Eros Vlahos Eros Vlahos (born 13 January 1995) is an English-Greek actor and comedian, probably best known for his roles as Cyril Gray in \"Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang\", Jake Farley in \"Summer",
"title": "Eros Vlahos"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "12557322",
"text": "BBC TV Series \"Merlin\" (2008–2009) and Norman in the fantasy film \"Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang\" (2010). For his leading performance as Hugo Cabret in Martin Scorsese's drama \"Hugo\" (2011), Butterfield received considerable praise and was awarded the Young Hollywood Award for Breakthrough Performance - Male and was nominated for the Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Young Performer and the Empire Award for Best Male Newcomer, among other accolades. He is also known for portraying Ender Wiggin in the 2013 film adaptation of the science fiction novel \"Ender's Game\" by Orson Scott Card. He was nominated for a",
"title": "Asa Butterfield"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "8911271",
"text": "Ed Stoppard Edmund Stoppard (born 16 September 1974) is an English actor. Stoppard was born in London, England, the son of playwright Tom Stoppard and physician/author Miriam Stoppard (née Stern). His parents are both from Jewish families. His film credits include starring as one of the main characters in \"The Pianist\", Henryk Szpilman. He also starred as the main character, Thomas, in \"Joy Division\" and as Lieutenant Addis in \"Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang\". His stage credits include the title role in English Touring Theatre's 2005 \"Hamlet\" alongside Anita Dobson (which also ran at the New Ambassadors Theatre) in",
"title": "Ed Stoppard"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "2420071",
"text": "received widespread recognition for playing Rachel Dawes in Christopher Nolan's superhero film \"The Dark Knight\". Her other film credits include \"Adaptation.\", \"Confessions of a Dangerous Mind\" (both 2002), \"Mona Lisa Smile\" (2003), \"Happy Endings\" (2005), \"Paris, je t'aime\", \"World Trade Center\", \"Stranger Than Fiction\" (all 2006), and \"Away We Go\" (2009). For her performance in \"Crazy Heart\" (2009), she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She subsequently starred in the films \"Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang\" (2010), \"Won't Back Down\" (2012), \"Hysteria\" (2011), \"White House Down\" (2013), and \"Frank\" (2014). In 2014, Gyllenhaal made her",
"title": "Maggie Gyllenhaal"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "8911275",
"text": "5 April 2013. Stoppard voices the pirate Benjamin Hornigold in the 2013 video game \"\". Ed Stoppard Edmund Stoppard (born 16 September 1974) is an English actor. Stoppard was born in London, England, the son of playwright Tom Stoppard and physician/author Miriam Stoppard (née Stern). His parents are both from Jewish families. His film credits include starring as one of the main characters in \"The Pianist\", Henryk Szpilman. He also starred as the main character, Thomas, in \"Joy Division\" and as Lieutenant Addis in \"Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang\". His stage credits include the title role in English Touring",
"title": "Ed Stoppard"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "6386398",
"text": "film, which is adapted from Christianna Brand's \"Nurse Matilda\" books. A sequel, \"Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang\" was released in 2010. The filming location is Penn House Estate, Penn Street, Buckinghamshire, England. In Victorian England in the 1860s, widowed undertaker Cedric Brown has seven unruly children. He is clumsy and loves his children, but since the death of his wife, has spent little time with them and cannot handle them. The children have had a series of nannies, whom they have systematically driven out by their bad behaviour. They also take great pleasure in terrorizing their cook, Mrs. Blatherwick.",
"title": "Nanny McPhee"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "13508075",
"text": "farm up and running and her job in the village shop, run by the slightly mad Mrs. Docherty, she also has three boisterous children to look after, Norman, Megsie, and Vincent. When her children's two wealthy cousins, Cyril and Celia, also then come to live with them, Isabel requires childcare help. When the magical Nanny McPhee arrives, the children at first do not listen and carry on fighting, which she soon puts a stop to. Meanwhile, Isabel's brother-in-law, Phil, has gambled away his half of the farm, and is being chased by two hired female assassins working for casino owner",
"title": "Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "19456597",
"text": "Wilson and Morgan Hoffman. During his tenure at InnerSpace, Fry has interviewed a wide array of celebrities and artists, including actors Jeff Bridges, Hugh Jackman, Jennifer Lawrence, Jake Gyllenhaal, Mark Walberg, Sigourney Weaver, Jessica Alba, Kate Beckinsale, Jessica Chastain, Bryan Cranston, Mark Ruffalo, Martin Sheen, Will Ferrell, Dave Bautista, Nathan Fillion, William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy; Directors Joss Whedon, Zack Snyder, Guillermo del Toro; authors, Neil Gaiman, Robert Munsh, Robert J. Sawyer, Stan Lee; the casts of The Twilight Saga, The Big Bang Theory, Game of Thrones, Doctor Who, The Walking Dead, Orphan Black, , and many others. Fry has",
"title": "Ajay Fry"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "18366415",
"text": "Avengers: Infinity War Avengers: Infinity War is a 2018 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics superhero team the Avengers, produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. It is the sequel to 2012's \"The Avengers\" and 2015's \"\", and the nineteenth film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). The film is directed by Anthony and Joe Russo, written by Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely, and features an ensemble cast including Robert Downey Jr., Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, Benedict Cumberbatch, Don Cheadle, Tom Holland, Chadwick Boseman, Paul Bettany, Elizabeth Olsen, Anthony",
"title": "Avengers: Infinity War"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "13508085",
"text": "£2,586,760 outperforming fellow new release \"The Blind Side\", grossing a total of £16,211,057. In the United States and Canada, it debuted in seventh position with a $8.4 million. Gross exceeded $27 million. In the course of the story, Nanny McPhee teaches the children five lessons: (1) to stop fighting; (2) to share nicely; (3) to help each other; (4) to be brave; and (5) to have faith. A third film was planned, and it was to be set in modern-day England. However, despite (this) the second film taking-in $93 million at the box-office, it under-performed to studio expectations and plans",
"title": "Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang"
}
] |
Oscar Steer
|
who played the eldest daughter in the sound of music
|
[
"Charmian Carr"
] |
[
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "6406080",
"text": "Charmian Carr Charmian Carr (born Charmian Anne Farnon; December 27, 1942 – September 17, 2016) was an American actress and singer best known for her role as Liesl, the eldest Von Trapp daughter in the 1965 film version of \"The Sound of Music\". Carr was born Charmian Anne Farnon in Chicago, Illinois, the second child of vaudeville actress Rita Oehmen and musician Brian Farnon. The couple divorced in 1957. She had two sisters, both actresses (Shannon Farnon and Darleen Carr). Her family moved to Los Angeles when she was 10. While a student at San Fernando High School, Carr was",
"title": "Charmian Carr"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "17740426",
"text": "started taking voice and acting lessons. Rinehart's first role was in Rodger and Hammerstein's \"Carousel\". She then progressed onto other major roles. Ariane Rinehart Ariane Rinehart (born April 13, 1994) is an American actress and singer. She is best known for her performance in \"The Sound of Music Live!\" as the eldest von Trapp daughter, Liesl, which was described by critics as the standout performance in the production. When she was 10 years old, Rinehart starred as Marta, the second youngest Von Trapp, in a professional production in the Sound of Music in St. Louis, where she was born. This",
"title": "Ariane Rinehart"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "17740423",
"text": "Ariane Rinehart Ariane Rinehart (born April 13, 1994) is an American actress and singer. She is best known for her performance in \"The Sound of Music Live!\" as the eldest von Trapp daughter, Liesl, which was described by critics as the standout performance in the production. When she was 10 years old, Rinehart starred as Marta, the second youngest Von Trapp, in a professional production in the Sound of Music in St. Louis, where she was born. This was a precursor to her second role in The Sound of Music in 2013, which was watched by 18 million people on",
"title": "Ariane Rinehart"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "10140525",
"text": "Agathe von Trapp Agathe Johanna Erwina Gobertina von Trapp (12 March 1913 – 28 December 2010) was the eldest daughter of Georg von Trapp and his first wife, Agatha Whitehead von Trapp. She was also a member of the Trapp Family Singers, whose lives were the inspiration for the musical play and film \"The Sound of Music\". She was portrayed as the character \"Liesl\". Being the second eldest child, she also was technically portrayed as \"Friedrich.\" Agathe was born on 12 March 1913 in Pola, Istria, then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire (present-day Pula, Croatia). She was the eldest daughter",
"title": "Agathe von Trapp"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "5202549",
"text": "uncredited Herbert Ross. Fifteen-year-old Lauri Peters, who played Kitty Bennet, left a good enough first impression on Richard Rodgers that he invited her to audition for his next show, \"The Sound of Music\". Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II cast her in the role of Liesl, the eldest daughter, in the 1959 original Broadway production of \"The Sound of Music\". Peters shared a Tony Award nomination for the role, and stayed with the show for two years. Like the novel, the musical is concerned primarily with the rocky courtship between Elizabeth Bennet, a poor gentleman's daughter with four sisters, and Mr.",
"title": "First Impressions (musical)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "6413230",
"text": "wealthy Pritzker family, the daughter of Irene (née Dryburgh) and Robert Pritzker. Her father founded The Marmon Group with his brother Jay Pritzker. She is of Jewish origin on her father's side and her mother is Australian. Her mother met her father while working at a Pritzker-owned Hyatt hotel in Australia; they married in 1980 and divorced in 1989. She has one brother, Matthew Pritzker, and three half-siblings from her father's first marriage to Audrey Gilbert Pritzker: Jennifer N. Pritzker; Linda Pritzker; and Karen Pritzker Vlock. She was named after the \"Sound of Music\" character Liesl von Trapp, the eldest",
"title": "Liesel Pritzker Simmons"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "7635606",
"text": "The Sound of Music (film) The Sound of Music is a 1965 American musical drama film produced and directed by Robert Wise, and starring Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer, with Richard Haydn and Eleanor Parker. The film is an adaptation of the 1959 stage musical of the same name, composed by Richard Rodgers with lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II. The film's screenplay was written by Ernest Lehman, adapted from the stage musical's book by Lindsay and Crouse. Based on the memoir \"The Story of the Trapp Family Singers\" by Maria von Trapp, the film is about a young Austrian woman",
"title": "The Sound of Music (film)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "4389632",
"text": "Angela Cartwright Angela Margaret Cartwright (born September 9, 1952) is an English-born American actress primarily known for her roles in movies and television. Cartwright is best known in movies as a child actress for her role as Brigitta von Trapp in the Academy Award winning film \"The Sound of Music\" (1965). On television, she played Linda Williams, the stepdaughter of Danny Williams (played by Danny Thomas) in the 1950s TV series \"The Danny Thomas Show\", and Penny Robinson, in the 1960s television series \"Lost in Space\". Her older sister is actress Veronica Cartwright. Angela Cartwright was born in Altrincham, Cheshire,",
"title": "Angela Cartwright"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "9682724",
"text": "a first class degree from Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts, having earlier attended the National Youth Theatre. Her television appearances include \"Doctors\", \"The Inspector Lynley Mysteries\" and \"Holby City\". Bould appeared in the West End at the London Palladium in the original Andrew Lloyd Webber production of \"The Sound of Music\", alongside Connie Fisher. Bould played the eldest child of the Von Trapp family, \"Liesl\". She was also the understudy for \"Maria\" and received rave reviews in that role, having stepped in to cover an extended absence by Fisher through illness. Bould left \"The Sound of Music\" on 24 September",
"title": "Sophie Bould"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "7635633",
"text": "The casting of the children characters began in November 1963 and involved over two hundred interviews and auditions throughout the United States and England. Some of the child-actors interviewed or tested, who were not selected, included Mia Farrow, Patty Duke, Lesley Ann Warren, Geraldine Chaplin, Shelley Fabares, Teri Garr, Kurt Russell, and The Osmonds. Most of the actors selected had some acting, singing, or dancing experience. Charmian Carr, however, was a model who worked part-time in a doctor's office and had no ambition to pursue a career as an actress. After a friend sent her photo to Wise's office, she",
"title": "The Sound of Music (film)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "405271",
"text": "musical then opened on Broadway at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre on November 16, 1959, moved to the Mark Hellinger Theatre on November 6, 1962, and closed on June 15, 1963, after 1,443 performances. The director was Vincent J. Donehue, and the choreographer was Joe Layton. The original cast included Mary Martin (at age 46) as Maria, Theodore Bikel as Captain Georg von Trapp, Patricia Neway as Mother Abbess, Kurt Kasznar as Max Detweiler, Marion Marlowe as Elsa Schräder, Brian Davies as Rolf and Lauri Peters as Liesl. Sopranos Patricia Brooks and June Card were ensemble members in the original production. The",
"title": "The Sound of Music"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "19280910",
"text": "Kerstin Anderson Kerstin Anderson (born September 10, 1994) is an American stage actress and singer. She starred as Maria Von Trapp in the 2015 U.S. national tour of \"The Sound of Music\", for which she received warm praise. Anderson made her Broadway debut as the alternate for Eliza Doolittle in the 2018 revival of My Fair Lady. Anderson was raised in South Burlington, Vermont, the daughter of Frederick G. \"Ted\" Anderson, a scientist with IBM, and Kathleen \"Kathy\" Kilcoyne, a college athletic director. She lived in Galway, Ireland, during her father's sabbatical year, and her interest in acting began when",
"title": "Kerstin Anderson"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "405275",
"text": "Eunice Gayson as Elsa Schrader, Harold Kasket as Max Detweiler, Barbara Brown as Liesl, Nicholas Bennett as Rolf and Olive Gilbert as Sister Margaretta. In 1981, at producer Ross Taylor's urging, Petula Clark agreed to star in a revival of the show at the Apollo Victoria Theatre in London's West End. Michael Jayston played Captain von Trapp, Honor Blackman was the Baroness and June Bronhill the Mother Abbess. Other notable cast members included Helen Anker, John Bennett and Martina Grant. Despite her misgivings that, at age 49, she was too old to play the role convincingly, Clark opened to unanimous",
"title": "The Sound of Music"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "4598640",
"text": "friends, who could always be counted upon to save him and all of the inhabitants of the \"Jupiter II\" — The Robot (animated by Bob May, voiced by Dick Tufeld) and Will Robinson (Bill Mumy), the youngest of the three Robinson children. Castmates included Guy Williams, the former star of \"Zorro\" (1957–59), as Professor John Robinson and the credited star of the series; June Lockhart, the former star of \"Lassie\" (1959–64), as Dr. Maureen Robinson; Marta Kristen as elder daughter Judy Robinson; and Angela Cartwright (one of the von Trapp children in \"The Sound of Music\"). On June 14, 1995,",
"title": "Mark Goddard"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "10140692",
"text": "Maria Franziska von Trapp Maria Agatha Franziska Gobertina von Trapp (28 September 1914 – 18 February 2014) was the second-oldest daughter of Georg von Trapp and his first wife, Agatha Whitehead von Trapp. She was a member of the Trapp Family Singers, whose lives inspired the musical and film \"The Sound of Music\". She was portrayed by Heather Menzies as the character \"Louisa\". She died at age 99, and was the last surviving sibling portrayed in the film. She was born on 28 September 1914 in Zell am See, Salzburg, then part of Austria-Hungary. Her siblings were Rupert von Trapp",
"title": "Maria Franziska von Trapp"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "405281",
"text": "the role in time for the official opening date along with Lesley Garrett as the Mother Abbess. After Garrett left, Margaret Preece took the role. The cast also featured Lauren Ward as the Baroness, Ian Gelder as Max, Sophie Bould as Liesl, and Neil McDermott as Rolf. Other notable replacements have included Simon Burke and Simon MacCorkindale as the Captain and newcomer Amy Lennox as Liesl. Summer Strallen replaced Fisher in February 2008, with Mulholland portraying Maria on Monday evenings and Wednesday matinees. The revival received enthusiastic reviews, especially for Fisher, Preece, Bould and Garrett. A cast recording of the",
"title": "The Sound of Music"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "7196060",
"text": "Heather Menzies Heather Menzies-Urich (born Heather Margaret Brotherston Menzies; December 3, 1949 – December 24, 2017) was a Canadian-American model and actress, known for her roles as Louisa von Trapp in the 1965 film \"The Sound of Music\" and Jessica 6 in the TV series \"Logan's Run\". Heather Margaret Brotherston Menzies was born in Toronto on December 3, 1949, to Scottish parents who had emigrated to Canada after the war. Her father was a struggling artist. By Menzies' 14th birthday, she had lived in Vancouver, Miami, London, and Southern California. She had one sister named Sheila. Menzies was a graduate",
"title": "Heather Menzies"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "7635665",
"text": "the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and later fell into Italian territory after World War I. From Italy, they traveled to London and ultimately the United States. The character Max Detweiler, the scheming family music director, is fictional. The von Trapps' family priest, the Reverend Franz Wasner, was their musical director for over twenty years and accompanied them when they left Austria. The character of Friedrich (the second oldest child in the film version) was based on Rupert, the oldest of the real von Trapp children. Liesl (the oldest child in the film) was based on Agathe von Trapp, the second oldest in",
"title": "The Sound of Music (film)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "8418160",
"text": "Kym Karath Anthea Kimberly \"Kym\" Karath (born August 4, 1958 in Los Angeles, California, U.S.) is an American actress, best known for her role as Gretl, the youngest of the Von Trapp children, in \"The Sound of Music\". Kym Karath started her career at the age of 3, when she appeared in \"Spencer's Mountain\" (1963) with Henry Fonda and Veronica Cartwright (she subsequently worked with Veronica's younger sister, Angela Cartwright, in \"The Sound of Music\"). Also in 1963, Karath was seen in \"The Thrill of It All\" with Doris Day and James Garner. In 1964, she was seen in \"Good",
"title": "Kym Karath"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "10140696",
"text": "the age of 99. Maria Franziska von Trapp Maria Agatha Franziska Gobertina von Trapp (28 September 1914 – 18 February 2014) was the second-oldest daughter of Georg von Trapp and his first wife, Agatha Whitehead von Trapp. She was a member of the Trapp Family Singers, whose lives inspired the musical and film \"The Sound of Music\". She was portrayed by Heather Menzies as the character \"Louisa\". She died at age 99, and was the last surviving sibling portrayed in the film. She was born on 28 September 1914 in Zell am See, Salzburg, then part of Austria-Hungary. Her siblings",
"title": "Maria Franziska von Trapp"
}
] |
Charmian Carr
|
who plays andy's teacher in parks and rec
|
[
"Danielle Bisutti"
] |
[
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "13095866",
"text": "served as a producer of the show. In 2000 he played the inspirational AV teacher in the last episode of \"Freaks and Geeks\". He has been nominated for several Emmy Awards, including Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Series and Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Program in 2008, for his work on \"Saturday Night Live\" and as a writer. In a 2012 interview with \"The A.V. Club\", former \"Saturday Night Live\" writer Michael Schur revealed that Higgins was the inspiration for the \"Parks and Recreation\" character Andy Dwyer after Higgins would playfully fight with him when they worked",
"title": "Steve Higgins"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "12826322",
"text": "Fred Armisen, Will Arnett, Kristen Bell, H. Jon Benjamin, Matt Besser, Chris Bosh, Louis C.K., The Decemberists, Sam Elliott, Will Forte, Ginuwine, Michael Gross, Jon Hamm, Nick Kroll, John Larroquette, Andrew Luck, Letters to Cleo, Natalie Morales, Parker Posey, Andy Samberg, Roy Hibbert, Detlef Schrempf, Justin Theroux, Wilco, Henry Winkler, and Yo La Tengo. Paul Rudd appeared in several season four episodes as Bobby Newport, Leslie's opponent in the City Council race, and returned for two episodes in the final season. The series has had cameos by several real-life political figures, including Vice President Joe Biden, Senator Barbara Boxer,<ref name=\"Boxer/McCain/Snowe\"></ref>",
"title": "Parks and Recreation"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "5153856",
"text": "Chris Pratt Christopher Michael Pratt (born June 21, 1979) is an American actor. He came to prominence with his television roles, particularly as Andy Dwyer in the NBC sitcom \"Parks and Recreation\" (2009–2015), for which he received critical acclaim and was nominated for the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series in 2013. He also starred earlier in his career as Bright Abbott in The WB drama series \"Everwood\" (2002–2006) and has notable roles in \"Wanted\" (2008), \"Jennifer's Body\" (2009), \"Moneyball\" (2011), \"The Five-Year Engagement\" (2012), \"Zero Dark Thirty\" (2013), \"Delivery Man\" (2013), and \"Her\"",
"title": "Chris Pratt"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "12826289",
"text": "Parks and Recreation Parks and Recreation is an American political satire television sitcom created by Greg Daniels and Michael Schur. The series aired on NBC from April 9, 2009 to February 24, 2015, for 125 episodes, over seven seasons. The series stars Amy Poehler as Leslie Knope, a perky, mid-level bureaucrat in the Parks Department of Pawnee, a fictional town in Indiana. The ensemble and supporting cast features Rashida Jones as Ann Perkins, Paul Schneider as Mark Brendanawicz, Aziz Ansari as Tom Haverford, Nick Offerman as Ron Swanson, Aubrey Plaza as April Ludgate, Chris Pratt as Andy Dwyer, Adam Scott",
"title": "Parks and Recreation"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "5726321",
"text": "Rashida Jones Rashida Leah Jones (born February 25, 1976) is an American actress, filmmaker and producer. She is known for starring as Ann Perkins on the NBC comedy series \"Parks and Recreation\", for which she received critical acclaim. Jones has also appeared as Karen Filippelli on the NBC comedy series \"The Office\", and as Louisa Fenn on the Fox drama series \"Boston Public\". She is also known for her work in film, including roles in \"I Love You, Man\" (2009), \"The Social Network\" (2010), \"Our Idiot Brother\" (2011), \"The Muppets\" (2011), and \"Celeste and Jesse Forever\" (2012), the latter of",
"title": "Rashida Jones"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "12826319",
"text": "\"Flu Season 2\"; while Adam Scott directed season 6's \"Farmers Market\". Holland also directed several episodes throughout the series, including \"The Master Plan\". Norm Hiscock, a consulting producer, wrote a number of episodes, including the first-season finale \"Rock Show\" and second-season premiere \"Pawnee Zoo\". Other regular screenwriters included Katie Dippold, Dan Goor, Aisha Muharrar, Harris Wittels, and Alan Yang. Frequent \"Parks and Recreation\" directors include Dean Holland, Randall Einhorn, Troy Miller, and Jason Woliner, with several others guest-directing one or two episodes such as Jeffrey Blitz, Paul Feig, Tucker Gates, Seth Gordon, Nicole Holofcener, Beth McCarthy-Miller, Michael McCullers, and Charles",
"title": "Parks and Recreation"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "12826355",
"text": "and for the Leslie Knope character in particular. Season two was better received and holds a Metacritic score of 71 out 100, indicating \"generally favorable reviews\". Several publications declared it among the best shows of 2009 including the \"Los Angeles Times\", the \"Chicago Tribune\", \"Time\", \"Entertainment Weekly\", \"GQ\", \"New York\" magazine, \"The Star-Ledger\", the \"San Francisco Chronicle\", the \"Pittsburgh Post-Gazette\", \"Paste\" magazine, IGN, and TV Squad. Several reviewers called the second season one of the most impressive comebacks in television history. Some reviewers said the supporting cast was now working with better material and that Amy Poehler's character had improved",
"title": "Parks and Recreation"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "16958183",
"text": "Marc Evan Jackson Marc Evan Jackson (born August 21, 1970) is an American comedian and actor best known for his work as Sparks Nevada in the \"Thrilling Adventure Hour\", Kevin Cozner in \"Brooklyn Nine-Nine\", Trevor Nelsson in \"Parks and Recreation\", Dr. Murphy in \"22 Jump Street\", and Shawn in \"The Good Place\". Jackson was born in 1970 in Buffalo, New York. He grew up in nearby Amherst, New York, along with his two siblings, a brother and a sister. He graduated from Amherst Central High School in 1988, and obtained a bachelor's degree from Calvin College in 1992 with a",
"title": "Marc Evan Jackson"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "8353976",
"text": "Robert Westenberg Robert Westenberg (born October 26, 1953) is an American musical theatre actor, acting teacher and professor. He appeared on Broadway in \"Sunday in the Park with George\", \"The Secret Garden\" and \"Into the Woods\", as well as several other musicals. He is the musical theatre coordinator and associate professor in the theatre and dance department at Missouri State University. Born in Miami Beach, Florida, but raised in Fresno, California with his six siblings. Westenberg graduated Bullard High School in 1971, where he was active in sports, specifically football. He then attended California State University, Fresno. Westenberg received a",
"title": "Robert Westenberg"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "12826351",
"text": "Recreation\" aired on Channel Seven's digital channel, 7mate. In Canada, the series was simsubbed in most areas on City. In India, it airs on Zee Café. In the Philippines, it airs on Jack TV. In South Africa, the show airs on Pay-TV operator M-Net. In the UK, the show began airing on BBC Four in 2013. The first three seasons aired on this channel before moving to Dave in the summer of 2015, starting with season 4. In March 2011, Universal Media Studios announced their intentions to sell the syndication rights to \"Parks and Recreation\". Comedy Central, FX, and Spike",
"title": "Parks and Recreation"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "12826316",
"text": "half-hour NBC comedy Daniels adapted from the British comedy of the same name, created by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant. Schur served as the showrunner of \"Parks and Recreation\", while Amy Poehler and Morgan Sackett worked as producers. Dean Holland, an editor on \"The Office\", also worked as an editor on \"Parks and Recreation\". Mike Scully, a former executive producer and showrunner for \"The Simpsons\", joined \"Parks and Recreation\" as a consulting producer starting in the middle of the first season. Allison Jones, who worked as a casting director for \"The Office\", served in the same capacity at the start",
"title": "Parks and Recreation"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "14437581",
"text": "2004 video game \"\". In 2005, Williamson was cast as the wife of James Van Der Beek in the CBS sitcom pilot \"Three\", which was ultimately not picked up. Since 2009, she has made regular guest appearances on the NBC comedy series \"Parks and Recreation\" as Wendy Haverford, the ex-wife of regular character Tom Haverford, played by Aziz Ansari. She also starred as Principal Mullins on the Nickelodeon series \"School of Rock\". Jama Williamson was active in New York City theater throughout the early 2000s, during which time she was represented by the Paradigm Talent Agency. In 2000, she appeared",
"title": "Jama Williamson"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "12826291",
"text": "Megan Mullally, Louis C.K., Paul Rudd, Henry Winkler, Christie Brinkley, and Jon Hamm, have been featured in the series, and their characters often appear in multiple episodes. In addition, real-life politicians have cameos in later episodes such as former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, US Senators Barbara Boxer, Cory Booker, Orrin Hatch, and John McCain, then-Vice President Joe Biden, and then-First Lady Michelle Obama. \"Parks and Recreation\" was part of NBC's \"Comedy Night Done Right\" programming during its Thursday night prime-time block. The series received mixed reviews during its first season, but, after a re-approach to its tone and",
"title": "Parks and Recreation"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "14152505",
"text": "All of the members of the original principal cast were retained and Chris Pratt, who made guest appearances throughout the previous season, joined the permanent cast in the second season. It also featured guest appearances by Louis C.K., Megan Mullally, Fred Armisen, Will Arnett, Justin Theroux and John Larroquette. The writing staff made changes based on feedback from the first season and attempted to be more topical, with episodes touching on such topics as same-sex marriage, the arrest of Henry Louis Gates and the sex scandal of South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford. Although the first season received generally mixed reviews,",
"title": "Parks and Recreation (season 2)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "14152507",
"text": "Deedle-Dee Productions, Universal Media Studios, Fremulon and 3 Arts Entertainment. Series creators Greg Daniels and Michael Schur were executive producers along with David Miner, who previously worked on the NBC comedy series \"30 Rock\", and Howard Klein, who worked on \"The Office\", another NBC comedy created by Daniels. Schur served as the showrunner of \"Parks and Recreation\". Amy Poehler and Morgan Sackett were producers, while Daniel J. Goor was supervising producer, and Norm Hiscock and Emily Kapnek worked as consulting producers, David Hyman and Dean Holland were co-producers, and Holland also worked as an editor along with Michael Trim, who",
"title": "Parks and Recreation (season 2)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "12826369",
"text": "viewed on an NBC mobile browser on the iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad. Parks and Recreation Parks and Recreation is an American political satire television sitcom created by Greg Daniels and Michael Schur. The series aired on NBC from April 9, 2009 to February 24, 2015, for 125 episodes, over seven seasons. The series stars Amy Poehler as Leslie Knope, a perky, mid-level bureaucrat in the Parks Department of Pawnee, a fictional town in Indiana. The ensemble and supporting cast features Rashida Jones as Ann Perkins, Paul Schneider as Mark Brendanawicz, Aziz Ansari as Tom Haverford, Nick Offerman as Ron",
"title": "Parks and Recreation"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "13363960",
"text": "Ramona and Beezus Ramona and Beezus is a 2010 American family adventure comedy film adaptation based on the Ramona series of novels written by Beverly Cleary. It was directed by Elizabeth Allen, co-produced by Dune Entertainment, Di Novi Pictures, and Walden Media, written by Laurie Craig and Nick Pustay, and produced by Denise Di Novi and Alison Greenspan with music by Mark Mothersbaugh. The film stars Joey King, Selena Gomez, Hutch Dano, Ginnifer Goodwin, John Corbett, Bridget Moynahan, Josh Duhamel, Jason Spevack, Sandra Oh, Sierra McCormick, Patti Allan, Lynda Boyd, and Aila and Zanti McCubbing. Though the film's title is",
"title": "Ramona and Beezus"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "13520352",
"text": "Jay W. Jensen Jay W. Jensen (August 4, 1931 – February 17, 2007) was a Miami Beach, Florida, drama teacher known as \"The Teacher to the Stars\". Jensen is credited with inspiring the acting talents of such well-known actors as Andy García and Mickey Rourke. Jensen was born in Irvington, New Jersey. He was the only child of John W. and Thelma \"Billie\" Jensen. His father was a musician in a nightclub band, and his mother was a nightclub manager. As a child, he developed a love of film and drama. During his school years, he studied ballroom dancing and",
"title": "Jay W. Jensen"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "15478267",
"text": "Harris Wittels Harris Lee Wittels (April 20, 1984 – February 19, 2015) was an American comedian, actor, writer, producer, and musician. He was a writer for \"The Sarah Silverman Program\", a writer and executive producer for \"Parks and Recreation\", and a recurring guest on \"Comedy Bang! Bang!.\" He is credited with coining the word \"humblebrag\" in 2010. Wittels was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, US, the son of Dr. Ellison Wittels and Maureen (née Davidson) Wittels. He was raised in Houston, Texas, in the Jewish faith. He celebrated his bar mitzvah at Temple Emanu-El, across the street from Rice University.",
"title": "Harris Wittels"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "2428213",
"text": "in the series finale of \".\" In August 2012, Winkler announced on Twitter that he would be returning to the fourth season of \"Arrested Development.\" Winkler appeared in the film \"Here Comes the Boom,\" released October 12, 2012, as the music teacher at Wilkinson High School. Between 2013 and 2015, Winkler appeared in 9 episodes of \"Parks and Recreation\" as Dr. Saperstein, father of Jean-Ralphio and Mona-Lisa. He starred in the British television adaption of his \"Hank Zipzer\" book series as the teacher, Mr. Rock. Mr. Rock was based on a music teacher Winkler had in high school at McBurney.",
"title": "Henry Winkler"
}
] |
Danielle Bisutti
|
in which channel fifa world cup will be broadcasted
|
[
"NBC",
"Telemundo"
] |
[
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "19627292",
"text": "the first overflow channel, and also shows selected international fixtures. During the 2018 FIFA World Cup, it was a secondary dedicated channel for the event, showing simultaneous live matches, replays, and highlights. Channels 3-11 are the remaining overflow channels and broadcast simultaneous live events of the Premier League or other competitions shown on Optus Sport. Optus Sport Optus Sport is an Australian group of sports channels, owned by Optus launched on 13 July 2016. The channels are available through Optus' Yes TV by Fetch IPTV platform, or through an Optus Decoder on the VAST Satellite Network, as well as through",
"title": "Optus Sport"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "18065158",
"text": "of SonyLIV with the inclusion of Animax as a live channel. Sony Pictures Networks bagged the Indian subcontinent telecast rights for the 2018 FIFA World Cup. The network will also be dedicating channels to broadcast in Russia, which includes Sony SIX, Sony TEN 1, Sony TEN 2, Sony TEN 3, Sony ESPN. SonyLIV is the official mobile and Internet broadcaster for streaming all 2018 FIFA World Cup live matches starting June 14. SonyLIV's Library consists of 18 years of content from the Sony Entertainment Network Channels in India Sony TV, SAB TV,Sony MIX, Sony Max, Sony MAX 2, SET PIX,",
"title": "Sony Liv"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "19627290",
"text": "the 2018 FIFA World Cup in a deal with the public broadcaster SBS, who were awarded the original broadcast rights by FIFA. The remaining 25 matches would be simultaneously broadcast live on Optus Sport and SBS. The first game of the tournament was broadcast exclusively on Optus Sport, Egypt vs. Uruguay on 15 June 2018, was marred with technical difficulties including buffering issues and failed connections. The negative reception and continued broadcasting problems resulted in a temporary arrangement made between Optus and SBS to broadcast all games on 18 and 19 June throughout a 48-hour period on SBS. This arrangement",
"title": "Optus Sport"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "10915580",
"text": "three billion viewers on TV all around the world and 7 million fans visited the fan fests. FIFA, through several companies, sold the broadcasting rights for the 2018 FIFA World Cup to various local broadcasters. After having trailed the technology in limited matches at the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup, and the 2014 FIFA World Cup (via private tests and public viewings in the host city of Rio de Janeiro), the 2018 World Cup was the first World Cup in which all matches were produced in 4K ultra high definition. Host Broadcasting Services stated that at least 75% of the broadcast",
"title": "2018 FIFA World Cup"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "15416140",
"text": "a three season deal with TEN Sports in 2014. From 2017, 5 FFA Cup matches (from quarter finals) broadcast live by beIN Sports in Asia-Pacific nations, such as: Brunei, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand. 7 FFA Cup matches (from round of 16) broadcast live by BT Sport in UK and Republic of Ireland. From 2018, 6 FFA Cup matches (from quarter finals) will be broadcast live by ESPN+ in USA and in other countries where the rights are not sold, most of the matches are streamed live by YouTube via My Football channel. Currently the ABC holds",
"title": "FFA Cup"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "20558294",
"text": "Liga (TV channel) Liga (also known as Liga Channel) is a Filipino commercial sports cable channel and free to air digital TV channel based in the Philippines and operated by Creative Programs, Inc. and ABS-CBN Sports (content provider). It is the sister channel of ABS-CBN Sports and Action (S+A) and was launched on January 1, 2018 as the permanent replacement of three CPI-owned channels, ABS-CBN Regional Channel, Tag TV and Hero TV (through its channel's space). Liga is the official broadcast partner of the 2018 FIFA World Cup and the 2018 FIFA World Cup European Qualifiers in Russia, along with",
"title": "Liga (TV channel)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "16760493",
"text": "Television.<br> - Alongside STVS.<br> - Alongside One Caribbean Media.<br> - Alongside ABC and ESPN.<br> - FT only covered the tournament in the French overseas territories<br> - Each country also received coverage of the event by a domestic broadcaster.<br> - Nigeria did not receive coverage from Canal+.<br> - Alongside SportsMax. Also, not covered by Univision. 2014 FIFA World Cup broadcasting rights The broadcasting rights for the 2014 FIFA World Cup were sold directly by FIFA, or through licensed companies or organizations such as the European Broadcasting Union, Organización de Televisión Iberoamericana, African Union of Broadcasting, International Media Content, Inter-Sports Marketing, M-League,",
"title": "2014 FIFA World Cup broadcasting rights"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "20441602",
"text": "In total, the final drew more than 160 million viewers in 20 European territories, including Russia, the United Kingdom and Germany. In the United States of America, the match was broadcast on NBCUniversal-owned Telemundo and 21st Century Fox-owned Fox and Fox Sports, the match averaged 16.6 million viewers combined, with Telemundo reaching a total of 57% of the country's Latino population. In India, 70 million viewers streamed the match online, through Sony Picture Networks India's (SPN) Sony Liv application, which was a record for a football match; an additional 22.4 million viewers watched the match on Sony Ten 2, Sony",
"title": "2018 FIFA World Cup Final"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "5655088",
"text": "revamping its programming. The new line-up would increase its focus on sports coverage (which included the re-organization of Telemundo's sports division as Telemundo Deportes, a branch of the English-language NBC Sports division), primarily in preparation for its broadcast of the 2016 Summer Olympics and its assumption of Spanish-language cable rights to FIFA tournaments (such as the 2018 FIFA World Cup), which began with the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup. In January 2017, the \"NBC\" brand was dropped from the network's on-air branding; the network is now simply titled \"Universo.\" Universo's programming consists of sports, original scripted drama series, reality series",
"title": "Universo (TV network)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "19627291",
"text": "with SBS was extended on 20 June 2018 to include all group stage games, with Optus additionally leaving their app and streaming services free for the duration of the World Cup and until 31 August 2018 while refunding all current paid subscriptions. On 28 June 2018, Optus subsequently extended this arrangement to include all remaining matches at the World Cup. Optus Sport operates eleven multiplex channels: Optus Sport 1 is a 24/7 Premier League Channel. It broadcasts the international feed produced by IMG. It was moved to Optus Sport 3 for the 2018 FIFA World Cup. Optus Sport 2 is",
"title": "Optus Sport"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "15810857",
"text": "\"Saturday Night Live\") until September 7, 2014, when that program also moved to Stamford. NBCSN simulcast two matches of the 2018 FIFA World Cup from Spanish-language rights holder and corporate sibling Telemundo: Brazil vs. Switzerland on June 17, and England vs. Belgium on June 28. On December 2018, NBCSN became the No.2 national sport network in the U.S after ESPN while dethroning ESPN 2 (which fell to No.4) and FS1 now in No.3 WSOF was formed in 2012, having signed a broadcast deal with the NBC Sports Network. This was the third MMA promotion that NBC Sports has hosted, having",
"title": "NBCSN"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "19627286",
"text": "SBS had traded away their rights to the 2018 FIFA World Cup, albeit maintaining all Australian matches, select group stage games and the majority of the knockout stages. Incumbent rights holder Fox Sports (Australia) reacted quickly to the news they had lost the rights, removing the $15/month add-on BeIN Sports pack, and adding the channels to the existing Sports package. Club TV channels for Chelsea FC, Liverpool FC and Manchester United were also added, as were agreements to show Arsenal, Manchester City and Tottenham Hotspur games on delay. Foxtel claimed Optus had threatened legal action over the new 'free' channels,",
"title": "Optus Sport"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "14772203",
"text": "including the FIFA Confederations Cup and FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, and multilingual coverage of the 2014 FIFA World Cup. Since August 2012, North American broadcast rights to Ligue 1 and Serie A have been owned by beIN Sports, which did not launch a Canadian channel until 2014, while Europa League rights were acquired by Sportsnet. Bell Media acquired Canadian rights to FIFA events beginning in 2015. EuroWorld Sport EuroWorld Sport is a Canadian Category B digital cable specialty channel. It is owned by Telelatino Network Inc, a consortium primarily owned by Corus Entertainment. EuroWorld Sport primarily features programming related",
"title": "EuroWorld Sport"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "16420454",
"text": "Sony Six Sony SIX is an Indian sports channel owned and operated by Sony Pictures Networks, which also owns Sony Entertainment Television and SET Max. The channel is aimed at the youth segment. It was launched on 7 April 2012 and is the 14th sports channel in India. It also broadcasts original programmes like NBA Slam. It broadcasts football, cricket, professional wrestling, mixed martial arts, rugby union, basketball and badminton. Sony Six has the broadcasting rights for FIFA World Cup, Caribbean Premier League, Copa América, The FA Cup, Italian Serie A, La Liga, The Rugby Championship, Aviva Premiership, Top 14,",
"title": "Sony Six"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "9332777",
"text": "Trans7 Trans7 (formerly known as TV7, stylized as \"TRΛNS|7\") is a national private television station in Indonesia that is owned by Trans Media. For the first time, Trans7 was the official broadcaster of 2018 FIFA World Cup together with Trans TV. Trans7 had broadcast 8 group-stage matches as well as shared broadcasting of quarterfinal, semifinal, 3rd place playoff, and final matches from Trans TV. Trans7 was established as TV7 based on permission of the Department of Trade and Industry in Central Jakarta No. 809/BH.09.05/III/2000. 88% of its share is largely owned by Kompas Gramedia;. On November 23, 2001, the existence",
"title": "Trans7"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "11966170",
"text": "and volleyball (as suggested by its name). Also Balls aired 2 of 4 Tennis Grand Slam Tournament which is French Open (2008–2013; transferred to Fox Sports Asia) and US Open (2007–2015). Balls later expanded its lineup to include boxing, UFC MMA events, WWE programs, and the 2011 Southeast Asian Games. It also carries all the matches of FIFA World Cup which is exclusively licensed to ABS-CBN Sports. While originally airing only foreign events since its inception, Balls began to air domestic events produced by ABS-CBN Sports in 2009, beginning with NCAA Season 85 and UAAP Season 72. Balls (TV channel)",
"title": "Balls (TV channel)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "9008278",
"text": "and merchandise\". In the financial year 2018-19 the broadcaster is slated to receive $272.4 million. SBS is available on all of SBS Television's television transmitters in SD Digital. The channel only differs from each state during major sporting events, where scheduling times are altered. During the digital changeover between 2010 and 2013, SBS was also simulcast on Analogue. In 2010 SBS commenced Trial Broadcasts of the FIFA World Cup in 3D on Channel 40. The SBS HD multichannel was launched on 14 December 2006. It broadcasts identical programming to SBS, but in 1080i HD via Freeview and Optus D1. On",
"title": "SBS (Australian TV channel)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "16483496",
"text": "TF1 and M6 have the free-to-air rights to select matches. The channel also holds rights for the 2014 and 2018 FIFA World Cup, and 2015 Copa América. In the United States, the network holds the rights package for Ligue 1, La Liga, Serie A, Russian Football Premier League, Football League Championship, EFL Cup, Coppa Italia, Ecuadorian Serie A, Copa del Rey (except the final), K-League Classic, Copa América, and FIFA World Cup qualification rounds in America (CONMEBOL and CONCACAF), except for home matches by Mexico and the United States (which are both held by Univision and ESPN). In 2017, beIN",
"title": "BeIN Sports"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "18092915",
"text": "Fútbol de Primera (radio network) Fútbol de Primera is an American radio network covering soccer. It is the home of the most exclusive soccer radio rights in the country. It has broadcast the World Cup since 2002, including the ongoing 2018 and upcoming 2022 FIFA World Cup., along with other FIFA tournaments. FDP also broadcasts Mexico's national team games, the CONCACAF Gold Cup, and had broadcast the Copa América in 2015 and 2016. Fútbol de Primera produces a daily show hosted by Andrés Cantor, which has been running since 1989. Alongside Cantor, the show's personalities are Sammy Sadovnik, Jaime Gallardo,",
"title": "Fútbol de Primera (radio network)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "6769790",
"text": "first launched as Fox Sports Americas in 1996, before transitioning to Fox Sports World en Español in 1997. In 2002, the network was relaunched as Fox Sports en Español before becoming Fox Deportes in 2010. As of February 2015, approximately 21,831,000 American households (18.8% of households with television) received Fox Deportes. The network holds rights to international football including, the Bundesliga and MLS. During the 2018 FIFA World Cup, it carries replays of Fox's English-language coverage of the tourney. The network began to carry simulcasts of some Fox College Football games in 2013 with Spanish play-by-play and graphics, and starting",
"title": "Fox Deportes"
}
] |
NBC
|
what is a large body of water that flows through land
|
[
"River"
] |
[
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "13574469",
"text": "Big Satilla River The Big Satilla River is a river in South Georgia. It rises in Ben Hill and Coffee counties and flows southeast for . It is one of Georgia's 14 major watersheds. It empties into the Atlantic Ocean through St. Andrew Sound, north of Cumberland Island. Cumberland Island is one of the Sea Islands of the southeastern United States and is the largest in terms of continuously exposed land. The Satilla is a blackwater river that rises to an elevation of about . In its upper reaches, the river is bordered by swamps and bluffs, while the lower",
"title": "Big Satilla River"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "13574464",
"text": "Big Satilla River The Big Satilla River is a river in South Georgia. It rises in Ben Hill and Coffee counties and flows southeast for . It is one of Georgia's 14 major watersheds. It empties into the Atlantic Ocean through St. Andrew Sound, north of Cumberland Island. Cumberland Island is one of the Sea Islands of the southeastern United States and is the largest in terms of continuously exposed land. The Satilla is a blackwater river that rises to an elevation of about . In its upper reaches, the river is bordered by swamps and bluffs, while the lower",
"title": "Big Satilla River"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "12323838",
"text": "Stream A stream is a body of water with surface water flowing within the bed and banks of a channel. The stream encompasses surface and groundwater fluxes that respond to geological, geomorphological, hydrological and biotic controls. Depending on its location or certain characteristics, a stream may be referred to by a variety of local or regional names. Long large streams are usually called rivers. Streams are important as conduits in the water cycle, instruments in groundwater recharge, and corridors for fish and wildlife migration. The biological habitat in the immediate vicinity of a stream is called a riparian zone. Given",
"title": "Stream"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "10322870",
"text": "down a mountain pass into a basin, an alluvial fan will form from the mass deposit of the sediment. The four largest rivers (the Amazon, the Ganges-Brahmaputra, the Yangtze and the Yellow) are responsible for 20% of the global discharge of sediment in to the oceans by debouches. In fluvial geography, a debouch is a place where a body of water pours forth from a narrow opening. Some examples are: where a river or stream emerges from a narrow constraining landform, such as a defile, into open country or a wider space; a creek joins a river; or a stream",
"title": "Debouch"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "10580182",
"text": "(like a rock), causing it to pile up there. The water at the bottom of the pileup flows away from it, causing a subsidence current. Various subsurface currents conflict at times, causing bizarre wave patterns. One of the most noticeable of these is the Maelstrom. The word is derived from Nordic words meaning to grind and stream. Essentially, the maelstrom is a large, very powerful whirlpool, a large swirling body of water being drawn down and inward toward its center. This is usually the result of tidal currents. Subsurface currents have a large effect on life on earth. They flow",
"title": "Subsurface currents"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "3539567",
"text": "Body of water A body of water or waterbody (often spelled water body) is any significant accumulation of water, generally on a planet's surface. The term most often refers to oceans, seas, and lakes, but it includes smaller pools of water such as ponds, wetlands, or more rarely, puddles. A body of water does not have to be still or contained; rivers, streams, canals, and other geographical features where water moves from one place to another are also considered bodies of water. Most are naturally occurring geographical features, but some are artificial. There are types that can be either. For",
"title": "Body of water"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "882321",
"text": "Everglades The Everglades is a natural region of tropical wetlands in the southern portion of the U.S. state of Florida, comprising the southern half of a large drainage basin and part of the neotropic ecozone. The system begins near Orlando with the Kissimmee River, which discharges into the vast but shallow Lake Okeechobee. Water leaving the lake in the wet season forms a slow-moving river wide and over long, flowing southward across a limestone shelf to Florida Bay at the southern end of the state. The Everglades experience a wide range of weather patterns, from frequent flooding in the wet",
"title": "Everglades"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "7068341",
"text": "Bay A bay is a recessed, coastal body of water that directly connects to a larger main body of water, such as an ocean, a lake, or another bay. A large bay is usually called a gulf, sea, sound, or bight. A cove is a type of smaller bay with a circular inlet and narrow entrance. A fjord is a particularly steep bay shaped by glacial activity. A bay can be the estuary of a river, such as the Chesapeake Bay, an estuary of the Susquehanna River. Bays may also be nested within each other; for example, James Bay is",
"title": "Bay"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "3539569",
"text": "on Earth. Note that there are some geographical features involving water that are not bodies of water, for example waterfalls, geysers and rapids. Body of water A body of water or waterbody (often spelled water body) is any significant accumulation of water, generally on a planet's surface. The term most often refers to oceans, seas, and lakes, but it includes smaller pools of water such as ponds, wetlands, or more rarely, puddles. A body of water does not have to be still or contained; rivers, streams, canals, and other geographical features where water moves from one place to another are",
"title": "Body of water"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "10442734",
"text": "Main stem In hydrology, a main stem (or trunk) is \"the primary downstream segment of a river, as contrasted to its tributaries\". Water enters the main stem from the river's drainage basin, the land area through which the main stem and its tributaries flow. A drainage basin may also be referred to as a \"watershed\" or \"catchment\". In the United States, the Mississippi River main stem achieves a Strahler number of 10, the highest in the nation. Eight rivers, including the Columbia River, reach 9. Streams with no tributaries, assigned the Strahler number 1, are most common. More than 1.5",
"title": "Main stem"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "19201998",
"text": "San Juan Bay San Juan Bay () is the inlet adjacent to Old San Juan in northeastern Puerto Rico. It is about in length, the largest body of water in an estuary of about of channels, inlets and eight interconnected lagoons. The San Juan bay is home to the island's busiest harbor and its history dates back to at least 1508. The bay is a semi-enclosed body of water with an elaborate system of loops, basins and channels at the center of Puerto Rico's most significant historical monuments and largest communities. San Juan Bay provides recreation, sightseeing and tourist attractions,",
"title": "San Juan Bay"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "16778",
"text": "and Crenarchaeota. The Amazon has over 1,100 tributaries, 12 of which are over long. Some of the more notable ones are: Amazon River The Amazon River (, ; Spanish and ) in South America is the largest river by discharge volume of water in the world, and by some definitions it is the longest. The headwaters of the Apurímac River on Nevado Mismi had been considered for nearly a century as the Amazon's most distant source, until a 2014 study found it to be the Cordillera Rumi Cruz at the headwaters of the Mantaro River in Peru. The Mantaro and",
"title": "Amazon River"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "289901",
"text": "is not always the case, due to vagueness in the language. A river is part of the hydrological cycle. Water within a river is generally collected from precipitation through surface runoff, groundwater recharge, springs, and the release of stored water in natural ice and snowpacks (i.e., from glaciers). A stream is a flowing body of water with a current, confined within a bed and stream banks. In the United States, a stream is classified as a watercourse less than wide. Streams are important as conduits in the water cycle, instruments in groundwater recharge, and they serve as corridors for fish",
"title": "Nature"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "66877",
"text": "Columbia River The Columbia River is the largest river in the Pacific Northwest region of North America. The river rises in the Rocky Mountains of British Columbia, Canada. It flows northwest and then south into the US state of Washington, then turns west to form most of the border between Washington and the state of Oregon before emptying into the Pacific Ocean. The river is long, and its largest tributary is the Snake River. Its drainage basin is roughly the size of France and extends into seven US states and a Canadian province. The fourth-largest river in the United States",
"title": "Columbia River"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "16096641",
"text": "Slough (hydrology) A slough ( or ) is a wetland, usually a swamp or shallow lake, often a backwater to a larger body of water. Water tends to be stagnant or may flow slowly on a seasonal basis. In North America, \"slough\" may refer to a side-channel from or feeding a river, or an inlet or natural channel only sporadically filled with water. An example of this is Finn Slough on the Fraser River, whose lower reaches have dozens of notable sloughs. Some sloughs, like Elkhorn Slough, used to be mouths of rivers, but have become stagnant because tectonic activity",
"title": "Slough (hydrology)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "12030672",
"text": "Inflow (hydrology) In hydrology, the inflow of a body of water is the source of the water in the body of water. It can also refer to the average volume of incoming water in unit time. It is contrasted with outflow. All bodies of water have multiple inflows, but often, one inflow may predominate and be the largest source of water. However, in many cases, no single inflow will predominate and there will be multiple primary inflows. For a lake, the inflow may be a river or stream that literally flows into the lake. Inflow may also be, strictly speaking,",
"title": "Inflow (hydrology)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "570664",
"text": "Saint Lawrence River The Saint Lawrence River (; Tuscarora: \"Kahnawáʼkye\"; Mohawk: \"Kaniatarowanenneh\", meaning \"big waterway\") is a large river in the middle latitudes of North America. The Saint Lawrence River flows in a roughly north-easterly direction, connecting the Great Lakes with the Atlantic Ocean and forming the primary drainage outflow of the Great Lakes Basin. It traverses the Canadian provinces of Quebec and Ontario, and is part of the international boundary between Ontario, Canada, and the U.S. state of New York. This river also provides the basis of the commercial Saint Lawrence Seaway. The Saint Lawrence River begins at the",
"title": "Saint Lawrence River"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "9163579",
"text": "where infiltration occurred, under the force of gravity or gravity induced pressures. Groundwater tends to move slowly, and is replenished slowly, so it can remain in aquifers for thousands of years. Mainly, water flows through the ground which leads to the ocean where the cycle begins again. Flow within the soil body may take place under unsaturated conditions, but faster subsurface flow is associated with localized soil saturation.* Subsurface flow Subsurface flow, in hydrology, is the flow of water beneath earth's surface as part of the water cycle. In the water cycle, when precipitation falls on the earth's land, some",
"title": "Subsurface flow"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "2886332",
"text": "few rivers simply flow into the ground and dry up completely before reaching another body of water. The water in a river is usually in a channel, made up of a stream bed between banks. In larger rivers there is also a wider floodplain shaped by waters over-topping the channel. Flood plains may be very wide in relation to the size of the river channel. Rivers are a part of the hydrological cycle. Water within a river is generally collected from precipitation through surface runoff, groundwater recharge, springs, and the release of water stored in glaciers and snowpacks. Small rivers",
"title": "Natural environment"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "7520267",
"text": "Interflow In hydrology, interflow is the lateral movement of water in the unsaturated zone, or vadose zone, that first returns to the surface or enters a stream prior to becoming groundwater. Interflow is sometimes used interchangeably with throughflow; however, throughflow is specifically the subcomponent of interflow that returns to the surface, as overland flow, prior to entering a stream or becoming groundwater. Interflow occurs when water infiltrates (see infiltration (hydrology)) into the subsurface, hydraulic conductivity decreases with depth, and lateral flow proceeds downslope. As water accumulates in the subsurface, saturation may occur, and interflow may exfiltrate as return flows, becoming",
"title": "Interflow"
}
] |
River
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who played all the carly's on general hospital
|
[
"Jennifer Bransford",
"Tamara Braun",
"Sarah Joy Brown",
"Laura Wright"
] |
[
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "3292160",
"text": "Laura Wright Laura Wright (née Sisk; September 11, 1970) is an American actress. She is perhaps best known for her roles as Ally Rescott on \"Loving\" and \"The City\" (1991–1997), Cassie Layne Winslow on \"Guiding Light\" (1997–2005) and Carly Corinthos on \"General Hospital\" (2005–present); the latter garnered her the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series in 2011. Wright was born Laura Sisk in Washington D.C., and was raised in Clinton, Maryland. She appeared in several high school plays such as \"\", \"Our Town\", and \"You Can't Take It with You\". Wright (then credited by her",
"title": "Laura Wright"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "3499486",
"text": "Tamara Braun Tamara Braun (born April 18, 1971) is an American actress known for her work on daytime television. She portrayed the role of Carly Corinthos on \"General Hospital\" from 2001–2005 and Reese Williams on \"All My Children\" from 2008-2009. In 2009, Braun won the Daytime Emmy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her portrayal of Ava Vitali on \"Days of Our Lives\". She departed the series in 2008, briefly returning in the role of Taylor Walker during 2011. In 2015, Braun resumed the role of Vitali as part of the series' 50th anniversary commemoration. In 2017, twelve years after",
"title": "Tamara Braun"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "3292164",
"text": "Donna Mills. She will also star in the Lifetime film, \"Stalked by My Patient\", premiering December 14, 2018. Wright married architect John Wright on October 7, 1995. They have two children, Lauren Beth Wright and John Michael Wright. In April 2016, Wright announced that she and John decided to end their marriage. Laura Wright Laura Wright (née Sisk; September 11, 1970) is an American actress. She is perhaps best known for her roles as Ally Rescott on \"Loving\" and \"The City\" (1991–1997), Cassie Layne Winslow on \"Guiding Light\" (1997–2005) and Carly Corinthos on \"General Hospital\" (2005–present); the latter garnered her",
"title": "Laura Wright"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "3499492",
"text": "again, this time in a new role. She made her first appearance as Kim Nero on November 22, 2017. Tamara Braun Tamara Braun (born April 18, 1971) is an American actress known for her work on daytime television. She portrayed the role of Carly Corinthos on \"General Hospital\" from 2001–2005 and Reese Williams on \"All My Children\" from 2008-2009. In 2009, Braun won the Daytime Emmy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her portrayal of Ava Vitali on \"Days of Our Lives\". She departed the series in 2008, briefly returning in the role of Taylor Walker during 2011. In 2015,",
"title": "Tamara Braun"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "3292161",
"text": "maiden name of Sisk) made her television acting debut on ABC's daytime soap opera \"Loving\" in 1991, playing the character of Allison \"Ally\" Rescott Bowman. She also starred in \"The City\" from 1995 to 1997 as the same character, and then she played the role of Cassie Layne Winslow on CBS soap opera \"Guiding Light\" from 1997 to 2005. On September 12, 2005, Wright was cast as the fourth actress to play the character of Carly Corinthos on ABC's \"General Hospital\". ABC Daytime executive Brian Frons stated in a statement, \"Carly is a complex character, and we are excited to",
"title": "Laura Wright"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "3499488",
"text": "on \"Days of our Lives\". She is also well known for her Emmy-nominated portrayal of Carly Corinthos on the ABC soap opera \"General Hospital\", a role she played from 2001 to 2005. As Carly, Braun was featured very prominently as a romantic partner of characters Sonny Corinthos, portrayed by Daytime Emmy winner Maurice Benard, and Lorenzo Alcazar, portrayed by Ted King. After leaving \"General Hospital\", Braun played the female lead in the independent movie \"Little Chenier\", which was filmed in Louisiana in August 2005. Braun worked with a dialect coach to perfect a Cajun accent, and she altered her appearance",
"title": "Tamara Braun"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "9173637",
"text": "of Emily and Nikolas. The first half of 2005 saw many cast changes for \"General Hospital\". In April, Tamara Braun left the series, and the role of Carly was recast with former \"One Life to Live\" star, Jennifer Bransford. By the fall, Bransford was let go and replaced by former \"Guiding Light\" actress Laura Wright. Earlier that May, Kristina Wagner opted to leave the role of Felicia Jones and was replaced with former \"Another World\" star Sandra Ferguson. Also that month, the character of Maxie Jones was recast with former \"Days of Our Lives\" star Kirsten Storms, who took over",
"title": "History of General Hospital"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "7957639",
"text": "Carly Corinthos Carly Corinthos is a fictional character from \"General Hospital\", a soap opera on the ABC network, currently portrayed by Laura Wright since 2005. A collaborative effort between the writers, Carly — originally played by Sarah Joy Brown (1996–2001) — was introduced under executive producer Wendy Riche. A \"love to hate\" character who brings excitement to storylines because of her devious ways, Carly is the illegitimate daughter of former bad girl turned heroine, Bobbie Spencer (Jacklyn Zeman). Carly seduces her mother's husband for revenge. Throughout the 2000s, Carly, then Tamara Braun (2001–05) goes on to become one of the",
"title": "Carly Corinthos"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "3499563",
"text": "Indie Series Award for Best Lead Actress (Drama) for the role. Brown is a practicing convert to Judaism. She has one daughter, Jordan Alexandra Judith Levy (b. July 20, 1998), whose father is Brown's ex-fiancé, Israeli composer Shuki Levy (a former executive producer on \"VR Troopers\" and the \"Power Rangers\" franchise). Brown has been diagnosed with Celiac Disease. Sarah Joy Brown Sarah Joy Brown, sometimes credited simply as Sarah Brown (born February 18, 1975), is an American actress. She is perhaps best known for originating the role of Carly Corinthos on the American daytime drama \"General Hospital\" from 1996 to",
"title": "Sarah Joy Brown"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "7957671",
"text": "and intelligence to this role.\" While Wright was sad to leave \"Guiding Light\", she was excited to relocate to Los Angeles to play the role of Carly. \"Wow! What a challenge\" she said. Wright was due to begin filming in October after her contract with CBS expired. Wright made her debut on November 4, 2005. In November 2009, Wright announced on \"Twitter\" that she had re-signed with the series for another 4 years officially becoming the longest running actress in the role. In July 2013 during the General Hospital Fan Club Weekend, it was reported that Wright had renewed her",
"title": "Carly Corinthos"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "9032065",
"text": "contract after six years with the soap. Following Tognoni's announcement, it was rumored that the actress would take over the role of Carly Corinthos on the ABC Daytime soap \"General Hospital\", a role that later went to actress Tamara Braun. Tognoni vacated the role on-screen on August 14, 2001. She briefly reprised her role in December 2001 and January 2002. Tognoni later went on to join the CBS Daytime soap \"Guiding Light\" in 2004, portraying the role of Dinah Marler. In June 2003, it was announced that the role of Kelly Cramer was to be brought back to the series,",
"title": "Kelly Cramer"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "4961056",
"text": "Jennifer Bransford Jennifer Bransford (born December 2, 1968) is an American actress. She is known for her role as Georgie Phillips on \"One Life to Live\" (1997–1998) and for her role as the third Carly Corinthos on \"General Hospital\" (2005). She is a graduate of Mamaroneck High School and Dartmouth College. She is married to Bradley White and has three children: Alexandra Harper White born , Hudson Samuel White born , and Zoe Caroline White born . Bransford has appeared in many movies and television series, including a FOX network series Jonny Zero and the Jon Favreau/Vince Vaughn comedy, Made",
"title": "Jennifer Bransford"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "3499487",
"text": "exiting her role as Carly on \"General Hospital\", Braun returned as Kim Nero, the single mother of Oscar, Carly’s daughter Josslyn’s boyfriend. Braun was born in the Chicago suburb of Evanston, Illinois, to a family of Jewish descent.. She attended Evanston Township High School. She was a psychology major at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, and took a summer course in Shakespeare at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in England before backpacking throughout Europe. Braun is well known for her win at the 2009 Daytime Emmy Awards, receiving the accolade of Outstanding Supporting Actress for the role of Ava Vitali",
"title": "Tamara Braun"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "3499556",
"text": "Sarah Joy Brown Sarah Joy Brown, sometimes credited simply as Sarah Brown (born February 18, 1975), is an American actress. She is perhaps best known for originating the role of Carly Corinthos on the American daytime drama \"General Hospital\" from 1996 to 2001. For the role, she won three Daytime Emmy Awards. In 2008, she returned to \"General Hospital\" in a different role, Claudia Zacchara. She exited \"General Hospital\" once again in 2009 and began appearing on \"The Bold and the Beautiful\" in the newly created role of Aggie Jones. Brown appeared as Madison James on \"Days of Our Lives\"",
"title": "Sarah Joy Brown"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "11756521",
"text": "Ava Vitali Ava Vitali is a fictional character from \"Days of Our Lives\", an American soap opera on the NBC network. Created by and introduced by then-executive producers Ken Corday and Edward J. Scott, she is portrayed by Tamara Braun, who won a Daytime Emmy Award for the role in 2009. Introduced as a \"mysterious woman from Steve's past,\" Ava was later revealed as a woman from a Mafia family. In January 2008, it was announced that Tamara Braun, best known as the second actress to portray the character of Carly Corinthos on the ABC Daytime drama, \"General Hospital\", had",
"title": "Ava Vitali"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "3292163",
"text": "the series until 2017, a total of 12 years time. In 2011, after 20 years on soaps, Wright was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award for her portrayal of Carly in the Outstanding Lead Actress category. Wright won the award at the 38th Daytime Emmy Awards. Wright was later nominated again in the Lead Actress category for the 39th Daytime Emmy Awards. She lost the award to Heather Tom for her portrayal of Katie Logan Spencer on \"The Bold and the Beautiful\". In 2015, Wright made a cameo appearance in the film, \"Joy\", alongside \"General Hospital\" co-stars Maurice Benard and",
"title": "Laura Wright"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "3499558",
"text": "An article in FOX Kids Magazine claimed a member of the VR Troopers cast would be quitting the series to become a part of the Power Rangers cast, however the aforementioned Zeo three-parter and Hawkins voicing the Gold Ranger prior to the return of Austin St. John as Jason Lee Scott is the closest anything like this ever came to happening. In April 1996 Brown originated the role Carly Corinthos on the American ABC soap opera \"General Hospital\". Brown \"quickly became an overnight sensation\" and received three Daytime Emmy Awards for her portrayal of Carly. She won for Outstanding Younger",
"title": "Sarah Joy Brown"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "4961057",
"text": "in 2001.Bransford is also known for her work on soap operas. She portrayed the roles of Georgie Phillips on One Life to Live from June 1997 to July 1998, the character's entire run, and Carly Corinthos Alcazar on General Hospital from April 2005 to October 2005.[2][3] Over her lifetime, she has been dedicated to social justice and children. From 1992 to 2005, while performing in television and film, she co-developed an animated series and curriculum for The National Urban Technology Center to teach kids social and emotional skills with role-playing, critical reflection, and interactive digital tools. In 2012, she teamed",
"title": "Jennifer Bransford"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "3168308",
"text": "announced that Schroeder would return as Serena Baldwin to \"General Hospital\" to honor the late Peter Hansen, who had died in April 2017, who had portrayed her grandfather, Lee Baldwin. Carly Schroeder Carly Brook Schroeder (born October 18, 1990) is an American film and television actress. She is best known for playing Serena Baldwin, the daughter of Scotty Baldwin and Lucy Coe in the \"General Hospital\" spin-off \"Port Charles\". She also had a recurring role on the Disney Channel's \"Lizzie McGuire\". In 2007, she played the lead in \"Gracie\", a film inspired by a real-life tragedy during the childhood of",
"title": "Carly Schroeder"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "3336711",
"text": "Maura West Maura West DeFreitas (born Maura Jo Snyder; April 27, 1972) is an American actress, best known for her 15-year portrayal as Carly Snyder on the CBS daytime soap opera \"As the World Turns\", a role she held from 1995 until the series finale in 2010. West later portrayed the role Diane Jenkins on \"The Young and the Restless\" from September 2010 to August 2011, and as of 2013, currently portrays mob heiress Ava Jerome on \"General Hospital\". West was born on April 27, 1972 in Springfield, Massachusetts as the youngest of four children. Growing up in Ludlow, Massachusetts,",
"title": "Maura West"
}
] |
Jennifer Bransford
|
an object that has mass and occupies space is known as
|
[
"matter"
] |
[
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "12566299",
"text": "Matter In the classical physics and in the chemistry of things of everyday life, matter is any substance that has mass and takes up space by having volume. All everyday objects that we can touch are ultimately composed of atoms, which are made up of interacting subatomic particles, and in everyday as well as scientific usage, \"matter\" generally includes atoms and anything made up of them, and any particles (or combination of particles) that act as if they have both rest mass and volume. However it does not include massless particles such as photons, or other energy phenomena or waves",
"title": "Matter"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "12566356",
"text": "of physics, but despite decades of efforts, gravity cannot yet be accounted for at the quantum level; it is only described by classical physics (see quantum gravity and graviton). Antimatter Cosmology Dark matter Philosophy Other My Pals Are Here! Science P3&4 Cycless-Chapter 3(Matter) Matter In the classical physics and in the chemistry of things of everyday life, matter is any substance that has mass and takes up space by having volume. All everyday objects that we can touch are ultimately composed of atoms, which are made up of interacting subatomic particles, and in everyday as well as scientific usage, \"matter\"",
"title": "Matter"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "12566314",
"text": "\"anything that has mass and volume (occupies space)\". For example, a car would be said to be made of matter, as it has mass and volume (occupies space). The observation that matter occupies space goes back to antiquity. However, an explanation for why matter occupies space is recent, and is argued to be a result of the phenomenon described in the Pauli exclusion principle, which applies to fermions. Two particular examples where the exclusion principle clearly relates matter to the occupation of space are white dwarf stars and neutron stars, discussed further below. Thus, matter can be defined as everything",
"title": "Matter"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "61346",
"text": "Several concepts are essential for the study of chemistry; some of them are: In chemistry, matter is defined as anything that has rest mass and volume (it takes up space) and is made up of particles. The particles that make up matter have rest mass as well – not all particles have rest mass, such as the photon. Matter can be a pure chemical substance or a mixture of substances. The atom is the basic unit of chemistry. It consists of a dense core called the atomic nucleus surrounded by a space occupied by an electron cloud. The nucleus is",
"title": "Chemistry"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "19450851",
"text": "Resident Space Object A Resident Space Object (RSO) is a natural or artificial object that orbits another body e.g. Sun Orbiting, Earth Orbiting, Mars Orbiting etc. It is most often used to reference objects that are Earth orbiting. In the case of Earth orbiting the possible orbit classifications for an object are: Low Earth orbit (LEO), Medium Earth orbit (MEO), High Earth orbit (HEO) or Geosynchronous Earth orbit (GEO). RSO acquisition, tracking, and data collection can be extremely challenging . The primary method for gathering this information is to make a direct observation of an RSO via Space surveillance sensors.",
"title": "Resident Space Object"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "4255225",
"text": "Point particle A point particle (ideal particle or point-like particle, often spelled pointlike particle) is an idealization of particles heavily used in physics. Its defining feature is that it lacks spatial extension: being zero-dimensional, it does not take up space. A point particle is an appropriate representation of any object whose size, shape, and structure is irrelevant in a given context. For example, from far enough away, any finite-size object will look like and behave as a point-like object. In the theory of gravity, physicists often discuss a ', meaning a point particle with a nonzero mass and no other",
"title": "Point particle"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "12566347",
"text": "atomic theory, atoms were seen as being the fundamental constituents of matter; atoms formed molecules and compounds. The common definition in terms of occupying space and having mass is in contrast with most physical and chemical definitions of matter, which rely instead upon its structure and upon attributes not necessarily related to volume and mass. At the turn of the nineteenth century, the knowledge of matter began a rapid evolution. Aspects of the Newtonian view still held sway. James Clerk Maxwell discussed matter in his work \"Matter and Motion\". He carefully separates \"matter\" from space and time, and defines it",
"title": "Matter"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "307228",
"text": "object that is neither a true planet nor a natural satellite; it is in direct orbit of a star, and is massive enough for its gravity to compress it into a hydrostatically equilibrious shape (usually a spheroid), but has not cleared the neighborhood of other material around its orbit. As of July 2008 the IAU has recognized five dwarf planets: Ceres in the asteroid belt, and Pluto, Haumea, Makemake, and Eris in the outer Solar System. Several computer simulations of stellar and planetary system formation have suggested that some objects of planetary mass would be ejected into interstellar space. Some",
"title": "Planet"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "12566302",
"text": "property of matter which appears to us as matter taking up space. For much of the history of the natural sciences people have contemplated the exact nature of matter. The idea that matter was built of discrete building blocks, the so-called \"particulate theory of matter\", was first put forward by the Greek philosophers Leucippus (~490 BC) and Democritus (~470–380 BC). Matter should not be confused with mass, as the two are not the same in modern physics. Matter is a general term describing any 'physical substance'. By contrast, mass is not a substance but rather a quantitative \"property\" of matter",
"title": "Matter"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "4893562",
"text": "Physical body In physics, a physical body or physical object (or simply a body or object) is an identifiable collection of matter, which may be constrained by an identifiable boundary, and may move as a unit by translation or rotation, in 3-dimensional space. In common usage, an object is a collection of matter within a defined contiguous boundary in 3-dimensional space. The boundary must be defined and identified by the properties of the material. The boundary may change over time. The boundary is usually the visible or tangible surface of the object. The matter in the object is constrained (to",
"title": "Physical body"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "4893565",
"text": "and cosmology which may challenge this. In modern physics, \"extension\" is understood in terms of the spacetime: roughly speaking, it means that for a given moment of time the body has some location in the space, although not necessarily a point. A physical body as a whole is assumed to have such quantitative properties as mass, momentum, electric charge, other conserving quantities, and possibly other quantities. A body with known composition and described in an adequate physical theory is an example of physical system. An object is known by the application of senses. The properties of an object are inferred",
"title": "Physical body"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "10716792",
"text": "Internal heating Internal heat is the heat source from the interior of celestial objects, such as stars, brown dwarfs, planets, moons, dwarf planets, and (in the early history of the Solar System) even asteroids such as Vesta, resulting from contraction caused by gravity (the Kelvin–Helmholtz mechanism), nuclear fusion, tidal heating, core solidification (heat of fusion released as molten core material solidifies), and radioactive decay. The amount of internal heating depends on mass; the more massive the object, the more internal heat it has; also, for a given density, the more massive the object, the greater the ratio of mass to",
"title": "Internal heating"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "11234932",
"text": "unit of mass. The object's weight will be less on Mars (where gravity is weaker), more on Saturn, and negligible in space when far from any significant source of gravity, but it will always have the same mass. Objects on the surface of the Earth have weight, although sometimes this weight is difficult to measure. An example is a small object floating in water, which does not appear to have weight since it is buoyed by the water; but it is found to have its usual weight when it is added to water in a container which is entirely supported",
"title": "Mass versus weight"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "265909",
"text": "Meteorite A meteorite is a solid piece of debris from an object, such as a comet, asteroid, or meteoroid, that originates in outer space and survives its passage through the atmosphere to reach the surface of a planet or moon. When the object enters the atmosphere, various factors such as friction, pressure, and chemical interactions with the atmospheric gases cause it to heat up and radiate that energy. It then becomes a meteor and forms a fireball, also known as a shooting star or falling star; astronomers call the brightest examples \"bolides\". Meteorites vary greatly in size. For geologists, a",
"title": "Meteorite"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "4255228",
"text": "discussed above. When a point particle has an additive property, such as mass or charge, concentrated at a single point in space, this can be represented by a Dirac delta function. Point mass (pointlike mass) is the concept, for example in classical physics, of a physical object (typically matter) that has nonzero mass, and yet explicitly and specifically is (or is being thought of or modeled as) infinitesimal (infinitely small) in its volume or linear dimensions. A common use for point mass lies in the analysis of the gravitational fields. When analyzing the gravitational forces in a system, it becomes",
"title": "Point particle"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "4893570",
"text": "the system at a point in time changes from identifying the object to not identifying it. Also an object's identity is created at the first point in time that the simplest model of the system consistent with perception identifies it. An object may be composed of components. A component is an object completely within the boundary of a containing object. In classical mechanics a physical body is collection of matter having properties including mass, velocity, momentum and energy. The matter exists in a volume of three-dimensional space. This space is its extension. Under Newtonian gravity the gravitational field further away",
"title": "Physical body"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "18209258",
"text": "these is a different concept. In scientific contexts, mass refers loosely to the amount of \"matter\" in an object (though \"matter\" may be difficult to define), whereas weight refers to the force experienced by an object due to gravity. An object with a mass of 1.0 kilogram will weigh approximately 9.81 newtons (newton is the unit of force, while kilogram is the unit of mass) on the surface of the Earth (its mass multiplied by the gravitational field strength). Its weight will be less on Mars (where gravity is weaker), more on Saturn, and negligible in space when far from",
"title": "Size"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "1626123",
"text": "Trajectory A trajectory or flight path is the path that a massive object in motion follows through space as a function of time. In classical mechanics, a trajectory is defined by Hamiltonian mechanics via canonical coordinates; hence, a complete trajectory is defined by position and momentum, simultaneously. Trajectory in quantum mechanics is not defined due to Heisenberg uncertainty principle that position and momentum can not be measured simultaneously. In classical mechanics, the mass might be a projectile or a satellite. For example, it can be an orbit—the path of a planet, an asteroid, or a comet as it travels around",
"title": "Trajectory"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "11746939",
"text": "concepts of space, time, matter, energy, and information are essential to his theory because the living systems exist in space and are made of matter and energy organized by information. Miller's theory of living systems employs two sorts of spaces: physical or geographical space, and conceptual or abstracted spaces. Time is the fundamental \"fourth dimension\" of the physical space–time continuum/spiral. Matter is anything that has mass and occupies physical space. Mass and energy are equivalent as one can be converted into the other. Information refers to the degrees of freedom that exist in a given situation to choose among signals,",
"title": "Living systems"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "14245924",
"text": "Brane In string theory and related theories such as supergravity theories, a brane is a physical object that generalizes the notion of a point particle to higher dimensions. Branes are dynamical objects which can propagate through spacetime according to the rules of quantum mechanics. They have mass and can have other attributes such as charge. Mathematically, branes can be represented within categories, and are studied in pure mathematics for insight into homological mirror symmetry and noncommutative geometry. A point particle can be viewed as a brane of dimension zero, while a string can be viewed as a brane of dimension",
"title": "Brane"
}
] |
matter
|
who sang the original blinded by the light
|
[
"Bruce Springsteen"
] |
[
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "4812168",
"text": "Blinded by the Light \"Blinded by the Light\" is a song written and recorded by Bruce Springsteen, which first appeared on his 1973 debut album \"Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J.\" A cover by British rock band Manfred Mann's Earth Band reached number one on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100 in the United States in February 1977 and was also a top ten hit in the United Kingdom, New Zealand, and Canada. It has also been covered by The Eagles of Death Metal which was in the movie \"Super Troopers 2\". The song came about when Columbia president Clive Davis, upon listening",
"title": "Blinded by the Light"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "4812170",
"text": "himself. The remainder of the song tells of many unrelated events, with the refrain of \"Blinded by the light, cut loose like a deuce, another runner in the night.\" \"Blinded by the Light\" was the first song on, and first single from, \"Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J.\" Springsteen's version was commercially unsuccessful and did not appear on the music charts. Manfred Mann's Earth Band released a version of the song on their 1976 album \"The Roaring Silence.\" Their version includes the \"Chopsticks\" melody played on piano near the end of the bridge of the song. The track reached #1 on",
"title": "Blinded by the Light"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "13411063",
"text": "The Angel (song) \"The Angel\" is a song by Bruce Springsteen from the album \"Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J.\" in 1973. It was also released as the B-side to Springsteen's \"Blinded by the Light\" single. The song was part of the demo that Springsteen recorded for John Hammond of CBS Records in advance of getting his first recording contract. At the time \"Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J.\" was released, Springsteen considered it his most sophisticated song. It has had very few live performances. The song is one of the slower tracks on \"Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J.\", played on piano.",
"title": "The Angel (song)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "8356594",
"text": "chart, but reached number 1 in markets in Providence and New Orleans. The song was re-recorded by The Who singer Roger Daltrey for his album \"One of the Boys\" in 1977. Pratt's original version of the single became the B side of Bruce Springsteen's \"Blinded by the Light\" on a CBS promotional disc, and was used on the soundtrack to the film \"Velvet Goldmine\" in 1998. In 1982 Pratt released the mini album \"Fun in the First World\" produced by Leroy Radcliffe and released on Boston's Enzone Records. The mini album was later included on \"The Age of Goodbye\". Andy",
"title": "Andy Pratt (singer-songwriter)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "4812171",
"text": "both the \"Billboard\" Hot 100 and the Canadian \"RPM\" charts. Manfred Mann's Earth Band's recording of \"Blinded by the Light\" is Springsteen's only #1 single as a songwriter on the Hot 100 (he never had a #1 as a performer except as part of USA for Africa). In 2002, Danish act Funkstar De Luxe released its disco version of this song. A \"jazzified\" version can be found on Springsteen's 2007 video and audio release recorded with The Sessions Band. Manfred Mann's Earth Band's recording of the song changes the lyrics. The most prominent change is in the chorus, where Springsteen's",
"title": "Blinded by the Light"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "3458587",
"text": "an extra track, a cover of Bob Dylan's; 'Quit Your Low Down Ways' sung by Mick Rogers). The US breakthrough for the band came in the third week of February 1977, when they charted at No. 1 on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100 with a cover of Bruce Springsteen's \"Blinded by the Light\" from \"The Roaring Silence\". Before this hit, Mick Rogers had left the band (after \"Nightingales & Bombers\") and Chris Thompson (lead vocals, guitar) and Dave Flett (Lead guitar, backing vocals) had been quickly recruited to replace him (although Rogers still contributed backing vocals to the album). While the",
"title": "Manfred Mann's Earth Band"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "5613253",
"text": "as well as providing backing vocals for Brian May of Queen, during his first few solo concerts in South America in 1992. Thompson has also been involved with the SAS Band (Spike's All Star Band) where he has performed numerous songs, especially from his repertoire with Manfred Mann's Earth Band. Chris Thompson (English musician) Christopher Hamlet \"Chris\" Thompson (born 9 March 1948) is an English singer and guitarist known both for his work with Manfred Mann's Earth Band, specifically for his lead vocal on the classic hit \"Blinded By the Light\" and for his solo accomplishments. Thompson was born in",
"title": "Chris Thompson (English musician)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "967430",
"text": "potential hit single. As such, Springsteen wrote and recorded \"Blinded by the Light\" and \"Spirit in the Night\". Because pianist David Sancious and bassist Garry Tallent were unavailable to record these songs, a three-man band was used—Vini Lopez on drums, Springsteen on guitar, bass and piano, and the previously missing Clarence Clemons on saxophone. These two songs bumped \"Jazz Musician,\" \"Arabian Nights\" and \"Visitation at Fort Horn,\" leaving a total of seven band songs and two solo songs. The album was originally slated to be released in the fall of 1972, but was moved back to early 1973 to avoid",
"title": "Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J."
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "7932485",
"text": "had reached #23 in 1975, and the Pointer Sisters were the second act to score a smash hit with a Springsteen cover, Manfred Mann's Earth Band having taken \"Blinded by the Light\" to #1 in 1977. Springsteen finally scored his own inaugural top 10 hit in 1980 with \"Hungry Heart\" which was his first single release subsequent to the Pointer Sisters' success with \"Fire\" (Springsteen had in fact written \"Hungry Heart\" for the Ramones but was persuaded by his manager/producer Jon Landau that the song was the ideal vehicle to break Springsteen as a major singles artist). Its omission from",
"title": "Fire (Bruce Springsteen song)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "5613244",
"text": "Chris Thompson (English musician) Christopher Hamlet \"Chris\" Thompson (born 9 March 1948) is an English singer and guitarist known both for his work with Manfred Mann's Earth Band, specifically for his lead vocal on the classic hit \"Blinded By the Light\" and for his solo accomplishments. Thompson was born in Ashford, Kent, England, but raised in New Zealand. His early musical experiences were whilst still at school with the band The Paragons that played at weekly church youth club dances. Later, as his talent became clear, the band was reformed as Dynasty with other musicians and achieved much local success",
"title": "Chris Thompson (English musician)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "4812169",
"text": "to an early version of \"Greetings from Asbury Park N.J.,\" felt the album lacked a potential single. Springsteen wrote this and \"Spirit in the Night\" in response. According to Springsteen, the song came about from going through a rhyming dictionary in search of appropriate words. The first line of the song, \"Madman drummers, bummers, and Indians in the summers with a teenage diplomat\" is autobiographical—\"Madman drummers\" is a reference to drummer Vini Lopez, known as \"Mad Man\" (later changed to \"Mad Dog\"); \"Indians in the summer\" refers to the name of Springsteen's old Little League team; \"teenage diplomat\" refers to",
"title": "Blinded by the Light"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "9588292",
"text": "The Roaring Silence The Roaring Silence is the seventh studio album by English rock band Manfred Mann's Earth Band. It was released on 27 August 1976, by Bronze Records in the UK and by Warner Bros. Records in the US. Like other Earth Band albums, this includes material by other composers. \"Blinded by the Light\", which reached number one the \"Billboard\" Hot 100, is a cover version of a song by Bruce Springsteen; \"Questions\" is based on the main theme of Franz Schubert's Impromptu in G flat Major; \"Starbird\" takes its theme from Igor Stravinsky's ballet The Firebird; and \"The",
"title": "The Roaring Silence"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "9588294",
"text": "did not contain bonus tracks, and tracks No. 3 and No. 7 had changed places The Roaring Silence The Roaring Silence is the seventh studio album by English rock band Manfred Mann's Earth Band. It was released on 27 August 1976, by Bronze Records in the UK and by Warner Bros. Records in the US. Like other Earth Band albums, this includes material by other composers. \"Blinded by the Light\", which reached number one the \"Billboard\" Hot 100, is a cover version of a song by Bruce Springsteen; \"Questions\" is based on the main theme of Franz Schubert's Impromptu in",
"title": "The Roaring Silence"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "708583",
"text": "signed Bob Dylan to the same label a decade earlier. Despite the expectations of Columbia Records' executives that Springsteen would record an acoustic album, he brought many of his New Jersey-based colleagues into the studio with him, thus forming the E Street Band (although it would not be formally named for several months). His debut album \"Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J.\", released in January 1973, established him as a critical favorite though sales were slow. Because of Springsteen's lyrical poeticism and folk rock-rooted music exemplified on tracks like \"Blinded by the Light\" and \"For You\", as well as the Columbia",
"title": "Bruce Springsteen"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "967431",
"text": "the pre-Christmas crush. Both \"Blinded by the Light\" and \"Spirit in the Night\" were released as singles by Columbia, but neither reached the U.S. charts. Manfred Mann's Earth Band released a version of \"Blinded by the Light\" on their album \"The Roaring Silence\", which reached number one on Billboard's Hot 100 on 19 February 1977 and #1 on the Canadian RPM chart the same day. This recording of \"Blinded by the Light\" is Springsteen's only number one single as a songwriter on the Hot 100. His best showing on the Hot 100 as a performer was in 1984, with \"Dancing",
"title": "Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J."
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "708593",
"text": "compositions of the first three albums; the songs were leaner and more carefully drawn and began to reflect Springsteen's growing intellectual and political awareness. The cross-country 1978 tour to promote the album would become legendary for the intensity and length of its shows. By the late 1970s, Springsteen had earned a reputation in the pop world as a songwriter whose material could provide hits for other bands. Manfred Mann's Earth Band had achieved a US No. 1 pop hit with a heavily rearranged version of \"Greetings\" \"Blinded by the Light\" in early 1977. Patti Smith reached No. 13 with her",
"title": "Bruce Springsteen"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "13411091",
"text": "of sound in the bridge, and incorporates five guitars and a keyboard solo by Manfred Mann 3/4 of the way into the song. The song was also included on the compilation albums \"The Best of Manfred Mann's Earth Band\" and \"Blinded by the Light & Other Hits\". However, the single release did not achieve the success of their other Springsteen covers. The song was also covered by Greg Kihn on his 1977 album \"Greg Kihn Again\". Kihn's cover received favorable comments from Springsteen. It was also included on the compilation album \"Best of Kihn\". This song was also covered by",
"title": "For You (Bruce Springsteen song)"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "967427",
"text": "Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J. Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J. is the debut studio album by Bruce Springsteen. It was produced by Mike Appel and Jim Cretecos from July through September 1972 at the budget-priced 914 Sound Studios. The album was released January 5, 1973, by Columbia Records to average sales but positive critical reviews. \"Blinded by the Light\" and \"Spirit in the Night\" were released as singles by Columbia, both failing to reach the U.S. charts; however, \"Blinded by the Light\" was later covered by Manfred Mann's Earth Band in 1977, reaching number one in the United States and",
"title": "Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J."
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "13411088",
"text": "For You (Bruce Springsteen song) \"For You\" is a song written and recorded by Bruce Springsteen in 1972 for his debut album \"Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J.\", released in 1973. It was later included on the compilation album \"The Essential Bruce Springsteen\". The song has been covered by Manfred Mann's Earth Band, The Format, and Greg Kihn. \"For You\" was recorded at 914 Sound Studios in Blauvelt, New York on June 27, 1972, the same day as the rest of the album except \"Blinded by the Light\" and \"Spirit in the Night\". Musicians participating in these sessions included future E",
"title": "For You (Bruce Springsteen song)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "1846971",
"text": "Tallent in Little Melvin & The Invaders. In July 1972, Springsteen began recording his debut album \"Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J.\" and during breaks from recording, he jammed with Clemons and The Joyful Noyze on at least two occasions at The Shipbottom Lounge in Point Pleasant, New Jersey. When Springsteen then decided to use a tenor saxophone on the songs \"Blinded by the Light\" and \"Spirit in the Night,\" he called Clemons. By October Springsteen was ready to tour and promote \"Greetings…\" and he put together a band featuring Clemons, Tallent, Danny Federici and Vini Lopez. Clemons played his last",
"title": "Clarence Clemons"
}
] |
Bruce Springsteen
|
who is the yellow rose of texas named after
|
[
"Emily D. West"
] |
[
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "20332905",
"text": "highest award bestowed on women by the Texas Governor. The award name, \"Yellow Rose of Texas,\" was chosen by Governor Shivers to honor the woman known by that name, Emily Morgan, who as a 20-year-old slave, according to legend, was instrumental in the victory of the Battle of San Jacinto, which, reportedly lasted 18 minutes, which, in turn, sealed the fate for Texas independence. The Texas Rose Festival in Tyler has named a Rose Queen since its inception in 1933, and historically, the title was \"Miss Yellow Rose of Texas.\" In 1955, band leader Mitch Miller and His Orchestra recorded",
"title": "Yellow Rose of Texas Award"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "20332904",
"text": "Yellow Rose of Texas Award The Commission of the Yellow Rose of Texas is a -year-old honorary commission conferred by the Governors of Texas in recognition of exceptional Texas women who have served their communities in various ways, including volunteerism or charitable contributions or achievements related to the preservation of the history Texas and its communities or achievements towards improving the present and building the future. The award was conceived and inaugurated by Governor Allan Shivers before the end of his second term in 1957. The Yellow Rose of Texas Commission (sometimes called \"Yellow Rose of Texas Award\") is the",
"title": "Yellow Rose of Texas Award"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "5605266",
"text": "The Yellow Rose of Texas (song) \"The Yellow Rose of Texas\" is a traditional American folk song dating back to at least the 1850s. Members of the Western Writers of America chose it as one of the Top 100 Western songs of all time. Several versions of the song have been recorded, including by Elvis Presley, Willie Nelson and Mitch Miller. The earliest known version is found in \"Christy's Plantation Melodies. No. 2\", a songbook published under the authority of Edwin Pearce Christy in Philadelphia in 1853. Christy was the founder of the blackface minstrel show known as the Christy's",
"title": "The Yellow Rose of Texas (song)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "5605271",
"text": "Civil War; upon taking command of the Army of Tennessee in July 1864, General John Bell Hood introduced it as a marching song. The final verse and chorus were slightly altered by the remains of Hood's force after their crushing defeat at the Battle of Nashville that December: The modified lyrics reference famous Confederate military commanders Joseph Johnston, P. G. T. Beauregard, and Robert E. Lee. Texan veterans sang it openly to mock Hood's mishandling of their Nashville campaign. In this version of the chorus, \"soldier\" replaced \"darkey.\" The same substitution is made throughout the song. In 1984, country music",
"title": "The Yellow Rose of Texas (song)"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "14146017",
"text": "Rose of Texas legend was Emily West de Zavala. There is no contemporary or primary evidence that Emily D. West and Emily de Zavala were the same person. Emily D. West Emily D. West (c.1815–1891), also known as Emily Morgan, is a folk heroine whose legendary activities during the Texas Revolution have come to be identified with the song \"The Yellow Rose of Texas\". West was a free woman of color, of mixed race, or a \"high yellow\". She was born in New Haven, Connecticut. In 1835 she was contracted to James Morgan in New York to work as an",
"title": "Emily D. West"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "5605272",
"text": "artists Johnny Lee and Lane Brody recorded a song called \"The Yellow Rose,\" which retained the original melody of \"The Yellow Rose of Texas\" but with new lyrics, for the title theme to a TV series also entitled \"The Yellow Rose.\" It was a Number One country hit that year. The Yellow Rose of Texas (song) \"The Yellow Rose of Texas\" is a traditional American folk song dating back to at least the 1850s. Members of the Western Writers of America chose it as one of the Top 100 Western songs of all time. Several versions of the song have",
"title": "The Yellow Rose of Texas (song)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "1337716",
"text": "and Denver City Railroad contributed to the city's growth as a cattle-marketing center in the late 19th century. The city was once the self-proclaimed \"Helium Capital of the World\" for having one of the country's most productive helium fields. The city is also known as \"The Yellow Rose of Texas\" (as the city takes its name from the Spanish word for yellow), and most recently \"Rotor City, USA\" for its V-22 Osprey hybrid aircraft assembly plant, as well as \"Bomb City\". Amarillo operates one of the largest meat-packing areas in the United States. Pantex, the only nuclear weapons assembly and",
"title": "Amarillo, Texas"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "5605267",
"text": "Minstrels. Like most minstrel songs, the lyrics are written in a cross between the dialect historically spoken by African-Americans and standard American English. The song is written in the first person from the perspective of an African-American singer who refers to himself as a \"darkey,\" longing to return to \"a yellow girl\", a term used to describe a light-skinned, or bi-racial (\"mulatto\") woman born of African/African-American and European-American progenitors. The soundtrack to the TV miniseries \"James A. Michener's Texas\" dates a version of the song to June 2, 1933 and co-credits both the authorship and performance to Gene Autry and",
"title": "The Yellow Rose of Texas (song)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "20332907",
"text": "Longhorn Council BSA Executive Board, Council Training Chairperson, recognized for a lifetime of outstanding leadership and advancement of youth programs, and adult leadership training. Yellow Rose of Texas Award The Commission of the Yellow Rose of Texas is a -year-old honorary commission conferred by the Governors of Texas in recognition of exceptional Texas women who have served their communities in various ways, including volunteerism or charitable contributions or achievements related to the preservation of the history Texas and its communities or achievements towards improving the present and building the future. The award was conceived and inaugurated by Governor Allan Shivers",
"title": "Yellow Rose of Texas Award"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "2661092",
"text": "Texas, Our Texas \"Texas, Our Texas\" is the official state song of Texas. It was written in 1924 by William J. Marsh, who was born in Liverpool, England, and emigrated to Texas as a young man, and Gladys Yoakum Wright, a native of Fort Worth, Texas, and selected as the state song by a concurrent resolution of the Texas Legislature in 1929 following a statewide competition. Older songs, such as \"The Yellow Rose of Texas\" and \"Dixie\", were also considered but ultimately it was decided a new song should be composed. At times, there have been movements to replace \"Texas,",
"title": "Texas, Our Texas"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "20332906",
"text": "\"The Yellow Rose of Texas\" (the song) on Columbia Records, which became a hit. That same year, during a ceremony in Dallas honoring Miller as an honorary Texan, Miller announced Maymerle Shirley \"(later known as\" Maymerle Brown; 1936–2017) as \"Miss Yellow Rose of Texas\" for 1955. 2018 :LaTonna Jones Wagner, (born 1962) (Bonham,TX), Registered Nurse, Director of Nurses for Additional Kare, Recognized for service to children with Rare, Chronic and 2018: Diane Morrison, (born 1952) Registered Nurse, Volunteer Advisory Board member for Catholic Charities, transitional care and foster parent for 141 babies, Boy Scouts of America Volunteer, serves on the",
"title": "Yellow Rose of Texas Award"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "14146012",
"text": "Emily D. West Emily D. West (c.1815–1891), also known as Emily Morgan, is a folk heroine whose legendary activities during the Texas Revolution have come to be identified with the song \"The Yellow Rose of Texas\". West was a free woman of color, of mixed race, or a \"high yellow\". She was born in New Haven, Connecticut. In 1835 she was contracted to James Morgan in New York to work as an indentured servant for one year in Morgan's Point, Texas, at the New Washington Association's hotel as a housekeeper. Several months into her year of indentureship, on April 16,",
"title": "Emily D. West"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "2661094",
"text": "but with \"boldest\" instead of \"largest\". Chorus: Texas, Our Texas \"Texas, Our Texas\" is the official state song of Texas. It was written in 1924 by William J. Marsh, who was born in Liverpool, England, and emigrated to Texas as a young man, and Gladys Yoakum Wright, a native of Fort Worth, Texas, and selected as the state song by a concurrent resolution of the Texas Legislature in 1929 following a statewide competition. Older songs, such as \"The Yellow Rose of Texas\" and \"Dixie\", were also considered but ultimately it was decided a new song should be composed. At times,",
"title": "Texas, Our Texas"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "13936165",
"text": "The Yellow Rose (song) \"The Yellow Rose\" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music singers Johnny Lee and Lane Brody, set to the tune of the folk song \"The Yellow Rose of Texas.\" It was recorded as the theme song to the NBC television series \"The Yellow Rose\" starring Cybill Shepherd, and was included on Lee's 1984 studio album \"‘Til the Bars Burn Down\". Released as a single in early 1984, \"The Yellow Rose\" was a Number One country hit in both the United States and Canada, and gave Brody her only Number One country hit and",
"title": "The Yellow Rose (song)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "5122066",
"text": "the oldest Alamo fighter at the time). In 1982, Steven G. Kellman, professor of comparative literature at the University of Texas at San Antonio, brought fresh grist to the mill by publishing a short study, \"The Yellow Rose of Texas\". Kellman believed that the copies of military documents he had obtained from the Service Historiques de la Défense in Vincennes, France, showed that Lieutenant \"Moses, né Louis\" Roze was born in La Férée, Ardennes, on May 11, 1785. Two different first names – Stephen and Lewis or Louis – plus a nickname, Moses – for the same man now explicitly",
"title": "Moses Rose"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "12145357",
"text": "and well connected with other early Texas families. One local historian even suggests that the song, \"The Yellow Rose of Texas\", was written for her. There is no extant proof to support this claim. Elizabeth Powell (colonist) Elizabeth Powell was a Texas colonist who received a land grant for a league of land (4428 acres) from the Mexican government in present day Powell Point, Fort Bend County, Texas, on the waters of the San Bernard River and Turkey Creek. Powell operated a boarding house and bar that was a popular stop considering there were not many establishments in early Texas.",
"title": "Elizabeth Powell (colonist)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "4155391",
"text": "High yellow High yellow, occasionally simply yellow (dialect: yaller, yeller), is a term used to describe persons classified as black who also have a high proportion of white ancestry. The term was in common use in the United States at the end of the 19th century and the early decades of the 20th century, and is reflected in such popular songs of the era as \"The Yellow Rose of Texas\". It is now considered offensive. \"High\" is usually considered a reference to a social class system in which skin color (and associated ancestries) is a major factor, placing those of",
"title": "High yellow"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "14146014",
"text": "William Bollaert in 1842, who was told the story by Sam Houston during a steamer trip. After Bollaert's diary was published in 1956, amateur historians began to expand the tale, with Henderson Shuffler suggesting that West fit the description of the girl in the then-popular folk song \"The Yellow Rose of Texas.\" The story continued to grow, with many references to West's beauty, as the legend took hold by the 1986 Texas Sesquicentennial. Historian Philip Thomas Tucker questions the reliability of the tale pointing out that \"Santa Anna possessed a distinct aversion to the intermingling of races.\" Santa Anna held",
"title": "Emily D. West"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "5605270",
"text": "In September 1955, for six weeks, Mitch Miller had a \"Billboard\" number one hit with \"The Yellow Rose of Texas\", and 13 months later, Miller's hit version was used for a key scene in the 1956 Texas-based film \"Giant\". Miller's lyrics used \"rosebud\" and no words - except the term \"yellow\" - to indicate either Rose or the singer was a person of color. The 1955 song became a gold record. The song achieved the #2 position in the UK and the #1 position in Australia. This song became popular among Confederate soldiers in the Texas Brigade during the American",
"title": "The Yellow Rose of Texas (song)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "13936168",
"text": "May 5, 1984. The Yellow Rose (song) \"The Yellow Rose\" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music singers Johnny Lee and Lane Brody, set to the tune of the folk song \"The Yellow Rose of Texas.\" It was recorded as the theme song to the NBC television series \"The Yellow Rose\" starring Cybill Shepherd, and was included on Lee's 1984 studio album \"‘Til the Bars Burn Down\". Released as a single in early 1984, \"The Yellow Rose\" was a Number One country hit in both the United States and Canada, and gave Brody her only Number One",
"title": "The Yellow Rose (song)"
}
] |
Emily D. West
|
who sings the song i can see clearly now the rain is gone
|
[
"Johnny Nash"
] |
[
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "7997953",
"text": "I Can See Clearly Now \"I Can See Clearly Now\" is a song originally recorded by Johnny Nash. It was a single from the album of the same name and achieved success in the United States and the United Kingdom when it was released in 1972, reaching number one on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100 chart. It was covered by many artists throughout the years, including a 1993 hit version by Jimmy Cliff, who re-recorded the song for the motion picture soundtrack of \"Cool Runnings,\" where it reached the top 20 at No. 18 on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100. After Nash",
"title": "I Can See Clearly Now"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "7997957",
"text": "the premiere episode of British Motoring show, \"The Grand Tour,\" causing the song to reach the number 1 position on the iTunes's Top 40 UK Rock Song chart in late 2016. I Can See Clearly Now \"I Can See Clearly Now\" is a song originally recorded by Johnny Nash. It was a single from the album of the same name and achieved success in the United States and the United Kingdom when it was released in 1972, reaching number one on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100 chart. It was covered by many artists throughout the years, including a 1993 hit version",
"title": "I Can See Clearly Now"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "7997955",
"text": "four weeks atop the adult contemporary chart. Reggae singer Jimmy Cliff recorded a cover of the song for the 1993 movie \"Cool Runnings.\" It was released as a single in 1993, reaching No. 18 on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100. It was Cliff's first single to make the Hot 100 in 25 years, and is his highest-charting single in the United States. The song reached number one in France, Iceland and New Zealand. The music video for this version was directed by Academy Award nominated film director, Scott Hamilton Kennedy. The song also appears in various other films, such as \"Grosse",
"title": "I Can See Clearly Now"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "7997954",
"text": "wrote and composed the original version, he recorded it in London with members of the Fabulous Five Inc., and produced it himself. Its arrangements and style are both heavily laced with reggae influences. Nash had collaborated with Bob Marley in the past, and his approach drew strongly from Marley's reggae style. After making modest chart advances for a month, the RIAA-certified gold single unexpectedly took only two weeks to vault from No. 20 to No. 5 to No. 1 on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100 on November 4, 1972, remaining atop this chart for four weeks, and also spent the same",
"title": "I Can See Clearly Now"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "10708985",
"text": "40 hit to date. The single also peaked at #96 on the Australian ARIA singles chart in September 1993. \"All tracks (Baker, McIlwaine) unless otherwise noted.\" US 7 track CD US 2 track CD US CD (promo only) UK CD #1 UK CD #2 UK 12\" UK 12\" (promo only) UK Cassette I Can See Clearly \"I Can See Clearly\" is a 1993 song by the American singer Debbie Harry, released as the first single from her fourth solo album \"Debravation\". After taking a brief hiatus from her solo music career, Harry released the track as the first single from",
"title": "I Can See Clearly"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "10623626",
"text": "Four Tops; \"Here We Go Again,\" popularised in 1967 by Ray Charles and re-popularized as a duet with Norah Jones upon the 2005 posthumous release of Charles' masterwork album, \"Genius Loves Company\", and; \"I Can See Clearly Now\", written and recorded by Johnny Nash, a song which spent November at the No. 1 spot of the \"Billboard\" Hot 100 in 1972. The single was released on three physical formats. CD1 features a brand new track, \"Dear Katie\", which was written by Blunt's long-time keyboardist Paul Beard. Beard also provides backing vocals for the song. CD2 includes a live version of",
"title": "1973 (song)"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "20413638",
"text": "and Rain\" by James Taylor, which came out at about the same time. \"Hallelujah\" (which was written by Leonard Cohen in 1984, but only became famous when John Cale covered it in 1991) has since been recognized as perhaps the quintessential secular hymn. Other songs that are sometimes mentioned as secular hymns include \"Many Rivers To Cross\" by Jimmy Cliff, \"I Can See Clearly Now\" by Johnny Nash, \"Joy to the World\" by Three Dog Night, \"Hey, Jude\" by the Beatles, \"Big Yellow Taxi\" by Joni Mitchell, \"No Woman, No Cry\" by Bob Marley, \"Going My Way\" by Bing Crosby,",
"title": "Secular hymn (genre)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "7997956",
"text": "Pointe Blank,\" \"The Break-up,\" \"Thelma & Louise,\" \"Antz,\" \"Deep Blue Sea,\" \"Envy,\" \"Hitch,\" \"Igor,\" \"Shrek 2's\" \"Far Far Away Idol,\" \"Viktor Vogel – Commercial Man,\" and \"Jennifer's Body,\" as well in a 2009 advertisement for Lipton in the Middle East and Russia. It is also briefly sung by Cheech in the movie \"Up in Smoke.\" It has also been covered by these artists: In November 2002, the song was featured prominently in \"The Freak,\" an episode of the NBC police drama television series \"Boomtown.\" In November 2016, a cover version of the song by the Hothouse Flowers was featured in",
"title": "I Can See Clearly Now"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "13368396",
"text": "Live in Las Vegas Vol. 2 Live In Las Vegas Vol. 2 is the second live album by American pop duo Sonny & Cher, released in 1974 by Kapp/MCA Records. It was released in 1974 and reached #175 on the \"Billboard\" album charts. This was their first double album. The album is largely a collection of cover songs including \"I Can See Clearly Now\" (originally by Johnny Nash) and \"Where You Lead\" (originally by Carole King). No singles were released from the album. The songs \"Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)\" and \"You Better Sit Down Kids\" were performed",
"title": "Live in Las Vegas Vol. 2"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "2402743",
"text": "Johnny Nash John Lester \"Johnny\" Nash, Jr. (born August 19, 1940) is an American reggae and pop music singer-songwriter, best known in the US for his 1972 hit, \"I Can See Clearly Now\". He was also one of the first non-Jamaican singers to record reggae music in Kingston, Jamaica. Born John Lester Nash, Jr. in Houston, Texas, he began as a pop singer in the 1950s. He released four albums for ABC-Paramount, with his self-named debut in 1958. Around 20 singles were released between 1958 & 1964 on a variety of labels such as Groove, Chess, Argo and Warners. He",
"title": "Johnny Nash"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "10708984",
"text": "I Can See Clearly \"I Can See Clearly\" is a 1993 song by the American singer Debbie Harry, released as the first single from her fourth solo album \"Debravation\". After taking a brief hiatus from her solo music career, Harry released the track as the first single from her fourth solo album \"Debravation\" in June 1993. The single brought her back the attention of US Dance Clubs and peaked at #2 on the Billboard Dance Chart. It was also a moderate success in the UK where it reached #23 in July 1993; though it became Harry's last solo UK Top",
"title": "I Can See Clearly"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "10541534",
"text": "a collection of cover songs which include songs like \"I Can See Clearly Now\" (originally by Johnny Nash), \"Brother Love's Traveling Salvation Show\" (Neil Diamond), and \"Listen to the Music\" (The Doobie Brothers). The only song written by Bono is the title track; it clocks in at over nine minutes on the album version, and was edited down to under four minutes for the single. Mama Was a Rock and Roll Singer, Papa Used to Write All Her Songs Mama Was a Rock and Roll Singer, Papa Used to Write All Her Songs is the fifth and final studio album",
"title": "Mama Was a Rock and Roll Singer, Papa Used to Write All Her Songs"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "3201090",
"text": "Book\", into a strikingly sultry and sinister song of seduction and death. Also recorded in this period was a reinterpretation of Elvis Costello's \"Alison.\" In 1993, the trio released \"Don't Smoke In Bed\", an album produced by David Was, which included a hit single cover version of \"I Can See Clearly Now\". According to the \"Canadian Encyclopedia\", \"The video for the song was put into heavy rotation on MuchMusic and earned a Juno Award nomination for Best Video. The album went platinum in Canada, reached No. 7 on the \"Billboard\" Contemporary Jazz chart, and won a Juno Award for Best",
"title": "Holly Cole"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "2402752",
"text": "in the crime drama \"Key Witness\". In 1971, he played Robert in the Swedish romance \"Vill så gärna tro\". Johnny Nash John Lester \"Johnny\" Nash, Jr. (born August 19, 1940) is an American reggae and pop music singer-songwriter, best known in the US for his 1972 hit, \"I Can See Clearly Now\". He was also one of the first non-Jamaican singers to record reggae music in Kingston, Jamaica. Born John Lester Nash, Jr. in Houston, Texas, he began as a pop singer in the 1950s. He released four albums for ABC-Paramount, with his self-named debut in 1958. Around 20 singles",
"title": "Johnny Nash"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "10629342",
"text": "Home (Hothouse Flowers album) Home is the second album by the Irish rock band Hothouse Flowers. Released in 1990 via London Records, it reached number 2 on the UK Albums Chart and spent 1 week at number 1 on the Australian charts. The band did an extended tour in Australia, and had built up a significant following there, which may have contributed to their success in the charts. Two singles from the album charted in the United Kingdom: \"Give It Up\" (#30) and \"I Can See Clearly Now\" (#23). \"Give It Up\" also charted in the United States (#2 Modern",
"title": "Home (Hothouse Flowers album)"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "5317059",
"text": "Paul McCartney bought Jamaican-imported singles, but this was not obvious in The Beatles' repertoire until \"Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da\" on the \"White Album\". There was a gentle reggae beat in some of his later solo singles, such as \"Another Day\" and \"Silly Love Songs\". He also named one of his Christmas song covers \"Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reggae\". Other pop hits include \"Sugar, Sugar\" by the Archies (number 1 in 1969) and \"I Can See Clearly Now\" by Johnny Nash (number 5 in 1972). Also in the mid-1970s, art rockers 10cc released a few reggae-styled singles, including \"Dreadlock Holiday\". Ska/reggae artist Judge Dread",
"title": "Caribbean music in the United Kingdom"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "344404",
"text": "reggae in the UK until bought by Saga records in 1974. Reggae's influence bubbled to the top of the U.S. \"Billboard\" Hot 100 charts in late 1972. First Three Dog Night hit #1 in September with a cover of the Maytones' version of \"Black and White\". Then Johnny Nash was at #1 for four weeks in November with \"I Can See Clearly Now\". Paul Simon's single \"Mother And Child Reunion\" - a track which he recorded in Kingston, Jamaica with Jimmy Cliff's backing group - was ranked by Billboard as the No. 57 song of 1972. In 1973, the film",
"title": "Reggae"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "13368397",
"text": "by Bono; both were written by Bono and performed by Cher in the late 60's. Cher also sings \"Gypsies, Tramps And Thieves\" as a solo. Live in Las Vegas Vol. 2 Live In Las Vegas Vol. 2 is the second live album by American pop duo Sonny & Cher, released in 1974 by Kapp/MCA Records. It was released in 1974 and reached #175 on the \"Billboard\" album charts. This was their first double album. The album is largely a collection of cover songs including \"I Can See Clearly Now\" (originally by Johnny Nash) and \"Where You Lead\" (originally by Carole",
"title": "Live in Las Vegas Vol. 2"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "2027851",
"text": "Falke remixes. In April 2008, Young again appeared at Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club with the Vanguard Big Band. Young is to perform at various festivals during mid-2008, including Glastonbury, T in the Park in Scotland and Bestival on the Isle of Wight. On 24 August 2008, Young appeared at the Olympic Party which took place in the Mall, London. He performed his latest single Changes and I Can See Clearly Now, which was originally sung by Johnny Nash. On an interview with Digital Spy, Will Young revealed that he was working on a Dance-Pop album, which might be released in",
"title": "Will Young"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "1505869",
"text": "Cat Stevens's \"Wild World\" and Johnny Nash's \"I Can See Clearly Now\" from the film \"Cool Runnings\". He starred in the film \"The Harder They Come\", which helped popularize reggae across the world, and \"Club Paradise\". Cliff was one of five performers inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2010. Jimmy Cliff was born in Somerton District, Saint James, Jamaica. He began writing songs while still at primary school in St. James, listening to a neighbour's sound system. In 1962 his father took him to Kingston to go to Kingston Technical school, where he ended up sharing",
"title": "Jimmy Cliff"
}
] |
Johnny Nash
|
who was the rfc editor until 1998 just provide the family name
|
[
"Postel"
] |
[
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "345126",
"text": "along with other network information. From 1969 until 1998, Jon Postel served as the RFC editor. On his death in 1998, his obituary was published as RFC 2468. Following the expiration of the original ARPANET contract with the U.S. federal government, the Internet Society, acting on behalf of the IETF, contracted with the Networking Division of the University of Southern California (USC) Information Sciences Institute (ISI) to assume the editorship and publishing responsibilities under the direction of the IAB. Sandy Ginoza joined USC/ISI in 1999 to work on RFC editing, and Alice Hagens in 2005. Bob Braden took over the",
"title": "Request for Comments"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "210558",
"text": "Domain Name System (DNS). After Postel’s death in 1998, Reynolds helped supervise the transition of the IANA functions to the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers. She worked with ICANN in this role until 2001, while remaining an employee of ISI. From 1987 to 2006, she served on the editorial team of the Request for Comments series, co-leading the RFC Editor function at the ISI from 1998 until 2006. As Area Director of the User Services area, she was a member of the Internet Engineering Steering Group of the IETF from 1990 to March 1998. With Bob Braden, she",
"title": "Joyce K. Reynolds"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "1353019",
"text": "(NIC). The NIC was based in Doug Engelbart's lab, the Augmentation Research Center, at the Stanford Research Institute (now SRI International) in Menlo Park, California. In 1972, Elizabeth J. Feinler, better known as Jake, became principal investigator of the project. The Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) assigned the numbers, while the NIC published them to the rest of the network. Jon Postel fulfilled the role of manager of IANA, in addition to his role as the RFC Editor, until his death in 1998. The NIC provided reference service to users (initially over the phone and by physical mail), maintained and",
"title": "InterNIC"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "173037",
"text": "California. ISI's Jonathan Postel managed the IANA, served as RFC Editor and performed other key roles until his premature death in 1998. As the early ARPANET grew, hosts were referred to by names, and a HOSTS.TXT file would be distributed from SRI International to each host on the network. As the network grew, this became cumbersome. A technical solution came in the form of the Domain Name System, created by ISI's Paul Mockapetris in 1983. The Defense Data Network—Network Information Center (DDN-NIC) at SRI handled all registration services, including the top-level domains (TLDs) of .mil, .gov, .edu, .org, .net, .com",
"title": "History of the Internet"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "6454655",
"text": "days of the network until his death during 1998, Jon Postel oversaw address allocation and other Internet protocol numbering and assignments in his capacity as Director of the Computer Networks Division at the Information Sciences Institute of the University of Southern California, under a contract from the Department of Defense. This function eventually became known as the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA), and as it expanded to include management of the global Domain Name System (DNS) root servers, a small organization grew. Postel also served as RFC Editor. Allocation of IP addresses was delegated to five Regional Internet Registries (RIRs):",
"title": "Internet governance"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "210549",
"text": "Jon Postel Jonathan Bruce Postel (; August 6, 1943 – October 16, 1998) was an American computer scientist who made many significant contributions to the development of the Internet, particularly with respect to standards. He is known principally for being the Editor of the Request for Comment (RFC) document series, for Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP), and for administering the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) until his death. In his lifetime he was known as the \"god of the Internet\" for his comprehensive influence on the medium. The Internet Society's Postel Award is named in his honor, as is the",
"title": "Jon Postel"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "2884152",
"text": "since 1972. In 1992, NSI was the sole bidder on a grant from the National Science Foundation to further develop the domain name registration service for the Internet. In 1993, NSI was granted an exclusive contract by the National Science Foundation (NSF) to be the sole domain name registrar for .com (commerce), .net (network) and .org (organization) Top Level Domain (TLD) names, a continuation of work NSI had already been doing. NSI also maintained the central database of assigned names called WHOIS. A contract was given to Boeing to operate the .mil registry, and was also performed by NSI under",
"title": "Network Solutions"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "199291",
"text": "of TCP/IP, DNS and the SMTP protocol that supports email. He also edited the RFC for nearly three decades until his sudden death in 1998, when ISI colleagues assumed responsibility. The Institute retained that role until 2009. Postel simultaneously directed the Internet Assigned Number Authority (IANA) and its predecessor, which assign Internet addresses. IANA was administered from ISI until a nonprofit organization, ICANN, was created for that purpose in 1998. Cohen was the first entity to implement, Voice Over Internet Protocol (Voice over IP or VOIP). Some of the first Net security applications, and one of the world's first portable",
"title": "Information Sciences Institute"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "19148217",
"text": "Ryan, and Richard Schodde served as regional chairs. David B. Donsker was taxonomic editor. Twenty-eight committee members worked to formulate the rules and apply them to the task: Per Alström, Mark Beaman, Aldo Berutti, Clive Barlow, David Bishop, Murray Bruce, Paul Coopmans, W. Richard J. Dean, Brian Gill, Simon Harrap, Steven Hilty, Steve N. G. Howell, Tim Inskipp, Michael Irwin, Kenn Kaufman, G. Stuart Keith, Ben King, David Parkin, Christopher Perrins, H. Douglas Pratt, Nigel Redman, Peter G. Ryan, Robert S. Ridgley, Phillip Round, Stephen M. Russell, Richard Schodde, Donald Turner, and Harrison B. Tordoff. The committee members received abundant",
"title": "Birds of the World: Recommended English Names"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "210556",
"text": "should be conservative in its sending behavior, and liberal in its receiving behavior\" (reworded in RFC 1122 as \"Be liberal in what you accept, and conservative in what you send\"). Jon Postel Jonathan Bruce Postel (; August 6, 1943 – October 16, 1998) was an American computer scientist who made many significant contributions to the development of the Internet, particularly with respect to standards. He is known principally for being the Editor of the Request for Comment (RFC) document series, for Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP), and for administering the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) until his death. In his",
"title": "Jon Postel"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "7421142",
"text": "Press Awards, 1988) and Editor of the Year (Newspaper Industry Awards, 1993). He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. He married Aparna Bagchi in 1979; the couple divorced in 1992. He lives in Highbury, London, with his second wife, Lindy Sharpe. They have two grown-up children and spend a part of every year on the Isle of Bute in the Firth of Clyde. Jack's mother was born in Kirkcaldy and brought up in Hill of Beath and his father was born in Dunfermline. His paternal grandfather was from Glasgow, his paternal grandmother born in India and they",
"title": "Ian Jack"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "173047",
"text": "under the general supervision of the IAB, focus on longer term research issues. Request for Comments (RFCs) are the main documentation for the work of the IAB, IESG, IETF, and IRTF. RFC 1, \"Host Software\", was written by Steve Crocker at UCLA in April 1969, well before the IETF was created. Originally they were technical memos documenting aspects of ARPANET development and were edited by Jon Postel, the first RFC Editor. RFCs cover a wide range of information from proposed standards, draft standards, full standards, best practices, experimental protocols, history, and other informational topics. RFCs can be written by individuals",
"title": "History of the Internet"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "200559",
"text": "of the global Internet community; and to develop policies appropriate to its mission through bottom-up, consensus-based processes. ICANN's creation was announced publicly on September 17, 1998 ,and it formally came into being on September 30, 1998, incorporated in the U.S. state of California. Originally headquartered in Marina del Rey in the same building as the University of Southern California's Information Sciences Institute (ISI)], its offices are now in the Playa Vista neighborhood of Los Angeles. Before the establishment of ICANN, the IANA function of administering registries of Internet protocol identifiers (including the distributing top-level domains and IP addresses) was performed",
"title": "ICANN"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "868784",
"text": "Olson et al.\" decision caused the shutdown of the FTP server which had previously been the primary source of the database. IANA was established informally as a reference to various technical functions for the ARPANET, that Jon Postel and Joyce K. Reynolds performed at the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) and at the University of Southern California's Information Sciences Institute. On March 26, 1972, Vint Cerf and Jon Postel at UCLA called for establishing a socket number catalog in RFC 322. Network administrators were asked to submit a note or place a phone call, \"describing the function and",
"title": "Internet Assigned Numbers Authority"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "173041",
"text": "with the IANA, the IETF, RIPE NCC, APNIC, and the Federal Networking Council (FNC), the decision was made to separate the management of domain names from the management of IP numbers. Following the examples of RIPE NCC and APNIC, it was recommended that management of IP address space then administered by the InterNIC should be under the control of those that use it, specifically the ISPs, end-user organizations, corporate entities, universities, and individuals. As a result, the American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN) was established as in December 1997, as an independent, not-for-profit corporation by direction of the National Science",
"title": "History of the Internet"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "2997567",
"text": "administrator was Jon Postel of the Information Sciences Institute (ISI) at the University of Southern California (USC). He administered .us under a subcontract that the ISI and USC had from SRI International (which held the .us and the gTLD contract with the United States Department of Defense) and later Network Solutions (which held the .us and the gTLD contract with the National Science Foundation). Postel and his colleague Ann Westine Cooper codified the .us ccTLD's policies in December 1992 as RFC 1386 and revised them the following June in RFC 1480. Registrants could only register third-level domains or higher in",
"title": ".us"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "8238435",
"text": "Colin Matthew Henry Colin Gray Matthew (15 January 1941 – 29 October 1999) was a British historian and academic. He was an editor of the \"Oxford Dictionary of National Biography\" and editor of the diaries of William Ewart Gladstone. Matthew was born in Inverness on 15 January 1941. He was educated at Edinburgh Academy and later at the English public school, Sedbergh. He proceeded to Christ Church in the University of Oxford in 1960 to read modern history. He graduated Bachelor of Arts (BA) in 1963. In 1963, Matthew moved to work as a teacher in what is now Tanzania",
"title": "Colin Matthew"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "868789",
"text": "the Information Sciences Institute. This contract expired in April 1997, but was extended to preserve IANA. On December 24, 1998, USC entered into a transition agreement with the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers ICANN, transferring the IANA project to ICANN, effective January 1, 1999, thus making IANA an operating unit of ICANN. In June 1999, at its Oslo meeting, IETF signed an agreement with ICANN concerning the tasks that IANA would perform for the IETF; this is published as RFC 2860. On February 8, 2000, the Department of Commerce entered into an agreement with ICANN for ICANN to",
"title": "Internet Assigned Numbers Authority"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "868795",
"text": "multi-lateral management for the Internet, rather than broader multi-stakeholder management. A month later, the Panel On Global Internet Cooperation and Governance Mechanisms (convened by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) and the World Economic Forum (WEF) with assistance from The Annenberg Foundation), supported and included the NetMundial statement in its own report. IANA was managed by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) under contract with the United States Department of Commerce (DOC) and pursuant to an agreement with the IETF from 1998 to 2016. The Department of Commerce also provided an ongoing oversight function,",
"title": "Internet Assigned Numbers Authority"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "6162594",
"text": "Len Cook Leonard Warren Cook CBE (born 13 April 1949) is a professional statistician who was Government Statistician of New Zealand from 1992 to 2000 and National Statistician and Director of the Office for National Statistics, United Kingdom, and Registrar General for England and Wales from 2000 to 2005. He also served as Families Commissioner in New Zealand from 2015 to 2018. Cook was born in Dunedin, New Zealand, in 1949 and was educated at Bayfield High School, Dunedin and the University of Otago where he did a BA (Hons) in Maths and Stats. He attended Henley Management Centre in",
"title": "Len Cook"
}
] |
Postel
|
what is the number 1 sport in the usa
|
[
"American football"
] |
[
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "5571947",
"text": "Sports in the United States Sports in the United States are an important part of American culture. American football is the most popular sport in the United States followed by basketball, baseball, and soccer. Tennis, golf, hockey, wrestling, auto racing, arena football, field lacrosse, box lacrosse and volleyball are also popular sports in the country. Based on revenue, the four major professional sports leagues in the United States are Major League Baseball (MLB), the National Basketball Association (NBA), the National Football League (NFL), and the National Hockey League (NHL). The market for professional sports in the United States is roughly",
"title": "Sports in the United States"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "13688571",
"text": "is played by over 250 million players in over 200 nations, and has the highest television audience in sport, making it the most popular in the world, American football, with 1.1 million high school football players and nearly 70,000 college football players, is the most popular sport in the United States, with the annual Super Bowl game accounting for nine of the top ten of the most watched broadcasts in U.S. television history. Australian rules football has the highest spectator attendance of all sports in Australia. Similarly, Gaelic football is the most popular sport in Ireland in terms of match",
"title": "Football"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "6683650",
"text": "annually since January 1944. American football is by several measures the most popular spectator sport; the National Football League (NFL) has the highest average attendance of any sports league in the world, and the Super Bowl is watched by millions globally. Baseball has been regarded as the U.S. national sport since the late 19th century, with Major League Baseball (MLB) being the top league. Basketball and ice hockey are the country's next two leading professional team sports, with the top leagues being the National Basketball Association (NBA) and the National Hockey League (NHL). These four major sports, when played professionally,",
"title": "United States"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "5572042",
"text": "have a national TV contract that pays rights fees. Sports in the United States Sports in the United States are an important part of American culture. American football is the most popular sport in the United States followed by basketball, baseball, and soccer. Tennis, golf, hockey, wrestling, auto racing, arena football, field lacrosse, box lacrosse and volleyball are also popular sports in the country. Based on revenue, the four major professional sports leagues in the United States are Major League Baseball (MLB), the National Basketball Association (NBA), the National Football League (NFL), and the National Hockey League (NHL). The market",
"title": "Sports in the United States"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "12112103",
"text": "American football in the United States American football is the most popular sport in the United States. The National Football League has the highest average attendance of any sports league in the world. In the United States the game is most often referred to as simply \"football\". There is no single national governing body for American football in the United States or a continental governing body for North America. There is an international governing body, the International Federation of American Football, or IFAF. Befitting its status as a popular sport, football is played in leagues of different size, age and",
"title": "American football in the United States"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "5572038",
"text": "(52 million) and camping (47 million). The most popular competitive sport (and fifth most popular recreational sport) is bowling (43 million). Other most popular sports are fishing (35 million), bicycling (37 million), weightlifting (33 million), aerobics (30 million), and hiking (28 million). According to a January 2018 Poll by Gallup, 37% of Americans consider American football their favorite spectator sport, while 11% prefer basketball, 9% baseball, and 7% soccer. There is some variation by viewer demographics. Men, show a stronger preference for football than women, conservatives a stronger preference than liberals, and those over 35 a stronger preference than those",
"title": "Sports in the United States"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "19341688",
"text": "League Baseball (MLB) being the top league, while American football is now by several measures the most popular spectator sport, with the National Football League (NFL) having the highest average attendance of any sports league in the world and a Super Bowl watched by millions globally. Basketball and ice hockey are the country's next two leading professional team sports, with the top leagues being the National Basketball Association (NBA) and the National Hockey League (NHL). These four major sports, when played professionally, each occupy a season at different, but overlapping, times of the year. College football and basketball attract large",
"title": "History of sports in the United States"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "12363136",
"text": "\"Baseball is still called the national pastime, but football is by far the more popular sport in American society\", according to ESPN.com's Sean McAdam. In a 2014 poll conducted by Harris Interactive, professional football ranked as the most popular sport, and college football ranked third behind only professional football and baseball; 46% of participants ranked some form of the game as their favorite sport. Professional football has ranked as the most popular sport in the poll since 1985, when it surpassed baseball for the first time. Professional football is most popular among those who live in the eastern United States",
"title": "American football"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "12363074",
"text": "closely related to Canadian football, which evolved parallel and contemporary to the American game, and most of the features that distinguish American football from rugby and soccer are also present in Canadian football. American football as a whole is the most popular sport in the United States. The most popular forms of the game are professional and college football, with the other major levels being high school and youth football. , nearly 1.1 million high school athletes and 70,000 college athletes play the sport in the United States annually, almost all of them men, with a few exceptions. The National",
"title": "American football"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "5571973",
"text": "is eclipsed by more popular martial arts like karate and taekwondo. Swimming is a major competitive sport at high school and college level, but receives little mainstream media attention outside of the Olympics. Surfing in the United States and watersports are popular in the U.S. in coastal areas. California and Hawaii are the most popular locations for surfing. The Association of Surfing Professionals was founded in 1983. The most popular team sports in the United States are American football, baseball/softball, basketball, ice hockey, and soccer (association football). All five of these team sports are popular with fans, are widely watched",
"title": "Sports in the United States"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "12112120",
"text": "world championship. The IFAF also fields an U-19 team composed of high school football players that has participated in the 2009, 2012, 2014 and 2016 junior world championships. The national U-19 team won the 2009 and 2014 contests but lost the 2012 contest to Canada. American football in the United States American football is the most popular sport in the United States. The National Football League has the highest average attendance of any sports league in the world. In the United States the game is most often referred to as simply \"football\". There is no single national governing body for",
"title": "American football in the United States"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "17692148",
"text": "Grumman, thanks to a new sponsorship deal with the major defense contractor. Comparisons between the National Football League and NCAA football The National Football League (NFL) and the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) are respectively the most popular professional and amateur football organizations in the United States. The National Football League was founded in 1920 and has since become the largest and most popular sport in the United States. The NFL has the highest average attendance of any sporting league in the world, with an average attendance of 66,960 persons per game during the 2011 NFL season. The NFL championship",
"title": "Comparisons between the National Football League and NCAA football"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "17692112",
"text": "Comparisons between the National Football League and NCAA football The National Football League (NFL) and the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) are respectively the most popular professional and amateur football organizations in the United States. The National Football League was founded in 1920 and has since become the largest and most popular sport in the United States. The NFL has the highest average attendance of any sporting league in the world, with an average attendance of 66,960 persons per game during the 2011 NFL season. The NFL championship game, the Super Bowl, is among the biggest events in club sports",
"title": "Comparisons between the National Football League and NCAA football"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "5571985",
"text": "those Americans citing their favorite sport, basketball is ranked second (counting amateur levels) behind American football. However, in regards to money the NBA is ranked third in popularity. More Americans play basketball than any other team sport, according to the National Sporting Goods Association, with over 26 million Americans playing basketball. Basketball was invented in 1891 by Canadian physical education teacher James Naismith in Springfield, Massachusetts. The National Basketball Association (NBA) is the world's premier men's professional basketball league and one of the major professional sports leagues of North America. It contains 30 teams (29 teams in the U.S. and",
"title": "Sports in the United States"
},
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"has_answer": false,
"id": "5571948",
"text": "$69 billion, roughly 50% larger than that of all of Europe, the Middle East, and Africa combined. All four enjoy wide-ranging domestic media coverage and are considered the preeminent leagues in their respective sports in the world, although American football does not have a substantial following in other nations. Three of those leagues have teams that represent Canadian cities, and all four are the most financially lucrative sports leagues of their sport. Major League Soccer (MLS), which also includes teams based in Canada, is sometimes included in a \"top five\" of leagues. Professional teams in all major sports in the",
"title": "Sports in the United States"
},
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"has_answer": false,
"id": "5571972",
"text": "20th century. It is also stated that, between the two companies, an estimated 16 million viewers tuned in every week. Following the conclusion of the Wars and WCW's subsumption into WWF to become the modern WWE, professional wrestling's audience has diminished; however, it still pulls in some of cable television's highest weekly ratings. WWE remains the dominant professional wrestling company in the U.S.; it does not hold a monopoly, as numerous smaller federations have existed, two current examples including Impact Wrestling (formerly known as TNA) and Ring of Honor (ROH). Judo in the United States is not very popular and",
"title": "Sports in the United States"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "5572039",
"text": "under 35. In all groups, however, football is still the most popular. Basketball and soccer are more popular among liberals than conservatives. Though baseball has historically been called the \"national pastime\", American football has considerably grown in popularity with the advent of television over the last several decades. Most debates about \"America's most popular sport\" tend to center on the degree of Americans' identification with either of these two games; the question is a difficult one to resolve. Advocates of baseball point to the overwhelming number of baseball tickets sold annually in the United States and Canada, compared to NFL",
"title": "Sports in the United States"
},
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"has_answer": true,
"id": "12373032",
"text": "U.S., Major League Baseball teams play almost every day. The Major League Baseball regular season consists of each of the 30 teams playing 162 games from April to September. The season ends with the postseason and World Series in October. American football, known in the United States as simply \"football,\" now attracts more television viewers than any other sport and is considered to be the most popular sport in the United States. The 32-team National Football League (NFL) is the most popular professional American football league. The National Football League differs from the other three major pro sports leagues in",
"title": "Culture of the United States"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "5571998",
"text": "Jersey Devils, respectively). At the international level, the United States women's national ice hockey team is one of the two predominant international women's teams in the world, alongside its longtime rival Team Canada. Soccer has been increasing in popularity in the United States in recent years. Soccer is played by over 13 million people in the U.S., making it the third-most played sport in the U.S., more widely played than ice hockey and American football. Most NCAA Division I colleges field both a men's and women's varsity soccer team, and those that field only one team almost invariably field a",
"title": "Sports in the United States"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "12373036",
"text": "national teams are competitive internationally. A twenty-team professional league, Major League Soccer, plays from March to October, but its television audience and overall popularity lag behind other American professional sports. Boxing and horse racing were once the most watched individual sports, but they have been eclipsed by golf and auto racing, particularly NASCAR. Other popular sports are tennis, softball, rodeo, swimming, water polo, fencing, shooting sports, hunting, volleyball, skiing, snowboarding, skateboarding, Ultimate, Disc golf, cycling, MMA, roller derby, wrestling, weightlifting and rugby. Relative to other parts of the world, the United States is unusually competitive in women's sports, a fact",
"title": "Culture of the United States"
}
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American football
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when was the flight of the bumblebee written
|
[
"in 1899–1900"
] |
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"has_answer": true,
"id": "3194985",
"text": "Flight of the Bumblebee \"Flight of the Bumblebee\" is an orchestral interlude written by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov for his opera \"The Tale of Tsar Saltan\", composed in 1899–1900. Its composition is intended to musically evoke the seemingly chaotic and rapidly changing flying pattern of a bumblebee. Despite the piece's being a rather incidental part of the opera, it is today one of the more familiar classical works because of its frequent use in popular culture. The piece closes Act III, Tableau 1, during which the magic Swan-Bird changes Prince Gvidon Saltanovich (the Tsar's son) into an insect so that he can",
"title": "Flight of the Bumblebee"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "3194991",
"text": "David Helfgott. Flight of the Bumblebee \"Flight of the Bumblebee\" is an orchestral interlude written by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov for his opera \"The Tale of Tsar Saltan\", composed in 1899–1900. Its composition is intended to musically evoke the seemingly chaotic and rapidly changing flying pattern of a bumblebee. Despite the piece's being a rather incidental part of the opera, it is today one of the more familiar classical works because of its frequent use in popular culture. The piece closes Act III, Tableau 1, during which the magic Swan-Bird changes Prince Gvidon Saltanovich (the Tsar's son) into an insect so that",
"title": "Flight of the Bumblebee"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "1614990",
"text": "viscosity at the scale of small insects meant even their small wings can move a very large volume of air relative to their size, and this reduces the power required to sustain flight by an order of magnitude. The orchestral interlude \"Flight of the Bumblebee\" was composed (c. 1900) by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. It represents the turning of Prince Guidon into a bumblebee so he can fly away to visit his father, Tsar Saltan, in the opera \"The Tale of Tsar Saltan\", although the music may reflect the flight of a bluebottle rather than a bumblebee. The music inspired Walt Disney",
"title": "Bumblebee"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "3194990",
"text": "perform. Often in popular culture, it is thought of as being notoriously hard to play. In the \"Tsar Saltan\" suite, the short version is commonly played, taking less than two minutes. In the Opera version, the three-minute fifty-five-second version is performed. Although the original orchestral version assigns portions of the sixteenth-note runs to various instruments in tandem, in the century since its composition the piece has become a standard showcase for solo instrumental virtuosity, whether on the original violin or on practically any other melodic instrument. Sergei Rachmaninov's transcription for piano features in the film \"Shine\" and is interpreted by",
"title": "Flight of the Bumblebee"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "19430301",
"text": "for the fastest performance of the \"Flight of the Bumblebee\" at the \"Just For Laughs\" festival in Montreal on 22 July 2011, playing the piece in 53 seconds. The song has a direct connection to martial arts master Bruce Lee, who starred on the radio program Green Hornet. \"Flight\" was the show's theme music, blended with a hornet buzz created on a Theremin. The play upon which the opera was based – written by Alexander Pushkin – originally had two more insect themes: the Flight of the Mosquito and the Flight of the Fly. Neither was made into musical pieces.",
"title": "Insects in music"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "822806",
"text": "variety of orchestral effects than in his instrumental works and fine vocal writing. Excerpts and suites from them have proved as popular in the West as the purely orchestral works. The best-known of these excerpts is probably \"Flight of the Bumblebee\" from \"The Tale of Tsar Saltan (Rimsky-Korsakov),\" which has often been heard by itself in orchestral programs, and in countless arrangements and transcriptions, most famously in a piano version made by Russian composer Sergei Rachmaninoff. Other selections familiar to listeners in the West are \"Dance of the Tumblers\" from \"The Snow Maiden\", \"Procession of the Nobles\" from \"Mlada\", and",
"title": "Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "3194986",
"text": "fly away to visit his father (who does not know that he is alive). Although in the opera the Swan-Bird sings during the first part of the \"Flight\", her vocal line is melodically uninvolved and easily omitted; this feature, combined with the fact that the number decisively closes the scene, made easy extraction as an orchestral concerto piece possible. Here is the text of the scene where the Swan-Bird sings during this music: Although the \"Flight\" does not have a title in the score of the opera, its common English title translates like the Russian one (\"Полёт шмеля\" = \"Polyot",
"title": "Flight of the Bumblebee"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "3194989",
"text": "original poem, upon which this opera is based, will note that Gvidon is supposed to go on three separate trips to Saltan's kingdom, each of which requires a transformation into a different insect. \"Flight of the Bumblebee\" is recognizable for its frantic pace when played up to tempo, with nearly uninterrupted runs of chromatic sixteenth notes. It is not so much the pitch or range of the notes that are played that challenges the musician, but simply the musician's ability to move to them quickly enough. Because of this and its complexity, it requires a great deal of skill to",
"title": "Flight of the Bumblebee"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "1614991",
"text": "to feature a bumblebee in his 1940 animated musical \"Fantasia\" and have it sound as if it were flying in all parts of the theater. This early attempt at \"surround sound\" was unsuccessful, and the music was excluded from the film's release. In 1599, during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, someone, possibly Tailboys Dymoke, published \"Caltha Poetarum: Or The Bumble Bee\", under the pseudonym \"T. Cutwode\". This was one of nine books censored under the Bishop's Ban issued by the Archbishop of Canterbury John Whitgift and the Bishop of London Richard Bancroft. Emily Dickinson made a bumblebee the subject",
"title": "Bumblebee"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "5796073",
"text": "for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 55th Academy Awards. Many sequences from the film were used in the 1997 documentary \"A Frozen Dream\" (\"En frusen dröm\"), also directed by Troell. The early drafts for a script were written in 1977, and the same year a team consisting of Jan Troell, the producer Bengt Forslund, the original writer of the novel Per Olof Sundman and a few other people went to Spitsbergen for location scouting. Troell was at the time in the post-production process of his film \"Bang!\", and when \"Bang!\" was selected for the 1977",
"title": "Flight of the Eagle"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "1614987",
"text": "to achieve flight with the degree of wing loading necessary. The origin of this claim has been difficult to pin down with any certainty. John H. McMasters recounted an anecdote about an unnamed Swiss aerodynamicist at a dinner party who performed some rough calculations and concluded, presumably in jest, that according to the equations, bumblebees cannot fly. In later years, McMasters backed away from this origin, suggesting there could be multiple sources, and the earliest he has found was a reference in the 1934 book \"\" by French entomologist Antoine Magnan (1881–1938); they had applied the equations of air resistance",
"title": "Bumblebee"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "16847939",
"text": "Tsar of Saltan\". The piece is one of the most recognizable pieces in classical composition. The bumblebee in the story is a prince who has been transformed into an insect so that he can fly off to visit his father. The play upon which the opera was based – written by Alexandr Pushkin – originally had two more insect themes: the Flight of the Mosquito and the Flight of the Fly. The Hungarian composer Béla Bartók explained in his diary that he was attempting to depict the desperate attempts to escape of a fly caught in a cobweb in his",
"title": "Human interactions with insects"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "2567936",
"text": "and \"The Front Page\" (1974). His compositions for television include \"Somewhere in the Night\", the theme for \"Naked City\" (1960), and his jazzy arrangement of \"Flight of the Bumblebee\" for \"The Green Hornet\" (1966) with trumpet by Al Hirt. He composed the Batgirl theme for \"Batman\" (1966). He and Nelson Riddle wrote music for episodes of \"Naked City\" (1960), \"Batman\" (1966), \"The Green Hornet\" (1966), \"Emergency!\" (1972), and \"CHiPs\" (1977). May also arranged and produced the song \"River of No Return\" for Tennessee Ernie Ford for the 1954 film of the same name starring Marilyn Monroe and Robert Mitchum. Billy",
"title": "Billy May"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "19430299",
"text": "song by the Dave Matthews Band. The song features the themes of the monotony of everyday life being like ants marching endlessly to and fro. Both the theme and the music of the song are beloved by fans, being played over 1,000 times live in concert. Dave Matthews himself once declared, \"This song is our anthem.\" The Irish folk singer Sinéad Lohan included the song \"Bee In The Bottle\" on her 1995 album \"Who Do You Think I Am\". Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov wrote \"Flight of the Bumblebee\" as an orchestral interlude for his opera \"The Tale of Tsar Saltan\", composed in",
"title": "Insects in music"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "13901202",
"text": "Ritual Fire Dance Danza ritual del fuego () is a movement of the ballet \"El amor brujo\" (The Bewitched Love), written by the Spanish composer Manuel de Falla in 1915. It was made popular by the composer's own piano arrangement. The dance has a duration of about three to four and a half minutes. The work can be associated to 1910 Rimsky-Korsakov's \"Flight of the Bumblebee\" due to its fast, repetitive trills and ornaments. The piece was also influenced by the traditional, religious ceremony of a fire dance. This is a dance which was used to worship the fire-god, and",
"title": "Ritual Fire Dance"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "19430297",
"text": "Insects in music Insect names have appeared in music from Rimsky-Korsakov's \"Flight of the Bumblebee\" to such popular songs as \"Blue-tailed Fly\" and the folk song \"La Cucaracha\" which is about a cockroach. Insect groups mentioned include bees, ants, flies and the various singing insects such as cicadas, crickets, and beetles, while other songs refer to \"bugs\" in general. Insects including bees, cicadas, crickets and grasshoppers produce sounds, whether by flying or by stridulation, attracting human interest. Insect sounds have accordingly been the inspiration for a variety of forms of music. Among Western composers, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov imitates the quick buzzing",
"title": "Insects in music"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "18947826",
"text": "The Flight of the Horse The Flight of the Horse is a collection of science fiction and fantasy stories by Larry Niven, first published in paperback by Ballantine Books in September 1973, and reprinted in January 1974, January 1975, December 1976, December 1977, November 1978, January 1981, December 1982, and October 1985. The first British edition was published by Orbit Books in June 1975 and reprinted in 1979, 1982, August 1986, 1988, and March 1999. The book has also been translated into Italian. Most of the pieces were originally published between 1969 and 1972 in the magazines \"The Magazine of",
"title": "The Flight of the Horse"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "16847938",
"text": "expedition. Horror films involving insects, sometimes called \"big bug movies\", include the pioneering 1954 \"Them!\", featuring giant ants mutated by radiation, and the 1957 \"The Deadly Mantis\". \"The Far Side\", a newspaper cartoon, has been used by professor of Michael Burgett as a teaching tool in his entomology class; \"The Far Side\" and its author Gary Larson have been acknowledged by biologist Dale H. Clayton his colleague for \"the enormous contribution\" Larson has made to their field through his cartoons. The \"Flight of the Bumblebee\" was written by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, in 1899–1900, as part of his opera, \"The Tale of",
"title": "Human interactions with insects"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "15230226",
"text": "this was changed to: The radio show used Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov's \"Flight of the Bumblebee\" as its theme music, blended with a hornet buzz created on a theremin. Other famous classical works used as incidental music for the series included Hector Berlioz's \"Symphonie fantastique\". Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's \"Pathetique Symphony\" and \"Francesca di Rimini\", Rimsky-Korsakov's \"Scheherazade\", Ludwig van Beethoven's \"Pastoral Symphony\", Paul Dukas' \"The Sorcerer's Apprentice\", Antonín Dvořák's \"\"From the New World\" Symphony\". Modest Mussorgsky's \"Night on Bald Mountain\", Gustav Holst's \"Mars, the Bringer of War\" from \"The Planets\", the \"Overture\" to Richard Wagner's \"The Flying Dutchman\"; \"The Infernal Dance of King",
"title": "The Green Hornet (radio series)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "12546014",
"text": "of \"Child in Time\" was worked out at these sessions. \"Flight of the Rat\" evolved during rehearsals from a humorous re-arrangement of \"Flight of the Bumble Bee\" by Glover. Though \"In Rock\" was this lineup's first studio album, two other MkII recordings preceded it: the Greenaway-Cook penned single \"Hallelujah\" and the ambitious \"Concerto for Group and Orchestra\", a Jon Lord composition that was recorded live on 24 September 1969 by the band with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. \"In Rock\" was recorded at IBC Studios in London, with the first sessions in October, 1969. Recording was spaced out between gigs, which",
"title": "Deep Purple in Rock"
}
] |
in 1899–1900
|
who plays cullen bohannon in hell on wheels
|
[
"Anson Adams Mount IV"
] |
[
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "6416637",
"text": "couple currently resides in Brooklyn, New York with their dogs, Jax and Betty Lou. Anson Mount Anson Adams Mount IV (born February 25, 1973) is an American actor. He portrayed the fictional character Cullen Bohannon in the AMC western drama series \"Hell on Wheels\". He was also cast in the role of Jim Steele on the short-lived NBC series \"Conviction\" and appeared in the film \"Tully\" (2000). In 2017, he portrayed the Marvel Comics superhero Black Bolt in \"Marvel's Inhumans\". On April 9, 2018, it was announced that Mount will have a recurring role as Captain Christopher Pike of the",
"title": "Anson Mount"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "6416635",
"text": "Anson Mount Anson Adams Mount IV (born February 25, 1973) is an American actor. He portrayed the fictional character Cullen Bohannon in the AMC western drama series \"Hell on Wheels\". He was also cast in the role of Jim Steele on the short-lived NBC series \"Conviction\" and appeared in the film \"Tully\" (2000). In 2017, he portrayed the Marvel Comics superhero Black Bolt in \"Marvel's Inhumans\". On April 9, 2018, it was announced that Mount will have a recurring role as Captain Christopher Pike of the USS \"Enterprise\" in season 2 of \"\". Mount was born in Mount Prospect, Illinois",
"title": "Anson Mount"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "14918886",
"text": "show\" and series producer/writer/director John Shiban would take over. Following the departure of Shiban, the renewal was put on hold until a replacement could be found. On December 12, 2012, AMC announced that John Wirth, a writer for \"\", will be the new showrunner, starting with the show's third season. Casting announcements began in July 2010, with Common first to be cast. Common portrays Elam Ferguson, \"an emancipated slave who is working to achieve true freedom in a world entrenched in prejudice\". Next to join the series were Anson Mount and Dominique McElligott, with Mount playing Cullen Bohannon, \"a former",
"title": "Hell on Wheels (TV series)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "16071855",
"text": "Hell on Wheels (Hell on Wheels episode) \"Hell on Wheels\" or \"Pilot\" is the pilot and first episode of the first season of American television drama series of the same name, which premiered November 6, 2011, on AMC in the United States and on TCM in the UK. The episode was written by developers Tony Gayton and Joe Gayton, and directed by David Von Ancken. The pilot introduces the series' protagonist, Cullen Bohannon (Anson Mount), a former Confederate soldier whose quest for vengeance has led him to the Union Pacific Railroad's westward construction of the first transcontinental railroad. The pilot",
"title": "Hell on Wheels (Hell on Wheels episode)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "18026940",
"text": "Siobhan Williams from the third season, due to Williams' scheduling conflicts with her role on \"Black Box\". Jake Weber joined the cast in April 2014, originally as a character named Harlan Fell, which was changed preseason to John Campbell. In May 2014, Jonathan Scarfe was cast as recurring character Sydney Snow, who introduced himself as Cullen Bohannon's old war friend. In 2015, the series won the Western Heritage Award for Outstanding Fictional Drama. <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> Hell on Wheels (season 4) The fourth season of the AMC television series \"Hell on Wheels\" premiered on August 2, 2014 and comprised 13 episodes. This",
"title": "Hell on Wheels (season 4)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "16877778",
"text": "Hell on Wheels (season 3) The third season of the AMC television series \"Hell on Wheels\" aired from August 10 through October 5, 2013, and consists of 10 episodes. The season follows Cullen Bohannon as he abandons seeking revenge for the deaths in his family in order to continue to drive the westward expansion of Union Pacific Railroad, while battling Thomas \"Doc\" Durant for control. The third season features ten series regulars. Kasha Kropinski and Dohn Norwood are promoted from recurring status, and Jennifer Ferrin is added to the main cast. On October 29, 2012, AMC renewed \"Hell On Wheels\"",
"title": "Hell on Wheels (season 3)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "14918875",
"text": "12, 2012, AMC announced that writer John Wirth would take over as showrunner for the third season. Season one (2011–12) began in 1865, shortly after the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, season two (2012) covered 1866, seasons three (2013) and four (2014) opened in 1867, season five (2015–16) carries the series into 1869. On November 7, 2014, \"Hell on Wheels\" was renewed for a fifth and final season comprising 14 episodes, split between 2015 and 2016. In 1865, former Confederate soldier Cullen Bohannon (Anson Mount) journeys to the Union Pacific Railroad's westward construction of the First Transcontinental Railroad, seeking both work",
"title": "Hell on Wheels (TV series)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "14918873",
"text": "Hell on Wheels (TV series) Hell on Wheels is an American Western television series about the construction of the First Transcontinental Railroad across the United States. The series, which featured Anson Mount, Colm Meaney, Common, and Dominique McElligott, chronicled the Union Pacific Railroad and its laborers, mercenaries, prostitutes, surveyors, and others who lived, worked, and died in the mobile encampment, called \"Hell on Wheels\", that followed the railhead west across the Great Plains. In particular, the story focused on Cullen Bohannon (Mount), a former Confederate soldier who, while working as foreman and chief engineer on the railroad, initially attempted to",
"title": "Hell on Wheels (TV series)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "16196030",
"text": "Hell on Wheels (season 1) The first season of the AMC western-drama television series \"Hell on Wheels\" premiered on November 6, 2011 and concluded on January 15, 2012, comprising 10 episodes. The series was created and produced by Joe and Tony Gayton, who wrote four episodes. They also served as the series' showrunners. The series' executive producers include the Gaytons, Jeremy Gold, John Shiban, and David Von Ancken. The season follows Cullen Bohannon, a former Confederate soldier who works as a foreman on the railroad as he tries to track down the Union soldiers who murdered his wife. His quest",
"title": "Hell on Wheels (season 1)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "16710799",
"text": "Hell on Wheels (season 2) The second season of the AMC western-drama television series \"Hell on Wheels\" premiered on August 12, 2012 and concluded on October 7, 2012. The series was created and produced by Joe and Tony Gayton who wrote and co-wrote two episodes. They also serve as the show's showrunners. In addition to the Gaytons, Jeremy Gold, John Shiban, and David Von Ancken also serve as series executive producers. The season follows Cullen Bohannon, who joined a group of Rebel bandits robbing trains and planning to start a new Confederate colony in Mexico. While attacking Thomas Durant's payroll",
"title": "Hell on Wheels (season 2)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "18400142",
"text": "Hell on Wheels (season 5) The fifth and final season of the AMC television series \"Hell on Wheels\" premiered on July 18, 2015 and comprised 14 episodes. The season was evenly split; the first half aired in late 2015, and the second half aired in mid-2016. This season, set in California and Laramie, Wyoming, focused on the race to complete America's First Transcontinental Railroad, as Cullen Bohannon switched from working with the Union Pacific to the Central Pacific Railroad, upon the CP developer's promise to help find Cullen's family. The fifth season features 13 series regulars; with Tim Guinee, Byron",
"title": "Hell on Wheels (season 5)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "9620862",
"text": "become further enshrined by an eponymous TV series, \"Hell on Wheels\". In the series, the character of Cullen Bohannon is loosely modeled on Casement's life and career. List of Union Pacific railroad civil engineers (1863–1869) Sources: John S. Casement John Stephen \"Jack\" Casement (January 19, 1829 – December 13, 1909) was a general and brigade commander in the Union Army during the American Civil War and a noted railroad contractor. He directed the construction of the Union Pacific's section of the Transcontinental Railroad, which linked the Western United States with the East. John S. Casement was born in Geneva, New",
"title": "John S. Casement"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "18891175",
"text": "Aryan Brotherhood\". Mount signed on for the role while taking a break from starring as Cullen Bohannon in \"Hell on Wheels\", a western television series. The casting of Derek Luke, Lela Rochon, and Evan Ross was announced the same day. Taylor couldn't achieve the \"look [he] wanted\" with an \"HD camera\", so he shot the movie on 16 mm film instead. Reportedly expensive, Taylor had to consult \"all of the producers\" beforehand, and although he didn't \"have enough money\" to use 16 mm film as much as he wanted, he did have enough to shoot \"one or two takes\" of",
"title": "Supremacy (film)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "16071857",
"text": "Lincoln. A young Union soldier (Tom Carey) enters a church in Washington, D.C. to confess his sins. Shortly after he begins, the priest asks the soldier about Meridian. The soldier, confused, asks the priest how he knows about Meridian and is then shot dead by the priest, who exits the confessional to reveal that he is not a priest, but Cullen Bohannon (Anson Mount), a former Confederate soldier. Meanwhile, Thomas \"Doc\" Durant gives an inspiring speech about building the Transcontinental Railroad to a group of prominent Americans, including Senator Jordan Crane (James D. Hopkin). Afterward, Durant reveals to Crane that,",
"title": "Hell on Wheels (Hell on Wheels episode)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "17485743",
"text": "Eminent Domain (Hell on Wheels) \"Eminent Domain\" is the second episode of the third season of the American television drama series \"Hell on Wheels\", which aired on August 10, 2013 on AMC. The twenty-second episode of the series is written by showrunner John Wirth and directed by Adam Davidson. In the episode, the railroad progress is interrupted by a family of Mormons in its path. When a family member kills Dick Barlow (Matthew Glave), the railroad's chief engineer, Cullen Bohannon (Anson Mount) seeks justice. Louise Ellison (Jennifer Ferrin), a \"New-York Tribune\" reporter, arrives in town to witness it all. Cullen",
"title": "Eminent Domain (Hell on Wheels)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "16711450",
"text": "Durant, Nebraska \"Durant, Nebraska\" is the second episode of the second season of the American television drama series \"Hell on Wheels\", which aired on August 19, 2012 on AMC. The twelfth episode of the series is written by John Shiban, and directed by Adam Davidson. In the episode, Thomas Durant (Colm Meaney) takes some men to a ransacked town of his namesake, where he learns the Sioux Nation has declared war on him. Cullen Bohannon (Anson Mount) is freed from the Union Army prison by an unlikely ally. Lily Bell (Dominique McElligott) promises Eva (Robin McLeavy) justice in the prostitute's",
"title": "Durant, Nebraska"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "17485753",
"text": "the show seems to be more directly about railroads than it ever was in the first two seasons.\" Eminent Domain (Hell on Wheels) \"Eminent Domain\" is the second episode of the third season of the American television drama series \"Hell on Wheels\", which aired on August 10, 2013 on AMC. The twenty-second episode of the series is written by showrunner John Wirth and directed by Adam Davidson. In the episode, the railroad progress is interrupted by a family of Mormons in its path. When a family member kills Dick Barlow (Matthew Glave), the railroad's chief engineer, Cullen Bohannon (Anson Mount)",
"title": "Eminent Domain (Hell on Wheels)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "16877780",
"text": "Civil War, and the rehabilitation of the men who lived and fought their way through those exploits.\" He added, \"This season we're placing Cullen Bohannon at the center of the show, and taking him away from the revenge motive which propelled him into the series.\" Filming of the third season was suspended on June 20, part way through the sixth episode, as the location was part of the mandatory evacuation area due to the flooding in southern Alberta. Originally producers had announced a two-day shut down, when only the road to the location was under water. Later on June 21,",
"title": "Hell on Wheels (season 3)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "17502525",
"text": "Range War (Hell on Wheels) \"Range War\" is the third episode of the third season of the American television drama series \"Hell on Wheels\", which aired on August 17, 2013 on AMC. The twenty-third episode of the series is co-written by Mark Richard and Reed Steiner and directed by Dennie Gordon. In the episode, when his railroad crew is attacked, Cullen Bohannon (Anson Mount) first suspects the natives but learns Thomas Durant (Colm Meaney) might be behind it. Declan Toole (Damian O'Hare) arrives in town to claim Eva (Robin McLeavy) and her baby to honor his brother's memory and Irish",
"title": "Range War (Hell on Wheels)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "16710920",
"text": "Viva la Mexico \"Viva La Mexico\" is the season premiere of the second season of the American television drama series \"Hell on Wheels\", which aired on August 12, 2012 on AMC. The eleventh episode of the series is written by Tony Gayton and Joe Gayton, and directed by David Von Ancken. In the episode, on the run for his crimes, Cullen Bohannon (Anson Mount) robs trains with a group of ex-Confederate soldiers, while Lily Bell (Dominique McElligott) and Thomas Durant (Colm Meaney) continue the Union Pacific Railroad's westward progress. A band of masked robbers hijacks Thomas Durant's payroll train, though",
"title": "Viva la Mexico"
}
] |
Anson Adams Mount IV
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when does the new pokemon movie come out
|
[
"July 15, 2017"
] |
[
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "19895843",
"text": "was released in Japan on July 15, 2017. The Pokémon Company International and Fathom Events released the film on a limited theatrical run in the rest of the world on November 5, 2017, and this was followed by television airings on Disney XD in the United States on November 25, 2017, on CITV in the UK on December 8, 2017, 9Go! in Australia on December 10, 2017 and on Gulli in France on December 25, 2017. Ash Ketchum wakes up late one morning after having broken his alarm clock in his sleep. He eventually makes it to Professor Oak's lab,",
"title": "Pokémon the Movie: I Choose You!"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "19469328",
"text": "Pokémon the Movie: Volcanion and the Mechanical Marvel It was released in Japan on July 16, 2016. It was scheduled for release in some North American and European territories later that year. The movie premiered in the US on Disney XD on December 5, 2016. The movie premiered in the UK on CITV on November 19, 2016. The movie was released on DVD in the United States on March 21, 2017. The movie was released on DVD and Blu-Ray in the UK on May 15, 2017. Aboard an airship, Levi and Cherie, a man and woman from the Azoth Kingdom,",
"title": "Pokémon the Movie: Volcanion and the Mechanical Marvel"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "19469319",
"text": "Pokémon the Movie: Volcanion and the Mechanical Marvel It was released in Japan on July 16, 2016. It was scheduled for release in some North American and European territories later that year. The movie premiered in the US on Disney XD on December 5, 2016. The movie premiered in the UK on CITV on November 19, 2016. The movie was released on DVD in the United States on March 21, 2017. The movie was released on DVD and Blu-Ray in the UK on May 15, 2017. Aboard an airship, Levi and Cherie, a man and woman from the Azoth Kingdom,",
"title": "Pokémon the Movie: Volcanion and the Mechanical Marvel"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "19895842",
"text": "Pokémon the Movie: I Choose You! Pokémon the Movie: I Choose You! is a 2017 Japanese animated adventure film directed by Kunihiko Yuyama, written by Shōji Yonemura, and produced by OLM. Released as the twentieth \"Pokémon\" movie, the first film in the \"Sun and Moon\" generation and the first reboot film in the anime film series. It sets up an alternate continuity to the main series and acts as a loose retelling of the original \"Kanto League\" saga of the series/show, released to commemorate the anime's twentieth anniversary. It premiered at Japan Expo in France on July 6, 2017 and",
"title": "Pokémon the Movie: I Choose You!"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "20601398",
"text": "song titled \"Breath\". Anime News Network founder, Justin Sevakis, said in an Answerman post about music changes in dubs that a source close to the production of the English adaptation confirmed that the score will not be replaced, as it did for the past few years. The movie premiered in Japanese theaters on July 13, 2018, received a limited release in the United Kingdom, Ireland, United States, and Canada starting on November 24, 2018 to December 1, 2018 plus additional screening on December 3, 2018 in United States by Fathom Events and will be released in Australia and New Zealand",
"title": "Pokémon the Movie: The Power of Us"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "20601403",
"text": "Stands at 6.8/10. The Film premiered on July 13, 2018 in 364 theaters in Japan and opened at #2 at the Japanese box office weekend, though film earned 3.1% less than the opening weekend of last year's . According to polls conducted by Pia Cinemas, the Pokémon Film has hit the mark in Japan. The new movie led the pack this weekend at the box office with a reported 92.8% rating from audience. Pokémon the Movie: The Power of Us, the 21st film in the Pokémon franchise, fell from #3 to #4 in its fourth weekend. The film earned 180,860,400",
"title": "Pokémon the Movie: The Power of Us"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "18466608",
"text": "Japan on April 4, 2017, the U.S. on April 24, 2018, the UK on April 30, 2018, and Australia on August 15, 2018. The fifth film, , was released in Japan on September 30, 2017 and North America on May 10, 2018. It was released on region-free DVD and Blu-ray in Japan on November 2, 2017, the U.S. at Anime Expo on July 5, 2018 through July 8, 2018, ahead of a general release on August 7, 2018, the UK on July 30, 2018, and Australia on November 1, 2018. The last film, , was released in Japan on May",
"title": "Digimon Adventure tri."
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "19895855",
"text": "the film is not a direct remake, it diverts itself from the original season that it is based on, and features an original story. Two days before the film's release, Yoshitoshi Shinomiya, who draw background art for \"Kara no Kyoukai: Mirai Fukuin\" and \"\" released a new poster for the film. With the film confirmed to be initially released at the French Japan Expo 2017, Western fans requested for the film to be released in theaters in the United States. This was eventually confirmed to be released by Fathom Events as a limited release across November 4 and 5, 2017.",
"title": "Pokémon the Movie: I Choose You!"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "20601383",
"text": "Pokémon the Movie: The Power of Us Pokémon the Movie: The Power of Us is a 2018 Japanese anime adventure film produced by OLM and Wit Studio. It is the 21st \"Pokémon\" movie released, and the second film in the rebooted anime film series. It is the sequel to \"\", existing in a continuity separate from the TV show. It is directed by Tetsuo Yajima and written by both Eiji Umehara (\"Grimoire of Zero\") and Aya Takaha with character designs done by Shizue Kaneko (\"If Her Flag Breaks\"). It was released in Japan on July 13, 2018. The Pokémon Company",
"title": "Pokémon the Movie: The Power of Us"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "19895857",
"text": "the ending is titled by Asuca Hayashi. Ed Goldfarb, the composer for the North American adaptations of the anime beginning with \"Pokémon: XY\", along with frequent collaborators Akhil Gopal and Kc Daugirdas, composed a new background score for the film's North American release. The movie premiered at Japan Expo in France on July 6, 2017, and officially released in Japanese theaters on July 15, 2017. Advanced pre-orders the movie tickets across limited time periods (from September 19 to October 30, 2017) allowed moviegoers to receive a serial code to obtain one of the six special Pikachu in \"Pokémon Sun\" and",
"title": "Pokémon the Movie: I Choose You!"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "18466607",
"text": "November 6, 2017, and Australia on February 21, 2018. The third film, , was released in Japan on September 24, 2016, North America on July 1, 2017, and Germany and Austria on August 13, 2017. It was released on region-free DVD and Blu-ray in Japan on November 2, 2016, Germany on October 30, 2017, the U.S. on December 5, 2017, the UK on December 18, 2017, and Australia on March 7, 2018. The fourth film, , was released in Japan on February 25, 2017 and North America on February 1, 2018. It was released on region-free DVD and Blu-ray in",
"title": "Digimon Adventure tri."
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "18466606",
"text": "7, 2017. The second film, , was released in Japan on March 12, 2016 as well as Germany and Austria on July 2, 2017. It was released on region-free DVD and Blu-ray in Japan on April 2, 2016, the U.S. at Anime Expo from July 1, 2017 through July 4, 2017 as well as San Diego Comic-Con from July 19, 2017 through July 23, 2017, ahead of a general release on August 15, 2017, Germany on October 9, 2017, the UK at MCM London Comic Con from October 27, 2017 through October 29, 2017, ahead of a general release on",
"title": "Digimon Adventure tri."
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "20601407",
"text": "this film may be a remake of Mewtwo Strikes Back. By the time this one hits theaters it will have been over 20 years since the debut of Pokémon: The First Movie: Mewtwo Strikes Back, a feature that originally opened in Japan on July 18, 1998 and special homage to Mewtwo. Pokémon the Movie: The Power of Us Pokémon the Movie: The Power of Us is a 2018 Japanese anime adventure film produced by OLM and Wit Studio. It is the 21st \"Pokémon\" movie released, and the second film in the rebooted anime film series. It is the sequel to",
"title": "Pokémon the Movie: The Power of Us"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "19895854",
"text": "be important to the film's storyline. A second trailer for the film was revealed at the March 1 broadcast of Oha Suta, revealing remade scenes from the first episode and its official English title. It was then posted on the official YouTube page the next day. Later on, the film's second official trailer, which also featured a new version of the original Japanese opening theme, \"Mesaze Pokémon Master\", was previewed on April 7, 2017. The next day, the producers announced that the current last Pokémon in the Pokédex, Marshadow, would debut in the film alongside several other brand-new characters. As",
"title": "Pokémon the Movie: I Choose You!"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "20061881",
"text": "Fireworks (2017 film) The film was released in Japan on August 18, 2017, and received mixed reviews from critics, who praised the film for its music and animation, but criticized the narrative and characterization. The film has grossed $26 million worldwide, becoming the seventh highest-grossing anime film of 2017 and Shaft's highest-grossing film. Internationally, it was released in cinemas on October 5, 2017 in Australia and New Zealand by Madman Films, and on November 15, 2017 in the United Kingdom and Ireland by Anime Limited. It was released theatrically on July 4, 2018 in the United States and Canada by",
"title": "Fireworks (2017 film)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "19895862",
"text": "for having a stronger narrative than the other movies in the franchise, but often criticized on Sorrel and Verity's personalities, calling them \"more like bystanders of someone else's story, and the attempts at creating backstories for them aren't built up at all\". A second film in the alternate continuity, titled \"\", was animated by OLM and Wit Studio, and was released in theaters in Japan on July 13, 2018. Pokémon the Movie: I Choose You! Pokémon the Movie: I Choose You! is a 2017 Japanese animated adventure film directed by Kunihiko Yuyama, written by Shōji Yonemura, and produced by OLM.",
"title": "Pokémon the Movie: I Choose You!"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "20601406",
"text": "Amazon UK is listing a Collectors Blu-ray and a DVD release of Pokémon the Movie: The Power of Us, to be released on February 11, 2019. The distributor is listed as Manga Entertainment. The film is titled \"Mewtwo Strikes Back EVOLUTION\" as it is part of Toho 2019 Lineup Presentation and will launch in Japanese cinemas on July 12th, 2019. Pokemon fan site Serebii reported that the movie going to be directed by Kunihiko Yuyama and Motonori Sakakibara and Takeshi Shundo, who passed away almost a decade ago, is being given credit for writing the screenplay, due to possibility that",
"title": "Pokémon the Movie: The Power of Us"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "19895856",
"text": "In Australia, the film was also confirmed to be released by Event Cinemas across November 11 and 12, 2017. Some fans also requested that voice actress Veronica Taylor should reprise her role as the English voice of Ash Ketchum for the film, but it was later confirmed that the current set of voice actors would stay on. The title of the film is also a reference to the first episode of the anime, \"Pokémon, I Choose You!\". Regular series composer Shinji Miyazaki wrote the film's score for its original release. The film's opening song is titled by Rica Matsumoto while",
"title": "Pokémon the Movie: I Choose You!"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "18466615",
"text": "2016 through October 6, 2016. On January 17, 2017, Shout! Factory announced that they acquired broadcast and home media distribution rights for the first 3 films and plan for a dual-language release on DVD, Blu-ray, and EST. \"Confession\" premiered at an Anime Expo screening on July 1, 2017. On October 26, 2017, Shout! Factory confirmed the release of the remaining films in 2018: \"Loss\" premiered on February 1, \"Coexistence\" on May 10, and \"Future\" on September 20. \"Reunion\" was televised January 2, 2018 on Starz Kids & Family and is available for streaming via Starz on Demand. The English dubbed",
"title": "Digimon Adventure tri."
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "20549328",
"text": "Mark Wahlberg and Hugh Jackman. When the film's Japanese release was announced on November 29, 2018, Ryoma Takeuchi was confirmed to voice Tim Goodman in the Japanese dub. Principal production began on January 15, 2018, in London, England and Denver, Colorado. Nine days later, Legendary announced that principal photography had officially begun with much of the filming taking place in the U.S. state of Colorado and England. The press release revealed that Alex Hirsch was not involved with the final draft of the script and that Nicole Perlman and Rob Letterman were the only ones credited. Much of the on",
"title": "Pokémon: Detective Pikachu"
}
] |
July 15, 2017
|
how many oar athletes are in the olympics
|
[
"168"
] |
[
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "20605924",
"text": "only have eighteen athletes, and a maximum of ten men or ten women. With the addition of slopestyle and half-pipe in the Sochi Olympics in 2014 the quotas were increased to 282 total athletes, 26 per country, and 14 per gender. This resulted in countries having to limit their participation, despite having eligible athletes. For example, Canada could have sent 33 participants based on international ranking, however they were limited to 26 quota spots. For the 2018 Winter Olympics, the number of athletes participating remained the same, but the number of quota spots increased to a maximum of thirty per",
"title": "Olympic quota allocation system"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "3705078",
"text": "the OAR (Olympic Athletes from Russia) designation. The official sanctions imposed by the IOC included: the exclusion of Russian government officials from the Games; the use of the Olympic flag and Olympic Anthem in place of the Russian flag and anthem; and the submission of a replacement logo for the OAR uniforms. By early January 2018, the IOC had banned 43 Russian athletes from competing in the 2018 Winter Olympics and all future Olympic Games (as part of the Oswald Commission). Of those athletes, 42 appealed against their bans to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) and 28 of",
"title": "2018 Winter Olympics"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "17505121",
"text": "Maria Sotskova Maria Romanovna Sotskova (pron. \"SOT-skoh-vah\"; ; born 12 April 2000) is a Russian figure skater. She is the 2017 Grand Prix Final silver medalist, a winner of three ISU Challenger Series events, and a two-time Russian national medalist (silver in 2018, bronze in 2017). She represented OAR (Olympic Athletes from Russia) at the 2018 Winter Olympics. Earlier in her career, she won gold at the 2013 Junior Grand Prix Final, silver at the 2016 Youth Olympics, and silver at the 2016 World Junior Championships. Maria Romanovna Sotskova was born on 12 April 2000 in Reutov, Moscow Oblast, Russia.",
"title": "Maria Sotskova"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "3705057",
"text": "men's and ladies' mass start speed skating, and mixed team alpine skiing. \"Numbers in parentheses indicate the number of medal events contested in each separate discipline.\" A total of 92 teams qualified at least one athlete to compete in the Games. The number of athletes who qualified per country is listed in the table below (number of athletes shown in parentheses). Six nations made their Winter Olympics debut: Ecuador, Eritrea, Kosovo, Malaysia, Nigeria and Singapore. Athletes from three further countries – the Cayman Islands, Dominica and Peru – qualified to compete, but all three National Olympic Committees returned the quota",
"title": "2018 Winter Olympics"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "19691987",
"text": "2017 the IOC proposed an alternative logo for the OAR athletes' uniforms (shown on right). IOC President Thomas Bach said that \"after following due process [the IOC] has issued proportional sanctions for this systematic manipulation while protecting the clean athletes\". As of January 2018, the IOC had sanctioned 43 Russian athletes from the 2014 Winter Olympics and banned them from competing in the 2018 edition and all other future Olympic Games as part of the Oswald Commission. All but one of these athletes appealed against their bans to CAS. The court overturned the sanctions on 28 athletes, meaning that their",
"title": "Olympic Athletes from Russia at the 2018 Winter Olympics"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "19718586",
"text": "enter a maximum of 26 athletes, with a maximum of 14 men or 14 women. Each event had its own maximum number of quota spots, however slopestyle and big air were calculated jointly per nation. The following was the competition schedule for all ten events. Sessions that included the event finals are shown in bold. A total of 248 athletes from 30 nations (including the IOC's designation of Olympic Athletes from Russia) were scheduled to participate (the numbers of athletes are shown in parentheses). Snowboarding at the 2018 Winter Olympics Snowboarding at the 2018 Winter Olympics was held at the",
"title": "Snowboarding at the 2018 Winter Olympics"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "19692003",
"text": "the International Olympic Committee (IOC). According to the ISU Special Olympic Qualification Rankings, Russia has qualified 5 men and 5 women. However, only 7 athletes (3 men and 4 women) received an invitation from the IOC. Based on the world rankings, Russia qualified 5 sleds. However, only 2 athletes (2 men) received an invitation from the IOC. Russia earned the following quotas at the conclusion of the four World Cup's used for qualification. Olympic Athletes from Russia at the 2018 Winter Olympics Olympic Athlete from Russia (OAR) is the International Olympic Committee's (IOC) designation of select Russian athletes permitted to",
"title": "Olympic Athletes from Russia at the 2018 Winter Olympics"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "19718562",
"text": "twenty-two athletes could be entered by a National Olympic Committee, with a maximum of fourteen men or fourteen women. A total of sixteen countries also qualified for the inaugural team event. There were two qualification standards for the games: an A standard and a B standard. A total of 322 athletes from 80 nations (including the IOC's designation of Olympic Athletes from Russia) were scheduled to participate (the numbers of athletes are shown in parentheses). Alpine skiing at the 2018 Winter Olympics Alpine skiing at the 2018 Winter Olympics was held from 12 to 24 February at Yongpyong Alpine Centre",
"title": "Alpine skiing at the 2018 Winter Olympics"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "20605925",
"text": "country. Snowboarding has a similar quota program to freestyle skiing, with 26 spots available per country. For the 2018 Winter Olympics the only country to fill all of its quota spots was the United States. For the 2018 Winter Olympics, a maximum of 170 athletes could compete, and a maximum of three teams per event, with the host nation allotted at least one space. Olympic quota allocation system The Olympic quota allocation system is a program designed to limit the number of athletes participating, and prevent a small number of countries from dominating the field of an Olympic event. Initially",
"title": "Olympic quota allocation system"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "6574018",
"text": "Olympic Council of Asia The Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) is a governing body of sports in Asia, currently with 45 member National Olympic Committees. The current president is Sheikh Fahad Al-Sabah. The oldest NOCs are from Japan and the Philippines, recognized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in 1911; whereas East Timor is the newest, joining in 2003. The headquarters of the OCA is located at Kuwait City. In 1948, during the 2nd London Summer Olympics, Asian National Olympic Committees (NOCs) decided to organize the Asian Games. The following year the Asian Games Federation was organized leading to the",
"title": "Olympic Council of Asia"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "3117851",
"text": "bowling), but part of the demonstration sports at Seoul in 1988, has been a regular medal sport of the Pan American Games since 1991. Summer Olympic sports are divided into categories based on popularity, gauged by: television viewing figures (40%), Internet popularity (20%), public surveys (15%), ticket requests (10%), press coverage (10%), and number of national federations (5%). The category determines the share the sport's International Federation receives of Olympic revenue. The current categories, as of 2013, are as follows, with the pre-2013 categorizations also being available. Category A represents the most popular sports; category E lists either the sports",
"title": "Olympic sports"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "298759",
"text": "each holding that honour twice. The most recent Winter Games were held in Pyeongchang in 2018, South Korea's first Winter Olympics and second Olympics overall (including the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul). Olympic Games The modern Olympic Games or Olympics () are leading international sporting events featuring summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games are considered the world's foremost sports competition with more than 200 nations participating. The Olympic Games are held every four years, with the Summer and Winter Games alternating by occurring",
"title": "Olympic Games"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "9267504",
"text": "Nigeria at the Olympics Nigeria first participated in the Olympic Games in 1952, and has sent athletes to compete in every Summer Olympic Games since then, except for the boycotted 1976 Summer Olympics. The nation participated in the Winter Olympic Games in 2018, having qualified female athletes in bobsleigh and skeleton. Nigerian athletes have won a total of 24 medals, mostly in athletics and boxing. The national football team won the gold medal in 1996. In 2008, following the International Olympic Committee's decision to strip the American 4 × 400 metre relay team of their medals after Antonio Pettigrew confessed",
"title": "Nigeria at the Olympics"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "20035571",
"text": "Ireland at the 2018 Winter Olympics Ireland competed at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, from 9 to 25 February 2018. Five athletes represented the country in four sports. OCI Chief Executive Stephen Martin was chef de mission. The following is the list of number of competitors participating in the delegation per sport. Ireland qualified two alpine skiers, one male and one female. Thomas Hjalmar Westgård, whose mother is from Dunmore, County Galway and who represented Ireland at the 2017 FIS Nordic World Championships, competed for Ireland in 2018. Seamus O'Connor competed at the 2014 games in the",
"title": "Ireland at the 2018 Winter Olympics"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "298718",
"text": "with the CAHA. In 1976, the IIHF agreed to allow \"open competition\" between all players in the World Championships. However, NHL players were still not allowed to play in the Olympics until 1988, because of the IOC's amateur-only policy. Greece, Australia, France, and United Kingdom are the only countries to be represented at every Olympic Games since their inception in 1896. While countries sometimes miss an Olympics due to a lack of qualified athletes, some choose to boycott a celebration of the Games for various reasons. The Olympic Council of Ireland boycotted the 1936 Berlin Games, because the IOC insisted",
"title": "Olympic Games"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "18591051",
"text": "into the Olympic tournament. Brandon Stone (world no. 92), Jaco van Zyl (world no. 67), Paula Reto (world no. 122) and Ashleigh Simon (world no. 214) qualified directly among the top 60 eligible players for their respective individual events based on the IGF World Rankings as of 11 July 2016. Former major winners Louis Oosthuizen and Charl Schwartzel, ranked twelfth and twentieth in the men's world rankings respectively, announced in April 2016 that they would not compete in Rio. South Africa has entered one artistic gymnast into the Olympic competition for the first time since 2004. Ryan Patterson had claimed",
"title": "South Africa at the 2016 Summer Olympics"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "3620028",
"text": "songs and finish them and record them and put it out. We’re not going to go through the process of a year of demoing … We want to go in and write a band album.” The band saw a resurgence in recognition during the 2018 Winter Olympics, when Russian athletes—banned from competing under their country's banner and name due to a doping scandal—were referred to as Olympic Athletes from Russia, or OAR.Since the Olympics started broadcasting, the band saw a 46% increase in Spotify streaming and the google searches have also almost doubled. In 2018, O.A.R. returned to the studio",
"title": "O.A.R."
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "19692029",
"text": "by Shaun White. The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport or discipline. <nowiki>*</nowiki>The United States qualified for 12 positions in curling, but two athletes are competing in both the 4-person and mixed doubles tournament Jacqueline Wiles was initially named to the team but withdrew after suffering knee and leg injuries in a February 3 World Cup race, the quota spot was filled by Tricia Mangan. Steven Nyman was initially named to the team but withdrew after tearing his right ACL during a training run, the quota spot was filled by Alice Merryweather.",
"title": "United States at the 2018 Winter Olympics"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "16899827",
"text": "is the competition schedule for all ten events. A total of 252 quota spots were available to athletes to compete at the games. A maximum of 24 athletes could be entered by a National Olympic Committee, with a maximum of 14 men or 14 women. The five different events had different quota amounts allocated to them. Countries are allowed to enter the same athlete into more than one event, further reducing the amount of athletes competing. 243 athletes from 31 nations participated, with number of athletes in parentheses. Croatia, Kazakhstan and Serbia made their Olympic debuts in the sport. Snowboarding",
"title": "Snowboarding at the 2014 Winter Olympics"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "20035565",
"text": "Austria at the 2018 Winter Olympics Austria competed at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, from 9 to 25 February 2018, with 105 competitors in 12 sports. They won 14 medals in total: five gold, three silver and six bronze; ranking 10th in the medal table. On 22 January 2018, alpine skier Anna Veith was named as the country's flag bearer during the opening ceremony. During the announcement it was also announced the Austrian team would be composed of 105 athletes (65 men and 40 women) competing in 12 sports. The following is the list of number of",
"title": "Austria at the 2018 Winter Olympics"
}
] |
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where is the honda classic played this year
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[
"Palm Beach Gardens, Florida"
] |
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{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "4721874",
"text": "at the Weston Hills Golf & Country Club in Weston. It then returned to Coral Springs, first at the TPC at Eagle Trace in 1996 and then at the TPC at Heron Bay from 1997 to 2002. In 2003, the event moved to Palm Beach Gardens, first at the Country Club at Mirasol through 2006, then began its current run at PGA National Golf Club's Champion Course in 2007. Since 2007, the tournament's main beneficiary is the Nicklaus Children's Health Care Foundation, chaired by Barbara Nicklaus, wife of golf legend Jack Nicklaus. IMG bought the tournament's management company in 2013.",
"title": "The Honda Classic"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "4721872",
"text": "The Honda Classic The Honda Classic is a professional golf tournament on the PGA Tour in south Florida. It was founded in 1972 as Jackie Gleason's Inverrary Classic, and is usually the first of the Florida events in late winter following the \"West Coast Swing.\" National Airlines was the sponsor in 1973 with Gleason and American Motors Corporation (AMC) backed it in 1981. Since 1982, American Honda Motor Company (Honda) has been the title sponsor. Its predecessor, the National Airlines Open Invitational, ran for just three seasons (1969–71); all at the Country Club of Miami in Hialeah in late March.",
"title": "The Honda Classic"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "4721875",
"text": "Some celebrated players have won this tournament, including Nicklaus in 1977 and 1978, the only consecutive winner in its history. However, the tournament had acquired a reputation for struggling to attract the top players as it moved from course to course in South Florida. Since 2007, The Honda Classic has seen a vastly improved player field, largely due to the decision to make PGA National the tournament's permanent home. The prize money is comparable to other PGA Tour events outside of the \"big nine\" (the majors, the World Golf Championships individual events, The Players Championship, and The Tour Championship). The",
"title": "The Honda Classic"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "4721876",
"text": "total purse was in 2017, with a top prize of $1.152 million (this can be contrasted to the total purse in 1981 of $300,000 (the equivalent of only $ in dollars). The original winner's share of $52,000 in 1972 made it one of the richest stops on tour, greater than for any of the four majors; it was more than double that of the Masters, which had a first prize of $25,000 in 1972. <nowiki>*</nowiki>Weather-shortened to 54 holes<br> \"Note: Green highlight indicates scoring records.\"<br> Four men have won the tournament more than once. ^ Nicklaus also won the 1976 Tournament",
"title": "The Honda Classic"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "4721877",
"text": "Players Championship at Inverrary, which displaced the event. The Honda Classic The Honda Classic is a professional golf tournament on the PGA Tour in south Florida. It was founded in 1972 as Jackie Gleason's Inverrary Classic, and is usually the first of the Florida events in late winter following the \"West Coast Swing.\" National Airlines was the sponsor in 1973 with Gleason and American Motors Corporation (AMC) backed it in 1981. Since 1982, American Honda Motor Company (Honda) has been the title sponsor. Its predecessor, the National Airlines Open Invitational, ran for just three seasons (1969–71); all at the Country",
"title": "The Honda Classic"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "20244569",
"text": "4:44 Tour The 4:44 Tour was a concert tour by Jay-Z, in support of his thirteenth studio album \"\" (2017). The tour began in Anaheim at the Honda Center on October 27, 2017, and concluded on December 21, 2017, in Inglewood at The Forum. Vic Mensa was the opening act for the whole tour. Jay Z's North American run of his 4:44 Tour grossed $48,698,354 over the course of 32 dates. 426,441 tickets were sold in that span, with about $1.5 million grossed per show. On July 10, 2017, Jay-Z announced 32 tour dates across North America. This set list",
"title": "4:44 Tour"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "20244570",
"text": "is representative of the show on November 3, 2017. It does not represent all concerts for the duration of the tour. 4:44 Tour The 4:44 Tour was a concert tour by Jay-Z, in support of his thirteenth studio album \"\" (2017). The tour began in Anaheim at the Honda Center on October 27, 2017, and concluded on December 21, 2017, in Inglewood at The Forum. Vic Mensa was the opening act for the whole tour. Jay Z's North American run of his 4:44 Tour grossed $48,698,354 over the course of 32 dates. 426,441 tickets were sold in that span, with",
"title": "4:44 Tour"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "1040772",
"text": "retail market. They are located on the municipality's main stretch on PGA Boulevard. There are 12 golf courses within the city limits, including a course owned by the municipality. The Professional Golfers' Association of America has its headquarters in the city. The Honda Classic has been held at two Palm Beach Gardens locations: from 2003 to 2006 at the Country Club at Mirasol and since 2007 at the PGA National Resort and Spa. Also, the Senior PGA Championship was held at the current BallenIsles from 1964 to 1973, and at the PGA National Golf Club from 1982 to 2000. PGA",
"title": "Palm Beach Gardens, Florida"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "4721873",
"text": "The Gleason tournament replaced it on the schedule a month earlier in 1972 at the Inverrary Country Club (East course) in Lauderhill, it was among the richest events on tour with an inaugural purse of $260,000 and a $52,000 winner's share. The regular event was not played in 1976, as Inverrary hosted the Tournament Players Championship in late February, won by Jack Nicklaus. Gleason's nine-year affiliation ended after 1980, but the event continued at Inverrary through 1983. It moved to the TPC Eagle Trace in Coral Springs in 1984 for eight editions. From 1992 to 1995, the event was held",
"title": "The Honda Classic"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "20716696",
"text": "consecutive years at the course. In the early 1990s on the LPGA Tour, it was the site of The Phar-Mor at Inverrary. Inverrary Country Club Inverrary Country Club is a 36-hole private golf club located in Lauderhill, Florida, northwest of Fort Lauderdale. Founded in 1970, both 18-hole courses were designed by Robert Trent Jones Sr. Inverrary East Course hosted a late winter PGA Tour event for a decade beginning in 1972. The tour event was hosted by entertainer Jackie Gleason in the 1970s, and is now The Honda Classic. The East Course was also the site of the Tournament Players",
"title": "Inverrary Country Club"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "20716695",
"text": "Inverrary Country Club Inverrary Country Club is a 36-hole private golf club located in Lauderhill, Florida, northwest of Fort Lauderdale. Founded in 1970, both 18-hole courses were designed by Robert Trent Jones Sr. Inverrary East Course hosted a late winter PGA Tour event for a decade beginning in 1972. The tour event was hosted by entertainer Jackie Gleason in the 1970s, and is now The Honda Classic. The East Course was also the site of the Tournament Players Championship That TPC event was won by Jack Nicklaus, and Nicklaus also won the next two Gleason events, for wins in three",
"title": "Inverrary Country Club"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "20496043",
"text": "Voicenotes Tour The Voicenotes Tour was the third concert tour by Charlie Puth, in support of his second studio album \"Voicenotes\" (2018). The tour began in Toronto at the Budweiser Stage on July 11, 2018, and concluded in Chiba, Japan at Makuhari Event Hall on November 21, 2018. On December 18, 2017, Puth announced his first major headlining tour after opening for Shawn Mendes on his Illuminate World Tour. Hailee Steinfeld will serve as the opening act. On May 11, 2018, the day the album was released, the tour was officially announced as part of the 2018 Honda Civic Tour.",
"title": "Voicenotes Tour"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "18285470",
"text": "Marc Leishman with a birdie on the second extra hole of a sudden-death playoff. The win was Thomas' seventh on the PGA Tour. In February 2018, Thomas won for the eighth time on tour, claiming victory at the Honda Classic in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. He birdied the final hole of regulation play to make a playoff with Luke List. Then on the first extra hole, Thomas made birdie again on the same hole, after a brilliant 5-wood from the fairway. List could not hole his birdie putt, after the missing the green to the right, resulting in Thomas winning",
"title": "Justin Thomas (golfer)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "20039345",
"text": "16th Annual Honda Civic Tour The 16th Annual Honda Civic Tour was a concert tour headlined by American rock band OneRepublic. Sponsored by Honda and produced by Marketing Factory, the tour also features Fitz and The Tantrums and James Arthur. The tour began on July 7, 2017 in Kansas City and concluded on September 27, 2017 in Shanghai. The band announced that they would headline the 16th Annual Honda Civic Tour. In an Instagram video, frontman Ryan Tedder stated: Our best memories come from summer tours in the U.S. and the Honda Civic tour has been the benchmark of summer",
"title": "16th Annual Honda Civic Tour"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "18407903",
"text": "Catholic), Joe Forte (DeMatha Catholic) and Casey Jacobsen (Glendora). Historically a high profile doubleheader invitational event in early December, the Classic was a single game in January in the 2011–12 season due to scheduling conflicts a new owner, Honda Center, following Wooden's death in 2010. The classic returned to December in the 2012–13 season, but was again a single game. Since its inception, the games were played in Anaheim, California, at the Honda Center, known earlier as the Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim. In June 2013, the Wooden Classic merged with the DirecTV Classic to form the Wooden Legacy, a three-day,",
"title": "Wooden Classic"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "173607",
"text": "immense respect for founder, Soichiro Honda, and had a good relationship with Nobuhiko Kawamoto, the chairman of Honda at that time. Senna once called Honda \"the greatest company in the world\". As part of its marketing campaign, Honda is an official partner and sponsor of the National Hockey League, the Anaheim Ducks of the NHL, and the arena named after it: Honda Center. Honda also sponsors The Honda Classic golf tournament and is a sponsor of Major League Soccer. The \"Honda Player of the Year\" award is presented in United States soccer. The \"Honda Sports Award\" is given to the",
"title": "Honda"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "11189708",
"text": "was replaced on the schedule by the Jackie Gleason Inverrary Classic in Lauderhill, initially a month earlier in late February. Miami-based National Airlines co-sponsored its second edition in 1973, also won by Trevino, but not after. That tournament ended its affiliation with Gleason after 1980 and continues today as The Honda Classic in Palm Beach Gardens. The other PGA Tour event in the Miami area was the Doral Open, which began in 1962 and was usually played in early March. It was sponsored by competing carrier Eastern Air Lines, also Miami-based, from 1970 through 1986. National Airlines Open Invitational The",
"title": "National Airlines Open Invitational"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "4615481",
"text": "in nearby Tempe. In 2009, the tournament overlapped with Super Bowl XLIII in Tampa, Florida, when Kenny Perry and Charley Hoffman went to a playoff. That denied the spectators a chance to watch the beginning of the game on NBC, which featured the local Arizona Cardinals. Because of the Super Bowl weekend status, the PGA Tour's television contracts with CBS and NBC include an alternating tournament. Usually a CBS tournament, the Phoenix Open airs on NBC when CBS has the Super Bowl, and NBC's Honda Classic airs on CBS in Winter Olympic years. The tournament's lowest 72-hole score was set",
"title": "Phoenix Open"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "20270494",
"text": "over Hélio Castroneves. Simon Pagenaud remained in third place, while Newgarden moved past his teammate Will Power thanks to his victory. Points include 1 point for leading at least 1 lap during a race, an additional 2 points for leading the most race laps, and 1 point for Pole Position. Source for time gaps: 2017 Honda Indy Toronto The 2017 Honda Indy Toronto was an IndyCar Series event held on July 16, 2017 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The race served as the 12th round of the 2017 IndyCar Series season. Frenchman Simon Pagenaud qualified on pole position, while American Josef",
"title": "2017 Honda Indy Toronto"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "1040946",
"text": "Palm Beach Gardens hosts the PGA Tour Honda Classic. Polo and Equestrian: Palm Beach Polo and Country Club counts 7 polo fields among its world-class facilities and many high-goal games are played in the area. The equestrian events at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center are the world-renowned Winter Equestrian Festival, the Global Dressage Festival and over 40 weeks a year of equestrian competitions, hosted in Wellington. Tennis: The Delray Beach International Tennis Championships, a hard court stop on the ATP Tour, takes place annually in Delray Beach, slightly to the south of West Palm Beach. Croquet: The National Croquet",
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Palm Beach Gardens, Florida
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who won the nrl grand final in 2015
|
[
"North Queensland Cowboys"
] |
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{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "18889083",
"text": "2015 NRL Grand Final The 2015 NRL Grand Final was the conclusive and premiership-deciding game of the 2015 NRL season and was played on Sunday 4 October at Sydney's ANZ Stadium between the Brisbane Broncos and North Queensland Cowboys. North Queensland won the match 17–16 in golden point extra time, claiming their first premiership title in their twentieth year of competition. Due to its dramatic ending, the match has been regarded as one of the greatest grand finals in rugby league history, drawing comparisons with the 1989 NSWRL Grand Final and the 1997 ARL Grand Final. Cowboys co-captain Johnathan Thurston,",
"title": "2015 NRL Grand Final"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "18889096",
"text": "grand finalists, North Queensland and Brisbane, as well as minor premiers the Sydney Roosters, qualified for the second World Club Series, played in the 2016 pre-season against clubs from the European Super League. 2015 NRL Grand Final The 2015 NRL Grand Final was the conclusive and premiership-deciding game of the 2015 NRL season and was played on Sunday 4 October at Sydney's ANZ Stadium between the Brisbane Broncos and North Queensland Cowboys. North Queensland won the match 17–16 in golden point extra time, claiming their first premiership title in their twentieth year of competition. Due to its dramatic ending, the",
"title": "2015 NRL Grand Final"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "1877810",
"text": "Sharks for their role in the ASADA scandal while head coach Shane Flanagan was suspended for the entirety of the 2014 season. The 2014 Grand Final was contested by the South Sydney Rabbitohs and the Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs. This was the Rabbitohs first grand final appearance since 1971. The Rabbitohs would break their 43-year premiership drought with a 30-6 victory. The 2015 season saw the return of the Queensland juggernauts, The North Queensland Cowboys and the Brisbane Broncos who would finish inside the top four and contest the 2015 Grand Final. The 2015 Grand Final is considered by many to",
"title": "National Rugby League"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "18630967",
"text": "2015 NRL State Championship The 2015 NRL State Championship was a rugby league match held between the winners of the 2015 New South Wales Cup and the 2015 Queensland Cup. It was the second edition of the State Championship, following the inaugural 2014 edition, and was played on 4 October 2015, as a curtain raiser to the 2015 NRL Grand Final. The Ipswich Jets won the match, defeating the Newcastle Knights 26-12. For the 2015 NRL State Championship, The Newcastle Knights won the NSW Cup by defeating the Wyong Roos 20-10 in the Grand Final, and the he Ipswich Jets",
"title": "2015 NRL State Championship"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "9010292",
"text": "Parramatta. 2005 - Wests Tigers five-eighth Benji Marshall throws a magic flick pass to winger Pat Richards as the Tigers become the first joint venture to win the premiership, 30-16 over the North Queensland Cowboys. 2008 - Manly Warringah Sea Eagles secure a record 40-0 win over Melbourne Storm. 2014 - South Sydney Rabbitohs win their first premiership in 43 years, beating Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 30-6. 2015 - The North Queensland Cowboys' first premiership after 21 seasons in the NRL and widely regarded as one of the all-time best (along with the Raiders' '89 win). The first all-Queensland NRL grand final",
"title": "NRL Grand Final"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "691965",
"text": "state's most successful team of any sport, having won three premierships in the NRL rugby league era and six in total during their 23-year existence. The Brisbane Broncos participated in the 2015 NRL Grand Final losing to the North Queensland Cowboys 17–16 in extra time, claiming their first premiership in its history. It is considered one of the greatest Grand Finals in NRL history. The other two NRL teams in Queensland are the North Queensland Cowboys and Gold Coast Titans. Queensland's dominance is not restricted to rugby league. The early part of this century saw the AFL's Brisbane Lions claim",
"title": "Queensland"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "18630968",
"text": "won the QLD Cup by defeating the Townsville Blackhawks 32-20 in the Grand Final. 2015 NRL State Championship The 2015 NRL State Championship was a rugby league match held between the winners of the 2015 New South Wales Cup and the 2015 Queensland Cup. It was the second edition of the State Championship, following the inaugural 2014 edition, and was played on 4 October 2015, as a curtain raiser to the 2015 NRL Grand Final. The Ipswich Jets won the match, defeating the Newcastle Knights 26-12. For the 2015 NRL State Championship, The Newcastle Knights won the NSW Cup by",
"title": "2015 NRL State Championship"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "18889086",
"text": "Australians played a NRL grand final. Brisbane, who finished second in the regular season ladder, and North Queensland, who finished third, faced each other during the first week of the finals series in a qualification game, with the Broncos prevailing 16-12 in a tight contest at Suncorp Stadium to earn a week off and the right to host a grand final qualifier. The Broncos defeated minor premiers the Sydney Roosters 31-12 in the preliminary final at Suncorp Stadium to claim the first spot in the grand final. In losing to the Broncos, North Queensland were forced to play an extra",
"title": "2015 NRL Grand Final"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "18889095",
"text": "was the first time an NRL Grand Final had been decided in Golden Point. At the post-match ceremony, Johnathan Thurston received the Clive Churchill medal as best on ground. This was then followed by the championship ring ceremony and the co-captains holding the Provan-Summons trophy. Thurston drew praise for his post-match conduct, notably consoling Ben Hunt. Many consider the image of Thurston hugging his daughter to be the 'best image' of the grand final. Most commentators, analysts and fans rate the 2015 Grand Final as one of, if not the greatest ever played, ranking it alongside the 1989 decider. Both",
"title": "2015 NRL Grand Final"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "18889085",
"text": "title for the St George Illawarra Dragons in 2010. The North Queensland Cowboys reached the premiership deciding game for the second time in their history since their inception into the competition in 1995, after losing to the Wests Tigers in their first appearance in 2005. It was the second time in history that no New South Wales team had featured in the grand final after 2006 which featured the Broncos up against the Melbourne Storm, and is the first time that a grand final featured two Queensland-based clubs. It was also the first time that two clubs captained by Indigenous",
"title": "2015 NRL Grand Final"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "18889084",
"text": "who kicked the winning field goal for his team, was awarded the Clive Churchill Medal as the best player on the ground. Pre-match entertainment was headlined by Australian rock band Cold Chisel. The Brisbane Broncos qualified for their first grand final appearance since 2006, and had never previously been defeated in a grand final, winning all six they have featured in – 1992, 1993, 1998, 2000, 2006, and 1997 for Super League. It was Broncos coach Wayne Bennett's eighth involvement in a grand final after coaching the club in all of their previous grand final appearances, and winning a premiership",
"title": "2015 NRL Grand Final"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "19003354",
"text": "Super League Grand Final. They are the first team to achieve this feat since St Helens in their successful 2006 season. It was the Leeds' trio who were given the fitting farewell with a Grand Final victory. Danny McGuire won the Harry Sunderland Trophy. By winning this match the Rhinos had qualified for the World Club Series Final, to be played on Sunday 21 February 2016 at Headingley Carnegie against the winners of the 2015 NRL Grand Final, the North Queensland Cowboys. Wigan, as the runners up, will play 2015 NRL Grand Final runners up Brisbane Broncos on Saturday 20",
"title": "2015 Super League Grand Final"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "6666277",
"text": "of Origin series win. On 28 September 2015, at the 2015 Dally M Awards, Thurston won the 2015 Dally M Player of the Year by a record margin of 11 points. In addition, he was also awarded 2015 Dally M Halfback of the Year and, along with Cowboys co-captain Matthew Scott, the Dally M Captain of the Year. On 4 October 2015, at the 2015 NRL Grand Final match against Queensland rivals the Brisbane Broncos, after North Queensland Cowboy's winger Kyle Feldt scored an 80th minute try to tie the game. Thurston then missed the conversion to win the premiership,",
"title": "Johnathan Thurston"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "18889087",
"text": "week in the finals and faced the sixth-placed Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks at their home venue of 1300SMILES Stadium, beating them convincingly 39-0. They then qualified for the grand final after defeating the Melbourne Storm 32-12 in their preliminary final at AAMI Park. After an even opening five minutes, the first points of the game were scored by the Broncos in the sixth minute, when a Cowboys handling error in midfield followed shortly by a penalty allowed Corey Parker to kick a 40-metre penalty goal. The Broncos then returned the first tackle after the restart for the opening try of the game,",
"title": "2015 NRL Grand Final"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "19288968",
"text": "called one of the season's best games. Three weeks later the rivals met again in the 2015 NRL Grand Final, the first in history to feature two Queensland-based clubs. The Cowboys won the game 17–16 in golden point extra time, with Johnathan Thurston kicking the winning field goal. The loss was the Broncos first in a Grand Final, having won on their six previous attempts. The match, particularly due to its dramatic ending, was quickly hailed as one of the greatest Grand Finals in rugby league history, drawing comparisons with the 1989 NSWRL Grand Final and the 1997 ARL Grand",
"title": "Queensland derby"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "60450",
"text": "club out of the finals for only the second time since 1991. In what is considered by some commentators to be one of the best Grand Finals in recent history the 2015 NRL Grand Final against the North Queensland Cowboys went in to Golden Point overtime for the first time. After a Cowboys try, Johnathan Thurston had missed a match winning try conversion after the 80 minutes, kick off was given to the Broncos, with a promising chance to the Broncos, only resulting in a knock-on by Bronco's Half-Back, Ben Hunt. After the ball spill, the ball was given back",
"title": "Brisbane Broncos"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "18404392",
"text": "2015 NRL season The 2015 NRL season was the 108th season of professional rugby league in Australia and the 18th season of the National Rugby League in Australia and New Zealand. The season started in New Zealand with the annual Auckland Nines, which was followed by the Rugby League All Stars Match, returning after a one-year hiatus, and the World Club Series. North Queensland Cowboys won their first premiership in only the second Grand Final to be decided in extra time. The season launched with a gala event at the Queens Wharf, Auckland on 29 January attended by a selection",
"title": "2015 NRL season"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "19098399",
"text": "2015 Rugby World Cup Final The 2015 Rugby World Cup Final was a rugby union match to determine the winner of the 2015 Rugby World Cup, played between reigning champions New Zealand and their rivals Australia on 31 October 2015 at Twickenham Stadium in London. New Zealand beat Australia 34–17, winning the World Cup for a record third time, and becoming the first team to retain the Webb Ellis Cup. This match saw a new record for tries in a Rugby World Cup Final with the teams combining for five, surpassing the previous record of four scored in the 1987",
"title": "2015 Rugby World Cup Final"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "7925097",
"text": "side for the second year in a row. In Round 11 of the 2015 NRL season, Cooper captained the Cowboys for the first time in the side's 8-0 victory over the Wests Tigers. After the Cowboys' 39-0 win over the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks in Week 2 of the 2015 NRL finals series, a Courier Mail article listed Cooper as the most underrated player in the competition. On 25 September, Cooper was named in Fox Sports' People's Choice Team of the Year. On 4 October 2015, Cooper was a member of the Cowboys' Grand Final winning side, starting at second row in",
"title": "Gavin Cooper"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "18889094",
"text": "and heading into golden point extra time to break the deadlock. North Queensland kicked off first in extra time, and the opening kick-off was knocked on by Ben Hunt, immediately giving North Queensland an attacking scrum on Brisbane's ten-metre line. North Queensland set up for the game-winning field goal, and after aborting attempts on the first and third tackles due to strong defensive pressure from the Broncos, Johnathan Thurston was able to make up for his missed conversion by slotting the field goal on the fifth tackle from 19 and a half metres out to win the game 17–16. It",
"title": "2015 NRL Grand Final"
}
] |
North Queensland Cowboys
|
where was charlie and the choclate factory filmed
|
[
"Pinewood Studios in England"
] |
[
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "4273970",
"text": "Attenborough, Kirk Douglas, Albert Finney, Anthony Hopkins, Paul Newman, Max von Sydow, David Warner, Christopher Lloyd and Peter Ustinov. Principal photography for \"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory\" started on June 21, 2004 at Pinewood Studios in England. Director Tim Burton and composer Danny Elfman found filming somewhat difficult because they were simultaneously working on \"Corpse Bride\". The Wonka Factory exterior was coincidentally constructed on the same backlot Burton had used for Gotham City in \"Batman\" (1989). The ceremonial scene required 500 local extras. The Chocolate Room/River setpiece filled Pinewood's 007 Stage. As a consequence of British Equity rules, which state",
"title": "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (film)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "1488146",
"text": "because it was significantly cheaper than filming in the United States and the setting was conducive to Wonka's factory; Stuart also liked the ambiguity and unfamiliarity of the location. External shots of the factory were filmed at the gasworks of Stadtwerke München (Emmy-Noether-Straße 10); the entrance and side buildings still exist. The exterior of Charlie Bucket's house, a set constructed solely for the film, was filmed at Quellenstraße in Munich. Charlie's school was filmed at Katholisches Pfarramt St. Sylvester, Biedersteiner Straße 1 in Munich. Bill's Candy Shop was filmed at Lilienstraße, Munich. The closing sequence when the Wonkavator is flying",
"title": "Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "4273950",
"text": "Elfman contributed to a film score using written songs and his vocals. Filming took place from June to December 2004 at Pinewood Studios in the United Kingdom. \"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory\" was released to positive critical reception and was a box office success, grossing $475 million worldwide. Charlie Bucket (Freddie Highmore) is a poor boy who lives near the Wonka Candy Company. The company's owner, Willy Wonka (Johnny Depp), has for long closed access to his factory due to problems concerning industrial espionage that led him to fire all his employees, among them Charlie's Grandpa Joe (David Kelly). One",
"title": "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (film)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "4273971",
"text": "that children can only work four and a half hours a day, filming for \"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory\" took six months, ending in December 2004. The architecture of the Bucket family home was influenced by Burton's visit to Roald Dahl's writing hut. Like the book, the film has a \"timeless\" setting and is not set in a specific country. \"We've tried not to pinpoint it to any place,\" production designer Alex McDowell explained. \"The cars, in fact, drive down the middle of the road.\" The town, whose design was shaped by the black and white urban photography of Bill",
"title": "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (film)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "4273968",
"text": "1971 film for the purpose of money. Depp said he was disappointed by Wilder's comment, and responded that the film was not a remake, but a new adaptation of Dahl's 1964 book. The casting calls for Charlie Bucket, Violet Beauregarde, Veruca Salt, and Mike Teavee took place in the United States and United Kingdom, while Augustus Gloop's casting took place in Germany. Burton said he sought actors \"who had something of the character in them\", and found Mike Teavee the hardest character to cast. Burton was finding trouble casting Charlie, until Depp, who had worked with Freddie Highmore on \"Finding",
"title": "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (film)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "1488132",
"text": "film tells the story of Charlie Bucket (Peter Ostrum) as he receives a Golden Ticket and visits Willy Wonka's chocolate factory with four other children from around the world. Filming took place in Munich in 1970, and the film was released by Paramount Pictures on June 30, 1971. With a budget of just $3 million, the film received generally positive reviews and earned $4 million by the end of its original run. The film became highly popular in part through repeated television airings and home entertainment sales. In 1972, the film received an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Score,",
"title": "Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "4273949",
"text": "\"Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory\" in 1971) began in 1991, which resulted in Warner Bros. providing the Dahl Estate with total artistic control. Prior to Burton's involvement, directors such as Gary Ross, Rob Minkoff, Martin Scorsese and Tom Shadyac had been involved, while actors Bill Murray, Nicolas Cage, Jim Carrey, Michael Keaton, Brad Pitt, Will Smith, Adam Sandler, and many others, were either in discussion with or considered by the studio to play Wonka. Burton immediately brought regular collaborators Depp and Danny Elfman aboard. \"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory\" represents the first time since \"The Nightmare Before Christmas\" that",
"title": "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (film)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "4273972",
"text": "Brandt, as well as Pittsburgh and Northern England, is arranged like a medieval village, with Wonka's estate on top and the Bucket shack below. The filmmakers also used fascist architecture for Wonka's factory exterior, and designed most of the sets on 360° sound stages, similar to cycloramas. Burton biographer Mark Salisbury wrote that \"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory\" \"melds 1950s and '70s visuals with a futuristic sensibility that seems straight out of a 1960s sense of the future.\" The \"TV Room\" was patterned after photographs from the films \"\", \"\", and \"THX 1138\". \"Danger Diabolik\" also served as inspiration for",
"title": "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (film)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "4273957",
"text": "fan of the book, he intended to remain more faithful to Dahl's vision than the 1971 film had been. Nicolas Cage was under discussions for Willy Wonka, but lost interest. Gary Ross signed to direct in February 2000, which resulted in Frank completing two drafts of the screenplay, before leaving with Ross in September 2001. Both Warner Bros. and the Dahl Estate wanted Frank to stay on the project, but he faced scheduling conflicts and contractual obligations with \"Minority Report\" (2002) and \"The Lookout\" (2007). Rob Minkoff entered negotiations to take the director's position in October 2001, and Gwyn Lurie",
"title": "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (film)"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "16869146",
"text": "Ross, Rob Minkoff, Martin Scorsese and Tom Shadyac had been involved, while Warner Bros. either considered or discussed the role of Willy Wonka with Nicolas Cage, Jim Carrey, Michael Keaton, Brad Pitt, Will Smith and Adam Sandler. Burton immediately brought regular collaborators Johnny Depp and Danny Elfman aboard. \"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory\" represents the first time since \"The Nightmare Before Christmas\" that Elfman contributed to the film score using written songs and his vocals. Filming took place from June to December 2004 at Pinewood Studios in the United Kingdom, where Burton avoided using digital effects as much as possible.",
"title": "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (franchise)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "4273948",
"text": "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (film) Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is a 2005 musical fantasy comedy film directed by Tim Burton and written by John August, based on the 1964 British novel of the same name by Roald Dahl. The film stars Johnny Depp as Willy Wonka and Freddie Highmore as Charlie Bucket. The storyline follows Charlie, who wins a contest and, along with four other contest winners, is led by Wonka on a tour of his chocolate factory, the most magnificent in the world. Development for a second adaptation of \"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory\" (filmed previously as",
"title": "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (film)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "4273964",
"text": "He wanted Charlie to be an average child who would be in the background and not get in trouble. Prior to Burton's involvement, Warner Bros. considered or discussed Willy Wonka with Bill Murray, Christopher Walken, Steve Martin, Robin Williams, Nicolas Cage, Jim Carrey, Michael Keaton, Robert De Niro, Brad Pitt, Will Smith, Mike Myers, Ben Stiller, Leslie Nielsen, John Cleese, Eric Idle, Michael Palin, Patrick Stewart, and Adam Sandler. Dustin Hoffman and Marilyn Manson reportedly wanted the role as well. Pitt's production company, Plan B Entertainment, however, stayed on to co-finance the film with Warner Bros. Coincidentally, Cleese, Idle and",
"title": "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (film)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "4273979",
"text": "had its premiere at the Grauman's Chinese Theatre, on July 10, 2005, where money for the Make-a-Wish Foundation was raised. The film was released in the United States on July 15, 2005 in 3,770 theaters (including IMAX theaters). Early in the development of \"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory\" in February 2000, Warner Bros. announced their intention of marketing the film with a Broadway theatre musical after release. The studio reiterated their interest in May 2003, however, the idea was postponed by the time filming began in June 2004. The main tie-in for \"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory\" focused on The",
"title": "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (film)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "4273956",
"text": "The purchase was finalized in 1998, with Dahl's widow, Felicity (\"Liccy\"), and daughter, Lucy, receiving total artistic control and final privilege on the choices of actors, directors and writers. The Dahl Estate's subsequent protection of the source material was the main reason that \"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory\" had languished in development hell since the 1990s. Scott Frank was hired to write the screenplay in February 1999, after approaching Warner Bros. for the job. Frank, a recent Oscar-nominee for the R-rated crime film \"Out of Sight\", wanted to work on a film that his children could enjoy. As an enthusiastic",
"title": "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (film)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "4273960",
"text": "with. He had previously produced another of the author's adaptations with \"James and the Giant Peach\" (1996), and, like Roald and Liccy, disliked the 1971 film because it strayed from the book's storyline. During pre-production Burton visited Dahl's former home in the Buckinghamshire village of Great Missenden. Liccy Dahl remembers Burton entering Dahl's famed writing shed and saying, \"This is the Buckets' house!\" and thinking to herself, \"Thank God, somebody gets it.\" Liccy also showed Burton the original handwritten manuscripts, which Burton discovered were more politically incorrect than the published book. The manuscripts included a child named Herpes, after the",
"title": "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (film)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "680741",
"text": "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is a 1964 children's novel by British author Roald Dahl. The story features the adventures of young Charlie Bucket inside the chocolate factory of eccentric chocolatier Willy Wonka. \"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory\" was first published in the United States by Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. in 1964 and in the United Kingdom by George Allen & Unwin, 11 months later. The book has been adapted into two major motion pictures: \"Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory\" in 1971, and \"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory\" in 2005. The book's sequel, \"Charlie",
"title": "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "1488133",
"text": "and Wilder was nominated for a Golden Globe as Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy, but lost both to \"Fiddler on the Roof\". The film also introduced the song \"The Candy Man\", which went on to become a popular hit when recorded by Sammy Davis Jr. In 2014, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being \"culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant\". In a small town in 1970, Charlie Bucket, a poor paperboy, watches a group of children visit a candy shop. Walking home, he passes Willy Wonka's",
"title": "Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "4273973",
"text": "the Nut Room and Inventing Room. Tim Burton avoided using too many digital effects because he wanted the younger actors to feel as if they were working in a realistic environment. As a result, forced perspective techniques, oversized props and scale models were used to avoid computer-generated imagery (CGI). Deep Roy was cast to play the Oompa-Loompas based on his previous collaborations with Burton on \"Planet of the Apes\" and \"Big Fish\". The actor was able to play various Oompa-Loompas using split screen photography, digital and front projection effects. \"Tim told me that the Oompa-Loompas were strictly programmed, like robots",
"title": "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (film)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "16869144",
"text": "as he receives a golden ticket and visits Willy Wonka's chocolate factory with four other children from around the world. Filming took place in Munich in 1970, and the film was released on June 30, 1971. It received positive reviews, but it was a box office disappointment despite the fact that it recouped its budget. However, it developed into a cult film due to its repeated television airings and home video sales. In 1972, the film received an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Score. \"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory\" is a 2005 film adaptation of the 1964 book of",
"title": "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (franchise)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "4273987",
"text": "the Line\". More nominations followed from the British Academy Film Awards for Visual Effects, Costume Design (Pescucci), Makeup & Hair (Peter Owen and Ivana Primorac) and Production Design (Alex McDowell). \"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory\" was also nominated for the Saturn Award for Best Fantasy Film, as well as Performance by a Younger Actor (Freddie Highmore), Music (Danny Elfman) and Costume (Pescucci). Elfman and screenwriter John August were nominated for a Grammy Award with \"Wonka's Welcome Song\". Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (film) Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is a 2005 musical fantasy comedy film directed by Tim Burton and",
"title": "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (film)"
}
] |
Pinewood Studios in England
|
who owns the rights to the song happy birthday
|
[
"Warner/Chappell Music"
] |
[
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "887928",
"text": "Ware Orem and Mrs. R. R. Forman. In 1988, Warner/Chappell Music purchased the company owning the copyright for 25 million, with the value of \"Happy Birthday\" estimated at 5 million. Based on the 1935 copyright registration, Warner claimed that the United States copyright will not expire until 2030, and that unauthorized public performances of the song are illegal unless royalties are paid to Warner. In one specific instance in February 2010, the royalty for a single use was said to be 700. By one estimate, the song is the highest-earning single song in history, with estimated earnings since its creation",
"title": "Happy Birthday to You"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "887948",
"text": "ruled that the song was not copyrighted by Summy Co., who had written in the song book, \"Special permission through courtesy of the Clayton F. Summy Co.\" Since there was no evidence Summy Co. had copyright on the song, the song is still considered to be in the public domain. Prior to the lawsuit, Warner/Chappell had been earning $2 million a year licensing the song for commercial use, with a notable example the $5,000 paid by the filmmakers of the 1994 documentary, \"Hoop Dreams\", in order to safely distribute the film. On February 8, 2016, Warner/Chappell agreed to pay a",
"title": "Happy Birthday to You"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "887929",
"text": "of 50 million. In the European Union, the copyright for the song expired on January 1, 2017. The American copyright status of \"Happy Birthday to You\" began to draw more attention with the passage of the Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act in 1998. When the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the Act in \"Eldred v. Ashcroft\" in 2003, Associate Justice Stephen Breyer specifically mentioned \"Happy Birthday to You\" in his dissenting opinion. American law professor Robert Brauneis, who extensively researched the song, concluded in 2010 that \"It is almost certainly no longer under copyright.\" In 2013, based in large part",
"title": "Happy Birthday to You"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "887935",
"text": "the European Union on January 1, 2017. In the United States, a federal court ruled in 2016 that Warner/Chappell's copyright claim was invalid and there was no other claim to copyright. The origins of \"Happy Birthday to You\" date back to at least the late 19th century, when two sisters, Patty and Mildred J. Hill, introduced the song \"Good Morning to All\" to Patty's kindergarten class in Kentucky. Years later, in 1893, they published the tune in their songbook \"Song Stories for the Kindergarten\". Kembrew McLeod stated that the Hill sisters likely copied the tune and lyrical idea from other",
"title": "Happy Birthday to You"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "8880265",
"text": "the public domain. As of November 2013, European sound recordings are now protected for 70 years, which is not retroactive. In 2015, Canada changed the copyright length to 70 years. On February 8, 2016, a court ruled that \"Happy Birthday to You\" was in the public domain, and Warner/Chappell Music was required to pay $14 million to the song's licensees. In October 2018, president Donald Trump signed the Music Modernization Act, which will bring sound recordings into the public domain either 95 years after they were released or 120 years after they were recorded, whichever comes first. Songs recorded before",
"title": "Public domain music"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "887938",
"text": "Andrew Byers, Bessie L. Byrum and Anna E. Koglin, published the song in 1918. In 1924, Robert Coleman included \"Good Morning to All\" in a songbook with the birthday lyrics as a second verse. Coleman also published \"Happy Birthday\" in \"The American Hymnal\" in 1933. In 1935, several specific piano arrangements and an unused second verse of \"Happy Birthday to You\" were copyrighted as a work for hire crediting Preston Ware Orem for the piano arrangements and Mrs. R. R. Forman for the lyrics by the Summy Company, the publisher of \"Good Morning to All\". This served as the legal",
"title": "Happy Birthday to You"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "887939",
"text": "basis for claiming that Summy Company legally registered the copyright for the song, as well as the later renewal of these copyrights. A later 2015 lawsuit would find this claim baseless. That specific new lyrics that also included the full text of \"Happy Birthday to You\", was a copyright on the derivative work. A 1957 acquisition of C.C. Birchard & Company saw Summy Company becoming the Summy-Birchard Company. A later corporate restructuring in the 1970s saw Summy-Birchard becoming a division of a new company: Birch Tree Group Limited. Warner/Chappell Music acquired Birch Tree Group Limited in 1988 for 25 million.",
"title": "Happy Birthday to You"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "5738246",
"text": "is also permitted, provided no alteration is made in the content, and provided no fixed copy of the altered version is created. The song \"Happy Birthday to You\" is one of the best known songs in the world and generated over $2 million in royalties each year for its purported copyright owners even though the copyright has now been ruled invalid. In September 2015, a judge ruled that the copyright was invalid, and on February 8, 2016, Warner/Chappell Music agreed to settle a class action lawsuit brought to challenge these fees. After mediation, Warner will pay more than $14 million",
"title": "Music licensing"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "887941",
"text": "In the European Union, copyright lasts for the life of the author(s) plus 70 years; since Patty Hill (the last surviving author) died in 1946, the copyright in these countries expired on January 1, 2017. On June 13, 2013, documentary filmmaker Jennifer Nelson filed a putative class action suit in federal court for the Southern District of New York against Warner/Chappell in the name of her production company, Good Morning to You Productions. As part of a documentary she was making about the song and its history, she had paid 1,500 to secure the rights. Her complaint relied heavily on",
"title": "Happy Birthday to You"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "887930",
"text": "on Brauneis's research, Good Morning to You Productions, a company producing a documentary about \"Good Morning to All\", sued Warner/Chappell for falsely claiming copyright to the song. In September 2015, a federal judge declared that the Warner/Chappell copyright claim was invalid, ruling that the copyright registration applied only to a specific piano arrangement of the song, and not to its lyrics and melody. In 2016, Warner/Chappell settled for US $14 million, and the court declared that \"Happy Birthday to You\" was in the public domain. The person whose birthday is being celebrated is filled in for \"[NAME]\". The earliest known",
"title": "Happy Birthday to You"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "10737421",
"text": "Bros. Music Chairman Chuck Kaye led the company to purchase Chappell & Co. from PolyGram. It was ranked in 2010 by \"Music & Copyright\" as the world’s third-largest music publisher Among the songs in the company's library are \"Winter Wonderland\" and formerly \"Happy Birthday to You\" until the copyright of the song was invalidated in 2015 and put in the public domain the next year. In 2005, Warner/Chappell sold most of its printed music division, Warner Bros. Publications, to Alfred Publishing, and in 2006 launched the Pan European Digital Licensing (P.E.D.L.) initiative. In 2007, when Radiohead released \"In Rainbows\" through",
"title": "Warner/Chappell Music"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "887947",
"text": "to prove that it actually had ever held a copyright to the lyrics, so the court was able to grant summary judgment to the plaintiffs, thus resolving the case. Some initial news sources characterized the decision as ruling that the song was in the public domain, but the decision did not go so far, holding only that Warner/Chappell did not prove they owned the copyright. However, because there are no other claimants to the copyright, and the copyright to the melody long ago expired, the plaintiffs suggested that the song was \"de facto\" in the public domain. Also, the judge",
"title": "Happy Birthday to You"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "887927",
"text": "the tune is disputed. Patty Hill was a kindergarten principal in Louisville, Kentucky, developing various teaching methods at what is now the Little Loomhouse; her sister Mildred was a pianist and composer. The sisters used \"Good Morning to All\" as a song that young children would find easy to sing. The combination of melody and lyrics in \"Happy Birthday to You\" first appeared in print in 1912, and probably existed even earlier. None of the early appearances of the \"Happy Birthday to You\" lyrics included credits or copyright notices. The Summy Company registered a copyright in 1935, crediting authors Preston",
"title": "Happy Birthday to You"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "887957",
"text": "cause the rover to \"sing\" Happy Birthday on the Martian surface. During the March 6, 2014 episode of the Comedy Central series \"The Colbert Report\", Stephen Colbert planned to sing the song in honor of the 90th anniversary of its 1924 publication. Due to the copyright issues, Colbert instead performed his new \"royalty-free\" birthday song, which is set to \"The Star-Spangled Banner\". Happy Birthday to You \"Happy Birthday to You\", also known as \"Happy Birthday\", is a song traditionally sung to celebrate the anniversary of a person's birth. According to the 1998 \"Guinness World Records\", it is the most recognized",
"title": "Happy Birthday to You"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "887940",
"text": "The company continued to insist that one cannot sing the \"Happy Birthday to You\" lyrics for profit without paying royalties: in 2008, Warner collected about 5,000 per day (2 million per year) in royalties for the song. Warner/Chappell claimed copyright for every use in film, television, radio, anywhere open to the public, and for any group where a substantial number of those in attendance are not family or friends of whoever is performing the song. Brauneis cited problems with the song's authorship and the notice and renewal of the copyright, and concluded: \"It is almost certainly no longer under copyright.\"",
"title": "Happy Birthday to You"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "887926",
"text": "Happy Birthday to You \"Happy Birthday to You\", also known as \"Happy Birthday\", is a song traditionally sung to celebrate the anniversary of a person's birth. According to the 1998 \"Guinness World Records\", it is the most recognized song in the English language, followed by \"For He's a Jolly Good Fellow\". The song's base lyrics have been translated into at least 18 languages. The melody of \"Happy Birthday to You\" comes from the song \"Good Morning to All\", which has traditionally been attributed to American sisters Patty and Mildred J. Hill in 1893, although the claim that the sisters composed",
"title": "Happy Birthday to You"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "4524943",
"text": "Happy Birthday (Stevie Wonder song) \"Happy Birthday\" is a 1981 single written, produced and performed by Stevie Wonder for the Motown label. Wonder, a social activist, was one of the main figures in the campaign to have the birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr. become a national holiday, and created this single to make the cause known. Besides being released as a single, the song also appears on Wonder's album \"Hotter Than July\". The song, one of many of Wonder's songs to feature the use of a keyboard synthesizer, features Wonder lamenting the fact that anyone would oppose the idea",
"title": "Happy Birthday (Stevie Wonder song)"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "13108198",
"text": "as Chief Judge from September 14, 2012 to June 30, 2016. He retired on January 6, 2017. In perhaps his most famous ruling, King granted summary judgment in the case of \"Rupa Marya v. Warner/Chappell Music Inc.\" in favor of the plaintiffs, holding that defendants had no valid copyright in the song \"Happy Birthday\", in a decision filed September 22, 2015. George H. King George Herbert King (born 1951) is a former United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California. King was born in Shanghai, China. He received a Bachelor of Arts",
"title": "George H. King"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "887946",
"text": "The company also argued that it was not acting in bad faith in withholding the evidence of the 1927 publication. On September 22, 2015, federal judge George H. King ruled that the Warner/Chappell copyright claim over the lyrics was invalid. The 1935 copyright held by Warner/Chappell applied only to a specific piano arrangement of the song, not the lyrics or melody. The court held that the question of whether the 1922 and 1927 publications were authorized, thus placing the song in the public domain, presented questions of fact that would need to be resolved at trial. However, Warner/Chappell had failed",
"title": "Happy Birthday to You"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "11060831",
"text": "Happy Birthday (Birthday Party song) \"Happy Birthday\" is a 1980 song by The Boys Next Door. It was released as a single on 16 February 1980 on Missing Link. The song is not related to the popular birthday song \"Happy Birthday to You\". The first album it appeared on was \"The Birthday Party\". It was later included as track two on the 1992 compilation \"Hits\". The release of the single was part of the band's rebranding of themselves as The Birthday Party before their relocation to London. It is notable for several reasons. The mundanity of the song's lyrical subject",
"title": "Happy Birthday (Birthday Party song)"
}
] |
Warner/Chappell Music
|
who sang the song every breath you take
|
[
"The Police"
] |
[
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "1672143",
"text": "Every Breath You Take \"Every Breath You Take\" is a song by the English rock band the Police from their album \"Synchronicity\" (1983). Written by Sting, the single was the biggest US and UK hit of 1983, topping the \"Billboard\" Hot 100 singles chart for eight weeks (the band's only number-one hit on that chart), and the UK Singles Chart for four weeks. It also topped the \"Billboard\" Top Tracks chart for nine weeks. At the 26th Annual Grammy Awards the song was nominated for three Grammy Awards, including Song of the Year, Best Pop Performance by a Duo or",
"title": "Every Breath You Take"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "1672154",
"text": "return on your investment was phenomenal.\" \"Every Breath You Take\" was released as a single in 1983, with \"Murder by Numbers\", a composition by Andy Summers and Sting, on the B-side. \"Every Breath You Take\" reached the No. 1 spot in the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, Israel, Ireland, and South Africa. In the 1983 \"Rolling Stone\" critics and readers poll, it was voted \"Song of the Year\". In 1999, \"Every Breath You Take\" was listed as one of the Top 100 Songs of the Century by BMI. In 2003, VH1 ranked the song the No. 2 greatest Break-up",
"title": "Every Breath You Take"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "1672144",
"text": "Group with Vocals, and Record of the Year, winning in the first two categories. For the song, Sting received the 1983 British Academy's Ivor Novello award for Best Song Musically and Lyrically. The song is considered to be both the Police's and Sting's signature song, and in 2010 was estimated to generate between a quarter and a third of Sting's music publishing income. In the 1983 \"Rolling Stone\" critics' and readers' poll, it was voted \"Song of the Year\". In the US, it was the best-selling single of 1983 and fifth-best-selling single of the decade. \"Billboard\" ranked it as the",
"title": "Every Breath You Take"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "1672156",
"text": "Group; Sting ultimately participated in a performance of \"I'll Be Missing You\" at the 1997 MTV Video Music Awards. Maroon 5 also sampled in their 2007 single \"Won't Go Home Without You\" from the album \"It Won't Be Soon Before Long\". Every Breath You Take \"Every Breath You Take\" is a song by the English rock band the Police from their album \"Synchronicity\" (1983). Written by Sting, the single was the biggest US and UK hit of 1983, topping the \"Billboard\" Hot 100 singles chart for eight weeks (the band's only number-one hit on that chart), and the UK Singles",
"title": "Every Breath You Take"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "1672145",
"text": "number-one song for 1983. The song ranked number 84 on the \"Rolling Stone\" list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time and is included in The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll. It also ranked number 25 on \"Billboard\"s Hot 100 All-Time Top Songs. In 2015, the song was voted by the British public as the nation's favourite 1980s number one in a poll for ITV. Sting wrote the song in 1982 in the aftermath of his separation from Frances Tomelty and the beginning of his relationship with Trudie Styler. Their split",
"title": "Every Breath You Take"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "1672148",
"text": "little love song, when it's quite the opposite.\" According to the \"Back to Mono\" box-set book, \"Every Breath You Take\" is influenced by a Gene Pitney song titled \"Every Breath I Take\". Led Zeppelin's song, \"D'yer Mak'er\" (1973), also contains the words \"every breath I take; every move I make\". The song has an AABACABA structure. The demo of the song was recorded in an eight-track suite in North London's Utopia studios and featured Sting singing over a Hammond organ. A few months later he presented the song to the other band members when they reconvened at George Martin's AIR",
"title": "Every Breath You Take"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "14650082",
"text": "The Breath You Take \"The Breath You Take\" is a Grammy nominated song recorded by American country music artist George Strait, and the fourth single from his album \"Twang\". It was released on July 12, 2010 as the 91st single of his career. It was written by veteran songwriter Dean Dillon, Jessie Jo Dillon, and Casey Beathard. It became his 83rd Top 10 hit on the Country charts. On November 10, 2010, Strait performed the song live on the CMA Awards. It received a 2011 Grammy Awards nomination in the \"Best Country Song\" category on December 1, 2010. The song",
"title": "The Breath You Take"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "1672155",
"text": "song of all time. And also as of 2003, Sting was still taking in an average of $2000 per day in royalties for the then 20-year-old song. In October 2007, Sting was awarded a Million-Air certificate for 9 million airplays of \"Every Breath You Take\" at the BMI Awards show in London, with only Van Morrison's \"Brown Eyed Girl\" a close second at 8 million air plays. The song is sampled in Puff Daddy's 1997 hit \"I'll Be Missing You\", which would later go platinum multiple times and win a Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or",
"title": "Every Breath You Take"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "8717320",
"text": "Fortress Around Your Heart \"Fortress Around Your Heart\" is one of four hit singles released from Sting's 1985 solo debut album \"The Dream of the Blue Turtles\". The song was later included on the U.S. release of the \"\" compilation album. This was inspired by Sting's divorce. The pain he felt when he couldn't make his first marriage work led him to write some of his biggest hits, including \"Every Breath You Take\" and \"King of Pain\". Sting wrote the song in the studio in Barbados in 1985. The song features a Branford Marsalis sax solo.. In a \"Musician\" magazine",
"title": "Fortress Around Your Heart"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "2304148",
"text": "married, and on March 22, 2007, they had their second son Ryder Evan Russaw. After Biggie's murder on March 9, 1997, Combs helped Evans produce her tribute song named \"I'll Be Missing You\", based on the melody of The Police's 1983 single \"Every Breath You Take\". The song, which featured Combs, Evans, and the all-male group 112, became a worldwide number-one success and debuted at number one on the US \"Billboard\" Hot 100 chart during 1997, scoring that for eleven weeks. It eventually won Puffy and Evans the 1998 Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group.",
"title": "Faith Evans"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "16433154",
"text": "Heaven\" and was later changed its title to \"Every Breath U Take\". The film was intended to release on April 4, 2012, but was moved to May 16, 2012. The cinema trailer was released online via the official YouTube account of Star Cinema on April 4, 2012. The film's official soundtrack is \"Every Breath You Take\" originally sung by Sting of The Police and is covered for the film by Piolo Pascual. The film was Graded B by the Cinema Evaluation Board and rated PG-13 by the Movie and Television Review and Classification Board. Critics praised the over-all cast performances,",
"title": "Every Breath U Take"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "865148",
"text": "Sting (musician) Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner (born 2 October 1951), known as Sting, is an English musician, singer, songwriter, and actor. He was the principal songwriter, lead singer, and bassist for the new wave rock band the Police from 1977 to 1984, and launched a solo career in 1985. He has included elements of rock, jazz, reggae, classical, new-age and worldbeat in his music. As a solo musician and a member of the Police, he has received 16 Grammy Awards, including Song of the Year for ”Every Breath You Take”, three Brit Awards, including Best British Male in 1994 and",
"title": "Sting (musician)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "1672149",
"text": "Studios in Montserrat to work on the \"Synchronicity\" album. While recording, the band guitarist Andy Summers came up with a guitar part inspired by Béla Bartók that would later become a trademark lick, and played it straight through in one take. He was asked to put guitar onto a simple backing track of bass, drums, and a single vocal, with Sting offering no directive beyond \"make it your own.\" Summers remembers: The recording process was fraught with difficulties as personal tensions between the band members, particularly Sting and Stewart Copeland, came to the fore. Producer Hugh Padgham claimed that by",
"title": "Every Breath You Take"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "5892081",
"text": "Models to Step Forward Records in 1977. In 1978, Copeland became manager of his brother Stewart's band, The Police. Copeland shepherded the group to become one of the biggest bands of the 1980s, peaking with a concert for 70,000 people at Shea Stadium and the number one single for 1983, \"Every Breath You Take\". He continued to manage Sting through seven solo albums. Copeland was not, however, included in the reunion era of The Police, leading to a 2007 interview in which Copeland lamented that money was the issue. The success of The Police and the novel methods used to",
"title": "Miles Copeland III"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "14650084",
"text": "week of July 3, 2010, two weeks before its official release date of July 12, 2010. It peaked at number 6 on the country chart dated January 15, 2011. The Breath You Take \"The Breath You Take\" is a Grammy nominated song recorded by American country music artist George Strait, and the fourth single from his album \"Twang\". It was released on July 12, 2010 as the 91st single of his career. It was written by veteran songwriter Dean Dillon, Jessie Jo Dillon, and Casey Beathard. It became his 83rd Top 10 hit on the Country charts. On November 10,",
"title": "The Breath You Take"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "2016830",
"text": "Foo Fighters halfway through their performance and presented his replacement, Franz Stahl, who had been a member of the band Scream with Dave Grohl. Puff Daddy released his debut album \"No Way Out\", featuring the successful tribute single \"I'll Be Missing You\", dedicated to the recently murdered Notorious B.I.G. The song featured Puff Daddy, Biggie's widow Faith Evans and R&B group 112. The song sampled the melody of The Police's hit song \"Every Breath You Take.\" All these artists performed the song with former Police vocalist Sting. The odd pairing of presenters Martha Stewart and Busta Rhymes that year drew",
"title": "MTV Video Music Award"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "1672152",
"text": "accompanied by a pianist and string section, performing the song in a darkened ballroom as a man washes the floor-to-ceiling window behind them. Sting performs his part on upright bass rather than bass guitar. The video was praised for its cinematography; MTV (1999), Rolling Stone (1993), and VH1 (2002) named it as one of the best music videos ever, placing it 16th, 61st, & 33rd in their respective top 100 lists. Daniel Pearl won the first MTV cinematography award for his work on the video. Released in the early days of MTV, \"Every Breath You Take\" was one of the",
"title": "Every Breath You Take"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "1769867",
"text": "original version of \"Don't Stand So Close to Me\". In the aftermath of their Synchronicity Tour in 1984, The Police announced that they were taking a pause of reflection before recording a new album. The same year Andy Summers released a second album of instrumental music with Robert Fripp, \"Bewitched\". Stewart Copeland worked on the soundtrack of the Francis Ford Coppola's film \"Rumble Fish\", with the single \"Don't Box Me In\" peaking at No. 91 in the UK Singles Chart. In 1985 Sting released his first solo album, \"The Dream of the Blue Turtles\", with great critical and commercial success.",
"title": "Every Breath You Take: The Singles"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "8697809",
"text": "the album was a collaboration with Bad Boy's main producers The Hitmen, including Chucky Thompson and Combs, but it also resulted in recordings with Poke & Tone and Herb Middleton. \"Faith\" became a success based on the singles \"You Used to Love Me\" and \"Soon as I Get Home\". The album was certified platinum with 1.5 million copies sold, according to RIAA. After The Notorious B.I.G.'s murder during March 1997, Combs helped Evans produce her tribute song named \"I'll Be Missing You\", based on the melody of The Police's 1983 single \"Every Breath You Take\". The song, which featured Combs,",
"title": "Faith Evans discography"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "15124866",
"text": "on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100. Despite not being released as a single, \"Other Arms\" became a number-one hit on the Mainstream Rock chart. It reached the number-one spot on August 13, 1983, ending the 9-week chart-topping run of \"Every Breath You Take\" by The Police. The song was written by Plant and guitarist Robbie Blunt. The lyrics do not include the song's title; instead the chorus features the repeated line \"lay down your arms\". Other Arms \"Other Arms\" is a rock song performed by English rock singer Robert Plant, the first track from his 1983 album \"The Principle of Moments\".",
"title": "Other Arms"
}
] |
The Police
|
when did the british hand-over sovereignty of hong kong back to china
|
[
"1 July 1997"
] |
[
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "5370269",
"text": "Handover of Hong Kong The transfer of sovereignty over Hong Kong, commonly known as the handover of Hong Kong (or simply \"the Handover\", also \"the Return\" in mainland China) was the transition of control over the former British colony of Hong Kong from the United Kingdom to the People's Republic of China on 1 July 1997. The returned territory comprised Hong Kong Island and the Kowloon Peninsula, which were respectively ceded to Britain in 1842 and 1860, as well as the New Territories, which were leased for 99 years from 1898. The transfer was arranged to coincide with the expiration",
"title": "Handover of Hong Kong"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "7623948",
"text": "Hong Kong handover ceremony The handover ceremony of Hong Kong in 1997 officially marked the transfer of sovereignty over Hong Kong from the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to the People's Republic of China. It was an internationally televised event with the ceremony commencing on the night of 30 June 1997 and finishing on 1 July 1997. The ceremony was held at the new wing of the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (HKCEC) in Wan Chai. For the People's Republic of China For the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland In 2005, the British",
"title": "Hong Kong handover ceremony"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "7623950",
"text": "Hong Kong was closely watched by Chinese warships. Hong Kong handover ceremony The handover ceremony of Hong Kong in 1997 officially marked the transfer of sovereignty over Hong Kong from the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to the People's Republic of China. It was an internationally televised event with the ceremony commencing on the night of 30 June 1997 and finishing on 1 July 1997. The ceremony was held at the new wing of the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (HKCEC) in Wan Chai. For the People's Republic of China For the United Kingdom of Great",
"title": "Hong Kong handover ceremony"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "5370290",
"text": "on 12 June 1985. In the Joint Declaration, the People's Republic of China Government stated that it had decided to resume the exercise of sovereignty over Hong Kong (including Hong Kong Island, Kowloon, and the New Territories) with effect from 1 July 1997 and the United Kingdom Government declared that it would restore Hong Kong to the PRC with effect from 1 July 1997. In the document, the People's Republic of China Government also declared its basic policies regarding Hong Kong. In accordance with the \"One country, two systems\" principle agreed between the United Kingdom and the People's Republic of",
"title": "Handover of Hong Kong"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "14578735",
"text": "the Chinese, the Second Convention of Peking was signed on 9 June. Since the foreign powers had agreed by the late 19th century that it was no longer permissible to acquire outright sovereignty over any parcel of Chinese territory, and in keeping with the other territorial cessions China made to Russia, Germany and France that same year, the extension of Hong Kong took the form of a 99-year lease. The lease consisted of the rest of Kowloon south of the Shenzhen River and 230 islands, which became known as the New Territories. The British formally took possession on 16 April",
"title": "British Hong Kong"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "14578741",
"text": "franchise to include them. The Sino-British Joint Declaration was signed by both the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and the Premier of the People's Republic of China on 19 December 1984 in Beijing. The Declaration entered into force with the exchange of instruments of ratification on 27 May 1985 and was registered by the People's Republic of China and United Kingdom governments at the United Nations on 12 June 1985. In the Joint Declaration, the People's Republic of China Government stated that it had decided to resume the exercise of sovereignty over Hong Kong (including Hong Kong Island, Kowloon,",
"title": "British Hong Kong"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "1728017",
"text": "to British consular protection in the HKSAR and other parts of the PRC. After signing of the declaration, the Sino–British Joint Liaison Group was set up according to the Annex II of the declaration. The transfer of sovereignty of Hong Kong (referred to as the \"return\" or \"handover\" by the Chinese and British press respectively) occurred as scheduled on 1 July 1997. Since the return just a few things changed, such as the flag of Hong Kong and the Prince of Wales Building being renamed into the People's Liberation Army Building. Post boxes were repainted green, as per the practice",
"title": "Sino-British Joint Declaration"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "15318229",
"text": "July 2016, nearly 40% of Hongkongers aged 15 to 24 supported the territory becoming an independent entity, whereas 17.4% of the overall respondents supported independence, despite only 3.6% stating that they think it is \"possible\". Hong Kong Island was first ceded as a crown colony to the United Kingdom from the Qing Empire in 1841 during the First Opium War. The other parts of Hong Kong, Kowloon and the New Territories were ceded permanently and leased for 99 years to Britain in 1860 Convention of Peking and 1898 Second Convention of Peking respectively. Although the Chinese government, governed by the",
"title": "Hong Kong independence"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "14578726",
"text": "British Hong Kong British Hong Kong denotes the period during which Hong Kong was governed as a colony and British Dependent Territory of the United Kingdom. Excluding the Japanese occupation during the Second World War, Hong Kong was under British rule from 1841 to 1997. The colonial period began with the occupation of Hong Kong Island in 1841 during the First Opium War. The island was ceded by Qing China in the aftermath of the war in 1842 and established as a Crown colony in 1843. The colony expanded to the Kowloon Peninsula in 1860 after the Second Opium War",
"title": "British Hong Kong"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "14578727",
"text": "and was further extended when Britain obtained a 99-year lease of the New Territories in 1898. Although Hong Kong Island and Kowloon were ceded in perpetuity, the leased area, which comprised 92 per cent of the territory, had such a vital role in the economy that Britain agreed to transfer the entire colony to China upon the expiration of that lease in 1997. The transfer has been considered by many as marking the end of the British Empire. In 1836, the Manchu Qing government undertook a major policy review of the opium trade. Lin Zexu volunteered to take on the",
"title": "British Hong Kong"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "17252911",
"text": "of British administration and replaced it with the Provisional Legislative Council. The decision of transfer of the sovereignty over Hong Kong in 1997 was finalised by the Chinese and British governments on 18 December 1984 in the Sino-British Joint Declaration. The Declaration stated that the Chinese government would resume the exercise of sovereignty over Hong Kong (including Hong Kong Island, Kowloon, and the New Territories), effective on 1 July 1997, from the British government. Within these declarations, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region shall be under the direct jurisdiction of the Central People’s Government and shall enjoy a high degree",
"title": "1994 Hong Kong electoral reform"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "6712936",
"text": "control on the New Territories was a 99-year lease. The Sino-British Joint Declaration was signed by the Prime Ministers of the People's Republic of China and the United Kingdom governments on 19 December 1984 in Beijing. The Declaration entered into force with the exchange of instruments of ratification on 27 May 1985. In the Joint Declaration, the PRC Government stated that it had decided to resume the exercise of sovereignty over Hong Kong (including Hong Kong Island, Kowloon, and the New Territories) with effect from 1 July 1997, and the UK Government declared that it would restore Hong Kong to",
"title": "Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Establishment Day"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "5370289",
"text": "Hong Kong's future in Beijing. Zhou Nan, the then PRC Deputy Foreign Minister and leader of the negotiation team, and Sir Richard Evans, British Ambassador to Beijing and leader of the team, signed respectively on behalf of the two governments. The Sino-British Joint Declaration was signed by the Prime Ministers of the People's Republic of China and the United Kingdom governments on 19 December 1984 in Beijing. The Declaration entered into force with the exchange of instruments of ratification on 27 May 1985 and was registered by the People's Republic of China and United Kingdom governments at the United Nations",
"title": "Handover of Hong Kong"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "174384",
"text": "destroyed opium stockpiles and halted all foreign trade, forcing a British military response and triggering the First Opium War. The Qing surrendered early in the war and ceded Hong Kong Island in the Convention of Chuenpi. However, both countries were dissatisfied and did not ratify the agreement. After over a year of further hostilities, Hong Kong Island was formally ceded to the United Kingdom in the 29 August 1842 Treaty of Nanking. The colony was further expanded in 1898, when Britain obtained a 99-year lease of the New Territories. The University of Hong Kong was established in 1911 as the",
"title": "Hong Kong"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "19770608",
"text": "Westernisation in Hong Kong After the First Opium War in 1842, China ceded Hong Kong Island to Britain under the Nanking Treaty. Subsequently in 1898, China leased the lands surrounding Hong Kong Island which includes the New Territories, the Kowloon peninsula and outlying islands to Britain rent free for 99 years under the Convention for the Extension of Hong Kong Territory following China's defeat in the First Sino Japanese War. These unequal treaties has granted Britain the power to colonise the whole of Hong Kong. Even though Hong Kong was eventually handed back to China at the handover in 1997,",
"title": "Westernisation in Hong Kong"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "656994",
"text": "and the People's Republic of China (PRC) concluded the Sino-British Joint Declaration on the Question of Hong Kong, under which the sovereignty of the leased territories, together with Hong Kong Island and Kowloon (south of Boundary Street) ceded under the Convention of Peking (1860), was transferred to the PRC on 1 July 1997. The treaty was sealed by interpreter John Robert Morrison for the British and Wang Tajin for the Chinese. Harry Parkes, who was a student of Chinese under Morrison, gave his account of the ceremony: There were four copies of the Treaty signed and sealed. They were bound",
"title": "Treaty of Nanking"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "1727999",
"text": "force with the exchange of instruments of ratification on 27 May 1985, and was registered by the PRC and UK governments at the United Nations on 12 June 1985. In the Joint Declaration, the PRC Government stated that it had decided to resume the exercise of sovereignty over Hong Kong (including Hong Kong Island, Kowloon, and the New Territories) with effect from 1 July 1997, and the UK Government declared that it would hand over Hong Kong to the PRC with effect from 1 July 1997. The PRC Government also declared its basic policies regarding Hong Kong in the document.",
"title": "Sino-British Joint Declaration"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "6712932",
"text": "Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Establishment Day Establishment Day, formally the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Establishment Day (), is celebrated annually on 1 July in Hong Kong since 1997. The holiday commemorates the transfer of sovereignty over Hong Kong from the United Kingdom to the People's Republic of China and the establishment of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. The similarly-named holiday in Macau occurs on December 20, the day of its handover from Portugal. The day is customarily marked by an officially organised extravagant fireworks display in the evening, and is also the platform for political rallies demanding",
"title": "Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Establishment Day"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "14578754",
"text": "beginning of the emergence of a Hong Kong identity, changed the attitude of the local Chinese. They overwhelmingly rallied around the colonial British regime. British Hong Kong British Hong Kong denotes the period during which Hong Kong was governed as a colony and British Dependent Territory of the United Kingdom. Excluding the Japanese occupation during the Second World War, Hong Kong was under British rule from 1841 to 1997. The colonial period began with the occupation of Hong Kong Island in 1841 during the First Opium War. The island was ceded by Qing China in the aftermath of the war",
"title": "British Hong Kong"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "6712935",
"text": "usually held on the evening of 1 July in Victoria Harbour. Hong Kong's territory was acquired by United Kingdom from China through three separate treaties: the Treaty of Nanking in 1842, the Treaty of Beijing in 1860, and The Convention for the Extension of Hong Kong Territory in 1898, which gave the UK the control of Hong Kong Island, Kowloon (area south of Boundary Street), and the New Territories (area north of Boundary Street and south of the Shenzhen River, and outlying islands), respectively. Although Hong Kong Island and Kowloon had been ceded to the United Kingdom in perpetuity, the",
"title": "Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Establishment Day"
}
] |
1 July 1997
|
the first life forms to appear on earth were
|
[
"putative fossilized microorganisms"
] |
[
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "20031041",
"text": "Earliest known life forms The earliest known life forms on Earth are putative fossilized microorganisms found in hydrothermal vent precipitates. The earliest time that life forms first appeared on Earth is unknown. They may have lived earlier than 3.77 billion years ago, possibly as early as 4.28 billion years ago, or nearly 4.5 billion years ago according to some; in any regards, not long after the oceans formed 4.41 billion years ago, and not long after the formation of the Earth 4.54 billion years ago. The earliest \"direct\" evidence of life on Earth are microfossils of microorganisms permineralized in 3.465-billion-year-old",
"title": "Earliest known life forms"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "20031046",
"text": "Earth dates from at least 3.5 billion years ago. There is evidence that life began much earlier. In 2017, fossilized microorganisms, or microfossils, were announced to have been discovered in hydrothermal vent precipitates in the Nuvvuagittuq Belt of Quebec, Canada that may be as old as 4.28 billion years old, the oldest record of life on Earth, suggesting \"an almost instantaneous emergence of life\" (in a geological time-scale sense), after ocean formation 4.41 billion years ago, and not long after the formation of the Earth 4.54 billion years ago. Nonetheless, life may have started even earlier, at nearly 4.5 billion",
"title": "Earliest known life forms"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "8134830",
"text": "this period, about 3.8 gya, around the same time as peak Late Heavy Bombardment. According to evidence from radiometric dating and other sources, Earth formed about 4.54 billion years ago. Within its first billion years, life appeared in its oceans and began to affect its atmosphere and surface, promoting the proliferation of aerobic as well as anaerobic organisms. Since then, the combination of Earth's distance from the Sun, its physical properties and its geological history have allowed life to emerge, develop photosynthesis, and, later, evolve further and thrive. The earliest life on Earth arose at least 3.5 billion years ago.",
"title": "Early Earth"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "243901",
"text": "organic compounds. Properties common to all organisms include the need for certain core chemical elements to sustain biochemical functions. Life on Earth first appeared as early as 4.28 billion years ago, soon after ocean formation 4.41 billion years ago, and not long after the formation of the Earth 4.54 billion years ago. Earth's current life may have descended from an RNA world, although RNA-based life may not have been the first. The mechanism by which life began on Earth is unknown, though many hypotheses have been formulated and are often based on the Miller–Urey experiment. The earliest known life forms",
"title": "Life"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "20031048",
"text": "by the University of Edinburgh suggested that life on Earth may have originated from biological particles carried by streams of space dust. A December 2017 report stated that 3.465-billion-year-old Australian Apex chert rocks once contained microorganisms, the earliest \"direct\" evidence of life on Earth. In January 2018, a study found that 4.5 billion-year-old meteorites found on Earth contained liquid water along with prebiotic complex organic substances that may be ingredients for life. According to biologist Stephen Blair Hedges, \"If life arose relatively quickly on Earth … then it could be common in the universe.\" Earliest known life forms The earliest",
"title": "Earliest known life forms"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "5345760",
"text": "before a reliable (fossil) record of life; it began with the formation of the planet and ended 4.0 billion years ago. The following Archean and Proterozoic eons produced the beginnings of life on Earth and its earliest evolution. The succeeding eon is the Phanerozoic, divided into three eras: the Palaeozoic, an era of arthropods, fishes, and the first life on land; the Mesozoic, which spanned the rise, reign, and climactic extinction of the non-avian dinosaurs; and the Cenozoic, which saw the rise of mammals. Recognizable humans emerged at most 2 million years ago, a vanishingly small period on the geological",
"title": "History of Earth"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "5345761",
"text": "scale. The earliest undisputed evidence of life on Earth dates at least from 3.5 billion years ago, during the Eoarchean Era, after a geological crust started to solidify following the earlier molten Hadean Eon. There are microbial mat fossils such as stromatolites found in 3.48 billion-year-old sandstone discovered in Western Australia. Other early physical evidence of a biogenic substance is graphite in 3.7 billion-year-old metasedimentary rocks discovered in southwestern Greenland as well as \"remains of biotic life\" found in 4.1 billion-year-old rocks in Western Australia. According to one of the researchers, \"If life arose relatively quickly on Earth … then",
"title": "History of Earth"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "5345823",
"text": "multiply and become better adapted to survival out of the water. Prokaryote lineages had probably colonized the land as early as 2.6 Ga even before the origin of the eukaryotes. For a long time, the land remained barren of multicellular organisms. The supercontinent Pannotia formed around 600 Ma and then broke apart a short 50 million years later. Fish, the earliest vertebrates, evolved in the oceans around 530 Ma. A major extinction event occurred near the end of the Cambrian period, which ended 488 Ma. Several hundred million years ago, plants (probably resembling algae) and fungi started growing at the",
"title": "History of Earth"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "10586316",
"text": "Evolutionary history of life The evolutionary history of life on Earth traces the processes by which both living organisms and fossil organisms evolved since life emerged on the planet, until the present. Earth formed about 4.5 billion years (Ga) ago and evidence suggests life emerged prior to 3.7 Ga. Although there is some evidence to suggest that life appeared as early as 4.1 to 4.28 Ga this evidence remains controversial due to the non-biological mechanisms that may have formed these potential signatures of past life. The similarities among all known species of present-day organisms indicate that they have diverged through",
"title": "Evolutionary history of life"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "5345762",
"text": "it could be common in the universe.\" Photosynthetic organisms appeared between 3.2 and 2.4 billion years ago and began enriching the atmosphere with oxygen. Life remained mostly small and microscopic until about 580 million years ago, when complex multicellular life arose, developed over time, and culminated in the Cambrian Explosion about 541 million years ago. This sudden diversification of life forms produced most of the major phyla known today, and divided the Proterozoic Eon from the Cambrian Period of the Paleozoic Era. It is estimated that 99 percent of all species that ever lived on Earth, over five billion, have",
"title": "History of Earth"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "111071",
"text": "life forms. The resultant molecular oxygen () accumulated in the atmosphere and due to interaction with ultraviolet solar radiation, formed a protective ozone layer () in the upper atmosphere. The incorporation of smaller cells within larger ones resulted in the development of complex cells called eukaryotes. True multicellular organisms formed as cells within colonies became increasingly specialized. Aided by the absorption of harmful ultraviolet radiation by the ozone layer, life colonized Earth's surface. Among the earliest fossil evidence for life is microbial mat fossils found in 3.48 billion-year-old sandstone in Western Australia, biogenic graphite found in 3.7 billion-year-old metasedimentary rocks",
"title": "Earth"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "10586318",
"text": "comes from biogenic carbon signatures and stromatolite fossils discovered in 3.7 billion-year-old metasedimentary rocks discovered in western Greenland. In 2015, \"remains of biotic life\" were found in 4.1 billion-year-old rocks in Western Australia. In March 2017, putative evidence of possibly the oldest forms of life on Earth was reported in the form of fossilized microorganisms discovered in hydrothermal vent precipitates in the Nuvvuagittuq Belt of Quebec, Canada, that may have lived as early as 4.28 billion years ago, not long after the oceans formed 4.4 billion years ago, and not long after the formation of the Earth 4.54 billion years",
"title": "Evolutionary history of life"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "12596357",
"text": "earliest undisputed evidence of life on Earth dates at least from 3.5 billion years ago, during the Eoarchean Era after geological crust started to solidify, following the earlier molten Hadean Eon. Microbial mat fossils in 3.48 billion-year-old sandstone have been found in Western Australia. Other early physical evidence of life includes graphite, a biogenic substance, in 3.7 billion-year-old metasedimentary rocks in western Greenland and, in 2015, \"remains of biotic life\" found in 4.1 billion-year-old rocks in Western Australia. According to one of the researchers, \"If life arose relatively quickly on Earth ... then it could be common in the universe.\"",
"title": "Introduction to evolution"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "5345794",
"text": "from prokaryotes into eukaryotes and multicellular forms. The Proterozoic saw a couple of severe ice ages called snowball Earths. After the last Snowball Earth about 600 Ma, the evolution of life on Earth accelerated. About 580 Ma, the Ediacaran biota formed the prelude for the Cambrian Explosion. The earliest cells absorbed energy and food from the surrounding environment. They used fermentation, the breakdown of more complex compounds into less complex compounds with less energy, and used the energy so liberated to grow and reproduce. Fermentation can only occur in an \"anaerobic\" (oxygen-free) environment. The evolution of photosynthesis made it possible",
"title": "History of Earth"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "289911",
"text": "in the development of yet more complex cells called eukaryotes. Cells within colonies became increasingly specialized, resulting in true multicellular organisms. With the ozone layer absorbing harmful ultraviolet radiation, life colonized the surface of Earth. The first form of life to develop on the Earth were microbes, and they remained the only form of life until about a billion years ago when multi-cellular organisms began to appear. Microorganisms are single-celled organisms that are generally microscopic, and smaller than the human eye can see. They include Bacteria, Fungi, Archaea, and Protista. These life forms are found in almost every location on",
"title": "Nature"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "243938",
"text": "the coast of the northwestern United States, as well as beneath the seabed off Japan. In August 2014, scientists confirmed the existence of life forms living below the ice of Antarctica. According to one researcher, \"You can find microbes everywhere — they're extremely adaptable to conditions, and survive wherever they are.\" The biosphere is postulated to have evolved, beginning with a process of biopoesis (life created naturally from non-living matter, such as simple organic compounds) or biogenesis (life created from living matter), at least some 3.5 billion years ago. The earliest evidence for life on Earth includes biogenic graphite found",
"title": "Life"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "10586368",
"text": "lineages made it onto land much earlier, modern land ecosystems only appeared in the Late Devonian, about . In May 2017, evidence of the earliest known life on land may have been found in 3.48-billion-year-old geyserite and other related mineral deposits (often found around hot springs and geysers) uncovered in the Pilbara Craton of Western Australia. Oxygen is a potent oxidant whose accumulation in terrestrial atmosphere resulted from the development of photosynthesis over 3 Ga, in cyanobacteria (blue-green algae), which were the most primitive oxygenic photosynthetic organisms. Brown algae accumulate inorganic mineral antioxidants such as rubidium, vanadium, zinc, iron, copper,",
"title": "Evolutionary history of life"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "10586321",
"text": "from a common ancestor that was a single celled eukaryotic species. Bilateria, animals with a front and a back, appeared by 555 Ma (million years ago). The earliest complex land plants date back to around 850 Ma, from carbon isotopes in Precambrian rocks, while algae-like multicellular land plants are dated back even to about 1 billion years ago, although evidence suggests that microorganisms formed the earliest terrestrial ecosystems, at least 2.7 Ga. Microorganisms are thought to have paved the way for the inception of land plants in the Ordovician. Land plants were so successful that they are thought to have",
"title": "Evolutionary history of life"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "313033",
"text": "of life in Earth's history, known as the Cambrian explosion, in which most modern phyla first appeared. Arthropods, molluscs, fish, amphibians, synapsids and diapsids all evolved during the Paleozoic. Life began in the ocean but eventually transitioned onto land, and by the late Paleozoic, it was dominated by various forms of organisms. Great forests of primitive plants covered the continents, many of which formed the coal beds of Europe and eastern North America. Towards the end of the era, large, sophisticated diapsids and synapsids were dominant and the first modern plants (conifers) appeared. The Paleozoic Era ended with the largest",
"title": "Paleozoic"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "10586319",
"text": "ago. According to biologist Stephen Blair Hedges, \"If life arose relatively quickly on Earth ... then it could be common in the universe.\" Microbial mats of coexisting bacteria and archaea were the dominant form of life in the early Archean and many of the major steps in early evolution are thought to have taken place within them. The evolution of photosynthesis, around 3.5 Ga, eventually led to a buildup of its waste product, oxygen, in the atmosphere, leading to the great oxygenation event, beginning around 2.4 Ga. The earliest evidence of eukaryotes (complex cells with organelles) dates from 1.85 Ga,",
"title": "Evolutionary history of life"
}
] |
putative fossilized microorganisms
|
who played the robot on lost in space 2018
|
[
"Brian Steele"
] |
[
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "13712012",
"text": "around the world, who have built at least 15 detailed full-size replicas of the Robot. In the 2018 Netflix series, the Robot is an alien AI which bears only a few resemblances with earlier versions, such as his famous line and loyalty to Will. Robot (Lost in Space) The Class M-3 Model B-9 General Utility Non-Theorizing Environmental Control Robot, known simply as the Robot, is a fictional character in the television series \"Lost in Space\". His full designation was only occasionally mentioned on the show. Although a machine endowed with superhuman strength and futuristic weaponry, he often displayed human characteristics,",
"title": "Robot (Lost in Space)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "1317531",
"text": "\"Battlestar Galactica\" show bought the show's sets. They were redesigned the next year and used for scenes on the Battlestar \"Pegasus\". Dick Tufeld reprised his role as voice of the robot for the third time. On October 10, 2014, it was announced that Legendary TV was developing a new reboot of \"Lost in Space\" for Netflix with \"Dracula Untold\" screenwriters Matt Sazama and Burk Sharpless attached to write. On June 29, 2016, Netflix ordered the series with 10 episodes. The series debuted on Netflix on April 13, 2018. It was renewed for a second season on May 13, 2018. The",
"title": "Lost in Space"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "11815517",
"text": "portrayed Drake Beast in \"\", Sammael in \"Hellboy\", Lycan werewolves in \"Underworld\" and \"\", William Corvinus in \"\", T-600 in \"Terminator Salvation\", Berzerker Predator in \"Predators\", and a Bigfoot in the Eduardo Sánchez horror-thriller film \"Exists\". Brian Steele has participated in multiple ultra-distance, self-supported cycling races, including the Tour Divide mountain bike race and the Trans Am Bike Race. Brian Steele Brian Steele is an American actor who has had many roles as monsters and creatures on television and in films. In 2018, he appears as The Robot in \"Lost in Space\". Steele stands at 6 ft 7 in (2.01m).",
"title": "Brian Steele"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "11815516",
"text": "Brian Steele Brian Steele is an American actor who has had many roles as monsters and creatures on television and in films. In 2018, he appears as The Robot in \"Lost in Space\". Steele stands at 6 ft 7 in (2.01m). In 2006–2014 Steele portrayed the prank redeeming Sasquatch in over 40 \"Messin' with Sasquatch\" commercials for Jack Links Jerky. On television, Steele played the Bigfoot called Harry in the series \"Harry and the Hendersons\" before moving on to play creatures in theatrical motion pictures, with roles like Mr. Wink in \"\" wearing over 130 pounds of makeup. Steele has",
"title": "Brian Steele"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "8658178",
"text": "Bob May (actor) Bob May (September 4, 1939 – January 18, 2009) was an American actor best remembered for playing The Robot on the television series \"Lost in Space\", which debuted in 1965 and ran until 1968. May appeared in all 83 episodes inside a prop costume built by Bob Stewart; the robot's voice was dubbed by Dick Tufeld, who was also the narrator of the series. Born in New York City, May was the grandson of vaudeville comedian Chic Johnson, half of the Olsen and Johnson comedy team famed for their blackout gags and orchestrated mayhem. May's first experience",
"title": "Bob May (actor)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "13712008",
"text": "arms. The Robot was performed by Bob May in a prop costume built by Bob Stewart. The voice was primarily dubbed by Dick Tufeld, who was also the series' narrator, and Jorge Arvizu for the Spanish dubbing. The Robot was designed by Robert Kinoshita, who also designed \"Forbidden Planet\"'s Robby the Robot. Robby appears in Lost in Space episode #20 \"War of the Robots\" and in episode #60 \"Condemned of Space\". The Robot did not appear in the unaired pilot episode, but was added to the series once it had been greenlit. Initially, the bellows-covered legs were articulated, and were",
"title": "Robot (Lost in Space)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "8658186",
"text": "grandchildren. He is interred in San Fernando Mission Cemetery. Bob May (actor) Bob May (September 4, 1939 – January 18, 2009) was an American actor best remembered for playing The Robot on the television series \"Lost in Space\", which debuted in 1965 and ran until 1968. May appeared in all 83 episodes inside a prop costume built by Bob Stewart; the robot's voice was dubbed by Dick Tufeld, who was also the narrator of the series. Born in New York City, May was the grandson of vaudeville comedian Chic Johnson, half of the Olsen and Johnson comedy team famed for",
"title": "Bob May (actor)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "13712007",
"text": "Robot (Lost in Space) The Class M-3 Model B-9 General Utility Non-Theorizing Environmental Control Robot, known simply as the Robot, is a fictional character in the television series \"Lost in Space\". His full designation was only occasionally mentioned on the show. Although a machine endowed with superhuman strength and futuristic weaponry, he often displayed human characteristics, such as laughter, sadness, and mockery, as well as singing and playing the guitar. With his major role often being to protect the youngest member of the crew, the Robot's catchphrases were \"It does not compute\" and \"Danger, Will Robinson!\", accompanied by flailing his",
"title": "Robot (Lost in Space)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "6487067",
"text": "Dick Tufeld Richard Norton \"Dick\" Tufeld (December 11, 1926 – January 22, 2012) was an American actor, announcer, narrator and voice actor from the late 1940s until the early 21st century. He was a well-known presence on television as an announcer, but his most famous role was as the voice of the Robot in the television series, \"Lost in Space\". Born in Los Angeles, California, to a Russian father and a Canadian mother, he spent his childhood in Pasadena, California. Tufeld attended the Northwestern University School of Communication, then known as the university's School of Speech. In 1945, he obtained",
"title": "Dick Tufeld"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "6487071",
"text": "was married to Adrienne Tufeld (1948–2004, her death), and commissioned a home by architect Gregory Ain in 1952. He died in 2012 of congestive heart failure. Dick Tufeld Richard Norton \"Dick\" Tufeld (December 11, 1926 – January 22, 2012) was an American actor, announcer, narrator and voice actor from the late 1940s until the early 21st century. He was a well-known presence on television as an announcer, but his most famous role was as the voice of the Robot in the television series, \"Lost in Space\". Born in Los Angeles, California, to a Russian father and a Canadian mother, he",
"title": "Dick Tufeld"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "8658180",
"text": "among them \"Cheyenne\", \"Hawaiian Eye\", \"Palm Springs Weekend\", \"Stagecoach\", \"Surfside 6\", \"The Roaring Twenties\" and \"77 Sunset Strip\". June Lockhart, who played Maureen Robinson in the series, said that May had insisted he got the job because he fit in the robot suit. Irwin Allen, the creator of the \"Lost in Space\" television series, selected May to fill the role of the robot, the sidekick of the Robinson family, after May was sent to see him about the part; Allen promised May, \"If you can fit in the suit, you've got the job\". Bob donned the suit for the first",
"title": "Bob May (actor)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "19600922",
"text": "was announced that Legendary Television and Synthesis Entertainment were developing a new reboot of \"Lost in Space\" and had hired screenwriting duo Matt Sazama and Burk Sharpless to pen the pilot episodes. In November 2015, Netflix landed the project. On June 29, 2016, Netflix ordered a full 10 episode season of \"Lost in Space\", with Zack Estrin as executive producer and showrunner. Sazama, Sharpless, Kevin Burns, Jon Jashni, Neil Marshall, and Marc Helwig also serve as executive producers. Production on the first season began in February 2017, in Vancouver, British Columbia, and concluded in July 2017. Season 2 began production",
"title": "Lost in Space (2018 TV series)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "13712010",
"text": "According to the series In one first season episode, Dr. Smith was seen to remove the robot's programming tapes, which resemble a small reel of magnetic tape, from a hatch below the robot's chest panel. Two versions of the robot were used during \"Lost in Space\" filming – a \"hero robot\" costume worn by Bob May, and a static, \"stunt robot\" prop that was used for distant or hazardous shots. Both versions fell into disrepair after the series, but these have since been discovered and restored. The \"hero\" is privately owned by TV and film producer Kevin Burns, who commissioned",
"title": "Robot (Lost in Space)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "8658185",
"text": "1998 \"Lost in Space\" film, with Dick Tufeld reprising his role as the robot's voice, May did not fill the role of fitting inside the robot in the movie remake. May's home in an upscale mobile home park in the San Fernando Valley was destroyed in the November 2008 California wildfires that hit the Los Angeles area, though he and his wife were able to escape without injury. May died at age 69 on January 18, 2009 at a hospital in Lancaster, California of congestive heart failure. He was survived by his wife, Judith, son, Martin, daughter, Deborah and four",
"title": "Bob May (actor)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "13712009",
"text": "moved separately by the actor inside. However, the metal edges inside the suit cut actor Bob May's legs, so changes were made. The legs were bolted together, and the robot was pulled along by a wire instead of walking as it had done before. A new lower section was constructed with the legs cut off at the knee. This was filmed either in close-up or behind something to obscure the actor's feet protruding out the bottom; this version of the suit was informally referred to by the cast and crew as \"the Bermuda shorts.\" Robot consisted, from top down, of",
"title": "Robot (Lost in Space)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "1317539",
"text": "Harris) was the only character from the original program to appear in the special, along with the Robot (who was named Robon and employed in flight control rather than a support activity). The spacecraft was launched vertically by rocket, and Smith was a passenger rather than a saboteur. The pilot for the animated \"Lost in Space\" series was not picked up as a series, and only this episode was produced. This cartoon was included in the Blu-ray release on September 15, 2015. 20th Century Fox has released the entire series on DVD in Region 1. Several of the releases contain",
"title": "Lost in Space"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "4961275",
"text": "In 2014, he played the recurring role of medic Tommy Cole during the second and final season of the Lifetime drama series \"Witches of East End\". In the summer of 2015, Serrichio was cast in the role of Miguel on the BET sitcom, \"Zoe Ever After\" starring Brandy Norwood. In 2018, he appeared as Don West in \"Lost in Space\", the Netflix remake of the 1965 TV series. He played Dr Rudolpho Fuentes on \"Bones\", seasons 9-12. Ignacio Serricchio Ignacio Ariel Serricchio (born April 19, 1982) is an Argentine American actor. He is known for his role as Diego Alcazar",
"title": "Ignacio Serricchio"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "1661137",
"text": "happily married Samantha and Darrin Stephens (Dick York) are, Edgar reverses his mischief and gives his (albeit quiet) blessing to their still-new marriage. Johnson appeared in one of the final episodes of ABC's \"The Donna Reed Show\" in 1966. He was cast in the 1967 satirical James Coburn film \"The President's Analyst\", in which he gave a comically chilling performance as a federal agent with a blindly obedient \"orders are orders\" mentality. In 1968, he acted in the Season 3 episode of \"Lost in Space\", \"Princess of Space\". Johnson played the traitorous robot space pirate Fedor helping the machines to",
"title": "Arte Johnson"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "9786277",
"text": "actor Dick Tufeld. Two of Kinoshita's famous robots appeared faceplate-to-faceplate in the \"Lost in Space\" episodes \"War of the Robots\" and \"Condemned of Space\", where Robby the Robot appeared as a guest robotoid and robot, respectively. Among his credits are art direction on four other well-known TV shows: \"Highway Patrol\" (1955–1959), \"Bat Materson\" (1960–1961), \"Hawaii Five-O\" (1970–1971), and \"Kojak\" (1973–1974). Kinoshita also contributed production design to several features including \"The Phantom Planet\" (1961). The B9 robot fan club provided photos of Kinoshita on his 94th birthday as well as an interview. Robert Kinoshita turned 100 in February 2014 and died",
"title": "Robert Kinoshita"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "10040996",
"text": "Robotoid A robotoid is an \"artificial lifeform\" that is created through processes that are totally different from cloning or synthetics. In short; the cybernetic equivalent of a \"humanoid.\" Perhaps the first mention of \"robotoid\" was in the \"Lost in Space\" episode \"War of the Robots\" which originally aired on February 9, 1966 and credits Robby the Robot as a \"robotoid\" and William Bramley and Ollie O'Toole as uncredited \"robotoid voice\" actors. In the episode, the \"Lost in Space\" robot says: \"It is more than a machine...it is a robotoid.\" The robot goes on to explain that as a robot, it",
"title": "Robotoid"
}
] |
Brian Steele
|
who came up with britain's got talent
|
[
"Simon Cowell"
] |
[
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "9354816",
"text": "Britain's Got Talent Britain's Got Talent (often abbreviated to BGT) is a televised British talent show competition, broadcast on ITV. It is a part of the global \"Got Talent\" franchise created by Simon Cowell, and is produced by both Thames (formerly Talkback Thames) and Syco Entertainment production, with its distribution handled by Fremantle. Since its premiere in June 2007, each series has been aired in late Spring/early Summer, and hosted by Ant & Dec. To accompany each series since it first began, a sister show is run on ITV2 entitled Britain's Got More Talent presented by Stephen Mulhern. Initially planned",
"title": "Britain's Got Talent"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "9354862",
"text": "were held within Manchester, Blackpool and London, with two of these cities holding open auditions in 2017, alongside a number of locations within the United Kingdom and Ireland, including Edinburgh, Perth, Dundee, Aberdeen, Glasgow, Dublin, and Inverness. The series was won by stand-up comedian Lost Voice Guy, with comedy singer/pianist Robert White coming second, and singer Donchez Dacres placing third. Britain's Got More Talent is a companion sister show that is broadcast on ITV2, and is aired after each episode of \"Britain's Got Talent\" since the main show began in June 2007. Hosted by Stephen Mulhern (with occasional appearances by",
"title": "Britain's Got Talent"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "9354819",
"text": "Factor\" (also created by Cowell) and \"The Voice UK\". On average, it draws viewing figures of 9.9 million viewers per series - the show's live final in the third series attracted a record 17.3 million viewers, obtaining a 64.6% audience share at the time of its broadcast. At present, the programme is contracted to run until 2022. The show's format was devised by \"X Factor\" creator and Sony Music executive, Simon Cowell, who was involved in the creation of other \"Got Talent\" programmes across several different countries. To showcase his idea, a pilot episode was filmed in September 2005, with",
"title": "Britain's Got Talent"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "11825178",
"text": "Got Talent Got Talent is a British talent show television format conceived and owned by Simon Cowell's SYCOtv company. It has spawned spin-offs in over 58 countries (as of April 2014), in what is now referred to as the 'Got Talent' format, similar to that described by FremantleMedia of the \"Idol\" and \"The X Factor\" formats. Unlike those shows, \"Got Talent\" showcases several artistic disciplines in addition to singing. In April 2014, the format was named the world's most successful reality TV format ever by the Guinness World Records. \"Got Talent\" was an invention by \"The X Factor\" creator Simon",
"title": "Got Talent"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "9354873",
"text": "which initially featured four dates before it was later increased to run for eighteen shows, and included performances by Diversity, Flawless, Aidan Davis, Shaun Smith, Stavros Flatley, Hollie Steel, 2 Grand, Julian Smith, Shaheen Jafargholi, Susan Boyle, Darth Jackson, DJ Talent and the 2008 winner, George Sampson. In 2010, a third live tour was created, featuring a much larger schedule and taking place across 16 cities and 23 shows. It was hosted by comedian Paddy McGuinness, and featured performances by that year's finalists of \"Britain's Got Talent\" - Spelbound, Twist & Pulse, Kieran Gaffney, Tobias Mead, Tina & Chandi, Paul",
"title": "Britain's Got Talent"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "9354859",
"text": "with all three holding open auditions in late 2015 along with Cardiff, Glasgow, and Manchester. It was the last series to hold live episodes within The Fountain Studios, before its closure at the end of the year. The series was won by magician Richard Jones, with singer Wayne Woodward coming in second, and dance group Boogie Storm placing third. The eleventh series was aired during 2017, between 15 April to 3 June; the final was originally planned for 4 June, but this was moved forward to avoid it clashing with the One Love Manchester benefit concert that day. The series",
"title": "Britain's Got Talent"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "12016015",
"text": "original plans for the programme before O'Grady's departure. The hosts selected for the series were Ant & Dec, while a spin-off show on ITV2, entitled \"Britain's Got More Talent\" would be hosted by Stephen Mulhern. The first series was won by opera singer Paul Potts. During its broadcast, the series averaged around 8.4 million viewers. After Simon Cowell pitched to ITV his plans for a televised talent competition, production was green-lighted for a full series after a pilot episode was created in mid-2005. A dispute between Paul O'Grady, the original choice as host for the programme, and the broadcaster, led",
"title": "Britain's Got Talent (series 1)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "9354855",
"text": "by trainer and dog duo Ashleigh and Pudsey, with opera duo Jonathan and Charlotte coming in second, and Welsh boys choir Only Boys Aloud placing third. The seventh series was aired during 2013, between 13 April to 8 June; the show took a break on the 29 May, due to live football coverage of England's friendly with the Republic of Ireland. While the show retained the new features introduced in the previous series, the cash prize was reduced to £250,000, with the series featuring auditions within five cities - Birmingham, London, Cardiff, Glasgow and Manchester. The series was won by",
"title": "Britain's Got Talent"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "9354861",
"text": "Lincoln, Reading, Manchester and Luton. The series was won by pianist Tokio Myers, with magician Issy Simpson coming second, and stand-up comedian Daliso Chaponda placing third. The twelfth series was aired during 2018, between 14 April to 3 June. Following the previous series, the Judges' vote was brought back into the show's format, while the live episodes were aired from Hammersmith Apollo and presented solely by Declan Donnelly; although Anthony McPartlin had stepped down from his TV commitments in March 2018, he still appeared in the series' audition episodes, which had been filmed during January and February that year. Auditions",
"title": "Britain's Got Talent"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "9354858",
"text": "the one with the highest number of votes going forward into the final - this act is referred to as the Public Wildcard. Audition took place within Edinburgh, Manchester, Birmingham, and London, with the latter three cities holding open auditions in late 2014 along with Newcastle, Cardiff, Portsmouth, Leeds, Norwich, and Bristol. The winner of the series was trainer and dog duo Jules O'Dwyer & Matisse, with magician Jamie Raven coming second, and Welsh choir Côr Glanaethwy placing third. The tenth series was aired during 2016, between 9 April to 28 May. Auditions were held within Liverpool, Birmingham and London,",
"title": "Britain's Got Talent"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "9354874",
"text": "Burling, Christopher Stone, Janey Cutler, Liam McNally and Connected. In 2011, a fourth live tour was created. Hosted by Mulhern, it featured performances by the finalists of that year's \"Britain's Got Talent\" - Jai McDowall, Ronan Parke, New Bounce, Razy Gogonea, Michael Collings, Paul Gbegbaje, Steven Hall, James Hobley, Les Gibson and Jean Martyn. However ticket sales were drastically reduced due to low interest in the tour was as a result of the financial climate that year. Because there were raised concerns a new tour would flop if sales failed to improve, the tour was axed in 2012. There are",
"title": "Britain's Got Talent"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "10262030",
"text": "cast, featuring Robert De Niro, Diane Keaton, Susan Sarandon, Katherine Heigl, Amanda Seyfried, Topher Grace, and Robin Williams. The film was purchased by Lionsgate and was released April 26, 2013. Zackham also wrote the original screenplay \"One Chance\" about \"Britain's Got Talent\" winner Paul Potts. David Frankel directed the film for The Weinstein Company starring Tony Award-winner James Corden, Julie Walters, Colm Meaney, Mackenzie Crook, and Alexandra Roach. It was screened in the Special Presentation section at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival. The film was shot in Italy and the United Kingdom. The soundtrack includes a song, \"Sweeter Than",
"title": "Justin Zackham"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "1961325",
"text": "magicians, comedians, novelty acts, and so on. The origins of the \"Got Talent\" format can be traced to the British show \"Opportunity Knocks\". Cowell is the executive producer of \"America's Got Talent\", which debuted in June 2006, along with Fremantle producers of the \"Idol\" series, but for some time he did not appear on the show due to the terms of his contract with Fox. The show was a huge success for NBC, drawing around 12 million viewers a week, and beating \"So You Think You Can Dance\" on Fox (produced by rival and \"Idol\" creator Simon Fuller). \"Britain's Got",
"title": "Simon Cowell"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "9354866",
"text": "recipient of a Royal Television Society Programme Award for its technical achievements. It has also won four Nickelodeon UK Kids' Choice Awards from five nominations. In 2009, it won its first ever Digital Spy Reality Award for George Sampson for 'Favourite Reality Contestant'. The show was further nominated in the 'Reality Show' category, but lost out to \"The X Factor\" in the 'Reality TV Presenter' category for Ant & Dec and two nominations in the 'Reality TV Judge' category for Cowell and Morgan. The show was criticised by psychologist Glenn Wilson, who referred to it as a \"freak show\". He",
"title": "Britain's Got Talent"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "11825185",
"text": "It has been broadcast in Italy on TV8 and Sky Uno. Then Slovenia had made a show as same as the British one. Got Talent Got Talent is a British talent show television format conceived and owned by Simon Cowell's SYCOtv company. It has spawned spin-offs in over 58 countries (as of April 2014), in what is now referred to as the 'Got Talent' format, similar to that described by FremantleMedia of the \"Idol\" and \"The X Factor\" formats. Unlike those shows, \"Got Talent\" showcases several artistic disciplines in addition to singing. In April 2014, the format was named the",
"title": "Got Talent"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "18701187",
"text": "Jenkins, Sir Elton John, Vinnie Jones , Kelly Hoppen, Lorraine Kelly, Myleene Klass, N-Dubz, Arlene Phillips, Sir George Martin, the Beatles' producer, Pixie Lott, Sting, Tulisa, Gregg Wallace and the winners of the ITV television talent show Britain's Got Talent. Charity work includes trusteeships with Variety, the Children's Charity, the Chicken Shed Theatre Company. He is also a supporter of Norwood (charity). Jonathan Shalit Jonathan Shalit OBE (born 17 April 1962) is a British talent manager and chairman of ROAR Global and Cole Kitchenn. He is a regular speaker at Entertainment industry events in the UK and abroad and advises",
"title": "Jonathan Shalit"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "9354852",
"text": "the rest of the panel, while Louis Walsh returned as a guest judge for the London auditions when Hasselhoff couldn't attend due to other commitments at the time. The series was won by singer Jai McDowall, with singer Ronan Parke coming in second, and boyband New Bounce placing third. The sixth series was aired during 2012, between 24 March and 12 May. For this series, the cash prize was increased from £100,000 to £500,000, and a new feature was introduced called the \"Wildcard\", in which the judges could select one of the acts eliminated in the semi-finals, to return and",
"title": "Britain's Got Talent"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "9354848",
"text": "hadn't been visited during the previous series, along with Manchester, Birmingham, London and Cardiff. In addition, the show had five live semi-finals, featuring a total of 40 semi-finalists. The series was won by street-dancer George Sampson, with dual dance group Signature coming in second, and singer Andrew Johnston placing third. The third series was aired during 2009, between 11 April to 30 May, with auditions held in the same five cities as before. Initially, the producers intended to change the format by including a fourth judge on the panel, but this was later dropped a few days after auditions began.",
"title": "Britain's Got Talent"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "12016014",
"text": "Britain's Got Talent (series 1) Series One of Britain's Got Talent, a British talent competition series, began broadcasting in the UK during 2007, from 9 June to 17 June on ITV. The success of America's Got Talent helped to revive production of a British version of the show, after initial development for the programme was suspended when its originally planned host, Paul O'Grady, became involved in an argument with ITV and later defected to another channel. The judges chosen for the series were Piers Morgan, Amanda Holden and Simon Cowell; both Morgan and Cowell had been original choices during the",
"title": "Britain's Got Talent (series 1)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "9354820",
"text": "the judging panel consisting of Cowell, Fern Britton (at the time, presenter of \"This Morning\"), as well as tabloid journalist Piers Morgan. The pilot was not broadcast on television until it was shown as part of a documentary series entitled \"The Talent Show Story\" in January 2012. The original plan for the show was for it to be aired within 2005–2006, before the broadcast of \"America's Got Talent\", with Paul O'Grady presenting the programme under the title \"Paul O'Grady's Got Talent\", after having hosted the pilot. However, complications arose when O'Grady was involved in a row with ITV and refused",
"title": "Britain's Got Talent"
}
] |
Simon Cowell
|
what year did my pet monster come out
|
[
"1986"
] |
[
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "4565582",
"text": "My Pet Monster My Pet Monster is character that began as a plush doll first produced by American Greetings in 1986. It has horns, blue fur, and a fanged smile, wearing breakaway orange plastic handcuffs. In 2018, Hasbro acquired \"My Pet Monster\" from Saban Brands. The My Pet Monster character began as a plush doll first produced by American Greetings in 1986. As one of the few plush dolls marketed to boys at the time, My Pet Monster was popular in the late 1980s and early 1990s. The doll has blue fur, horns and a fanged smile, and is recognizable",
"title": "My Pet Monster"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "4565587",
"text": "so than being exposed to light. Much of the voice cast of \"My Pet Monster\" returned 2 years later in 1989 for \"Beetlejuice\", another cartoon show with a surreal theme and a supernatural world populated by fantastic monsters. Reruns of all 13 half-hour episodes aired on Teletoon Retro in Canada from September 5, 2011. My Pet Monster My Pet Monster is character that began as a plush doll first produced by American Greetings in 1986. It has horns, blue fur, and a fanged smile, wearing breakaway orange plastic handcuffs. In 2018, Hasbro acquired \"My Pet Monster\" from Saban Brands. The",
"title": "My Pet Monster"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "4565584",
"text": "The character's popularity spawned a live-action direct-to-video film in 1986 about a boy who becomes the Pet Monster after being exposed to a statue, changing when hungry. Dr Snyder, the scientist who originally discovered the statues and the legend behind them, wants to kidnap him for publicity purposes, while his sister helps her brother out of the crisis. My Pet Monster also spawned a children's cartoon series that ran for one season on ABC, produced by Ellipse (France), Nelvana (Canada), and Hi-Tops Video in association with Golden Books. The show follows Monster, who lives with a boy named Max. When",
"title": "My Pet Monster"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "4565583",
"text": "by its orange plastic handcuffs. The handcuffs could also be worn by children and came with a breakaway link so that the child could simulate breaking the chain. Several versions of the doll have been released in various sizes and other attributes. Other characters were also created with brightly colored fur and unorthodox names like Gwonk, Wogster and Rark. Their popularity allowed a wealth of merchandise including coloring books, Golden Look-Look books, frame-tray puzzles and various other items. Capitalizing on the nostalgia in many children of the '80s, Toymax released a 22-inch tall talking My Pet Monster doll in 2001.",
"title": "My Pet Monster"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "19771859",
"text": "began writing the script to My Pet Monster in early 2015 after the success of his debut feature, Dinosaur Island. The international rights were acquired at the American Film Market by Faisal Toor from Empress Road Pictures for its newly formed \"Selects\" Division. Rehearsals began December 2015. Principal photography commenced in 6 January 2016 in Australia, with Drummond directing. Live-action filming locations included Lithgow, Katoomba, Rydal and Portland, while CGI was done at Hive Studios International in Leura, New South Wales. Additional filming took place around the Lithgow area before transferring to Portland. Principal photography was completed on 15 February",
"title": "My Pet Dinosaur"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "19771866",
"text": "The album features the original score composed by Chris Wright, and includes the end credit track \"Only Human\" written and performed by Muma Megs featuring Eirie released on 6 September 2017 and reached Number 1 on the Children's Music, Australian iTunes charts. The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack was released on Australian iTunes 20 August 2017 and reached Number 20 on the Soundtrack charts. My Pet Dinosaur My Pet Dinosaur is a 2017 Australian, adventure, family film written and directed by Matt Drummond, and produced by Megan Williams. In an experiment gone wrong, a young boy named Jake makes a new",
"title": "My Pet Dinosaur"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "19771861",
"text": "2017 and upon its debut at the Chinese box office took the number seven position grossing $870,000 USD on its first day of release sitting alongside Hollywood Blockbusters such as Solo: A Star Wars Story, Avengers: Infinity War and A Quiet Place. After its initial release, the film continued to hold its top 10 position. My Pet Dinosaur will release in the US via Digital on October 2 and DVD November 6. Foreign box office figures to date are noted at 1.49M USD Upon its Australian release, My Pet Dinosaur has received mixed yet positive reviews. Richard Gray from The",
"title": "My Pet Dinosaur"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "14961205",
"text": "ranked at numbers five and four, respectively on the same poll, with their parent album \"My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy\" ranked the best album of 2010 as well. It was ranked at number 69 by \"Rolling Stone\" on their list of \"100 Greatest Hip-Hop songs of all time\". \"Monster\" was sent to radio on September 21, and it was released to the iTunes Store on October 23, 2010 around Halloween. It spent five weeks on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100, peaking at number 18 on the chart. The song also appeared within the top 30 on both the \"Billboard\" Hot Rap",
"title": "Monster (Kanye West song)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "19771860",
"text": "2016. The film is scored by Chris Wright, who also composed the score for Drummond's debut feature, Dinosaur Island (2014). Sound mix was completed by the Academy Award winning Peter Purcell, known for . Visual effects were completed by Hive Studios International, with Drummond acting as Visual effects supervisor. The theatrical trailer was released exclusively via Hollywood Reporter on 13 January 2017 to positive reviews, with commentary from Dread Central stating, My Pet Dinosaur was \"...The best movie Spielberg never made...\" and HR billing it as, \"E.T. meets Pixar.\" The film was distributed widely in Australian cinemas on 22 April",
"title": "My Pet Dinosaur"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "1478947",
"text": "Best Picture nomination: \"Mary Poppins\" (1964), \"Beauty and the Beast\" (1991), \"Up\" (2009), and \"Toy Story 3\" (2010). Walt Disney Pictures has produced four films that have grossed over $1 billion at the worldwide box office: \"\" (2006), \"Alice in Wonderland\" (2010), \"\" (2011), and \"Beauty and the Beast\" (2017); and has released five animated films that have reached that milestone: \"Toy Story 3\" (2010), \"Frozen\" (2013), \"Zootopia\", \"Finding Dory\" (both 2016), and \"Incredibles 2\" (2018). —Includes theatrical reissue(s). Walt Disney Pictures Walt Disney Pictures, formally known as Buena Vista Pictures, is an American film studio and a subsidiary of",
"title": "Walt Disney Pictures"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "16535204",
"text": "Rudebox Rudebox is the seventh studio album by English singer-songwriter Robbie Williams, released on 23 October 2006 in the United Kingdom. The album features collaborations with William Orbit, Mark Ronson, Soul Mekanik and two collaborations with Pet Shop Boys: \"She's Madonna\" and \"We're the Pet Shop Boys\". Lily Allen provides backing vocals on the songs \"Bongo Bong and Je ne t'aime plus\" and \"Keep On\". Williams covers five songs on the album: \"Louise\", a 1984 hit for The Human League, \"Kiss Me\", the biggest hit for Stephen Duffy, \"Lovelight\" by Lewis Taylor, \"We're the Pet Shop Boys\" by My Robot",
"title": "Rudebox"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "2290451",
"text": "series is also distributed in New Zealand and Australia by Madman Entertainment. The series is also licensed in Germany by Tokyopop Germany, in Poland by Taiga and in Russia by Comics Factory. The sequel, \"Pet Shop of Horrors: Tokyo\" is licensed in English by Tokyopop, who has published eight volumes as of February 2011. Madhouse produced a 4-episode anime adaptation of various chapters of the manga in March 1999. The anime first aired as a miniseries on the TBS television network (as part of their now-defunct programming block \"Wonderful\") before being sold on VHS and LaserDisc. Urban Vision released the",
"title": "Pet Shop of Horrors"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "4310796",
"text": "\"Tin Toy\" (1988). Released in 1995, \"Toy Story\" opened to critical acclaim and commercial success, leading to Pixar signing a five-film deal with Disney, which bore critically and financially successful computer animated films such as \"A Bug's Life\" (1998), \"Toy Story 2\" (1999), \"Monsters, Inc.\" (2001), and \"Finding Nemo\" (2003). In addition, the successes of \"Aladdin\" and \"The Lion King\" spurred a significant increase in the number of American-produced animated features throughout the rest of the decade, with the major film studios establishing new animation divisions such as Fox Animation Studios, Sullivan Bluth Studios, Rich Animation Studios, Turner Feature Animation,",
"title": "Walt Disney Animation Studios"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "16870897",
"text": "and rapper Kendrick Lamar, among others. The album title was revealed during the 2013 MTV Video Music Awards on August 25, 2013, alongside a preview of its lead single \"Berzerk\", which subsequently peaked at number 3 on the US \"Billboard\" Hot 100. It was followed by two more singles: \"Survival\" and \"Rap God\"; the former debuted at number 17 on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100, and the latter debuted at number 7 and became certified quadruple platinum by Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) in the United States. \"The Monster\", featuring Rihanna, was released as the album's fourth single on October",
"title": "The Marshall Mathers LP 2"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "5842141",
"text": "kids free of charge. The pets at first seem normal, until they change into their alien forms. The kids meet when they return to the pet shop because their pets stop eating and need some type of \"vitamins\" that the aliens feed them. Originally intended for a release in the summer of 1994, the film ended up being released on videocassette on March 28, 1995, though it did get released on video in Australia in December of 1994. In 2018, Full Moon announced that a new remastered Blu-Ray will be released on December 11, 2018. Pet Shop (film) Pet Shop",
"title": "Pet Shop (film)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "16643666",
"text": "\"Dessert\" magazine. The series was produced by Brain's Base under the direction of Hiro Kaburaki with Noboru Takagi as script supervisor. It aired between October 1 and December 24, 2012. An OVA episode was released on DVD with the final manga volume on August 12, 2013. NIS America licensed the anime for release in North America. The opening theme is by Haruka Tomatsu and the ending theme is \"White Wishes\" by 9nine. A live-action film adaptation was released in April 2018. It stars Masaki Suda as Haru and Tao Tsuchiya as Shizuku. The manga has over 6.1 million copies in",
"title": "My Little Monster"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "12825592",
"text": "also re-released in theaters as a Disney Digital 3-D \"double feature\" for at least two weeks in October 2009. The series is the 24th highest-grossing franchise worldwide, the fifth highest-grossing animated franchise (behind \"Despicable Me\", \"Shrek\", \"Ice Age\", and \"Madagascar\"), and is among the most critically acclaimed trilogies of all time. On November 1, 2011, all three \"Toy Story\" films were released in Disney Blu-ray 3D as a trilogy pack and as individual films. The \"Toy Story\" series consists of three CGI animated films: \"Toy Story\" (1995), \"Toy Story 2\" (1999), and \"Toy Story 3\" (2010). A fourth film, \"Toy",
"title": "Toy Story (franchise)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "623872",
"text": "was originally released. On 22 March 2009, the first single from the album \"Love etc.\" charted in the UK at number 14, and on 29 March 2009, \"Yes\" charted at number 4. Subsequent singles released from the album were \"Did You See Me Coming?\" and the Germany-exclusive \"Beautiful People\". The two internationally released singles from \"Yes\", \"Love etc\" and \"Did You See Me Coming?\", both hit the top spot on the US Dance Chart, their ninth and tenth No. 1s on that chart. A new official website was also released in 2009 following the new album and tour. The design",
"title": "Pet Shop Boys"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "1753710",
"text": "single \"Black Mask\" in late 1994, before combining the tracks from the Blunt EPs for the \"Sweaty Handshake\" LP. The album, released in January 1995, got a 9/12 rating from \"Hot Press\". They released the single \"Where Did Your Plans Go?\" in April 1995, described by \"Melody Maker\" as \"noisy nonsense\". In July they recorded their second Peel session. In November that year they recorded their first studio album for Roadrunner with producer Martin Bisi in New York City, called \"High Anxiety\". Although artwork for the album, and for its lead single, \"Holes\", was drafted, neither were ultimately released as",
"title": "Pet Lamb"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "16985854",
"text": "Mel Shaw Mel Shaw (December 19, 1914 – November 22, 2012) was an American animator, design artist, writer, and artist. Shaw was involved in the animation, story design, and visual development of numerous Disney animated films, beginning with \"Bambi\", which was released in 1942. His other animated film credits, usually involving animation design or the story, included \"The Rescuers\" in 1977, \"The Fox and the Hound\" in 1981, \"The Black Cauldron\" in 1985, \"The Great Mouse Detective\" in 1986, \"Beauty and the Beast\" in 1991, and \"The Lion King\" in 1994. He was named a Disney Legend in 2004 for",
"title": "Mel Shaw"
}
] |
1986
|
who made the beavis and butthead theme song
|
[
"Mike Judge"
] |
[
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "4623662",
"text": "musician Isaac Hayes, is a semi-parody of Hayes' Academy Award-winning \"Theme from \"Shaft\"\". It incorporates the theme from the \"Beavis and Butt-head\" television series as a rhythm guitar line, and series creator Mike Judge, who wrote the theme, is given a co-writing credit with Hayes in the soundtrack liner notes. The opening credit sequence which the song features in is a take-off on popular 1970s cop movies and TV shows with Beavis and Butt-Head as hip ace sleuth Lothario detectives. The version of Ozzy Osbourne's \"Walk on Water\" is not the same version included in the film. The film used",
"title": "Beavis and Butt-Head Do America"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "1427997",
"text": "impressive sales figures as well as positive reviews from critics who proclaimed it a return to form. A companion album released around the same time, \"Raw and Refined,\" featured a collection of previously unreleased instrumentals, both old and new. Hayes worked on the theme for the 1996 theatrical release 'Beavis and Butt-Head Do America', producing a piece which was essentially a hybrid of 'The Theme From Shaft' and the theme from the original 'Beavis and Butt-Head' TV show. Soon after, Hayes joined the founding cast of Comedy Central's animated TV series, \"South Park.\" Hayes provided the voice for the character",
"title": "Isaac Hayes"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "10261944",
"text": "2, \"Saints Row\" for the Xbox 360 and Rock Band 4 as DLC. The song was named the 87th best hard rock song of all time by VH1. On the show \"Beavis & Butt-Head\", Butt-Head comments that this is the theme song for Joey Buttafuoco, who was then known in those times through the Amy Fisher scandal. Seventeen (Winger song) \"Seventeen\" is a single released by the American rock band Winger, from their album \"Winger\". Released in 1988, the song charted at No. 26 on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100. Despite its pop metal sound, Kip Winger points out that the",
"title": "Seventeen (Winger song)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "8451183",
"text": "was also used in commercials promoting the ESPN series \"Tilt\". It is also used as the theme song for the Howard Stern Wrap-Up Show on Sirius XM Radio. Its video, directed by Pete Angelus, appeared in an episode of \"Beavis and Butt-Head\" in 1994. Remedy (The Black Crowes song) \"Remedy\" is the second track by The Black Crowes from their second album, \"The Southern Harmony and Musical Companion\". It reached #1 on the \"Billboard\" Album Rock Tracks chart in May 1992 and stayed at number 1 for 11 weeks. On the \"Billboard\" Hot 100 chart, the song peaked at number",
"title": "Remedy (The Black Crowes song)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "8713056",
"text": "to Shaquille O'Neal. Hayes also parodied \"Theme from \"Shaft\"\" with \"Two Cool Guys\", the opening theme song for the film \"Beavis and Butt-head Do America\", in which Hayes adapts the \"Beavis and Butt-head\" television theme as a rhythm guitar line for a \"Shaft\"-esque song about the title characters. In the series \"Two and a Half Men\", there are occasional references to the song, including one episode where Alan, Herb, Gordon, and Jerome are seen singing the song as a barbershop quartet. Since very early in the 1970s, the Swedish national television network Sveriges Television sports show on Sundays, \"Sportspegeln\" (Sports",
"title": "Theme from Shaft"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "39129",
"text": "metal bands such as Megadeth, Primus, Nirvana and White Zombie. Moreover, Beavis and Butt-head do a duet with Cher on \"I Got You Babe\" and a track by themselves called \"Come to Butt-Head\". The track with Cher also resulted in a music video directed by Tamra Davis and Yvette Kaplan. Beavis and Butt-Head Beavis and Butt-Head is an American adult animated sitcom created by Mike Judge. The series originated from \"Frog Baseball\", a 1992 short film by Judge originally aired on \"Liquid Television\". After seeing the short, MTV signed Judge to develop the short into a full series. The series",
"title": "Beavis and Butt-Head"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "4897891",
"text": "Weight (album) Weight is the fourth full-length studio album by the Rollins Band, released on April 12, 1994 (see 1994 in music). It featured the band's biggest hits, \"Liar\" and \"Disconnect\", which gained rotation on MTV and gained popularity after being featured on \"Beavis and Butt-head\". The song \"Civilized\" was also used as the closing theme for \"Dennis Miller Live\" from 1994–2002 on HBO. All songs are credited to the Rollins Band. The album received positive reviews from critics. Stephen Thomas Erlewine of Allmusic gave it a four-star rating, and labelled it \"their most impressive album to date\". In 2016,",
"title": "Weight (album)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "4897892",
"text": "\"Metal Hammer\" included it on their \"10 essential alt-metal albums\" list. Weight (album) Weight is the fourth full-length studio album by the Rollins Band, released on April 12, 1994 (see 1994 in music). It featured the band's biggest hits, \"Liar\" and \"Disconnect\", which gained rotation on MTV and gained popularity after being featured on \"Beavis and Butt-head\". The song \"Civilized\" was also used as the closing theme for \"Dennis Miller Live\" from 1994–2002 on HBO. All songs are credited to the Rollins Band. The album received positive reviews from critics. Stephen Thomas Erlewine of Allmusic gave it a four-star rating,",
"title": "Weight (album)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "9750245",
"text": "Kermit the Frog, Elmer Fudd, Yogi Bear, Rocky and Bullwinkle, the Smurfs (referred to as \"all those little blue guys\"), and Beavis and Butt-head (referred to as Beavis and \"that other guy\"). Chris Rice wrote the song while in college, as a joke for students, but after much success, his former record label insisted that he record it for a CD. He reluctantly agreed, although only if it was a hidden track. This track has received a lot of criticism from the Christian community due to its theology, more evidence that Rice's satirical intentions went well over the heads of",
"title": "Cartoons (Chris Rice song)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "5768428",
"text": "the United States, and £2,023,443 in the UK. In 1996, Silkski produced the song \"Pimp'n Ain't EZ\" for the movie and soundtrack of the 1996 animated feature film \"Beavis and Butt-head Do America\", which grossed $20.11 million in its opening weekend, and grossed over $127,118,386 in North American box office sales. Silkski also produced songs that went over platinum on the Bloods & Crips \"Bangin' on Wax” albums, as well as an album for Ice-T that went gold. Silkski family is well connected into the music industry, but that is not got him his start. “She (Silkski’s mom) tried to",
"title": "Silkski"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "4623661",
"text": "\"Making of\" documentaries, and more. It lacks the deleted National Archives scene. In 2013, \"The Edition That Doesn't Suck\" was re-released on DVD exclusively by Warner Home Video, under a deal with Paramount. Oddly enough, Warner Bros. was Geffen's distributor until The Geffen Company went bankrupt. Today, Warner Bros. holds home video distribution rights to all of Geffen Pictures's library. Noticeably missing are \"Mucha Muchacha\", the version of \"Lesbian Seagull\" with Mr. Van Driessen singing, and the score tracks performed by The London Metropolitan Orchestra, which were released on a separate album. \"Two Cool Guys\", written and performed by soul/funk",
"title": "Beavis and Butt-Head Do America"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "102885",
"text": "in \"The Abstinence\", a 1996 episode of the sitcom \"Seinfeld\". Letterman provided vocals for the Warren Zevon song \"Hit Somebody\" from \"My Ride's Here\", and provided the voice for Butt-head's father in the 1996 animated film \"Beavis and Butt-Head Do America\", once again credited as Earl Hofert. In 2010, a documentary \"Dying to do Letterman\" was released directed by Joke Fincioen and Biagio Messina featuring Steve Mazan, a stand-up comic, who has cancer and wants to appear on the Letterman show. The film won best documentary and jury awards at the Cinequest Film Festival. Steve Mazan published a same-titled book",
"title": "David Letterman"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "5598437",
"text": "The Beavis and Butt-Head Experience The Beavis and Butt-Head Experience is a compilation album released in 1993 by Geffen Records. The name is a reference to Jimi Hendrix's original band, The Jimi Hendrix Experience. It is one of the best selling comedy albums and has sold 1,610,000 units as of May 2014. It was certified double platinum by the RIAA in the United States. The album features a variety of musical genres, mostly hard rock and heavy metal bands. Many of the songs are intercut with commentary by Beavis and Butt-Head. They are joined by Cher on a cover of",
"title": "The Beavis and Butt-Head Experience"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "8499350",
"text": "Roots Radicals \"Roots Radicals\" is a song by the American punk rock band Rancid. It was first released as a single in 1994. The song was re-recorded and released as the first single from its third album, \"...And Out Come the Wolves\". The song reached number 27 on the \"Billboard\" Modern Rock Tracks. The b-side, \"I Wanna Riot\" was originally featured on the Epitaph Records compilation \"Punk-O-Rama Vol. 1\" (1994), and a slightly different and longer version of \"I Wanna Riot\" with the Stubborn All-Stars was later featured on the \"Beavis and Butt-head Do America Soundtrack\" (1996). The song is",
"title": "Roots Radicals"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "39100",
"text": "to fire were removed from subsequent airings. The creators found a censorship loophole and took delight in sometimes making Beavis scream things that sounded very similar to his previous \"Fire! Fire!\" (such as \"Fryer! Fryer!\" when he and Butt-Head are working the late shift at Burger World) and also having him almost say the forbidden word (such as one time when he sang \"Liar, liar, pants on...\" and pausing before \"fire\" (\"Liar! Liar!\"). There was also a music video where a man runs on fire in slow motion (\"California\" by Wax). Beavis is hypnotized by it and can barely say",
"title": "Beavis and Butt-Head"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "16614398",
"text": "a detailed, heartbreaking story.\" Matt Bjorke of \"Roughstock\" also gave the song four and a half stars out of five, saying that \"there are great harmonies wrapped up in a melody that is both contemporary country and traditional country-leaning at the same time.\" The music video was animated by \"Beavis and Butthead\" and \"King of the Hill\" creator Mike Judge and premiered in July 2012. It features animated versions of the band, with Zac Brown transformed into \"a beer chugging cyborg\". \"The Wind\" debuted at number 27 on the U.S. \"Billboard\" Hot Country Songs chart for the week of June",
"title": "The Wind (Zac Brown Band song)"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "8314304",
"text": "voice actors, such as \"Beavis and Butthead\" and \"King of the Hill\" creator and lead voice artist Mike Judge, who got his start as an engineer for a weapons contractor); Bart Simpson's voice actress Nancy Cartwright, an Ohio native who became the star protégé of Daws Butler (voice artist for Yogi Bear, Huckleberry Hound, and Quick Draw McGraw); and Wayne Allwine and Russi Taylor, the real-life husband-and-wife duo who, at the time of this book's publication, were the current voice actors for Mickey and Minnie Mouse, respectively. In the earliest days of cartoons, voice actors were seldom credited for their",
"title": "The Magic Behind the Voices"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "9206275",
"text": "has worked with numerous other artists as musician, songwriter or producer, including the Bee Gees, Glenn Frey, Michael Jackson, Danny Seraphine, Beverley Knight, Millions Like Us, Stephanie Mills and Minnie Riperton. He is known for composing individual songs for film soundtracks, including \"Cobra\", \"Wildcats\" and \"Beavis and Butt-Head Do America\". He also had small acting roles in the films \"Electra Glide in Blue\" and \"Men at Work\", the 1990 comedy film with Emilio Estevez and Charlie Sheen. Hawk Wolinski David J. \"Hawk\" Wolinski (born 1948) is an American keyboardist, songwriter and record producer, probably best known for his work with",
"title": "Hawk Wolinski"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "4623663",
"text": "an earlier demo version, while the soundtrack itself contains a later, revised version. The original demo, which appears in the film, can be found on Osbourne's \"Prince of Darkness\" box set. Ozzy and co-writer Jim Vallance both prefer the demo version heard in the film. \"Walk on Water\" was released as a single and peaked at number 28 on \"Billboard\"s Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. Beavis and Butt-Head Do America Beavis and Butt-Head Do America is a 1996 American adult animated road comedy film based on the MTV animated television series \"Beavis and Butt-Head\". Co-written and directed by series creator Mike",
"title": "Beavis and Butt-Head Do America"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "4501039",
"text": "band's bassist was Mike Judge, future animator and creator of \"Beavis and Butt-head\" and \"King of the Hill\". Their song \"Can We Get Together\" was also featured in the film, \"21 Grams\" in 2003. In 2007, Funderburgh played on and produced John Németh's album, \"Magic Touch\". Németh had briefly replaced Myers in Funderburgh's backing band. In 2011, \"The Mill Block Blues\" album was released. The CD was unique in that a portion of the sales of the album was donated to help fellow musicians in need via the HART Fund. The HART Fund (Handy Artist Relief Trust) is a service",
"title": "Anson Funderburgh"
}
] |
Mike Judge
|
who has won the 2017 womens singles wimbledon tennis tournament
|
[
"Garbiñe Muguruza"
] |
[
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "19612353",
"text": "2017 Wimbledon Championships The 2017 Wimbledon Championships was a Grand Slam tennis tournament that took place at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom. The main draw matches commenced on 3 July 2017 and concluded on 16 July 2017. Roger Federer won the Gentlemen's Singles title for a record eighth time, surpassing Pete Sampras and William Renshaw, who both won the Gentlemen's Singles title seven times. Garbiñe Muguruza won the Ladies' Singles title. The 2017 tournament was the 131st edition of the championships, the 50th in the Open Era and the third Grand Slam",
"title": "2017 Wimbledon Championships"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "20199650",
"text": "2017 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles Serena Williams was the two-time defending champion, but did not participate this year due to . Garbiñe Muguruza won her second Grand Slam singles title, defeating Venus Williams in the final, 7–5, 6–0. Muguruza became the second Spanish woman to win Wimbledon after Conchita Martínez in 1994. Muguruza also became the first player to defeat both Williams sisters in Grand Slam singles finals. Williams was the oldest player to reach the final since Martina Navratilova, also in 1994, and played her 100th singles match at Wimbledon when she defeated reigning French Open champion Jeļena",
"title": "2017 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "19612354",
"text": "tournament of the year. It is played on grass courts, organised by the All England Lawn Tennis Club and the International Tennis Federation and is part of the ATP World Tour, the WTA Tour, the ITF Junior tour and the NEC Tour. Andy Murray was the defending champion in the Gentlemen's singles but lost to Sam Querrey in the quarterfinals. Two-time defending Ladies' singles champion Serena Williams did not defend her title, having ended her season in April due to pregnancy. The 2017 Wimbledon Championships was the 131st edition of the tournament and was held at the All England Lawn",
"title": "2017 Wimbledon Championships"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "20199653",
"text": "reached the fourth round before losing to Halep. 2017 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles Serena Williams was the two-time defending champion, but did not participate this year due to . Garbiñe Muguruza won her second Grand Slam singles title, defeating Venus Williams in the final, 7–5, 6–0. Muguruza became the second Spanish woman to win Wimbledon after Conchita Martínez in 1994. Muguruza also became the first player to defeat both Williams sisters in Grand Slam singles finals. Williams was the oldest player to reach the final since Martina Navratilova, also in 1994, and played her 100th singles match at Wimbledon",
"title": "2017 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles"
},
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"has_answer": false,
"id": "19612359",
"text": "Doubles Qualifiers Lucky Losers Ladies' Doubles Qualifiers Lucky Losers The following players were accepted directly into the main draw using a protected ranking: The following players were accepted directly into the main tournament, but withdrew with injuries, suspensions or personal reasons. 2017 Wimbledon Championships The 2017 Wimbledon Championships was a Grand Slam tennis tournament that took place at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom. The main draw matches commenced on 3 July 2017 and concluded on 16 July 2017. Roger Federer won the Gentlemen's Singles title for a record eighth time, surpassing Pete",
"title": "2017 Wimbledon Championships"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "20208317",
"text": "2016 US Open, and the 2017 Australian and French Open titles. The pair withdrew from their scheduled second round match on 7 July following an acute knee injury suffered by Mattek-Sands in the second round of the Ladies' Singles competition the previous day. 2017 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Doubles Serena and Venus Williams were the defending champions, but did not participate this year due to Serena's pregnancy. Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina won the title, defeating Chan Hao-ching and Monica Niculescu in the final, 6–0, 6–0. This is the first time since 1953 that a women's doubles final at Wimbledon",
"title": "2017 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Doubles"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "20199651",
"text": "Ostapenko in the quarterfinals; it was Williams’ first Grand Slam final at Wimbledon since 2009, her first Grand Slam final against a player other than her sister since defeating Marion Bartoli in the 2007 Wimbledon final, and (by virtue of her run to the Australian Open final in January) marked the first time Venus reached multiple Grand Slam finals in a calendar year since 2003. Johanna Konta became the first British woman to reach the semifinals since Virginia Wade in 1978, and Magdaléna Rybáriková became the first Slovak woman to reach the semifinals at Wimbledon. The tournament was the seventeenth",
"title": "2017 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "19612356",
"text": "Grand Slam category. The tournament was played only on grass courts; main draw matches were played at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, Wimbledon; qualifying matches were played at the Bank of England Sports Ground, in Roehampton. Below are the tables with the point distribution for each discipline of the tournament. The Wimbledon total prize money for 2017 has been increased to £31.6m. The winners of the men's and women's singles titles will earn £2.2m. Prize money for the men’s and women’s doubles and wheelchair players were also increased for the 2017 competition. Seeds are adjusted on a",
"title": "2017 Wimbledon Championships"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "906270",
"text": "of the Mixed Doubles competition. In 2016, the total prize money of £28,100,000 was a 5% increase on the 2015 prize money. In 2017, the total prize money rose by 12.5% to £31,600,000, with the Gentlemen’s and Ladies’ Singles Champions each receiving £2.2 million, a 10% increase from £2.0 million in 2016. Ranking points for the ATP and WTA have varied at Wimbledon through the years but at present singles players receive the following points: The Championships, Wimbledon The Championships, Wimbledon, commonly known simply as Wimbledon, is the oldest tennis tournament in the world, and is widely regarded as the",
"title": "The Championships, Wimbledon"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "20199652",
"text": "consecutive women's singles Grand Slam event to feature a first-time semifinalist (Rybáriková). This streak ended months later at the 2017 US Open. Despite losing in the second round, Karolína Plíšková attained the WTA No. 1 singles ranking at the end of the tournament, after Angelique Kerber and Simona Halep, the other contenders for the top ranking, lost in the fourth round and quarterfinals, respectively. This was formed World No. 1 and two-time Australian Open champion Victoria Azarenka's first appearance in a Grand Slam event since the 2016 French Open after giving birth to her first child in December 2016. She",
"title": "2017 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "20208316",
"text": "2017 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Doubles Serena and Venus Williams were the defending champions, but did not participate this year due to Serena's pregnancy. Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina won the title, defeating Chan Hao-ching and Monica Niculescu in the final, 6–0, 6–0. This is the first time since 1953 that a women's doubles final at Wimbledon ended in a double bagel. Makarova and Vesnina became the first post-Soviet Russians to win the Wimbledon women's doubles title. Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Lucie Šafářová were attempting to hold all four Grand Slam double titles at the same time, after having won the",
"title": "2017 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Doubles"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "20318007",
"text": "Ann Li (tennis) Ann Li (born June 26, 2000 in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania) is an American tennis player. She was the runner-up at the 2017 Wimbledon Junior Championships. Li was born in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania. Both of her parents are Chinese. In her spare time, she enjoys playing the ukulele. Li reached her first junior singles grand slam final in 2017 at Wimbledon. In the first all-American girls final since 1979, the unseeded Li lost to second seed Claire Liu in three sets. Two weeks later, Li won her first professional title on the ITF Women's Circuit, a",
"title": "Ann Li (tennis)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "18836324",
"text": "Muguruza became the first Spanish woman to make the Wimbledon final since Arantxa Sánchez Vicario in 1996. Muguruza won the title two years later. This tournament is notable for being the first grand slam main draw appearance of 2017 French Open champion Jeļena Ostapenko. 2015 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles Petra Kvitová was the defending champion, but was defeated by Jelena Janković in the third round. Serena Williams won her sixth Wimbledon and 21st major title, becoming the oldest woman to win a major singles title in the Open Era. By defeating first-time finalist Garbiñe Muguruza, Serena also achieved her",
"title": "2015 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "14323365",
"text": "Garbiñe Muguruza Garbiñe Muguruza Blanco (; born 8 October 1993) is a Spanish-Venezuelan professional tennis player and former world No. 1, currently ranked No. 15 in singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA). Since turning professional in 2012, she has won six singles titles, including two majors, the 2016 French Open and the 2017 Wimbledon Championships. With powerful groundstrokes and an aggressive style, Muguruza came to prominence on reaching the last 16 at the 2014 Australian Open, besting former world No. 1, Caroline Wozniacki. She defeated then world No. 1 Serena Williams in the second round of the French Open,",
"title": "Garbiñe Muguruza"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "20347476",
"text": "she lost to Ashleigh Barty in three sets. In Eastbourne Muguruza lost in shocking way to Barbora Strýcová with winning only one game and being broken six times. Match lasted only one hour. At Wimbledon Muguruza was non-top 10 seed for the first time at Major since 2015 Wimbledon, at fourteen. But being now underdog again, Muguruza showed once again quality tennis worth of a Grand Slam title, and she captured her first Wimbledon title beating Ekaterina Alexandrova, Yanina Wickmayer, Sorana Cirstea, world No. 1 Angelique Kerber, No. 8 Svetlana Kuznetsova, Magdaléna Rybáriková and five time champion Venus Williams, respectively.",
"title": "2017 Garbiñe Muguruza tennis season"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "12116746",
"text": "Magdaléna Rybáriková Magdaléna Rybáriková (; born 4 October 1988) is a Slovak professional tennis player. She has won four WTA singles titles and reached the semifinals of the women's singles at the 2017 Wimbledon Championships. She broke into the top 30 for the first time in September 2017 and reached a career-high singles ranking of No. 17 in March 2018. Rybáriková started tennis at the age of eight. She was born in Piešťany to father Anton, a business manager, and mother Maria. She has two older siblings, Filip and Nada. She moved to Bratislava at age 15 to train at",
"title": "Magdaléna Rybáriková"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "12116762",
"text": "Magdaléna Rybáriková Magdaléna Rybáriková (; born 4 October 1988) is a Slovak professional tennis player. She has won four WTA singles titles and reached the semifinals of the women's singles at the 2017 Wimbledon Championships. She broke into the top 30 for the first time in September 2017 and reached a career-high singles ranking of No. 17 in March 2018. Rybáriková started tennis at the age of eight. She was born in Piešťany to father Anton, a business manager, and mother Maria. She has two older siblings, Filip and Nada. She moved to Bratislava at age 15 to train at",
"title": "Magdaléna Rybáriková"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "10646448",
"text": "in the first round to Alison Riske. In Eastbourne, Kerber lost in semifinals to Caroline Wozniacki, having defeated Dominika Cibulková, Danielle Collins and Daria Kasatkina en route. Kerber entered Wimbledon as the No. 11 seed. She defeated 2010 Finalist Vera Zvonareva, 2017 Girls Champion Claire Liu, No. 18 seed Naomi Osaka and Former Top 10 Player Belinda Bencic en route to the quarterfinals, where she became the highest seed left in the draw. She beat Indian Wells Finalist Daria Kasatkina and 2017 French Open Champion Jelena Ostapenko to reach her second Wimbledon final. She faced and defeated Serena Williams in",
"title": "Angelique Kerber"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "19615253",
"text": "Anastasia Potapova Anastasia Sergeyevna Potapova (; born 30 March 2001) is a Russian tennis player. Potapova is a former junior No. 1, as well as the 2016 Wimbledon Championships girls' singles champion, where she defeated Dayana Yastremska from Ukraine in the final. Potapova debuted in a Grand Slam tournament as a wildcard entry in the qualifying draw of the 2017 Wimbledon Championships defeating Elizaveta Kulichkova to qualify for the main draw. On the junior tour, Potapova has a career-high junior ranking of 1, achieved in July 2016. Potapova has had large success on the junior tour including a semifinal at",
"title": "Anastasia Potapova"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "19970233",
"text": "final at Wimbledon, capturing her second major. Muguruza kept up the good form on the American hard courts, making the semifinals in Stanford and the quarterfinals in Toronto. She then claimed her second title of the year, comprehensively beating Simona Halep in the final of Cincinnati, the last of three top-10 victories that week. However, she was unable to continue this string of deep runs, falling to Petra Kvitová in the fourth round of the US Open. Despite the relatively early exit, at the completion of this tournament, Muguruza took over the spot of World No.1 for the first time",
"title": "2017 WTA Finals"
}
] |
Garbiñe Muguruza
|
when was the wheel first used in egypt
|
[
"4th Dynasty"
] |
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{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "9943339",
"text": "Ancient Egyptian technology Ancient Egyptian technology describes devices and technologies invented or used in Ancient Egypt. The Egyptians invented and used many simple machines, such as the ramp and the lever, to aid construction processes. They used rope trusses to stiffen the beam of ships. Egyptian paper, made from papyrus, and pottery were mass-produced and exported throughout the Mediterranean basin. The wheel was used for a number of purposes, but chariots only came into use after the Second Intermediate period. The Egyptians also played an important role in developing Mediterranean maritime technology including ships and lighthouses. Significant advances in ancient",
"title": "Ancient Egyptian technology"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "9943375",
"text": "Africa in the west to the Indian subcontinent and Central Asia in the east. The timeline of Islamic science and engineering covers the general development of science and technology in the Islamic world. Ancient Egyptian technology Ancient Egyptian technology describes devices and technologies invented or used in Ancient Egypt. The Egyptians invented and used many simple machines, such as the ramp and the lever, to aid construction processes. They used rope trusses to stiffen the beam of ships. Egyptian paper, made from papyrus, and pottery were mass-produced and exported throughout the Mediterranean basin. The wheel was used for a number",
"title": "Ancient Egyptian technology"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "20303083",
"text": "BCE. The earliest known use of the wheel for transportation is in Mesopotamian chariots about 3200 years ago. Egyptians developed wheels with spokes about 2000 years ago, followed by Europeans some 1400 years ago. Another source says the oldest wheel used for transportation, with a radius of 27.5 inches (70 centimeters), was discovered in 2002, about 12.5 miles (20 kilometres) south west of Ljubljana in Slovenia, and is believed to be 5200 years old. Most wheels are single-piece wheels, made using casting, forging, rim rolling and/or high light methods. In casting, wheels are made by using a mold. The mold",
"title": "Wheel construction"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "3901497",
"text": "southeastern Europe and China have also been claimed as possible places of origin. Furthermore, the wheel was also in popular use by potters starting around 3500 BC in major cities of the Indus Valley civilization in South Asia, namely Harappa and Mohenjo-daro (Kenoyer, 2005). Others consider Egypt as \"being the place of origin of the potter's wheel. It was here that the turntable shaft was lengthened about 3000 BC and a flywheel added. The flywheel was kicked and later was moved by pulling the edge with the left hand while forming the clay with the right. This led to the",
"title": "Potter's wheel"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "9943372",
"text": "size. Recent scholarship suggests that the water wheel originates from Ptolemaic Egypt, where it appeared by the 3rd century BC. This is seen as an evolution of the paddle-driven water-lifting wheels that had been known in Egypt a century earlier. According to John Peter Oleson, both the compartmented wheel and the hydraulic Noria may have been invented in Egypt by the 4th century BC, with the Sakia being invented there a century later. This is supported by archeological finds at Faiyum, Egypt, where the oldest archeological evidence of a water-wheel has been found, in the form of a Sakia dating",
"title": "Ancient Egyptian technology"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "1328363",
"text": "main functions of water wheels were historically water-lifting for irrigation purposes and as a power source. When used for water-lifting power can be supplied by either human or animal force or by the water current itself. It is not clear from the available historic texts and archaeology whether the watermill originates in Egypt, India, Greece, or regions in-between; usage within just a few decades of each other's cultures in the 4th to 3rd centuries B.C.E. is documented over a large swath of Eurasia. Paddle-driven water-lifting wheels had appeared in ancient Egypt by the 4th century BCE. The Egyptians are credited",
"title": "Water wheel"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "9943373",
"text": "back to the 3rd century BC. A papyrus dating to the 2nd century BC also found in Faiyum mentions a water wheel used for irrigation, a 2nd-century BC fresco found at Alexandria depicts a compartmented Sakia, and the writings of Callixenus of Rhodes mention the use of a Sakia in Ptolemaic Egypt during the reign of Ptolemy IV in the late 3rd century BC. Ancient Greek technology was often inspired by the need to improve weapons and tactics in war. Ancient Roman technology is a set of artifacts and customs which supported Roman civilization and made the expansion of Roman",
"title": "Ancient Egyptian technology"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "5611576",
"text": "first to extract gold by large-scale mining using fire-setting, and the first recognisable map, the Turin papyrus shows the plan of one such mine in Nubia. Egyptian paper, made from papyrus, and pottery were mass-produced and exported throughout the Mediterranean basin. The wheel, however, did not arrive until foreign invaders introduced the chariot. They developed Mediterranean maritime technology including ships and lighthouses. Early construction techniques utilized by the Ancient Egyptians made use of bricks composed mainly of clay, sand, silt, and other minerals. These constructs would have been vital in flood control and irrigation, especially along the Nile delta. For",
"title": "Ancient technology"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "3512320",
"text": "Egyptian pyramids The Egyptian pyramids are ancient pyramid-shaped masonry structures located in Egypt. As of November 2008, sources cite either 118 or 138 as the number of identified Egyptian pyramids. Most were built as tombs for the country's pharaohs and their consorts during the Old and Middle Kingdom periods. The earliest known Egyptian pyramids are found at Saqqara, northwest of Memphis. The earliest among these is the Pyramid of Djoser, which was built 2630–2610 BC during the Third Dynasty. This pyramid and its surrounding complex were designed by the architect Imhotep, and are generally considered to be the world's oldest",
"title": "Egyptian pyramids"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "9943367",
"text": "harmful. Mummification of the dead was not always practiced in Egypt. Once the practice began, an individual was placed at a final resting place through a set of rituals and protocol. The Egyptian funeral was a complex ceremony including various monuments, prayers, and rituals undertaken in honor of the deceased. The poor, who could not afford expensive tombs, were buried in shallow graves in the sand, and because of the arid environment they were often naturally mummified. Evidence indicates that Egyptians made use of potter's wheels in the manufacturing of pottery from as early as the 4th Dynasty. Chariots, however,",
"title": "Ancient Egyptian technology"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "3512341",
"text": "which served as the capital of Egypt during the Twelfth Dynasty. The pyramid at Meidum is one of three constructed during the reign of Sneferu, and is believed by some to have been started by that pharaoh's father and predecessor, Huni. However, that attribution is uncertain, as no record of Huni's name has been found at the site. It was constructed as a step pyramid, and then later converted into the first \"true\" smooth-sided pyramid when the steps were filled in, and an outer casing added. The pyramid suffered several catastrophic collapses in ancient and medieval times; medieval Arab writers",
"title": "Egyptian pyramids"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "20674808",
"text": "of the predynastic period, which makes it fairly likely that the slow potter's wheel was in use in this period. It is assumed that baking pans for conical bread were made with the help of a mold. It is possible that they were shaped around a conical wooden core, which had the shape of the conical bread which would eventually be baked in the pans. Manufacture on the fast potter's wheel, operated by an assistant or the foot of the potter was a relatively late development, which took place in the New Kingdom at the earliest. The earliest depiction comes",
"title": "Ancient Egyptian pottery"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "3415310",
"text": "used by Egyptian leaders to govern people. The Indus Valley Civilization, situated in a resource-rich area, is notable for its early application of city planning and sanitation technologies. Indus Valley construction and architecture, called 'Vaastu Shastra', suggests a thorough understanding of materials engineering, hydrology, and sanitation. The peoples of Mesopotamia (Sumerians, Akkadians, Assyrians, and Babylonians) have been credited with the invention of the wheel, but this is no longer certain. They lived in cities from c. 4000 BC, and developed a sophisticated architecture in mud-brick and stone, including the use of the true arch. The walls of Babylon were so",
"title": "History of technology"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "20674809",
"text": "from the Tomb of Kenamun from the middle of the Eighteenth dynasty, in which an assistant grips the wheel and thereby helps the potter to use the wheel, while the potter himself uses his foot to stabilise it. The shaped vessel first had to be dried enough that the walls would be stable for further work. The clay was brought to roughly the consistency of leather, remaining damp enough that it could still be moulded and shaped. At this point paint, glaze and slip could be added if desired. After further drying the vessel was polished. There were two techniques",
"title": "Ancient Egyptian pottery"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "11790699",
"text": "the earliest surviving one is a limestone sundial that dates back to 1500 BCE, discovered in the Valley of the Kings in 2013. It was found in a housing area of construction workers and its division of daytime into 12 parts was possibly used to measure work hours. Shadow clocks were modified sundials that allowed for greater precision in determining the time of day, and were first used around 1500 BCE. Their major innovation was a modified, more precise gnomon that allowed for the division of night time into 50 parts, with an additional two \"twilight hours\" in the morning",
"title": "History of timekeeping devices in Egypt"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "1328364",
"text": "with inventing the water wheel with attached pots, a water wheel with water compartments and a bucket chain, which ran over a pulley with buckets attached to it. The invention of the compartmentalized water wheel occurred in ancient Egypt around the 4th century BCE, in a rural context, away from the metropolis of Hellenistic Alexandria, and then spread to other parts of North Africa. According to John Peter Oleson, both the compartmented wheel and the hydraulic Noria appeared in Egypt by the 4th century BCE, with the Sakia being invented there a century later. This is supported by archeological finds",
"title": "Water wheel"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "11790698",
"text": "History of timekeeping devices in Egypt The Ancient Egyptians were one of the first cultures to widely divide days into generally agreed-upon equal parts, using early timekeeping devices such as sundials, shadow clocks, and merkhets (plumb-lines used by early astronomers). Obelisks are used by reading the shadow that it makes. The citizens could divide the day into two parts, and then into smaller hours. Despite Herodotus's attribution of the invention of the sundial to the Babylonians in 430 BCE, the earliest known sundials were simple gnomons of Egyptian origin invented around 3500 BCE. More complex devices were developed over time,",
"title": "History of timekeeping devices in Egypt"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "13637309",
"text": "Oracle of the Potter The Oracle of the Potter is a Hellenistic Egyptian prophetic text, originally written in Demotic Egyptian in the 3rd century BC. However, there are only five remaining Greek manuscript copies of the document on papyrus (parts of two manuscripts were rewritten, likely in the 2nd century BC following the failed rebellion of Harsiesis in 132-130 BC) dated to the 2nd or 3rd centuries AD during the Roman rule of Egypt. A potter is the prophet and protagonist of the story, an allusion to Khnum, the \"Lord of the potter's wheel\" who fashioned the world in Egyptian",
"title": "Oracle of the Potter"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "9194677",
"text": "share a land border with Egypt. Egypt has one of the longest histories of any country, tracing its heritage back to the 6th–4th millennia BCE. Considered a cradle of civilisation, Ancient Egypt saw some of the earliest developments of writing, agriculture, urbanisation, organised religion and central government. Iconic monuments such as the Giza Necropolis and its Great Sphinx, as well the ruins of Memphis, Thebes, Karnak, and the Valley of the Kings, reflect this legacy and remain a significant focus of scientific and popular interest. Egypt's long and rich cultural heritage is an integral part of its national identity, which",
"title": "Egypt"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "455493",
"text": "for the Ancient Egyptians. Wheel In its primitive form, a wheel is a circular block of a hard and durable material at whose center has been bored a circular hole through which is placed an axle bearing about which the wheel rotates when a moment is applied by gravity or torque to the wheel about its axis, wheel and axle thereby making together one of the six simple machines. When placed vertically under a load-bearing platform or case, the wheel turning on the horizontal axle makes it possible to transport heavy loads; when placed horizontally, the wheel turning on its",
"title": "Wheel"
}
] |
4th Dynasty
|
which type of organism produces food in an ecosystem
|
[
"autotrophs"
] |
[
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "126235",
"text": "animals while still alive and enters the plant-based trophic system, or it is consumed after it has died, and enters the detritus-based trophic system. In aquatic systems, the proportion of plant biomass that gets consumed by herbivores is much higher. In trophic systems photosynthetic organisms are the primary producers. The organisms that consume their tissues are called primary consumers or secondary producers—herbivores. Organisms which feed on microbes (bacteria and fungi) are termed microbivores. Animals that feed on primary consumers—carnivores—are secondary consumers. Each of these constitutes a trophic level. The sequence of consumption—from plant to herbivore, to carnivore—forms a food chain.",
"title": "Ecosystem"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "126138",
"text": "organisms that produce their own food (production is greater than respiration) by photosynthesis or chemosynthesis. Heterotrophs are organisms that must feed on others for nourishment and energy (respiration exceeds production). Heterotrophs can be further sub-divided into different functional groups, including primary consumers (strict herbivores), secondary consumers (carnivorous predators that feed exclusively on herbivores), and tertiary consumers (predators that feed on a mix of herbivores and predators). Omnivores do not fit neatly into a functional category because they eat both plant and animal tissues. It has been suggested that omnivores have a greater functional influence as predators, because compared to herbivores,",
"title": "Ecology"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "126189",
"text": "organisms are the detritivores that regulate soil formation. Tree roots, fungi, bacteria, worms, ants, beetles, centipedes, spiders, mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and other less familiar creatures all work to create the trophic web of life in soil ecosystems. Soils form composite phenotypes where inorganic matter is enveloped into the physiology of a whole community. As organisms feed and migrate through soils they physically displace materials, an ecological process called bioturbation. This aerates soils and stimulates heterotrophic growth and production. Soil microorganisms are influenced by and feed back into the trophic dynamics of the ecosystem. No single axis of causality can",
"title": "Ecology"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "12993709",
"text": "Bacterioplankton Bacterioplankton refers to the bacterial component of the plankton that drifts in the water column. The name comes from the Ancient Greek word ' ('), meaning \"wanderer\" or \"drifter\", and \"\", a Latin term coined in the 19th century by Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg. They are found in both seawater and freshwater. Bacterioplankton occupy a range of ecological niches in marine and aquatic ecosystems. They are both primary producers and primary consumers in these ecosystems and drive global biogeochemical cycling of elements essential for life (e.g., carbon and nitrogen). Many bacterioplankton species are autotrophic, and derive energy from either photosynthesis",
"title": "Bacterioplankton"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "15391926",
"text": "which place organisms according to their feeding relationships. The base of the food web is occupied by green plants, which are the only organisms capable of utilizing the energy of the Sun and inorganic nutrients obtained from the soil to produce organic molecules. Terrestrial food webs can be broken into two segments based on the status of the plant material that enters them. \"Grazing food webs\" are associated with the consumption of living plant material by herbivores. Detritus food webs are associated with the consumption of dead plant material by detritivores. The relative importance of those two types of food",
"title": "Terrestrial ecosystem"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "126133",
"text": "are complex adaptive systems where the interaction of life processes form self-organizing patterns across different scales of time and space. Ecosystems are broadly categorized as terrestrial, freshwater, atmospheric, or marine. Differences stem from the nature of the unique physical environments that shapes the biodiversity within each. A more recent addition to ecosystem ecology are technoecosystems, which are affected by or primarily the result of human activity. A food web is the archetypal ecological network. Plants capture solar energy and use it to synthesize simple sugars during photosynthesis. As plants grow, they accumulate nutrients and are eaten by grazing herbivores, and",
"title": "Ecology"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "13994703",
"text": "called heterotrophs, take in autotrophs as food to carry out functions necessary for their life. Thus, heterotrophs — all animals, almost all fungi, as well as most bacteria and protozoa — depend on autotrophs, or primary producers, for the energy and raw materials they need. Heterotrophs obtain energy by breaking down organic molecules (carbohydrates, fats, and proteins) obtained in food. Carnivorous organisms rely on autotrophs indirectly, as the nutrients obtained from their heterotroph prey come from autotrophs they have consumed. Most ecosystems are supported by the autotrophic primary production of plants that capture photons initially released by the sun. Plants",
"title": "Autotroph"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "126243",
"text": "nitrogen-fixing symbionts—as much as 25% of gross primary production when measured in controlled conditions. Many members of the legume plant family support nitrogen-fixing symbionts. Some cyanobacteria are also capable of nitrogen fixation. These are phototrophs, which carry out photosynthesis. Like other nitrogen-fixing bacteria, they can either be free-living or have symbiotic relationships with plants. Other sources of nitrogen include acid deposition produced through the combustion of fossil fuels, ammonia gas which evaporates from agricultural fields which have had fertilizers applied to them, and dust. Anthropogenic nitrogen inputs account for about 80% of all nitrogen fluxes in ecosystems. When plant tissues",
"title": "Ecosystem"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "126225",
"text": "Ecosystem An ecosystem is a community of living organisms in conjunction with the nonliving components of their environment, interacting as a system. These biotic and abiotic components are linked together through nutrient cycles and energy flows. Energy enters the system through photosynthesis and is incorporated into plant tissue. By feeding on plants and on one-another, animals play an important role in the movement of matter and energy through the system. They also influence the quantity of plant and microbial biomass present. By breaking down dead organic matter, decomposers release carbon back to the atmosphere and facilitate nutrient cycling by converting",
"title": "Ecosystem"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "12590377",
"text": "all ecosystems. Photosynthesis, at first by cyanobacteria and later by photosynthetic eukaryotes, radically changed the composition of the early Earth's anoxic atmosphere, which as a result is now 21% oxygen. Animals and most other organisms are aerobic, relying on oxygen; those that do not are confined to relatively rare anaerobic environments. Plants are the primary producers in most terrestrial ecosystems and form the basis of the food web in those ecosystems. Many animals rely on plants for shelter as well as oxygen and food. Land plants are key components of the water cycle and several other biogeochemical cycles. Some plants",
"title": "Plant"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "10243167",
"text": "of nutrients in ecosystems. Soil microfauna are capable of digesting just about any organic substance, and some inorganic substances (such as TNT and synthetic rubber). These organisms are often essential links in the food chain between primary producers and larger species. For example, zooplankton are widespread microscopic animals and protists which feed on algae and detritus in the ocean. They include foraminifora and krill, which are the primary food source for even animals such as whales. Microfauna also aid in digestion and other processes in larger organisms. The microfauna are the least understood of soil life, due to their small",
"title": "Microfauna"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "13994699",
"text": "Autotroph An autotroph or producer, is an organism that produces complex organic compounds (such as carbohydrates, fats, and proteins) from simple substances present in its surroundings, generally using energy from light (photosynthesis) or inorganic chemical reactions (chemosynthesis). They are the producers in a food chain, such as plants on land or algae in water (in contrast to heterotrophs as consumers of autotrophs). They do not need a living source of energy or organic carbon. Autotrophs can reduce carbon dioxide to make organic compounds for biosynthesis and also create a store of chemical energy. Most autotrophs use water as the reducing",
"title": "Autotroph"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "126236",
"text": "Real systems are much more complex than this—organisms will generally feed on more than one form of food, and may feed at more than one trophic level. Carnivores may capture some prey which are part of a plant-based trophic system and others that are part of a detritus-based trophic system (a bird that feeds both on herbivorous grasshoppers and earthworms, which consume detritus). Real systems, with all these complexities, form food webs rather than food chains. The carbon and nutrients in dead organic matter are broken down by a group of processes known as decomposition. This releases nutrients that can",
"title": "Ecosystem"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "9590505",
"text": "In this process, molecules of chemical substances that constitute food play two roles; first, they contain energy that can be transformed and reused in that organism's biological, chemical reactions; second, food can be transformed into new molecular structures (biomolecules) that are of use to that organism. The organisms responsible for the introduction of energy into an ecosystem are known as producers or autotrophs. Nearly all such organisms originally draw their energy from the sun. Plants and other phototrophs use solar energy via a process known as photosynthesis to convert raw materials into organic molecules, such as ATP, whose bonds can",
"title": "Biology"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "582218",
"text": "biomass are the highest predators in the food chain, such as foxes and eagles. In a temperate grassland, grasses and other plants are the primary producers at the bottom of the pyramid. Then come the primary consumers, such as grasshoppers, voles and bison, followed by the secondary consumers, shrews, hawks and small cats. Finally the tertiary consumers, large cats and wolves. The biomass pyramid decreases markedly at each higher level. Ocean or marine biomass, in a reversal of terrestrial biomass, can increase at higher trophic levels. In the ocean, the food chain typically starts with phytoplankton, and follows the course:",
"title": "Biomass (ecology)"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "1666299",
"text": "Primary production In ecology, primary production is the synthesis of organic compounds from atmospheric or aqueous carbon dioxide. It principally occurs through the process of photosynthesis, which uses light as its source of energy, but it also occurs through chemosynthesis, which uses the oxidation or reduction of inorganic chemical compounds as its source of energy. Almost all life on Earth relies directly or indirectly on primary production. The organisms responsible for primary production are known as \"primary producers\" or autotrophs, and form the base of the food chain. In terrestrial ecoregions, these are mainly plants, while in aquatic ecoregions algae",
"title": "Primary production"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "14036707",
"text": "Productivity (ecology) In ecology, productivity refers to the rate of generation of biomass in an ecosystem. It is usually expressed in units of mass per unit surface (or volume) per unit time, for instance grams per square metre per day (g m d). The mass unit may relate to dry matter or to the mass of carbon generated. Productivity of autotrophs such as plants is called primary productivity, while that of heterotrophs such as animals is called secondary productivity. Primary production is the synthesis of new organic material from inorganic molecules such as and . It is dominated by the",
"title": "Productivity (ecology)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "14036708",
"text": "process of photosynthesis which uses sunlight to synthesise organic molecules such as sugar Secondary production is the generation of biomass of heterotrophic (consumer) organisms in a system. This is driven by the transfer of organic material between trophic levels, and represents the quantity of new tissue created through the use of assimilated food. Secondary production is sometimes defined to only include consumption of primary producers by herbivorous consumers (with tertiary production referring to carnivorous consumers), but is more commonly defined to include all biomass generation by heterotrophs. Organisms responsible for secondary production include animals, protists, fungi and many bacteria. Secondary",
"title": "Productivity (ecology)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "7406826",
"text": "consist of plants and some bacteria capable of producing their own food via photosynthesis or chemical synthesis, the consumers consist of animals that obtain energy from grazing and/or by feeding on other animals and the recyclers consist of decomposers such as fungi and bacteria. In the anthroposystem, the producers consist of the energy production through fossil fuels, manufacturing with non-fuel minerals and growing food; the consumers consist of humans and domestic animals and the recyclers consist of the decomposing or recycling activities (i.e. waste water treatment, metal and solid waste recycling). <br> The ecosystem is sustainable whereas the anthroposystem is",
"title": "Anthroposystem"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "685319",
"text": "Epiphyte An epiphyte is an organism that grows on the surface of a plant and derives its moisture and nutrients from the air, rain, water (in marine environments) or from debris accumulating around it. Epiphytes take part in nutrient cycles and add to both the diversity and biomass of the ecosystem in which they occur like any other organism. They are an important source of food for many species. Typically, the older parts of a plant will have more epiphytes growing on them. Epiphytes differ from parasites in that epiphytes grow on other plants for physical support and do not",
"title": "Epiphyte"
}
] |
autotrophs
|
who wrote the song for once in my life
|
[
"Orlando Murden",
"Ron Miller"
] |
[
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "8034553",
"text": "For Once in My Life \"For Once in My Life\" is a swing song written by Ron Miller and Orlando Murden for Motown Records' Stein & Van Stock publishing company, and first recorded in 1965. It was written and first recorded as a slow ballad. There are differing accounts of its earliest versions, although it seems that it was first recorded by Barbara McNair, but first released in 1966 by Jean DuShon. Other early versions of the ballad were issued by The Four Tops, The Temptations, Diana Ross and Tony Bennett, whose recording was the first to reach the pop",
"title": "For Once in My Life"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "8034563",
"text": "alike during the whole song; a completely improvisational line that is both melodic and complementary to Wonder's vocal. Background vocals are by The Originals (Freddie Gorman, Walter Gaines, Hank Dixon, C.P. Spencer) and The Andantes (Jackie Hicks, Marlene Barrow, Louvain Demps), and instrumentation by The Funk Brothers. For Once in My Life \"For Once in My Life\" is a swing song written by Ron Miller and Orlando Murden for Motown Records' Stein & Van Stock publishing company, and first recorded in 1965. It was written and first recorded as a slow ballad. There are differing accounts of its earliest versions,",
"title": "For Once in My Life"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "8034554",
"text": "charts. The most familiar and successful version of \"For Once in My Life\" is an uptempo arrangement by Stevie Wonder, recorded in 1967. Wonder's version, issued on Motown's Tamla label, was a top-three hit in the United States and the United Kingdom in late 1968 and early 1969. Gladys Knight & the Pips also recorded a slow tempo version in 1973. Miller and Murden wrote the song in 1965 as a slow ballad, and passed it around various singers so that it could be tried out and refined. Among those who, it is claimed, heard and performed the song in",
"title": "For Once in My Life"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "17548817",
"text": "For Once in My Life (Mel B song) \"For Once in My Life\" is a song by British singer-songwriter Mel B. The song was written by Brown, Tim Daniel McEwan, Lars Halvor Jensen, Gita Lake and Negin Djafari, and produced by Danish production team DEEKAY. It was released on 19 September 2013 on iTunes by SBB Records. It marked Brown's first release in eight years following 2005's \"Today\". The single was first announced by Brown on \"The Ellen DeGeneres Show\". Despite the lack of promo outside Twitter, the single peaked at No. 2 on the \"Billboard\" Hot Dance Club Songs",
"title": "For Once in My Life (Mel B song)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "8034556",
"text": "radio. Although the record label gave the sole songwriting credit to Murden, Motown CEO Berry Gordy discovered that Miller – who was contracted to Motown – had co-written the song, and reportedly asked Chess not to promote the single. DuShon dropped \"For Once in My Life\" from her nightclub act and later said: \"It was a very big disappointment in my life. I stopped singing it ‘cause I didn’t have the song. I didn’t have anything. It wasn’t mine anymore.\" At Motown, the song was recorded, perhaps as early as October 1965, by Barbara McNair backed up by a symphony",
"title": "For Once in My Life"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "6957654",
"text": "Ron Miller (songwriter) Ronald Norman Miller (October 5, 1932 – July 23, 2007) was an American popular songwriter and record producer who wrote for Motown artists in the 1960s and 1970s and attained many Top 10 hits. Some of his songs, such as \"For Once in My Life,\" have become pop standards. Ron Miller was described by his daughter Lisa as \"a young, Jewish songwriter with a very Rodgers & Hammerstein musical theater writing style\" who \"wrote of peace and hope for a better tomorrow during a time of war and the Civil Rights movement. He didn’t just write about",
"title": "Ron Miller (songwriter)"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "6957656",
"text": "Miller responded by penning the lyrics to \"For Once in My Life\", to music by Orlando Murden. The song was written the night Miller's daughter Angel was born and was first recorded at Motown by Barbara McNair before being covered in a more upbeat style by Stevie Wonder. It is one of the most covered songs in pop history with more than 270 recorded versions. A version recorded by Tony Bennett and Wonder won a Grammy Award in 2007. Miller co-wrote several other hit songs for Stevie Wonder, including \"A Place in the Sun\", \"Heaven Help Us All\", and \"Yester-Me,",
"title": "Ron Miller (songwriter)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "17548821",
"text": "a radio tour to promote the single. She toured the United States and Australia. Brown performed the song on \"The Today Show\" to promote the single. Digital download Promotional remixes For Once in My Life (Mel B song) \"For Once in My Life\" is a song by British singer-songwriter Mel B. The song was written by Brown, Tim Daniel McEwan, Lars Halvor Jensen, Gita Lake and Negin Djafari, and produced by Danish production team DEEKAY. It was released on 19 September 2013 on iTunes by SBB Records. It marked Brown's first release in eight years following 2005's \"Today\". The single",
"title": "For Once in My Life (Mel B song)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "8034560",
"text": "1967, Tony Bennett's recording of the song peaked at number 91 on the \"Billboard\" Pop Singles chart (number 8 on the Easy Listening survey) and was the title track of his album \"For Once in My Life\". \"For Once in My Life\" remained in Bennett's concert repertoire into the 2000s. In 2006 Bennett teamed up with Stevie Wonder to record a ballad tempo version for his \"\" album, for which Bennett and Wonder received a Grammy Award for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals. Bennett also performed it on the grand finale of the sixth season of \"American Idol\" and in",
"title": "For Once in My Life"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "8034555",
"text": "about 1966 – but did not record it – are Jo Thompson, a club singer in Detroit; Sherry Kaye, who may have performed it in a musical revue at the Gem Theater; and Johnny Hartman, who turned it down. Jean DuShon was one of the singers who was originally tapped by Ron Miller to demo the song as he was fine-tuning the composition. Miller was impressed by DuShon's rendition, and her version, produced by Esmond Edwards, was issued as a single on Chess Records' Cadet label in October 1966. It was chosen \"Pick Hit of the Week\" by Detroit's WXYZ",
"title": "For Once in My Life"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "7634945",
"text": "Just Once in My Life \"Just Once in My Life\" is a song written by Gerry Goffin, Carole King and Phil Spector. The song was released by the Righteous Brothers in 1965 and reached No. 9 on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100. The song was covered by the American rock band the Beach Boys and released on their 1976 album \"15 Big Ones\". Other artists to release versions include the Alan Price Set and the Action. After the success of the Righteous Brothers' first single with Phil Spector, \"You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'\", the writers of the song Barry Mann and",
"title": "Just Once in My Life"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "8034557",
"text": "orchestra and produced by Frank Wilson. Some sources suggest that the song was originally written for McNair; others that Gordy, hearing the song, insisted that she record it. However, her version was not released until it appeared on her November 1966 album, \"Here I Am\". It was also released as the B-side of her 1968 single, \"Where Would I Be Without You\". In later years, McNair re-recorded the song with a faster tempo. Singer Jack Soo claimed that he was the first \"male\" artist to record a version of the song, after he joined Motown in 1965 as one of",
"title": "For Once in My Life"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "17691337",
"text": "a song he had co-written, \"For Once in My Life\". She recorded the song, with arrangement by Bart Keyes and production by Esmond Edwards. The single was issued by Cadet in October 1966, became a local hit, and has been described as \"a beauty, capped by soaring modulations that glimmer with the hopefulness of love\". However, on hearing it and discovering that Miller was the co-writer, Berry Gordy asked Chess not to promote it, and had the song recorded by, first, Barbara McNair, and later Stevie Wonder whose recording became a worldwide hit. After one further single, DuShon then left",
"title": "Jean DuShon"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "7634946",
"text": "Cynthia Weil then wrote \"(You're My) Soul and Inspiration\" for them. The song however was not completed, and Spector instead asked Carole King to write a song for the duo, which turned out to be \"Just Once in My Life\". The Righteous Brothers released their version as a single in April 1965 as the follow-up to \"You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'\". Their second release on the Philles label, the single was another big hit, making the top ten of the \"Billboard\" Hot 100, reaching number nine. Personnel per 2000 liner notes. Just Once in My Life \"Just Once in My",
"title": "Just Once in My Life"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "8034558",
"text": "their first non-African American artists. The record was never released and was permanently shelved in the Motown archives. Another singer contracted to Motown at the time, Connie Haines, also claimed to have recorded an early unreleased version. This was verified when her version was released on an MP3 download album \"Motown Unreleased 1965\" on December 11, 2015. The Four Tops recorded the song on their album \"4 Tops On Broadway\", released in March 1967 and, like McNair's recording, produced as a slow ballad by Frank Wilson. The Temptations also recorded the song for their pop standards based album \"The Temptations",
"title": "For Once in My Life"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "12504003",
"text": "of Motown Records diverse signing of new and established artists, in 1963 Haines was one of the first white singer to record for Motown recording 14 songs written by Smokey Robinson, including her 1963 release \"What's Easy For Two Is Hard For One\" previously recorded by Mary Wells. In 1965 she recorded a version of the as-yet-unreleased song \"For Once in My Life\", which was later a hit for Stevie Wonder, but her version was not released until 2015. She was married and divorced twice. Her first marriage, on September 7, 1951, was to World War II flying ace Robert",
"title": "Connie Haines"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "8034561",
"text": "the Grammy Award-sponsored tribute \"Stevie Wonder: Songs in the Key of Life – An All-Star Salute\", which aired February 16, 2015, on CBS. Stevie Wonder's version was recorded at about the same time as The Temptations' in the summer of 1967. However, Berry Gordy did not like Wonder's version, an upbeat rendition produced by Henry Cosby. Gordy vetoed the single's release, and the recording was shelved. Billie Jean Brown, the head of the Motown Quality Control department, finally coerced Gordy into allowing Wonder's version to be released in October 1968. Contrary to Gordy's instincts, \"For Once in My Life\" was",
"title": "For Once in My Life"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "15552195",
"text": "in what Furtado describes as a \"verbal Ping-Pong game\". Cameo appearances are made by Keri Hilson, Justin Timberlake, and Bria Myles. The song won the \"Best Pop Single of the Year\" at the 2006 Billboard Music Awards and received a nomination for the \"Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals\" at the 49th Grammy Awards, losing to Tony Bennett and Stevie Wonder's \"For Once in My Life\". The lyrics of \"Promiscuous\" describe the two sides of the relationship that the song's protagonist deals with. It was one of the first songs Furtado wrote with labelmate Timothy \"Attitude\" Clayton. Furtado called their teamwork",
"title": "Promiscuous (song)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "17521040",
"text": "Forever in My Life \"Forever In My Life\" is a single by The Jets, released on November 28, 1990. Written by Vassal Benford and Ron Spearman. It was released as the second and final single from their greatest hits album, \"The Best of The Jets\" on the MCA label. Success on the U.S. charts was diminishing for the group at this time in their career with the first single, \"Special Kinda Love\" peaking at number 83 on the R&B chart and failing to chart on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100. This song did not have any impact on the charts and",
"title": "Forever in My Life"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "17548820",
"text": "a peace sign at the end. A behind-the-scenes footage of making of the music video for \"For Once in My Life\" was shown in \"Access Hollywood\". The video was filmed on Colonial Street, a backlot set at Universal Studios Hollywood most known for being the set of ABC's \"Desperate Housewives\". The single was first announced by Brown on \"The Ellen DeGeneres Show\". The song gained positive reviews, especially from other stars, with Kim Kardashian, Tinie Tempah, Rita Ora, Paris Hilton, Tony Hawk, Nadine Coyle and Perez Hilton praising the song on Twitter. From October until November 2013, Brown embark on",
"title": "For Once in My Life (Mel B song)"
}
] |
Orlando Murden
|
who sang i could not ask for more first
|
[
"Edwin McCain"
] |
[
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "11366498",
"text": "I Could Not Ask for More \"I Could Not Ask for More\" is a song composed by American songwriter Diane Warren and originally recorded and released in February 1999, by American recording artist Edwin McCain as part of the original soundtrack of the romantic drama film \"Message in a Bottle\", starring Kevin Costner, Robin Wright Penn and Paul Newman. It was a featured track in his third studio album \"Messenger\" and became a Billboard-charted Top 40 single in the summer of 1999. In 2001, American country music artist Sara Evans popularly covered the song, sending her rendition to No. 2",
"title": "I Could Not Ask for More"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "11366500",
"text": "on that chart, behind \"I'm Already There\" by Lonestar. I Could Not Ask for More \"I Could Not Ask for More\" is a song composed by American songwriter Diane Warren and originally recorded and released in February 1999, by American recording artist Edwin McCain as part of the original soundtrack of the romantic drama film \"Message in a Bottle\", starring Kevin Costner, Robin Wright Penn and Paul Newman. It was a featured track in his third studio album \"Messenger\" and became a Billboard-charted Top 40 single in the summer of 1999. In 2001, American country music artist Sara Evans popularly",
"title": "I Could Not Ask for More"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "12381981",
"text": "message that fits exactly with her gratitude for the support of her fans. Early in 2009, behind-the-scenes footage from the song's music video was posted on Nina's official website. In February 2009, the official music video was released. Prior to the album's release, \"I Could Not Ask for More\" was rumored to be the first single. The song was said to have interpreted Nina's professional and romantic state at the time. However, the release was canceled for unknown reasons, and \"I Don't Want to Miss a Thing\" served as first single instead. In early 2009, \"Saving Forever for You\", a",
"title": "Nina Sings the Hits of Diane Warren"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "11366499",
"text": "on \"Billboard\"s Hot Country Songs chart. Released in February 2001, Sara Evans' cover version of the song was the second single from her third studio album \"Born to Fly\" (2000). Evans' version was a Top 5 hit on the country music charts. The Sara Evans music video features her in White Sands National Monument singing the song in different outfits and frequently sitting in different chairs throughout the video. \"I Could Not Ask for More\" debuted at number 52 on the U.S. \"Billboard\" Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart for the week of February 17, 2001. It soon reached #2",
"title": "I Could Not Ask for More"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "1765586",
"text": "Edwin McCain Edwin McCain (born January 20, 1970) is an American singer-songwriter and musician. His songs \"I'll Be\" (1998) and \"I Could Not Ask for More\" (1999) were radio top-40 hits in the U.S., and five of his albums have reached the \"Billboard\" 200. In all, McCain has released eleven albums, with his first two being released independently. McCain graduated from Christ Church Episcopal School in Greenville, South Carolina, and briefly attended both the College of Charleston and Coastal Carolina University. Longtime touring friends with Hootie and the Blowfish, the Edwin McCain band signed with the same label, Atlantic Records.",
"title": "Edwin McCain"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "8311126",
"text": "Hot Country Singles and Tracks chart. The success helped the album certify gold in the United States. Evans' third studio effort \"Born to Fly\" was released in October 2000. \"Born to Fly\" reached number six on the Top Country Albums chart and the top-sixty of the \"Billboard\" 200. Its title track became her second number-one hit on the Hot Country Songs chart. The album also spawned the hits \"I Could Not Ask for More\", \"Saints & Angels\", and \"I Keep Looking\". It is the best-selling album of Evans' career, certifying two-times platinum in the United States. In August 2003, she",
"title": "Sara Evans discography"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "1765595",
"text": "guitar), Pete Riley (rhythm guitar and vocals), Craig Shields (keyboards, saxophone and other wind instruments), Jason Pomar (bass guitar and vocals) and Tez Sherard (drums and percussion). Edwin McCain Edwin McCain (born January 20, 1970) is an American singer-songwriter and musician. His songs \"I'll Be\" (1998) and \"I Could Not Ask for More\" (1999) were radio top-40 hits in the U.S., and five of his albums have reached the \"Billboard\" 200. In all, McCain has released eleven albums, with his first two being released independently. McCain graduated from Christ Church Episcopal School in Greenville, South Carolina, and briefly attended both",
"title": "Edwin McCain"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "1765588",
"text": "second Top 40 hit, the Diane Warren-penned \"I Could Not Ask For More.\" Produced by Matt Serletic (Matchbox Twenty, Collective Soul) and Noel Golden, \"Messenger\" was recorded at Tree Sound Studios and Southern Tracks in Atlanta as well as Record Plant Studios in Los Angeles. \"I Could Not Ask For More\" was also featured on the soundtrack for the 1999 film Message in a Bottle. Having fulfilled his four-album contract, McCain split from Lava/Atlantic at the end of 2001. In early 2003 he released a collection of acoustic versions of old and new songs called \"The Austin Sessions\" via ATC",
"title": "Edwin McCain"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "3617869",
"text": "RIAA, and produced one additional Top 40 country hit in \"Fool, I'm a Woman.\" Evans' third studio album, \"Born to Fly\", was released on October 10, 2000. She insisted on hiring Seattle-based rock drummer Matt Chamberlain (The Wallflowers, Edie Brickell), who brought a different sound to her music. The album's title track (\"Born to Fly\"), which was released as the lead single, was a Number One hit on the Hot Country Songs chart. Three more singles were released from the album (\"I Could Not Ask for More,\" \"I Keep Looking,\" and \"Saints & Angels\"), the first two reaching the Top",
"title": "Sara Evans"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "7449322",
"text": "I Could Not Love You More \"I Could Not Love You More\" is a song by the Bee Gees. It was the second single issued from their multi-platinum album, \"Still Waters\", released in 1997. The song is a pop ballad written by Barry, Robin and Maurice Gibb and recorded in Los Angeles in March 1996. The track was produced by the Gibb brothers and David Foster. The track was a moderate hit worldwide, peaking at #14 in the UK and appearing in serious charts all over Europe. The song's music video shows the band singing in a black background and",
"title": "I Could Not Love You More"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "7449323",
"text": "on a street, intercut with scenes of a relationship between a man and a woman. I Could Not Love You More \"I Could Not Love You More\" is a song by the Bee Gees. It was the second single issued from their multi-platinum album, \"Still Waters\", released in 1997. The song is a pop ballad written by Barry, Robin and Maurice Gibb and recorded in Los Angeles in March 1996. The track was produced by the Gibb brothers and David Foster. The track was a moderate hit worldwide, peaking at #14 in the UK and appearing in serious charts all",
"title": "I Could Not Love You More"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "13507564",
"text": "All I Ask For Anymore \"All I Ask For Anymore\" is a song written by Casey Beathard and Tim James, and recorded by American country music singer Trace Adkins. It was released in May 2009 as the third and final single from his album \"X\". The song overlapped with the chart run of Blake Shelton's \"Hillbilly Bone\", on which Adkins is also credited. The song is a mid-tempo in which the narrator tells of how he used to pray to God and ask for material items, but now wishes only for his family's safety. Thom Jurek of Allmusic said that",
"title": "All I Ask For Anymore"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "3617865",
"text": "40 entries. Evans has also won one award each from \"Billboard\", the Academy of Country Music, Country Music Association, Broadcast Music Incorporated (BMI), and a Dove Award. While Evans' debut album was defined by neotraditionalist country influences, most of her subsequent material has taken a more slick, country pop production, similar to Faith Hill and Martina McBride. Evans has collaborated with The Warren Brothers, Vince Gill, Martina McBride, Mindy McCready, Lorrie Morgan, Phil Vassar, and Pat Green among others. She has covered songs by Edwin McCain (\"I Could Not Ask for More\"), Bruce Hornsby (\"Every Little Kiss\"), Radney Foster (\"A",
"title": "Sara Evans"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "12731945",
"text": "released in November 1975, it did not make the UK charts until early 1976, eventually peaking at No.15. The follow-up, \"Devil Woman\" showed a new harder-edged side to Richard's music and became one of his biggest worldwide hits, peaking at No.9 in the UK and becoming his first ever top 10 hit in the US. Third single, \"I Can't Ask for Anymore Than You\" backed with album track \"Junior Cowboy\" completed the hat-trick of UK top 20 entries, while the album itself reached No.5 and remained in the charts for 21 weeks - his most successful album for over a",
"title": "I'm Nearly Famous"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "11771821",
"text": "Ask for More \"Ask for More\" is a song performed by Janet Jackson as part of an advertising campaign for soft drink company Pepsi in 1999. Alternate versions of the ad campaign with Ricky Martin and Aaron Kwok were released in international markets. \"Ask for More\" was a promotional single by Janet Jackson for Pepsi, released on January 1, 1999. Jackson commented on the collaboration with Pepsi saying \"aside from being associated with many amazing artists over the years, Pepsi is very honest and passionate when it comes to spreading a positive message like 'Ask For More'\". The campaign was",
"title": "Ask for More"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "10826508",
"text": "No More 'I Love You's \"No More 'I Love You's\" is a song written by David Freeman and Joseph Hughes and originally recorded by them as The Lover Speaks. It was released in 1986 as the lead single from their self-titled debut album. The song was later covered by the Scottish singer Annie Lennox and became a hit for her in 1995. \"No More 'I Love You's\" was the debut single for The Lover Speaks. After signing to A&M Records in early 1986, the band soon began recording their debut album with Jimmy Iovine as co-producer. In July, \"No More",
"title": "No More 'I Love You's"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "7169206",
"text": "More, More, More \"More, More, More\" is a song written by Gregg Diamond and recorded by American disco artist Andrea True, who performed as part of her \"Andrea True Connection\" project. It was released in February 1976 and became her signature track and one of the most popular songs of the disco era. In the U.S., it reached number four on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100 and spent three weeks at number three on the \"Cashbox\" chart in July of that year. In Canada, it was a number-one hit. The song was originally recorded in Jamaica where True, a porn star,",
"title": "More, More, More"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "6690543",
"text": "had the first chart-topping hit of the song when his recording of it became a number one hit in Canada in 1973, reaching the top of the \"RPM 100\" national singles chart on 12 May of that year. It also topped the Canadian Adult Contemporary chart. This recording also charted in the US, albeit outside the top 40. Stewart recorded the song at Muscle Shoals Sound Studio in Sheffield, Alabama, United States, and it appeared on his 1976 album \"A Night on the Town\". It was released as a double A-side single with \"I Don't Want to Talk About It\".",
"title": "The First Cut Is the Deepest"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "17716223",
"text": "How Could I Want More \"How Could I Want More\" is the debut single by American actress and singer Jamie Lynn Spears. The song was written by Spears and Rivers Rutherford, and was self-released (under the label name Sweet Jamie Music, Inc.) on November 25, 2013 as the lead single from Spears' debut EP, \"The Journey\". \"How Could I Want More\" is a traditional-style country music ballad that runs for three minutes and thirty-three seconds. The song opens with an acoustic guitar riff, while a pedal steel guitar comes in as the song progresses, resulting in a distinctively country sound.",
"title": "How Could I Want More"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "6807615",
"text": "rheumatoid arthritis and chronic fatigue syndrome.\" Leonardo's Bride disbanded in 2001 after a show in Johor Bahru, Malaysia. By 2002 Abby Dobson had started her solo career with a single, \"Don't Ask for More,\" which displayed a more radio-friendly sound. It was featured on the soundtrack of TV series, \"The Secret Life of Us\". The series' second soundtrack featured another Dobson track, \"I'm Not Missing You.\" Dobson was featured on Paul Mac's album \"3000 Feet High\" (2001). In late 2007, she released her first solo album, \"Rise Up\", preceded by its first single, \"Shining Star.\" Dean Manning released his first",
"title": "Leonardo's Bride"
}
] |
Edwin McCain
|
who is the singer of waiting for love
|
[
"Simon Aldred"
] |
[
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "18799608",
"text": "Waiting for Love (Avicii song) \"Waiting for Love\" is a song by Swedish DJ and music producer Avicii, produced by Avicii and Dutch producer Martin Garrix and featuring uncredited vocals from Simon Aldred, the lead singer of former English band Cherry Ghost. The track was released on 22 May 2015 as the lead single from Avicii's second studio album, \"Stories\" (2015). The lyrics were also written by Aldred. The track was first premiered at Ultra Music Festival 2015 both by Avicii and Dutch electronic producer Martin Garrix. Prior to its release on May 22, 2015, it was thought that the",
"title": "Waiting for Love (Avicii song)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "20932861",
"text": "Waiting for Your Love (Toto song) \"Waiting for Your Love\" is a song by American rock band Toto from their 1982 album \"Toto IV\". In 1983, it was released as a single, peaking at number 73 on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100 chart. The song was written by keyboardist Bobby Kimball and David Paich and is performed in the key of A-flat major. Kimball said in an interview that he \"wrote it in the '70s and originally called it \"'You Got Me'\". Somethingelsereviews.com wrote that Bobby Kimball gave a fantastic lead vocal performance in the song, and that \"Waiting for Your",
"title": "Waiting for Your Love (Toto song)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "20932862",
"text": "Love\" had an infectious, danceable, back beat. Waiting for Your Love (Toto song) \"Waiting for Your Love\" is a song by American rock band Toto from their 1982 album \"Toto IV\". In 1983, it was released as a single, peaking at number 73 on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100 chart. The song was written by keyboardist Bobby Kimball and David Paich and is performed in the key of A-flat major. Kimball said in an interview that he \"wrote it in the '70s and originally called it \"'You Got Me'\". Somethingelsereviews.com wrote that Bobby Kimball gave a fantastic lead vocal performance in",
"title": "Waiting for Your Love (Toto song)"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "18799612",
"text": "directed by Kurt Hugo Schneider. The 360° function of this music video only works with the web browser Google Chrome (for desktop, Android and iOS). Personnel adapted from CD single. Waiting for Love (Avicii song) \"Waiting for Love\" is a song by Swedish DJ and music producer Avicii, produced by Avicii and Dutch producer Martin Garrix and featuring uncredited vocals from Simon Aldred, the lead singer of former English band Cherry Ghost. The track was released on 22 May 2015 as the lead single from Avicii's second studio album, \"Stories\" (2015). The lyrics were also written by Aldred. The track",
"title": "Waiting for Love (Avicii song)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "18799609",
"text": "song would have been a full collaboration with Garrix and Bergling, with featuring vocals from John Legend, after several videos and Twitter posts were created stating this collaboration. The singer is confirmed to be Simon Aldred, the lead singer of Cherry Ghost. \"Waiting For Love\" is a progressive house song written in the key of F minor, follows the chord progression of F#m/C#m/D - D/E/F#m and runs at 128 BPM. The music video was directed by Sebastian Ringler. It begins with an old man (Sten Elfström) being taken care of by his wife (Ingrid Wallin) who then disappears. Distraught, he",
"title": "Waiting for Love (Avicii song)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "17219003",
"text": "Ella Eyre Ella McMahon (born 1 April 1994), known by her stage name Ella Eyre, is an English singer and songwriter. She is best known for her collaborations with Rudimental on their UK number one single \"Waiting All Night\" (2013), which won the 2014 Brit Award for British Single of the Year, with DJ Fresh on his single \"Gravity\" (2015), and with Sigala on their singles \"Came Here for Love\" (2017), and \"Just Got Paid\" (2018). Her debut EP, \"Deeper\", was released in 2013 and her debut album, \"Feline\", was released in 2015. Eyre's musical influences include Lauryn Hill, Etta",
"title": "Ella Eyre"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "17219011",
"text": "Number 12 on the UK Chart. On 1 February 2017, Ella Eyre and Lewi Morgan, from the boyband Rixton, ended their 2-year relationship. Headlining: Supporting: Ella Eyre Ella McMahon (born 1 April 1994), known by her stage name Ella Eyre, is an English singer and songwriter. She is best known for her collaborations with Rudimental on their UK number one single \"Waiting All Night\" (2013), which won the 2014 Brit Award for British Single of the Year, with DJ Fresh on his single \"Gravity\" (2015), and with Sigala on their singles \"Came Here for Love\" (2017), and \"Just Got Paid\"",
"title": "Ella Eyre"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "9807643",
"text": "was released in July 2010 to positive critical acclaim. Aldred, under the moniker Out Cold, released a solo album entitled \"Invasion of Love\" in September 2013, featuring a markedly synthpop sound. Cherry Ghost released their third and final album \"Herd Runners\" in May 2014. Currently based in London, Simon Aldred now works outside of music, as well as occasionally writing for and with other artists. Aldred was also the featured vocalist on the 2015 Avicii single \"Waiting for Love\". The name \"Cherry Ghost\" is a reference to the Wilco song \"Theologians\" from the album \"A Ghost Is Born\". In 2005,",
"title": "Cherry Ghost"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "14072491",
"text": "as a songwriter and collaborated with a number of artists and songwriters, including Survivor, Nick Gilder, Jonathan Cain (Journey), Russ Ballard, Carl Dixon and Alias featuring Freddy Curci. In 1991, Walker co-wrote the song \"Waiting for Love\" for the band Alias on EMI Capitol Records, and it went on to become Walker's first top-10 international hit. The Alias CD earned platinum sales throughout the world, and the song \"Waiting for Love\" received a BMI Award for top radio airplay that year. Walker's first solo record, \"Nevertheless\", released in 1994, launching his solo career in Europe. David Prater produced four songs",
"title": "Brett Walker"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "8256098",
"text": "Wait for Me/Song of Love \"\"Wait for Me\" and \"Song of Love\" were two singles from Christian pop rock musician Rebecca St. James. \"Wait For Me\" is perhaps one of St. James' most famous songs, encouraging sexual abstinence until marriage, from the 2000 album \"Transform\" (No. 166 in the \"Billboard\" 200 albums). \"Song of Love\" is a track from her 2002 modern worship album \"Worship God\" (in the \"Billboard\" 200 albums for 11 weeks, peaking at No. 94). In keeping with her advocacy of premarital abstinence, \"Wait for Me\" became the title of St. James' 2000 concert tour of 46",
"title": "Wait for Me/Song of Love"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "8256100",
"text": "Love\", she sings mainly in a concert setting. Wait for Me/Song of Love \"\"Wait for Me\" and \"Song of Love\" were two singles from Christian pop rock musician Rebecca St. James. \"Wait For Me\" is perhaps one of St. James' most famous songs, encouraging sexual abstinence until marriage, from the 2000 album \"Transform\" (No. 166 in the \"Billboard\" 200 albums). \"Song of Love\" is a track from her 2002 modern worship album \"Worship God\" (in the \"Billboard\" 200 albums for 11 weeks, peaking at No. 94). In keeping with her advocacy of premarital abstinence, \"Wait for Me\" became the title",
"title": "Wait for Me/Song of Love"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "18281956",
"text": "was \"For a Better Day\", featuring singer Alex Ebert. On 28 August, he released his next two singles, the other being \"Pure Grinding\". \"Waiting for Love\" is a song featuring uncredited vocals from Simon Aldred of Cherry Ghost. Avicii released it on the 22 May 2015. \"For a Better Day\" is a song featuring uncredited vocals from Alex Ebert. Avicii released it on 28 August 2015. \"Pure Grinding\" is a song featuring uncredited vocals from Kristoffer Fogelmark and Earl St. Clair. Avicii released it on 28 August 2015. \"Broken Arrows\" is a song featuring uncredited vocals from Zac Brown of",
"title": "Stories (Avicii album)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "12103975",
"text": "vocalists of the late 1970s, including Bell & James, MFSB and The Spinners with lead singer John Edwards, contribute backing and accompanying lead vocals, most prominent on the Thom Bell Sessions mixes of the song. In 1979, The Spinners also recorded a version of the song which charted at #25 on the US \"Billboard\" R&B chart. The music video, produced in a 1970s retro style, was directed by Kate Dawkins. This song was covered by Nancy Wallace in the 2006 compilation double album \"The Big Chill\". It was also covered by The Kooks along with the Buena Vista Social Club",
"title": "Are You Ready for Love"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "9641682",
"text": "Blue Roses from the Moons Blue Roses from the Moons is a studio album by Nanci Griffith, released in March 1997. The album was recorded from live takes in the studio, with her band \"The Blue Moon Orchestra\" and Jerry Allison, Sonny Curtis and Joe B. Mauldin of The Crickets. Darius Rucker duets with Griffith on \"Gulf Coast Highway\". The song \"Waiting for Love\", written by Griffiths, and commencing \"Life is full of finer things / They're lost and found in the dark\" was later re-recorded with symphony orchestra for the 1999 album The Dust Bowl Symphony. For AllMusic, the",
"title": "Blue Roses from the Moons"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "11919537",
"text": "J'attends l'amour \"J'attends l'amour\" (English: \"'I'm Waiting for Love\") is a 2002 song recorded by the French artist Jenifer Bartoli. Released in April 2002, it was her debut single, from her eponymous album, \"Jenifer\". This song was a great success in France and Belgium (Wallonia). This song is actually a French-language adaptation of Johanna Demker's song \"True Love\". The music video was shot in London, and shows the singer walking in the streets. The song features on many French compilations, such as \"Best Of France 2002\" and \"Now! Hits Référence Vol. 2\". It was also available on the Star Academy's",
"title": "J'attends l'amour"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "15013940",
"text": "by Avicii) albeit different vocals and chord progressions. It was leaked into the internet between 2013–2014 via the name \"Stars\" and is yet to be released. It also shares a similar drop to one of Bergling's ID's \"Black and Blue\". On 22 May 2015, Bergling premiered another single from \"Stories\", \"Waiting for Love\". The track was co-produced by fellow DJ and producer Martin Garrix, and featured vocals from Simon Aldred of Cherry Ghost. On 25 May 2015, Bergling previewed three old tracks on episode 36 of his LE7ELS podcast: \"Tracks of My Tears\", \"Sorry Mr. Atari\" and \"Time to Get",
"title": "Avicii"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "9811935",
"text": "Wait for You (Elliott Yamin song) \"Wait for You\" is a song by former \"American Idol\" contestant Elliott Yamin. It is the first official single from his self-titled album \"Elliott Yamin\" (following the retail-only promotional hit \"Movin' On\"). \"Wait for You\" is a slow-tempo ballad composed in C major. He mentions in the song waiting indefinitely for the one he loves to come back to him. Despite the fact she has left him, he insists he knows she still loves him. \"Wait For You\" is often compared to songs by 98 Degrees (\"My Everything\"), Natalie (\"Goin' Crazy\"), S Club 7",
"title": "Wait for You (Elliott Yamin song)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "11369958",
"text": "I'll Be Waiting (Lenny Kravitz song) \"I'll Be Waiting\" is a rock song written by Lenny Kravitz and Craig Ross for Kravitz's eighth studio album, \"It Is Time for a Love Revolution\" (2008). It was released as the album's lead single on December 6, 2007 (although \"Bring It On\" had been previously released as a radio-only single to U.S. rock stations). The iTunes download release date for the song was November 6, 2007. The song is a power ballad, where Kravitz sings of waiting for someone, heartbroken over a failed relationship, to realize he is the one who really loves",
"title": "I'll Be Waiting (Lenny Kravitz song)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "18281955",
"text": "the internet from Avicii's UMF 2015 set. These songs include \"Waiting for Love\", \"For a Better Day\", \"City Lights\" and \"Sunset Jesus\", leaked under the name \"Attack\". A complete track listing of the set can be found on Avicii's SoundCloud page. On 22 May 2015, Avicii premiered his first single from \"Stories\", \"Waiting for Love\". The track was co-produced by DJ and producer Martin Garrix. Almost a month later, Avicii communicated through Twitter that he had finished the album after two years of work. On 4 August 2015, it was announced on iHeartMedia Summit that Avicii's next single from \"Stories\"",
"title": "Stories (Avicii album)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "17473287",
"text": "Garrix noted that Usher is a \"humble\" artist and a great collaborator to whom he can directly give input. Garrix also worked with multi-Grammy winner Ed Sheeran on a track called \"Rewind Repeat It\" which he played at Ultra Music Festival in Miami in March 2015. On 4 May 2015, he released a track with Tiësto, called \"The Only Way Is Up\". On 22 May 2015, Avicii released a lyric video of the song \"Waiting for Love\" co-produced by Garrix. On 6 July 2015, Garrix released the \"Break Through the Silence\" dual single with Russian DJs Matisse and Sadko, consisting",
"title": "Martin Garrix"
}
] |
Simon Aldred
|
who recorded it's a man's world
|
[
"James Brown"
] |
[
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "8507173",
"text": "of the original. The band Napalm Death released the song \"It's a M.A.N.S World!\", which attacks and parodies the ideas of chauvinism and patriarchy ideas, on their 1988 album \"From Enslavement to Obliteration\". It's a Man's Man's Man's World \"It's a Man's Man's Man's World\" is a song by James Brown and Betty Jean Newsome. Brown recorded it on February 16, 1966 in a New York City studio and released it as a single later that year. It reached No. 1 on the \"Billboard\" R&B chart and No. 8 on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100. Its title is a word play",
"title": "It's a Man's Man's Man's World"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "8507167",
"text": "It's a Man's Man's Man's World \"It's a Man's Man's Man's World\" is a song by James Brown and Betty Jean Newsome. Brown recorded it on February 16, 1966 in a New York City studio and released it as a single later that year. It reached No. 1 on the \"Billboard\" R&B chart and No. 8 on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100. Its title is a word play on the 1963 comedy film \"It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World\". The song's lyrics, which \"Rolling Stone\" characterized as \"biblically chauvinistic\", attribute all the works of modern civilization (the car, the train,",
"title": "It's a Man's Man's Man's World"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "8507172",
"text": "of all time. \"with studio band:\" Other players, including trombone, bass and strings, unknown Arranged and conducted by Sammy Lowe Australian musician Renée Geyer recorded a version in 1974. The song was released in November 1974 as the second single from her second studio album, \"It's a Man's Man's World\". The song peaked at number 44 on the Australian Kent Music Report, becoming her first Australian top 50 single. The song has been recorded by many artists in various idioms over the years. Neneh Cherry released the answer song \"Woman\" on her 1996 album \"Man\" in response to the chauvinism",
"title": "It's a Man's Man's Man's World"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "8507170",
"text": "in 1963. Brown himself recorded a demo version of the song, provisionally entitled \"It's a Man's World\", in 1964. This version later appeared on the CD compilations \"The CD of JB\" and \"Star Time\". The released version of \"It's a Man's Man's Man's World\" was recorded quickly, in only two takes, with a studio ensemble that included members of Brown's touring band and a string section arranged and conducted by Sammy Lowe. A female chorus was involved in the recording sessions, but their parts were edited out of the song's final master. \"It's a Man's Man's Man's World\" became a",
"title": "It's a Man's Man's Man's World"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "8507171",
"text": "staple of Brown's live shows for the rest of his career. Its slow, simmering groove and declamatory vocal line made it suitable for long, open-ended performances incorporating spoken ruminations on love and loss and sometimes interpolations from other songs. It appears on almost all of Brown's live albums starting with 1967's \"Live at the Garden\". Brown also recorded a big band jazz arrangement of the song with the Louie Bellson Orchestra for his 1970 album \"Soul on Top\". In 2004, \"It's a Man's Man's Man's World\" was ranked number 123 on \"Rolling Stone\" magazine's list of the 500 greatest songs",
"title": "It's a Man's Man's Man's World"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "15068801",
"text": "Chantay Savage, LaShanda Reese and the Pointer Sisters themselves. Kate Pierson along with Cindy Wilson contributed with the new version of the McFadden & Whitehead's disco track \"Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now\" (No.#1 in the US R&B, at #5 in UK Top 75 in 1979). From the classics, James Brown's composition \"It's a Man's Man's Man's World\" (No.#1 on the US R&B in 1966), and Elton John's gospel ballad \"The Border Song\" (No.#92 in the US Hot 100 in 1970 were also present. Notes The Associate (soundtrack) The Associate is the original motion picture soundtrack of the 1996 film \"The",
"title": "The Associate (soundtrack)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "3489853",
"text": "by the end of the year. In August 1974, Geyer released her second studio album, \"It's a Man's Man's World\" which was produced by Tweed Harris (ex-The Groove), It became her first charting album when it peaked at #28 in October on the Kent Music Report. The title track, \"It's a Man's Man's Man's World\", was a cover version of James Brown's hit from 1965, and became her first top 50 single. Geyer then formed Sanctuary, to promote the album with the original line-up of, Billy Green (guitar; ex-Doug Parkinson In Focus), Barry Harvey (drums; ex-Chain), Mal Logan (keyboards; ex-Healing",
"title": "Renée Geyer"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "8507169",
"text": "Newsome would claim that Brown didn't write any part of the song and argued in court that Brown sometimes forgot to pay her royalties. In May 1966, \"Record World\" magazine reported that Brown, King Records and Dynatone Publishing were being sued by Clamike Records for alleged copyright infringement of the Betty Newsome song \"It's a Man's World (But What Would He Do Without a Woman)\". The composition of \"It's a Man's Man's Man's World\" developed over a period of several years. Tammy Montgomery, better known as Tammi Terrell, recorded \"I Cried\", a Brown-penned song based on the same chord changes,",
"title": "It's a Man's Man's Man's World"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "8507168",
"text": "the boat (\"Like Noah built the ark\"), and the electric light) to the efforts of men, but claim that it all would \"mean nothing without a woman or a girl\". The song also states that man made toys for the baby boys and girls, and comments about the fact that \"Man makes money\" to buy from other men. Before the song's fade, Brown states that man is lost in his bitterness and in the wilderness. Brown's co-writer and onetime girlfriend, Betty Jean Newsome, wrote the lyrics based on her own observations of the relations between the sexes. In later years,",
"title": "It's a Man's Man's Man's World"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "12830832",
"text": "Alma Jean (played by Jeanine Cashell), is interested in Vern. Nora Fitzgerald (played by Ann Schuyler) is interested in Tom-Tom. There is also a dog named Shadrack. Among the series guest stars were Med Flory, Hope Summers, Joan Tewkesbury, and Dawn Wells Peter Tewksbury and James Leighton were the creators of the series, originally titled The Young Men, a Revue Studios production. Earl Hamner, Jr. was part of the writing staff. \"It's a Man's World\" was \"ahead of its time\": it depicted the restlessness, idealism, and increasing iconoclasm that began to emerge among American youth during the early 1960s. Broadcast",
"title": "It's a Man's World (TV series)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "2788434",
"text": "by Cherry, McVeigh and Lenny Kravitz. 1996's \"Man\" is a solo record produced by McVey, Jonny Dollar and Christian Falk. The lead track is \"Woman\", her take on James Brown's 1966 track \"It's a Man's Man's Man's World.\" It featured the worldwide hit single, \"7 Seconds\", featuring Youssou N'Dour; and \"Trouble Man\" a cover of a Marvin Gaye track. \"7 Seconds\" remained at number one in France for a record 16 weeks in 1994. Another track, \"Together Now\", featured Tricky. Cherry received her second Grammy nomination in 1994 for \"7 Seconds\". In the MTV Europe Music Awards in 1994, \"7",
"title": "Neneh Cherry"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "210456",
"text": "gospel-tinged vocals, polished choreography and timing as well as Brown's energetic dance moves and high-octane singing upstaged the proposed closing act, the Rolling Stones. Having signed a new deal with King, Brown released his song \"Papa's Got a Brand New Bag\", which became his first top ten pop hit and won him his first Grammy Award. Later in 1965, he issued \"I Got You\", which became his second single in a row to reach number-one on the R&B chart and top ten on the pop chart. Brown followed that up with the ballad \"It's a Man's Man's Man's World\" which",
"title": "James Brown"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "6509050",
"text": "\"It's a Man's World\" found Cher singing 'unconventional' songs in a style more associated with the Deep South, rather than her more familiar pop and rock roots. The album also stands out for Cher stretching her vocals to head register for such songs as \"One by One\" and \"The Gunman\", getting out of her comfort zone of her trademark husky contralto. Cher signed with Warner Music U.K. in 1994 and recorded \"It's a Man's World\" in London in 1995. That same year the album was released all over Europe with \"Walking in Memphis\" as its lead off single. In the",
"title": "It's a Man's World (Cher album)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "8092024",
"text": "One by One (song) \"One by One\" is the first American and second European single by American singer-actress Cher from her twenty first studio album, \"It's a Man's World\". It was released on January 5, 1996 by Reprise Records and WEA. It was written by Anthony Griffiths of The Real People and had been released by Irish singer Johnny Logan in 1990. Cher is credited as composer on the U.S. edition of \"It's a Man's World\". The song received warm chart reception, reaching the top 40 in Canada, Europe, and the United Kingdom. In 1987, Liverpool-based musician Anthony Griffiths penned",
"title": "One by One (song)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "6868906",
"text": "A Night in San Francisco A Night in San Francisco is a live album by Northern Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison, released in 1994. Guest artists were Candy Dulfer, John Lee Hooker, Junior Wells and Jimmy Witherspoon as well as Morrison's daughter, Shana Morrison. James Hunter and Brian Kennedy helped out with the vocals and Georgie Fame was also present. The June 2008 reissued and remastered version of the album contains a live take of the Morrison song \"Cleaning Windows\". \"I'll Take Care of You/It's a Man's Man's Man's World\" from this album was listed as one of the standout tracks",
"title": "A Night in San Francisco"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "6509053",
"text": "cover of Marc Cohn's Walking in Memphis served as the lead single off the record in Europe, Australia and Canada. In Europe the song was a notable hit and charted higher than the original version. It managed to peak at #11 in the UK and reached the top 20 in several European countries, however it failed to gain notable attention elsewhere. A music video for the song portrayed Cher walking around Memphis dressed up as Elvis Presley and singing in a bus. A Cher-written track One by One met more success being released as a second single and the first",
"title": "It's a Man's World (Cher album)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "857726",
"text": "her voice had improved. Stephen Holden of \"The New York Times\" wrote that \"From an artistic standpoint, this soulful collection of grown-up pop songs ... is the high point of her recording career.\" \"It's a Man's World\" reached number 10 on the UK Albums Chart and spawned the UK top-ten single \"One by One\". Tracks were remixed for the American release of the album, abandoning its original rock sound in favor of a style more accessible to U.S. radio; it reached number 64 on the \"Billboard\" 200. In 1996, Cher played the wife of a businessman who hires a hitman",
"title": "Cher"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "5964148",
"text": "some deep stuff back then. [The song] is about the ins and outs of a relationship. Sometimes, you're completely head-over-heels in love with someone, and sometimes you can't stand that person. You fall in and out, sometimes it goes back and forth, and that's just what relationships are about.\" The song samples the early James Brown hit, \"It's a Man's Man's Man's World.\" According to the sheet music published at Musicnotes.com by Sony/ATV Music Publishing, the song is set in 12/8 time with a \"free\" tempo of 60 beats per minute. It is composed in the key of E minor",
"title": "Fallin' (Alicia Keys song)"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "20011163",
"text": "Woman (Neneh Cherry song) \"Woman\" is a torch song by Swedish singer-songwriter Neneh Cherry from her 1996 album \"Man\". Written by Cherry, her husband Cameron McVey, and Jonathan Sharp, the song was created as a take on James Brown's 1966 hit \"It's a Man's Man's Man's World\". The song's lyrics describe the difficulties women face in life, allowing Cherry to be seen as an empowering female recording artist. \"Woman\" was released as a single in June 1996, becoming Cherry's last substantial hit. It reached number three in Walloon Belgium, number four in Finland and Italy, and number nine on the",
"title": "Woman (Neneh Cherry song)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "6509052",
"text": "feel. The new versions of those songs: \"Not Enough Love in the World\", \"Paradise Is Here\", \"Angels Running\", \"What About the Moonlight\" and \"One by One\" were labeled as album versions in the United States. Their new sound carried R&B influences, while their original versions were influenced by Southern rock and blues. Because of the alterations, the American release was also compared to the style of Boyz II Men. While the album was temporarily sidelined by her dizzying worldwide success with \"Believe\", in recent years it has been rediscovered and credited. Five singles were released to promote the album. A",
"title": "It's a Man's World (Cher album)"
}
] |
James Brown
|
when does season 14 of grey's anatomy come out
|
[
"September 28, 2017"
] |
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"has_answer": true,
"id": "20161215",
"text": "Grey's Anatomy (season 14) The fourteenth season of the American television medical drama \"Grey's Anatomy\" was ordered on February 10, 2017, by American Broadcasting Company (ABC), and premiered on September 28, 2017 with a special two-hour premiere. The season consists of 24 episodes, with the season's seventh episode marking the 300th episode for the series overall. The season is produced by ABC Studios, in association with Shondaland Production Company and The Mark Gordon Company; the showrunners being Krista Vernoff and William Harper. The fourteenth season is the first not to feature Jerrika Hinton as Dr. Stephanie Edwards since her introduction",
"title": "Grey's Anatomy (season 14)"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "20161240",
"text": "a 14th season on February 10, 2017. It premiered on September 28, 2017, with a two-hour premiere. Ellen Pompeo announced that she would be directing several episodes in the 14th season. On April 28, 2017, veteran writer Krista Vernoff announced that she would return to the show as a writer after leaving the show after the seventh season. On January 11, 2018, ABC released a six-episode web series following the new surgical interns at Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital. The web series was written by Barbara Kaye Friend and directed by series regular Sarah Drew. The number in the \"No. overall\"",
"title": "Grey's Anatomy (season 14)"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "20161241",
"text": "column refers to the episode's number within the overall series, whereas the number in the \"No. in season\" column refers to the episode's number within this particular season. \"U.S. viewers in millions\" refers to the number of Americans in millions who watched the episodes live. <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> Grey's Anatomy (season 14) The fourteenth season of the American television medical drama \"Grey's Anatomy\" was ordered on February 10, 2017, by American Broadcasting Company (ABC), and premiered on September 28, 2017 with a special two-hour premiere. The season consists of 24 episodes, with the season's seventh episode marking the 300th episode for the",
"title": "Grey's Anatomy (season 14)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "4811566",
"text": "woman performed cardiac massage for 20 minutes before medical personal arrived and transferred the husband to Shaare Zedek Medical Center. The mid-season premiere of the fourteenth season was entitled \"1-800-799-7233\", the National Domestic Violence Hotline; upon release on January 18, 2018, the move was received favourably and viewers variously changed their Twitter usernames to the same and used the platform to bring awareness to both the hotline and the issue of domestic abuse. \"Greys Anatomy\" has received high viewership and ratings since its debut. The first four seasons of the program each ranked in the top ten among all viewers,",
"title": "Grey's Anatomy"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "20161216",
"text": "in the ninth season, following her departure at the conclusion of the previous season. The season marks the last appearance of Martin Henderson, Jason George, Jessica Capshaw, and Sarah Drew as series regulars, as well as the first appearance of Jaina Lee Ortiz as Andy Herrera, the lead character of \"Grey's Anatomy\"'s second spin-off series, \"Station 19\". On April 20, 2018, ABC officially renewed \"Grey's Anatomy\" for a network primetime drama record-tying fifteenth season. The season follows the story of surgical residents, fellows, and attendings as they experience the difficulties of the competitive careers they have chosen. It is set",
"title": "Grey's Anatomy (season 14)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "20161236",
"text": "was announced she landed a starring role in Alan Ball's new HBO drama series \"Here and Now\". Hinton had previously been in talks of leaving the show at the end of the 12th season when she was cast in the Shondaland comedy pilot \"Toast\", but ABC passed on the project. Renewing her contract for another three seasons as Dr. Arizona Robbins after the eleventh season, Jessica Capshaw returned for the 14th season. On June 20, 2017, it was announced that Kim Raver would reprise her role as Dr. Teddy Altman for a guest arc. In August 2017, it was announced",
"title": "Grey's Anatomy (season 14)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "20727484",
"text": "7.60 million people, an increase of 0.25 million from the previous installment; it also garnered a 1.9/8 Nielsen rating. \"All of Me\" was also the week's most watched drama and ranked tenth on the list of most watched television programmes overall. The 7.60 million audience was also the lowest rated \"Grey's Anatomy\" season finale to date. All of Me (Grey's Anatomy) \"All of Me\" is the twenty-fourth episode, serving as the season finale of the fourteenth season of the American medical drama television series \"Grey's Anatomy\", and the 317th overall episode, which aired on ABC on May 17, 2018. The",
"title": "All of Me (Grey's Anatomy)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "20161239",
"text": "Drew would leave the series following the conclusion of the season. It was released on April 4, 2018 that a familiar character would be returning to the set later on in the season as Sarah Utterback's Nurse Olivia Harper would be revisiting Grey Sloan, not as a nurse but as mom of a patient. Details of her storyline or duration of arc have yet to be released. On April 20, 2018, it was released that Geena Davis would return for the episode \"Cold as Ice\" as Dr. Herman to present a new opportunity for Arizona. \"Grey's Anatomy\" was renewed for",
"title": "Grey's Anatomy (season 14)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "4811475",
"text": "run (it was once among the overall top 10 shows in the United States), it is still one of the highest-rated shows among the 18–49 demographic, and the No. 3 drama on all of broadcast television. The series was the highest revenue-earning show on television, in terms of advertising, in the 2007–08 season; in 2017, it was ranked tenth on the list. \"Grey's Anatomy\" ranks as ABC's highest-rated drama in its fourteenth season. \"Grey's Anatomy\" has been well received by critics throughout much of its run, and has been included in various critics' year-end top ten lists. Since its inception,",
"title": "Grey's Anatomy"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "4811502",
"text": "makes her a producer of \"Grey's Anatomy\" and a co-executive producer of Station 19. The deal will make Pompeo the highest-paid actress currently on a dramatic TV series, with her making $575,000 per episode and over $20 million yearly. On March 8, 2018, it was announced that series regulars Jessica Capshaw and Sarah Drew would not be returning for the fifteenth season after executive producers decided to let them go. In May 2018, it was confirmed that Kim Raver, who made returning guest appearances in season fourteen, would once again become a series regular, beginning with its fifteenth season. Rhimes",
"title": "Grey's Anatomy"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "4811587",
"text": "storyline involving both shows. After Private Practice ended, Amelia Sheppard appeared even more frequently on Grey's Anatomy. She was later cast as a series regular. On May 16, 2017, Channing Dungey announced at the ABC Upfronts that the network ordered another Grey's Anatomy spin-off, this one focusing on firefighters in Seattle. The series premiered mid-season in 2018. Stacy McKee, long-term Grey's writer and executive producer, serves as the spin-off's showrunner. The new show was introduced Season 14, Episode 13, when a house fire brings the firefighters to Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital. In July 2017, it was announced that Jaina Lee",
"title": "Grey's Anatomy"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "7310962",
"text": "on April 26, 2006, almost three months after its original release in the United States, whereas its release date in Region 4 was October 11, 2006. The UK set contained the original fourteen episodes, being released as a three-disc boxset. The season has not been released on Blu-ray disc in any region. The DVD box set is currently no. 899 in Movies and TV on Amazon.com and no. 3452 in Film and TV on Amazon.co.uk. Grey's Anatomy (season 1) The first season of the American television medical drama Grey's Anatomy, began airing in the United States on the American Broadcasting",
"title": "Grey's Anatomy (season 1)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "20161238",
"text": "Jeanine Mason (\"So You Think You Can Dance\") as Sam, Alex Blue Davis as Casey, Rushi Kota as Vik, Jaicy Elliot as Taryn, Sophia Ali as Dahlia, and Jake Borelli as Levi. On October 26, 2017, it was announced that Martin Henderson's appearance in the fifth episode titled \"Danger Zone\" would be his last. On January 31, 2018, it was announced that Candis Cayne would be joining the show as Dr. Michelle Velez for a multi-episode arc revolving around a transgender character receiving a ground breaking surgery. On March 8, 2018, it was announced that both Jessica Capshaw and Sarah",
"title": "Grey's Anatomy (season 14)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "20727477",
"text": "All of Me (Grey's Anatomy) \"All of Me\" is the twenty-fourth episode, serving as the season finale of the fourteenth season of the American medical drama television series \"Grey's Anatomy\", and the 317th overall episode, which aired on ABC on May 17, 2018. The episode was written by Krista Vernoff and directed by Debbie Allen. The wedding between Alex Karev (Justin Chambers) and Jo Wilson (Camilla Luddington) takes place, and things go awry. Meanwhile, the stress from the past year has taken a toll on Miranda Bailey (Chandra Wilson), and she re-evaluates some of her decisions. This episode marked the",
"title": "All of Me (Grey's Anatomy)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "19523329",
"text": "conclusion of the previous season. On February 10, 2017, ABC renewed \"Grey's Anatomy\" for a fourteenth season. The season follows the story of surgical residents, fellows, and attendings as they experience the difficulties of the competitive careers they have chosen. It is set in the surgical wing of the fictional Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital, located in Seattle, Washington. The season picks up right where it left off at Owen and Amelia's wedding. After Alex Karev (Justin Chambers) had found a drunk Jo Wilson (Camilla Luddington) with Andrew DeLuca (Giacomo Gianniotti) in a compromising situation during the previous season's finale, he",
"title": "Grey's Anatomy (season 13)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "20405321",
"text": "Danger Zone (Grey's Anatomy) \"Danger Zone\" is the fifth episode of the fourteenth season of the American television medical drama \"Grey's Anatomy\", and is the 298th episode overall. It aired on October 26, 2017 on ABC in the United States. The episode was written by Jalysa Conway and directed by Cecilie Mosli; Conway, an Air Force veteran, found inspiration in her own experiences to conceive the episode. \"Danger Zone\" takes place during two time lapses: the present time, in Seattle, where Owen Hunt (Kevin McKidd) deals with the decision his sister, Megan Hunt (Abigail Spencer) has made with former fiancée",
"title": "Danger Zone (Grey's Anatomy)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "20161237",
"text": "that Abigail Spencer would replace Bridget Regan as Megan Hunt for a multi-episode arc this season. After recurring in the previous season as the controversial character, Eliza Minnick, it was announced in August 2017 that Marika Dominczyk would not return to the show. On September 13, 2017, another guest star was announced in Greg Germann (\"Ally McBeal\"), and later it was revealed that his character would be Tom Koracick, Amelia's neurosurgery mentor. On October 9, 2017, the new group of interns to join the cast in the fourth episode \"Ain't That a Kick in the Head\" was announced to include",
"title": "Grey's Anatomy (season 14)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "17503450",
"text": "and \"American Reunion.\" In 2013, she plays Jill in \"Fat\", which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival. She recently guest starred on the show \"\" as Carly Dawson in the episode \"Breaking Brig\" and Kelly Press on \"Major Crimes\". She played: Janet Conrad, a pushy NATO Photographer who was seeking a career changing \"Front Line Photo\" in the 2016 movie; \"\". In 2017 she appeared on \"American Horror Story\" in the episode \"Great Again\". In season 14 of \"Grey's Anatomy\" she appeared as Dr. Kate Lachman. Charlene Amoia Charlene Amoia is an American actress best known for her role",
"title": "Charlene Amoia"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "19523328",
"text": "Grey's Anatomy (season 13) The thirteenth season of the American television medical drama \"Grey's Anatomy\" premiered on September 22, 2016, in the United States on the American Broadcasting Company (ABC), and consisted of 24 episodes. The season was ordered on March 3, 2016, along with ABC's other shows. The season is produced by ABC Studios, in association with Shondaland Production Company and The Mark Gordon Company; the showrunners being William Harper and Stacy McKee. This season was the first not to feature Sara Ramirez as Dr. Callie Torres since her introduction in the second season, following her departure at the",
"title": "Grey's Anatomy (season 13)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "20161220",
"text": "decide to get a divorce. With all the changes happening at Grey Sloan, Harper Avery (Chelcie Ross) shows up to discuss everything with Bailey and then ends up firing her. Shortly after, he immediately dies from cardiac arrest. Before they have to find another chief, Catherine (Debbie Allen) and Jackson Avery (Jesse Williams) reinstate Bailey to her position. At a family dinner hosted by Catherine and Richard Weber (James Pickens Jr.), Maggie Pierce (Kelly McCreary) and Jackson learn that he will be receiving his grandfather’s inheritance, a quarter billion dollars, which he will eventually use to fund a medical research",
"title": "Grey's Anatomy (season 14)"
}
] |
September 28, 2017
|
when was the last time the detroit lions won a championship
|
[
"1993"
] |
[
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "11622016",
"text": "gave the Lions their third NFL championship in six years. It was also referred to as \"the perfect revenge\" for the Browns' 56-10 defeat of the Lions in the 1954 NFL Championship Game. 1957 Detroit Lions season The Detroit Lions season resulted in the Lions winning their fourth and most recent NFL championship. In the penultimate regular season game with the Cleveland Browns on December 8, hall of fame quarterback Bobby Layne was lost for the season with a broken right ankle. With backup Tobin Rote in at quarterback in the second quarter, the Lions won that game and overcame",
"title": "1957 Detroit Lions season"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "11622010",
"text": "1957 Detroit Lions season The Detroit Lions season resulted in the Lions winning their fourth and most recent NFL championship. In the penultimate regular season game with the Cleveland Browns on December 8, hall of fame quarterback Bobby Layne was lost for the season with a broken right ankle. With backup Tobin Rote in at quarterback in the second quarter, the Lions won that game and overcame a ten-point deficit at halftime the following week to defeat the Chicago Bears 21–13, whom they had lost to three weeks earlier at home. They ended the regular season with three consecutive wins",
"title": "1957 Detroit Lions season"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "11618404",
"text": "was held to just 44 yards on 11 carries. As of 2017, this was the first and only time that the Lions made an appearance in the NFC Championship Game. 1991 Detroit Lions season The Detroit Lions season was the franchise's 62nd season in the National Football League, their 58th as the Detroit Lions. It stands as the team's best season since the NFL-AFL merger in 1970. The team finished 12–4, won the NFC Central Division, and appeared in the playoffs for the first time since 1983; it also marked the team's first winning season since 1983. The Lions finished",
"title": "1991 Detroit Lions season"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "107939",
"text": "for the 1934 season. The Lions have won four NFL championships, tied for 9th overall in total championships amongst all 32 NFL franchises; however, their last was in 1957, which gives the club the second-longest NFL championship drought behind the Arizona Cardinals. They are one of four current teams and the only NFC team to have not yet played in the Super Bowl. They are also the only franchise to have been in operation for all 52 seasons of the Super Bowl era without having appeared in one (the Cleveland Browns were not in operation for the 1996 to 1998",
"title": "Detroit Lions"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "16977522",
"text": "2013 Detroit Lions season The Detroit Lions season was the franchise's 84th season in the National Football League, their 80th as the Detroit Lions, as well as the fifth and final under head coach Jim Schwartz, who was fired on December 30. It was also the final season under the ownership of William Clay Ford, Sr., who died in March 2014. The Lions improved upon their 4–12 record from 2012 when they defeated the Dallas Cowboys in Week 8 to go to 5–3 on the season. Also, their divisional record improved significantly from 2012 (when they were swept by all",
"title": "2013 Detroit Lions season"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "11056750",
"text": "Stanley Cup Final that Bob Cole would serve as the play-by-play announcer for, as Jim Hughson would take over the following year. The following year, both the Red Wings and Penguins met again in the Stanley Cup Finals. This time, the Penguins won the Stanley Cup. This marks the most recent time that a Detroit-based team has won a major league championship. Years indicated in boldface under the \"Finals appearance\" column signify that the player won the Stanley Cup in the given year. 2008 Stanley Cup Finals The 2008 Stanley Cup Finals was the championship series of the National Hockey",
"title": "2008 Stanley Cup Finals"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "9861945",
"text": "championship season, and the Lions thought he was through and wanted to get what they could for him. According to legend, as he was leaving for Pittsburgh, Bobby said that Detroit \"would not win for 50 years.\" Since this time, the Lions have not won another championship and the franchise's subsequent years of (mostly) futility has been labelled \"The Curse of Bobby Layne.\" Without Layne Detroit finished 4–7–1 for one of the worst title defenses in NFL history. A 3–8–1 season in 1959 meant the Lions closed out their most successful decade in disappointing fashion and going into the 1960s",
"title": "History of the Detroit Lions"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "9395808",
"text": "59–14 rout at Briggs Stadium for their third title in six years. As of , it is Detroit's most recent league title. The Lions trailed the 49ers 24–7 at halftime, and were down twenty points in the third quarter. Quarterback Bobby Layne had been lost for the season two weeks earlier, and backup Tobin Rote lead the Lions' rally, scoring 24 unanswered points in the second half to win, 31–27. The game was featured on NFL Top 10 as #2 on \"Top Ten Comebacks\". 1957 NFL playoffs The National Football League season resulted in a tie for the Western Conference",
"title": "1957 NFL playoffs"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "9861944",
"text": "day. Bobby Layne had been lost to injury three weeks prior but Lions backup Tobin Rote led Detroit to 24 unanswered points and a 31–27 come from behind win. The next week, in the NFL Championship Game, Rote threw for four touchdowns and ran in another as the Lions routed Cleveland 59–14 and claimed their third championship in six years and to date their last. In 1958, after he had led the Lions to three NFL championship games and provided Detroit nearly a decade of Hall of Fame play, the Lions traded Bobby Layne. Bobby was injured during the last",
"title": "History of the Detroit Lions"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "19119331",
"text": "2016 Detroit Lions season The 2016 Detroit Lions season was the franchise's 87th season in the National Football League (NFL), their 83rd as the Detroit Lions, and their third under head coach Jim Caldwell. On January 8, 2016, the Lions hired Bob Quinn as general manager. This was also the first season in over 40 years in which the Lions had an official cheerleading squad. The Lions improved upon their 7–9 record from 2015, and clinched a playoff spot for the first time since 2014—the Lions finished tied with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers for the last NFC playoff spot, but",
"title": "2016 Detroit Lions season"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "10379931",
"text": "2008 NFL season The 2008 NFL season was the 89th regular season of the National Football League, themed with the slogan \"Believe in Now.\" Super Bowl XLIII, the league's championship game, was at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida, on February 1, 2009, with the Pittsburgh Steelers coming out victorious over the Arizona Cardinals 27–23 and winning their NFL-record sixth Vince Lombardi Trophy. Conversely, the Detroit Lions became the first NFL team with a winless season since the strike-shortened 1982 NFL season, finishing their season 0–16. For the first time since the NFL expanded to the sixteen game season in",
"title": "2008 NFL season"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "7065241",
"text": "began, he succeeded Buddy Parker as head coach. In his first year as head coach, Wilson guided Detroit to an 8–4 season and a 59–14 victory over the Cleveland Browns in the 1957 NFL Championship Game, to date the most recent league championship for the Lions. For his efforts, Wilson received the Associated Press NFL Coach of the Year Award, being the first recipient of the award. During the post-1957 season, he also served as the Western Conference head coach for the first nationally televised Pro Bowl, while Parker, then head coach of the Pittsburgh Steelers, coached the Eastern Conference.",
"title": "George Wilson (American football coach)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "9395680",
"text": "The Lions have not appeared in an NFL championship game (including the Super Bowl) since this title . It was their last postseason appearance until 1970 and their last postseason home game and victory until 1991. That was also the only time the Lions have advanced as far as the Conference Championship game -- losing the 41–10 to the Washington Redskins, who went on to win Super Bowl XXVI. 1957 NFL Championship Game The 1957 National Football League championship game was the 25th annual championship game, held on December 29 at Briggs Stadium in Detroit, Michigan. The Detroit Lions (8–4),",
"title": "1957 NFL Championship Game"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "109719",
"text": "XL, 2006 and 2012 World Series, WrestleMania 23 in 2007, and the NCAA Final Four in April 2009. The city hosted the Detroit Indy Grand Prix on Belle Isle Park from 1989 to 2001, 2007 to 2008, and 2012 and beyond. In 2007, open-wheel racing returned to Belle Isle with both Indy Racing League and American Le Mans Series Racing. In the years following the mid-1930s, Detroit was referred to as the \"City of Champions\" after the Tigers, Lions, and Red Wings captured all three major professional sports championships in a seven-month period of time (the Tigers won the World",
"title": "Detroit"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "109717",
"text": "The Detroit Lions have won 4 NFL titles. The Detroit Pistons have won three NBA titles. With the Pistons' first of three NBA titles in 1989, the city of Detroit has won titles in all four of the major professional sports leagues. Two new downtown stadiums for the Detroit Tigers and Detroit Lions opened in 2000 and 2002, respectively, returning the Lions to the city proper. In college sports, Detroit's central location within the Mid-American Conference has made it a frequent site for the league's championship events. While the MAC Basketball Tournament moved permanently to Cleveland starting in 2000, the",
"title": "Detroit"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "15204729",
"text": "2011 Detroit Lions season The Detroit Lions season was the franchise's 82nd season in the National Football League, their 78th as the Detroit Lions, the 10th playing its home games at Ford Field and the third year under head coach Jim Schwartz. With a regular season record of 10–6, the team improved on its 6–10 record from 2010, making it their third consecutive improved season. It was the Lions' first winning season since 2000 and first 10 win season since 1995. The Lions' 5–0 start was their best since 1956. With their win over the San Diego Chargers on December",
"title": "2011 Detroit Lions season"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "11618403",
"text": "turning to Sanders and it paid off as he completed 29 out of 38 passes for 341 yards and 3 touchdowns helping Detroit to a 38-6 victory. This was the Lions' only playoff win of the Barry Sanders era and as of 2017, stands as their last playoff victory. The Redskins crushed the Lions, 41–10, as quarterback Mark Rypien completed 12 out of 17 passes for 228 yards and 2 touchdowns. Detroit quarterback Erik Kramer was sacked 5 times, three of them by Washington linebacker Wilber Marshall. Lions running back Barry Sanders, who rushed for 1,548 yards during the season,",
"title": "1991 Detroit Lions season"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "17736612",
"text": "2014 Detroit Lions season The Detroit Lions season was the franchise's 85th season in the National Football League, their 81st as the Detroit Lions and the first under a new coaching staff led by head coach Jim Caldwell. The Lions suffered the loss of long-time owner William Clay Ford, Sr., who died on March 9 at the age of 88, and wore patches with his initials on their jerseys in his honor. After the Philadelphia Eagles lost to the Washington Redskins in Week 16, the Lions clinched a playoff berth for the first time since 2011. They lost to the",
"title": "2014 Detroit Lions season"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "11622012",
"text": "Briggs Stadium in Detroit, the Lions led 17–0 after the first quarter and won in a rout, 59–14. Through the 2017 season, the Lions have yet to return to the NFL title game (including the Super Bowl), an absence of nearly sixty years. It is the 4th-longest drought in all 4 Sports. Also the 2nd-longest drought in the NFL (Arizona Cardinals 1947). Between the 1956 and 1957 seasons, the Lions hired George Wilson as their new head coach. On September 29, 1957, the Lions opened their 1956 with a 34-14 loss to the Baltimore Colts in Baltimore. The Colts were",
"title": "1957 Detroit Lions season"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "19820568",
"text": "from Hundley to Cobb for the Packers. Then the Lions scored the game's final points with a seven-yard touchdown run from Ameer Abdullah, followed by a two-point conversion pass from Tate to Stafford, making the final score 35–11 in favor of Detroit. With the win, it marked the first time the Lions beat the Packers twice in the regular season since 1991. The Lions also had their first back-to-back winning seasons since 1994 and 1995. 2017 Detroit Lions season The 2017 Detroit Lions season was the franchise's 88th season in the National Football League (NFL), their 84th as the Detroit",
"title": "2017 Detroit Lions season"
}
] |
1993
|
who played general chang in star trek 6
|
[
"Christopher Plummer"
] |
[
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "4083714",
"text": "Chang (Star Trek) General Chang is a fictional character from the \"Star Trek\" fictional universe who was portrayed by Christopher Plummer in \"\". Chang is Chancellor Gorkon's chief of staff, and subsequently serves Chancellor Azetbur. He is an avid fan of William Shakespeare, whom he frequently quotes, much to the chagrin of the \"Enterprise\" crew. He is almost completely bald, a trait not seen among Klingons prior to \"Star Trek VI\"'s release. The Chang makeup originally included a wig appliance. However, Christopher Plummer felt removing the wig made the character more distinct; he also asked that Chang's Klingon makeup be",
"title": "Chang (Star Trek)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "15779111",
"text": "from Los Angeles to Oxfordshire, England, to Toronto and Stratford, Ontario, Las Vegas, and New York City and Princeton, New Jersey. While in Stratford, Shatner sits down with his friend Christopher Plummer, who was instrumental in Shatner's young career, and who would eventually play the role of bloodthirsty Klingon General Chang in \"\". The documentary also chronicles Shatner's own six-decade career and reveals the embarrassment he felt over his role within the \"Star Trek\" franchise. During the process of the film, with help from the other Captains, Shatner overcomes his disdain and learns to embrace his best known character, Captain",
"title": "The Captains (film)"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "4083726",
"text": "the \"Enterprise\" crew were then able to transport to Khitomer and stop the conspirators from killing the Federation President. The resulting conference led to a peace that lasted almost a century — exactly the thing that Chang was trying to prevent. Chang (Star Trek) General Chang is a fictional character from the \"Star Trek\" fictional universe who was portrayed by Christopher Plummer in \"\". Chang is Chancellor Gorkon's chief of staff, and subsequently serves Chancellor Azetbur. He is an avid fan of William Shakespeare, whom he frequently quotes, much to the chagrin of the \"Enterprise\" crew. He is almost completely",
"title": "Chang (Star Trek)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "8008573",
"text": "Star Trek: Klingon Academy Star Trek: Klingon Academy is a starship combat Space flight simulator computer game developed by 14 Degrees East, an internal development house of publisher Interplay Entertainment. The game follows a young Klingon warrior named Torlek as he attends the Elite Command Academy, a war college created by General Chang to prepare warriors for a future conflict with the United Federation of Planets. Christopher Plummer and David Warner reprised their respective roles as Chang and Gorkon for the production of \"Klingon Academy\". \"Klingon Academy\" is the successor to Interplay's , this time played from the viewpoint of",
"title": "Star Trek: Klingon Academy"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "4083721",
"text": "new chief of staff, Chang accompanied Gorkon and his daughter, Azetbur, to meet with the Federation President. They were escorted through Federation space by the USS \"Enterprise\", under the command of Captain James T. Kirk. An admirer of Kirk, Chang met him when Chang and his entourage were invited aboard the \"Enterprise\" for dinner. The Klingon general greeted Kirk as a \"fellow warrior.\" During the dinner, Chang inadvertently paraphrased Adolf Hitler with a comment about \"breathing room,\" which Kirk noted. After the Klingons returned to their ship, the conspirators struck. The modified Bird of Prey, invisible and near the \"Enterprise\",",
"title": "Chang (Star Trek)"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "13441803",
"text": "with belief and \"go all the way\". When O'Reilly and Dorn's character had a confrontation, makeup artists wiped spittle off each between takes, a consequence of the harsh-sounding language. Todd Bryant (Captain Klaa in \"\") similarly noted that if an actor was projectile-spitting on others as he spoke Klingon, he was doing a great job. When filming \"The Undiscovered Country\", Christopher Plummer asked director Nicholas Meyer to adapt his character's look, feeling the heavy forehead appliances looked rather fake. Instead, Plummer's character, General Chang, was made bald with subdued ridges and an eyepatch bolted to his skull. Plummer felt that",
"title": "Klingon"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "4083715",
"text": "made less severe. His costume is also unique in that an apparent eye injury is disguised with a metal eyepatch which is attached directly to his skull by bolts bearing the Klingon emblem; later depictions of Klingons with eye injuries, such as 's Martok, had them flaunting their mutilations as battle scars. Chang was a well-known Klingon general who believed that \"in space all warriors are cold warriors.\" He was fierce, cunning and willing to participate in battles personally. Chang had a deep-seated hatred for the United Federation of Planets. He believed that a war with them was inevitable. As",
"title": "Chang (Star Trek)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "4083716",
"text": "a result, he created a simulated campaign against the Federation and used it to train students at an Academy for future starship commanders. This hatred eventually led him to participate in a conspiracy to thwart plans for a lasting peace between his people and the Federation. Between the years of 2291 and 2293, the general played a key role in two violent Klingon power struggles. The first was when a Klingon named Kalnor led an unsuccessful coup to depose the current Chancellor. Chang attacked and crippled Kalnor's ship, but he did not destroy it. Instead, he beamed himself aboard the",
"title": "Chang (Star Trek)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "3728302",
"text": "In 2002, he appeared in the movie \"Love and a Bullet\". In 2016, he appeared in the movie \"\" and the short movie \"Star Trek : Captain Pike\". In 2017, he will star in an upcoming short movie \"The Order\" alongside : Austin St. John, Catherine Sutherland, David Yost, Johnny Yong Bosch, Paul Schrier, Karan Ashley, Steve Cardenas, Erin Cahill, Blake Foster, Nakia Burrise, Hilary Shepard Turner, Dan Southworth, Alyson Sullivan, Deborah Estelle Phillips and Azim Rizk. Walter Emanuel Jones Walter Emanuel Jones (born November 30, 1970) is an American actor, martial artist, and dancer, known for playing the role",
"title": "Walter Emanuel Jones"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "6281651",
"text": "on Wheels\", playing the powerful railroad mercenary Chang. In 2018, Mann was a recurring character on Netflix's \"Altered Carbon\". Mann is interested in sports, especially tennis and golf. He was at one point a top-ranked tennis player, under 16 division, in Hong Kong. He is also a \"wushu\" practitioner, displaying his skills in a number of movies including \"Invincible\" and \"Street Fighter\". In June 2018, it was announced that Mann was cast in the series regular role of Uncle Six on the Netflix series, \"Wu Assassins\". In 2016, Mann was nominated for the Golden Maple Award for Best Actor in",
"title": "Byron Mann"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "2442028",
"text": "Jeffrey Hunter Jeffrey Hunter (born Henry Herman \"Hank\" McKinnies Jr.; November 25, 1926 – May 27, 1969) was an American film and television actor and producer known for his roles in films such as \"The Searchers\" and \"King of Kings\". On television, Hunter was known, following his death, for his 1965 role as Capt. Christopher Pike in the original pilot episode of \"Star Trek\" and the later use of that footage in \"\". Hunter was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, the son of Edith Lois (Burgess) and Henry Herman McKinnies. After 1930, he was reared in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where he",
"title": "Jeffrey Hunter"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "16074490",
"text": "Star Trek Into Darkness Star Trek Into Darkness is a 2013 American science fiction adventure film directed by J. J. Abrams and written by Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman, and Damon Lindelof. It is the twelfth installment in the \"Star Trek\" film franchise and the sequel to the 2009 film \"Star Trek\", as the second in a rebooted film series. The film features Chris Pine reprising his role as Captain James T. Kirk, with Zachary Quinto, Simon Pegg, Karl Urban, Zoe Saldana, John Cho, Anton Yelchin, Bruce Greenwood, and Leonard Nimoy reprising their roles from the previous film. Benedict Cumberbatch, Alice",
"title": "Star Trek Into Darkness"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "15552030",
"text": "Beijing. In 2016, Chung starred in the action comedy film \"Bounty Hunters\", directed by Shin Terra, alongside Tiffany Tang and Korean actor Lee Min-ho. The same year, he starred in the crime thriller \"Tik Tok\". Chung then played the antagonist in crime drama film \"Three\", which also stars Zhao Wei and Louis Koo. He won the Most Anticipated Actor award at the 19th China Movie Channel Media Award. In 2017, Chung starred in the historical romance drama \"General and I\", adapted from the novel \"A Lonesome Fragrance Waiting to be Appreciated\", alongside Angelababy. The same year, he was cast in",
"title": "Wallace Chung"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "18326628",
"text": "of the Na Hoku Hanohano Award for The Haumāna Soundtrack. His film and TV work included \"Godzilla\", \"Act of Valor\", \"The Haumāna\", and Sergeant Detective Chang on \"Hawaii Five-0\". He died on November 28, 2016, at Pali Momi Medical Center after suffering a stroke three days earlier. Keo Woolford Keo Woolford (May 14, 1967 – November 28, 2016) was an American actor, producer, and director. He was born and raised in Hawaii. He directed the award-winning feature film \"The Haumāna\" and the East West Players stage play \"Three Year Swim Club\". He starred in his self-written one-man show, \"I Land\",",
"title": "Keo Woolford"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "7954537",
"text": "Alexander Enberg Alexander Enberg (born April 5, 1972) is an American actor and film producer. He is sometimes credited as Alex Enberg. Enberg is the son of television screenwriter and producer Jeri Taylor and sportscaster Dick Enberg. Enberg has played young Vulcan engineers on two Star Trek series: Taurik on \"\" and Vorik on \"\". He also played the non-canon Crewman Austin Chang in \"\" and \"\". In 2007, Enberg played the role of Jason, the crazy theater director, in the independent feature film, \"Never Say Macbeth\". In 2006, Enberg designed the special effects for a short film, \"Fartman: Caught",
"title": "Alexander Enberg"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "7970205",
"text": "Clifton Collins Jr. Clifton Craig Collins Jr. (born June 16, 1970) is an American actor. Starting in 1990, with small roles in film and on television, Collins gained attention in the role Cpl. Ramon Aguilar, a prisoner “serving” under an imprisoned general played by Robert Redford in the 2001 film \"The Last Castle\". His extensive work includes featured roles in films such as \"Traffic\" (2000), \"Capote\" (2005), \"Star Trek\" (2009) and \"Pacific Rim\" (2013). Collins extensive work on television series includes \"Crisis Center\" (1997), \"Thief\" (2006), which earned him a Primetime Emmy Award nomination, \"The Event\" (2010–2011), and \"Westworld\" (2016–).",
"title": "Clifton Collins Jr."
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "2442060",
"text": "interred at Glen Haven Memorial Park, in Sylmar, California. Jeffrey Hunter Jeffrey Hunter (born Henry Herman \"Hank\" McKinnies Jr.; November 25, 1926 – May 27, 1969) was an American film and television actor and producer known for his roles in films such as \"The Searchers\" and \"King of Kings\". On television, Hunter was known, following his death, for his 1965 role as Capt. Christopher Pike in the original pilot episode of \"Star Trek\" and the later use of that footage in \"\". Hunter was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, the son of Edith Lois (Burgess) and Henry Herman McKinnies. After",
"title": "Jeffrey Hunter"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "5437138",
"text": "titled \"Avatar Day\" in addition to his previous role as Monk Tashi in the first-season episode \"The Storm\" in 2005. In 2006, he also voiced the character of the High Lama in the film \"Chill Out, Scooby-Doo!\" Hong's voice also appeared as Colonel Zhou Peng in the video game \"\", Dr. Chang in \"Def Jam Icon\" (2007), Ancient Wu in \"\", and reprising his role as Chew in the \"Blade Runner\" video game. His most recent appearances were in the films \"Balls of Fury\" and \"The Day the Earth Stood Still\". In 2008, he voiced Mr. Ping in \"Kung Fu",
"title": "James Hong"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "18251438",
"text": "Star Trek Beyond Star Trek Beyond is a 2016 American space opera film directed by Justin Lin and written by Simon Pegg and Doug Jung, based on the television series \"Star Trek\" created by Gene Roddenberry. It is the thirteenth film in the \"Star Trek\" film franchise and the third installment in the reboot series, following \"Star Trek\" (2009) and \"Star Trek Into Darkness\" (2013). Chris Pine and Zachary Quinto reprise their respective roles as Captain James T. Kirk and Commander Spock, with Pegg, Karl Urban, Zoe Saldana, John Cho, and Anton Yelchin reprising their roles from the previous films.",
"title": "Star Trek Beyond"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "2597301",
"text": "Anthony Montgomery Anthony Dwayne Montgomery (born June 2, 1971, in Indianapolis, Indiana) is an American film and television actor, as well as graphic novelist. He is best known for his portrayal of Ensign Travis Mayweather on the UPN science fiction television series \"\" (the fifth live-action series in the \"Star Trek\" franchise). Montgomery is currently playing Andre Maddox on the ABC daytime soap opera \"General Hospital\". Montgomery was born in Indianapolis, Indiana. He graduated from Ball State University with a degree in performance theater and drama. Montgomery did stand-up comedy briefly after graduation, before moving to California. Sometimes credited as",
"title": "Anthony Montgomery"
}
] |
Christopher Plummer
|
which part of earth is covered with water
|
[
"71%"
] |
[
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "8440972",
"text": "Water distribution on Earth Water is distributed across earth. Most water in the Earth's atmosphere and crust comes from the world ocean's saline seawater, while freshwater accounts for only 2.5% of the total. Because the oceans that cover roughly 78% of the area of the Earth reflect blue light, the Earth appears blue from space, and is often referred to as the \"blue planet\" and the \"Pale Blue Dot\". An estimated 1.5 to 11 times the amount of water in the oceans may be found hundreds of miles deep within the Earth's interior, although not in liquid form. The oceanic",
"title": "Water distribution on Earth"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "289894",
"text": "in oceans and other large bodies of water, with 1.6% of water below ground in aquifers and 0.001% in the air as vapor, clouds, and precipitation. Oceans hold 97% of surface water, glaciers, and polar ice caps 2.4%, and other land surface water such as rivers, lakes, and ponds 0.6%. Additionally, a minute amount of the Earth's water is contained within biological bodies and manufactured products. An ocean is a major body of saline water, and a principal component of the hydrosphere. Approximately 71% of the Earth's surface (an area of some 361 million square kilometers) is covered by ocean,",
"title": "Nature"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "8440976",
"text": "water is also very unevenly distributed. Although in warm periods such as the Mesozoic and Paleogene when there were no glaciers anywhere on the planet all fresh water was found in rivers and streams, today most fresh water exists in the form of ice, snow, groundwater and soil moisture, with only 0.3% in liquid form on the surface. Of the liquid surface fresh water, 87% is contained in lakes, 11% in swamps, and only 2% in rivers. Small quantities of water also exist in the atmosphere and in living beings. Of these sources, only river water is generally valuable. Most",
"title": "Water distribution on Earth"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "2060200",
"text": "Underwater Underwater refers to the region below the surface of water where the water exists in a swimming pool or a natural feature (called a body of water) such as an ocean, sea, lake, pond, or river. Three quarters of the planet Earth is covered by water. A majority of the planet's solid surface is abyssal plain, at depths between below the surface of the oceans. The solid surface location on the planet closest to the centre of the orb is the Challenger Deep, located in the Mariana Trench at a depth of . Although a number of human activities",
"title": "Underwater"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "111061",
"text": "the Moon causes ocean tides, stabilizes Earth's orientation on its axis, and gradually slows its rotation. Earth is the densest planet in the Solar System and the largest of the four terrestrial planets. Earth's lithosphere is divided into several rigid tectonic plates that migrate across the surface over periods of many millions of years. About 71% of Earth's surface is covered with water, mostly by oceans. The remaining 29% is land consisting of continents and islands that together have many lakes, rivers and other sources of water that contribute to the hydrosphere. The majority of Earth's polar regions are covered",
"title": "Earth"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "111086",
"text": ". At the other extreme, the slowest-moving plate is the Eurasian Plate, progressing at a typical rate of . The total surface area of Earth is about . Of this, 70.8%, or , is below sea level and covered by ocean water. Below the ocean's surface are much of the continental shelf, mountains, volcanoes, oceanic trenches, submarine canyons, oceanic plateaus, abyssal plains, and a globe-spanning mid-ocean ridge system. The remaining 29.2%, or , not covered by water has terrain that varies greatly from place to place and consists of mountains, deserts, plains, plateaus, and other landforms. Tectonics and erosion, volcanic",
"title": "Earth"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "8440980",
"text": "frequent and almost always not seriously considered when they were first developed. The total volume of water on Earth is estimated at 1.386 billion km³ (333 million cubic miles), with 97.5% being salt water and 2.5% being fresh water. Of the fresh water, only 0.3% is in liquid form on the surface. In addition, the lower mantle of inner earth may hold as much as 5 times more water than all surface water combined (all oceans, all lakes, all rivers). The total volume of water in rivers is estimated at 2,120 km³ (510 cubic miles), or 2% of the surface",
"title": "Water distribution on Earth"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "462202",
"text": "fog. Clouds are formed from suspended droplets of water and ice, its solid state. When finely divided, crystalline ice may precipitate in the form of snow. The gaseous state of water is steam or water vapor. Water moves continually through the water cycle of evaporation, transpiration (evapotranspiration), condensation, precipitation, and runoff, usually reaching the sea. Water covers 71% of the Earth's surface, mostly in seas and oceans. Small portions of water occur as groundwater (1.7%), in the glaciers and the ice caps of Antarctica and Greenland (1.7%), and in the air as vapor, clouds (formed of ice and liquid water",
"title": "Water"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "12243070",
"text": "Water resources Water resources are natural resources of water that are potentially useful. Uses of water include agricultural, industrial, household, recreational and environmental activities. All living things require water to grow and reproduce. 97% of the water on the Earth is salt water and only three percent is fresh water; slightly over two thirds of this is frozen in glaciers and polar ice caps. The remaining unfrozen freshwater is found mainly as groundwater, with only a small fraction present above ground or in the air. Fresh water is a renewable resource, yet the world's supply of groundwater is steadily decreasing,",
"title": "Water resources"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "8440989",
"text": "based on tests on a sample of ringwoodite. Further evidence for large quantities of water in the mantle was found in observations of melting in the transition zone from the USArray project. Liquid water is not present within the ringwoodite, rather the components of water (hydrogen and oxygen) are held within as hydroxide ions. Water distribution on Earth Water is distributed across earth. Most water in the Earth's atmosphere and crust comes from the world ocean's saline seawater, while freshwater accounts for only 2.5% of the total. Because the oceans that cover roughly 78% of the area of the Earth",
"title": "Water distribution on Earth"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "12243116",
"text": "or some combination of the two. An increasing dimension to consider is the flexibility of the water supply system. Water resources Water resources are natural resources of water that are potentially useful. Uses of water include agricultural, industrial, household, recreational and environmental activities. All living things require water to grow and reproduce. 97% of the water on the Earth is salt water and only three percent is fresh water; slightly over two thirds of this is frozen in glaciers and polar ice caps. The remaining unfrozen freshwater is found mainly as groundwater, with only a small fraction present above ground",
"title": "Water resources"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "11601329",
"text": "world's supply of clean, fresh water is under increasing demand for human activities. The world has an estimated 1.34 billion cubic kilometers of water, but 96.5% of it is salty. Almost 70% of fresh water can be found in the ice caps of Antarctica and Greenland. Less than 1% of this water on Earth is accessible to humans, the rest is contained in soil moisture or deep underground. Accessible freshwater is located in lakes, rivers, reservoirs and shallow underground sources. Rainwater and snowfall do very little to replenish many underground sources. The amount of available freshwater supply in some regions",
"title": "Peak water"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "462218",
"text": "water on Earth is sea water. Water is also present in the atmosphere in solid, liquid, and vapor states. It also exists as groundwater in aquifers. Water is important in many geological processes. Groundwater is present in most rocks, and the pressure of this groundwater affects patterns of faulting. Water in the mantle is responsible for the melt that produces volcanoes at subduction zones. On the surface of the Earth, water is important in both chemical and physical weathering processes. Water, and to a lesser but still significant extent, ice, are also responsible for a large amount of sediment transport",
"title": "Water"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "8440988",
"text": "than different hydrology. These include: It is estimated an additional 1.5 to eleven times the amount of water in the oceans is contained in the Earth's interior, and some scientists have hypothesized that the water in the mantle is part of a \"whole-Earth water cycle\". The water in the mantle is dissolved in various minerals near the transition zone between Earth's upper and lower mantle. At temperatures of and extreme pressures found deep underground, water breaks down into hydroxyls and oxygen. The existence of water was experimentally predicted in 2002, and direct evidence of the water was found in 2014",
"title": "Water distribution on Earth"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "1908144",
"text": "Groundwater Groundwater is the water present beneath Earth's surface in soil pore spaces and in the fractures of rock formations. A unit of rock or an unconsolidated deposit is called an aquifer when it can yield a usable quantity of water. The depth at which soil pore spaces or fractures and voids in rock become completely saturated with water is called the water table. Groundwater is recharged from and eventually flows to the surface naturally; natural discharge often occurs at springs and seeps, and can form oases or wetlands. Groundwater is also often withdrawn for agricultural, municipal, and industrial use",
"title": "Groundwater"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "462267",
"text": "that water has been prevalent in the universe for nearly its entire existence\". Water has been detected in interstellar clouds within our galaxy, the Milky Way. Water probably exists in abundance in other galaxies, too, because its components, hydrogen and oxygen, are among the most abundant elements in the universe. Based on models of the formation and evolution of the Solar System and that of other star systems, most other planetary systems are likely to have similar ingredients. Water is present as vapor in: Liquid water is present on Earth, covering 71% of its surface. Liquid water is also occasionally",
"title": "Water"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "462201",
"text": "Water Water is a transparent, tasteless, odorless, and nearly colorless chemical substance, which is the main constituent of Earth's streams, lakes, and oceans, and the fluids of most living organisms. It is vital for all known forms of life, even though it provides no calories or organic nutrients. Its chemical formula is HO, meaning that each of its molecules contains one oxygen and two hydrogen atoms connected by covalent bonds. Water is the name of the liquid state of HO at standard ambient temperature and pressure. It forms precipitation in the form of rain and aerosols in the form of",
"title": "Water"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "2886330",
"text": "or another natural kind of body of water. An ocean is a major body of saline water, and a component of the hydrosphere. Approximately 71% of the Earth's surface (an area of some 362 million square kilometers) is covered by ocean, a continuous body of water that is customarily divided into several principal oceans and smaller seas. More than half of this area is over 3,000 meters (9,800 ft) deep. Average oceanic salinity is around 35 parts per thousand (ppt) (3.5%), and nearly all seawater has a salinity in the range of 30 to 38 ppt. Though generally recognized as",
"title": "Natural environment"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "462283",
"text": "substance. Water Water is a transparent, tasteless, odorless, and nearly colorless chemical substance, which is the main constituent of Earth's streams, lakes, and oceans, and the fluids of most living organisms. It is vital for all known forms of life, even though it provides no calories or organic nutrients. Its chemical formula is HO, meaning that each of its molecules contains one oxygen and two hydrogen atoms connected by covalent bonds. Water is the name of the liquid state of HO at standard ambient temperature and pressure. It forms precipitation in the form of rain and aerosols in the form",
"title": "Water"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "3539567",
"text": "Body of water A body of water or waterbody (often spelled water body) is any significant accumulation of water, generally on a planet's surface. The term most often refers to oceans, seas, and lakes, but it includes smaller pools of water such as ponds, wetlands, or more rarely, puddles. A body of water does not have to be still or contained; rivers, streams, canals, and other geographical features where water moves from one place to another are also considered bodies of water. Most are naturally occurring geographical features, but some are artificial. There are types that can be either. For",
"title": "Body of water"
}
] |
71%
|
who's playing han solo in the han solo movie
|
[
"Alden Ehrenreich"
] |
[
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "19825961",
"text": "Solo: A Star Wars Story Solo: A Star Wars Story (or simply Solo) is a 2018 American space Western film based on the \"Star Wars\" character Han Solo. Directed by Ron Howard, produced by Lucasfilm and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, it is the second \"Star Wars\" anthology film following \"Rogue One\" (2016). Alden Ehrenreich stars as Han Solo alongside Woody Harrelson, Emilia Clarke, Donald Glover, Thandie Newton, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Joonas Suotamo, and Paul Bettany. The plot takes place approximately ten years prior to the events of \"A New Hope\", and explores the early adventures of Han Solo",
"title": "Solo: A Star Wars Story"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "19856265",
"text": "Solo (2017 film) Solo is a 2017 bilingual experimental anthology art film co-written, co-produced and directed by Bejoy Nambiar with Dulquer Salmaan in the lead role. Shot simultaneously in Malayalam and Tamil, production began during November 2016. Solo tells the story of four people, each story revolving around four elements: Earth, Fire, Wind and Water, each with the facets of Lord Shiva. The film was released on October 5, 2017 in both Tamil and Malayalam worldwide. The film was dubbed in Telugu as \"Athade\", which released on June 22, 2018. Genre: Romantic Drama Duration: 39 minutes World of Shekhar is",
"title": "Solo (2017 film)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "19856278",
"text": "Following a production break, the second shooting schedule began in March 2017 in Kochi and then moved to Mumbai, following the completion of Dulquer's filming work for \"Comrade in America\" (2017). Actress Sruthi Hariharan joined the project during the second schedule, as did actresses Sai Tamhankar and Asha Jayaram for two further leading female roles. Actors Manoj K. Jayan, Prakash Belawadi and filmmaker Qaushiq Mukherjee also joined the cast during the second schedule, while Govind Menon and Siddharth Menon were signed as the film's music composers along with other composers and also agreed to play musicians in the film. R.",
"title": "Solo (2017 film)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "19856279",
"text": "Parthiepan also revealed that he had signed to work on the film in a supporting role. The third schedule for film was started in Kochi during April 2017, with several more additions to the cast. Actress Dhansika was signed to play a leading role of a visually-challenged dancer, while actors Sathish, John Vijay, Sheelu Abraham and Soubin Shahir also joined the team. The team moved to film another segment of the anthology in Lonavala during May 2017 with actors Dino Morea, Neha Sharma and Deepti Sati playing important roles. Nassar and Suhasini also joined the team during the schedule to",
"title": "Solo (2017 film)"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "12759768",
"text": "and touches his face before falling off the bridge to his death in the reactor. A film featuring Han Solo before the events of the 1977 film was released on May 25, 2018. Actor Alden Ehrenreich portrays Han in the film, which also stars Donald Glover, Emilia Clarke, and Woody Harrelson. In the film, young Han is characterized to be an orphan on the planet Corellia. He and his lover, Qi'ra, attempt to escape from a criminal gang and bribe an Imperial officer with a stolen sample of coaxium, a powerful hyperspace fuel, in exchange for passage on an outgoing",
"title": "Han Solo"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "19825978",
"text": "role from \"The Force Awakens\" and \"[[Star Wars: The Last Jedi|The Last Jedi]]\", where he shared it with original Chewbacca actor [[Peter Mayhew]]. [[Michael K. Williams]] entered talks to join the film in early March 2017, and was confirmed shortly after, portraying a half-human, half-animal creature. By the end of the month, Ian Kenny had joined the cast. Warwick Davis was confirmed as part of the cast by the end of July 2017. [[File:Ron Howard 2011 Shankbone 3.JPG|thumb|upright|right|Ron Howard took over directing duties midway through production, reshooting 70% of the film.]] Filming began on January 30, 2017, at Pinewood Studios,",
"title": "Solo: A Star Wars Story"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "12759754",
"text": "Han Solo Han Solo is a fictional character in the \"Star Wars\" franchise, who is a pilot from the planet Corellia. A primary character in the original film trilogy, Han is the captain of the \"Millennium Falcon\", along with his Wookiee co-pilot Chewbacca, whereby both pilots became involved in the Rebel Alliance's struggle against the Galactic Empire. During the course of the \"Star Wars\" narrative, Han becomes a chief figure in the Alliance and the love interest of Princess Leia. In the sequel trilogy, Han is Leia's husband and the father of fallen Jedi, Kylo Ren. Harrison Ford portrayed Han",
"title": "Han Solo"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "19825976",
"text": "3,000 people for the part\". By the following October, [[Tessa Thompson]], [[Naomi Scott]], [[Zoë Kravitz]], [[Emilia Clarke]], [[Kiersey Clemons]], [[Jessica Henwick]] and [[Adria Arjona]] were being considered for the female lead, while Donald Glover was being considered to play a young Lando Calrissian. Glover was confirmed for Calrissian shortly after, with Clarke cast as the female lead the following month. In early January 2017, Woody Harrelson was revealed to be in negotiations to portray Han Solo's mentor, and was confirmed to be appearing in the film shortly after. [[Christian Bale]] had previously been in discussions for the role. A subsequent",
"title": "Solo: A Star Wars Story"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "16955101",
"text": "allows Finn's younger sister to join them in playing with his Lego sets as well, resulting in aliens from the planet Duplon beaming down to the Lego world and announcing their plans to destroy everyone. Anthony Daniels and Billy Dee Williams reprise their \"Star Wars\" roles of C-3PO and Lando Calrissian, respectively, with Keith Ferguson voicing Han Solo (whom he previously voiced in \"Robot Chicken\" and \"Mad\"). Shaquille O'Neal voices a Lego version of himself who is a Master Builder alongside two generic members of the 2002 NBA All-Stars. Will Forte, Dave Franco, Jake Johnson, Keegan-Michael Key, Chris McKay and",
"title": "The Lego Movie"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "13463527",
"text": "film \"Hail, Caesar!\", alongside a cast that included Josh Brolin and George Clooney. Many critics praised Ehrenreich's performance in particular. That same year, Ehrenreich starred in the leading role of Frank Forbes in Warren Beatty's romantic comedy-drama \"Rules Don't Apply\". He then starred in \"The Yellow Birds\" with Tye Sheridan, Jack Huston, and Jennifer Aniston, which premiered at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival. Ehrenreich starred as Han Solo in the \"Star Wars\" anthology film \"\" (2018), following Solo's early life before the events of the original 1977 \"Star Wars\". In March 2016, \"The Hollywood Reporter\" wrote that Ehrenreich had made",
"title": "Alden Ehrenreich"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "12759781",
"text": "by the actor's performance that he eventually gave him the role. Other actors that were considered for the role include: Al Pacino, Christopher Walken, Jack Nicholson, Sylvester Stallone, Kurt Russell, Bill Murray, Steve Martin, Robert Englund, Nick Nolte, and Burt Reynolds. During the early development of \"\", Solo was originally considered to make an appearance helping Yoda to locate General Grievous at Kashyyyk. Some concept art of a 10 year old Solo was made, but Lucas decided to omit Solo's appearance from the film before any actor was cast, or considered for the role. Ford, believing his character should die,",
"title": "Han Solo"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "19825987",
"text": "Cannes Film Festival]].]] \"Solo: A Star Wars Story\" had its world premiere on May 10, 2018 at the [[El Capitan Theatre]] in Los Angeles, and also screened on May 15, 2018 at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival. The film debuted in selected countries on May 23 and had its US release on May 25, 2018, the 41st anniversary of the release of the original \"Star Wars\" film (later renamed \"A New Hope\" to distinguish the film from the series), in which [[Harrison Ford]] first appeared as Han Solo. A \"sneak peek\" TV spot was released during [[Super Bowl LII]] on",
"title": "Solo: A Star Wars Story"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "19856277",
"text": "stated that he would also produce the venture under his home studio, Getaway Films, in association with Abaam Movies. The following month, the film was titled as \"Solo\" and Nambiar revealed that it would be simultaneously shot and released in Tamil. The film began production on 14 November 2016 in Kochi, with Chennai-based model Arthi Venkatesh making her debut as a leading actress in the film. The first schedule was completed within ten days, with the team shooting for up to twelve hours a day. Anson Paul and actress Ann Augustine were added to the film to play a couple.",
"title": "Solo (2017 film)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "19825963",
"text": "\"Solo\" is one of the most expensive films ever made. \"Solo\" had its world premiere in Los Angeles on May 10, 2018, and was screened at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival on May 15, 2018. It was released in the United States on May 25, 2018, in RealD 3D, IMAX and IMAX 3D. \"Solo\" received generally favorable reviews from critics who praised the film's acting performances (particularly Ehrenreich and Glover), visuals, musical score, and action sequences, while some felt its storyline was predictable. The film is the first in the \"Star Wars\" franchise to be considered a box-office bomb, grossing",
"title": "Solo: A Star Wars Story"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "19856281",
"text": "a reminiscent of many previous Tamil films. The World Of Trilok and The World Of Shiva were praised, although the critics said that a crime drama like The World Of Shiva should have been made in a different film with more depth. Dulquer Salmaan was praised for his versatility as a stammering college student, a revenge-seeking, restrained doctor, an emotionally affected criminal, and a heart-broken lover, respectively. Solo (2017 film) Solo is a 2017 bilingual experimental anthology art film co-written, co-produced and directed by Bejoy Nambiar with Dulquer Salmaan in the lead role. Shot simultaneously in Malayalam and Tamil, production",
"title": "Solo (2017 film)"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "19825975",
"text": "was revealed for the role of young Han Solo, including [[Miles Teller]], [[Ansel Elgort]], [[Dave Franco]], [[Jack Reynor]], [[Scott Eastwood]], [[Logan Lerman]], [[Emory Cohen]] and [[Blake Jenner]]. In March 2016, it was reported that Alden Ehrenreich, Reynor and [[Taron Egerton]] were on a shortlist for the role. In May 2016, Ehrenreich was reported to have been cast as the young Han Solo, and was revealed in the role at [[Star Wars Celebration#Celebration Europe III|\"Star Wars\" Celebration Europe III]] two months later. Miller called casting the role one of \"the hardest casting challenges of all time\", adding that they \"saw over",
"title": "Solo: A Star Wars Story"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "544861",
"text": "Award in 2009, the Wright Brothers Memorial Trophy in 2010, and the Al Ueltschi Humanitarian Award in 2013. In 2013, \"Flying Magazine\" ranked him number 48 on their list of the 51 Heroes of Aviation. Harrison Ford Harrison Ford (born July 13, 1942) is an American actor, writer and film producer. He gained worldwide fame for his starring roles as Han Solo in the \"Star Wars\" film series and as the title character of the \"Indiana Jones\" film series. Five of his movies are within the 30 top-grossing movies of all time at the US box office (when adjusted for",
"title": "Harrison Ford"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "17284180",
"text": "Moretz to present the award for Best Visual Effects at the 2015 Oscars. He also reprised his role, Caleb Prior, in \"\", the second film of the book series \"Divergent\", which was released March 20, 2015, and in the third film, \"\", which was released on March 18, 2016. In 2016, Elgort was on a shortlist of actors for the role of Han Solo in \"\". After Alden Ehrenreich was cast in May 2016, Elgort expressed some relief, saying that, if he had been cast, he would have had to change his DJ name, Ansølo. In 2017, Elgort played the",
"title": "Ansel Elgort"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "12759755",
"text": "in the original \"Star Wars\" trilogy as well as in the sequel trilogy. Mythologist Joseph Campbell said of the character, \"He thinks he’s an egoist; but he really isn’t. ... there’s something else pushing [him].\" In 1997, creator of the franchise George Lucas described Han as \"a loner who realizes the importance of being part of a group and helping for the common good\". Alden Ehrenreich portrayed a young Han in the 2018 spin-off film \"\". Additionally, the character is the subject of many books, comics and other media based on the franchise. Han Solo is introduced in \"Star Wars\"",
"title": "Han Solo"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "19825977",
"text": "interview with Harrelson bolstered speculation that he may be specifically playing \"[[Star Wars expanded to other media|Legends]]\" character [[Garris Shrike]], but Harrelson revealed the character's name as Beckett in March 2017. In February 2017, Phoebe Waller-Bridge joined the cast in an undisclosed role, said to be \"a CGI-driven performance\" similar to [[Alan Tudyk]] in \"Rogue One\" as the droid [[K-2SO]]. Additionally, it was reported that Thandie Newton was in negotiations to star in the film. Waller-Bridge and Newton were confirmed as being cast by the end of February, alongside the announcement that Joonas Suotamo would appear as Chewbacca, reprising the",
"title": "Solo: A Star Wars Story"
}
] |
Alden Ehrenreich
|
where did the rule of 72 come from
|
[
"of Luca Pacioli",
"Summa de arithmetica"
] |
[
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "2539701",
"text": "20 years. The \"Summa de arithmetica\" of Luca Pacioli (1494) gives the Rule of 72, stating that to find the number of years for an investment at compound interest to double, one should divide the interest rate into 72. Richard Witt's book \"Arithmeticall Questions\", published in 1613, was a landmark in the history of compound interest. It was wholly devoted to the subject (previously called anatocism), whereas previous writers had usually treated compound interest briefly in just one chapter in a mathematical textbook. Witt's book gave tables based on 10% (the then maximum rate of interest allowable on loans) and",
"title": "Compound interest"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "2179977",
"text": "early reference to the rule is in the \"Summa de arithmetica\" (Venice, 1494. Fol. 181, n. 44) of Luca Pacioli (1445–1514). He presents the rule in a discussion regarding the estimation of the doubling time of an investment, but does not derive or explain the rule, and it is thus assumed that the rule predates Pacioli by some time. Roughly translated: For higher rates, a bigger numerator would be better (e.g., for 20%, using 76 to get 3.8 years would be only about 0.002 off, where using 72 to get 3.6 would be about 0.2 off). This is because, as",
"title": "Rule of 72"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "2179973",
"text": "Rule of 72 In finance, the rule of 72, the rule of 70 and the rule of 69.3 are methods for estimating an investment's doubling time. The rule number (e.g., 72) is divided by the interest percentage per period (usually years) to obtain the approximate number of periods required for doubling. Although scientific calculators and spreadsheet programs have functions to find the accurate doubling time, the rules are useful for mental calculations and when only a basic calculator is available. These rules apply to exponential growth and are therefore used for compound interest as opposed to simple interest calculations. They",
"title": "Rule of 72"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "2179978",
"text": "above, the rule of 72 is only an approximation that is accurate for interest rates from 6% to 10%. For every three percentage points away from 8% the value 72 could be adjusted by 1. or for the same result, but simpler: The Eckart–McHale second-order rule (the E-M rule) provides a multiplicative correction for the rule of 69.3 that is very accurate for rates from 0% to 20%. The rule of 69.3 is normally only accurate at the lowest end of interest rates, from 0% to about 5%. To compute the E-M approximation, simply multiply the rule of 69.3 result",
"title": "Rule of 72"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "2179976",
"text": "it has many small divisors: 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, and 12. It provides a good approximation for annual compounding, and for compounding at typical rates (from 6% to 10%). The approximations are less accurate at higher interest rates. For continuous compounding, 69 gives accurate results for any rate. This is because ln(2) is about 69.3%; see derivation below. Since daily compounding is close enough to continuous compounding, for most purposes 69, 69.3 or 70 are better than 72 for daily compounding. For lower annual rates than those above, 69.3 would also be more accurate than 72. An",
"title": "Rule of 72"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "2179974",
"text": "can also be used for decay to obtain a halving time. The choice of number is mostly a matter of preference: 69 is more accurate for continuous compounding, while 72 works well in common interest situations and is more easily divisible. There are a number of variations to the rules that improve accuracy. For periodic compounding, the \"exact\" doubling time for an interest rate of \"r\" percent per period is where \"t\" is the number of periods required. The formula above can be used for more than calculating the doubling time. If one wants to know the tripling time, for",
"title": "Rule of 72"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "2179979",
"text": "by 200/(200−\"r\") as follows: For example, if the interest rate is 18%, the rule of 69.3 says \"t\" = 3.85 years. The E-M rule multiplies this by 200/(200−18), giving a doubling time of 4.23 years, where the actual doubling time at this rate is 4.19 years. (The E-M rule thus gives a closer approximation than the rule of 72.) Note that the numerator here is simply 69.3 times 200. As long as the product stays constant, the factors can be modified arbitrarily. The E-M rule could thus be written also as in order to keep the product mostly unchanged. In",
"title": "Rule of 72"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "2179975",
"text": "example, simply replace the constant 2 in the numerator with 3. As another example, if one wants to know the number of periods it takes for the initial value to rise by 50%, replace the constant 2 with 1.5. To estimate the number of periods required to double an original investment, divide the most convenient \"rule-quantity\" by the expected growth rate, expressed as a percentage. Similarly, to determine the time it takes for the value of money to halve at a given rate, divide the rule quantity by that rate. The value 72 is a convenient choice of numerator, since",
"title": "Rule of 72"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "2179982",
"text": "a percentage. In order to derive the more precise adjustments presented above, it is noted that formula_28 is more closely approximated by formula_29 (using the second term in the Taylor series). formula_30 can then be further simplified by Taylor approximations: Replacing the \"R\" in \"R/200\" on the third line with 7.79 gives 72 on the numerator. This shows that the rule of 72 is most precise for periodically composed interests around 8%. Alternatively, the E-M rule is obtained if the second-order Taylor approximation is used directly. For continuous compounding, the derivation is simpler and yields a more accurate rule: Rule",
"title": "Rule of 72"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "2179980",
"text": "these variants, the multiplicative correction becomes 1 respectively for r=2 and r=8, the values for which the rule of 70 (respectively 72) is most precise. Similarly, the third-order Padé approximant gives a more accurate answer over an even larger range of \"r\", but it has a slightly more complicated formula: For periodic compounding, future value is given by: where formula_10 is the present value, formula_11 is the number of time periods, and formula_12 stands for the interest rate per time period. The future value is double the present value when the following condition is met: This equation is easily solved",
"title": "Rule of 72"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "1300279",
"text": "other jurisdictions have outlawed application of the Rule of 78s in certain types of loans, particularly consumer loans. To approximate how long it takes for money to double at a given interest rate, i.e., for accumulated compound interest to reach or exceed the initial deposit, divide 72 by the percentage interest rate. For example, compounding at an annual interest rate of 6 percent, it will take 72/6 = 12 years for the money to double. The rule provides a good indication for interest rates up to 10%. In the case of an interest rate of 18 percent, the rule of",
"title": "Interest"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "1300280",
"text": "72 predicts that money will double after 72/18 = 4 years. In the case of an interest rate of 24 percent, the rule predicts that money will double after 72/24 = 3 years. There are markets for investments (which include the money market, bond market, as well as retail financial institutions like banks) set interest rates. Each specific debt takes into account the following factors in determining its interest rate: Opportunity cost encompasses any other use to which the money could be put, including lending to others, investing elsewhere, holding cash, or spending the funds. Charging interest equal to inflation",
"title": "Interest"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "18581209",
"text": "but it also develops arguments for the validity of its solutions through reference to general principles, axioms and logical proof. In this way the \"Summa\" begins to reintegrate the logical methods of classical Greek geometry into the medieval discipline of algebra. Within the chapter on business, a section entitled \"Particularis de computis et scripturis\" (\"Details of calculation and recording\") describes the accounting methods then in use among northern-Italian merchants, including double-entry bookkeeping, trial balances, balance sheets and various other tools still employed by professional accountants. The business chapter also introduces the rule of 72 for predicting an investment's future value,",
"title": "Summa de arithmetica"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "17981316",
"text": "at the time the decision was made by the PSC. The term Prudent Investment Rule, and the associated standards, have been established through a series of legal precedents. The first case to set precedent was the United States Supreme Court case of Munn v. Illinois in 1877, which allowed states to have a say in rates. Once the nature of recoverable capital costs was defined, a second question remained as to the rate at which that capital could be recovered. This issue was reasonably addressed in 1935 in Bluefield Water Works & Improvement Co. v. Public Service Commission of West",
"title": "Prudent Investment Rule"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "350233",
"text": "at least one Benedictine organization) repeating and propagating the error. At least one of the sources cited attributes the passage to a mythical Chapter 74; the \"Rule of St Benedict\" contains only 73 chapters. An early source for the quotation is the University of California, Berkeley faculty club, which has, for years, posted a version of the above passage on its bulletin board in Gothic script. (There, the notice was \"not\" attributed to Saint Benedict). An article published by Assumption Abbey, of North Dakota, U.S., challenged that the translation of the Benedictine motto is \"Ora est labora\", meaning, \"[To say]",
"title": "Rule of Saint Benedict"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "3578568",
"text": "balls. In 1925, the minimum distance for a home run was made 250 feet. After that, the rules remained virtually static for decades. In 1961, the 162-game schedule was adopted. In 1969, the pitcher's mound was dropped five inches and the strike zone reduced: from the armpits to the top of the knees. In 1973, the American League adopted the designated hitter rule—rejected to this day by the National League. This was probably the most controversial rule change in baseball's history, and is still subject to lively debate. Also controversial when adopted, although more generally accepted now, was the later",
"title": "Baseball rules"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "129546",
"text": "non-arbitrary manner. The \"Daubert\" test arose out of the United States Supreme Court case \"Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals\". It requires four things to be shown: The Federal Rules of Evidence use the Daubert Test. See FRE 702. The Federal Rules of Evidence In 1975, the United States Congress issued the Federal Rules of Evidence (FRE). FRE 702 was issued to provide a standard for expert witness testimony to be upheld by the United States court system. The rule specified that the application of expert witnesses had to be attributed to a person with “scientific or technical knowledge,” in conjunction",
"title": "Expert witness"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "3006082",
"text": "Professional Engineers v. United States\", 435 U.S. 679 (1978)). Further, the Court retained the \"per se\" rule against tying contracts but raised the threshold showing of market power that plaintiffs must make to satisfy the rule's requirement of \"economic power\" (see \"Jefferson Parish Hospital District No. 2 v. Hyde\", 466 U.S. 2 (1985). Several authors have worked on the creation of a \"structured rule of reason\" so to avoid the flaw in term of legal certainty surrounding a pure rule of reason. A rule of reason does not exist in EU competition law (see eg T-11/08, T-112/99, T-49/02, T-491/07, T-208/13,",
"title": "Rule of reason"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "8049302",
"text": "occasions. The Football Association, the governing body of the sport in England, had been formed in 1863, but for the first eight years of its existence, its member clubs played only friendly matches against each other, with no prizes at stake. In 1871, however, Charles Alcock, the association's secretary, conceived the idea for a knock-out tournament open to all member clubs, with a trophy to be awarded to the winners. Alcock's inspiration came from his days at Harrow School, where the houses which comprised the school competed each year for the title of \"Cock House\". Fifty clubs were eligible to",
"title": "1871–72 FA Cup"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "5122979",
"text": "Rule of the Master The Regula Magistri or Rule of the Master is an anonymous sixth-century collection of monastic precepts. The text of the \"Rule of the Master\" is found in the \"Concordia Regularum\" of Benedict of Aniane, who gave it its name. The \"Rule of the Master\" was written two or three decades before Benedict of Nursia's the Rule of Saint Benedict. Unlike the Rules of Pachomius which are a collection of regulations, instructions, and prohibitions concerning the life of the community, the \"Rule of the Master\" contains precise regulations but also a theological and spiritual reflection showing the",
"title": "Rule of the Master"
}
] |
of Luca Pacioli
|
when was the masque of the red death written
|
[
"1842"
] |
[
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "1271093",
"text": "the tagline \"A Fantasy\". This first publication earned him $12. A revised version was published in the July 19, 1845 edition of the \"Broadway Journal\" under the now-standard title \"The Masque of the Red Death.\" The original title emphasized the figure at the end of the story; the new title puts emphasis on the masquerade ball. The Masque of the Red Death \"The Masque of the Red Death\", originally published as \"The Mask of the Red Death: A Fantasy\", is an 1842 short story by American writer Edgar Allan Poe. The story follows Prince Prospero's attempts to avoid a dangerous",
"title": "The Masque of the Red Death"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "1271081",
"text": "The Masque of the Red Death \"The Masque of the Red Death\", originally published as \"The Mask of the Red Death: A Fantasy\", is an 1842 short story by American writer Edgar Allan Poe. The story follows Prince Prospero's attempts to avoid a dangerous plague, known as the Red Death, by hiding in his abbey. He, along with many other wealthy nobles, hosts a masquerade ball within seven rooms of the abbey, each decorated with a different color. In the midst of their revelry, a mysterious figure disguised as a Red Death victim enters and makes his way through each",
"title": "The Masque of the Red Death"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "1271082",
"text": "of the rooms. Prospero dies after confronting this stranger, whose \"costume\" proves to contain nothing tangible inside it; the guests also die in turn. Poe's story follows many traditions of Gothic fiction and is often analyzed as an allegory about the inevitability of death, though some critics advise against an allegorical reading. Many different interpretations have been presented, as well as attempts to identify the true nature of the titular disease. The story was first published in May 1842 in \"Graham's Magazine\" and has since been adapted in many different forms, including a 1964 film starring Vincent Price. Additionally, it",
"title": "The Masque of the Red Death"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "1271092",
"text": "in 1831. Others have suggested the pandemic is actually Bubonic plague or the Black death, emphasized by the climax of the story featuring the \"Red\" Death in the \"black\" room. One writer likens the description to that of a viral hemorrhagic fever or necrotizing fasciitis. It has also been suggested that the Red Death is not a disease or sickness at all but a weakness (like \"original sin\") that is shared by all of humankind inherently. Poe first published the story in the May 1842 edition of \"Graham's Lady's and Gentleman's Magazine\" as \"The Mask of the Red Death\", with",
"title": "The Masque of the Red Death"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "1271087",
"text": "Decay and the Red Death held dominion over all\". Directly influenced by the first Gothic novel, Horace Walpole's \"The Castle of Otranto\", in \"The Masque of the Red Death\" Poe adopts many conventions of traditional Gothic fiction, including the castle setting. The multiple single-toned rooms may be representative of the human mind, showing different personality types. The imagery of blood and time throughout also indicates corporeality. The plague may, in fact, represent typical attributes of human life and mortality, which would imply the entire story is an allegory about man's futile attempts to stave off death (a commonly accepted interpretation).",
"title": "The Masque of the Red Death"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "640383",
"text": "Charles Beaumont Charles Beaumont (January 2, 1929 – February 21, 1967) was an American author of speculative fiction, including short stories in the horror and science fiction subgenres. He is remembered as a writer of classic \"Twilight Zone\" episodes, such as \"The Howling Man\", \"Miniature\", \"Printer's Devil\", and \"Number Twelve Looks Just Like You\", but also penned the screenplays for several films, among them \"7 Faces of Dr. Lao\", \"The Intruder\", and \"The Masque of the Red Death\". Novelist Dean Koontz has said, \"Charles Beaumont was one of \"the\" seminal influences on writers of the fantastic and macabre.\" Beaumont is",
"title": "Charles Beaumont"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "7233444",
"text": "producer Alex Gordon, who said he had Price as star. Corman was pleased with an early draft from Beaumont, which introduced the concept of Prince Prospero being a Satanist. Corman felt this draft still needed work, but Beaumont was too ill to come to England for rewriting. So he hired R. Wright Campbell, who had just made \"The Secret Invasion\" with Corman, to come with him. Corman says it was Campbell who introduced the subplot of the dwarf, from another Poe story, \"Hop-Frog\". Corman cast Patrick Magee, whom he had worked with previously on \"The Young Racers\" (1963). \"He could",
"title": "The Masque of the Red Death (1964 film)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "1621632",
"text": "the Mohicans\") were popular both in the new country and abroad. In 1832, Edgar Allan Poe began writing short stories – including \"The Masque of the Red Death\", \"The Pit and the Pendulum\", \"The Fall of the House of Usher\", and \"The Murders in the Rue Morgue\" – that explore previously hidden levels of human psychology and push the boundaries of fiction toward mystery and fantasy. Humorous writers were also popular and included Seba Smith and Benjamin Penhallow Shillaber in New England and Davy Crockett, Augustus Baldwin Longstreet, Johnson J. Hooper, Thomas Bangs Thorpe, and George Washington Harris writing about",
"title": "American literature"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "10400636",
"text": "that biographers and critics have called a \"professional decline\", from September 1912 to May 1916. In this period, he stopped writing short works and shifted to longer works including \"The Abysmal Brute\" (1913), \"John Barleycorn\" (1913), \"The Mutiny of the Elsinore\" (1914), \"The Star Rover\" (1915), among others. \"The Scarlet Plague\" was later reprinted in the February 1949 issue of \"Famous Fantastic Mysteries\". Jack London was inspired in part by Edgar Allan Poe's 1842 short story \"The Masque of the Red Death\". Both Poe's story and London's fall into a genre of apocalyptic fiction featuring a universal plague that nearly",
"title": "The Scarlet Plague"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "1271083",
"text": "has been alluded to by other works in many types of media. The story takes place at the castellated abbey of the \"happy and dauntless and sagacious\" Prince Prospero. Prospero and 1,000 other nobles have taken refuge in this walled abbey to escape the Red Death, a terrible plague with gruesome symptoms that has swept over the land. Victims are overcome by \"sharp pains\", \"sudden dizziness\", and \"profuse bleeding at the pores\", and die within half an hour. Prospero and his court are indifferent to the sufferings of the population at large; they intend to await the end of the",
"title": "The Masque of the Red Death"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "7233443",
"text": "Red Death\" back, because of the similarities, but it was really an artificial reason in my mind,\" he later said. Eventually he decided to go ahead and do it anyway. Another fact in the delay was that Corman had a great deal of trouble coming up with a screenplay he was happy with. Drafts were written by John Carter, Robert Towne and Barboura Morris, but Corman was not happy with any of them. There were also a number of rival adaptations of \"Masque\" being mooted around this time. The Woolner Brothers announced a film based on the story as did",
"title": "The Masque of the Red Death (1964 film)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "1271091",
"text": "it as causing \"sharp pains, and sudden dizziness, and then profuse bleeding at the pores\" leading to death within half an hour. The disease may have been inspired by tuberculosis (or consumption, as it was known then), since Poe's wife Virginia was suffering from the disease at the time the story was written. Like the character Prince Prospero, Poe tried to ignore the fatality of the disease. Poe's mother Eliza, brother William, and foster mother Frances had also died of tuberculosis. Alternatively, the Red Death may refer to cholera; Poe would have witnessed an epidemic of cholera in Baltimore, Maryland",
"title": "The Masque of the Red Death"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "17703410",
"text": "and locations used in the Masque of the Red Death, and took advantage of the fact that the Old Town Hall building dated back to 1893, 50 years after the publication of the story (treated as a factual account within the narrative), to weave fiction together with reality. Like the story upon which it is based, the Gold-Bug hunt relied on the decryption of ciphers and puzzles to lead the participants to the \"treasure\", which was finally discovered by a group of participants buried in a garden within the confines of the Battersea Arts Centre, and upon which the Old",
"title": "The Masque of the Red Death (play)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "4008625",
"text": "of Sleepy Hollow\" (1820), based on an earlier German folktale, features a Headless Horseman. It has been adapted for film and television many times, such as \"Sleepy Hollow\", a successful 1999 feature film. Irving also wrote \"The Adventure of the German Student\" and Edgar Allan Poe wrote some stories which contain ghosts, such as \"The Masque of the Red Death\" and \"Morella\". In the later 19th century, mainstream American writers such as Edith Wharton, Mary E. Wilkins Freeman and F. Marion Crawford all wrote ghost fiction. Henry James also wrote ghost stories, including the famous \"The Turn of the Screw\".",
"title": "Ghost story"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "7233429",
"text": "The Masque of the Red Death (1964 film) The Masque of the Red Death is a 1964 horror film directed by Roger Corman and starring Vincent Price. The story follows a prince who terrorizes a plague-ridden peasantry while merrymaking in a lonely castle with his jaded courtiers. The screenplay, written by Charles Beaumont and R. Wright Campbell, was based upon the 1842 short story of the same name by American author Edgar Allan Poe, and incorporates a subplot based on another Poe tale, \"Hop-Frog'\". Another subplot is drawn from \"Torture by Hope\" by Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam. It is the",
"title": "The Masque of the Red Death (1964 film)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "19276083",
"text": "Sylvia Kersenbaum Sylvia Haydée Kersenbaum (born 27 December 1945) is an Argentine pianist, composer and teacher. Among other things, she is recognized for performing the complete cycle of 32 Beethoven piano sonatas twice (in 1989–1990 and 2003–2004), and her music for the ballet \"The Masque of the Red Death\", based on a story by Edgar Allan Poe. Silvia Kersenbaum was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina on 27 December 1945, to an Austrian father and Italian mother. She began her musical studies at four years of age with her mother, and she started learning to play the piano before her feet",
"title": "Sylvia Kersenbaum"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "4149912",
"text": "into an animated film. Warp and Father Tree Press still exist; while they are not currently publishing new Elfquest books in printed comic or book format, they continue to publish both existing and new Elfquest material digitally online. They also published, from 2007 to 2010, both in print and digitally, Wendy Pini's non-Elfquest graphic novel \"Masque of the Red Death,\" a futuristic reimagining of the Edgar Allan Poe short story. In 2003 the Pinis licensed the worldwide publication and media rights in \"Elfquest\" to DC Comics. DC put out two series of \"manga-style\" digest reprints (now complete), the first four",
"title": "WaRP Graphics"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "7233452",
"text": "and Adrian Paul. The Masque of the Red Death (1964 film) The Masque of the Red Death is a 1964 horror film directed by Roger Corman and starring Vincent Price. The story follows a prince who terrorizes a plague-ridden peasantry while merrymaking in a lonely castle with his jaded courtiers. The screenplay, written by Charles Beaumont and R. Wright Campbell, was based upon the 1842 short story of the same name by American author Edgar Allan Poe, and incorporates a subplot based on another Poe tale, \"Hop-Frog'\". Another subplot is drawn from \"Torture by Hope\" by Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam.",
"title": "The Masque of the Red Death (1964 film)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "12574299",
"text": "Wendy Pini's Masque of the Red Death Wendy Pini's Masque of the Red Death is a webcomic by the comic creator Wendy Pini. Based on the original short story by Edgar Allan Poe, \"Wendy Pini's Masque of the Red Death\" is described as follows on the back of the print edition of Volume One: \"In a decadent, perfect future, Anton Prosper uses his vast fortune and scientific genius to seek the ultimate power of life over death. But when the beautiful prodigy Steffan Kabala enters Prosper's life, he unlocks a tempestuous passion that may send the entire planet hurtling into",
"title": "Wendy Pini's Masque of the Red Death"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "20818735",
"text": "protagonist with the disease. Diseases, especially if infectious, have long been popular themes and plot devices in fiction. Daniel Defoe's pioneering 1722 \"A Journal of the Plague Year\" is a fictional diary of a man's life during the plague year of 1665 in England. Mary Shelley's 1826 \"The Last Man\" created the genre of \"post-apocalyptic pandemic thriller\" with her story of a plague that is spreading across Europe towards her protagonists in Britain. Edgar Allan Poe's 1842 \"The Masque of the Red Death\" is a gothic tale of a plague, perhaps symbolising the hubris of the wealthy, and their nemesis.",
"title": "Disease in fiction"
}
] |
1842
|
who sings the original version of feeling good
|
[
"Cy Grant"
] |
[
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "7385011",
"text": "Feeling Good \"Feeling Good\" (also known as \"Feelin' Good\") is a song written by English composers Anthony Newley and Leslie Bricusse for the musical \"The Roar of the Greasepaint – The Smell of the Crowd\". It was first performed on stage in 1964 by Cy Grant on the UK tour and by Gilbert Price in 1965 with the original Broadway cast. Nina Simone recorded \"Feeling Good\" for her 1965 album \"I Put a Spell on You\". The song has also been covered by Traffic, Michael Bublé, John Coltrane, George Michael, Victory, Eels, Joe Bonamassa, EDEN, Muse, and Black Cat Bones,",
"title": "Feeling Good"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "7385015",
"text": "18 February 1965, it also features Art Davis, Elvin Jones and McCoy Tyner. Versions were also released in 1965 by Nina Simone, Jean DuShon, Julie London, Chris Connor, Billy Eckstine, and Sammy Davis Jr.. Nina Simone's version, arranged and produced by Hal Mooney, was recorded in New York in January 1965 and appeared on her album \"I Put a Spell on You.\" It was not released as a single at the time. In 1994, Simone's recording was used in a British TV commercial for Volkswagen, and became popular. Released as a single, it reached no. 40 on the UK Singles",
"title": "Feeling Good"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "7385012",
"text": "among others. Although Bricusse and Newley shared songwriting credits, the words of the song are usually attributed to Bricusse, with the music by Newley. The song was first performed in public by the Guyanese-British singer and actor Cy Grant on the opening night of \"The Roar of the Greasepaint – The Smell of the Crowd\" at the Theatre Royal in Nottingham on 3 August 1964; Elaine Paige played the part of one of the \"Urchins\" in the chorus. The show, directed by Newley, toured British provincial theatres, and was then taken to the US by theatre producer David Merrick. It",
"title": "Feeling Good"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "17491709",
"text": "The Feelin's Good The Feelin's Good is a compilation album of tracks recorded by jazz tenor saxophonist Hank Mobley in 1963 and 1964 and released on the Music Matters label. It features performances by Mobley, Donald Byrd, Herbie Hancock, Butch Warren and Philly Joe Jones. Those songs recorded on March 7, 1963 were originally released as follows: \"Old World, New Imports\" and \"Up A Step\", appeared on \"No Room for Squares\" released in 1964. \"East Of The Village\" and \"The Good Life\", appeared on \"The Turnaround!\" released in 1965 and the remaining two tracks, \"The Feelin's Good\" and \"Yes Indeed\",",
"title": "The Feelin's Good"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "7385014",
"text": "original cast recording of the show, featuring Price's version of the song, was released by RCA Victor in early 1965, before the show reached New York. A version by Cy Grant with pianist Bill Le Sage – much jazzier than the original stage version – appeared on their 1965 album . Anthony Newley's own recording appeared on his 1965 album \"\"Who Can I Turn To\" and other songs from \"The Roar of the Greasepaint\"\". One of the earliest recorded versions was a jazz treatment by saxophonist John Coltrane, which appeared on his album \"The John Coltrane Quartet Plays...\". Recorded on",
"title": "Feeling Good"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "17491710",
"text": "were not released until 1985 as part of the album \"Straight No Filter\". In 2013, the company Music Matters released this compilation album. The Feelin's Good The Feelin's Good is a compilation album of tracks recorded by jazz tenor saxophonist Hank Mobley in 1963 and 1964 and released on the Music Matters label. It features performances by Mobley, Donald Byrd, Herbie Hancock, Butch Warren and Philly Joe Jones. Those songs recorded on March 7, 1963 were originally released as follows: \"Old World, New Imports\" and \"Up A Step\", appeared on \"No Room for Squares\" released in 1964. \"East Of The",
"title": "The Feelin's Good"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "2247305",
"text": "Anthony Newley Anthony Newley (24 September 1931 – 14 April 1999) was an English actor, singer and songwriter. Newley achieved success as a performer in such diverse fields as rock and roll and stage and screen acting. As a recording artist he enjoyed a dozen Top 40 entries on the UK Singles Chart between 1959 and 1962, including two number one hits. With songwriting partner Leslie Bricusse, Newley penned \"Feeling Good\", which was popularised by Nina Simone and covered by many other popular artists, as well as the title song of 1964 film \"Goldfinger\" (along with John Barry). Bricusse and",
"title": "Anthony Newley"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "6991722",
"text": "version. The song is also featured in the video game \"The Saboteur\". Hyper Music/Feeling Good \"Hyper Music\" and \"Feeling Good\" are songs by the English alternative rock band Muse from their second album \"Origin of Symmetry\" (2001), released as a double A-side single on 19 November 2001. \"Hyper Music\" is an art punk song, written by vocalist and guitarist Matthew Bellamy. \"Feeling Good\" was written by Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley for the 1964 musical \"The Roar of the Greasepaint – The Smell of the Crowd,\" later covered by jazz and soul singer Nina Simone. A softer, rearranged version of",
"title": "Hyper Music/Feeling Good"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "6991715",
"text": "Hyper Music/Feeling Good \"Hyper Music\" and \"Feeling Good\" are songs by the English alternative rock band Muse from their second album \"Origin of Symmetry\" (2001), released as a double A-side single on 19 November 2001. \"Hyper Music\" is an art punk song, written by vocalist and guitarist Matthew Bellamy. \"Feeling Good\" was written by Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley for the 1964 musical \"The Roar of the Greasepaint – The Smell of the Crowd,\" later covered by jazz and soul singer Nina Simone. A softer, rearranged version of \"Hyper Music\" was recorded under the title of \"Hyper Chondriac Music\" and",
"title": "Hyper Music/Feeling Good"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "9892684",
"text": "British television. However, not wanting to become typecast, he stepped down from this position after two and a half years. His acting career continued apace and later in 1957 he appeared in \"Home of the Brave\", an award-winning TV drama by Arthur Laurents, and travelled the following year to Jamaica for the filming of \"Calypso\", in which he played the romantic lead. In 1964, Grant appeared in the musical \"The Roar of the Greasepaint – The Smell of the Crowd\". in which he was the first to perform the song \"Feeling Good\", later covered by many others. He included a",
"title": "Cy Grant"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "7385019",
"text": "for their 2001 album \"Origin of Symmetry\". It was released as a single also featuring the song \"Hyper Music\". In a poll by \"Total Guitar\" about best cover songs, Muse's version was fifth. In September 2010, \"NME\" readers voted it the greatest cover song of all time over \"Twist and Shout\" by The Beatles and \"Hurt\" by Johnny Cash. The song appeared in the movie \"Seven Pounds\" (2008), one episode of the TV series \"Queer as Folk\", and during the end credits of an episode of the TV series \"Luther\". It was used by Nestlé without the band's permission, so",
"title": "Feeling Good"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "11952172",
"text": "Feels So Good (composition) \"Feels So Good\" is the title of an instrumental composition by the American flugelhorn player Chuck Mangione. It was both written and produced by Mangione and is the title track from his 1977 album. The album version of \"Feels So Good\" runs almost ten minutes, but an edit trimming the piece to 3 minutes 28 seconds was released as a single in early 1978. The single reached #4 on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100 chart in June of that year after spending a week atop the \"Billboard\" easy listening chart in May. The recording was also nominated",
"title": "Feels So Good (composition)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "2247312",
"text": "Build a Mountain\", \"Once in a Lifetime\", \"On a Wonderful Day Like Today\", \"The Joker\" and comic novelty songs such as \"That Noise\" and \"The Oompa-Loompa Song\", and his versions of \"Strawberry Fair\" and \"Pop Goes the Weasel\". He wrote songs that others made hits including \"Goldfinger\" (the title song of the James Bond film, \"Goldfinger\", music by John Barry), and \"Feeling Good\", which became a hit for Nina Simone and the rock band Muse, as well as a signature song for singer Michael Bublé. It was featured in a jam recorded live at the Fillmore West for Traffic's 1969",
"title": "Anthony Newley"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "7385016",
"text": "Chart in July 1994. Simone's version was remixed by Joe Claussell in 2002 for the first volume of the Verve Remixed series. The vocal track by Nina Simone and the music of \"Feeling Good\" have been sampled in numerous songs. In 1997, it was sampled in \"Feeling Good\" by Huff & Herb and the following year in \"The Twister\" by Viper. Other uses include \"How I Feel\" by Wax Tailor, from the 2005 album \"Tales of the Forgotten Melodies\"; \"New Day\" from the debut collaborative studio album \"Watch the Throne\" by American rappers Jay-Z and Kanye West in 2011; \"How",
"title": "Feeling Good"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "7385017",
"text": "I Feel\" by Flo Rida, from the 2013 album \"The Perfect 10\"; and, also in 2013, in the beginning of Bassnectar's \"Immersive Music Mixtape Side One\". The track \"About You\" on Mary J. Blige's 2005 album \"The Breakthrough\" features an unusual take on the song. The bulk of the recording consists of new lyrics, composed by Mary J. Blige, will.i.am and Keith Harris; however, the chorus samples several lines from \"Feeling Good\" as performed by Nina Simone. Nina's original vocals are distorted so much that her voice is almost unrecognisable. For this reason, Simone receives a credit as a featured",
"title": "Feeling Good"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "7385018",
"text": "artist, and Newley and Bricusse receive credit as co-writers. \"About You\" is produced by will.i.am. The original instrumental track to Nina Simone's \"Feeling Good\" was also used in the Swedish musician Avicii's song of the same name, used by Volvo. Simone's recording was used in the film \"Point of No Return\", and it appears on soundtracks for the movies \"Repo Men\" (2010), \"Last Holiday\" (2006), \"Professor Marston and the Wonder Women\" (2017), and the TV soundtrack \"\". The Bassnectar/Simone cover was used in \"Chapter 6\", a first-season episode of the television series \"Legion\". The rock band Muse recorded a version",
"title": "Feeling Good"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "14014282",
"text": "Feel So Good (song) \"Feel So Good\" is a song by American hip-hop artist Mase. It was released in October 1997 as the lead single from his debut album, \"Harlem World\", and it appeared on the \"Money Talks\" soundtrack. The song was produced by D-Dot and Sean \"Puffy\" Combs and featured R&B singer Kelly Price on the chorus. The single was the most successful of the three singles released from the album, having peaked at number 5 on both the \"Billboard\" Hot 100 and the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, and number-one on the Hot Rap Singles chart. \"Feel So Good\" was",
"title": "Feel So Good (song)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "10088002",
"text": "Feelings (Morris Albert song) \"Feelings\" is a song with lyrics written by Brazilian singer Morris Albert, set to the tune of \"Pour Toi\" separately composed by Louis “Loulou” Gasté in 1957. Albert recorded \"Feelings\" as a single and later included it as the title track of his 1975 debut album. The song's lyrics, recognizable by their \"whoa whoa whoa\" chorus, concern the singer's inability to \"forget my feelings of love\". Albert's original recording of the song was very successful, performing well internationally. In mid-1975, \"Feelings\" peaked at number 6 on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100 and number 2 on the Adult",
"title": "Feelings (Morris Albert song)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "4391988",
"text": "1953 number five Billboard R&B chart release \"Feelin' Good\". The song did not reach the singles chart. Elvis Presley's version of \"Mystery Train\" was first released on August 20, 1955, as the B-side of \"I Forgot to Remember to Forget\". In 2003, \"Rolling Stone\" magazine ranked it at number 77 on its list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. Sam Phillips at Sun Studios again produced the recording, and featured Presley on vocals and rhythm guitar, Scotty Moore on lead guitar, and Bill Black on bass. Moore used a country lead break, and toward the end of the",
"title": "Mystery Train"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "11952173",
"text": "for a Grammy Award for Record of the Year at the ceremony held in 1979, losing out to Billy Joel's \"Just the Way You Are\". Mangione re-recorded the tune (as a slow ballad, and with lyrics sung by Don Potter) for his 1982 album \"70 Miles Young\". Mangione was quoted describing the editing of the original version of the track as \"major surgery.\" Mangione appeared in a commercial for Memorex in 1979 performing \"Feels So Good\". Ella Fitzgerald, who became famous for Memorex commercials in 1970s, heard Mangione and musicians perform it, then it was played back for her. When",
"title": "Feels So Good (composition)"
}
] |
Cy Grant
|
how many fleet of war ships brought by achilles in the shore near troy
|
[
"50"
] |
[
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "406381",
"text": "gathered at Aulis. All the suitors sent their forces except King Cinyras of Cyprus. Though he sent breastplates to Agamemnon and promised to send 50 ships, he sent only one real ship, led by the son of Mygdalion, and 49 ships made of clay. Idomeneus was willing to lead the Cretan contingent in Mycenae's war against Troy, but only as a co-commander, which he was granted. The last commander to arrive was Achilles, who was then 15 years old. Following a sacrifice to Apollo, a snake slithered from the altar to a sparrow's nest in a plane tree nearby. It",
"title": "Trojan War"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "10135411",
"text": "USS Myrmidon (ARL-16) USS \"Myrmidon\" (ARL-16) was laid down as a United States Navy but converted to one of 39 s that were used for repairing landing craft during World War II. Named for the Myrmidons (in Greek mythology, warriors of the fierce Thessalian tribe who accompanied King Achilles, their leader, to the Trojan War), she was the only US Naval vessel to bear the name. Laid down as \"LST-948\" on 25 August 1944, at Hingham, Massachusetts, by the Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard; named \"Myrmidon\" 11 September 1944; launched 28 September 1944; sponsored by Mrs. Marguerite Ross; placed in reduced commission 19",
"title": "USS Myrmidon (ARL-16)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "10135414",
"text": "and she was sold 21 December 1960, to River Equipment, Inc., of Memphis, Tennessee, and later resold to the Dravo Corporation, Neville Island, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 16 January 1961. Resold to the Avondale Shipbuilding Corporation 1962, her final fate is unknown. Online resources USS Myrmidon (ARL-16) USS \"Myrmidon\" (ARL-16) was laid down as a United States Navy but converted to one of 39 s that were used for repairing landing craft during World War II. Named for the Myrmidons (in Greek mythology, warriors of the fierce Thessalian tribe who accompanied King Achilles, their leader, to the Trojan War), she was the",
"title": "USS Myrmidon (ARL-16)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "406393",
"text": "money. They raided the Trojan allies and spent time farming the Thracian peninsula. Troy was never completely besieged, thus it maintained communications with the interior of Asia Minor. Reinforcements continued to come until the very end. The Achaeans controlled only the entrance to the Dardanelles, and Troy and her allies controlled the shortest point at Abydos and Sestus and communicated with allies in Europe. Achilles and Ajax were the most active of the Achaeans, leading separate armies to raid lands of Trojan allies. According to Homer, Achilles conquered 11 cities and 12 islands. According to Apollodorus, he raided the land",
"title": "Trojan War"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "3403679",
"text": "almost doubled the size of her complement. Experienced personnel, trained in ship repair work, were assigned to the ship and almost doubled the size of her complement. Ready for service by the latter part of May 1943, the former tank landing ship departed Australian waters, bound for New Guinea, and arrived at Milne Bay on 2 June 1943. She immediately commenced the work for which she had been converted, repairing LCIs under the guidance of the repair officer of . On 4 September 1943, Vice Admiral Daniel E. Barbey's 7th Fleet Amphibious Forces put Australian troops ashore on the Huon",
"title": "USS Achilles (ARL-41)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "3051322",
"text": "Catalogue of Ships The Catalogue of Ships (, \"neōn katálogos\") is an epic catalogue in Book 2 of Homer's \"Iliad\" (2.494-759), which lists the contingents of the Achaean army that sailed to Troy. The catalogue gives the names of the leaders of each contingent, lists the settlements in the kingdom represented by the contingent, sometimes with a descriptive epithet that fills out a half-verse or articulates the flow of names and parentage and place, and gives the number of ships required to transport the men to Troy, offering further differentiations of weightiness. A similar, though shorter, Catalogue of the Trojans",
"title": "Catalogue of Ships"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "406384",
"text": "route to Troy. Some scholars have regarded the expedition against Telephus and its resolution as a derivative reworking of elements from the main story of the Trojan War, but it has also been seen as fitting the story-pattern of the \"preliminary adventure\" that anticipates events and themes from the main narrative, and therefore as likely to be \"early and integral\". Eight years after the storm had scattered them, the fleet of more than a thousand ships was gathered again. But when they had all reached Aulis, the winds ceased. The prophet Calchas stated that the goddess Artemis was punishing Agamemnon",
"title": "Trojan War"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "406391",
"text": "off his ship, he was not the first to land on Trojan soil. Hector killed Protesilaus in single combat, though the Trojans conceded the beach. In the second wave of attacks, Achilles killed Cycnus, son of Poseidon. The Trojans then fled to the safety of the walls of their city. The walls served as sturdy fortifications for defense against the Greeks; the build of the walls was so impressive that legend held that they had been built by Poseidon and Apollo during a year of forced service to Trojan King Laomedon. Protesilaus had killed many Trojans but was killed by",
"title": "Trojan War"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "406395",
"text": "comments that the list is wrong in that it extends too far into the south. Other sources talk of Achilles taking Pedasus, Monenia, Mythemna (in Lesbos), and Peisidice. Among the loot from these cities was Briseis, from Lyrnessus, who was awarded to him, and Chryseis, from Hypoplacian Thebes, who was awarded to Agamemnon. Achilles captured Lycaon, son of Priam, while he was cutting branches in his father's orchards. Patroclus sold him as a slave in Lemnos, where he was bought by Eetion of Imbros and brought back to Troy. Only 12 days later Achilles slew him, after the death of",
"title": "Trojan War"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "406371",
"text": "by his royal family. Peleus and Thetis bore a son, whom they named Achilles. It was foretold that he would either die of old age after an uneventful life, or die young in a battlefield and gain immortality through poetry. Furthermore, when Achilles was nine years old, Calchas had prophesied that Troy could not again fall without his help. A number of sources credit Thetis with attempting to make Achilles immortal when he was an infant. Some of these state that she held him over fire every night to burn away his mortal parts and rubbed him with ambrosia during",
"title": "Trojan War"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "406419",
"text": "possibility of a son's revenge. They (by usual tradition Neoptolemus) also sacrificed the Trojan princess Polyxena on the grave of Achilles as demanded by his ghost, either as part of his spoil or because she had betrayed him. Aethra, Theseus' mother, and one of Helen's handmaids, was rescued by her grandsons, Demophon and Acamas. The gods were very angry over the destruction of their temples and other sacrilegious acts by the Achaeans, and decided that most would not return home. A storm fell on the returning fleet off Tenos island. Additionally, Nauplius, in revenge for the murder of his son",
"title": "Trojan War"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "406427",
"text": "of the city. Aeneas also carries the Lares and Penates of Troy, which the historical Romans claimed to preserve as guarantees of Rome's own security. The Trojan survivors escape with a number of ships, seeking to establish a new homeland elsewhere. They land in several nearby countries that prove inhospitable, and are finally told by an oracle that they must return to the land of their forebears. They first try to establish themselves in Crete, where Dardanus had once settled, but find it ravaged by the same plague that had driven Idomeneus away. They find the colony led by Helenus",
"title": "Trojan War"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "406383",
"text": "fleet then set sail and was scattered by a storm. Achilles landed in Scyros and married Deidamia. A new gathering was set again in Aulis. Telephus went to Aulis, and either pretended to be a beggar, asking Agamemnon to help heal his wound, or kidnapped Orestes and held him for ransom, demanding the wound be healed. Achilles refused, claiming to have no medical knowledge. Odysseus reasoned that the spear that had inflicted the wound must be able to heal it. Pieces of the spear were scraped off onto the wound, and Telephus was healed. Telephus then showed the Achaeans the",
"title": "Trojan War"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "3403682",
"text": "that she was soon back to work repairing LCIs even though her own severe damage had not yet been fully corrected. In March 1944, LST-455 received orders to proceed to Buna, New Guinea, to ready landing craft for the impending invasion of western New Guinea. In May, she shifted to Alexishafen, New Guinea, and over the ensuing weeks tended her charges there, and at Sek Harbor and Bqstran Bay. For her work on two flotillas of LCI's, the ship received commendation from Vice Admiral Barbey, commanding the Seventh Fleet's Amphibious Forces. On 21 August 1944, the ship was named \"Achilles\"",
"title": "USS Achilles (ARL-41)"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "15231",
"text": "carrying 50 Myrmidons. He appointed five leaders (each leader commanding 500 Myrmidons): Menesthius, Eudorus, Peisander, Phoenix and Alcimedon. When the Greeks left for the Trojan War, they accidentally stopped in Mysia, ruled by King Telephus. In the resulting battle, Achilles gave Telephus a wound that would not heal; Telephus consulted an oracle, who stated that \"he that wounded shall heal\". Guided by the oracle, he arrived at Argos, where Achilles healed him in order that he might become their guide for the voyage to Troy. According to other reports in Euripides' lost play about Telephus, he went to Aulis pretending",
"title": "Achilles"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "15234",
"text": "youngest of King Priam's and Hecuba's five legitimate sons (or according other sources, another son of Apollo). Despite his youth, he was one of the main Trojan war leaders, a \"horse fighter\" or \"chariot fighter\" according to Homer. Prophecies linked Troilus' fate to that of Troy and so he was ambushed in an attempt to capture him. Yet Achilles, struck by the beauty of both Troilus and his sister Polyxena, and overcome with lust, directed his sexual attentions on the youth – who, refusing to yield, instead found himself decapitated upon an altar-omphalos of Apollo Thymbraios. Later versions of the",
"title": "Achilles"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "406403",
"text": "Achilles, maddened with grief, swore to kill Hector in revenge. He was reconciled with Agamemnon and received Briseis back, untouched by Agamemnon. He received a new set of arms, forged by the god Hephaestus, and returned to the battlefield. He slaughtered many Trojans, and nearly killed Aeneas, who was saved by Poseidon. Achilles fought with the river god Scamander, and a battle of the gods followed. The Trojan army returned to the city, except for Hector, who remained outside the walls because he was tricked by Athena. Achilles killed Hector, and afterwards he dragged Hector's body from his chariot and",
"title": "Trojan War"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "15689503",
"text": "was laid down in September 1944, launched in October and commissioned in April 1945. She operated from Enewetak Atoll and Tokyo Bay between July and September 1945. She was recommissioned in 1952 and joined the Atlantic Fleet, where she repaired ships in Puerto Rico and in ports along the Eastern United States. The class and the lead ship were named after Xanthus, one of Achilles' horses who spoke with a human voice. Xanthus-class repair ship The \"Xanthus\"-class repair ships were a class of five auxiliary ships built for the United States Navy and Royal Navy. Ships of the class served",
"title": "Xanthus-class repair ship"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "406399",
"text": "seduced by Aegisthus, son of Thyestes. Near the end of the ninth year since the landing, the Achaean army, tired from the fighting and from the lack of supplies, mutinied against their leaders and demanded to return to their homes. According to the Cypria, Achilles forced the army to stay. According to Apollodorus, Agamemnon brought the Wine Growers, daughters of Anius, son of Apollo, who had the gift of producing by touch wine, wheat, and oil from the earth, in order to relieve the supply problem of the army. Chryses, a priest of Apollo and father of Chryseis, came to",
"title": "Trojan War"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "20371037",
"text": "February 1796. Homeward bound, she was in the Hugli River on 25 March and at Culpee on 4 April. She reached St Helena on 24 July and Crookhaven on 26 November, and arrived at Blackwall on 15 December. On her return \"Achilles\" underwent a thorough repair. Captain Hogg then acquired a letter of marque on 17 August 1797. In late 1799 the British Government hired \"Achilles\" to transport a company of the Dutch Emigrant Artillery Corps from England to Jamaica. Captain de Menard commanded the company, which consisted of probably a little over 100 men. The description of the action",
"title": "Achilles (1781 ship)"
}
] |
50
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who does black panther marry in the comics
|
[
"Ororo Munroe"
] |
[
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "3937635",
"text": "of Deathloks to \"support\" T'Challa and justify an invasion, but T'Challa kills Klaw and Storm wipes out the Deathlok army in a hurricane. T'Challa then helps his old flame Ororo Munroe reunite with her surviving family members in Africa and the U.S. He shortly afterward proposes, and the two are married in a large Wakandan ceremony attended by many superheroes. One of the couple's first tasks is to embark on a diplomatic tour, in which they visit the Inhumans, Doctor Doom, the President of the United States, and Namor, with only the last one ending well. After the death of",
"title": "Black Panther (comics)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "3937642",
"text": "attempting to take Iris' life. Before being taken away, Gabe reveals to the Panther Brian's fate. Though aware of the Panther's identity as Mr. Okonkwo, both Iris and Sofija promise to keep silent. Shortly after Daredevil returns to Hell's Kitchen, T'Challa returns to Wakanda, serving as a second to his sister, Shuri. In preparation for an upcoming attack on Wakanda as part of the \"Avengers vs. X-Men\" storyline, the Panther God returns T'Challa's abilities. Empowered by the Phoenix, Namor destroys Wakanda with a massive tidal wave. Returning to help, Storm is stunned when the Panther informs her that their marriage",
"title": "Black Panther (comics)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "3937628",
"text": "Zeraze—the Wakandan secret police—and its leader, his adopted brother Hunter the White Wolf. He sold off small portions of vibranium to scientific institutions around the world, amassing a fortune which he used to arm himself with advanced technology. Later, to keep peace, he picked \"dora milaje\" (\"adored ones\") from rival tribes to serve as his personal guard and ceremonial wives-in-training. He then studied abroad for a time before returning to his kingship. In his first published appearance, the now-adult T'Challa invites the American superhero team the Fantastic Four to Wakanda, then attacks and attempts to neutralize them individually in order",
"title": "Black Panther (comics)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "3937675",
"text": "he can maintain his intelligence via a ready access to fresh meat without infecting Panther with the zombie \"virus\". Despite having lost half of his right arm and his left foot, the Panther escapes—with the severed head of zombified superheroine the Wasp in tow—and joins forces with the mutant group the Acolytes. While with the Acolytes, T'Challa briefly talks with his Earth-616 counterpart, where he expresses surprise at his marriage to Storm but offers him all the information he can provide about the zombie plague. Decades later, T'Challa has married one of the Acolytes, Lisa Hendricks, and they have a",
"title": "Black Panther (comics)"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "3937627",
"text": "While on his Wakandan walkabout rite of passage, T'Challa met and fell in love with apparent orphaned teen Ororo Munroe, who would grow up to become the X-Men member Storm. The two broke off their relationship due to his desire to avenge his father's death and to become the type of man who could suitably lead Wakanda, but they would see each other over the years when they could. T'Challa earned the title and attributes of the Black Panther by defeating the various champions of the Wakandan tribes. One of his first acts was to disband and exile the Hatut",
"title": "Black Panther (comics)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "1771281",
"text": "miniseries depicts Ororo giving her virginity to T'Challa a few days after they meet. Collaborating writer Axel Alonso, editor of \"Black Panther\", has stated: \"Eric's story, for all intents and purposes (...) is Ororo's origin story.\" The relationship led to the marriage of the two most prominent black African Marvel Comics heroes in \"Black Panther\" #18 by writer Reginald Hudlin, July 2006, as a tie-in to the \"Civil War\" storyline. Marvel Comics editor-in-chief Joe Quesada was highly supportive of this marriage, stating it was the Marvel Comics equivalent of the marriage of \"Lady Diana and Prince Charles\", and he expected",
"title": "Storm (Marvel Comics)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "3937631",
"text": "South to battle the Ku Klux Klan. He later gains possession of the mystical time-shifting artifacts known as King Solomon's Frogs. These produce an alternate version of T'Challa from a future 10 years hence, a merry, telepathic Panther with a terminal brain aneurysm, whom T'Challa places in cryogenic stasis. Later, while searching for and finding his stepmother Ramonda, the Panther contends with South African authorities during Apartheid. T'Challa eventually proposes and becomes engaged to Monica Lynne, though the couple never marry. Years later, the Panther accepts a Washington, D.C. envoy, Everett K. Ross, and faces multiple threats to Wakanda's sovereignty.",
"title": "Black Panther (comics)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "3937634",
"text": "as the Black Panther in the fourth volume of his eponymous comic book series. He defeated his uncle during the Black Panther celebration, and during his walkabout when he met and fell in love with a street urchin named Ororo in Cairo, Egypt. Unbeknownst to him the US government is planning a coup in order to get access to the vibranium. They allow Klaw to recruit a team of villains in order to support his totalitarian neighbor, Niganda. Klaw recruits Rhino, Black Knight, Batroc the Leaper, and Radioactive Man to lead the invasion. The US government then deploys an army",
"title": "Black Panther (comics)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "1771282",
"text": "both characters to emerge strengthened. Shawn Dudley, the Emmy-Award Winning Costume Designer for TV's \"Guiding Light\" designed Storm's wedding dress, which was revealed in the April 17 issue of \"TV Guide\", though the design was greatly altered for the comic event. In 2007, when Mister Fantastic and the Invisible Woman taking time off from the Fantastic Four to work on their marriage in the aftermath of the \"Civil War\" storyline, Storm and Black Panther become temporary members of the Fantastic Four. Storm later returned to the \"Uncanny X-Men\". Storm joins the reformed \"Astonishing X-Men\" (#25) because, she explains, Wakanda is",
"title": "Storm (Marvel Comics)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "1771260",
"text": "character of African descent in comics. She is regarded by some as being Marvel Comics' most important female superhero, having drawn favorable comparison to DC Comics' most famous female lead Wonder Woman. When Marvel and DC Comics published a \"DC vs. Marvel\" miniseries in 1996, Storm was pitted against Wonder Woman in a one-on-one battle and emerged victorious due to winning a popular vote amongst readers. Storm is also part of one of the higher profile romantic relationships in all of comics. Having married childhood sweetheart and fellow superhero Black Panther, ruler of the fictional African nation of Wakanda, Munroe",
"title": "Storm (Marvel Comics)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "3937660",
"text": "she can not have children, she adopts a child with her, Hunter, however, she later becomes pregnant and dies giving birth to her first child, T'Challa; from the relationship with a woman of another tribe T'Chaka then has a second son, Jakarra, and finally remarries with Ramonda, a woman who grows her children as her own and from whom she has her only daughter, Shuri, but which subsequently disappears into nothingness, leading him to believe that he has abandoned it. To protect the kingdom, T'Chaka instituted a policy of strong isolationism, but in the course of his life he often",
"title": "Black Panther (comics)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "3937672",
"text": "of Marvel Comics/Fox Kids comic book series based on the TV show \"\". T'Challa appears in \"Marvel Mangaverse\" Volume 2 as a man with a pet panther. When summoning the spirits, T'Challa and his panther combine to become the Black Panther. He also became The Falcon. This Black Panther found himself the object of affection of the Mangaverse version of Tigra. T'Challa's sister, T'Chana, reveals herself to be this universe's Doctor Doom. In the Marvel 2099 continuity, a greatly weakened Wakanda is soon to be governed by its princess, Okusana. Fearing that she is not ready, she requests Doom's help",
"title": "Black Panther (comics)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "19854560",
"text": "Ramonda (comics) Ramonda is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. She is the stepmother of Black Panther. The character, created by Don McGregor and Gene Colan, first appeared in \"Marvel Comics Presents\" Vol. 1 #14 (March 1989). Ramonda is Queen Mother of Wakanda, mother to Shuri and step-mother to T'Challa. She is the second wife of T'Chaka. Born in South Africa, she married T'Chaka after the death of his previous wife N'Yami. Sometime after having Shuri, Ramonda was captured by white supremacist Anton Pretorius and suffered years of sexual abuse from him. When T'Challa",
"title": "Ramonda (comics)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "1771280",
"text": "Dickey explained that it was a move to explicitly target the female and African American audience. Storm's history with Black Panther, including the initial meeting of the characters, was retconned by Marvel during the lead up to their marriage. Initially, in \"Marvel Team-Up\" #100 (1980), Storm is seen at age twelve rescuing Black Panther from a white racist called Andreas de Ruyter, but in Dickey's miniseries, T'Challa saves Ororo (who is still twelve) from de Ruyter and his brother. A \"Black Panther\" #24 (2006) flashback is ambiguous when it comes to the physical aspect of their first meeting, while the",
"title": "Storm (Marvel Comics)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "1771299",
"text": "rekindles her relationship with T'Challa, now a superhero known as Black Panther; marries him; and becomes the queen of the kingdom of Wakanda and joins the new Fantastic Four alongside her husband when Reed and Sue take a vacation. On a mission in space, the Watcher told Black Panther and Storm that their children would have a special destiny. Upon Reed and Sue's return to the Fantastic Four, Storm and the Black Panther leave, with Storm returning to the Uncanny X-Men to help out with events in \"\". After joining with the X-Men again, Storm is confronted by Cyclops over",
"title": "Storm (Marvel Comics)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "2582952",
"text": "Danny Rand. Soon thereafter, he and Jessica are married. He also meets the Black Panther (revealed to be one of Luke's personal heroes), joining him and several other superhumans of African descent on a mission against vampires in New Orleans. After the Superhuman Registration Act is enacted, Cage refuses to register, comparing the act to Jim Crow laws. He and Jessica agree that she will take their newborn daughter away to Canada where they can be safe, though he himself refuses to leave. S.H.I.E.L.D. forces come to arrest Cage. He fights his way to safety with the help of Captain",
"title": "Luke Cage"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "4843706",
"text": "Marvel Comics series \"Black Panther\" from 2005 to 2008, most notable for the 2006 storyline \"Bride of the Panther,\" which saw the character marry X-Men leader Storm. Hudlin was one of the producers of Quentin Tarantino's \"Django Unchained\", starring Jamie Foxx, Leonardo DiCaprio, Christoph Waltz, Kerry Washington, and Samuel L. Jackson. On January 10, 2013, Hudlin received an Oscar nomination for Best Picture for the film. From 2013, Hudlin has executive produced the \"NAACP Image Awards.\" The show attained its highest rating on NBC in 2013, then became the highest rated show in the history of TV One in 2014.",
"title": "Reginald Hudlin"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "3937657",
"text": "to defeating the inhabitants transformed by the impact into fierce \"demonic spirits\", a company which has unified the nation by founding Wakanda and becoming its first ruler and the first to obtain the title of \"Black Panther\" as it tells of his \"spiritual connection\" with the Goddess Pantera Bast that led to the foundation of the Cult of the Panther. Chanda appeared for the first time in \"Fantastic Four Unlimited\" Vol. 1 #1 (March 1993) by Roy Thomas (scripts) and Herb Trimpe (drawings). Black Panther and ruler of Wakanda during the Second World War, Chanda is the husband of Nanali",
"title": "Black Panther (comics)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "2107456",
"text": "the Wasp rejoined. Hercules became part of the team, while the Black Knight, and the Black Widow, abetted the Avengers but did not become members until years later. Spider-Man was offered membership but did not join the group. The Black Panther joined after rescuing the team from the Grim Reaper and Klaw. \"The X-Men\" #45 (June 1968) featured a crossover with \"The Avengers\" #53 (June 1968). This was followed by the introduction of the android the Vision. Pym assumed the new identity of Yellowjacket in issue #59, and married the Wasp the following month. The Avengers headquarters was in a",
"title": "Avengers (comics)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "1771279",
"text": "In the series, Storm also becomes leader of the X-Treme Sanctions Executive, a special police task force of mutants policing mutants given worldwide authority. During the 2005 \"Decimation\" storyline, in which 90% of the mutants lose their powers, Storm is among the 198 mutants who retain their powers. Also that year, the miniseries \"Ororo: Before the Storm\" by writer Mark Sumerak retold her backstory in greater detail, concentrating on her relationship with surrogate father figure Achmed el-Gibar during her childhood. The following year, Marvel Comics announced that Ororo would marry fellow African super hero Black Panther. Collaborating writer Eric Jerome",
"title": "Storm (Marvel Comics)"
}
] |
Ororo Munroe
|
what is the record for home runs in a season
|
[
"Barry Bonds"
] |
[
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "188333",
"text": "record is 73, set by Barry Bonds in 2001. Other notable single season records were achieved by Babe Ruth who hit 60 in 1927, Roger Maris, with 61 home runs in 1961, and Mark McGwire, who hit 70 in 1998. Negro League slugger Josh Gibson's Baseball Hall of Fame plaque says he hit \"almost 800\" home runs in his career. The \"Guinness Book of World Records\" lists Gibson's lifetime home run total at 800. Ken Burns' award-winning series, \"Baseball\", states that his actual total may have been as high as 950. Gibson's true total is not known, in part due",
"title": "Home run"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "3541159",
"text": "Blue Jays single-season home run record with his 48th home run, breaking the record set by George Bell. On September 23, Bautista became the 26th player in Major League Baseball history to reach the 50 home run club in one season, and the first Toronto Blue Jay player to do so. His 52nd home run set a new MLB record for the largest single-season increase in home runs, eclipsing Davey Johnson's 38 home run increase from 1972 to 1973. Bautista finished the 2010 season with an MLB-leading 54 home runs, the highest total since Alex Rodriguez hit 54 in 2007.",
"title": "José Bautista"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "188332",
"text": "the 2006 World Baseball Classic Japanese team. Oh holds the all-time home run world record, having hit 868 home runs in his career. In Major League Baseball, the career record is 762, held by Barry Bonds, who broke Hank Aaron's record on August 7, 2007, when he hit his 756th home run at AT&T Park off pitcher Mike Bacsik. Only eight other major league players have hit as many as 600: Hank Aaron (755), Babe Ruth (714), Alex Rodriguez (696), Willie Mays (660), Albert Pujols (633), Ken Griffey, Jr. (630), Jim Thome (612), and Sammy Sosa (609). The single season",
"title": "Home run"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "2055184",
"text": "154 games instead of the current schedule of 162 games. His accomplishment of 61 home runs in a season came back to the forefront in 1998, when the 61 homer mark was exceeded by Mark McGwire, and later that same year by Sammy Sosa. Barry Bonds currently holds the single-season home run record of 73, which he accomplished in 2001. However, all those who exceeded Maris's single season record did so during baseball's so-called \"steroid era\", and each of those players who surpassed 61 has been linked to steroids. As such, many baseball fans still consider Roger Maris's 61 HRs",
"title": "Roger Maris"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "692625",
"text": "was called \"61*\" (pronounced \"sixty-one asterisk\") in reference to the controversy. The controversy over season length in relation to home run records had somewhat subsided by the time Hank Aaron broke Ruth's career home run record in 1974 (although Aaron received an even larger volume of hate mail and death threats which in his case often focused on race). Maris's single season mark was broken in 1998 by Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa, who both broke it in under 154 games. McGwire's record of 70 home runs was later eclipsed by Barry Bonds, who set the current mark of 73",
"title": "Asterisk"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "10374744",
"text": "1997 Seattle Mariners season The Seattle Mariners 1997 season was their 21st season, and the team won their second American League West with a record of six games ahead of the runner-up Anaheim Angels. For the second straight year, they led the AL in runs scored (925) and shattered the all-time record for most home runs hit by a team in one season (set at 257 by the Baltimore Orioles the year before) with 264. Five Mariners scored at least 100 runs and six hit at least 20 home runs. In addition, the Seattle pitching staff led the league with",
"title": "1997 Seattle Mariners season"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "7641967",
"text": "last day of the regular season), he hit home run number 61, surpassing Babe Ruth's single season home run record of 60. However, MLB Commissioner Ford Frick (who, as it was discovered later, had ghostwritten for Babe Ruth during his career) decreed that since Maris had played in a 162-game season, and Ruth (in 1927) had played in a 154-game season, two separate records would be kept. It was 30 years before the dual record was done away with, and Maris held the record alone until Mark McGwire broke it in 1998. Maris still holds the American League record. The",
"title": "New York Yankees"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "41703",
"text": "Bonds established the current record of 73 home runs in a single season. There had long been suspicions that the dramatic increase in power hitting was fueled in large part by the abuse of illegal steroids (as well as by the dilution of pitching talent due to expansion), but the issue only began attracting significant media attention in 2002 and there was no penalty for the use of performance-enhancing drugs before 2004. In 2007, Bonds became MLB's all-time home run leader, surpassing Hank Aaron, as total major league and minor league attendance both reached all-time highs. Widely known as America's",
"title": "Baseball"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "1689127",
"text": "history to compile at least 35 home runs, 100 runs and 100 RBIs in eight consecutive seasons (Jimmie Foxx accomplished the feat in nine straight seasons from 1932 to 1940). Rodriguez established the franchise record for most home runs in a single season by a right-handed batter (broke Joe DiMaggio's mark of 46 in 1937). His 47 HR from the third base position are a single-season American League record. Rodriguez hit 26 home runs at Yankee Stadium in 2005, establishing the single-season club record for right-handed batters (previously held by DiMaggio in 1937 and Gary Sheffield in 2004). On June",
"title": "Alex Rodriguez"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "3569488",
"text": "time period, the establishment of the ground rules of each park rested with the home team. In 1884, team captain and on-field manager Cap Anson decided that balls hit over the fence were to be home runs. Williamson used these short dimensions and new ground rules to set the single-season home run record by hitting 27 in a 112-game season, surpassing the record of 14 set by Harry Stovey the previous year. Of the 27 home runs he hit that year, 25 of them were hit at home. This record stood for 35 years until it was broken in 1919",
"title": "Ned Williamson"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "8382534",
"text": "he never knew the record was his. During their record-breaking season of 1961, the M&M Boys became the only teammates to join the 50 home run club in the same season, hitting a combined 115 home runs to break the single-season record for home runs by a pair of teammates. This record was previously held by Yankee sluggers Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig, who hit 60 and 47 home runs, respectively, in . In addition, Mantle and Maris combined to record 269 RBI. Contrary to popular belief, the M&M Boys were actually close friends and no hostility existed between the",
"title": "M&M Boys"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "15908682",
"text": "single—in which the batter reaches first base without being put out, and without the benefit of a fielding error—is the most common type of hit in baseball: for example, there were 25,838 singles hit during the 1988 MLB season, compared to 6,386 doubles, 840 triples, or 3,180 home runs. The MLB leader in singles is Pete Rose, who is also the league's all-time hit leader. The single-season leader in singles is Ichiro Suzuki, who broke Willie Keeler's 106-year-old record in 2004 by notching 225, 19 more than the previous record. None of the top five players in singles (Rose, Ty",
"title": "Hitting for the cycle"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "8998717",
"text": "record with 61. Commissioner Ford Frick decreed that two separate records be kept, as the Yankees played a 154-game schedule in 1927 (beginning in 1961, AL teams played 162 games to accommodate the league's expansion to 10 teams). MLB did away with the dual records 30 years later, giving Maris sole possession of the single-season home run record before it was broken in 1998 by Mark McGwire. The Yankees won the pennant with 109 regular season wins, at the time the club's second-highest single-season total, and defeated the Cincinnati Reds in five games to win the franchise's 19th World Series.",
"title": "History of the New York Yankees"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "188336",
"text": "home runs in a season 3 times), Ken Griffey, Jr. and Eddie Mathews. In 1987, Joey Meyer of the Denver Zephyrs hit the longest verifiable home run in professional baseball history. The home run was measured at a distance of and was hit inside Denver's Mile High Stadium. Major League Baseball's longest verifiable home run distance is about , by Babe Ruth, to straightaway center field at Tiger Stadium (then called Navin Field and before the double-deck), which landed nearly across the intersection of Trumbull and Cherry. The location of where Hank Aaron's record 755th home run landed has been",
"title": "Home run"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "272509",
"text": "HR in 1999, again trailed McGwire. Thus, they became the first – and still only – players in major league history to hit 60 or more home runs in consecutive seasons. McGwire also set a record from 1998 to 1999 for home runs in a two-season period with 135. Further, he owned the highest four-season HR total, with 245 from 1996 to 1999. In 1999, he drove in an NL-leading 147 runs while only having 145 hits, the highest RBI-per-hit tally for a season in baseball history. Statistically in 2000 and 2001, McGwire's numbers declined relative to previous years as",
"title": "Mark McGwire"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "8230520",
"text": "50 home run club In Major League Baseball (MLB), the 50 home run club is the group of batters who have hit 50 or more home runs in a single season. Babe Ruth was the first to achieve this, doing so in 1920. By reaching the milestone, he also became the first player to hit 30 and then 40 home runs in a single-season, breaking his own record of 29 from the 1919 season. Ruth subsequently became the first player to reach the 50 home run club on four occasions, repeating the achievement in 1921, 1927 and 1928. He remained",
"title": "50 home run club"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "3568766",
"text": "years, and made his greatest impact on the game. His first season in Philadelphia saw him set the single season record for home runs with 14, breaking the old mark of nine set by Charley Jones in . He kept this record for only one season, as Ned Williamson set a new mark the very next season with 27. Not only did he set the home run record, he batted .306, and led the league in runs scored with 110, doubles with 31, and games played with 112, while also finishing in the top five in most offensive categories. The",
"title": "Harry Stovey"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "7642030",
"text": "the 1997 Seattle Mariners. On September 29, 2018 Gleyber Torres hit the Yankees 265th home run of the season which broke the record of the most HR's in a season. The Yankees ended the 2018 season with 267 home runs as well as a record of 100-62. With the Red Sox ending with an MLB best 108 wins. On top of that the Houston Astros ended with 103 wins, which marked the first time that three teams in one league all had 100 or more wins in a season. In the 2018 playoffs, the Yankees fell to the Boston Red",
"title": "New York Yankees"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "15915209",
"text": "regular season games, an MLB record for the most team games with a home run in a single season. \"Note: Pos = position\" On April 13 the Yankees won their home opener against the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim for the 14th time in the last 15 seasons. On April 20, against their arch-rival Boston Red Sox during the 100th Anniversary of Fenway Park, Alex Rodriguez hit his 631st career home-run, passing former teammate Ken Griffey, Jr. for sole possession of 5th on the all-time list. On July 23, the Yankees agreed to a trade that acquired Ichiro Suzuki from",
"title": "2012 New York Yankees season"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "13255485",
"text": "since Alex Rodriguez and Prince Fielder achieved the feat in 2007. The Blue Jays also set a franchise record for the most home runs in a single season as they hit 257, 13 more than their previous record of 244 set by the 2000 Blue Jays. The Blue Jays tied the 1996 Baltimore Orioles for the third most home runs by a team in a single season. Seven players (José Bautista, Vernon Wells, Aaron Hill, Adam Lind, Lyle Overbay, John Buck, and Edwin Encarnación) hit 20 home runs or more throughout the season, tying an MLB record previously set by",
"title": "History of the Toronto Blue Jays"
}
] |
Barry Bonds
|
how do you say horse meat in french
|
[
"viande chevaline"
] |
[
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "3661453",
"text": "stands, sold in a bread roll. Dumplings can also be prepared with horse meat, spinach, or Tyrolean \"Graukäse\" (a sour milk cheese). They are occasionally eaten on their own, in a soup, or as a side dish. In Belgium, horse meat (\"paardenvlees\" in Dutch and \"viande chevaline\" in French) is popular in a number of preparations. Lean, smoked, and sliced horse meat fillet (\"paardenrookvlees\" or \"paardengerookt\"; \"filet chevalin\" in French) is served as a cold cut with sandwiches or as part of a cold salad. Horse steaks can be found in most butchers and are used in a variety of",
"title": "Horse meat"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "3661418",
"text": "Horse meat Horse meat is the culinary name for meat cut from a horse. It is a major meat in only a few countries, notably in Central Asia, but it forms a significant part of the culinary traditions of many others, from Europe to South America to Asia. The top eight countries consume about 4.7 million horses a year. For the majority of humanity's early existence, wild horses were hunted as a source of protein. Because of the role horses have played as companions and as workers, and ensuing concerns about the ethics of the horse slaughter process, it is",
"title": "Horse meat"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "3661426",
"text": "such as the United Kingdom, Australia, Ireland, the United States, and English Canada. It is also taboo in Brazil, Israel, and among the Romani people and Jewish people the world over. Horse meat is not generally eaten in Spain, except in the north, although the country exports horses both live animals and slaughtered meat for the French and Italian markets. Horse meat is consumed in some North American and Latin American countries, and is illegal in some countries. For example, the Food Standards Code of Australia and New Zealand definition of 'meat' does not include horse. In Tonga, horse meat",
"title": "Horse meat"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "3661485",
"text": "somewhat associated with lower social strata. Argentina is a producer and exporter of horse meat, but it is not used in local consumption and is considered taboo. Horse meat Horse meat is the culinary name for meat cut from a horse. It is a major meat in only a few countries, notably in Central Asia, but it forms a significant part of the culinary traditions of many others, from Europe to South America to Asia. The top eight countries consume about 4.7 million horses a year. For the majority of humanity's early existence, wild horses were hunted as a source",
"title": "Horse meat"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "3437530",
"text": "Steak tartare Steak tartare is a meat dish made from raw ground meat (beef or horsemeat). It is usually served with onions, capers, pepper and Worcestershire sauce, and other seasonings, often presented to the diner separately, to be added to taste. It is often served with a raw egg yolk, and often on rye bread. The name tartare is sometimes generalized to other raw meat or fish dishes. A less-common version in France is \"tartare aller-retour\", a mound of mostly raw ground meat that is lightly seared on both sides. The idea of eating raw meat was first noted in",
"title": "Steak tartare"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "3661455",
"text": "restaurants in Bulgaria, as the preferred way of consuming it is in the form of steaks and burgers. Still being far from a meat for mass consumption, horse beef is re-gaining its popularity, which it had in the 60s and 70s of the past century, when it was also consumed in sausages and tartares. In France, specialized butcher shops (\"boucheries chevalines\") sell horse meat, as ordinary butcher shops were for a long time forbidden to deal in it. However, since the 1990s, it can be found in supermarket butcher shops and others. Horse meat was famously eaten in large amounts",
"title": "Horse meat"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "3661423",
"text": "gained widespread acceptance in French cuisine during the later years of the Second French Empire. The high cost of living in Paris prevented many working-class citizens from buying meat such as pork or beef, so in 1866, the French government legalized the eating of horse meat, and the first butcher's shop specializing in horse meat opened in eastern Paris, providing quality meat at lower prices. During the Siege of Paris (1870–1871), horse meat, along with the meat from donkeys and mules, was eaten by anyone who could afford it, partly because of a shortage of fresh meat in the blockaded",
"title": "Horse meat"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "3437538",
"text": "raw, minced beef called kitfo. Steak tartare Steak tartare is a meat dish made from raw ground meat (beef or horsemeat). It is usually served with onions, capers, pepper and Worcestershire sauce, and other seasonings, often presented to the diner separately, to be added to taste. It is often served with a raw egg yolk, and often on rye bread. The name tartare is sometimes generalized to other raw meat or fish dishes. A less-common version in France is \"tartare aller-retour\", a mound of mostly raw ground meat that is lightly seared on both sides. The idea of eating raw",
"title": "Steak tartare"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "3661424",
"text": "city, and also because horses were eating grain which was needed by the human populace. Though there were large numbers of horses in Paris (estimates suggested between 65,000 and 70,000 were butchered and eaten during the siege) the supplies were ultimately limited. Not even champion racehorses were spared (two horses presented to Napoleon III by Alexander II of Russia were slaughtered) but the meat became scarce. Many Parisians gained a taste for horse meat during the siege, and after the war ended, horse meat remained popular. Likewise, in other places and times of siege or starvation, horses are viewed as",
"title": "Horse meat"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "3561936",
"text": "Anglo-Norman was the conduit for the introduction of French into England, aided by the circulation of Langue d'oïl literature from France. This led to many paired words of French and English origin. For example, \"beef\" is related, through borrowing, to modern French \"bœuf,\" \"veal\" to \",\" \"pork\" to \",\" and \"poultry\" to \".\" All these words, French and English, refer to the meat rather than to the animal. Words that refer to farm animals, on the other hand, tend to be cognates of words in other Germanic languages. For example, \"swine/Schwein,\" \"cow/Kuh,\" \"calf/Kalb,\" and \"sheep/Schaf.\" The variant usage has been",
"title": "Etymology"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "3661456",
"text": "during the 1870 Siege of Paris, when it was included in \"haute cuisine\" menus. Although there is no taboo comparable to that in the English-speaking world, German law used to prescribe that horse meat be sold only by specialized butchers (\"Pferdemetzgereien\"). This prescription was abolished in 1993, but only a small minority of ordinary butchers have since begun to sell horse meat. Most horse meat is still sold by the specialists, some of whom also deliver by mail order. Many regions of Germany have traditional recipes that include horse meat. In the Rhineland around Cologne and Düsseldorf, restaurants often offer",
"title": "Horse meat"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "3661421",
"text": "Pehuenche people of what is now Chile and Argentina. At first, they hunted horses as they did other game, but later they began to raise them for meat and transport. The meat was, and still is, preserved by being sun-dried in the high Andes into a product known as \"charqui\". France dates its taste for horse meat to the Revolution. With the fall of the aristocracy, its auxiliaries had to find new means of subsistence. Just as hairdressers and tailors set themselves up to serve commoners, the horses maintained by aristocracy as a sign of prestige ended up alleviating the",
"title": "Horse meat"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "3661466",
"text": "horse meat (\"paardenrookvlees\") is sold as sliced meat and eaten on bread. \"Zuurvlees\", a southern Dutch stew, is made with horse meat as main ingredient. There are also beef-based variants. Horse meat is also used in sausages (\"paardenworst\" and \"frikandel\"), fried fast food snacks and ready-to-eat soups. In Norway, horse meat is commonly used in cured meats, such as \"vossakorv\" and \"svartpølse\", and less commonly as steak, \"hestebiff\". In pre-Christian Norway, horse was seen as an expensive animal. To eat a horse was to show one had great wealth, and to sacrifice a horse to the gods was seen as",
"title": "Horse meat"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "6304337",
"text": "mainly for horsemeat. In 2010, 60 percent of Boulonnais horses bred in France were intended for slaughter, and 80 percent of these were exported, mainly to Italy, to be fattened before being sent to slaughterhouses. However, the sector is in crisis due to falling prices, controversy and the importation of cheap meat; despite a resurgence following the Mad Cow scares of the 1990s, the consumption of horse meat has fallen sharply, although the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region remains the largest consumer of horse meat in France. The Boulonnais provided part of the base for the Anglo-Norman breed, which was later to play",
"title": "Boulonnais horse"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "3661460",
"text": "not popular (3.2% of Iceland’s meat production in 2015), although this has more to do with culinary tradition and the popularity of equestrianism than any religious vestiges. Horse meat is especially popular in Lombardia, Veneto, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, Parma, Apulia, and the islands of Sardinia and Sicily. Horse meat is used in a variety of recipes: as a stew called \"pastissada\" (typical of Verona), served as steaks, as \"carpaccio\", or made into \"bresaola\". Thin strips of horse meat called \"sfilacci\" are popular. Horse fat is used in recipes such as \"\". Horse meat sausages and salamis are traditional in",
"title": "Horse meat"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "3661435",
"text": "near to it. In 2005, the eight principal horse meat-producing countries produced over 700,000 tonnes of this product. In 2005, the five biggest horse meat-consuming countries were China (421,000 tonnes), Mexico, Russia, Italy, and Kazakhstan (54,000 tonnes). In 2010, Mexico produced 140,000 tonnes, China - 126,000 tonnes, Kazakhstan - 114,000 tonnes. As horses are relatively poor converters of grass and grain to meat compared to cattle, they are not usually bred or raised specifically for their meat. Instead, horses are slaughtered when their monetary value as riding or work animals is low, but their owners can still make money selling",
"title": "Horse meat"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "3661470",
"text": "minor compared to pork, beef, and lamb. Smoked/cured horse meat is widely available as a cold cut under the name \"hamburgerkött\" (literally \"hamburgermeat\"). It tends to be very thinly sliced and fairly salty, slightly reminiscent of deli-style ham and, as a packaged meat, may list horsemeat (as \"hästkött\") as its primary ingredient. Several varieties of smoked sausages made from horse meat including \"Gustafskorv\" are also quite popular, especially in the province of Dalarna, where it is made. It is similar to salami or \"metworst\" and is used as an alternative to them on sandwiches. It is also possible to order",
"title": "Horse meat"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "6933231",
"text": "Cecina (meat) In Spanish, cecina is meat that has been salted and dried by means of air, sun or smoke. The word comes from the Latin \"siccus\" (dry), via Vulgar Latin \"(caro) *siccīna\", \"dry (meat)\". Cecina is similar to ham and is made by curing beef, horse or (less frequently) goat, rabbit, or hare. The best known \"cecina\" is \"Cecina de León\", which is made of the hind legs of beef, salted, smoked and air-dried in the province of León in northwestern Spain, and has PGI status. The word \"cecina\" is also used to name other kinds of dried or",
"title": "Cecina (meat)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "7423198",
"text": "bagage, bitte, cingler, équiper (to equip), flotte, fringale, girouette, guichet, hauban, houle, hune, mare, marsouin, mouette, quille, raz, siller, touer, traquer, turbot, vague, varangue, varech\". Others pertain to farming and daily life: \"accroupir, amadouer, bidon, bigot, brayer, brette, cottage, coterie, crochet, duvet, embraser, fi, flâner, guichet, haras, harfang, harnais, houspiller, marmonner, mièvre, nabot, nique, quenotte, raccrocher, ricaner, rincer, rogue\". Likewise, words borrowed from Dutch deal mainly with trade, or are nautical in nature, but not always so: \"affaler, amarrer, anspect, bar (sea-bass), bastringuer, bière (beer), blouse (bump), botte, bouée, bouffer, boulevard, bouquin, cague, cahute, caqueter, choquer, diguer, drôle, dune, équiper",
"title": "History of French"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "139475",
"text": "locally grown fungi, such as \"truffe\" (truffle), \"champignon de Paris\" (button mushroom), \"chanterelle ou girolle\" (chanterelle), \"pleurote (en huître)\" (oyster mushrooms), and \"cèpes\" (porcini). Common fruits include oranges, tomatoes, tangerines, peaches, apricots, apples, pears, plums, cherries, strawberries, raspberries, redcurrants, blackberries, grapes, grapefruit, and blackcurrants. Varieties of meat consumed include \"poulet\" (chicken), \"pigeon\" (squab), \"canard\" (duck), \"oie\" (goose, the source of foie gras), \"bœuf\" (beef), \"veau\" (veal), \"porc\" (pork), \"agneau\" (lamb), \"mouton\" (mutton), \"caille\" (quail), \"cheval\" (horse), \"grenouille\" (frog), and \"escargot\" (snails). Commonly consumed fish and seafood include cod, canned sardines, fresh sardines, canned tuna, fresh tuna, salmon, trout, mussels, herring,",
"title": "French cuisine"
}
] |
viande chevaline
|
who is the chief law officer of the government of india
|
[
"The Attorney General for India"
] |
[
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "3282542",
"text": "resigned from the post of Additional Solicitor General as a result. The Attorneys General for India since independence are listed below: Attorney General of India The Attorney General for India is the Indian government's chief legal advisor, and is primary lawyer in the Supreme Court of India. He can be said to be the lawyer from government's side. He is appointed by the President of India under Article 76(1) of the Constitution and holds office during the pleasure of the President. He must be a person qualified to be appointed as a Judge of the Supreme Court (He must have",
"title": "Attorney General of India"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "3282534",
"text": "Attorney General of India The Attorney General for India is the Indian government's chief legal advisor, and is primary lawyer in the Supreme Court of India. He can be said to be the lawyer from government's side. He is appointed by the President of India under Article 76(1) of the Constitution and holds office during the pleasure of the President. He must be a person qualified to be appointed as a Judge of the Supreme Court (He must have been a judge of some high court for five years or an advocate of some high court for ten years or",
"title": "Attorney General of India"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "12423820",
"text": "India was established in 1955 for a three-year term. Since then, twenty more Commissions have been established. The 20th Law Commission was established in 2013 under the Chairmanship of Supreme Court Judge, D.K Jain. Its tenure was fixed till 2015. The present Law Commission was established in 2015, and has tenure to 2018. The terms of reference of the Law Commission include the review and repeal of obsolete laws, the examination of existing laws & the revision of central Acts of general importance. In November 2013, the Centre appointed former Chief Justice of Delhi High Court Justice Ajit Prakash Shah",
"title": "Law Commission of India"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "3282535",
"text": "an eminent jurist, in the opinion of the President and must be a citizen of India.) The 15th and current Attorney General is K. K. Venugopal. He was appointed by Pranab Mukherjee, the President of India at that time. He was formally appointed as with effect from 30 June 2017 and shall have a tenure of 3 years. The Attorney General is necessary for giving advice to the Government of India in legal matters referred to him. He also performs other legal duties assigned to him by the President. The Attorney General has the right of audience in all Courts",
"title": "Attorney General of India"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "1267978",
"text": "India—who is the Indian government's chief legal adviser—is appointed by the President of India under Article 76(1) and holds office during the pleasure of the president. If the president considers a question of law or a matter of public importance has arisen, he can also ask for the advisory opinion of the supreme court per . Per , President can ask the Attorney General to attend the parliamentary proceedings and report to him any unlawful functioning if any. The president appoints as prime minister, the person most likely to command the support of the majority in the Lok Sabha (usually",
"title": "President of India"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "12423819",
"text": "Law Commission of India Law Commission of India is an executive body established by an order of the Government of India. Its major function is to work for legal reform. Its membership primarily comprises legal experts, who are entrusted a mandate by the Government. The Commission is established for a fixed tenure and works as an advisory body to the Ministry of Law and Justice The first Law Commission was established during the British Raj era in 1834 by the \"Charter Act of 1833\". After that, three more Commissions were established in pre-independent India. The first Law Commission of independent",
"title": "Law Commission of India"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "12423839",
"text": "amid allegations of abuse and arbitrary use of the law. The Law Ministry had urged the Commission to study the usage of the provisions of Section 124A (Sedition) of the IPC. Former Supreme Court judge Balbir Singh Chauhan was appointed Chairman of the 21st Law Commission. Mr. Justice Ravi R. Tripathi, retired judge of the Gujarat High Court was appointed as Full-time Member. On 10 June 2016, Mr. Satya Pal Jain, Additional Solicitor General of India was appointed as Part-time Member of the Commission. The Law Commission works in close co-ordination and under the general instruction of Ministry of Law",
"title": "Law Commission of India"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "12423821",
"text": "as the New chairman of the 20th Law Commission of India in place of D.K Jain who has taken over as president National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, Shah has a three-year tenure and has been saddled with a wide terms of reference including one to examine existing laws from the gender equality perspective and suggest necessary amendments. Justice Balbir Singh Chauhan, a former judge of the Supreme Court was appointed Chairman of the 21st Law Commission on 10 March. This post was lying vacant since September 2015. 66-year old Justice Chauhan is currently heading the Cauvery River Water Disputes Tribunal.",
"title": "Law Commission of India"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "3433684",
"text": "are members of the Indian Police Service (IPS). The central agencies are controlled by the central Government of India. The majority of federal law enforcement agencies are controlled by the Ministry of Home Affairs. The head of each of the federal law enforcement agencies is always an Indian Police Service (IPS) officer. The constitution assigns responsibility for maintaining law and order to the states and territories, and almost all routine policing—including apprehension of criminals—is carried out by state-level police forces. The constitution also permits the central government to participate in police operations and organisation by authorising the creation of Indian",
"title": "Law enforcement in India"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "3433683",
"text": "Law enforcement in India Law enforcement in India is performed by numerous law enforcement agencies. Like many federal nations, the nature of the Constitution of India mandates law and order as a subject of the state, therefore the bulk of the policing lies with the respective states and territories of India. At the federal level, the many agencies are part of the Ministry of Home Affairs, and support the states in their duties. Larger cities also operate police commissionerates, under respective state police. All senior police officers in the state police forces, as well as those in the federal agencies,",
"title": "Law enforcement in India"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "9991063",
"text": "President of India on the recommendation of the Prime Minister of India. The first Law and Justice minister of independent India was B. R. Ambedkar, who served in Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru's cabinet during 1947–52. Ravi Shankar Prasad is the current minister for law and justice in India. Ministry of law and justice is the oldest limb of the government of India dating back to 1833 when the Charter Act 1833 was enacted by the British Parliament when India was under British control. The said Act vested for the first time legislative power in a single authority, namely the Governor",
"title": "Ministry of Law and Justice (India)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "10258158",
"text": "Additional Solicitor General of India Additional Solicitor General of India abbreviated as ASG is a law officer of India and is the third ranking lawyer of the Government of India. The headquarters of Additional Solicitor-General may be at New Delhi or Mumbai or Chennai or Allahabad as the Government of India may specify from time to time. ASG is governed by \"Law Officers (Conditions of Service) Rules, 1987\".. The post of ASG is not created by the Constitution of India The current Additional Solicitors General are: Duties of Solicitor General of India and other law officers are laid out in",
"title": "Additional Solicitor General of India"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "15615634",
"text": "Kalyan Sundaram Kalyan Vaidyanathan Kuttur Sunderam (11 May 1904 – 23 September 1992), also referred as K.V.K. Sundaram, was an Indian civil servant, who holds the record as the first Law Secretary (1948–58) of independent India and second Chief Election Commissioner of India (20 December 1958 – 30 September 1967). He also chaired the Fifth Law Commission of India for the period 1968–71. Sundaram was native to Kuttur, a village located in the then-Madras Presidency. He was born in 1904, to a professor. An alumnus of Presidency College and Christ Church, Oxford, he registered himself in 1925 for the Indian",
"title": "Kalyan Sundaram"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "10655339",
"text": "by Pranab Mukherjee, President of India. This post was created for this High Court in December 2014 by the Government of India and he is the first appointee to this post. On 10 June 2016, he was appointed as part-time member of the 21st Law Commission of India. Dr. Justice B.S. Chauhan, former Supreme Court Judge, is the Chairman of this Commission. It has been constituted by the Central Government led by Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi, to study judicial reforms in the country, various legal issues as well as the laws which have become redundant and to make",
"title": "Satya Pal Jain"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "12423843",
"text": "implementing legislation or follows the draft submitted by the Law Commission (which usually is the case) and presents the same for approval before the Parliament. The Law Commission of India, though an ad hoc body, has been key to law reform in India. Its role has been both advisory and critical of the government's policies. The Supreme Court of India and academia have recognized the commission as pioneering and prospective. In a number of decisions, the Supreme Court has referred to the work done by the commission and followed its recommendations. The fact that the chairman of the commission is",
"title": "Law Commission of India"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "2873130",
"text": "is the head of state and the commander-in-chief of the Indian Armed Forces whilst the elected prime minister acts as the head of the executive, and is responsible for running the union government. The parliament is bicameral in nature, with the Lok Sabha being the lower house, and the Rajya Sabha the upper house. The judiciary systematically contains an apex supreme court, 24 high courts, and several district courts, all inferior to the supreme court. The basic civil and criminal laws governing the citizens of India are set down in major parliamentary legislation, such as the civil procedure code, the",
"title": "Government of India"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "12417517",
"text": "K. K. Venugopal Kottayan Katankot Venugopal (born 1931), known generally as K. K. Venugopal (personal name is Venugopal) is an Indian constitutional lawyer and a senior advocate in the Supreme Court of India. On 30 June 2017, he was appointed as the Attorney General of India under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Venugopal was born in Kanhangad, a town in the erstwhile South Canara district of Madras Presidency of British India (present-day Kerala, India), and grew up in Mangalore. Venugopal did his B.Sc in Physics from the prestigious Madras Christian College at Tambaram, Chennai and law from Raja",
"title": "K. K. Venugopal"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "3436351",
"text": "controlled by the Ministry of Home Affairs. The head of each of the federal law enforcement agencies is always an Indian Police Service officer (IPS). The constitution assigns responsibility for maintaining law and order to the states and territories, and almost all routine policing—including apprehension of criminals—is carried out by state-level police forces. The constitution also permits the central government to participate in police operations and organisation by authorising the maintenance of the Indian Police Service. Indian Police Service (IPS) officers are recruited by the Union Public Service Commission through a competitive nationwide examination. On completion of a nationwide basic",
"title": "Law of India"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "10258159",
"text": "Law Officers (Conditions of Service) Rules, 1987: As law officers represent government of India, there are certain restrictions which are put on their private practice. A law officer is not allowed to: Additional Solicitor General of India Additional Solicitor General of India abbreviated as ASG is a law officer of India and is the third ranking lawyer of the Government of India. The headquarters of Additional Solicitor-General may be at New Delhi or Mumbai or Chennai or Allahabad as the Government of India may specify from time to time. ASG is governed by \"Law Officers (Conditions of Service) Rules, 1987\"..",
"title": "Additional Solicitor General of India"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "3433700",
"text": "ranking government officials and politicians and in some instances, criminal cases that don't necessarily involve politicians or high-ranking officials, have been referred to the agency for investigation because of media and public pressure because of incompetency from the local police investigations. The Indian Income-tax Department is India's premier financial agency, responsible for a wide variety of financial and fiscal matters.The Tax department is controlled by the Department of Revenue in the Ministry of Finance of the Union Government headed by a Union Minister who reports directly to the Prime Minister.The CBDT is a part of Department of Revenue in the",
"title": "Law enforcement in India"
}
] |
The Attorney General for India
|
when did the original flatliners movie come out
|
[
"1990"
] |
[
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "3172259",
"text": "Flatliners Flatliners is a 1990 American science fiction psychological horror film directed by Joel Schumacher, produced by Michael Douglas and Rick Bieber, and written by Peter Filardi. It stars Kiefer Sutherland, Julia Roberts, William Baldwin, Oliver Platt, and Kevin Bacon. The film is about five medical students who attempt to find out what lies beyond death by conducting clandestine experiments that produce near-death experiences. The film was shot on the campus of Loyola University (Chicago) between October 1989 and January 1990, and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Sound Editing in 1990 (Charles L. Campbell and Richard C.",
"title": "Flatliners"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "3172271",
"text": "29, 2017. Flatliners Flatliners is a 1990 American science fiction psychological horror film directed by Joel Schumacher, produced by Michael Douglas and Rick Bieber, and written by Peter Filardi. It stars Kiefer Sutherland, Julia Roberts, William Baldwin, Oliver Platt, and Kevin Bacon. The film is about five medical students who attempt to find out what lies beyond death by conducting clandestine experiments that produce near-death experiences. The film was shot on the campus of Loyola University (Chicago) between October 1989 and January 1990, and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Sound Editing in 1990 (Charles L. Campbell and",
"title": "Flatliners"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "3172266",
"text": "himself as a young boy being stoned by Billy Mahoney from the tree. Nelson dies in the afterlife from the fall, and his friends cannot revive him. When they are about to give up, Mahoney forgives Nelson, and David gives Nelson one last shock. This brings him back, and Nelson tells them, \"Today wasn't a good day to die.\" Columbia Pictures released \"Flatliners\" theatrically on August 10, 1990. The film debuted at No.1 and took in $10 million on its opening weekend. It grossed $61.5 million total in the United States. The review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reports that 48% of",
"title": "Flatliners"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "3172260",
"text": "Franklin). The film was theatrically released on August 10, 1990, by Columbia Pictures. It grossed $61 million at the box office. A remake directed by Danish filmmaker Niels Arden Oplev, was released in September 2017, and also featured Kiefer Sutherland in a starring role (albeit a different role). Nelson Wright, a medical student, walks onto a beach one day and proclaims “today is a good day to die”. He later convinces four of his medical school classmates—Joe Hurley, David Labraccio, Randy Steckle, and Rachel Manus—to help him discover what lies beyond death. Nelson flatlines for one minute before his classmates",
"title": "Flatliners"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "19621121",
"text": "Flatliners (2017 film) Flatliners is a 2017 American science fiction psychological horror film directed by Niels Arden Oplev and written by Ben Ripley. The film is a remake of the 1990 film of the same name, and stars Ellen Page, Diego Luna, Nina Dobrev, James Norton and Kiersey Clemons. It follows five medical students who attempt to conduct experiments that produce near-death experiences. Sony Pictures released the film in the United States on September 29, 2017. It received generally negative reviews from critics, with many comparing it unfavorably to the original, but it was a moderate box office success, grossing",
"title": "Flatliners (2017 film)"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "2044123",
"text": "father appeared at the 61st Academy Awards as presenters of the Academy Honorary Award to the National Film Board of Canada. In the sequel \"Young Guns II\" (1990), Sutherland continued to play 'Doc' alongside some of the original cast and with newcomer Christian Slater. , it is the only sequel to a feature film he has starred in. Sutherland starred as the lead in \"Flatliners\", with an ensemble cast featuring Julia Roberts and Kevin Bacon, a film about a student who wants to \"experience\" death's afterlife and record what happens during it, with the help of a group of young",
"title": "Kiefer Sutherland"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "19621130",
"text": "Clemons and James Norton signed on for the film. In July 2016, it was announced that Kiefer Sutherland, who starred in the original, would return in the new film. Sutherland later disclosed that he was reprising his role from the original film, adding that the new film is actually a sequel rather than a remake. Despite the announcement, Sutherland played a character with a different name than in the original, with no reference to the specific events of the previous film. In July 2016, Charlotte McKinney also joined the cast. Principal photography began in early July 2016 in Toronto, Ontario",
"title": "Flatliners (2017 film)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "19621129",
"text": "forgive herself. In the end, Marlo, Ray, Sophia, and Jamie reminisce about Courtney and celebrate their friendships in the little restaurant they hang out at, where there is a performance of the piano piece that Courtney played. The movie ends with Jamie proposing a toast, honoring Courtney. Sutherland also starred in the original film, and was initially announced to be reprising his role as Dr. Nelson Wright from the original. In October 2015, Ellen Page was cast in the film, and in February 2016, Diego Luna was added as well, with Nina Dobrev joining in April. In May 2016, Kiersey",
"title": "Flatliners (2017 film)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "3172270",
"text": "a movie\". Over time, the film has become a cult film for fans of abstract and thought provoking films. On October 5, 2015, a remake starring Ellen Page and Diego Luna was announced, following the casting of Nina Dobrev, James Norton and Kiersey Clemons. Kiefer Sutherland also appears in the remake. Sutherland had originally announced that he was reprising his role as Nelson Wright, revealing that the new film would actually be a sequel rather than a remake. However, upon release, Sutherland ultimately played a different unrelated character. Directed by Danish filmmaker Niels Arden Oplev, it was released on September",
"title": "Flatliners"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "19621132",
"text": "weekend. It ended up debuting to $6.6 million, finishing 5th at the box office; even before factoring in inflation, the number was lower than the $10 million opening of the original film in 1990. In its second weekend the film dropped 42%, grossing $3.6 million. On review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 4% based on 67 reviews and an average rating of 3.6/10. The site's critical consensus reads, \"\"Flatliners\" falls flat as a horror movie and fails to improve upon its source material, rendering this reboot dead on arrival.\" On Metacritic, which assigns a",
"title": "Flatliners (2017 film)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "3810612",
"text": "31, 2002) and Mae (born December 30, 2004). Davis made her debut as a dramatic actress in the 1990 film \"Flatliners\", starring as William Baldwin's fiancée. She then appeared in the hit film \"Home Alone\" in a small role as a Parisian airport receptionist. Later, she starred in independent films such as \"The Daytrippers\" (1995) and \"Next Stop Wonderland\" (1998). These led her to roles in Hollywood films such as the thriller \"Arlington Road\" (1999), and \"About Schmidt\" (2002). In 2003, she starred opposite Paul Giamatti in the movie adaptation of the Harvey Pekar comic \"American Splendor\" as the comic",
"title": "Hope Davis"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "19621131",
"text": "primarily at Cinespace Film Studios' Kipling Avenue facility; and concluded on September 7. The film went into post-production on October 4. Sony Pictures released the film on September 29, 2017. \"Flatliners\" grossed $16.9 million in the United States and Canada, and $28.1 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $45 million, against a production budget of $19 million. In North America, the film was released alongside \"American Made\" and \"'Til Death Do Us Part\", as well as the wide expansion of \"Battle of the Sexes\", and was projected to gross $8–12 million from 2,552 theaters in its opening",
"title": "Flatliners (2017 film)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "1951913",
"text": "Joel Schumacher Joel T. Schumacher (; born August 29, 1939) is an American film director, screenwriter, and producer. Schumacher rose to fame after directing hit films, including: \"St. Elmo's Fire\" (1985), \"The Lost Boys\" (1987) and \"Flatliners\" (1990). He later went on to direct John Grisham adaptations \"The Client\" (1994) and \"A Time to Kill\" (1996). His films \"Falling Down\" (1993) and \"8mm\" (1999) competed for Palme d'Or and Golden Bear, respectively. In 1993, he signed on to direct the next installments of the Batman film series. Schumacher-directed Batman films \"Batman Forever\" (1995) and \"Batman & Robin\" (1997) received mixed-to-negative",
"title": "Joel Schumacher"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "9513316",
"text": "flight attendant Izzy; the film was later retitled \"Departures\", and was scheduled to go into production in April 2017. The same year, she was cast in the romantic comedy \"Crash Pad\", alongside Domhnall Gleeson and Christina Applegate, which began filming in Vancouver in fall 2015. In 2017, Dobrev co-starred as weapons specialist Becky Clearidge in the action film sequel \"\", opposite Vin Diesel and Samuel L. Jackson; the film was released January 20. Also that year, Dobrev co-starred as Marlo in the film remake \"Flatliners\", opposite Ellen Page. In March 2018, Dobrev was cast in the role of Clem in",
"title": "Nina Dobrev"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "19621133",
"text": "normalized rating to reviews, the film has a weighted average score of 27 out of 100 based 20 critics, indicating \"generally unfavorable reviews\". Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of \"B–\" on an A+ to F scale, while PostTrak reported filmgoers gave it a 66% overall positive score and a 46% \"definite recommend\". \"Flatliners\" was released on Digital HD on December 12, 2017, and on Blu-ray and DVD on December 19, 2017 in Canada, and on December 26, 2017 in the United States. Flatliners (2017 film) Flatliners is a 2017 American science fiction psychological horror film",
"title": "Flatliners (2017 film)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "1537224",
"text": "William Baldwin William Joseph Baldwin (born February 21, 1963) is an American actor, producer and writer. A member of the Baldwin family, he is the second-youngest of the four Baldwin brothers. He has starred in the films \"Flatliners\" (1990), \"Backdraft\" (1991), \"Sliver\" (1993), \"Virus\" (1999), \"The Squid and the Whale\" (2005), and played himself in \"Forgetting Sarah Marshall\". Baldwin is married to singer Chynna Phillips. Baldwin was born in Massapequa, New York, the son of Carol Newcomb (née Martineau) and Alexander Rae Baldwin, Jr. His father was a high school history/social studies teacher and football coach. He is the brother",
"title": "William Baldwin"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "20560167",
"text": "to the future, where she discovers the decadence that fell upon her family, their estate and herself. She decides to return to her present in an effort to maintain the union of her family, save her happiness and find her true love. \"Amapola\" was for a long time a dream project for Argentine Eugenio Zanetti, who gained international recognition for his work in many Hollywood films as \"Flatliners\" (1990), \"Last Action Hero\" (1993), \"What Dreams May Come\" (1998) and \"The Haunting\" (1999), and won an Academy Award for Best Art Direction in 1995, for the film \"Restoration\". Zanetti also participated",
"title": "Amapola (film)"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "1537234",
"text": "brother Stephen's estate in Nyack, New York). William Baldwin William Joseph Baldwin (born February 21, 1963) is an American actor, producer and writer. A member of the Baldwin family, he is the second-youngest of the four Baldwin brothers. He has starred in the films \"Flatliners\" (1990), \"Backdraft\" (1991), \"Sliver\" (1993), \"Virus\" (1999), \"The Squid and the Whale\" (2005), and played himself in \"Forgetting Sarah Marshall\". Baldwin is married to singer Chynna Phillips. Baldwin was born in Massapequa, New York, the son of Carol Newcomb (née Martineau) and Alexander Rae Baldwin, Jr. His father was a high school history/social studies teacher",
"title": "William Baldwin"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "2044117",
"text": "in the video games \"\" and \"\". Currently, he stars as President Tom Kirkman in the political drama series \"Designated Survivor\". Sutherland got his first leading film role in the Canadian drama \"The Bay Boy\" (1984), which earned him a Genie Award nomination. Since that time he has had a successful movie career, starring in films such as \"Stand by Me\" (1986), \"The Lost Boys\" (1987), \"Young Guns\" (1988), \"Flatliners\" (1990), \"A Few Good Men\" (1992), \"The Three Musketeers\" (1993), \"A Time to Kill\" (1996), \"Dark City\" (1998), \"Phone Booth\" (2002), \"Melancholia\" (2011), \"Pompeii\" (2014) and \"Flatliners\" (2017). Sutherland has",
"title": "Kiefer Sutherland"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "17909808",
"text": "he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Sound Editing for the 1990 film \"Flatliners\". In 2001, Campbell received the Career Achievement Award from the Motion Picture Sound Editors On February 16, 2014, Steven Spielberg honored Campbell at the 61st Motion Picture Sound Editors Golden Reel Awards ceremony. Campbell served as sound editor on the following films: Charles L. Campbell Charles L. Campbell (August 17, 1930 – June 21, 2013) was an American sound engineer who won three Academy Awards for Best Sound Editing. He also served as Governor of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)",
"title": "Charles L. Campbell"
}
] |
1990
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who is bright eyes in the loved ones
|
[
"Anne Scott-Pendlebury"
] |
[
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "14721210",
"text": "to a nearby cliff, climbs it halfway and contemplates suicide, but then comes to his senses and climbs to the top. While listening to music, Brent is attacked from behind and his dog attacked with a hammer. Bound to a chair, he wakes up at Lola's house sitting at a table with Lola, her father (John Brumpton), and a lobotomized-woman they call Bright Eyes (Anne Scott-Pendlebury). Lola's father has turned his house into a dance for his daughter. Lola takes a syringe, fills it with bleach and injects it into Brent's voice box to render him unable to scream or",
"title": "The Loved Ones (film)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "14721214",
"text": "that he pulled out of his feet. Lola jumps on Brent and tries to hit him, but Brent knocks her out. Brent then pushes Lola's dad into the pit where he watches in horror as the nearly starved captives eat Daddy. Lola gets up and throws Brent in, throwing nearby objects at him in anger. Brent finds a flashlight and hammer that Lola had thrown down which he uses to kill the abductees as they advance on him. Lola then goes and smothers Bright Eyes with a pillow, revealing that the woman is her mother. On a hunch, Holly calls",
"title": "The Loved Ones (film)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "16251368",
"text": "where she majored in drama and graduated 1976. She also met Tom Ruegger at the college and they would later marry. After the divorce in 2004, she attended Phillips Graduate Institute where she received her Masters in Psychology in 2005. She remarried in 2016 to Russel Foreman. Together they co-founded The More Love Club. Her most popular role is the voice of Brattina, Katrina's equally evil minion in Pound Puppies. Nancy Cartwright replaced her as the voice of Bright Eyes for the TV series. Aside from \"Pound Puppies\", she also worked on \"The New Scooby and Scrappy-Doo Show\", \"Challenge of",
"title": "Adrienne Alexander"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "14721219",
"text": "the film's rating was successfully replaced by an MA15+ rating due to the comedy aspect of the film mitigating both the sadistic aspect and the impact of the violence. The original soundtrack was composed by Australian experimental musician Ollie Olsen. Other bands and musicians whose songs are featured in the film include Cosmic Psychos, Sophie Koh, Kasey Chambers, Parkway Drive, British India, Witch Hats, Little Red, and Little River Band. The film screened at several festivals, including the Toronto International Film Festival on 13 September 2009 and the Hong Kong International Film Festival on 3 April 2010. In America, it",
"title": "The Loved Ones (film)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "7778950",
"text": "station playlists in 2002. In 2017, the song was selected for preservation in the National Film and Sound Archive's Sounds of Australia collection. In 2002, the song was used in the original un-aired pilot for \"Birds of Prey (TV series)\". It was replaced by the Oasis song \"Stop Crying Your Heart Out\" in the re-worked pilot that eventually aired. In 2010, the song was used in the Australian horror film \"The Loved Ones\" to ironic effect as the sweet-sounding song is juxtaposed against the brutal, gore-filled violence. The song relates to the film's lead character, an unpopular girl who wonders",
"title": "Not Pretty Enough"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "4585639",
"text": "Bright Eyes (Art Garfunkel song) \"Bright Eyes\" is a song written by Mike Batt and performed by Art Garfunkel. It was used in the soundtrack of the 1978 British animated adventure drama film \"Watership Down\" and the later television series of the same name explicitly as its theme song. The track appears on British and European versions of Garfunkel's 1979 \"Fate for Breakfast\" and on the US versions of his 1981 album \"Scissors Cut\". It was the biggest-selling single of 1979 in the UK, remaining at number one for six weeks and selling over a million copies there. The song",
"title": "Bright Eyes (Art Garfunkel song)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "14721221",
"text": "earned a rating of 98% and an average score of 7.2/10 based on 55 reviews. The site's consensus for the film reads, \"Successfully mixing the conventions of the teen and horror genres with a twist, Australian director Sean Byrne makes a striking directorial debut.\" This film ranks 37th place on the site's Top 100 Horror Movies list. The film has been lauded for its tongue-in-cheek approach and its main twist towards the end of the film. It won the Cadillac People's Choice Award - Midnight Madness in 2009. In March 2013 at Chester Crown Court, Judge Elgan Edwards described a",
"title": "The Loved Ones (film)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "14721220",
"text": "was screened at the AFI Fest on 31 October 2009, the San Francisco International Film Festival on 2 May 2010, the 2010 Dallas International Film Festival, and the 2010 SXSW Film Festival. The first DVD copies were released in the United States in November 2009 over the American Film Market. \"The Loved Ones\" ran in a limited theatrical release in the US. On 1 June 2012, the film was shown in Austin, Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, New York, and San Francisco. Paramount Pictures and Insurge Pictures will take over US rights. On review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes, \"The Loved Ones\"",
"title": "The Loved Ones (film)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "2264242",
"text": "is French for \"loved one\" while her last name is Greek for \"born of death\". Waugh describes her eyes as \"greenish and remote, with a rich glint of lunacy.\" Mr. Joyboy, senior mortician at Whispering Glades. His trademark is a beaming smile he leaves on the faces of embalmed bodies. He lives with his mother, Mrs. Joyboy, and is dominated by her. Sir Francis Hinsley, Barlow's Hollywood housemate. In his youth, Hinsley authored the widely acclaimed novel \"A Free Man Greets the Dawn\", but has long since abandoned writing. Former chief scriptwriter for Megalopolitan Pictures, as the novel opens he",
"title": "The Loved One"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "1134519",
"text": "lent her voice to the soundtrack of the critically acclaimed 2005 film, \"Brokeback Mountain\", on the song \"A Love That Will Never Grow Old\", which was controversially omitted from Oscar consideration because of the insubstantial amount of time the song played during the film. In 2005, Harris worked with Conor Oberst on Bright Eyes' release, \"I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning\", performing backup vocals on three tracks. In July, she joined Elvis Costello on several dates of his U.S. tour, performing alongside Costello and his band on several numbers each night. July also saw the release of \"\", a single-disc retrospective",
"title": "Emmylou Harris"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "19583135",
"text": "Happy Anderson Happy Anderson (born November 19, 1976 in High Falls, New York) is an American actor who has worked in film, television, on and off Broadway. He is best known for his roles as Mr. James \"Jimmy\" Fester on Cinemax's \"The Knick\" and Jerry Brudos on the Netflix series \"Mindhunter,\" from executive producer/director David Fincher. Happy appeared in the Netflix film \"Bright\" as Montehugh, a human who works for the FBI's magic division. Anderson graduated from Rondout Valley High School in 1995. He received a bachelor of fine arts degree from Ithaca College in 1999, graduating alongside Larry Teng,",
"title": "Happy Anderson"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "3211729",
"text": "harp seals' eyes are large for its body size and contain a large spherical lens, which improves its focusing ability. Its pupil is mobile to help it adapt to the intense glare of the Arctic ice. Its retina is rod-dominated and backed by a cat-like and reflective tapetum lucidum, enhancing its low light sensitivity. Its cones are most sensitive to blue-green spectra, while its rods help sense light intensity and may provide some color discrimination. Its cornea is lubricated by lacrimal glands, to protect the eye from sea water damage. The lack of tear glands to drain secretions to the",
"title": "Harp seal"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "5226360",
"text": "was released late in 1967, which included other hit singles, \"Ever Lovin' Man\" and \"Sad Dark Eyes\". They disbanded in October and, although the band's main career lasted only two years, they are regarded as one of the most significant Australian bands of the 1960s. They reformed for a short tour in 1987 which provided the album, \"Live on Blueberry Hill\". Humphrys lived in London from the mid-1970s until his death on 4 December 2005. On 27 October 2010, The Loved Ones were inducted into the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) Hall of Fame. The Loved Ones were formed in",
"title": "The Loved Ones"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "19366454",
"text": "Bright (film) Bright is a 2017 American urban fantasy crime film directed by David Ayer and written by Max Landis. The film stars Will Smith as a Los Angeles Police Department police officer who teams up with an orc rookie police officer (Joel Edgerton) in a world of both human and mythical creatures. It also stars Noomi Rapace, Lucy Fry, Édgar Ramírez, and Ike Barinholtz. Principal photography began in November 2016 in Los Angeles. The film was released worldwide on Netflix on December 22, 2017, and became one of the site's most streamed programs ever, although it received negative reviews",
"title": "Bright (film)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "5226367",
"text": "an emotional intensity and musical inventiveness which marked them out from their peers. On 23 April, they performed at Festival Hall, Melbourne and recorded live versions of \"Ever Lovin’ Man\", \"Sad Dark Eyes\" and \"The Loved One\". They supported the national tour by Eric Burdon and the Animals and Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich in April. In May, Lynch left and they added a new lead guitarist, Danny De Lacy (from Los Angeles), with Lovett moving to bass guitar. Their fifth single, \"Love Song\" was released in August but did not chart. They released their debut album, \"The",
"title": "The Loved Ones"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "19583136",
"text": ", and . He graduated with a master's of fine arts from Indiana University in 2002. In 2003, he moved to New York City. On August 29, 2011, he married Meg Griffiths. Happy Anderson Happy Anderson (born November 19, 1976 in High Falls, New York) is an American actor who has worked in film, television, on and off Broadway. He is best known for his roles as Mr. James \"Jimmy\" Fester on Cinemax's \"The Knick\" and Jerry Brudos on the Netflix series \"Mindhunter,\" from executive producer/director David Fincher. Happy appeared in the Netflix film \"Bright\" as Montehugh, a human who",
"title": "Happy Anderson"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "14721222",
"text": "sadistic torture murder as a re-enactment of a scene from this film. During sentencing, Judge Evans described the defendant, Gary George, as particularly liking \"The Loved Ones\". The victim, Andrew Nall, was brutally beaten, sustained 49 knife wounds, and had cleaning fluid found in his eyes. George was sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum term of 30 years. The Loved Ones (film) The Loved Ones is a 2009 Australian horror film written and directed by Sean Byrne and starring Xavier Samuel and Robin McLeavy. It follows a teenager who finds himself at the center of a female classmate's demented",
"title": "The Loved Ones (film)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "2017088",
"text": "Rilo Kiley's \"More Adventurous\" in the summer and fall of 2004. The album spent late 2004 high on \"Billboard\"'s Heatseekers Chart, and was promoted with appearances on \"Late Night with Conan O'Brien\" and \"Jimmy Kimmel Live!\". The band opened for Bright Eyes on the international leg of Conor Oberst's tour for 2005's \"I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning\" and was the opening act for the North American dates of Coldplay's Twisted Logic Tour in Fall 2005. \"I Never\" and \"Ripchord\" (from \"More Adventurous)\" have been featured in several feature films, including \"Must Love Dogs\", \"Conversations with Other Women\", and \"John Tucker",
"title": "Rilo Kiley"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "4185021",
"text": "(\"Girls on Film\", \"A View to a Kill\"), Herbie Hancock (\"Rockit\"), Go West (\"We Close Our Eyes\"), Frankie Goes to Hollywood (\"Two Tribes\", \"The Power of Love\"), Sting (\"If You Love Somebody Set Them Free\", \"Fields of Gold\"), Toyah (\"Thunder in the Mountains\"), Visage (\"Fade to Grey\"), George Harrison (\"When We Was Fab\"), Lou Reed (\"No Money Down\"), Wang Chung (\"Everybody Have Fun Tonight\"), and Yes (\"Leave It\"), among many others, up to Godley's video for The Beatles' 1996 single, \"Real Love\", from the \"Beatles Anthology\". The pair's innovation extended to their videos for their own songs, notably \"Wide Boy\"",
"title": "Godley & Creme"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "4136901",
"text": "was raised above the title. In February 1935, she received a special Academy Award for her 1934 contributions to film, particularly \"Little Miss Marker\" and \"Bright Eyes\". In 2009, the film was available on VHS and DVD in both black-and-white and colorized versions. 5 year-old Shirley Blake (Shirley Temple) and her mother, Mary (Lois Wilson), a maid, live in the home of her employers, the rich and mean-spirited Smythe family, Anita (Dorothy Christy), J. Wellington (Theodore von Eltz), and Joy (Jane Withers). Shirley's aviator father died in an airplane crash before the film opens, and she now spends most of",
"title": "Bright Eyes (1934 film)"
}
] |
Anne Scott-Pendlebury
|
what was the geeks name in 16 candles
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[
"Anthony Michael Hall"
] |
[
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "1807289",
"text": "million in the United States. After \"Vacation\", Hall moved on to other projects and declined to reprise his role in the 1985 sequel. Hall's breakout role came in 1984, when he was cast as Farmer Ted, the scrawny, braces-wearing geek, who pursued Molly Ringwald's character in John Hughes' directing debut \"Sixteen Candles\". Hall tried to avoid the clichés of geekness. \"I didn't play him with 100 pens sticking out of his pocket,\" he said. \"I just went in there and played it like a real kid. The geek is just a typical freshman.\" Hall landed a spot on the promotional",
"title": "Anthony Michael Hall"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "3195503",
"text": "the lead role. For the male lead in the film, it had come down to Schoeffling and Viggo Mortensen. For the part of Ted, Hughes saw a number of actors for the role: \"Every single kid who came in to read for the part... did the whole, stereotyped high school nerd thing. You know - thick glasses, ball point pens in the pocket, white socks. But when Michael came in he played it straight, like a real human being. I knew right at that moment that I'd found my geek.\" \"Sixteen Candles\" was filmed primarily in and around the Chicago",
"title": "Sixteen Candles"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "1807292",
"text": "the 80s \"nerd-of-choice,\" as well as a member in good standing of Hollywood's Brat Pack. Hall, who portrayed John Hughes' alter egos in \"Sixteen Candles\", \"The Breakfast Club\" and \"Weird Science\", credits the director for putting him on the map and giving him those opportunities as a child. \"I had the time of my life,\" he said. \"I'd consider [working with Hughes again] any day of the week.\" Hall joined the cast of \"Saturday Night Live (SNL)\" during its 1985–86 season at the age of 17. He was, and remains, the youngest cast member in the show's history. His recurring",
"title": "Anthony Michael Hall"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "4864944",
"text": "rid himself of the heroin by tracking down the kingpin. Hall had recently achieved fame in starring roles as a \"geek\" character in a number of 1980s teen movies, such as \"Sixteen Candles\", and was eager to avoid being typecast. He opted to star in the action-filled \"Out of Bounds\" as a way to contrast his previous work. The film's soundtrack featured songs by Stewart Copeland & Adam Ant, Robert Berry, Night Ranger, Belinda Carlisle, The Smiths, The Cult, The Lords of the New Church, Sammy Hagar, and Siouxsie and the Banshees. The Night Ranger song \"Wild & Innocent Youth\"",
"title": "Out of Bounds (1986 film)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "3195494",
"text": "Sixteen Candles Sixteen Candles is a 1984 American coming-of-age comedy film starring Molly Ringwald, Michael Schoeffling, and Anthony Michael Hall. It was written and directed by John Hughes. High school sophomore Samantha \"Sam\" Baker struggles to go through the day on her 16th birthday, which her entire family has forgotten about because her older sister, Ginny, is getting married the next day. She is also infatuated with a popular and attractive senior, Jake Ryan. At school, she fares no better when she finds out that a completed \"sex quiz\" which she tried to surreptitiously slip to her friend Randy, never",
"title": "Sixteen Candles"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "12182714",
"text": "Liane Curtis Liane Alexandra Curtis (born July 11, 1965) is an American film and television actress and musician, known for her appearances in B movies as \"\" and \"Girlfriend from Hell\", as well as smaller roles in films such as \"Sixteen Candles\". Liane Alexandra Curtis was born in New York City. She attended the Rudolf Steiner School in New York City. Curtis' parents, Jack Curtis (1926–1970) and Paulette Rubinstein (maiden; born 1923) did many voices for the U.S. dubs of Japanese sci-fi films and TV series. Jack and Paulette married December 31, 1964. Jack was a voice actor for characters",
"title": "Liane Curtis"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "12182718",
"text": "Mackenzie on March 21, 1999. They have three children. The youngest, Jacqueline MacKenzie (born 1999), who she had with Mackenzie, is a vocal artist who appeared as a contestant on \"American Idol\"s Season 14. Liane Curtis Liane Alexandra Curtis (born July 11, 1965) is an American film and television actress and musician, known for her appearances in B movies as \"\" and \"Girlfriend from Hell\", as well as smaller roles in films such as \"Sixteen Candles\". Liane Alexandra Curtis was born in New York City. She attended the Rudolf Steiner School in New York City. Curtis' parents, Jack Curtis (1926–1970)",
"title": "Liane Curtis"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "3195495",
"text": "reached her and, unbeknownst to either of them, was picked up by Jake. Despite her name not being on the quiz, Sam is still a bit panicked because the quiz contains sensitive information, such as how she is a virgin and is saving herself for Jake. During gym class, Jake opens up to his friend Rock, admitting that he feels like things with his girlfriend Caroline have become stagnant. He also tells him how he thinks it is cool that he keeps catching Sam looking at him. Meanwhile, an outgoing geeky freshman named Ted is in love with Sam. On",
"title": "Sixteen Candles"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "8435736",
"text": "by Joe Esposito and performed by Patti La Belle; and \"Keep It Light\", co-written by Reginald \"Sonny\" Burke and performed by Thelma Houston. Newborn also co-wrote \"Clap Your Hands\" for The Manhattan Transfer. He co-wrote the song \"Get It On And Have A Party\" with singer Patti Brooks for the \"Dr. Detroit\" soundtrack. Both \"Geek Boogie\" from \"Sixteen Candles\" and \"Geek Romance\" from \"Weird Science\" were credited to Ira and the Geeks. He co-wrote \"I Guess I'm Just Screwed\" for \"\" with David Zucker and Robert LoCash. With Peter Segal, he co-wrote \"The Food Song\" for the \"\" soundtrack. Ira",
"title": "Ira Newborn"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "2461540",
"text": "Gedde Watanabe Gary \"Gedde\" Watanabe (born June 26, 1955) is a Japanese-American actor. He is perhaps best known for voicing the character of Ling in the 1998 successful animated film \"Mulan\" and its 2004 sequel, \"Mulan II\" as well as playing Long Duk Dong in the 1984 film \"Sixteen Candles\". In 1976, Watanabe's first role was as a member of the original Broadway cast of \"Pacific Overtures\", originating the roles of Priest, Girl, and The Boy. He has since appeared in a number of films and television series, the first of which was \"The Long Island Four\" in 1980. Many",
"title": "Gedde Watanabe"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "2461541",
"text": "of his roles are caricatured East Asians with heavy accents, though he does not speak Japanese. Jason Buchanan wrote for \"Allmovie\", \"The character that Gedde Watanabe is most remembered for is Long Duk Dong, the clumsy foreign exchange student in \"Sixteen Candles\",\" a role decried by some Asian-American groups as \"stereotypical, racist and part of a long history of Hollywood's offensive depictions of Asian men.\" \"I was making people laugh. I didn't realize how it was going to affect people,\" Watanabe said in 2008. \"It took me a while to understand that. In fact, I was working at the Metropolitan",
"title": "Gedde Watanabe"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "3195511",
"text": "right.\" By 2008, Ringwald was campaigning for the sequel, but said she was uncomfortable doing the film without the involvement of Hughes who, at that point, was not interested. Sixteen Candles Sixteen Candles is a 1984 American coming-of-age comedy film starring Molly Ringwald, Michael Schoeffling, and Anthony Michael Hall. It was written and directed by John Hughes. High school sophomore Samantha \"Sam\" Baker struggles to go through the day on her 16th birthday, which her entire family has forgotten about because her older sister, Ginny, is getting married the next day. She is also infatuated with a popular and attractive",
"title": "Sixteen Candles"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "3226269",
"text": "national and international tournaments. He won a gold medal for the United States in freestyle wrestling, as a member of the National Junior Wrestling Team in a meet held in Munich, Germany in 1978 alongside coach Archie Stalcup. His considerable wrestling skills were downplayed as 'Kuch' in \"Vision Quest\", where he wrestled with Matthew Modine, his friend in the movie. Schoeffling came to international prominence at the age of 23 for his role as Jake Ryan, the popular yet sensitive high school athlete on whom Molly Ringwald's character has a crush in the teen film \"Sixteen Candles\". For Valentine's Day",
"title": "Michael Schoeffling"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "10797251",
"text": "Restless\". Gedde Watanabe is a character actor who typically portrays caricatured Asians with a strong accent. His best-known role was spastic exchange student Long Duk Dong in the 1984 film \"Sixteen Candles\". The Spring The Spring is a 1989 independent film about archaeologists Andy (Dack Rambo) and Matty (Gedde Watanabe), who discover a diary written by a member of Ponce de León's exploration party, which they believe can lead them to the Fountain of Youth. They go to Florida to retrace De León's steps, but the secret of their quest gets out and they are pursued by a millionaire with",
"title": "The Spring"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "6855053",
"text": "Duck\", \"The Anderson Tapes\" and \"Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band\". In the 1979 film \"10\", he famously played a pastor whose hobby was writing (bad) songs. He was also a regular cast member in the short-lived 1980 TV series, \"The Stockard Channing Show\". Showalter made his last onscreen appearance in the John Hughes film \"Sixteen Candles\" (1984). Showalter composed the music for \"Little Boy Blue\", which opened at the El Capitan Theater in Hollywood, California, on September 11, 1950. He also wrote the musical \"Go For Your Gun\", which premiered in Manchester, England, in 1963. In 1956, Showalter (as",
"title": "Max Showalter"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "4428147",
"text": "ever be nominated for an Oscar or Golden Globe. His next role was in a 1983 episode of the American television series \"Fantasy Island\". On the big screen, Henry appeared in the Brat Pack film \"Sixteen Candles\" (1984), as Mike Baker, one of Samantha Baker's siblings. Henry also played the son of a married couple played by Don Johnson and Susan Sarandon in the film \"Sweet Hearts Dance\" (1988). In this role, critic Janet Maslin called him a \"large and amusingly sullen teenager\". After graduation, Henry's next widely seen performance was in 1997, as a medical student in a two-episode",
"title": "Justin Henry"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "1807283",
"text": "Anthony Michael Hall Michael Anthony Hall (born April 14, 1968), known professionally as Anthony Michael Hall, is an American actor who starred in several teen-oriented films of the 1980s. Hall began his career in commercials and on stage as a child, and made his screen debut in 1980. His films with director-screenwriter John Hughes, beginning with the popular 1983 comedy \"National Lampoon's Vacation\" and the coming-of-age comedy \"Sixteen Candles\", shaped his early career. Hall's next movies with Hughes were the teen classics \"The Breakfast Club\" and \"Weird Science\", both in 1985. Hall diversified his roles to avoid becoming typecast as",
"title": "Anthony Michael Hall"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "3226268",
"text": "Michael Schoeffling Michael Earl Schoeffling (born December 10, 1960) is an American former actor and male model, known for playing Jake Ryan in \"Sixteen Candles\", Kuch in \"Vision Quest\", and Joe in \"Mermaids\". Schoeffling was born in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, and raised in South Jersey. He graduated from Cherokee High School in New Jersey, and majored in Liberal Arts at Temple University in Philadelphia. In the mid-1980s he began modeling for \"GQ\", and photographer Bruce Weber paid for his acting classes at the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute in Manhattan. An accomplished youth and collegiate wrestler, Michael has won medals in various",
"title": "Michael Schoeffling"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "3195507",
"text": "\"To some viewers, he represents one of the most offensive Asian stereotypes Hollywood ever gave America.\" Asian Americans have complained that they were taunted with quotes of his stilted-English lines. At the time of release Roger Ebert defended him, writing that Gedde Watanabe \"elevates his role from a potentially offensive stereotype to high comedy\". In an article published in \"Salon\", Amy Benfer considers whether the film directly condones date rape. After the party scene, Jake tells Ted that his girlfriend Caroline is \"in the bedroom right now, passed out cold. I could violate her ten different ways if I wanted",
"title": "Sixteen Candles"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "3195510",
"text": "becoming the first and only juvenile performers in the history of the Young Artist Awards to win the Best Leading Actress and Best Leading Actor awards for the same film (a distinction the film still retains as of 2014). In July 2008, the movie was ranked number 49 on \"Entertainment Weekly's\" list of \"The 50 Best High School Movies\". As of 2003, USA Network was developing a sequel to the film. As of 2005, Ringwald was producing, saying she had been approached repeatedly but had turned down all previous offers. \"I couldn't see how it would work. Now, it seems",
"title": "Sixteen Candles"
}
] |
Anthony Michael Hall
|
who has scored the most own goals in premier league history
|
[
"Alan Shearer"
] |
[
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "4326993",
"text": "match against Watford at White Hart Lane on 17 March 2007. He took a free-kick from from the opposition goal and the ball bounced over the head of Watford goalkeeper Ben Foster and into the goal. He became the third goalkeeper of five in Premier League history (excluding own goals) to score after Peter Schmeichel for Aston Villa in 2001, Brad Friedel for Blackburn Rovers in 2004, Tim Howard for Everton in 2012 and Asmir Begović for Stoke City in 2013. Robinson captained the team in their 1–0 League Cup quarter-final win over Southend United, and in their 0–0 FA",
"title": "Paul Robinson (footballer, born 1979)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "142732",
"text": "and Philippe Coutinho is now the most expensive transfer involving a Premier League club at £106 million. The highest transfer fee paid by a Premier League club is £89 million for Paul Pogba. The Golden Boot is awarded to the top Premier League scorer at the end of each season. Former Blackburn Rovers and Newcastle United striker Alan Shearer holds the record for most Premier League goals with 260. Twenty-eight players have reached the 100-goal mark. Since the first Premier League season in 1992–93, 14 players from 10 clubs have won or shared the top scorers title. Thierry Henry won",
"title": "Premier League"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "5088556",
"text": "against Exeter City in the League Cup. He scored his first goal for Rangers against Burnley on 1 February 2014. In his first season at QPR he made a total of 45 appearances scoring one goal and was part of the team that won promotion back to the Premier League via the 2014 Football League Championship play-off Final against Derby County. Dunne holds the unfortunate record of the most own goals in the Premier League, scoring his tenth in a 3-2 defeat against Liverpool on 19 October 2014, in a game which saw QPR score two own goals to hand",
"title": "Richard Dunne"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "2464315",
"text": "in June 2001. Schmeichel returned to England with Aston Villa in July 2001, signing a one-year contract with the option to extend it by a further year. On 20 October 2001, Schmeichel became the first goalkeeper to score a Premier League goal, in a 3–2 defeat away to Everton; this feat has been repeated only four times: by Blackburn Rovers' Brad Friedel on 21 February 2004, also from a corner kick; by Tottenham Hotspur's Paul Robinson from a free-kick on 17 March 2007; by Everton's Tim Howard on 4 January 2012; and by Stoke City's Asmir Begović on 2 November",
"title": "Peter Schmeichel"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "1721193",
"text": "In terms of goal-scoring awards, Henry was the European Golden Boot winner in 2004 and 2005 (sharing it with Villarreal's Diego Forlán in 2005). Henry was also the top goalscorer in the Premier League for a record four seasons (2002, 2004, 2005, 2006). In 2006, he became the first player to score more than 20 goals in the league for five consecutive seasons (2002 to 2006). With 175, Henry is currently fifth in the list of all-time Premier League goalscorers, behind Alan Shearer, Andy Cole, Wayne Rooney and Frank Lampard. All of his Premier League goals were for Arsenal, giving",
"title": "Thierry Henry"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "5088544",
"text": "Euro 2012. Dunne announced his retirement from football in November 2015 after being released by Queens Park Rangers. Dunne holds the Premier League record of being sent off – joint eight times along with Patrick Vieira and Duncan Ferguson. He also holds the Premier League record of scoring 10 own goals. Having played schoolboy football in Dublin for Home Farm, Dunne joined Everton as a 15-year-old schoolboy in the 1994–95 season. The next season, he started to play for Everton reserves and in early 1997, Dunne signed a 5-year professional contract. He was part of the successful 1998 FA Youth",
"title": "Richard Dunne"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "8664663",
"text": "On 22 March, he scored another brace in a 6–3 win over Cardiff City. On 13 April, he scored Liverpool's second goal in a crucial 3–2 win over Manchester City at Anfield to reach seven goals in the 2013–14 Premier League season. On 11 May, he scored a record fourth own-goal of the Premier League season in a 2–1 win against Newcastle United. Despite those four own goals, Škrtel scored some decisive goals for Liverpool in some matches. Since his return against Manchester United in the third game of the season, he played every minute for Liverpool in the Premier",
"title": "Martin Škrtel"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "15960493",
"text": "points and goals of every team that has played in the Premier League since its inception in 1992. The table that follows is accurate as of the end of the 2017–18 season. Teams in bold are part of the 2018–19 Premier League. Numbers in bold are the record (highest either positive or negative) numbers in each column. League or status at 2018–19: Premier League records and statistics The top tier of English football was renamed the Premier League for the start of the 1992–93 season. The following page details the football records and statistics of the Premier League. Players currently",
"title": "Premier League records and statistics"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "13678037",
"text": "goal in a 3–2 home win against Crystal Palace. He was also involved in the winning goal for Saido Berahino. On 25 April 2016 he became the fourth Premier League player of the season to score an own goal and a goal in the same match in a 1–1 draw away to Tottenham. On 18 March 2017, he scored two headers from corners, as West Brom defeated Arsenal 3–1 in the Premier League, he was named man of the match. Immediately after signing for West Brom, he was loaned back to Rochdale for the remainder of the 2010–11 season. On",
"title": "Craig Dawson"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "17113312",
"text": "by a 2–0 victory over West Bromwich Albion on 7 May. Norwich City, Fulham, and Cardiff City were the bottom three teams and were relegated to the Football League Championship. Two teams (Manchester City and Liverpool) scored more than 100 goals for the first time in league history. The feat has only once been achieved before – by Chelsea in 2009–10. Luis Suárez won the golden boot for most goals with 31, ahead of teammate Daniel Sturridge who came second with 21 goals. Wojciech Szczęsny of Arsenal and Petr Čech of Chelsea led the league with 16 clean sheets each.",
"title": "2013–14 Premier League"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "2341826",
"text": "must be deliberate in order for an own goal to be registered against him\". Regarding a shot which deflects or ricochets into the goal off a defender, some sources credit the score to the attacker; others count them as own goals; for others it depends on whether the original shot was off target; others are more nuanced. There was controversy in 2013 when the FA Premier League credited Tim Howard with an own goal when a shot came off the post, hit him in the back, and went in. Major competitions may have video reviews which can alter the accreditation,",
"title": "Own goal"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "12946401",
"text": "given to Chelsea for the third consecutive year. Chelsea collected the Premier League Merit Award for being the first team to score 100 goals in a Premier League season. 2009–10 Premier League The 2009–10 Premier League (known as the Barclays Premier League for sponsorship reasons) was the 18th season of the Premier League since its establishment in 1992. A total of 20 teams competed in the league, with Chelsea unseating the three-time defending champions Manchester United, scoring a then Premier League record 103 goals in the process. The season began on 15 August 2009 and concluded on 9 May 2010.",
"title": "2009–10 Premier League"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "15784426",
"text": "Pat Kruse Patrick Karl Kruse (born 30 November 1953) is an English former professional football centre back who is best remembered for his five-year spell in the Football League with Brentford, for whom he made over 200 appearances. Kruse is known for scoring what is believed to be the fastest own goal of all time, netting past his own keeper after just six seconds of play in a match in January 1977. A centre back, Kruse began his career at hometown South Midlands League Premier Division club Arlesey Town. He departed in June 1970. Kruse secured a move to the",
"title": "Pat Kruse"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "2906235",
"text": "Friedel's goal equalized the game at 2–2, but seconds later Charlton scored again through Claus Jensen, and went on to win the match 3–2. He became just the second goalkeeper in Premier League history (excluding own goals) to score, after Peter Schmeichel for Aston Villa in 2001. Friedel extended his contract with Blackburn Rovers on April 14, 2006, stating his love for the club as a reason. Two years later, on February 5, 2008, he again signed an extension to his Rovers contract, stating that, \"I am delighted to have extended the agreement. It was not a difficult decision to",
"title": "Brad Friedel"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "14060018",
"text": "the Decade. Les Ferdinand was recognised as scorer of the 10,000th Premier League goal, David Seaman was credited as the goalkeeper with most clean sheets in the league (130), and Gary Speed was credited with the most league appearances (352). Football is the most watched sport in England, and the Premier League along with the FA Cup are the two most prestigious English club football competitions. In 1991, league football in England underwent a major change, when the 22 teams in the First Division, the then top division of The Football League system, resigned en-masse to form the Premier League.",
"title": "Premier League 10 Seasons Awards"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "3879028",
"text": "and Manchester United respectively due to a breach of club rules. Andrew Marriott wore the gloves in his place, although Crossley regained his place for the next league game after the second final. He also has the dubious distinction of scoring the first Premier League own goal, in Forest's 4–1 defeat at Blackburn Rovers on 5 September 1992. He was granted a testimonial match during the 1999–2000 season by Nottingham Forest, which was played in front of 15,000 supporters. During that season, Crossley found himself on the bench numerous times, playing second choice 'keeper to Dave Beasant. He was finally",
"title": "Mark Crossley"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "8664667",
"text": "scored his first goal for Liverpool against the same opponents. On 6 December 2015, Škrtel joined his former defence partner Jamie Carragher in second position on the All Time Premier League Own Goals list by scoring his seventh in a match against Newcastle. On 20 December, Šrktel suffered a tear in his hamstring and tendon which kept him on the sideline for six weeks. On 14 July 2016, Turkish Süper Lig club Fenerbahçe announced that Škrtel had signed for the club, for a reported fee of £5 million. In his first season with Fenerbahçe, Škrtel played 31 games in the",
"title": "Martin Škrtel"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "15960492",
"text": "Premier League records and statistics The top tier of English football was renamed the Premier League for the start of the 1992–93 season. The following page details the football records and statistics of the Premier League. Players currently playing in the Premier League are highlighted in bold. Players currently playing in the Premier League are highlighted in bold. Players currently playing in the Premier League are highlighted in bold. This is a list of the top 10 youngest players to score a goal in the Premier League. The all-time Premier League table is a cumulative record of all match results,",
"title": "Premier League records and statistics"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "142676",
"text": "old First and Second Divisions with three teams relegated from the league and three promoted. The league held its first season in 1992–93. It was composed of 22 clubs for that season. The first Premier League goal was scored by Brian Deane of Sheffield United in a 2–1 win against Manchester United. 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",
"title": "Premier League"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "12946389",
"text": "2009–10 Premier League The 2009–10 Premier League (known as the Barclays Premier League for sponsorship reasons) was the 18th season of the Premier League since its establishment in 1992. A total of 20 teams competed in the league, with Chelsea unseating the three-time defending champions Manchester United, scoring a then Premier League record 103 goals in the process. The season began on 15 August 2009 and concluded on 9 May 2010. Prior to each opening week match, a minute's applause was held in memory of Sir Bobby Robson. Nike provided a new match ball – the T90 Ascente – for",
"title": "2009–10 Premier League"
}
] |
Alan Shearer
|
what day of the year is mothers day always celebrated
|
[
"the second Sunday in May"
] |
[
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "567805",
"text": "Mother's Day Mother's Day is a celebration honoring the mother of the family, as well as motherhood, maternal bonds, and the influence of mothers in society. It is celebrated on various days in many parts of the world, most commonly in the months of March or May. It complements similar celebrations honoring family members, such as Father's Day, Siblings Day, and Grandparents Day. The modern Mother's day began in the United States, at the initiative of Ann Reeves Jarvis in the early 20th century. This is not (directly) related to the many traditional celebrations of mothers and motherhood that have",
"title": "Mother's Day"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "567860",
"text": "according to the lunar calendar. It falls on the last day of the dark fortnight in the month of Baishakh which falls in April–May (in 2015, it will occur on 18 April). The dark fortnight lasts for 15 days from the full moon to the new moon. This festival is observed to commemorate and honor mothers, and it is celebrated by giving gifts to mothers and remembering mothers who are no more. To honor mothers who have died, it is the tradition to go on a pilgrimage to the Mata Tirtha ponds, located 6 km to the southwest of downtown",
"title": "Mother's Day"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "567879",
"text": "to replace Women's Day, and social-democrats want to make Women's Day an official holiday. Currently, both days are festive, but they are not \"state holidays\". In the Slovak Republic, Mother's Day is celebrated every second Sunday in May. In South Africa, Mother's Day is celebrated on the second Sunday of May. It is not recognized as a holiday by the government. The tradition is to give cards and gifts and to serve mothers breakfast in bed or to go out to lunch together as a family. In South Sudan, Mother's Day is celebrated on the first Monday in July. The",
"title": "Mother's Day"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "567847",
"text": "January and 1 March. The celebration was set as the same date that Henrietta Szold died (13 February 1945). Henrietta had no biological children, but her organization Youth Aliyah rescued many Jewish children from Nazi Germany and provided for them. She also championed children's rights. Szold is considered the \"mother\" of all those children, and that is why her annual remembrance day (יום השנה) was set as Mother's Day (יוֹם הָאֵם, yom ha'em). The holiday has evolved over time, becoming a celebration of mutual love inside the family, called Family Day (יוֹם הַמִשְּפָּחָה, yom hamishpacha). This holiday is mainly celebrated",
"title": "Mother's Day"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "4645977",
"text": "Mother's Day weekend. Mother's Day (United States) Mother's Day in the United States is an annual holiday celebrated on the second Sunday in May. Mother's Day recognizes mothers, motherhood and maternal bonds in general, as well as the positive contributions that they make to society. It was established by Anna Jarvis, with the first official Mother's Day celebrated at St. Andrew's Methodist Church in Grafton, West Virginia, on May 10, 1908. In the United States, Mother's Day complements similar celebrations honoring family members, such as Father's Day, Siblings Day and Grandparents Day. Internationally, there are a large variety of Mother's",
"title": "Mother's Day (United States)"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "4645961",
"text": "Mother's Day (United States) Mother's Day in the United States is an annual holiday celebrated on the second Sunday in May. Mother's Day recognizes mothers, motherhood and maternal bonds in general, as well as the positive contributions that they make to society. It was established by Anna Jarvis, with the first official Mother's Day celebrated at St. Andrew's Methodist Church in Grafton, West Virginia, on May 10, 1908. In the United States, Mother's Day complements similar celebrations honoring family members, such as Father's Day, Siblings Day and Grandparents Day. Internationally, there are a large variety of Mother's Day celebrations with",
"title": "Mother's Day (United States)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "567874",
"text": "to the second Sunday of May, and Father's Day to the third Sunday of June, discontinuing the traditional date. In 1998 President Joseph Estrada returned both celebrations to the first Monday of December. In Portugal, the \"Dia da Mãe\" (\"Mother's Day\") is an unofficial holiday held each year on the first Sunday of May (sometimes coinciding with Labour Day). The weeks leading up to this Sunday, school children spend a few hours a day to prepare a gift for their mothers, aided by their school teachers. In general, mothers receive gifts by their family members and this day is meant",
"title": "Mother's Day"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "567888",
"text": "now eat simnel cake instead of the cakes that were traditionally prepared at that time. The traditions of the two holidays are now mixed together and celebrated on the same day, although many people are not aware that the festivities have quite separate origins. Mothering Sunday occurs 3 weeks prior to Easter Sunday or the fourth Sunday of Lent, meaning it can fall at the earliest on 1 March (in years when Easter Day falls on 22 March) and at the latest on 4 April (when Easter Day falls on 25 April). The United States celebrates Mother's Day on the",
"title": "Mother's Day"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "5309574",
"text": "the elderly, but respecting elders in the month of May was abolished in 1997 with October becoming the month designated for respecting the elderly. Mothers' Day is traditionally celebrated on the first Monday of December. On this day, children placed pink cadena de amor on their chest. Children who no longer have mothers place white cadena de amor. In 1921, Circular No. 33 designating the first Monday every December as Mothers' day was issued, as a response to the appeal Ilocos Norte Federation of Woman's Clubs. During the Philippine Commonwealth Government, then President Quezon issued Proclamation No. 213, s. 1937",
"title": "Parents' Day"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "19497913",
"text": "Namasthasyai, Namasthasyai Namo Namah. Mother's Day is a celebration honoring the mother of the family, as well as motherhood, mother - child relationship and the impact of mother in society. It is being celebrated on various days around the world commonly in the month of March and May. As per United Nations Organization and many other countries it is celebrated on second sunday in the month of May every year. On Mother’s Day United Nations celebrate moms who impact their lives and work tirelessly to change the world. The United Nations Foundation knows how important mothers are in promoting prosperity,",
"title": "Kilimarathukavu Temple"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "567881",
"text": "to be celebrated with the whole family. It is also said to be celebrated in May, as May is the month dedicated to the Virgin Mary (mother of Jesus) according to Catholicism.The idea of a month dedicated specifically to Mary can be traced back to baroque times. Although it wasn't always held during May, Mary Month included thirty daily spiritual exercises honoring Mary. In Sri Lanka, Mother's Day is celebrated on the second Sunday of May. In Sweden, Mother's Day was first celebrated in 1919, by initiative of the author Cecilia Bååth-Holmberg. It took several decades for the day to",
"title": "Mother's Day"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "567811",
"text": "commemorating all mothers in the world.\" This is also the spelling used by U.S. President Woodrow Wilson in his 1914 presidential proclamation, by the U.S. Congress in relevant bills, and by various U.S. presidents in their proclamations concerning Mother's Day. While the United States holiday was adopted by some other countries, existing celebrations, held on different dates, honouring motherhood have become described as \"Mother's Day\", such as Mothering Sunday in the United Kingdom or, in Greece, the Eastern Orthodox celebration of the presentation of Jesus Christ to the temple (2 February of Julian Calendar). Both the secular and religious Mother",
"title": "Mother's Day"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "567875",
"text": "to be celebrated with the whole family. It used to be celebrated on 8 December, the same date of the Conception of the Virgin celebration. In Romania, Mother's Day has been celebrated on the first Sunday of May since 2010. Law 319/2009 made both Mother's Day and Father's Day official holidays in Romania. The measure was passed thanks to campaign efforts from the Alliance Fighting Discrimination Against Fathers (TATA). Previously, Mother's Day was celebrated on 8 March, as part of International Women's Day (a tradition dating back to when Romania was part of the Eastern bloc). Today, Mother's Day and",
"title": "Mother's Day"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "567817",
"text": "has since been copied by other Arab countries. In Argentina, Mother's Day is celebrated on the third Sunday of October. The holiday was originally celebrated on 11 October, the old liturgical date for the celebration of the Maternity of the Blessed Virgin Mary but after the Second Vatican Council, which moved the Virgin Mary festivity to 1 January, the Mother's Day started to be celebrated the third Sunday of October because of popular tradition. Argentina is the only country in the world that celebrates Mother's Day on this date. In Armenia, Mother's Day is celebrated on 8 March, and on",
"title": "Mother's Day"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "567828",
"text": "president Gamal Abdel Nasser but he eventually accepted it and Mother's Day was first celebrated on 21 March 1956. The practice has since been copied by other Arab countries. When Mustafa Amin was arrested and imprisoned, there were attempts to change the name of the holiday from \"Mother's Day\" to \"Family Day\" as the government wished to prevent the occasion from reminding people of its founder. These attempts were unsuccessful and celebrations continued to be held on that day; classic songs celebrating mothers remain famous to this day. Mother's Day is celebrated for three days in Ethiopia, after the end",
"title": "Mother's Day"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "5309570",
"text": "Parents' Day Parents' Day is observed in South Korea (May 8) and in the United States (fourth Sunday of July). The South Korean designation was established in 1973, replacing the Mother's Day previously marked on May 8, and includes public and private celebrations. The United States day was created in 1994 under President Bill Clinton. June 1 has also been proclaimed as \"Global Day of Parents\" by the United Nations as a mark of appreciation for the commitment of parents towards their children. In the Philippines, while it is not strictly observed or celebrated, the first Monday of December each",
"title": "Parents' Day"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "567850",
"text": "May, and in 1949 Japanese society adopted the second Sunday of May as the official date for Mother's Day in Japan. Today, people typically give their mothers gifts of flowers such as red carnations and roses.Japan is most known for giving carnations on Mother's Day. In Kyrgyzstan, Mother's Day is celebrated on 19 May every year. The holiday was first celebrated in 2012. Mothers are also honored on International Women's Day Mother's Day in Latvia was celebrated for the first time in 1922. Since 1934, Mother's Day is celebrated on the second Sunday of May. After the end of the",
"title": "Mother's Day"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "567851",
"text": "soviet occupation of Baltic states celebration was resumed in 1992. Mothers are also honored on International Women's Day. Mother's Day in Lithuania was celebrated for the first time in 1928. In Lithuania, Mother's Day is celebrated on the first Sunday of May. In Malawi. Mother's Day is a public holiday. The day is observed on 15 October or the following workday. It is celebrated on the UN's World Rural Women's Day. In the Maldives, Mother's Day is celebrated on 13 May. The day is celebrated in different ways. Children give gifts and spend time with their mothers. Daughters give their",
"title": "Mother's Day"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "567841",
"text": "second Sunday of May. Indians do not celebrate the occasion as a religious event, and it is celebrated primarily in urban centers. Indonesian Mother's Day () is celebrated nationally on 22 December. The date was made an official holiday by President Sukarno under Presidential Decree No. 316/1953, on the 25th anniversary of the 1928 Indonesian Women Congress. The day originally sought to celebrate the spirit of Indonesian women and to improve the condition of the nation. Today, the meaning of Mother's Day has changed, and it is celebrated by expressing love and gratitude to mothers. People present gifts to mothers",
"title": "Mother's Day"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "567867",
"text": "gender roles sometimes claimed that Mother's Day was invented by Nazis and celebrated on the birthday of Klara Hitler, Hitler's mother. In New Zealand, Mother's Day is celebrated on the second Sunday in May. Mother's Day is not a public holiday. The New Zealand tradition is to give cards and gifts and to serve mothers breakfast in bed. In Nicaragua, the \"Día de la Madre\" has been celebrated on 30 May since the early 1940s. The date was chosen by President Anastasio Somoza García because it was the birthday of Casimira Sacasa, his wife's mother. Mother's Day is celebrated on",
"title": "Mother's Day"
}
] |
the second Sunday in May
|
when was the first episode of only fools and horses made
|
[
"8 September 1981"
] |
[
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "1633380",
"text": "behind the Bristol City football ground. Sixty-four episodes of \"Only Fools and Horses\", all written by John Sullivan, were broadcast on BBC1 from 8 September 1981 until 25 December 2003. The show was aired in seven series (1981–1983, 1985–1986, 1989 and 1990–1991), and thereafter in sporadic Christmas special editions (1991–1993, 1996, 2001–2003). All earlier episodes had a running time of 30 minutes, but this was extended after Series Six (1989), and all subsequent episodes had a running time ranging from 50 to 95 minutes. Several mini-episodes were produced. An eight-minute episode aired on 27 December 1982 as part of a",
"title": "Only Fools and Horses"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "1633351",
"text": "Only Fools and Horses Only Fools and Horses is a British sitcom created and written by John Sullivan. Seven series were originally broadcast on BBC One in the United Kingdom from 1981 to 1991, with sixteen sporadic Christmas specials aired until the end of the show in 2003. Episodes are regularly repeated on UKTV comedy channel Gold and occasionally repeated on Yesterday and BBC One. Set in Peckham in south-east London, it stars David Jason as ambitious market trader Derek \"Del Boy\" Trotter, Nicholas Lyndhurst as his younger brother Rodney Trotter, and Lennard Pearce as their elderly Grandad. After Pearce's",
"title": "Only Fools and Horses"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "1633382",
"text": "the Imperial War Museum, London. A showing Del, Rodney and Albert making an appeal for donations was shown on 14 March 1997, with 10.6 million viewers. A Sport Relief special was aired on 21 March 2014. \"Only Fools and Horses\" had two producers: Ray Butt from 1981 to 1987, and Gareth Gwenlan thereafter. Seven directors were used: Martin Shardlow directed all episodes in series one, Bernard Thompson directed the 1981 Christmas special, Susan Belbin series four, and Mandie Fletcher series five. Butt directed series three and five, as well as the 1985, 1986 and 1987 Christmas specials. Tony Dow became",
"title": "Only Fools and Horses"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "1633366",
"text": "genuine, though very obscure, saying, \"only fools and horses work for a living\", which had its origins in 19th-century American vaudeville. \"Only Fools and Horses\" had also been the title of an episode of \"Citizen Smith\", and Sullivan liked the expression and thought it was suited to the new sitcom. He also thought longer titles would attract attention. He was first overruled on the grounds that the audience would not understand the title, but he eventually got his way. Filming of the first series began in May 1981, and the first episode, \"Big Brother\", was transmitted on BBC One at",
"title": "Only Fools and Horses"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "8651898",
"text": "Big Brother (Only Fools and Horses) \"Big Brother\" is the first ever episode of the BBC sitcom \"Only Fools and Horses\". It is the first episode of series 1, and was first broadcast on 8 September 1981. In the episode, Del buys a consignment of briefcases, only to later discover that the combinations are locked inside. Derek \"Del Boy\" Trotter, chairman of Trotters Independent Traders, employs his younger brother Rodney into his company. Later, at their local pub, The Nag's Head, Rodney meets Del's friend Trigger, in order to buy some briefcases. On introduction, Trigger acknowledges to Del that he",
"title": "Big Brother (Only Fools and Horses)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "1633373",
"text": "and it was confirmed that there were no plans for a new series. Despite this, the show continued in Christmas specials until 1993. Sullivan nonetheless wanted a final episode to tie up the show. In late 1996, three more one-hour episodes were filmed, to be broadcast over Christmas 1996. All three were well received and, due to the ending, were assumed to be the last. The show made a return in Christmas 2001 with the first of three new episodes which were shot together but ultimately broadcast over three consecutive Christmases from 2001 until 2003. Despite rumours of further episodes,",
"title": "Only Fools and Horses"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "8651902",
"text": "they floated. Big Brother (Only Fools and Horses) \"Big Brother\" is the first ever episode of the BBC sitcom \"Only Fools and Horses\". It is the first episode of series 1, and was first broadcast on 8 September 1981. In the episode, Del buys a consignment of briefcases, only to later discover that the combinations are locked inside. Derek \"Del Boy\" Trotter, chairman of Trotters Independent Traders, employs his younger brother Rodney into his company. Later, at their local pub, The Nag's Head, Rodney meets Del's friend Trigger, in order to buy some briefcases. On introduction, Trigger acknowledges to Del",
"title": "Big Brother (Only Fools and Horses)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "8225618",
"text": "Only Fools on Horses Only Fools on Horses was a BBC reality television programme produced by Endemol UK. The show's name was a play on that of the sitcom \"Only Fools and Horses\", and first aired on 7 July 2006. It featured twelve celebrities who performed equestrian events, with one celebrity being eliminated every day until only one was left. Proceeds went towards Sport Relief. It was presented by Angus Deayton and Kirsty Gallacher. After the final, it was announced that the event had raised over £250,000 for Sport Relief. The final, a jump off between Jenni and Nicki, was",
"title": "Only Fools on Horses"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "1633365",
"text": "and become friends with when they were working on \"Citizen Smith\", a draft script was shown to the Corporation's Head of Comedy, John Howard Davies. Davies commissioned Sullivan to write a full series. Sullivan believed the key factor in its being accepted was the success of ITV's new drama, \"Minder\", a series with a similar premise and also set in modern-day London. Sullivan had initially given the show the working title \"Readies\". For the actual title he intended to use, as a reference to the protagonist's tax and work-evading lifestyle, \"Only Fools and Horses\". That name was based on a",
"title": "Only Fools and Horses"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "8225619",
"text": "won by Jenni Falconer. In reverse order of elimination: Only Fools on Horses Only Fools on Horses was a BBC reality television programme produced by Endemol UK. The show's name was a play on that of the sitcom \"Only Fools and Horses\", and first aired on 7 July 2006. It featured twelve celebrities who performed equestrian events, with one celebrity being eliminated every day until only one was left. Proceeds went towards Sport Relief. It was presented by Angus Deayton and Kirsty Gallacher. After the final, it was announced that the event had raised over £250,000 for Sport Relief. The",
"title": "Only Fools on Horses"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "1633353",
"text": "the Royal Television Society, as well as winning individual accolades for both Sullivan and Jason. It was voted Britain's Best Sitcom in a 2004 BBC poll. The series influenced British culture, contributing several words and phrases to the English language. It spawned an extensive range of merchandise, including books, videos, DVDs, toys, and board games. A spin-off series, \"The Green Green Grass\", ran for four series in the UK from 2005 to 2009. A prequel, \"Rock & Chips\", ran for three specials in 2010 and 2011. A special \"Sport Relief episode\" aired in March 2014, guest starring David Beckham. In",
"title": "Only Fools and Horses"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "1633394",
"text": "his portrayal of Del Boy in 1990 and 1996. The series won a National Television Award in 1997 for most popular comedy series; Jason won two individual awards, in 1997 and 2002. At the British Comedy Awards, the show was named best BBC sitcom for 1990, and received the People's Choice award in 1997. It also won the Royal Television Society best comedy award in 1997 and two Television and Radio Industries Club Awards for comedy programme of the year, in 1984 and 1997. John Sullivan received the Writers' Guild of Great Britain comedy award in 1997. The show regularly",
"title": "Only Fools and Horses"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "1633374",
"text": "in a 2008 interview, Sullivan was quoted as saying: \"There will not be another series of \"Only Fools And Horses\". I can say that. We had our day, it was wonderful but it is best to leave it now\". Though Sullivan died in 2011, it returned for a special Sport Relief episode in 2014. \"Only Fools and Horses\" has separate theme songs for the opening and closing credits, \"Only Fools and Horses\" and \"Hooky Street\", respectively. The original theme tune was produced by Ronnie Hazlehurst and recorded on 6 August 1981 at Lime Grove Studios. Alf Bigden, Paul Westwood, Don",
"title": "Only Fools and Horses"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "1633375",
"text": "Hunt, John Dean, Judd Proctor, Eddie Mordue, and Rex Morris were hired to play the music. The tune was changed after the first series, and the new one was written by John Sullivan (he disliked the tune for the first series, and his new one explained the show's title), and Hazlehurst conducted it. It was recorded at Lime Grove on 11 May 1982, with musicians John Horler, Dave Richmond, Bigden, and Proctor. Sullivan had intended Chas & Dave to sing it because they had enjoyed success with the \"Rockney\" style, a mixture of rock n' roll and traditional Cockney music.",
"title": "Only Fools and Horses"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "1633393",
"text": "and \"Time on Our Hands\" saw the show's peak. The first two attracted 21.3 million viewers, while the third episode – at the time believed to be the final one – got 24.3 million, a record audience for a British sitcom. Repeat episodes also attract millions of viewers, and the BBC has received criticism for repeating the show too often. . \"Only Fools and Horses\" won the BAFTA award for best comedy series in 1985, 1988 and 1996, was nominated in 1983, 1986, 1989, 1990 and 1991, and won the audience award in 2004. David Jason received individual BAFTAs for",
"title": "Only Fools and Horses"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "1633364",
"text": "\"Danger UXD\", went on to appear in several Hollywood films. In 1980, John Sullivan, a scriptwriter under contract at the BBC, was already well known as the writer of the successful sitcom \"Citizen Smith\". It came to an end that year and Sullivan was searching for a new project. An initial idea for a comedy set in the world of football was rejected by the BBC, as was his alternative idea, a sitcom centring on a cockney market trader in working class, modern-day London. The latter idea persisted. Through Ray Butt, a BBC producer and director whom Sullivan had met",
"title": "Only Fools and Horses"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "1633403",
"text": "on the originals. It centred on the Fintas family, who live in Sapadores, a neighbourhood in Lisbon, and starred Miguel Guilherme as Quim (Del), Canto e Castro as Grandad, and Ivo Canelas as Joca (Rodney). In this Portuguese version the Reliant's equivalent was a 1988 Suzuki Super Carry. A Slovenian re-make, called \"Brat bratu\" (Brother to Brother), was broadcast from 2008 to 2009. All episodes were based on the original British storylines, and it was made in co-operation with John Sullivan. It featured brothers Brane (Brane Šturbej) and Bine (Jure Drevenšek), who moved from Maribor to Ljubljana. The series also",
"title": "Only Fools and Horses"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "1633367",
"text": "8.30 pm on 8 September that year. It attracted 9.2 million viewers and generally received a lukewarm response from critics. The viewing figures for the whole first series, averaged at around 7 million viewers. The costumes for the first series were designed by Phoebe De Gaye. Del's attire was inspired by her going to car boot sales. She took Jason shopping in Oxford Street, and had him try a variety of suits. De Gaye purchased some gaily coloured Gabicci shirts, which were fashionable at the time and she thought \"horrible\". Del's rings and bracelet were made of fake gold and",
"title": "Only Fools and Horses"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "1633356",
"text": "in the form of regulars at the local pub \"The Nag's Head\". These included pub landlord Mike Fisher (Kenneth MacDonald), lorry driver Denzil (Paul Barber), youthful spiv Mickey Pearce (Patrick Murray) and Boycie's flirtatious wife Marlene (Sue Holderness). As the series progressed, the scope of the plots expanded. Many early episodes were largely self-contained, with few plot-lines mentioned again, but the show developed a story arc and an ongoing episodic dimension. After Grandad died following the death of actor Lennard Pearce, his younger brother Uncle Albert (Buster Merryfield) emerged and moved in with Del and Rodney. After years of searching,",
"title": "Only Fools and Horses"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "1633352",
"text": "death in 1984, his character was replaced by Del and Rodney's Uncle Albert (Buster Merryfield) who first appeared in February 1985. Backed by a strong supporting cast, the series follows the Trotters' highs and lows in life, in particular their attempts to get rich. The show achieved consistently high ratings, and the 1996 episode \"Time on Our Hands\" (the last episode to feature Uncle Albert) holds the record for the highest UK audience for a sitcom episode, attracting over 24.3 million viewers. Critically and popularly acclaimed, the series received numerous awards, including recognition from BAFTA, the National Television Awards and",
"title": "Only Fools and Horses"
}
] |
8 September 1981
|
what was the first bring it on movie
|
[
"Bring It On"
] |
[
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "3358166",
"text": "Bring It On (film) Bring It On is a 2000 American teen cheerleading comedy film directed by Peyton Reed and written by Jessica Bendinger. The film stars Kirsten Dunst, Eliza Dushku, Jesse Bradford, and Gabrielle Union. It was the first of the \"Bring It On\" film series and was followed by five direct-to-video sequels, none of which contain any of the original cast members: \"Bring It On Again\" (2004), which shared producers with the original, \"\" (2006), \"\" (2007), \"\" (2009) and \"\" (2017). The plot of the film centers around a team's preparation for and participation in cheerleading competitions.",
"title": "Bring It On (film)"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "3358189",
"text": "years, 'Bring It On' has as much sap as it does pep in its DNA. It’s distinguished primarily by the electrifying dance routines and the elaborate cheer-squad performances.\" The musical opened on Broadway at the St. James Theatre, in a limited run, starting on July 12, 2012, in previews, officially on August 1 through December 30, 2012. Bring It On (film) Bring It On is a 2000 American teen cheerleading comedy film directed by Peyton Reed and written by Jessica Bendinger. The film stars Kirsten Dunst, Eliza Dushku, Jesse Bradford, and Gabrielle Union. It was the first of the \"Bring",
"title": "Bring It On (film)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "3358167",
"text": "\"Bring It On\" was released in theaters in the North America on August 25, 2000. \"Bring It On\" earned a worldwide gross of approximately $90 million. Since its release, the film has become a cult classic. Torrance Shipman, an 11th grade student at Rancho Carne High School in San Diego, anxiously dreams about her first day of senior year. Her boyfriend, Aaron has gone to college, and her cheerleading squad, the Toros, is aiming for a sixth consecutive national title. Torrance is elected to replace the team captain, \"Big Red\" who is graduating. Soon, however, teammate Carver is injured and",
"title": "Bring It On (film)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "3358186",
"text": "cheerleading team who has to change routines or other elements they have grown accustomed to in order to win. A stage version of the film premiered at the Alliance Theatre, Atlanta, Georgia on January 16, 2011. The musical has music by Lin-Manuel Miranda and Tom Kitt, lyrics by Amanda Green, and a book by Jeff Whitty. The director and choreographer is Andy Blankenbuehler, with a cast that includes Amanda LaVergne as Campbell, Adrienne Warren as Danielle, and Nick Blaemire as Randall and \"award-winning competitive cheerleaders from across the country\". The Alliance Theatre production was nominated for eight Suzi Bass Awards,",
"title": "Bring It On (film)"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "10088623",
"text": "Bring It On: In It to Win It Bring It On: In It to Win It is a 2007 teen film directed by Steve Rash and starring Ashley Benson, Cassandra Scerbo and Michael Copon. It is the fourth installment in the \"Bring It On\" film series, which focuses on competitive cheerleading. It was shot at Universal Orlando Resort in Orlando, United States. It was released direct-to-video on December 18, 2007. There are no recurring cast members or canonical references to its predecessors. Only Steve Rash, who also directed the previous film, \"\", returned to direct this film. The film stylistically",
"title": "Bring It On: In It to Win It"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "3358174",
"text": "was the debut film of director Peyton Reed. His major concern with the film was pushing the sexual aspects of cheerleading without losing a PG-13 rating. Roger Ebert from the \"Chicago Sun-Times\" argued that this agenda followed a trend of films at the time that watered down material in order to avoid an R rating and increase box office gross. Prior to auditioning for the film, actors were expected to have a cheer prepared. In order to avoid the use of stunt doubles, Reed required all the actors to undergo a four-week cheerleading camp. Reed and Gabrielle Union met numerous",
"title": "Bring It On (film)"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "10088630",
"text": "(who is the sister of Jennifer Tisdale) performs her single \"He Said She Said\". Bring It On: In It to Win It Bring It On: In It to Win It is a 2007 teen film directed by Steve Rash and starring Ashley Benson, Cassandra Scerbo and Michael Copon. It is the fourth installment in the \"Bring It On\" film series, which focuses on competitive cheerleading. It was shot at Universal Orlando Resort in Orlando, United States. It was released direct-to-video on December 18, 2007. There are no recurring cast members or canonical references to its predecessors. Only Steve Rash, who",
"title": "Bring It On: In It to Win It"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "84277",
"text": "On\", about a San Diego high school cheerleading squad called \"The Toros\", starred real-life former cheerleader Kirsten Dunst. \"Bring It On\" was a surprise hit and earned nearly $70 million domestically. It spawned five direct-to-video sequels: \"Bring It On Again\" (2004), \"\" (2006), \"\" (2007), \"\" (2009) and \"\" (2017). The first \"Bring It On\" was followed by the cheerleader caper-comedy, \"Sugar & Spice\" (2001) and a string of campy horror/action films such as \"Cheerleader Ninjas\" (2002), \"Cheerleader Autopsy\", \"Cheerleader Massacre\" (both 2003), \"Chainsaw Cheerleaders\", and \"Ninja Cheerleaders\" (both 2008). In 2006, Hayden Panettiere, star of \"Bring It On: All",
"title": "Cheerleading"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "6806615",
"text": "Bring It On: All or Nothing Bring It On: All or Nothing (previously known as Bring It On Yet Again) is a 2006 cheerleading comedy film directed by Steve Rash and starring Hayden Panettiere and Solange Knowles. It is the third installment in the \"Bring it On\" series of films that revolves around high school cheerleading. The film was released direct-to-DVD on August 8, 2006. This film, which is the second sequel to \"Bring It On\", has a tenuous link to its predecessors, featuring only a similar plot of competing cheerleading teams that have to try something different in order",
"title": "Bring It On: All or Nothing"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "3358175",
"text": "times to discuss the best way to approach her character. \"I think she was able to find what was cool about that character that in a way I doubt other actresses could have,\" Reed explained in an interview, \"Whenever she's on the screen she has this charisma.\" When editing the film, Reed and editor Larry Bock watched cheerleading exploitation films from the 1970s. \"Bring It On\" was released in North America on August 25, 2000. The film grossed $17,362,105 in 2,380 theaters during its opening weekend, ranking first at the North American box office. Although it experienced an 18% decline",
"title": "Bring It On (film)"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "13260304",
"text": "Bring It On: Fight to the Finish Bring It On: Fight to the Finish is a 2009 teen comedy film starring Christina Milian, Rachele Brooke Smith, Cody Longo, Vanessa Born, Gabrielle Dennis and Holland Roden. Directed by Bille Woodruff and the fifth installment in the series of stand-alone films starting with the 2000 film \"Bring It On\". The film was released direct-to-video on DVD and Blu-ray on September 1, 2009. Lina Cruz is a tough, sharp-witted cheerleader from East L.A. who transfers to Malibu Vista High School after her widowed mother remarries a wealthy man. Lina not only finds herself",
"title": "Bring It On: Fight to the Finish"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "3358187",
"text": "winning awards for Choreography (Andy Blankenbuehler), Sound Design (Brian Ronan) and World Premiere Play or Musical. Additionally, the production was nominated for ten Atlanta Theater Fan Awards from www.AtlantaTheaterFans.com, more than any other production in 2011. The production won for Best Musical and Best Choreography (Andy Blankenbuehler). A national tour of the musical started at the Ahmanson Theatre, Los Angeles, in November 2011 through December 10, 2011 and then travels to San Francisco, Denver, Houston, and Toronto. The national tour stars Taylor Louderman as Campbell and Jason Gotay as Randall. The cast took part in a special celebration kicking off",
"title": "Bring It On (film)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "13260311",
"text": "her cheer sisters. The movie was filmed at locations around Malibu. The field shots were filmed at Occidental College, in western Los Angeles County. The spirit championships were filmed at Glendale Community College in Glendale, California and California State University Northridge in Northridge, California. This was the only film in the series other than the first to actually have a soundtrack album released - via Arsenal Records on September 15, 2009. American Cheerleader Magazine had an interview and photo shoot with cast members Christina Milian, Cody Longo, Vanessa Born, Rachele Brooke Smith and Gabrielle Dennis, which can be seen in",
"title": "Bring It On: Fight to the Finish"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "8106541",
"text": "Peyton Reed Peyton Tucker Reed (born July 3, 1964) is an American television and film director. He is best known for directing the comedy films \"Bring It On\" (2000), \"Down with Love\" (2003), \"The Break-Up\" (2006) and \"Yes Man\" (2008), as well as the superhero films \"Ant-Man\" (2015) and its sequel, \"Ant-Man and the Wasp\" (2018). Reed was born in Raleigh, North Carolina and attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Reed directed the motion pictures \"Bring It On\", \"Down with Love\", and \"The Break-Up\"; all comedy films. He has also acted in small roles in some films",
"title": "Peyton Reed"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "3358184",
"text": "Finish\". Brittany Anne Pirtle from \"Fight to the Finish\", went on to star as the Yellow Power Ranger in Nickelodeon's \"Power Rangers Samurai\" and Holland Roden from \"Fight to the Finish\", became known as Lydia Martin in the MTV supernatural-drama \"Teen Wolf\". Finally, Cristine Prosperi from \"Bring It On: Worldwide Cheersmack\", who star as Imogen Moreno in \"\". \"Bring It On\" has so far spawned a total of five direct-to-video sequels: The only sequel to feature any of the original crew from \"Bring It On\" was 2004's \"Bring It On Again\", which shared the film's same producers. These producers did",
"title": "Bring It On (film)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "3358185",
"text": "not return for the subsequent sequels, and none of the films share recurring cast members. Original star Eliza Dushku has even been quoted in interviews as never even having been invited to participate in the sequels. Steve Rash directed two of the sequels and Alyson Fouse has written four. Otherwise, none of the films in the \"Bring It On\" franchise share any personnel whatsoever. The five films that follow \"Bring It On\" share only tenuous links with one another. The plot of each film typically follows that of the one originally laid out in the first film - a competitive",
"title": "Bring It On (film)"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "6439841",
"text": "Bring It On Again Bring It On Again is a 2004 direct-to-video cheerleading comedy film directed by Damon Santostefano and starring Anne Judson-Yager and Bree Turner. This film, which is a sequel to \"Bring It On\", has a tenuous link to its predecessor, featuring only a similar plot of competing cheerleading teams that have to try something different in order to win. There are no recurring cast members or canonical references to the previous film. \"Bring It On Again\" is also the only straight to video sequel of the four that followed \"Bring It On\" that shared the same producers.",
"title": "Bring It On Again"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "13260312",
"text": "the August 2009 issue. Christina Milian is also on the cover of American Cheerleader Magazine's August 2009 issue. Bring It On: Fight to the Finish Bring It On: Fight to the Finish is a 2009 teen comedy film starring Christina Milian, Rachele Brooke Smith, Cody Longo, Vanessa Born, Gabrielle Dennis and Holland Roden. Directed by Bille Woodruff and the fifth installment in the series of stand-alone films starting with the 2000 film \"Bring It On\". The film was released direct-to-video on DVD and Blu-ray on September 1, 2009. Lina Cruz is a tough, sharp-witted cheerleader from East L.A. who transfers",
"title": "Bring It On: Fight to the Finish"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "3358172",
"text": "leadership material and recommends that she step down from her position, selling her out in the process to Courtney and Whitney who have set themselves up as Torrance's rivals. When Cliff sees Torrance and Aaron together, he angrily severs his friendship with Torrance, to her distress. But her confidence is renewed by Cliff's encouragement and she convinces her unhappy team to create an innovative, new routine instead. She breaks up with Aaron, realizing his infidelity and his inability to be supportive, but Cliff still refuses to forgive her. Meanwhile, the Clovers are initially unable to compete at Nationals due to",
"title": "Bring It On (film)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "3358182",
"text": "\"Dollhouse\" and \"Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog\", as well as a screenwriter (\"The Guild\"), entrepreneur and web content creator. Bree Turner, who starred in \"Bring It On Again\", would go on to star in NBC's \"Grimm\". Joshua Gomez, also from \"Bring It On Again\", was going to be well known as \"Chuck\" regular Morgan Grimes. Bethany Joy Lenz and Hayden Panettiere, who appeared in \"Bring It On Again\" and \"Bring It On: All or Nothing\", went on to find sizable television audiences due to their roles on the television programs \"One Tree Hill\" and \"Heroes\"/\"Nashville\", respectively. Lenz also appeared with Michael",
"title": "Bring It On (film)"
}
] |
Bring It On
|
when did the words in god we trust appear on money
|
[
"1864"
] |
[
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "2143555",
"text": "national motto of the United States\". The resolution passed both the House and the Senate unanimously and without debate. The law was signed by President Eisenhower on July 30, 1956. The United States Code at , now states: \"'In God we trust' is the national motto.\" The same day, the President signed into law a requirement that \"In God We Trust\" be printed on all U.S. currency and coins. On paper currency, it first appeared on the silver certificate in 1957, followed by other certificates. Federal Reserve Notes and United States Notes were circulated with the motto starting from 1964",
"title": "In God We Trust"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "2143546",
"text": "approved by President Dwight Eisenhower on July 30, 1956, declared \"In God We Trust\" must appear on American currency. This phrase was first used on paper money in 1957, when it appeared on the one-dollar silver certificate. The first paper currency bearing the phrase entered circulation on October 1, 1957. The 84th Congress later passed legislation (P.L. 84-851), also signed by President Eisenhower on July 30, 1956, declaring the phrase to be the national motto. Some groups and people have expressed objections to its use, citing its religious reference that violates the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment. These groups",
"title": "In God We Trust"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "11416407",
"text": "United States national motto The modern motto of the United States of America, as established in a 1956 law signed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower, is \"In God We Trust\". The phrase first appeared on U.S. coins in 1864. The 1956 law was the first establishment of an official motto for the country, although E Pluribus Unum (\"from many, one\") was adopted by an Act of Congress in 1782 as the motto for the Seal of the United States and has been used on coins and paper money since 1795. A phrase similar to \"In God We Trust\" appears in",
"title": "United States national motto"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "11416410",
"text": "has not ruled on the issue. United States national motto The modern motto of the United States of America, as established in a 1956 law signed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower, is \"In God We Trust\". The phrase first appeared on U.S. coins in 1864. The 1956 law was the first establishment of an official motto for the country, although E Pluribus Unum (\"from many, one\") was adopted by an Act of Congress in 1782 as the motto for the Seal of the United States and has been used on coins and paper money since 1795. A phrase similar to",
"title": "United States national motto"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "2143552",
"text": "coins as shall admit of such motto\". The similar phrase 'In God is our Trust' appears in \"The Star-Spangled Banner\", adopted as the national anthem of the United States in 1931. Written by Francis Scott Key during the War of 1812, the fourth stanza includes the phrase, \"And this be our motto: 'In God is our Trust'\", which was adapted as the national motto. The use of \"In God We Trust\" has been interrupted. The motto disappeared from the five-cent coin in 1883, and did not reappear until production of the Jefferson nickel began in 1938. However, at least two",
"title": "In God We Trust"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "2143545",
"text": "In God We Trust \"In God We Trust\" is the official motto of the United States of America, Nicaragua, and of the U.S. state of Florida. It was adopted as the United States' motto in 1956 as a replacement or alternative to the unofficial motto of \"E pluribus unum\", which was adopted when the Great Seal of the United States was created and adopted in 1782. \"In God We Trust\" first appeared on the two-cent piece in 1864 and has appeared on paper currency since 1957. A law passed in a Joint Resolution by the 84th Congress (P.L. 84-140) and",
"title": "In God We Trust"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "2143554",
"text": "$20 coin which did not bear the motto. The motto has been in continuous use on the one-cent coin since 1909, and on the ten-cent coin since 1916. It also has appeared on all gold coins and silver dollar coins, half-dollar coins, and quarter-dollar coins struck since July 1, 1908. Since 1938, all US coins have borne the motto. During the Cold War era, the government of the United States sought to distinguish itself from the Soviet Union, which promoted state atheism and thus implemented antireligious legislation. The 84th Congress passed a joint resolution \"declaring IN GOD WE TRUST the",
"title": "In God We Trust"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "1420288",
"text": "Roosevelt in New York. In addition to the prescribed elements on U.S. coins—LIBERTY and the date—the motto In God We Trust appeared for the first time on a coin of this denomination. The United States Congress passed the Act of March 3, 1865, authorizing the use of this motto on U.S. coins, during Lincoln's tenure in office. Even though no legislation was required for the new design, approval of the Secretary of the Treasury was necessary to make the change. Franklin MacVeagh gave his approval on July 14, 1909, and not quite three weeks later, on August 2, the new",
"title": "Penny (United States coin)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "2143553",
"text": "other coins minted in every year in the interim still bore the motto, including the Morgan dollar and the Seated Liberty half dollar. The omission of the motto \"In God We Trust\" on the Indian Head eagle coin caused public outrage, and prompted Congress to pass a bill mandating its inclusion. Mint Chief Engraver Charles E. Barber added the words and made minor modifications to the design. In 1908, Congress made it mandatory that the phrase be printed on all coins upon which it had previously appeared. This decision was motivated after a public outcry following the release of a",
"title": "In God We Trust"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "6676638",
"text": "Coinage Act of 1864 The Coinage Act of 1864 was passed on April 22, 1864. The United States federal law changed the composition of the one-cent coin and authorized the minting of the two-cent coin. The Director of the United States Mint developed the designs for these coins for final approval of the Secretary of the Treasury. As a result of this law, the phrase \"\"In God We Trust\"\" first appeared, on the 1864 two-cent coin. An Act of Congress, passed on March 3, 1865, allowed the Mint Director, with the Secretary's approval, to place the phrase on all gold",
"title": "Coinage Act of 1864"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "2143550",
"text": "Treasury decided on a new motto, \"In God We Trust,\" to engrave on U.S. coins. Lincoln's involvement in this decision is unclear. A version of the motto made an early appearance on obverse side of the twenty dollar interest bearing note issued in 1864 along with the motto \"God and our Right\". As Chase was preparing his recommendation to Congress, it was found that the Act of Congress dated January 18, 1837 prescribed the mottoes and devices that should be placed upon the coins of the United States. This meant that the mint could make no changes without the enactment",
"title": "In God We Trust"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "1527754",
"text": "regulations to which the U.S. Treasury must adhere when redesigning banknotes. The national motto \"In God We Trust\" must appear on all U.S. currency and coins. Though the motto had periodically appeared on coins since 1865, it did not appear on currency (other than interest-bearing notes in 1861) until a law passed in 1956 required it. It began to appear on Federal Reserve Notes delivered from 1964 to 1966, depending on denomination. The portraits appearing on the U.S. currency can feature only people who have died, whose names should be included below each of the portraits. Since the standardization of",
"title": "Federal Reserve Note"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "6676639",
"text": "and silver coins that \"shall admit the inscription thereon.\" In 1956, \"\"In God We Trust\"\" replaced \"\"E Pluribus Unum\"\" as the national motto. All currency was printed and minted with the new motto. Coinage Act of 1864 The Coinage Act of 1864 was passed on April 22, 1864. The United States federal law changed the composition of the one-cent coin and authorized the minting of the two-cent coin. The Director of the United States Mint developed the designs for these coins for final approval of the Secretary of the Treasury. As a result of this law, the phrase \"\"In God",
"title": "Coinage Act of 1864"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "15944420",
"text": "nickel coin was introduced in 1866, and gradually it made the half dime obsolete. To this day, the nickel, though the design has changed, retains the same metallic content it had from its inception: ~25% nickel, ~75% copper. The second half of the 19th century saw several odd coin denominations. The two cent piece was minted from 1864 to 1873. It was the first American coin to display the phrase In God We Trust, a result of the increased wartime religiosity during the Civil War. Three cent pieces made of silver, and later copper-nickel, were also made around this era.",
"title": "Numismatic history of the United States"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "2325310",
"text": "dollar coin is the same size and composition as the Sacagawea dollar. \"In God We Trust\", the issue year, and the mint mark appear on the edge. The first dollar, honoring George Washington, was released into circulation on February 15, 2007. However, became law on December 26, 2007 which moved \"In God We Trust\" from the edge to the obverse. A common minting error on this coin, estimated at 80,000, from a mintage of 300,000,000 coins, is the omission of the edge lettering causing a plain outside edge. Because the omission includes the words \"In God We Trust\", some in",
"title": "Dollar coin (United States)"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "18681689",
"text": "half dollar \"a halfway point between the designs on French silver pieces early in the new century and A. A. Weinman's 'Walking Liberty' for the half dollar\". The fifty-cent piece bears the motto \"In God We Trust\", as do the $50 pieces, the first commemorative coins to display it. That motto was first used on U.S. coins in 1864. In the 19th century, it was not mandatory that the motto be used, but it nevertheless appeared on most denominations of U.S. coins by the turn of the 20th century. In 1907 and 1908, there had been many objections to the",
"title": "Panama–Pacific commemorative coins"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "2143564",
"text": "practice has not historically presented any constitutional difficulty, is not coercive, and does not prefer one religious denomination over another. \"In God We Trust\" as a national motto and on U.S. currency has been the subject of numerous unsuccessful lawsuits. The motto was first challenged in \"Aronow v. United States\" in 1970, but the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled: \"It is quite obvious that the national motto and the slogan on coinage and currency 'In God We Trust' has nothing whatsoever to do with the establishment of religion. Its use is of patriotic or ceremonial",
"title": "In God We Trust"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "2143551",
"text": "of additional legislation by the Congress. Such legislation was introduced and passed as the Coinage Act of 1864 on April 22, 1864, allowing the Secretary of the Treasury to authorize the inclusion of the phrase on one-cent and two-cent coins. An Act of Congress passed on March 3, 1865, allowed the Mint Director, with the Secretary's approval, to place the motto on all gold and silver coins that \"shall admit the inscription thereon\". In 1873, Congress passed the Coinage Act, granting that the Secretary of the Treasury \"may cause the motto IN GOD WE TRUST to be inscribed on such",
"title": "In God We Trust"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "2143571",
"text": "1787.\" Aside from constitutional objections, President Theodore Roosevelt took issue with using the motto on coinage as he considered using God's name on money to be sacrilege. In September 2014, a proposal to add displays of \"In God We Trust\" on public property in Ballwin, Missouri was defeated following a plea to a meeting of aldermen by a local atheist. In God We Trust \"In God We Trust\" is the official motto of the United States of America, Nicaragua, and of the U.S. state of Florida. It was adopted as the United States' motto in 1956 as a replacement or",
"title": "In God We Trust"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "2143557",
"text": "States currency and coins\". O'Hair v. Blumenthal (1978) challenged the inclusion of the phrase \"In God We Trust\" on U.S. currency. A similar decision was reached by the Fifth Circuit in Madalyn Murray O'Hair vs W. Michael Blumenthal in 1979, which affirmed that the \"primary purpose of the slogan was secular.\" In March 2001, Governor of Mississippi Ronnie Musgrove signed legislation requiring the motto \"In God We Trust\" to be displayed in every public school classroom, as well as the school auditoriums and cafeterias, throughout the state. After the September 11 attacks in 2001, many public schools across the United",
"title": "In God We Trust"
}
] |
1864
|
who plays smithys sister in gavin and stacey
|
[
"Sheridan Smith"
] |
[
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "4788930",
"text": "she played Sandy, and smaller parts in shows such as \"The Bill\" and \"Fat Friends\". She featured as Rudi: Smithy's little sister in the second and third series of the BBC Three sitcom \"Gavin & Stacey\". She guest starred in the Christmas 2008 episode of \"Lark Rise to Candleford\". Since 2009, she has played Joey Ross in special seasonal episodes of \"Jonathan Creek\", namely \"The Grinning Man\" (2009), \"The Judas Tree\" (2010), and \"The Clue of the Savant's Thumb\" (2013). She played Brandy in the third series of \"Benidorm\". During 2010, Smith acted as a mentor to the contestants of",
"title": "Sheridan Smith"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "10232927",
"text": "Gavin & Stacey Gavin & Stacey is a British sitcom, written by James Corden and Ruth Jones, that follows the long-distance relationship of an Englishman and a Welsh woman. The merging of their quirky families forms the focus of the show. Mathew Horne and Joanna Page play the title characters, while the writers co-star as Gavin and Stacey's friends, Smithy and Nessa. Other prominent cast members include Alison Steadman and Larry Lamb, who play Gavin's parents, Pam and Mick, and Melanie Walters and Rob Brydon, who portray Stacey's mother, Gwen, and her uncle, Bryn. The theme for the series was",
"title": "Gavin & Stacey"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "10232943",
"text": "Friends\". Corden claims to have been inspired by the story of his own real life best friend Gavin, who met his wife over the phone at work, and arranged to meet. They presented it to the BBC as a one-off play, but the BBC instead asked for a full series. The roles of Gavin and Stacey were cast through an auditioning process, but were almost immediately given to Mathew Horne and Joanna Page on the strength of their chemistry together. The roles of Nessa and Smithy were written by Corden and Jones for themselves. Some roles were written with certain",
"title": "Gavin & Stacey"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "10232930",
"text": "from Billericay in Essex, and Stacey, from Barry in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales. Initially, Gavin lives with his parents, Pam and Mick, and spends most of his time with his best friend, Smithy. Stacey lives with her widowed mother, Gwen, and is frequently visited by her uncle, Bryn, who lives across the road, and by her best friend Nessa. The series follows the key moments in their relationship: their first meeting, meeting each other's families, getting engaged, marrying, looking for a flat, briefly splitting up, looking for new jobs and trying for children. The characters of Gavin and Stacey",
"title": "Gavin & Stacey"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "10232969",
"text": "Sepp Blatter's replacement as the president of FIFA. On 30 March 2010, Corden and Jones appeared in character as Smithy and Nessa as part of \"Channel 4's Comedy Gala\", held at the O2 Arena in London in aid of Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital, broadcast on Channel 4 on 5 April 2010. Following on from the events of the final episode, they arrive in London on a day trip from Barry Island, with Neil the baby in tow. The decision was made by BBC Worldwide to release the full DVD box set of series three on the 7 December 2009,",
"title": "Gavin & Stacey"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "10232937",
"text": "South Wales to be with her family. In the final episode of the series, Stacey takes off her wedding ring, much to the upset of Gavin, but this is interrupted by the news of Nessa unexpectedly going into labour a month early. Pam, Mick and Stacey hurry across to Wales, whilst Gavin rushes to find Smithy with Smithy's sister, Rudi (Sheridan Smith), eventually finding him in the pub watching football. They arrive to find that Nessa has given birth to a boy, Neil. Gavin and Stacey decide to put their differences aside and are together once again. An extended Christmas",
"title": "Gavin & Stacey"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "10232968",
"text": "Ferdinand, Keira Knightley, Richard Madeley, Clare Balding, Tom Daley, Justin Bieber and surviving Beatles Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr. Corden appeared as Smithy again on \"Michael McIntyre's Christmas Roadshow\" on BBC One on 25 December 2011. The sketch showed Smithy in a dating-show style spoof with Miranda Hart as her TV alter ego. He again appeared at Comic Relief, this time in 2013, in the live studio itself. He went on to rant about all the world's issues and his opinions on them. Corden appeared as the character again for 2016's Sport Relief, where Smithy campaigns to be elected as",
"title": "Gavin & Stacey"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "10232934",
"text": "to Sullivan as her housemate; a member of the band she initially lives with. Nessa had also claimed to have had an affair with Prescott. The initial series begins with the lives of the title characters, Gavin Shipman (Mathew Horne) and Stacey West (Joanna Page). Gavin is 28 and lives at home in Billericay, Essex, with his parents, Mick (Larry Lamb) and Pam (Alison Steadman). He and Stacey, along with their respective best friends Neil \"Smithy\" Smith (James Corden) and Nessa Jenkins (Ruth Jones), go out on a double date. The night ends with Gavin and Stacey returning to a",
"title": "Gavin & Stacey"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "10232950",
"text": "most watched programme on that day, behind \"EastEnders\", \"Coronation Street\" and \"Doctor Who\". The show was nominated for and won several awards throughout its run, with two notable wins being the British Academy Television Awards (BAFTAs) Audience Award, and the British Comedy Awards Best TV Comedy Award, both in 2008. In the December 2007 British Comedy Awards, the show won Best New British TV Comedy, losing in the Best New TV Comedy category to \"Peep Show\". James Corden and Ruth Jones won Best Male and Female Comedy Newcomer respectively, with fellow cast members Mathew Horne and Joanna Page having also",
"title": "Gavin & Stacey"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "6272346",
"text": "in May\" (1976) and \"Abigail's Party\" (1977). She received BAFTA TV Award nominations for the 1986 BBC serial \"The Singing Detective\", and in 2001 for the ITV drama series \"Fat Friends\" (2000–05). Other television roles include \"Pride and Prejudice\" (1995), \"Gavin & Stacey\" (2007–10) and \"Orphan Black\" (2015–16). Her other film appearances include \"A Private Function\" (1984), \"Clockwise\" (1986), \"Shirley Valentine\" (1989), \"Topsy Turvy\" (1999) and \"The Life and Death of Peter Sellers\" (2004). Steadman was born in Liverpool, the youngest of three sisters born to Marjorie (née Evans) and George Percival Steadman, who worked as a production controller for",
"title": "Alison Steadman"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "10232967",
"text": "had raised over £44m, expressing his doubts that England manager Fabio Capello would win the coach of the year award, and giving the 15 times Darts World Champion Phil Taylor his backing as a candidate for the main award, praising his dedication to training by going down the pub every night sinking pints. There was another episode of \"Smithy\" for the 2011 Comic Relief appeal guest starring Lenny Henry, Richard Curtis, George Michael, Dermot O'Leary, JLS (Aston Merrygold, Marvin Humes, Oritsé Williams and JB Gill), Davina McCall, Rupert Grint, Tom Felton, Sebastian Coe, Gordon Brown, Robert Winston, Roger Lloyd-Pack, Rio",
"title": "Gavin & Stacey"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "10232941",
"text": "much to everyone's surprise, agrees with Smithy that Nessa does not love him, and the ceremony is called off. The series ends showing the four (Gavin, Stacey, Nessa and Smithy) six months later on Barry beachfront, with a visibly pregnant Stacey. The series consists of twenty episodes, broadcast over three series, and a Christmas Eve special. The first series comprised six half-hour episodes and first aired in 2007, from 13 May to 10 June 2007. The show was extended to seven episodes for the second series, which first ran in 2008, from 16 March to 20 April. The 2008 Christmas",
"title": "Gavin & Stacey"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "10232944",
"text": "actors in mind; Uncle Bryn was written specifically for Rob Brydon, who had been to school with Jones, whilst Pam was written specifically for Alison Steadman, who had also worked on \"Fat Friends\". Jones had worked with Julia Davis in her sitcom \"Nighty Night\", and the role of Dawn was written with her in mind. Additionally, Corden had appeared with Adrian Scarborough in the Alan Bennett-penned play and film, \"The History Boys\", which led to him being cast in the role of Pete. An audition process was used to cast the roles of Mick and Gwen, whilst the roles of",
"title": "Gavin & Stacey"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "4788925",
"text": "Sheridan Smith Sheridan Smith, OBE (born 25 June 1981) is an English actress and singer. She rose to fame playing a variety of characters on sitcoms such as \"The Royle Family\" (1999–2000), \"Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps\" (2001–09), \"Gavin & Stacey\" (2008–10), and \"Benidorm\" (2009). From 2009 to 2013, she played the role of Joey Ross in \"Jonathan Creek\". She went on to receive critical acclaim for starring in a succession of television dramas, such as \"Mrs Biggs\" (2012), \"Cilla\" (2014), \"The C Word\" (2015), and \"The Moorside\" (2017). Her feature film credits include \"Tower Block\",",
"title": "Sheridan Smith"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "2388980",
"text": "Two, due to success and partly to BBC Three's move to online only) and \"Lee Nelson's Well Good Show\". The channel aired various comedies and dramas; one of its most popular sitcoms was \"Gavin & Stacey\", which first aired in May 2007 and was written by and starring James Corden and Ruth Jones alongside Mathew Horne, Joanna Page, Alison Steadman and Rob Brydon. The sitcom was an instant hit, with subsequent series being moved to other BBC channels and the show being granted a Christmas special. Another example is \"Being Human\", a drama in which a ghost, a vampire and",
"title": "BBC Three"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "10232928",
"text": "\"Run\" by Stephen Fretwell. The show was produced by Baby Cow Productions for BBC Wales. It ran for a total of 20 episodes; these were broadcast from 13 May 2007 to 1 January 2010, comprising three series and a Christmas special. Initially, the series was shown on BBC Three, but a growing following meant that it was subsequently moved to BBC Two, and finally BBC One. The last episodes of the final series formed a significant part of the prime time BBC seasonal programming, and were broadcast on Christmas Day 2009 and New Year's Day 2010. \"Gavin & Stacey\" was",
"title": "Gavin & Stacey"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "4255290",
"text": "Julia Davis Julia Charlotte L Davis (born 25 August 1966) is an English comedian, actress, writer, and director. She is known for writing and starring in the BBC Three comedy \"Nighty Night\" (2004–2005) and the comedies \"Hunderby\" (2012–15) and \"Camping\" (2016), which she also directed. A seven-time BAFTA TV Award nominee, she won Best Comedy Writing for \"Hunderby\" in 2013. She is also known for playing Dawn Sutcliffe in \"Gavin & Stacey\" (2007–2009). Her film roles include \"Love Actually\" (2003), \"Cemetery Junction\" (2010) and \"Four Lions\" (2010). Davis was born in Lambeth, to a secretary mother and a civil servant",
"title": "Julia Davis"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "9129779",
"text": "and producing some of the sketches featured in the special. In 2010, he also was in the main cast of the film \"Gulliver's Travels\". In December 2010, he was part of an ensemble voice cast in the English dub of the German animated film \"Animals United\" alongside Jim Broadbent, Jason Donovan, Joanna Lumley, Billie Piper, Andy Serkis and others. In February 2011, Corden again presented the 2011 Brit Awards. In March, Corden reprised his \"Gavin & Stacey\" role as Smithy in a \"Red Nose Day\" sketch for the charity telethon Comic Relief. The sketch included appearances by then UK Prime",
"title": "James Corden"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "10232929",
"text": "acclaimed as a hit breakthrough show for BBC Three, becoming the most nominated show in the 2007 British Comedy Awards. To date it has won several awards, including the British Academy Television Awards (BAFTAs) Audience Award, and the British Comedy Awards Best TV Comedy Award, both in 2008. The programme has also been well received in several other countries in which it has aired. A US remake titled \"Us & Them\" was scheduled to air on Fox in the 2013–14 US TV season, but was shut down mid-production and no episodes were broadcast. The show follows the romance between Gavin,",
"title": "Gavin & Stacey"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "10232964",
"text": "Nessa bumps into her old friend Tom Jones, who joins them on stage, and the sketch also features Bee Gee Robin Gibb. Also released as a charity single, it debuted in the number one spot on the UK Singles Chart on 15 March 2009. For Red Nose Day 2009 on 13/14 March, the main telethon event for Comic Relief, a second sketch was aired where James Corden, in character as Smithy, has a chance encounter with the England national football team and proceeds to give them some advice on tactics and teamwork. \"Barry Islands In The Stream\" was also performed",
"title": "Gavin & Stacey"
}
] |
Sheridan Smith
|
who is the nets all time leading scorer
|
[
"Brook Lopez"
] |
[
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "9808067",
"text": "10th win of the season, as Lopez surpassed 10,000 points with the Nets. He became the second player in Nets history to score 10,000 points—his 10,014 points seeing him sit behind only Buck Williams (10,440) on the franchise list. On March 26 against Atlanta, Lopez became the Nets' career leader in field goals, passing Buck Williams. Lopez got the seven field goals he needed to pass Williams' team record of 3,981. With 25 points against the Boston Celtics on April 10, Lopez passed Williams to become the franchise's career leading scorer. On June 22, 2017, Lopez was traded, along with",
"title": "Brook Lopez"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "19509662",
"text": "2016–17 Brooklyn Nets season The 2016–17 Brooklyn Nets season was the 41st season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA), 50th season overall, and its 5th season playing in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. The season marked Brook Lopez's final one with the Nets, as he was traded to the Los Angeles Lakers in the off-season. He became the franchise's all-time leading scorer on April 10 when he broke Buck Williams' record that stood for 28 years. The Nets hired Kenny Atkinson after Lionel Hollins was fired during the middle of the previous season. General manager",
"title": "2016–17 Brooklyn Nets season"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "14861178",
"text": "first round of the playoffs. On November 11, 2015, Bogdanović helped the Nets record their first win of the season, scoring a season-high 22 points in a 106–98 victory over the Houston Rockets. He topped that season high mark with 24 points on 25 February 2016 in a 116–106 win over the Phoenix Suns. On March 15, 2016, he scored a career-high 44 points in a 131–114 win over the Philadelphia 76ers. His total was the most for a Nets player since Deron Williams scored 57 on March 4, 2012, and the most by any Nets player since the team",
"title": "Bojan Bogdanović"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "18317265",
"text": "Jarvis Hayes, and trading for Orlando point guard Keyon Dooling. The Nets finished the season with their second straight 34–48 record, tied for 11th in the Eastern Conference with the Milwaukee Bucks. Devin Harris made his first All-Star team and narrowly missed winning the NBA Most Improved Player award, and Brook Lopez finished third in Rookie of the Year voting. On June 26, 2009, the Nets traded Vince Carter and Ryan Anderson to the Orlando Magic for Rafer Alston, Courtney Lee and Tony Battie. After a 16th straight loss (against the Sacramento Kings) to start the 2009–10 season, the Nets",
"title": "History of the Brooklyn Nets"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "5929301",
"text": "in rebounding for most of the 1980s and as of the beginning of 2017, he remains the Nets’ second all-time leader in points (10,440), total rebounds (7,576), games played (635), minutes played (23,100), rebounds per game (11.9), and free throws made (2,476). Williams attended Rocky Mount High School (then called Rocky Mount Senior High) in Rocky Mount before going off to play collegiately at the University of Maryland. Williams had immediate success at Maryland, capturing the ACC Rookie of the Year Award in 1979. He led the ACC in rebounding twice (1979 and 1981), while averaging 15.5 points per game",
"title": "Buck Williams"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "9808063",
"text": "8, in a win over the Houston Rockets, Lopez became the sixth player to make 400 starts for the Nets franchise, following Buck Williams (633), Jason Kidd (504), Kerry Kittles (455), Richard Jefferson (417) and Jason Collins (405). On December 26, in a loss to the Washington Wizards, Lopez made nine field goals and passed Vince Carter (3,126) for second in franchise history. Lopez finished the game with 3,127 career field goals made, a mark trailing only Buck Williams (3,981). On January 2, 2016, Lopez recorded a then season-high 30 points and 13 rebounds in a 100–97 win over the",
"title": "Brook Lopez"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "802203",
"text": "championships (in the 2001–02 and 2002–03 seasons), but failed to win a league title. In the summer of 2012, the team moved to Barclays Center, and took its current geographic name. The Brooklyn Nets were founded in 1967 and initially played in Teaneck, New Jersey, as the New Jersey Americans. In its early years, the team led a nomadic existence, moving to Long Island in 1968 and playing in various arenas there as the New York Nets. Led by Hall of Famer Julius \"Dr. J\" Erving, the Nets won two ABA championships in New York before becoming one of four",
"title": "Brooklyn Nets"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "17911330",
"text": "Detroit Pistons. Two days later, he set a new career high with 28 points in a 107–105 win over the New York Knicks. The 28 points included the winning basket over former Michigan teammate Tim Hardaway Jr. with 1 second left. On November 9, he scored 17 points and hit a floater in the lane with 0.3 seconds left to lift the Nets to a 112–110 win over the Denver Nuggets. On November 12, LeVert suffered a severe right leg injury late in the first half of the Nets' 120–113 loss to the Timberwolves in Minnesota. As the Nets' leading",
"title": "Caris LeVert"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "18317225",
"text": "Pistons in three games. Newly hired head coach Dave Wohl helped lead the Nets to a respectable record at the beginning of the 1985–86 season, posting a 23–14 start. New Jersey's promising start dissipated with the loss of two of its top scorers. All-Star Micheal Ray Richardson flunked a drug test for the third time and was banned from the league for life, and star center Darryl Dawkins only played 39 games due to a back injury. Long-time Nets veterans Buck Williams and Mike Gminski filled in the gap and powered the club on both offense and defense, helping the",
"title": "History of the Brooklyn Nets"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "16763484",
"text": "scored 16 points in a 110–97 loss to the Boston Celtics. He hit five 3-pointers, extending his Nets' single-season record to 201—Deron Williams is next on the list with 169 in 2012–13. On November 21, 2018, Crabbe scored a season-high 27 points in a 119–113 loss to the Dallas Mavericks. He was 10 of 16 from the field, including 7 of 11 behind the arc, after coming into the game shooting 27 percent. On December 5, he scored 22 points and tied a season high with seven 3-pointers in a 114–112 loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder. Allen Crabbe Allen",
"title": "Allen Crabbe"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "802201",
"text": "Brooklyn Nets The Brooklyn Nets are an American professional basketball team based in the borough of Brooklyn, in New York City. The Nets compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference. The team plays its home games at Barclays Center. They are one of two NBA teams located in New York City; the other is the New York Knicks. The team was established in 1967 as a charter franchise of the NBA's rival league, the American Basketball Association (ABA). They played in New Jersey as the New Jersey Americans during",
"title": "Brooklyn Nets"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "18317263",
"text": "despite young players like Josh Boone and Sean Williams becoming major contributors and Marcus Williams showing progress, there were few bright notes. Other noteworthy feats included Jefferson's rank as number nine in scoring for the season, Carter's emergence as the leader of the Nets, and Carter's average of at least 20 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists a game, a season accomplishment unique to him, Kobe Bryant, and LeBron James. After failing to make it to the playoffs, team president Rod Thorn promised changes would be made, while Coach Lawrence Frank vowed that \"a season like this will never happen",
"title": "History of the Brooklyn Nets"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "18317207",
"text": "History of the Brooklyn Nets The Brooklyn Nets, a professional basketball team based in the New York City borough of Brooklyn, was founded in 1967 and initially played in Teaneck, New Jersey, as the New Jersey Americans, later the New Jersey Nets. They are a member of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference in the National Basketball Association (NBA), as well as an original member of the American Basketball Association (ABA). In 2012 they moved to Brooklyn and were renamed the Brooklyn Nets. The franchise was established in 1967 as a founding member of the American Basketball Association (ABA),",
"title": "History of the Brooklyn Nets"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "18317268",
"text": "1972–73 Philadelphia 76ers (9–73), 1986–87 Los Angeles Clippers (12–70), 1992–93 Dallas Mavericks (11–71) and 1997–98 Denver Nuggets (11–71). On February 18, 2010, the Nets finalized a deal that would move them to Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. The Nets would begin playing in Newark in the 2010–11 season and remain there until Barclays Center opened in Brooklyn. There was significant optimism going into the off-season, especially as the Nets began promoting their \"It's All New\" campaign while looking forward to a new home, new owner, new coach, and new players. They also held the best chance of landing the",
"title": "History of the Brooklyn Nets"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "802215",
"text": "in 2016 included Mikhail Prokhorov (principal owner), Brett Yormark (CEO), Sean Marks (general manager), and Jeff Gewirtz (executive vice president, business affairs & chief legal officer). The original owner of the Nets franchise was trucking magnate Arthur J. Brown, who was the founder of the American Basketball Association team that was then known as the New Jersey Americans in 1967. The next year, Brown renamed the franchise to the New York Nets following a move to Long Island, and sold the team for $1.1 million to entrepreneur Roy Boe. Due to financial losses suffered while the team was in Long",
"title": "Brooklyn Nets"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "11936316",
"text": "2008–09 New Jersey Nets season The 2008–09 New Jersey Nets season was the 42nd season of the franchise, and their 33rd in the National Basketball Association (NBA). On June 26, it was announced the Nets had officially traded Richard Jefferson in exchange for Milwaukee Bucks players Yi Jianlian and Bobby Simmons. After missing the playoffs last season and going no further than the Eastern Conference Semifinals the past five years, the Nets needed to change. Jefferson left after seven years at New Jersey where he ended up as the Nets third all-time leading scorer in franchise history. On July 21,",
"title": "2008–09 New Jersey Nets season"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "15691150",
"text": "2011–12 New Jersey Nets season The 2011–12 New Jersey Nets season was the 45th season of the franchise, their 36th in the National Basketball Association (NBA), and their 35th and final season in New Jersey before moving to Brooklyn, New York and changing their name to the Brooklyn Nets for the 2012–13 season. The Nets finished 22–44, last in the Atlantic Division and 12th overall in the Eastern Conference and failed to make the playoffs for a fifth consecutive season. Point guard Deron Williams led the team in scoring (21.0), assists (8.7), and minutes per game (36.3) and was the",
"title": "2011–12 New Jersey Nets season"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "1877492",
"text": "Chamberlain was 50, the New Jersey Nets had the same idea, but were declined. However, he would continue to epitomize physical fitness for years to come, including participating in several marathons. Chamberlain is regarded as one of the most extraordinary and dominant basketball players in the history of the NBA. The 1972 NBA Finals MVP is holder of numerous official NBA all-time records, establishing himself as a scoring champion, all-time top rebounder and accurate field goal shooter. He led the NBA in scoring seven times, field goal percentage nine times, minutes played eight times, rebounding eleven times, and assists once.",
"title": "Wilt Chamberlain"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "20721722",
"text": "2018–19 Brooklyn Nets season The 2018–19 Brooklyn Nets season is the 43rd season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA), 52nd season overall, and its 7th season playing in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. On November 12, 2018, late in the first half of the game against the Minnesota Timberwolves, Caris LeVert suffered a subtalar dislocation of the right foot and is scheduled to return later in the season after rehabilitation. The December 16 game against the Atlanta Hawks at Barclays Center was the highest scoring game at the venue in Nets' history, while the 144",
"title": "2018–19 Brooklyn Nets season"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "16563292",
"text": "forward Ed O'Bannon to the Dallas Mavericks for Sam Cassell, Jim Jackson, Chris Gatling, Eric Montross and George McCloud, who never played with the Nets and was dealt to the Los Angeles Lakers for Joe Kleine. The Nets ended their season with a 26–56 record, finishing fifth in the Atlantic Division. Kendall Gill led them in scoring averaging 21.8 points per game, and top draft pick Kerry Kittles was selected to the All-Rookie Second Team. Following the season, Jackson and Montross were both dealt to the Philadelphia 76ers, Massenburg signed with the Vancouver Grizzlies, and Kleine signed with the Chicago",
"title": "1996–97 New Jersey Nets season"
}
] |
Brook Lopez
|
who sang you won't get me i'm part of the union
|
[
"Strawbs"
] |
[
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "10942451",
"text": "not considered typical of the songs on that album. Indeed, the track was originally recorded without a contribution by band leader Dave Cousins and was to be released under the name of \"The Brothers\". It demonstrates the different, more commercial direction the writing partnership of Hudson and Ford was taking within the band. Although it was believed that the song was intended to ridicule the powerful British trades unions of the time, the song (especially its chorus \"You don't get me I'm part of the Union\") quickly became popular as an unofficial anthem of the trades union movement. Subsequently, however,",
"title": "Part of the Union"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "10942450",
"text": "Part of the Union \"Part of the Union\" is a song by English band Strawbs, featured on their 1973 album \"Bursting at the Seams\" and was the band's most successful single, peaking at number 2 in the UK Singles Chart. It also reached number 10 in the Irish Singles Chart. The writing credits are given to Richard Hudson and John Ford, but the song may be an adaptation of the Woody Guthrie/Almanac Singers' 1940 song \"Union Maid\". The lyrical resemblance is striking although the tune is different. The song was included on the album \"Bursting at the Seams\" but is",
"title": "Part of the Union"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "10942454",
"text": "\"The Strawbs - Lay Down With The Strawbs\", filmed and recorded live at The Robin 2 in Bilston, UK on 5 March 2006. Part of the Union \"Part of the Union\" is a song by English band Strawbs, featured on their 1973 album \"Bursting at the Seams\" and was the band's most successful single, peaking at number 2 in the UK Singles Chart. It also reached number 10 in the Irish Singles Chart. The writing credits are given to Richard Hudson and John Ford, but the song may be an adaptation of the Woody Guthrie/Almanac Singers' 1940 song \"Union Maid\".",
"title": "Part of the Union"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "3825755",
"text": "Strawbs Strawbs (or The Strawbs) are an English rock band founded in 1964. Although the band started out as a bluegrass group they eventually moved on to other styles such as folk rock, progressive rock, and (briefly) glam rock. They are best known for their hit, \"Part of the Union\", which reached number two in the UK charts in February 1973, as well as for \"Lay Down\" a popular Progressive Rock hit from the same LP. The Strawbs also toured with Supertramp in their \"Crime of the Century\" tour, doing their own \"Hero and Heroine\" tour, which drew musical similarities",
"title": "Strawbs"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "3825775",
"text": "with a line-up of Cousins, Lambert, Cronk, Wakeman and Fernandez. Their album \"Prognostic\" was issued in October 2014. Current members Former members Supporting musicians Current members Former members Strawbs Strawbs (or The Strawbs) are an English rock band founded in 1964. Although the band started out as a bluegrass group they eventually moved on to other styles such as folk rock, progressive rock, and (briefly) glam rock. They are best known for their hit, \"Part of the Union\", which reached number two in the UK charts in February 1973, as well as for \"Lay Down\" a popular Progressive Rock hit",
"title": "Strawbs"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "10942453",
"text": "\"The Associated Union of Strawbs Workers\". The original \"Brothers\" recording can be found on the box set \"A Taste of Strawbs\". Cockerel Chorus (of \"Nice One Cyril\" fame) also recorded the song for inclusion on their 1973 \"Party Sing-a-long\" album. Recorded by The Hindle Strikers with T.B.E. in 1984 on the Catch 22 label (CTT001A) - originally they recorded it on cassette unaware that DJs required it on vinyl to play it on the radio. From 2007 to 2016 the song has been included as a standard part of the Strawbs' live set and was included in their live DVD",
"title": "Part of the Union"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "5949025",
"text": "Union (band) Union is an American rock group formed in 1997 featuring lead vocalist and guitarist John Corabi (ex-The Scream and Mötley Crüe), guitarist Bruce Kulick (ex-Kiss), bassist James Hunting (David Lee Roth and Eddie Money), and drummer Brent Fitz (Slash). Union was formed in 1997 when ex-Kiss guitarist Bruce Kulick, ex-Mötley Crüe vocalist and guitarist John Corabi, bassist James Hunting, and drummer Brent Fitz united to form a band. Kulick left Kiss after they decided to go back to their original lineup, and Corabi left Mötley Crüe under similar circumstances. Union released two studio albums and a live album.",
"title": "Union (band)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "3152438",
"text": "Solidarity Forever \"Solidarity Forever\", written by Ralph Chaplin in 1915, is perhaps the most famous union anthem. It is sung to the tune of \"John Brown's Body\" and \"The Battle Hymn of the Republic\". Although it was written as a song for the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), other union movements, such as the AFL-CIO, have adopted the song as their own. The song has been performed by musicians such as Utah Phillips, Pete Seeger, and was redone by Emcee Lynx and The Nightwatchman. It is still commonly sung at union meetings and rallies in the United States, Australia",
"title": "Solidarity Forever"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "3825761",
"text": "Down\", hit the UK charts at number 12, followed by a further single from the album, \"Part of the Union\", which went up to number 2. The album also reached number 2 in the album charts and the band undertook a 52-date UK tour to packed houses. The harder rock style was also evidenced by Cousins' solo album recorded that summer, with guests such as Roger Glover from Deep Purple and Jon Hiseman from Colosseum. However, during the course of a US tour, tensions came to a head and the \"Bursting at the Seams\" band did just that, with Hudson",
"title": "Strawbs"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "11211626",
"text": "has been adapted over the years to reflect changing attitudes, or dropped altogether. An alternate version, credited to Nancy Katz, appears in the 1973 (34th) and subsequent editions of the IWW's \"Little Red Songbook\", and starts, \"A woman’s struggle is hard, even with a union card\".; another version in the 1985 song anthology \"Carry It On!\" edited by Seeger and Bob Reiser urges women to \"Like Mother Jones, bestir them bones\". The 1973 single \"Part of the Union\" by British rock band The Strawbs, draws on similar themes to Guthrie's song to the extent that some sections - in particular",
"title": "Union Maid"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "15109535",
"text": "The Union (band) The Union are a British rock band formed in 2009 by Luke Morley, guitarist for Thunder, and Peter Shoulder, formerly of Winterville. After the breakup of Thunder in August 2009, guitarist Luke Morley announced that he had formed a new group with Pete Shoulder, whose previous band, Winterville, had split in 2007. The band was to be called \"The Union\". The pair had met each other eight years previously and had \"worked together ever since whenever our previous commitments allowed us time\". Chris Childs (also previously in Thunder) and Phil Martini (from Down 'n' Outz) were later",
"title": "The Union (band)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "7321692",
"text": "State of the Union (song) \"State Of The Union\" is the debut single from British singer-songwriter David Ford. It had previously been featured as a demo on his official website, before appearing as a track on a CD entitled \"\"Apology Demos EP\",\" only on sale at live shows. The song was released as a single in the United Kingdom on September 26, 2005, on CD/7\" formats through Independiente Records and preceded his debut album \"I Sincerely Apologise For All The Trouble I've Caused\". The music video received numerous plaudits for its originality. It was recorded live-in-one-take, with David, using a",
"title": "State of the Union (song)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "10942452",
"text": "the Strawbs have stated that the song was written with genuine celebratory intent. The song resurfaced on the UK television advertisement for insurance company Norwich Union in 1998. The B-side track \"Will You Go\" is an arrangement of the Irish folk song \"Wild Mountain Thyme\" written by Belfast musician Francis McPeake, dating back to the repertoire of The Strawberry Hill Boys (the original name of Strawbs) In the band's appearance on BBC's \"Top of the Pops\", keyboardist Blue Weaver appeared with both piano and pedal harmonium and drummer Richard Hudson appeared with a marching bass drum emblazoned with the words",
"title": "Part of the Union"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "11211624",
"text": "Union Maid \"Union Maid\" is a union song, with lyrics written by Woody Guthrie in response to a request for a union song from a female point of view. The melody is the 1907 standard \"Red Wing\" by Kerry Mills. Along with \"Talking Union\", this song was one of the many pro-union songs written by Guthrie during his time as a member of the Almanac Singers. Another member, Pete Seeger writes, \"I'm proud to say I was present when 'Union Maid' was written in June, 1940, in the plain little office of the Oklahoma City Communist Party. Bob Wood, local",
"title": "Union Maid"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "15109537",
"text": "dates in April. The Union also played the 2010 Sonisphere Festival at Knebworth on Sunday 1 June. The band's debut single, \"Step up to the Plate\", was premiered on Planet Rock on Thursday 18 March, and was available to download from the band's website. The Union announced two shows in late July (between their appearances at High Voltage and Sonisphere) which they were to headline and another UK tour in late September and early October. The band's second single, \"Black Monday\", was available as a free download in mid-May. The Union's eponymous debut album was originally scheduled to be released",
"title": "The Union (band)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "20337095",
"text": "Western Union (song) \"Western Union\" is a 1967 song by the American rock band the Five Americans. The single peaked at number 5 on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100 in April 1967. It also reached number 7 on the \"Cash Box\" Top 100 Singles chart that same month. In a March 1967 interview that appeared in Michael Oberman's \"Top Tunes\" column in the \"Evening Star\" newspaper (Washington, D.C.), Norman Ezell, guitarist for the group, explained how they came up with \"Western Union.\" \"Mike Rabon, our lead guitar player, was just fooling around with his guitar when he came up with a",
"title": "Western Union (song)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "7321693",
"text": "looping machine, playing all 12 instruments used in the song. State of the Union (song) \"State Of The Union\" is the debut single from British singer-songwriter David Ford. It had previously been featured as a demo on his official website, before appearing as a track on a CD entitled \"\"Apology Demos EP\",\" only on sale at live shows. The song was released as a single in the United Kingdom on September 26, 2005, on CD/7\" formats through Independiente Records and preceded his debut album \"I Sincerely Apologise For All The Trouble I've Caused\". The music video received numerous plaudits for",
"title": "State of the Union (song)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "15109540",
"text": "Union also made an appearance at the 2012 edition of the Download Festival. \"Siren's Song\" was nominated in the 'Album of the Year' category at the 2012 Classic Rock Magazine Awards, although it eventually lost out to Rush's \"Clockwork Angels\". The Union's third studio album, \"The World Is Yours\", was released on 11 February 2013. The band embarked on a UK tour throughout February in support of the new album. The album was funded by a PledgeMusic campaign, which had already passed the 200 percent mark by November 2012. The Union (band) The Union are a British rock band formed",
"title": "The Union (band)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "15156259",
"text": "very modern take on classic styles\", featuring \"impeccable songwriting\" and \"uniquely powerful and emotive vocals\". All tracks written by Luke Morley and Peter Shoulder, except where noted. The Union (The Union album) The Union is the eponymous debut album by The Union, the English rock band formed by ex-Thunder guitarist Luke Morley and Peter Shoulder (formerly of Winterville). It was released on 23 August 2010 and features, on a bonus DVD, the band's first concert, at the Garage in London from December 2009. \"BBC\" reviewed the album on 8 August, calling it \"a collaboration which benefits from a perfect pairing",
"title": "The Union (The Union album)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "14915492",
"text": "The Union (Elton John and Leon Russell album) The Union is a collaboration studio album by singer-songwriters Elton John and Leon Russell, released on 19 October 2010 in the US and on 25 October in the UK. This is John's second collaboration album, after 1993's Duets. This is the first studio release by John since 1979's \"Victim of Love\" without any of his regular band members. It is also his highest charting studio album on the \"Billboard\" 200 since 1976's \"Blue Moves\", debuting at No. 3, as well as Russell's highest charting studio album since 1972's \"Carney\". \"The Union\" was",
"title": "The Union (Elton John and Leon Russell album)"
}
] |
Strawbs
|
where was the first pan african conference held
|
[
"in London"
] |
[
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "16852023",
"text": "First Pan-African Conference The First Pan-African Conference was held in London from 23 to 25 July 1900 (just prior to the Paris Exhibition of 1900 \"in order to allow tourists of African descent to attend both events\"). Organized primarily by the Trinidadian barrister Henry Sylvester Williams, it took place in Westminster Town Hall (now Caxton Hall) and was attended by 37 delegates and about 10 other participants and observers from Africa, the West Indies, the US and the UK, including Samuel Coleridge Taylor (the youngest delegate), John Alcindor, Dadabhai Naoroji, John Archer, Henry Francis Downing, and W. E. B. Du",
"title": "First Pan-African Conference"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "16852037",
"text": "he was a member of the Legislative Council from 1920 to 1940. Richard E. Phipps, the Trinidad barrister, returned home after the conference and emigrated to the Gold Coast in 1911. He remained there until his death around 1926. Williams himself lived in South Africa from 1903 to 1905,10 and died in Trinidad in 1911.\" Under the Pan-African Congress banner, a series of gatherings subsequently took place — in 1919 in Paris, 1921 in London, 1923 in London, 1927 in New York City, 1945 in Manchester, 1974 in Dar es Salaam and 1994 in Kampala — to address the issues",
"title": "First Pan-African Conference"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "16852038",
"text": "facing Africa as a result of European colonization. A centenary commemorative event was held in London on 25 July 2000, attended by descendants of some of the delegates at the original conference, as well as descendants of delegates at the 1945 5th Pan-African Congress in Manchester. First Pan-African Conference The First Pan-African Conference was held in London from 23 to 25 July 1900 (just prior to the Paris Exhibition of 1900 \"in order to allow tourists of African descent to attend both events\"). Organized primarily by the Trinidadian barrister Henry Sylvester Williams, it took place in Westminster Town Hall (now",
"title": "First Pan-African Conference"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "16852025",
"text": "Africa that followed the 1884-5 Congress of Berlin. The formation of the association marked an early stage in the development of the anti-colonialist movement, and was established to encourage the unity of Africans and people of African descent, particularly in territories of the British empire, concerning itself with injustices in Britain's African and Caribbean colonies. In March 1898 the association issued a circular calling for a pan-African conference. Booker T. Washington, who had been travelling in the UK in the summer of 1899, wrote in a letter to African-American newspapers: When the First Pan-African Conference opened on Monday, 23 July",
"title": "First Pan-African Conference"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "16852024",
"text": "Bois, with Bishop Alexander Walters of the AME Zion Church taking the chair. Du Bois played a leading role, drafting a letter (\"Address to the Nations of the World\") to European leaders appealing to them to struggle against racism, to grant colonies in Africa and the West Indies the right to self-government and demanding political and other rights for African Americans. On 24 September 1897, Henry Sylvester Williams had been instrumental in founding the African Association (not to be confused with the Association for Promoting the Discovery of the Interior Parts of Africa), in response to the European partition of",
"title": "First Pan-African Conference"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "16852029",
"text": "the African Association (formed by Sylvester Williams in 1897) into the Pan-African Association, and the implementation of a unanimously adopted \"Address to the Nations of the World\", sent to various heads of state where people of African descent were living and suffering oppression. The address implored the United States and the imperial European nations to “acknowledge and protect the rights of people of African descent” and to respect the integrity and independence of \"the free Negro States of Abyssinia, Liberia, Haiti, etc.\" Signed by Walters (President of the Pan-African Association), the Canadian Rev. Henry B. Brown (Vice-President), Williams (General Secretary)",
"title": "First Pan-African Conference"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "3691882",
"text": "Sentiments on the Evil of Slavery\". The group addressed meetings and organised letter-writing campaigns, published campaigning material and visited parliament. They wrote to figures such as Granville Sharp, William Pitt and other members of the white abolition movement, as well as King George III and the Prince of Wales, the future George IV. Modern Pan-Africanism began around the start of the 20th century. The African Association, later renamed the Pan-African Association, was established around 1897 by Henry Sylvester-Williams, who organized the First Pan-African Conference in London in 1900. With the independence of Ghana in March 1957, Kwame Nkrumah was elected",
"title": "Pan-Africanism"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "2650298",
"text": "of Versailles, black ex-servicemen and educated urban classes became disillusioned. Because colonialism had been built on the foundation of capitalism, socialist ideas of equality and global collaboration appealed to these budding revolutionaries. A letter from Jamaican writer and socialist Claude McKay to Leon Trotsky in 1922 refers to the experience of black soldiers: In February 1919, the first Pan-African Congress was organized by W. E. B. Du Bois and Ida Gibbs Hunt, wife of US Consul William Henry Hunt, who was at that time working at the American consulate in Saint-Étienne, France. There were 57 delegates representing 15 countries, a",
"title": "Pan-African Congress"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "2650296",
"text": "Pan-African Congress The Pan-African Congress — following on from the first Pan-African Conference of 1900 in London — was a series of seven meetings, held in 1919 in Paris (1st Pan-African Congress), 1921 in London (2nd Pan-African Congress), 1923 in London (3rd Pan-African Congress), 1927 in New York City (4th Pan-African Congress), 1945 in Manchester (5th Pan-African Congress), 1974 in Dar es Salaam (6th Pan-African Congress), 1994 in Kampala (7th Pan-African Congress), and 2014 in Accra that were intended to address the issues facing Africa as a result of European colonization of most of the continent. The Pan-African Congress gained",
"title": "Pan-African Congress"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "16852034",
"text": "given in our honor by the late Dr. Creighton, Lord Bishop of London, at his stately palace at Fulham, which has been occupied by the Bishops of London since the fifteenth century. On our arrival at the palace we found his Lordship and one or two other Bishops, with their wives and daughters, waiting to greet us. After a magnificent repast had been served we were conducted through the extensive grounds which surround the palace... Through the kindness of Mr. Clark, a member of Parliament, we were invited to tea on Wednesday, at 5 o'clock, on the Terrace of Parliament.",
"title": "First Pan-African Conference"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "16852036",
"text": "adverse opinion which had been created against them in some quarters of late by their enemies might be changed.\" After the conference ended, Williams set up branches of the Pan-African Association in Jamaica, Trinidad and the USA. He also launched a short-lived journal, \"The Pan-African\", in October 1901. Although plans for the association to meet every two years failed, the 1900 conference encouraged the development of the Pan-African Congress. As Tony Martin noted, \"At least three of the Caribbean delegates later emigrated to Africa. George Christian of Dominica became a successful lawyer and legislator in the Gold Coast (Ghana) where",
"title": "First Pan-African Conference"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "2650305",
"text": "in 1946 by Nkrumah and Kenyatta. There were 33 delegates from the West Indies and 35 from various British organizations, including the West African Students Union. The presence of 77-year-old Du Bois was historic, as he had organized the First Pan-African Congress in 1919. The British Press scarcely mentioned the conference. A number of resolutions were passed, among them the criminalization of racial discrimination and the main resolution decrying imperialism and capitalism. Pan-Africanism is aimed at the economic, intellectual and political cooperation of the African countries. It demands that the riches of the continent be used for the enlistment of",
"title": "Pan-African Congress"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "2650300",
"text": "Nigeria, Gold Coast and Sierra Leone; the Egyptian Sudan, British East Africa, former German East Africa; French Senegal, the French Congo and Madagascar; Belgian Congo; Portuguese St. Thomé, Angola and Mozambique; Liberia; Abyssinia; Haiti; British Jamaica and Grenada; French Martinique and Guadeloupe; British Guiana; the United States of America, Negroes resident in England, France, Belgium and Portugal, and fraternal visitors from India, Morocco, the Philippines and Annam.\" There was an Indian revolutionary who took part, Shapurji Saklatvala, and a journalist from Gold Coast named W. F. Hutchinson who spoke. This session of the Congress was the most focused for change",
"title": "Pan-African Congress"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "2650307",
"text": "an important step towards the end of those imperial powers in Africa. Unlike the four earlier congresses, the fifth one involved people from the African Diaspora, including Afro-Caribbeans and Afro-Americans. Manchester had a significant part to play in helping the African countries to march forward in their fight to independence. Pan-African Congress The Pan-African Congress — following on from the first Pan-African Conference of 1900 in London — was a series of seven meetings, held in 1919 in Paris (1st Pan-African Congress), 1921 in London (2nd Pan-African Congress), 1923 in London (3rd Pan-African Congress), 1927 in New York City (4th",
"title": "Pan-African Congress"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "7838758",
"text": "Inn, and Kinloch was the association's first treasurer. Some English people felt the Association would not last three months but by 1900 Williams was ready to hold the first Pan-African Conference (subsequent gatherings were known as Congresses). The three-day gathering took place at Westminster Town Hall on 23, 24, and 25 July with delegates comprising \"men and women of African blood and descent\" from West and South Africa, the West Indies, the United States and Liberia. W. E. B. Du Bois, who was to become the movement's torchbearer at subsequent Pan-African Congresses, was a participant and his Address to the",
"title": "Henry Sylvester-Williams"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "3691884",
"text": "suppression under imperialism). Pan-Africanism under Nkrumah evolved past the assumptions of a racially exclusive movement associated with black Africa, and adopted a political discourse of regional unity In April 1958, Nkrumah hosted the first All-African People’s Conference (AAPC) in Accra, Ghana. The Conference invited delegates of political movements and major political leaders. With the exception of South Africa, all Independent States of the Continent attended: Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, Liberia, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia and Sudan. The Conference signified a monumental event in the pan-African movement, as it revealed a political and social union between those considered Arabic states and the black",
"title": "Pan-Africanism"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "6344295",
"text": "Pan-Anglican Congress The first Pan-Anglican Congress was held in London (United Kingdom) from June 15 to June 24 1908, immediately prior to the Fifth Lambeth Conference held in July of the same year. Designed as a consultation on mission, the Congress was a meeting of some 17,000 people attended both by clergy and laity. The Congress was initiated by Bishop Henry H. Montgomery, Secretary of the SPG. Principal meetings were held at the Royal Albert Hall in South Kensington. The Congress marked a period of organizational transition for Anglican church mission work and a growing recognition of the cultural diversity,",
"title": "Pan-Anglican Congress"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "16852026",
"text": "1900, in London's Westminster Hall, Bishop Alexander Walters in his opening address, \"The Trials and Tribulations of the Coloured Race in America\", noted that \"for the first time in history black people had gathered from all parts of the globe to discuss and improve the condition of their race, to assert their rights and organize so that they might take an equal place among nations.\" The Bishop of London, Mandell Creighton, gave a speech of welcome \"referring to 'the benefits of self-government' which Britain must confer on 'other races ... as soon as possible'.\" Speakers over the three days addressed",
"title": "First Pan-African Conference"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "6202887",
"text": "of a broader economic globalization, the increasing trade between Canada and the United States is not generally seen as a threat to Canadian sovereignty. Continentalism in Africa, commonly referred to as Pan-Africanism, is a sociopolitical world view, philosophy, and movement that seeks to unify native Africans and members of the African diaspora into a \"global African community\". Pan-Africanism calls for a politically united Africa. Modern Pan-Africanism began around the beginning of the twentieth century. The African Association, later renamed the Pan-African Association, was organized by Henry Sylvester-Williams around 1887, and the first Pan-African Conference was held in 1900. Continentalism in",
"title": "Continentalism"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "16098384",
"text": "(IOC), in Basel, Switzerland in 1954, to hold the 12th IOC in South Africa. Although the offer was not taken up at the time, it stimulated discussion about holding an independent conference on African birds, leading to the first PAOC in Livingstone, Northern Rhodesia, in 1957. The first three congresses took place in southern Africa under the auspices of the SAOS, with the third (in Kruger National Park) largely organised by the Percy FitzPatrick Institute. Because of the political atmosphere pertaining to apartheid in South Africa at the time, no indigenous Africans participated in those meetings. At the 16th IOC",
"title": "Pan-African Ornithological Congress"
}
] |
in London
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who played adam schiff on law & order
|
[
"Steven Hill"
] |
[
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "5617244",
"text": "Adam Schiff (Law & Order) Adam Schiff is a fictional character on the TV drama series \"Law & Order\". He was played by Steven Hill from 1990 to 2000. Schiff was one of the original main characters of the series and appeared in every episode of the first 10 seasons except for \"Everybody's Favorite Bagman\", which was produced before Hill joined the cast, and the season-seven episode \"D-Girl\". He appeared in 229 episodes (228 episodes of \"Law & Order\" and the \"\" episode \"Entitled\"), and was the last original character to leave the show's main cast. Schiff is District Attorney",
"title": "Adam Schiff (Law & Order)"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "5617250",
"text": "article about McCoy's election campaign on the Internet and lends him his support. The character of Adam Schiff is loosely based upon long-serving New York County, Manhattan District Attorney Robert Morgenthau. Adam Schiff (Law & Order) Adam Schiff is a fictional character on the TV drama series \"Law & Order\". He was played by Steven Hill from 1990 to 2000. Schiff was one of the original main characters of the series and appeared in every episode of the first 10 seasons except for \"Everybody's Favorite Bagman\", which was produced before Hill joined the cast, and the season-seven episode \"D-Girl\". He",
"title": "Adam Schiff (Law & Order)"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "4747228",
"text": "Steven Hill Steven Hill (born Solomon Krakovsky; February 24, 1922 – August 23, 2016) was an American actor. His two better-known roles are district attorney Adam Schiff on the NBC television drama series \"Law & Order\", whom he portrayed for 10 seasons (1990–2000), and , the original team leader of the Impossible Missions Force on the CBS television series \"\", whom he portrayed in the initial season of the show (1966–1967). Hill was born Solomon Krakovsky or Solomon Berg in Seattle, Washington, to Russian Jewish immigrants. After graduating from West Seattle High School in 1940, Hill served four years in",
"title": "Steven Hill"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "1483913",
"text": "series. The producers held options on Dzundza, Noth, Moriarty and Brooks. Each was paid holding money for the additional year and brought back. Florek also returned. Thinnes, however, was starring in \"Dark Shadows\" and declined to return. In his place, the producers tapped Steven Hill to play District Attorney Adam Schiff, a character loosely based on real-life New York County District Attorney Robert Morgenthau. Hill brought prestige and experience to the show and, as such, the producers allowed Hill to give insight on the direction he thought the character should go. Dzundza was disappointed when he realized that the show",
"title": "Law & Order"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "4747247",
"text": "day, wearing a tallit katan (four-cornered fringed garment) beneath his clothes, and strictly observing Shabbat. This made Hill unavailable for Friday night or Saturday matinee performances, effectively ending his stage career and closing many film roles to him, most notably \"The Sand Pebbles\". Steven Hill Steven Hill (born Solomon Krakovsky; February 24, 1922 – August 23, 2016) was an American actor. His two better-known roles are district attorney Adam Schiff on the NBC television drama series \"Law & Order\", whom he portrayed for 10 seasons (1990–2000), and , the original team leader of the Impossible Missions Force on the CBS",
"title": "Steven Hill"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "4747242",
"text": "playing parental and authority-figure roles in such films as \"Yentl\" (1983), \"Garbo Talks\" (1984), Neil Simon's \"Brighton Beach Memoirs\", \"Heartburn\" (1986), \"Running on Empty\" (1988), \"Billy Bathgate\" (1991), and \"The Firm\" (1993). Hill also appeared as a mob kingpin in \"Raw Deal\" (1986), an action vehicle for Arnold Schwarzenegger. Hill played New York District Attorney Bower in the 1986 comedy-drama \"Legal Eagles\", foreshadowing his appearance as Adam Schiff in \"Law & Order\". Hill became best known, and to an even greater degree than from his role in \"Mission: Impossible\", as Adam Schiff in the NBC TV drama series \"Law &",
"title": "Steven Hill"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "5964416",
"text": "Law & Order (season 6) The sixth season of \"Law & Order\" aired on NBC between September 20, 1995, and May 22, 1996. Rey Curtis (played by Benjamin Bratt) replaced season five's Mike Logan (Chris Noth) in the role of junior detective. This change left District Attorney Adam Schiff (played by Steven Hill) as the only remaining member of the series' cast from the first season. Hill was not an original member of the cast, as his character replaced D.A. Alfred Wentworth (played by Roy Thinnes) from the original pilot, \"Everyone's Favorite Bagman\". Paul Robinette (played by original cast member",
"title": "Law & Order (season 6)"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "1483901",
"text": "Attorney's Office. Plots are often based on real cases that recently made headlines, although the motivation for the crime and the perpetrator may be different. The show has been noted for its revolving cast over the years. Among the longest-running main cast members were Steven Hill as District Attorney Adam Schiff (seasons 1–10), Jerry Orbach as Detective Lennie Briscoe (seasons 3–14), S. Epatha Merkerson as Lieutenant Anita Van Buren (seasons 4–20), Sam Waterston as Executive Assistant District Attorney Jack McCoy (seasons 5–20; later District Attorney) and Jesse L. Martin as Detective Ed Green (seasons 10–18). \"Law & Order\"s twenty seasons",
"title": "Law & Order"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "9574250",
"text": "his replacement to portray District Attorney Adam Schiff. Steven Zirnkilton, who narrates the opening sequence in every episode of each \"Law & Order\" series, makes his sole onscreen appearance in this episode. He has one line of dialogue: \"Look at that. Do you believe these guys?\" Everybody's Favorite Bagman \"Everybody's Favorite Bagman\" is the sixth episode of the police procedural and legal drama \"Law & Order\". It originally aired on NBC on October 30, 1990. It was produced in 1988 and was the pilot episode of the series. After local councilman and former bagman Charles Halsey is mugged and his",
"title": "Everybody's Favorite Bagman"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "4747243",
"text": "Order\", a part that he played for 10 seasons, from 1990 to 2000. Hill's character was loosely modeled on the real former district attorney of New York, Robert Morgenthau, and Morgenthau reportedly was a fan of the character. Hill admitted that he found the character of Adam Schiff the hardest role he ever had, because of all the legal jargon he had to learn. \"It's like acting in a second language,\" said Hill. Hill added that he agreed with the show's philosophy, saying that \"there's a certain positive statement in this show. So much is negative today. The positive must",
"title": "Steven Hill"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "5964417",
"text": "Richard Brooks) returns in the episode \"Custody\", his first guest appearance after his departure after season three. <onlyinclude> </onlyinclude> Law & Order (season 6) The sixth season of \"Law & Order\" aired on NBC between September 20, 1995, and May 22, 1996. Rey Curtis (played by Benjamin Bratt) replaced season five's Mike Logan (Chris Noth) in the role of junior detective. This change left District Attorney Adam Schiff (played by Steven Hill) as the only remaining member of the series' cast from the first season. Hill was not an original member of the cast, as his character replaced D.A. Alfred",
"title": "Law & Order (season 6)"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "4087818",
"text": "of District Attorney Adam Schiff (played by actor Steven Hill), the New York district attorney in the long-running TV series \"Law & Order\", was loosely based on Morgenthau. Morgenthau reportedly was a fan of the character. Morgenthau's other principal civic activities were the Police Athletic League of New York City, which he served since 1962, first as president and then chairman, and the Museum of Jewish Heritage, of which he was chairman. In 2005, Morgenthau received The Hundred Year Association of New York's Gold Medal \"in recognition of outstanding contributions to the City of New York\". Morgenthau also received the",
"title": "Robert Morgenthau"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "5617249",
"text": "Schiff character was written out of the show to accommodate Hill's resignation. Within the story arc of the show, Schiff leaves the DA's office to accept a role in coordinating commemorations of the Holocaust Project. He goes on to work with Simon Wiesenthal. He is succeeded by Nora Lewin (Dianne Wiest). After McCoy becomes the district attorney in 2007, he commented that he now understands why Schiff always seemed to be in a bad mood. In 2009, Schiff is said to be in Africa with former President Jimmy Carter, attempting to get into Zimbabwe. While in Africa, he sees an",
"title": "Adam Schiff (Law & Order)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "1483926",
"text": "Curtis was. (Briscoe was described as being a recovering alcoholic, as Cragen had been; Green was described as being a recovering compulsive gambler.) In 2000, Hill announced he was leaving the series after Season 10. Hill, who was the last remaining member of the original cast, said his departure was mutual with the producers. He was replaced by Dianne Wiest as Interim District Attorney Nora Lewin, and Adam Schiff was written out off-screen as departing to work with Jewish charities and human-rights organizations in Europe. The following year, Harmon left the show after three seasons (with Abbie Carmichael written off",
"title": "Law & Order"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "5053550",
"text": "Benjamin Stone (Law & Order character) Benjamin \"Ben\" Stone is a fictional character portrayed by Michael Moriarty in the TV drama \"Law & Order\". He was the Executive Assistant District Attorney for New York County until his resignation at the end of season four. He appeared in 88 episodes. Stone works in the Manhattan District Attorney's office under Alfred Wentworth (in the pilot episode) and Adam Schiff. He was raised in an Irish Catholic family. He was raised mostly by his Irish grandmother, his father having been an alcoholic. Stone is divorced and has a son, Peter Stone, who was",
"title": "Benjamin Stone (Law & Order character)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "16144274",
"text": "Law & Order: Legacies Law & Order: Legacies is an episodic graphic adventure based on the \"Law & Order\" franchise. It was developed by Telltale Games and was originally announced as \"Law & Order: Los Angeles\", but it was changed to include fan favorite characters from the entire run of the \"Law & Order\" franchise. Among them are Rey Curtis, Lennie Briscoe, Anita Van Buren, Abbie Carmichael, Jack McCoy, Mike Logan, Michael Cutter, and Adam Schiff from \"Law & Order\", and Olivia Benson from \"\". It was released in seven episodes, with the first two episodes released simultaneously on iOS",
"title": "Law & Order: Legacies"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "5617246",
"text": "out. He is also pro-choice. While he is often stern and unforgiving in his professional conduct, he has amicable relationships with his assistants. He is closest to Benjamin Stone (Michael Moriarty), and is saddened to see him resign when a witness he is trying to protect is murdered. His relationship with Stone's successor, Jack McCoy (Sam Waterston), is more problematic, as McCoy is more ruthless and unconventional, and his habitual bending of trial rules occasionally garners Schiff bad publicity. However, the two eventually grow to like and respect each other. He has many friends among New York's elite, including powerful",
"title": "Adam Schiff (Law & Order)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "5617245",
"text": "of New York County, and a graduate of Columbia University, where he served on the \"Law Review\". He began his career as an ADA in 1973. He is a pragmatic Democrat of faintly liberal stripe, but regardless of political inclinations, he is never perturbed by his critics nor by uncooperative judges. Political persuasions sometimes cloud his decisions with regard to certain cases such as the death penalty, however; he has moral objections to capital punishment, having written a brief protesting it in 1971, but is not averse to seeking it against a defendant if voters want such a sentence carried",
"title": "Adam Schiff (Law & Order)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "5617248",
"text": "affected grandson, who killed his half-sister while in a manic state, to hide his own condition. The once solid friendship destroyed, Anderton seeks vengeance and backs Schiff's opponent in a primary election, although Schiff is subsequently reelected. In 1997, Schiff's wife has a stroke that puts her in a vegetative state. She dies after he elects to have her taken off life support. Their son Josh is mentioned in several episodes, as are Josh's own wife and son, but he never appears on screen. Schiff is a fan of the Boston Red Sox and Columbia Lions football. In 2000, the",
"title": "Adam Schiff (Law & Order)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "13479784",
"text": "season, \"Law & Order's\" notable guest stars included Annaleigh Ashford, Adam Driver, David Alan Basche, Ned Eisenberg, Camille Chen, John Bolger, Sean Nelson, Portia Reiners, Jim Gaffigan, Richard Thomas, Bill Sage, Deirdre O'Connell, Rob Corddry, Jenna Stern, Kate Burton, Elliott Gould, Raúl Esparza, Samantha Bee, Rebecca Creskoff, Aaron Shaw, Debra Winger, Adriane Lenox, Julito McCullum, Tammy Blanchard, Tony Hale, Tony Roberts, Robin Weigert, Mark Linn-Baker, Clea DuVall, Doug E. Doug, David Costabile, Anna Gunn, Lindsey Vonn, Kathy Baker, Ben Schnetzer, Jonathan Cake, Amy Madigan, Ernie Hudson, and Benjamin Bratt. <onlyinclude> </onlyinclude> Law & Order (season 20) The 20th and final",
"title": "Law & Order (season 20)"
}
] |
Steven Hill
|
who was president when the white house was built
|
[
"John Adams"
] |
[
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "455070",
"text": "White House The White House is the official residence and workplace of the President of the United States. It is located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington, D.C. and has been the residence of every U.S. President since John Adams in 1800. The term, \"White House\", is often used as a metonym for the president and his advisers. The residence was designed by Irish-born architect James Hoban in the neoclassical style. Hoban modelled the building on Leinster House in Dublin, a building which today houses the Oireachtas, the Irish legislature. Construction took place between 1792 and 1800 using Aquia",
"title": "White House"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "455074",
"text": "Ground Floor, State Floor, Second Floor, and Third Floor, as well as a two-story basement. The property is a National Heritage Site owned by the National Park Service and is part of the President's Park. In 2007, it was ranked second on the American Institute of Architects list of \"America's Favorite Architecture\". Following his April 1789 inauguration, President George Washington occupied two executive mansions in New York City: the Samuel Osgood House at 3 Cherry Street (April 1789 – February 1790), and the Alexander Macomb House at 39–41 Broadway (February–August 1790). In May 1790, New York began construction of Government",
"title": "White House"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "9428036",
"text": "in the president's honor, and the district Columbia, which was a poetic name for the United States commonly in use at that time. Construction on the White House (then called the \"President's House\") was begun in 1792. Washington laid the cornerstone for the United States Capitol (then called the \"Congress House\") on September 18, 1793. John Adams, Washington's successor, moved into the White House in November 1800; that same month, Congress held its first session in the Capitol. The following February, Congress approved the District of Columbia Organic Act of 1801, which officially organized the District of Columbia, and, in",
"title": "Presidency of George Washington"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "18760024",
"text": "$881,000 but was funded out of a separate fund controlled by the president. The original schedule called for the work to be finished in late 1951. By the end of 1950 the contractor estimated it would take until 1952. John McShain encountered the president at a football game on January 1, 1951 and jokingly told the president he would be in the White House that summer. The president took him seriously, announced it publicly, and invited Princess Elizabeth to visit in the autumn. The state visit occurred, but not in the (unfinished) White House. In early 1952 the president directed",
"title": "White House Reconstruction"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "979049",
"text": "would be important in the capital. Dolley worked with the architect Benjamin Henry Latrobe to furnish the White House, the first official residence built for the president of the United States. She sometimes served as widower Jefferson's hostess for official ceremonial functions. In the approach to the 1808 presidential election, with Thomas Jefferson ready to retire, the Democratic-Republican caucus nominated James Madison to succeed him. He was elected President, serving two terms from 1809 to 1817, and Dolley became the official First Lady. She was renowned for her social graces and hospitality, and contributed to her husband's popularity as president.",
"title": "Dolley Madison"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "455098",
"text": "gifts of furniture and art for the first time. The West Wing was damaged by fire in 1929, but rebuilt during the remaining years of the Herbert Hoover presidency. In the 1930s, a second story was added, as well as a larger basement for White House staff, and President Franklin Roosevelt had the Oval Office moved to its present location: adjacent to the Rose Garden. Decades of poor maintenance, the construction of a fourth story attic during the Coolidge administration, and the addition of a second-floor balcony over the south portico for Harry S. Truman took a great toll on",
"title": "White House"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "455076",
"text": "have Philadelphia named the permanent national capital, Pennsylvania built a much grander presidential mansion several blocks away, but Washington declined to occupy it. President John Adams also occupied the Market Street mansion from March 1797 to May 1800. On Saturday, November 1, 1800, he became the first president to occupy the White House. The President's House in Philadelphia became a hotel and was demolished in 1832, while the unused presidential mansion became home to the University of Pennsylvania. The President's House was a major feature of Pierre (Peter) Charles L'Enfant's' plan for the newly established federal city, Washington, D.C. (see:",
"title": "White House"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "455087",
"text": "mask the burn damage it had suffered, giving the building its namesake hue. The name \"Executive Mansion\" was used in official contexts until President Theodore Roosevelt established the formal name by having \"White House–Washington\" engraved on the stationery in 1901. The current letterhead wording and arrangement \"The White House\" with the word \"Washington\" centered beneath goes back to the administration of Franklin D. Roosevelt. Although the structure was not completed until some years after the presidency of George Washington, there is speculation that the name of the traditional residence of the President of the United States may have derived from",
"title": "White House"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "455072",
"text": "within the executive mansion itself, President Theodore Roosevelt had all work offices relocated to the newly constructed West Wing in 1901. Eight years later in 1909, President William Howard Taft expanded the West Wing and created the first Oval Office, which was eventually moved as the section was expanded. In the main mansion, the third-floor attic was converted to living quarters in 1927 by augmenting the existing hip roof with long shed dormers. A newly constructed East Wing was used as a reception area for social events; Jefferson's colonnades connected the new wings. East Wing alterations were completed in 1946,",
"title": "White House"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "18760006",
"text": "carried significant weight with public and Congressional opinion and so their approval was sought for major design decisions of the reconstruction project. The president was both the chief executive of the White House’s owner, the recent and future resident, and the current occupant of the West Wing. While the Commission was in overall charge of the project, the project manager, the day-to-day management and the contractor who executed the work, President Truman was a highly influential participant from early design and throughout all stages of construction. From an early meeting he made known he had a history of watching over",
"title": "White House Reconstruction"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "455077",
"text": "L'Enfant Plan). The architect of the White House was chosen in a design competition which received nine proposals, including one submitted anonymously by Thomas Jefferson. President Washington visited Charleston, South Carolina in May 1791 on his \"Southern Tour\", and saw the under-construction Charleston County Courthouse designed by Irish architect James Hoban. He is reputed to have met with Hoban then. The following year, he summoned the architect to Philadelphia and met with him in June 1792. On July 16, 1792, the President met with the commissioners of the federal city to make his judgment in the architectural competition. His review",
"title": "White House"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "11229712",
"text": "was created out of the western half of Indian Territory. During Harrison's time in office, the United States was continuing to experience advances in science and technology, and Harrison was the earliest president whose voice is known to be preserved. That was originally made on a wax phonograph cylinder in 1889 by Gianni Bettini. Harrison also had electricity installed in the White House for the first time by Edison General Electric Company, but he and his wife would not touch the light switches for fear of electrocution and would often go to sleep with the lights on. The United States",
"title": "Presidency of Benjamin Harrison"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "455071",
"text": "Creek sandstone painted white. When Thomas Jefferson moved into the house in 1801, he (with architect Benjamin Henry Latrobe) added low colonnades on each wing that concealed stables and storage. In 1814, during the War of 1812, the mansion was set ablaze by the British Army in the Burning of Washington, destroying the interior and charring much of the exterior. Reconstruction began almost immediately, and President James Monroe moved into the partially reconstructed Executive Residence in October 1817. Exterior construction continued with the addition of the semi-circular South portico in 1824 and the North portico in 1829. Because of crowding",
"title": "White House"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "455075",
"text": "House for his official residence, but he never occupied it. The national capital moved to Philadelphia in December 1790. The July 1790 Residence Act named Philadelphia, Pennsylvania the temporary national capital for a 10-year period while the Federal City was under construction. The City of Philadelphia rented Robert Morris's city house at 190 High Street (now 524–30 Market Street) for Washington's presidential residence. The first U.S. President occupied the Market Street mansion from November 1790 to March 1797 and altered it in ways that may have influenced the design of the White House. As part of a futile effort to",
"title": "White House"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "455082",
"text": "the Pučišća querry whose stone was used to build the ancient Roman palace of Emperor Diocletian) was used in the original construction of the building, contrarily researchers believe limestone from the island was used in the 1902 renovations and not the original construction. Others suggest the original sandstone simply came from Aquia Creek in Stafford County, Virginia, as importing the stone would be too costly. The initial construction took place over a period of eight years, at a reported cost of $232,371.83 (equal to $ today). Although not yet completed, the White House was ready for occupancy circa November 1,",
"title": "White House"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "12942105",
"text": "of the Twenty-fifth Amendment). Nixon resigned into the term, and was succeeded by Ford. Former president Lyndon B. Johnson, whom Nixon replaced in the White House in 1969, died two days after the inauguration. Johnson thus became the sixth president who died during his immediate successor's administration, following George Washington (1799), James K. Polk (1849), Andrew Johnson (1875), Chester A. Arthur (1886) and Calvin Coolidge (1933), who died during the administrations of John Adams, Zachary Taylor, Ulysses S. Grant, Grover Cleveland (1st term), and Herbert Hoover, respectively. Many of the ceremonies that the Armed Forces Inauguration Committee had planned during",
"title": "Second inauguration of Richard Nixon"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "9013362",
"text": "or third greatest president, consistent with other surveys. Roosevelt is the sixth most admired person from the 20th century by U.S. citizens, according to Gallup. Summing up his Roosevelt's impact, Leuchtenburg writes: Franklin Delano Roosevelt served as President from March 1933 to April 1945, the longest tenure in American history. He may have done more during those twelve years to change American society and politics than any of his predecessors in the White House, save Abraham Lincoln. Of course, some of this was the product of circumstances; the Great Depression and the rise of Germany and Japan were beyond FDR's",
"title": "Presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "18760008",
"text": "throughout his administration. The Commission selected General Glen E. Edgerton as the overall manager of the project. His experience included selecting the route of the Panama Canal and constructing the Alaska Highway during World War II. He began work for the Commission in July 1949, just before they made the decision on reconstruction. The general contractor was John McShain Inc., headed by John McShain, the \"Builder of Washington\" who had constructed (amongst other works) the Jefferson Memorial, the Pentagon, and the FDR Library at Hyde Park. McShain's on-site construction manager was Paul Hauck, who had also been in charge of",
"title": "White House Reconstruction"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "455091",
"text": "of British ships led by HMS \"Fantome\" sank en route to Halifax off Prospect during a storm on the night of November 24, 1814, even though \"Fantome\" had no involvement in that action. After the fire, President James Madison resided in The Octagon House from 1814 to 1815, and then the Seven Buildings from 1815 to the end of his term. Meanwhile, both architect Benjamin Henry Latrobe and Hoban contributed to the design and oversight of the reconstruction, which lasted from 1815 until 1817. The south portico was constructed in 1824 during the James Monroe administration; the north portico was",
"title": "White House"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "18760004",
"text": "The reconstruction project was notable for both its complexity as well as the prominence and importance of the White House and its occupants to the country. Congress created the Commission on the Renovation of the Executive Mansion following the March 1949 recommendation of the president. It was granted authority to act on behalf of the federal government in the execution of the project, including responsibility for the White House and its site. It was composed of six men: two each appointed by the president, the Senate, and the House of Representatives. The president appointed Orr and Dougherty. Supporting them were",
"title": "White House Reconstruction"
}
] |
John Adams
|
where is the big statue of jesus located
|
[
"Rio de Janeiro, Brazil"
] |
[
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "19652258",
"text": "Gospodor Monument Park Gospodor Monument Park is a roadside attraction along Interstate 5 near Toledo, Washington, in the United States. It features four sculptures, collectively known as the Gospodor monuments, created in 2002. The tallest, standing at more than 100 feet, commemorates Mother Teresa and features a gold painted wooden statue of Jesus. Next to this monument is one featuring Mother Teresa herself. Another honors victims of The Holocaust and features an eternal electric flame. The park also includes a 100-foot tall monument depicting Chief Seattle to commemorate Native Americans and other indigenous tribes. After their installation in 2002, the",
"title": "Gospodor Monument Park"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "19246240",
"text": "Jesus de Greatest Jesus de Greatest is a statue of Jesus Christ located in Abajah village in Imo State, Nigeria. It is considered \"Africa’s largest statue of Jesus\", and is the fifth tallest statue in the African continent. The 160 ft African Renaissance Monument is the tallest statue in Africa, the 66 ft Great Sphinx of Giza is second, the 30 ft Statue of Ramesses II is third, and the 28 ft Nelson Mandela statue is fourth. When it comes to \"the largest statue of Jesus in the world\", tall Christ the King in Świebodzin, Poland, takes the credit. \"Jesus",
"title": "Jesus de Greatest"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "19246242",
"text": "of Jesus. Jesus de Greatest Jesus de Greatest is a statue of Jesus Christ located in Abajah village in Imo State, Nigeria. It is considered \"Africa’s largest statue of Jesus\", and is the fifth tallest statue in the African continent. The 160 ft African Renaissance Monument is the tallest statue in Africa, the 66 ft Great Sphinx of Giza is second, the 30 ft Statue of Ramesses II is third, and the 28 ft Nelson Mandela statue is fourth. When it comes to \"the largest statue of Jesus in the world\", tall Christ the King in Świebodzin, Poland, takes the",
"title": "Jesus de Greatest"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "8827176",
"text": "King of Kings (statue) King of Kings was a -tall statue of Jesus on the east side of Interstate 75 at the Solid Rock Church, a 4000+ member Christian megachurch near Monroe, Ohio, in the United States. It was destroyed by a lightning strike and subsequent fire on June 14, 2010. Located on the Interstate-facing side of the church's outdoor amphitheater, the statue was set on an island at the head of the church's baptismal pool, flanked by fountains and lit by colored spotlights. It depicted Jesus from the chest up, with his arms and head raised to the sky.",
"title": "King of Kings (statue)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "19906846",
"text": "Statue of Jesus (Saidnaya) The Statue of Jesus in Saidnaya, titled \"I Have Come to Save the World\", is the tallest Jesus Christ statue in the Middle East, completed on 14 October 2013, which coincided with a religious holiday for Orthodox Christians who celebrate the feast day of the Protection of the Most Holy Virgin Mary. The figure is 12.3 metres (40ft) tall and stands on a base that brings its height to 32 metres. The statue, arms outstretched, has been placed on a historic pilgrim route from Constantinople to Jerusalem, is near the \"Cherubim Monastery\" in the community of",
"title": "Statue of Jesus (Saidnaya)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "19652259",
"text": "sculptures caused routine traffic jams due to drivers rubbernecking and slowing down. The monuments, along with their night lights, were highly controversial with local residents and Gospodor was prevented from erecting additional sculptures by the county government. Gospodor Monument Park Gospodor Monument Park is a roadside attraction along Interstate 5 near Toledo, Washington, in the United States. It features four sculptures, collectively known as the Gospodor monuments, created in 2002. The tallest, standing at more than 100 feet, commemorates Mother Teresa and features a gold painted wooden statue of Jesus. Next to this monument is one featuring Mother Teresa herself.",
"title": "Gospodor Monument Park"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "12343766",
"text": "Christ of the Sacred Heart Christ of the Sacred Heart () is a statue of Jesus displaying his Sacred Heart located above the town of El Morro, six miles south of the city of Rosarito, Baja California, Mexico. The statue is situated directly across the highway from the coastal Las Rocas Resort and Spa, from which an excellent view of the statue can be had. The statue weighs 40 tons and was commissioned by Antonio Pequeno Guerrero. The head, chest and arms are made of steel and the lower body of fiberglass. The summit on which it sits used to",
"title": "Christ of the Sacred Heart"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "81134",
"text": "Corcovado Corcovado (), means \"hunchback\" in Portuguese, is a mountain in central Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It Is Corcovado hill lies just west of the city center but is wholly within the city limits and visible from great distances. It is known worldwide for the 38-metre (125 ft) statue of Jesus atop its peak, entitled \"Cristo Redentor\" or \"Christ the Redeemer\". The peak and statue can be accessed via a narrow road, by the 3.8 kilometre (2.4 mi) Corcovado Rack Railway, which was opened in 1884 and refurbished in 1980, or by the walking trail on the south side of",
"title": "Corcovado"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "19246241",
"text": "de Greatest\" is tall and weighs 40 tons. It stands barefoot with both arms outstretched, and was carved out of white marble. It was unveiled on January 1, 2016. Mass was held at St. Aloysius Catholic Church, Abajah with the presiding of the bishop of Orlu Catholic Diocese, Ret. Rev. Augustine Ukwuoma with hundreds of Roman Catholic priests and worshipers, and the unveiling of the statue was held on New Year's Day. Obinna Onuoha, a 43-year-old businessman, commissioned the building of the statue in 2013. He explained that he had had a dream in 1997 to build a giant statue",
"title": "Jesus de Greatest"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "13045892",
"text": "the King is counted) and taller than the \"Christ the Redeemer\" (30 m tall) outside Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, making it the second largest statue of Jesus Christ in the world. It is the third largest statue in the Southern Hemisphere, after the statue of Virgen de la Paz in Venezuela, and the statue of Saint Rita of Cascia in Brazil. The left hand of the statue points to the South, and the right points to the North. Cristo de la Concordia Cristo de la Concordia (\"Christ of Peace\") is a statue of Jesus Christ located atop San Pedro Hill,",
"title": "Cristo de la Concordia"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "12343767",
"text": "feature a small cross at which locals used to place flowers on holy days. Christ of the Sacred Heart Christ of the Sacred Heart () is a statue of Jesus displaying his Sacred Heart located above the town of El Morro, six miles south of the city of Rosarito, Baja California, Mexico. The statue is situated directly across the highway from the coastal Las Rocas Resort and Spa, from which an excellent view of the statue can be had. The statue weighs 40 tons and was commissioned by Antonio Pequeno Guerrero. The head, chest and arms are made of steel",
"title": "Christ of the Sacred Heart"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "13045891",
"text": "above sea level. Upon its completion, it became the largest statue of Jesus Christ in the world, surpassing the one it was modeled after. It weighs approximately . The head of the statue is tall, and weighs . The arms span . The statue has a surface area of 2,400 sq. metres (25,833 sq. ft.). 1,399 stairs lead to a viewing area inside the arms of the statue, but visitors are only permitted to make the ascent on Sundays. The statue is slightly smaller than \"Christ the King\" in Świebodzin, Poland (36 m tall if the high crown of Christ",
"title": "Cristo de la Concordia"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "14424614",
"text": "Sacred Heart of Jesus (Indianapolis) Sacred Heart of Jesus, is a public artwork by an unknown artist, located at Sacred Heart Church, which is in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America. It is a marble figure of Jesus standing with his arms outstretched at his sides. He is dressed in robes, barefoot and on his chest is the Sacred Heart. He stands on clouds and thorns, and it is mounted to a base of brick and limestone. Constructed just after 1960, it was on display at Alverna Retreat House in Indianapolis. In 1992 the sculpture was relocated to its current",
"title": "Sacred Heart of Jesus (Indianapolis)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "12158321",
"text": "Desert Christ Park Desert Christ Park is a sculpture garden in Yucca Valley, California. The park was sculpted and created by Antone Martin, a former aircraft worker who died in 1961 at the age of 74. Martin started sculpting the figures out of steel-reinforced concrete during the height of the Cold War atomic bomb scare of the mid-1940s, hoping that the sculptures would inspire global peace. Sculptures include The Twelve Apostles, Martha, Mary, angels, and a 15-foot-tall, 3 ton statue of Jesus, reminiscent of Rio de Janeiro's famous and much larger hilltop Christ the Redeemer. The park was neglected between",
"title": "Desert Christ Park"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "11313838",
"text": "Christ of Havana The Christ of Havana (Spanish: \"Cristo de La Habana\") is a large sculpture representing Jesus of Nazareth on a hilltop overlooking the bay in Havana, Cuba. It is the work of the Cuban sculptor Jilma Madera, who won the commission for it in 1953. The statue was carved out of white Carrara marble, the same material used for many of the monuments of the Colon Cemetery. The statue is about high including a base. It weighs approximately 320 tons. The statue was built from 67 blocks of marble that had been brought from Italy after being personally",
"title": "Christ of Havana"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "3478309",
"text": "Christ the Redeemer (statue) Christ the Redeemer (, , ) is an Art Deco statue of Jesus Christ in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, created by French sculptor Paul Landowski and built by Brazilian engineer Heitor da Silva Costa, in collaboration with French engineer Albert Caquot. Romanian sculptor Gheorghe Leonida fashioned the face. Constructed between 1922 and 1931, the statue is high, excluding its pedestal. The arms stretch wide. The statue weighs 635 metric tons (625 long, 700 short tons), and is located at the peak of the Corcovado mountain in the Tijuca Forest National Park overlooking the city of Rio",
"title": "Christ the Redeemer (statue)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "13403825",
"text": "Christ of the Ohio Christ of the Ohio is a statue of Jesus Christ in Troy, Indiana in the United States. It is located on Fulton Hill, which overlooks the Ohio River. The statue depicts Jesus Christ standing with his arms stretched upwards towards the sky. He wears a me'īl. He is barefoot and has a beard. It is made of white portland cement mixed with crushed pink stone. The statue is placed on top of a pedestal, made of stone from Saint Meinrad and cement, with the following engraving on the front: The statue is located on the east",
"title": "Christ of the Ohio"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "19906849",
"text": "shipped from Armenia to Lebanon, then eventually reached Syria to be installed in October 2013. Statue of Jesus (Saidnaya) The Statue of Jesus in Saidnaya, titled \"I Have Come to Save the World\", is the tallest Jesus Christ statue in the Middle East, completed on 14 October 2013, which coincided with a religious holiday for Orthodox Christians who celebrate the feast day of the Protection of the Most Holy Virgin Mary. The figure is 12.3 metres (40ft) tall and stands on a base that brings its height to 32 metres. The statue, arms outstretched, has been placed on a historic",
"title": "Statue of Jesus (Saidnaya)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "18814769",
"text": "Sacred Heart of Jesus (Roxas, Capiz) The Sacred Heart of Jesus is a giant statue of Jesus Christ in Roxas, Capiz in the Philippines. The monument, said to be the tallest of its kind in the Philippines, was built in 2015 within the Pueblo de Panay mixed-use development. The construction of the statue began on the last quarter of 2011 and was completed on January 5, 2015. The construction of the statue was done by a seven-man core team led by a Pilipino sculptor John A. Alaban from Roxas City and the foreman Jose Clarito. As of the date of",
"title": "Sacred Heart of Jesus (Roxas, Capiz)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "6750832",
"text": "in the Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park is the \"Christ of the Abyss\", located near North Dry Rocks, and within the existing Key Largo management area that was incorporated into the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary \"on November 16, 1990\". The statue of Jesus Christ weighs and stands in nearly of water. It is a popular site for scuba divers and snorkelers. The statue is located at latitude 25.123373 and longitude -80.297073. The statue is a third casting of \"Il Cristo Degli Abissi\" in the Mediterranean Sea near Genoa, Italy, which was placed there in 1954. The \"Christ of the",
"title": "John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park"
}
] |
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
|
who sang the song you are the reason
|
[
"Calum Scott"
] |
[
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "20447159",
"text": "You Are the Reason (Calum Scott song) \"You Are the Reason\" is a song by British singer-songwriter Calum Scott. It was released on 17 November 2017 via Capitol Records, as his second original single from his debut album \"Only Human\". It was produced by Grammy Award-winning record producer Fraser T Smith and has sold over 2 million copies worldwide. The music video was filmed entirely in Kiev, Ukraine and has surpassed 250 million views on YouTube. According to sheet music published at Sheetmusicdirect.com, \"You Are The Reason\" is a moderately slow tempo of 58 beats per minute. Written in ,",
"title": "You Are the Reason (Calum Scott song)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "14171624",
"text": "& the Four Young Men. Together, they released the single \"You're the Reason\", which became a nationwide hit, peaking at #4 Country and #11 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1961. In 1967, Guilbeau formed The Reasons (aka \"Nashville West,\" actually the name of a club they played at in El Monte, CA), a short-lived country rock group with multi-instrumentalist Gene Parsons, who had played with Guilbeau in a band called the Castaways years earlier, guitarist Clarence White, formerly of the Kentucky Colonels, and Wayne Moore on bass. Along with bands such as the Byrds, Dillard & Clark and the",
"title": "Gib Guilbeau"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "11331680",
"text": "Moore, they became The Four Young Men, which Edwards then joined to become Bobby Edwards & The Four Young Men. Their first record together was the Crest Records single \"You're the Reason\". In 1961, the song became a nationwide U.S. hit, peaking at #4 on the \"Billboard\" country chart, and #11 on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100. The tune was later covered by Joe South and Hank Locklin. Edwards then transferred to Capitol Records and released the sound-alike \"What's the Reason\", which peaked at #71 the following year. In 1963, his third single \"Don't Pretend\" made the Billboard country chart (#23),",
"title": "Bobby Edwards"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "11270591",
"text": "went on to be a massive country and pop hit, \"You're the Reason ...\" concurrently fared well on country radio, reaching No. 6 of the \"Billboard magazine\" Most Played C&W by Jockeys chart in early 1957. It was recorded the same day as Young Love (October 30, 1956) at Bradley Studio in Nashville TN. Production by Ken Nelson and the vocal backing of The Jordanaires, who are known primarily for their vocal backing behind Elvis Presley. In late 1971, James was about to wrap up a successful stay at Capitol Records, a run that had seen him score 16 consecutive",
"title": "That's Why I Love You Like I Do"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "20447161",
"text": "it even more special to me.\" Scott released a version of \"You Are the Reason\" with Dutch singer Ilse DeLange on 21 May 2018. A French version of \"You Are the Reason\" with French singer Barbara Pravi was released on 1 June 2018. Adapted from Tidal. You Are the Reason (Calum Scott song) \"You Are the Reason\" is a song by British singer-songwriter Calum Scott. It was released on 17 November 2017 via Capitol Records, as his second original single from his debut album \"Only Human\". It was produced by Grammy Award-winning record producer Fraser T Smith and has sold",
"title": "You Are the Reason (Calum Scott song)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "11270590",
"text": "That's Why I Love You Like I Do \"That's Why I Love You Like I Do\" is a song country music song originally made famous by Sonny James. The song had two runs of popularity for James, one in 1956 and the other in 1972, each under a different title and with a distinctive arrangement. James' original version was recorded in 1956 as \"You're the Reason I'm In Love,\" for the beginning line of the refrain. An electric guitar-heavy, slow-tempoed song, \"You're the Reason ...\" was the B-side to the better-known \"Young Love\" (James' first major hit). While \"Young Love\"",
"title": "That's Why I Love You Like I Do"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "7853847",
"text": "placing the single \"I Just Can't Help Believing\" on the Billboard top-40 country charts. Frizzell appeared regularly on Buck Owens' \"All American TV Show\" during the 1970s, and recorded for Capitol Records. In 1981, he recorded his first number-one country hit, \"You're the Reason God Made Oklahoma,\" a duet with Shelly West. The song won the Country Music Association's Song of the Year and Vocal Duet of the Year awards in 1981, was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal, and was featured in Clint Eastwood's film \"Any Which Way You",
"title": "David Frizzell"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "12557091",
"text": "Records. The song was sung as a duet by Dean Martin and Nancy Sinatra in the 1967 TV special \"Movin' with Nancy\", starring Nancy Sinatra. The TV special was released to home video in the U.S. in 2000. Ronnie Dove recorded the song in 1975. His version made it to #25 on the country charts. A cover of the song by Anne Murray from her 1976 album \"Keeping in Touch\" peaked at No.12 on the adult contemporary chart. Darin's next hits after \"Things\" were \"You're the Reason I'm Living\" (U.S. No.3), and \"18 Yellow Roses\" (U.S. No.10) on Capitol Records,",
"title": "Things (Bobby Darin song)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "12273714",
"text": "The later was the theme song. August 2012 A new song from Jamie Slocum's upcoming 2013 CURB Project titled: \"You are the reason\" is released to radio from CURB records. Song was Produced By Jamie Slocum and written by Jamie Slocum and Chicago lead singer and bass player Jason Scheff. Jamie Slocum Jamie Slocum is an American Christian Worship leader, singer, songwriter and producer from Grants Pass, Oregon. He was raised in Phoenix, Arizona and moved to Nashville in the 1990s. He started as a staff songwriter for Curb Records. Music Mogul Mike Curb thought Slocum should be doing his",
"title": "Jamie Slocum"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "9387960",
"text": "The Reason (Hoobastank song) \"The Reason\" is a song by the American rock band Hoobastank, from their album \"The Reason\". The song is Hoobastank's most commercially successful single, peaking at No. 2 on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100 chart (kept from the top spot by Usher's hit \"Burn\"), and No. 1 on the Modern Rock Tracks. In addition, it topped the Italian Singles Chart for two weeks. It was nominated for the Song of the Year at the 47th Grammy Awards. It won the MTV Video Music Awards Japan for best rock video. A remix version also exists for airplay on",
"title": "The Reason (Hoobastank song)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "4908196",
"text": "made it to 50 on the country music charts. It is the first single from the album \"Party Heard Around the World\", released on April 27, 2010 and produced by the band itself. \"You're the Reason Why\" was released to radio on March 2, 2010. Collins left in 2011 and McDonald returned to the group. The band's first single after his rejoining is \"The Countdown\", released via 4 Star Records. It peaked at number 52 on the country charts in late 2012. The song is included on an album titled \"Life as We Know It\", released on June 4, 2013.",
"title": "Lonestar"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "17143135",
"text": "Winter” that was written and produced by Christopher `C4’ Umana and Uforo `Taktix’ Ebong for Lupe Fiasco. In December 2012, Winn performed a new song “You Are the Reason” on BET’s “Bobby Jones Gospel” program and announced that he was working on a sophomore CD entitled, “Perspective,” due for release in late 2013. Ted Winn Ted Winn is a gospel recording artist and songwriter who first gained recognition as half of the Award-winning Ted & Sheri gospel duo, with Sheri Jones-Moffett best known for their hits “Come Ye Disconsolate” and “Celebrate”. Since 2009, Winn has been a popular solo artist",
"title": "Ted Winn"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "14153897",
"text": "and Boudleaux Bryant, the writers of the song \"Rocky Top\", sued Collins and Pinkard for copyright infringement concerning this song, because the tune was similar to their song \"Rocky Top.\" They won the lawsuit and are now often credited as having co-written the song. You're the Reason God Made Oklahoma \"You're the Reason God Made Oklahoma\" is a 1981 single from the film \"Any Which Way You Can\", performed by David Frizzell and Shelly West. It was written by Larry Collins and Sandy Pinkard (of Pinkard & Bowden). The song was Shelly West's debut on the country chart and David",
"title": "You're the Reason God Made Oklahoma"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "9387963",
"text": "showing the trouble they bring down on themselves from law enforcement. The Reason (Hoobastank song) \"The Reason\" is a song by the American rock band Hoobastank, from their album \"The Reason\". The song is Hoobastank's most commercially successful single, peaking at No. 2 on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100 chart (kept from the top spot by Usher's hit \"Burn\"), and No. 1 on the Modern Rock Tracks. In addition, it topped the Italian Singles Chart for two weeks. It was nominated for the Song of the Year at the 47th Grammy Awards. It won the MTV Video Music Awards Japan for",
"title": "The Reason (Hoobastank song)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "8598724",
"text": "that provided his vocal background thru 1971. The flip side of James' version of \"Young Love\" was a song called \"You're the Reason I'm In Love.\" That song was a Top 10 hit on the Billboard country charts in early 1957. In 1971 – 14 years after the original — James re-recorded that song in a faster-tempoed, horn-heavy rendition as \"That's Why I Love You Like I Do\" (the original slower-tempoed song featured an electric guitar solo); the newly recorded, re-titled version was released as a single and reached No. 1 in June 1972. The recording by American actor and",
"title": "Young Love (1956 song)"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "18885086",
"text": "Paralympics on 18 September. It was revealed in September 2016 that \"Dancing On My Own\" was the most downloaded song of the summer in the UK. In 2017, he toured the US and released the single \"You Are the Reason\". Also in 2017, he began working on his debut album, \"Only Human\", which was released on 9 March 2018. A new version of \"You Are the Reason\" was released ahead of the album in early 2018 as a collaboration with Leona Lewis, and was performed by the two on \"The One Show\" in February 2018. In May, Scott released \"What",
"title": "Calum Scott"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "11270592",
"text": "No. 1 songs in as many single releases. In March 1972, his cover of Gene Pitney's \"Only Love Can Break a Heart\" stopped at No. 2 (held out by labelmate Freddie Hart's \"My Hangup is You\"), the first James song that failed to reach the top of \"Billboard's\" Hot Country Singles chart since 1967. James, meanwhile, had re-recorded \"You're the Reason ...\" in a faster-tempoed rendition, complete with a horn section. The new version was retitled \"That's Why I Love You Like I Do\" (for the last line in the refrain), and was released in April. By mid-June, James had",
"title": "That's Why I Love You Like I Do"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "6518956",
"text": "and Juno Award winner Gino Vannelli for his albums \"Chronology\" and \"Candle In The Rain\". Meece is perhaps best known for his songs \"We Are the Reason\" (which has been recorded by well over 200 other artists and sung in several languages according to Meece's website), \"One Small Child\" and \"Seventy-Times-Seven\". Meece was requested to appear in Billy Graham Crusades, among other outreach groups and television broadcasts. He was inducted into the Christian Music Hall of Fame on June 14, 2008 and received the 2009 Visionary Award for the Inspirational Male Soloist category. In November 2012, Meece was given a",
"title": "David Meece"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "20447160",
"text": "the song is in the key of B major. Calum Scott's vocal range spans from C to B during the song. On 9 February 2018, Scott released a remix version of the song with Leona Lewis. Scott remarked in a statement: \"Working with Leona was a dream come true. As a fan, I first remember watching her on TV before going on to grace the globe with her incredibly beautiful voice. Now having the honour of working with her on one of my own songs is completely surreal and the passion and raw emotion she brings to our duet makes",
"title": "You Are the Reason (Calum Scott song)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "14153896",
"text": "You're the Reason God Made Oklahoma \"You're the Reason God Made Oklahoma\" is a 1981 single from the film \"Any Which Way You Can\", performed by David Frizzell and Shelly West. It was written by Larry Collins and Sandy Pinkard (of Pinkard & Bowden). The song was Shelly West's debut on the country chart and David Frizzell's second hit on the country chart. \"You're the Reason God Made Oklahoma\", was the most successful of seven country hits by the duo, staying number one on the country chart for one week and eleven weeks in the Top 40 country chart. Felice",
"title": "You're the Reason God Made Oklahoma"
}
] |
Calum Scott
|
what is the predominant religion in the ukraine
|
[
"Orthodoxy"
] |
[
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "9771489",
"text": "Latin Rite Catholics. Judaism was the religion of the 0.4%; while Buddhism, Paganism (Rodnovery), and Hinduism were each the religions of 0.1% of the population. A further 11.0% declared themselves non-religious or unaffiliated. According to the surveys conducted by Razumkov in the 2000s and early 2010s, such proportions have remained relatively constant throughout the last decade, while the proportion of believers overall has decreased from 76% in 2014 to 70% in 2016 and 72% in 2018. (p. 22). As of 2018, Christianity was particularly strong in westernmost Ukrainian regions, where most Greek Catholics lived. In central, southern and eastern regions,",
"title": "Religion in Ukraine"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "9771496",
"text": "of the population declared themselves believers. About 67.3% of the population declared adherence to one or another strand of Orthodox Christianity (28.7% of the Kiev Patriarchate, 23.4% just Orthodox, 12.8% of the Moscow Patriarchate, 0.3% Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church, and 1.9% other types of Orthodoxy), 7.7% just Christians, 9.4% Greek Rite Catholics, 2.2% Protestants and 0.8% Latin Rite Catholics. Judaism was the religion of the 0.4%; while Buddhism, Paganism and Hinduism were each the religions of 0.1% of the population. A further 11.0% declared themselves non-religious or unaffiliated. Among those Ukrainians who declared to believe in Orthodoxy, 42.6% declared to",
"title": "Religion in Ukraine"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "4034250",
"text": "Religion in the United Kingdom Religion in the United Kingdom, and in the countries that preceded it, has been dominated for over 1,400 years by various forms of Christianity. Religious affiliations of United Kingdom citizens are recorded by regular surveys, the four major ones being the national decennial census, the Labour Force Survey, the British Social Attitudes survey and the European Social Survey. According to the 2011 Census, Christianity is the majority religion, followed by Islam, Hinduism, Sikhism, Judaism and Buddhism in terms of number of adherents. Among Christians, Anglicans are the most common denomination, followed by the Catholics, Presbyterians,",
"title": "Religion in the United Kingdom"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "9771488",
"text": "Religion in Ukraine Religion in Ukraine is diverse, with a majority of the population adhering to Christianity. A 2018 survey conducted by the Razumkov Centre found that 71.7% of the population declared themselves believers. About 67.3% of the population declared adherence to one or another strand of Orthodox Christianity (28.7% of the Kiev Patriarchate, 23.4% state simply 'Orthodox' with no declaration as to which Patriarchate they belong to, 12.8% of the Moscow Patriarchate, 0.3% Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church, and 1.9% other types of Orthodoxy), 7.7% 'Christian' with no declared denominational affiliation, 9.4% Ukrainian Byzantine Rite Catholics, 2.2% Protestants and 0.8%",
"title": "Religion in Ukraine"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "436935",
"text": "the 2001 census. A 2016 survey conducted by the Razumkov Centre found that 70% of the population declared themselves believers in any religion, while 6.3% declared themselves non-believers, and 2.7% declared to be atheists. Of the total Ukraian population, 81.9% declared to be Christians, comprising a 63.4% who declared to be Orthodox, 8.5% Greek Rite Catholics, 7.1% simply christians, 1.9% Protestants, and 1.0% Latin Rite Catholics. Islam comprises 1.1% of the population, while Judaism and Hinduism were the religions of 0.2% of the population each. A further 16.3% of the population believed in some other religion not identifying in one",
"title": "Demographics of Ukraine"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "9771508",
"text": "with a strong concentration in western Ukraine (5.3%). In the country there are communities of Evangelicalism, Baptists, Charismatic Christianity, as well as Methodists, Mennonites, Lutherans, Presbyterians, and others. There is also a Sub-Carpathian Reformed Church with about 140,000 members, which is one of the earliest Protestant communities in the country. The Embassy of God of Sunday Adelaja maintains a significant presence throughout the country, as do other neopentecostal groups. As of 2016, there are 2,973 Evangelical churches, 2,853 churches of the Baptists, 1,082 Seventh-day Adventist churches, 128 Calvinist churches, 79 Lutheran churches, 1,337 churches of Charismatic Christianity, and 1,347 other",
"title": "Religion in Ukraine"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "9771520",
"text": "of the assemblies is voluntary. In 2007, the council accounted for representatives of 19 organizations, while in 2013, only 18. The Council of Christian Churches accounted for representatives from 9 churches. Religion in Ukraine Religion in Ukraine is diverse, with a majority of the population adhering to Christianity. A 2018 survey conducted by the Razumkov Centre found that 71.7% of the population declared themselves believers. About 67.3% of the population declared adherence to one or another strand of Orthodox Christianity (28.7% of the Kiev Patriarchate, 23.4% state simply 'Orthodox' with no declaration as to which Patriarchate they belong to, 12.8%",
"title": "Religion in Ukraine"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "2106077",
"text": "History of Christianity in Ukraine The history of Christianity in Ukraine dates back to the earliest centuries of the history of Christianity, to the Apostolic Age, when according to Radziwiłł Chronicle, the Apostle Saint Andrew ascended the hills of Kiev. It has remained the dominant religion in the country since its acceptance in 988 by Vladimir the Great (Volodymyr the Great), who brought it from Byzantine Crimea and instated it as the state religion of Kievan Rus' (Ruthenia), a medieval East Slavic state and establishment of the Ruthenian Orthodox Church with metropolitan see in Kiev. Although separated into various Christian",
"title": "History of Christianity in Ukraine"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "9771518",
"text": "males are born to play one out of three roles in society, whether priests, warriors or farmers). The group of worshipers of gods according to the Roman way \"Sarmatia\" (Roman name for modern-day Ukraine) is building a Temple of Jupiter Perennus or Jupiter Perunnus (Perun) in the city of Poltava. The site was attacked and desecrated by Christians in 2011, but construction works continue to the present. As of 2016, there were 241 officially registered churches belonging to various new religious movements (including the aforementioned Hindu-inspired ones, 11 congregations of the Bahá'í Faith, six congregations of the Church of the",
"title": "Religion in Ukraine"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "9771494",
"text": "the 18th century a new teaching of Judaism originated and became established in the Ukrainian lands - Hasidism. The Golden Horde (which adopted Islam in 1313) and the Sunni Ottoman Empire (which conquered the Ukrainian littoral in the 1470s) brought Islam to their subject territories in present-day Ukraine. Crimean Tatars accepted Islam as the state religion (1313–1502) of the Golden Horde, and later ruled as vassals of the Ottoman Empire (until the late 18th century). During the period of Soviet rule ( 1917–1991) the governing Soviet authorities officially promoted atheism and taught it in schools, while promoting various levels of",
"title": "Religion in Ukraine"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "9771513",
"text": "Russian, Hebrew, Yiddish and Ukrainian languages. As of 2018, 0.4% of the population of Ukraine was found to be constituted by Jews believing in Judaism. There are, in the same year, 271 officially registered Jewish religious communities. Hinduism is a minority faith in Ukraine. The International Society for Krishna Consciousness managed to propagate the Hindu faith through their missionary activities. As of 2018, Hindu believers constituted 0.1% of the population of Ukraine, with a slightly higher proportion in Western Ukraine (0.2%). In 2016, there were 85 Hindu, Hindu-inspired and other Eastern religions-inspired organizations in the country, among which 42 are",
"title": "Religion in Ukraine"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "1289399",
"text": "there has been a growth of Protestant churches and Rodnovery, a contemporary Slavic modern pagan religion. There are also ethnic minorities that practice other religions, i.e. Crimean Tatars (Islam), and Jews and Karaim (Judaism). A 2016 survey conducted by the Razumkov Centre found that majority of Ukrainian populations was adhering to Christianity (81.9%). Of these Christians, 65.4% are Eastern Orthodox (25.0% of the Kiev Patriarchate and 15.0% of the Moscow Patriarchate and 1.8% of the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church, and 23.2% are simply Orthodox), 7.1% are simply Christians, 6.5% are Greek Catholics, 1.0% are Latin Rite Catholics and a further",
"title": "Ukrainians"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "9771516",
"text": "Union in 1991. The current headquarters of RUNVira is in Spring Glen, New York, United States. The doctrine of the Church of the Native Ukrainian National Faith, \"Sylenkoism\" or \"Dazhbogism\", is monist and centered around the god Dazhbog. As of 2018, there were 0.1% Pagan believers in Ukraine, with a higher percentage in Central Ukraine. Sociologists estimated between 1,000 and 95,000 Rodnovers (0.2%) in Ukraine in the early 2000s. Since 1999, the Book of Veles, which is a central philosophical text for many Rodnover churches, is taught in Ukrainian school curricula. Rodnovery has taken a significant role in the War",
"title": "Religion in Ukraine"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "433911",
"text": "were unbelievers, 2.7% were atheists, and a further 3.9% found it difficult to answer the question. The level of religiosity in Ukraine is greatest in Western Ukraine (91%), and lowest in Eastern Ukraine (56%) and the Donbass (57%). Of the Ukrainian population, 81.9% were Christians, comprising a 65.4% who declared to be Orthodox, 7.1% simply Christians, 6.5% Greek Rite Catholics, and 1.9% Protestants. A further 1.1% were Muslims and 1.0% Latin Rite Catholics. Judaism and Hinduism were the religions of 0.2% of the population each. A further 16.3% of the population did not identify in one of those listed hitherto.",
"title": "Ukraine"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "9771498",
"text": "(officially called the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, which is the Ukrainian branch of the Russian Orthodox Church) and is not recognised as part of the broader Eastern Orthodox Church. A February 2015 survey by Razumkov Centre, SOCIS, Rating and KIIS gave the following data at oblast level: As of 2018, 87.4% of the population of Ukraine declared to believe in Christianity. According to the same survey, 67.3% of the total population adhered to Orthodox Christianity. Orthodoxy is stronger in central (76.7%) and southern Ukraine (71.0%), while it comprises about two thirds of the total population in eastern Ukraine (63.2%), and a",
"title": "Religion in Ukraine"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "5760141",
"text": "Islam in Ukraine Islam is the fourth-largest religion in Ukraine, representing 0.6%–0.9% of the population. The religion has a long history in Ukraine dating back to the establishment of the Crimean Khanate in the 15th century. Sunni Islam of the Hanafi school is the largest non-Christian religion in Ukraine, and the majority of Ukrainian Muslims are Crimean Tatars. Other Turkic peoples indigenous to Ukraine, predominantly found in South and south-east Ukraine, practice other forms of Islam. These include Volga Tatars, Azeris, North Caucasian ethnic groups and Uzbeks. In 2012 an estimated 500,000 Muslims lived in Ukraine, including 300,000 Crimean Tatars.",
"title": "Islam in Ukraine"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "9771510",
"text": "Ukraine. Muslims are mostly concentrated in Donbass, where they make up 6.0% of the population. In the same year, there are 229 registered Islamic organizations. In Crimea, which in 2014 was annexed by Russia, Crimean Tatar Muslims make up to 15% of the population. A major part of the south steppes of modern Ukraine at a certain period of time were inhabited by Turkic peoples, most of whom were Muslims since the fall of the Khazar Khanate. The Crimean Tatars are the only indigenous Muslim ethnic group in the country. The Nogays, another Muslim group who lived in the steppes",
"title": "Religion in Ukraine"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "9771490",
"text": "Christians constitute a smaller proportion of the total population, particularly low in the easternmost region of Donbass. Another religion that is present in Ukraine besides Christianity is Rodnovery (Slavic native faith), which comprises Ukrainian- and Russian-language communities (some Rodnover organizations call the religion , \"Orthodoxy\", thus functioning in homonymy with Christian Orthodox churches). Hinduism has been spread after the collapse of the Soviet Union by Indian and International Society for Krishna Consciousness' missionaries and is particularly present in the Donbass region. Crimean Tatars professing Islam represent a significant part of the population in Crimea, which prior 2014 was a subject",
"title": "Religion in Ukraine"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "5760150",
"text": "are living in territory no longer controlled by Ukraine. (According to figures as stated by Said Ismagilov, the mufti of Religious Administration of Muslims of Ukraine \"Ummah\".) Islam in Ukraine Islam is the fourth-largest religion in Ukraine, representing 0.6%–0.9% of the population. The religion has a long history in Ukraine dating back to the establishment of the Crimean Khanate in the 15th century. Sunni Islam of the Hanafi school is the largest non-Christian religion in Ukraine, and the majority of Ukrainian Muslims are Crimean Tatars. Other Turkic peoples indigenous to Ukraine, predominantly found in South and south-east Ukraine, practice other",
"title": "Islam in Ukraine"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "9771519",
"text": "Last Testament—Vissarionism, and others), 58 registered Buddhist groups, and various registered churches for minority ethnicities—including two Chinese Taoist churches, one Korean Methodist church, four Jewish Karaite churches, eight churches for Christian Jews and 35 churches of Messianic Judaism. In December 1996, the All-Ukrainian Council of Churches and Religious Organizations was formed with the objective of uniting around 90-95% of religious communities of Ukraine. Since the end of 2003, the Council of Representatives of the Christian Churches of Ukraine exists in parallel to the council to promote the principles of Christianity in Ukraine and religious freedom. Affiliation with either or both",
"title": "Religion in Ukraine"
}
] |
Orthodoxy
|
when did the who perform at the super bowl
|
[
"Feb 7, 2010"
] |
[
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "15455366",
"text": "The Who 2010 performances The Who did four major performances in 2010, one as the halftime act for Super Bowl XLIV, one a benefit performance during the series of Teenage Cancer Trust concerts in London and one at the FIFA Kick-off Celebration Concert at Orlando Stadium in Soweto, South Africa. The Who were selected as the halftime entertainment for Super Bowl XLIV in Miami, the next in a trend of \"classic rock\" acts the event had featured in recent years, such as Paul McCartney and The Rolling Stones. This was arguably the band's highest-profile performance to date, comparing only to",
"title": "The Who 2010 performances"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "15455370",
"text": "as The Ace Face. All songs written by Townshend: The band played a set at the concert at Orlando Stadium, Soweto, South Africa. The Who 2010 performances The Who did four major performances in 2010, one as the halftime act for Super Bowl XLIV, one a benefit performance during the series of Teenage Cancer Trust concerts in London and one at the FIFA Kick-off Celebration Concert at Orlando Stadium in Soweto, South Africa. The Who were selected as the halftime entertainment for Super Bowl XLIV in Miami, the next in a trend of \"classic rock\" acts the event had featured",
"title": "The Who 2010 performances"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "15455369",
"text": "part in a concert held at Orlando Stadium in Soweto, South Africa. Additional Members Pete Townshend and Roger Daltrey played a short acoustic set on 4 February in Fort Lauderdale, Florida to promote their upcoming Super Bowl performance. All songs written by Townshend: The band's set for the Super Bowl XLIV halftime show in Miami on 7 February comprised five abbreviated songs, all run together into one long medley. All songs written by Townshend: The group's set at this show in London was a complete performance of \"Quadrophenia\", with Eddie Vedder playing the part of The Godfather and Tom Meighan",
"title": "The Who 2010 performances"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "4450419",
"text": "John Randle, and Emmitt Smith – were named the day before. The Saints won the coin toss, marking the 13th straight Super Bowl the NFC won the toss (the Cardinals won the toss in Super Bowl XLIII but elected to defer to the second half, giving the Steelers the ball to open the game). The Who performed at the Super Bowl XLIV halftime show. The band played a medley of their hits, consisting of \"Pinball Wizard\", \"Baba O'Riley\", \"Who Are You\", \"See Me, Feel Me\", and \"Won't Get Fooled Again\". For the first time since the Super Bowl XXXIV halftime",
"title": "Super Bowl XLIV"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "15455367",
"text": "their Live Aid and Live 8 appearances. In true Super Bowl halftime fashion, the band played a medley of well-known hits, with one song seamlessly run into the next and each song considerably abbreviated. As CBS covered the game, it was little surprise that all three of the band's songs used as CSI themes were included in the medley, which began with \"Pinball Wizard\" and concluded with \"Won't Get Fooled Again\". The group also played a short promotional acoustic date leading up to the event, their first show of any kind since April 2009. On 30 March, the band resurrected",
"title": "The Who 2010 performances"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "17076837",
"text": "signed by the NFL for the Super Bowl halftime show, and in December the league confirmed that Madonna would perform in the Super Bowl XLVI halftime show at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. The game was scheduled for February 5, 2012, and its organizers continued their practice of inviting global musicians to perform. Artists who had previously performed in the show included the Black Eyed Peas, Bruce Springsteen, the Rolling Stones, the Who, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, U2, Paul McCartney and Prince. The show coincided with the release of \"W.E.\" in United States. Madonna collaborated with Cirque du Soleil",
"title": "Super Bowl XLVI halftime show"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "376036",
"text": "sketch comedy series \"In Living Color\" caused a drop in viewership for the Super Bowl XXVI halftime show, the NFL sought to increase the Super Bowl's audience by hiring A-list talent to perform. They approached Michael Jackson, whose performance the following year drew higher figures than the game itself. Another notable performance came during Super Bowl XXXVI in 2002, when U2 performed; during their third song, \"Where the Streets Have No Name\", the band played under a large projection screen which scrolled through names of the victims of the September 11 attacks. For many years, Whitney Houston's performance of the",
"title": "Super Bowl"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "375995",
"text": "the event. In addition, popular singers and musicians including Mariah Carey, Michael Jackson, Madonna, Prince, Justin Timberlake, Beyoncé, Janet Jackson, Paul McCartney, The Rolling Stones, The Who, Whitney Houston, and Lady Gaga have performed during the event's pre-game and halftime ceremonies. For four decades after its 1920 inception, the NFL successfully fended off several rival leagues. However, in 1960, it encountered its most serious competitor when the American Football League (AFL) was formed. The AFL vied heavily with the NFL for both players and fans. The original \"bowl game\" was the Rose Bowl Game in Pasadena, California, which was first",
"title": "Super Bowl"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "4450375",
"text": "touchdown, to clinch the victory. New Orleans quarterback Drew Brees, who completed 32 of 39 passes for 288 yards and two touchdowns, was named the Super Bowl MVP. His 32 completions tied a Super Bowl record set by Tom Brady in Super Bowl XXXVIII. The live broadcast of the game on CBS was watched by an average U.S. audience of 106.5 million viewers, making it then the most-watched Super Bowl. The National Anthem was sung by Carrie Underwood, and the halftime show featured the British rock band The Who. Super Bowl XLIV was the last Bowl to have a uniquely",
"title": "Super Bowl XLIV"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "470494",
"text": "Wire\", including the BBC Electric Proms at the Roundhouse in London in 2006, headlining the 2007 Glastonbury Festival, a half-time appearance at the Super Bowl XLIV in 2010 and being the final act at the closing ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games. In November 2012, the Who released \"Live at Hull\", an album of the band's performance night after the \"Live at Leeds\" gig. In 2010, the Who performed \"Quadrophenia\" with parts played by Vedder and Tom Meighan at the Royal Albert Hall as part of the Teenage Cancer Trust series of 10 gigs. A planned tour for early",
"title": "The Who"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "1358556",
"text": "first studio album of new material in twenty-four years, \"Endless Wire,\" leading some fans and critics to say that the highly acclaimed artistic tension within the Who lay between the two principals Daltrey and Townshend. The band completed a world tour in 2006–07 to support this album. In February 2010, Townshend and Daltrey, headlining as the Who, performed the half-time show at Super Bowl XLIV in front of 105.97 million viewers across the globe. In March 2010, Townshend and Daltrey, along with an extensive backing band, performed \"Quadrophenia\" at the Royal Albert Hall in London as a tenth anniversary charity",
"title": "Roger Daltrey"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "19152710",
"text": "Super Bowl LIII halftime show The Super Bowl LIII Halftime Show (officially known as the Pepsi Super Bowl LIII Halftime Show) will take place on Sunday February 3, 2019 at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia. \"The New York Times\", \"Rolling Stone\", and \"Billboard\" reported that U.S. pop band Maroon 5 was set to headline the show (with Cardi B and Travis Scott as guests); the NFL has not yet officially announced the performer. In October 2018, it was reported that Rihanna had declined an offer to perform, due to her support of Colin Kaepernick. On November 27, a petition was",
"title": "Super Bowl LIII halftime show"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "2734539",
"text": "Stones, Prince, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, and The Who (McCartney, the Stones and The Who were all part of the British Invasion of the 1960s). In fact, no women performed at the Super Bowl halftime show at all until The Black Eyed Peas performed in 2011. In 2012, during the halftime show for Super Bowl XLVI, rapper M.I.A. pointed up her middle finger during her performance. That incident drew comparisons with the exposure of Janet Jackson's breast in the Super Bowl halftime show eight years prior. The Associated Press asserted that people",
"title": "Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime show controversy"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "17473840",
"text": "by Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, \"Super Bowl Live\" also included performances by Idina Menzel, Soul Asylum, the Suburbs, Bob Mould, Sounds of Blackness, Dessa, VocalEssence, Mint Condition, and the Jets. In addition to the concert series, \"Super Bowl Live\" featured a American Birkebeiner International Bridge on Nicollet Mall to showcase cross-country skiing, skijoring, fat-tire bicycle racing, and snow tubing demonstrations. There was also a snowmobile stunt show on February 3. The NFL presented the \"Super Bowl Experience\" at the Minneapolis Convention Center from January 27 to February 3 with an entrance fee. Kelly Clarkson performed at the Minneapolis Armory",
"title": "Super Bowl LII"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "17473841",
"text": "and a U.S. Bank Stadium lounge on the day of the Super Bowl. The Minneapolis Armory also hosted Jennifer Lopez, Imagine Dragons, and Pink concerts close to U.S. Bank Stadium. Pink also performed the national anthem before the Super Bowl. Halftime performer Justin Timberlake held a ticketed \"listening session\" of his newest album at Prince's Paisley Park. Dave Matthews Band performed at Xcel Energy Center in Saint Paul. The Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community's Mystic Lake Casino hosted Gwen Stefani, the Chainsmokers, Florida Georgia Line, and Kygo. Planners originally scheduled a traveling nightclub for 9500 people, but cancelled, moving its concerts",
"title": "Super Bowl LII"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "4450417",
"text": "along with WLHK, WFNI and WWL, with the teams' other network radio affiliates instead airing the Westwood One feed. Barenaked Ladies played the Super Bowl Saturday Night event with O.A.R. and Robert Randolph and the Family Band. Chris Daughtry, Steve Winwood and Queen Latifah performed during the Super Bowl pre-game tailgate party, which started at 2 p.m. Carrie Underwood sang the National Anthem and Queen Latifah sang \"America the Beautiful.\" Underwood's selection marks the third straight year that an alumnus of \"American Idol\" has been chosen to perform \"The Star-Spangled Banner\", joining Jordin Sparks at Super Bowl XLII and Jennifer",
"title": "Super Bowl XLIV"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "394710",
"text": "musician Charlie Daniels, and the Morehouse College Marching Band. The United States Trampoline Association (USTA) performed on 4 trampolines during \"Jump-Jump\" performed by Kris Kross. Later, singer Natalie Cole, accompanied by the Atlanta University Center Chorus, sang the national anthem. To honor the 25th anniversary of the New York Jets' upset win in Super Bowl III, that game's MVP, former Jets quarterback Joe Namath joined the coin toss ceremony. The halftime show was titled \"Rockin' Country Sunday\" and featured country music stars Clint Black, Tanya Tucker, Travis Tritt, and Wynonna Judd. The show's finale included a special appearance by Naomi",
"title": "Super Bowl XXVIII"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "5732108",
"text": "Boom Pow\", \"Pump It\", \"The Time (Dirty Bit)\", \"Let's Get It Started\", and \"Where Is the Love?\" Slash made a guest appearance, performing \"Sweet Child o' Mine\" with Fergie, while Usher made an appearance to perform his song \"OMG\" with will.i.am. The show also displayed a long list of other performers, including Prairie View A&M University's \"Marching Storm\" Band. Country music was originally in the planning until the Black Eyed Peas agreed to perform. After the first three drives of the game ended with punts, Green Bay opened up the scoring with Aaron Rodgers's 29-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver",
"title": "Super Bowl XLV"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "20550654",
"text": "Super Bowl XXVII halftime show The Super Bowl XXVII halftime show took place on January 31, 1993, at the Rose Bowl, Pasadena, California, as part of Super Bowl XXVII. It featured American singer Michael Jackson. The halftime show was broadcast on NBC. This halftime performance increased the TV ratings by a significant amount and has been claimed to be one of the most watched events in American television history with 133.4 million viewers. Jackson's performance started the NFL's trend of signing top acts to appear during the Super Bowl to attract more viewers and interest. After Super Bowl XXVI, where",
"title": "Super Bowl XXVII halftime show"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "18567776",
"text": "Super Bowl LII halftime show The Super Bowl LII Halftime Show (officially known as the Pepsi Super Bowl LII Halftime Show) took place on February 4, 2018 at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, Minnesota, as part of Super Bowl LII. Justin Timberlake was the featured performer, as confirmed by the National Football League (NFL) on October 22, 2017. It was televised nationally by NBC. It received four nominations at the 70th Primetime Emmy Awards. The show began with Jimmy Fallon introducing Justin Timberlake, followed by a video screen depicting Timberlake performing \"Filthy\" in a club setting below the field level",
"title": "Super Bowl LII halftime show"
}
] |
Feb 7, 2010
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where was practical magic supposed to be set
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[
"Maria's Island in Massachusetts"
] |
[
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "901920",
"text": "to protect herself, summoning a man who possesses qualities that cannot possibly exist. Years later, Gillian makes a blood-oath to Sally, promising to return, and leaves for Los Angeles. Sally marries Michael, a local produce seller, and they have two daughters, Kylie and Antonia. They plan to open a botanical shop, but Michael dies after being hit by a truck. Sally realizes that her aunts cast a spell so she would be happy, not expecting Sally's love to trigger the curse. Devastated, Sally and her daughters return to the Owens home to live. Sally decides that she and her daughters",
"title": "Practical Magic"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "901927",
"text": "a risk on love again. Sally sends out a message via a leaf on the wind, and in Arizona, Gary senses her call. He returns to Massachusetts to be with Sally. Halloween is celebrated, and all the Owens women, demonstrating their powers by leaping off their roof and landing safely, are lovingly accepted by the townsfolk. \"Practical Magic\" was filmed in part on an artificial set in California. Because the film's producers decided the house was a big part of the depiction of the Owens' culture, a house to accurately represent that vision was built on San Juan Island in",
"title": "Practical Magic"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "901928",
"text": "the state of Washington. While much of the set from California was brought to that location and placed inside the house, it took nearly a year to perfect the image of the house and the interior. The house, actually only a shell with nothing inside, was built only for this filming and was torn down after filming was completed. The small town scenes were filmed on the main street of Coupeville, Washington, a Victorian-era seaside port town located on the south side of Penn's Cove on Whidbey Island. According to Sandra Bullock in the DVD commentary, while filming the scene",
"title": "Practical Magic"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "901917",
"text": "Practical Magic Practical Magic is a 1998 American romantic comedy film based on the 1995 novel of the same name by Alice Hoffman. The film was directed by Griffin Dunne and stars Sandra Bullock, Nicole Kidman, Stockard Channing, Dianne Wiest, Aidan Quinn, and Goran Visnjic. Bullock and Kidman play sisters Sally and Gillian Owens, who have always known they were different from other people. Raised by their aunts after their parents' death, the sisters grew up in a household that was anything but typical—their aunts fed them chocolate cake for breakfast and taught them the uses of practical magic. But",
"title": "Practical Magic"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "901921",
"text": "will not perform magic. As Gillian begins a relationship with Jimmy Angelov, she can feel Sally's grief, and realizing that Sally really needs her, she returns to Massachusetts. After Gillian helps her realize that she is neglecting her daughters due to her disabling grief, Sally wakes to find her sister gone. With a new-found resolve, she opens the botanical shop she had planned with Michael and tries to help her daughters navigate living in a town where the citizens openly taunt them for being witches. Gillian calls Sally to come and rescue her after Jimmy becomes erratic and abusive, but",
"title": "Practical Magic"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "12283065",
"text": "Practical Magic (novel) Practical Magic is a 1995 novel by Alice Hoffman. The book was adapted into a 1998 film of the same name. For more than two hundred years, the Owens women have been blamed for everything that has gone wrong in their Massachusetts town. Gillian and Sally have also endured that fate: As children, the sisters were forever outsiders, taunted, talked about, pointed at. Their elderly aunts almost seemed to encourage the whispers of witchery, with their darkened house, their love concoctions and their crowd of black cats. All Gillian and Sally wanted to do was escape. One",
"title": "Practical Magic (novel)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "901918",
"text": "being a member of the Owens' family carries a curse: the men they fall in love with are doomed to an untimely death. Now adult women with very different personalities, the quiet Sally and the fiery Gillian must use all of their powers to fight the family curse and a swarm of supernatural forces that could take away all the Owens' lives. Maria Owens, a young witch, is exiled (with her unborn child) to an island in Massachusetts. When her lover does not rescue her, she casts a spell to stop herself from ever falling in love again. The spell",
"title": "Practical Magic"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "901919",
"text": "becomes a curse, affecting all future generations of women in the Owens family: any man who falls in love with an Owens woman will die. In the present, Gillian and Sally Owens, are taken in by their maternal aunts Frances and Jet (Bridget) after the death of their parents. Gillian's talents lie in charm and persuasion, while Sally is more gifted in witchcraft. After witnessing their aunts cast a spell for a woman obsessed with having a specific man's love, Gillian is titillated at the idea of falling in love and Sally, terrified, casts a true love spell (Amas Veritas)",
"title": "Practical Magic"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "901926",
"text": "on the school's emergency phone tree, and they form a coven to exorcise Jimmy's spirit. Sally makes them stop when she sees that the effort is killing Gillian. Sally, inspired, opens the magic protection circle surrounding the possessed Gillian, and entices Jimmy to assume control over Gillian's body. Swiftly, Sally repeats her blood-oath with Gillian, again slicing their palms to join their blood in promise. The Owens curse is broken and Jimmy's spirit is exorcised and permanently banished. Gary clears the sisters of any suspicion of wrongdoing in Jimmy's death. Sally comes to a decision, encouraged by Gillian, to take",
"title": "Practical Magic"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "901933",
"text": "Roger Ebert of the \"Chicago Sun-Times\" said that the film \"doesn't seem sure what tone to adopt, veering uncertainly from horror to laughs to romance.\" In 2004, Warner Bros. and CBS produced \"Sudbury\", a television pilot written by Becky Hartman Edwards, starring Kim Delaney in the role played by Bullock in the film, and Jeri Ryan in the role played by Kidman. The series, named for the Sudbury, Massachusetts location of the novel and film, was not picked up. In 2010, Warner Bros. and ABC Family attempted to develop a reboot television series. Practical Magic Practical Magic is a 1998",
"title": "Practical Magic"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "12283066",
"text": "would do so by marrying, the other by running away. But the bonds they shared brought them back to each other, and to the magic they could not escape. Practical Magic (novel) Practical Magic is a 1995 novel by Alice Hoffman. The book was adapted into a 1998 film of the same name. For more than two hundred years, the Owens women have been blamed for everything that has gone wrong in their Massachusetts town. Gillian and Sally have also endured that fate: As children, the sisters were forever outsiders, taunted, talked about, pointed at. Their elderly aunts almost seemed",
"title": "Practical Magic (novel)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "901923",
"text": "Jet leave after giving Kylie and Antonia protection wards, telling Antonia to give Sally and Gillian the message, \"Clean up your own mess!\" Investigator Gary Hallett arrives from Tucson in search of Jimmy, who is revealed to be a serial killer. Gary begins to suspect that Sally and Gillian killed Jimmy, so Gillian, Kylie and Antonia create a potion to banish Gary. However, the girls realize he is the man described in young Sally's true love spell, and dispose of the potion. While watching the girls toss the potion-laced pancake syrup into the sea, Gary (and a horrified Sally and",
"title": "Practical Magic"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "1246274",
"text": "in the computer game, \"Microsoft Flight Simulator X\". It is the setting for the 1998 film \"Practical Magic\". It is featured in a film called \"Pirate for the Sea\", a film about Paul Watson, co founder of Greenpeace and president and founder of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society. Friday Harbor is the setting of the Friday Harbor novel series by Lisa Kleypas. The 2012 Hallmark Film called \"Christmas with Holly\" is the TV-movie adaptation of \"Christmas Eve at Friday Harbor\", the first book in the series, and also features Friday Harbor. Friday Harbor was the location for the 1966 feature",
"title": "Friday Harbor, Washington"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "901929",
"text": "where the Owens women are drunk and slinging insults, the actresses actually got drunk on very bad tequila brought by Kidman. The cast further stated in the film's commentary that they felt supernatural elements of the house started to affect them. Both the cast and crew claimed they heard supernatural noises while filming the coven scene at the end of the film. For the final scene with all of the townspeople at the Owens' home, the entire population of the town where filming took place was invited to show up in costume and appear as townsfolk. Composer Michael Nyman's score",
"title": "Practical Magic"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "901922",
"text": "after Sally arrives, he kidnaps them both. Sally puts belladonna into Jimmy's tequila, inadvertently killing him as he tries to strangle Gillian. Gillian decides that they must use magic to resurrect Jimmy so that neither of them will be guilty of murder. They return home, then resurrect him using their aunts' spellbook. Jimmy attempts to kill Gillian again immediately after being revived, and Sally is forced to kill him again to save Gillian. They bury his body in the garden. Signs begin occurring, indicating that something is wrong, yet they do not confess to their aunts when confronted. Frances and",
"title": "Practical Magic"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "901924",
"text": "Gillian) watch a frog regurgitate Jimmy's ring. Gary takes it as evidence and departs, angry and confused. Later, after fighting with her sister, Sally insists Gary record her testimony. While in his hotel room, she sees a letter she had written Gillian just before rescuing her from Jimmy. She realizes he read it many times. Unable to deny their feelings for each other, they kiss and Sally realizes that he was there because of the Amas Veritas spell. Sally bolts, shaken. Returning home, Sally discovers that Jimmy's spirit has possessed Gillian's body and Gary (following Sally) witnesses Jimmy's spirit emerge.",
"title": "Practical Magic"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "399401",
"text": "disrupted when her husband (played by Michael Paré) reveals his infidelity to her on a talk show. While the film made US$81.4 million, critic James Berardinelli, in his review, remarked that she is \"better suited to more lighthearted fare\". The comedy \"Practical Magic\" (1998) saw her star with Nicole Kidman, as two witch sisters who face a curse which threatens to prevent them ever finding lasting love. While the film opened atop on its North American opening weekend, it flopped at the box office. In 1998, she also provided the voice of in the animated aventure film \"The Prince of",
"title": "Sandra Bullock"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "3550930",
"text": "Alice Hoffman Alice Hoffman (born March 16, 1952) is an American novelist and young-adult and children's writer, best known for her 1995 novel \"Practical Magic\", which was adapted for a 1998 film of the same name. Many of her works fall into the genre of magic realism and contain elements of magic, irony, and non-standard romances and relationships. Alice Hoffman was born in New York City and raised on Long Island, New York. Her grandmother was a Russian-Jewish immigrant. She graduated from Valley Stream North High School in 1969, and then from Adelphi University with a Bachelor of Arts. She",
"title": "Alice Hoffman"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "901925",
"text": "Jimmy attempts to kill Gary by reaching into his chest, only to be hurt by Gary's silver star-shaped badge, and disappears. Sally tells Gary that he is there because of her spell and the feelings they have for each other are not real. Gary replies that curses are only true if one believes in them and reveals that he also wished for her, then leaves. Jimmy possesses Gillian again and attempts to assault Sally, who knocks her out just before Frances and Jet return. Sally, realizing she must embrace magic to save her sister, asks the aid of the mothers",
"title": "Practical Magic"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "3837116",
"text": "1998 film \"Digging to China\", which also starred Kevin Bacon and Mary Stuart Masterson. The film won the Children's Jury Award at the Chicago International Children's Film Festival. Wood remembers the role as initially being hard, but notes that it \"eventually led to her decision that acting is something she might never want to stop doing.\" She also had a role in \"Practical Magic\", a fantasy film directed by Griffin Dunne, starring Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman, that same year. Wood made her teenage debut as a leading film actress in 2002's \"Little Secrets\", directed by Blair Treu, where she",
"title": "Evan Rachel Wood"
}
] |
Maria's Island in Massachusetts
|
when was abbott and costello who's on first
|
[
"February 1938"
] |
[
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "1001450",
"text": "\"The Abbott and Costello Show\" originally ran for only two seasons, it found a larger viewership in reruns from the 1960s to the 1990s. The shows have also been released in three different DVD sets over the years. \"Who's on First?\" is Abbott and Costello's signature routine. TIME magazine (December 26, 1999) named it the best comedy routine of the 20th century. The sketch was based on other earlier burlesque wordplay routines. They began honing the routine shortly after teaming up in 1936, and performed it in vaudeville acts in 1937 and 1938. It was first heard by a national",
"title": "Abbott and Costello"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "1002090",
"text": "had become a standard bit for burlesque comics across the United States. Abbott's wife recalled him performing the routine with another comedian before teaming with Costello. Bud Abbott stated that it was taken from an older routine called \"Who's The Boss?\", a performance of which can be heard in an episode of the radio comedy program \"It Pays to Be Ignorant\" from the 1940s. After they formally teamed up in burlesque in 1936, he and Costello continued to hone the sketch. It was a big hit in 1937, when they performed the routine in a touring vaudeville revue called \"Hollywood",
"title": "Who's on First?"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "1001432",
"text": "Abbott and Costello Abbott and Costello were an American comedy duo composed of Bud Abbott and Lou Costello, whose work on radio and in film and television made them the most popular comedy team of the 1940s and early 1950s. Their patter routine \"Who's on First?\" is one of the best-known comedy routines of all time in the world, and set the framework for many of their best-known comedy bits. While they had crossed paths a few times prior, the two comedians first worked together in 1935 at the Eltinge Burlesque Theater on 42nd Street in New York City, which",
"title": "Abbott and Costello"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "1002092",
"text": "team's players had \"strange nicknames\" that seemed to be questions, became known as \"Who's on First?\" Some versions continue with references to Enos Slaughter, which Costello misunderstands as \"He knows\" Slaughter. By 1944, Abbott and Costello had the routine copyrighted. Abbott and Costello performed \"Who's on First?\" numerous times in their careers, rarely performing it exactly the same way twice. They did the routine for President Franklin Roosevelt several times. An abridged version was featured in the team's 1940 film debut, \"One Night in the Tropics\". The duo reprised the bit in their 1945 film \"The Naughty Nineties\", and it",
"title": "Who's on First?"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "1002097",
"text": "that, shortly after Abbott and Costello teamed up, they paid Musto $15 to write the script. Furthermore, several 1996 obituaries of songwriter Irving Gordon mention that he had written the sketch. The sketch has been reprised, updated, alluded to, and parodied innumerable times over the decades in all forms of media. Some notable examples include: Who's on First? \"Who's on First?\" is a comedy routine made famous by Abbott and Costello. The premise of the sketch is that Abbott is identifying the players on a baseball team for Costello, but their names and nicknames can be interpreted as non-responsive answers",
"title": "Who's on First?"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "1002091",
"text": "Bandwagon\". In February 1938, Abbott and Costello joined the cast of \"The Kate Smith Hour\" radio program, and the sketch was first performed for a national radio audience on March 24 of that year. The routine may have been further polished before this broadcast by burlesque producer John Grant, who became the team's writer, and Will Glickman, a staff writer on the radio show. Glickman may have added the nicknames of then-contemporary baseball players like Dizzy and Daffy Dean to set up the routine's premise. This version, with extensive wordplay based on the fact that most of the fictional baseball",
"title": "Who's on First?"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "1001452",
"text": "Who (first base), What (second base) and I Don't Know (third base). The key to the routine is Costello's mounting frustration set against Abbott's unyielding formality. Audio recordings are readily available on the Internet. A notable version is the first television performance on the 1951 Colgate Comedy Hour. \"Who's on First?\" is believed to be available in as many as twenty versions, ranging from one minute to up to ten minutes. The team could time the routine at will, adding or deleting portions as needed for films, radio or television. The longest version is seen in \"The Actors' Home\" episode",
"title": "Abbott and Costello"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "1002088",
"text": "Who's on First? \"Who's on First?\" is a comedy routine made famous by Abbott and Costello. The premise of the sketch is that Abbott is identifying the players on a baseball team for Costello, but their names and nicknames can be interpreted as non-responsive answers to Costello's questions. For example, the first baseman is named \"Who\"; thus, the utterance \"Who's on first\" is ambiguous between the question (\"Which person is the first baseman?\") and the answer (\"The name of the first baseman is 'Who). \"Who's on First?\" is descended from turn-of-the-century burlesque sketches that used plays on words and names.",
"title": "Who's on First?"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "1001434",
"text": "February 3, 1938. At first, the similarities between their voices made it difficult for radio listeners (as opposed to stage audiences) to tell them apart during their rapid-fire repartee. As a result, Costello affected a high-pitched, childish voice. \"Who's on First?\" was first performed for a national radio audience the following month. They performed on the program as regulars for two years, while also landing roles in a Broadway revue, \"The Streets of Paris\", in 1939. After debuting their own program, The Abbott and Costello Show, as Fred Allen's summer replacement in 1940, Abbott and Costello joined Edgar Bergen and",
"title": "Abbott and Costello"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "1002093",
"text": "is that longer version which is considered their finest recorded rendition. They also performed \"Who's on First?\" numerous times on radio and television (notably in \"The Abbott and Costello Show\" episode \"The Actor's Home\", widely considered the definitive version). In 1956, a gold record of \"Who's on First?\" was placed in the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown, New York. A video (taken from \"The Naughty Nineties\") now plays continuously on screens at the Hall. In the 1970s, Selchow and Righter published a \"Who's on First?\" board game. In 1999, \"Time\" named the routine Best Comedy Sketch",
"title": "Who's on First?"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "1001351",
"text": "Bud Abbott William Alexander \"Bud\" Abbott (October 2, 1897 – April 24, 1974) was an American actor, best known for his film comedy double act, as straight man to Lou Costello. Born into a showbusiness family, Abbott worked in the box office of several theatres, before becoming a comedian/producer of burlesque shows on Broadway, where he allowed Costello to appear with him when his own partner was off ill. They formally teamed up in 1935. Their signature routine, \"Who's on First?\", was carried through to radio and then to their film debut \"One Night in the Tropics\" (1940) and \"Buck",
"title": "Bud Abbott"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "1001391",
"text": "Lou Costello Louis Francis Cristillo, professionally known as Lou Costello (March 6, 1906 – March 3, 1959) was an American actor, best known for his film comedy double act with straight man Bud Abbott. Costello had started as an athlete, before working in burlesque on Broadway, where he stood-in for Abbott’s partner who had failed to show up. They formally teamed up in 1935. Their signature routine, \"Who's on First?\", was carried through to radio and then to their film debut \"One Night in the Tropics\" (1940) and \"Buck Privates\" (1941). The duo would go on to make 36 films.",
"title": "Lou Costello"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "1001467",
"text": "linguistics and miscommunication, it mirrors themes of the \"Who's on First?\" Routine. The names also have significance in the film because the heptapod named Abbott is taller and quieter while the heptapod named Costello is shorter and chattier, just as the real Abbott and Costello were on their shows. Abbott and Costello Abbott and Costello were an American comedy duo composed of Bud Abbott and Lou Costello, whose work on radio and in film and television made them the most popular comedy team of the 1940s and early 1950s. Their patter routine \"Who's on First?\" is one of the best-known",
"title": "Abbott and Costello"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "1001451",
"text": "radio audience on March 24, 1938 when the team were regulars on the Kate Smith radio show. By then, John Grant had been writing or adapting other sketches for the team and may have helped expand \"Who's On First?\" prior to its radio debut. He stayed on as their head writer into the 1950s. Depending upon the version, Abbott has either organized a new baseball team and the players have nicknames, or he points out the proliferation of nicknames in baseball (citing St. Louis Cardinals sibling pitchers Dizzy and Daffy Dean) before launching into the routine. The infielders' nicknames are",
"title": "Abbott and Costello"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "1001453",
"text": "of their filmed TV series, running approximately eight minutes. A live performance commemorating the opening day of the Lou Costello Jr Youth Foundation in 1947 was recorded, and has been included in numerous comedy albums. The team's final performance of \"Who's on First?\" on TV was on Steve Allen's variety show in 1957. Abbott and Costello both married perfomers they met in burlesque. Abbott wed Betty Smith, a dancer and comedienne, in 1918, and Costello married a chorus girl, Anne Battler, in 1934. The Costellos had four children; the Abbotts adopted two. Abbott and Costello faced personal demons at times.",
"title": "Abbott and Costello"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "1002096",
"text": "telegram from Joe DiMaggio asking Costello to take over for him due to his injury. (In this case, the unidentified right fielder would have been Costello himself. While Joe DiMaggio was best known as a center fielder, when Abbott and Costello honed the sketch in 1936-7, Joe DiMaggio had played a number of games at right field (20 in 1936).) Writing credits for the sketch are unknown though, over the years, numerous people have claimed or been given credit for it. Such claims typically lack reasonable corroboration. For example, a 1993 obituary of comedy sketch writer Michael J. Musto states",
"title": "Who's on First?"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "8074319",
"text": "\"Who's on First?\", was ranked No. 91 on American Film Institute's 100 Movie Quotes. The \"Who's on First?\" routine was intended to appear much earlier in the film. Costello begins the routine by saying, \"When we get to St. Louis...\", but at this point in the film they are already in St. Louis. The camera crew can be heard laughing in the background during the routine. The film also contains the \"Lower/Higher\" routine, where Costello auditions as a singer while Abbott shouts directions to the stage crew to change the height and placement of the backdrop curtain. Costello believes Abbott",
"title": "The Naughty Nineties"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "9301999",
"text": "released through United Artists. It turned out to be the last film that Abbott and Costello made together as a team, as they ended their partnership in July 1957. The film's title was taken from the 1955 song \"The Wallflower (Dance with Me, Henry)\", although the film's plot has nothing to do with the song. During filming, Abbott and Costello's routine Who's on First? was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York, where a clip still runs continuously. A bit part in the film went to the \"just released from contract\" Mouseketeer Sherry Allen, who",
"title": "Dance with Me, Henry"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "1001438",
"text": "in the Tropics\". Cast in supporting roles, they stole the show with several classic routines, including the \"Who's on First?\" routine. Universal signed them to a two-picture contract. Their second film, \"Buck Privates\" (1941), directed by Arthur Lubin and co-starring The Andrews Sisters, was a massive hit, earning $4 million at the box office and launching Abbott and Costello as stars. Their next film was a haunted house comedy, \"Oh, Charlie!\". However \"Buck Privates\" was so successful that the studio decided to delay its release so the team could hastily make and release a second service comedy, \"In The Navy\"",
"title": "Abbott and Costello"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "13482893",
"text": "John Grant (screenwriter) John Grant (December 27, 1891 – November 19, 1955) was a writer best known for his association with Abbott and Costello. Lou Costello called him their \"chief idea man\". Grant was a burlesque comedian, straight man and producer. He worked for the Mutual Burlesque wheel and the Minsky's in the 1930s. In 1938, after Abbott and Costello joined the Kate Smith radio program, they hired Grant, who was then working in Toronto, to be their head writer. The team performed their signature sketch, \"Who's on First?\", on the program in March, 1938. Grant contributed to the sketch",
"title": "John Grant (screenwriter)"
}
] |
February 1938
|
india's medal ranking in asian games 2018
|
[
"8"
] |
[
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "14279172",
"text": "has won at least one gold medal at every Asian Games, and always ranked within the top 10 nations of the medal table except in the 1990 Asian Games. After completing the 2018 Asian Games, India's medal count is as follows: A tabular form of the details of the medals won by India is as follows: Note: Board Games included Chess, Go, Bridge and Xiangqi. India has sent athletes to every celebration of the Asian Winter Games. Through the last revision of the Games in Astana and Almaty in 2011, India has never won a medal in the Winter Games.",
"title": "India at the Asian Games"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "20703676",
"text": "India at the 2018 Asian Games India competed at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta and Palembang, Indonesia, from 18th August to 2nd September. Neeraj Chopra was the flag bearer for the opening ceremony while Rani Rampal was named as the flag bearer for the closing ceremony. India bettered its previous best medal haul achieved 8 years earlier at the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou, China. The following is a list of the number of competitors representing India in each sport at the Games: The Swimming Federation of India (SFI) announced the Diving team for the Games as follows: The",
"title": "India at the 2018 Asian Games"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "20703672",
"text": "India at the 2018 Asian Games India competed at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta and Palembang, Indonesia, from 18th August to 2nd September. Neeraj Chopra was the flag bearer for the opening ceremony while Rani Rampal was named as the flag bearer for the closing ceremony. India bettered its previous best medal haul achieved 8 years earlier at the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou, China. The following is a list of the number of competitors representing India in each sport at the Games: The Swimming Federation of India (SFI) announced the Diving team for the Games as follows: The",
"title": "India at the 2018 Asian Games"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "14279173",
"text": "India's count is as follows: A tabular form of the details of the medals won by India is as follows: India has participated in both the editions of the Asian Beach Game. In the 2008 Games, India won a total of five medals, including three gold, and ranked seventh in the final medal table. Three gold medals were won by India in the 2010 Asian Beach Games in Muscat, Oman, earning the country sixth place in the medal table. Indian athletes competed in the inaugural Asian Youth Games in Singapore. Indian competitors earned medals in only two sports— athletics and",
"title": "India at the Asian Games"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "20851444",
"text": "2018 Asian Games medal table The 2018 Asian Games, officially known as the XVIII Asiad, is the largest sporting event in Asia governed by Olympic Council of Asia (OCA). It was held at Jakarta and Palembang, Indonesia between 18 August – 2 September 2018, with 465 events in 40 sports and disciplines featured in the Games. This resulted in 465 medal sets being distributed. Two bronze medals were awarded in some sports: all events in badminton (7), boxing (10), bridge (6), fencing (12), judo (15), jujitsu (8), kabaddi (2), karate (12), kurash (7), Ssambo (4), sepak takraw (6), soft tennis",
"title": "2018 Asian Games medal table"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "20851446",
"text": "Orkhon was stripped of her gold medal. 2018 Asian Games medal table The 2018 Asian Games, officially known as the XVIII Asiad, is the largest sporting event in Asia governed by Olympic Council of Asia (OCA). It was held at Jakarta and Palembang, Indonesia between 18 August – 2 September 2018, with 465 events in 40 sports and disciplines featured in the Games. This resulted in 465 medal sets being distributed. Two bronze medals were awarded in some sports: all events in badminton (7), boxing (10), bridge (6), fencing (12), judo (15), jujitsu (8), kabaddi (2), karate (12), kurash (7),",
"title": "2018 Asian Games medal table"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "15490211",
"text": "Asiad since 1982. South Korea finished third in total medals. North Korea finished fifth in total medals, and fourth in the gold-medal count. Host nation India finished the games with 57 medals overall (13 gold, 19 silver and 25 bronze, its best performance since 1951), in fifth spot in terms of total gold medals. The ranking in this table is consistent with International Olympic Committee convention in its published medal tables. By default, the table is ordered by the number of gold medals the athletes from a nation have won (in this context, a nation is an entity represented by",
"title": "1982 Asian Games medal table"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "20799296",
"text": "Pakistan at the 2018 Asian Games Pakistan competed at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta and Palembang, Indonesia, from 18 August to 2 September 2018. According to the secretary general of Pakistan Olympic Association, around 397 Pakistani athletes participated in the Games. Pakistan returned home with just 4 bronze medals, finishing lower on the medal table than NOCs like Macau whose population is 0.2 percent of that of Pakistan. In medal tally Pakistan finished 34 (Out of 37 nations who won medals). Pakistan finished below its neighbours China (289 medals), Iran (62 medals) and India (69 medals), Pakistan finished 3rd",
"title": "Pakistan at the 2018 Asian Games"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "13740732",
"text": "medal table for the tenth consecutive time. Korea claimed their first gold medal at the Games in the canoeing women's traditional boat race 500 m event. A total of 37 NOCs won at least one medal, 29 NOCs won at least one gold medal and 9 NOCs failed to win any medal at the Games. The top ten ranked NOCs at these Games are listed below. Before the Games, authorities in Indonesia were confident both host cities would be ready for the Games although have had only four years to prepare rather than the usual six after stepping in to",
"title": "2018 Asian Games"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "7962360",
"text": "from penalty corners (19th, 26th, 38th, 49th and 51st). Indian Men's Team Finished in 9th place in World Cup 2014 held in Hague, Netherlands. Indian team won Silver Medal at the Commonwealth Games 2014, Glasgow. They lost to Australia 4-0 in the Finals. India will host the 2018 World Cup. India won 2014 Asian Games Gold Medal after 16 years ( last won in 1998). India won Asia Cup held in DHaka in 2017. Indian Men's hockey team won by a record 26-0 margin against Hong Kong in the 2018 Asian Games pool games. The earlier record was 24-1 made",
"title": "Field hockey in India"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "3659185",
"text": "athletes. Below is a list of all the participating NOCs; the number of competitors per delegation is indicated in brackets: Athletes from eight participating NOCs won at least one medal, five of them winning at least one gold medal. Athletes from Japan earned the highest number of gold medals (24) and the most overall medals (60). Host nation India finished second with 15 golds and 51 overall medals as well as the most bronzes (20). Through 2010, it would be the best rank achieved by India in medal table in all succeeding Asian Games. Iran finished third with 8 golds",
"title": "1951 Asian Games"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "14279174",
"text": "swimming. Four of the five gold medals came from athletics and one came from the swimming competition. Aaron Agnel Dsouza was the only multiple medal winner. Dsouze won a gold in the 200 m freestyle and a bronze in the 100 m freestyle. India's membership in IOC was suspended when the 2013 games took place so Indian athletes competed in the event as independent athletes. India at the Asian Games India is a member of the South Asian Zone of the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA), and has participated in the Asian Games since their inception in 1951. The Indian",
"title": "India at the Asian Games"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "14279171",
"text": "sports respectively. However, the OCA has since amalgamated them into a single event, the Asian Indoor-Martial Arts Games, which was debuted in 2013 in Incheon, South Korea. As a member of OCA, India is privileged to participate in all these multi-sport events. New Delhi, the national capital of India, has hosted the Asian Games on two occasions: the inaugural 1951 Asian Games and the 1982 Asian Games. India is one of the only seven countries that have competed in all the editions of the Asian Games. The other six are Indonesia, Japan, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, Singapore and Thailand. India",
"title": "India at the Asian Games"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "2767862",
"text": "completely took away the game from them. On 29 October 2015, following the Asian Cricket Council meeting in Singapore, BCCI secretary Anurag Thakur stated that the 2018 edition of the tournament would be held in India. It will follow the ODI format. However, in April 2018, the tournament was moved to the United Arab Emirates, due to political tensions between India and Pakistan. India were the defending champions, and retained their title, after beating Bangladesh by three wickets in the final. India did not suffer a single defeat in the tournament, with 2 wins each against Pakistan & Bangladesh, a",
"title": "Asia Cup"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "14279169",
"text": "India at the Asian Games India is a member of the South Asian Zone of the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA), and has participated in the Asian Games since their inception in 1951. The Indian Olympic Association, established in 1927, and recognised in the same year by the International Olympic Committee, is the National Olympic Committee for India. India was one of the first five founding members of the Asian Games Federation on 13 February 1949, in New Delhi; the organisation was disbanded on 26 November 1981 and replaced by the Olympic Council of Asia. India is a member of",
"title": "India at the Asian Games"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "13740731",
"text": "own flags just two days before the opening ceremony. Below is a list of all the participating NOCs. The number of competitors per delegation is indicated in brackets. The closing ceremony started at 19:00 Western Indonesia Time (UTC+7) on Sunday, 2 September 2018 and ended at 21:25. In addition to local artists and a Chinese segment, the South Korean boybands Super Junior and iKon, and Indian singer Sidharth Slathia performed in the ceremony. Mayor of Hangzhou Xu Liyi received the Games flag for the 2022 Games from Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan and South Sumatra Governor Alex Noerdin. China led the",
"title": "2018 Asian Games"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "14324287",
"text": "India at the 2010 Asian Games India participated in the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou, China between 12–27 November 2010. The contingent was led by Gagan Narang. India put up its best ever performance at Asian Games. They finished the games at 65 medals including 14 golds which is India's second best performance ever since inception of Asian Games in 1951. These games also witnessed first ever medals in Gymnastics and Roller Sports. Track events Field events Road events Combined events Track events Field events Combined events Vishesh BhriguvanshiDinesh Coimbatore VenugopalJayram JatHareesh KorothPrakash MishraEudrick PereiraTrideep RaiSunil Kumar RatheeDishant Vipul ShahJagdeep",
"title": "India at the 2010 Asian Games"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "20864953",
"text": "before Hima Das obstructing her way. However, the protest was rejected by the Asian Games' Jury of Appeals and India's silver medal was not upgraded to gold. Athletics at the 2018 Asian Games – Mixed 4 × 400 metres relay The Mixed 4 × 400 metres relay competition at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta was held on 28 August 2018 at the Gelora Bung Karno Stadium. This event made its debut in 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta. Bahrain claimed the gold medal in this event, India and Kazakhstan took silver and bronze medals respectively. Athletics Federation of India lodged",
"title": "Athletics at the 2018 Asian Games – Mixed 4 × 400 metres relay"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "18173734",
"text": "Kush Kumar Kush Kumar, (born May 29, 1996 in Dhampur) is a professional squash player who represents India. Kush Kumar completed his under-graduation from DG Vaishnav College. He reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 89 in August 2015. He became popular when his Men's Squash Team won Gold Medal in 2014 Asian Games along with Harinder Pal Sandhu,Mahesh Mangaonkar,Saurav Ghosal. On February 27, 2018, Kumar's Trinity Bantams captured the collegiate squash national title against Harvard, with Kumar winning his match against Harvard's No. 1. On March 4, 2018, the top-seeded Kumar placed second in the CSA Individual National",
"title": "Kush Kumar"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "20851445",
"text": "(5), squash (4), table tennis (5), taekwondo (14), tennis (5) and wrestling (18), most events in pencak silat (10) and some events in wushu (6). Furthermore, there was a third-place tie in athletics men's high jump event, giving a total of 157 additional bronze medals. As a result, a total of 1,552 medals comprising 465 gold medals, 465 silver medals, and 622 bronze medals were awarded to athletes. <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> On 3 September 2018, it was announced that Pürevdorjiin Orkhon of team Mongolia had tested positive for Stanozolol in a urine test conducted on 20 August 2018. Violating the anti-doping rules,",
"title": "2018 Asian Games medal table"
}
] |
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how far is murrysville pa from pittsburgh pa
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[
"roughly 20 miles"
] |
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{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "1216668",
"text": "Murrysville, Pennsylvania Murrysville, its formal legal name in its Charter as The Municipality of Murrysville, is listed as a borough with home rule status in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 18,872 at the 2000 census. It became a home rule Municipality in August 1976, when its electorate voted for its Charter designating it a Municipality. The Municipality of Murrysville is located at (40.434828, -79.656724). It is roughly 20 miles east of Pittsburgh on U.S. Route 22, just east of the county line that separates Westmoreland and Allegheny counties. Murrysville is a control city on the sign for",
"title": "Murrysville, Pennsylvania"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "1216669",
"text": "eastbound US 22 at the eastern end of I-376 in Monroeville. According to the United States Census Bureau, the Municipality had a total area of , of which, of it is land and 0.03% is water. Among the neighborhoods within Murrysville are Murrysville Heights, Heather Highlands, Franklin Estates, Settlers Ridge (The Ridge), Dunningtown, Newlonsburg, Ringertown, Sardis, and White Valley. Murrysville surrounds, but does not include, the Borough of Export, which is a separate municipal entity. Murrysville has eight borders, including Upper Burrell Township to the north, Washington Township to the north and east, Salem Township to the south and southeast,",
"title": "Murrysville, Pennsylvania"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "1216675",
"text": "the nation's first commercial natural gas well. For some time, it remained the largest commercial gas well in the world. Since 1933, Murrysville has had a \"tree sign\" spelling out the word \"Murrysville\". The trees were landscaped to grow and form the letters by local Boy Scouts. The sign is situated on a large hill as one enters the Municipality from the Murrysville–Monroeville border, near U.S. Route 22. In 1947, the sign was featured in \"Ripley's Believe It Or Not\" as the world's largest arboreal sign. (It is no longer the world's largest, or even the largest in the country;",
"title": "Murrysville, Pennsylvania"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "1205649",
"text": "Portersville, Pennsylvania Portersville is a borough in Butler County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 235 at the 2010 census. Portersville is located near the western border of Butler County at (40.925285, -80.144229). It is surrounded by Muddy Creek Township, though the borough's western border comes within of the Lawrence County line. U.S. Route 19, Perry Highway, passes through the center of the borough, leading north to Mercer and south to Zelienople. Interstate 79 passes just east of the borough, with access from Exit 96 (PA 488). I-79 leads south to Pittsburgh and north to Erie. Moraine State Park, situated",
"title": "Portersville, Pennsylvania"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "1216674",
"text": "including 3.1% of those under age 18 and 3.9% of those age 65 or over. The Municipality of Murrysville is within the Franklin Regional School District. The district operates five schools: three elementary (Sloan, Heritage, Newlonsburg), Franklin Regional Middle School, and Franklin Regional High School, with Dr. Gennaro Piraino as the district's superintendent. The district's high school boasts a graduation rate of 99.3% compared to the national average for public high schools of 82% and is ranked #213 in Newsweek's 2016 \"America's Top High Schools\". Private schools include Mother of Sorrows Catholic School. The Haymaker Gas Well in Murrysville was",
"title": "Murrysville, Pennsylvania"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "1216676",
"text": "\"Luecke\", near San Antonio, Texas, is much larger.) The \"Y\" in the Murrysville sign points to the Haymaker Gas Well. In 1977, Murrysville was designated the \"Gateway to Westmoreland County\" by Mayor Dollman in conjunction with the Chamber of Commerce. In 2012, community leaders upgraded sign and landscaping elaborately at the main entrance at the Allegheny / Westmoreland border featuring this designation. As is shown at the introduction of this page, the Gateway designation is featured on the official Seal of the Municipality. Murrysville, Pennsylvania Murrysville, its formal legal name in its Charter as The Municipality of Murrysville, is listed",
"title": "Murrysville, Pennsylvania"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "870347",
"text": "F. W. Woolworth Company. Lancaster was one of the winning communities for the All-America City award in 2000. On October 13, 2011, Lancaster's City Council officially recognized September 27 as Capital Day, a holiday recognizing Lancaster's one day as capital of the United States in 1777. Lancaster is located at 40°02'23\" North, 76°18'16\" West (40.039860, −76.304366), and is above sea level. The city is located about southeast of Harrisburg, west of Philadelphia, north-northeast of Baltimore and northeast of Washington, D.C. The nearest towns and boroughs are Millersville (4.0 miles), Willow Street (4.8 miles), East Petersburg (5.3 miles), Lititz (7.9 miles),",
"title": "Lancaster, Pennsylvania"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "1209462",
"text": "Marysville, Pennsylvania Marysville is a borough in Perry County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 2,425 in July 2008. It is part of the Harrisburg–Carlisle Metropolitan Statistical Area. The Borough was settled in 1755, incorporated as the Borough of Haley in 1866, and re-incorporated as the Borough of Marysville in 1867. The Rockville Bridge was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1975. Marysville is located at (40.342287, -76.931463). According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of , all of it land. Marysville is bordered by the Appalachian Mountains to the north",
"title": "Marysville, Pennsylvania"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "1209651",
"text": "Shoe by shutting out Montgomery 52-0. As of December 2017, Muncy still is in possession of The Shoe. The Muncy Historic District was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. Muncy is located at (41.201969, -76.786333). Lycoming County is about northwest of Philadelphia and east-northeast of Pittsburgh. Muncy is surrounded by Muncy Creek Township. According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of , all of it land. As of the census of 2000, there were 2,663 people, 1,142 households, and 749 families residing in the borough. The population density was 3,174.3",
"title": "Muncy, Pennsylvania"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "1216671",
"text": "Borough, Murrysville Borough, and Municipality of Murrysville). Since 1976, it has operated under its Home Rule Charter as the Municipality of Murrysville. As of the census of 2000, there were 18,872 people, 7,083 households, and 5,630 families located in the municipality. The population density was 511.0 people per square mile (197.3/km²). There were 7,396 housing units at an average density of 200.3 per square mile (77.3/km²). The racial makeup of the Municipality was 95.38% White, 0.61% African American, 0.05% Native American, 3.28% Asian, 0.01% Pacific Islander, 0.16% from other races, and 0.50% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino",
"title": "Murrysville, Pennsylvania"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "1216670",
"text": "Delmont to the southeast, Penn Township to the south, and the Allegheny County neighborhoods of Monroeville to the southwest and Plum to the west. The borough of Export is situated inside Murrysville in the south-southeast section. The Municipality of Murrysville is governed by a mayor (currently Regis J. Synan) who is elected every two years and has executive/administrative powers, and a seven-member council, whose members are elected every four years and have precise legislative powers. In the mid-1970s, the community rapidly transitioned through three forms of government (township, borough, and home rule) and four legal name changes (Franklin Township, Franklin",
"title": "Murrysville, Pennsylvania"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "1202481",
"text": ". According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , of which 0.05% is water. Monroeville has nine borders, including Plum to the north, Murrysville in Westmoreland County to the east, Penn Township in Westmoreland County to the southeast, Trafford in Westmoreland County to the south, North Versailles, Wilmerding and Turtle Creek to the southwest, Wilkins Township to the west, and Penn Hills to the northwest. Also, the borough of Pitcairn is entirely situated inside Monroeville in the south-southwest area. As of the census of 2010 there were 28,386 people in Monroeville. The racial",
"title": "Monroeville, Pennsylvania"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "1216772",
"text": "the nearby Patton and Jamison mines in the 50's, and the near total abandonment of mining of 'high sulfur' coal in the area since the 1980s, Slickville has benefited economically from its proximity to other cities in the area. These include service manufacturing jobs in locales such as Greensburg, Jeannette, Latrobe and eastern Pittsburgh area suburbs. As of 2007 Slickville was still beyond the outer edge of East Pittsburgh suburban housing developments although suburban areas such as Murrysville are only 5 to 6 miles away. Slickville, Pennsylvania Slickville is a census-designated place (CDP) in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, United States. The",
"title": "Slickville, Pennsylvania"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "1209466",
"text": "including 11.2% of those age 18 or younger, and 5.2% of those age 65 or over. Marysville, Pennsylvania Marysville is a borough in Perry County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 2,425 in July 2008. It is part of the Harrisburg–Carlisle Metropolitan Statistical Area. The Borough was settled in 1755, incorporated as the Borough of Haley in 1866, and re-incorporated as the Borough of Marysville in 1867. The Rockville Bridge was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1975. Marysville is located at (40.342287, -76.931463). According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area",
"title": "Marysville, Pennsylvania"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "1209463",
"text": "and south, by the Susquehanna River to the east, and by Rye Township to the west. U.S. Route 11/15 serves as the primary transportation routes for Marysville residents. As of the census of 2000, there were 2,306 people, 1,027 households, and 635 families residing in the borough. The population density was 966.8 people per square mile (372.5/km²). There were 1,103 housing units at an average density of 462.4 per square mile (178.2/km²). The racial makeup of the borough was 98.44% White, 0.17% African American, 0.09% Asian, 0.22% from other races, and 1.08% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino",
"title": "Marysville, Pennsylvania"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "1216673",
"text": "24.3% from 25 to 44, 30.3% from 45 to 64, and 15.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 43 years. For every 100 females, there were 97.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93.1 males. The median income for a household in the Municipality was $64,071, and the median income for a family was $72,740. Males had a median income of $58,553 versus $32,567 for females. The per capita income for the Municipality was $32,017. About 2.2% of families and 2.8% of the population were below the poverty line,",
"title": "Murrysville, Pennsylvania"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "1209680",
"text": "County is about northwest of Philadelphia and east-northeast of Pittsburgh. According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 15.8 square miles (40.8 km).15.6 square miles (40.5 km) of it is land and 0.1 square miles (0.4 km) of it (0.89%) is water. Interstate 180 comes up the river and meets U.S. Highway 220 in Halls just east of the Lycoming Mall and the two routes continue west as an expressway to Williamsport. The township's villages include Chippewa, Halls, and Pennsdale. As of the census of 2000, there were 1,059 people, 418 households, and 323",
"title": "Muncy Township, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "8808507",
"text": "at designated 46K bus stops. Two inbound and two outbound trips (the first one in and the last one out of each rush) serve South Hills Village via the Blue Line. This service exists because the train is coming from the rail center located near South Hills Village Mall, and serves the entire length of the route. The steepest grade on the entire light rail system is on this line, about 10 percent. This service was discontinued in the March 27, 2011 system-wide cuts. The line is still in existence, and is used as a bypass to the Mount Washington",
"title": "Pittsburgh Light Rail"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "1083637",
"text": "of Washington, which was annexed by Maysville in 1990. The city has a total area of , of which is land and , or 10.52%, is water. Maysville is at Ohio River mile marker 408.7, and is downriver from Huntington, West Virginia and upriver from Cincinnati, Ohio. Maysville lies on the border of the Humid subtropical and the climate zones. Maysville's average yearly precipitation is 46.02\", falling primarily as rain or snow. Maysville's average yearly temperature is 54.4 °F, with the coolest lows averaging 22.2 °F in January, and highs averaging 87 °F in July. Mason County Schools operates public",
"title": "Maysville, Kentucky"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "1216672",
"text": "of any race were 0.56% of the population. There were 7,083 households out of which 34.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 71.8% were married couples living together, 5.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 20.5% were non-families. 18.4% of all households were made up of individuals and 9.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.63 and the average family size was 3.01. In the Municipality population was spread out with 24.9% under the age of 18, 4.9% from 18 to 24,",
"title": "Murrysville, Pennsylvania"
}
] |
roughly 20 miles
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what is the pattern on a leopard's coat called
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[
"A leopard pattern"
] |
[
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "9682912",
"text": "Leopard (pattern) A leopard pattern is a spotted color pattern, particularly in the hair coat or skin of animals, but can also describe spotting patterns in plants and fabrics. The term refers to the black and gold spotted coat of the leopard cat, but is used to describe many color combinations that result in spots scattered randomly across the skin or hair coat of other animals. Examples of animals with coloring patterns termed \"leopard\" include many great cats in the genus \"Panthera\", the leopard frog, the \"leopard\" spotting pattern in the Appaloosa and Knabstrupper breeds of horses, the leopard seal,",
"title": "Leopard (pattern)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "547553",
"text": "but with shorter legs. The hybrid is in general a dwarf, smaller than either parent. The coat is variously described as sandy, tawny or greyish with brown, chestnut or faded rosettes. The leopard's skin colour varies by climate and habitat from pale yellow to yellowish brown or golden. Leopards living in forests are darker than those in arid habitats. Spots fade toward the white underbelly and the insides and lower parts of the legs. Rosettes are most prominent on the back, flanks and hindquarters. The pattern of the rosettes is unique in each individual. Rosettes are circular in East African",
"title": "Leopard"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "9682913",
"text": "insects such as the giant leopard moth, and fish species such as the leopard darter, leopard shark, and the leopard eel. Examples of plants that use the term include the leopard lily, and the leopard flower. The \"Lp\" (leopard complex) gene is responsible for the leopard color pattern in horses, which not only produces a spotted coat color but also causes mottling of the skin, a white sclera around the eye, and striped hooves. Horses with the \"Lp\" gene may be spotted all over, or may have concentrations of spots in various patterns. Leopard (pattern) A leopard pattern is a",
"title": "Leopard (pattern)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "12675476",
"text": "a very ancient mutation. Coat patterns in the leopard complex range from being hardly distinguishable from an unaffected coat, to nearly pure white. Unlike most other spotting patterns, the spotting and especially the white regions associated with the leopard complex tend to be symmetrical and originate over the hips. Furthermore, a certain amount of this inherited white patterning is present at birth. The amount of white, even if none is present at birth, often grows throughout the horse's life by gradual \"roaning\" which is not related to graying or true roan. Colored spots reflect the underlying coat color, be it",
"title": "Leopard complex"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "12675475",
"text": "Leopard complex The leopard complex is a group of genetically related coat patterns in horses. These patterns range from progressive increases in interspersed white hair similar to graying or roan to distinctive, Dalmatian-like leopard spots on a white coat. Secondary characteristics associated with the leopard complex include a white sclera around the eye, striped hooves and mottled skin. The leopard complex genes are also linked to abnormalities in the eyes and vision. These patterns are most closely identified with the Appaloosa horse breed, though its presence in breeds from Asia to western Europe has indicated that it is due to",
"title": "Leopard complex"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "8999164",
"text": "on closer examination dark brown with circular darker coloured spots, tinged pale red underneath. Its coat is spotted and rosetted on pale yellow to yellowish brown or golden background, except for the melanistic forms; spots fade toward the white underbelly and the insides and lower parts of the legs. Rosettes are most prominent on the back, flanks and hindquarters. The pattern of the rosettes is unique to each individual. Juveniles have woolly fur, and appear dark due to the densely arranged spots. The white-tipped tail is long, white underneath, and displays rosettes, which form incomplete bands toward the end. The",
"title": "Indian leopard"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "1957948",
"text": "with central white spots. Body and limbs are marked with black spots of varying size and color, and along its back are two to four rows of elongated spots. The tail is about half the size of its head-body length and is spotted with a few indistinct rings near the black tip. The background color of the spotted fur is tawny, with a white chest and belly. However, in their huge range, they vary so much in coloration and size of spots as well as in body size and weight that initially they were thought to be several different species.",
"title": "Leopard cat"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "1514348",
"text": "the affected part of the coat. Descriptions of roan coat colors are as follows: Any other coat color may also be affected by roaning. Few combinations have the same unique terminology applied to the common roan colors, although palomino roans are sometimes called \"honey roans\". A varnish roan is not a true roan; it is actually one of the leopard complex coat patterns associated with Appaloosa, Knabstrupper, Noriker horse and related breeds. Rabicano is a white pattern that falls into the category of \"roaning\" or scattered white hairs, the genetics of which are not yet fully understood. Sometimes called \"ticking\",",
"title": "Roan (color)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "8298998",
"text": "Leopard is genetically quite distinct from all other white and white-spotting patterns. The \"fewspot leopard\" pattern, however, can resemble white. Two factors influence the eventual appearance of a leopard complex coat: whether one copy (heterozygous \"LP/lp\") or two copies (homozygous \"LP/LP\") Leopard alleles are present, and the degree of dense white patterning present at birth. If a foal is homozygous for the \"LP\" allele and has extensive dense white patterning, they will appear nearly white at birth, and may continue to lighten with age. In other parts of the world, these horses are called \"white born.\" \"White born\" foals are",
"title": "White (horse)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "12675483",
"text": "from the rest of the coat become visible. Some horses without any dense white patterning at birth seem to spontaneously develop into white, leopard-spotted horses with maturity. Varnishing is more common among Appaloosa horses, and less common among Norikers and Knabstruppers, whose breed associations find it undesirable. Like much of coat color genetics, commonly used terms do not necessarily correspond to precise genetic states. Nevertheless, terminology can reveal a lot about the genetic interactions surrounding the leopard complex. Base colors are overlain by various spotting patterns, which are variable and often do not fit neatly into a specific category. These",
"title": "Leopard complex"
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"has_answer": false,
"id": "1957947",
"text": "carnassials. Archaeological evidence indicates that the leopard cat was the first cat species domesticated in Neolithic China about 5,000 years ago in Shaanxi and Henan Provinces. A leopard cat is about the size of a domestic cat, but more slender, with longer legs and well-defined webs between its toes. Its small head is marked with two prominent dark stripes and a short and narrow white muzzle. There are two dark stripes running from the eyes to the ears and smaller white streaks running from the eyes to the nose. The backs of its moderately long and rounded ears are black",
"title": "Leopard cat"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "1957949",
"text": "The fur color is yellowish brown in the southern populations, but pale silver-grey in the northern ones. The black markings may be spotted, rosetted, or may even form dotted streaks, depending on subspecies. In the tropics, leopard cats weigh , have head-body lengths of , with long tails. In northern China and Siberia, they weigh up to , and have head-body lengths of up to ; generally, they put on weight before winter and become thinner until spring. Shoulder height is about . Following a revision of Felidae taxonomy in 2017, two leopard cat species are now recognised, based on",
"title": "Leopard cat"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "8751580",
"text": "has an arrowhead-shaped crown with three posterior points, mounted on a short stalk. The background color of the leopard catshark ranges from off-white to glossy jet black above and white to almost black below, sometimes with an abrupt transition between the two. Overlaid is a striking pattern of black markings variously combining small to large spots, blotches, complete to incomplete rosettes, and/or short to long lines, that may extend almost to the midline of the belly. There are four named forms: 'typical', with leopard-like rosettes and broken lines, 'marleyi', with large round spots, 'salt and pepper', with densely packed dots,",
"title": "Leopard catshark"
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"has_answer": false,
"id": "13917647",
"text": "Animal print Animal print is a clothing and fashion style in which the garment is made to resemble the pattern of the skin and fur of an animal such as a leopard, cheetah, zebra, tiger, spotted hyena, striped hyena, African wild dog, giraffe or monkey. Animal print is also used for room decoration, handbags and footwear and even some jewelry. A major difference between animal prints and fur clothing is that animal prints today very often use fake fur instead of animal coat. Animal prints have long been a popular style for many reasons. For one, they are generally expensive",
"title": "Animal print"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "547554",
"text": "leopard populations, and tend to be squarish in Southern African and larger in Asian leopard populations. The fur tends to be grayish tones in colder climates, and to a darker golden hue in rainforest habitats. Its white-tipped tail is about long, white underneath and with spots that form incomplete bands toward the tails's end. Its fur is generally soft and thick, notably softer on the belly than on the back. It tends to grow longer in colder climates. The guard hairs protecting the basal hairs are short () in face and head, and increase in length toward the flanks and",
"title": "Leopard"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "12675491",
"text": "Falabella breeds, the Spanish Mustang, the Noriker and the related South German Coldblood. The existence of leopard-spotted coats among Asian breeds such as the Karabair and Mongolian Altai has been recorded since ancient times, and suggests that the gene is very old. Leopard complex patterns exist in very low frequencies among American Quarter Horses. Leopard complex The leopard complex is a group of genetically related coat patterns in horses. These patterns range from progressive increases in interspersed white hair similar to graying or roan to distinctive, Dalmatian-like leopard spots on a white coat. Secondary characteristics associated with the leopard complex",
"title": "Leopard complex"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "2901569",
"text": "roan, or various shades of dun, including grullo. Paints may also carry the gray gene and have spots that eventually fade to white hair, though retaining pigmented skin underneath the areas that were once dark. Spots can be any shape or size, except leopard complex patterning, which is characteristic of the Appaloosa, and located virtually anywhere on the Paint's body. Although Paints come in a variety of colors with different markings and different underlying genetics, these are grouped into only four defined coat patterns: overo (includes frame, splash and sabino), tobiano and tovero and solid. Breeding Stock Paints can sometimes",
"title": "American Paint Horse"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "2362102",
"text": "the Greek for \"small clawed\". The leopard seal has a distinctively long and muscular body shape, when compared to other seals. This species of seal is known for its massive head and jaws that allow it to be one of the top predators in its environment. A notable key feature of leopard seals is its counter-shaded coat. A counter-shaded coat is when the dorsal side of the coat is darker than ventral side. Leopard seals have a silver to dark gray blended coat that makes up its distinctive \"leopard\" coloration with a spotted pattern, whereas the ventral side of the",
"title": "Leopard seal"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "547586",
"text": "lions passant guardant appear in the Coat of arms of Dalmatia, coat of arms of England and many of its former colonies; more modern naturalistic (leopard-like) depictions appear on the coat of arms of several African nations including Benin, Malawi, Somalia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Gabon, which uses a black panther. Leopard domestication has also been recorded—several leopards were kept in a menagerie established by King John at the Tower of London in the 13th century; around 1235, three of these animals were given to Henry III by Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II. In protected areas of",
"title": "Leopard"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "16258760",
"text": "carbon dating tests, roughly 25,000 years ago, a cave painting depicting spotted horses was painted in Pech Merle cave in France. European cave paintings often depict rhinoceros, wild cattle and other types of game, but the spotted horses depicted seem to indicate that the species existed 20,000 years prior to their domestication, some 5,000 years ago. The coat patterns in horses are genetically-related and are called a leopard complex. The genes in leopard complex are also linked to abnormalities in the eyes and vision. These patterns are most closely identified with the Appaloosa horse breed, though its presence in breeds",
"title": "Leopard Spotted Horses"
}
] |
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where is eden west resort from couples retreat
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"Bora Bora"
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[
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "12709682",
"text": "retreat. The commotion wakes the kids, who have overheard their parents' conversations of not being able to go because of them. Fearing that their parents are contemplating divorce, the kids have already arranged for Dave's father, Grandpa Jim-Jim to babysit so their parents can go to Eden. The retreat proves to be divided into Eden West and Eden East. West is for couples and uses the tagline \"Stay Together\". East is for singles and uses the tagline \"Come Together\". East and West attendees are not allowed to intermingle. Upon arrival at Eden West, the four couples are shown their villas.",
"title": "Couples Retreat"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "12709679",
"text": "Couples Retreat Couples Retreat is a 2009 American romantic comedy film directed by Peter Billingsley marking his directorial debut, and written by Jon Favreau, Vince Vaughn, Dana Fox, Curtis Hanson, and Greg Beeman. Vaughn and Favreau star with Jason Bateman, Faizon Love, Kristin Davis, Malin Åkerman, Kristen Bell, and Jean Reno. It was released on October 9, 2009, in the United States. The film was shot mostly on the French Polynesian island of Bora Bora. Dave, a dealer for Guitar Hero, and Ronnie, a stay-at-home mom, are a typical couple raising two young children in the suburbs of Chicago. They",
"title": "Couples Retreat"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "12709690",
"text": "since 2006's \"The Break-Up\". The film has grossed $109.2 million domestically and $58.8 million in foreign markets for a worldwide total of $171 million. Couples Retreat Couples Retreat is a 2009 American romantic comedy film directed by Peter Billingsley marking his directorial debut, and written by Jon Favreau, Vince Vaughn, Dana Fox, Curtis Hanson, and Greg Beeman. Vaughn and Favreau star with Jason Bateman, Faizon Love, Kristin Davis, Malin Åkerman, Kristen Bell, and Jean Reno. It was released on October 9, 2009, in the United States. The film was shot mostly on the French Polynesian island of Bora Bora. Dave,",
"title": "Couples Retreat"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "12709686",
"text": "Jason share drinks and end up becoming intimate. Shane runs into his ex-wife, who admits she still loves him. Shane tells Trudy to remain in Eden East and enjoy being single, then leaves with his ex-wife. All four couples return to Eden West. Marcel, seeing that the couples have worked out their problems, frees them from the therapy and allows them to go jet skiing, and with that, really enjoy the rest of their vacation. Vince Vaughn's real-life father, Vernon Vaughn, plays his on-screen father. The primary location for filming was at the St. Regis Bora Bora Resort, Bora Bora",
"title": "Couples Retreat"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "12709685",
"text": "to Eden East. The men come across the staff lounge where they find Sctanley playing Guitar Hero. He threatens to report them to Marcel, but Dave challenges him to the game (without telling Sctanley that he is involved in the game's production). Sctanley, after having lost the wager, directs them to Eden East, even though he knows he was tricked by Dave. When they arrive, Dave realizes what a good thing he has with Ronnie. He goes with her to be alone at a waterfall. Joey finds Lucy with Salvadore and knocks him out, reuniting with his wife. Cynthia and",
"title": "Couples Retreat"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "12709681",
"text": "baby. As a last-ditch effort, they have found a couples therapy resort named Eden. A deal called the Pelican Package is half the normal cost if they can get three other couples to join them. In their presentation, they show beautiful pictures of sunlit beaches and beautiful locations. They also assure the others that the couples therapy is purely optional. Dave and Ronnie discuss their inability to go because of childcare responsibilities and decline the trip. In the middle of the night, their home security alarm is activated when Jason shows up unexpectedly to further sell the idea of the",
"title": "Couples Retreat"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "12709684",
"text": "have problems, even Ronnie and Dave, who thought they were fine. They endure resort owner Marcel's unusual methods, including swimming with and feeding lemon sharks and yoga sessions with amorous instructor Salvadore. On the fourth night, Trudy escapes to Eden East. The other seven, encouraged by Joey who is unsatisfied with his marriage, leave to find her. Following an argument between Cynthia and Jason, the men and women split up. As they try to find their way to the resort, the men end up arguing and pointing out each other's marriage mistakes. The women run into Salvadore who takes them",
"title": "Couples Retreat"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "12709687",
"text": "in French Polynesia. Other filming locations include Los Angeles, Universal Studios and O'Hare International Airport. Universal Pictures was criticized for removing actors Faizon Love and Kali Hawk from the international posters for the film, showing only six rather than the eight cast members used for the U.S. promotional materials. The studio said it regretted causing offense and has abandoned plans to use the revised poster in other countries. Universal Pictures partnered with various groups for financial support to help market the film. Sponsors include the Tourism Board of Tahiti where the film was made, the manufacturers of Bud Light and",
"title": "Couples Retreat"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "14873253",
"text": "Couples Retreat (soundtrack) Couples Retreat is the soundtrack to the 2009 American film of the same name, directed by Peter Billingsley and starring Vince Vaughn and Jason Bateman. The original score and songs are composed and produced by A. R. Rahman and recorded in the summer of 2009 with the Hollywood Studio Symphony at the Sony Scoring Stage. The film marks his Hollywood debut, though he has already worked for some English-lanuge films including \"Slumdog Millionaire\", which fetched him two Academy Awards. The soundtrack album was released October 6, 2009 by Relativity Music Group. In India, the album was released",
"title": "Couples Retreat (soundtrack)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "12709683",
"text": "At dinner, resort host Sctanley informs them that couples therapy, which starts at 6 a.m., is actually mandatory. If any couple fails to attend, it will be taken as an indication that they want to leave, and a refund for Eden will be given, although not for their airfare. The group debates what to do. After an indulgent dinner with many delicacies, they decide to put up with \"a couple of hours\" of therapy in order to enjoy the other amenities of the resort. In the morning, each couple meets with an assigned therapist. All four couples learn that they",
"title": "Couples Retreat"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "12709688",
"text": "Captain Morgan's Rum, Bloomingdale's department store, and Crunch Gyms. The video game \"Guitar Hero\" is also prominently featured in the film. \"Couples Retreat\" received generally negative reviews from critics. On Rotten Tomatoes the film has an approval rating of 11% based on 159 reviews with an average rating of 3.6/10. The site's critical consensus reads, \"Despite a talented cast and some reliably pleasant interplay between Jon Favreau and Vince Vaughn, \"Couples Retreat\" leaves viewers stranded in an arid, mirthless comedy.\" On Metacritic, the film has a score of 23 out of 100 based on 27 critics, indicating \"generally unfavorable reviews\".",
"title": "Couples Retreat"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "11350589",
"text": "negative towards her acting. Åkerman appeared in the 2009 romantic comedy film \"The Proposal\", starring Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds in the lead roles. Åkerman played a supporting role as Gertrude, the ex-girlfriend of Reynolds' character. Although the film received mixed reviews, it went on to gross worldwide. Also in 2009, Åkerman starred in the comedy film \"Couples Retreat\", opposite Jon Favreau and Vince Vaughn. The film follows four couples as they travel to a tropical island resort for couples therapy. Åkerman played Ronnie, the wife of Vaughn's character. She enjoyed playing a mother for the first time and tried",
"title": "Malin Åkerman"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "15321299",
"text": "(Cillian Murphy) and his miserable journalist wife Kate (Thandie Newton) often visit a small, remote, uninhabited island off the west coast of Scotland called Blackholme Island for their holiday retreats. The only dwelling on the island, Fairweather Cottage, is seasonally operated by the owner Doug from the mainland and only reachable by ferry. After previously suffering a miscarriage, Kate's relationship with Martin has become tense, and in an effort to rekindle their marriage they decide on a return visit to the island. A few nights into their stay, the generator in the cottage explodes, injuring Martin's arm and leaving them",
"title": "Retreat (film)"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "3157678",
"text": "Krakauer. In 2009, Vaughn starred in \"Couples Retreat\", a comedy chronicling four couples who partake in therapy sessions at a tropical island resort. Malin Åkerman played his wife. Vince's real-life father Vernon portrayed his father in the film. In February 2010, Vaughn was among the nearly 80 musicians and actors to sing on the charity-single remake of \"We Are the World\". Vaughn starred in Ron Howard's comedy, \"The Dilemma\", released in January 2011. It was produced by Wild West Picture Show Productions, his production company. On July 31, 2012, it was announced that Vaughn would be developing a reboot produced",
"title": "Vince Vaughn"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "2107291",
"text": "in the film, as a bookie. Favreau co-starred in 2009's \"Couples Retreat\", a comedy chronicling four couples who partake in therapy sessions at a tropical island resort, which he also wrote. The film saw him reunited with co-star Vince Vaughn, and Kristin Davis played his wife. He voices the character Pre Vizsla, the leader of the Mandalorian Death Watch, in the episodes of the animated series \"\". Favreau said in December 2010 that he would not direct \"Iron Man 3\". He also remained an executive producer of director Joss Whedon's \"The Avengers\". In July 2011, Favreau was featured in a",
"title": "Jon Favreau"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "12709689",
"text": "Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of \"B\" on an A+ to F scale. A former model and current salon stylist, Irina Krupnik, filed a $10 million misappropriation-of-likeness invasion-of-privacy lawsuit, naming several defendants including the producers of \"Couples Retreat\" arising from a purported masturbation scene in which actor Jon Favreau uses a photo of her. Manhattan Supreme Court Judge O. Peter Sherwood ruled against Krupnik, and she received nothing. Despite the negative critical reception, it was a box office success, ranking first for its opening weekend grossing $34,286,740 and becoming Vince Vaughn's highest box office success",
"title": "Couples Retreat"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "3570155",
"text": "2007, \"Would I Lie to You?\" on 8 August 2008 and 30 July 2010 and \"Never Mind the Buzzcocks\" on 15 October 2009. In 2008, Serafinowicz was working with Robert Popper on a new television series, as well as a website, based on a spoof religion \"Tarvuism\" for US network Adult Swim. In 2009, he appeared in Universal Films' \"Couples Retreat\" as Sctanley, the manager of the Eden Resort, directed by Peter Billingsley. In 2010, Serafinowicz directed the music video for Hot Chip's song \"I Feel Better\", their second single from the album \"One Life Stand\". He followed this up",
"title": "Peter Serafinowicz"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "12709680",
"text": "experience various stresses including redecorating their house and raising their kids. Joey and Lucy are high school sweethearts with a smart but naive teenage daughter named Lacey. Their relationship is on the rocks and they are even considering a divorce once Lacey goes off to college. Jason and Cynthia are a neurotic couple who've experienced multiple failed attempts to conceive, and Shane, recently divorced from his wife, has a much younger twenty-year-old girlfriend, Trudy. At Dave's son's birthday party, Jason and Cynthia, using a PowerPoint presentation, announce their troubled marriage and they are considering divorce because they cannot have a",
"title": "Couples Retreat"
},
{
"has_answer": false,
"id": "14873254",
"text": "on January 18, 2010 by Sa Re Ga Ma. The soundtrack was met with positive reviews. The song \"NaNa\" was longlisted for 2010 Academy Award for Best Original Song nominations. The soundtrack earned A. R. Rahman the BMI London Award for Best Score. The Tamil lyrics for the song \"Kurukuru Kan\" was written by A. R. Rahman himself. Lyrics for \"Sajna\" were written by Rahman and Blaaze while that for \"NaNa\" were by Rahman, Blaaze and Vivianne Chaix. Rahman made his son A. R. Ameen sing the track \"Nana\". Couples Retreat (soundtrack) Couples Retreat is the soundtrack to the 2009",
"title": "Couples Retreat (soundtrack)"
},
{
"has_answer": true,
"id": "18587453",
"text": "Potter\" in London, England, and \"Couples Retreat\" in Bora Bora. She also traveled to Rome, Italy for the \"Angels & Demons\" premiere. In 2014, she married Randall Graham, the creative director of MuchMusic in Parry Sound, Ontario. She has 1 daughter Beatrix Barbara Graham (born July 1, 2016). Danielle Graham Danielle McGimsie Graham (born 1980) is a Canadian entertainment reporter, best known for her work on CTV's etalk. She co-anchors the show along with Ben Mulroney, Devon Soltendieck, and Lainey Lui. McGimsie was born and raised in Guelph, Ontario, Canada. She attended Seneca College of Applied Arts and Technology in",
"title": "Danielle Graham"
}
] |
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